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MERRICK
TtOflrYEARrNoTTB- TRIitWJRT, NEWYDRK, AUGUST iS, 1975 "PKTCfe: 15^ PER COPY
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Freeporf Moy PropertyOwnersChaHenge
Board's Proposed Change FBEEPOBT — Tbe Board rf
Directors of the Freeport
Chamber '• .of Commerce
imcodyvotBtMonday nijfht-to
seod a letter id Mayor wniiam
White requesting that the Village
inviteKassau Coonty'a Off-Trade
Betting Corporation to locate an
<^ce.in FVeeporL. Acovxiing to
Charles Brady, chairman of the
.Chamber committee that studied
the questicn d 0TB in Freqxvt,
a survey made by the Chamber
FREEPORT—Mwiday nidi's puUic hearing on a proposed noon­ing
of Fteeport's waterfront areas drew a large crowd, filling
Viuage mHwitb over luu area land-owners and waterfront busing"
pet^. AD Int a handful voiced opposition to the proposed rezoning
• which would change tlje iwiing rf the area from Miller Avenue to
to Woodcleft' Bay from
Uanufacturing ao^ Industrial to
Marine Industrial; the area south
of Atlantic Avenue to Hampton
Place, west of Westend Avenue,
fhim lodustiial td Marine In­dustrial;
and the area of South
S : : ! ^ ^ * ! ; : ! ^ ^ - ^ ^ : ^ -Main_St«et, north d Ray street
FIRE PN THE,SQU/^E l a s t t h u r t^
to ^^e abloye bunding on.CaimohSqum. The second floor law
"offices of'Schneider ind Del Bene .were totdly gutted/and thaleszl
firth has already relocated to 135 Sooth Grove St. Jahiaica Tire (i.)
.iecehred loiioke'snd dightdamages^while CnuiiMi Taxi.(r.)iuffped.
only from smokedaniage. The fir^ started in the kitcfaeri area of the
rnewlybpened Sand Castle n^urant (center ofphoto), which also'
'. appeafe'd to have .suffered .from total gutting: For Jamaica Tires and
Cannon Taxi, it was tiusines as usual within Kverd hours oftfM
blaze. : . (A LEADER photo)
Sunday^: Fuhd^ At Fiieeport Rec Center
. FREEPORT — More definite
plans Jiave been released for this
SundayZs "Summer's End** event
' at -the Freeport > Rec'reatiDn
Centier, fain mvsliine, firom 10 am
. to 10 pm. Freeport Activity Cards
will not be required and .all
residents and their guests are
invited to attend any or all events
at a charge (tf $2 for adults and $1
for children and senior citizens.
There will be no' charge_to
Discount H'cket holders. • Those
. purchasing admission will h^ve
tlieir hand stamped so they may
l^ve and re-enter during tlie day
without further paymenL •
From 10am to l.pm, activities
recording stars for Rlte-On, fiavie
perform^ at Tnide Hel^s and
other discoteques.in Manliattan
and .at- Cdlonie HID on Long
Island. •
A Pool Show will be presented
by tlie, Center's • 'staff and
residoits Involved, in its swim­ming
programs, from 5 to 7 pm.
Plamed are-straight and down
diving, water ballet, gag events-and
a History . <tf • Swimming,
demonstraticm. The show inay be
enjoyed either from-poolside (r
from the outdoor.restaurant
terrace. Ttarou^ioot ibe day and
"evening the Certetlsfood sovice
-win offer a moderate priced
coming into the Village.
James Uagoumey, Vice-
Presdent of Corporate Affairs
and Adniinistratumof the Nassaii
Regional Office of 0TB and a
recent :guest., speaker at a,
Chamber hmcheoriTlold TtiiSr
LEADER Tuesday ^mcBTdng that
-iieliad h^^moinHal'word thaf
the Chamber was favorable
toward tlie locating of a Nassau
Downs oiGtx ^on—South
Street NxigoumeyexpL
there are'double goals
wants to attain when
location: the^ .'NTant to make
money for ora" and they "want
it to be good for bu^sess in the
community."
Nagourney explainedlthat 0TB
had tieen "dramatically a^ed
not to come in" prior to their even
considering. Freeport as a
location. Now, he said, "we want
to be invited : in" and tlie
Chamlier's action "might be
gobd.'^. .
' -V?hai Nagourney sptke before
the Cbainlier in July, be pointed
out to tiie business peq^de that
retail stares in areas where 0TB
rhad loeatedt were doing an in­creased
volume of tMsiness.
-Creek, from
to Marine In­to
Freeport
Manufacturing
dustriaL . . ;
. In brief, as Mayor William
White eaqdained. If the prAposal
was:adopted there wouldbe.no
Industrial and tnanufacturing
south <rf Atlantic..Avenue .'anrf
• west of-FreepOTt Creek: ^'What
wcTtfe proposing to do.". Wl^ite
said, "is eliminate all industrial
and mamifflftiiring areas, south
of Atlantic Avenue, ej^cept the
Industrial Park."
Ttie Board of Trustees-had
. decided to bring this to « public
hearing as a stof^p measure
due to an awareness, explained
White, that Freqxirt has (mly one
waterfront and that it is a ''God-
^ e n asset" He pointed exit that
the rezoning would be temporary
since tlie Plannihg Board is in tte
processof preparing a report,
which would explore and suggest
appropriatf^ zoning for the
Waterfront area. Within the
Community Development Act
funding, Wiite said, ttiere is •
$20,000 for an analysis tg the
. entire area ^ that study would
'delve into zoning-si^ pariiing as
welL White eq>lained that the
Board's present concern was that
vacant parcds of land in the
waterfront area could, under the
present toning code, be used in
inappropriate manners, such as
automobile body, shops.
Opposition Vehement
Those opposing the proposed
changejffere united in the view
that it w^ confiscatory in nature
and would deprive them of the
right to use their land in a way to
prevent what many of them
termed economic hardslrip.
Many pointed out tliat their .
property presently was used for
other than TRaHi^lndustriaL-As- .'
Iong"as"the building br-property
• remained occupied, theynad-^--
non-conforming use of the land,
but if it were to liecome vacant,
they stressed; it would. l)ecbme
almost impossible to sell..Many
buildings are already empty and
even many parcels of land with
manufactiiiring or 'industrial
zoning have notbeen developed.
The land owners pointed out that
if they were restricted by the law .
in.tlie usage of their property,
they would never be iibie to sell or
lease it Real estate experts and .
attorneys for some of the land­owners
stated that changing the
zoniflgcrf the land would decrease
it^ value and that under cer­tiorari
proceedings^ they-were
sive that the Village would lose a
greatdeal of tax revenue. George
Bems of South Grove Street'
suggested that there should be -
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win take place in the pool witfi~^ snadc and meal menn with hot
rresidaite invited to partidpate4n
sudi evoits as an Iffl£r :Tube
Race, Father-Son and Mother-
Dau^ter Crab Races, an Ovear-tfae-
Pobl Tug of War, a Pa jama ,
Relay, Kid^ Board Races, and a
Kiddie Coin Throw.-
' Aiipin attention win be tunned
to the beauty and charm of
Freeport's little girls, ages two to
five, wl30 win compiete in the
"little Miss Freeport -
Recreation" contest
Tennagers TriD be involved in
tfe Body Painting event to start
-at2pm. Each team wfll consist d
'• 'a boy and^iT with one's liack
bdng tlie "canvas" and the
partner's fingers the^^brush.
Prizes win go to the winning
team.' -.
Registration for aU events
, continues through today'
(Ihmrsday), at the Carter's Pod
• Office.
From 3 to 5 pm, Toby Mngg and
hisfjYe-inan funk and rode group
- will perform poolside for
Ilstoiers and daocas.lbe gro(q>,
veal parmagian and saigage and
p^>pers saruiwidjes tappjag the
price list at $1JS.
' At 8 pm "adult time" win l >^
with a' two-bour conoot podi^de
by the MitcfadI Ajrres Orchestra, -
highli^ting the Big Band Sounds
of the 40s lor danring and
listening pleasure. CfaiMren win
not be allowed in the concert
area, tnt the iadoor pod zai
other fadOties win be available
for tbor occupation. The ISiiiece
^MitcheU Ayres Orchestra is
Erected by Harry Terril-who is
.best remembered as the grear
alto sax player respmlsihfe for:
Uie Mitchefl Ayres "sound."
Concert goers may bring their
own folding diaiis if they wish
and sweaters are rprommended
for the evCTting performance. '
Music loven WLQ have another
evBit txt enjoy Laixa- Day .idien
the Mtmidpal Stadimn win tx the
site of a country-western/Folk
festival fxuiu_ nocxi to. 11 pm.
Tickets wffl be 47 at the gate.
Freeport F,D. And
Band Win Again
FEIEEPOBT — The Freeport
Foe Department and its.Band,
rdnmed from the New Yak
State Craivention Parade tills
week with four trophies'.
The Department took first •
place as Best Appearing Dqiart-ment
in the entire parade in
Nlagra Falls, Sunday, August 24.
The Freqjort Fire Department'
Band took a second {dace.trashy-,
at the amriMV parade.
Freeport's' Fire Department
also walked oS with trophies ia
two other categories in tiie
Parade: Best Department of over
SO men and Best Department
with more than one fire company.
."..One.fauDdred fire departments
partldpated in fks-two and one-half
rnnp march.
TOWN MEETING PLANNERS (I. to r.) Prof. George Jackson, Chalr-
. roan of Hofstra Uniyersit/s Hirtory Department and a Freeport resi­dent;
Ira Schndkraut,'Chairman of Freeport High School's Sodal
Studies Department; and Prof. Michael Dlnnocsnzo. of Hofttra
University, meet to discuss the Bicentennial Town Meetings, to start
Septemlier 10 at f^recport H ^ ScftooL There wTl be 15 free evening
lectures (or public town meetings) on American History from Sept-emtxr.
throi^h^May. Twehre'additional ereniitg dass sessions wni[be
held for college credit For further information contact Mr. SchOd^
kraut, 623-2100. ext 284, or Prof. Jackson, 560-3220, or 560^229.
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