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FREEPORT
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fREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR No. 14^ FREEPORT, NEW YORK; JULY 31; 1975 PRICE: IS^PER COPY
Ok;d For Apts.
'-IfMS&mi^A'Zohing Board Appro}fal
Doe To Scorcify of Cash
FREEPORT—The Freeport Zoning Board-of Appeals, at its July '
23 meeting, approved-amapplicaUoa-submitted by builder Bert
NesUer for a 48 unit apartment complex at the site of the Casino
^)artments on Casino St, between Westside and Roosevelt Avea
Nestler had previooBly <<bme before the Zoning Board and had
received an extension of the ndn- .„..-_-. -.-~
confonning use of the site for secure funding for a- cori-condominium
apartments but, dominium dwelling . In
:Selw«n3Hc3une5nJie^oripJ^^
decision-_ln.August.a974 - and -«^hc second best thing." TASCA
this summer, some of the^ original Prcsidenl Neal Ward toJd THE
^funding had disappeared due ' LEADEfl. "but >ye will support'
probably to. naUonal economie 't- The only thing we arc afraid of _
-irends. Nestler, of Hempstead, 's the, construction ^f other
iaberefore4iitabife-to-conforot:sgP^rt"?''nt><<^Utnss.:u5}ng:this _
to the onginal time schedule laid °i»:a- precfedcnt. oirothcr lots-in
/ -IN REHEARSAL The "Freepo/t Teens" are rehea^^ While - the new decision'
r:r!1;*9>>d^«twi%«:i(i^^
- Wmv^it^ j^oryrJCt^t j ^ iHu»tr«Clfi5:aw»li^5nri»t:«^^^ ib'ew ^iri^i^c^.Urtlc antff other .jilructjiM
_: to ^idpftisdeiti^'Ti^^ Vare^ availabilriit tha~ dmr >n^^ >*" *» •*» Centet, Atliiit tlckeii lira $1.60;
:^-.seiuor'citIz^'arMi-itu«kfntv ^^'..V^''. ~ ^'-r- • •.••..•'^V:~-'.:: •;-;•'.'"•.••!" :.
-.yep!a(:M by" 48'separate: housing
units as an apartment complex
• rather than condominium^
prect
the area."
/The Zonlrtg-Bbiaird set various
cbhditiohs which must be metier
-the JVttiiahc^'^nted V?duW be^
void unless ;pxtended -by^.rthe-
Bdiard of the'agency.'toVh'icK any'
authority is delegated.
The grade level of the lot.miist
wire pit>dtk:t& oanie befoK tbe Fkeepoct Zfiidog^ ^ ^
last l ^ ^ ^ ^ k d g l ^ to appeal a /d«ial from the Superintaident
aflBiUldi^ (oi^ a^jouiaoce oolSe property formerly occt^^ied; by
,^jBolac^'sSdptaroaifcet.-afi^Spec:Wire zsA-Cable wooldmse'tiie
\ preniis^ ai 311 No/jHJun St; to '
. house' their/growing'^business.
The. Bdiack stOTe, bbanied'and
shuttered for more than three
; yearSi is in tte' PUD' (Plamied
• Unit Development) district for
which the firm iis^": along with
United .Parcer Service or' a
common carrier: There would t*
no - manufacttiring . on the-premises..
The wire,conies on.
which plans of a"morejpside5nan~spools'and' is" theit. sold by the
- character have been made.-——--. Freeport firm to mainiifacliirersr
-r.-The-attomeyfor-the realty -Between the~l)asementjand"the
"companythatWDiddpurchasetbe.'-^^^first/noor there is 20,000 square"
property^ Max'And Loi Realty,, feet'in-the building,^d a.great
suggested that • the site, a
frequent victim of" vandalism, •
woidd have the opportunity to
become prpductive. Jules Mintz,
^ttjeir-attorneyi^jBud his .diraits_
wouldTmrOT~a"neSw'froriir'fTher~
buildinglhas_deierioraterf,"-he
.explained, and '•'wjnl.be_.com'.
- ptetely remoddIed.'It is'time to-
.-reraove'the boards, and reidace
them with bricks and windows.
anjjia pnjprietM-and fausines,^:'
He-Qutlinoi to the.Zomng Board
the situation to tbat area where
. Finast, B6hadc's, Robert HaD
l-and Holiday Bak^s have all been
cbsed and twarded up. "If the
properties deteriorate," he said.
"sQ-wiU -our tax basc-and ail tfae-residents
:.- fer."
of'Freeport win sofr
part of that would be for office
facilities and in the front of the
tnrildingr-^ —, - .
The business would produce no
noxious odors, noise or^be a
Tiaisan?E~to~ihe~comn«inity,~
Mintz said. "I"' personally
believe.'UheJFieepQi±_atldmey
and former Republican .leader in
the Village told thfe Board;"that
this has to be one of the first
practical steps.- in the
reyitalization of North Main St.".
He pointed tb his clients as in­vestors
who want to renovate
pjbperty, stay in. Freeport and
create eihploymenL Mil-Spec,
Mintz told the. Board, would
:^ropea-y~owireTTi~n6f rBtfeg;l"3i
: would cost-thsm-over-^t^saoT to
purchase—and renovate—thfe
.Nestler told THE LEADER thatr- be raised three' feet above the
he "is^ still not "giving'up'bn the
.idea of condoniiniums...-. We'd
^ likeJo.seU-lheni..inst^d of ren-_
ting them." Tte builder was
hopeful that those banks who had
expressed^ real interest inJ^e
: projetjt Vould '_ give _him the;
funding qiiickly and once he
_lieceives Jinancitig , for the
apartments iand goes into con­struction,
he woiild still'consider
a condominiuin,concepty
the Atlantic ! South Civic
Association ITASCA), whose
membership isfrom the area in
which-the apartment dwellings
are. situated, had also' trial to:
grade level or CaSino SI. VndThe
buildings Tfo becEceiled must
substantially conform' to the
drawings that have already been
approved. The buildings, would
contain no more than 48 apart­ments,
each limited tdone-famlly
iise. Parking facilities forat least
TO.veHicles must tie provided as
-well as dock facilities for at least
25 -^ vessels. Tlie dock facilities,
and any other facilities oT the
complex, may be solely for the
use of the apartments' occupants
and no single apartrncnt. regard­less
of family size, may have as-
. iCdnlinued 6rrPage-7l
Bohacks\had beed a six day building.-
pgeralion, Mintz explained that . In answer to questions posed by-
- the-MH'Spec-operatiiair-ts-a-fiYe-"-the^five p e r ^ ZoningBoard, the-day.
one: If^teadof large trailer -Vice-President- of Mil-Spec ex- •
trudcs delivering produce, there plained that his firm's tntsiness -
would be one small van truck (Continued on Page 6)
:CHORCHT~C0NSECRATi
Mayor .Wilfiam White (L) vbited
-the- Epticopat-Tt^huf^
Transfiguration last week to prV
sent a Prodamxtioh tb the con­gregation
through Rev. Marc
Oliver, the Rector.OnWednesday
evening, Augurt. 6, Bishop Jona-
?r,,%i™f«n^rri!.L^^,^* PLAYING FOR CHARITY. The SecondAnriuaL Benefit Softball
rh»rJ."^M i^^^Z!i,^^'^ Game between the Freeport Police Department and WGBB Radio.
^^J^HrJ^^\^J^^^ '°n »»half of the Woodward Mental Health Center, was recently held
^ L S u u t L u n j ; . ^ e , ^ d ^ """^'^ P''^ "^"^ ^x^^oxl Police won 14-lQ. Plaques wer^
rr^^n'^irrVvt^rT^^'^j^—prewnted to Iwtli WQBB''and'The" Potl<aT3eparCnrerif'BY"Bgrry^
J ^ . ^ t , ^ . t > . r ? ^ n r^rnf^f Schuchman (r.). Woodward Board member, in appreciation of th^
i ^ C ^ i ^ T ^ S f ^ ' ^ «^°'^*' ""^"-"8 "'PP^^ °* *^ Center, which provide, edu-of
the Transfiguration, the par-ishionars-
hay* doui>ts-rsasoaJta^
celebrate at the outdoor supper
following the.C<?mecr3tion rittls.
cation and rehabilitation to emotionally^ ditturixd children -end
young adults. Pictured (I. to r.) ere Lt Joe Bachety.. tbej'olica-
"Team'rt^aactir'Jeay Scotj of WGBBHRgdio;^<Sertmd»-8«rman.-thg-school's.
Executhre Director; Freeport Police Chief Arrthony Ela^;.-
and Schuchman. — = - - ~ " - '