The-Leader_1977-06-09

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FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JUNE 9,1977 PRICE 15* PER COPY
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Urged For ffevofe Wlfhouf O l fs
LIRR station
FREEPORT-State. Senator
Nonnan Levy, at the request
of ViUa«e Mayor William White,
tBS asked the Long Island Bail-road
to study the possibility of
itpgntdiBg-apd installing adai'-
tional lighting at the village rail­road
station-
White told Levy that the Free-port
train stationiioilding and the
soiTOunding. padiing fields are
"dark'ahdgloomy.'*'-..,.."- i
'.niieuts'ne^ds it (additional.
Ugbtihg) both as a detettent to
cnme and'ai'li'iwfety factot fc'r
:ibe thooitoBWf^fjftp^
*thc. station":every day," teVy M -
plaih'ed.' , • ^
in a letter he sent to SUte Met
FREEPORT - At a special meeting of the Freeport Board of ;;
EducationheldTu£8dayri\ght,June7,tlwBpardvoted to resubmit the ;;
same ¥19,061,693 budget that had been deftoted May 17 by 368 votes. !'
Four members of the Board, including outgoing trustees Joe McAn-dre'ws
and Rev. S. Frank Emmanuel, voted with the majority, while •;
Jack Rellly opposed the motion. Roily, who had voted with the rest of a
the Board in May to svibmlt the over $19 million 1977-78 budget, ex- - ^f
tfainedhls diange in stand stating that fewjaeDpleJaAattended4h&JZ,^' - •!
pubuc meetings origi&ally held and no opposition to the budget had^ ^ ',., .. -i
lieeh voiced then. "When the butlget went to the voters," he said - — ;i
Tuesday niriit, "they voted it jdown.- There were two candidates that' •'
weredecteQlnoi)poBition,requestingdianges, and they were elected. - >
(EdBitor's note: the two were Jim Parola and Ed Monroe.) I feel the I
voters have told the Board that some changes should be made this t
•year." '
• The -: Board , majority" had
prepared ^Btatemetit while in its. Ugji achodasslkantprincipelin'
the Bpafd^B dosed v ^ o a and It'
wsilaa " follbwlSga" V p ^ j . ^^*w w<»aJ* w ^ P » t t^
sesMbo imd prtw to ti»lripubUc ^?<*^.*».*?"^^
ropolitan Transportation Author-ity
Chairman Harold Fisher and
Long Island: Railroad President
that lighting along other areas of
the railroad tracks, particularly in
the unincorporated areas of Mer-
['vote. This-'stated" that, wlille
they woe charging- the. ad­ministration,
with the task of-,
reeyahiatitig the administrative
-structure^t-the-Uigh-SchooL.
They .pointed out. that one
assistant principal would be
• retiring, in June,' 1978 and they
^™^'":"/^!g^:'"!^~~lskgrthe admuiblfaUui tu see if-
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE UNE01UE STREETS Ttenday night to
.witdi Frceport's Tolimtedr Hrenun [above] fight liie taig» blaze at
the iotersectioo of Saarise^Blglnny and Grove Street The Ore, which
resalted la boon of hlocfced.lraine, complete.gutted the bnOdhig
-which once boosed several Nassaa Conoty Social Departmeafa' and a
rtstavraai. USembas'oi the SalratUn Army were on faaind tfaronghoat
the idght and the next day, serving food and coffee to the wearied
firefighters.as they cqithined.to;liase tbe smoldering debris;^y
. Friday, the vmage began demolishing the remains [t>elowI. using
eqi^meat loaned by the Coonty.' "'- .
General Alarm Fire Destroys
Ff^pprt Landmark.--- 8 Hurt
.FBEEPOBT - A general alarm fire at the comer of Sunrise Highway
and Sooth Gtbve Street last Thursday night ended with the demolition
of the building and eight Freeport firemen injured. The blare, in the
vacant, boarded-op building fijrmerly occnined by Nassau County So^
rial Ser^ces, EOC, the Department of the Aged and other social ser­vice
agendes, was turned in^at 8:17 pm June 2. Within tbe firg few
_ nu)ineot».tfaree.boxjdaims.were.puiledin-at PineaniGrOTcStreets,
Chnrcfa and Smmse Highway and
stantially improved, by the rail
toad with the improvements of
the stations, .'and "additional
lighting should also be installed
at the Freeport station as soon as
possible." _
the acbiihistrsilioh. .'With this
statement by the Board, Parola
said, he would-^'in-fact-urge-a--
•yes' vote oh the budget.^'
Ihe -Other Trustee-elect Ed
Monroe was obt present atthe
"tneetlBgr ~~r~'. ~^ :
Levine had eiq^lained earlier
. tiiat only by arriving at a decision
at this meeting. In time to ad-
Grove and Sunrise Highway —
and 11 phone_calls lepurting the
fire were received. .
Within • minutes the first, of
Freeport Fire Department's
equ^jment and men were on the
seine, bne firefighter reported
-tliat flames-poured70Ct—cf-tbe-front
door, on Sunrise Highway,
as the men opened the orfy un-
.Ixjarded entrance to the building.
Heavy plywood sheets covered all
other doors and windows. They
had been installed in. December,
foUcTwina a smaller fire when the
building was occupied only by the
;iropi(ajdRej>I<uuajat.'. '.....,..
Some of the first witnesses on
isdoding several-wfao
called in the alarms, reported that
smoke was detected seeping out
from corners or crax^ of aQ the
windows, i s wcO as black smoke
billggring from the southeast cor-ncr
of the building. As the first
units arrived, the building was'al-rcady
completely inrohr^ in the
fire and black smoke could be
seen for miles. At approximately
8:45 pm, tbe Freeport Fire .De­partment
sounded a second alarm
for rnore manpower and about ten
-. (CbBt.-ogJagel2)- c
Center Restriction
: On Meeting Room
FREEPORT - Only village de­partment
programs will l>e con­ducted
in tbe Freeport Recreatiori
Center's dining areas and meet­ing
rooms under new guidelines
discussed at an open meeting of
. the Parks "and Recreation Com-mission.-
An open meeting of the .
Comibisslon; with the Village
Board of Trustees; was held I ^
Tuesday night. May 31, follow­ing
an open voting session of tlie
Board.
Such groups as ..the Depart­ment
-of Public -Woris-and-the
Recreation Department teams
witt be allowed to use tbe room
and catering facilities of the Cen-
. ter," while aU other groops —
including the Boy Sttnts, Girl
Scouts and village dvic organiza^
tions — will not. In the past these
groups could contract individually
with—the—Ceater 'a- ~feod-^-con-cessionaire
and hold meeting or
dances there.
Presently, there is no f(
concessionaire at the Center.
Since the middle of January, all
food and drink sales have been
from coin-operated madiines.
—: • >/ront oTjP.n) . -
the '^school could function
smoothiy without filling that
position.
Trustee-dect Jim-Parola, who
had campaigned f v a "no" vote
m - the budget the first time,
statoi - . a t the dcse of- the
-meeting -^&at he had recom-meoded
the' riimtnation d one
vertlse in this week's
tKwspapers, could the vote take
.dace before.school opens and
before , summer . vacations.
McAodrews had added that a
summer vote, would disen­franchise
those who were away
on vacations.^ ', .-
(Cont.dtiFigel2)
MAYOR'S TROPHY WINNER Philip Fo«t«r (third from I.) receives Ws
award from VJIlaga Justlca Rafph Franco. Foster was selected as the
most deserving Bantam BoyJg:t?cwHnfl. good sportamanahlp and all^
around play In the 1375-77 season of the Freeport Community fiowtTng
prcflraffl, sponsored by the Freeport Recreation Department, the Freo-
ElKs Club and Freeport Bowl-o-Mat. Pictured at the awards
ny are (1. to r.) Bowllnfl Program Chairman Albert Nepesca,
Judfle Franco. Kent Thompson who was Superintendent of Recreation
when the proflram began 20 years ago, Philip. Treadway Corporation
Vlc« President Richard Oavls. Mrs. Catherine Foster, Coach Bruco
MacFarland, Coach Carol Duffy and" Bowling Program Co-Chalrman
Paul.Perez..., . ^^, , , :—; '