The-Leader_1978-01-05

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FREEPORT
BAlDWIN
ROOSEVEIT
MERRICK
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IMF ._.ElgEmiOSER.f;l„({ ••';"^'*'* FREEPORT'i
Officinl
NEWSPAPER .,;.i:-'l
42nd YEAR No. 36' FREEPORT. NEVy YORK. JANUARY 5. Wm PRICE i5< PER COPY
HearingsOn
Fpl^ittb Year ProposalsT— ~
Grants TQ Be Discussed ~^i
FREEPORT— Public hearings, on the continuing-Community •
Development activities of the village have been scheduled. for
Mondays, Jfanuaiy 16 and 30. Each.session will be held before the^
village Board of Trustees,Tii"Village Hall, starting at 8 pm.
'To be dbcussed are proposals which could be fundcd--through ^
Freeport's fourth year, federal
. Community-Development:'grant -
an estimated $893,000 - and by .
other monies which can be
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I'S
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received a total of $5.4 million,
tridre than the amount orginally;
appliedfor under the Small Cities ^'^*'*i!l^°r?P^i''''-^"*''^ ^""^
and Urban-TJevelopment Action ryearsjof the CDA program.
Grant programWh^addition^e-,.^^,-U:.^«^ . T ^ ^ ^ ! t
by-HUD while $2.9 million Jiad_
-actiially been expended as of the
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PULLING FOR TH&VVJJilN^rMai^r:WIUIM:^ .wjrifflnB^iH^etJhithejSrc^^
drawing held during the hdlidaT^shoppTng season br^ihe Retail biv^ibn of the Fireepbrt Chamber^bl~
Commen».T1ie litckyWinner,'^ Edith Hanseili; won th? first prize of all-expense pald.m
to the Bahaniats. Mr^. Hansen, an empibyee^bf WecrtsleMndustrlesJn the Freejoprt industrial Park, is
aregulafshppperalorigti^Freeportfw1al!..C7r~;7*7^-"^^- '" -. ' " . . . — - ' • _ ; • . / ' ''
' Contract
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JSpecidi PoHtd^; Rght
^e^<Lmning iprdeir^
- .FREEPORT.-Ah order by the, village's Police Commissioner David_i:
Meehan is the s u b j ^ of a court action this week. Meehan had ordered-
Freeport's q)edal7iJolice~officers7rrot to caijyguns'while on duty..
Accdrding to Jeff Harsch, president of the Freeport Special.poli.ce Offi--
cere'As5(^ti6n,.13 of the I7,p^-time officers employed bythe vUl8g_e -•
of Freeport, czxty side-arms^-Thex have valid permitsfor these guns, •
Harsch said,"jpcnniK,"which::;havebeetj-issued to ;them by. Nassau
.County and through the-.Freeport Police Department." •. '.i_ L : r "
.' A show cause order was to be • .-"_'.-'^' '. . •. ...... „:.•
returned before^-^Jfu3ge Steven .vie* provisions and are paid-an
Derouniah this week (Wednes- average of $3.50 per hour. They
;jJay)_.to" determine'Tif Me£lian..'"are familiar sights throngtiout the
had^he-rtghHamakersuch a.pro- ^village as-they patrol the parks,
" Recreation Center, Municipal
Stadiirfn and .direct. special traf-ficr-
fpf pxanjple.on Sundays at
Onrfioly Red^mer H.C. Church.
pissensipn To
i^chbblBocmi
Board- will discuss a proposed
amendment:to.tne current. Year
rgfe"~7pfpjecfs. According -to
Planning .arid Corinmunity - De-velopmerit^
DiPectorJames Dunne
the.sale-of the 13 vacant acres in
the urban renewal area.ofBen
nTngt6n"Tarlc is" ^ntemplatelc
shortly "and whije the fundi re-
.'ceiyed .cannot go into the Village
treasury', they can be added to the
current, year's Community De­velopment
activities.'. '-•^^•
• (EDITOR'S NOTE-. Dunne
would not— comment ^o.n any
•possible interest in the land, as it
involves re^ estattf. Howeyeri .it
end of November."
Activities ' currently • .being
funded (or budgeted for) incliided
those in the'dOHUl^own area with.-
:=_theconstrbctiqnof"preepqrt Mall,_
its expanded. parking lots and .
commercial: rehabilitation7"loans--
for stores. InHodsihg Improve-
.',ment Ariia Sr'once 'boarded-'up •
houses are being turned over to.
.owner-occupants' (hbriiesteaders)
and present prpperty^wners are •
receiving rehabllitStlon loans and
grants, l^ensive public improve-was
rumoured in this newspaper. -m,ue.tn t^s i^h.a. veu b-e..e.n- accio_m p- lished- in»
severalweeVi 3go,.thS=a m^or-'*.*?^^-^-*-::!^^
;-ore'rnoDuleinrtgv \o utf-it : -w -a s e• ye.i ng the. ..atnJTd^ ^3iS. f(^SWmTit^h^/ Bedell _area,)" ^wMil}l
FREEPORT—A new two-year • hreeport received a tive-year
contrict• for-.CentralrOffice. Ad—f"tv"e^emof^5AmiUion m the
ministratorshas produced conflict- U.S....Housmg-iAid Urban. D^-
imcmg.membersof the Board Sf-r-^velopnient Agency_s Coramumty
Educttiori. The contactT.a5-put--»'?«l«P?nent .Block Grant, pro-
• up for .approval at ;ihe: Board's B " " ^ S " ° V ^^J'*-^f i?""^^
DVcembeVlJ meeting', it drew '^"F P'°^'^°^''\^^^,'^
••yes"votesfrqmBoai?!members t f ? * ' 7 ^ , ' . ? ^ t " ^ ^ f f i ° ^ 'S
Parolai "Ed Jujy 1?76), Year,Twq^CJuly 1976-
and jp'ants tq-ptt)perty^swners as
well as public-improvements. On
the North Main _ Street .corridor»
parcels of land have been obtain­ed
and resold for private re­development.
.The- waterfront,
and the ar^r-fq receive- funds
frbmihe^pregram.-hBff-beenthe
hitJltidn
_ ^The status of Freeport'sspedal
\ police officers, in.' law, - can be
Jraced to a -special ordinance
^adopted In 197Twhich gives the
Mayor, the ••power to appoint
- such number of special policemen
..ifor the jallagc.'as-he-may-deem
!^'ecessary. to preserve the piilic
'-".peace in.-case- of.£irE._Jrafiic
niiongestioHr or other. occasion
Sara Holly,- Jim
Monroe-^^and^
butdrew-a^jo votefrortKBoard- ., •' . . - „ • • . < . r
President Jack ReiUy. ReiUy's ^ 8 ^ ; w a s also the tecip.tJnt of
n^y. in turn, drew protest from- 5900.000 m discretionary
Holly. • ; .•
The contract itself, as-negotiat
J,u l,y 1.n9-7r7r). and. .t.h-e~.*c"u"rr"e^n tv- Y^e-isru-,h„j.e^*^^, .,o,f5 P^l„a,n„n„in.*g„. S,;t„ud„ ies Jp^n;'^o^r
According -to 5pok'esm^n^from_
the Special Poli.ce: Officers Asso--
datipn. they are also billed upon
to" assjst the reguiarbfficers. act!l
as officers of the court and patrol
the empty urban req'ewaLHouses.
They mentioned several incidents
fiinds
over Years Two and Three and
$5ip.000 in Section 810, Horne-steading
^arits oyer the three
e d ^ o l l y and, P^la^provides^ ^ e ^ " f d^date. .U^. vUIage"'^
a»n„ u8«%2. across-the-board-increase- ^ .' ^"."''^•^' ""^ ""•»
fqr the. first year, retroactive t^^
July 19771'Various raises during
the secondyear amount to 6%r-r-
Included under the'.new agree­ment
are Doris Selub, Jacob
ISL actual, implementation of im-.
prpyements. Other activities are
' the possible ac<]uisition of the
Raynor Hbtnestead for its preser­vation'
and - a Village-wide sign
and graphics program.—Other.
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when the regularly appointed and - where they were called to acqi<;t ' Tinpman and John Seitoif. A s ^
•; ronsttiited'-rffir'H^ of •>"• "Tn't'^-" fhelyEutat^^^gU.^ > g g.r;irT<m£ "sistants to the Superinfendem;
' Department rcqiiin':a>'tistarrff... the scenenf a Tpppnt TTiiifder at .Russell Birdsall.-Administrative ,
I -:They.shall have the, power to_..•,the Long IslanchRaaroad Station;- .As^.isUiit.tiidDistiief t^erfcrJehn-rj
---=^=--^insievarrests-only for-pubnCMn--Uorp»erprm-a situ|tidn-wheTe:rthe^-~TempQne._Maintgn^cp_Sgper-
• --:^xU.'aHJhJ^- trami: -vlulalimn.' rAct-that-.tlti.j.- cajiltd J<fcir"nu--!ajqn: ^ gM-IIgjg^"I.Cg._^g5g¥-;
-disordcrlyrjfonduct, oTJ.otfter ' 'was a.• 'htie.llnp , e;... g;.. '^a'p..p.Ure.:h.te..n_id«i7n_g_ a_T- • Adfnin?<rfrativ'e AiiKtanf. " '
offenses agamst peace.arid good.- ktiife^^'elding youth at^&eepoinL
ordenfi-r^^r-—^r^- ~^'^———-.High .School.' Police:, sources.-.
Administrative Assistsint
^ After the four-td^ne. roil
Tvole jras" taken. H6ny_a§ked. foVT:.
.Historically. Vhe'special police Were.iinable to -stJppo'rt many ofr. permission to speak; Gtv5r-thfc
heen referred to in years past, the ~"llad explained that th?y were iiot. .saia: _any petion sliilflg uu-lhli
-7-^= auxili^ypolice) gohack in time to .
-:•', at least just after Worid Wai- 11;
• One member of the present force
tells,bLhis now-deceased fathei:-'
'"-J in-law who was a speaal-police-
•^ officer in the earlier days.-1 -.
. _.: The--special police officers,
' . -all residents of Freeport..are vif-
- -. lage employees^hderrClvil Ser--
Board has the righUto vote ^no
.You have'iJxercisfed your "right, as'
I have on other occas!oris:-How-_
ever, in aU good 'conscience, • I
wotild like it'.put on' lhft_record
that I am shocked-at your vote,
the "village and they do serve-a^,.- ^**Ybu recallthat in", the early,
very usefuHlMrrpc^rerWeMlo be- " part of Deceinber," Holly ^ n -
-- - {Cont.^onPage 12) ->•';.• (Cont.on Page5)". _
given crediL in the recordsTfor.
"much, of-the assisting they had.
done.- -".- • ~~~",'--T • .',• ."\"r..-V
.'•_ Police Commissioner Meehan"'
noted this week tfiat. "'there is'^a-need
for special police-officers in.
COMING ATTHACriON. the members of the:"New WofWConsort,^^
photographed In their medieval gartJ, wJII be presented In concert by—..
the Freeport ArtsCoandl. Theprograinof "Musicof MaJieval JewryV-Is
schedi/Iedfdr Sunday, January 15i.3 pm, in (he Freeport Memorial'
Library. Tickets are $2 for adults and-*t:for senior citizens or^udents.
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