The-Leader_1978-04-13

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42nd YEAR NQ.50 VREEPORT. NEW YORK, APRIL 13.1978 PRICE I5« PER COPY
Wf/oge Spends %SOQSiQO
To Upgrade Poor Streets
FREEPORT - Th^l978 Road improvement program vvas accepted by
the village Board of Tnlstecs'at their Monday night meeting. AptJl."^-
The $500,000 package was suggested by the Highway Commission who_
developed the list, as charged by the Board STanearlier meeting. The
list of priority streets, the Commission explained in a memorandum to •
the Board was based upon those •" . :
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-trtEY'flESHbWBIZl^me of UTe members oHbe-FroeportHiglf-^
ductipn of "PafamajGame^* werElfjrrhafld.atiaat.week'sChamtier of Commerce lunchetin at SaHy.Bay__^
Yacht Club to^^lve guests^ sampling of the show.'Chamber president Norman, Schmellhg (r.)'«as-
Joined by Chamber directors Jo Cdna, Nat Mizfahl^ and Lionel Socoloylifr leading the aCidience's
applause for the talent and professionalism of the group. The siiow can be'teen this Thursday. Friday ..
.and^ufday, April 13,14 and 15. nights at the High School. Tickets>re ayailabie now aridat thejlopr'
^eslohg'astheyl^U. : • .-. • ; . >«':*"
• . Electlons^pnflfme^
-) FREEPORT - Results of the elwsiofffor chiefs of the Freeport Fire
-Pepartment have been cdnfinhed.and accepted by the village's Board
of Trustees who sit as Fire Commissioners. Walter ".Spike" Montstere
is-new-C3>ief-of-the departraent.-and-Donald-Mauersbergerc-First
Deputy Chief; Both ran unopposed. William Sarro won. election by two
votes- tp - the •. post , of Second^^___ , ~~~
Depnty.Chief and Jadt Combs, by
Orazio Ip
On Tdx Plans
I^lEEEORT -Long Island
Assemblyman Ahgilo Orazio will -
be a featured speaker, at* the next
-meeting of-tl»Jtortlg<re$t-Qvic _
that were in "the poorest_ con­dition."
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To be repaired by the village
^re Van Buren Street, full depUi,
at-a cost of abont S80.000; Hud­son.
Avenue, from Robert Street
to;thc end,.full depth. $100,000;
Pnnce ,Av?nue.-. from- Fennsyl-vjoia
Avenue ;to the village line,
two mch; overlay, $45,000; South
" Ocean. Avenue, from Sunrise"
Highway to Pine Street, peel
' existing toverfag and three inch„
—oy«»layj^. jMO.OOO; . South; Long.
"Beach'; Avenue, from Merrick
Road'to Sunrise Highway, peel
existing layer and three inch
. overiay, $70,000; and Roosevelt.
' Avenue, bpm Atlantic Avenue to
Casino Street, two inch overiay,
•--$85,000.
Also Cedar Street, Long BiSh
Avenue to South Bay Avenue,
...twoinch overiay, $20,000; Adams
--Stwtroe eitn, chL oonvge rlBaeya, ch$3 0t,o0 00M;'iallnedr.^ -Jlcvclopment program
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seven'votes, was elected to the
- newly_ created Third .^ Deputy.
Chiefs' spot. -Present Chief
Richard Van '"WicHin becomes
Second. Batallion Delegate ' in
.another.nncontestedrace. _
_ the elections- Thursday night"
drew 307 voters to' department.
-headquarters oh : Broadway,
where the voting ^ook , place.
Emergency Company, 154-147.
- On -Friday7. the day following
the election, candidate Bob Tctfy
lodged a formal•'protest-Hvii"
-Mayor-William White and the
Village ^oard.' He claimed that
"approximately 30.votes were cast
bjjndividuals who no longer re­side'
— within the • •. village • of
Freeport. Under'the bylaws of the
^^^it'^''':^^^- -S^^^^STd^iot^S
S ^ S ! f i i l ; S ^ c l ? ^ i n™ be<n considered active members-
^^V^^^lr^^^?^'"oIiht department. After Teny-
^TT^ZJ""^ made thTfa^Jrotest, F i d^
^ f h ; : ^ ™ « U r r o who J>ffici*Hy joined him.
_. In the two races, Sarro, wnp ^.~i-.':;di\j^7^ ~,^t.^.^^ w.
belwigs to Hose Company 2, had -A .nn(Bher'of conferences be
Sovith Bay'Avenue, Atlantic to
Ray-Street, two inch overiay,
$15,000. The costs are all approxi­mate.
The Commission axided one
option street -rt Long Beach,
from Prince to Evans; $35,000.
7 Immediately! following the
thaw.thc Highway Comi
had reported to the Tiflage Board
t hat tiie village, streets were m
bad condition 7due-to-thc ab­normal
winter weather. They had
asked the Board to .authorize
$800,000 for wo^ to be done this
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year, bnt'lhe_ Board — while
noting that it had a resppns]: ;
bility to keep the roads in. the
.village in go^ coiidition_-r felt "
that^S5QO,000 was aH that could
bedl>ne. " ',''.•
Flopdlns CmidlUoa
- Because of f^ooding^ conditions .
^rOtt Southside-Avenue, neaTUose
Company #i's headquarters, the;
Board authorized,the village en­gineer
to prepare plans to connect
the dry wells-to the*,dramage
syslfiin_pn_BcdeU Street. These .
plans would be ao^emate to the
bldding'dbcuments.wKich were to
be prejUlredfor^hii 1978 highway
progrvn.. .The . directo'r of the
villagers Cbhimunity;' Develop-.,
ment A^en^ was directed to
communicate with tiie Board as
to whether the /project was
iundable under the Housing Im­provement
Area #3 Community
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Appotnteent
The resignatkm of Jose Aviles
from the village's Human-Re-^
lations Commission was accepted
by the Board. Rev. Santiago
Herce; of- Our Holy'Redeemer
Jloman Catholic fTiiip-h, w«< «p."
"^Snted in his place.
PnbUcMectIng
- Donald McKeown, rcprtr
senting "fhe' Freeport- Athletic
Association, came l>efore~ the
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153 votes to Robert Terry's 151 -
"iiiiSotesjrTerty fea metnber Hose 4J
vT-'lBliae other contest. Jack Combs,
"otHoseJibeatedUtFUtdga, fft:
twteff'tlflrchie6 were held over,
the weekend,' a fire detiaifmenti'
source told THE LEADER. Mayor
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- Assemblyman Aiigelo F. Crtzlo
Association jshid} wisi bit^Md
^Thursday, ^vil^O. mstiiad of the
: osoal - second Thttrsday. of, the
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Wll Would Fund^Village's Roads Local i]iroup To
tzgislation that
J^.^wcnlrffTovi^. villages with state
v-;^ldd"ftt nuintainiBg and improv-
"ajpproximately $75 a mile' for.
; improying its highways .wbile:
villages receive nothfag. The bill
Receive NCCJ Award
.FREEPORT-- A viUage-wide
iaAhadiitiidtf IMlf lumaUiimn wuiild liidudi- lilligcs in Ua '.'BT^np, Thr FrrfpnTt Aiinriitiflft.
^ii/fcis^^beeij -introduced by. StM^
c^^SemaorNorman Levy and Asscm-
^X^ blytatanAnnand D'/osato.
^i*^According to levy, the legjsr
i: la&n ii'long overdue, to permil
•VrSaiiiges to share in the sttte aid
- .-that is available to locafitirs for
— the repair of p^lic highways,"^
' The s t ^ preseafly^ receives
:same formula-used to cwnpnte ^.- Coannnpity Researdi; and
VHe 'amount ot;.state aid. that frn'provement. Inc..' will be the-itiawn*
Teceiv?.- - ' • iccipient of one of ..the foar top
: The ineqmty in the presCTt"1«»-^^^fiwds being gwen this-yea* by
WW Jjrbbght to the' attention' of the Natwnal Conference, of
the. state legislator*'.'darir^-a"-- Cfenstian • and Jews^ -(H(X1J).~
^ mcctmg vnOt local yfliage may- 'Tl"» ionor was - anncnnced " by,
ors.Jncluding^ fteepbrt's Mayor the Freeport Assodi^'s
-WmiamH-WMte.' -— . . (C6nt.onPage2) r "^
HEWfia CELEBRATE HJ+lello bay Care'CenXir'iMn^^atVi^,
friwids and well-wlsheri c«n*'tffrthelr:«>pen.hoti«e:«d-PQiniwiiafif^^
^ recepUon iSdiiek. Assemblymah Armand O-Amato juaMmtin.)
'• and SUte'Sefiat«iNonn»i Levy.Jr) wera presented wWr-frwnetf--
Dlcfures InappOJClattofrof {heir efforts to secure.leoWatton.*abenefIt- .
*8dl chlldrenTon hand wwe (HTIO r.) Freeport M«yorWni|am White;;
D'Amato: GcrtI Colbert, pfMldent of Hl-Helto'a Communtty Advisory -
- Board; VlckllClannls director of Hl-Hello; arid Levy,
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