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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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43rd YEAR No. 10
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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JULY 6,1978 PRICE 15* PER COPY
BeplAnalj^sJwo Guys Effect On Mall
Local Nostalgia Alternate Sites Would Be
On The Radio Better, Soys Tttoblt
FREEl^RT'S%BAfE^.MiN:iN ... ^ - , ^ , - , «~. o-
' shaka^arid InhgrafliUitlons: frpm FreepOft ^^
BLUE facaive a welcoifilno .'hand-
FREEPORT - Nostalgia and
good music will be the theme of "
Sunday, July 9's "Something
Special From Freeport" program
over WGBB (12.40 AM), at
11pm.
' The show's reporter was on the
scene when alumni of the Free-port
High School band (from
1936-1966) gathered to play again
under the baton of. Dr. J.
Maynard "Prof Wettlaufer in a
concert held last month- in
-Freeport. Captured fofthfe'tadib'
audience is thb sound of the
alumni, some of whom had not
played "a-.musical ihstni.ment in
years, during their first and only
'rehearsstf.TPortions of the concert,
attended.by somc^70(L'penQnS;.
FREEPORT - Nearly four years after the publication of his original
report <b the Village Board on "A Way to-Modemize Downtown Free-port,"
planning cohsultant Walter Thabit has submitted his written
opinion on the proposal to locate a department store on the Bennington
Park Urban Renewal Site.
Meehan; Thafjra Freeportpbllce.officers recently graduated frOm.the
Nassau County Police.Academy whers tHey.distinquIshe^ themselves
wlth^hlghTHbnors. Showitwith Meehan are(-lirtoT. In .uniform) Police
Officers Michsief CapHolla; William Blaschuk; Alfred Gros, who'was'.
first In the grad^uatlng class' from Ihe Academy with a.95 average;
James'Gailo; and Richard Smith, who had beenchosiBn has class'
repres6fttailV6. This imwusl giuup of poltarbfflcera^irlngs the-number-of
men In the village department to 79. . • .' ••
Waterfront Weekend •= •
To Be Held In Village
FREEPORT - This village, aptly titled 'The Boating and Fisjiing.
Capita] of the East," is gearing up for its special "Waterfront Week­end,''
to be held July 22 and 23. .' ".' ". _^ '
. The two days of events include activities sponsored by the Freeport
"Chamber of Commerce and the Freeport Historical Society. Sdjeduled
are the-Fourth-Annual Great'" '"'-
sent its annual Arts and Crafts
-Show,- air exhibit, and; said-of
local talent It will be held Satur-,
day and Sunday, 10 am' to^ pn»,'
at the Freeport. Elks Club,'
.171 West Merrick Road. There^is
no admission charge. The charge-for
artists wishing to participate
'in the Art Exhibition and Sale is
alumni had travdledfr^m such
(Cont, on P. 12)>^-
Free Program
—FoHFeens—
The eight page report, termed
an "informal opinion" by village
Mayor William White, was writ­ten
by Thabit in response .to. a.re.-.
quest from White several months
ago. White eiplairied that h(
called Thabit, whose extensive
siiifvcy In 1974 led the way to the
recently completed, downtown
Freeport Mall, to talk' to turn
about proposals the Village Board
had received to sell* 5ie" 13.2
acres of'village-owned land, in
Bennington Park .for a' retail
Originally., interest
had been expressed by two stores
but, presently, it wodid appear,
-only Two Guys — a multi-depart'-
ment discbunt, operation — is
interested and being considered.
According to White, the tele-
_phnn>>.mnvi>r«atinn w4th Ttiahit
This Summer
^Canoe-andllkayak Race, a Nauli-cal
Fiur .and an Art &ihibit and
Saler . .. T--"-j ,• /
The two-day .Nautical Fair
./ iWilLbe held'at Maresca's Boat-
"--' yard on Woodcleft Avenue,
; , 10 am to 5 pm.- First laundied,
during " the i Bicentennial Year
^C: celebration.'- |he JFair will agun
": --feature' niintimc---cra^persohs--5io and'further information may
/,.>;,;demonstrating such sfaUs -.as. j ^ obtained by calling Dorothy
A •• lure, making, : decoy, carvmg,^ Bryan, 379-8280.
- . 1 : skrimshaw,. net-'.repair, - fish- , _^ - JPaddferaWIQ
iV'VTnjb6nting, -taxidemy;r*sUyer._ _: ' Compete faBacea - . -
,-r:f7.iewelty,.matog.-. art-miniatures, r ,. ©n Sunday, July 23, the Free--
. :- -etc. bxhtdi tiUMs, diml}/ suigcra, j^^f, CHaaibcf uf Cuiimieite: wSh
.cv:' "Mulor''-dowfe and other enter- sponsor for the fourth year the
i:.-:' :-tainnieat3?U add to jhe flayor of-^-Great Canoe -and Kay^l^ Jtace.:
was followed by a tour of th.e new
Mall. White sBowcdliim Two
Guys proposal and asked for his
A free program . opinion. The "informal survey"
be held in the was paid for by the Village.
Thabit-briefly analyze! foui^
potential sites in the village's
downtown^ area. The best loca­tion,
according^'to the planner,
uld be one on Henry ^treet
within ready walking distance of
the Mall. It would, replace the"
older buildings and part of Majes­tic
Chevrolet. Although Thabit^
tierms it the ""most satisfactory.
alternative," he notes that ac-quuition
of the site and provision
for adequate parking also makes
it the most expensive.
The second best site, according
~10Thabit, would be between Ben-son
Place and So.uth Columbus
venue. Though itTs "no longer '
within walking distance of the
Mali,'.'..Thabit suggests the area
could be rebuilt to linlrit and the
depanipentstore with additional,
retail stores. This site would also
requirei4icquisitionis,"but'— ac-coraingtoThaiut==
JKouldbeless .
expensive than^he first site.. .
'The other two locations are in
the Urban Renewal .Area. That
land is alrcady'owned by the vil­lage
and its 'sale adds to the vil­lage
treasury-and to the village
tax roles; '
- Thabit gives preference to the
western,edge mtt tfid
. FREEPORT
for-teens will
Freeport Recreation Center's
Skating Lounge and ice rink area
beginning Jtily 11. Planned for
young people between the ages of
13 and 18, the program will take'
place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays, 7 to 9*J0-pm, until.
August 17;
. Ilie air-condition_ed Skating
Lounge .win be set up with table,
games and a juke box. When
• bwee alitthileirze pde rfmori_tasr, cthheer yic,e . gryinmkn wasil-l j,
tics, yoUey ball ann-wresuingT^
. A .similar program is hel^by
. the. Recreation'Departinent from
-Ttiesday to Friday, 7:to 10 pm, at
tbe_ Columbus Avenue School.
Both programs are limited. \o
Freeport residents.
eastern
,|edge of the Bennington Park Ur­ban
Renewal Area, because "'it is
still possible to use the depart­ment
storie as an anchor in a uni­fied
downtOvvn...a department
- store in this location could inspire
the construction of a second mall
running roughly p'arallelfo AIex-~
ander Avenue...through to .the
Mall. Parking could t)« added
along Merrick Road." —
According to Mayor White,
._hQw.5Yer, the. eastern edge is_
: preferred. White points out that
it would be difiicult to build a
(Cont.onPagelO)
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v^jVnqadnilsndncfaarge.-
Pro-^atedi-ees
For Rec feenter ^ . . ^ . dren and adults,'induing over
:^Eonsofedy^l^, ..the. ] Hirepdrt ::^:^^
''-*-—"*' ''-'"iety.Z^ : NantkaJ'r"paddlers^ in tyo."PCTSOH^ canoes fannlies vacationwt ofthe village
g^aBmaaaft-f-^H-hattir thr ttHiif aEtmn-an<rH>fjjnT'R thr- imrnfW'hf' laWlz^it^l
FREEPORT - - . Since many.
^tob.in the cnfts of boat boOding^
':ai^qr^.tepalt,,inalang ,-uitps-intl
:!^tlife-b6ttle; RJdi mating and/or.
. 'iepair.^- - maiiinspikenianship.
- carvers*' "net repatt 'aiid.- fish
"fileters. ; } ; •>•"•"-' • « ' , - . •'
. .Craflspersons interdted -Tn
partidpating sboold calPHerb
.-Jurist, ;379-5915; ' or' Elaine
,-Stettncr, 546-2536. Entry fees'
winds, of Wobddeft. C«n»f aJttd
S^^ ,'C^k.. Renta],«uipct 'win.
be^vailable for those who-do not'
own thor own craft, -.A' ' .". -^
" .Trophiesfare; awarded in the
races. Tliis year, a Guy Loinbarido'
'Memorial Cop viO be pven.in."
honor of the late biiiijWdcr who.
resided in Freeport -for over
40 years. Lombardo was a partid-range'fiB'm
no charge for craft j ^ f jj, tj,g Annual Canoe R»cc
• demonstrators .to $25' for nbn-" ftoin its inception".
profit organizations selling ethnic Races win start at Shelter Point
foods.' 7^- —- Marina"?
For the 15th year, thA Freeport
Historical Sodety wiH also pre-pn
Wooddeft - Avenue,
(Cont. on P. 6W)
Freeport Board of.Trustees has
. ^i^opted's-new fee scfaednle t^
:'ailow' tmfinnted tdmUiion, epos
their^^retnm, to the- "RecreatKn
Center's pools and otherfadlitiea.
ofthe Health Wing. . - "../:.
A n ^ ' ^ J l i f ^ ^ S S - ' ^ N O t H E f t GRANT FOR FREEPORT. M.r>r Wllltam Wilte of
n ^ f fL V ^ L ^ m ^ v s i t f S Freeport (r.) Is happy to recafyo, from Coogresaman Norman F. Lent.
^^^A^JZA S^a £ , £ r "^- * W 0O in t h e S o f - a litter of credit for the village. The «ym } ,
M ^dwidnal smd $8 ^ a SCTiw - ^ ^ , , „ ^ y,^ Department of louring and Urt^i Development In
^zeoi The normal rate ts ^Or Washington to conllnue-a houaing Improvement assistance program ,
$27.50, and $13;75 respectively. no^ In tfPeraUorUaiFreeport.MJnder the program, eligible famlllea
- . Similar pfo-rated fees win be receive aaUtance for needed home repairs or maintenarice. The grant ,
put Ja effect oii tfotember 1 for p«eaewtetlo«-faok plaea ln-iroQt-of.m. exhlbtt-p* the eccompHstwnents •*
the fan season and April 1, 1979 of Freeport'a Community DevetopmentPfogramMrhlcti goes on flispiay
for the winter season. at Freeport Village Hall this week.