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FREEPORT
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ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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THE LEABER FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
43rd. YEAR. No. 52 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. APRIL 26.1979 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
• . * ' '- • ' ' • Proposed School Tax Increase 96*'
Little League Board Of Ed Prpmlses
EQUOAtOOH'nnP.^tfei^^finii^MVbrt to ywng mtdenta
nrJth UwKirtrttfnflt of Ifta fOMport VDtmia ttJurt, Jodoe Ralph Franco
invltfid members of Gtrt 8cout troop No.: 2382 to view the Court In
aeMfon.TJJeJudoe'adauohtef.Uuran.'falohFartflht.' - . '
Board Says OK t o "two Gujs"-
FREEPORT - After a neuir three boar pobBc beaiing, the Village
Board of Trustees, Monday night (April 23) voted munimoosly to sell
13.2 acres of moslcipally • owned land to the developer of a Two Gavs
discount department store. The agreed apon price, approved by the
Federal agency HUD. is 51,083.780. The land b bounded by Sunrise
Highway on the north and Merridc road on the sooth, and lies between
liberty and South Columbus Avenues, close to the Meadowbrook
Parkway.
Opens Season
FREEPORT - Opening Day
ceremonies at Glacken Park will
precede the first games of the
Freeport little League's 1979
season this coming Saturday,
April 28. The day's events are
scheduled to begin at 10 am at the
park, located at South Brookside
Avenue and Sunrise Highway. A
Sunday, April 29. rain date has
been set aside in case of inclem­ent
weather.
As the ceremonies open. Little
League players will assemble on
the field ss dignataries assemble
at home plate. Following mess­ages
and introductions by Bill
Mello, president of baseball and
chairman of peremonies; Bob
Nothels, sectetaty John DiGrazia.
little League diairman; and
Charles Mahoneyj treasurer; two
ma|oT teagoe games wUI be
" yetfi. South Shdre'Federal will
,pih«l.'agairist~Metro|>olltan
Onf/ One Vote This Year
FREEPORT • A96t tax increase is projected in the proposed 1979-
1980 school budget released this week by the Freepott Board of Edu­cation.
The 522.352,108 toul budget is 51,461.110 more than the one
presently in fonx In the district. Estimated revenues however will be
increasing only 5690.700. according to the figures in the lincby-linc
budget booklet which Is presently available to the public at school
district offices on West Seaman Avenue.
Although - district estimates
The 8 pm hearing was attended
by a standing room only crowd of
residents, merchants and other
local business persons. Alinost all
of the residents who spoke, and
referred to a report done more
than a year ago by planner Walter
Tlubit and expressed bis concern
tbati if the Ullage s*ys no to the
several business people, favored, proposal by Two Guys it would
the coming of the 1)0.000 square
foot retail-store. Most of the
tnerchants. business people and
Cbamber of Commerce, repre­sentatives
who addressed the
—-board opposed the coming of tbe
^-i New Jeney-based operation.
'.-^^" ~ TlilaiiirTiirtMi" ' "
'. -'Prior to the 5-0 vote, tbe
: trustees, eexrDplUai nrd their individfl
OS tor
build "elsewhere" in ihisinailtt
area, oofside Freeport. dose
enough to have a "serioos and
adverse impact on the Central
Bosiness District." Herniated to
an apstate community, with a
jumQjtf ntuation^ and said that
i^anyretJ^ stores tboe were ^ i e '
to prosper.
Petenuuuu however, did agree
Bank; and Freeport Sea Clam will
go against Freeport Republicans.
Thi?. year's teams, their spon­sors
and managers are:.
In the RooUe Division of the
Baseball League Martin Coal and
Oil (Mike Campbell). Bayview
Meats (John Militemo). Hunger-ford
& Oark (Sam Roberts),
Glacken—Insurance (Stan Ses-newicz)
and"Schloss'-Mets (Mar­vin
Traub). Tom Basalone is
Division Representative.
The nine-ye«r-9!d—
whose Division Rep
Fenyo, are Capt. Ben's (Joe
Nowicki), Sparaco Glass (Mike
Dunning). Columbia Bronze (Pete
Anglim), Schooner Inn (Harold
Stair), Barasch's (John Guckies),
Dapper Dan (Bert Reiss) and
". " {Cont.onPaoe?) —
show an 5818.000 increase in total
state aid for 1979-80. a decrease
in money cspcctcd from BOCES
brings the total estimated rev­enue
line down.
As of April 1.1979 the district's
assessed valuation of taxable
property was Figured as
581.403.419. The present school
tax is 517.891 per 5100 asessed
valuation, the 96t increase, would,
bring the school tax to 518.$^.
The increase; in slniple terms,
would (hean that the-owner of
-propertyi in the Freeport School
Distria. assessed at 57.0(X) would
pay an annual school tax of
51.319.50,567.20 more than he is
paying now.
Major increases In. the pro­posed
budget are in the lines of
"Instructional Staff' and "In­structional
Support Staff." The
former increases 5553,293; the
latter shows 5154,666 more on the
proposed budget- line that the
present one. The district will be in
the third year of a three year con-'
tract with its employees.
Minora. Alth"'iyh the district's pre-Kin-
Is Roger dergarten program loses some of
its funding this year, budget in­creases
are not due directly to the
district's picking up an increased
"tab" Tor the program. The
money• from. ESAA and Title I
funding the district anticipates for
tbe coming sch\Mt. year will bc.cui-
Ihc equivalent of two positions.
At (he same lime. Duris ScJub —
Assistant to tbe District Superin­tendent
— explains four teachers
in the district s k-6 program w>-cre
tobeexcessed. These four will be
"redeployed" to the pre-K pro­gram
thus, not only allowing the
present nrogram to continue but
to bring tt back to a five day pro­gram
for all youngsters in the dis­trict
who apnly. Presently, .t)>c .
'program has becii mbdlfi^. The
district's share cCthe ub this
comlrig year would be appros*
imately 3143,000: ootside funding
pays about 5193.000.
' Other increases in the budget
, fall Into the areas of utilities, wiih
anTricrease of about 564.000;
operations and maintenance, in­creased
about S45.000: adminit-
-trational and supervision, about
• 580,000: athletics and cu-curric-uluro.
under 520.000;° and man­dated
services for special edu­cation
(approximately 547.000).
payments lo others (nearly
530,000) and ancilary services to
pupils (more than 5100.000).-On
the other hand, insurance costs
dropped from 5159.50D to"
592,600, and less money is being
projected (or instructional in»-
tcrials. supplies and equipment
(from 5541.599 to 5474.830).
The annual public budget hear­ing,
is • scheduled for tonight
— (Com. on Pago 7)
Freepott Group Uuds Absentee LandlonlRneil In Village Couit
AnH Cfflannif TW|»i«iAn FREEPORT.- A property owner has been fined $1,000 by Village
"""•OlCCnilg UCvlSIOn judge Ralph.Francoior maintaining substandard rental units in Free-t
«ttoosfocHiprovmgtiiesale_'.„itb-the- concera expteaseff
Ma«9r Wniiazn' H. WhHe
-kaovrtedged tbe crowds in tbe
fay.o^mf it "gn^iyinf" to
; 'see that' nany p e o ^ "«pces-
: silk's coocem cxdier potitire or
."iifga|iye.
Deputy Mayor DoroCby Stocn
' pbfaited out tint she "cauot
alwSTS find what {she] waats," at
-Jbcal stores, at &e price, tatdng
beT'to shop siaiietlHiei cntdiSe
Tier^I. SlK'BOtiBd. lhat^mitds~-
ea Tbe MaO are ^'prjoBbitiTe";
aod saggntrA '• that fapaty-'
-.on flees oCEec lndwcnieiits'to pro*.i.^
^^MpecOfft I f ters of stores. Stem '.
'igreed witb sooe.'fif the led- '
'destSt who had ipriken •. cariif r,,
t jwr t r' 'ujuuBulve^
tzsssportstiaii" -^ betveea -- Two
Guys sad tbe MaS should have
^ppnoniy.
Tntstecr TiBKiOiy Prtfrnisa
eazfier'by Daa Maadel, a kxal
attorney spealdag for the Ubeity
Park-Tenaitts' Associatioo, - that.
tlie store's presses sad in*"
Besses, -facing Liberty Park
Otire, should be awved fnither
Borth. ^
. .Mandd, aotinjg that .Two Gtiys
hvaUaag. fai Freeport was a
^leafistic" rrprrtafifln. 'also
asked the Board to oiiatider a-
Bieat conpiez sad the retail,
store. Mayer White ~ eiplaiaed
that, the^boildfav had ahtcady
beat iooMd a '^sHght bit to the
west" fton its loeatidii 90 the^
- • • * • * . . - a w - * - • "
..,FREEPORT,!, A-reqenL,lLS._
"SupremeT^riT'decislon regard­ing
radal steering of prospective
honebwaers Was regarded as "aa . __ . . . . . .-
important, aitestoae fbr inter 5S?.^/'**^*°^^»?*!*Jf*'-°f
port. Herbert Mahler, a .Jericho resident-with ofllces-In Roosevelt.
-mfpeartiinFreepsTt^pUfitCaartJastThaiadayi April lOi-lnaaswef-td
several summons'issued by the village's Building Department.
. Jadge_ Franco levied the tnu^-,
Place is due, in court nn May 10
sw&eace dhst be had "believed ia
die vtdtct Atce Its JaceptioB."
(Conf.onPa0«i2) .
grated comnromties sodi as Free*'
port.? Tbe statement, issued f>y .
tbe:'Freepott Stabilizatioa aiid ~
Affirmative Housing Committee.^
was nude at their meeting la^
Friday.. •. "
'The coorl d^cisoa referred to
by the village committee was ooe'
handed down ia Washingtos,.
DX: last week, on April 17, Tbe
Soprexne Court mled that a ooeo^
'autflhy ifld lu lesidei
over racial steering. (See Editd-'
rioLpege 4} While not mfing 00'
'^the particalar iaerits of a ssit'j
'brbo^_by residents of the
-CUcago sabnxb of BeOwood,
nSnob, ihe cocrt did give' then
"iegaJ siandmg lo iU£ t«U fUl
estate firms. Residents of the in*
. t^rsted coomanity cfaatjed that
- ; (Coot, on Page t 2 ) x -
S2S0 in four cases and dismissed. '
ia «atisfactioo, six' others wiiere
repairs to the-stmctures are^
already uadetway. _
.- Tbe pnperties for wMch
Mahler.was fined are located at:
26.ShoBaard 'Aveaoe.'57- East^
Deaa Street, 54 Graad Avease
aad 25 Wasbbora kfimte..
Conditions, aow beiag eorrected.
incladed pforabiag . .deflects,.-
wiadoirs. leaks, peefiag.
paiat.defiet^veoeiliacs aad yard
debris; Similar coadttlDOs. oow
. beiac recti6ed..were alio feuad at
M^Uiet'spropertie»at76and 140
ytOjoMa hnaae, 10 Sosedale
An^iae. 72 Mouat Aveme. 16
rati StrrrT «ni1 9lS Ftft Vitnrn
Aveiroe.
McftUBc^FacMJd
^ »acsbet Village'Coart sctJoa.
William McMoIlea of It RMBCQ
for, necution of the sentence
imposed on him.recently. by.
Judge Franco, The seatehce u ';
fWe days in jail bo one count aad :.
an.sdditiooarfive days oa another -
with the jail tenasto t>e served
-jcoBcaneatiy.:.--.;•:. .': • •
• Oa two other tounts.McMollea
'has the option of payiag a total of
$200 or'seniflg sddltioaal-jaU.
•letnts,".' .';"/ r."
-' McMaflea was fbund guilty of^
natntitidug-m twu-CMnay.^home~-
oceopied .by- more thaa two
' families, having ao reataJ permit.
' maintaining^ "^ -«-"-^rabitaadatd
dwdfiflg aad bavisff' go jaibage'
ftceptades. Tbe Village baa bmi
iaielitd, witli tin. tlaiaita arer-oecitpancyat2l
Ruuetf Street (or
seteral^ years.- .with McMollea
(Cont. on Pa^ 12^ !