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NASSAU CTY niSIQaXCAL UUSEVtC
EtSEUHOIER PARK
EAST UEADOI, N Y 11554
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
THE LEAttER FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR No 14 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 2. 1979 PRICE 20'PER COPY
Fish Market Plan Couses Concern
Could Alter Character
Of Freeport Waterfront
FREEPORT . Village mayor William H. White has told THF.
LEADER that he had no input into a possible plan to K>cate a "Fulton
Fish Market" operation on the south shore, possibly in Freeport. The
plan, which appeared to originate from both Town of Hempstead find
Nassau County departments, has caused- discussion among fish
retailers and wholesalers, boat
TEEN TALENT will be on view when the Freeport Arts Council's Summer Teen Theatre Workshop -
will present "Richard Roidgers - the Sound of His Music on Thursday and Friday. August 2-3. Per4;'
formances will begin at 8:30 pm at Freeport High School. Shown in rehearsal are some of the almost
50 high school students involved in the production, which is under the direction of Stove Pagano.
Tickets will be sold at the door for $2.50 for adults: and $1.50 for senior citizens and young people
under 12. For information, call 223r2522.
Village To Receive More Funds Merchants Plan
dealers and government sources
In tKis waterfront village.
While a press release .dated
July 19. received from the offices
of Hempstead Town Presiding
Super\ist>r Al D'Amato, did not
mention Freeport as the site of
V v^ '^ cffy- mimr^WL.'^^m^szi < • .^I^^SSCVKI- T - - - - . . • - | ^ | ^ ^ • ... _ ^ ^ ^ M ^ h ^ ^^^ proposed wholesale fish
r^&^ i^JL* ^ ' T^ - '• ^'ikr-^ ^* ^^^*^ ^ B B L . ~ I I 3 B B - . 5 B B market, articles in the daily media
-J - « • • —' :^.. . did allude to such a situation.
An article and picture In
Ncwsday's July 20th Issueborc a
'photojiraph' caption "One of
several fishermen who heard
D'Amato's plan fur an expanded
fish market in Freeport speaks in
Point Lookout."
The article's first paragraph,
which covered a meeting in Point
Lookout held July 19, of which
this newspaper had no prior
notice, stated chat D'Amato had
"added his voice...to proposals to
improve the fishing industry on
the South Shore by saying that
Freeport should be made into a
fish market ihat could rival New
York City's Fulton Fish Market
within three years."
. A Woodcleft Avenue boat
dealer, with extensive land
holdings on the canal, told THE
LEADER that he would sell his
property and business and "get
out fast" if such a proposal was
put into action. He said it would
not ruin only his business, but the
entire waterfront area,
h u.hilr nnT,Tc.iim;_^ '^'*'' rctailer/wholcsaler Jo
^ ^ ^ d f f l ^ ^ t i o n ($iqo:450j.__FreeportthUm^^^^
—Waar^w^ased on the smallciL.__the J^Tcpc^::Puh\K~ Sjjools - - ^ - . j fadioTiiuSTWCBB^iTir
n-i, -c^aTll^ed°M th^eJ lg!r^a'n'ff- ''^atn^out her.^ "co^m'^p'u;t^en?z!e!d? "?°iSns*t^rulc'?ti^on-i °!L^=_ brMdfas-t - live from ihc-Mall
• achieveioent for Mayor William Freeport's secondary schools.
Than Previously Expected
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Congressman Norman F. Lent has an­nounced
the awarding of federal grants to the village totalling S493.450
in fifth vcar Surplus Renewal Funds, about S50.000 more than was
.originally anticipated.
The grants will be used for rehabilitation of structures picked up by
the village for homesteading etc.
(SSO.OOO): rehab loans and grants
in Housing Imprm-emcnt Areas 1.
2 and 3 ($32,000): economic
' developroent of North Main
Street (SMiOOO);; acquisition of
propcny on North Street" and in
Housing Assistance Area 1
($40.000);-Street
improyements in Housing As-
: si^an^ Areas 1. 2 and 3
.(S57300): Stabilization ($20,000);
'jand the-balance-for contingency
While and his administration in
utilizing the Community Develop­ment
Block Grant program...The
block grant concept.' the Con­gressman
explained, "permits
maximum effective use of federal
funds for community improye-and—
scwcr--mcntjvith.a minimum of federal
red tape and bureaucratic inter-fercnce
in local affairs."
Lent noted -that tbis_»*-Uhe
second large grant awarded rn
Sale Event
FREEPORT- For the 51st con­secutive
year, (his village's down­town
area merchants arc promot­ing
their annual Diillar Savings
Days. A three day event, this
year's Dollar Days have been,
scheduled for Thursday. Fri­day
and Saturday. August 2-4.
Participating stores on The
Mall, and some located nearby,
will be open until 9 pro Thursday
and Friday nights and until b pm
Saturday.
Parking is free in the various
village lots bordering the Central
Business District. Two of them
back-on rear entrances to some of
.fishing boats and one of the three
outfits on the canal to pack for
oiheni as well as themselves,
noted that she was in favor of-dredging
Junes Inlet and other
waters to allow them to get larger
boats in. "I would like tu see the
present commercial nshlt\x In­terests
improved." she said, hut
"without jcopardUing the beauty
of the area and with continuing to
maimain. the diverse activities
along WtKHjclcft Canal,"
Mayor White, in an interview
with THE LEADER, several days
after the Point Lookout meeting
hosted by the Town tif Hemp-stead,
said "i had no input into it
(the proposal) and from what 1
have read in the newspapers I
don't think much of the plan."
White remarked that he w as in
favor of some amount of dred­ging.
He noted that it had to be
done and that if. responsible
parties such as the Coast Guard
and Corps of Engineers uys
there is a need fur it. it should be
doitf. He suggested that Hudson
Canal could also use dredging.
Boats coming in and out of that
waterway, he said were "digging
mud...One of (he reasons is
because of the wash coming from
(be County-owned Cow Meadow
Park." White noted that, as far
back as County Executive Eugene
Nickerson's administration, the
county indicated they would do
something about the problem, but.
• nothinghad been done,
(Com. on Pago 12) . - -
in
theatre Approved For Freeport Mall
FREEPORT • The July vSlage
2aatng Board of Appeals monthly
meedflg beard a pn^xtsal for a '
ISO^eat ieptimate theatre to be ^
located CO FreeportV-slio^nng.
oudL > --•-: .. ;••;";" V-T'"
'. Bepresentfiig " the • f wmer/•
<>p«atdis;^IritI»c|zMi»n-Hay-"
"Tiuaie7'n»Tii<, .•fMiiTof Mrnidu
had appCed fi3r« trariuecforthe.
theatre to'be located U-7S Free-quired
becsSHrcbetbeatre traold.
lack the reqdlred fwaber cf «ff-street
parliag spaces.' .'
The Zoding Board of Appeals
granted the variaiKe. ia « oaatn-mous
vote, stipulating various
conditions for the two story
building.
The vatiance. the 2BA speci­fied,
frrold only be applicable for
the Freeport Man Playboose. a
ncjf-fbr-^rofir corporatioii.-a^ long
• MX Joseph King- (presently
managing director) and Elaine
Tosa (poblidty director) are' the
; respoBgble parties*-'
"fhel theatre; the- board's
dedsjpn states.- jmnsi be.used
.'solely .as.» t^itimate tfieatre.
^althoagh -:-H--ctnld. iadode- the
"•raffnrg of acting .and relaied
during the sales event.
Mall merchants promise nwre
of their more than half-a-centuty
of good sales and friendly service.
Court Fines
Code ViolotoriK
: FREEPORT —Jpdge Ralph
Franco^ sitting in VUIage'Coait
' <ia'Ju)y'26,~fmed Ray Grossman
Associates a total .of S575 for
^matnuaniflg sabstandard--rental
Ybe board pot a Rmit'of ISO
aaatiLfor.tfie.Htaatni'f rapiritir
and soled that-die interior jnnss
cooibnniwth tlie plan subnutted
' lost at the time of the appHcatioo.
Alterations most btpn within
nz months and the painting and
eiterior aheratipns .most be
completed within MX monthf. ~
The variance was granted for
two years, but can be extended by
farther appticatioa for two year
periods prorided tH the speiroied -
cooditians are met- ' ' • • . . .
The fine of SSOO was on
cbonts inrohringjiriolations at
^Crafliflg PJace. Sraoe rejHun naJT
been'made at 180 Nonh^Colom*
-bns Avenoe. Judge Franco rie-doced
the original fee on tfiat
coant from S2S0 to S75.
In,.another case, .the -Judge
fined Ortefio Posada 5250. Posada
had been foitod goilfy of allowing
the ooe-Camily . hotise at 175
> Church Street to be rented to
two families,in. yiotatk^v of ..Vi]-
iageordlnaoces
CATCHING SPEEOE/tS. FrMpoH Poifc* Offidi^ John Lundw^gan U
•hown dampnstrating tha department Radar Diviaion't aqulpm«nt
which he took to Freepon High School racentiy. At (h« raqu«si of
privers' Education instructor* Harry Mcttrmvt and G^ga Emma.
Lundergan showed som»l20 students •ftroiied in the Frteport Seboo4
Otstrict's tummer driving courM, the use of traffic coqtroi systems
uf«d by law enforcement ag«r>cies. He also showed a (Urn, "Vifheets ol
Tragedy, ".ifdiich outlines the various causes of vehicular accidents.
•The nao^^rktive prooranvt>et4(een>th« school and ttte police •depart­ment
will eoniirti«^ln the (all, -•