The-Leader_1980-04-24

              PRECPORT
lAiDWIN
ROOSEVUT
MERRICK
FHEFrorr ;•=•.!,'.•)rrA',.I.rcHA^'r
THE LEABER
FREEPORT'S
officim
NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR, No. 52 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. APRIL 24.1980 PRICE 20* PER COPY
School Budget Hearing Tue^ay
Littte League Copies Available Friday,
open*Reason g. , 3 p ^ A ( e e « n f A f HvS.
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FOB DUR POUCE. At Gordon (c), owner of Right Track inn, shows
- PrBeportPolloe Commissioner David Meehan (1.) and PBA presMent
Arthur'Aurdette^he VI inVESTed In the Freeport Police" bumper
''sttcKertVrhfch aratietna sold as part of the Freeport Chamber of Com-
' mefo«i*» hiijdHT^sIngjBffgrts on behalf ofthe PBA'^ vesi fund. Gordon,
:;- .«Hwt|f'e(uMH^iLti)fte|fprt; haa also planned a cocktail party to be held
. ThUnidayf t)^«^r6-apin. aj: fVa>ttTrack Inp; l-'Oiiir ooal/^prdon ex-
'pTaTns^vfariifbiniel-tJrbof vftit ftw'eviBry^Fjeeport.ppltee officer."
'-Tteketslolrt^cocktail party; whichtrtirtealure'two'hourrbrv'nlimited'
"hon d^oeiivretl^ Uqucfr't are Sa^BuhTperr MicHeVfarelSfiUr.'Bbth-ara
:obWMp«C^n\:ttie GhamSer'a office ontthe'Sih floor 61 the Banic of
-'N6rtl^W)(n«rica'-BuHding, TO.West Sunrise Highway, or,by calling
.^ 37a-7402.7The Chamber's off Ice. is open wec^cdays 10 am-12 noon. ^
S: TaxiijK^mp^ Fcirb Hike
r.:. JFREEPOKltrJQting the "tfemendoos increfsea" in gasoline costs
witiiin'thd^'pasl six nuiths. Bernard Levyy-teptesfenting Canncn Taxi
, -^ud^driyetsris JJLHng'the'^VOIage to tnctease cab fans. Levy ap-
' ^pearra|>^mn'tiie.1io«id Monday mgiit, April 21, when his request for
,' aB'|'energ3ilcyio(xease"inlanratesappeatedontheBoard'spiinted
r;ag^nda^;=•:'3y:'" "~, , ^-«' - "•
.; .n' MaW 'S^iumH.'Vfhite noted
-J- tfaii.tbe'boud.coald^oQt legally
„-v" granVan enier^ncy increase, but
; ''• l,w6nldX-bave'}to.' b d d , a, pnbHc
r> honfi(g~Cl>^lQrfrlv changing the
-, v-iatn^He asked village counsel to
J ppha^paett^sit;o^.heA^^c;^ ^nee cseusdsai rayc t'io lne gbayl
':' thel>Mtdi'is'l£YJJLComplainedoC
.^the'^^vileUyt^^laft time; he rc-
• c questedlh increase. ", "•'
/ . The.preyiod<E cab {are increase
1 was ^tanled last smnmer^At that
'.^titnCf'tevy cited increases in-fueb
.- costs^ -insurance premiums' and
4'nudntenanttof his vehicles. -'—
^'Y '^ifmal'.o^ "drivers were also "
'• pnsent-'ijid' explained td^-THE
: - LEADER tlat thw pay for the gas
, ^fpr tiidfveliiclcslnemselves. The
-'~mctease'request, would split .r=.
' as aie'idl thrfgres taken in by the
taaihnt wnrlr fnr CnnTVftfrTnrf
ject to village restrictions and
inspections andTcut^^wge what,
they want.'^'L have called tUs to'
the attention of the board and the
police department^ and nothing
was done." -
White explained that ReEance
had l>een granted twq or tliree
medallions subject to a check on
some ofthe facts on the applica­tion,^
but J c v y answered that he
had obt^ed a legal court stay
^against the authorization of the
medallions.
Apparentiy surprised. White
. turned to both the Village Cleric
and VDIage Counsel. Village
, Clerk Tom De^^ncenzo concurred
tliat a stay had been bsued, but
added, "I don't know how legal ii
FREEPORT T Opening Dav
ceremonies at Gladien Pa^ wiQ
precede the-first games of the
Freetwrt litUc Leaguers 1980
season. this coming Saturday,-
"AStJi-ZZtjrheday's events are
schedded to be]^Ihft(4(l am at the -
park, located at South firifidtaide...:.^
Avenue and Sunrise Hl^way.
Sunday, April 27,-has been set ,
- aside for ihe rain date.
Opening day game will see two
teams in the Majors Division on
the field: Coral House and Two
Guys.
This year's teams,' their
sponsors and managers Qi known
at press time) are:
IntiieegbtYearOldBasebaU -
D i ^ o n • Martin Coal and Oil
(John Qukies), Sdiioss^Mets,
• :,f-'>.. (Cojii-pn Pi^^e)'^ _-...!i
iiks Clubiozed
'^FR^^RT -,0n Thursday,"
April 17, trudciTcranes and other
equipment moved in and deouli*
tion^of the cIose-to-60 jrear old
Freeport Elks du6house,on West
Merrid: Road began its slide into
phyacal loblivion. Once con*,
sidered "the most beautifiil^EIks
dubboQse-^in soutfanston New
York Stote." tiie bmlding and its
3.2% acrestiad been purchased
by Freeport developers Morris
Sussman and George-Belleds.
Upon their appli^tioa, • the
Wlage Roard tezbned the
propaty at a sped^L Saturday
afternoon meeting in February.
The Elks subsequentiy auc­tioned
off much of the fomituie'
and memorabilia in the lodge with
the antiers, over the front door,
seemingly the last to go. THF.
LEADER-wes recoltiy lold that
the antiers have been installed In
Southhampton^ ~ oq . ^^ontauk
Highway, a gift from the Freeport
Elks to the Southhampton Elks
Lodge.
Following the auction the
buildfflg was boarded up, but
several break-ins resulted in
FREEPORT — Cmiies.of the Freeport Sdtool District's'proposed
1980-1981 budget wiu be avidiable in time foe readdents to read them
prior.to^e ani^tal public hearing^ Detailed t>udget b<X)klcti may;l)e
obtalned^starting Friday, April 25, during s<^oo}bbius fnmi tbe Dis­trict
Qerk's Office in the Adntinlsiratiqn Boildhig. 23S NottiiOcean
Avenue.'
_ iHc hearing on Jhe,
April i4, i>7i5 pm. In ih^ Freeport
High School auditorium.
* Freeport Sdrad District r«d-dehts
will vote on the sdiool
budget, as well as the library bud­get
and for two merhbers of the
Board of Education, on Wednes­day,
May 14, 1-10. pm. James
Panda is running for re-election
unopposed and.William^Cominos
and Ftuik Tucker'ate both seefc-faig'election
to the second c^ten
seat. - ~ - ' ,
: In order, to vote,.Dls<rici resi­dents
mast be-TB^steredT'-Any
personVbo )s not rejpstered witb
the Sdiool District ot'iuB not
voteH since January 1,1978 must
register in order to vote on May
* School District voter re^stca-tion
will-^be hdd Wednesday,
April 30. 1-8 pm, at the Admini­stration
Bun^g. To qualify for
re^stration, a person most be
a united SUtes dtizen. at least 18
years of age, and a resident of the
District for a period of 30 days or.
more. "••"•,•.' -•*--'••••.. -. " "
Agab this v year,'absentee
ballots will- be avaHabfe for
School Board elections. Anyone
who win be away from the School
Dlstrid on the day of the School
Board election this year may.iddr
iq> an applicatira for an absentee*^
'ballot at the < District Clerk's
•\i laoraef to tecdve an absentee
balki,by.jnidl, a cbmpleted and ,
sign^ ap^cation must be ta ^
Dmrict.CIerk'js OfBccT no" later
-tlun seven dqr^ befbre-tiiexlayaf~
tiie School Board dection. Witii
the-vote.set for May., 14^ that
deadline is .May J. Applkation
.may be made in person up to the
day before election. ,
Applications " for absentee
ballots will be reviewed and the
ballots willlie midled or given to
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"Of FfiEEPORT
^ B P - V " , fite •rrr^
55-45%, as per-the "company's"
agreement with its drivers.
Lafdr,' during the 8 pm public
- meeting. Levy asked the beard to
dpen a new cab stand in .the
vidnity of Two Guys idtMX cabs in
Frteport are not permitted to pidc
up on the streets. WUte said he
had referred the matter to. the.
Police Depaxtmmt and Cu' \isr
vandalism and small fires in the
^iLgaJs issnrd by th^^upreme—nrjobhouse. "• . • - ~"
THE LEADER was told by an
"infmmed source" that if tiie
buDding was demolished 1^ the
end of April, ^xes on the pro­perty
for the year would be Il»s.
. l l i e demoGtion permit had
been issued by the village to T.F.
. Construction of Rbdmlle Centre.
A revised site, plan has been filed
-Superintendent of Public Worics
for their recommendations.
Unlicensed vehides,. whidi
Levy called "gypsy cabs," was a
third issue be brought tip. He
chafed that Reliance limousines
had b ^ n sdidting passengers in
front of the railroad station and
supermarkets in . violation of
• village law. Le^or omplained^that
un^ccnsed vdiides are nbtsub-
CQttrt."'ansrwered Levy, and the
Kuydr agreed that the police
department would then have to be
directed to enforce the village
-code..
"I was not aware ofthe stay,"
explained White, Vuid I suspect
the police, department had not
enforced'the <srdinince because
they ktigg »>• w w ^
the medalUqns. However, when,
village connsd tells me tomwnrar
there is a legitimate stay,'T will
ten thfr poUce department to
enforce the law."
Service Qpestiooed
' Trustee Al Siriin questioned
j»hether Cannon's dispatcher who
complained that the limousine
service.was picking up at the
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Superintendeit" ojf 'Buildings:
David' Lovejoy," the bnilder'-s'
representative has suggested that
plans for one of the buildings on
tlie site—a McDonald's fast food
restaurant — would be brought in
sbortiy.
Original plans also called for^-
bank and retail stores. ' -
A history of the.bmlding begihs
on page I'of this issue of THE
LEADER. . _ ^ - - ' . - . . . . ' , .
A BIKE TO BE WONr Vincent "Jlmmy-^ Fortunato. Immedlato past
Venerablfrof the Enrico Fami Lodgeof t^e Sons of Italy, stands proudly
by the brand new bicycle the Freeport Lodge has donated as part of
"Bicycle. Safety Month" in the village. Some lucky partidpant in
Freeport's Bicycle Safety Clinics will win, in a drawing, the bicycle now
being diiplayed in a window next to Jay-Zee Bikes. Upcoming dinics,
where children and adults may^baye their .equipment ctiecked for
defects and registered, with the police, are this Saturday, April 26, at
> Columbus Avenue Sdioor;< May 3, Atkinson School; and..May 10,
Cleveland Avenue Prs-K Center. The hours are 9 am-12noon each day.
The drawing will t>e held at Cleveland Avenue on May 10. T\m month's
.events are sponsored by Freeport PTA Coundl, Freeport School Ots-
.trict, the'vnilageandtheFreepbrtPotSc^Deipartment. • .- . \ :
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