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45th YEAR. No. 24 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9.1980 PRICE^20' PER COPY
Cablevision Gets «., .»
Hundreds Crowd Half Of ViUage will Be
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claiwc1930'ffo6rMd/fMfur$«8omeo(Cb1el%i^ inortlambiis hits. ~
TtmsfiowwHItJe presented at Freepprt^H[gh'Scho6LFridi^ and Sattir-
. da)r.«venlh'gs, Ocfober 31 .'.November 1',' 7.8nd B. Tickets ar6 $5 each. $4-:
forchildrBn:under.12.'8n'd all seatsnara reserved:'For tldratlhfdnii^
Cifljraiiis Ailicinpe 1 ^
Abandoned liouses A iHcitard :
FREEPORT; A group of north east Freeport residents is uldng the
Village Board to look into the issne of abandoned booses itt their com*
QttoHy. Calling tlientselves the North East Freeixnt Gtizens Alliance,
tliogroup — wliid) was organized several tnontlu ago as the Freeport
cbtfiier of Gtizeos Alliance — attended the village Board of Tmstees*.
ptibHc meeting Monday evening, .^
October 6, led by their chairman port of the general organization.
Herbert Hughes and accom- . Vitoff said this included research
vc Vitoffr-. a -paid—md-t^resoarce-persoa^Although-staff
ibember. -'" • • - . - - • - -^- NYFIRG staff ~meml>ers helped
The local Gtizens Alliance is researdi^e question of abandon-adiapterctfagioapwhichlspart
^ booses, for example. Vitoff
To Drink" Gala
FREEPOBT • The crowded res>
taorant/Ioonge at the Freeport
Recreation Ceatet was a tribute
' boUi to the talents of the famous
jazz musicians and tbe ingemdty
of Marion Harvie. director of the
ViUageofFreeportfaAlcobcdaod -
. Sobstance'Abus^. Center. rLast !:
"yearf:JIarvie:li*d.-conb^ tW>".
..aaiMpt, 6f:i"It?8i^OK-Noti-Tq
: .Drink.": She hadniacd it wM the V
-= inuScal contribiit]oBa;,of'rMiuiaa;^
m45J}pntyJ(fdPirttMi4;«^'»^
FREEPORT - After more than two years of negotiations between the
village and Cablevision, Freeport residents are dose to being able to
switch on their television'sets and see such things as the Islandets*
hockey games and almost-firstonin movies. By the end of tUs year~,
or at the latest January. 198I;,thDse residents who live north (k the
Long Island Railroad vrill be Me
to purchase the service from
Cablevision. The remainder of the'
village win have the service avul-ableby,
SeptembCT^198l.:.;; f, -"-'
:<..CabIevisiMi"first presented its.
:*-'pitch;'-to the viIIage7about two
years'ago.and^' at tiiat^time,- the,
Ing. the tnisteej discussed a
memmandum they had received
from" .i village,• .Superintendent
of; Hdctric. Utilities^ Lou ::ldng^ •
recpminendlng ai^tWal of Cables
.yuiqn's latest proposal, x^ • _ [f[ •,-.
JAccordingfi|o a: lettdriof^gree-'
•y^.^y^-l^^rJ.W.
^. ^, . . , , . . . , _ „ . , _ w, . „-,thbse
. . . . , , _ tabl^'oti tb(6sJutte'po!es'isi&Sse;>^iii<»c^
.._^^J»oe8'*?*. used -by' Fre^?ort; Mtt^pai:: viHageelectricBnesr'^iV * l": -
. _ * * * t ^ i i f S T " iSedridty. The vinii^ge maintain- :'." The boiid Mitimized Long: to
bo^ne-cool^ goodies . ed that the. costs^ piweed-:withany:-:."niake ready
-^ -JifjSf?"^^^-^'erttic lines.^:that w b ^ Soon:as^ pOKuble^--jn-as
.caaBe.-'tea and close to cable lines, wbold have, to eluding the use of.his oiiplpyees
be, borne by the Cablevision "~ ' ^"^ -•-.a— ••.^^^.-
mn^,
pany.'ate
- and drank
l a
^ pimdO and soda.
The ^Tt'sOK.NotTo.Drink"
' party at ti>e Freeport Recreation
Center/-Saturday-.oigbt; Sept­ember
27, dippedaStk mondi of
' .(Cont. on Page'16) -' ~
'^Wiles^'Tp
Be RedisoKMidb
.JREEPOBT - FoDowing public
bearings on two ordinances
regahUhg air-suppotted sthic-tores,
the Freeport Village Board
-of-Trostees sent-the-matter-backi'^that-timerrhowever.
of the New YaA Publiclnteresl
Research Group, Inc. (NYPIRG)."
Thi& unit held thor first public -
meeting August 15 at the little
Zioo Chnrdi (THE r LEADER,.
Aug. 28. 1980. p . : 1). At that
meeting, they elected: three
temporary . officers: ! Chaitene :
Russell, who had been acting as
diairperson; Hughes and "Wayne -.
Alezander.-Vit^, a NYPIRG staff,
member, .explained rtfiis week,
'.that'anptbier meefaig had Ixeen
held sulxseqnentiy, on Septem­ber
24. for meinbers only. At
'„.thal-meeting a new, slate of-
"• temporary officers had been
-litletied.- S«vnig with Hnghes
"presoitly' are Linda Aduns,
secretary, ^ and Thomas Ktts.
memb^slup coordinator.
NYFIRG's Citizens AIEance
office is.^Massapeqna Park.
Acovifing' to its Oteratnrei
. di^itets are formed by a
niom <rf25 dnes^paying membos
in a cuniiiuinity. Does are S15 per
- individual and S25 per. tMBoly,
,. unpally.. Ip, .retom for thior
• dues,' t o o l units recdve the sup-said
the faiitiatiye for thie issue
came from the membership itself.;
Appnmmatdy 25 persons .
appeared Ui be" present mth
Hughes. Several of them jdned
him inezplaimng to the. board
that they felt t h^ the abandoned .
booses m the north east present a
"hazard."-They had a firt of five
of "the worst and most dangenns
abandoned booses." and a Rst-of
55 "other hazardoos or poten-,
tially. hazardoos -abandoned'
hooses." .;'•••
The five booses on wUch^tbe
ip asked for immediate action'
are at 61 GratEEng' Place, 15
Rodand Road, 332 Rntland Road.
149.Grand Aveme. and 118
Fredericks Avenue.
Mayor William H. White ex­plained
tiiat in order to demolish
these hoiises,' tbe vilbge has
to bring legal action ia-'the State's'
' Supreme Court and - prove that
stmctnral damage of ovier 60%
exists. ' ' • I
"We win lode at the hooses."
.White- promised,^and-• '*get_ a
\\.-; • (CentonPagd^Ye)-.' ' ':
to village coohsel t o revise the
wording of the proposed laws.
At-the September 29th public
hearing, resident Vtnce^ Greco of
Beden Street had suggested tbat
the way that the ordinance was
written,, anycme could erect a
"bubble" for just about any/osc
anywhere in the village. While
agredng ...with.- Greco's niaS -
prnmse thatnse <rf a''"bubble";
should be Emited,'the board bad
OEpIaiBed >:that.- the yillage's'.-
bmlding code woo}d proUbit.
. some of tbe iises wUcfa concerned'
thereddeati !- l':';., V" .' <^
• Howiever,. agreong tliat the'°.
proposed law was .too vagne. Hat,
board ifid-suggotftiiat - v 3 1 ^.
cbonse] reword it to.Omit:tBe
'StmctnreS:: to ' spccts-rdated
fedfitJes, • .r , ' - . .'
•The ordinance was designed fb
-cover'the village's sooii-to4>e-;
erected "bbbbfc''jover tbie Ree-port
Recreatitm Center's ootdodr
'ice-skating rink. •---/.*'•;
Published fai.tfais week's inoe
of THE LEADER, tins new legal
on airrsnpported'structures caR
; for pobBc hearings tci be held
. - .Monday: nigbt; Octqba; 27^.8 pm,
'at^nUageHsQ. ,'.] rl , v l - •/ '.'.-,
company. . . -; .^
In April of this year, > second'
company: came ,<w the'< scieneJ:
Cox' Cable CbmmnnicatiMiSr &>ci-made
a prnentation to tbe village
board, as.wen as to sever^ other
vill|tges in Nassau. Cboiity.m an
attetnpt to secure: sijnilar fran-chises.-.,
".^.> ;,'.--/~^; ' '
Representatives of 4Cax stated
their company woiild.either re-string
the lines or "go under­ground"
with the cabl«. There
was no definite infoiinatioii at
on overtime and/or :Saturtiay.
vntb the assumption that Cable-visin
would pay.the costs^ "
: cMayOT WDiam H.WfcJte ex­plained
that he vras sure that the
residents • of the village would
like ' Cablevision "as soon : as
possible." .
- Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm
questioned when and.how Cable-vision
would pay the costs.
Wliite explained that the utilit>-
• submits a monthly bill. and
experience has shown that it. is
—Ifflldi
would be able to carry Islander
games or other such high-interest
sports programs.
At this past Monday night's
(October 6) village board roeet-
MiqrarAppoinU* - '
New Committee .
White appointed a seven mem­ber
committee to . explore the
.(Cont. on Page 8)
A tALK ON BUSINESS. The Village ot Freeport'* Dtfector for Busir
ness Development. Martin Silberg. vras a recent guest apeakar before
the Freeport Chamber of Commerce. Welcoming him to the weekly
Thunday lttnch<at Barrow's WateraEdga were (1* ^ c) Charles
Mehrmann, the Otiamtser's PrograniChtirman and Associate Justice
Qf the village; Chamber Praldent Liontf;Spco(py; ^llt>erg]; aild'Fioy.
, <}aQetat0CCtHreiep>o(f>fitell' prbpeftyHEi4n>tf> amr Nasaao' County Obnw
.mlsshxierofEcohbmh:Development.' .• .• • -'^'"- .