The-Leader_1980-10-30

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BALDWIN NEWS
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45th YEAR, No: 27 *FREEFORTi NEW YORK. OCTOBER 30.1980 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
--;- * ^. -. >.^ R'«^?estrq» One, j w o New JFi*eWsJ«eor .
house at 44 Rutland Road Thurs­day
night, rOdob« .23,' caused
almost total destruction of; that ^
house tiid damage to two! neigh-;. -
boring homes, both of wWch were
occnpedatthetime. . '
- The fire was telqihoned hi by a ;
neigWhwat a little before 11 pm. -
From the first report, the vacant
bouse 'was ; totidly Inyblvcd in,
y; Early in the fire ;.fightujg,
vdectiicsKV^ce^ wires feO.y^^^
; j ^ g Fr»rt)9i^s*^vd!mt<«;:fi^
r'^OTitfe dectHc Jn«ik^»lMioting ^
"^"imtf ilK en*ets filflng'aniiwq^
FREEPORT - Two new parking lots for the Nautical Mile area cofild
berea^ next Spring, "by Memorial Day," said Eric Hemphill, the
village of Freeport's Community Develppmcnt Director, as he and a
representathre of the en£^eeringfirm~6f Baldwin and Cbniefius pre­sented
a proposidfcv the Board of TrosteesVapprovid.r >
'The report from Hemphill and .Bald win and Cornelius came at the
be^nnlng of the lioard's Monday
night, October 27,; legislatiye
sessicp.-'.'..:-;: O.''^^^-.'*'" 'V'''^'~-'-i-v'-
,•^What.Ha^phill needediwis a.
"cbnsensumV'ficmtbelxiardand ;
approval to go to bid on t^^^ "not^^.
to.be cloQe on tiielots.;, f. j-';^^ M?
/^The.twfOi^parcelilof'lttdfir^^^
bendy''punoased^by ?tbervlllaj|;e'''
i'^SiiBe'and-.lo-the iwfifcglhdftbe-^^^
filraje5E«SrMUsS';:inany on
lb6icm'|to.lwiepNBh. uiiusally- ftr [
'iistuioi ba^ from the fire scene.
;"-.The-.intense heat-also'canscd
badc-ji^ts;on:Hose Company's
tfijcfc'tomelt.P " ;', •. . - -
.-Althonigh the Freepprt Fire
D^artment made.a fine stop to
the blaze, the intenaty, heat and
extentbdbre the.first call even
came through gave firefighters
many probleins. The heat.and
falling, endiers ignited the two
adjoining houses.
All apparatus and men in the
Fteeport department were in­volved
at the fire scene and Bald-fiinds,.
V8re'Just sooth'^of^ Adams
and • ScNith Ocean Avenues and;
on Manhattan and South Ocean
Avenues.
admitted he.nras sensitive tbthe
traffic. jissue^vbttSiSooth Ocean
Av^me^snd asked if.there, w ^
.My.i-other'possible•* ingress^or
egrcss.fpr'the.Iarger;Iot brides_
tbcobesbqSoath Ooum Avenue.
way- to'get: Intb}the particblaf Ibt.^
^Maybri;Wilnim^HV:^Whife
ffireed that some residents might
ohi«t/,; but, -lie: said; ithe^ Jls
"noother.dwdce." ." " -'
Mueiochmeyer pelted out the
, The l a i ^ lot, swthof AdBms,lJgg^-°g^^g^^
has been planned to hold parldng
for 56 cars and would include a
mall-like 'area with access ' to
.Wooddeft Avenue. Hie smaller
lot, further sOuth; would hold
.20 parking spaces. Its access
would only be^ from Manhattan",.
minjrntring the traffic that would
be on South Ocean .Avenue, :
accc^ding to Hemphill.
. Both lots would have a nautical
fii^nty Kfaybr Storm asked d^~
more trees qould be added on
The;South' Ocean Avenue side.
•"We -could add more."
Muendun^er agreed, but it
would create more maintenance
problems. •.
Peternana and Storm question­ed
if more space could- be set
aside for a "buffer zone" on the
. South Ocean Avfnue side.
The enpneer seemed to feel
theme, with low fences,' plantings that five feet could be' arruiged.
.win was called in oiumrtnalaid. and.grayeLAjampJaJbe larger _^^.^ ,. ^ .^ -
Baldwin had two companies in lotwguldbeof a type of concrete ^^»**'°""«=^^*'°*"^°"«*
'fCont onPa'oB20» ^"^ « cobblestone ..pattern, P „ . * . / . '.u..u'
(Cont. on Page 20) . .. ^ „,„^-^ ;„„ ^^,^ ^; P^rnana pointed out that the
-^-,~-.~^, .^._w,..^ . .— - -board- had seemed-senstfiv
Park
"Why
A FIRE ANOJTS AFTEBMATIi:AJ!r9i term.ftljsaplcIouaJailJte.
department officials, almost totally destroyed, one house on Rutland
.Road last-week: and damagctd two neighboring' houses. Thefire
seemingly began in an empty hbuM at-44 Rutland, which was reported­ly
bought recently by a Bronx man, Jose Lora. The premises had been
vacant since'June. 1980 when It bad suffered a smaller- fire allegedly
caused by firecracfcersthrbwnthroughanTupstalrsiNindow. The two '
damaged houses are at 52 and 64 Rutland Road. - - . . . • — -"
..;_l-i--^:.;_-_.__^ _:~-~^i v;-: > v i r' (LEADEaEhfites)'
Ice S^Pting Season Starts
Early Under New "Bubble"
FREEPORT -The skating season on tite aiiQfical ice oftbe Freeport
Recreatioo Center's rink bc^ns Satnrday; November 1. rafiier than the
previoasly annoohced starting date irfNovember 2P.
The ea^er start of the season was made possible by the erection this
week of a 133' wide x 233'- long x 38' high polyester ^-snppiorted
"bubble" over the outdoor link.
Since 1974, the rink has been
utifized, eadi year, from'late.
Novend>er to the end of Febroary.
Heated and. fighted. ' tbe
'Tjubble" win not Only Jengthea
tfie-skating season,.to be^iin
October and end in April, bet win
The"bnbble," the first to cover
a^ ice ^ink on Long Island, was
pordiased from tbe engineering
firm. Air Stmctures IntematJaaal,
lac of Tappan. N.Y. Ciost of the*
project is SISS.OOO raised throogfa
the issoance of bands. The figure
alsoefiminaterinkdcwngsdoe to« (jrepresents S6 perusqoare foot as
weather conditibfaS.* (Cont. on Page 20)
aorm Downs Trees,
Causes Hoods
FREEPORr'nTMiMt^^ the~
damage, reported'in Freeport as
a. result of tUs past-wed:end's-
.rain and :wind storm -iiad been
deared up by'Monday mormng.'.
While' the- heavy rains; occurred''^
Saturday, the winds'-bontinoed-throagh
Sunday, qmsing. even
more trees.' already weakened
substantially, to t<^ple. But roads -
were qnkkly 'deued >as PiibfiC
Worits' fcrews pushed trees,
limbs and branches to the'side of
the road'to be picked up during
the work week that followed.
The storm was the fir^ major
rain on Long Island since Jnfy 29
and its consequences were in­tensified
by a series of natural
events The - moon. was foil,,
which always creates high tides.
In adi^on. there was a particular
configuration of Earth, moon and
sun. The result was flooding in
tbe OMStal areas.
In Freeport, some residents
'felt "cut-off." The south part of
town — ; Wpoddeft, -^Miller
(Cont;onPagei^) '
ZusedJ'-'^'—' -^ —^ -board; had seemed-senstir
A^»rding 'to Jeny Mnench- ^'i?^ ^"
meyer, of the engineering firm,
the tyipes of plantings,' gravel,
«mcrete and— wood chosen
woiild give littie maintenance
problems.-
Trustee Timothy Peternana
liberty
residents for a bufTer zone;
nothere?" he asked. .
Trustee Al Sirlin- -joined
"Muenciimeyer m ejqilalniS^Th'at?."
cars running into shrubbery
(Cont. on Page 14) .
STORM CASUALTY. Many of Freeport's beautiful trees, particularly
In the northern sectors of ttie village, fell victim to the gale force winds
of this past weekend's storms. This tree (above) was on the comer of
South Ocean and Atlantic Avenues. The village's Department of
Public Wprks worked all weekend to pus!) Ih^ heavy trees aiid other
debrfs out of the'roadways:' \'..' .' . ,'-(Al.EA0ERrtv3to)