The-Leader_1980-11-27

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•45th YEAR. No. 31
FREEPORT'S
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NEWlSFJipER
FRBEPORT; NEW yORK.NOVHklBER 27. J980 raKreM'ira
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: - raEEPOST. T A'second, major",
blazie iii three days :Iasi,week re-
^ FREEPQRISJiifUi^SoiltPjudstJFt^^
who have been cbmplainhig iiiejf'lintiS^^^^pnbt(a&,y^
Wimam Hr WWte;has:wirf&^ dwners;of seyen agdtnent Aoqses;:
.These htjuseswete-the'-^^^
'suited in the gutting of a tiiree-^Jtenants aVflwNoyembCT.lj^ the;,VilW»rB«ird of
JvstMy cominerdal buJidingatiiiriTnistees^^^
Gc^ri-Lohibardb:' Ayenue, %; just.- • The Mayor sent letters to N.Vi
:5-50»th ofSomiw ffij^ay. >-^^i^ ^: ';
;•/.-TheJlfire^iBppaiiently^.bndie but: 'Oyster.Bay^^oiiTOets ofN45^North-
> just .b^^;-/pm'^, Wednesday; :i^^^
^y^? oiuiy.enfnM the heating reliaire>^
mdits in odir jCodel Siuhinonsa.? *
Wh!te:'aad;-^^/yffll.be;'i^^
eadii day roTsi^blaiimi^
TIQHTINQ THE -BLAZE: Member* of" Fre^>ort'8 VolurtteiBr Fire
. .Department (top-photo) direct their hoses onto the flames of a ma]br
flre, last Mdftday aftamoon, t4ovember 17, at Little Pine Street aiid
Sunrisfa'tllflhway.'Smoke'and flainM billowed from the three story
bundlhg"(botU>m photo), which Is located at ttv» liorthwest-comer of
3FrBep<« Mallrtha fire, which was confined to the top two floors,-was
first cailiM in ^ 3:39 prh. The apartmehtslabovB the stores ttadbeian
vacahl stitce February, when a State Supreme Court order emptied It of
Its occupitttts: Still under Investigation by the Nassau County Rre
-Marstial, the^ilazB ha^een called suaplctoua In orlflln.,.
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Jiovmberi W.^Yrifljiniinniuitwr: •^'siH'dafiq^
-the^Freiwbrt Fire.TJimaitodit's ;owi»sV«^^
v;nniti;rwere; onnthevsceoe ^n]ij;^^^to^iVf»%K^xS^lua^S^
'^wxrardfag td ajiefi3Wniam5^m^:i|Fl«^
Ctl»*iWul#ijf>»asjiIrMd^^^
SMt?taiIfi54>fI^evat^^
.won^ inv^ved, in the &effigb^g.
effi»^'iw4u3ing'the dc^rtment's
uorixl^wliidir^ras-temporarily :
called out of itln: village garage..
Units of tbe'Baldwfai and Eod:-
ville Centre.' fire - departments
were also at the'scene on mnfoal^
y Sarro described the fire as very
intense and snxdceyi> ^"^ sparicr.
laden debris flying-as far away as
the.Freqxirt United Methodist
Chuch on RneStreetyTo protect
neaiiiye bnSdings cm Gay Lom-
.bardo Avenue, the d^artment
wet down their nx^, '.
According to Chief Sano. the
iSchooLDistrict To Receive
An Additional $56,000
ALBANY - The FreeportSdwol DisBct wm receive anodief 556,000
in State Aid money, for-the 1980-81 sdu»l year, the district's state
iegisUtOTsaanoancxd this week.- .; .
According to State Senator Norman J. Levy 'and Assemblyman
Annand P. D'Amato, the money is the result of passageof New York
State's suppluooital' Budget
daring last week's Spedal
. Session of the Leg^slatore. . -. •
Freeport' Soperintendent' of
Schools, Donald .^:6stk>w ezpres- •
, sed appreciation of D'Amato and;
Levy when he was asked about
'the grant. He applauded the ;
efToits of the.two I^islatofs,
; stating they had worked diligently .
and. .hard on behalf of 'tiie.
school district. "' .
- - Ibb Makes Mace...
TfaaaSZMnBoB
Hie ,S56.000 grant ^ e s tiie
"schocd district A total of approii-matdy
S2.2S million in state and
Cedaial aid. for l9»>-81.abave the,
state aid to'education the district
receives tfaroogh the regolar
channds of die state aid fdmmla^
it indudes the oae-tiiQe special SI
mplkm grant announce!^ several
months ago that was awarded to .
only one other district in the
state, also hardiMt by the CAP
fixmala. Accor^ng to.a sohool:
^fistricti source, HaO. $1 mil&on,
,while prooused. has not yet been'
tecdved by the Sctod District. -
The S56.000 amionncrd 'tins -
past week is a oontinaation of an
innovative giant'td^ fimd Free-pot's
nationally irttSgnijed
- computer-^asnsted teacting pro­gram
to the setxnida^7 saoot
levd, thereby ^ving the sdiool
district the opportunity fo better
demoos&ate the program's valne.-
' ' 'Freepdrt's grantproposal was
. e^edaSy timely in ligfat of last
year's,- adoption of stringent
Kegents - Competency -require­ments
wfaicb must be met by'all
{Cont.pnP?aeliS>..-.•.•..•
MerridcRood.
JWhiteVpointed'oit to each of
these landlords that tenimts from -
'their building had t^pemd at file
Village ^Board'^'to pretest the
inad^jnate heat in tfadr apart­ments,"
dfing," Vrt^ ^"^^
"voMoj instances of low ten^era-tnres
which would be violations of
our Code ofOrriinimces', and coa-stitnte
hardship to tnfuots, the Ui
and the elderly, as well as ofiier
tenants.""
—., •.,.. ^,pgjjp^.^ occapants had left for . '^.^'^j^ ^ ^ M*y°r
began; No one was hurt during mtendent of Buildings^j vigof-the
fire fi{^ting effort.
The building, in wWch THE
LEADER had its offices until .'
about two years ago, Is owned by
Carmela Enterprises Inc., whose
piinopal AI Gordon — proprietor
of the-Bight Track Inn on Wwt
Mertidc Road — is also owner of
Equinox, a silk-screening bud-ness
whidi, - Godon later tdd
THE LEADER, was the occupant
of the building's second and third
flocffs at tiie time of thefiroj^
; There were" two store-firtrnt:
units on the ground floor of _ the'
building. ^parenOy, both were
vacant at the time. One fuimeily
: was'occnpi^ by a prinfing firm.-
- irindt also moved from the prem-.
ises two years ago before Gordon
bbogfat.the lnnMing.~TIie odier
hid been a'bar, wlSch had been'
-xlosed for some time.
,'Re"fire was the second that-weefc
in the villagerThe earlier
_ fire, at the ctner of Pine'Stret*
- and the Freeport Mall'ftjage'C
THE LEADER, 11/20/80),-was
I also hr a tfaree-story^commeiaal.
_bnikfing. "That Uzze' qcatned
Monday afternoon, November 17.
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Bad-
•James Cbgsh; AhdtyvilleiVdjirnor i Tpliiitea Jitf'liSttmg-^tiSbBmB \fof
.of 56.Nbrtb Long BeadrAvetmet : sevetidydus'"and* nothing had
>hd James-ahd Doaglaa: MetzTof--I: lyyt^^jiirv.; .y^^'pWJ^t hutM^Tig }r\.
GardenG^,'.ovmen of 200.West>7spectQrs rwcwken^^
I'-'li'^t^i
ings.!' Tbomas:Frestdn/ i:j(enarif •
at.45 North 0«an Avenue, had
pointed out.^' %• T •; v:\."-t^- - "'•
'•'^ "nds*. past we^^d,': the;- ^ -
lage's Kdlding^peputinent went
out on a Satorday^ inspectian, 'a
move'wl^ die Mayor had told
the tenants wpold be ntnized. All
the bnHdingi distessed at the
Monday n^it- board meeting
-were checked,^ - according to
viUage spokespenon Jean'Peters.
Only one vid^ion was found, the
result of a complaint November
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THE END OF A BUILDING.-A major fire Wednesday evenfng. Nov­ember
19. gutted the thre«tory bulWlnfl (above) at 24 Guy Lombardo
Aventn. Intense flames and -heavy smoke billowed from tt»e windows
and roof of tfie building for seviEtra} hours as Freeport'a Rre Depart­ment,
worked toeontalnlt.THELEADBi'Seditorial and production
-officers were on the second and third fkxr.of the building for years,,
until they moved to Church Street early ln1979.TT>e cause of the fire,
teriiwd suspicious, !& under InvestigaUon by ttto Nassau County Fire
Marshal'«jrffk». ' ,--- :^. . {ALEADERptwto)
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