The-Leader_1980-12-11

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BALDWIN NEWS
Starts On Page 7
FRIEPORT
iALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MIRRKK
45th YEAR, No. 33
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"^LEADER
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FREEPOBTi NEW YORK. DECEMBER 11.1980
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dltlom^TTnbsa ae]ecte(lraria^.;^fdr Yi);
sMt«d: deboriR'Mmuai,'Ton'i "Conik^
F.H^^Ch6r)U Music lnstrudor;Steven^Pag«Ki.'Stisah.Quln^
. MeKBO(wn;-Mictiael Qolder, Gwen Taylor, Sean iQroiver,Tara' Molloy and-TIni Rosser.'Paoano holed,
"We are veiry honored that of the 307«tudent vocalists selected county-wide, 14 are frqm Freeport
HighSchool." V v- - " -^;: , • ' ; ; - ; • ^ - \ :^ •
Village Bvd^
Sei For Jartuqry 5th
FREEPORT- After about three months of budget woritshop m^t-faigs;
the Village.Board of Trustees seems to have some tentative
preliminary budget figures. At the Saturday morning, DecemberGth
session. Village Treasurer James Lyons reported to the board tliat the
.1981-82 budget — as it stands at this time —^ carries with ha S4-SS<.tax
increase. • • " / ' • ' • • . ";• •.\..:;" ' .'^.'.'. "y'••'^i.
Hkll prior to its weekly lejgislatiye
session.-.:. ;•.,-/ -'•'-••.•."•::^-.'/;-S: •_-
The village's Municipal Budget
Hearing d^hasbosh scheduled
for Monday. January. 5, at 8.pm
In the main conference rooin of.
vniagcHall. >-%:-' :
C^ies of tbeientative, line-by­line
p£lM|ii8l£idp^
wiil'^tjprinted>Ss' soon} as- the
.-JTceasoier • Iwons^ said
^^flf]^ftayelW
Mayor William H: White.noted
that the; increase was below; the-nationalfaiflation
trend which has
-a_seven-plu5percent increase. On'
an i l l tax- (Freeport's apprpzi-
Lmately munidpal tax figure),
-'aVseven percent Increase, would
mean a 774 t u inoease.
; • "• Trustee Dcaotfiy..Stcani-jsiig-.;.
;^g«t^angtiif^.Idc»:^«^ the b t i^
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Bbai^ Cipiidemns P^
Make Way For Wl^i^
* FREEFdiRT - The viHage Bmrd of trustees has voted m favor a(
• mnrirmning ptopeity .on the soothwest corner of Newton Boulevard
and Ibnty Strel^ in:«id».to est^lish a^spqt paring field in ^e
downtown/MaO area. The .lion's unanimous vbtexame fcjlowing a~
pnbBc hearing Monday. December 12. at Village HaH.
port retailer Ira Biyck, of .
O on ibe^ MaD, spoke in the fair market value determined
•. favor of the condemnation, by an appraisal. ; '
,_Repre?Mtihg tte Setsfl^Diw^pn .„ /-The -Community Developieht
-'of the Fr^port Oiamber of Agency wHl.purchase the
Commerce, Biydc said the Mall
merchants had been waiting for
tfais^ additional parking flDr "a ;
long time...We ;need the ps±-;
, ingt"he said, explaining that cus-rtomers
'iiad' annpIalnBd 1 th^-^
sometimes they Ind to drde
inmmd in the alrnt!y>stabllsbed -
J lots several timei looking for a
'- spot, "particulariy - <m - Si&rdays
and on heavy' shopping days.
Biyck saidrthat many merdiants
knew th;^'had lost customers to
thHarge sliopping malls because
: ,iheybad'tq leave witljoot fining
a parking space.
Biyd[.toId the board that the
RetaQ Division would i>e advising
its 'member stores to urge em­ployees
to use paridng fields not
adjacent to the MaH.
The property in question tias
, been owned t^ Leo and Simon
Vinokur sfajce May, 1974. Village
Cbonsd V. Roy Cacdatore told
the board «nd ,in, June. 1980
• Cbnununity Development Agency
diitetor Eric llemphiD -sent s
-letter to the owueis offering to
buy the propeitj for S58,000,
_ _ pro­perty
for the price finalty set by
the doorts. The present occu­pants,
a chedc-ca^iing fadlity,
must be ndoirated nnder federal
ptocednres.-The. piece of-laiid,
crapled with/previously pur-diased
adjacent' property, will
maketbe'paridngfield.-r . \
lanr"
Derildcrats To;
Ihtecview^
Possible
Candidates
" -l=RHFTORf"- ' A' "screening"
group to bterview ptospective
candidates for the Marx^ 1981
Village election has been organ­ized
by tfie Freeport Democratic
Party^.The,g^»p.can^ts^.]q^^_
active Democratic committee-,
persons, accordihg to Alvin Dotf-man,
Freeport Democratic' Party
spokesman." r^-- ^-.' "
~ On tlie ballot in Maxdi' win be
mayor, two trustees and village
jn^e. The portions are presently
fined , by Mayor .¥nifiam H.-
.Wlute, .Tnistees'Dqr^fay Storm
and'iU Siifin and Judge^Ra^h
Several weeks ago, on the re-'-i?,^i,„,' who wete aU'electol on
commendation- -of Freeport HipubBcan/yniagePartyihiesr '
Pcdice Chief Antixmy Elar,~the
board asked Village Cbnnsel
Midiael Sdomon to look at the
Gty of Glen. Cove's new anti-loiteting
ordinance.
At Monday niglit's open leg­islative
session Scdomon ex'
plained tltat the Glen Cove ordin­ance
was similar to Freeport's
but might be interpreted as more
specific in its description of the
charge of loitering, a question
that had been posed in the past by
the courts. He tlien suggested
that the board retain its present
ordinance and just adopt a sub-
(Cont. on PaOe 20)
;The 'Ibbaxd win- iuud' anodter
mien-to-the-pnblic budget work-sbop.
r. seukm % Monday.^ . n ^ t ,
December 15,7:30 pm, at Village
.l>l^i$^^.iaVa^|btelf6« i'n^df^
ttdfae ybristnuttT^cdderits wiU
theo.be able to pid: tlieiq up and
have tinie'to study them-prior to
the muhi^wl budget bearmg. -
Chamber & Rec Dep^ti Sponsbr
Anhuai Holiday Fest For Kids
FREEPORT - The annual Hdiday Fest, spcmsoted.by the FrMport
Chamber of Commerce and'Fteeport Recreation Department win be
held on Sunday, Decei^>er 21,1 to 6 pm, at tiie Freeport Recreation .
Center. There will be no admisaon fee and activity cards .wiU not be
-required. .- '
— Youngsters u^ to age 10 win have an c^potunity to visit with JSanta_^
Claus and Mrs. Claus and receive
a gift. The Clauses win. be on ren. A spedal production of -
hand2-5pm. "The Beeple" wffl be presented•
Story to>k characters win also .for diildrenat2:15 pm-and again---—
be present to cliat with the cliild- (Coht. on'Page20)-
Dorfman, an' attorney, ex­plained,
that the Democrat's
screening gtoop is interested in
seeing "any interested party
regardless of party affifiation.
QuaCfications are our prime con-sideratkn."
he said. According
to Dorfman. the Freeport Demo­cratic
ctemnitteepersons wiU bold
a nominating convention in Jan­uary.
1981.
Dorfman can be reached at
379-2500 during business hours
or 623-5689 evt^S^.
GIVING AID. Ernllio DeFilippo (c.) state-wide coordinator of the New
York State Sons of Italy fund-raising drive to aid victims of the Italian
earthquake disaster, accepts a donation from the local'Republican
organization.! Presenting the check are Wiliiam Mapes (I.); president
of the Freejxirt Republican Club, and Ray MakMie (r.), Freeport Execu­tive
Committeeman, representing the local GOP Committeemen's
Council. DeFiiippo, a Freeport resident, is a former Freeport Republi­can
Club president arid past-Venerable of the Freeport Sons of Italy
Hnrico Fermi Lodge.
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