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FRHIEFORT y^KdRXAL LIBRARY
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FREEPORT, NEW YORK. NOVEMBERS. 1981
46th YEAR. No. 28
PRICE 25*PER COPT
New Homes
Freeporters Have Rofes In "Mame"^
FREEPORT - Two Freeport
boys share the role of Pamck
Dennis in the upcoming Freeport
Conunumty Chcnale prmluction of
"Mame." which will be present­ed
November 6, 7, 13 and 14, at
8:30jpm, at Freeport High School. -
Patrick at age ten is played by
show. Their father is Jack Holly,
a long-time Chorale member with
many leading roles to his credit
who also serves as set designer
and poster artist Tor Chorale
shows. Jack Holly plays the role
of Ito in this production.
The lole of Patridc Dennis at
Agne^Cooch, will also be played
by a Freeporter, Ellen Kelly, and
Mame's adversary, the banker
Dwight Babcpck, will-be played
by Freeporter Jim Brittain. Other
Freeporters in thecast are Vemez
Becks. Pear) ' Haslam, Betty
Taylor, Tony PerjUo. Marty Foi,
For Freeport
14 Units Will B6 Built
Under Gov't. "23S"Pregram
FREEEPORT - Another 14 new houses will be constructed next
spring ia northeast Freeport under the Federal government's "235"
program..Under this program, the village uses its Community Develop­ment
funds \o acquire the land, on which usually sits a house too
extensively damaged by fire and/or vandalism, to rehabilitate. The site
b then resold to private buQders
Chad Holly 'Michael GoMer
age 20 will be played by Freeport
High School senior Michael
Golder. One of Nassau County
and the nation's top Mathletes,
Michael has recently been named
a Merit Scholarsffltomi-finalist.
The part of PatnW's nanny,
Chad Holly. Chad follows in the
footsteps of his brothers,. Troy,
who played the leading role of
Winthrop Paroo in the Chorale's
production of "The Music Man."
andTodd, who appeared as one of
the River City Kids in.the same
Variance Requests Opposed
Bj Mid-Baldwin Residents
fyJoanDelaney
BALDWIN - The Hempstead Town Board of Zonmg Appeals hear­ings
was attended by a group of Baldwin residents on Wednesday,
October 28. The hearings concerned requests for variances on a.parcel
of land east of Milburn Avenue near the intersection of Miltium and
Grand Avenues. The property ."which is being purchased by Dr. Shyam
Prabhakar and Bhushan Arora,
has been the center of contro­versy
for several years since it
became vacant. Laist year, there
was a proposal by another owner
to build condominiums. This was
successfully opposed by resi­dents.
Dr. Prabhakar. a cardiologist
who lives in sooth - Baldwin,
intends to use the building for
an office. Because he will not
laws require that he provide off-street
parting. This is not re­quired
of doctors or dentists who
live in the house where they
wort.
The number of parking spaces
required is based on the size of
the building and, according to
building inspectors, Prabhakar
would need ten parking spaces.
This is the concern of residents
who fear that the prorperty,
which is on the buffer zone
between businesses and residen­tial
homes, would not remain
residential in appearance. They
said that the providing of ten
spaces on a blacktop surface
would eliminate the residential
look.
In an informal meeting outside
the hearing- room, residents
spoke with Dr. Prabhakar and his
attorney, Arthur Cohn of Bald-win,
and tried to work out some
of the problems. There was
agreement that certain flowering
trees and shrubs would remain
and the doctor noted that he did
not really need the full 10 spaces.
Prabhtar also agyeeri to. prmdde-a
five foot border of shrubs rather
than the stockade fence originally
proposed for a barrier. Cohn also
withdrew the request for a vari­ance
to keep the existing swim­ming
pool on the property and
indicated that it would be filled
in and covered over.
During the hearing, various
officials questioned both the
doctor and residents concerning
the number of spaces required
and the proposed appearance.
There was a description of the
property and surrounding area
by Bert Nelson, a real estate
appraiser who was also • last
year used by another attorney,
(Cent, on Pag« a)
Ellen Kelly.
Norman Greene, Nancy Rosen­berg
and Ellen Rosenberg.
Reserved seat tickets are
available, at S7 each, by calling
223-2522 days. Tickets for
children, under 12, are S5 on
Fridays only.
Baldwin And
Freeport URR
Stdfions Hit
By Purcell
MINEOLA - The Baldwin and
Freeport Long Island Railroad
Stations are among 20 whose
conditions are called "unaccept­able"
in a report Nassau County
Executive Francis Purcell is
sending to the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority. Purcell
is demanding immediate action to
correct the conditions at the 20
Nassau stations.
.The report, by Purcell's.Loog
Island Railroad Inspection
Division team, rated all S9
stations in the county. Headed by
Special Assistant Clifford M.
Kiccio ana inetndhig four tTwnty -
inspectors, the team listed 20
stations as unacceptable, 23
others as needing improvement,
' IS as needing attention and one,
the "so-called Grumman sta­tion,"
as requiring a special
category since "it,^id not appear
to be a station at all."
"The taxpayers of Nassau
County have a bDl to pay for LIRR
station operation and mainte­nance
which amounts to a stun­ning
S9.5 million dollars for the
last billed year," Purcell points
out. "The bill must be paid,
according to law, but I intend to
see that the taxpayers get the
(Cont. on Pago 7)
for SI a parcel.
The 14 new houses will join'
soihe 20 others already construct­ed
and ^occupied through the
program, and some 70 older,
rehabilitated h o u ^ in the area
turned over to new owners
through the Village's Home-steading
Program.
Village, of Freeport- spokes­persons
credit both the 235
program and Homesteading,
along with federally funded road
and park projects and property
improvement loans and grants to
homeowners, with having
brought about a "revitalization of
the northeastern section of the
village which has prompted the
strengthening of its integrated
character."
The 235 program offers quali­fied
hoine buyers a T/i% mort­gage.
The low interest rate can be
offered as the federal government
subsidizes it down from 16'/i%.
The houses sell from 540,000 with
six different models offered,
depending on family size and the
plot on which it is to be construct­ed.
The selling price represents
the true value of the house alone
as the village has turned over the
land to the developer. Nelto
:Homes. for SI per lot.
Applications for the 235 houses
are currently being accepted -
through the Village's Home-finders
Service at Village Hall, 46
North Ocean Avenue, 378-4000.
Those interested are urged to -
inquire immediately as there is a
deadline for the government
prograin. The: Homefinders
Service, which is com'nutted to
the affirmative inaTketing.(tf these
houses, will tbiii- prospective
purchasers through the area and
arrange informal meetiags with
homeowners in the northeast.
The Service is a federally fiinded
operation of the Village govern­ment
which has sold some 400
homes at no fee to buyer or seller.
Eligibility for the 235 houses is
determined-by the family gross
income minus 5% and S300 per
child. The adjusted gross income
then must be less than 528.250 for
a family of two; 531.750 for three;
535,300 for four; S37,500 for five;
539,700 for six; 541,900 for seven;
and S44.150 for eight. A single
person without dependents is also
eligible if the adjusted gross
income is less than 517,105 and
the applicant is over the age of
62 or handicapped. There are also
Tninimum income guidelines as'
there most be ability to meet the
monthly mortgage payments.
Arrest Four In Freeport, Other Burglaries
OCEANSIDE - A Frecport
burglary was among the charges
levied against a 20-year-old
Baldwin inan arrested over the
weekend in Ocxanside. Nicholas
Kirabb, 20, of 1905 Browning
Street. BaVlwio, was arrested
along with three other perv>ns,
after they" were caught with guns,
drugs and valuables BeEevedT
taken in earlier burglaries,
indnding several in the Dallas,
Texas area.
Fourth Squad detectives said
the four were in possession
of various pieces of jewelry, a
television set, 18 bottles of
codeine -b ased pills, two oonces of
marijuana, and six rifles.
The arrests came after the
owner of an Oceaoside jewelry
store became suspicious when
one of the quartet tried to sell him
a man's gold and diamond ring.
Police obtained the license plate
of the car carrying the tndtvidual
trying to sell the ring, and
eventually located the auto at a
coin exchange shop nearby on
Long Beach Road. The driver of
the car, Kimbis, was arrested
along with Mart Adams, 18, of
Cariand, Texas, and two 16 year
old females, apparentiy runaways
fromOariand.
Besides the Freeport burgalry,
Kimbis was charged with vioU-tlotr'Of'pirote,
possession of a
contrdin) substance, possession
of stolen property and several
weapons. He was held on 575,000
bail by First District Court Judge
Anthony Barbiero.
Servicei For
Veteron't Doy
FREEPORT - Veteran's Da>
Services will be conducted by the
William Ointon Story Post
No. 342. American Legion, at
Frecport Memorial Library.
The program will begin
10:30 am on Wednesday. No\cm-bcrU.
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