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FREEPOftT, NEW YORK. AUGUST 19.1982
47th YEAR, No, 17
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FrpBport Might Look At
2-Faiiiily & 'K
Oi/er-Occupofic/es Spur
Move To Consider Alferhafe
FBEEPOKT - The questkn of lesiBxiag two bmSy booses in Free-port
ccold be the to{Ac of a spedal Jciat jDcctiqg to be called soon t7
Vniage-Mayor Wilfiam R. White. At the Village Board of Tnistees'
renUr Mcmday eveoisg meeting, August 16. Mayor White ackaov-leJged
that he was coiisiderhig a joist meeting of the Village Board,
the village'a Planning Board and
TWIRLINO TROPHIES were presentad to m«<nb«r« ol the Freeport Recreation Apache II Baton
Twirling, at ihelr'awanla ceremony held recently at the Fraaport Recreation Center. The Junior Large
Ouie* Twirl turn won llrsl place in the Eastern Regional and the Junior Small team won ihd New York
State duunplonthlp. Shown with their.irophlea are (Kneeling,-1, to r.) Pamela Lewis, Dominique
Raeanelll, Lisa Fesia. Raqual Rodriguez, MIcbele HInch, LeeArin Moltzan and Tracy.Woile;-and
(standing, I. to r.) Director Jill Comerford,.Kathy Relily, KIrtten DeBekker, Lauren Franco, Jartine
Wolfe, Vlckl Oeraci. Tanya Bell, Natalia Comerford, team choreographer Lorle Comerford and
'Mayor William H. White. :
Baldwin Board Makes —
Malor Bollcy Decisions^
ByJo»nD*lan*y
. BALDWIN • la a tasMnoviog-meetipg. the last until September, the
Baldwin Board of Education completed several in^orpoiicy Items and
oatlincd tome areas of prime importance for the I9B2-S3 school year.
' A change in the voting date, for the 1962-83 school ^ear, and there­after,
was'oflVcially a^tovfd. The Annnal Meeting will hencefortii be
on the serand Tuesday of May,
with the bttdgel and election vote
00 the day (Wednesday) follow­ing
it. As inentioned at previous
meetings, this change is designed
to.allow for improved flnancisl
ptanningT~i»d«ring~TJf-supplies—
and preparation' for the next
scfaoolyear. "<
Bbkrd member Bernard
Pittiiisky questioned whether
the Admioistratkn coald accom­plish
an of its activities leUtive to
budget planmng. teorganization
and a revised bond by that date.
Assistant Sapetintendent for
Business, Kiciiard Dopsovic said -
that the earfier date woald not be
a problem.'
; The Board set the tax levy in
conjonctioo with its compliance
with the new section of the Real
Pn^erty Tai law. Previposly the
Hassan County Board of Assess-
-on woM detemune the total
assessed valoation figures for the
school dtsttict'. Using that figare.
alUig with the total amount of
dcAars needed-to be r a i s n l / ,^
Distiict'coai^.d^ilfnnipi^.'tts t?i
new section, the process is more
compBcaied.
The District has certified that
the total school tax levy is
S17,S96.044. the Baldwin Ubraiy
is-J787,975;-and-the_conibio?d_
tax levy for Baldwin School
District residents is S18,286.419.
In comptiatKt with the new (aw. it
has agreed to divide the district
tax base into four categories -
individuar~liotneownets: apart­ments.
coadORiiniums, and
cooperatives; utilities; and
commercial property. The Board
of Assessors win detenhine the
percenuges in each category,for
Baldwin., It iis expected that in
Baldwin, the* indtvidnal .home­owner
catsgoty win _compttse
80%-of the tax base^ a dgiue
much higher than in most dis­tricts.
Baldwin homeownen.
therefore, most bear the bnnt of
the tax iHirden. AH ofthis tofor-mxtion
will be forwarded to tlie
Board of Sapervisors who wiO
. then set the tax rate for each cate-
^ gory 10 Baldwin. _ , , \
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Vllloge Police
Make Arresft
FSEEPORT • Village Police
OfRcier Datdd Coppola arrested a
31-year-dd Presort man tat
criminal pontettion of niati|iiana
on Friday, Angnst 13.'
- The suspect, Anthony Mendosa
of 23 North Grtive Street,.was
aUege<fly fai the vididty of 155
Broadway,' at aboot 1:1S 00.
when C:oppi3la - arrested Urn
durging that be had a smaH bag
of mar^aana in his hand.
Meodo^-was released on an
appearaiicetidet.
Geld Cfaataa Snatdied
OBBI—lUiy
Three "viMtocs" to the Broad­way
area, from the Betlmore-
Merrick vicinity halted their car at
a stop dgn at North Ccdombas
Avenue and Broadway on Wed­nesday.
August 11. at 1:45 pm,
when allegttdly someone readied
into the car and tn itched some
gold chahis from th« neck ef one
. of the passengers. Then, with
aiujOer soroect looking. on, a
third allegefUy tried to g ob some
jewelry from another passenger.
After the three sospects fled,
ti>e victinis reported aeir losses
to poiice-and Freeport Police
Officer Ed Martin took them back
to the scene to try to ideirtiiy the
perpetrators.
Afier a chase, Freepcrt PoBoe
Officers Martin, Bbbot Boss and
- Sgt. iArthoT- ffonsette arrested
,;•.• >Vt'. tf(Corrt.'onPw*W,'>.v,-.''.*.
its Zoofaig Board of Appeals.
In answer to a qoertioii from
the LEADER reporter present at
the Monday - evening meeting.'
Mayor White said the fixfisgs of
the Planning 3oard and the
StabBHzatioa Task Fbrce seemed
, to be against licensing two Cunily
.'homes but that, instead. Oe
village nrigbt consider a i^i&a-;..
:|iaa ofthe ooaoe^ ottctoiBg ooe^
room to Qoe person.
Several Sofiolk County mnidd-paltdes
have passed "two-fiumly
dweffing laws." with, the most
recent!one. in East Hamptoo
Town, allowing homeownen to
rent pattotOdr homes as an
apartment provided they bad
Ihred in the house for at least five
_jrears and would contiime to five
''there. (See Editorial, page 4.)
According to the East Hamptoo
' Town Board, the law was sagr
gested by a committee it appoint­ed
to stndy the hoo^g problein
and the difficnhies young b n ^ e s
were experieitctng in fiufing
'suitable middle-Ievd cost places
toitre.
The law. wUdi is to take effect
after September 1, also calls for
permit fees of SSO for persons
over 65 and.SlIX) for other home­owners.
Laws ssmilar to East Hamp^
ton's have also been promulgated
in Oyster Bay and Babylon, with
the- latter stipulating that the
owners of. Imnes built after
Janoaiy 1. 1980 mitst wait unta
1987 beCore adding an apaitmest.'
*'John DtCjrazia. chairman of the .
Village of Freeport's Planning '
Boatd said Ids.comBdsdon.Iiad
looked at Babyion'ii Jfanr,' bat fUt
tbal'thelaw. badh't - VrcaUy^made- ~
'miidrof a dent." BabylaaVlaw'
apparendy was proposed to l e ^ -
mue the town's apptccdmatdy
4,000 iUegally converted two-familybomes.
.. DiCmia did say. however, that
teptesentatsves {torn the. Town off
B^Ion, with whom his Planning
Board had met, did consider t h ^
lawasuccess. - .
DXjrazia also explained that
the'Planning Board was giving
the qnestiaa "a lot of thought"
and had sent a memoraodnm on
thie issite to Mayor WUte more
thanamonth-and-a-haUago.' -
.- ' The membets'of die Planning
Board, DiCrazia said fO fdt that
sbuethbsg has'to be done, but
"we fed tbeie.might be a pretty
big problem if not thought oat."
. DiGrazia. said the . Planidng
Board, fat its memo to White,
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READY TO GIVE BLOOD, Anna lAureatto, claim examiner for the
Village of Freeport's-seK-lnsuranca program, has her blood pressure
takeri by a Long Island Blood Services technician. Ms. i.aureano Joined
many of her eo-worlcer* In donating blood to alleviate the current
critical shortage. For the past seven years Village employees have
donated blood during the summer months when supplies are low. In
return, any Village employee and their family, wtMther or not the
employee is able to donate, la Insured their blood needs will be met for
the following year, other groups Interested In setting tip such a
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