The-Leader_1983-10-06

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Village of
Freepoft
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FreepOft
School Oistrlcl
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Baldwin
School Oislrict
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, OCTOBER
l48thYEAR,No.24
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Village Board Sets Budget Dates
Baldwin Fire Dept.
To Hold doeii House
More Businesses,
Property Owners
Fined in Court
FBEEFOBT - After being is-saed
four sununonsei by the Vil­lage
of Freeport's Building
Depaitmeot on September 16,
Judah Gerstein, president of
Blo-Sdentific Specialty Prodocts,
Inc. of 197.99 Nonh Main Street,
appeared in • ViOaje - Cdort.-on
September 29.
Pleading gsilty before Village
Josiice Ralph Franco, Gentein
received conditional fines totaling
SI,000 for the storage of flam-,
mable acetone oatside the build­ing,
failing to Insure the proper
construction of an eiplosion-
(Con(.onP«8»8)-
BxhihUs On Prevenfhn,
Fire Fighting Pianned
BALDWIN -Residents of this comnanity win have an opportunity
to leararaoce about fire fighting and fire preventioo at an open boose
to be held at Baldwin Fire Department Heailqnarters on Sunday,
Octoberl6. -. i-'
The Baldwin Hre Department liasarrahged for ezhSnts,'displays,
' films'and demmlsiritiotu at tlk- -
Public Can Attend
Workshop Meetings
FREEFORT • Mayor William H.'White, the Village trustees and
various department heads have begun to prepare for the village
govenmietit's annua] attempt to k e ^ the villas taxes both rising.
The p r o c ^ starts, at least pnbBdy, when the Mayor .— as he did
at Monday idg]it,-October 3td'« ViUage Board meeting — approves
a series ooff dd ates f-o r -b ud- get wor-i-sliop
meetings. ~
Open to file pubSc as ob­servers,
these meetings of the
mayor and trustees with varioos
department beads start an annnal
process, wiricfa ends is eariy
Jannan with a Monday idgfat
pubBc hearing oo the new village
budget. la tUs case the b a d^
sigit the ninth year (1963-1984)
program agreement for Conmran-ity
Development funds, even
though it win leqniie {hlute
amending, as weD as an agtee-mesf
w l ^ win give the village
an additional SI 15,000 under the
Federal Jobs Bin.
Mayor White announced that.
to be discussed, finalgeA_ait—fePgWHg l prrvinns mr«ti«g-of-approved
by the Board o( Tnu"* the Village Board at which he
Fire IVevention Open House.'
The commnmly is welcome to
attend the event l>etween 11 am
and 2 pm. Fne Headquarters a
on Grand Avenue opposite the
library.
Featured wiO be a demonstra­tion
at 12 noon on the proper use
of fire eitingoijhers. At 1 pm,
WITH THE WINDS BLOWING, the Seventh Annual Greater New York
tn-The-Water Boat Show opened on schedule In.Fraepcrt on Friday,
September 30, at ttw'Quy LomtSrdo Marin*. In Freeport. Joining
tropical stomi Dean for the rlhOan-cutttng ceratnony'were 'p. to r.)
Chartes Baldwin, vica president, Freeport Chamber ol Commerce;
Commissioner Ludwig Hast, Nassau County Public Worta Oepart-m
«nt-, Steve TMbout, presldeni. Marine Trade* Aaaoctatlon: Hew Ydrti
Slate Senator Carol Berman; Freeport Village Mayor WlUlam White;
ChrUUne Hallahan ol Freeport, Queen of the 1883 show; JaoMt F..
Kenner. Show Director; Oeorg* Trias, prasidanl, Local Developmant
Corporation, Hempetead, representing the town;~Ka*aau Deputy
> County Executive Russell Servloa; Christine Fauser, Show Coordlr\»-
lor; Charle* Ptgadls, praaldant, ABC Boating; and Dorothy Tripp,
Department of Industry and Commerce, Town of Hempstead. Musk
for the occasion » « auppHad by the ootorful nvmembar Freeport High
School Marching Band under tha diractlon ol Donald Turner. The Boat
Show, aponaored by the Marina Trade! AaaodaikM In oooparation with
the Freeport Ouvnber ol Commerta, will run ona mora weekend,
•->rWttaiwghOo»Ombu*DByMonday:Oe<ijbart-^o: '•••••••• •'••••
auto accident extrication. Other
infotioiationa] activities on fire-
Gghting tedmiqnes, as wcB as
displays and movies are planned..
Tboe win also be an opportuni­ty
to ask Baldwin volnnteer Ere-iighters.
present at the open
hoose, questions on firefighting
and pieventian. ' .
Posters, created by Baldwin
school ciiildten win be on display,
and winners in a poster art con­test
.wiQ receive their awards at
a presentatioa sdiedoled to take
place at 1:45 pm.
The open boose a. free and
open to aU tesidenb ct \^
Baldwin community.
Fed Ddiars To
Help improve
Freeport Housing
WASHINGTON D.C - The
ViOage of Freepcrt's Housing
Antincity tias been awarded
S627,000 by the federal govern­ment
for the tnodertuzadoa and
improvement of easftig bousing.
According to Congtessman
Norman F. Lent, who announced
approval of the grant, the funds
have been earmarked by the VS.
Department of Housing and.
Urban Development for such
impnrvements as instaUadcn of
wandng paths and lights.' new
gotten and too&, instaHftiao of
insolation, plumbing and beating
' impiovcments and aluminium
sidmg.
The svooey is part of a total
grant of %lJiTSJS90, fnxa which
the Town of Hempstead Hoosisg
Aotbority has bees awarded
5606.090 and theTowtt of Oyster
Bay Housng Authority wiO
receive $640,500.
Lent called tiie two towia and
the ViQage c( Freeport "leaders
tees'*riO be for fiscal year 1984>
85, and the public hearing wiU be
held in January, 1984.
The IS budget workshop, ses-sions*
win be held in the Board of
Trustees' room on the second
floor of ViBage HalT. Scheduled
for various Tuesday and Thurs­day
evenings, 7-11 pm, and Sat­urday
mornings, 9J0 am-l pm,
the meetings take place after
Village Han is officUny dosed
and entrance is tlirou^ the police
department.
The first of the meetings is
scheduled for Thursday, Nov-eml)
er 3; and sessioos are also
set for Saturday, NoveotSer 5;
Thursday, November 10; Satnr-
.day, November 12; Tuesday, Nov­ember
15; Saturday, November
19; Tuesday, November 22;
Saturday, November 26; Ttutrs-.
day,-I>ecefflbcr 1; Saturday, Dec­ember
3; Thursday, December 8;
Satorday, December 10; Thurs­day
December. 15; Saturday,
December 17; and Thnrsday,
December22.
While budget figures are not
"fH^ fof pubGc perusal until
jusTbefore the end of the calen-'
dar year, the budget vratksbopS'
afford the public an early glimpse
of department heads' requests
- and the general direction in winch
the'Village Board is, going. Also
part of the budgetary process is.
a look at prcgected iicone figures,
.fat the yiltage. (see EdJtorial,
page 4.)
• OtkerMattm
DaaoitdAt
Village Boafd ifetting
Among the other agenda ttetns
at tlK Monday evening open leg-istatrve
tessSea of the Bcnrd was
the rehaMBtatioo of Martin
Luther Kmg Puk. As a pti^m-inaiy
step, tlie Board granted
pciraii^Vsi to advertise fee bios<
oo the work. wUdi win be doae
.withfedenlCssds. . . . . . . ..
'.'T&d.Uiyac'a>li.-a«bcrized to
and Trustee Al Siifin poblidy
commesided the Public Works
Department on the construction
of its new ftoBty, the Board
decided to iinrite the pubCc to
tour that building. Set for Novem­ber
5, the tour win also include
visits to the Power Plant and the
newly constructed Freeport Fire '
Department Training Center.
Meetmg Heats Up
After the short legblative ses- .
sion, the Board recessed until
8 pm. when it began its twice-a-moath
pubEc meeting, at which
voKes became. louder and the
pace hotter and &ster.
Lionel Socdov, a past candi­date
foe ViBage Trustee oo the
Home Rnle Pvty Ene, questioned
the Board about a suggestion hie
iiad made previously to alter
meters in the Central Business
District to accept etx»gh coins
for two boors of parking.
Mayor White temiodai Sooo-iov,
a retident and local bunness-man,
that there are free three
hour parking spots in the muoki-pa]
parking fields. The one-hour
metered spots oo the street.
White said, were supposed to he
for tbae shoppers who want to.
park in front of a store, jump out
of their cars, ran ia'aod make a
quick purduse.
• Socdov, however, insisted
that many costoners do not want
to walk through the •tunnels"
leaiCag &aai the parUng fields
to the stores or to Mernck Road.
As winter approaciies, 6e pointed
oat, it gets dark earSei and after
4 pm be be^ns to spend as tnocb
&ne escorting customers to their
cars, as he does bi his store.
•-that's- oo» tree," retorted
Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm,
f«M^j that she had rt^y^ is
. CDC of the fields twice the pte-
. viOQS wec^ and fcosd they vreie
being wefl used Mj other female
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