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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCH 8.1984
48th YEAR, No. 4(5
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Village's "Home Rule"
Vote Mor. 14 On Sale '^^'^"^^ ^""°"
J" ^Ifr • ^ ^ B W H W I H V • • ^ ^ B B ^ F ^ P M B ^ ^ FREEPORT • There win be no racing at th
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racing at the Freeport Municipal
Stadium this coming season, confirmed Mayor William H. VfWte at a
Village Board meeting Monday evening, March 5.
—Vfhiit was responding to queiUuus tiunt ifcslJtuts alttudiiig Um
Iwke-a-month pubQc meeting of the Board.
Previously, White had said he
Accident Corner To
Get Left Turn Arrow
Polls Ai Senior High Will
Be_Qpeii^7om^-Ulpm
was 99 ft sure that there wouldn't
be any racing this season. The
mayor has aba publicly stated,
several times, Uiat he would
recommend that the Board ~ of
' Trustees not renew the contract
-with th»present <^ratoTs of the—bility
-Speedway,-Campi Enterprises.——
At the meeting. Mayor White
FREEPORT - As a result of __
-the rrqiifsl fromSenator-Nonnan^
-J. -levy,- the New-^yoric-State-^BAU)WIN~Schoo! Bistncl voters wiU go to the polls Wednesday,
Department of Transportation March 14, to voice through their ballots their opinions on the sale of the also responded to_MarWiLlskoli_
(DOT) has re-evaluated ^a_pre;—Baldwin Junior High/Prospect Schools site ton biilldef fdrconstrucfion . ot Ann Prive that lie had been
and has ofcondomininms. ' told by someone interested in
The property, recently appraised at a total of S U miDion, is sought running racing at the stadium
by the Fust FarreH Corp., which that if, no decision was reached
has offered S1.4 minion for it. betoxjmownerKXXupiedunltj^/^bxJ'ebmaiy_L_it_wpuld_be_l«}_
bring "a nice class of people" to
the village.
"The bottom line is the dollars
inrolved," explained Mayor
White, adding that he was not
saying that racing is an impossi-vious
trafiic sur>-ey
agreed to install a left turn arrow
for both eastbbund and west-boond
trafBc at the intersection of
_ Brookside Avenue .and. Sunrise
Highway in Freeport.
levy's request for the re-evaluation
of the injer^ection was
made following continued oon-cem
expressed to him by local
residents and merchants, over the
number of accidents which have
occurred at this location,' in­cluding
two fatalities this past
year. -^
Levy indicated that he is very
pleased that the Department ot
Transportation has decided to
install the left turn signal. ••
"The left turn arrow wiU not
only facilitate the flow of vehicles
turning left at this intersection,
but the installation of this traffic
measure could also prevent the .
—otcuwtBct, Lif a puU.mun> UJigic~
accident," said Levy.
Levy added that he wiU press
for the expeditious installation of
this trafiic safety measure and
urged motorists to continue to
exercise caution when turning
left ^t Sunrise Highway and
Broolside Avenue.
Nine Burglaries
Reported last Week
In Freeport
FREEPORT - Nine residential
burglaries were reported to Free-
' port police during the week
beginning Monday, February 27.
In one of the incidents, two teen-aged
youths were later arrested.
A West Seaman Avenue resi­dent
arriving home Tuesday,
February 28, aHegedfy found the
house broken into and two radios
missing. The two youths, who
— were later apprehended and
digged ,wiib second degree
btugiary were Brian L. Page, of
7 Harding Place, a I6-year-oId,'
tenth grader at Freeport High
• (Cent, on (>ag« 16)
Principals of the First-Farrell"
Corp. are aud to be the same as
those in the corpontion.respon­sible
for the construction of the
Marriott Hotel in Uniondale and
the condominiums presently
being built at the foot of Guy
Lombardo Avenue is Freeport.'
The builder's pr<^)osaI calls
for two-story condotnmium towii
bouses to be constructed on the
four-plus acre site. The 78 units,
each of which would have allotted
two parking spaces, would consist
of SO two-bedroom and 28 one-
Tluee euuaneei lo the'develop^ late for this coming season
ment are planned as well as pH-vate
maintenance and sanitation
under the administration of a
condominium homeowners' asso­ciation.
Once the referendum is ap­proved
by the voters, a change in
zoning must still be effected by
the Town of Hempstead.
The referendum vote will be
held at Baldwin-Senior High
School, with potis open 7 am-
10pm.
Two Declare For
Freeport Chief Slot
i-KttwjKi - two veteran Fire Department on various com-
Freeport firefighters have>>«siittees and continues to do so
declared their candidacies for the today as Warden to Fire Council.
position of Third Assistant Chief
of the Freeport Fire Department.
The department's annual
elections. are scheduled - for
Thursday, April 5; at 8 pm, at
fire headquarters, 15 Broadway.
From Engine Company 11, '
former captain Tony Mine! has
been nomfaated, and from Hose
Co. 14, former captain Bob Terry
has been tapped by his company
to tun for the position of "2100."
In thdr endorsement of ex-
Captain Mine], En^ne Company
described him as a man who can
meet "the challenges of today
tomotTOv...This office requires
an individual who can meet the
challenges both firematically and
administratively, today and
tomorrow, a man who can adapt
to change witboul compromising
tradition, a man who can meet the
demands and work' with the
membership of our Department.
Ex-Captain Minei deariy
possesses all those essential
characteristics and has desuo-strated
them throagih many years
of active service."
Mind has served the Freeporl
Chairman of the Bum Center
Benefit, and an active member of
the Computer Committee, Budget
Committee, Donation Drive
Comituttee and the Hazardous
Material Team.
Minei is constantly broadening
his firematic skHls; most recenlty
he completed the Officers Train­ing
Course, Hazardous Material
Seminar and Arson Recogidtion
Course."
Tlie members of Hose Co. '4
are equally proud of their candi­date.
ex-Captain Bob Terry.
A Iffelong resident of Freeport,'
Terry joined the Freeport Fire
Department in May 1%6. after
seiving a tour of duty with tbe
U.S. Navy. Since that day, be has
always shown his ability and
willingness to work by boldiog
numerous company and depart­ment
positions and serving oa
a multitude of company and
department committees, indnd-
Ing Fire Cbnoca. 1974-1983;
Training Center Committee;
Budget Committee; Bylaw Com­mittee;
Hose Conimittee; Cam-
(Com. on Page 12)
At Monday's meeting, the
question of the future of the Sta­dium
again arose. Joan Keimedy,
president of South of Sunrise
Civic Association (SOSCA) read
a statement requesting that any
home rule message passed by the
Village Board should also legalize
tunning a fee-paying program at
the stadium, such as the Speed­way
or other entertainment
enterprises.
Mrs. Kennedy asked if the vil­lage
had yet pused a home rule
message, because several weeks
ago the Mayor had implied that
it would be done 'the next
week," the Board meeting of
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Another resident, Carol. Hall
of West Fourth Street, suggested
that the Stadium be used for a
combination of tccieational acti­vities
and other events thai would
-FREEDOM OF INFO'
SUrr RESOLVED
The__!hcee .members-of- the
Stadium committee, who were
suing the. village under the Free­dom
of Information Act, will now
be able to see the various records
and files on the Slidiuin_al-any_!
working time during any work
day.
In a reversal of the village's
previous decision, Frances Cam­pion,
Harry Pollack and Carol
Woods will be able to see the
records during all business hours,.
just by calling by 12 noon the pre­vious
business day to confirm that
the three, or one of them, will be
there.
The three dvlc association
presidents had been represented
by local attorney Alvin Doifoun
in their suit lo see the records.-"
Several weeks ago, the Village
Board ruled that the records
would be made available Mon­days,
Wednesdays and Fridays,
belweea 2 ai.J 4 piu.
Dorfman, In announcing the
success of his. clients, claimed
"The Board undoubtedly never
believed for one moment that
(Cont. on Paso 3)
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QIRL scour WEEK. Mayor William Whit* prescnM a ProcUmatton
designating tlM week of Marchi M 7 w "Olrt Scotrt WMfc" In Freeport
to'(I. to i.) Junior Scout Nicole Tucker o( Troop 2173, Cedette Staeey
DeCampI of Troop 2081. Brownie Zahava Kugler of Troop 200S, Senior
Vicky Stewart of Troop 2453 and Troop Servlcet Chairwoman Sharort
DeCampl. In the Proclamation, Mayor White called upon Freeportera .
to "ghre their continued InttriMt, cooperation and fupport to the Girt
Seouta."