The-Leader_1987-02-05

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ifilllfil FREEPORT. NEW YORK. FEBRUARY S, 1987
52ndYEAR, No. 42
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Six Seek To Buy Freeport Stadium
Boldwin Substance
Abuse Weeic Mar. 1-7
Top Offer Is $5 Million
For Townhouse Condos
FTIEEPORT ^ Six proposals for the' redevelopment of
the Freeport Municipal Stadiurh. property have been
received by the Freeport Board of Trustees. At its
Monday evening, February 2nd meeting, the Board re­ferred
the proposals, one of which offers S5 million for
the 10-plus acres, to Vil
"Hands Across Baldwin II
To Cap Off Activities
, BALDWIN - Comigunity residents will joiii hands
north and south along Grand Avenue Saturday
afternoon, March 7th, a culmination of .a week-long
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention program in
Baldwin.
Village To
Enforce Snow
Emergency Laws
From March 1. through
7, all segments of the
comitiunity - civic, reli­gious,
' political, educa­tional,
business and the
media - will be united to
demonstrate their com­mitment
against drug and
alcohol abuse.
The week is sponsored
by the Baldwin Educa­tional
Assembly, in con­junction
with the Baldwin
School District and Bald­win
PTA.
"Hands Across Baldwin"
on Saturday will feature
the—*«jnchhig'>Bf.1,000
balloons' each containing
the week's theme, "Drug
Pree Is The Key." The
balloons will be launched-froni
three different sites
along Grand Avenue.
The event begins at 1
pm and entire families are
urged to join. The' origi­nal
February 6th registra­tion
date has been en-tended
to allow greater
participation.
' Families and individuals
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FREEPORT.- Village
Mayor Dorothy Storm has
announced that long-
:S^:-3"%fSe<fx^tcr;^nra
lage Special Counsel Har­rison
J. Edwards and Su­perintendent
of Public
Works David 1,0vejoy for,
their review and recom-meiidatioh.
This was the second time
the 'Village had' advertised
for development proposals.
Last falj, when the sale of
the' property was adver-
SLOGAH CONTEST WINNERS. WhUe Robyn Meiher.»letood trKie' -*.
It StMit School, wu the winner ia the Baldvia EducatioaU Autmbiy'tf-,, . The grOUp, many
•lofan conieit, there were >]>a other (ood (lo|Mi lubnutted. Rohyn Whom apparently live
(front row, e.) lubmitted "Drtij Free I» The Key," which has become the
theme for the ipcciil uti-iubitincc abuie week ia Baldwin Much 1-7.
Other winacn we (front row, from the I.}: Erika Gulli, fifth plue, whs
•ubndtted "Only A Fool Leti Druji Rule";* Kimberly Plunketl, fourth
place, whote ilogaa wu-'Gct Addicted to Life - Nothing Cin Get You
Higher;" jRobyn Mnhtr]; Andrew Be^olan, tecond place, who eubmitted
'Stiying Straight Makei Kidi Great;' and Kerry Arella, third plue, who
wrote "Eait On Down To A Drug Free Town - Baldwin.* Cengratulat-
^ irg the youngsters are (rear row, I. to r.) Duffy White, -Director of
Health for the Baldwin School Diilricli Carol Biken, BEA Subitance
Abiiie Committee; ind Dr. Rolland ^onei, Baldwin's Superintendent of
Schocli, " ' . ;' ,
"The recent snowstorms
have demonstrated that, it
is necessary to enforce our
laws. The.large number df
vehicles that remain on
|he roadways during and
after a snowstorm impede
the Department of Piiblic
Works' snow removal op­erations.
Clogged streets
are an .inconvenience to
everyone and, most im­portantly,
can seriously
hamper the passage of
emergency vehicles," Ihe
Mayor said.
The Mayor explains that,
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Residents Ask
For Help To
-Stop Muggings
FREEPORT - Mbrp
than a dozen residents of.
apartment houses-' in
northwest Freeport came
to a recent Freeport Vil­lage
Board meeting'to ask
for help in stopping a se­ries
of street robberies afid
muggings, in their area. '•
• of
at
75 Randall Avenue, told
of a man armed with- a
knife, who had committed
several crimes in their
area during the last four
to six weeks.
Terrence Harris, of 75
Randall Avenue Tenanu
^AsiQfiation, presenied the
minimum upset price of
$1.75 million.
The'stadium had been
used for auto racing up to'
about three years ago,
when the Board . of
Trustees reftised to rene­gotiate.:,
a contract with
racing car promoter Gino
Carapi.
In the first go-round,
the village received three
proposals, ranging from
SI.8 to $2.8 million. All
three-were rejected as not
corhplying with the speci­fications
outlined in the
invitation for proposals.
Only one of those first
three proposals, the one
from Campi Enterprises,-•
included racing. The
prices - offered . - ranged-^
from SKS fhillion to S2.8
ffliliton.
• Thb past December, the '
property was readvertised
for both racing and other
entertainment, . or . com­mercial
uses. Two upset
prices were set: one, $1.8
million, was for proposals
that featured racing; and
the other, S2.4 million,
was for commercial pro-
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(Cont. en Page 9)
CITTE COOKIES. Freeport Mayor Dorothy Storm (lesied, I.) receires
Girl Scout cookies from Z^hara Kugler (2nd I.) of Junior Troop SSU
and Danielle Ballard (r.) of Brownie Troop 3US as Cookie ChaTrwoman
Janenc Suchan holds an "I Loire Girl Scout Cookies" burr.per slicker. All
Freeport Girl Scouts are reliing the cookies between now and the end of
March. The cookies come in leYen fliroTs and are '13 a bcx. The funds
raised go for camps, equipment,'projects and wcrthwhile Girl Scouting
programs.