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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 12, 1987
S2ndYEA8,'No. 43
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Sen. Levy To Fonim
Dnig Tad^ Force Reports
FREEPORT - The
. Freeport Advisory Task
Force on Drugs, set up
last April by Village
Mayor Dorothy Storm,' has
now submitted its report,
which Includes 57 recom­mendations.
' Task Force co-chair-penoD,
Tedd Levy, in
discussing the various sug­gestions,
commented that
Task Force members felt
there ; should be ' more
family involveiftent and
total community effort;in
the fight against drug
abuse. Levy is Executive
Director of Operation
PRIDE, a drug abuse
counselling age&cyJin. the .
Village.
In making recommen­dations
about activities
concerning the 'Freeport
Says No To Drugs* cam-,
paign. the Task Force
noted that "the isolation of
the adolescent 'subculture'
from the rest of the com­munity
is thought to sig­nificantly
contribute to
young people beginning to
use drugs."
To combat this problem,
the Task Force suggested
. - the enc6ura|emenr of
family activities, such as
parents spending more
time with their children;
more parent / child activ­ities;
and community ac­tivities
that do not segre­gate
patents from their
children because of age.
Activities specifically sug­gested
include a parent /
child vblleyball league at
the Fxeeport Recreation.
Center, parent attendance
.. at youth leagues, and the
encouragement of youth
participation at all levels
: by civic associations and
service groups.
' In another recoamenda-
. lion, the Task Force noted
the lack of involvement
by people with their
neighbors' children, and
suggesu such efforts to
encourage a sense of
community as a possible
"Freeport — We Are a
Family" campaign, which
could include neighbor-
Rood meetings, block par­ties,
picnics, etc.
Calling Freeport
"fortunate" to have a fa­cility
such as the Freeport
Recreation Center^ the
Task Force suggested in­creased
parent involve­ment
or staff supervision.
"This is not to imply that
supervision is lacking," the
report went on. Our point
if that the more adult in­fluence
... the more, we
avoid the isolation of the
adolescent 'subculture." .
It was also suggested
that activities in local
parks be increased to al­low
more young people to
take advantaie of the vil­lage's
recreation programs.
The Task Force recom­mended
that .it remain ac­tive
or that aome-tJther^
group be developed ' to
continue its work, focus­ing
primarily on the ac­tivities
involved In the
•Freeport Says No To
Drugs" campaign. The
recommendations include
holding a previously can­celled
parade, and the in­clusion
of youth as regular
members. ' •
The Task Force, which
was co-chaired by Levy
aiid Lorenzo Smith, a re­tired
Nassau County police
officer and president of
The Guardians (an as­sociation
of black police
(Cont.(jnP»o9 20)
Clyde Rood
VoteRosTponed
. BALDWIN - the vote
oji the sale of the Baldwin
School District's Clyde
Road property has been
changed from March 18th,
as originally advertised, to
May 13th.
The Baldwin School
Board took this action at
its meeting Wednesday
. evening, February II.
The refirendum on the
sale of the property to
Darren Equities, for con­struction
of a 62 town-house
development, will
be on the ballot along
with the regular annual
school district and library
budget votes.
Further details on the
school board meeting will
be included in THE
LEADER'S next issue,
dated Ftebh3atyi9..--. -. ..
Tci^ Force
To Study
Stadium Offers
FREEPORT - A special
Task Force has been ap­pointed
by Freeport Vil­lage
Mayor Dorothy Storm
to study the six proposals
received for the purchase
of the Freeport Stadium.
Announcement of the
Task Force was made at
the Monday evening,
February 9th Village
Board of Trustees' meet­ing
by Trustee Vincent
DiCostanzo, who was
chairing the meeting in
.the abseiwe.oLthejnayor..,
The Task Force consists
of Village Clerk Tom
DeVincenzo, Village
Counsel William Glacken,
Superintendent of Public
Works David Lovejor. Su­perintendent
of Buildings
Michael Ruizde Zarate,
Village Treasurer Michael
Haran, Village Assessor
Barry Dunit;. and John
DiGrazia, chainnas of the
Village's Planning Board.
the Task Force will rie-port
back to the Board of
Trustees no later than
February 23.
The village received six
offers for the ten-plus
acre municipal stadium
and property, none of
which utilized car racing
and all of which included
demolition of, the stadium-structiire.
Uses included a 145 unit
townhouse condominium
complex; tight industrial, •
warehouse, distribution
complexes; and shopping
centers.
The purchase prices
range from $5 million to
$2.75 million.
Bids On Mall
Bids were authorized fcr
the constrt.ction work
necessary to open Freeport
Mall. Then village will be
. reconstructing South Main
Street between Sunrise
Highway and Merrick
Road,
,. Bids are returnable
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Freepoff, BakMn Mesldents
ll/ivited Februqrf 19
; ALBANY - State Senator Norman J. Levy will con-ttuct
a community forum for his constituents residing in
the Freeport, Baldwin and Roosevelt areas. The forum
is scheduled for Thursday, February 19, 7-9 pm, in the
library of, the Atkinson School, West Seaman Avenue,
Freeport.
Levy said that the
meeting is one in a series •
of J 987 commuijity fo­rums
he will be conduct­ing
throughout his Sena­torial.
District for the pur­pose
of soliciting input
from his constituents on a
number of important is-suesfacing
the Legislature
this year. Some of the is­sues
Levy is seeking Input
oh; are- the' GbverhOr*s"'
proposed 1987-88 budget;
State Aid to Education;
and the Senate Majority's
Taxcut proposal.
"Everyone who resides
Another Mugging
FREEPORT - An early
morning mugging at Ran­dall
Avenue and North
Bergen Place on Thursday,
February 5, might have
been the work of a hold­up
man police have been
seeking for the last-six
weeks.
The victim was knocked
down by her attacker and
he snatched her purse
containing cash and credit
within the communities of
Freeport, Baldwin and
Roosevelt is invited and
urged to attend," stated
Senator. Levy, "so that I
can hear, first hand, their
views and concents on
these and the niany other
important issues facing
our State." .
Levy asks that
anyone, \rtshing jri make a
pfeserifcitioh; contact His'
District Office in
Freeport, at 546-4100, so
that their name can be
placed on a list of sched­uled
speakers.
On Randall Ave.
cards.
The mugger has been
described as a male black,
about 5*8' - 5*I0' teU, in
:his mid-to-late 20's.
According to the police,
the victim again spotted
the alleged suspect several
hours later in the same
neighborhood.
Residents of several
• apartment houses in
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