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A WARM WELCOME to FrMportt Woodctoft Canal ia,oftw«d
by Je« Schf««id«r and Uca Sroga, df <C«ptalh Lbti V'a ci«w.*
COOL WORK for a hot day. Brett hoa** down boata.
by Amy J. Vernon
Freeport Village of 40,000
people does have a visible ciack
problem, Mayor Dorothy Storm '
said Monday.
But, she said, there, are areas
that are not visibly touched by the
problem.
The Mayor's comments were
in reaction to a story that ran in
Monday's edition of Newsday
about the large amount of crack
dealing -in Freeport. The story
accentuated all the negative—the
added crime, the danger to those
who live where the dealers do
their business and the problems
of bringing up children in a drug-filled
environment.
"It really doesn't play up
eno.ugh on the positive steps that
' faste-been'takeB,^'MayorStofta
said. '
The Moxie-Rigby apartmem
complex, which was mentiotwd
as being a headquarters forciack
dealers, 'has made some! large
strides in the past few months
-that were not highlighted in the
article, Mayor Storm said.
"Moxie-Rigby just had a vejy
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BAY VIEW AT ENp of canal draws dinera to anloy the cool
braazet at Th» Schoonar.
successful drug raid that took
almost 17 months of surveil­lance,"
she said.
"TheyVe hired a security con­sultant,
and the landlord is tiow
allowed to evict anyone who has
been arrested on a drug offense,"
she said.
VUlage. civic leaders agreed
with the mayor that a lot is being
done. But more can and should
be done, they said.
' "There can always be inote
done,*''taid Marvin IskoUs, the
president of the South of Sunrise
Gvic Association.
There has to be more coopera­tion
between the nllage, town,
county, state and federal levels,"
he said. "I just don\ thiivk we
have enough."
"liH happening all over," Mr.
IskoUt tiud. "It> not being fair or
' ttite to'say that it's only
Freeport"
"There's no Iron Curtain
around Freeport that keeps drugs
in or oat,'" tie said.
., Bob T^has, the president of
the Northwest Civie Association,
agiMd.
'It^ larger than what an incor­porated
village can do. It crosses
village tines, county lines," he
said. "The problem is.that it tran-cends
the borders."
"A lot has beendone, but more
can be done," Mr, Pachas said.
"The village and the village police
have done a wonderful job."
Fran Campion, the president .
of the Northeast Freeport Civic
Association, disagreed.'
"We need more policemen-we
don't have enough minority
policemen," Mrs. Campion said.
"We need more free programs'
for youth, we need a youth center
that is afTordable..4ind accessible
by transportation to allyoulh,"
she said,
"IW ruining our village," she
said.
Mayor Storm disagreed.
"We also have $800,000
homes, we have some of-the
best," she said.
But, she said, "We also have
some of the worst. We were one
of the first to admit we had a
serious drug problem."
"We do have a problem, we do
have a war," she said. "But we are
one of the few communities
attacldng it"
New Freeport anti-<irug hotline set
The Freeport Police Depart­ments
new anti-drug telephone
hotline, was recently unveiled by
Trustee Ralph Smith. A recom­mendation
by the Advisory Task
Force on Drugs, Trustee Smith .
spearheaded Ihe approval of the
hotline by the Board of Trustees.
The new hotline will be ans­wered
by police detectives availa­ble
to receive reports of siispected
drug transactions or i l l e^ drng
use. When all detectives are oat in
the Held, a recorder .will answer
and the call will be returned at
soon as possible. ^
"By diaHng FPT-DRUG (378-
, 3784), individuals with infoctna-rion
on drug activity can bypass
the regular police desk and be pot
in contact directly with a plaia-.
clothes detective trained to han­dle
suspect^ drug activity,"
Trustee Smith said.
. "Our village's greatest weapon
DRUG HOTLINE: Aa a plaindothea datectiva loofca ori. TruatM
%tlflh Smith chaeka oirt the naw poUe* ihwg hotfiiw, FPT-DRUQ1378-
3784}.
in the war on drugs i* the 40,000
pail* of eyes of oar residents,"
said Mayor Dorothy Storm.
"If »'resident sees something
that be or she suqxscts could
involve the sale or use of drags,
they should (Sail FPT-DRUG
tmmediately.'pshe said. "While all
calls will be-kept confidential,-
each report of drug use will be
thorou^y investigated." .
I Freeport Village Board meeting
Seepages
I Baldwin Sanitary District Elections
Seepages
Baldwin H. S. Principal candidate
.» Seepage?
Iri a Nutshell
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