The-Leader_1989-08-03

              Freeport • Baldwin
THE LEADER 55Ui Yeai, No. 31 Frctport. N.Y. 11520 Official newspjper of ihe Village of Fretpon-Fretpon and Baldwin School Districts Thursday, August 3.1989 25«
Freeport electric rates could fall
phMM by Katvyn Okun
PRIVATE PARTY: What b v t tw way t o mMt your M ^ h b o n than
a sumRWf-tiiin* block party. RM^ants o1 V/ilthlra Court in
Fraaport put up tha " N o Paiiting" slgna, brought out tha picnic
ubiaa and barbacuas, and thraw thamaatvaa * party racantty.
Shown« abova. t w o young Fraaportara ar^oy a alica of tummar.
aa Fraaport rMldantand polica officar. Ralph MagQtdo. balow.
tavaa tha day wfth Ma barbtcua axpactisa.
by Maurice Forge
A ruling issued July 28 by the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commiuion (FERC) upholds
the contention of the Municipal
Electric Utilities Association of
New York Sute (MEUA) thai
the Power Authoriiy of the S u te
of New York (PASNY) has been
shortchanging Freeport and
other municipally-owned and
operated power plants while
fa\-oTing in\-estor-owned utilities.
This infonnatton was gi>*en to
The Leader by William Cominos,
general nunager of the Freeport
po*tt utility, who is also att
MEUA \-ice-president, at the
conclusion of the regular Board
of Tnutces meeting July 31 in the
Village Hall, where the subject of
planning for "fut ire power needs
of local consumers tn the most
prudent nianner"wasacted upon
in another phase of the ongoing
projection of choices.
"This FERC ruling which
upholds the determination of the
Administrati\-e Law Judge after
lengthy hearings." Mr. Coiainos
said, "could mean annual savings
for Freeport of approximately
S2.4 million, or about a 10 per­cent
reduction in consumer
rates." i
Although PASNY is likely to
appeal, Mr. Cominos was conft-dent
that the FERC ruling would
be upheld because of its sound­ness
under the provisions of the
Niagara Redevelopment Act
(NRA) under which PASNY
operates.
During the meeting the Trus­tees
also authorized Mr. Comi­nos
to spend up to SS0.000 addi­tionally
for completing the study
on behalf of the Water and Light
CommissioD that was begun by
the prt-qualificd fi%-e consulting
firms that have been evaluating
whether developeri arc available
and interested in providing relia­ble
and economical power under
contract with the Village.
This is one of the options being
considered by the Trustees, along
uilh plans for building a sub-statiqn
for import of economical
power, a plan for cogencralion.
or enlarpng the Village's ovn
generating capacity
Affordable hou«ng
Mayor Dorothy Storm was
authorized to sign an agreement
with the New York State Aftor-dable
Housing Corporaiion for
(hegrant of S50.000given the Vil­lage
as subsidies to the purchasers
of the two homes constructed by
Freeport at 73 arid TJ Broadway.
Conditional subsidies of S2S.000
(conanLMd on pag* 3)
Day care center receives financial aid
Freeport resident slain
A Freeport resident was
murdered during a robbery at
his home last Wednesday and
at one point during the inci­dent
either fell, or was
thrown, through a plate glass
window, police said.
According to authorities,
Warren von dcr Each, 58, was
strangltd and. either before
or after his death, fell
through or was thrown
through a window in the
lobby of the Diplomat Apan-menU
complex on Brooklyn
Avenue. Mr. von der Esch, a
mortgage broker for Rockwell
Equiaea in Jericho, had been
recovering from surgery to
remove a cancerous section of
one of hit lungs prior to the
attack.
Lieutenant John Nolan of
the Nassau County Police
Homicide Squad said that the
initial autopsy report deter­mined
that Mr. von der Esch
nuiy have died before he went
through the window, but that
th« ^TioX report on the cau&e
of death would not be com­pleted
for about six weeks.
Police at present have no
suspects in the crime and are
searching for witnesses. They
request that anyone with
informatton on the incident
call 53S-7798. All calls will bo
confidential.
Standing between an old,
wood-frame building and a
playground filled with climb­ing
seta and frolicking chil­dren,
Nassau County Execu­tive
Thomas Gulotta
announced that the Hi-Hello
Child Doy Core Center of
Freeport will receive a
$571,500 loan in order t-o
expand its operations.
1^8 Center presently owns
3,115 Bqxiare fret of property
at 212 South Ocean Avenue
and rents an additional 3^290
square feet at various loca­tions
in the ^lage. The loan,
repayable throu^ the Coun­ty
L«cal Development Corpo­ration,
will be put towards
the purchase of a nearby two-stoiy
buil(£rig of 4330 square
feet at 134 South Ocean
Avenue. Hi-Hello will also be
increasing its number of
employees from 50 to 80 peo­ple.
Gerti Colbert, the presi-dent
of the executive Ixwrd'at
the day care center, stated,
•Well finally have alt of the
kids under one roof (or two).
Not all over Freeport." She
said that Hi-Hello is proud of
being what she called a "high
quality" child care center.
Mr. Gulotta explained that
the goal of the County Local
Development Corporation ts
"to create opportunity for
businesses consistent with
our suburban values.
Through this project we will
create and maintain jobs,
open up new opportonities
and provide needed day care
facilities,'' he said.
Hi-Hello, the largest day
care facility in Nassau
County, was formed in 1968
to respond to community
needs for child care services.
It provides service for more
than 280 children in an
infant nursery foi^ children
nine monthi to three years,
pre-school groups, an all-day
kindergarten and a school
age center for children
through fifth grade. When
renovations to &e new build­ing
are completed, alt pro­grams
offered by Hi-Hello
will have the capability to
provide comprehensive child
care to children from six
months, an earlier entrance
age, to 14 years of age.
Children from more than
12 school districts attend the
before and_after-school pro­grams
all year and dunng
summer vacations. The Cen­ter
is licensed by Nassau
County and the New York
State Department of Social
Services. ^.R.
Hl-HELLO DAY CARE CENTER Board ot Dlractort PraaWant
Gani Colbart flattnad Intantly " Hassau County Exacutfva
Thomaa S. Gulotta announcad that tha cantai' la to racah/o a
$571,500 rapayabte lo«n ki ordar to aicpand lla oparatkma.