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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1972
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Late Bulletin...
Levine, Mendes, Budgets Voted In Harold Levine, Freeport School
Board member for the past Ave
years and President for two,
defeated Joan Young in her
second attempt for a Board seat.
The final figures in the June 13
election were 2,312 for the in­cumbent
and 1,323 for his
challenger.
The victory margin was not as
wide in the John Mendes-Charles opjwnents
Randall race for a seat. In- Proposition 3. placed on the
cumbenl Mendes attracted 1,871 ballot by a resident's petiUon was
vote whde Randall, running for defeated by a margin of 2.154
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The 1972-73 School Budget was expanded the mile Umil within
an easy shoo m with 2,063 "yes's" which private and parocWal f« i -., . c
and 1.439 "no's". The Library students could be t ^ n s w r t S b v ^^"^ ^""^ ^^ ^* ^^^^ Supreme Court, Mineola.
« ! S « l f i f ^°' f^ "fiy^^ ^ ' ^ District funds from the ^ n t 10 The plaintiffs are Edith Boothby, 5 Charlick Place and
supporters outweighing 4,208 to is miles. Mr, and Mrs. "-uumi.iv rwce ana
The Freeport Village Board announced Tuesday morning
that a second public hearing will be heard on the rezoning
of the North Main Street area, July 10, at 9 p.m. Tlie re-zoning
of the district had been approved by the Board by a
4 to I vote May IS following a public hearing on March 20.
According to a Village spokesman, the additional public
hearing is being scheduled in the face of a suit being
brought against the Village by six residents attempting to
block the redevelopment. A hearing has been scheduled
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Bbard kept telling Meinberi of
the audience at Monday night's
public hiring to consider the
passage of an ordinance to
mandate the closing of VlUage
stores by 11 pm. After reserving
decision during the public
session, the ordinance was later
passed when the Board met
privately. Tentative effective
date is June 25.
The overwhelming majority of
residents attending had come to
vent their compMntfi against the
noise and Utter they claim Is
caused by the 7-11 store on Grove
Street and Southside Avenue
which is open 24 hours a day.
Although last summer had been
fraught with complaints about
the noise and behavior of
teenagers con^egatlng In the
store's parking lot, the group of
nearby residents on Monday only
told of sleepless nights caused,
Hours
•;said,< by. damming
••itf'-"carsfdeavtiHgr:tlilil
miles an hoia*." Oiiif ii
of her choice betwwn turning on
the air conditioner to drown out
the noise or remaining awake.
Another told of his routine
whereby when walking his dog he
carries along a trash bag to pick
up the Iwttles and cans strewn
along the streets near the store.
Mayor Robert Sweeney pointed
mit that while numerous com­plaints
have been received about
the 7-11 stores (another on North
Grove Street is open until l am)
the ordinance was under con­sideration
in light of the recent
trend of many supermarket
chains to remain open until late
al night or around-the-clock
(Shop-Rite on Sunrise Highway is
open until midnight). He also
pointed out. as did other Board
members, that the owner of the
South Grove 7-11 had "done
k _i9k ^°"*^ Smith, 20 Woodside Avenue, residents
WilhMthe disputed area; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Thompson,
owneul; of the. Soul Diner, 240 N. Main Street and Mis. I''
Former Village Qerk Dies
John MacDonald, 67, who
retired as Freepprt Village Clerk
last July, passed away Tuesday
morning in Beverly Hills, Fla,
where he had lived after leaving
his home for many hears at 291
Smith Street, Freeport.
Mr. MacDonald was appointed
Village Clerk in 1962 after having
been Acting Village Clerk for one
year. He joined the Village staff
as a clerk In the Police Depart­ment
in 1956 after leaving
Boubleday and Co. and was
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appointed Deputy Village Clerk
in 1958.
A long-time member of the
Freeport Fire Department, Mr
MacDonald had served as
Secretary to the Department. He
was also active in the Republican
Club serving as an Com­mitteeman.
He was an Army
veteran-
He is survived by his wife,
Helen, and a married daughter.
No funeral plans had been an-ncmnced
by press time.
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Anniversary Pledge
It has been two years now since we became the new owners of
Ffie^on's largest weekly newspaper wbicb has covered the news of
ow Village for the past 37 years.
This issue is devoted to tbe celebration of this anniversary and in
it we are happy to bring our readers some special features (see pages
6 and 7).
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers
and advertisers for their interest and support these past two years
and assure them that THE LEADER will continue to be a quality
product in tbe years ahead.
Norma & Bill Braun
Freepoitt Caiartiliiw^
merce President C. Williain
Gaylor spoke in favor of the
adoption of the %dlnance poin­ting
out that in allowing the late
hours, many small Freeport
businesses wmild he forced to
compete with national chains.
Walter Green, chairman of the
Chamlier's Retail Division, went
further in saying Uiat his group
was now investigating and at­tempting
to close the loophole in
the state law which aUowed the
opening of retail stores on
Memorial Day last month.
Challenged as to the precedent
of such an ordinance. Mayor
Sweeney stated there was none
that he knew of, none among the
stale's municipalities. "Maybe
Freeport is setting another first."
Freeport's Fagin
A case of Fa#nism right out of
Dicken's "Oliver Twist" was
broken up when alert Freeport
Police Patrolman R. Karp
spotted a 12-year-old boy take the
stack of morning newspapers
from In front of a not-yet-opened
Drug Store.
The episode was repeated the
foUowing moming and fwally,
under the eyes of the Freeport
Police and itetectives from the
Nassau County Police First
Precinct, the boy brou#it his
purloined stadk (rf papers to
Sunon kalden, newdealer at the
Freeport URR station and a
resident (tf 710 Dean Drive,
Baldwin, who paid off his young
cohort with t te dally dollar.
Simon was charged with petty
larceny. The boy was not held.
The Drug StiMPe reported that the
morning papers had been
disappearing eveiy day to over
a wedt.
"•'' Before'"lh'e'''second"lieirm ^ ______
THE LEADER that the court wouldlie aslcW f o r a lelSi^^
tory judgment which would void the rezoning on the
grounds that it involves the unconstitutioi||il takjng of
property without due process of law. Other alternatives
would be a permanent injiinction or a preliminary one
which would stop the Village from issuing any permits
based on the rezoning.
A strong point in the case had been the lack of a second
hearing. Franco stated that the Village ignored the law
by not holding one. "Five major changes were made on
the original proposal and the law states that if substantial
changes are made in an ordinance after a public hearing,
a second meeting is required before adoption."
The Village spokesman in making the announcement
of the July 10 hearing, pointed out that although the
Village Board does not believe any of the allegations to
have merit, it is felt that a legal case would delay North
Main Street's redevelopment and be costly to the Village
in both time and money. He pointed out that "The Village
Board did not consider any changes as appeared in the
May IS approved plan to be major revisions from the
original proposal drawn up by Planning Consultant lames
Dunne. Further it was felt that a second hearing would
only bring about the rehashing of the arguments which
were aired at the March 20 public hearing and would serve
no purpose. The public meeting had been well publicized
and well attended and the Board members did their best
to comply with any criticism of merit. Indeed the changes
made from the original plan included the revisfed height
limitation for apartment buildings and a relocation allow­ance
- two points that were most strongly urged for at
the hearing."
On being told of the second hearing. Franco told
THE LEADER that he was "happy to hear it" and was
looking forward to hearing from the Village attorney.
He pointed out, however, that the lack of a second
hearing was only one element of the case and the June 21
court date would stand. He and his clients would then
reevaluate the case depending on the outcome of the
July 10 hearing.
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