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If the FbiiifiiUnig^Fathere -men
to sedc. today" i«f^rai|i^
depeodeni^ HaU in I^hiladelphia.
Pr^poii Mayor EofaertSweaiey
would I ;5 heartily reccmnaeod
noted lai?cWite|tSi^imind Spiegd
<?t iPast^eadow for the job,
pointing oui that the design of the
ciirrently beuig constructed.red
brick tiiree^story addition to
Freeport's VUlage H^fl buill in
1928 as a small scale replica off
the famed national landmark^ is
so faithful to the existing ar­chitecture
that in years alrcad
uninformed residents will not
realira an addition was ever
construe^. .
i The addition, going upon North
m Grove Street bcliind t6e V i l ^
I I Hall which fronts on North O c ^
: | | Avenue^ iS being constructs at
1?^ the cost of $1.6 million through a
|S| bond issue approved 1^ the
^i Village Board in August, IWl
M with^roundbndteninNovendwr.
g-Giviiig,. ; theJ^,,Ypiage's..!;,;sMlT-^
'"' iii'-"
more floor space, the 69-meinber
staff plans to lie able to utilize the
new structure in late De<%niber
or early January. Additional site
work (sidewalks, plantings, etc.)
will begin In the spring.
Four frame dwellings were
demolished to make way for the
addition, but Superintendent of
Buildings Lou Bello points out
that the surrounding parks areas
were not disturbed and the
building will bring additional
green areas to the neigMborfaood
through the sunken mall with its
fountain, trees and walkways
which wilf face the North Grove
Street front of the house rf the
Village's government. A part ot
the overall plan for the area, a
comfort station on the soutbeam
end of the building is lieing
completed for park users. The
parking situation in the area, too.
will be eased Bello points out,
with the construction of two mcve
flelds adding an additional 150
spaces.
The addition tiegins at gratte
level where the Village's Building
Department will be housed almg
-With .theJQiUsge^PoUce Depart­ment's
locker area, a omferraioe
room, a PBA ineeting Etoom and
storage area. This level will be
connected to the upper floors of
the structure and ttie first aiMl
second floors of the existing
building throu^ elevators.
The second floor of the ad­dition,
connecting with the first
floor of the present building, will
house the Geneiral Accounting
Department, IBM equipment, the
Village Clerk's offices, the Court
Clerks, the Water Department
(which wiU move from its present
' locationoh Sunrise Highway) and
allow expansion for the Village
Police Deparfanent
The next level will cmtain.the
Mayor's Office. Board Romn. and
various other' meeting facilities
and unassigned areas. Bello
points out that Qm preset |dam
for the acpaiided building con­tains
many unassigned aicas as
the building - program was
designed to sdlow for 20 year's of
9 . •m<
Flregiort newdaits,' the Cottncil
Room, where the open Village
Board meetings are held, will
remain substantially the same,
except, fortunately, for the ad­dition
of a modem air con-
(fitloning plant. The graceful.
Colonial style windows in the
n>om are already bricked up to
allow connection to the new wing.
Of the building program Mayor
Sweeney says. "I am pleased that
this much needed municipal
facility now nears completion.
For years we have struggled to
house our evo- expanding Village
facilities and have strained this
resource to the breaking point.
We had reaidied the untenable
position d having to put desks in
hallways if more needed staff
were employed when we decided
to enlarge this 47-year-old
structure. Our modernization
plan WiU enable a more efficient
utillzalitHi of the facility and
diould take care of our needs
until the turn of the century."
While justifiably famed for the
many structures he has designed
throughout Long Island. ar~
pirbaeh the design's© tliat--tfie
addiUon5ri»ould.ibe,-an':inte#al---S'«i-<#.»-^ -. ...,.«- ^
Z? luTV^^r'^li^n Msrum0m61^Jailed
^ciintlpetMl VlHagsildl now
.^sC
piece," he says. He is also proud Jack Hammel, owner of
that the addition will be one of Hammers Marine Center^ i
Woodclefl Avenue, has been
arrested, charged with three
counts of grand larceny. He was
ordered held without bail by
Judge John Benoit of the Mineola
District Court.
According to the First Precinct
of the Nassau County Police,
Hanunel contracted to sell two
very few public buildings on the
Island designed with an eye to the
needs of the handicapped. Spinel
points out that a ramp to the
ground level. North Grove Street
side, of the building will allow
easy access from the adjoining
parking lot into the builduig
throu^ doors wide enough to
allow passage of a wheelchair^
From there, an elevator wiU
allow the handicapped to reach
the Council Room to attend public
meetings for the first lime.
Building Superintendent Bello
gives cn^t, too, to tte building
firm. Elite Corporation, who
under the direcUon of Joe Silberi.
has been most helpful in in­troducing
cost-cutting techniques
and has been able to adhere to the
set time sclmlule under difiicult
situations inheroit to working on
a property adjacent to the
working space of fi9 people.
boats, one belonging to Thomas
Berger of Columbus. Ohio and the
other owned by Samuel Walk of
Brooklyn. He alledgedly sold
Berger's boat for $27,500 and
Walk's for $5,900 but turned no
money over to the original
owners He is also charged with
witholding a $600 check from
Walk.
Bus Bidding Framed
The Freeport School District,
and School Transportation
Director Richard Dopsovic in
particular, won high praise this
wedk with the release of a State
Commission of Investigation
report which showed widespread
collusive bidding by school tnis
operators throughout Nassau
County. Freeport was com­mended
for "the kind of approach
that wdl «u:iHirage and enable
smaller (Operators to compete
successfully to the advantage of
the tai|iayer."
According to published reports,.
the Schmd District will save some
160.000 this school year by
awarding contracts for the
Iransportatiimof stodents outside
ttK District to five different
comiBnies who competed in i ^n
IxdAng. The estinrated cost for
the coming school year for this
service will be $108,000 while
I^opsovic reports the cost would
have been as high as $170,000 if
the contract had gone to the
previous carrier, the Tomfor Bus
Co. of Roosevelt. While the
District had renewed it's contract
with Tomfor in April for 45
routes, bidding was open on the
remaining 19 with Solar Tran­sportation,
re(%nUy moved from
the Village to Carle Place, un-
(terfoidding Tomfor on 15 routes,
it was at this pmnt that the Scbof»l
Ustrict (^dals, as well a s Tllp;
LEADER, b^an to hear from
irate parents charging that the
small, new Solar firm amid not
meet safety and maintenance
standards set by the State. Ob­taining
a o^y of the state law,
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^600P L.UCK TANYA. Freeport resident Tanya Adamovich, is
fitted into official tJ.S. Olympic Team outfit prior to leaving for
Munich where she is competing In tlw Olymptc Games as a member
of ttie US Fencing Team.