The-Leader_1973-01-25

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37th YEAR, Nd. 40 FREEPORT, NEW YORk, JANUARY 25, 1973 PRICEr TEN CENTS PER COPY
Ree All-Stars Win HaUda^JEourm Testim^onml Dinner to
Honqt Mayor Swmney
BASKETBALL TOU.RI*)iAMENT CHAMPS. The Freeport Recreation^^^
Secbnd AnnualNasiau County Holiday Basketball TourhamiantiS-Si against Maria Regi.na played at the
Nassau ColiseumV The number 1 team In thajMuntyarBi I jo r, W BeBan, Calvin Williams, MichsQl
"vifilkeriori, Durward JafdC^ChTircfeyteaiii^,"'^ Howie Clev.e. iStanding i to r:
.-Asit.'Coach'Paft'Kavahagh^ Coach Bob Tucker.-, •'• >^,-..': ^- •-. - '' •}--'^:-} }:.^/ -v
$2 Fee For Garage Sales
.1 The Village Board has set a
nominal fpe of $2.00 for a permit
to conduct what is .commonly
known as a garage sale. The
Board noted that th^e sales are
—intended on!y_to dispose of un­wanted
household items and
should not be a regular business
practice J^^sidential-'i^gh-borhoods.
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To prevent such an activity, the
amendment to the zoning or^
djnance adoptwl by the Village
Board'this month allows onfyohe
such garage sale at a particular
lo^tlon duringTa twelve' month
• pe^iod.^:" •^.., --T^/:-: -.-/^^-f-r^-^r: .
: __ Religious organizations are
4-exempt froni the |§7ee but not
the Residence "AA"' aqd
Residence ''A" zoning districts of
the Village of Freeport without
first obtaining a permit therefor,
from the.yiUage Clerk. The fee
for oBtaining said permit shall be
Two ($2.00) Dollars and not more
than one permit shall be issued
for the location" therein specified
In any twelve month period. Said
permit shall be valid only for the
day or days therein specified but
in, no event shali a permit be
issued lor \niore than two con­secutive
days. Each application^
fora permit.shall be.approvedjjy..
the Mayor. , Nothing. Jerein,
contained *sliair rpquire--lhe ;
payment of any such permit fee
by any non-profit- corporation,
association, society -^ or,
organization-organiied - ex^
from the requirement to.obtaina
permit^ The drdirianee jeads as
follows: Sec. ,24-370iz~6arage . „ . . _
Sales, it shall be unla>wful for any---t!lusiyely for religious purposes,
'•person,-firm'^orJiorppratiOT^^^
conduct what Is commonly called
a "garage" OT "yard" sale within
JVeiu Elevator
Ordinance
Passenger elevators will be
r^uired in \ all buildings con­structed
in Freeport in the future,
when the building is more than
two' stories high. Previously,,
elevators were only mandatory in
buildings of six^fitories or more.
7{« The elevator requirement is the
. Vesiilt of an amendment to the
Village ordinances adopted "byj
the Freeport Village Board after
a public hearing last week. The
.amended ;.ordi.Danc.e„ covers
apartment houses and office
buildings. ^ ' i ^ ,
: ill is expected that the elevator
requirement will encourage the
construction of quality apart-
..ment.and commercial.buildings,
wherever they are permitted by
the koning laws Irt the Village. .
Teenagem
Arrestisd 6n Stolen
Car-. Charges
A 16-year-old male resident of
Freeport was arrested Monday
night on charges of leaving the.
scene, of an accident and
possession of a stolen car in an
investigation which began
Sunday night when Steve Eason,
17, of 8 Oak Street; Roosevelt,
was. found injured at. Parson .
Avenue and Rutland Rpad in an
auto owned aild reported stolen
by R. Wilkins of 117 Albany
Avenue: The car had struck a
_tree.„^..^ ,"..... _^...
Eason, suffering fi^in a broken
nose and facial lacerations, was.
admitted to the Nassau County
Medical Center as a prisioner to
be arraigned when able.. The,
.younger boy who is alledged to
have been. the driver,' was
arraigned Tuesday.
-bcoffmw Gets
••- Heavy Fine
Joaquin Sierra of 100 South
Ocean Avenue, Freeport, after
having accumulated 26 parking
ticketawithout answering them
was brought before Village
Justice Edwin J. Freeman, on a
warrant by Detective Frank
Medaglia of the Freeport Police
Department. After pleading,
guilty to the charges, Mr. Sierra
was fined $260 or $10 per ticket.
Such parking tickets are nor-
- mally two or three dollare each.-
: These tickets were as a-result
of parkingJn Parklrig Field-IWr
adjacent " to the Freeport
Memorial Library. The .defen­dant
lives in the^aparbnent house
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:ii^iiWngs'8Cofflaw8»are^pet^
Jhieves,'* Judge Freedman said.
"Tliey stieal parking spaces from
hdhrat citizens, they show their
contempt' for the Jaw by
disregarding court process, and
when apprehended, we .will
continue to dispense severe fines
to even up the score."
:_^Mayor-Robertrj; Sweeney will
be- the honored guest at a
Testimonial Dinner Dance to be
• held on Saturday evening, March
3 at Carl -Hppprs; Baldwin, The
affair, which is expected to be the
social event of the season, will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
GusTloppe, Dinner Chairman,
said, "Mayor Sweeney will not
run for re-election. The dinner is-a
heartfelt testimonial to him
from;his friends of many years
who wanted an opportunity to
say, 'Thank you for a job well"
done.* The Mayor look^office In
~TAprU;l96rand was reelected for
succeeding terms of office, The
history of Frecportm these years
has been one of progress. The
first major improvement for the
tillage was the addition of a new
power plant which enabled the
residents : to escape the
".blackout" .problems so
prevalent in the metropolitan
area. Senior Citizen housing was.
. built' under, the Federal-Housing
Authority,': streets have been
repaved and many Im­provements
have-been made In
Village- services. Two new
Elrehouses have~been^biilU and;
every piece of Wre Departrnent
- equipment has been replaced and
three additional vehicle added.
The long-awaited Urban Renewal
change in Bennington Park and
Liberty Park is reaching the
stage where all the,work ac­complished
in past years will
start to be visible in 19731A future
^ showplace in Freeport - the new
'Recreation Community Center, Is
expected to be in operation for
the benefit of Freeportere In 1973.
^The'Village Municipal Building is
being enlarged to serve the
community for .many jriore
\ years.^The Freeport Industiiar
Park, envisioh^l bythe Mayor as
a -benefit-to^Pre€|iortr-ls==^wit-standing.
It is a -well-planned
IndustHal community wiui many
: beautiful buildings and~. con*
tribute immeasurably to the
"^eeonomy-o^the Village." r-
_-Mayoi; Swpen^ Is a native
Long Islander, bom iii Glendale.
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2«.3
Winter
Savings
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He received his BBA fromPace
College in New York; LLB from ,
St. John's University, School .of
Law In 19S6. He was admitted to
practice. before the Supreme
Court-of the United States,
Federal District Court, Tax Court
of ,th6. United ,Stales; and-all
Courts of New York State. Mayor
Swmney is a member of the
American Bar Associatloft:
Nassau County Bar Association,
Nassau Lawyers' Assoclallon;
Past President and Trustee .of
Nassau County Village Officials'
Association, Past President and
•Trustee Of Municipal Electric
Utilities Association of New
York, Memberof the Governor's
Special Electric Power Com-mittee_
lW?, Member of-^New
York State conference of Mayors,
Phi Delta Phi, American Legion
and is the recipient of awards
from the Army, Navy, Coast
Guard; PBA, Chamber of
Commerce and Sons' of Italy for.
servlcM in their behalf. He
served as a Captain, Field Ar-"
lilJiifrOX Army WW II and irr
The Korean conflict. Hisl^iislness
»ciireer-^-h»8^befn:24ii'ith---4he~
Equitable Aj»iurance Sdciety in:
New York; . •
V The Dinner Committee Is
chair^tty Gus Hoppe assisted'by
Lil Badolticca, Dorothy Gordon,'
Paul Leff^Thomas Re,LNcMnnan-
SchmellnlTaml Dorothy Storm.
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Otpwtmnt HeadqUariara IM^ Thuriday to ^oqtta Mood to th« U
Intsrcounty Blood Btnfct. {Photo by,AI»n QrMnfMrg)
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