The-Leader_1975-09-25

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
49th YEAR. No. 22 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 25; 1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
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v^Moyor White Wdferfrohf Resfourofff Cefs
HEMPSTEAD ~ Freeport:
Mayor William White and the '
mayors of six other Nassau '
County Yillages,.win be honored ;
at tbe YliLCA-'i. annual Honors. ;,
for. Acfim Reception - Sunday, '
November 2, from 4:30 - 7:30 pm r
in • Garden • City. ..The. seven •
vQlagea are in the area served by. -
the Mid-Nassau Y^.CA.
Whit^and the. others will
receive \ h e . Y's ."Honors for
Action" a\^utl for.tljeir services :
to their respective communities
end for. their continued
.adherence to the principles of thej
Young .5,Men's. ;ChtiaOair-
'AasodatiaD. - > r ^ rj • .. -.r. -.
-Tlie' afiaip'.wifl be .held on tlie •
main. floOT of tl>e Hempstead .
Bank,' 1035.Steward Avenue,
Garden Q^./njcre will be a
Ibroad sdecticD of refreshments'
aid food a i^ roanoing musicians
will provide music. Tldceta, at
$30 per couple, are available
biaa FreqxHt Village Clerk Tom .
DeVinceBo at FR *4000. . _ . .
LEADER Again
Officid Paper
Of Freeport
FHBS3HDBf - As determined
in April, at the .Organization
Meeting d \b& Village Board of
Trustees, the Village's legal
notices will be published in THE
LEADER during. October,
November and December, 1975,
FREEPORT.- Following a public bearing Monday night» the
Freeport Board of Trustees.unanimously-voted to grant permission
to the-Schooner Restaurant to establish a paiUng field at the
southwest coma, of Ridunond Street and Wooadeft Avenue, across
firom the restaurant Certain conditions were imposed by the Board,
in the', moBoji made by Trustee
Dorothy Storm and Seconded by
Tom Lovelldge,*.*'rhe. facility,
which must i>e"v3eveloped ac­cording
tb;a set i6f plans suV
mitted on jSe'plember I, would
have to retain certain of the
characteristics inherent iii' an
earlier plan, submitted in June,
when the.p^posed lot was half :
the size as finally approved.-
" A-- pliahting • area . must be.
provided tm the Wobddeft Ave.
side of the field'and a similar
afea, ten feel in length.-must'be
provided on tlie comer of Rich-'
mond and Woodcleft... These.
. planting areas must be shrubbed
to include yews, taxiis cuspidat
and/ or taxus hidcsi and pfitzer
jtmipers spaced at three feet
apart .and two to tliree feet high
and must be kept in proper order
as long'as tlie paridng field is in
existence. Two halyards (poles
for flags or sails), which were
described in the architect's
earlier plan, must be installed.
' PoblicHearlog
The Board's decision reflected
the viewjf of-thc few residents
wiio atteixled the 9 pm hearing.
-While Mr. Gaeta, the
restaurant's owner, and his
.architect,-explained the cir­cumstances
that caused the
paridng field's original plans to
be changed; the residents spoke
and January, February and - » ^*v«'^of a futkiBi lot .which
KEEPING READY: Last Saturday-mqmu^t Disatter Drill of the
freeport Plrs Department timulsted an aeckloit tcena'on the rail­road
embankment on North Brookside Aveli In top^photo Freeport's
- "fearlei^ firenr>en traraport "vtctimi" from aoddeht t» Lydta E.
' Han Hospital (center photo) emersency faolities. {^.-bottom photo^
docton, dergy and rtrff attend to another "irictira." The Freeport"
Fire Department responded with practiced efficwncy and Tender
Loving Can, with mutual aki aoistanca from both ti\9 Baldwin and
' Merrick FiiBDepartments: :—{LEADERphoto*)-
Dems Pick Doffraan To
Run For Goiinly Leg^ture
FREEPORT - Democratic committwperscm cf tbe new IMr^
teenth Legislative District, as drawn by tbe recent court rfpn'g'fy.
cfwse Freqiort attg-ney, Alvio Dcrfmaa, as'tljeir candidate fw
—the NffffCTH Cannfj I^^bture, -The aavestiog was held Monday
Oighl in Rocserdtr DorfeKortr ixmiralion. was raade-fay Lotiise
Simpson, of Freeport, and
March, m e
As required-by state law, ad-vertisenents
are published to
oewipapers to give the public due
notice at {ffoposed changes to
village law, zoning and building
code amendmrnts, bid proposals
and other official matters.
would fiave some aesthetic
qualities. The original plan, for a
100x100 k>t, called for a four-foot .
fence with tbe various shrubs and
olher t>eautifying items. When"
the restaurant was able to obtain
the adjoining property to in­clude
to the paridng field, it was
already enclosed with a six-foot '
chain link fence so they extended
it. Both Gaeta and wateriront
bustoessman, Charlie- Pigadus,
spcdce. of the -necessity of the
higher fence and increased
parking. No one 'spol^e who op­posed
tbt; 101.-1116 feeltogi^aB
/that" parktog was needed to
alleyiate some of the. traffic
congestion on.Woodcleft.
• 'Task Force Proposal
A resolution, proposed by-
Trustee Wayne Jordan, which
would establish ajask Force on
Real Property T^ation, died for
^ lack of a second.at the Monday .
' night open voting session.
During the discussion wtUch
. followed Jordan's motion, the
other Board members spoke of it -
as betog "premature," due to
-pending' legislation, and a
possible burden, financially, to
the home owner.
. Jonlan's resolution referred to
the.recent decision of the New
York State Court of Appeab
wMch stated that taxation of real
property required its assessment
at its full, true value. Stating that
the village, already ej^rienctog
' the effects of some of the
inequities of the present system
of partial anessment' for. tax
purpo6«3, woold be^tected by
a ^ action taken either by tii&
(Continued on Page 12)
seconded tiy Bercard Flatoc and.
Mnton Unlracht cf MerridL No
other nominatiocs were made.
The new 13 L.D. includes
Freeport, Roosevelt, Merrick
-«ad North M«rric3c- '
Dorfman, 41 years old. Eves
with his wife, Rocbefle and their
four children on New York
Avecae. He is a member of the
firm cf Matene, Dotfisan and
Tauber, wife cfiices on West
Merrick Road in Freeport. A
Harlan Fiske Stone schdar at
Cdombja Law School, Dorf man
recerred his Bachelor cf Laws ia
1SS7 and waiadmiited to the Bar
the foUowia^ jtar.
A Democratic Ccnicutteenum
for 11 years, the. Freeport at­torney
was a candidate for his
party's nccaration fcr District
Atlcmey ia 1968 acd again m
1974. He was the attcroey for
AfrinOorfman
now-District Attorney Denis
EKIlcxi to his lawsuit agaicst D-A.
WUliam Cahn regardtog aDeged
inapprofgia'je fafflicg practices.
(Codtinaed 00 Page 7)
BICENTENNIAL MOTIF. Mary Undestfelssr (center), artist for the
FnepOTt Memorial LibnuY. xhowi th« letterhead jfte deu'sned for
the "Freeport: Spaft of 'JBT BicentennijI Commrttsa to «tx director."
Robert Rayncr and Dpris Nickenon, chafrwoman of the Herfa-gs-jubcommittee.
The red, whits ini blue rtrtionery l>can Mn. Linden-ftlMf'j
rendering of ViHage Hall, which ij a repfica of Indeptrxlenca
Hill.inPhaadeiphia.
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