The-Leader_1975-10-16

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Waterfront Leader
In This Issue . . .
FREEPORT
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ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
LIERARIAU
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40th YEAR, Noi 25 FREEPOBT, NEW YORK. OCTOBER 16, 197S PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
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HUDHou^Not
^warded-To4flllai^
FREEPORT .- .The feder.al
Hou^g and Uriian Development
Department has informed
Fre^Mft (hat the Village has not
.been, approved as one of 22
municipalities to receive boar-
& S S r ' ' D l ^ ? S S ' ~ J ^ * ° 8 °^ homes, apartments,
Business, Indusfrial and
RestdehHal Building Up
FREEPORT — Mayor William White released a Village Depart-,
ment oi Buildings report last week showing continued construction
In Fteeport. "While the economy has brought construction vir­tually
to a standstill throughout the metropolitan area," the Mayor
oommented, "the Village of Freeport is the site of continuing
submit aqaf^licaQoh as part of a ^ftjfCj n^it, ies-ahd
natioawlde.^$S million/ program,
whereby 'HUD-owned -houses-would
be turned over to local
governments: for -rehabilitation
and offering to owner-occupants,—K^,--,
In New Yoric State, Freeport "°™^
Director of. Urban Renewal
commercial
professional—of-
;-Five homes in ihetSO.OOO to
||60;oo() range are 'urtder con- .
structlon on one Freeport street,
Garfield.' and 'new' one^fjfmlly^
are also going up on
Prince, Colonial, Miller,
jis'-'*^"r^,,"»°f/, •si!'^^^^^
BE A FRIEND; Fre^rt Sdiool Board fB«nib«f San Holly prpvo to
the VilUige's over sue; foot tall Mayor. Williun Vyhit8..thitlthot)aht
was given to ruidentsof all sizes' In'dhlering tha 'Tin'A'FrTet^
.The Freeport Arts Cound^^te8;riiirts^T{1e'stl!rts^ilesfghi^ by Jack
Hdlty, chairman of 'dieCdinwil's'Steering Conunitte«>v{Il 6e giveh to
"Friends" contributing $10 or mwe. towards tfuioilturai organiz­ation's
programs of conceits; wbrksh^s and lectxtre danwnsoations.
These_""Friends" will alsiJ'bB^invitfid to a.^>ed^ post-concert re-,
ception. The first coiwert, a perfohnanceby tlieEieo Pomatie Dance
Company^ will, be- held'at^reiiport- High School., November 1,
8:30pm. Tax-deductible contributioni and ticket..orders' ^2.50
adults, $1 students aiid senior citizens) may be sent to the Council
throughPO.Bdx97,'Freepb~rt..,;'-". . , , /
mUoiclpaUUes received -the S J K , - S i & " ^ r f^
:- However, Dunne e?q)lained,tl»
M^illage-' hiid to - establish
'guidelines to be fcdlowed under
tMs program which brings them
.fiiilller along .^the way toward
implementation ' of.' their
Homesteading Program under
the Community Devdopmerit Act
•funding.'
A Homesteading program has
"already - been, included in
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j U b r a i y ^ S t ^ l ^^
• _Apartment_^ hfJusC-, structures^;
have also been constructed, with
64 units' on W«t Merrick Road,
completed. On South' Bayylew
Avenue, a 50 unit buQding has
gone through a '$350,000 face
lifting. On the planning boards'ls
tlie 100.unit senior-citizen com­plex
on North Main Street and the
48 unit garden apartment
structure on Casino Street.
, In the industrial sector, sub­stantial
alterations were done to
the Lea-Ronal building on Buffalo
.Avenue and to 90 Mill Rnad.
. FREES^RT ^Singer, guitarist-cottiposer Johnny Keyes.will be the
first local artist to appear in the Freeport Memorial library's Spot­light
Series. Keyes; whose .wife Marta is a'staff-member at the
Library, will take his audience 'on a musical journey from the
192ps to the present; in a two^iour concert, starting at 3 pm;
Sunday October 19 at the Library,
^;i—i Elans are
alterauons to
Street, a" underway • for
Matir
with two new fish rharketa ap­pearing
on^WoodcleftCanalra-50-
seat. addiUon to the Yankee
Clipper Restaurant and. the
renovation of the. Harborview
Resta.urant, .complete .with a .
nautical fronts A marine related
structure is scheduled for Hanse
Avenue.,
Underway or planned are a
-.hew gas station on-Sunrise High­way,,
a .fqur. store complex,-on
.South; BayvifeWiVa^real estate-
.' office on West Merrick Road, a:
.. profeissional building <Hi. Atlantic^
^ Avenue and the renovation of the •
closed diner on Sunrise Highway.
In addition the Village's
Building Department has issued
^42 permits since January 1 for
additions (alterations, dormers,'
^family roomi and bedrooms) and
59 for accessory structures
(pools, garages and sheds).
"This'is a clear indication of
the stability of our. community
which heralds well for its future
growth," White said. "Our doors,
• are open.and we are HCtively-
•\^X:
- The Baldwin baritone had been
a Freeport resident for 13 years,
up to just more than a year. ago.
He had lived on Lester .'Avenue.'
Keyes, who will use his Gibson
guitar with electric pickup to give
acoustic sound," has been per-
• forming, sinrp-1947 He has
recorded two albums
Mongoose Records label and has
worked-many Island spots. Las
Vegas. Chicago,'Miami Beach
and" in Mahhafiin, starting in
1K9 in Greenwich Vniage-
"Every decade has its own
musical phenomenon," Keyes
explained. "In the forties, it was
Frani Sinatra; in the fifties,
Hvis Presley; and in the sixties,
famous, Anthony Newley,
Keyes, wfio studied music in .
Philadelphia" at Ihe Granoff
School of Music, appeared most
recently at "rhe^Bwinty Inn, in
H'dtsville aniiJ can be seen iand
heard next at Zuccaro's in
BayvHIe. He is negotiating for the
purchase of his own-
°"-—ta Hewlett, which wifl be a
f/i
"•S5
North _
a former
supermarket,'
which iiad.l}eeh.closed for some
time.-New industrial buildings
are already completed on Hanse
and Bennington Avenues and two
more~Bre "slated for Anchor
Street. . .
The Village's waterfront has
also been the scene ofactivitv
seeking, and working with,
•' dayelopere Willi proposal], whldr •
are compatible to ovu" plans for
- the Freeport of. tomorrow.' We^.
• have much to offer by vr^oi oufT
location, transportationr
' population and suburban at­mosphere.
That fact has not been
.overlooked during economically
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"showcase where talent will be
recognized." There he will be
Host-Entertainer.. - ---.-:.-. . . .
No tidcets are necessary for
this coming. Sunday's per­formance
at the library. Other
local artists'to appear as part of
the Spotlight Series in the futare
wUl be Hale Smith, musician,
composer and teaclier; Albert
Terns, sctilpturer; and Bill
of mystery
the Beatles." The versatile
performa-will bring Fr^porters«4;:ttrao.'"'author
tlie finest music of each decade stories
along with some of his own •
compositions. His huge reper­toire
include _jojk,_rock. Jazz. -
"contemporary, international
music, show tunes and the old
standards. For those who enjoy
humor with their music, Keyes
promises some of that as wdl,
-with-his weD-known rendition of
"What Kind of Fool Am I,"
complete with impressions of
Billy Eckstine. Louis Annstrong.
Bela Lugosi, Elvis Presley, Peter
Lorre, Perry Como and the.
singer who made the ^song
-Meeting Reminder—
FREEPORT - Residents of the
northeast and others who .are
interested in the Village's
Homesteading program are
reminded that the Freeport
Community Development Task
Force will bold a mating tonight
(Thursday, October 16) at Bethd
A.M^. Church, North Main
Street and Forest Avenue
beginning at 7:30 pra.
r^BJS^rmiJ^t
Johnny Keyes.
Freepot 6raBts Olosing^
FREEPORT - TTie W.T. Grant
(k). announced last week thai its
Sooth" Main Street, Freeport,
store would be one of 201 stores to
be closed by the end of this year.
Four are on Long Island., The
other Nassau County Grant
facility is in the Bar Harbor
Shopping- (Center, Massapequa
Par*, wfiich has been hard hit by
-Store closings since the-opening-of
Sunrise Mall in Massapequa.
The Freeport store, which i
employs "SL people, will close at
the end of Decemlier.
W-T. Grant had filed for
. bankruptcy two weeks ago and its
national management issued a
statement explaining that the
over 200 store closings were
necessary to "eliminate un-'
profitable store locations and
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HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS.. The Freeport High School Marching
Bank won first place as Bert Appearing High School Band in last
Sunday's Twelfth Annual Nassau-Suffolk Columbus Day Parads
in Port Wash|ngton.Soru of Italy President Edward Ine.lls presented
the winning trophy. Pictured with their trophy (I. - r.) Deborah
Carter; Band President Melanie Veriiin; Band Director Robert
Pearson; Heidi Shaw; and Tricia Fieldsa.'Eiona Jeffries, Head
Twirler, was not present for tha picture-taking. The next appearance
of the Red DeyitBand ^will be at tfie Newsday Band Festival at Hof-strallniversity.
this Friday mght. - _ . . _