The-Leader_1976-03-04

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HanesteadinrGaidelliKs F u n d s L R e q u e s f e d For Mall,
ta! «ipved By Boani H o f n e s f e d d l i i g ; V/oferFrpii#,
.REUNION TIME at Our Holy Redeemer parish's ahniiarFriendthip
Ball. Feb; 27, brought together (I. • r.) Stst<r Clare Theresa, prJhc}(Ml.
of the Sdidol from 1953-1959; Sister GeraMlnet^'NeijI. the present'^
prindpal; Sitter lrene'Ganrey,'$up«rior'Getieral of the.Amityvitle ~
Doiiiihicans; and Sister:DalrtMtia, principal Trbni 1931>1937, tp-cei«-
- brate tite fiftieth' anniversary „of OV;IBr*« scKool.^TTie "AmityvillB
: Oonlinicans:i^4ttsffad!%i beottmingi A^tl)« bill;
-preiejnttiom cbiigrab^ns j ^ ^ f B ^ .ni«l«_bY:,Freep«jrt
' ISteyor-Wfilltam'Vyhgf/JStJrie' Senate
I'Affnah^ P^'Afhifbi/Norn^
'JlCommerca^and Ddri».Sdimeiing, president of the School. Auxiliary.
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: FREEPORT-^TwoaleijFreeporters,^5uspicious when theirdoor-,
• ;^~6ell was rung recently by teiinagtui. &elliag-candy-doof-to-door for'
FREEPORT — The Village
Board of Trustees met Monday;
nlght~ in 6pen_ voting session,
preceding the second of the two.
public hearings on the iise of the
second year "of: Community
Development Act funds. The first
item on the Board's agenda dealt
with"~ ah asoect' of ,the CDA
Program-homestefldlng. Vot^
ing iluee .to_orie...with' Trustee
Wayne Jordan casUng his vote on
the_ no side and Mayor William
White at hoine with a case of flu,
the Board-adopted the guidelines.
for theVillage'a Homesteadlng
Programing, "the subject of, a
-previdusly.beld public meeting."
Deputy Mayor Ralph Franco.
. chairing in White's absence^
/explained that. lheTguideIU»e&
• wbfild hef neleased ^thp Village
f jtip/oymenf/Hedfd Sfort
' FREEPORT— Much reference was made to the building of 90
units of housing in the Bennington Park area at two public liear-ings
held Thiirsday, Feb. 26, and Monday, March 2, dealing with
tthe use of (Community Development Act funding in the second year
of the program. During the first (of, the two _meetings, Mayor
r William Whito explained several
_times that the purpose of the.,
meeting w&s to discuss programs
•; to be implemented under. thfe
CDA and that Bennington Park
was Urban Renewal which was
not Uic subiect of the hearing.
•But, when Deputy ^Mayor Ralph
Franco; chaired sthe, second
hearing In-'tlje Mayor's absence *"
with the flu, much of the coan-uients.
dealt ^withlhe 90 units.
At • the- start of th^ s^ond
and.to the p^te atv^prKS. con-.-^heariiigi'Village " I ^
Jordan reaij a statement. taWng;-
excSeptidri to" the proposition set
forth at the earlier meeting tiiat
boii^ng plans for the Bennington
Parkarea should notbe part of;
the dispission. He clahhed that,
the Village's first year.ap­plication
for CDA funds included
theJandbankin^of 90,units, in
Bennington Park wiUch could 1)6
constructed under Section 8 Xand
therefore not with the (5.3 million
ferehccr to .be, called, by the
Mayor. Tiie guidelines were
neither read at the meeting,
discussed in full nocmade
available "prior" to '-THE
-LEADER'^ Tuesday night press
deadline.- V -' . - . " " '
Jordan explalhed his negative
,vote. was' cast because the
guideline called far the Boardof
Trustees to make the final choice
when.moti?-than one applicant
the benefit of S.E;L.F., called Freeport Police Headquarters, which
dispatched a.pahol carThto the;southwest area ot-the Village from
; where .the^anbnyifiouscalls.hadorigiimted.
- Police .Officer Carmine--
•Napqlitand:quidtly "found two-morel
met wriiUtiir (tltitee ^ mfcqualifications—:.iirQ3A fiin^^
conform to the guidelines of the:
act. .. :---.
- Jordan also, expressed his
belief- that the Village has a-commlttment,
which was made
la the first year application, to
provide' better housing for the
people of Freeport whohad been.
, promised It and who hadiiot yet-received
It, BpecUicallyci^ 40 -
families who should be. helped
due to" earlier rielocatloii
-problems fbllowlrig the building
of Liberty >ark.;:' ;rV
•' -In "a'greement;ivUh Trustee"
Jordan's view, resident Dan
Mandell, iin attoniey, had raised'
; the'.same question in the eaclier
- held.meeting. He pointed put that
there would be no tax abatement
. if. the housing was built under
^section 8 since, it would be con-
-structed by a privale'developCT
and he insisted that there arie-developers'on
record who would
teenagers aitd spotted an\adult, .
- Steve -Cianarelli of Nescohseti
.-who had tjeen previously warned
;; thatlt.is illegal to solicit dow-to- •
door in the Village. After issuing
a summons.to Cianarelli, the ,
Police Officer tirought him,' and a
_• Jotal of four'youngsters, all Rodc-i^
ville Centre "residents, to Police
' Headquarters where Associate
Village Justice; Charies-: Mehr-marai
was called in. After a-hearing,
during which Cianarelli
pled guiltyr Judge Mehnnann
imposed a $200 fine.
According to Police Chief
Anthony Elar, "This is a gobd-example
of how our '40,000 Pairs
of Eyes', program'-works' for; titer.
t)enefit of the icominurity. TWs
S.E.L:F. group was found to have
a great deal of cash, presumably'
bilked froni Fre€p(Mt.residents.~
Because two-residents were
concerned about their neighbors
and called-the police,- many
others; were saved from being
pestered-'and .parting with their
hard earned money."
. Elar. pointed out that only
charitable organizations
recognized as Freeport-based,
such as Gill Scouts, Little League
and the Fre^rt Fire Depart­ment,
are exempt from the or;
dinance prohilriting door-to-door,
solicitation.
Freeport To Host Music Festival
FREEPORT —:Gn March 20th ~ who will serve as narrator for a
and 27th, the Freeport Public
Schools win host the Nassau
rMnsicrrEdncalms' -diiinBi.--Aff-r
County Elementary Festival.;
which includes the outstanding
'elementary - students from all
over Nassau C^sunty fcnr dwros,
band and orchestra. Outstanding
guest conductors are chosen each
year ta bring expertise to the
local students.'; ' ^
-This year's festival-will also
feature an appearance by Nassau
County Eiecntive Ralph Caso,
combined, band and chorus
sefoctiOQ. — '^ .
rTHFr«eport-Schools—will-be-represented
by ten students from
"^the Atld^on School, who were
dKisen by committees of music
educators based on teacher,
recomiriendations and _ past
participation in New York State
School-Music Association Solo
Festivals. These students are:
Amy Adier, DeidreDwyer, Dawn
Edelen, Michael Colder, Jill
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applied for the same house." At
first. Jwdan asked that this be
decided, by lottery. Trustee
DorothyStorm explamed that the
Board, would have the right to
decide (m the method to; be used
. for each '• Individual' case. and
Tcoild certainly choose the lottery
method. Jordan (h«r asked that'
the choosing be done at an open.:
meeting, "not In the Mayor's
office but out fai the open.'' Storm
said that since any. discussion of:
individual applicants might refer
to highly personal .matters of
income, job status etc., SHe could
riot agree with his proposal.
Hinted, at, but not discussed in
fun, was the discussion the Board
had had in -private session
dealing with- the. alternate
stipulations that, after the five
year homestead period, the oc­cupant-
owner could either do as
he wishes with the house or must
sell it to Ifie Village. No answer to
"that coitroversy was giv'en at
Monday night's meeting and "a
full report must await the release'
of-the gu'idelinesi"
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The Board agreed to allow.
Nassau County to sell at public
auction county^owned land., on
-which taxes to the •Village is
" owed, ^iithout taking from the
buj'er the amount of arrears. The
County Department of Real
Estate has explained that the tax
arrean on the tliree lots in
question have probably con-
(Continued on Page 6)
pointed out that the first year's
application had "beien put. in
Jeopardy tiecause.the" toiglnal
-application did not include, the
three year plan" and.-the ap-
.. plication bad to be. modified to'
Y^He :;rTocbnstnict'theunltaand payiull-^
toxes.
;.Task -Force Chairman JinVf'
Dunne, who is also head'of the
Urban Renewal Agency .in
Freeport, told the Board and tlie,
r '(Continued on Page 12)
BROTHERHOOD ART WINNERS, of the 16th Annual Contest
sponsored by B'r»ai B'rjth, are pictured in front of their drawings
irhicftrflre=on-dtspiay-in th»-FT«portTMemofialrL£bfflryi-Pictured-
I. to r. are (front row) Dawn^ieuse, Faivia Abraham, .Sonia Franks
and Marcia Knox; (te'rand row) Joseph Malone, Luaren Getelman,
Georgette Jackson, AniLMa"B White and Rebecca.Rasp; ("third row)
Darid Snow, Sinclair Wright, Paul Cleary, Toni (k)ndo$, Steven '
Franks and Peter-Fojc (Fourth row) Fred Richardson, Laurence
Mason, Yvetta Valois and Sari Extract; (last row) Elise Cohen,
chairperson for contest; Rochello Dorfman, .Vice President; and
Trudy Greenbcrg, President, B'nai B'rith Chapter. Other v«nn'ers of
the $5 and $10 tarings accounts donated by local banks, not pic-
.tured, are Stephen Sparaco, Uchenna ViMtms and Carlos McZefip.