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FREEPORT
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LIEnARIAM
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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR No. SO FREEPORT, NEW YORK, APRIL 8,1976 PRICE: .IS(t PER COPY
Second Year C.D.A. Stresses
HUD Funds To Hisforkd/ Site Purchase
Included In Yearns Plan
SHOWING THEIR.PLPASURE at rsoeiving ti» newsof a $100,000
HUD. grant, whidi will troprovs and'tnodemlza apartments at Moxey
A. Riaby; membert of tha ftig^y Tenant'* Council and the Freeport
HoatinflJAtrthoTtty join ardiftBct Sy Jarmui and Executjye Director
of. tha Autiiority John E. WilHami (leatixl J-r). .Starring are. ll-t)
SistsV Mary Dbrathy Lynch, Taiunt'* Council /\df Isdr; Ellen Addison,
Tanam'i:<^o«tn(^l;TIielrna Btttlsr^C^rlfdy of the'Cbuiidi; Betsia
r.tialgbl^^pd^^CHliidat^ Malnttiianea-Suj^n-tsndmt
of the Freeport Housing Aiithority.
V ^ Aiiiuial Qrgiohizdf i6n Meisiihg
• FREEPORT— There were few surprises for the .audience attend-inc
this past Monday evening's annual Village Orgainiiation Ni^t.
Trostee Wayne Jonian made five separate ameiidments to motions
pn^wsed by the other AnUageBbarii members. Ntoe.were'seconded.
-• • Jordan propo^ that the rffice,<rf Administrative Assistant to Uie
Viil^eBoanl and Villagedo^^
not be filled by'appointment^but
be .racated for the purpose .of •
advertialng' for a '"person '"d:-
perienced in urban and subtirbazi
• planning." - Although be staled
.that he had no "qualms" about
the dedication to the'village of
Tom DeAfiricenro, the present
Vniage Qeili: who was reap:^
pointed, he did fed that tbdr
"philosophical differences ...
dictate- that- (he) make this
motion'right now." He likened
DeVincenro's position to tliat of a
"village manager," causing
Mayor William White to question,
then."what is the Mayorl" The
original motion was passed with
a 4-1 vole.
Oilier Jordan Propcsals
Kent Thompson was
- by Jordan for a five year term as'
member of the Parks Com­mission:
Jordan explained that
Thompson was Director of
Recreation in the" Oceanslde
Schod District and a. former
Fre^xat Director of Recreation.
Motions appointing the firm of
Canale and G«ardi, as Public
AaditoTB for anotlier period of one
— year,,and Schmetag. Agency,
Inc., as Insurance Agent and
Broker for another cBie year,
were also opposed by Jordan. He
asked that the vote on the Public
Aiiditor be posfpooed to allow tiie
Village Board to examine the
difference in r^xals filed by
Canale and Gerardi and.a New
York aty auditing firm that
deals with tlje Fr^XKt Urban
Renewal Agency; wMdi uses
«"iiinatte rnJaolr daancc oculnatsisnifgi edc ooatsr oLan"
FREEPORT -r- Modernization
of the Moxey A. Rigby Apart­ments,
on MoTick Road between
Albany and Buffalo Avenues, has
lujw begun according to John E.
Williams, Executive Director of
the Freeport Housing Authority.
Funds bad been requested from
the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development nearly
four years ago, in Jiily 1972.-
Williams credits the joint efforis
of the Moxey Rigby Tenant's
Counca, the Freeport Houslhjg
Commissioners and the New
York Area Office of HUD in
bringing about the work items
nnri planning (or.thg grant. ... ..
In a previous funding ^oct in
, 1968;' the Authprity installed a
Masfer t.V. Antenna" and play
' eqt^lianent.. •'.-•-
{Photo.|jy Oscarl • .The.&i?retA fluids wfll be iise^
---.. - -. -to'-teplace some, used'outside
doors and tile, biapartmoits, as
weQ as to improve lighting,
modemlie.balhrboms, repair
casement windows "and. closet
doors aiHi do site- fencing and
improve landscaping. Fifty of the
apartments.at the Rev. Jdm J..
Madden Senlea- C5ti*Hi Houses
will also' receive modern
bathrooms. The' total cost for
thcise indprovein'ents will amount
to more than $100,000: -
Williams coihmehted, when
asked how he felt about the
funding, "It just proves that
perseverance pays cfl. We're
thankful- fa- the funds provided
by HUD."
- FREEPORT • The Village's second year application, for fund­ing
under the federal Community Developinent Act, indicates a
contihuation of projects started this, current year. The largest
allocation of $700,000,. will be.committed to the General Business
District for which a pedestrian mall on South Main Street, between
Sunrise Highway, to Merrick
The Mayor pointed out that to his
knowledge the Village had to
appoint an auditor that ni^t and
that Jordan had given the Board
no advance notice of his proposaL-Jcffdan,
however, voted with the
majority, of-the Board and &e
appointment went throu^ 5^ to 0.
When Jordan opposed the
ai^Mintmeht of Tlie: Schmeling
A^eiMy, the Mayor pointed out
jnat they were appointing, at that
time, a broker to handle only a
'small amoant of the 'Village's
insurance, dealing with bonds for
vniage officials. Jordan wanted
to open the selection of an in- .
surance agency to public bidding,
feeling that it would lead to an
analySs of the' Village's in^
suraiKe,and thus save money.
The 'selection of official
newspapers for the 'Village led to
another Jordan objection, with
tiie choice of the L.I. Kernel and
THE LEADER, each of which
would puMi^ the legals for a six
vaaaih period. He suggested that
the L.I. Graphic, which be ter­med
"a fledgling young
newspaper," fdlowing its sale to
- a n oct-rf-Freeport based graap at
newspapers, be cbosenai wdL In
a 4-1 vote, the Kernel received, the
designatioo for the period of Ajail
5 to Sept. 30. 1976, and THE
LEADER for a period starting
Oct U 19f76 through March 31,
1377.
Deputy Mayor
Mayor White appointed
Trustee Ralph Franco to serve
another one year term as DQJuty
Mayor.
' .(Cootinaed on Page 16)
School District Sells
Notes At Low Rate ~
FREEIPORT — One million
dollars in tax anticipation notes,
have been sold by the Freeport
School District at 4.78%, the
lowest interest rate secured by a
school district in Nassau County
this year. ' . " -
Six banking institutions bid on
the notes, which are dated April 2
and mature on June 30,1976. Tlie
low bidda* was Chemical Bank.
Superintendent of Schools
Donald L. Costlow eqilained that
the record low interest rate was a'
reflection of the sound finandfll
structure of the. Schod District,
which was recently awarded a
M.I.G.-l. rating, the highest
•^ven, by Mood's Investment
_Serytee/nie Board of Education
had requested a financial
analysis of the Sdiool District by
•Moody's, which led to the rating.
The study included a complete
review of the District's case flow,
future bonded iirfdTtedness and
real pmperty valuation and tax
rate. The District's accounting
procedures were reviewed, the
available year-end cash balance
analysed and the State EdocaticH)
(Continued on Page 6)
. Road and including Newton
Boulevard and Little Pine Street,.
Is envisioned. The amount of .
. $300,000, equal to an already
applied for discretionary grant,
vrfll be earmarked from the
second year's $1.3 million for •
Improvement Area No. 1. The
combined sum.of $600,000 will be
. used. for the rthabllitation of
-U)oai^ed-up-homes for owner?,
" occupants,' improvement grantJ
j^aqd; loans, and otheK area
•.'repaira.'':':'::'••.'•''-' •'•:•••-••:•::'•-.:'.
A new project jyaa earmarked
;$5i>;o6d. TheFrS^wl Historical
Society, the Nass'au County
- Historical Museum, several units
. of.the Freeport Fire Department
and^'otber organizations and
individuals, had peUtioned,JoF_
. mbne^ to t)e used toward the
acquisition of the former Raynor
Homestead and old Eveready
• Hose Co, flrehouse and property. .
The site and buOdiogs, at 41-43
Mill Eoad dose to the Freeport
Recreation-:CaiterT^ would be
preserved' as an- historic site.
Nassau County has already
expressed a willingness to
maintain- the structures,
presently in' . danger of
demolition, as a museum with the.
flrehouse'as the only such facility
hi the area devoted to fhrematic
history. -
The waterfront area was
allocated $64,000'. A committee,
made up of area businessmen
and residents, was recently
appoint^ liy Mayor William
White to work with the Com­munity
Development Task Force
on concrete plans for those areas.
This second year application,
which the Mayor was authorized
Monday night by the Board of
Trustees to sign, also reOects a
plan to analyze the Bennington
Avenue area north of Sunrise
Highway where homes are In-termbied
with industrial and
heavy commerciftl .usbs.-There-
..was tui dollar amount earmarked
for this.purpose. —.:
~~a"conliflgehcy fund, required
by law, will bold $100,000 for the
'second year bqtdSi A lJOt«il d
flS5;«»\tt;.'«nrtB4tkea tor: ad-
- rolnistrative costs which includes
the iservices •'of':the. planning
consultants, Rajrmohd^ Parish
. and Pirte, and a inrbmotional and
advertising campaign to attract
. hew businesses and developer
"TnTlehres Vli illage's total grant .over
the five year period would be $5.3
million. Tuesday was the
deadline for' the receipt of the
. application which will be held by
the . regional, and state
clearinghouses until May 6, when
it will be submitted to the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development. TTie second
fiscal year under the CDA begins
July 20."
Two public meetings had been
held 'at the end .of February and
beginning cS March at which time
comments were-made by the
citizens of Freeport. Suggestions
and recommetvdations were also
brought forth at meetings of the
Ckimmunity Develc^ment Task
Force and the Citizens C^om-mittee.
(Continued oh Page 6)
TO HELP CONQUER CANCER, April has been prodaimed "Cancer
Control Month" by Freeport Mayor William White (a). Tha Free-port
Branch of the American'Catwcr Sodety wfll hold a "Kick In To
~ Conquer Cancer'* cannirtir drhra, April 9 and 10, In tha downtown
shopping area, arxl will partidpata In tha Annual Ck>dctaII Party,
May 2, at Maltbu Beach Qub, Tjckats. at $15 per person, »n avail-abla
through Angle Cullin, MA 3-2145. Accepting the Mayor's
Proclamation ara tha volvntaen heading up tha avents (I - r) Nina
Waiter, Agnes Egeiand, Mary Jocksberger and Jaekla Coyla.