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FREEPOBT, NEW YORK. JUNE 17,1976
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Bicentennial J^plr And
Parade A Huge Success
Jast-SaturdijL
night's Bicenteonial Parade and a large, but uncounted, number came
onSaturday (md Sunday to the Old Fashioned Countoy Fair. Both'
CTcntsTplusTblockpittyfollowingrthc Pat&deiathe^arking^lotnorth -
of Village Halli were planned and executed by the Village's Spirit of '76
Bicentennial Committee, directed by Robert Raynor, descendant of the
family that founded Freeport.
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:PROPOS^O LUXURY BUILDING; Freeport builder Fred Scalamtndrs showed area residents the
above riandertng of his plan for a 69-unU luxury conddmlnlum to t>e built on the site of the present,
'vacant Casino Apartments. The proposal comes before the. Zoning Board of Appeals Wednesday,
tli|w C^ \ PASNy !Ck>ntract
ri^id6^toRT|A xe^uest i « : a v a i i ^ alloiiffng the building of a FREEPORT-AfCer-: months of
hfihaff'^^-SiaiiJiknar*:\w*ff1ias'iiTirehis»!t^^
essarylegisluiqn«^th<r ,ViI|ttge^of
faqilHg'RedJSdff«triWnaw;',gjigiias'tittra^
ineiiis.ptc^>ert7,jnetliutifeiti^^^ ^ i d e n t s 6i the vxtstij toplalit Us
' SrtilaTn<ndre"i^i|:his^,aBAitect
showed. xCT(tixSkg9iof-tbath.|tu;-
outside pf the building abd its in--
tcriof;>.iyhifc^r detailed ftbif the
four-stioty dwelUng would be only
onefM^ldjeher tiian the plans for
.thrro stqifes'iipproved by the -
Boards of. Zjndng AppeJals.when.;
presented by the preyions owner i
of the site-.^There would be."a
setback pentiiouse.' .- '-.
The phm. -showed piridng on'
the .Casino 'Street side of the
..building." [Heavy.and'.taH shnibJs •
-w:oidd screen the 7vehiclcs frdmv
•; street and residents* view.'. • t"-
. .Planned at tblsjtime are seven
tliree-bedioom apartments; eight.
one'-b^lroom ^artnients, and 45 .
two-bedroom apartments,.which-would
sell from between $45,000 '
to^ .$75,000. The .60 Imniiy-apart- :
ments would be necessary. Scalar
mandre eiiplained; to allow for a
return oninvestmciit needed to
maintain the building'in proper
: condition. There would. be 26;
:.boitslq)soiltbecanal^for use of
; the tenants.onIy.. - :' • .;
[ • SCTdam^dfe fold Ac area tesi-
', dents' that once. tHe variance is
' gntnted. he would demolish the
.present ^dilapidated buildings
within 30 days and do the neces­sary
paperwork with the State At­torney
General's office after that.
TTie legal papers are "necessary"
for appToval.pf "cohdomininm sta-
. tus. Scalamandre said that if he
• cogld not get condominium ap­proval
lie wonld.go for almrary-
- type-apattnient-honse.nsing-the,
".* same plans."- ^ ••--••——. --
- . -FfreHda-Weck ,,
- 0n. Saturday n i ^ , a few min-
. off-the'blaze. • • -
• •The property has been boarded
: up by. Scahmandre several times
since he tpokpoissessioii, but ihdi-
(Viduals have been seen breaking
faito .the buSding.. tlufwigh.'the
back. The fire was .termed suspl-dons
in origin-and is under- hi-,
vestigation by the Nassau County.
' Fiie. ManhaH.'Abcordlng to Su­perintendent
of-. Buildings; Lou
Bello, a new.hivestigatipn of thr. ' gremises has not yet Ibeen inade
r see if.the structure -should be
. condemned anii demolished'. An
earlier inve'stigatkm proved iihe
building ^'
Fre^oit took the final steps hec-iessary
to purdiase electrical pov^-
ct from tiie Power Autboti^'of'
the Stat? ofNewYoricfPASNY).
Freeport is bne^ofthree.Long Is­land
villages whldi will-bcrcoii;
nected to al^jdroelectric plant on
the Niagra River and will be buy- '
ing power .'.'when; available'/ at a
cheaper rate than tiie mtmidpali-ties'
electric plants can produce
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At Monday night's Village
Board meeting. Mayor WiQiua
White was "authorized -by the
Board of Trustees, in a ' unani-
. mons yotie. to execute the contract.
which win be in effect untilJune
.30,1985. : ^ >, :
structurally souiid" hi, While some.of the terms of the
alegalsehse.; .-• ; . •; ; ^'s< donttact, particidariy its duration
Whfle most of thcresidenta of > gnj the stipulation by \vhich the
the Casino Area' felt that the build­ing
.described 'by Scalamcihdre..
was .,tremendously 'superior fo
what exists there now, several
residents brought up questions
dealing with'traffic oh the street
and the height of the building,' as
weD as parking ra Casino.' It was
pointed out'to them that no plan
submitted couldjlekse eVerv re- r,4:^"\'^'"'Tl't "^"T
"^ent compWel^"blitth^&^3«^^^«Mi""fl«^ y.est«dayrWed=:
mandre would'do all he oiuld by-
. landscaping and discussing traffic
;e could cancel.xnlyiwitb-
(Cbnt.bnPagel6)
Freeiwrt OTB Site
to Open Sept. "
HO»lPSTEAD-Nassau -Downs^
The weekend started at 10:30
Saturday: morning 'with offldal
opening ceremonies;iat.the band­stand
on the Fair grounds, the
lawns of the Elks Club on West
Merrick Road. WithMayor WU-liam
White welcoming the peo­ple
jfmd hosting the evjcnt; Free-port
resident, famed band-leader
Guy.Loihbardo ciit the ribbon and
•^gJ5Mtig&-^gl« Preceding.
Ihc' rioDon cutting, Commander .
Kenneth Comba.ofWlUlam ahit-onStbry
Post 1042 of the'Ameri. .
can tiCgion ptesented the cdibrs -
and'.BeEuCiaraviqO'^ted the group •
hi both the:Pled^pf-Allegiance
and-a patriotic musical-tribute,
: aocoinpahied by the Freeport •Ent­erprise
Band,- a group of former
Freeport High School Band inem-,
bers.ITie invocation was said by
Rcv.-.Hmothy Peternana ."of the
Freeport Presbyterian Church.
The ceremonies dosed with a
reading of excerpts from the Dec­laration
of Independence by Gre­gory^
Groover, a Freeport High
School student wlio te^ntiy won
second place in a state-wide ora­torical
contest.
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Fair-goers "were greeted by
numerous booths .exhibiting
crafts, organizational, partidpa-tion
in.the Village' and selling
-foods. Three of the most popular
eating,.places were the Greek
community's booth, ihst at Fret-port's
Los Caballeros de la Loz
and a large stall operated, by the
Freeport Methodist Church,
w)iere men and women in colonial
costumes dispensed coSee, .
home-baked goods and other.'
products; The .freeport Demo­cratic
Club solif typical colonial
baked goods, all home-made by
their members. ><"-—""^ '
During the two da^s, the Free-
'porl Arts Council .sponsored de­monstrations
of traditional Amer-
J e a n jrafty md IWP^wettt-jble.
to see weaving, quiltmaldng, and
, riig, hooking;-." In.: addition, >.the
Frecppit Arts Coohdl pooimunlty.
Theater presented "A, Spoof of
.the Mtdni^t tUde of Paul Re.
-.vere," directed, producedVand
^acted: in by: fiidy David. ' Other'
• cast 'members, were' Dominique ^'
Racanelli.Rahia; Greenfbst, Mit­chell
Hirsch; Carino Amario,' Lis-sie
Diringer,'Bridget Ndrcott. Ro*
bin Snipas, Philip Engel, Nathan
Ehrenfeld, Jill-Crook, Linda Os-trofsky,-
Patrick Hanley, Thomas
Hknley, Jeffrey DeSalvo and Jody
DeSalvo. . ,
The Heritage Committee of the
-Bicentennial Committee' present­ed,
during both days, numerous
historical tableaux.^of events in
early Freeport, from "Daniel
Raynor's New House" to "The .
Lights a u b , " Written and nar­rated
by Ruth. Nlckcrson, cos­tumed
and using simple but effec­tual
sets, the tahleanx were acted
out by Anthony and hiaiy Yenera-lb,
Norine Lawson, Jackie LaMar,
the Allen Butterfield and Thomas
O'Brien families, .Edward and
Ruth Voelker and Ralph and Alma
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patterns with them>
: One of the residents. of the
area, Paul Jay, told the group
emphatically, "The proposal I see
here is mndi better than I see
now. Wiib the assumption that
the shrubbery is to be done, take
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-__When_yjn^ Greco, President
of the Adantic South Civic Assod-ation,
whidj had..arranged .the
meeting at the request of Scda-nesday,
that it has signed a lease
for a branch office in Freeport at
the soon to be vacated'. Betyar
Charda Restaurant, 24 West Sun­rise
Highway, south cH the rail-,
road station. ;
The site, which is scheduled for
a September opening, has a pri­vate
paridng lot and offen, 0TB
explained, "excpetional parking
on Saturdays (OTB'S busiest day)
due to its proximity to the railroad.
station paridng lots."
- - Fata Fasa.-Prerideatof Nman-
Downs stated, "AD factors consi-
-o^ut -i!nf. Tth.e? C^asi^noS A^pa'«rtm^en2tsS ^~S^~^.^--^J^^
wiiich-totally involved one large,
five-room apartment on the top
floor- Chief Arthur Lewis of the
Freeport Fire Department ex­plained
that onljr quick and pro­per
work by his Diepartment cut
hands, everyone ^riSeii'ajgirtied'
that they were in &vor of the plan
wdth only minor changes. Many
pr«ent told THE LEADER they
would be going to the Zoning Ap­peals
meeting to speak in favor of^
t h e p l a n . ' - . ''•_' ' - : • .
fers the best potential to OTBT"
and should also prove to be an as­set
tp a. large portion of the
busirtess commumty." .
Although the Village Board of
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"THE BEST PARADE EVEfll" was the verdict of the lO.poo reaWenta
and non-residents who viewed the Freeport Bicentennial Parade this
past.&aturday night. Watching the alx division parade as it marches
Before" the reviewing^ atand* are-G.-T.) Mayoir- WlHlam-White who,— —
ystumed as George Washlnoton, was. In the""parada'a t>eglnnlng;
TrusteeTDdrotfiy Stormjfomier Mayor Rotxirt Sweeney, who deliveretf:^^^
•the comrnontary from the stand; Mra. White; Mra.'Sweeney; Bhoda
-KeUer,_EdUflrLclJ-HEJ.EAD£B._aTLd_chalrmanlor the BIcentehnlal
Commlttee'a-Festival Division; Richard PHaiaky, 67~Rapop6rrartd
Eller; Elaine Stettner, Bicentennial Fair Chairman; Trustee Wayne
Jordan; Claire Gould:.Trustee flalph Franco; DIcK Sheppard; Trustee
Tom Lovelldge; and Ira Keller, Publisher of THE LEADER. The
parade came In between the two-day Old Fashioned Village Fair, also
conducted by the Freeport Spirit of '76 Bicentennial Comfnitfee.