The-Leader_1977-06-23

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NEWSPAPER
42nd YEAR No. 9 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 23,1977 PRICE 15t PER COPY
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To Be Considered Head New Commission
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FEDERAL-FUNC^ FOR FREEPORT. Offtctel notification ot» federal
irvgriant to th«FreeportSchool District lAras pr«S8nt6d.t6 Suporintehdept
_^LiW-SchoohL;Qohaia.CDstl9vi(-.^if^hd from j-.} bytCooarBssman Norman
: ilJanSir^eif^ltSfH^pn^tfB-IUiodlng iprfJre»p^»dfiq^p:(^9\jr.i
;^:ter1isSl|tM lriatriKaional.j)roOram in readlrijraMinati!] fof-Wtnt»6wi
; l-^«£ptti^f^i^efi^ihmipi^ an i^pgy^«duj»tion inth« filth >^
'?. iuidi alxtK SraileL^(5MtTo^
:! pelitlve^jraihifor th^ fifth yesucallows iafo'cbntinue tq work toward upr'
^ srading students'.achievement'tKrbuah.lndlvldualizdd instruction and '
•alsb-jpCroyeB.nio're children with a vital, pre-klndergarten program." .
. Shownvwith. Costlow and-tha Oongrea^man are Joe HolbroJpk (I)..
r-Freep6rt'rI3rrertonDrMathemailcsyTXifr8~SeTub~j[c:) Assistant to iha
-. .$uperlht8ndent';-ahd Alonzo Schockley (r.),-Directorj>f State and Fed-
• eral Prbjocts. ..:'''•''•.':'^y-'i .'.'• ^.^^^^-''y'- '-. •_
—FREEPORT - TTie Village
board -of Trustees publidy
voted Monday night (June 20)
to bold a public iieating to
consider a rezoning of North
id Monday, Augusts. _
The major part of the Village's
northetn corridor, stretcliing
from-tlw tailtoad to the Roose>
vett line, has been zoned Planned
.Urban Development (PUD)
since 1972;. The rezoning was •
suggested'' by the' consulting
._firm of Raymond.'. Parish. Pine
and'Wiener, whc^ Iiave niade a
r.study.'rfthe area under ^ e CDA'
^ TfaeppnbSb heanngrJ^ be' h"<^
atVill^^e^Hall;. was gredpitated;;
by :\'cbminnbicatipns firom'.-the'
village's-'Director - o^^PIamdng •
and.. Community Dc^opmbnt.
James; Dunne. •. "Numerous"
inquiriea have been made .ly
:potQatial developers aiid bus!-,
nesses in^cating "strong interest
in this area.".Dunne ezpUined,
'but the present zoning is not in
FREEPOHT -,The village Board of Trustees brought In their dcd-sion,
Monday night, to change the structure of the Freeport Police
D^artment. Wth Trustee Wayne Jordan dissenting, the fbur.other
nyn,yy~\,nt>j for k JaralJiw aboUshfaig the portion of Oiief of
police and setting up a three-member Board of Commisdoners. Last
.Monday night, June . 13.. the
Board held a public bearing on '
the two lawsand heard from som6
residents, some former political
candidates, representatives.,
of the Various associations
of police, chiefis, and tins attorney .
.retired by present Chief why the'
-eristing'.'sct-up should be"ret
^'talned.,.- ••'''"•:^~:'v^'^'^:'y:y'^;\:
r^^"•fii'i•brinB^ng;tiK!. "matter :.t«>' a
--vote ?-M$m'^-^»W^lll«nC- White^
suggested that -the. cnigtna] pro-'
':Pbsal be amended'.to spedfy'
- tliat the chrirman of the Board of
-Police Commissioners be a'law.
enforcement officer. He explain*
ed that this was in response to
explaining that the reasons. he
had ^ven the week before still
s t o o d . -,• -•":.••. '''\
OvtafauAlioUahed.
In a movie, which the Mayor
said^ continued the ' prac­tice
. of "vfliage * economy'.'
by elimiiuiting .or. iocinsolidating
-.uimewmtv.posltioiisfth^.Bdafd
alfaVabt^ed- the - po^itlona of
• cAjptitoiicthf t»^«? depai^^
•,Two-.c^>bJdna had recoJtiy re^
tired and theb''positions have not
.-beeb filled. .Trustee Jordan voted
* no explaining that in his' opinion
the resolution had be^n brought
forth without any "profcisional
Seniors; Graduate Sunday
FREEPORT vThe Freeport High School Class of 1977, numbering
approximately 450 seirfor5,_ win. graduate Sunday, June 26, rafai or
shine, at 2 pm, at Freepcttt High Schod.
• Leah Sigal, JiClass Valedictoriah;' iSuzanne Booth, Salutatorian;
and April Hong, President: of ffieOiM will address their
classmates and their guests.
Leah' earned' the .'honor' of
-Valedictorian; with "an academic
average irfi!5.538 and a weighted
.average somewhere over .112.
Four years ago, the Sigal family
moved-to Fret^wrt's. New YpA
: Avenue from Rochdale j^Village
in Queens. Leah's parents,
; Alvin and Harriet Sigal, Imve two
in sdence. "probably," slie says,
"in;. biology ; or chemistry."
Among the.bbiiors.-she fjas re-_
ceived are the Bauscfa & Lomb
Award, for Wghest. acadendc
achievements in sdence; tlie
Rensaleer Medal, for the liighest
average - in sdience. and miatiii .a
Phi Beta Kappa cttatibn; and a
other children. Leah's brotiier is , New Toric State Regents Scholar
15; her sister is 13 vears old- ship. Siie was also a National.
^ a S ' S s f , ' J > W ; : • ' ^ H r-- 'SS^ •-•••••- s •
- Leah Slgal
Accepted at .Brown Uruvcrsity,
.the dass valedictorianjwill major
Suzanne Booth
(Cent, on Page 1?)
-IhHTWitfrthat Iflterpst.
i Under the consultant's propo-
. sal, the lower half., of North
Main Street.(site of Gouz Farms
and - the .Reverand Mallette
Senior'. .Citizen - 'Apartnients)
would remain a'PUD Zone, from
Lena and Washburn Avenues,
south to. the railroad station.
Under the modified PUD regula­tions,"
ail new residential - uses,.
• except multiple housing units for
the elderiy, would be proh^ited
in the aea. The study also sug­gests
the loosening up of PUD
zoning to .allow, such btereits
. as movies, bowling and tennis
facilities, while noting that
the area near the downtown and
railroad • station -.' lends ' it­self
primarily to "higher density
office and commercial spade."
Building height would be increas-
. ed to 70 feet or approxi­mately
six stories. Prohibited
(Cont.onPage20)
REMINDER
Freeport adxMl district
' residents are reminded that
todajr (Thursday, June 23),
the annual iu^ool budget -
la bebig resubmitted-
Voting on tiie $19,061,693
budget figure 'wID. take
-plao- at tim^ afxregnlsr—
polling pisceas ' Ardier
Street, Atkinson,
Bayvlev Avenue, Oeve- .
bmd Avenoe, Columbus
Aveone and Glblyn sdiools.
Polla 'Win be open frtmi 1
to 10 pm.
a suggestion "fiomirgigfee'and expettbcMll—of—tliis,^!—he
tiie inputfrbiu'Uie public hearing, charged," "is behig. done to
Trustee Dottjthy Storm, who' sbpllah tiie position, of police
would later be appoirrted one of chief."
the ttuee members, told thMe
present tliat succe^ling Boards
would presumably liave the in­tegrity
to choose-a man of capa-.
biUty and experience, for the top
poisition, as tiii^Board was doing.
The Board also adopted a load
law that abolished the office/of
Police Oiief, held the past eight
• years by Anthony Ebir.
Both times, Jordan voted no
Wliite disagreed with JordanV—
statement and said the positions
could lato'be reinstated if a need
was determined. He explained
thiat'the move was part of the .
Board's ongotag progtiun to
elimhiatie. "top' heavimea!!-4a—
the departments. -
Jordan then voted yes on this
'. (Qwrt.onPageW) .'
PROCLAIMING THE FUTUfiS. Several; Freeport merchants discuss
the Vlllaflo'a construction of the shopping mall on South Main Street. •
(L. to r.) Buddy Bryck of Barasch'a, Warren Samet of Samet ». Ajex
Khanamlrlan of Hunter's and Julio Fart> of Weber's aoree that busi­ness
has not l>een disrupted by the work on the street. Expanded lots
adjolnlnfl the ahopplng district offer free parking and many stores open
right onto the lots. Crosswalks on South Main Street allow shoppers to
cross from one aide of the street to another.
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