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NEWSPAPER
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43rd YEAR. No. 18 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGU5T31,1978 PRICE J5f PER COPY
Board Moves On Mall Changes
Aufhorizes Parklng.PlannIng
Consldersjjew Ordinances
FREEPORT- Actions by the village's Board of Trustees, which cpold
determine the future direction of the new Freeport Mall, were tjiken at
Monday nights's weekly meeting. Several weeks ago., the Board had
directed village clerk Tom DeVincenzo to review other municipalities'
ordinances governing malls and to recommend a set of them to the
Board.
Upon looking over DeVincenzo's recommendations, the Board voted
to direct village counsel to prepare a local law based uppn them.
Among the sections recom-
GETTIN^ READVITOfll'De^relhffV(tf w*a&i}lls"WM;ic^ two^ay^fallcrtrlp~ta';
eastern'Long Island. BpOTWirfl0-by?l»>w v
two days of ooqd.weathafand plenty of exerciser-'-^ - :
FreepoH Ybungsti^rs Return
To School Wedriesdd
- FREEPORT- ThiTyear, when Freeport youngsters iJcad back to
school on Wednesday, September 6, some 73 less of them are expected
tO| go through the doors of the. seven public schools in the .village. The
village Will Be On
Holiday Schedule
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FREEPORT - Due to' the Labor
bay holiday, the village Board of
tO| go liirougn tne aoors oi we.seven puouc stnouia ui uic.» uia-n^. > nt Trustees will not hold their regu-.
projected cnrollnaentfo'ttheiive'elementaiy schools. Dodd Jonior High lariy scheduled first-Monday of
School aiid-Ft^aieTt Hikh School total 7,520, last year's enrollment jhe month meeting on Scptem-
^^^•> —I_J:__ .:. —u—1 ber 4. It wyi be held instead on
Monday, September 11.8 pm, at
Village .Hall. An open voting
sessiob will begin at 7:30 pm.
There wdll be no cnrbside pick­up
of trash on Wednesday,
September 6. Pickup will be
restored on.Thursday, Septem-
6er7-. / '•-
• The Freeport Becreation
Center will be open on Labor Day
wiffi" the. outdoor pool complex
dosing for the season that
evening. All other village offices
win be closed for the holiday-
Japanese Printe
On Exhibit Here
was T 7,593 - according; to school
jfigures. Neither total includes the.
pre-kindergarteners " attending -,
the district's Early Childhood
"Center.. < •
Archer. Street - School will •
welcome back 625 youngsters;
Bayvicw -Avenue ScbdoIv"585;
Coltmibus "Avcfliie School (which
houses all. 1 the kindergarten
classes as well as grades M),
750: Giblyn School. 6G0; Atkinson
School, the district's fifth and
sixth grade center. 1,110; Dodd
Junior High. School. 1,200 sev­enth
and eighth graders; and
Freeport High School, 2.650.
"ScBool'a Open
iWveCareftiny"
The-Freeport Police Depart-mem
is participating in the Anto-mobfleCIubofNew
rori;sannuai
."School's Open — Drive Care-fiilly"
campaign;'Police Commis­sioner
David Meehan said his
department would be mounting
the colorfiil AAA posters on street
poles to help p'rotect the lives of
the;village's school-age. young-liters.
The "Auto. Oub had com--
mended the village police depart:
ment by noting that "the assis­tance
that' members, of your
department ire providing will add
greatly to the effectiveness of this
imixjrtam traffic safety pro­gram.'.'
- "Hundreds of. children will be
walking to and bom school, many
for the first time," Meehan said.
The commissioner pointed out
that while crossing guanis are on
duty .at. specific. intersections;
manych'jdren will be crossing at
unprotected comers or may step
off the sidewalks between parked
cars.
Meehan called on motorists to
he—'.^rsptdMy cartful whSB
mended by the village clerk is
one prohibiting vehicular traffic
on the Mall, with the exception of
emergency vehicles, and delivery
-vehides betwen" 6-9:30 am
if authorized by a delivery permit.
DeVincemto's. recommendation!
also - bans :;bicycles.; ..tricydes
; mototeydes- - - and Vrtiotprbikes
.-whether ridden r walkea ac, sttaA-teg-
and noggesfi'.that vwlatdn'^
bikes be impounded by the police
department. Counsel was spedf-ically
directed to' insure that this
seaion be legal.
Also banned would be struc-.
twres, displays and articles
of furniture; itinerant or transient
businesses conducted from a
wagon, cart, tent etc.; or music,
entertainment, lectures etcr. un­less
authorized by the villajie
dcrk in connection with a speaal
event. Solidting and distribution
of commercial. advertising mat­ter
arc also barred.
The recommendations also
"prohibit fireworks (unlcjs spe-fically
'authorized)., littering,
defacing any mall surface, climb­ing
or lying upon the mall foun-
'uin or on the seats, mutilating
the foliage, and loitering in the
mall area between 10 pm and
8 am. Trustee Dorothy Storm
asked that the throwing of ballsi
frisbccs etc. be included In the
section banning certato activities. .
Property owiiers. .and ten­ants
would be responsible for.
maintaining.their owpJireaa and.
" keeping thciii dean of. refuse' and -
-litter as:well •* not"..obsttttct-
: ing their ehuarices with displays.„
.;.cartons',etc,..,; '"•'.-. .••."^..;••'••'.---• f'?'
r Si3ieVIn"cea«>'s.,-:'suggCMtioas
state tltiat ti}e hiall shofildbe
utilized, for special performances
and events of '.'high professional
standard." with applications to
be approved by the village xlefk.
Mayor William White added that
the village clerk's decision
could be appealed to the villsge
board, and mentioned a possible
Mall Committee. ^
- PaxidogLots
The expansion of parting facili­ties
for the Mall went forward-
-another step when the Board
- authorized, the mayor-to -sign
a contract with Rothzeid for
the schematic designs for a pror
posed parking area and extension -
of the Mall. This includes areas
on Cbnrdi Street abutting the
, Mall and on Newton Boulevard.
Still to come are public hear- -
ings on^ a special assessment
(Cont.onPageU)
driving in.school areas and iiear
parks and playgrounds. Speed,!'
he explained should be regulated
to allow ample margin for a
sudden stoip should one be
(Cbnt. on Page5) '.
Freeport On The Air!
-^FREEPORT - -."Something
Spedai, • From Freeport," the
"pubRc service radio Mred shows-at
11 pm over WGBB (12.40AM),
will feature highli^ts of past
programs this coming Sunday,
Septembers.
"Indadcd will be Freeport High
School basketball "coach George
Emma discussing what it was like
to have such an outstanding
season in 1977-78,--Wary Ann
Ostrofsky recalls her neighbcr.
famed showman Guy lombardo-asd
georgr and Ouistine Love­lock
tetl their homesteadingstory. .
A final spot highlights, famed
Freeport High School's ftofessor
-WetUanfer's second return hi
concert and his musical re­collections
of Freeport.
Details win also be again i^ven.
about the "Red fjcttcr Day"
contest in which the; winner will
receive a free lobstei^dinner for
two at Harbor View Restaurant.
. FKEtPORr - ASilMUoil 0
contemporary Japanese prints, on
-loan- from the Ben and Abby
Grey Art Gallery of New York
University, will be on exhibition
at the Freeport Memorial Library
from September 5 through
""iSqjtembcr 3(OSelhosv JJ»yJ>e^ _
viewed \- during the ^regular
" library hours of 9 am to 9 pm on
' weekdays and 9- am -to 5 pm
Saturdays. ' ' , ." "
•.The exhibition indades 20.'
prin^,"primarily-color woodcuts.-
representing three decadcs-of',
postwar Japanese^ printtnakiiig, a
technique long associated with '
Japanese art- The exhibit, which
ranges from the purely abstract to -
still life and landscape -views of
Japan;' demonstrates .both the
continuity of the printmaiing
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HOUSE HUNTlNQ~ln Freeport lot* place thla piwt JBundiy *•»«' 24 ...
cotiples-accompaoled -tjy-wolu«teec-OuWa»Joo»wd. at. 20 available -
:tioi»es locatedJn dllferent area*.of the vHlaoe.Amono.them were
Barbara fl.J and Alan Wfcksteln (secondfrom r,). who are being ahow»»"
a map of the Vlllafle by volunteers Jack Holly and Anita Undau. The
house tour for prospective home boyera was aponaored by the vlllafle'a
Stabilization Task Force and waschalred by Marilyn Maroplles, Home
Tinders Coordinator Ramona Crook and Landau. Mrs. Wtdcateln wH|
be teaching at Atkinson School but had confined her hooaehuntli^^. •
MerrJdf until hearing of the tour, during whkA the volunteer guioea -
showed and told them about the community- Negotiations (or aeveral .
-houses are already underway. - • - .
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