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43tdYEAR.No.46 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. MARCH 15,1979 PRICE W PER COPY
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2 Village Building
inspectofs Indicted
Vote Af Regular Polling
Places 7 AM. To 9 PM.
A TOP PRIZE FOB THE MAUli. Mayor WlUlam White dacond tnxn
l.}r«ceives the Archf 1879 Design Award at raoent carefnonin ttald by.
^^the L«ng Island Chapier'of the American Institute of Architects. One
of two Special Community^Oeveloprnent Awards It was In racoonltlon'
of the Freeport.Mali: Ove^SO antrlas weris received from Nassau and'
Suffolk. As chairmanvof'.(he Awards Conimittee, HUO Regional
..X(^r)ecl6t.ahd^^ past president b( the Jocal AIA Chapter.-Joseph Montic-.
cldt6r'.pnaiSnled'thd-plsqueito:the Mayor. Bernard Rothzeld {I.),
. archlte$:f of the Mali.'and Ffeeport Community Development Director
"James Dunne (r.) Were present to share In the accolades.
Village Board Hires
New Deyelopment Spetlafist
FREEPORT - .A 39-year old Jericho resident'was named this past
Monday night (March 12) to be the village's new Business Develop­ment
Specialist. Selected by the Village.Board of Trustees. Martin A.
'Silberg will take on his new duties in approxinutely 10 days, Silbcrg's
pi>titinn"i< fondcd^thrbugh federal Commanity Pevelopment monies."—.
Silb^g began to real estate
FREEPORT - Two vUlige
building Inspectors were indicted
Uils week, the result of an in-vesiigatio&
bjMhe Nesssik Coiaiyi <
District Attorney's office, which
had been requested by Mayor
William H. White.
Donald McKeowo and Warren
Greenwood have been cliarged
with conspiracy third, bribery
receiving second degree, and
official misconduct for allegedly
stdidting and accepting a SISO
bribe from a Freeport landlord.
The five month Investigation
followed a direct contact made to
the District Attorney's office by
.Mayor White-itspofiamg to a
vobnjiUW naae' ' » "' Village-^ "y**"
FREEPORT • When registered voters in this village go to the polls
Tuesday, March 20, they will find a ballot with seven names listed on
sis Ibcs. The seven, six men and a woman, will be v>-lng for t>«-o scats
on the Village Board of Trustees.
"«Ff33?3:t-^e"vaJege4jasiej»SiMve.iii|y^tJ©R.W)icJil5s fnd receive
55.000 annually. One of two ' -—.*--
sales career in 1%1. In 1964.
he foanded SUberg Sc. Company
and, two years later, ifae Aaron &
Silberg Real Estate Aporaisal
Company. The finss <ieu with
commercial and bidustrial teal
estate indoding the sale and
leasing 'd. indostrial boildin^».
enclosed nisllt, regional ahoppmg
centers, retail and office building
terviewer for Union Cdlege,
S^eoectady, from which be
graduated with a B.A. in eco­nomics.'
He is also commanity
di^nhan for the both the Ameri­can
Heart Assodatloa and the
United Jewish Appeal. He b
married with two children.
In' annooodn'g Silberg's
appointment to the fdli-time
site work, neighborhood sbopfag—po,-rtioi>,-Mayor-WHliam-White
center managenKntnmdTalcTjf—|ointed out that the Board had
sbopfiag cealers ftsd^other-m-come
properties. As aa indepen­dent
real estate appraiser, Silberg
has prepared reports fot'the Town
of Oyster Bi^ in conjonction-with
nmnidjpal condcmnatiocs and
sale of pnUic lands.'
From 19» to 1972, SIberg
ialerviewcd i^ several ncellent
candidates for the position.
"However, ooritidrring that this
position k being created to
attract addhional bosinesses to
toe Man. Hottli^ Main Street and
other areas, and to bring about
the soond development of the
Tniste^ Dorotoy Storm •
"AccQfdinl to/toe IMsttict
Attorney's office, oii September
28,1978 Greenwood filed an over-
- occupancy ihspection report oon-
. ccmlng 321 Arther Street. The
tegal two-family house had
allegedly added a third Ulegal
apartment. '
Several weeks later, on October
IB,, toe two defendants are
(Com. on Page 20)
National Merit
Finalists Named
FREEPORT - Two Freeport
High_Schod-seizors have been
named Finalists-iii toe 1979
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation competition.'. Sarah
Moynihan and Joshua Sigal are
among 14.000 Finalists nation­wide
who will compete for the
1.000 National' Merit SI.000
Scholarships and over 3,000
four-year Merit Schcrfarships to
be awarded tots spring.
. Moynihan is curreitfJy the
editor-in-chief of toe school's
Vintage Literary ' Magazine.
— Sbc-fcsi^-psrticspsJed. -ia_^ll»
Debate Gab. Chonts. Sdesce
Cub. French Chib.- and Histoty
CInb. as well as being on the
scabs in question is presently
occupied by toe sole Democrat
on toe board. Wayne Jordan, who
is running for re-election. The
otocr seat b being vacated by
long-time trustee Tom Lovetidge,
who atmounced eariy in January
toat he would not seck.anotoer
term.
. Jordan and hb running mate,
Albert '•Jetty" Gerstman. appear
on both toe Democrat line and M
candidates for the Freeport Party,
•whldtalsgj&eldedeandtdatrstwo.
, ears'a£o-when Jordan,'toeir
standanTbearer. ' unsaccessfully
ran against the IhcUmbent mayor
William H: White.
C. James Oatk and Ttmotoy
Petemana are running on toe
tickeu of toe 21-year old Village
Party and toe Rei)ublican Patty.
Prior to four years ago, all poli­tical
parties In the Freeport
village elections were local ones.
Then toe Democrats decided to
tun candidates, elected one
(Jordan) out of tvra running, and
paved toe way for the GOP to
enter the campaign in 1977.
On toe Independent Patty line,
thb year's vden wUl find Blcn
Extract and Roger Marks. The
sevento candidate. Douglas J.
^Qcan^'ls-liTlaalog':alone, al-igh
he daims to have' the
" support of toe Freeport Tax­payers
Assodatioo. which fielded
candidate two years ago. Moran
himself ran for Miiyor In 1977. He
(Cont. on Pago 6)
Chamber of Commerce To Honor lent
And Waterfront Businessman Pigadis
FREEPORT -Congressman Norman F, Lent and Charies Pigsdls,
chairman of the WaJerfront Division of toe Freeport Cham^r'of
Commerce will be hcmored at toe Chamber's annua] installation
Dinner-Dance Saturday night, March 24. at Salty Bav Yacht Oub.
Lent, who b serving hb fifth consecutive term in the ffoiise of Repre­sentatives,
will be named the Chamber's Citizen of the Year. Plgadls
will be honored by the Chamber's
Ladies Auxiliary.
Lent, who has been Instru­mental
la brisg^ mQUons of
establishing a-fund to pay comp­ensation
for damage and deanup
costs from spills where liability
cannot be determbed. He'has
also worked on amendments to
the Outer Continental Shelf Act.
strengthenifiji toe authority of
local and state governments In
regulation of off-shore- diilUng
opcratkias and providing Snaxi-
•wotted wito-thfr Friendly-Ioe-»»aurt Bennlngtoa Park land^
Cream Corp. to lead aa otdetfy - - — - . - . -
^aocess-ot site acgnbHlnii uf
<|eveloplng gte evainatinni axid
preparation d' ares: market
studies fioc aelcrtioB. of pepper
L-He a^otiated wfth
Swimming team.
Sigal. an.FHS
also been a
Ordiestra,
. poicfaase or leaae or todr proper­ties
aad'copdbcted pBbBe bear­ings
bcSoce' town- buaiiix - wot-
' Tiriaiices axtd ^edal yicrpttnofc
Snberg abo aeted as k ttooble
shooter - ^ ' F d e a d l ^ -*t: Jhe.
nmnicaMt ierd-aad acted as - - « „ - « _ - , - ^.
S - - leutuejifagre to toe ? S f ^ " * ° - J K ! y ^ ? ? » ^
i s ^ ' ^ S f f l a ^ .firect^rtoMa^White."'-^
Mr. Silberg's backgroood cHett
the best Dotential. Hb kaowtedge
of Long blsad and even Freeport
is most impressive. He, as wtS
MsOie other candidates, seemed
RMSt - endnstastic about what
, fias to offer.btisioesaes
as iwiink Ipsi,'' ww^jiit saW"
dqieadable ^ectridty. Aootbet
baXBSin now. is the federal
oories avaaable to sx to aadst-.
wacvcmpacm* .. . .
-. Tbe M^yor. jcaid Silberf'c^
offices. wooiff~1>c~1oe^ed~l«r
Mathlete. has
member of the
Masoue ie. Wig
Drama—a«to, -Science dab.^-Knve
French Clnb^and b on Vintage.. House
He has been-selectcd for the Long
Island-Youto Ord>estra and the
AO-Coonty Orchestra.
AiUalMMUaSciHal .
Two other Freeporters. Patrida
Trkamo and John Trotta, have
abo beeh Bi^SmeSStatM
ScholaiiUpFinalisu. Boto attend
MariaSqi^.Diocesan Ifigb
SdKioIinUnioadaie. .
/Cpngrasaman Norma/* F. Lant
=_iB»Bjitiid««t« « Raldwia Serfor
. H i ^ School bave-.beoi ouned.
. FinaBsts ia the 1979 ccaipeiitioo.
- Ibey *tc JoaathHi /mW^itini,-
-Jeaa' OseSa, Jeuthaa Habs-chat.
Jordaa Soreff and Sterea
Weber..
dollars in Community Develop^
neat funds to the village, b aa.
nember. .<i^ two . nu^oe
'Committees.' On tlia
Coeudttee oir .-Interstate—and
Foceiga Conmiefcc. Jte serves as
the tankiiig niaocirir aietnbet oo
the Oretsicbt sad lavesdgatfcns
on-Merdiaat Mariae aad Fbb-sobirommhtaa
odttee oo Coast Guard sad Nsvt>
jp^oaaad toe Sobeodiadtiee oo
^JDuia^ the 9Sto Coecress.
Leat's l^statov eOortt iaAided
wort ao saieadnif nts strHigthga'
^lf_—<h^-^ <Tr>iwprthgi>«{ve pa
Cltarlaa Pigadis
Cor tach goveruaeats;
tag the
FoSotloaliabifity sad.Conpcasa-tlos
Act« by pnwldat tttoager
{votectioo bom ci] spiUs, and
aad.oa
CoattSBttfs«li9ftoio ]X)S& Jdt^
TOtynOe fisbiaa Bmit Isw.sridcli
- wort hrtoeflectM 1977. !- '
'ibe Cancresaaua also actnrciy~
supported toe iiew bw ferbiddiag
(Cbnt.ohPao«26) . .