The-Leader_1979-04-12

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK m
LIERARIAIf „ •
-HASSAU CTY HISTORICAL UV^^EUU
EISEUHOSSR PARK
- ^ - EAST UEACOW, 11 Y 11554
LEADER FREEPORT'S
OFFIIIilL
NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 50 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. APRIL 12. 1979 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Set Public Hearing On Two Guys
Levy And D'Amato Sale Of Bennington Park
~ " . r « ' l " " " To B« Discussed
Schools
TAKING THEIR. OATHS OF OFFICEi Recently elected Trustees
James Clark (1.) and Timothy Petemana (c.) are sworn In at the April 2
Annual Organization .Night..meeting.. Village Justice Ralph Franco
administersth^Oaths'ofofnce. ••—— -. -v-^i;>^,% ,.:^. v ,, .
Pn^^nzanp VViDS i r b ^ l ^ ^^
Mafiersberger, Sarrb,6>mte Uncontested
FREEPORT - John': Ptovenzana^ a 16 year veteran Frceport fire­fighter,
has won election as the Department's Third Deputy Chief in
the annual department-wide elections held Thursday. April S. at Free-port
headquarters. Running unopposed, and winning their positions
during the same election, were Qiicf Donald Maucrsberger. First
Deputy Chief William Sarto and
Second Deputy Chief Jack
Combs. < Outgoing department
chief Walter Monestcre was
tapped as the department's new
"baitalieiraelegans:^
Provenzano. an ex-Captain of
Engine Company No. I, defeated
bis opponent Lee Tudiolski by
over 60 votes in the department's
only contested position. He
received 162 votes; Tudiobki, of
Hcxe Cbmpany.No. 3, pcdled 100
votes. Chief Mauersberger
received 211 votes; Sarro, 186
votes: and Combs,: 199 votes. A
7Total-of-271-firefightOTTOted oat
of a total registratira~or~29l7
91% tuni-out. This
-an up-dated registration
was Introduced the
-elections.—-^-—
to
Lieutenant.
, Frank Cassenetto. was elected
Captain of Hose "JT jointed by
Fred Florenzie. First Lieutenant;
and Steve Weisz. Second Lieu­tenant.
Hose Co. 4's officers are Kevin
NQlL_Captain: Walter Breihof.
First iieuteiunt; and Tom Spag-
' nola. Second lieutenant.
. Jerry Garf was elected Captain
of Hose Co. 5; John Fcifcl. First
Uentenant; and Joe ^Russo,
Second Lieutenant.
En^e Company's elected
Captain is Anthony Minei; First
Lieutenant. John Collins: Second .
ieutenant, Joe SantoreUi.
Ridi Holdener was elected
Provenzano brings extensive
experience to the ^ieTs roster.
• Among his accomplishments are
the soccessfal oompletioa.'-of
special courses in advanced fire,
traimng; advanced • rescue and
advanced first aid. He is an EMC
First Responder, and Emerxencv.
:^>le^SadTecteician (EMT). and »-
-~C«pt«n~of^ivck~Ci>a<pin7T^is3=
-Vericcho, First' lieutenant;, and
HankJMoUe.^ecood Lieutenant:
Emergen^ Company nembers'
vbfied in Guy Fletcher. Captain;
Joe Sede. First Lieutenant: and
Les Fieidsa; Second Lieoteiunt,
"ALB ANY'-^TwoTbllls;
should help Freeport School
Distnct residents, will be intro­duced
after the Passovcr-Easter
State legislative recess by local
State Senator Norman J. Levy and
Assemblyman Armand D'Amato.
The bills will increase State Aid to
Freeport and other school dis­tricts
who5e__taxpayers—TTf
bnrdciied »ith above-average tax
rates.
Levy expressed disappointment
in the State Aid padiage reached
by a Guberaatbrial^LegisIative
leader compromise in Albany last
wcdkThh.does proyide.f reepoit
with a total of S476.699 nwie for
. the 1979-80 school jiu tHan was
recehred thb year. However, it
continues the 10% cap which has
hurt Freeport sdiool taxpayers for
the last few yean.
"We haditoped to work out an
arrangement that would have
removed the cap, ^ving the
school district an amount similar
to that whic^ would have been
provided under Governor Carey's
original proposal — without
accepting the negative aspects of
the Carey formula changes which.
would have had a serious adverse^
impact on Freeport in future
(Cont. on Page 12)
Rent Permit Law
Struck Down
FREEPORT - For the second
time, the village's rental permit
law was struck down t^^ the
courts. State Supreme Court
. Justice Andrew DiPaola ruled the .
viUajge' ordinance, passed last
-ycMT, is jinconstitHtional.
^^ Under the ordinaace. landlords -
were required to ootifr the village
_when an apartment was vaaBedJ
sb~inspectots coold check-the
FREEPORT • The sale of village owned land at Bennington Park to
a discount department store wl\ be a matter of a public hearing
Monday night, April 2J..8 pm, at Village Hall. The five member board
which—-unanimously voted to hold the hcaring»,which is required bv Uw prior
to Tthhee s igpnrinicge bfangrye ceodn trbacyt fotrh teh e disposition of village land.
Federal-agency, and printed in
the notice of public ^earing.
would be $1,083,780, to be paid
by the developers. Brentwood
Development Corporation. The
13.2. acres are bounded by
^unnse Highway on Uimorthinid"
Mcrrick Road on the south
between Liberty and South
Columbus Avenues. It b.close to
the Meadowbrook Parkway, a
, major north-south Nassau County
' artery .-and abont-two blocks from
: the recently rehabilitated. CenUal
Business IHstrictareaileslgnated
as the Frceport Mall.
To be built on the site is a Two
Guys Discount Oep4rtment Store.
Although no public hearings have
yet been held on the sale of the
land and lb subsequent develop­ment,
both village business
people and residents have
attended open meetings of the
Board of Trustees throughout the
past year. The roerchanU, and
other representatives of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce,
have voiced opposition' to the
projected site.
Local realtor Sid Liebcrman,
closed stores presently on the
Mall.
Other opposition came from the
merchants who, referring to a
village-funded report by planner
Walter Thablt. criticized the
proposed locatien-of-the-discount
store reported to be closer to the
eastern end of the ptopcrty.
Two other possible lises of the
land had previously been men­tioned.
More than a year ago, it
was suggested that a developer
was interested In the site for~«
- Wooico store, and more receiltly
Freeport : builders Fred and
Joseph Scalanundre presented a
plan to the board which would
have them buying the land for
various uses including a large
BOCES center, a lumber and
home improvement store, ware­houses,
offices and other com-mercUl
enterprises.
Paildog Pjaas
Other objections, to the plan to
develop Bennington Park as the
.site of a large retail operation
came from local merchants who
complained that their businesses
were already suffering due to the
one year ago at a public meetlng^Jaek^Tparklng readily avaiUble
suggested the Board, "land- InThTTBP.:The Board, several
mark" the property-while vigor- months ago, let die a proposal to
ously proceeding to obtain the
"proper" use for it. Ueberman,
and cither opponenb of the Two
Guys proposal, daim that the
discount store would "destroy the
heart of the viUage" and further
erode its tax bate by forcing the
closing of already existing retail
stores. There"*!* reportedly 13
set a special tax assessment
district to construct more parking
for the Central Business Dutrict.''
As the first item on Monday
night's agenda. the~Tninees
requested the ' Community
Development .director* James
Dunne, to prepare another plan
(Cont.onPaoell)
Sanitation Pickup
CPETedmiaao.
- . ALSOHUm^
..Two days'prior to the dqnzt'
.meat-wide-.ticic&ws, ^ffie dgbt:
fOBipanies odd', libftn' annua*
ballnring to choose. tbefi"officers:
- fcrtteflextjcaf. ' .,'
Hose Co. 1 dected Tbaodi/..
Sraman' as Captain:_.JoHos _
• ElHson. Firrt-. Uentenagt/ and
• Rf*tTrt KnrT. SPTWMH i'Tf^f^'F'^
la Hose Co. 2. Joseph^Gjordaoo
was seiecled as CapCaia; Antbooy
Gipt^daoo, First Meatmant
aad Jasies Fabtino,- Seoood
j>remises and issue the necessary
pennif if it conformed to the
village's bousing ordinances. The
permits cost S2p_ each for a
dwelling and S4 for each addi:
tional permit (per-unit) in u
Wmmiy^^^^Li::^?;^^ ^ ordinance
•rj-FRfcfcH>l|»— A cfaaiigeJn gar- rariied a maiimnm penalty
bage. and'.trash pickups in the S2S0.
suutKcHi section of the Vinagc—i The Jwl^
.on AtlanticAvenueaindsoath—.' viHage't ordinance differs from
.has'been' aanonnced by Fire. "
Coiinlies Carting^Service. Folknir^
iag discnssions with Superinten'
:deflt EdwiaTrefer^ - ——^^—'—
Tf*^ and garbage win now he
picked op on:-Wednesdays s"d
"garteige onty "on Saturday. Bre-
'pHoff
ly found constiti^
M'hkmA'Vtnott beetttie
of a violatiod hj tbe
leads to~' cimiisal
VluUilJr. irasn wair picked: op
on Satarday. Tins proved onwDrk-abie.
1)ecassiie of sdiedaling prab-l^
ns with the landfill area.
(Coot- on P9Q9^2)...,;.
pnaecntSoB," tbns it is ia nwiflJcT.
>«itb~'llie FiDortli.^iaefldaieat ef HOPPtMQ DOWN THE MALt:.'oar fnorttt twohttogad EaMr Bunny
mm ' " - j h ^ «..* —«*»! 1'^ vounqstara on the
AcconSng to a yiflage q>«e»>i_gfe^pert Mait.Tiitpink'Cied. ^OOOr^ilUio lihMUUy s^r-nbS535r; eeuilU^
aoua, the ordinaace was pasted bfttwMallhwrchantii.wniaoalnotpretentthisatturday, ApdtM. As
.to "preveot oasafe tad oafaeahby Bunny made one young man hap^. Mall marcfeanU Sill Bryck O) and
coatfitkes" aad to preveat iraBfycfc. of Barasefi's observe the good »mw. -
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