The-Leader_1979-07-12

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSfVELT
MERRICK
WE LEABER FREEPORT'S
QFFICini
NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR No 11 FREEPORT. NEW YORK JULY 12.1979 PRICE 20'PERCX)PY
Bennington Pork Title Questioned
MODERN KNIGHTS ON THE WATER will have a chance to "test
their skills" Sunday. July 15, in one of the featured competitions o» the
Filth Annual Great Canoe Races. Bob Stetson {!.). of Shelter Point
Marina, and Charles Pigadis. of Lake's Yacht Sales, both members of
the Canoe Race Committee, try their hands at "Jousting." Competitors
In the jousting tournament will be charged $5. The Freeport Chamber
of Commerce, sponsors of the annual races, have received some 75
entries in men's, women's, children's, mixed doubles, and over-40
categories. Participants are expected to sign up right until race time.
For information. calMne(:hamber'8.offleas, 3787402. '
-AnnudlXahoe RaciBS Start
9:30 Sunday Morning
FREEPORT - Young paddlers. ages 10-16. will be lining up at the
starting point at 9:30 am Sunday, JulyJ5. forJhe first races of the fifth_
annual Great Canoe Races. Sponsored by the Freeport Giamber of
Commerce, the races are drawing entries in all categories: 10-16 years
of age. men's women's, mixed doubles, ovcr-40. and — the newest
feature — "jousting."
Holly Named
Board President
FREEPORT - Sara . HoUy,
mother of three school-aged
children, has been unanimously
elected president of the Freeport
School Board for the 1979-fiO
year. The nomination of Holly,
who was first elected to the board
in May. 1975. was made by
George Boulukos and seconded
by Ed Monroe.
' Newly elected Board of Educa­tion
member Ellen Kelly was also
officially sworn in at the annual
Reorganization Night meeting
July 10. It is believed that she Is
only the fourth female member to
be elected to the board and that
Holly is the first of that sex to be
elected president.
Boulukos. who is serving (he
secdndjreardfhis-flfst terrawas
unanimously elected .vice-presi­dent.
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HoUy. who raa UBi
All races will start from Shelter
Point Marina, at the foot of
Wooddeft Avenue. The younger
paddlers will have a shorter
course, staying in the canal: while
the other races will be longer and
pass in front of Waterfront Park,
at the foot of South Long Beach
Avenue, before returning to the
start/finish line. Adult heats
start at 11:30 am. .
Trophies will be awarded to the
fiisi. second and third plarr
wjnn^rt in rarh heat: with a
special, trophy awarded to the
team that gets the "Best Time of
the Day."
Good viewing is antidpated at
WateTfront Park; where musical
race activities from their water­front
backyards or docks. Those .
wishing to view from their boats
must keep out of the canoeists
path, away from the race course.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary and
the Freeport Police Marine Divi­sion
will be cooperating to keep
boating activity safely under
control.
Among the paddlers already
signed are Assemblyman Armand
"b'Amato. NBL-IV s Long UUnd
correspondent Jackie Stone, and
staff members of WGBB.
While early- registration has
been steady, paddlers can re^s-ter
up to race time. Information
Sara Holiy
1978 for her second three year
term, lives on Connecticut
Avenue with husband. Jack —
vice-president of the Freeport
Village Never Formally
Acquired Area Sfreefs
FREEPORT • Tl)e"13.2 acres of Bennington Park land, sold recently
by the village of Freeport to Brent«ood Development Corporation as a
site for a "Two Guys" Discount Store, ii experiencing "title" pro­blems.
Considered municipal land, a recent title search finds no
evidence that the streets that once criss-crossed the more than 60 plots
were ever officially, dedicated to
the village.
The question appears to be just
a legal one and village soarces
express no fears that the sale of
the land Is in jeopardy.
According to Mayor William
H. White,, the property*! early
owner, Newton Bennington, filed
a development map in 1902.
Appatcntly, WMte sud, Benning­ton
boUt on the site and the
villagepttt in the ctrcfeU. ntUhlea.
T Norma)'procedure., WliHtL.:e*-r'
plains, would have been for
the developer. Bennington, to
have the developer, Bennington,
dedicate the streets to the village
so It coald maintain them. TMa
procedure. In fact, was recently
followed in the case, of Liberty
Park" Drive. Bat,^'sonielhlag"/ell-between
the cracks" back in the
early .1900's, White notes, and
the streets were never dedicated
to the village. However, the
municipality maintained them
throughout the years, plowing
them, cleaning them. etc.
When the village began to
accumulate the property for re­development,
it assembled the
-more than 60 lots, many of which
were guaranteed by different-title
companies. Public hearings
were legally advertised and
n>nductcd and' the streets were
ufnctally abandoned, paving the
way — "it was believed — for the
sale of the entire acreage to
Brentwood for $1.083.780.
White said he believed that,
while the title company has to
guarantee title to the street,
"under all legal deflnltloas," the
village does .own them, becatxse
Uda niiinldpaUt^f developed and
. matotaliMd- tHon over a long
'periddbftiine.
It would appear that while the
legal researcn continues, the land
just lies there. Necessary legal
procedures would take, Wtute
surmised five to six weeks.
Certainly, until tide to the entire
plot-is-clear, If would-not. be _
expected that construction could
sUri.
Meanwhile, although there has
been speculation that a recent
corpt)ratc confiicl in the parent
company of "Two Guys" could
change that company's philo­sophy
of building stores out of
New Jersey, no oHicial word from
"Two Guys" ha* yet indicated
that the Freeport stJire would not
be built.
Fire Department Captures Prize
e«eruinmcnt4s.plaaacd. Ofbea^^u:i^I^^^^^uJ^^ZA ^
can watch from Shelter Point. P»^.«""*. '^>L,^!^'t.^
where-, radio personality .-:GU -?J1»"« the^Fwp^t-Chainberjrf^
David: perdntf^loor.iiD act- ^^°»°«!«-^^J*^. **f"^*r
as-aniSoncer. WGBB wfll-be W ."n-l pm. PwfopJJts with
broadcasting five from the site. «heir own onoes. «iddto and
^ ^A^s ^in^ ^p*r ev-io us years, local' two Itfe jackets wdl be diarged
tesideius have also watched the (CentroaPage 12)
Aru U)unal — and tnetr ttvee
sons. Todd, a Dodd Junior High
School eighth grader; Troy, in
fifth grade at Atkinson School;
and Chad, a second grader'at
Columbus Avenue School.
'The" newly-elected"' SchdoT
Surd president has been active
In - both - the-state-wider :«nd
fe^dnalschbbt board -aasoda--
tions. She was recently named to
the Executive Board of the
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards
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IlLMPSTEAO—The Freeport
Fire Department came home
Saturday night, July 7, with a first
place trophy. They captured the
award for Best Appearance in the
Hempstead Fire Department's
Ijrtitatiotian'gfadtf: "
Another top award was cd-
At^ft\ hy the Freeport Fire
Department Band, tor uestMre
Department Band in the parade.
The men and units of the
department and band wUI turn
out in Williston Pa^k Saturday.
Ju}yT4,'Ti»TEHF DM! inarehlng
Building Supt. Stresses Code€nforcement
-; —St^SOST'>-David R. Lovejoy Comnmni^ College and en-
— has^bedi-lappointed' by tb£^' gjneoing coordinator and later
Fieepoct 'Boaw^rinigttanis'^C&ief OT^Admintsfrafioih k>r'(iie~
SapaiiitrnArttt-}
replaces. Loids
tog firm,-.' .Lovejoy . bad beco-srTvffg
** ArtJBg5vj?^'"l^!?f^^!!L,
for the Bugt several wea^ks. -
IxrrefTf was moiated Deaaty
Sopexiateodent of PobOc Wecfcr
ia Jnly of 1975. Before joiniiif the
village, LovejoT. a profrsttonal
—1 ug\nr^', fc^M pngts'^ witfa—the
Lovqoy stated tbat theeoirfiasb.
io tlie Boil<B«g" Department win
contione to be oo "code enforce'
nest. . f SLiet iiTly' boaring stan-.
-dards. vtsnal appearance and
F^eral Highway AdamnstratJao over-occnitaaaes. Doe to fewer
ia Wasiungtoa, D.C.. Salem. Ore. building sites being avvlable ta '^.
and Dover, Dd. He was beul of older . mmrnnnrtirs socfa". ,as
tbeCvil Eagjneexiag Department, Freeport,**. . Lov^oj.,nptcticd.'.
of the'Ddawarr-Tecfafikal "and :' "the-' number - off." -uinstiadibd
Srpjects going on at any one time .
> less than we have bad in the.
~past.~Now-oar efforu win be-to
Jning aU properties into strict
cocmiiance with the Village Code
for the health and welfare of ocr
resadeaU and to protect the"
iavestaieat that ioor many hoae-fan*
fartfetVaiagei"-
Mmor WUmam Wh&e also-stated
that his office would.ior!
teovfy Oason with the BoildiBg
Departmem. 'The word anist:
cootinoe to go dot to the effect
that sliua landlords, and ethers
who would be detrimental to oar
.commontly by. igDoring our laws,
are oot wclcorae aad wilTaoCbe'
iaeniai/''vnate said: " . ' - " : : ?
A TIMEPIECE IS THANKS FOR HIS TIME. On behalf of village of
Freeport employees and Freeport Mall merchanu. Mayor William H.
White (l.)pfesenu an Inscribed goW pocketwatch to Aboer l.evy, as his
- i f <*.jU.ttit I «vy LiyanuL 1 «!.i]i • * ! qiiMt nf bmnf rrri^ltv^on a crutte
0( Jonei Inlet given by village employees to mark hl» retirement from
his full-time village poaitloa after 2ff years. His invoh^emant with the
Mali;t>tgaA "in the airly part of the cvfiutf: «(»V»»» ^^ •*V***1-.W*^ .•
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