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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR No 18 FREEPpRT. HEW YORK, AUGUST 30.1979 PRICE 20'PERCX)PY
AdditioiHil Mall Parking OK'd
35 New Spaces Due Af
Newton Blvd. & Henry St
FREEPORT • The Central Business District »,\\\ have 3S new parking
•spaces, located behind the cast side of the Mall. The Village Board of
Trustees Monday. August 27. unanimously apprxncd a^plan that
utilizes a combination of a Special Assessment District plus Com­munity
Development Funds to finance the n>st of land acquisition and
amstruction of the extended field -
DOUBLE WINNERS. Some of tho members of the Freeport Recreation Center'a Sea Devils Join their
coach Dennis £t>erhartjis he holds up their winning two trophies. The'young Freeport team, In its
three seasons in the waterT^^dedlwoTnore crowns to itsfecord^f accomplishment, since;UJbegan-i'ln-the
swim" In 1977. This year's trophies wer? tor the Nassau County Swim Conference Division III duel
meets and lor the Division III meet this past Sunday (see story, this page).
Sea Devils Take
^^Two More Titles
FREEPORT-The Sea I)evils. the Freeport Recreation Department's
swim team, has added two new crowns to its list of accomplishments.
For the second time in three seasons. Freeport's youthful swimmers
accomplished a perfect 8-0 record in the duel meet season, capturing
the Nassau County SwiraConference Division HI championship trophy.
Then to "ice their diampionship
calce." on Saturday. August 2S, in
the Freepoct Recreation Center
pool, the Sea DeWls captnred the
Nassaa County Dtviaon in crown
beating oat Valley Stream (2ad).
CBston G. Martin (3rd). Sytisset
(4th). Maijork Post (Stb) and
Oceanside(6(b). ^
In the Sea Devil's first year m
- the swim, in 1977, the young
-Ereepotters riso went tmdefeateg
'with a- 54)" teGacd,~'giving -tfie-
1980.
- Sea Devils Coach Dennis
Eberfaait pointed out that the*
team was "very up" for this
championship meet with every­one
breaking their previoos b ^
^mes. Three DWi^on m lecotds
were broken. In the 13-14 year old
class. Bob Drew, of Margaret
-Boulevard in Merrick, broke the
100-yard backstroke record of
liOSOimith a pew'timeof IH}3,9r
Fire Dept.
Big Winner
ROCHESTER - The Freeport
Ftre Department captured first
place at the annual N.Y. Sute
Volunteer Firemen's Convention
and Parade here last weekend.
With a contingent at over 90
firemen, plus, Hose One and Fire
Police aj^aratns, Freeport took
home the much-coveted winner's
trophy by outscoring the Ocean-side
F.D.. which took second
place.
The parade judging was the
highlij^t of a week-long series of
firematic activities, including
various meetings, di^Iays and
informative symposiiuns which
(Cont. on Page 10}
and Mall area.
The Board's vote to approve
the Special Assessment uUtrict
came after a public hearing, at
the end of which they had voted
— also unanimously — to reserve
decision. They then retired Into
executivt session. They returned
some time later to finish out an
eariier open legislative session of
the board — which had preceded
the public hearing on the Special
Assessment District — and then
.voted their approval of, the
,«40.000plan; - ...
• ', Oppoacota to . tha ..propoaed -
Spedal Assessment District,
some of the property' owners
within the botmdary lines, had
attempted to convince the board
-Of- trustees that-the-non-retail...
non-Mall business interests
within the district did not want
ix>r need the parking.
Herman Posner who said he
owned a "little building" on
-Merrick Road-stated'*my-tenants
don't own cars and I can prove
they don't own cars.".He.clalihed
that the tax increase would
"hurt" hbn. "Why doesn't the
- whole village pay for ft (the extra
paridng) if it is neededT Why pick
on a half-dozen people to pay for
a parking field to benefit, we'
hope, the whole village?
Mayor WiUiani White pointed
out to Posner that half-dozen
people were not being taxed, but
that probably 70>>80 property
" owners were within the Special
Assessment District. White also
noted that the Freeport Cham­ber
of Cbmmerce had strongly
urged the village to create the
additional narking and to assess
the proper^ owners Invtdved. He
told Posner that he felt the plan
was fair.
Another oppotitioo speaker
was Alan Lebowitz, an owner of
Majestic Chevrolet on Newton
Boulevard. He questioned the
basis tender law that allows a
munidpaltty to "determine that
the mercliants east of Henry
Strciet, who feel they do not bene­fit,
should be Involved In this
dlstxkt.'.' •
WhHe . «s^Ui»«<^*»''l><M*-the
village .was.completely within the
power vested in it by the state,
even though "certain people in
that district think it would not be
inthelr best interest,":
Murray Maurer read aloud a
letter property owner Ben Pos-ner's
attorney had sent the board
that legal aiction would be taken if
the board approved the Special
District. "It fs apparent.*^ the
letter stated, "that industrial
property owners, who have
nothing to gain from additional
Mall parking or increased shop­ping,
should, not be Included In
such taxation." Maurer said the
legal tests agaiiut the proposal
would cause the village additional
problems and costs.
Robert Leeds, of 40 Newton
Boulevard, site of a Beautv
Supply store criticized the Mkll
merchants for parking in the
fields behind their stores. If thev
would not, he claimed, an addi­tional
100 spaces would be freed
. (Cont. on Page 6)
Byilder Unsure Of
Future Plans For Subdivision
\ i
swinuneis a cfaanceio JDOxe. vpjk_:jexsffotter Tom O'Brien of Sooth
divinon to m. where, in'1978. Loog7BeaS~
they placed secobd in dad. meet
cbuipictmoQ and third in the
' The yen's 8^ tecocd ii^ tbe
doHmeetseasao assort Ite^ea:
DevQs of first ^ a « t a l j n ^ e 2 .
•wfaJcfaistcomoiBafloooHwrlsloii
in«!id IV in the Nassn.Omtjr.
Swfa» CBBftrcDrr, Ttir^fiwtjtiace
13-14 year old
butterfly ^ tine.
Chamber Meets,
*^»Wf3?"SF-^^^ " FREEPdlT Fottowiag a
summer recess, the Freeport
OiintWr"f f<ip'^>fIff has nade
Avenue, between Smith and Rose
Streets, and be called Lois Lane.
Following the Planning Board's
ori^nal approval of the appUca-_
-tioDi. whldi showed 45 .foot.
•frontage for some of tbebooses.'
boys *50-yaid
besting the
IMA Btems.ttrt ttie Sea ^
'. irai BOHt vp to HrxsioB O A
—jpeeyeUtm. dhlsiwi, Bftst mm
the-^o«~^*Br
-the-5e»-0c»a»
nrevioas 27.8 time with 26.7.
.O'Biiea abo set a-DivUoo m
~tecofd~lD~dije'100-yird^ breast
,$ttdkc is •.dad jneet'this smn*
ner; His 1;I1.9.time broke tfae
• - prgloBS 'nadid'btUVUOL-^tnj
^—TlHii%te. af'W^Mihnw'Street,-fa'
: ~tbe IS-lZyecr old | ^ daasiScs-
' tJoBj'gnsaedbyjmttwD^fiillH of
—u-ttcooS-iu flie.SO^fard-botteT'"
FREEPORT - The builder of a
proposed subdivision. 4rhich
would have extended back akmg a
new cul-du-sac from South Bay-view
Avenue, doesn't know yet
what he Is goiog ,to do about a
change-in tae-nanni
original .dedsioo. approving .Us;
plans.. .'' ,; .
Halo Homes* ori^nal qypOca-tim,
to build four new booses «ad. ^ . . ^ ^ .
lefrubisb one already oa the site. ^^ "fst tDeetng. At that ttae,
-reefiriSooedftbeieaoflsrin.^ w ^?2***:S*'^fe*'""fr"!!!!^
be bdd TTimsday. AngBSt 30. at, ^ J ? « « « .«aee^ F*fMnr " f!SS7i«V , w ^ ! ! L 5 r Z S 2
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au^^tred. it:wai.b^i^Ta^^yig«^hrj^^
decWoa oaAagttttJtotppnve .pawaflywdifisdr
weeUy
-• before a Vifiage Board efTrasteer
' raeetiflgtaroiDpiaiarOne of tfaeir:-
niajor gtipes was that tber bad
not beea iadhridnaHy BotilM of
iIVtaWTTto
Best tumnt^ir
baive In the—iitiwnr Gjttt Medley
fiorii^eaker,'
. • Hie pobBc is ahiyyi tarited to.
^attend •;tlie''•• wtekly--;3TiBfsday '
- Oia ninet -awKhfOBS 'The cost d^
(he spedal Wal I t WitrttEdfCr-
-islS^
l_
in by iutie Fox, Yra^
(Cont.ooPa0*11)
Rises, to aO iK^nu,-nanstng BMTU iCnair-
3ffHi{tigtw«^li#vr"^7f^-^^t~»*" ^"fa" piGraria tddr^HE-resfalestial
zone 01 that area- - , . ' ^ y ^had -raicd^ that n^o^
Chamber of CVwiiiiXuce
Fr 8-7402.10am-2paL.
office. est bto tfie>BliLge aug^srooM
fxtnid frpn .'Sooth Bayvkw (Cont. on Pug* S)
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