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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR. No. 30 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 22.1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Board Approves Rent Control
Sex intergration Effective Dec. I. Apartment
At Atkinson
SUPPORT FOR THE HOSTAGES In Iran and a need to reduce Ihls
,cauntry^s dependency on foreign oil were two of the points made
In arally In Freeport 'his past Sunday afternoon, Nove.mt>er IB. Ap^,
proximately 200 people, many of them teenagers, congregated at"
Randall Park for a rally in which the Iranian (lag was burned; Con-sumer
advocate Hlchant-Kessell.calied upon Long Islanders to observe •
Friday. Novemt)er.23. a3""Fuol Oil Solldarity.bays;V and rock groups
entertained.. . . . ' ^ _ . . ./ . ..•^•'(Pti'otb toy Keller* Keller).
d»nmuni^ dff^ lhi)ut On Use
Of Bennington Park Sale Money
FREEPORT - One of the more vocal groups to ask for "a piece of the
pie^' at Monday night's Village Board, of Trustees meeting was the
Waterfront Division of the Chamber of Commerce and other waterfront
interests. The *'pic.''.now estimated at S612.325. is what is anticipated
to remain as ••excess'^ proceeds from the sale to Two Guys the village's
'Urban Renewal Land at Benning'
FREEPORT - Integration of
boys and girls in the Atkinson
School lunchnxim and play­ground
and when walking
through the school's hallways
should now be an actuality.
Reports by several parents of a
violation under Title IX w'erc
discussed at a recent Planning
Session of the Freeport Board of
Education.
- At the meeting, held Wednes­day
night; November 14. the five
school board members • heard
schotil • district attorney Irving
Wall explain that under Title IX
the schools had to be "sex-blind.".:
.^..
W?li noted that excepltohs to .
;iHc nile fell-only in. ih< «rca»-of—u";g<?«;<bp-FTPAv
Rent Increases Are Fixed
FREEPORT - Future rent increases in village apartment houses will
be under guidelines determined by a Nassau Countv Rent Stabilization
Board because the Village Board of Trustees, on Monday night, Octo­ber
19. voted to ask New York State to include Freeport under the
Emergency Tenants Protection Act of 1974.
The 3-1 vote in favor of esta­blishing
some rent regulation in
the village came II days after a
public hearing on the matter.
Trustee Al Sirlin cast the one
negative vote. Mayor William H.
White, called out-of-town due to a
family illness, had sent a memor­andum
to the board recommend-at
the November 19 meeting
bringing the village under the
ETPA.
Tenant group:
According to Sirlin, Freeport's
rents are not higher than sur­rounding
areas. He charged, in
fact, that they arc lower than .
some in Rockvillc. Centre and
tong Beach. He expressed his
concern that if reiit stabilization
goes into effect.', the landlord
would do "only what is required
through the book'*'leading-to a
ton Park.
The original sale price was
$1,083,780 for sale of the 13-plus
acres of land in between Sunrise
Highway and Merrick.. Road.
Some $471,455 is destined to be
spent for street improvements,
traffic lights, and underground
electricity and water lines. .The
question of whether New York
State will take part of the
$612,000 of add more money to
the kitty seems to be another so-far
unanswered question.
Among those speaking for
" Ffeeport's~~waieifiout interests.
was Jo Cona. of Apache n and III
on WooddefC Avesue. and a
director, of the Chamber of
Commeree. Cona said she was
"literally bcggjng" the tinstees
to kecp.tn'misd the watetfioBt's
ttrgent needs lor parking,
"Monies-are largelyoverdoe,"
..she siid. refariog to previobsly
aBocafed Onnmmuty -Deydc^
enmt fonds not yet ezpeoded.on
ur ua, ua uiur
done for ns. If the' noiner were
- not - originaQy eaoagh. for. paii-ing
»" ;slie -«gge$ted. -"add a .
Gttlenionetoit." --'. ,
A Hadsoo Avenue tiestiarant.
owner, fad Mnhrancf <4: Water;
Edge, daimrd "we ate ntnmng
oot <rf. water." He callAi for
dredeng- of Hndson Canal. He
waS'jotoed in is reqaest bjr Ed
Watnecfte. of Aqoa Mime,
saotber Hudson' Ave. business,
who s»d that ^nce he bad been
tboe, in 1956. tte water problem
bad grown **coBsistcntfy worse."
Gene Ira<*. a propCTly~dwnef~
on Sportsman's Canal, said tbe
same problem ezkted tbere. "ft
is not feasible to run a boat yard'
there," he said.-"If you don't
dredge, then rezbne for another
use."
Another waterfront business­man
Jerry Bracco of Captain
Ben's, called for large, billboard­like
directional signs at Sunrise
Higlro-ay and Guy Lombardo. to
help people find the waterfront
areas. He also mentioned the
need for parking and more
lighting. • ; •
• The director of the Waterfront
. Division. Charies Hgadis. listed
additionalrlighting, for, security,
parldng, signs and a nautical
museum as possible indusions
under the CD A money.
Historical Requests '.
Another block of requests came
frotn people interested in preserv­ing
Freeport's . histofy thipogb
: acqmnng . tbe ddest existing
boose fai Freeport, at 43 MBl •.
Road.iud its adjacent stmctnre.
the. second-oidest firefaouse.'Ira'
t. .« "resident .of the
viHage!Iaiid..a ..JUiiJif'iif sf thf
Htrtotic^ Landmaita - Corninittee;
caOed -tiie situation /presently
costing at the site, "a tiavesty."-
He suggested dot mopey .be.
appropriated >to -porehase the
property and restore it er tor more
tbefaooses.
CbanToan of tbe Landmarks.
OMnmittee. Robert Baynor.
explained to the Board that after
Nissan Coonty bad expresed
interest in the Firefaoose.And bad
s ^ it would naintitn it,
U/QSXXi in Cotmnomty Devek>p-ment
Fnnds had been appropri­ated.
Xhie year later, in 1977,
(Cont.'on Page 6)
sex-education and contact sports.
The attorney, who had -been
asked to prepare his report after
ihc school Jboard had'.rcceived
inquiries from parents, said that
administrators had.' found it
!'practicar' to separate males and
females at recess time, in play­grounds
an<f lunchrooms aiid
when walking to and from class­es.
. However, 'he explained,
"there is' a serious question,
whether you can do that anv-morc...
I-believe no." he said
emphatically.'
Superintendent of Schools Don
Costlow- noted that the Freeport
School District had evaluated its
rcsp«inse to Title IX early, but had
left the practice at Atkinson
because it had not been mention­ed
specifically in the law and was
more practical in terms of use of
the bathrooms on the way to
lunch, recess and fro'm class to
class. Costluw also reminded the
board that the district had inte­grated
home economics and shop
classes a year earlier than man­dated.-
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With the board in total agree­ment
with its attomev's report.
Costlow'said implementation of
, Title IX at Atkinson School would
be implemented immediately.
: R)ur Apprehended
For Ucal Burglaries
^ ^"deterioration" of this property.
In his memorandumrWhlre a imratton-tftat-could-nol J)C
Mho had promised a .dedslon by corroded b^enforcement of the
December I — pointed to today's village's building code,
economy as. creating a situation Trustee tlmothv Pcternana.
that made rent increases dlffl- who had moved the resolution^
cult to explain to tenahls."""! rdisagreed.—In a mmpiitisQii_He
believe we have no other way but
to dp what the people -want."
White wrote.
The lone dissenter. Sirlin. told
those attending the meeting that
while he is in "accord with the
tenants' problems ...I do not
particularly agree with the solu­tion."
Sirlin favored a mora­torium,
such as that suggested at
the public hearing by the Land­lord
Association, to allow time to
reconstruct a viable Landlord/
had done of apartment rentals, he
had found a different situation
that had Sirlin. "We see what we
want to sec," Pcternana pointed
out. Pcternana favored adoption
of the resolution because it would
bring "some reasonable expecta­tions"
to the tenants.
Explaining his reasons -for
voting In favor of Ihc ETPA,
Pcternana noted that there were
three- methods of controlling
(Cont.onPago12)
Two Top F.H.S. Seniors Named
—rRCCPOBT ^ lu iet.em }i,vax, •
Freeport Police officers- havel
arrested four yoOng men aOefed-ly.
responsible for a number of
bursaries in the southwest sect-'
ioa of Treeport. The four, ar­rest^
between October <" 27- .
November 12'. aOegnily •- maAi&
iiidepaadetitiy of e^cb other. .
They have been 'diarged. witb
burglary second or tUrd for in*,
^ddents on Ardjer .Street, M*f,
Coaxt. Caiy Place and South .
Long Bead] Avenue. '
' According to Freeport PcGce'
Detecdve Frank Medagfia, a
number'of.the recent'burglaries
.(Cont.onPao«12)
FREEPORT - Lisa Condos and
Brad Simons have been ranked
first and second in the 550-mem- •
ber Freeport High School Class of
1980. Condos. named valedic­torian,
has an academic average
of 93.68 and a weighted average
uf .109.42. Class salulatorian
Simon's academic, average -is
93.158: his weighted average is
109,279. The weighted average,
based on a concept that >ome
courses are more dinicult than
'Others^ is the one used to deter-
.'rofne class rank.
• " Cofjdos, a resident of West
' MUton Street, has been a member
of the National Honor • Sodety
'M» m
since eleventh grade. She has
been a G.O. reptesentative in all
four of her years at Freeport High
School. She has also been a
"member of Chorus and has
worked with the school news--.
papcrand^carbook. _
in addition to her school adivi'
tics. Lisa had involved he?-'
self as a tutor and as a student aid .
.in ichopt offices, and ha'd worked
at the Freeport Memorial Library.
Brad Simons' activities range.
from . (cholastic to muiical/
dramatic to athletic. A member of
•fl)e F.H.S; Varsity Tennis Team...
,he is also a Mathleie and partid-.'
(Conl. on Paq«-5t_
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