The-Leader_1980-03-20

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FREEPORT UEUORIAL LISRAnY
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NEWSPAPER
44th.YEARvNo.47 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 20.1980 PRICE 20* PER copy
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Cominos To Run For School Board
Upstate Bus Seeks Seaf Now Held By
^™Freeport"* Monroe In May M Eleeflon
JHEY'BEQOINQ YO\JR WAY; Mayor WIIIIanflT. WW(«C(l.|^weic6inaa
FREEPORT - A 60 year old bus
company has added FreepOtt to
its present route and opened a
tenninal at 5 Fteeport Plaza
West. Effecthre Match 13.
Adirondack TraUways expanded
its daily nxstorcoach operations
from Long Island, adding Free-port
9nd Mineola to the present
route which also-serves Hemp­stead
and Queens Wlage.
The new tenninal in FiMport,
which has a tidcet agent and a
waiting room, b accessible to the
Long Island Railroad station and •
sevnal local bus roatea to create^
an.ease'iof service nOt.jnst for-
Fteepcrten bnt for many other
Jfassau and SaBoSk
FREEPORT - William Cominos. a 39 year old Freeport bom father of
three, has'joined Freeport School Board trustee James Parola in
antiouncing that h^ will run for the Board of Education this soring.
There will be two seats on the Board to be filled when the voters in the
Freeport School District take to the polls on May 14..Parola announced
his decision to seek a second term
two weeks ago.
The second seat is presently
occupied by Ed Monroe, also at
the end of his first term as
trustee. Monroe told THE
LEADER this week that he has
dedded tot to seek_re-election
because ct the time he presently
needs to finish his doctoral'dls-'
sertation. Jtfoaxoefthowevctf did^
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^TfeiporttenpVnal fia8«>aJtlnax5em,1of p«to«n8er«.')ait4'th&»a«altv '^JJ*!".- ™**"^.*»'' -Y?***^?^'
^ilrVfise wta Trajh^^aaont. Cynthia BarfraiT^.). boUeved to bo --aie a v ^ l e to mos^New &>g.-;
<h?f^ly,jte[ijiMSSweoli>f,a bw oqiPiwny-^Joining White In wel- . land pctots, from j Affltonto*-^
" ^ " f^aaTttj^Hln'^SIIbero.'^the Vlllaoo** Dlrector^L-BusIn^'^ TraJlw^. J « f ^ ' ^^^'
_r;;l.'~ . /-T-—^ JT ^ ~^ r;'-' Rodltne^i/ana' Whito Plains.
"AcSf * —-'•" '^'t-»~ ji.>< V ," ^ ^J^' ,-r Service contimtesacroB the Hnd-
:<->>l^^SHlwwpiat« C h a n g e s In L a m "»«» Riv« to Nanaet. ^ pro-
't-^ngEm>ORT.- The B^Rt-o^Tmslees is discusstngtam^U^the^. Chamber To Raise
^ by'a'r«(^mmettdation from the village's Stabilization Xask:FotGe:that . FOf P o l l C e m e il
, leatarofoDeroom-tooBo^tj^t, . ;-.*t:-:..*^,^^•--?-.-^ - • ^" i v i n . c i n c ii
^*WODefanUJyliq^e4>bejyiorfred. .ship,woiiId'wantto'get la roomer
irTfaeit sdggotion. a memoci^bm Jostto make ^ bnck/^,^;
' r\- fiomtbe'Tasl^ Force ezpt^M. is Deputy Mayc£ Dorotliy Storm'
^^ based on a coflcem. that'ldder b^gbt-^up'tb^'questioti of two
. peopU; in the ^rtllage oin not keqi . fiamily bomeiTi .by^aaldng "Don't
optbefe^offles. ^'J ^^ -^ yon" think, we*are dtcontventing
'^eTask Force's recomtai^da-,v tfie" real problem?? She sog-
^, tion noted that a'niore''ilb^ral g&ted they consider tlte adoption'
A; s^tem than .presditiy/eiists not ooly of the Task Force's
PREEPORTl- Money.^firrtbe
Iteeport PoUcemen'a Benevolesf "
Assodation't fiiod.ttirt^»H& f&e »
Ullage's po&db .offioenV^"^
bnllet proa.vMts will be iiJsed by-<
the loori Chamber of Commerce.;
A similar &nd iaising.-diive'last'
year, ^ also by-the ^HQjamSer,
aidsted the Reeport Hre Depart-
March 6. 1981 after 32 years in
the district in various capadti^.
i^minos. whose'family has
lived in the village for some ISO
years, win be ruiming for tiie seat
now held by Monroe. A-member
of Freeport Fire'Department's
Vigilant Hose Co. 12, Oominoa.
was Chief of the'd^^atiment in
, . . . . ^ 1975-76, HoattdMrwif^BjlxbaTa
exprenliis feclrbga;' thit serving" Uve'oii BnJM£ Avenne, ivtth'their
on .the .board' "hiid been an' "three > diildint,^two.- of .-vbom
enjc>yable . .and,, ,edac«tkinal attend Kecinrt scfaools Mi^i
•experience// Jie-sald^&e<*wdnM-f.Jt^fi^Lud^J(iniacliig^^^
mntDfy*. partitelarly, heexptidned rCm^os -krdnfdoQred^.lw'tte'^*'
dtiiing a e ctoinfseudi for.a-.viUageofFreepQciasSapennfea-'.
-new Soperintnidait (rf Sdiools.' dent o^^Efec^kal Distrii^^gn.
Donald "Cdstiow,-the-distrkt'x He atirndelP^eeport schools and
present jnpetiotendent. Rcei!^ presenil^~talEes~%oatseS'at idg^ "
annocnced-he would rgtire »s of .'atNaasaarotTwminHyCoOege..
ThiHM'kdmedrNJitlo^^^^
Merit Schojimhi^fihalist^
FREEPORT - -Three' R<^0(t^lm^~SdKxd sa^o^-^orevioo^
named National Merit Sdiolaru^ SgmninaHaty, have now adduced, to
the position of FinaHsts»J2adiel^Cohen. Mary-Gomes ~and Mart^
1 Maattzft'aie'aiiiong tbelqiproxiniatdy 14.000 of tiie nation's laotft
^ inteUectnally able.stoiinitx woo have jgoalified'as'Pinalisti in ^ 1980 ^
MeritFrogtaa^,AsF!oa]isis,--tfanr.. ~^ , I'r --^'"jT'
winbecaodderedfortheapprox{--^dass officer^for-'tfaree^years.'
-mirtely 4,300 Medt'SdioIanbips Bacfad ,bas. also'p«ti^«ted, ia_
tobe angled tfais's^^.-' ti» Reepdrt High Sdwu Matdi-
• . * n B « 4 ^
^bL^addltiba to^ftflbwing an
hotnrs and aooelaated acadetidc "
program. Sacliel Cohoi baa been
active in extca-corricnlar activi' -
ties at Frees«t Hi^.SdiooL-A.
Ing Qand, OoncerttBand, Mhed
Choms.^Sdect Chotale^'WFHS -
the ^ r a ^ ^.station;- Matfaletes,
l&kvipa''8t Wig^Drama Cbb,/
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J?^.^*'^^"***^y monltptcd by recommeBdation, but aJegaUa-^^ ^^ ^ porcfiasTand dWribnte
tbeviUage.lbi^sa.ggestion-woald—tion-of two family houses, whldi. "TotF1naer"decaIs.^' '> ,''z ^
apply "only to<.ownerK)cottpied could also bebased on hardship. \i,a5t year's eb^^ripf*^ -Al
homes'and wonfd^aBtall the
obtaidng ofa rental Vptmit.
TpsteeALSItiiubjected^ too
liberal, I an amendment _to ^the •• village coupsd draft an ordinance
viliage-t code, widctr presently^, for the board's consideration in a
allows roomers only when the change relating to roomers in one
-owners receive variances &oml£e
Zoning Board of Appeals based
' upon such use pre-existing prior
' to 1974.
"1 don't believe you should be
able to go carte blanche throogh-
,oat thi^ village and mak»-tt a
"rooming community." said Siriin.
He suggested that rental permits
—for roomers be limited to cases
involving economic hardship,
'senior dtizens and othen on
2_ restric'edincomes. . -_-r_-^
Wh_n _Vjllage derfc—Tom
DeViiicenzo, a member.of the
Tpsk Force, explained that the
'' tk Force was suggesting
! mers be allowed without any
( ^tion of hardship and to others
beside senior citizens. Sitlui
- answered, "there are a» lot of
people who, without a -hardJ
X ^ ^'Jfi^^Si' '"«^^<?'~^- Gordon, bwner of Right .Trade
Trustee Timothy PteterMna made ^^ , ^ £ g ^ head5tiie-.ap-a
motion, seconded by-Siriln, that -^ominacai^iitoi.
.^11.. .-»! ^«.ft .« « ^ ; — ^ iWbikffib^r'refibrt fa in two '
parts. Reddents may bay bonder
stidkers at S2 eacb orodainiing,
"1 InVESTed in jfie, Freeport
PoUcc." These may bepurdiased
through the Freeport Ouuiiber of
Commerce's cffice, 70 West Sun­rise
Hi^n^y (Bank of North
America BnUdfag), Stii flow,
10 am-2 pm weekdays. The tele­phone
number of the Chamber's
o£BceisFR8-74Wt.,.__
-A fundraSng coCttair patty
win be held ThnrsdajrMajF^^I,
6-8 pm, at the Right Track Inn,
Merrick Road and Church Street.
The cost of S8 per person win
cover unlimited liquor and
hors d'oenvres providol by Kfike
Ocera of the ItaSan-Amcrican
Dellcatessan. AB proceeds win go
to the PBA Vest Fund.
Tzciets-lpr the cocktail party
famUy booses. The board directed
that the proposed ordinance
would stipulate that the houses be
owner-occupied; that a property
owner roust apply to the Building
Depattment every two years for a
permit; that tite application most
be heard by the village's Zoning
Board of Appeals in order to
determine substantial haxdshis;
'^d_that if be limited to-roaF
person'in one room per dwelling.
The ViUalge Board also directed
the —Community Development
Task Fch:e to recommend to it a
method of identification of one-family
houses in the village with a
square footage of 3,000 or more
square feet, on plots of 8.000 or
more square feet. This, the'
•' (Cont. on Page 6) (Com. on Page 11)
ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOP^FreeporX High School Seniors Rachel
Cohen (I), Mary Gomes <second from r.) and Mark Manltzas (r.)
have been named National Merit Scholarship Finalists. Shown with
Freeport High School principal v;tlllam McElroy, the three are among
the 14.000 of the nation's most Intellectually able students who will be'
considered for the 4,300 Merit Scholarships to be awarded this spring.