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4SthyEAR.No.43 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 19.1981 PRICE 2 0 ' P ER COPY
Picks Up Pace
Exchange To Honor Independehf Candidates
OetMuldowney
FREEPORT - The Freeport fAusf File Pefiiions
Eichange Oub has announced
DOWN THEY WENT. Freeport Community Developmept Director
Eric Hemphill 0.) shows Mayor William White (r.) and Trustee Dor­othy
Storm the progress that has been made In the demolition of
several structures on the sodth side' of Lena Avenue, running from
North Grove to North Main Street trontage. The clearance Included
transient rooining houses. long deemed nelght>orhood eyesores.
The properties,- acquired through Federal funds.-wlll now be.olfered
for sale to private developers for Suitable uses.
New^hools Superintendent
MeetrThe Public
that a retirenient testimonis] will
be held Sunday. May 17, for
Freeport Police Detective Richard
Muldowney. The proceeds of the
event will be used to present
A $500 schdarship in Mul-dqwney's
name to a Freeport
High School student this June.
This is the first' tirbe in the
Freepwt Exchange Qub's long
history that a npn-meznber has
been sohonored.'"*
Detective Muldowney, who wiQ
be moving his family.to Florida,
,has lived in Freeport for .40 years.
He^and his ivife, Anne, have six
children.' of whom tiuee have
graduated tsj^a Preeport High
School three! are cutretiily en-
.rbiled in thc^sjiool district.
Muldowney jmned the Freeport '
~Police Department , in May
I of 1959, and has served as' a
detective for the past five years.
A p^Lpresident of the Freeport
Pblicemen's Benevolent Associ­ation,
he has held an i^ected.'
position in the organization for 20
FREEPORT - Election fever hasbegun to bit this village of 40-thou-sand
pltts'iesidents as time draws doser to the iinid day on which
petitions can be filed for iBSependent candidates for the March 17th
village election. Neither the Republican not Democratic Fatties must
file petitions to have their candidates appear on the ballot. , -
The last day for filing is Tuesday, Fe;bruaiy 24 and this past weekend
saw candidates and their workers
FREEPORT - Dr. John E. Bierwirth. Freeport Superintendent of
Schools, "met the public" in a special meeting Thursday lught, f*eb-tuaiy
12. sponsored by the Freeport Chamber ^ Commerce. Bierwirth
replaced Danalij Costlow, who retired after 11 years in the job. as of
February 1.
In his Speech before the open-to-the public meeting, and during the
question and answer period that • »
followed, Bierwirth emphasized pet^leTirFreeportrl
It all parts of the viUsge"i==^
sciiool, village business an^iesi--
dential — must work together.
. "If one goes," said Bierwirth,
"the others can't survive." He
stressed that each part of the
whole has an investment in the
other.
Bierwirth who was an. admini-sliJlui
ill the Port Wast
School District, frequently drew
on his experiences there to
provide illustrations for his
pointsf In Port Washington, he
said, the schools ha/d improved
over the past decad^and,^ an
example, the SAT-^scores had
risen from average to top. People
looking for houses were Killing to
pay top dollar for homes in Port
Washington, he said, because of
the schools. This was better for
business and better for the tax
base. Bierwirth explained.
Bierwirth had also been on the
administrative staff of the Hemp-_
slead School District. While'
there, he said, he was willing to
"steal" gpod ideas. Freeport has
good ideas he said. "As 1 asked
what makes Freeport tick,V said
Bierwirth, "I was impressed."
The new Superintendent ex­plained
that since he has been in
this school district, his '.'erpecta-tions
have been fulfilled." The
heir resources well.-
-In answer to the.
posed. Bierwirth said he might
move to Freeport in the future,
but he must learn his j6b first. He
said he knows how piuch it hurts
to pay taxes. "I don't have to'
prtjve my sensitivity," he stated.
He also fielded questions about
Teats—ssaebagr—'-^—the •
bushes'' in the Dodd Junior High
school play area. While ex­plaining
that youngsters that age
avcnd niles, he admitted that was
not an excuse and that the district
was working on the problem.
He called bilingual , educa­tion
a "simplistic rule from
Washington...All programs are
appropriate ' la certain situa-tiotis.,"
said Bierwirth. The man­dates
governing education of
handicapped youngsters, Bier­wirth
termed "a nightmare of
required scheduling," with no
flexibility. Port Washington, he
said, had to install ah elevator in
case somebody came.
Bierwirth told a questioning
resident that "1 don't like
(busing) any more than you, but if
it's necessary, it's necessary."
In answer to a roerdiant's
question if students cooldn't be
uught that business is good for
(Cont. onPagelS)
"hitting the campaign, trail,
rin^g doorbells, dropping oS '
literature and asking people to
sign their petitions.
Besides the two national
parties, the Village Party has
announced its intention to run, as ',
a;slate of candidates, the same
fbur petsoils who . have been .
designated, by, the_ Freeptart
RepuBlican Party',.' ' .
In the last two village elections.
Democratic Party candidates also
appeared on a secottd line, the
Freeport Party line. At the Diemo-ctat's
iionunating convention in
January, TIal Levy, Freeport
North Democratic Zone Leader,
made reference to this second
time for their candidates. >
Another independent party has
also announced its intention to
run candidates in this election.
The Nu Citizens Party is drcula-ting
petitions for Sal Imburgio for
Mayor, and liz Bowman and
Marvinlskols for.Trustees. They
apparefitly are not running any­one
for the position of Village
Justice.
can/Village • Party slate. His
running inates, also all incum­bents,
are present Trustees
Dorothy Storm and Al Sirlin, and
Village Justice Ralph Fhtneor
Opposing them on the Demo­cratic—
and. possibly Freeport
Party line.--^ are Engene P.
Devany, for ' Mayor; Gloria
LeBlanc and Ira S<^dkraut for
Trtistees; and Marvin Cohen for
Village Justice.
The ]>eniocrats will ajjipear first
on. the ballot. since ^at party
pulled the greatest number of-votes
in the last gubernatorial
election. The Republicfan .Party
will appear on the second line on
the bdlot iuid the various in­dependent
lines will follow.
V
Village residents 48 or over
who are not yet registered to vote '
in the. March 17 election, can
register on Satiirdayj> FutiniaTy
When voters go to the village 28, noon-9 pm, at Village Hall,
•-polls—on—March-17,—they—will—^46JiQrlhilcean.AYei!U.e.jrp_yote,
choose a mayor, two trustees and
village justice. Inpimbent Mayor
William White seeks re-election
for his third term, on the.Republi-citizens
must be residents of the
village of Freeport, and the
County of Nassau, and reside for
one year in l^ew York State^
. Richard Muldowney
years. Htf also seNed on the
Board of Officers of the Nassau
Police Conference and was named
its Honorary President in 1979.
The Nassau Police' Conference,
which represents all Village
police forces in the County, also
named Milldowney "Policeman
of The Year" in 1971. In addition,
the retiring detective has received
five citations firom the Village
Board of Trustees "for exemplary
service" and numerous letters of
commendation from Freeport
residents.
Muldowney has also been a
member of the Freeport Fire
Department for 25 years and
servea as Honorary Captain of
Hose 2. The entire Department
selected him as Fireman of the
Year in 1971. He has also served
• (Conl. on Pago 15)
PICKED AT ARCHER. Based on their academic sfchlevement,,citizen­ship,
excellent attendance and demonstrated progress, 22 Arctier
Street School pupils have been selected as January Students of th^
Month. They are (I. to r.) front row: C^llqua Gray (Grade 2), Pamela
Travers (Grade 2), Ayanna Wilson (Qfade 3), Gregg McLeod Grade
2), Paul Haug (Grade 2), Peter Yatsyla (Grade 3). Hilary Fox (Grade 31,
Louis Pellino (Qrade 1), Patricia Travers (Grade 1), Ofego Martinez
(Grade 2), Oion Solis (GrMe t), Paula Tosto (Grade 1), and Rhena
Nash (GraJe 1); and in second row: Erskipe Kelley (Grade 4), Michael
Goldstein (Grade 4),' Zeena Rentas (Grade 3), Rafael Vias (Qrade 4),
Tracey NaureK (Qrade 3), Stephanie Moore (Qrade 3), Luis Barcelo
(Grade 4), Kathleen Harrington (Grade 1), Airam Mosley (Grade 4),
and with Ihem Archer Principal Tom Haley.