The-Leader_1981-01-22

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45th YEAR. No. 39 FREEPORT.l^PW YORK, JANUARY 22,198J PRICE JIO*-PER COPY
New P^rty Enters
jjifeMjjrjung ^yy/tt Pun gdncBdofes For
Fines Increased Mayorf Village Trustees
C -FREEPORT-»A4iett:ppJilitalpar^.has.bcenJ'onne.din tlje. village to
run candidates in the March 17th village election. According to George
~C^sls,~a'spokesman for and treasurer of the Nu Citizens Party, can- -
iililiiiHi. fill iii.jf.»>-i>nH fnrn tnt^^r^t Vayf {jyen chosen bv the new-'
group. The group's announced candidate for ma^or is Salvatofe
Ifflburgio, a building inspector for >
the village of Freeport, who members will", meet Tuesday,-v-resides
at-64 Southside Avenue. J*nuary " 27, . to choose their
FREEPORT - Fmes for parking
vtolations-in-lhe-Village-of-Free-port
were increased recently. At
ViUage Board's open fcgislative
session on Monday iiiglil, Jaiiu—
ary 12, 4he Board voted to in­crease
the rates as recommended
by Police Chief Anthony Har. A
memorandum'study by the. Chief
naa poiniedTJUt^haHhe-waage!*—i;;Ar.Z^iZ^n"KZ running" rw^'a party's'cgndidates.
rates were substantially 'lo^er
than either the villages of Hemp­stead
or Rockville Centre.
The lowest fine had tieen SI for-parking
over'a'iyhite line in a
_ ^ _ ^ _ _ ___ «_.™. metered area. Hat .finC; will now
:. ..••:.^.-^..^^-ii-^^V±~^.Ai,'-:Jr;:.yiy.s^.-:^^:-i,-.-^-:r\ .., be facreajed to,-$5 as it is in
TA^CONSIMTUIAtOirK^ilANdSHAKE "Witf-^ncfarded«brt F H w ^
Mayor William H. Whlte-(2ndJ.) to Audrey"Safflert7pre9W«titTrf t f t s ^ Twa dollaf^fines-fbr Improper
.'WpQdw.ardMentalHeaUhCenter!s.Bbard ot Directors. Whitel(wt^lod_parklnKror^^g;mjf.no^patk-—
the Incomlno oillcers ot the board at a buttet dinner- on Tuesday, ing area have been ralsiaio SSr^—
full-time position.for the first time
in the village's history.
Two nnstees Anranmce' ~ i
Cassis also released the names •
of the Nil Cittzeni/Parly's can--
. didates for the two tttistees seats.
"One...EIizabetK7:.Bow<cai -is '-'a.'.
tei^er.^at Fieepioh's Bayvie^.
Avenue. School, She lives at
January^.lS, preceding their ijiontnw meeliM at ilw Ctmiui. 20t-Weat PBTHng47 '\pr^" "T more frnm
MerrtcH Road lif Freeport. Installed were (I. to r.) Martin Qach ol the curb, on the wrong side.of
Freeport, as Secretary; tWhlteJ; Mrs. Sanders,'a Freeport resident; • - - '• ' .-< •
Joan Levy, ol Baldwin, vice-president; and Seymour Blum, Bald\Nin,
.vice-president..Philip Rothblum, the Incoming treasurer, was not
' present.'Woodward Mental Health Center, whose Executive Director
is Nina L. Sloan, A.C.S.W., .serves eniotionally «llsturbed children
.between the ages o( three .and Zi .with a clinically-oriented program
, ot eCucailon and day treatrnent which includes vocational training and
rehabilitation. . .
'Hfi Brooklyn Avenue.'tlie second
IS Marvin ExSii
-East^jEhoii
kols, J6 Ann^Drive
Imbnrgto ..will be—luimiug-against
present Mayor.William
H.. White, who. will be seeking
his thjrd term as Mayor. Pre- ,
viouslyi the post had been a
part-tiine one, ] but last month
White.'lud 'proposed 'a -Salary" of
>I2;S00::&' tiKs : 198t-82: ViUage
budget -iuid the village: - board
agreed. White also rail last time
^ut underTjotK'ttg^UligrTiity-
Public Budget Sessions Set
By Freeport School uistrict
FREEPORT - Pliuiniii); Sessions have been scheduled by the Free-
.port Board of Edui-ution. at which the public, as weil.as Board mem­bers,
will be able 16 distiiss.cxpcnditures in the 1981-82 school budget
proposed by the'Adnli^i^(rali(m. .'
" The meetings in February and March, will be held in the library of
the Atkinson School on West Sea.- •
an Avenue. All four will begin at 'March 12. will deal with Alternate
8:15 pm Schools, Special Education,
The_fkst-_session_on_Thurs:, InstruclionaLAJdministtation-and
day, February 5, will deal with Supervision.
- Utilities.-^lnsurance^ Operations The- fourth.and finaLplanning
and Maintenance, and Business session wjU be held on Thursday,
. Administration. ; '—Marcl
the road, at a tneter'J>eyond the
legal time, or after it has expired
will now cost motorists an addi­tional
$2, or $5.
Motorists double parkihg or
parting too close to a fire hydrant
will face a S15 fine rather than the
previous S5 one; but parking in a
tow-away zone, also previously a
SS fine, will beqnadrupled to S20.
The old S5 fines for parking in a
cTosswalK,- at a bus stop, on a
sidewalk or at a taxi stand;'fot ob­structing
a driveway; or parking
-on a street designated as~ "no
parking," will double to $10.
Parking In a commuter field
without the necessary permit will
also bring a $10 fine, rather than
the previous $5 one. ,
Board Hears
T\rq.ComplaInts
The public part of that meeting
was devoted to two residents with
the buSding snpr
business.' [Iskol's 'name.
been' nientione:d'
Party
;piy.
had -previously
as a possible Democratic
nominee.].
According to Cassis, the Nu
Otisens Party .is still interviewing
candidates, for the office of Vil­lage.
Justice, also on' the ballot
-this Marcni However, Cassis
mentioned {Hat they may not run
a judicial candidate.
Presently holding, the two
tiustec—positions atp- Dorothy
Storm and Al Sirlin. Both won
election four years ago by miming
on the Republican and Village
- Party lines. Neither Storm nor'
Siriin have yet announced their
candidacy nor have they said they
would not run for another term.
The Republican Party's caucus is
FridAJr, January 23; Village Party
and Kepublican Par^banners:
Imbnreio is a former teacher of
cbUege-ieyel history at Katherin£'
Gifabs School and was'an admini-stritor
at the Berkeley-CIaremont
School.
Cassis was not prepared on
Tuesday, when he aimounced his
candidates, to release the Aames
of his party's members, its steer- ;
ing committee or its officers, but
he told THE LEADER that he
would present thi list in time for'
- next-week's edition ef this news-
' p . a p e r , ._ i. _ .• : : =;
Casis and his father, Con-stantine
(Gus) Cassis, are owners
of several large apartment bouses
in Freeport (e.g." 100 and 110
Brooklyn Avenue) and elsewhere
•-on and olt ivong Island. According
to the .yoonger Cassis, the Nu
Citizens Party Is a "party''of
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Oiifinf. tht. frrnnfl Tpyinn on' pif In^tnininnal Support Staff
problems they asked th'e'Board'to
Sniems in the categories—help-solve
Thursday, Februajy 26, items oT
Instructional —Supplies and
equipment. Athletics. Co-curricu-lar
Activities, and Payments to
Others will be brought pp.
The meeting on "Thursday,
Staffing, apd-Transportation will
be handled!. '-
The Freeport School Board is
urging air district residents to
participate in these Budget Plan­ning
Sessions.
•fhe 'first resident lives across
ijie., caiial fium Prospect Street
Park, a smalt area which -he
described as devoid of trees,
play equipment, etc.
Stearns^ Park Holds Installation
FREEPORT - At the installa:
tion of officers for the Steams
Park Civic Association on Sunday,
January 18, at Union Reform
Temple. Richard Thayer — who
had been installed for his third.
term as president — called his
civic organ'iiation's growth "a
testimony to the fact that the
people of this community are in­terested
in what, is going on and
they are involved.", - y . . - ••
TTiayer and his Board were
sworn in by Freeport Mayor
Winiam H. White; who called
civic associations "the bones of
this village,".
Taking their- oaths of office
"Jilong with Thayer were Gladys
Johnson, fifct vice-president;
Francis. Sonkin, second •vice-president;
Aiieen% Gaffney,
recording secretary; Stephen
Bbhop, treasurer; Natalie Mar­cus,
joor^esp^nding secretary;
(Coot. CO Page 6)
•Prospect Street Park, the resi­dent
said, had been a source of
many problems for him over the
past ten yearS. Apparently, as
he expUined.it. voutlis threw
rocks ^ m there, across the canal,
causing damage to his liome.
RecenUyiJie said, someone fired
a shot through his kitchen win­dow,
just missing him.
The resident hid notified the
police and the mayor, be said.
many times over the 10 year
period, but those who were caus­ing
the damage also ran off before
the police arrived.
Feeling frustrated, the resident
said he^would soon^ifve no al-
— "{C^nf. enVage'lfl)
A DOUBLE THANK YOU. Plaques o( appreciation were presented to
Phyiiis Pullman (2nd I.) and John Jefferies (c), of the Freeport Recre­ation
Center, at a recent Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Pullman
and Jefferies worKed with the Chamber on the Christmas Festival at
fhe Center, co-sponsored by the Freeport flecreation Department and
the Chamber of Commerce. Malting the presentation were present
Chamber president Lionel Soajfm 0.), program chairman Associate
Village Justice Charles Mehrmanp (2nd f rp(t\ t.), VVi Incoming Cham­ber
president Jo Cona (r.)'.