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45th YEAR. No. 4 J FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY5,1981- _ _ PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
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More "Security" Asked Of B
t:hamber ln\di^ Merchanis Seek Lights,
Residents To Meet . „. _ ,. ^- ,
ftew School Supt. Auxiliary Police Sought
FREEPORT - The community
invited to" meef-new Super-intendeSt
of Freeport Schools
FREEPORT - Of the approximately 35 people in attendance af the
Village of Freeport's Board of Trustees public meeting Mondiay night,
^_.. February 2, nearly two dozen of them were merchants, almost all of
John E. Bierwirth^t an open 'whom have stores on The Freep|ort^aIl. They were joined at the meet-meeting
of the Freeport Chamber '"S by several candidates, one' for mayor and three for trustee, who
of Commerce's Board of Direc- *"'be on the ballot against in- ^
i,^ ciimhents Mayor William White posal. •
meeting will be h ^ T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r a ^ S ^ ^ ^ T " ^
Wrs. .
The open
Thursday, February 12, 8 -pm,
at Salty Bay Yacht Qub, 180
Westside Avenue.
The meeting is open to the
public, free of charge, and
-reiieshmenti will be served i
Al Sirlin in the March 17th
village election.
The merchants, however, were
not the first to speak. Democratic
candidate for Mayor Eugene
Devany was the first to be recog-nis
press release, l>evany
noted that citizens are demanding
greater protection due to "the
rise of burglaries and the feair of
violent crime...Since our regular
police budget is already str^n-ed,"
said, Devany, "volunteer
A-FREEPORr-TflADITION-wi(l-h<3u«e-another_Freeport_trad!fiori_
begfnhing this week, when THE LE^^DER's offices- will move to the
niiua R^iiiHino (above), on. East Sunrise ttinhwiiv (SPfi 5torv.-this
page.) -
(photo courtesy of Freeport HlstorlcaTMuseum.)
LEADElt Moving J o OUveBuilf^^
FREEPORT -This more ."than 45-year old vUlage nevispaper will
be relocating its offices to a village landmark at the end of this week.
Starting Monday, Febhiary 9th, THE LEADER'S offices will be on
the fourth floor of the Olive Building, 18 East Sunrise Highway.
The Olive Building was.built by Jacob Post in 1910. In those early
'. days of the village. Sunrise
Police. Intensify
Activities In
-N.E^WIIage
^^ ' Sized at the start ofnhe-8-pm-«vilian-patmk-xiffet_a_jiniqut
"-TREEFORT ^MTittage^^fcaliM'
commenced on the similari^.
of three burglaries co'mmitted
on East Dean Street^ this past-week.
While urging residents to
take precautions in theic own
homds, against sucK incident^,
the polic<e described an increase
in their own activities in that
northeast section of the village.
The three _burglaries^ were
Highway was-also named-for
Olive Post, "Olive Boulevard."
One village legend tells of the
scaling of the building in' the .
1920's by the well-known "Hu-man;
Fly," before a great throng'
of onlookers.
The historical building was
modernized and a modem
elevator installed in the 1950's
The Olive Building, is at the
^orthem end.of Freeport Mall,
$500 In Fines Levied On Rental Landlord
FREEPORT - A village landlord
recently received fines totalling
$500 for conditions existing in his
rental premises. Village Justice
Ralph Franco, sitting in Freeport
Village Court on January 22."
levicd-^he..fined against Harry
Berman 6f 113 West Sunrise
Highway, because of the vio­lations
found at his property at
65 Grand Avenue, Fretport.
The_£Omplainanl was Village
Supcrinlendeni of Buildings
•_ David Lovejoy. •—
The found conditions which
brought Berman before Judge
Franco included holes in the
garage roof; a lack of ground
covering: the existence of insects,
vermin and rodents; a lack of
paint or protective covering on
the wooden structure; and
deteriorated and unsafe flooring.
among more than a dozen re­ported
during the week .starting
Monday, January.26. The'three
that elicited the comments were
on Ihrec succeeding days —
Tuesday, Wednesday ' and
Thursday, January 27-29 —'• op
the same block. In all three cases,
entry was achieved by breaking
. .._ „ _ . . w„„.<-„ oiitapaneofglassinadoor.
remam tne_same: Monday ^^ u—5_—^™ __. .»,.
._u Ti 1... in ._ Alliiuugh in one case.- the
amount of loss had not been
etermlhed by tlie residentr^e
other two reportedly netted' an
AM—FM Stereo . unit, at one
house, and a 20" color portable
TV and assorted gold
and silver jewelry at the other.
Cbmmerrting op the. similari­ties
of the- tluee instances,
Lt. Joe Bolanil ofthe Freeport
(Com. on Page 15) ^
next to the old Grant's .Store.
THE LEADER'S offices will
look down upon the Mall and
across the village, both north
and south. On a. clear day,
visitors to our office vvill be'able
to see the "Jones Beach Water
Tower.
THE LEADER office hours
.will
through Thursday, 10 am-
4 pm. The telephone numbi
will still be378-3l33.
public portion of the meeting.
Devany proposed a study of the
establisliment of .a volunteer
auxiliary police, force. The idea,
he saidi was-prompted by-a recent..
,ineetjng;_,j)etween the 'Guardiatt_
-Angels aud-''The NorthweO^vic-^
Association." (Devaiiy's written
press release^ more ^rrectly
identifies the group as the North­east
Civic Association. The .meet--
; ing between NEFCA . ^ North
Eait Freeport Civic-Association-;
— and-the Angels, was reported
in last week^s issue of THE
LEADER and possibjy will result
in foot patrols by the Guardian
Angels in the northeast area
' of the village, beginning Febru­ary
5.)
Devany said auxiliary police
work w'ell in othtr communities.
He proposed that the Village
Bbard "research" (he matter and
-. hold a public hearing on the pto-opportunity
for safer streets
without addifipnal tax burdens." _
Devany's proposal.also calls for
"adequate training and dose'
coordination with the Freeport
police Department and the
Nassau Police Departinehl."'
Devany also spoke about the
security of. apartment tenants in the village. He said that he had
leard tenants at a recent meeting
complain about.broken lodu and
.intercom systenis, 'inadequate""
lighting in halls aud^parking lots
and insufficient fire detection and
prevention equipment. Charging
that the Bu'd^ng Department
does not-have the-'laws oft-the
book" necessary_ to force correc­tions
of such defects,""Devany
said, "We believe tenant security
a top priority."
MaBMerciuuiU
Speak Up
Chamber of Commerce pre'si-
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columns, bases and supporting
beams on the-front and side of the
porch which also had a broken
railing.
Berman pled guilty to three\of
the five charges receiving two
fines of S2(X) each and one of
$100. The two other charges were
dismissed in satisfaction.
Judge Franco explained that
his levying of the fines was a
reflection of his general philos­ophy
that the're has to be'"decent
housing for all people...(and]
- theit has to be strict compliance
with village code."
Last month a {>rc at 65 Grand
Avenue resulted in the boarding
up the structure. According to
Lovejoy, all existing code viola-lions
and the fire damage must be
corrected before any occupancy
will be allowed.
WE GOOFED I
The worst kind of goofs to
make arc errors in candidates'
names ur their qualifications.
And wc did both last week!
Apologies to Sa] Imburgio
(note the correct spelling of his
last name), candidate for
Mayor on the Nu Cit'tzens Part-y
line; and to Marvin Cohen,
the Democratic Party's candi­date
for Village Justice. Cohen
has had-25 years of legal ex­perience
in New York City, not
the five as we "reported."
SPORTING AN ORCHID, Rose Wright was the guest of honor at a
party Friday night, January 30, attended tiy over 100 of her fellow
employees and friends. The Village ot Freeport's popular switchboard
operator is retiring after 25 years of service. Among those attending
the party were two Mayors under which she served, Rot>ert Sweeney,
(I.) and William H. White (r.). At a recent public Village Board of
Trustees meeting Mrs. Wright received a Certificate of Appreciation
pointing to her diligent service "despite foul weather and other
adverse conditions."
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