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FREEPORT, UEW YORK. JANUARY 7.1982
46UiYEAR. No.37
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yaffl(» Hdp^Cy Reserves Decision, Okays
m^ ^ H,* Deportmenf Confrtit
AN ELECTRIFYING LETTER. Freeport Mayor William White (seated)
:and Suptrl/iiendeni of Eleclric Uilllties Lud^ic Long' go over tome ol.
.the 13,000 letlery being mailed over, the Mayor't ilgnature to all
Freeport electric contumert: The letter asks ihat cuitomer't write their.
Slate rtpreaintatlves-jmmedlaiely to protest proposed legislation
whkh could bring an 60% to 100% Increas* to Freeportera' electric
bill! by 1985. The law, 11 passed, would set up a "pfper" agency, |he
Resldenilar and Rural Energy-Authofiiy, which would "receive"' the
low-CDSl hydrbelectrlcity Freeport and other munldpat-utlMtIes.itave
received exclusively under federal law. and then re-allocate It to
Investor-owned utiUllles such as LILCO and Con Ed.'Customers of
those ulililles would see iheir bills reduced by a mere 2%.
to90mph.
Boldwln Chathbeif Ndmes~-i^*\k^^'P^^°^^^^^-
•- . _ . T on Babylon Turnpike, when three
• ^ - - ' -'^ . ^k , _ • • . nmmm • men allegedly, followed him out-
Peeoraflng ConfesfWInners :S rib^te^^*^^.^^
point. The three then rah around
the comer and sped off. in
. FREEPORT - Thrws Freepott
rbhiateer foemeo -are credtted-witb
the apprchauknof a tus-r'
pect in. two Scuth'-Preeport bar- -
flarks that had occurred just
mUiotes befote on .Sunday
evepiag, December 28.
.Firemfcn DoQ Riley, Tim
Seaman ao4 Mike Omaoer. all
bom Haae Co. No'. 1, were at-.;
ctMBpany.headqnarters'oq Sooth-tide
Avenue when they beard
glasa breakii^. outside. They
- nithed out to investisate aad
found a water cooler lying in the
street. . • ' . —
Spotting a young- man, - the '
three gave chase and Riley
apprehended the wapect —-
wboM identity ia.being withheld
bccaoae oC fait age.'~-.and :lield
bid until the police came.
A tubtequent chedi oC bodkes
in Ihe area turned up two poutbte
barglarieroe South Main Street.
At ohe.—roooey.— wWch had.
allegedly been hidden in a glass
cooter]ar—wasmissing.
TArer C^ug At A / )" CAoi'e
Two Baldwin men and a'BrocAV
lyn man w^'arrested after they
allegedly h^lid °up a Hostess Cup
Cake routeman in. Fceesort
Wednesday- mon^g.^ Dosm.
ker_30. The arrest ,<ainie after a
FREEPORT - Mote than 100 people attended the-Village of Free-.
port's annual budget hearings Mondiy evening. January 4, but only
about H of fhem signed in to tpeak on the propwed 1982-83 munidpall
budget. The others applauded several times or were depaitment heads
or other yfllage en^>{ayees, or members o* the viljage'a volunteer
fire department, several rt whoiri
always attend the aiumai pabKc
meeUng. ' -•»
_ Tiie Village Board c( Trustees
voted upon the SS3.S0O contract
between the Fire Department and
the village, but. they reserved de­cision
on the matter of the
-$15,476,710 budget.
'.' None of the .speakers actually
protested the T9i per SItt) -as-.
seised valuation tax increase.' In
•pet, Uooel Socpiov. a Freeport
: resident; local bwsiiiestinan and
prxiperty owner, said be wouldn't
mind'''paylng mote', **bat ^ve me
something for it."
Socolov, who attends Village
B<nrd'' meetings "freqaently,
allndetl to'his-previous ^ieas for
better lighting in the village,
'-'cosmetic changes and more poUce
. protection.' Calling the village
"nnder-valried," be told—th6
Board, "we havetojake steps. I
^tloti^f ^ e i f I have to pay a higher
„JU.;c,rate. if my marketability goes
up,'" Socolov ^ud. "We are pay-
BALDWIN - The Baldwin Chamber of Comment will conclude its
annual holiday, activities at its January 13 meeting'with the-presenta-tion
of plaques to winners ef its-Holiday Decoration Contest. The
chairman of ihc judging committee is Jim Breslin of Woodway
Heating. ... , ' ~~.—
There were five categories in
the camcst.._Jfl}ni.G. Schaefer
of Hsttison Avenue . has been
named w-inner in the Religious
catesoiy; Mario J. Mulea of
Allwyn Street, in the Entrance
category: -Ralph and Renee
Camustra, Bertha Drive, Overall
category; Dr. Arnold Lurie,
Milbum Avenue, for Window
~ display: ami Star Cutters of
Merrick Road, Commercial
category.
The Decorating Committee of
Ihe Chamber of Commercf^as
chaired , by Ralph Di Ban of
Fairview Travel Agency. Di Bari
said that this year the Chamber
onc».again made 'tts-tiwn decora--'
tions and was able to add 50 more
decorations to the. 100 that thej^
displayed, last yMr. He added
that the Nativity scene at the
LIRR trestle, as well as the tree at
the Foxhurst Road intersection,
were decorated by the Chamber.
The non-lighted decorations on
Ihe Foxhurst Road; tree-were
proyided by the> Wqmen's
Advance Cub. DTBjiri added that
Ihe Chamber hopes to add more
decorations each year.
Freeport Libraiy Building
Plans To Be Considered
FREEPORT - Plans for a
possible expansion and renova­tion
of the Freeport Memorial
Library will be discussed at (he
library's next Board of Trusteis
meeting. - . . . ..
The meeting, open to the
public, w-ill be held Wednesday.
January 13. it 8:15 pm. at the
library. South Ocean Avenue and
West
three mile chase at speeds up — wg for nothmgr-'
"" • . Mkoy of the, aaestions asked
were merely eiplxiiations of tn-diyidnal
budget items. Gordon
Orlow of Meister Boulevard
questioned the $72.50 price for
a blotter for the police 'depart­ment.
Mayor WiHum H. White
explained they were large ledger-
' type books, not the item used to
blotink. ^ '_ ,
Oriow also«ferTed''to White's
pnqx>sed salaiy increase from
•S42;500 to MSiOOO.-Referring^to-the
times 'as "inflationaiy," he
noted that "a hell of a lot more
people in Freeport coofd-use an
increase more than you and you,
are asking them to pay higher
"taxes." Orfow's remarks were-greeted
by audienceapplause.
Representing the Fre'epott
. Democratic Organization, Gloria
LeBlanc also questioned White's
proposed increase. She compared
it with a person "employed part-time...
who has been given an op­portunity
_ to work fun time, at
four times the salary" and then
asking for a raise ten months
later. LeBlanc said the question
the employer would then ask is
"What have you acconylished in
• those ten months that would con­vince
me to give you this in­crease?"
comer and sped ottin a
1970Mercuiy.
Minutes later, afte'r a descrip­tion
of the car and the'men was
sent out over the.police radio,
they were" seen at a Shell Ser­vice
Sltfipn on Grand Avenue in
Baldwin by two Nassau County
Police Officers. ,Michael Con-naughton
and William' Diehl.
-With the officers' in pursuit,
the car. which had been stolen in
New York City that morning, left
the sta'von.
" -According to the police report,
the holdup irio drove onto the
Southern State Parkway in Bald­win.
At the Central Avenue exit,
in Valley Streajn, police set u p a
road block. Attempting to gjt)
around it. the suspectx^gFhn V
tree and the trio jumped out. T»-i^
were apprehended immediately:)
Jeffrey MayeS. 25. of 1246 Saint'^
Paul Street in Baldwin, and
Thomas Watkins, 22; .of 1414
Bergen Street, Brooklyn. The
.44 califcer handgun, which had 1" snswenng hrt'own question,
allegedly been thrown out of the ^^^ pointed out that in the past
car. was recm-ered by police. **" months "the decline of the
A«m«*, .?«<'.-.Wnry: The third suspect "tad temp- f "^P'^K . srea his continued
(D>ftlTeo'P*B>'«>'- -• VA'.vSC<>rtl'.4WVPl««Jf-' ••• oMbstc**. The rate of crvne has
condnned unabated. Two Guys is
now boarded up." ' ' "
The request for the increasie,
LeBlanc' charged;-jeflects' the.
Mayor's ''insen^tivity to^ the
commani^l.-constinites . the
height of 'diutzpah' and b.
. unfiaerved."
In answering,' the Mayor re­ferred
to the-March.-1981 elec-tioii
fai which, he said. 53% of
the village electorate dedded be
Should ~g«t • fiUI-tiiiie 'job as
mayc^ He called the inctease.a .
''modest coirtQffiyinjg increase.'?
Trustees'Salanes
Several-residents also ques­tioned
the proposal that would
give the tnutees a SSOO
increase tott,5DOeaifi7^ • ,
InjSctuid&ant asked "did the
[stMs really feel the increases
w^re necessary for tins year—or
would they t>e willing to take;
them every other year." In re­sponse.
VHute pointed out that
a "political opponent" had once-pointiid
out that ifmade "mote
tense'lto.do it baa yearly basu,
tied'u with.CSEA increases.
Referring to a new budget item
for gas.and oil for White's car,
the Mayor'said this was instead of
I ^ using a. village' vehtde iad
it would be cheaper in the long
run. -Schildkraut inswered; ~
"in essence, this'is an Wdititniar
ftinge benefit." - -•
' Louise. Simpson of Colonial
Avenue, describing the trustees'_
"^os1tiQiU~A&. "vUiiutaiy,''-Tsaid
that giving them increases with'
out doing the sante for^Cammis-sionprs,
is ' 'discriminatory -^1'-, ',
Simpson, however, said she
was in favor of the Mayor's in-
"crease.
Other points raised dealt with
'the formation of a new village
engineering department which.
White expUined, would save the
village-money, and the change io
village atiwaeys from three
part^me to^ne full-time and
one part-time attorney. White ex­plained
to Gordon Orlow that
the legal work had iniiseased
becaus*-ofrflwre certioraris and
Building Depafltfienf activity in "
the area of code violations. "The
Building Department should have
an attorney available to them on
a day today basis," said White.
Schildkraut, questioning if the
proposed S4O.0OO annual salary
would attract a full-time attorney,
asked, if'present Chief Attorney,
' (Cont. onPajjelZ)