The-Leader_1983-06-16

              Oinciat
t/ettspapei
Village of
Freeport
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Freeporl
School District
•
Galdwin
School Oislrici
THE
LEABESI
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JUNE 16.1983
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Ff^EipORT MEMORIAL; UBRARY
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48th YEAR. No. 8
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Plan New Drinking, Loitering Laws
'Tax Aid" Can Help
Baldwin/freeport
Freeport Seeks To Replace
Unconsfiiutional LtMWS
FSEEPORT-The village b oonsg to En the mid lefi by rtxzm c sm
. dco^oos that its "open container** lav and t» •irilpg lav axe • i i i <jm-tntionaL
The coort cases, trinch led to the repeal of Ac riteponvgagc.
ordinances, did not Jiimly contest the v3agc*s lavs; bet die local
ones veie similar to the ones dedarcd anooBSiianioaa] trf the c
At the Monday. Jnne 13th village Board iLVftiiig. the trcaees set a
date—Mondayeveaing. July II,
Freeport To Get
$113 Thousand
In Federal Funds
WASHINGTON. D'.C - The
Village of Freeport has been
awarded a SI13,0S0 grant bom
the U.S. Department of Hooang
and Uiban Development, to be
used to rehabilitate Martin Lnther
King Park on Steveiu Street.
The award, which was made
ander the Urban Ftrk Kecreatian
and Development Frogiam, was
announced jointly by Congress­men
' Norman Lent and Ray
McGrath and Senator Al
D'Amato.
"These foods wiH hdp male
the patk a mote attractive place
for funilies, senior riliims and
young-people.*' said McGrath.
Lent and D Amato in their state­ment.
The grant win be suppleaented
by S19,9S0 fai state fonds to cover
the cost of improvements to the
park totalling S 133,000.
Among the proposed proiects
are the planting of trees and
hedges to screen the recreation il
acthrities bom the residentiil
area; resurfacing two basketball'
courts and rehabiHtating the
handball court; installatioa of test
rooms and rehabiOtitioo at the
pavifion; and creation of a land­scaped
sitting area dedgned for
senior dtizens and a pioik area
for fsmiDes..
The Martin Lothei. King Park
was rstihlithed in 1968 as a
memorial to the slain civil tigjits
leader.
The funds were made avulaUe
to the Village under the Emer­gency
Eipeudiiures To Meet
National Needs Act recently
passed by Osngress, for widdi
Freeport goalified because of its
relatjvtlyhigh unenrloyment
rate of 8.4 percent. The federally
funded ptqect will result in the
oration of several jobs, aecordmg
toaVniageoHidal.
Sfafe Bill Passes Senate,
Assembly Approval Nexi
ALBANY - State Senator Norman J. Levy and Assemblyman Armand
D'Amato are nrpng representatives cCLoag Island's 30 "high tax-low
woltb'^^cbool ill\liii,lv to jcia forces in an effort to secure Assembly
passage c< their Segjonal S ^ Tax Aid Bin.
A eaJl lor actioo was issded at an emergency planning strategy meet­ing
bdd TfaoTsday, Joae 9. at
the Old Mm Road Sdioof in North
Menick, following approval by
the State Senate of the High Tax
Aidmeastte:.
If enactfd. the H i ^ Tax Aid
proposal wcold prtiviJe the Bc3-
mcre, Ncrth BeBsme, Menick,
North Merrick, and Freeport -
sdiool ifisttict with an additinnil
S32831&, and the BaUwin sdiool
district with an additimal
1354,745, for fiscal year 1963-84,
re-eStebGslnng some eqnty fcr -
Nassan Coonty school taxp^ers
through a fomnla based oa
regional costs and ptmieitj
vahies. «;<:-.
The bill's ipi'wvas e;^Iain that
their aim "is to bring a uieasuie
of rdef to sdaod tazpayen in
Nassau County and other tepoBS
wUdi are bced with U^ier than
average costs for hwtsing.-utiB-ties.
personnel and other serv­ices."
Accon&ng to Levy; the 19B3-S4
State Aid to Ednntion porlioa of
the State Budget, as adopted last
March."utterly fuled to.equit­ably
deal with Ugb taied-low
wealth disuijs," He and other
Nassan County SepnbEcan
legislators, noted Levy, voiced
their dissstjsfaftioo in.debates
on the AssemUy and Senate Boor
and voted "no" on the Local
Assistance Budget bin in Maxdu
. The State fiscal impact of the
High Tax Aid bin is S1.9 na&oo.
_tU minisrnir amount," said
Levy and D'Amato, "when State
Local Astistinre Badget totiling
S24.6 bilBon and when ctaapaied
to the miHiniis .of dollars ra ad­ditional
special finanrial aid di­rected
toward New York Cjty
and the other ftwr "Big Five*
dties." •
Staling ib^ thus far, the
Assembly Democratic Majority
has'been snccessfnl in keeping
the High Tax Aid bin bom cooling
to the Asseiiibly Floor tot a rote.
Levy and D'Amata have called
upon tbi school district represen­tatives
to help get the bin liionng
in that House by writing to and
visitittg Democratic inemb^ of
the Assembly Education Cota-mittee.
Assembly Speaker Stan­ley
Fink, and Chairman of the
Ways ' and Means Committee
Arthur Krcmer.'
Levy and D'Amato suggest that
local residents wishing to lend
their support towards passage of
the High Tax Aid bin (A.6500)
in the Assembly should write
Assemb^ Speaker Stanley Hnk,
State Capitol, ASany, New York
12248; Assemblyman Arthur J.
Ktemer, Chairman, Assembly
Ways attd Means Commiltrr,
LOB, Albany, New York 12248;
and Assendilywoinati Barbara
Fatten, LOB, Albany, New York
12248.
Freeport Vamps
Capture Trophies
FKEEFOBT - Several <rf the
inffiviilual compaines in the
Frnrport Bie De^ntinent
captured various awards and
trophies as the department par-
Uri^trii ia the annual Sootbera
New York Fixemass' Convestioa/
Puade and Second BattaEon-
Parade and Old-Fashkioed Dtin
hdd last weekend, Jnne 11-12. at
Oceanside.
On Saturday evening. Free-port's
volimteers led t|ie' first
. divisiatt of the parade, behind
' host Oceannde. A turnout t^ 160
iirefighten and nine pieces
> (Cont. iron Page 9)
at 8 pm—for a public bearing oo
a new "open container" law.
At a inbfic bearing. foOowing
the Board's weekly open lepila-tive
session, the five trustees also
voted to repeal the section of the
code of ordinances dealing with
knteting and lewdnos-
No public hearing on a new
kntering law has yet been set.
-. The new. proposed Open -
Container law makes it illegal fcr
a person to "possess, carry or
transport" any open bottle or
other container containing an
alcoboEc beverage in any pob&c
place in the vQ^e or in a motor
vehide; or to coosimie Bqoor in
any pubBc place.
Other Business -
The village amended local
speed Dmits for Sunrise Highway
bom Bayview Avenue to the
village's western boundaries to
reflect a request ftom New.York
State. The new speed Emit in that
area win be 40 mph, rather than
50.
A request to install 3,000 gillan
tanks for the storage of acetooe at
197-199 North Main Street
w*i tabled by the Board, to aHow
Snperistendent of. Buildisgs
Mike Rmze de Zarate to inquire
as to tbe piupoKd ese of the ace-tcme.
Traaec Al ScrEa caQed
arrtnnr a "K^Jy volatae
material more so than gasoEae" .
and ooTed that the .yjftini ose.
for wlncfa it is isteiidcd. i = i ^ be
pi ohibiied ia the aone-
The Beard and S«pmmn«Vnl
of PobBc Works David lanjpj
<rm ut y d the qamion of proper­ty
owners bca^ I*'iiittftrd iff lore
their own contxaflors to ia cnrb
work on sacb state roads as
Merrick Eoxd. Csy Iniiharib
Avenne. Snmtn Avcao^'^^
Onytli Street between Sunrrse
Hi^way and Merrick Scad.
At aprevknis meenng. the Boird
had voted not to ptjuiit tins
practice but cocopiamts Eiuca
piupctty owners zppaiaiSy
caused Ma]iw WSam H. While
to reopen the iSscsssiaa. Whiie
and Trastee James Qxtk bDCb_
» niirss<rd the opinion that the
p e x ^ ^xsld be abie to bate the
option to End cBl for themselves,
that, as Lorgoy suggested, it
woold be more njriiUte to
ccmtiact mffii »lit iTTy.
' Lovcjqy also noted that tbe
variocs stale lOJiiliriiKiLts would
Tnav^ ir *T^fr« iiti for umij con- ,
traaors to fiilSn the speafia-tions.
MATH WINNERS..Tbe top Grade.4 Math ttodents at Freeport'*
Archer Street School c o m b e d the 19B2-B3 monthly Mathematical
Olympiad for Elementary Schools competition. Some 738 teams rep­resenting
660 schools parildpsted worldwida I M i year, and at Arttier
the top Korers, stwwn In jpiiolograph wfth fourth vade teacher B«r-
.niea Siegal Crear) were p. to r.) Brta<\.X}'Hare, Erie Maiich and G r e ^
McLeod. Missing from pdoto Is Alton Hai.tswdtSi.