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FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JUNE 30,1983.
48th YEAR, No. 10 frREEPORl
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Sfudium Disposal Put On ""Hold
SmyersTBaldwIn
Teaclter>:Suspended
-Sfafe-Assembly Falls
to Act On Leglslafion
FREEPOKT - Le^obtion to allow the Village of Freeport to sell its
-monidpa] stadium'died this "past week,' botded np in tiie Assembly
Ways and Means Comndttee. as it recessed without acting on the biS.
According to infocmation received by THE LEADER. the_bill —
which passed the New York Sute Senate on Jane .21 T - wa? never
pat on the calendar, but remained
-^Board Aolishes
1977 PUD Zone
Requests Open Hearing
On ''Obsessive" Charges
FREEPORT - Following, a
public hearing oa Monday,
June.27, tte Freeport.Village
Board of Jnisteea naaainioasly
agreed to rezpne the PUD (Plan­ned
Unit 'Devielopment). uioe.
which had first been eatabHsbed
in 1972.
According to tiw new zoning
Ttsubtlihedrtbexld-PUD Primary—dixtrirt-faai^tdd-tita^ the-district
byJoanOtltnty
BALDWIN—Acording to a news release faom the Baldwin TeadwTS
Asabdation. Robert Sawyers, anlndastrial Arts teadier at the Baldwin
Harbor'JaidorJCgh Sdnot was notified of his snspensioo as a teacher
iaib« Baldwin :Sci>ooi District oo ^Saturday; Jane: 18. 19S3. Under
Sectioo 3020A of the New York State Edncaaoii Law.^awyera has the
ri^t to reqnest a bearing; _
whldibehasdiacie. . . • . ; _ ' ..
A spokesperson for the ichoiJ dangetayetiinkno.ni
area wiS be'zoned for- Service
Bujiinets, wiiile the former PUD
Secondary Area will be for
Residence ."A" only." . .
Residence "A" allows one-family
homes oribr-
Since 1977, when there was a
change In the PUD zone, the area
was approximately North Main
Street, tKnnded by- Brooklyn
Avenue and North Grove Street
as its southwest comer; tunning
along North CTX>ve Street north to
Lena Avenne and then east to
North Main Street; north on
North Main to Washbom Avenue
and then east on Washbnin to
Jay Street. From Jay Street, the
boundary runs south bade to
Grand Avenne, then east again on
Grand to Harding, wliere it,con­tinued
farther sooth to Broadway.
At Broadway, the PUD zone
line- tamed west' to Brooklyn
and back to Brooklyn aid North
Grove Street.
The Secondary Area is basical­ly
those back lot properties not
fronting oa North Main Street.
The esUblisbed Service Busi­ness
lone, explained the Village
Board, continaes'the petinitdng
of such operatioos allowed by the
Board for.lbe past four cr five
years as specific cases came be­fore
them. Trustee Al Siriin
pointed out tlut. rezooing the
entire area' was' "the lexical"
way to go. "The businesses that
have gone in there," said Sttlin;
pointing to the specific .ones
allowed during the last (oar at
five years, "have been advan-
Ugestothearea."
According to tl>e Village Board.
the village'a Planning Board bad
. (greed with this change.
Tho Service Bustness zooe wiH
(Cont.onP*g«16)
do^ net conmient on soch mat-ten
wlien they readi a formal
proceas. It was indicated, how­ever,
tlut Sawyers has reqiiested
a bearing. Acoirding to the State
Educatioa Law,' the hearing b
held before three arbiters, one'
selected by the teacher, one
selected by the schotd district
and one, agreed to by both
parties, wtx> is selected bom. a
list of arbiters of the American
Arbitratioa Cominissioo. - The
liearing must, be sdieduled
Accordii^ to a District spokes-..
person, the District has periodic
checUng. by consultants for
hazards. and it was incBcated
that the District has' compBed
with recent States mandates and
has met alt state guidelines.
The teadiers' union points out
that, through Sawyers' eflorts,
guidelines regarding the-toxic
effects of ceramic materials have
been inchided in the industrial
arts safety regulations of many
sdioc4 districts in Nassau County.
He has also demonstrated con-in
committee.
In order for the village to sell
the stadium and its land, enabling
- legislation must pass both booses
of the state legislatore and be
signed into law by the governor.
The legislature is not expected
to reconvene imtil September and
then. THE LEADER was told by
an informed legislafive source,
only for action on a bond issue.
According to village spokes­person.
/ u a P t t e t x , Tuesday
.eTei&g.''Mayar ymiiam-WUte
was aware that the biH had not
passed throogh the legislature.
Miss Fetets indiratrd that YTInte.
would have DO fiirther wmmmt
this week, but she tepeated Us
previous remarks that be would
recommend to the Village Board
that it not renegotiate a ccntrac^
with Campi Enterprises, the pto-moter
ol the Freeport Speedway
M the stadium.
• • The lO-year-lease with Campi
' ends at the dose of (his summer
racing season. Campi has in­dicated
that he wants to renego­tiate
the lease and more than 500
people attended a recent Village
Board meeting. While many were
out-of.towners, many also were
by the Conums5iooerH~Eaira^—«"> »'»o' 1 « harmful effects of
asbestos.
The release also indicates that
Sawyers, who is suffering from a
serious illness "wUdi may veiy
village residents and all but one
speaker objected to selling the
stadium for commercial develop­ment.
White has taken the stand that
the sale of the property 'would
; bring increased revenues into the
I village and therefore be advan-
.tageoos to taipaying property
'owners.
^ This week, as THE LEADER
went to press, it was learned that .
tfae.Cbundl of Gvic Assodatiotts V
ICbCA} was anan^ng meetings
with propooems of various pos-'
-sible uses of the Stadisin.
One promoter. Bob Levy, has.
abea^ sent > proposal for nndget
car races to the viDage.
At least one dyic association.
Sooth of Sunrise Civic Associa- -
tion (SOSCA), has recently voted
to go Off record in oppositioa to
the sale cf the Stadium.
Holiday Schedule
FREEPORT - An munidpal
Village of Freepon offices will be
dosed for the Independence Day
observance on Monday. July 4.
and the Freeport Board of
(Cant, on Page 10)
tion.
According to the release by the
teadiers' union, the suspension
charge indicates that Sawyers, has
an "obsessive" concern for the
health and safety of the children,
the -teachers and the other
employees pf the Baldwin PubBc
'Sctioob. TScunion iiidicates that
he has reported extensnrely on
existing, and potential hazards
within the buildings of the dis­trict
and has "chided Ike dis­trict
to remedy -known environ­mental
dangers and to^seek out
wen be the product of the hazards
he has been striving so long to
correct" has been-dted for- a
28M day absence this year. -The
release indicates that the abseiice
was "due to his possibly job-incurred
illness."
According to a uniaa spokes­person.
Sawyers has requested
that the hearing be an open hear­ing.
Apartment Tenant Raped & Robbed
. FREEPORT • Another rape fai
Freeport has been reported by
Nassau County First Sqoad
Accdr£ng to poOce, the 23-
yeai-oid female ncrnpant of an
apartment b abttilAngcoNorth
Long Beach Avenue, was awaken­ed
tnr an nakoown male bispanic
at aboot l l pm Tuesday nigbt.
Jni>e21.
After raping his vktim at knife­point,
the subject then took
SSOOandfied.
Entry, allegedly was made
thnngn a Eving room window
(fier cfimbing a fire escape
and removing a window fan.
The victim was taken to Nassaa
Coonty Metfical Center, where
aherwas treated and released.
The InyestlgatioQ is cnfiliiiiiing.
Woman fttacked
FREEPORT - A 24-Tear-old
Freeport wocun was attirkcd
with a two-foot macliete. early
' Wednesday raoning, June 22, as
she walked tliroagb the patiing
lotbelmind llOBrooUyn Avenue.
(Cont. on Paga li2).,
CANOE RACE PLANS ara being mad»-tv-0- to r.) fitdto Station
'WQBB acsount axacuthra John RywaiakI, Chambar watarfronl DM-
- alon ctiairnian Frank FInao and New York Stat* Efflpira Stakaa Lottary
Olatrlct salaa rapraaantatlva Julia Camlnlto. Tha Fraapcrt Chamber of
''Connarca'a Ninth Annual Qraai Canoa Raeaa win ba haU en Sunday,
Jtriy 17. Tha ona mila raca for amalaura mm again ba baadquarlarad
at tha Shaltar Point Marina, foot ol Wooddaft Avanua. In aaaodatlcn
with WQBB, tha Stata Lottery lyttam b provkllng 3,000 faotant win
ttekata, arorth SI aach. which win tw dtxttrtbutad among heat winnera.'
Thoaa wishing to partlcipata in tha racaa, and bualnaaaes wistiing to
aponaor entrlai, should contact tha Chamber at FR8-740Z, 10 am to
2pm,waakdays.~ " \ ' '