The-Leader_1984-03-15

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THE ^REEPOm- MEMORIAL LmHARV
LEABMR
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCH 15,1984
,48thVKAR, No.47
FREEfOST Uttio.lIAt, MBHARV
ff UEaniCK ROAD.
FREEFOi'^T II Y US-^O 89
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Boldwin Schools Sale
-Approved By Voters
-^ Computers Wednesday Referendum
_^Come Jo Libraiy.JV/nsJy^9^? Aloi^fn^ szs.
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Rape, Robbery, Aufo theft
Up; Asks For Mall Opening
FREEPORT • Crime in the Village of Freeport apparently decreased,
last j-ear —1983 — according to Chief of Police Anthony Elar's annual
departmental report, submitted recently to the Village Board. -
in the 29-pam report of criminal activity in the village during calen-'
dar year 1983, Bar lists the number of oimes in various categories,
arrests, aided calls, automobile;
accidents and parking \ioIations,
as wen as the attendance records
of the police" officers and an
enumeration of the department's
equipment.
At the beginning of the reportj,
-Elar also - includes JjUzVjhc-ind-I
FREEPORT - Youngsters and
adults alike will now be able to
sit in front of a computer and
choose a course of study ranging
from mathematics to seeking
information to language arts to
Jjtag—CQinpntet_pn>gTa m ming^
byJoanOelanay
one-quarter page list of recom-calls
in 1982 to 4.094 in 1983.
Accidents Investigated aUo
ran higher in 1983. totaling 1.266
or,87 more than in 1982.
The number of arrests also
decreased, bijt at^ a lower rate
3blnIlhO0 !l-decrease _ln_majQr_
crimes. There were 905 arrests
made in 1982; 884 in 1983 — a
mpui!
And all they'll necd'ls a Free-port
Memorial Library Card.
YouBg-and dd-alike, Freeport
residents will be able to reguter
for hour-long time slots for any­time
the library is open -^ and
that's presently seven- days a
week, until the start of summer,
and on weekdays from morning
DntI19FmatnJgbt.
A leader in the use of computer
assisted instruction in its public
schools, Freeport will be the first
community in the country to make
available to all its residents
_ Qjtlmecomptttets.
A joint program of the Free-port
Public Schools and the. Free-port
Memorial Library, the com-maaity
stmice will open up an
entire new world to many adnlts,
to whom computers are a com-inerctal
on television. The world
(Com. on Page 16)
Local-School
—BALDWIN > An uiiusuAlly small vuter turnotlt — but an overwhelm- -
ingly positive one — approved the sale of Baldwin Junior Hi^h/
Prospect Schools Wednesday, March 14. The vote, at the one polling
site — the Senior High School r-:- Was 867 in favor of the sale of the
school propeTly4o only 63 opposed, a total of 930 yoters. -' •
—fit October, 1981 the flBl CooUdge Sdiool-'sale vole brought ouT
1,416 voters, who also over­whelmingly
approved the school
bojird's recommended sale. .
School budget vot^ draw
larger voter numbers in Baldwin.
In 1983, some 2,969 district resi­dents
voted on the annual school
budget.
The. referendum called for the
sale^of the old Baldwin Junior
High School, Prospect Sdiool and
playing field. to First Farrell.
Corporatioii for a_price of .$1.4
million.' Th'e'corpontion intends
to raze the buildings and con-,
struct 78 one-and two-family
condominium units.'
One-half of the proceeds of the
sale is to be applied to the sdiool
budget over a ten year period to
ease the tax burden and the
remainder is to be used for
necessary capital improvements
to the school buildings and
^grounds—^The 'property—had
Districts Lobby
For More Aid _
^y Joan Delaney
. end Rhoda Keller
ALBANY - With their school
. districts' percentage of state aid
consistently decreasing; and gov­ernmental
mandate and fixed
costs constantly nsing, members
of the Baldwin and Freeport
School Districts have become
more active in their lobbying
efforts to attract more state aid
and to equalizie the "onfair tax
burden" in districts wtiich' they
describe as "high tax and low
wealth."
This tax situation has occotred
over the years because some dis­tricts,
xudi as the two local ones,
have relatively little commercial
wealth and the bulk of the tax
burden, therefore, falls on the
homeowner. To oSset this, Lor-
-•••".''(Cont. on Page eO)'•.' •'
recently been appraised at $1.3
million.
Principals of the First Farrell
group have been said to be-the
same as those in the corporation
responsible for the construction
of the Marriott Hotel in Uniondale
and the condominiums being built
at the foot of Guy Lombardo
Avenue in Freeport.
The 78 units; each of which
would have allotted two parking
spaces, would consist of SO two-bedroom
and 28 one-bedroom
owner-occupied imits. Three
entrances to the dn-eiopment are
planned as well as private main­tenance
and sanitation.
At the March 7 Board of Educa­tion
meeting devoted lo dis­cussion
of the sale, rendents from
the area expressed concern about
the possibility of flooding because
of thc.new buildings. Apparently,
boi4^in the area are susceptible
to fioo(fing because of mute-gromld
streams and culverts.
Relide&ls alleged thai, after the
construction of. _ the shopping
cent^: on "Sunrise Highway,
flooding had become worse. It
was explained that, according to
Town of Hempstead ordinances,
an drainage must be onto the site
itself.
Another'question involved an
explanation of who First Farrell
Onporation is since Alan August
and Nick Cassis, who . were
present, indicated that they were
brokers ~ for the units'. After
. some prodding, they finally
indicated that a co-venturer
is "Old Court Savings and Loan
of Baltimore, Maryland."
-—CoBcefcs were also LxyitiH-il
by residents about parking,
possible delays in construction,
traffic, lack of playing fields for
neighborhood diildren who had
played on the grpen field, an
influx of children, and rodent
—probtemx; ^ . - •""
It was noted that this type of
housing usually appeals to
"empty nesters" and "young
marri^," wito buy the one
bedroom units, and it usually
does not result in a significant
number of additbnal children.
It was also pointed out that
Meadow School, the home school,
for children in that area, has
plenty of room for any addiUona!
children. ,.
Reference was also made lo the
delays in the Coolidge School
construction and it was iioted that
because it is a conversion of an
existing building, there had been.
tome unanticipated structural
problems. U was stressed,
however, that the Coolidge pro­ject
is moving along and the
- bnildet astidpates no fnither
problem relative to completing
' the oomrersioa as staled.
HesidenU were told that after
the referendum, the First Farrell
-qu:
mendations ''in order to lietter
^''r*yJ.>"'.I''^tl''_"f !b'y'l'*g'' °f ^rop of 21,_ot slightly iiiuie tliaii
Freepbrtandanywhod6business"2^.
withm our boundaries." Aided calls and motor vehicle
"Major crimes" — which in- accidents were also responsible
dude everything from murder to for much of the activity on the
-itzceny^ader-iSQ dropped —parf<sf-the viHage-police in 19837
slightly more than 10% from 1982 Some 2,451 persons were aided
to 1983, with 2,366 inddents for reasons not Involved with
reported in -1982 and 2,122 hi
1983. Crimes were up in three
categories, however: rape,
up fiom six In 1982 to 14 in 1983;
robbery, a jump from 131 to 151;
and auto theft, 227 from 198.
Repeated burglaries, however,
were down to 623, ^from 700
burglaries repotted in 1982.
motor vehide acddents. These-nurabers
ranged from 576 who
suffered from conttuioos and
lacerations to eight for smoke
inhalation.
Of the 1,266 total motor vehide
acddents reported in 1983,
886 involved operators who were
Freeport residents and 1,065 who
(The dr<^ is even more dramatic ~wtre non-residents. More acd-when,
compued to the 1,001 ' '
total number of burglaries re-poriedbackihl981.)
The number of murders re- •
mained constant at three. .
Total volume of complaints
Investigated by uniformed village
police -offlcenrioiiled 6.382 —
567 less than in 1982. First aid
dents occurred during daylight
hours — 686 -^ than during
Irians injured by motor vehicles
numbered 57 in 1983; bicyclists,
59, and 213 motor vehicles
reportedly left the scene of the
calls, however, increased vastly,
approximately 30% from 3,144
accident without first reporting
More motor vehicle accidents
(Ccnl.cn Page 20)
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F.H.8. REGENTS SCHOLARSHIP WINKERS. SixlMn Freeport High
School senior* won Regent* College Scholarthlpe. Photographed with
Outdance Counselor* Paul K*tz (f.), Rot* Taylor (2nd r.) and Prindpal
William McElroy (r.) are (lit row, I. lo r.) Ba/tara 0'(}orm«n, Mar­garet
Farley, Paul Papall, Edward Cevy, Heather Parish and Klr«l*n
Seadale; and (In 2nd row, I. lo r.) Patrick aeary, 8t*v*n Riley, John
Oswald, Jame* Bettel, John Olmedo and Danielle Buonavlta. Absent
from photo are Jeitlca Chase, Todd Holly, Castandra Relyveld (Re-genu
Hurting Setiolarthlp), and Jennlter Rykert. The winner* ara Ihe
atudent* who earned the highest tcore* Jn.Nattau County on> either i
the Amarlean College Testing Program (ACTptitaMmenl or the
College Board'* Seholasi^ Aptitude-Test (SAT) prior lo November 7,
1963. Each tcholarthip It usable beginning In the 1964-65 academic
. year and It a I2S0 award for up to live year* of atudy at an approved
program In New York Stale. ... . - , > > . i i.