The-Leader_1984-01-19

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FREEFORT UEUORIAL LIBRAR:
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JANUARY 19.1984
48th YEAR,'No. 39
PRICE 25*iiRCOPY
More Police Patrol In NW freeport
$1.4 Million Offer
fo^BaldwiiHHS^
Cuiieii Numed Zoning Change Needed To
To Freeport guild 80 Town House Ufiifs
Library ^oard
Family Held Hosfage In
7'h Incident Since Dec. 30
FREEPORT • On the heels of another burglary/robbery in north­west
Freeport thb past Monday morning, January 16, Mayor William
H. Whill- h n mnfirmM Ihit vilUg»jwUi<y«-p«tfr>l«-ln llif j i f j MP lirlntf
increased.
The incident, THE LEADER learned afterwards, is apparently the
seventh such similar burglary,- _ .
robbery or bgtglary attempt in chains and bracefels," a color tele-
_i>nnhwctt Frteport since Deccm-—kisiuii set, a VCR, a casseue
ber 30f .A police source also-noted ^deck, a computer and the couples'
• Iw-o late model cars. No one was
FREEPORT ' Long-time Free-port
resident, attorney Marvin
Cohen has been appointed to
the .Board of Trustees of the
Freeport Mefflbrial Library. -
3 Cohen will fUl the seat vacated
.' • by the retirement of Dean Ray­mond
Lisle.
A member of the firm of
Speny, Weinberg, Wells, Wald-
--'man arid Rubenstein based in
New York City, Cohen is engaged
by Joan Delaney
BALDWIN - An agreement for the sale of the Bald-win High School/
Prospect School site was signed by the Baldwin Board of Education and
the Hrst Farrell Group; Inc. at a School Board nieetiog on January It.
The Sl!4 imilion sale price includes a vacant plot On the corner of
"Pershirig Boulevard and Haig Street, wbJIeh had been use^ as a pla^g'
field by the Junior High School. ; ' - __
~ " — •' ' ' tortudo damage repair, and pay­ments
were approved to two
other contractors for -work which
is on-going relative (o the bond'
renovatioos.
The Board also authorized the
district to proceed with the sale of
S3.8 milliori worth c^ bonds with
The buyer of the property pro­poses
to build approxiinately 80
luxury one-and; two-bedroom
town-house units on the four-plus
acre site. The present school
buildings would come down.
Sale of the^ property is contin­gent
upon approval of the com­munity
and tbejipproy>4_rf_lhe__a_15^ye»tlife. Jhere.wcrC;Varigns
Towii of Hempstead for « zoning other procedures relaiivg in th^
change to C-A R_ es.id. ence _D.i str.i ct. ' • • • • as part
The Board of Education has
scheduled this coming March 14
for a special vote of the school
district. The cost of the vote,
estimated at about S3,500, will be
borne by the purchaser.
According to Lorraine DeOer,
printing of the bonds etc.
of this approval.
Other, comments included
Superintendent' RoDand Jones'
thanks to various individuals and
groups for their input on the
Regents proposals. He particular­ly
mentioned the SEPTA (Special
president c? the Baldwin School Education _ JTA)_ and-^Steele
, ~ Marvin Cohen •
in a general Uw"practice, special­izing
in estate, trust, and real
estate law. He is a graduate of
BrooUytr Law School. '_
Cohen, who serviid in the U.S.
Armed Forces, currently holds
the nuik of Captain in the U.S.
(Cent on Pag* 16)
—ViHoge To Buy ~
Cheap "Power
FREEPORT - The viUage wiU
be signing an acvlication for pur­chase
^ additional electric
power this summer from the
Power Authority of the Sute of
New York (PASNY).
The power will be purchased
J by PASNY from Hydro Quebec
for use cf Freeport's Municipal
-Electric Ulility, Rockville Ceo-it^%
utility, liLCO, Con Edison,
and sti Other New York Stale otO-itiea.
—
,r^ (Com. on Pag* 16) •
Board, the Board is considering
using part of the proceeds to
defray school taxes «nd would set
aside part in the capital fund.
The &sard will discuss this in
more detail at a Board meeting on
Wednesday, January 25.
The Boaird win distribute more
'detail^ _information to-- the ~
conunnhhy-prior to the pnblie -
vote, as -weQ as~liold k spedal
meeting, at which residents win
be able to ask questions and
make comments coiKerning the
sale of the prooerty.
Other Items On
Board'iAgeniU
tn addilioa to the announce­ment
of the sale agreement.'
the Board approved several busi­ness
items at its'meeting.
An' insurance daim on the
senior high school tornado dam­age
was settled at UHfilSM-as
well as a payment- of
$26,771.02 to the pubhc adjuster.
According to Bald-win Assistant
Scbod Superintendent Ridha^
Dopsovic. the repairs are expect­ed
to be completed by January 31.
He indicated that the district a
happy with the watt.
Ad()itipB^ payments were ap­proved
to Migoooe Assodales for
School-FTA for their letters to
the Slate Regents. Jones noted f
that it is expected that, as a result .
of th; input given to the Regents, <
the proposals will be pared down- '
more realistically.
' During questions from - the . [•
audience, resident AI Fam s.'
inquired as to the uses of-the-j
money which- -will be received -c
&om thAjale of the Baldwin J
Junior High-Prospect Schools '
complex. Jones indkated-tfaat this
will be discussed at the Jann-arv
25 Board meetifg «n<1 that
that-the two hold-up men might
be part of a larger gang sus^ted
of incidents in North Baldwin and
Massapequa as well.
The Monday morning incident
involved a Steams^ Park family
held hostage in their own home
by two armed men. Their 45
minutes of terror began about _
4 JO ani when they were awak-'
ene'd by the iound of • dog bark­ing,
and ended when the two men
left the house with much of their
valuaotes and their two cars..
The couple had looked out their
window when they heard the dog,
but had seen nothing and hui
gone back to bed again otily to
hear the sound of glass breaking
.downstairs. As' they left their
-second—floor - <)edroom.-~- they
-were forced back iiitu- tlie luuiu by~
two male blacks, armed with
knives,-^who came nuhing up ihe
.stairs. - .
One suspect kept the'couple
in the room, while the other ran- -
sacked the house. Among the
items stolen wcre~a pear-shaped
solita'ire ring, two wedding
-bandspearrings, watches, gold
injured. ,.
"We asked them.M»-tBiJh<.. ,
the kids," said the husband,'
and the couples' three children —.
all under the age of four — were
allowed to remain asleep in their
rooms.
According to police sources,
the First of the other six recent
cases, with a similar "modus
operendl". occurred on Friday,
I>ecember 30, on Connecticut
Avenue. Asleep in his bedroom,
the resident was awakened at
about 3:30 am by two male
blacks, who told him to pull the
. bed covers over his head. After
they left, the victim called the '
poliw. Proceeds_of_the_robbety_.
'rasimS cash, assorted silver­ware,
and a goia necklace, lintry
was through a glass panel in A1—'
door.
—^Twoihcidehts were reported c
Tuesday morning, January 3.
The first at 3-.55 am on Penn­sylvania
Avenue, was apparently
thwarted by the homeowner who
heard someone walking ^Around.
(Cont. on Pag* 16)"
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• administration will be preparing
recommendations on the uses of
the money, whidi can be put
toward defraying taxes or.for
other "capital" needs.
Fam also asked if the Baldwin
Historical Mnsenm coald.bave a ;
"second look" *i the objecU in­side
the building be&re the sale.
A letter was read from rep-resentaltves
of Brookside School
requesting that the Board agree
to install a fence alocg the brook
area to boprove 'safely coo-ditjons.
Reference was made to
an inddent in late summrr when
a teenager'was setocled. U was.
pointed outthat the area, wldch
: (cpnt.. POPKP «r;. :'- ^
A OREATBOX OF COOKIES. Fr**pon Village Mayor William Whit*
(seated) rec*W** hU Olrl Scout cooU«* at the start of th* currtnt 1964.
CooM* Sal*. Bringing th* Mayor ih* cookies ar* (I- to r.) Brownl*
H*«th*r Carman of Troop 2219; Fr**pon Communlly Chalrpenon
Jan«n« Suchan; Trooop 2061 Cadeti* Stacay 0 * C«mpi, who aokl 610
boxes last year; Brownl* Melissa Aymar of Troop 2263; ini Junior,
Nlcol* Evans ol Troop 2342. Sold al $1.75 p*r box, ol which I I l» U B
dedudibl*, th* cooUe* Includ* M*dalllo<i*, Samoas, Thin MInu,
Do-SI-Do«, Tagalongs, Trafoili and Chocolai* Chunks. Last year's
cooU* sal* saw 6215,000 r*v*nlng back to Nassau Qounty local troop*
(or inpy«fid p r o ) ^ . Thosa.not approached by a local Olrl Scout may
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