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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST30,1984
49th YEAR. No. 19
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Freeport Sc
To Condo Density
TwoMoreRapes Suggesf 50% Fewer Units
reeport j^fjpprmer School Site
Village Board Responds
To PTA's Request
FREEPORT- Motorista driving in the Village of Freepoti win soon
be confronted with the kind of signs teen near tctiooh In just about
every other communis In New York Slate. They will toon have to slow
down as they come near the village's elementary scfaoob.
Atitsregular Mondayeveningle^slative meeting on Auguat27, the
Freeport Village Board of
Trustees instructed ' lu Village and, prior to • meeting In early
Counsel to ptepate changes in the August with Mayor WHUam H.
village's trafnc regulations to White, they had
—FREEPORT-—Police have-re--^
ported two more rape attempts
in the Village of Freeport in re­cent
days, one early
Wednesday morning, August 22;
the second at S am Saturday
morning, August 25.
In the first inddent. a 22-yiear-oldTrceporl
woman was asleep in
the downstairs den of a house on
South Long Beach Avenue, when
' antrnknown man apparently, en­tered
through an unlocked rear
door.
It was about 3ilS am and the in-trader
awoke his intended
victim, covering his mouth with
his right hand.
Threatening to till the young
woman, the man allegedly told
her he was going to rape her.
The young woman bit the hand
covering her month and started
_(Q>cream as he dropped his hand.
The suspect ran from the house
bleeding, hu victim unhurt.
The suspect has been described
as a male hispanic, about 20-
years old, 5'9' tall and wdghing
about ISO lbs., with a medium
build. He is said to have straight,
(Cont. on Page 16)
by Joan Delaney
BALDWIN - A group of residents, representing; the majority of
hohte-owners whose properties are in dose proximity to the former,
Baldwin Junior High-Prospect Sdiools complex, attended the August
28th Town of Hempstead Board meeting. They had with them a
petition with about 35naroe$, representing 21 homes. While approving
the concept of condominiums,
acre to 10 units per acre.
William Oohn, a Baldwin
attorney representing the First
lower the legal maximum speed
limit in designated areas around
Archer Street, Columbus Avenue,
Atkinson and Bayview Avenue
-Schorfs;
SOUGHT. Nassau County police
'havB^released this -compoalta-sketch
of • man alleged to have
attempted to rape a young Free-port
woman In her home on
August 22. The suspect has been
described as white, about 5'9*
tall, with a al)m build, brown hair
brown eyes. He ia said to apeak
with an accent.
the resideiits opposed the pro­posed
number of unila and the
traffic they cUun. _Uie_prpject
wooldcreate.
The focus of the bearing was a
request to rezone the school
property ftom Residence "B"
to Residence "D-A," to allow
construction of condominium
units. '
Seeking the zoning change are
the First FarreU Group, whose
purchase of the property is
contingent upon the zoning
change, and the Baldwin School .
District, who has sold the parcel '
for S1.4 million.
Rresent plans for the use of the
property call for the construction
of 32 one. bedroom imita and 44
two-bedroom ones, with those
larger usiti each having a one
car garage. Also in the plans are
an aidditional 1S2 parking spaces.
According to AI August, presi­dent
of the F&st Fartell Group,
the condominiums are presently
expected to seU from SI 10.000—
for some of the one-bedroom
units — to at least $140,000.
"Nuisance A Hazard"
Speaking for the residents, one
of them, Cbaries McOnng, noted
that-the kxxtion of the ptoposed-pn^
ect. ptimarily amid one family
Doznex, and the traffic paiiems
created by a series of dead end or
linuted egress ilrects would
cause problems (or the surround-lag
area. Befetring to the July 9tb
deddoo of (be Nassau Cbonty
' Planning Commission, McQung
noted that the ccmmisskm also
pointed out the traffic which
would result and described H as.a.
"nuisance and hazard to resi­dents,"
Suggestons by the rendents to
improre the project indoded a
50-fooi green beh, repair of tbe
retaining wall on~~5cfaool Street?
and a reduction in tesidenoes'''
from the planned 20 nnila'per
FarfeB" Corporation, spoke 6f~"
three meetings he already has
had with residents and the modi-ficalions
to the original plan that
had already "been agreed upon.
The corporation now is planning
76 rather than the original 80
units and has modified fencing
and landscapbg according to
community suggestions. Coho
said that the plans have "satis­fied
the greatest majotity." -
- Spealdng of the benefits of the
project, Cobn stressed the
$210,000^ in taxes ChaU to the
school district and half to the
town), which would be generated
when the property returns to the
tax rolls. He also pcxnted out the
March 14, 1984 referendum in
which the community approved
the sale and use of the property
by a vote of 863 to 67.'
Coho noted that the project
would be developed as shown in
the blueprints, and said that the
proper grading would be main­tained
as required by law to pre-vent
any drainage off the proper­ty.
'
— -The attorney alto, noted-that
..surrounding sidewalks would be
repured, that there would be two
permanent entrances and exitt
and two emergency entrances and
eziu as wen as speed bumps,
and shielded security ngbtfaig.
(Cont. on Paoe 71
In leading the Board's dis­cussion
of the matter. Deputy
Ma}-or Dorothy Storm praised
the Freeport . PTA Safety
Committee, Freeport PTA
Council and.Coundl president
Doreeo Engle for the research
done when they made their
requests to the vulage to set the
new speed linJts.
I^esentiy, areas around schools,
in Freeport are covered by the'
sanie speed limita as the rest of
the vQlagcJO miles per hour.
When the new regulations go into
eOect, 15 miles per hour speed
maximums wiU be set for West
Seaman Avenue, between North
Ocean and North Long Beadi
Avenues, for Attinton School;
and for Grand Avenue,.between
Rutland Road and North Colum­bus
Avenue, for Columbus
Avenue School.
The viUage't 30 mph limit win
be lowered to 20 mph for West
Umick Road, between South
Bayview and Madison Avenues,
for Bayview Avenue School; and
South lAog Beach Avenue,
between Ardjer Street and South-side
Avenue for Archer. Street
School.
. Three different seta of signs
win be pasted near each school:
One wUl proclaim "Speed Zone
Ahead" and ( ^ t})« speed Uram
one for the designated area; and
-one ..wbetijeavinglhe area,
resetting the 30 mpb siieedtiinitr-
The PTA CooBdl Safety
Committee bad been meeting for
some time, acctrdisg to Connc9
president Doreen Ecgle and
co-chabpenon Carol Klarikaitb
prepared a thick
sheaf of documentation, with
photographs of other areas, dia­grams
of local traffic patterns,
and maps of local school areas.
___EolI<»ring_lhe_ meeting. Mrs.-
KlarikalUs told THE LEADER"
that the group had found Mayor
While very receptive to their
suggestions, and last week the
mayor indicated to Ihb news­paper
that a change in the
' village's traffic regnl^ions wonU
be recommended at tfoodty
night's meeting.
Along with Mrs. Eagle and
Mrs. Klarikalta, memben at the
PTA Safety Committee indnded,
Coundl first vice-president
Phyllis Schlecter; Safety oxhair-person
JoAnne Aymar;
Maureen Wetboldl, Susan Clau-gold,
Linda Nooeinaker, Linda
Sperber and Rita Kosser from
Archer Street Sdxnl; Patricia
Neuberger, Martha Gtccn, Siie
Lehr and Mrs. Aymar from
Bayview Avenue Sdiool.'
' Also, Nancy Hirscfa. Sue
Rodriguez, Linda Spetber, Sue
Uhr, MarU Asber and Kathy
BalliU, repmenting Columbus
Avenue School; Janet Cacdalore,
Barbara Lang, Maty EOcn SUdd-man.
Card Klankallis and Kathy
Anuuio representing Gibtyn
School. , -
Also Judy Smhfa, June Anson
and Martha Green, of Atkinson
School; Pt Neuberger, Doreeo
Engle, Phyllis Sdlecter and
' Linda Nooemaker of Dodd Jonior
High School; and - FaaSne
Washington, Barbara Conria and
June Anson of Freeport High
-Scbod.-
The Safety CommiUce has also
been 'cansideriag infBc paitems
aroand olhei mcpcit acboob;
crosswalk signs; safety programs;
and bus safety.
JBALDWIN SCENE
Chain Snafchers ArresfecT
"Just Wrrte" by X Delaney.
Condo Conflict
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