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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, . JULY 25,1985
51st YEAR, ^ No. 14
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Pl^ i l l For Freeport Mall
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By BEA B
sted Developei's Plans Linked
To Sunrise Buildings
FREEPORT - About 75 merchants, property owners and others
interested in the fate of the Freeport Mall were present at a meeting at
Sally Bay Yacht Qub last Wednesday evening, July 17, to hear Paul
Beggins discuss a proposal for the revilalization of Freeport's Central
Business District. >
Beggins, the comparatively new owner of the Freeport Theater/
Azure Diner property on Sunrise
Baldwin Assembly Offers
Six Possible Topics
byJoanOBlaney
BALDWIN - The Executive Committee of the B«ldv»tn Edtfcationil
Assembly ofiered iix proposed diarges for ttady by its rnembers difrr
.n,C-/Tni« •>n.->i\ mti^Ait,^ .r.A - ^S thc 198S*6 school-year. These dutges were-presented to the
S n ' - n / n ^ f n S n ' T r ^ f n ^ S i B ^ « E d . f t . U o n . t _ l t / ^ 17th meeting, «>d*i?be .eviewediy
Bu^Weekend
fir Ffeeport Vamps
FREEPORT - This village's
volunteer firefighters experi­enced
'what one veteran fire­fighter
d^ctibed ju "a^edc of a
busy weekend" this past-tfeek-winning
in the annua] Oceaiuide'
rParadeV :p;artj|cipating throiigh/
company-driU-teams in the old-fashioned
tbomament on Sunday,'
and finishing it fighting a roaring
house fire on Beiimngton Avenue
Sunday evening.
It all began in stifliiig 90 de'gree
beat Saturday ^afternoon and'
evening,' July, 20,; -when the
department partidpated 'in the
^annual Oceanside' Invitational
'Parade'. Oceanside's parade' is
always one of the best attend^
on Long Island 'and 'this year,
despite the heat, was no excep­tion.
Freeport turned but strotig
' and "won first- place for best
appearing fire.departmerit in the"
-^150-and-ever member category.
Uotiovex, the Freeport Fire
Department Band 'took second
place honors for best appearing
fire det)artment band.'
Sunday afternoon, members of
several Freeport companies
attended the old-fashioned tour­nament
in Oceanside'. Trophies
for indifidifal events were won by
the drill teams &om both Hose
Three and ' Engine - Company.
the Adifiiiiistration^andJhe,Bbard, 'which wiU dander if the diarges are
appropriate for s^dy* or if any
adtfiliona] diarges should be in- .
dnd^.'-
Tbe-Baldi«in Edikational As­sembly
is an organization {bond­ed
Over 20 years ago by the Board
of Education to strengthen re­lations
and Improve cominnnica-tion
between the school board Ind
-the commimity. It is composed
of' nominees of community
organizations, appointees of the
Board ioA Arsons nominated by
voter petition. .
'•"Although there - have-. tr»-
• ditionally been four major com-
•.mitt^ in the BEA, recently, in
otdA to attract greater.^ c ^ -
munity involvement, the BEA has
centered ' its activities aroosd '
. important' and 'needtil 'charges
ofsindy.
The six proposed 'charges in­cluded
a continuation of the study
of teeiuge alcohol abuse; a study
of the implementation of sdiool
polides concenung student safe-'
ty, discipline, and attendance; a
A team from Hofe 2 also pirtid-. r^e voiregwa noifz atUhoen d wiiittrhic et-mwpidhea's tisa bolne
_j,[^ • .the census projections, staffing
The busy weekend Was capped »"* kdiiiinistration requirements
^ffuritb-*-working^'signal-ten'-^»n'Lpl*nt-fadhties;-*- study^ of
Sunday night. At about 10:15 pm, *« districts mamtcnance plan
Freeport Police SgU . Arthur
Burdelte reported,' via radio, a
working fire on , Bennington
Avenue. "near Helen Avenue.
The dispatcher transmitted ' a
working fire in a Mozey Rigby
apartment unit, with possible
occupants trapped.' Within 90
seconds'. Engine 216 wax on the
scene, laying a double feeder (two
lines of hose) in from a nearby
- hydrant. Meanwhile, police and
fire ofiidals on the scene, con-ddcted
'a primary search, «nh
negative ' results. Fortunately,
all occupants of the home had
'escaped ' unhurt.
(Conl.onPagetS)
induding.evaluation of the five-'
year plan, capital improvements
undet the 1983 bond (irognm and
routine maintenance activities;
a study d the extra-curricular
programs in the district indnding
S' tramurals; and finally a study
^beschool district's image in
'the community insider and 'out-nder
— a study which is ex­pected
to be the subject of the
BEA's January ^pieral meeting.
Present to ditooss the charges
were Peter O'Neil], chairman;
Jean Cair.-vice-chainnan; Peter
McLaughlin, secretary; and
Kcecntlve Committee members
Joan FUtley, Lee McKasty. lee
Savpca, Angela Pescqv, ^ Ellen
Snberman and Gerald Omy.-Tbe '
committee began its presentation
by first poblidy thanking and
presenting flowers to 'Donna
SpineUi y^o, as Secretary to the '
Board tof EdiAation, assists the
BEA with its organizational and '
derical needs'and Who.is begin­ning
maternity leave. O'Neill, in
presenting the flowers, noted .
Spinelli's assistance and interest
in. the BEA and 'her-efforts to
help the BEA in its activities.
' 'Therie were then various com­ments
by BEA members and the .
Board 'on the charges. Regard­ing
alccdicd abuse, it was n o^
that it is important to stimulate
community awareness to the.
problem and the posnble meth'
ods' to remediate and 'cure the
problem as well as edifcate
the community. Since there are
several orgsntzaUons indnding
FTA and Parent Networking also
studying the question, it was
questioned Whether it might be
better to unify forces rather t£an
to dilplicate efforts since there are
already so few. people who are
active. The pros and tons of the
various studies were mentioned
with the need for some intercom-munuation
delsired.'
Under the charge to study
school pc^aes, O'Neill suggested
that security and Vandal!^, the
notification process to parents
and ' extra-auricular activities
were all sub-areas in wbidi the
BEA would like input. In the
study of extra-curricular pro­grams,
O'NeiB' s^d ' that - the
intent would 'be to center on
iotrmmorals and dubs in grad^
M2 not 6n intencholastic
sports.
. Discus^g the sdioot district's
image, O'Neill noted that it would
be interesting to compare reali­ties
versus, percepticai in a public
. . , . , . . / . (Conf. on Paga6) , , , ,,
Highway; Michael Ocera, former
Freeport businessman _ and
ex-president of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce; and Al
Sirlin, ei-truslec of the Village of
Freeport were among those at the
meeting. Ocera introduced
Beggiiis, who apparently is step­ping
into Sirlin's shoes as chair- '
man of the village's recently
formeid Businessman's Develop­ment
Committee. . '
In his preliimnaiy remarks,
Beggins.described himself as in
the "pre-purchase en^'m^ering
iiispixtion" bnsmos, but pre­viously
THE LEADER had been
told he .was also in the .{iiel
bnsiness^and in exterminating.
He recently purcliased the old
theatre and diner, originally to
use the theatre for his company's
headquarters. The diner, THE
LEADER was told at that time,
was to be temporarily rehabili­tated
for lise of Bieggins' company
wtule wok was ongoing at the
larger building. 'Hie smaller
building apparently was original­ly
slat^ to then come down to
allow for parking at the site. r
Those plans seen to have
changed as work proceeded.
Presently, the theatre' building
houses enlistment and informa­tion
offices of the various armed
services J and the diner is. be­coming
a permanenl structure.
Beggins talks of the theatre build­ing
as an ofiice building and twin
theatre, although no definite
nibbles for a movie theatre have
reportedly been received.
Mayor Dorothy Storm has.
appmnted several new com­mittees
since her election in
March. The committee on which
Beggins is servipg has 'under
discussion tlie Central. Business -
District. Also being. stadi«). are
parking problems in the'lndostri-al
Park, the waterfront area, and
traffic. • : -'
the proposal presented .by -
Beggins for the committee was
before a ^oup of pec^le who
would by nature of their location
be inteiestedin the Ontral Busi-
' ness District. Many of them have
already gone on record asking
Mayor Storm to reopen the mall
for veh'tcular traffic.
Begginsiiods that the Freeport '
Mall's "unique problems" must,
be placed iiito the perspective of
its relationship to the entire
downtown area. (EDITOR'S
NOTE: Most of the quotes used
are from a written report by
(Cont. on Page 16)
A RIBBON CUTTING, Ollicera ol the Freeporl Fire Department and
members o( the committee which planned the Freeport Firemen's
Memorial Tralnlmj Center Join villafla Mayor Dorothy Storm for the
traditional ribbon cutting at the fadllty. In attendance were 0. to r.^
• Leon TuchoIsM, cailef of the department; Rev. Charles SuUhran,
F.F.D. Chaplain; Mayor Stomi; Ex<hlef Donald Mauersberger;
Anthony MInel, ex-c:aptaln. Engine Company; First Asalitant Chief
George Mulholland; Donald Mclntoah, (orrner Captain, Hose One;
and Third Assistant Chief Richard Holdener. Chief TucholskI thanked
village officials and praised the committee members for their hard
work. Mayor Storm Joined In the praise and added words of enthusiasm
for the activities of all the volunteer firemen. ,
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