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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 5,1985
51st YEAR, No. 20
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Make It Six Xeod To Norco Invesfigafion
FREEPORT - Registered Republicans in Freeport will be able to
participate in a party primary Tuesday, September 10, with the leader­ship
of the Freeport GOP the prize sought oy the candiOates of the two
slates. •
The intra-paity battle apparently started during the March Village -
election, when former Freeport
Straight Wins
FREEPORT -The award win-
_ning Freeport Fire Department
' capped off an already outstanding
1985 summer parade season with
yet another first place finish..
Their latest win was in the annual
Hicksville Fire Department In­vitational
Labor Day Parade,
where-the Freeport Vamps cap­tured
first place. .
This victory"" by Freeporl
mark:ed ihe sixth straight first
place finish, for the department
this summer, and gave Freeport a
win in. every major competition
parade.
The department turned out
nearly 80 men in line for the
Hicksville Parade, - and was
again tiie recipients of oulstand-
- ing crowd applause as they crisp­ly
marched before the reviewing
stand.
Freeport Department Chief
Lee Tucholski again expressed
his thanks lb the men for their
fine turnout on a holiday weekend
and also thanked the Freeport
Fire Department Band for their
excellent performance. The band
• captured second place as best
appearing band in the parade.
Freeporl captured first place in
the annual New York State Fire-"
men's Association. Parade held
on August 25.-
Freeport has always been an
exceptionally active " parade
department and usually captures
one or two. first place trophies
during a parade season. But to
win virtually every parade, in­cluding
the Stale parade, is a
feat which veteran firefighters
rarely recall ever happening.
Given the stiff competition of­fered
by some of the depart­ment's
nearby fellow firefighters,
including Oceanside and Rock-ville
Cenlre. Freeport's 1985
accomplishments are eyen more
remarkable.
BALDWIN - Nassau County Narcotics Squad detectives arrested
three then at a Baldwin house last Thursday. August 29, following an
investigation of cocaine sales. The suspects — a Baldwin man, who
lived In the house at 615 West Seaman Avenue, and two men, one from
Freeport and one frotn Roosevelt — were arraigned the fleit day on
various charges, ranging from the
sale of cocaine to criminal tres­passing.
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The house had been the subject
of numerous complaints of drug,
activity.
Detective Robert CacdneUo of
the Narcotics Squad had been
assigned to conduct an investi­gation
of the' complaints of
cocaine sales and, as a result-of
his investigation, a search
warrant was issued on August 28
by First District Court Judge
Harrington. "
believed by police to have been
stolen and which they allegedly
intended to swap for cocaine. The
Narcotics Squad and Properly
Recovery Squad are. continuing
the investigation of these items in
an attempt to trace theni back to
their original owners.
Al 1:10 pm August 29, Nar­cotics
Squad detectives executed
the warrant and found John
Longo, the occupant of the house,
in possession of a misdemeanor
amount of cocaine, • a mis­demeanor
amount of marijuana
and a fully loaded 9 mm pistol.
Also found in the home were
various items, such as computers,
televisions and stero equipment,
which police believe to be stolen
items later traded for cocaine.
"""Posing as acquaintances of
Longo, other officers of the Nar­cotics
&iuad were in the house
when two more men arrived, at
7:10 pm, with more items', also
Longo, 27 and unemployed was
charged with Sale of a Controlled
Substa:nce (Cocaine). Third
Degree, an E felony; Possession
of a Controlled Substance (Co­caine)
Third Degree, a B felony:
and niegal Possession of a
• Weapon Fourth Degree, an A
misdeineanor. •
Eddie Moiuon. 28, was one of
the two men who arrived while
police were in the house.'
Mouzon, unemployed, of 74
Shonnard Avenue, Freeport. was
charged with Criminal Possession
of a Controlled Substance (Co­caine),
a misdemeanor.
The third man was William
James. 29. also unemployed, of
34 Andrews Avenue in Roosevelt.
James was arrested on two Long
Island Railroad Warrants for
Criininal Trespassing, issued
earlier this year.
Republican Leader Fred Hager
sought and lost the Republican
mayoralty nomination to then-
Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm.
After two conventions and' a
court fight. Storm beat back-
Hager's challenge, but Hager
stayed on the baJlot as an inde­pendent.
Storm went on to win
election, with the help of votes on
another independent line, that of
the Village Party.
But some 12 GOP committee-persons,
including Hager, and
— Ed-Monroe" and Charies Mehr-"
mann, who also ran on the Home
Rule Party ticket with Hager,
were not mven their usual peti­tions
by GpP Leader Ray Maloiie
for this .November's election.
(M^onehad supported Storm in
her successful election bid.)
like Hager and Mehrmann.
most of the "purged" — as they
describe themselves — commlt-teepersons
are life-long Republi­cans
and long time GOP commit-teemen...
and they decided Ihey
wanted to keep their unpaid
posts.
Ben Ciaravino, a Freeport
attorney and recently retired
Nassau County Ombudsman, is
one of the incumbents on the outs
with Malone.
Ciaravino. who says he may go
for the leadership if be and the
- "Hager/Ctaravjno' slate" is
successftil, calls the primary an
'attempt to "seek to diange the
leadership." He says the battle
between two slates of candidates
— one which has a long and
proud record of service to the Par­ty
and the village. The other, a
group of disgruntled • insurgents
who discovered the Republican .
Party only when they found it was_fc.'
in their self-interest to do so."
This is the bone that sticks the
hardest in some of the "insur­gents'
" throats. Long-time
Republican commilteeman Vilo
Tarulli doesn't like being called
an "insurgent." He's an incum­bent,
he pointed out to THE •
LEADER recently, and a long­time
one at that.
Both slates have been sending
out letters and giving out litera­ture;
both have ads listing their
candidates in .this week's issue of
THE LEADER (see pages 3 and
16). — -
The regular polling places in
the village will be open on Pri­mary
Day with voting 6 am-9 pm.
within the party is "a fight by the
Mayor and a couple of others-try- .
ing to take over the Republican
Party.'.' Mayor Storm,
Ciaravino points out, has been
walking the district with at least
one committeeman candidate.
Village attorney, Joe Edwards."
Malone sees it bom a different
perspective. "On Primary Day.
Freeport Republicans will decide
who will lead the Republican'
Party in this village for the
next two years, they will choose.
^Community Helps Day Care
Center To Raise Funds
Swastikas, Ethnic Slurs
Painted On Baldwin Store
BALDWIN - The Nassau
County Police Civil Rights
Investigations Bureau b con-ducting-
an investigation of ethnic
slurs painted on the exterior
walls of a Baldwin store.
According to police, the
slurs as well as swastikas were
of Bloomcrest Fabrics, 1874
Grand Avenue, Baldwin, some­time
betweeen 5:30 pm Tuesday,
August 27 and lOJO am the next
morning.
The investigation is under the
supervision of Inspector Kenneth
Carey, coordinator of Civil Rights
FREEPORT - A major" com­munity
fiind-raising drive is
underway to raise S350,000 need­ed
by the Hi-Hello Day Care
Center to expand its present
facilities.
And help has come from
various sources.
One of the most enthusiastic
proponents of Hi-Hello has long
been Citibank and Heibert
Myers, presently the business
director for tMe* bank's Long
Island branches, was an eariy.
community board member. Citi­bank
has had representation on
the board ever since and has play­ed
many rolls, from financial
advisor tn mortgage holder to
hand holder. Citibank's employ-spray
painted on Ihe exterior Investigations. ^ ees are also working, on a major
fund raising effort, a dinner to be
held this fall honoring Senator Al
D'Amato.
Other local business people
have also helped. Another early
supporter of Hi-Hello is John
Mountcastle of Moontcastle's
Wines & Liquors. From baskets
of cheer to bc"Taflled. to toys for
the kids, to financial contribu­tions,
Mouh'tcastle has supported
Hi-Hello and the concept <rf child
day care. Recently he donated
wine and liquor for a branch, as
well as offering the same for the
larger dinner being planned.
Bonnie and Bill McDermott,
whose daughter attended Hi-
Hello at one time, hosted a
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