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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER 31,1985'
.51st YEAR, No.28 •
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s New Graf fiti Law
Baldwin Teachers'
Contract Ratified
A/lore Increases Expected To
Arrests For Atttuct Neio Teochers
Landmark Laiv To Punish
Seller As Well As "Artisf
FREEPORT - Plagued by the vandalism and graffiti common to all
municipalities, as Village Mayor Dorothy Storm points out, Freeport
has become the first municipality in Nassau and Suffolk Counties to
pass a law limiUng the sale of broad-tipped indelible markers ami aero­sol
cans of paint. . -
Following a piiblic hearing, on Monday evening, October 28, at
which no objections were voiced.
Prostif ution
FREEPORT - Viliage Police
continue their crackdown on
prostitution, with jFreeport Pblice
Chief Anthony Bar suggesting,
that the "Johns," the men
solicited, are to a great extent
men, ."doctors, lawyers, even
an off-duty police officer'' (not
a Freeport Village policeman),
said Bar, adding he felt that the'
type of men being solicited is
important to the general story.
Police reports. However, while
identifying the men solicited,
give no information as to their
background. All have apparently
cooperated with the police by
giving signed sutements.
Two arrests were made Fri­day
evening October 25, the
first as early as 6JO pm at
Church Street and Suiirise High­way,
where P.O. Michael Snuth,
in plainclothes, and Village
Police Detective Oaude Tristram
arrested • Chandra Galloway,
22, of SI North Columbus Ave­nue,
and charged her with solid-iingforprostilution.
A little later that evening,
Tristram and P.O. -Tunothy
Seaman arrested Tamara Evans,
26, of 40 Agn^ Street, at the
same spot. Church and Sunrise.
At lOJO pm. Village P.O.
Arthur Zimmer arrested 20-
year-old Priscilla Boud, of 75
Graffin^ Place, alleging she
solicited for prostitution at the
comer of CSurch Street and Sun­rise
Highway. •
On Saturday, October 26, Bm-mer
made another arrest, this
time at 10:50 pm, at Sunrise
Highway and South Main Street.
Dancy Melanie, 23, of 123
Gladys St., Hempstead, was
arrested.
The following evening, Sunday,
October 27, at 7 pm. Police Of­ficers
Michael Flood and George
Dowdell reportedly watched
as Alfred Hall, of 159 East
Merrick Road, approached a car
slopped in traffic at Church and
Sunrise, Hall got into Ihe car
which proceeded to Niagara Ave­nue
and Tr«y Place. There the of­ficers
arrested Hall.
- , by Joan Delaney-
BALDWIN - At its October 23rd meeting, the Baldwin Board of
Education ratified a Memorandum of Agreement between the Baldwin
Teachers Association (BTA) and the school district. Earlier in the'
week, the BTA had ratified the same agreement.
Effective from July 1, 1985 tp June 30, 1988, the agreement repre­sents
almost a ftill year "of effort.
according-to Superintendent of
- Schools Holland W.Jones.
The teachers'. new contract
provides for salary increases of'
7Vi%for each of the first .two
,years, and 7'/4%for the. third
year, thus maUng Baldwin's
salaries more competitive in the
County and more likely to attract
high" calibre new teachers as the
present teacher shortage con­tinues,
district. spokesperson
Janet Neiman explains.
The contract also gives the Dis­trict
the option to implement a
nine period day in the secondary
schools in contrast with the
present eight-period day.'The
school day would be increased ai
the secondary level and-the ninth
period, if implemented, would
faciliuie sdieduring ID meei'lhe
requirements of the Regents
Action Plan. The niiith period"
would be used as a professional
- period for Ihe teachers for such
purposes as curriciiliim develop­ment,
conferences, extra help for
sliidenis, service on coiiiinillees
.and substituting for absent
colleagues'.
Also covered by the new
cuntraci are other areas such as
health insurance, personal days.
Workers* Compensation and par­ticipation
in after-school events.
In omimeniing on the new om-iract.
Dr. Junes staled thai it was
the,result i^f a lung process. The
contraci. !<c- said, was gi><d for
both the Disirici and the teachers
and, more inipunant, good for the
instructional program. He also
commended Dr. Phyllis Almenoff
and the administrative team, and
Anthony Lombardo, Presideni nf
Ihe Baldwin Teachers Association
(BTA). and his team for the high
professional tenor of the negttiia-tions
and "for the g'»id faith
exhibited by both teams i.'iMug!i-out
the negotiating process.
Other Business . - '
In other business during Ihe
meeting. Board - of Education
President Bernard Pillinsky com­plimented
local Slate Senators
Norman Levy and Dean Skelos
who were rcjJKjnsible for the
Baldwin School District's receiv­ing
$1(X>,000 -for spedal pro­grams.
(See The Leader, October
24.) Kttinsky rioted oar legis­lators'
efforts-to help districts in
need when they have discre­tionary
fiinds available and-he
emphasized 4he legislator's know-lege,
interest and sincerity.
New Position
Superintendent - Jones an­nounced
and Ihe Board approved
Nancy McEliuy as Ihe District
Director of Reading and Library
Services. This is a new position,
created with the reorganization of
the Instructitmal Communica­tions
Department with the retire­ment
of Amy McComb. Still Ui
be approved is a Director of Com­puter
Services — the other half of
the reorganized departmenl.
Gene Lanzarti, the Board's
liaison to the Bald-win Educational
Assembly (BEA) and Administra­tive
liaison to the Committee on
Image and OiminunicalKin, ex­plained
the proposed informal
survey which Ihe BEA curamiitee
intends lo undertake. This survey
will include a random sampling
of residents and will be conducted
outside several Baldnin super­markets
in early November.
Lanzaro stressed that ihe survey
is not intended to be a-scientific
sampling and is not for publica­tion
but is simply an infonnal
means for tht ci>mmitlee to see
hirw Baldwin School District
residents receive their informa­tion
about the scinol district.
The Coinniiiiee is oanicularly
(C--ni.cnP.-3ge6'
the board unanimously appro\'ed
the new- ordinaince, which is
reportedly based on a New York
City law.
- Mayor Storm and the Freeport
School District had previously
had. meetings to disi^uss the
problem of graffiti, which has
caused both to suffer financial
losses, and to coordinate "a
crackdown on graffiti."
Only_ two w:eeks. ago, two
youtbs were caught by a school
custodian and Village police
as the boys spray punted a wall
at Bayview Avenue School.
Mayor Storm expluned that
she had initially tried to obtain
voluntary compliance with a
- written request to retailers not
to sell-aerosol cans of paint
to youths under 18 years of age.
She said she received no re­sponses
from any of the mer­chants
in Freeport, Merrick
. and Baldwin, to whom she
•wrote.
Freeport's new ordinance
specifically prohibits "the sale,
to persons under 18, of aerosol
paint spray cans and any felt
tip marker or similar implement
with a writing surface of at
least one-half inch and which con­tains
a fluid that is not water
-soluble.
• Further, the items named in
the ordinance may not be publicly
displayed, in order tp deter their
theft.
The law also expressedly pro­hibits
carrying such markers or
paint cans into any public build­ing
or facility with the intent to
deface them and, bans any
"writing, painting or drawing"
on any building without the own-er'sconsenl.
Violations wHI be punishable
under the SUle's Penal Law by a
fine of up .to $250 or 15 days in
jail.
According to Mayor Storm,
Freeport's ordinance is just the
beginning of an expected ground-snell
of such laws in Nassau
and Suffolk Counties. Through
her position on Ihe County
Municipal Officials' Association,.
Storm is gathering support from
other municipalities to pass
similar ordinances. Rockville
Centre is expected to follow
shortly.
Other Business
Other matters on ihe board's
agenda included setting the date
of Monday, November 25th for
two public hearings.
One heariiig would deal with
•"Satellite ' Signal-Receiving
Antennas," requiring them to
have a permit and specifying that
the "earth stations," as they are
called must comply with certain
requirements whether ground-mounted
or txx)f-mounted.
The other public hearing would
add an "eariy Retirement In­centive
Plan" to Ihe village's'
"Personnel Benefits and Regula-.
tions."
The public hearings section
of the Village Board meetings
begins at 8 pm.
Stop Signs
The Board also approved -
recommendations by the Police
Department regarding new stop .
signs..
Recommended were the in­stallation
of stop signs on East
Milton and.Jay Street to contnd
east and "west traffic, making
the intersection a four-way stop;
at Weberfield Avenue and Jesse
Street to control north and south
.traffic; and at North Ocean and
Lena Avenues to control north
.and south traffic, converting it to
a four way stop.
According to a memorandum
from the Police Department,
seven other locations on which
Mayor Storm had also requested
surveys, "failed to meet any of
the warrants for stops signs and
therefore are not recommended."
These are Parsons an.d Lake-view
Avenues, Weberfield and
. W'fllow Avenues, Weberfield
and Gill Avenues, .Weberfield
and Grand Avenues, Weber­field
Avenue and GooUdge Place,
Weberfield and Hillside Ave­nues,
and Weberfield and Par­sons
Avenues.
At Weberfield and Grand,
stops signs are posted o'n Weber­field.
while (jrand. a county road,
was described in the police re­port
as a main artery of travel.
At the other six intersections,
according to Freeport Police,
there had been either no ac­cidents
or only one accident in
Ihe last three-and-a-half years.
A resurvey was also done at
Graffing Place and Washburn
Avenue, but stops signs are still
not recommended.