The-Leader_1987-06-18

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LEADER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 1987
53r.d YEAR, No. 9
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J Moyor Storm Sels Record Straight
Debunks Various Rumors
B a l d w i n S c h O O k H e a d OfBulkHngs&Buslnesses'y
^ ^ ^ ^ WW • • • _ .'-^ — ' - • ^— '——— • B ^ r ^ a W • FREEPORT - In response to residents' questions / a
ToRe1iraln1988
Dr, Jones Makes Suiprise .
Announcement At Meeting
response to residents' questions
recent Freeport Village Board Board of Trustees' meet­ing,
Mayor Dorothy Storm refuted several rumors about
area properties.
Marianne Endo, a representative of the South of Sun­rise
Civic Association
byJoanDetaney
BALDWIN - Following a ceremony on June 30 hon­oring
the Baldwin School District's retirees. Superinten­dent
of Schools Dr. RoUand \V. Jones surprised the au­dience
by announcing his own retirement effective July
1, 1988. He noted that he was making this information
knosvn early so that the ' '
Qty Honors
Freeport Hero
NEW YORK - A
Freeport resident and vol-
Board of Education. could
begin a' "smooth and or­derly
search process" for
his replacement. Jones told
this reporter that he has
informed the Board of
various .methods whereby
that search process can be
. undertaken, and that it
would undoubtedly . in­clude
consideration, of
candidates from both
within and outside the
district.
yJones added that" Ke
would be returning to
North Carolina, wherehis
family has a home, % do
things.that he eiijoys and
for which he has not ^^^
time during his tenure in
Baldwin,-
Dr. Jones assumed his
position as Baldwin's Su-difficult.
Former Board of
Education member
Thomas , Carroll once
commented that the com­munity
was like a race
horse which gave certain
signals during the race but
then balked, at finally
jumping the hurdle. -
The" first six years of
Jones'-tenure were marked
by community divlsiveness
over several reorganization
'plans..It resulted in the
replacement of Board of
Education members
through the defeat of in­cumbents
and was marked
by the establishment of a
community group, whose
members picketed the
homes of ^School Board
members and engaged in
agressive tactics to prevent
perintendents. of Schools,/ the enactment of certain
replacing Dr. Fred Shore, reorganization plans,
on August 1, 1978. His
priniary charge front that
Eventually, reorganiza­tion
resulted in the closing
P»ttl Hubtgin
unteer firefighter was the
recipient this, past week of
three personal awards and
a joint award at New
York City's annual Fire
Department Medal Day.
Paul Hashagen, former
captain of . Freeport's
Truck Company NO. 1 and
(CoDt. en P«t< t')
(SOSCA), . specifically
asked about. the recent
closing.of the A & P Su­permarket
and the status
of the long-empty Lydia
£. Hali Hospital building.
Vehemently calling sto­ries
about the two proper­ties
"rumors," Mayor
Storm noted that there
•were even more.such ru­mors
circulating around
the .village.
She noted that she. had
been - questioned about
condominiums at. the A &
P site on Atlantic Avenue,
west of Bayview'Avenue;,
the property presently
occupied by Salty Bay
Yacht Club, on Westside
Avenue; and the Stadium
• property, the sale of
which to Wilbur Breslin
for stores is presently be-
• ing negotiated by the vil-
• lage. , .•
"There will be no more
condominiums," a'sserted
Mayor Storm. "This ad­ministration
will not re-zone
any more property
•for condominiums, partic­ularly
with the water cap
still on us."
The Mayor was referring
to a cap on water usage
imposed on the village by
the New York State De­partment
of Environmen­tal
Conservation.
The A & P. which shut
its doors about two weeks
ago, will, be leased to a
drug store . chain, the
Mayor- said. Salty ^ay
Yacht Club, she went on,
"will'not be rezoned for
condps;" to do so, she ex­plained,
'would be "spot
zoning."
' Rumors about the future
of Salty Bay Yacht Cliib, a
popular club and catering -
establishment, have been
circulating for weeks.
Recently at least one local
organization, which always
holds its annual dinner-dance
at the facility, had
been turned down for
1988 with" the explanation
that the Yacht Club would
be closed after the 1987
Christmas - New Year's
holidays.
While much of the
(Conl. on Pi j« 16)
Board of Education was to ofCooiidge, Prospect and G l t l d u a t l o n SkinddV
, aredodrrgeassn itzhaet ioqnu,e sotfio ns cohfo othlse. Harbor Elementary '
Declining enrollment at
both the elementary and
secondary level schools
made it -apparent that it
was necessary to close
schools. The question of
the racial imbalance at
certain schools at /that
time was also another
fact6r to consider.
The community had
previously noted its
agreement with the con­cept
of closing khools,
but the reality proved
Schools, and the Baldwin
Junior High School located
on.. Pershing Boulevard.
Since that time,- the
Prospect " Junior High
Schools complex as well as
the Coolidge School com­plex
were sold for con-domimun
type housing.
and the Harbor School was
converged for District Of-
' fice use. In addition,/ the
June 1987 vote resulted in
the sale of the Clyde Road
property in north-east
(Conl. on P»i« 6) _
FREEPORT - With the
Class of 1987 preparing
for their June 21st Com­mencement
ceremonies,
announcements have been
made of scholarships and
other honors awarded.- to
them.
As of this date, nearly
two-thirds of the Senior
Class plans to go on to
higher education next
year. The.seniors have al­ready
accumulated over a
half-million dollars in
(Coat, oa Pa|t 10)
COMMEHCtkiENT SPEAKERS at Frttport Hi|h School U iU
ctttmoar thit comini Sundty, Jun« ] | , viU b« (I. to r.) Juiil
Scuborouch,'Sijutxtorizn Citbtrint DunkU txid Vkltdictoriin Ktvia'
Ruff. Tht three ari al wnk en their tpeeehei with Btrbirs Btrtteeini
(seated), \tid of the tchocl'i Enfliih Deputrr.ent.