The-Leader_1987-01-08

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Village of
Freepori
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Freepori
School District
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Baidwin
Sch.ool District
THE FRHEPO.tMEMORU^WUBHARY_
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•rnEEFORX UEIiOalAL LIBRARy
f UERRICK RD
FRPT in 11520
FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JANUARY 8, 1987
S2ndYEAR,No. 3«
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Villqge Board Pttsses/87-'88 Budget
Qukk Airests Made
In Two R
/ Baldwin SuspecfSi Baldvtin
HoU-UpNefs 2 For Police
BALDWIN - Nassau County Police made two. quick
arrests Ia«tweek in Baldwin-related robberies. One was
the apprehension of a Bald'win man, who allegedly
robbed a fast food outlet in West Hempstead; the other
was of a South Carolina man, who reportedly robbed q
Baldwin bank.
. . Edward Oreco, 22, of
Charleston, South
Carolina, was arrested
shortly after he allegedly
robbed the National
Westminister Bank, 2230 ,
Grand Avenue. Baldwin,"
uu Tuesday afternoon,
December 30.
According to the police
report, Greco had entered
the bank at about 12:1S
pm and handed a teller a
note, stating that he had a
gun and wanted her to fill
• a bag with money. The
teller compSjd and the
subject fled with S260.
There were . about 12
people in the bank at'the
time, but no injuries were
reported.
Police were notified and
soon afterwards, Nassau
County P.O. Stephen
Capobianco, of the First
Precinct, saw Greco in the
vicinity of Loft Avenue in
BalQwfn. . . Capobianco
apprehended the suspect,
and a full recovery of the
money was made.
Urisco-hai-becn charged
with Robbery First Degree
and arraigned in First,
District Court in Mineola.
Fast Food
: Robber Nabbed
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Storm Damage Info
. From Residents
FREEPORT - Village
Mayor Dorothy .Storm is
requesting all residents
and businesses, that expe­rienced,
damage. to. prop- -
erty in the recent flood-'
ing, to send a description
and estimate, of the dam­age
to her attention at
Village Hall, 46 North
Low 74^ Increase Depends
Of) Sale OfSfadium Property
FREEPORT - .The village's $22,362,1331 municipal
budget for 1987-88 glided easily through a public
hearing Motiday evening, January 5, and the.Village
• Board unanimously approved it. • , .
There were-some questions, many of them for clari-
. f ication; several the budget revenue in­cluding
a hoped-for sale
of municipal property (the
stadium and land) for at
least $1..8 elilUioh, the ex-pected
tax increase is es­timated
to be only 24
cents per SI GO assessed
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•Wjlliam—Hester,—an Ocean Avenue^-as-soon-unem'
pl-o yed 21-year old possible.
of 92 Goes Neck Road,
-Baldwin, has been charged
with the first ' degree
fobbery of the manager of
a Kentucky FriedOhicken
Store on Hem'pstead
Turnpike in West Hemp­stead.
According to the police
report, Hester held up his
Victim on New Year's Day
night, about 9:40
Mayor Storm, explained
that she has initiated a
meeting with the pertinent
officials (0 be held
shortly. The .informatioh
requested will bolster her
attempts to have the Vil­lage
declared eligible for
,low-cost loan assistance
such as was available fol­lowing
Hurricane Gloria
pm^ in 1985.
taking $137. y_ • •, , , , ^
Following the robbery.'a ^PuDiic Heanng On
annodti fiNcaatsisoanu' wCaos ubnrtyo adPc.aOst.
George Monaghan, of the
Fifth Precinct, spotted
Hester.' and arrested him';
three blocks ffoni" the
scene of the crime.
Police recovered $128.
Hester 'was arraigned in'
First District Court,
Mineola.
Rotary To Honor Freeport Vamp
=•. FREEPORT - Long­time
Freeport . fireman.
Charles Schilling will be
honored by the Freeport
Rotary Club on Thursday
evening, January 15.
Schilling, who has been
a. volunteer fireman for 38
.years and still makes all
general alarm calls, will
receive the Civic Leader­ship
Award Tor outstand­ing
service to the Freeport
community.
Schilling, 69, is a mem­ber
and eit-Captain (1955-
1956) _of_ Truck Company
No.'l and a member and
ex-Captain (1977-1978) of
the Fire Police. Presently
he is sergeant o{ the Fire
Police and, in April, will
be installed as that unit's
lieutenant.
Schilling was chosen by
the Freeport Fire Depart­ment
to receive the Rotary
award. He will be intro­duced
at the dinner by
Freeport Theatre
Land Set For Jaa 12
FREEPORT - The Vil­lage
Board of Trustees
will hold a public hearing
Monday evening, January
12, at 8 pm, on the Ur­ban
Renewal Plan for the-
Freeport Theater Block,
The Village's Planning
Board has already given
its approval for the
Freeport Community De­velopment
Agency's plan
which would sell the
Freeport Theater to J. S.
Propettics. owner of U. S.
1, the automotive supply
store chain which owns
the Grant's Building on
the south "sidi" of Sunrise
Highway.
J. S. Properties proposes
to demolish the theater
(Conl.cnP»g»I8)
suggestions; and even a
few objections, given al­most
good-humoredly by
• some of the residents who
spoke.
But even in this village
election year. Mayor
Dorothy Storm's budget
found few detractors. With
^A/Vo|i]e Candidates Eineiisina .
In Village Election Muddle
FREEPORT - The Village's election scene is far from
firmed tip, although three of the four partly expected
-to-field-«andidates-lravE~atfeady~ha'd~theif nominating
caucuses. .
The fourth party,.the Freeport Democrats, will hold
its nominating caucus on
ties.
The Republican's
"certificates of nomina­tion'
(i.e. -petition) must
be filed in the Village
Clerk's office by January
29..
In• order to appear on
the ballot, each of the two
local parties. must file a .
minimum of 100 names.
Filing date is February
10-17.
The Deinocrats ' have
adopted the caucus route.
Zone committeepersons
will caucus Sunday, Jan­uary'
18, at 2 pm, at the-
Freeport Memorial Li­brary.
The Democrat's full
platform. . will also be
'adopted at that time.
However, Zone • leader
Jerry Gerstman says, two
main items have already
been approved at a meet­ing
iti December. They
are: a "iiuelear' free zone'
in Freeport (all nuclear-,
materials, new or vised
would be prohibited from
traveling' through
Freeport); and "strict ordi­nances
to be written and
sonstantly enforced • to
prevent the polluting in
places ( i.e. Industrial
Sunday afternoon^ January
18; and an independent
candidate has also sur­faced.
Freeport Republican
committeepersons are
seeking signatures oj) their
petitions, which designate
Annajean Cacciatore and
present Village Trustee
Vincent DiCostanzo • as
candidates for the two
open seats on the Village
Board ' in this coming
March 18th election.
The Home Rule Party,
which has already had its
designating convention,
presently has as its candi­dates
Cacciatore and Hy-cie
Vollmer; while the
Village Party, which also
has'already convened,, has
designated DiCostanzo and
Cacciatore.
But it is now apparent
that the line-up of candi­dates
will have to shift to
accomodate legality; which
stipulates that no candi­date
can appear on more
than two lines. Caccia-tore's
designation by three
parties has raised this
problem. Either she will
have to ; refuse one
nomination or she will
have to run on a line that
is shared by both the Vil­lage
and Home Rule Par-• .(Cc.-il.c.iPaoel6)