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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JANUARY 15,. 1987
52nd YEAR, No. 39
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Reed, Qinipion To Run For Tnistee
Two Designated By Fufure
Baldwin Company Party, Dems Still To Meet
Withdraws Pelilion
Residents Were Ready ^
To Oppose Reioning
BALDWIN - Less than 24 hours before (hey were due
to appear before the Hempstead Town Board, residents
of mid-Baldwin received letters that the Kane Paper
•Company, located on Milburn Avenue, would be with­drawing
its petition requesting a change of zoning of its
property. Prepared to ap­pear
at the meeting were
over SO area residents,
including representatives
of several local community
groups, carrying with
them, petitions with over
300 names indicating their
^-opposition. -^—.
The 3.2 acres of prop­erty
are presently zoned
Residence B, Residence C
- and Business and,- accord­ing
to statements by the
owner's lawyer, exist as a
non-conforming use. Kane
•Paper was seeking to
change the zoning to tight
manufacturing.
Local residents had met
five times over the recent
holidays' to discuss their
position and then to pre­pare
the research and plan
of action to support their
concern. They based their
opposition on several
items including the impact
on the value of their
homes, the precedent that
the re-zoning could set,
and the impact on en^U
ronment and safety. They
had with them docunien-tation
from Town and
County records regarding
statements in the petition
and restrictions noted in
the zoning code. Also in­cluded
in the formal op­position,
which was slated
to be presented by several
residents, were concerns
that developed as a result
of statemenls heard by
residents at meetings with
the owner.
Several residents have
exprcs<ed concern about
the process which in-.
eluded two previous ad­journments
before the
withdrawal and problems
with the legal notification
of residents. It was noted,
however, that the benefit
T)f'lhB""entir5"sl!ualion was
that j-esidents were now
aware of the actual legal
status of the property and
its- restrictions "and " had~
become organized in the
course of. facing a mutual
concern. They noted that
they would be following
up on. information they
had researched.
Residents operated with-out-.
bgnefit of legal assis-tane£^^^
u» noted the coop­eration
of local officials
and Town and County
employees who assisted
them during the research
process.
•One resident noted that
it was gratifying to see
that residents could effi­ciently
join together to
face.a mutal concern but
noted tlie personal hard­ship
to many -"residents
who had already arranged
to take time off from
work to attend the hear­ing.
"LibcBlY Wteeting
FREEPORT - The ne.xt
meeting of the Frecpnrt
Memorial Library I! ':rd
of Trustees will take p'^ce
on Wednesday, January
21, at 8 pm, at 94 Stirling
Avenue, Freeport.
The telephone number is
379-3274.
Freeporter Wins
State Crown
FREEPORT - A
Freeport woman has been
crowned Ms. New York
Senior America and will
be going to Atlantic City
for the national finals 'on
April I.
Perie Backilman, a trim,
beautiful 65-year-old
mother of two, who ad­mittedly
hates to exercise,
received her crown at fes-tivities
helrf at tha Villa
• FREEPORT - Another slate of candidates has
emerged for the two seats on the Freeport Village Board
of Trustees, which will be the prizes at the end of the
March 18th village general election.
At a recent meeting of the F.U.T.U.R.E. Party of
Jreeport, its nominating
committee named James
W. Reed and Vincent P.
Campion as its candidates
for the seats presently
occupied by C. James
Clark and Vincent Di-
Costanzo.
' Clark had announced
earlier that he would not
seek reelection; Di-
Costanzo has received the
nominations of the Village
Party and the Freeport
Republican Organization.
Campion, who ' an­nounced
his candidacy for
Campion stated their
views about what they
described as the "coalition
between the Home Rule
Party and the Village
Party for the Repubican
Party's endorsement.* (See
MAILBOX, p. 6.)
The two F^.U.T.U.R.E;
Party candidates agreed
that "the 'Deal' to cross
endorse candidates i& tin-fair
to those members and
supporters of both parties
as well as to all of the
residents of Freeport.
trustee 4ast week, was the Therefore," they said, 'the
Future Party's candidate decision to challenge 'Boss
Roma Country Club in
Callfcoon, New York.
The Ms. New York Se­nior
America - Pageant - is
the first to honor women
who have • reached the
"Age of Elegance." Con­testants
are 60 years and
(Com. on Page S)
Village Honoring
Dr. King
FREEPORT - Cere­monies
commemorating
the first nationally cele­brated
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jx. Day will be held
•in. Freeport -on Sunday,
January 18, at 3 pm, at
Freeport High School.
The Village of Freeport
Mayor's Committee - To
Celebrate Dr. Martin.
Luther King, Jr. Day,
chaired by Rev. Simon
Bouie, has scheduled a
program they believe will
be botli informative and
entertaining.
On the program are
dancers from the Dicker-son
Performing Arts Cen­ter,
combined church
choirs and other enter­tainment.
All residents of Freeport
are cordially invited to
attend and participate.
—for- mayor-in--March—of—Tweed*-
198S, its first time out.
Jim Reed, a member and
officer • of the Village
.JParty, - had sought that
party's nomination but
had lost to DiCostanzo and
Annajean Cacciatore in a
cross-endorsement or
coalition agreement, which
also'encompassed the Re­publican
- Party and the
Home Rule Party.
In accepting the
F.UT.U^.E. • Party's
nominations. Reed and
polities'
Freeport was made." "
In a separate statement,
Reed explained that his
name had-been circulated'
"as a possible candidate"
during the last three
months. "I was flattered to
be considered," said Reed,
"and the recommendations
were several that I run."
Reed said he had de­cided
to run for the Vil­lage
Party's nomination
three days before its
(Com. en Page 16)
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