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J 54th YEAR, NO. 33 FREEPORT, NEW YORK THURSDAY, AUGUST \B, 1988 PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
FIREMEN MARCH: SMond Sattaflon Pmd* ami BIwHi Party
wa« haM on Saturday in Fraapott faaturing fkafishtart from
PraaportBal<Mn,and«laawhara. ' ,t«^^HMnyi^
Village Board meets
seepages
Drug arrests
seepages
'Fish is safe to eat/ authorities stress
by Maurice Forge
Several dozen party boat cap­tains,
restaurant* ownen, profes­sional
'fishermen and wholesale
and retail fish and seafood dis<
tiibutors came to a press confer­ence
hosted at Village Hall by
Freeport Mayor Dorothy Storm
and beard the welcome verdict
that consumers can continue
enjoyinjt the . "perfectly safe"
catches "from these waters."
This gathering on Tuesday,
August 9, came on the heels of .
the good newt from Commis­sioner
Thomas C. Jotling of the
State Department of Environ­mental
Conservation and Sute
Health Commissioner Dr. David
Axelrod on August 5, that "there
is no reason to suspect that the
sanitary conditions or wbole-someness
of marine fish, lobster
or crabs has beenaffwstedlbyjhe..
conditions that'have resulted in
bracb closures.
Authorhiat ara aaaurihg
Speaking from her ow^
knowledge and in agreement with
all other experts. Dr. Anita R.
Freudenthal, Marine Biologist of
Ecology on the staff of Nassau
County Health Department,
assured the public that "ail agen-'
cies - town, county and state - are
in agreemeiii that, recent marine
events have not affected the
safety or wholesomeness of fish
and seafood." .
Offidals and audience demon­strated
their con^clions by eat­ing
and enjoying platters of fish
FOOD IS NOT UMiaHy aarvKl in VHIaaa MaU't Conferencsa
Roont, ixrt It wat hnportant to maM tha point that fMi i i par-faetly
aafe to aat at tha roeant amarganey maotfaio oaKad by
Mayor OofxMhy Stofm to diacuaa tha pubHc'a miseoncaption
dua to ma«Hcal %va«te waahojn on tha bafehaa. Sho»wi anjoyina
tha fiah ara, from laft. Tony OHarmia. Albait tunolo of "Super
.eprsK.U." AvtKpny Malo of "Mto ^laapeii" Mayor. Storm,
Naaaau County Dapartmaht'of HaaWi marbta bioloflitt Dr.
Anha Frautfanthal, Michaal Danon of tha "Captain U H I " floot,
Richard Kaaaingar of "Tha Staratraam;" Naw Yorii Sea Grant
seafood taehnologiat Kan QaH and Miehaal Oroat of tha "Cap-ttin
Lou" fleet. The plattori of flah were dMtatad by the
Schooner Raataurant. wHh paper goods from The Tidee Inn.
prepared and ptesented by res­taurants
on the Freeport
waterfront.
_ Equally emphatic was seafood
specialist Ken OaU who heads a
15-year New York Sea Grant,
under which a staff of Cornel!
University ^hd State Univenity
of New York have been conduct­ing
study and educational pro­grams
on how best' to 'use our
marine resources. They study
coastal erosion, fishing and boat­ing
practices and sea food in the
diet.
"The information available to
us," Mr. Gall said, "confirms that
it is perfectly safe to eat fish and
seafood from these waters."
Mayor strestea education
Pointing out to the waterfront
business people and the public
that the problem is not with the
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Baldwin schools up tax rate $1.65
A Baldwin school tax rate'
increase of $1.65 was aonouoced
at the August 10 Board of Educa­tion
meeting. The offidal tax rale
forthe 198g-{S9scHoo]year wiU be
$36.09 perSlOO of assessed valua­tion.
That is an increase of $1.65
per SlOO of assessed valuation.
The projected tax rate at the May
budget vote was $2.79. For a
home assessed at S640p the rate
represents an increase of approx­imately
$107.25.
' A tax rate is based on two sta­tistics.
The first is the expenditure
portion of the bud^t. That is set
by the Board of Education and is
approved by voters in the May.
budget vote. The other statistic is
the revenue portion of the
bud^t. That iseludn such items
as state aid, money from sale of
property, etc. The largest portion
of. revenues, however, is raised
throtigji taxes.
In reality, there are four tax
rates. The most common is that
for single family fiomeowsers.
Other u x rates are for apart­ments
and condos, commercial
property, and utilities. Because
Baldwio is basically a bedroom
community, the bulk of tbetaxes
is paid by the homeowner. The
, difTerence between the projected
tax rate in May Biui the actual tax
rate set in August results from
changes in the assessed valuation
of all property in Baldwin, wlucb
is determmed by the Nassau
County Boaiil of Assessors, as
well as reception of final state aid
figures which are not available in
the spring.
New cantor welcomed
seepages
African/American Day
seepage^
Fabulous Freeport homes
see page 11
Utiraiy events
see^gel?