The-Leader_1989-10-26

              Freeport • Baldwin
LEASER 55lh Year. No. 43 Frcepon.N.Y. 11520 Officisl newspaper of the Village of FitepotvFreepon and Baldwin School Districts Thursday. October 25.19S9 25c
Capacity crowd hears power plans
BRICKS FOR BAYVIEW VILLAGE: Kids, parantt and othvr
vohintMr "convtnictlon worfc«rs" got togcthw l«st wMkand to
bogin th« building of th* mInl-FrMport planned for V3l»g0
youngttan at Bayvte^Avenuo School Abov«, from )«ft, Nicola
Barbarana. KImbariy Mavar*. Mallssa Thomgran and CoHaan
Mayar halp ttack brick*. Bslow, parants Patar Raad. laft, and
Bin Thomgran mix mortar.
Scnaie Traruporuiion Com-raiiiee
Oairroan Senator Nor-cun
J. Levy as a follow-up to his
rcccfil draund thii the Rcvr Aa-ing
President of the Long Island
Rail Road. Peter SungI, uke
immediate steps to expedite
repairs to the escalator at (he
Frcepon LIRR sution. held an
on-site meeting with John
Doheny. VicePrcsident of Oper­ations,
to discuss further com­plaints
recei\-cd by his office con­cerning
the deplorable conditions
of the cie\ator at the station.
Senator Levy- said that he has
received numerous complauus
(hat the area in and around the
by Maurice Forge
Long-time avowed oppo­nent*
of Viliago power pro­posals,
dedared aupportcrs of
expanded electric generating
capacity, and other resident*
interested in plans for assur­ing
adequate current at rea­sonable
rates, crowded the
ViUage HoU hearing room
October 18 to its capacity.
* Mayor Dorothy Storm wel­comed
them and explained
the purpose of t h e public
informationo) meeting. She
explained that in-a represen­tative
typo municipal govern­ment
as exists in Freeport
the trustees ore charged with
legislating and administering
the afTairs of the Village.
"But we wont the residents to
have OS much information as
possible and for you to
express your views end wish­es
to us so that decisions are
made on informed consent
and reasonrhle consensus.'
She expressed confidence
that ultimate decisions will
be of greatest benefit to
Freeport in the long run.
William Cominos, general
No way up at Freeport station
elevator is unsafe and filthy with
the stench of urine and feces per­meating
the area. Commuters
have also cofflplainted about
used 5>Tinge$ being discarded in
the elevator.
"With the reccrJ announce­ment
by the LIRR that it would
take up to n\c months to repair
the escalator at the Freeport rail­road
station, it is v^tzl that the
delator at the suiion. which is
one of the few handicapped
accessible stations on ihe
Bab>ion branch, be operational,
clean and safe at all times for
those coramulers who must u»e
(cecenMl en Mg* S|
manager of the power utility,
introduced the subject and
outlined proposals for both
enhancing the Village's own
generating capacity and its
ability to receive increased
bulk power from the Now
YorV Power Authority
(NYPA). He frequently
referred to the printed out­line
of the plan distributed to
the audience.
Economy and reliability
In order to assure reliable
supplies of electricity at
Prccport's troditionally lower
rates the plan includes:
• Retirement of power
plant No. 1 where the age of
generators rariges from 48 to
25 years which entails
increasing maintenance and
operating costs and "decreas­ing
reliability."
• Building a substitute
facility on the site of Plant
No. 2 in the industrial parVc
and thereby eliminate dupli­cation
of staff ond effecting
other economies.
• Making the site of PP No.
1 on Sunrise Highway, a
potentially voluable commer­cial
property, available for
development that could pro­vide
substantial tax revenue.
' Creating better potential
for maintaining low electric
r a t e s with more modern
equipment and consolidated
operation-
" Construction of a new 69
kilovoUnge substation lo
receive larger supply of
hydroelectric power from
NYPA-
' The more efficient set-up
would allow increased cur­rent
sales to LILCO of all
excess generation, thus pro­viding
additional revenue.
On the other side
Contradicting these ass­umptions,
a flyer distributed
by the Freeport Council of
Civic Associations called for
increased purchases of ener­gy
from NYPA 'and not to
spend millions of dollars to
build more generating sta­tions."
'If you can buy something
cheaper than you can make
it," the COCA leaflet pro­claimed,
' t h e n you don't
(Oonanj«d on paQ* 10)
FPD working for a safe Halloween
Freeport Police Chief
Joseph King has announced
that his deportment will be
working with the Auttwnobilc
Club of New York to eixsure a
safe Halloween for local
•trick-or-trcalers."
Chief King called Hal­loween
"a serious threat to
child pedestrian safety," and
noted that the shift to stan­dard
time on October 30
means earlier darkness and
reduced visibility for
motorists and pedestrians.
"In addition, youngsters tend
to forget the rules of safety
during the fun of tncV-or-treating."
he said.
Last Halloween nine-year-old
Darren Avclii of Uams^.r.
Avenue was strjclt by a e.ir
when he ran out bctw*?er,
p.-irked cars while trick-or
irea'jng at 5:30 p m, on Wes:-
side Avenue. Su^l-Tinirs n
severe head injury, he '^.-is
allowed horr.e from a corr.a
recovery facility this pas*.
June and is currently
enrolled at the Human
Resources School where he
receives therapies for multi­ple
handicaps.
Mayor Dorothy Storm
joined Chief King in urging a
"safety first' Halloween.
"The young people of
Freeport are fortunate in
t h a t both the ViUage and
Freeport schools offer alter­natives
to trick-or-treating. I
urge parents to take advan­tage
of them."
As one ol those alterna­tives,
the Freeport Recre­ation
Department, in con­junction
with the Freeport
Police Benevolent Associa­tion,
^*'ill present a free after­noon
and evening of Hal-
!owoe.-i fun at the RecTcation
Chief King points out th;it.
there are a few simple and
potentially Ufesa\-ing safety
suggestions that should ix>
taught to children if they do
go trick-or-treating:
Try to trick-or-treat when
it is still light outside. If
someone older cannot go ^^ith
you, trick-or-treat with o
group of children. Use reflec­tive
tape on j-our costume so
people driving cars can see
you. A face mask w-ill keep
you from seeing well. Take
off your mask before you
cross a street- Crcuss only a:
corners. Never cross tht
street between parked cars or
in the middle of the block
For details on the H.-il-loween
ga]a at *iie Recrenr.r.r,
Center, and other spnok;.
evenu, see pagf \f,
Dedication of Baldwin Senior High School Picld |
Saturday, October 28 12:45 p.m.
Football game -1:30 p.m.
Band Day-Half Time
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