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7ist-Year, No. 48 Rreeport, N-Y. 11520
The Community News|iap«r
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Fow!: The Sweet Science' !©me In Freeport
EMILY, TIFFANY, SAMANTHA AND SOFIA enjoy a Thanksgiving feast at St. Christopher's School in Baldwin.
Lana df thy pilgrims' pride
PAL BOXING CENTER oreNS: In the photo are Mike "Lefty" Brookes, the 132-pound Northeast Regional Champion for 2006, as well as Joe Hi^ins, Jr., the 176-pound 2004 Jr. Ol^pic Champ, 2004 Jr. Metro Champ, and the 189-pound Jr. Metro Champ 2005.
PAL boxing center opens
Work iDward cleaner air
Boxing Director and PAL President Joe Higgins and Coach Bernie Lenahan posed with the athletes of Freeport P.\L Boxing at the new center located in Northeast Park.
The Grand Opening event took place last month, with a number of supporters and participants in attendance, including Mayor Bill Glacken. Trustees Don Miller and Bill White. Jr.. along with state Senator Charles Fuschillo. Jr., state .Assemblyman David McDonough, counrj' Legislator Dave Denenberg. as well as several coaching directors, PAL staff, and the family and friends of the youngsters
in the program.
"Without Mayor Glacken and his staff's full support, these virtuous lessons would not exist," explained Joe Higgins. "The donation of time and support for this program improves the quality of life for these young people and benefits the whole community. Thank you so much for caring," he concluded.
The P.AL boxing program boasts a number of amateur champions since 1997, including the Golden Gloves and U.S. Championships. .All eyes are on the Olympics in Bejing in 2008.
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Diesel exhaust has been linked to I premature death, lung cancer, I emphyseina, chronic bronchitis and [asthma attacks, according to the I American Lung Association.
With this in mind, both Nassau
I County and New "ferk State have just
R passed laws to reduce air pollution.
Nassau County has passed two
pieces of legislation that aim to
improve air quality by reducing
emissions from dieseLengines. The
Idling Ordinance, which is now in
effect, limits engine idling for motor vehicles, trucks, buses and school buses.
The second piece of legislation is called the Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Bill and requires all Nassau County vehicles to use cleaner ultra-low sul fur diesel instead of traditional diesel fuel.
At the state level. Governor George Pataki also signed legislation to reduce emission from heavy-dut> diesel vehicles owned, operated or leased by the state, by requiring the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel (continued on page 3)
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| Title | The-Leader_2006-11-30 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2006 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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