Observer_1983-02-03; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

              INCORPORATED VILLAGE
East Rocktsway
SCHOOL DISTRICT
INCORPORATED VILLAGE
Lynbrook
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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VOL. XVI, NO. 13 EAST ROCKAWAY. NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1983 15«( PER COPY
REUNION - Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (3rd right) joins members of the
Sagamore Service Troop, Nassau County Council, Boy Scouts, in honoring Ted Jennings of East Rocka-way
(3rd ieftO as the only surviving charter member of the troop, which was formed in 1923. Also tak-ing
part are (1-r) Henry Archbold, Mike Chirillo, Eli Silverman, Joel Mines and Lou Korosy.
AID TO EDUCATION: E. R. UP 13.1%; LYNBROOK DO^/N 2.1%
Gov. Mario Cuomo, in his
budget message on Tuesday,
Feb. 1st, set forth his proposals
for State Aid to Education.
The figures released show
that East Rockaway would re-ceive
$2,013,152, an increase of
$233,014 or 13.1%; Lynbrook
would receive $2,162,597, down
$46,380 or a loss of 2.1%.
Sen. Carol Berman upon see-ing
the dollar amounts said that
it's up to the traditional bi-partisan
coalition of local legis-lators
to see that all funds of
districts on Long Island are pro-tected,
including flat grant dis-tricts
such as Lynbrook, who are
hardest hit by the governor's
formula.
'The governor proposes but
the legislature disposes," she
said.
LYNBROOK BUILDING DEPARTMENT SERVICES EDUCATION
This past week Dr. Alfred Solomon (rear), Principal of the Marion Street School, and a large group of
fourth grade students visited the Lynbrook Village Building Department. A stimulating presentation was
made by the Department's Superintendent, Mr. Bruno Arena (front right) and his staff. A variety of
pictures and documents were selected and explained by Mrs. Agnes Hillgardner showing the changes that
have taken place in the Marion Street School area. The questions asked and the notes taken by the stu-dents
exemplified their enthusiasm. (Photo by John Cribbin)
East Rockaway
Two lengthy discussions took
up the greater portion of Janu-ary's
meeting of the East Rocka-way
Village Board.
The first was on a petition
submitted by residents of the
area surrounding the Village
Parking Field adjacent to Subur-bia
on Atlantic Avenue. The
petition urged the Village and
the pohce to take action regard-ing
the large groups of youth
assembling in this and Suburbia's
parking field at all hours. They
citied loud and boisterous behav-ior,
drinking, smoking, and loud
radio playing. DPW Head Gene
Torborg verified that his men
cleaned up much debris, broken
bottles, etc., nearly every morn-ing
from the parking field. Most
agreed that this group has taken
to confregating here since they
left Memorial Park. The con-sensus
of opinion seemed to be
that it was necessary to get the
parents of the 20-25 persistent
offenders involved, as well as
more involvement from the 4th
precinct.
The other discussion involved'
and on-going problem between
the residents of Rhame Ave. and
Foodtown. The problem, as out-lined
again by a resident, was the
parking of large trailer trucks in
the Village-owned part of the
Foodtown Parking area. Mayor
Theodore Reinhard said the
Village would try to get all in-terested
people - the Board,
NCPD, Foodtown and the resi-dents
- together to discuss this
problem.
Another discussion followed
a complaint by a resident that
there were no parking spaces at
the Village Parking Fields, as
early as 8 a.m., so what good
was a permit to park. The Board
agreed that this was indeed a
problem and wUl consider what
can be done - permit to park at
meters?, more meters?, higher
prices for meters?, etc.
Another petition was read at
the meeting, this by residents of
Waldo Ave., requesting its return
to a 2-way street. A public hear-ing
will be held on this matter
at 8 p.m., prior to the Feb. 14th
regular meeting.
Board King on Ocean Ave.
praised the work of the Fire
Dept. at a recent fire on their
premises. The Board OK'd Lyn-brook's
cable TV company,
Adams Russell, to service the
Lynbrook schools in the Village
of East Rockaway (Marion St. &
Waverly Park); approved the dis-mantling
and disposal of a 1968
GMC Garbage Truck on which it
is no longer feasible to make
The second January meeting
of the Lynbrook Village Board,
as usual, opened with the pre-sentation
of monthly reports
from all department heads.
The main discussions at the
meeting had to do with parking
situations throughout the
Village.
The owner of Blossom
Windows & Doors on the corner
of Blossom Heath & Merrick,
requested a Loading Zone next
to his premises on Blossom
Heath so that heavy doors and
windows could be unloaded at
his premises rather than down
the street. Pohce Chief Frank
Kehr was instructed to meet
with the owner and try to work
out a suitable solution.
Chief Kehr then reported on
two parking matters that he was
instructed to survey. On No.
Prospect Ave., the Chief said
that unrestricted parking would
cause traffic and pedestrian
hazards and he recommended
that there be no change in pres-ent
regulations. On Marshall
Ave. between Burtis & Hend-rickson,
residents requested 2-
hour parking and the Chief ad-vised
he had no objections to
this and it was approved by the
Board. A STOP sign requested
for Hendrickson at Marshall was
rejected by the Chief and the
Board.
Repairs on the Wright Ave.
Fire Department Heacquarters
Building ramp were discussed
and Carman-Dunne has been in-structed
to draw specifications.
Bids were accepted for Police
Dept. Uniforms; the Board
Meeting of Feb. 21st was re-scheduled
to Feb. 15th,
Grievance Day, at 4 p.m., due to
the holiday on Feb. 21; all
necessary resolutions were
adopted for the March 15 th
Village Election.
Next meeting Feb. 7th.
SCHOOL BUDGET
SEMINAR ATTENDED
School Board members Mrs.
Rose Marie Brande and Mrs.
Dolores Maggio, and Mr. John
Duenges, district business mana-ger,
representing the East Rocka-way
School District, attended a
one-day school budget seminar
on Jan. 20th at the Ramada Inn
Continued on Page 2
repairs; and approved new
parking signs in front of the
Professional Building, and new
speed signs on Althouse from
1st Ave. to Rhame.
Next meeting Feb. 14th.