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76th Year, No. 13 Freeport, N.Y. 11520 The Community Newspaper Thursday, March 31, 2011
Freeport/Baldwin robots fight it out!
by Bob Harrison
The Freeport and Baldwin High
School Robot teams last weekend com-peted
against thfe other Long Island area
high schools in the annual FIRST
Robotics Competition at the Hofstra
University Arena.
The name "FIRST" stands "For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology," and was founded near-ly
20 years ago by inventor Dean Kamen.
Since its inception, over 196,000 students
'and over 85,000 mentors, coaches, and
volunteers from 51 countries have been
involved in these robot competitions.
Some six weeks earlier both high
schools were sent a box of materials and
had to design, construct and make their
own robot that was in competition at
Hofstra. The Freeport High School Red
Devils scored points early and ranked
20th out of 50 teams competing. The
Baldwin Bruins were also in the hunt as
their robot played defense in the final
rounds. The Bruins ranked 31st in the
robotic contest and both teams were bet-ter
than 20 to 30 area teams.
Whither LI Bus?
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano plans to privatize Long
Island Bus, claiming that it will save millions of dollars to taxpayers with-out
affecting service. But transit experts, unions, and environmental advo-cates
believe that the privatization plan is "misguided and unrealistic at
best," said Ryan Lynch, a spokesperson for the Tri-State Transportation
Campaign, a regional policy watchdog organization that studies transporta-tion.
"Instead the county needs to negotiate in good faith with the MTA and
come up with a plan to save LI Bus, for the benefit of the public."
The MTA has proposed to cut 25 of its 48 routes in Nassau County as part
of its Financial Plan for 2011-2012, because county funding has fallen "$24
million short of what is needed," states the MTA financial plan, "and is
unable to support this network any longer."
This proposal will effect 16,000 daily riders and eliminate 200 Long
Island bus employees. Here in Freeport and Baldwin, the N16, N19, N36,
N62 and N88 would be eliminated.
The county provides $9.1 million a year for bus service. It is the only sub-urban
county that has subsidized bus service. Both Suffolk and Westchester
counties have private bus service that cost the counties $20 to $30 million
respectively.
Brian Nevin, communication director for County Executive Mangano
told The Leader a private bus company could "provide better service.
One of the companies who responded to our Request for Proposals
(continued on page 14)
3 Freeporters
honored by SCOPE
page 3
Fine fish at
Two Cou/ sins
page/10
BFE spring
celebration
page 9
FHS pledges to
"kick butts"
page 6
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| Title | 2011-03-31 |
| 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 | 2011 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | |
| 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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