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of Northport & East Northport Northport « East Northport « Fort Salonga-West « Asharoken «» Eaton's Neck « Centerport Study reveals largely 'negative' view BY ELIZABETH W. SOBEL Voters are unwilling to vote for large school budgets, according to the recently released results of an exit poll study con- ducted by Northport-East Northport School District residents Mary Speed Perri and Karen Fuller. 'of schools budget process written comments, 873 of which were used in the survey. Some were not used because they were cither illegible or unsubstantive, volunteers said. Speed-Perri told the board that 62 per- cent of the comments were negative and 25 percent were strongly \'This report was not a pure statistical study,\ positive. There is a strong likelihood that Speed-Perri told the '..we wil address the 2006-07 budget will Board of Education at concems one one.' be defeated unless the its November 7 meet- S by \ increase more closely ing, \but it does provide -- ARLENE MUNSON, reftects the cost of liv- a source for identifying NORTHPORT-EAST ing, Speed-Perri found. voter beliefs, percep- NORTHPORT BOE PRESIDENT voters also want savings tions and attitudes.\ The school board without taking away granted Speed-Perri and Fuller permission to conduct a volunteer survey at all three polling locations durning the budget vote. The corps of volunteers. which also included Robin Terry and Jamie Poveromo, studied more than 2,600 exit surveys that were distributed to resi- dents after they had voted on the school budget. The surveys asked each voter to comment on the budget process. Of that number, 1,000 surveys were returned with programs from students \I hope this exit sur- vey will bring about a win-win solution for the children, the administration and the - employees,\ Speed-Pem said. \I hope people will take it in the right spint ~ Speed-Permn pointed to common themes that surfaced among the com- ments, including a perception that the school hoard creates a \fear factor\ dunng the budget process. Residents also indicated Continued on page A14 parking lot has also been upgraded. Strawberry Fields opens On Saturday, November 5, Strawberry Fields opened its doors at Larkheld and Clay Pitts Roads in East Northport. The grocery store fills the vacancy left by King Kullen Supermarket this past summer. King Kullen had occuped the 22,000-square-foot building since April 1959. The new store offers a large selec tion of organic products, fresh seafood and sush and hot and cold catenng The Photo by Alan Pearman Harbor a potential cash cow? Report: more amenities, village control mean business, income for Northport ~BY JOSHUA DIAMANT ~~A member the informal Northport Downtown Revitalization Committee that met in September recently released a report on the harbor's role in the commer- cial life of the village. Northport resident Steve King, a retired photo retoucher and avid mariner, wrote and submitted the report, which contains a number of recommendations, to the Board of Trustees for them to con- sider in the coming months. The report contends that the well-off clientele that tends to visit the village by bout, rather than by car, is a vital compo- that the village should take every effort to attract it. King recommends that the vil- lage increase the amenities it offers boaters and recoup the costs of those amenities by taking greater control of the He specifically suggests that Northport replace its fixed pier, which it describes as unwelcoming and potentially damaging to boats, with tic-up fleats. He also recom- mends that next to its pier the village build a structure containing restrooms, showers often pick where to land based upon access to basic conveniences.\ He would also encourage the business I like his recommendations on getting some income on the harbor. - MAYOR PETE PANARITES community to take steps to attract boaters. He said that downtown Northport should have a chandlery, or a comprehen- sive store for boating gear, which King said would \draw not only the maritime crowd but curious tourists as well.\ He also recommends that village catuung establishments grve boaters the opportun: ty to phonc-order meals that could he ready for pick up when they land. The report states that the village's con- trol over its harbor is inadequate and that the village is missing out on a potential source of revenue as a result This also presents boaters with problems For instance, a person can, through a recipro- cal arrangement with his or her yacht club. request a guest mooring at one of Northport's two clubs The clubs will bring the boater ashore from his mooring free of charge. Unfortunately, neither club Continued on page A10 “Olmton says ‘ Mover& Shaker | he'd do it again | of The ”MES Dickens Festival Look for our guide to the events = Onnwsstands Fm Late Breakmg News! www. tmwesofnorthport (
