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1* A OM ' * \ -- ST. MEADOW;-J FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT FREEPORT'S NEWSPARERJ 39 th YEAR N6744 FREEPQRT. NEWYOKK, FEBftUA-Rf 27 !9 75 . .— -__• jijB«ceP3|li; .tgih'Ji : f.S&^'ii >\-•.'- ••• ADMINISTERING THE OATH to Dr, E. Mitchell Mallette (c.), is Freeport Mayor William White (r.-MVIallette, who was elected to his fourth term as Chairman of the Freeport Housing Authority and is in his twelfth year as a Housing Commissioner, is Pastor of The Greater Second Baptist Church in Freeport. Trustee Tom tovelidge was there to congratulate Mallette.. - (Photo by Oscar) Village Won't Let Buses Park FREEPOfcT - At »«w,iuaj night's Freeport Village Board of Trustees meeting, Solar Tran- sportation Co.'supplication for establishment of a parking field was denied. They had applied to use the land, on the south side of , 1 , -*—»_••• y_Mt_w...v*,caii. ~~~aiian\/IiHe7~Aves7r for parking for • 50 school buses. Mayor_William Whitef— : ciling—letters~~amT slalements the Board had' received from residents, business people and civic organizations •opposing the~bus companies' use of the waterfront land, expressed the opinion~lhaTa publiCTnearing would serve-no purpose. The - ~~jJoard agreed unanimously; Earlier in the meeting, a food and cabaret license was denied to . _^Tara Plantation, for premises 64, W. Merrickjjjtoad, as not per- ~~ Minor Incident DurinjgrH.S. Game~-~ - FREEPORT—A disturbance, T~ during the fourth quarter of last . Wednesday's Freeport H.S. basketball game with Wantagh High School at Freeport's Gym,- ^resulted in Freeport Athletic .* \Coach George Emma tem- porarily stopping the game. With three minutes playing time left in —thegameran-empty^glass s --bottle , was thrown from the audience to the floor, breaking in front of- , Wantagh High'.s team and coach, Emma immediately. stoppetTThe ; .;:, :\game :( to caution; ! that-anpUier incident .would force him to stop \the •ga'me'.and forfeit it to Wan-' tagh High. The audience remained calm and play-was resumed, —— _ It had been a tense and physical, game with over ^600 young people '-.'watching as_ -^-Freeport lost their 15 point third quarter lead to trail .Wantagh. If 'the Red JDevils had .taken the -game they would have - been V\ .(Continued on Page 8) ; mitted in Business \B\ zone. — Leisure Foods Services was awarded the contract for the-food concessional Freeport-Municipal Stadium. Their bid was the best received and the quality of their food is known' to Supt. of The Board finally granted p€rrnis^io^iJo_Farmer's Market ^tor useTaVa parking lot, of. the- n'orlheast-parcel near the in- tersection of Atlantic and West End Aves., with conditions previouslyTstipulated by counsel. A six foot stockade fence will be erected along a five foot setback. There will be a pjanted area and asphalt or similar type of paving, . Curb cuts will be specified-by-the Building and Police Depart- ments. The parking field will be marked with stalls. \ Absentee Applications May Be Photocopied FREEPOHT—A disagreement erupted last week between the F r e e p o r I Dem oc r-a t i c Organization and—Village Clerk Thomas DeVincenzo -as to thc^ proper procedure lo be followed in the distribution of absentee ballot applications for the March 18 village elections. :_ DeVincenzo had refused (ogive two officers of-the Party (he forms _and originally said he would refuse lo accept photo- copies of (hem. .-• .-•\.' Wayne: Jordan, a Dcmocralic candidate for Trustee,* at that time stated that he felt that this action \is a flagrant violation of the constitutional rights of those -Freeporters who will be out of town on March 18. In particular .«• those Freeporters whp_are_, a I te'riding - coUfiges™'ano* univer- sities outside of Long Island,\ In response, DeVincenzo stated (hat—the^charge _by the local Democratic cbmmitleemen tfiat I have attempted to keep absentee' ballots from qualified voters is a complete falsehood and just a campaign tactic.\ He went on to » vrtUt \'hat in checking with the Attorney, ~' Tcrs k Force Also Gives *274,900 for CBD Area FKEEPOKT • As THE LEADER jyas going to press Tuesday nitfhT, _fif(y citizens heard James Dunne, chairman of the FreeporJ Task Force involved with the Community DcveJopmoa! Act Program, out- line the probable .application of intenl-which the Village-iriu.stHile by March J, The Village has been «ranted-$5 1 300 ( (X)0 of federal funds under Jhc .acl. over .a five-.vea'r-'tM'riod.-ba»ed-uptin 11 a|ri)r(Tvar of the application. A final_ap- field improvement,-lighting, new plication musL.bf^nrL'd by Marcfi sign's\ and srfnilalion. The 15,. • Waierfmnl Ar<*;i~ would receive ~ The proposal based, accordinR~^$20,(KM).which woulc^hu used for a lo Dunne .^m community input sdidy of /unintf and development received from, both Uie_Citi/cn.s capabilities. Committee and other meetings and correspondence, favored building .of \ units and rehabilitation .of housing in Freeport!s Northeast area. Areas of stable housing will be used as the beginnings of improvements for. the-region.\ Dunne recom- mended -100 units of Senior Citizen housing as already r,,,.~M-.-.I- -- • Money ($20,000J w-a's aJHO •kt'd for rcevuluution'find study of parking regulations, zoning regulations and for beautificatlon. „ Dunnj-'H 'ex- planation, citizens' comments e, «„ «nu*iuy_ weri'-,heard The Kreeport proposed for North Main Street/ Associaliori'supported the budget application for zoning variance of as .submitted for year one, but felt which is presently in the courts, J-K«' —-— '-* In (he Northeast, (hc^amounts of $454,000 will- IKJ presented for housing and economic - „.._, uitv. CUC. Freeport Democratic zone Jeaders provided me,\ he said, *\with_a list of 240 names which ii— -- • * — .,. »VFMI *v_*.u_j*i ica~J-UI-- •cde^el6pmenT™on North JWairL »i'.r and $386:500 for netgh- •fh'al, more informal ion needed regarding the houamg assistance plan before (hey could endorse .(he three year plan. JWa_rJha___JieSalv'o-—of« Beautification^CommitTee fitsryear also __.__, . j -„.. r .u.lj IJUI . VUV w,^«w iui iiL-ign- elTpresscd concern over the need borhond rehabilitation. Based for further subsidized housing, upon the 1970 census it Freeport retailer Warren Samel objected to the fact (hat no retailer was Committee, ballots for them. In reviewing the list I fowuT\that many of the people said they had-ne.ver made (that request), and many other . (Continued on Page 8} Candidates Forums upon the 1»70 census, it was mentioned -thal~iPcould be~ possible that along with the 150 units (o be rehabilitated, 150 new- units of rent subsidized housing might be needed. -,Dunne ex- • plained that the plan>as flexible antl-cbuJcT be -reevaiuated after six/months, , -.-. ^ . The Main Street Shopping area was^slated-to receive $274,900 the -first year , under the-rprpposal - on the Citizen's Waller Green, another : *SouihL Main Street merchant, said he had hoped that in future years\ more -money would be availabfe~fbn the Ccn- -tral Business Difilrict. Representing the Chamber of Commerce, President Fred Scalamandre endorsed the first. FREEPORT • With the. March 18-election of two Trustees- to Freeport's Village Board_oLTrustees~three weeks off; Candi- dates-Forums have been scheduled by various organizations. . .Thursday, March 6: The Freeport Chamber of Commerce, - : - ; -' 12:30 pm/Salty Bay Yacht Club, lunch . - - $4, one representative of each of the- , . political parties and some~bf the inde- - pendent candidates have been invited. ' _._. The Atlantic South Civic Association^ • •' . , (TASCA), 8:30-pm, Gjblyn School, all — .,. ^,. candldatesjnvftecl,^^^-' . -Tuesday, Marchr~11:~ Freeport Republican Club, 8:30 pm, .; •-.'-:.. ; \ ; 7; •'-. ';American ; Legion KaN/ Sunrise,Highway; H - T -, >:,:. ; ';'.y;>^>>il'candidate\inylt^.;'V\-. : : ; •••/:'\~^-:;.-••;• : \?.*• ' - v, Southwest Civfc Aiiocifltion,, ,8_prn, ~ . ;Bayyiew Ave/ School, all candidates : \ ;j .; ; invited. ;:\\.-•' . ••••-•.-\:•.:'•'•''..-;..\ Wednesday, March 72: Family Service'Association, 8 pm, 17 ^_ __ . -; Buffalo Ave., all candid.ateslnvited. ( / Thursday, March 13L- ^ Northwest Civic Aisociation, 8:3apm, t .j,'j.;_l_i. Atkinson SchooLLibrary r all candidates, —-, ';»-\-—-'-- ''--. _ invited. ~'-'\'. ,.\ ; ' ;•• •.-.•\• —' .\\';-/'• Freeport Chamber_of Commerce, 12:30 • . . pm. Salty Bay YachUClub, lunch $4, ; - 1 - second half of candidates invited.i^_^ . _, -. *, (.KUUI ocu uiu ursi which would - be used for year's plan only. He was assured -pedeslcwwwiccess improvement, by Dunne that the Citizen's relocation of businesses, parking Committee_wou|d continue. i . .. . • • • Beaming with unde'rrtar^