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NASSA'J-CTV HISTORICAL MUSEUM FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICr EAST \UEADOW NY 11554 FREEPORT'S OFFICini NEWSPAPER 40th YEAR, No. 24 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9, 1975 PRICE: 15£ PER COPY New Development Plan Revealed Bicycle Accident Business District, New Last Weekend n §••-• mm n n _i Parking, Mall Proposed NAVY- BICENTENNIAL ~;At the Freeport Naval. ResenrirCenter's recent -celebration \of Ihe Navy's:'2pOtfi birthday, \everyone was ;' pleased rwitrHne honors paned around. Above: (I.' to T.) are; Navy Reserve Captain (and Assemblyman) John Cochrana; Nassau Commi- • ttiohor of. Accounts Ben (aara»ino > ; of-f fceport, who^JTeimrted-*^ : proclamation -frorrrrCounty Executive Casor Master Chief Errianuel'' -Rawer, ofTfie FjWpoTrCeritw; Lt. Cmdr ; Edward Musante; port's Gil.Dayid, of Radio Station VVGgB, ' FREEPORT ~- ~A. bicycle-car accident last Sunday left Ernesto Renderos, 29, of 98 Rose Street, in fair condition with head injuries at LydiarE. .Hall Hospital. The accident occurred at 10 pm, October 5, at tfie intersection of Sunrise Highway and Brookside Avenue. . . . - _ According to Freeport Police Department reports, Renderos was riding his bike northbound on Brookside. when hit by a car going westbound on\ Sunrise Highway.; The driver was -not 'charged.' - \:' ; • -: ?:-:.-\; . .Mn discussing, the accident, Freeport P^ce .Chief Anthony • : .(.Continued on' serVicg^tverr. tfte station by tha Center; and Congressman - Norman Lent, a former. Naval Officer, who Was the main speaker at the event. . ~ : ;~— -.v.. -.,••.'-•-•••.'•-• :.•'.'•'•''•'.'\..\.:'-;'.\ - . '•• N.E. A/leeting On Homesteading • FREEPORT '— A neighborhood meeting -has' been scheduled by |j _ the Freeport Community Development Task Force for Thursday, October is, 7:30 pm', at Bethel A.M.E. Church,' North Main Street and Forest Avenue. The purpose .'•':-' '. •• -'~ •- of the meeting is to discuss .the dwelling but would have to makeT i Village's homesteading program further improvements,- if: scheduled to begin shortly in the__ necessary, to bring it up 'to northeast using first year grant ^-^neighborhood\ standards.\ The monies under the federal Com- applicant : must occupy the inunity Development ; Aetr— All- \ \ ------ residents of the area and others, jnterested in partitipating~ln the 'pfogram\are_urged to attend. After an explanation of the bomesteadlng-prpgram is given, the floor will be opened to' questions. .The homesteading program will. allow eligible family heads. . to purchase presently boarded-up homes after their rehabilitation at below, market value, while also giving financial assistance ' to premises for at least five years. TbeSe requirements-Dunne ex- plained.'may.be modified before finalized. Freeport Mayor William White, who will be\ present. at the meeting, ..has indicated that he win appoint an area committee to meet on a regular basis with the Task Force as homesteading is developed. - .- -''.'• ; • . : Under the federal Community Development Act, the village has been granted $1.3 million the first -bomeowners-who-wish_to.im-__year and a total of prove their property. Also to be discussed that evening'are plans for area-wide improvements. During a press conference last week. Director of Urban Renewal. and Chairman of the Community * Development Act Task Force James Dunne indicated that-in the first draft .of eligibility requirements for homesteaders, the applicant would have to be over 21 years of age and the head of a family. He must be a United States citizen and have adequate financial. resources to maintain the dwelling. No minimum or rnayfmiTm limits, however, have yet been - established. Rehabilitation of the bouse ac- cording to established minimum standards must be met within six months , of the application ac- ceptance. At that point, the homesteader may occupy the million- over a five year \period. This year's funds are slated for use in the areas of rehabilitation of northeast Freeport and .North Main Street, revitalization of the \Central Business District, a study of the waterfront area,-' and vfflage-widfi improvements. Tickets For FREEPORT — Tickets, at $15 each, are still-available for the Sunday, November 2, Honors For Action Reception of the YMCA during which Freeport .Mayor Wpam White will be honored. The reception win be held from 4 :-30 to 7:30 p.m. on the main floor of The Hempsfead Bank', 1035 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. The tax-deductible tickets may be obtained from the Office of the Vfflage Clerk, FR 84000. : FREEPORT — Plans for the Village's downtown central Business District, which could include a \Freeport Mall,\ were released last Friday at a press conference held by Mayor William White and Community Development • _ _ Task Force Chairman .James - cupants could be relocated in Dunne. The Village's allocation sufficient time for demolition and of Community Development Act completed construction of a Funfte oypr Qii» nt>x» HVP y^ars. te m PJJLary_^/ajjj;way_^ h >LJhg holiday shopping season. He suggested that if that is not feasible, construction .would be delayed until January in order to avoid, interferring with retail sales in the area. ~^~~~ \Freeport Mall\ The plans for \Freeport Mall,\ which could be realized by late 1977 or early 1978, are the result; of a -two-year-study-by-Walter- '- consultant,!. could amount to $5.3 .million. Presently in Its first year of funding ?with a grant of $1.3 • million, Freeport .has allocated 17%, or $275,000 to Central. Business District improvements. The first year improvements include the demolition of two ..stores (now occupied by Record AV Road-and Fashion City), oh the ~_westsideofSouthMainStreet r to allow' for -thex-creatiori-ot-a — Thabit; -.-•a pedestrian .walkway from the Church Street municipal-parking: lot to South Main Street. .There would also be-a realignment of parking spaces in the Church Street lot, repaying of it and the Henry Street lot and the squaring off of -store rears 'through acquisition to allow for walkways and sitting areas. The plan would increase the amount of available public parking spaces by 65. Renderings of the walkway show FIN/AN IS COMING, FINIAN IS COMING) John (Jack) Holly has the leading male role in the Freeport Community Chorale's production of \Finian's Rain- bow,\ to be [presented at Free- port High. School,' Friday., and Saturday eVenlngrNoVember Tp 8, 14 and 15. \Sure W you'll agree. that Jack has kHsed the Blarney Stone itself, that) fluent he. is with his Irish brogue.\ Jjcketi_rn^y bg^btained from cart memBBYr^rlfelle^r Rosen- berg; at 623-2188. Freeport members are Connie Briel, Carol Ecuyer, 'John Holly, Anthony Perillo, Alice Regan, Ellen Rosen- berg, Nancy Savoca, Linda Skowronek, Henry Strube, Betty Taylor, Ida Woromay/ Frank .Cantwell, Lyrin Rasmussen, Florence Rasmussen and Doro- thy Gordon. . - Report On Meeting Of Village Board .FREEPORT - The Village Board of Trustees decided to take no action Monday night in answer to a request from.The^Atlantic South Civic Association (TASCA) for support of TASCA'a stand opposing seasonal rentals by the Town of Hemps lead's Long Creek Marina, at the end of South Grove Street. —% Mayor .William White stated (Continued on Page 12') its proposed use as a site for small shops and show windows. The - parking lots would be beautified and lighting improved during this first year as w'elTas signs .installed to .- route j>rospective'shoppers to them; Preliminary discussions with the owners of the two shops oc- cupying the-proposed walkway site indicate the-probability' of• their relocating on South Main Street. With the two independent appraisals and engineering studies required by law already underway, Dunne offered the hope that the buildings' oc- which was fbTally funded under a. -state' grant. .^rfae-actuaFtfeaign- was prepared ' by architect Bernard Rothzied. The open mall concept has already been seen and discussed by the Village Board of Trustees, the Freepqrt Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, area retailers ' and property owners and the Com- munity Development Citizens Committee. - Under the Thahit concept South Main Street between Sunrise Highway, Newton Boulevard and Little Pine Street would be closed to all bul~ emergency trafficr-Deliveries to stores not having a rear access would be limited to non-shopping hours as the mall could ac* commodate trucks- and emergency vehicles. • Nautical Theme The theme of the mall would be nautical (see rendering, page 4) with three sets ^of tall-masts festooned ,with 'banners and lighting which could be seen from '. Continued dp Page 7) MAKING A MILE of pennies along Freeport's Wobcfcleft Canal, members of .the Freeport Chapter of Cancer Care conducted their fund raiser on the waterfront this pa« Sunday. Measuring tha con- tributions are (I. to r.) Elaine Groder, Marge Bade, Jeff. Groder. Donna Rubinstein, Linda Rubinstein, and Janet Rubinstein. (A LEADER photo)
