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«Sa&£iaS«S3SSaSSSc:S5=SsSSSSS3SSSSc;Si&23SseS3SSe \Waterfront Leader^A FREEPORT BALDWIN flf nPT sr U520 Boat show Special ”^ A M R T r \ >■1 ROOSEVELT MERRICK FREEPORT’S OFFIEini NEWSPAPER 1 j? i M 42nd YEAH No. 21 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 22.1977 PRICE 154 PER COPY n II 11^ itesei^es^edsion^ifBenniniit 6 it-- 4 | Boat Show Now Open FREEPORT - As THE LEADER goes to press, all of Freeport-is preparing for the first annual Greater New York Boat Show which is being held at Yachts man’s Cove,-South Main Street, through Sunday, September 25 The show, the first one endors ed by the boating industry, will be open from T.to 9.pra weekdays; 10am to 9 pm Saturday: and noon to . 7 pm Sunday. AdmUsion— Part-development, would open ‘ which includes parking and trans- 1*}? Sunnse Board Leans Toward New Urban Renewal Plan/ Rooming Houses Oui FREEPORT Following a double set of, public hearings this past ^l^o^_ay night, the Freeport Village B o a r d T r u s tees reyrved deds- ^wn on uie r e ^ V tnjipM Kenawai Flan to r ^ v ^ o ^ e h tH B e n n m ^ o n ^ Park, but passed an ordinance phasing, out rooming houses in th e - village. . . ■ , , - ■ The new plan for Bennington . Park, site of the 100-unit Liberty that the Liberty park housing has' . Park-development, would open jived up to Its o ^ ln a l purpose of providing housing foe Bennington which includes parking and trans- —uuuuucu provmuigjiousmg ocaumgion portaiion to the show by either •- Highway, South Columbus Ave- Park. At least 40% of the Icnante bus or-ferty—is S2.M for adults nue, Alexander Avenue,'Mcmek were not resldents.of Bennington wllllioRtll,olndJvldSalatpro.iauwp!M_TheMeinople»wlll afford pro^ ; I ’sComlmi^Uy lopment -Mayor to check the ment’s . reiecotik: . r Mandel develop- roe- • TeaciM.ns. Bring Protests V I T® S'chool .- ' t y Richard S^n(^«n W h y iJ o d d JHS Is^njlHot- pointed out that, toping to achieve inte^atlon— A directive last ■ including - PRESORT - Several residents attending the Freeport School Board’s public meeting ' Thursday night .— inch • ^ . . . .. . . - . . . . . Alice Mungo, past president ; FHEFTOILT-^.AflfiiLa-t»f>je e k . ^ t u s , _ m g n : b e ^ l ^ e _ F c e e ^ rt._thc-Podd.PrA^=T^had-heat .on ;e junior 7ear without air conditioning. • The Board’s response'to ih e — ■ T ^ h tt’SlteSSiaaii^tove resumed puouc protests ot ihetr contract 'theirminds. Specifically, they, jicgotiations: On September 6, the day before school opened, a contin- manded to know why the jui gCTtofteach^pidLei^m^nrdf-FrfaSfiOftHigh School;:expressing . .thw d S n iayaibdngleft withoutacootrartsiore July.l,. ly, by the Federal ^ v ironm e n t^ Proteetkm Agency. -. under, its . noise and air pollution guidelines. Although the four members of the Board that were .present of the Mayor’s ^ a d led them t ■JT rujrt^T o n iJ r^lidgc yaajint-JodfcoutsideJk i i n togtflrp arirfor - - a t t h ^ m e e t m g ) j e s e n t c d J ^ » D _ . t e n ^ ^ _ _ ___ .on the matter, Mayor William Although White alMpomte3 to I. White clearly : stated .that be the need for increased taxable would recommend acceptance of property iii the village, Mandel the new p l u to the Board. ” 1 am pointed; out the land bn . which, not in favor of additional hous- Liberty Park briginaily was built ing,\ he told the public. “ 1 am . w.as municipal land that had h o t' not in favor of housing develop-,, drawn'rtaxes and.that no«r-,there... ments per sSrrdbQ’rBcIieve^we— was' 5maC~paymMt-in-Tieih-<rf^ can provide housing for the rest of . taxes. . ■ ’ ’ \ * ” {CoQt.onFag'e-32tl- • -• lart Tlmrsday, mght, as the Board of Education prepared to ' ' open its first;monthly meeting of- '.Board policy; and (6)..that the dis- the n'ew sdiool year, more teach- ..trfet; in violation of accepted labor- question revealed that a complex legal entanglement, involving i44b iiwfv AMU,b. ,.LAiui, 1 Alt ViMMALiuu u 2 Lcut .Auu,* numecpus ambiguitics and con* CTs'.rtpod.outside the Atkinsph\ practices, has broken faith with ' tingencies, lies behind the School-library to greet incoming teachers by worsening work- 'failure., members of.thfaudience. ingconditions:; - ' .' ;The ta membersof.thfaudience. by;, ingconditions:; - ' .' ;The task of explanation fell . the, FTA's president. .Russell “ It is imperative,’-’ the FTA's upon the shoulders of Rocky. Coyne, the teachers d i s p u t e d ’ flyer concluded,' ’.‘that we meet Wall, counsel for.the Board, who _ flyers which s ta t ^ that-“ in the . with the Board and Superinten- stated “ this issue is one that has past, we have always been able to dent so that we may arrive'afa ’ taken over 100 manhours in dis- • settle our differences^ .This year, mutually, acceptable contract: The . cusslon. My account, therefore, ' \T -.we are seriously concerned that .teacnels want to negodStffrThe wilitre'high^rsimplHTEdT^— ; : there may~be piobtoms in. the - teachers of Freeport do not want With that preface. Wall related schools.’’. - to initiateany kind of job action, a brief histCTry of the air con- ; The FTA's literature contained We want to'meet the challenge of ditioning’s malfunction. “The .-a cqmbcf of accusations, indud- edueatmg our youth’: And we. Board.and the Administration,” -f. ing'Ul-that the status of teacher, n e ^ yonr \be^l Please call your he remarked, “ were well aware of— ' '.negotiations in Freeport is app- Board members and urge them to the problem from the bepnning, roaching a critical jrtage; (2) that meet «ith the teachers in order to (Cont.onPageS) - . the teachers and the district neg- reach an agreement.” . ptiatorshavebeehmeetingfors'ix Thus far, no Board member has . j 4 ncnths and that ho contract is In sat In on the negotiation sessions, ' s i ^ t ; (3) that the district wants to ' Jhe district has been represented — •' increase c la» size and thal Free- by Joelago, whohas served as hs port alfeady has the largest d a s s - pajd-negotialor for several years,- I size average in Nassan .County; and by Doris Selub, Assistant to (4) that the district has rejected a the Superintendent, concept of early retireratot which T»'o weeks ago the Board's could save the taxpayers <jver a new president. Jack Reilly, was half million dollars by the 1979-80 unable to say whether he or any school year; (5) that the district other Board member intended to has rejected a 'proposal to ira- be present at the sessions. Reilly prov'e cEsripIine that would pro- indicated, bowev^TtEah an offi- “ lect stcdeliis .and—staff—from- Notice Of Public Hearing Freeport - A public hearing on the proposed new village wide sign ordinance will be held Monday night, October 3. 8 pm. in Village HaU. The ordinance regulates both commercial and rcsiden- 4ial signs thronghout the -village. PLANNING A PARAOE..Communlly repre»«\taUve9 were pfeaent a t a special meeting, called by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce recent ly, to discuss the annual Holiday Festival Parade to be held in Novem ber. Otfers-othelp end ideas resulted from the mgeting. Among those who attended were.(seated, I, to r.) Ramona Crook (Qlrl Scoutsj, Fre^ port Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm, Kay Benda (Freeport Republican Club and TASCA), Sister Geraldine (Our H6iy Redeemer R:C. School): and (standing, I. to r.) Alex Khanamirlan (Retail Division, Chamber of Commerce), Sid Lleberman (Vlce-Presldent/Chamber of Commerce), Lionel Socolov (Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce), Norman Schmefing (Chamber President), Jerry Gerstman (North West Civic), Sara Holly (Freeport Association and Freeport Arts Council), Paul Ber- tacdnl (Freeport Democratic Club), Howard Rassmussen (Freeport •Elks), and-Su^lntendenl of-Freopoft-SohoolsDondW-GosIlov#,— i '
