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VOL. 35 NO. 39 Wednesday, October 5,1988 35c PER COPY
Board Outlaws Hotels
ANIMAL LOVERS UNITE. A gala yard sale was held at the home of Missy and Jospeh
Pagliaro of Rhame Avenue on Saturday, October 1, with all proceeds going to the League
for Animal Protection. Helping to raise money to help animals are, from left to right: East
Rockaway Deputy Mayor Anthony Santino, Estelle Silverman, Donna Pagliaro, Missy
Pagliaro, John Cook, Bobbi Cook, and Lorry Formont. wife of Trustee Charlie Formont,
who was also on hand to help the cause. (More pictures on page 3).
East Rockaway
Village Board Report
by Emma Tolmach
The East Rockaway Vil-lage
Board met on Monday,
September 13 at 8:30 pm in
the Village Hall.
Trustee Charles Formont
summarized the Village's
recycling program and
informed the residents that
newspapers must be bagged
or tied for Wednesday col-lections.
Deputy Mayor
Santino noted that several
residents had complained
that 3 AM to 5 AM parking
violators were not being
ticketed in the northern sec-tion
of the Village.
Chief Thomas Smith of
the East Rockaway Fire
Department reported that in
the month of August, there
were 43 rescue calls, 2 mut-ual
aid rescues, 8 general
and 6 still alarms, as well as
10 training sessions. Patrol
Officer Jenny Kiermeier of
the Auxiliary Police noted
that the Department ren-dered
132 man-hours of ser-vice,
attended 3 rescues and
5 fires, and travelled 392
miles.
Superintendent Gene
Torborg of the Department
of Public Works reported
that 741 tons of garbage and
60 tons of rubbish had been
collected, with 225 miles of
street swept. He noted that
the 1988 Road improve-ment
Program was com-pleted,
and that the recy-i,
cling program had begun
successfully on September
7th.
Director Ellen Rock-muller
of the East Rocka-way
Library reported activ-ity
for the month of August
that included the addition of
267 books and 4 microfilms,
bringing the total library
holdings to 75,494. Total
circulation for the year to
date is 24,583.
The Board approved the
following reuuests:
• Allowed Congregation
Etz Chaim to conduct its
Annual Solidarity Parade
on October 3, 1988.
• Allowed the Five Towns
United Way to install a
campaign barometer at 132
Main Street.
• Allowed Missy Pagliaro
to conduct a garage sale at
her home for the benefit of
the League for Animal
Protection. .
• proclaimed November 20
through 27 as National Bible
Week.
At the requfest of Mildred
Roemcr, Chairman of the
Grist Mill Committee, the
Board added the following
members to that Commit-tee:
Carolyn Ferretti, Bar-bara
Baltera, Veronica
Sympson and Carol Gill-murray,
and Mary Gipson,
Co-Chairman,
Edward Tucker was pres-ented
a Certificate of
Appreciation on behalf of
the Village for his dedicated
service as President of the
Library Board of Directors,
and Emma Tolmach,
. Chairman of the Cultural
Arts Council, thanked the
Board members for attend-ing
the Cultural Arts and
Crafts Fair, which was a
huge success.
Police Blotter
A burglary occurred at
Sal's Pizzeria, 10 Davison
Avenue, East Rockaway on
Sunday, September 25
between the hours of 3:30
and 7:30 am.
Entry was gained by
breaking in the glass of the
front door. Cash and silver
were taken.
The Fourth Squad is
investigating.
by Annette Ling
The Lynbrook Board of
Trustees Meeting of Septem-ber
19, .1988 was jammed
with residents upset over the
possibility of a new hotel
being erected on land for^
merly owned by the Long
Island Water Corp.
Mayor Geier presented
Citations from the village
for 25 years of service to
members of Engine Co. No.
1 of the Lynbrook Fire
Department as follows:
former Fire Chief Robert
CitKovic, Bill Quinn, also a
former Chief, and Lawrence
Meyers, William Meyers,
Anthony Kenny, and the
present Fire Chief Richard
Neidecker.
Temple Emanuel Sister-hood
were granted permis-sion
to hold their Garage
and Thrift Sale on October
9th and 10th with a waiving
of the fee.
The 4-H was given Board
permission to hold a fund
raising from October 1-17th
throughout the village.
The Mayor then stated,
"that the Board would go to
item 16 on the agenda for a
Public Hearing on Zoning
•for Hotels, Motels, Lodges,
and Clubs," he stated. "The
Village was served with a
lawsuit on Thursday and
then began to explain that
Pennsun Associates had
served the village with an
Order to Show Cause in
which they asked the Court
to compel the village to issue
a building permit for Pen-nsun
Assoc.— to build a
hotel— at the Long Island
Water Company property."
The Village retained the ser-vices
of the law firm of
Meyer, Suozzi, English and
In Lynbrook
Klein to represent the village
at the Hearing which took
place on Monday morning,
September 19, 1988. The
judge would not sign the
Order to Show Cause com-pelling
the village to issue
the building permit. The
Mayor stated' "I am not
going to allow any developer
to force us to do something
we don't want to do." The
Board authorized a retainer
fee for the law firm of
$7,500.
Then, a Public Hearing
' was held on amending the
* Local Law to prohibit hot-els,
motels, lodges, and clubs
to be built in Residential Co.
or Commercial Zones. They
would be permitted in
Industrial or light manufac-turing
areas.
Attorney Christopher
Maffucci represented the
people and property owners
of Olive Drive and the 600
residential petitioners who
signed a petition in favor of
adopting the amendment
and prohibiting the erection
of a hotel by Pennsun Asso-ciation
at the Long Island
Water Company site. He
stated, "We support the
Kiwanis Officers Installed
Alfred G. Smith of East
Rockaway was installed as
president of the Kiwanis
Club of East Rockaway dur-ing
the club's annual instal-lation
dinner held on
October 3 at the Ships Inn.
Also installed were Kurt
Strauss, first vice president
and secretary; John Celli,
second vice president; and
Bill Gibson, treasurer. In
addition the following
members will serve on the
Club's board of directors:
Charles Formont, Denis
Motherway, Bob Sisco, Bob
Keon, Joe Decker, John
Krull, Dan Ganley and
immediate past president
Steve Sargeant.
Smith will be serving as
Amendment to keep the pig
out of the parlor— to put
things where they belong."
Richard Cahn was the
attorney for Pennsun Asso-ciation
and presented his
case and mentioned that this
denial of the Building Per-mit
was a result of a "Public
Outcry" He called the Code
amendment "discrimina-tory."
The Board passed the
Amendment prohibiting
hotels,-motels, after many
residents were heard from.
There was some discus-sion
about the survey which
was mailed out to residents
with questions about the
library brought up by Leroy
Fitzgerald, former Trustee
Maurice Ornstein, Patricia
Poppe and others were given
the floor.
Questions were raised
about whether all residents
had received the survey in
the mail and evidently some
streets have not been
covered by the post office.
The Special Exception
requested by owners of the
property at 639 Merrick
(Continued oripage 6)
Fifth District Congressman Begins
Bid for Fifth Consecutive Term
club president on the
worldwide Kiwanis team
with newly-elected Kiwanis
International President
Gene R. Overholt of Ply-mouth,
Michigan and New
York District Governor
Thomas Mclntyre of Troy,
N.Y.
The installing officer was
Lt. Governor Jim Reed of
Freeport.
The 1988-89 Kiwanis
Major Emphasis Program
focuses the organizations
resourses on community
service activities that
address the social and emo-tional
problems of young
people with the theme
"Achieve by Believing."
PICTURED L. TO R. ARE: Valley Stream Mayor John
DieGrace, State Assemblyman Gregory Becker-21 AD; State
Senator Dean Skelos 9SD; Congressman McGrath and
Fourth Congressional District Congressman, Norman Lent.
Congressman Ray Mc- tightly in his Valley Steeam
Grath (R-Valley Stream),
center, opened his 1988
campaign headquarters to
the cheers of over 100 sup-porters
on September 16.
McGrath is seeking his
fifth consecutive tprm of
office in the U.S. House of
Representatives in New
York's Fifth Congressional
District.
The Long Island Republi-can
Congressman told cam-paign
supporters, packaged
headquarters, "We will not
concede one vote in any
community!"
McGrath has won each of
his Congressional contests
with an increasing percen-tage
of the vote. The New
York lawmaker said he
hopes to surpass the 65% he
received in 1986; He added
that he has gained support in
areas that have previously
beer^ Democratic strong-,
holds suchas Long Beach.