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Vol. 3, No. 7
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Manorhaven OKs salt shed with caveats
LOVE IN THE AIR
Residents still voice concerns BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Manorhaven’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special permit for the construction of a shed to store salt during its meeting on Tuesday night. The shed at 12 Manorhaven Blvd. will cover a pile of salt used to clear roads in the area. But the approval of the structure, which has been a contentious issue in the village, came with a few caveats. In announcing the board’s approval, Chairman Patrick Gibson said that the special use permit will require the property’s owners, Dejana Industries, to come before the planning board if the use of the property changes or if the owners want to build another structure. He said the approval of the salt shed would be subject to a written decision. “Our approval today! is going to be! subject! to a written! decision!by our [legal] counsel, which will then!have to be!approved by this board,” Gibson said. That decision by the attor-
ney, Jeffery Blinkoff, will be given to the board to review, and! the board will either accept it or deny and revise it. The board added that the grade of the lot could not be changed and that the color of the structure would have to be!negotiated with the village’s Architectural Review Board. The color was originally supposed to be beige but after comment from the public, Gibson suggested another color would better help the structure blend in. Caroline DuBois, the acting secretary for the Manorhaven Action Committee, said she was pleased that a special permit was given instead of a variance. But she said she would have preferred the project not go forward. “I’m glad! that the board put conditions on it,” she said. “But I’m disappointed that they decided to go through with it. I think it’s short-sighted.” DuBois was one of several local residents who raised concerns Continued on Page 48
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Charles and Rose Cipolla of Port Washington share a kiss during the Town of North Hempstead’s vow renewal ceremony on Valentine’s Day in Port. See story on page 12.
Up Port man’s sleeve, answer to the sneeze BY LU K E TORRANCE
kept coughing and sneezing into the crux of his arm,” he said. “The Center for Disease Stan Bratskeir was taking Control said that’s the best way care of his sick grandson when to reduce passing it on, but it’s a little bit gross. I looked at that he had an idea. “He was sitting on my sofa, and thought, you need somerecovering from a cold, and he thing disposable that you can
cough into.” Bratskeir, who is the CEO of a marketing consultancy group and a Port Washington resident, sprang into action. Although he had never worked in medicine, he had worked with Continued on Page 58
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