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Friday, October 26, 2018
Vol. 3, No. 43
Port WashingtonTimes ELECTION GUIDE
PORT IDA RECIPIENT TO MOVE TO N.J.
CHARLES WANG DIES
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TV, film studio proposed for Port North
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Abandoned warehouse on Channel Drive would have 3 sound studios BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Could Port Washington North become the Hollywood of the North Shore? The owners of a building on Channel Drive that previously housed Publishers Clearing House want to turn the structure into a studio for filming! movies and television shows. The plan was presented for the first time to the village’s Board of Trustees during its meeting last Wednesday. “I think this is beyond exciting. I think it’s one of the most innovative, creative concepts that I’ve seen come to Port North in the 16 years since I’ve been here,” said Mayor Bob Weitzner. Weitzner said the village received a letter last month from the owner of the building to present a plan to the board. “This is the first opportunity for the public to get a better sense of what might be,” he said. “But it is an informal hearing.”
The building is 100,000 square feet with a low ceiling and has been sitting vacant for about three years.! Gary Krupnick, the president and CEO of West Rac! Contracting, presented the plan to the board. He said he wanted to raise the ceilings to 65 or 35 feet in certain areas but stay within the building’s footprint. He said the landscaping around the building — including the pond in front of the building — would be maintained or improved. The facility would have three separate sound studios and a small cafeteria. He said entrances would be set up so that video and equipment trucks would not have to drive around the building. The building is already zoned for industrial use. What Krupnick wanted from the board was a relaxing of restrictions on building heights. He said that filming for movies requires ceiling heights of at least 50 feet. Continued on Page 75
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, the Democratic challenger to state Sen. Elaine Phillips, speaks during a debate in Manhasset, one of several she and Phillips took part in over the past two weeks. See story on page 23.
Candidates debate taxes, immigration in Manhasset BY LU K E TORRANCE
argued over the myriad challenges facing the North Shore — high taxes, immigration, Heated words were ex- protection of abortion rights — changed between candidates at a debate in Manhasset. The debate was hosted by for Congress and the state Senate last Thursday as they the League of Women Voters
and was held at the! Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and his Republican challenger, Dan DeBono, spoke first, followed Continued on Page 75
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