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LIBRARIAN UNDER FIRE
GROWING NUMBER OF ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS
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Port North proposal gets $1.25M grant
DOWN WE GO
Grumman Studios developer looking to build similar production facility BY R O S E W E L D ON The developer behind Grumman Studios is seeking to build a similar facility in the Village of Port Washington North and has received a grant from the state for its construction. The 13-acre 101 Channel Drive property houses a one-floor, 160,000-square-foot structure originally built in 1958. It was used as office space by Publishers Clearing House and was bought by Setauket-based Little Rock Construction Inc. in 2014. Developer Parviz Farahzad, who spearheaded the Grumman Studios project in Bethpage, said at a Port Washington North Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 18 that he wants to build out the studio from the current structure to a height of 65 feet, and divide it into six production stages for filming movies, TV series and commercials. Alex Badalamenti, represent-
ing Patchogue-based BLD Architecture, which is designing the proposed building, said that landscaping would be used to obscure the structure from a condo community bordering the site, though a full design has not yet been completed. In the state’s Regional Economic Development Council’s grants for 2019, an applicant called 101 Channel Dr LLC, whose proposed project is labeled as “Port Washington Film and TV Production Studios,” has been awarded $1.25 million for construction converting “a vacant building in Port Washington into a six-stage television and movie production studio.” Calls for comment to Little Rock Construction and the Village of Port Washington North were not returned. The village will continue public comment sessions on the proposal at its Jan. 22 Board of Trustees meeting.
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A telephone pole fell near the Port Washington Public Library on Dec. 26, leading to the library closing its doors that day and going the next day without phone service.
Paint tool wholesaler plans $6.8M expansion BY R O S E W E L D ON
92,000-square-foot distribution center rather than leave A Port Washington- the area. The Paint Applicator Corp. based painting tool wholesaler is looking to expand its of America and its head, Steve
Geismer, approached the Nassau County IDA at its Dec. 12 meeting, requesting 15 years of property tax savings, a salesContinued on Page 44
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