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Builder Unveils
Casino St. Plan
Without a doubl public attendance was up from the norm when the
Village Board of Zoning Appeals held their monthly session. Wed­nesday,
November 29. with Arthur Levine. owner of Nagol Con­sultants.
Ltd., Sayville. the corporation which had purchased the
Casino Pool and apartment complex in February "for in excess of
$100,000," appearing before the board equipped with an architect and
the model of a 62-unit town-house complex they wish to erect at the
southside of Casino Street bounded by Westside and Roosevelt
Avenues. (As we go to press we have learned that in meetings held
between Nagol spokesmen and Casino Street residents, the builders
have agreed to reduce the units by six. >
The appeal was necessitated by the turndown of the Freeporl
Building Department for a permit to construct such a facility in an
area zoned "Residence A." The present structure on the property, two
and three story buildings, containing mainly efficiency apartments,
swimming pool and restaurant, is a "non-coirforming" use in that it
(CooUnued on I ^ e 3}
Patrolmaii's Gun
Kills Wife
A S l t j I i i ^ l ^ U ^ ^BjFnwport Fire Department^ Hose #1 was
stDipjw*f^.& Road at 9:52 lastFridliy^n^^waltingfor-trafiflc
t i cteirio liS^^irorTO to answer afire callm^pRatinafr^inC^
and Woodtide. Mre; Helen -Slonunsicv/ SS^-fxf Isiand-Parkvw^ driving ^anon^MerrfckRcuyiw^
Shirley Frozutta, 47, of RosedaEe as s |»i»enger. Tlie car rammed Into the side liff lite fira trade sending
both women to Doctors Hospital with in^ries. The call the Fire Department was answering pnwed to be
a MALICIOUS FALSE ALARM. . . . Mrs. Slominsky was hospitalized for three days for treatment of
iniuriei to the head and knees while Mrs. Froaitta remalni in Doctors with a fractured hip and finger,
and a head injury. Fire Oilef Wallman broadcast over W6BB this weeltend to warn of the menace
brought about by those who pull false alarms, iwhile Police Chief Elar has put his force on special alert
with the tactical force in uninarlwd cars paying particular attention to the growing problem. Those
found guilty can receive ternw up to ttiree months or be fined $500. (Photo by Dey)
Resident Charged with Gambling ViU^e Mother
Frank Geraci, 45. of 181 North
Ocean Avenue, was among 21
persons arrested last Wednesday
on gambling chaises in a drive
by District Attorney Cahn's office
to break up a $110 milHon-a-year
bookmaking ring, two members
of which have connwtions with
the Joseph Columbo crime
syndicate. The 21 were released
on $10,000 bail each following
arraignment in Nassau County
Court.
Thirty nine other alleged
members of the ring, which
would accept no bet lower than
$100, were indicted earlier.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. BBI Norrii (centtr) i(i«s suipflted with a 75th
Birthday Party atteniled by more than 100 rdathres ahd friendi from
across the country. Party was held In ttw Khool of Our Holy Redeem­er
Church wharf Mr. Norrii has been si»taiit for 14 yean after retir­ing
from the New York City Fire Department He and hii wife, the
late Julia Toomey, raised four boys ami two flirts. Mr. Norrls served
Kpth the army during WW1 seeing action in Fiance. Mr. Norrli hat
30 grandchildren and four flreat-grandchildren. Shown joining Mr.
Norris and his children 1$ Father Donovan. (Photo by Alan Greenberg).
Dies
in Accident
A young Freeport mother was
killed instantly in a two-car
accident on Route ill in Haup-pauge
Sunday night Mrs
Rollane SHney. 21. of 200 West
Merrick Road was a pasrenger in
the car driven by her sister
Patricia Gregory, IB, of East
Islip which also carried Mrs.
Gregory's .-J-rnonth-old daughter
A car driven by Gregory Haynes
skidded and collided with the
Gregory car
Haynes and a passenger.
Thomas Haynes. were also killed
Another passenger. Julie Ann
Burke, was admitted to
Smithtown General Hospital
Mrs Gregory was treated for
facial injuries and released but
her baby was admitted to the
hospital with a punctured lung
and later transferred to the
Nassau County Medical Centers
intensive care unit.
Mrs. Sliney is survived by her
husband, Brian, and sons Scott
and Brian. A brother. Roland
Smith; and sisters Jacqueline
Post, Sandra Pallman, Debora
Smith and Mrs. Gregory, also
survive.
Religious services were held
Wedn^day at the Hungerford
and Clark, Inc. Funeral Home,
burial at Greenfield Cemetery.
Freeport Police Patrolman
James Mazzuco has been
suspended by tt»e Department of
which• he teis been a,member
siii^^pril, 1971 r fotlowihg^^the
ttMgih.shpoiing of his 24-year-old
wife. (lie former Gladys Medina
of Freeport, in their Deer Park
home last Saturday night as her
two children by a previous
marriage slept nearby
According lo published reports,
Mazzueo's lawyer. Richard
Hart man. says his client was
rleaning a 45 cal Luger
revolver, which is not his service
gun, in his bedroom. Thinkmg he
had emptied the gun, he picked it
up causing it to discharge with a
bullet striking his wife in the
chest Mazzuco immediately
called the Suffolk County Police
who rushed Mrs Mazzuco to
(iood Samaritan H(»pilal where
she died an hour later.
Mazzuco was released on $1000
bail after appearing in Haup-paugec
District Court. He 'will
have to appear before the Grand
jiiry on- mansiaiighter cMairges.
Freeport Police CMsf Anthony
Elar, pointing out that Matzuco's
suspension from the force was
automatic and must stand until
(he cast' is resolved, told THE
LKADKH that he could not
commenl on the incident, "I'x
rept to .say it is Iragtc." a.s «ny
siatemcnl might jeopardize
Ma?.zuco's legal ca.se
Mrs Mazzuco was buried
Wednesday in Oakwood
Cemetery, Bay Shore, after
services at the Hungerford and
Clark Funeral Home. Inc
Besides her husband, she is
.survived by sons Thomas and
Jose, and her parents, Jose and
Esther Medina
RAISING THE FLAG. D.A. Midgette of the O.A. Midgette Steeple­jack
Service, Ray Street, climbs the flag pole at Cannon Square to
replace lanyard which fell, taking tfie American flag with It. on Nov.
14. Stan McCaffrey and Jerry Wsaver of Weaver's store recovered the
rope which lay across Church Street, while Bki Oub host Vlto Ta^
ulll. iJvho has since suffered a heart attack, lecoverpd the flag from
atop Weaver's Building. Enlisting the aid of the William ainton Story
Post and the Veterans of Foreign War's, the Village was persuaded to
pay the necessary $75 to repair the damage after it was found that
the Fire Department had no truck in service with a ladder long
enough to reach the top of the pole. (Photo by Jerry Weaver)