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Chappaqua Journal VOLUME 1, Number 8 Serving the Town of New Castle Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday, October 16,1980 25 Cents A Copy, $10.00 A Year Mrs. Mary Gallagher (far right) looks on as firemen remove ruined gas pump at Don Roane's Texaco Station, Friday, Oct. 10. Motorist takes. gas pump with her; fire ensues by Marianne Acito -Mr-s^-Ralph-.- GaliagheF - of- -41% Spruce Lane drove out of Don Roane's Texaco gas station on King Street with the gas pump dragging behind her car, last Friday afternoon, Oct. 10. The resulting fire, which destroyed the pump and charred a front door of her car, was put out by station attendants with dry chemicals. Mechanic Joseph Kogel, vis ibly shaken, said, -'She coukTve killed me! The gas hose was still in the car and she backed up and tore it (the gas pump) off. That started the fire.\ Firemen helped remove the pump as a crowd gathered. Seventh-grader Andy Forstl said \I was on my way home from school and I saw a big cloud of smoke so I ran up here. I thought Chip Ross, award-winning musician \by Rhonda Stearley When Chip Ross was 5, his father, Mr. Mort Ross, bought a cello that was bigger than Chip. But he took to the cello and his music lessons and as he \out grew\ the cello, his dedication to music kept pace. At 16, this Greeley High School student plans to make music his career. As he plays toward his goal, it helps to be named \Out standing Male Musician\ by a national music fraternity. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia awarded Mr. Ross the honor for his work at the Northeast Music Camp this summer, which he has attended since age 13. \I was surprised,\ he says. \I never knew the award existed. I wasn't even there for the banquet at the end of the session. A friend called me the day after and told me the news.\ The room in which he spends most of his time suggests music is his life. A wall is covered with posters of classical and jazz musicians and an array of per cussion instruments - a set of drums, bongos, and a vibra phone keyboard. He plays percussion and the cello, devoting up to five hours a day for practice. \It varies on how I feel. Sometimes I play more, sometimes less. On occa sion, my dad will come down and we'll play together.\ Juilliard Besides attending high school and playing in its band and orchestra, Mr. Ross studies at the Juilliard School of Music in please turn to page 4 she hit the pump and the car was -on fire.\ - . , ; c His friend, Rocky Fava, was there when the accident hap pened: \Petev Davidson and 1 was walking home when we saw the car pulling out. Then some one yelled 'Watch out! * and we saw it burst into flames.\ No one was injured. A flustered Mrs. Gallagher declined to comment. LWV to host a Candidates Night The League of Women voters of New Castle, Briarcliff, and Ossining will sponsor a \Meet the Candidates\ program on Wed., Oct. 15, at 7:45 p.m. in the Briarcliff Middle School, Plea- santville Rd., Briarcliff Manor. Candidates for the U.S. Con gress, N.Y. State Senate, and N. Y. State Assembly will discuss issues and answer questions. Planning Board report Preliminary hearing held on the 50-acre Mitchell Berenson property by Marianne Acito As the result of a lawsuit Mr. Mitchell Berenson brought against New Castle, the town was forced to establish zoning for multi-family housing for the first time. Among parcels rezoned was a 50-acre site owned by Mr. Berenson near Old Farm and Bedford Roads. At its Tues., Oct. 7 meeting, the New Castle Planning board held a preliminary hearing on the property. The Planning Board's current concern is that at least half of the property is in state designated wetlands. Building within 100 feet of wetland areas over 12.4 acres is prohibited unless a waiver is granted by both the State and the town's approving authority, in this case the New Castle Planning Board. Mr. David Smotrich, architect for.the project, said his client, Flatcher Realty, intends to build 1W: two-bedroom condominium units on the Berenson property. A waiver of the 100 foot setback rule is requested in order to build the detached houses within 40 feet of areas designated as wetlands on the state's tentative map. Mr. Smotrich said that allowing them to build closer to the wetlands would improve the environment of the condomini ums, because it would allow more green land in the central public areas . Keeping to the 100 foot rule, he said, would force more units into the center of the site and out around the edges of the site near the road. Irwin Potter, landscape archi tect and environmental consul tant for the property, said pro viding larger green play areas, will help keep children from dis- turbing the surrounding wetlands. He also suggested building nature observation paths through the wetlands to \draw off inquisitive kids.'* ~ ..please turn to page 4 1500 new apartments seen for New Castle in the next 10 years by Marianne Acito Multi-family housing will make up the bulk of the estimated 2200 new housing units to be built in New Castle over the next 10 years, according to town planning consultant David Portman of Frederick P. Clark Associates. In the draft of a master plan sent to the county to meet its Dec. 1 deadline for a housing plan, New Castle town planners have projected 1445 multi-family housing units, 605 single-family houses and 150 accessory apartments by 1990. New Castle Supervisor Charles Banks said the Town was among the first to submit a plan to the County because it had been working on a new housing proposal for over a year in response to the Berenson Police ask Millwood residents to help in crime prevention effort FROM THE POLICE BLOTTER Criminal Mischief Two of Horace Greeley High School's office windows were shattered between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Oct. 7, according to custodian John Philopovich. The Rosenwald's lawn at 34 Marcourt Drive was driven over on the night of Oct. 7. Property Damage Dean Hillman's VW rolled down a hill on Old Lyme Road and hit a tree on Oct. 7. Mr. Hillman believes the emergency brake was faulty. No serious damage resulted. Various tools were found along the roadway on Rt. 117 near Orchard Ridge Rd. Andrew Howard of Pines Bridge Rd. brought them to the New Castle Police station. They have not yet been claimed. J. Sommers of Millwood Cleaners reported his lock was tampered with, Sat., Oct. 11. Ptl. Tully f6und a toothpick had been inserted^nto the lock and broken off. f? please turn to page 8 by Sue McCarthy Acknowleding that the New Cas tle Police Dept. could not be everywhere in New Castle at all times, Police Chief Frank V. Comito urged the approximately 40 residents at the Millwood Task force meeting Oct. 9, to join with neighbors and the police to help prevent neighborhood crime. Pointing out that there have been 2.5 burglaries per month in New Castle since January, most between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the chief said \if residents and the police worked together as a team\ crime would be reduced. He distributed a booklet on the \dos and don'ts\ of crime prevention written by the department, describing signs to which residents should be alert and what to do if they think a house is being burglarized. Things to watch for, said the Chief, are \unusual sounds\ such as breaking glass; persons \strange to the area\ going into a neighbor's backyard or going door to door asking questions that do not seem legitimate; vechiles strange to the area loading property or driving slowly or repeatedly through the neighborhood. \Covers\ Burglars often use \covers\ such as \legitimate-looking business vehicles\ or pose as salesmen or repairmen. The chief urged his listeners to call . the police \if you feel unsafe at please turn to page 6 decision, which forced the Town to rezone certain areas to allow multi-family housing. Though New Castle has been quick to respond, Mr. Banks said, \We hardly want anyone to think of us as a frontrunner.\ Planning Consultant Portman said town planners can only guess at how many units will actually be constructed over the next decade. He said 14 sites have already been rezoned to accommodate multi-family housing in compliance with the 1979 ruling on the Berenson case, but as far as the number of units to be built, \no specific requirements have been imposed on the town of New Castle.\ Two multi-family projects are already under construction. Flatcher Realty, the developers of the Berenson property, are building two-story townhouses on the Paige property near the Grand Union in Chappaqua. There will be 24 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom units for a total of 60, with 12 set side for senior citizens. Developer Thomas Flood of Flatcher Realty said it is too early to say how much each of the units will cost, but added that he believes \many people will come from the surrounding community\ and assumes the townhouse purchasers income will be \oh a par with that of people now living in the community.\ New,. Castle developer Marc Gerber is building 40 housing units on land owned by the Bedford Lake Park Corp. off Route 100 and Sand Street in Millwood. A total of 263. more units for Chappaqua are still in the planning stages; 160 on the please turn to page 8
