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• : \ (. ,.. I' ., ; .. ' I' t 4 :. t ~· f Sayville merchants lobby - .. town board against Bradlees-· by AlltiiCNIJ J. Howanl FoUowing last month's planning board ruling against a proposed new Sunrise Highway department store, Sayville's business and civic communi- ty are urging the Islip Town Board. to uphold the d~ision. On July 21, the lsHp Planning Board unanimously recommended that devel- oper Wilbur Breslin's application to build the Bradlees department store on the corner of Johnson Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Sayville be denied. The Garden City developer requested the town char\ge the zoning designation of the eight•acre parcel to build the department store. By a 5.;0 vote, with two members absent, the planning board recom- mended that the town board deny the application without the benefit of a public hearing. The proposal is now .in the hands of the Islip Town Board, which will review the application and consider it at a future meeting. The application had not yet been scheduled by the town board, which meets next on August 30. In a special bulletin, the Sayville Chamber of Commerce is asking all who oppose the Bradlees proposal to write their town board representatives. The· chamber has criticized the propos- al before, saying it would draw shop- pers away from downtown areas, add to traffic problems and create unneed- ed retail space. urge you to uphold the Planning Commission's decision and disapprove the &p})lication,\ the statement reads. \We're doing it to show we are still involved in this project and that we want to encourage ,the town board to uphold this decision,\ Chamber President·CarolYil Ba.Chsmith said. 'Sayville ,Civic Auociation President John Lee has already contacted all five town board. :members to express sup- port for the planning board's recom- mendation. Lee said he has also asked members of the civic association's executive board to write the town board, and to urge their friends and .neighbors to do likewise. lslip Councilman Chris Bodkin, declining to specifically comment on the application, said he favors the sup- port of downtown snopp!ing areas. \These are tough decisions and .it's a changing world, but I have always been a firm and staunch believer in the downtown areas in Islip Town~\ he said. \But I can't say one way or the other yet because I haven't heard the case.\ That does not mean his mind is made up yet, .Bodkin said. \I want the appH- cant to know, and everyone to know, that this will get a fair bearing. I want to know everyone's views,\ he said. I' ... ·•····•· .. ,~:~~·-·········· ....... ·······. ..... ,...._ ···· ... ..... \\.... ·•··· .. '~...... ·· .. -----·~ ... ....................... \ .... CirCUs is in ToWn While extolling the planning board's decision, the chaniber suggests a tem- plate statement that the project's oppo- nents use. \I strongly support the Planning Commission's recommenda- tion that Mr~ Breslin's application for the rezoning of his Sunrise ffighwa,ISayville property be denied. I The planning board last month also adopted the Islip Planning Depar- tment's report, which tenned the exist- ing zoning \appropriate\ and declared the proposed rezoning \inconsistent with the Sunrise Highway Corridor Study, ~d tb~·.ftqwn'~l ~mp~Ja~~ plan.\ The corrid9r study, corilpleted in 1986, recommended against expansion of the commercial zoning along the highwa)'. The study also recommended · PIBBse tum to P111Jf1 12 Six-year-old Robert Scofield, of Blue Point, holds on tight while riding the elephant at the Clyde Beatty Circus last Saturday, held at the BOhemia fairgrounds off Veteran's Memorial Hlgh-.y. Suffolk County News/Anthony J. Howard Barn raising planned Cherry Avenue PTA fathers help finish the monkey bars on the school's new playground. Suffolk County News/Anthony J. Howard If you build it, they will play by Anthony J. Howard He was first cousin to President Teddy Roosevelt and a proud member of one of America's most prominent families. On Saturday August 14, the public will be allowed inside John Ellis Roosevelt's Meadow Croft estate, part of the Bayport Heritage Association's annual open house. Mterwards, they will host an old-fashioned Barn Raising/Country Western Barbecue and Dance at the Suffolk County Park off Middle Road. Open to the public just once annually, the open house is an opportunity to view the nearly refurbished tum-of-the- century estate. Visitors may stroll the grounds in self-guided tours, while BHA members will be stationed throughout to explain the history and architecture. \Mostly the open house is to let people see Meadow Croft. It is the only time during the year it is open,\ said Carole Pichney, a member of the Heritage Association. \What they'll see this tiine, by Anthony J. Howard slides along with game tables and hopefully, is a lot of progress since the benches and is handicapped-accessible. last time it was open.\ With help of parent labor and PTA The new playground was constructed The five-building estate bas under- fundraising, with fortuitous state aid with almost entirely volunteer labor gone extensive exterior and mechani- situation, the Cherry Avenue last week~nd, with PTA mothers and cal renovations since work began there Elementary School has a new play-· fathers helping Fred Druck of in 1983, but the interior designs and grotllld. Playground Environments dig the furnishings are still needed. Last Saturday, about 35 parents holes, mix concrete and hoist the Preservationists expect it will be com- he~ped the contractor erect the almost equipment. \The turnout we got, they plete by next summer. $50,.000 new playground, which Following the open house, the Old- includes the usual monkey bars and Plflase tum to 8 12 Fashioned Barn Raising will start, com- • 4 - ~ o,. ._. .. _, ... .,; ... '\' ... ,I '\\ ... OO • .... 0 \' .. i ... \ ... '(< .. .,; \f ..... 1f 't • ,.. , W 0 'I .. \' 't .... ~ .... ~ \ ..PBfl .. '! • '0- • ' ' • > ....... \' ~ '! • f .. V • • ~ o .. ~ o o '>- > I ~ ' ' ' plete with barbecue and country west- ern dance, featuring the band SouthboQDd and free country and west- em line dance lessons. \If people want to come wearing costumes, they cer- tainly are encouraged to,\ Pichney said. There will also be a best dressed cow- boy/cowgirl contest. Though they are calling the barbe- cue/dance an old-fashioned barn rais- ing, visitors won't be asked to do any work. The bam's internal structure is already up. \This would be the type of event you would have at a real barn raising, where the fanner would need help raising the timber and would .finish it off by himself,\ Piclmey explained. As part of the Heritage Association's fundraising, there win be a raftle for a fantasy weekend in New York City. The winner will get a limousine ride into Manhattan, two nights in a premier hotel, dinner at either Tavern on the Green or on a World Yacht Cruise and two tickets to the Broadway show of their choice. The Suffolk County Park's Historic Services office is directing the restora- tion with the help of the Bayport Heritage Association, which has its offices there. The open house starts at noon and admission is $2. The barbe- cue starts at 4 p.m. and the country western dancing begins at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the barbecue and dancing is $20, $5 for just the music. Call 472- 0293 or 472-9395 for tickets. • 3 ~ (I) CJ) c a: ~ (\) 0 c ::::t ~ z CD ~ fll ~ O'Q c ~ ~ ~ co co ~
