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Pound Ridge man to oppose
O'Rourke for Executive post
" T h e underdog has the oppor­
t u n i t y of voicing opinions t h a t
m a y not be widely popular for
the short-range," Mr. Goodman
s a i d in a t e l e p h o n e i n t e r v i e w .
One of t h e unpopular issues Mr.
Goodman espouses is moderate
income—possible multi-fami­
ly—and senior housing, even for
Pound Ridge. "Pound Ridge can
take its fair share of it. I see no
n e e d to b a c k off j u s t b e c a u s e
t h e r e a r e s o m e who will find
fault.
" I c e r t a i n l y do not a d v o c a t e
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by M a r g e Chilcoat
T h e Westchester County Demo­
c r a t i c P a r t y m a d e its an­
n o u n c e m e n t Monday, J u n e 3,
t h a t A r t h u r Goodman of F a n c h e r
Rd., Pound Ridge w a s its candi­
d a t e for the post of County E x e c ­
utive, to run against incumbent
Andrew O'Rourke.
Mr. Goodman, head of his own
l a w f i r m in W h i t e P l a i n s , r a n
unsuccessfully against F r a n k
C o n n o l l y a n d F r e d Zwick for
Town Supervisor in 1973, and in
1980 l o s t t o M a r y G o o d h u e for
State Senator.
New Castle marches in
Nuclear Freeze Walk
by Lois Jessup
F r e e z e Walk '85, o r g a n i z e d b y
And once again it's time for the Classic. The 19th annual Westchester Classic golf tournament,
W
estchester Nuclear Weapons
s p o n s o r e d for t h e s e v e n t h c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r by M a n u f a c t u r e r s H a n o v e r , will t a k e p l a c e a t t h e
F
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e e z e C a m p a i g n , got off to a
Westchester Country Club this week. The Northern Westchester Hospital is among beneficiaries. See
t
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our Special Section inside for a comprehensive preview.
Photo by Michele du Vair
J u n e 1 from the grounds of the
Memorial United Methodist
C h u r c h on B r y a n t Ave., W h i t e
Plains.
There were two hundred fifty
participants, m e n , women and
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an egress through the P e r e z
k i l o m e t e r w a l k in a n d a r o u n d
After some debate, the New Castle
p r o p e r t y onto P r o s p e c t , " s a i d require a v a r i a n c e tg^fhrotigh
Zoning Board of Appeals granted
Mr. Spurr. He said the Associates a one-family t S i ^ i i t l a r j g ^ g r . W h ^ P l a i n s ^ ^ a s t l l S . O O O w a s
the King Street Hill Associates plan to m a k e major improve­ b o r h ^ g * G l a s ^ r c l a i d ^ ^ g ^ ^ d ^ ^ a n d l o b b y use of Highland Avenue for acces"s
m e n t s a t the cjpjnerjQf Highland nei^hbprs^'would prefertdfs>fe^
to its 10-condominium, one-off^
jtchester
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development on King Street. The* *do$vn>9stone walLand increasing thajfcthe proposed residential
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granted the variance subject to m a k e it'thfjbgst acoe£p&
the Associates "using their best
N e i g h b o r s a d a m a n u y dis­
Castle Zoning Board r<
efforts" to acquire the abutting a g r e e d . P r e s i d e n t of t h e K i n g
P e r e z p r o p e r t y a n d u l t i m a t e l y Street Neighborhood Association
using it for a cross-easement to Jeff Glassberg s a i d , ' 'The zoning
Prospect Avenue.
code exists to protect the resident.
The Board had asked Planning T h e y h a v e s h o w n no c a s e of
Board Chairman Arnold Spurr to economic hardship. So there's no
advise on the best access/egress right to g r a n t them a variance
for t h e A s s o c i a t e s ' p r o p o s e d when they c a n use the property
to mWe a field trip to the property
by Megan Savage
development. " I t was the Plan­ commercia|ly without one." The
After considering variances for a and: delayed its-yote^unlU^une,
ning Board's determination that Associates' property is split-zoned
house t h a t pre-dates and h a s 264fitb^^riances a%^rl^|^ 4
the'best access a t this time for into residential and businessn e v e r c o n f o r m e d to z o n i n g i^^^wS^^^sss&e^^^its£-^^i»\A
the development would be High­ residential use and could be used
r e q u i r e m e n t s , t h e New C a s t l e h b l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ d l r i g land Avenue and ultimately with for a n e n t i r e l y - c o m m e r c i a l
IpKouse on B e d : ^
Zoning Board of Appeals decided
ford Road l i a s fou^ajpartments^*
the third floor would be restored
to allow three m o r e . No additional
parking would be necessary.
Mr. Sheridan's attorney,
Thomas Hanrahan asked the
Ltd. to buy the land, said there
by Megan Savage
Mrs. Marks' attorney Frederick B o a r d for. v a r i a n c e s f r o m t h e
was financial hardship because, S c h u l m a n s a i d , " T h e c o n t r a c t density and x o v e r a g e require­
Delaying a vote until J u n e 26, the
"if the four-bedroom-house w a s v e n d e e w a s a w a r e w h e n s h e m e n t s because, *'itis,physically
c o n s e n s u s of t h e N e w C a s t l e
p l a c e d o t h e r t h a n w h e r e it i s signed the contract of the physical impossible to meet-the c u r r e n t
Zoning Board of Appeals was to
deny Helen Felton a 10 foot set­ proposed, there,Would b e a tre­ a s p e c t s and pitfalls.of the lot in codes. This is a very, old,. non­
m e n d o u s a m o u n t of b l a s t i n g question. In effect, she should b e c o n f o r m i n g u s e . T h e b e n e f i t s
back variance to build a larger
coupled witlta costly removal of charged with full knowledge of derived-from granting the var­
house than zoning on permits on
r o c k s . " S h e first a p p l i e d for a zoning r e q u i r e m e n t s before the iances, which allows us to reno-,
property on Hemlock Hills. T h e
15-foot variance but, at the request contract w a s executed. T h e r e is v a t e the entire building, would"
B o a r d , a t i t s M a y 29 m e e t i n g ,
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the Boardj:reduced it to 10 feet no need to gr4nt-%^arlan(qe.''
ruled the applicant failed to show
greatly enhance the surrounding which
would bring the proposed
economic hardship and that there
Zoning Board Chairman Gabriel a r e a . " The landscaping in front"
house within30 feet of the property
w e r e options on t h e s i t e to
Rosenfeld asked Mr. Schulman of;the house a n d . a shed in t h e
of h e r neighbor, B a r b a r a Marks. w h a t i m p a c t t h e proposed house r e a r mllxa^Vb^>reitcml: JThe^
accommodate a smaller house.
T h e z o n i n g r e q u i r e s a 40-foot would have on his client. "Would shed will.be'usedfi^g^|e^tbjnee^
Mrs. Felton, who has signed a
rear-yard
setback.
c a r s and'theVa^Hi^area for
c o n t r a c t with H e m l o c k H o m e s
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D o r o t h y DiCintio of R y e . New
C a s t l e ' s C o o r d i n a t o r w a s Lois
J e s s u p who r e p o r t e d close to
$1000 had been received.
The Walkathon committee of
C i t i z e n s of New C a s t l e for a
N u c l e a r Weapons F r e e z e w e r e
Don a n d C l a i r e Miller, R o s e
Weiner, Barbara Goodman, Sue
F u r t h , Meg Montgomery, Use
Hesslein, Ruth Bjerbach, Dana
B a t e s , E v a Gould, B a r b a r a
Dretzin, Louise Doerschuk and
Bob Brown from Chappaqua and
R i c h a r d Lynn a n d R i c h a r d
Buchsman from Millwood.
The next meeting of the group
will be ore Tuesday, J u n e 18 a t
8plti a t the Community Center,
King Street Hill Associates granted
access to development via Highland Ave,
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Variances considered to periiiii
restoration of 80-yaaAKld holme
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Board cool to 10-fpot setback
variance for Hemlock Hills property
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eight otiiers will belit. A neighbor
R o s l y W a i s o n said, " I am in
f a v o r of&ny improvements that
>i^ to the house."
aril's request, Plannin^g>«oard^h\irman Arnold
Spurr gave his^adVice oh whether
theVariaj^es sh\juld be^granted.
He saidliverlay^gmuffi-family
residehlie.r.e^iyr'eTnents onto a
business-residential^ zoned prop­
erty such as this would be difficult.
"Based on what is proposed for
tire building and its reconstruction,
thfePlanning Board sjeemed to
think it made a lot of'sense."
Unless a variance' is granted,
the building will remain in need
df^efurbishing. "Our primary
concern is to get the approval to
do Something to restore the
buirdihg>''saidMr Hahrahan.
Zoning Boiard Chairman Gabriel
Rosenfeld wanted to know about
hbw.theiour tenants would be
affected by the renovation and
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