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THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • JULY 16, 2012 • A19
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Huntington Station. At the time, they both worked in the area, and Andrew grew up not too far from his new residence. “It's turning around a difficult economic situation,” County Legislator William Spencer said. “With unemployment, there's a culture of despair. Programs like this create a culture of hope.” It also brings new homeowners to the Town of Huntington, which had a down payment program until the funds were wiped out. The town still has an affordable housing trust fund, however, and Councilwoman Susan Berland said she hopes more money can be put toward that for a
second turnover of down payment assistance. The consortium is specifically from the county. “It's the American dream,” Berland said. “It's a nightmare for some. This could bring it back to where it became the dream.” Applications will be received from the County Executive's office on a rolling basis, on a first-come, first-serve basis, until Sept. 30. They can be requested from the Community Development Office at 631853-5705 or at suffolkcountyny.gov. “Once you get over the hump of down payment, everything is easier,” Andrew said.
Half Hollow Hills photo/Alessandra Malito
Down payment help
Kelly and Andrew Tardieu stand in front of their new home in Huntington Station with County Executive Steve Bellone, Councilwoman Susan Berland and Legislators Steve Stern, William Spencer and Lou D'Amaro, made possible by the Suffolk County HOME Consortium, which has $500,000 in down payment funds.
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intensifying the drag on quality of life in the community, he added. “I’m living next to bugs and all sorts of other stuff because the grass is never cut,” he said. Stauder and his neighbors turned out to an April 16 town board meeting earlier this year during a hearing under Huntington’s blight legislation and demanded the town take swift action to address con-
ditions at 6 Majestic Drive, a home which town records show is owned by John Baron, of Melville. The home was badly damaged by fire Oct. 31, 2011 and neighbors said in April that the home has been a blight on their neighborhood ever since. The 2011 blaze was the latest in a series of incidents. In late October 1997, the Half Hollow Hills Newspaper reported on a drug raid at the address, which police
and neighbors then described as “a crack house” at the time. Six years later, in May 2003, the homeowner at the time was arrested, one of 12 accused by the Queens DA’s Office of Involvement in a milliondollar real estate scam. The town has been looking into blight at 6 Majestic since late January/early February. According to town records, the home was constructed in the early 1980s. Permits to build a swimming pool were
issued in 1998, and a permit to build an addition over the garage for two bedrooms and three baths was granted in March 2000. A series of permits were issued in 2007 to allow for an expanded swimming pool and kitchen and living room expansions. A decision from an administrative hearing officer, which could clear the path for the town to demolish the home, is expected in the next few weeks.
Three young lives cut short in boating accident (Continued from page A6)
it’s kind of buried itself over the course of a couple days,” he said. “They’re having problems getting the straps underneath the back of the boat.” Lack said investigators are considering four main factors in their investigation: the possibility of vessel overcrowding, wakes thrown off by other boats in the crowded channel, the impact of a thunderstorm that occurred shortly before
the boat capsized, or mechanical failure. As divers were in Oyster Bay Harbor, attorney James Mercante, an attorney representing Kevin Treanor, “questioned the wisdom” of holding a fireworks display near what he described as a closedhorseshoe harbor. “There’s only one way in and one way out,” he said. “If you know anything about boating, you know that it’s going to create a tremendous amount of turbu-
lence in the water.” While the Coast Guard mandates limits for pleasure cruisers up to 20 feet in length, it is up to the boat operator to decide how many people to take on larger vessels. Mercante insisted the boat was not overcrowded, and the only person who could decide an appropriate passenger load is the captain. “Boats are like cars – you have BMWs, you have Chevys, Mercedes,” he said.
“Some are bigger than others and some are heavier than others. So I’d really have to be the captain of the boat to determine what was proper and what was not.” State boating laws require one approved life jacket for each person, and any passenger under age 12 must always wear a life jacket, unless they are in an enclosed cabin. Mercante said Tuesday that the boat contained the required supply of life vests.
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