SINCE 1899
Vol. 113 No. 42 November 18, 2011
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Serving Bayville, the Brookvilles, Centre Island, Cold Spring Harbor, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Lattingtown, Laurel Hollow, Locust Valley, Matinecock, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, Syosset and Woodbury
On their day, vets recall serving in many ways Today he keeps in contact with his war buddies Don Christianson of Huntington and Ed Hahnemann Veterans from American Le- from New Jersey. gion Quentin Roosevelt Post No. Former VFW commander Mau4 and Veterans of Foreign Wars rice “Binky” Baron of Oyster Bay, Post 8033 assembled 64, was in the Navy in front of Oyster Bay Seabees from 1966Town Hall on Veter- ‘Ordinary people 70 and served in Vietans’ Day, Friday, No- accomplishing nam from 1968-69. vember 11th, to honReflecting on Vetor all those who have extraordinary erans’ Day, Baron served in the United said, “I think about States of America’s things. Simply those who lost their military and lost their put, that’s who lives to give us the lives in the process. freedom we have. I VFW commander veterans are.’ wish we could exist John Bruckner of with no war and live Oyster Bay, 82, has served in the in peace. We’d be better off.” Army from 1951-53 in Germany American Legion Commander with the 7th army artillery. “We and former Nassau County Comused to go up against the Russians mander of the American Legion on the border keeping them on Reginald Butt began the ceremony the alert during the Cold War,” he with a few words. said. “Ordinary people accomplishing Bill Ferris of Oyster Bay, 87, extraordinary things. Simply put, served in the Navy from 1942-46 that’s who veterans are. Young and and saw combat in the Pacific bat- old – rich and poor — black and tling the Japanese. “I’m glad to white — and nearly every categohave survived,” said Ferris, former ry in between, they are men and American Legion commander. (Continued on page 5) By David J. Criblez
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Photo by David J. Criblez
Oyster Bay veterans bow their heads at a Veterans’ Day ceremony in front of Oyster Bay Town Hall.
Maine Maid Inn
Landmark it? Maybe we’ll buy it, says Venditto design.” Ippolito noted that the Town could find a restaurateur to run The Town of Oyster Bay Land- the business. If acquired by the marks Preservation Commission Town, Venditto said use of the had already recommended grant- property would be up to the resiing landmark status for the Maine dents. Maid Inn of Jericho. Built in 1789, the Now it was the building was the Town Board’s turn. home of Quakers ValAt a hearing on Noentine and Abigail vember 15th, the Hicks, who helped board not only infound the hamlet of dicated its approval Jericho. The structure for landmarking the and property has his222 year-old buildtorical significance for ing, Town Supervisor being a stop on the John Venditto even Underground Railcontemplated purroad where Quakers chasing the former helped hide escaped restaurant. slaves in the 1800s. When TOB ComValentine Hicks Photo by David J. Criblez missioner of Planning served as President of & Development Fred Alexandra Parsons the Long Island Rail Ippolito mentioned Wolfe, of the Road and was instruthe property could be Society for the mental in bringing obtained for approxi- Preservation of Long the rail service to the mately $700,000, Island Antiquities, area. Venditto asked him spoke about the The Maine Maid to further investigate Inn’s architectural Inn is situated in the significance. the possibility. 22-acre Jericho Pre“If you do grant serve and is linked to the landmark status, it only pre- the historic Jericho Quaker meetserves the outside of the build- ing house and Elias Hicks’ house, ing,” said the Commissioner. “You which were preserved by Nassau can do whatever you want inside. County. You can even add an extension as “I doubt seriously if anybody long as it conforms to the exterior (Continued on page 5) By David J. Criblez
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St. Anthony’s Midfielder Brendan Conroy (#25) will play for the U.S. Military Academy next year.
West Point comes calling and Conroy says ‘yes sir’ By David J. Criblez dcriblez@oysterbayguardian.com
Lacrosse player Brendan Conroy, 17, of Muttontown recently signed a letter of intent to play for Army at the United States Military Academy at West Point next year. The high school senior currently plays midfield for St. Anthony’s and his team captured the Catholic High School Athletic Association Championship against Chaminade earlier this year.
When asked why he chose West Point, Conroy stated, “It was just a gut feeling that I had. I knew I belonged there. I fell in love with the people and the community. I’m going to have a lot of opportunities coming out of West Point. I hope to progress and learn a lot about leadership and control. I think that will help me go far in life.” Conroy started playing lacrosse in the 2nd grade following in his older brothers’ footsteps. (Continued on page 5)
Nassau police say Roslyn Savings Bank robber had inside help It didn’t take long for Nassau County Police Department Robbery Squad detectives to piece together what actually happened at the Roslyn Savings Bank in Woodbury, according to a police report. They had gotten a call about a robbery at the bank at 8081 Jericho Turnpike at 3:42 PM on Monday, November 14th. When they arrived, they were told that a white male had passed a note to a teller demanding cash and that the teller had handed over an undisclosed amount of currency. But they quickly concluded that
they weren’t dealing with a lone bank robber. Instead, they say, the teller, Brian Bolivar, 20, of Huntington had conspired with the suspected thief, Nikko Carlson, 20, of Huntington Station to stage their encounter. They arrested both men without incident and recovered the loot. Bolivar and Carlson are being charged with Grand Larceny 3rd Degree and Conspiracy 5th Degree. They were arraigned on Tuesday, November 15th at the First District Court in Hempstead.
Photo by Pat Strassberg
‘Pan Am’ takes flight at Mill Neck Manor The ABC TV series “Pan Am” filmed an episode — set to air next month — at Mill Neck Manor Monday through Thursday this week. The 10 PM Sunday night show, depicts the exploits of a 1960s Pan American World Airways flight crew.