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Bowling alley variance shift a split decision Arguing on behalf of the business, attorney Keith Brown said that although the application is It was a long day at the Town for cabaret, and during specified of Hempstead Board of Appeals hours, customers would be meeting on Sept. 31, as the Win required to be 21 or over, “there Bowling Alley Corporation will be no adult entertainment sought a variance to convert four whatsoever.” That was just one bowling lanes at Baldwin Bowl concer n that residents had into a dance floor, a DJ booth and expressed, and even written letstage to be used for ters to the board cabaret, and to waive about. its off-street parking Board member requirement. Katuria D’Amato The corporation, said that quality-ofthe owner of Baldlife issues could win Bowl, on Grand arise if customers Avenue, told the star ted to take board that being advantage of the unable to make these entertainment space. changes would be a “What happens if a “death blow” to its bunch of people business. But two decide, ‘That’s where civic groups, as well we hang out,’” she KATuRiA as a handful of resisaid, “and all of a dents, voiced their d’AMATo s u d d e n we h ave opposition to the Board member 2 5 - ye a r- o l d s a n d changes, arguing some jamming to that the area’s viot u n e s, a n d , yo u lence, littering and parking prob- know, all kinds of young people lems were already too much to doing things we all did back in handle, and that a zoning change the day and got in trouble for?” would worsen them. Brown replied that the faciliThe bowling alley, which has ty’s security staff would handle been in Baldwin since 1939, was any problems, and that the scene purchased by the Shasho family never becomes chaotic at the in 1999, and has been family- bowling center. owned and -operated ever since. Continued on page 11
By KARiNA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
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BAldwiN RESidENT SydNEy W. Joshua with the recently published ‘Dear Mommy’s Boss,’ which includes tales of children thanking bosses for being understanding when work and life collide.
Gratitude for understanding bosses leads to new book
Baldwin author released first work in August By KARiNA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
Reflecting on her career change from corporate life as a paralegal at a law firm to teaching in Flushing, Queens, Baldwin resident Sydney W. Joshua published “Dear Mommy’s Boss,” in August, a book that pays tribute book to her former bosses, who, she said, understood how to cultivate a caring work environment. Leaving a job she enjoyed, where supervisors were lenient and forgiving, she decided to follow her dream to teach — and experienced culture shock when the atmosphere changed. As a paralegal for 14 years and a teacher for six, Joshua has been on both ends of the work
culture spectrum. At the law firm, if she arrived an hour later than normal but worked an hour later, there were no repercussions, because the job still got done that day. She would soon find out life in the public sector is much different than the corporate world. As a teacher, Joshua explained, “It’s a whole different ballgame completely. In terms of scheduling, everything’s on a schedule, you follow a schedule — there are literally bells ringing.” That rigor in combination with the bureaucracy of education — dealing with everyone from administrators to local elected leaders to students and their parents — has worn down Joshua’s spirit, she acknowledged. Continued on page 5
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