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North Patchogue Fire Chief Roger Carpenter said the Arson Squad is in- vestiga ting a fire which broke out at 360 East Main Street early Tuesday evening . The blaze of undetermined origin which caused extensive damage to the storage repair shop of Reich- LoDolce Trucking , Inc., but no injuries or damage to trucks , was reported to the Patchogue Fire Depart- ment at 7:20 p.m . The dispatcher was advised , said Patchogue Fire Chief James Leon , that the fire was on Evergreen Avenue. This location is south of the railroad tracks and within the protection of the Patchogue Fire Department. When the Patchogue equipment arrived in the area and determined the blaze was actually north of the tracks , \the North Patchogue Fire Department was immediately advised , \ said Leon . Questioning both department chiefs it was learned that the Patchogue Fire Department had appeared to have the fire under control within 15 to 20 minutes after arriving However , flames flared up again shortly afterwards and required additional control . Two dog s were released from the building and , said Leon , one was taken to a veterinarian and the other was found a little later \ wolfing down hamburgers outside the nearby Jack-in-the-Box. \ The dogs both belong to Frank LoDolce and it was learned the female , Spooky, suffered burns and effects of smoke inhalation but , according to Dr. Ferrigno at the Bell por t Animal Hospital , \is doing real well . \ The dog who escaped injury is called Smoky. (continued on page 16) < . : . ¦ Photo by Dennis Logan Fireman battle trucking firm repair shop blaze. J ___ ; , Blaz e guts truck firm repair shop \Housing improvement in Patchogue has been advanced by a unique carrot and stick ap- proach , \ Mayor James E. Reese announced this week. \The stick \ according to the mayor , \is the substantial penalties faced by a landlord in violation of the Village Housing Code. The \ carrot\ is the availability of federal funds to help reduce the costs of a hom e improvement bank loan to aid a landlord in upgrading his property to code compliance. \ Mayor Reese exp lained that landlords and homeowners both qualify for interest subsidies to lower the cost of borrowing funds to finance home repairs. Most homeowners will generally qualify for a subsidy to reduce borrowing to 3 per cent , some very low income households may also be eligible for limited outright grants Landlords who are bankable will generally borrow funds at 8* 2 per cent , and the village will reduce the effective rate to 6 per cent Landlord assistance is directed at absentee owners who are committed to improving their property, but lack the available cash on hand. Trustee John Augustine cited an example of landlord assistance \The housing inspector uncovered a number of violations at a home on Carman Street. The landlord had no available funds Normally, we would require the housing unit vacated if the violations couldn 't be removed But by assisting the landlord to qualify for a bank loan , we achieved several things , a nicely rehabilitated house that adds to the appearance of Carman Street; a better living unit for the tenant , and strong indications that the village can blend and coordinate federal funds to achieve a superior physical en- vironment Both Bernard Benkenstein , the village ' s housing inspector , and Com- (continucd on page 19) mm .^mmm ^ky ^^ JHf __ ^Bk ^B OKI BH BW B Mm mm^^^m BB KM OB MP MB B& MB M B ^Lm% BB mmm BH ^S MB JH JHf mwB MB MB MB SH B§ ^^H^ ^M MB BB fl^^Bw. J^B H MB BB Bs flW MB JB BB ^B j /m BM BB ViBuAf BB BB MB ¦fi VK k ^SBIW in Patchogue housing rehabilitatio n By ROBIN YOUNG ROE If you were asked to name the single mos t spectacular local news event of 1978 , wha t would vnn cav? A Waverly Avenue bank heist when gunmen fled with $20 , 000 might have some appeal. Same , too , with the ea rly morning blaze that destro v ed Patcho°ue ' s oldest theatre , The Rialto. Others might suggest that the opening of tier parking or a voter referendum approving a new Main Street library were high on their lists. A good answer , too , would be the record snowfall that covered the Island in February. And , for those too groggy from hectic holiday shopping and celebrations to even recall the events last week , The Advance offers , for the record , a recap of 1978. JANUARY The Brookhaven Town Board started off the year with a shuffle of its administrative deck that resulted in a series of new ap- pointments that eliminated som e of the most controversial department heads . First to an- nounce his leaving was Walter Beck, town attorney who was rep laced by his deputy, Joseph Mule * . Others to go were Pur- chasing Director Michael Helfant , Comptroller Edward Leliu and Industrial Com- missioner Randolph Hudson. State Assembly Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea made it official the first of the year: He would make a bid for the gubernatorial seat held by Hugh Carey. And , one aspect of his campa ign tha t many believ e ultimately brought his defeat was his failure to disclose incom e tax returns. In a similar bid for more disclosure of the holdings of public officials , Brookhaven Town was preparing to draw a disclosure law of its own . On the Patchogue Village cnona a h^usm 1 * rehabilitation program was given a boost when the board named a part-time consultant to work out details of a federally-funded project. And , the village board ap- pointed David P. Berner , Pat- chogue recrea tion director since 1975 , to succeed retiring Pat- chogue Village Clerk Gertrude Rowse. By mid-mon th , the scramble was on for village board seats with the announcement that veteran Trustee Charles Miller would retire. At this time , Charles Adams , editor of the Pennysaver News and a frequent critic of the local Democratic administrations , had announced he would make a bid for Miller ' s seat. At least one other can- didate , Joh n Tabone , chairman of the village zoning board of ap- peals , was eyeing the job. A record snowtail of 18 inches rvnf tV\a ohjii nn much of the political activity and everybody was busy digging f heir way out of the white stui .at least for awhile. By the end ol the month the Village GOP had abandoned its spot on the March 21 ballot in favor of a precedent setting Fusion Party ticket . FEBRUARY Ja nuary ' s political predictions came true in February when a newly-created Republican- backed Citizens Fusion Party picked a slate consisting of Mary (continued on p age 4) 1 978: Blizzard hits , a flamingo calls < WMH «*»* <s a g* j u \SHSk^ffit » «Sfffci 1 I W «t;llMfr? o> May 1979 light the way to happiness and suc- cess. Many thanks. The Staff of The Long Islan d Adv ance
