Volume XXVI No. 17 Hometown Newspaper for Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glen Head, Glenwood, Locust Valley and Brookville Week of 1/5/17 75C Russian Upper Brookville mansion gets hit with a sanction U.S. government closes age-old compound By Nakeem Grant [email protected] Glen Cove Mayor Reggie Spinello still remembers the procession of cars, includ- ing the black limousine, that brought Nikita Khrushchev to Killenworth, a Russian com- pound on Dosoris Lane in Glen Cove. “I was 8,” said Spinello, a lifelong Glen Cove resident. “And it was the height of the Cold War. I watched as everyone lined the streets and threw tomatoes at Khrushchev. No one was happy about him visiting Glen Cove.” Spinello doesn’t know if the former lead- er of the Soviet Union ever visited again, but he has seen cars with diplomatic license plates heading for the compound several times over the years. At first, he believed, like many others, that the federal government shuttered Kil- lenworth last week, and that its inhabitants were included among the 35 unnamed Rus- sian officials expelled from the U.S. But that was not true. It was Norwich House, a Russian com- pound in Upper Brookville, that was shut (Continued on page 3) Photo by John Abate House fire kills Glen Cove The federal government did not close Killenworth, a Russian compound in Glen Cove. woman By Laura Lane CPR was initiated, and when the Glen Cove Fire Department arrived she was tak- [email protected] en to Glen Cove Hospital by ambulance. Archambault was pronounced dead at the hospital. Hella Archambault, 81, died as a result of The Sea Cliff, Locust Valley and Glen- a fire in her Glen Cove home on Jan. 2. The wood fire departments assisted the Glen fire, which began at 3:54 a.m. in the split- Cove Fire Department. One Glen Cove level Briarcliff Avenue house, began in the firefighter hurt his hand while attempting second floor kitchen. to put out the fire, but the injury was re- “There was such devastation in the kitch- portedly not serious. en near the sink,” Glen Cove Police Lieuten- The Nassau County Fire Marshal and ant John Nagle said. “We don’t’ believe it Bomb Squad are investigating the fire. It started at the oven.” is believed that the fire may have been ac- Archambault was alone in the house at cidental. the time. Attempts were made to save the “There was a lot of devastation to the woman's life by Glen Cove police officers, house — half of the roof is gone,” Nagle who arrived at the fire first. After forcing the said. “It took a few hours to put it out and front door open of the burning house they then it flared up again hours later. The fire- found Archambault unconscious, and in car- fighters stayed there in case that happened. diac arrest. “She was probably trying to get It took a lot to put out that fire.” out of the house,” Nagle said. 2 After 3 program has plans for January Showcase The Glen Cove After 3 (GCA3) pro- through elementary and middle school. Stu- or sink in water and assembled solar panel gram is finishing their Cycle 1 semester dents participate in daily activities and as- robots. During the second cycle of the pro- with a student showcase scheduled for Jan. signments to broaden their academic knowl- gram, students will continue to focus on Sci- 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Finley Middle School edge. Some of the activities the GCA3 ence, Space and Technology. cafeteria. This event will feature educational program offers include: art, career explora- Participants can register for Cycle 2 of projects that the students have worked on as tion, positive youth development, S.A.F.E. the GCA3 program by calling Spiro Tsirkas well as a musical performance for parents, (Substance Abuse Free Environment) and or Carolina Guastella at (516) 277-1303, or teachers and the community. Cycle 2 of the activities with The Cradle of Aviation. by picking up an application at one of the GCA3 program will begin Feb. 1. Potential Along with this curriculum, students are participating Glen Cove schools. Students students and their parents are encouraged to able to partake in educational activities led from kindergarten through 8th grade will be come to the Jan. 26 showcase to learn more by their group leaders. accepted into the program. The cost of the about the program and activities offered. The theme for this fall’s cycle was program is $100 per month for three hours a The GCA3 program strengthens the Science, Space and Technology. Students day after school. January 2017 — Gold Coast Herald 5, academic, social and emotional foundation learned about the planets, created planets of children in Glen Cove as they progress out of clay, discovered what objects float Glen Cove High School recognizes Students of the Month Glen Cove High School celebrated the Jefferson Reyes. Students of the Month for September, Oc- The Students of the Month for November tober and November. Every month, students were: Brian Shannon (Rotary); Grace Tenke are recognized by grade level for their hard (Knights of Columbus); freshmen Fatima work and achievement. In addition, the Glen Mendez and Skyler Wilburg; sophomores Cove Rotary Club and local Knights of Co- Eric Bonilla, Loany Granados Benitez and lumbus chapter each name their own student Carlos Villalobos; juniors Adiel Reyes Cas- of the month. taneda and Loren Negovan; and senior Enaiya The Students of the Month for September Awan. were: Sydney Morris (Rotary); Jared Venegas (Knights of Columbus); freshmen Evan Koe- (right) Photo courtesy of the Glen Cove School nig and Sarina Mejia; sophomores Chris Ji- District menez and Olivia Martino; juniors Luis Gue- vera and Paul Martino; and senior Azeem Ali. 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Spinello. “The Glen Cove Youth Bureau “The people there were very nice, they down by the Obama administration on Dec. was holding a fundraiser at Killenworth.” were very pleasant, and they were very hos- 30, in the wake of Russia’s alleged cyber- Christopoulos said it was thrilling just to pitable,” Crosby said. meddling in the presidential election. enter the compound. “Regular people never Evgeny Deineko, a deputy ambassador at The Soviet Union purchased Norwich knew who went in and out of there,” she the time, allowed Crosby to tour the main House in 1952 as a vacation retreat for its said. “And Sergey Lavrov” — Russia’s cur- level of the mansion, and she still remem- diplomats. Elliot S. Conway, the mayor of rent foreign minister — “who recently said bers the décor. The rooms had wood panel- Upper Brookville, said that up until now he he wanted to expel American diplomats, ing, the furniture was well arranged and the had never heard of any wrongdoing by any- was very nice.” fireplaces were made of marble. The home one at the compound over the years. Christopoulos remembers being wined left a lasting impression on Crosby, so much “I was unaware of any illegal activities,” and dined by the Russians. “The caviar was so that she wrote a poem titled “An Evening Conway said. “I have no issues with them to die for,” she recalled, “and the champagne at Killenworth.” as neighbors, and they generally follow the was amazing.” “As you enter through the wrought iron rules.” Victoria Crosby, a poet who lives in Glen gates, a place of mystery awaits,” she wrote. He has been a neighbor of the Norwich Cove, visited the Killenworth House on nu- “A little bit of Russia preserved on Glen House for 21 years. Conway said that the merous occasions. In 1996, when she was Cove land. Memories of a bygone era re- Russians were quiet neighbors, but on the the director of the Glen Cove Mentoring lived in style most grand.” morning that the mansion was shut down, Program, she held a fundraising event there Both mansions have been fixtures on the he saw helicopters hovering around the es- with then Mayor Tom Suozzi. In 1997 she North Shore since the early 1900s. Of the tate from his back window while numerous organized another event for Americas’ Sail, government’s action, Conway said, “The lo- vehicles surrounded the property.