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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Archive 2007 July 22 Port Chester News Wire


Port Chester wrongly took businessman's land, judge rules


LoHud.com brings us the ultimate nightmare situation: the eminent domain case is won - after the buildings in question have been knocked down, paved over, and made into parking lots.


Brody's fight centered on whether the village had properly informed him of its intent to seize his properties. The village announced its intention in a legal ad in The Journal News in July 1999, following a public hearing on the matter. Brody then had 30 days to challenge the village's "determination and findings" regarding the project.


Brody said he didn't find out until 2000 that the village was going to seize his properties. By that time, his 30-day window had long since expired and he no longer had the right to challenge the seizure.


Largely because of Brody's case, New York state changed its eminent domain law in 2004 to require municipalities to notify property owners by certified mail or personal delivery of decisions to seize their land.


From The Blog: No Land Grab


Here is the Journal News article
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More On The Brody Decision
PORT CHESTER—After seven years of litigation, a federal trial judge confirmed last week what Bill Brody has known all along—the government must provide citizens with notice before their right to challenge eminent domain expires. Further, the judge ruled, the Village of Port Chester violated Brody’s rights by failing to do so.

...........“This common-sense ruling is long-overdue: now, there is no question that Port Chester failed to provide Bill Brody with the basic notice guaranteed by the Constitution,” said IJ Staff Attorney Robert McNamara. “For property owners nationwide, this ruling means that there is still some teeth to constitutional protections for their homes and small businesses.


“Bill Brody has waged a heroic fight against eminent domain abuse, and it is fitting that his constitutional rights have finally been vindicated,” said Chip Mellor, IJ president and general counsel. “His never-say-die determination is a shining example for home and small business owners across the country.”

Full Story: North Country Gazette

Archived Links:


http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/2007/031907DomainTrial.html http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/120505IllegalSeizure.html 7-22-07

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Port Chester wrongly took businessman's land, judge rules


22 Jul 2007 by admin LoHud.com brings us the ultimate nightmare situation: the eminent domain case is won - after the buildings in question have been knocked down, paved over, and made into parking lots.

read more.Planetizen Radar - The Planning and Development... - http://radar.planetizen.com

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The History Of Brody's Legal Battle



July 1999: The village of Port Chester announces its decision to seize William Brody's four office buildings and two lots as part of its downtown redevelopment plan.


October 2000: Brody files a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, challenging the village's attempt to seize his properties.


August 2001: The village annexes Brody's properties. His four buildings and two additional lots are among 39 properties incorporated into the massive development that includes a Costco, a Super Stop & Shop, a Loews movie theater, and a Bed, Bath & Beyond. The village closes or relocates 100 businesses to make way for the project.


January 2005: A federal judge rules the village legally seized Brody's properties.


December 2005: U.S. Court of Appeals reverses the lower court's decision and sends the case back to U.S. District Court for trial.


March: Judge Harold Baer conducts a non-jury trial on the case.


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Archive 2007 July 22 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Blind Brook school officials say Rye town reaps benefit of district's money
RYE TOWN - Officials in the Blind Brook school district are calling for the town to change the way it distributes school taxes, saying the town is unjustly reaping well over $100,000 in interest each year by parceling out the district's money....
Full story: Journal News
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Archive 2007 July 22 - 31 Port Chester Business Wire

July 23rd


TiVo CEO juggles life, work on 2 coasts
Company head commutes between Calif., New York

Twice a week, Tom Rogers gets on a plane to commute between his home in Harrison, N.Y., and his job in Silicon Valley.As president and chief executive officer of TiVo — the company that made digital video recorders popular — Rogers needs to be in California four days a week. But when he took the job in 2005, he made no secret of his plans to keep his home base in New York.



Born in Scarsdale, N.Y., Rogers has a life that's not easily transplanted.





His wife, Sylvia, owns a local indoor play center in Port Chester, N.Y. ("She's probably better known locally than I am," he said.), and two of his three children go to school there."





We sat down as a family and talked about it, and everybody in the end was supportive of seeing if we could make it work," Rogers said. "It helped that my kids were enormous TiVo fans."

He's in rare air. Alan E. Pisarski, the Virginia-based transportation consultant and author of "Commuting in America," said he's never heard of anyone with a commute like Rogers'.

"He probably has the record for the longest commute in the country by a lot," Pisarski said........


.........Every night, the family holds a conference call that includes his son in Boston and his wife and two younger children in Harrison.

"Everybody gets on the phone, and we have 45 minutes or so of everybody talking about their day and what's going on. We've been doing that for two years," he said. "It's a remarkable way to keep the family dynamics going."

Sylvia Rogers said the couple long ago learned to balance career and time for each other. It was during their courtship that Tom took the job on Capitol Hill while she stayed in New York.

Full Story: The News Press Of Southwest Florida

Also:

TiVo CEO works in California, lives in Westchester

His wife, Sylvia, owns the Leapin' Lizards indoor play center in Port Chester. ("She's probably better known locally than I am," he said.) His daughter, Jessica, just graduated from Rye Country Day, and his 14-year-old son, Jason, ...

tivo Community - tivo Coffee House - tivo... - http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb

Archive 2007 July 22 - 31 Port Chester Diversions

Port Chester E. A. S. E.
Entertainment – Arts – Social – Etcetera




July 28th


16th Annual Richard Grandazzo Sr. Memorial Baseball Tournament

The Kiwanis Club Of Port Chester / Rye Brook will hold the 16th Annual Richard Granazzo Sr. Memorial Baseball Tournament at Lyon Park in Port Chester. The tournament for 11 year olds will start at 10 am.

This is a tournament of teams of 11 year olds from surrounding communities in a double elimination contest.

All proceeds from the tournament will go to charitable causes that will help and serve the community. The MVP trophy will be in memory of Longtime Kiwanis member Bill Santora.

The tournament will be held on July 28 and 29, as well as, August 4th and 5th . Food and drinks will be sold. For additional information contact Raymond Sculky at (914) 481 – 4360.


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July 24th


Review of Hostaria Mazzei in Port Chester



Here's how the meal went



"Appetizer"(not really an appetizer, but bread and butter) - Fantastic. The bread was hot and fresh; the breadsticks were also fresh and made with rosemary. Butter was clearly hand made, and was delicious. A+ for the bread and butter.



Entree - I got the veal. It was OK. Not the best meal I've ever had, but not the worst. I'd give this a B+.



Desert - I got a chocolate cake. It was horrendous. It tasted like it had just been defrosted from some frozen desert in the supermarket.



My brother got the sorbet. This was the worst part of the meal. It was LTIERALLY from Costco. They just fluffed up the top and made it wavy. What kind of restaurant serves something DIRECTLY from Costco? Seriously, this is a new low for restaurants.



Overall, I probably wouldn't go back, as the desert aspect put me off so much. The fact that a restaurant would even think of using prepared foods from costco is just frightening.


By: mikesown


Link : Chowhound's Latest » Tristate Region - http://www.chowhound.com/boards/20


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July 23rd



Chamber Of Commerce Summer Feast

Port Chester – Rye Brook – Rye Town Chamber Of Commerce will hold it’s annual summer feast at Crawford Park from 6 to 10 pm. Dinner, Free Giveaways and a live band will be featured. However, you must bring your own bottle if you want alcoholic refreshments.

The cost is $45 per person and is limited to the first 125 persons who RSVP with Vinnie Carr at (914) 939 -1900. This event will held rain or shine.

Crawford Park is located at 122 North Ridge Street in Rye Brook.


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White Plains Hospital Center Upcoming August Events


Written by Westchester.com

Monday, 23 July 2007


Health Check




A free screening program, sponsored by WPHC Home Care, makes nurses available to answer health questions and perform free blood pressure and blood sugar testing. Screenings will take place at:




  • 169 Terrace Avenue, Port Chester, August 8th, 11:00 am- 12:30 pm.




  • 10 Drew Street, Port Chester, August 15th, 1:00- 2:30 pm.

For additional information, call 914-681-1087.




Full Listing Of Events (Here)

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Ebb Tide in Port Chester


26 Jul 2007 Maybe I'm going at odd times, but I've eaten there probably 3 or 4 times and never encountered any line beyond maybe 1 person. We were there at lunchtime on July 4th and the patio was close to full, but no one was inside and there was ...

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Ecuadorian restaurant in NYC?


From Lonely Planet

I was going to say the same thing! Search Chowhound on the "outer boroughs" of the NYC boards...you will not find it in Manhattan.


... you are in the outer outer boroughs , ie New Jersey or New York State, there are some Ecuadorian restaurants. Port Chester in particular (20 minute Metro North ride from Manhattan) has a long strip of Latin American restaurants. Kearny, in NJ, not ...


via Lonely Planet

Archive 2007 July 22 - 31 Port Chester Media Watch

Carvin, Kaplan, And Valenti Are Going To Cause School Taxes To Unnecessarily Skyrocket With The Help Of Ritchie Abel and The Westmore News






Single Family Home Owners In Rye Brook, Rye Neck And Port Chester Will Suffer.


Ritchie "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel is at again.


In the latest issue of the Westmore Snooze Richie has given the village another edition of his publisher's corner column which is solely designed to punish the Rye Town Employees and Officials who once again caught his father cheating on his property taxes.
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For More Information On Bernard Abel's Latest Tax Cheating Please Go Here


Bernard Abel, etc., appellant. (Index No. 10223/04) ... In an action pursuant to Real Property Tax Law article 4 to recover unpaid real property taxes and ...
Or look in the Google Cached Pages.
Or You Could Look Here

In the tax year 1999, Defendant completed a "Florida Department of Revenue ... In opposition, Defendant, Bernard Abel, states under oath that at all times ...
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Archive 2007 July 22 - 31 Port Chester Sports Wire

July 23




THE WINNER IS?



UNKNOWN LEE TAKES WORLD MATCH PLAY




The tournament directors at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship invited the "Who's Who" of women's golf.



Instead, they wound up with the "Who? Who?" of the sport.



With nine of the top 10 players being knocked out before the third round, yesterday's final featured 22nd-seeded Seon Hwa Lee and No. 12 Ai Miyazato - not exactly household names.
Lee, who despite lacking star power, is quickly becoming one of the top players on the tour, captured her second LPGA title yesterday, beating Miyazato, 2 and 1.



The South Korean Lee is one of the best young players in the world, as is the Japanese Miyazato, Though they are celebrities in their native countries, that is not the case here. It was evidenced by the paltry amount of people who actually attended the finale at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle.



Such was the state of the tournament and to a greater extent, the LPGA itself, which has a handful of players who can draw a crowd. And virtually all of those players were gone by the end of the second round.



Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis were gone by Friday and Michelle Wie turned down an exemption to play in the tournament, leaving Port Chester's Meaghan Francella to keep people interested. When her run ended after the quarterfinals on Saturday, so did much interest in the event.......




Full Story: NY Post


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NEW ROCHELLE (New York): South Korean 10th seed Kim Mi-hyun reached the semi-finals of the US$2 million Women’s World Matchplay Championship on Saturday with a one-up victory over compatriot Lee Jee-young.


Kim was just one of two players within the top 12 that made it to the quarter-finals in the upset-strewn tournament at Wykagyl Country Club.


... Meaghan Francella had her run ended with a 4 and 3 loss to Maria Hjorth of Sweden. Meaghann, a native of nearby Port Chester and the 33rd seed, had shocked top-seeded Lorena in the second round


Full Story: New Straits Times (Malaysia)


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Kim was just one of two players within the top 12 that made it to the quarter-finals in the upset-strewn tournament at Wykagyl Country Club.


Among the top players knocked out between Thursday and Friday were world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa, third seed Annika Sorenstam, No. 5 Pak Se-ri, eighth seed Paula Creamer and No. 13 Brittany Lincicome, the defending champion.


But Kim, winner of the the SemGroup Championship in May, was able to buck the upset trend to set up a match with 22nd-seeded compatriot Lee Seon-hwa.
The 18-hole final was to follow the semi-finals.....


... Francella had her run ended with a 4 and 3 loss to Maria Hjorth of Sweden. Francella, a native of nearby Port Chester and the 33rd seed, had shocked top-seeded Ochoa in the second round. It was the second straight time that the 25-year-old upset the ...


Full Story: Taipei Times (Tiawan)


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Seon Hwa Lee birdied the 17th hole to beat Ai Miyazato 2-and-1 in the final of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Champioship at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle...


... 1-up after three holes on 40th-seeded Maria Hjorth, the player who ousted local favorite Meaghan Francella of Port Chester in yesterday's quarterfinal


Full Story: The Journal News





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Francella, Francella, Francella, and More Francella.



Francella, Wagner playing out of the country this week


Meaghan Francella will be a long way from home.
A week after returning to Westchester to play in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, the Port Chester native will be playing in the Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France.


Full Story: Journal News


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Doubts surface about HSBC's future at Wykagyl


NEW ROCHELLE - Like Seon Hwa Lee, the unassuming South Korean who prevailed through six rounds of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, assessments of the tournament's debut at Wykagyl Country Club were modest in nature......


Ochoa, and Karrie Webb; and featured a number of compelling upsets, most notably Ochoa's loss on Friday to Port Chester native Meaghan Francella. But by Sunday, those upsets had yielded a final four largely devoid of star power, and the result was ...


Full Story: Journal News


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Officials happy with HSBC, fans not so sure


NEW ROCHELLE - Banners featuring the LPGA's biggest stars have lined North Avenue for the past month, highlighting a field at this week's HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship that featured Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa and Paula Creamer.....


... into the weekend at Wykagyl Country Club. The top nine seeds were eliminated after Friday's second round, and Port Chester native Meaghan Francella, a strong local attraction, was knocked out in Saturday's quarterfinal. According to tournament ...


Full Story: Journal News


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LPGA: Meaghan Francella aimed high.


Facing a blind second shot on the par-5 18th, the North Carolina alumna hit a perfect 3-wood into the middle of the green to finish off top-ranked Lorena Ochoa in the second round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship in New Rochelle, N.Y."I just picked out a cloud," Francella said. "I didn't know where it went and then I heard the claps."


Francella, a tour rookie from nearby Port Chester, thrilled her large, vocal gallery with the 1-up victory over No. 1 Ochoa, who dropped out along with No. 3 Annika Sorenstam, No. 5 Se Ri Pak, No. 7 Suzann Pettersen and No. 8 Paula Creamer. No. 10 Mi Hyun Kim is the top remaining seed in the final 16


Full Story: News & Record (Greensboro, North Carolina)


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MARIA Hjorth ended Meaghan Francella's run in the Women's World Match Play Championship, beating the local favorite 4 and 3 in the quarterfinals at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, New York, on Saturday.


The 40th-seeded Hjorth, a 19-hole winner over Angela Stanford in the third round on Saturday morning, set up a semifinal match against Japanese star Ai Miyazato. The 12th-seeded Miyazato birdied the par-5 18th to beat No. 61 Amy Hung 1-up.


In the other semifinal, No. 10 Kim Mi-hyun will face No. 22 Lee Seon-hwa in an all-South Korean matchup. Kim, the highest remaining seed, beat No. 15 Lee Jee-young 1-up. Lee Seon-hwa topped No. 35 Lindsey Wright of Australia 3 and 2.


Full Story: Shanghai Daily (China)


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Junior golfer Alessandra Kutz of Sanford shot an even-par 72 Saturday in the first round at the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships in Palm Beach Gardens. Kutz, competing in the girls 12-13 age division, enters round two of the three-day tournament tied for second. Kutz is entering seventh grade at Rock Lake Middle School. Leading the tournament is Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn, who went 4 under to take a four-stroke lead. Kutz is tied for second with Briana Mao of Folsom, Calif.....


......"This week has been really, really good off the tee," Hjorth said. "I guess I'm considered as a long hitter, so that sometimes can be a bit of a help. I think also being able to have spin on the ball on these greens, because they're starting to firm up a lot and be really quick, is a big advantage, too.


"With wind gusts again making club selection difficult on the hilly course, the 33rd-seeded Francella, from nearby Port Chester, fell to Hjorth after beating No. 1 Lorena Ochoa 1-up Friday and topping Pat Hurst 2 and 1 Saturday morning.


Full Story: The Orlando Sentinel (Florida)


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The large gallery that followed Meaghan Francella throughout her four rounds at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship was left disappointed yesterday, but the crowd was perhaps not as disappointed as the tournament officials.


Francella, a Port Chester native, was eliminated in the quarterfinals, 4 and 3, by No. 40-seed Maria Hjorth, leaving the tournament with no major draws as it heads into its last day.


Full Story: NY Post


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Maria Hjorth ended Meaghan Francella's run in the Women's World Match Play Championship, beating the local favorite 4 and 3 in the quarterfinals Saturday at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y.


The 40th-seeded Hjorth set up a semifinal match today against 12th-seeded Ai Miyazato, who birdied the par-5 18th hole to beat 61st-seeded Amy Hung 1-up.


In the other semifinal match, 10th-seeded Mi Hyun Kim will face 22nd-seeded Seon Hwa Lee. Kim, the highest-ranked player left in the field, beat 15th-seeded Jee Young Lee 1-up, and Seon Hwa Lee topped 35th-seeded Lindsey Wright 3 and 2.


Full Story: Chicago Sun-Times


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NEW ROCHELLE - Last year the HSBC Women's World Match Play's final four were Lorena Ochoa, Juli Inkster, Paula Creamer and eventual champ Brittany Lincicome.


How many of HSBC's dollars do you think the title sponsor would pay to have any one of those players at Wykagyl for its final four today?


Never mind that. How many of HSBC's executives (or CBS-TV's) would volunteer to pick up Meaghan Francella in Port Chester and carry her and her gallery of friends, family, neighbors and former classmates - "people I haven't seen in years," Francella said - to New Rochelle today?


Full Story: The Journal News


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NEW ROCHELLE - At the very end, when she was all out of frustration, Meaghan Francella could only manage a bemused smile. The Port Chester native had a ball in the rough, a stance in the bunker, and no realistic chance of knocking her ball close. In other words, she had her quarterfinal round in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship summed up perfectly.


Full Story: Journal News







Archive 2007 July 22 - 28 The True Blue Conservative Review

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Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit" Gioffree Wins Again


Single Family Homeowners Are Angry That Cicatelli's One Vote Defeated A Proposal That Could Have Given Our EMT's, Firefighters, Police Officers, Teachers And Village Employees Affordable Housing In Developments Comming To Downtown Port Chester.



At the last Port Chester Board of Trustees failed mayorial canidate Dominick Cicatelli rejected a resolution to add the downtown area to a 2004 law that requires affordable housing in buildings that have more than 10 units.


Mayor Pilla, Trustee Sorenson and Trustee Brakewood have long been pushing to expand the requirement to include downtown. But Cicateli's single dissenting vote denied the EMT's firefighters, police officers teachers and village employees the chance at afforable homes, because only four of five trustees were present; four votes were needed for passage.


Trustee John Crane left the meeting, before the vote that would have helped out Port Chester's first responders and teachers.


The 2004 law requires all new developments to have 10 percent of their units set aside for moderate-income families and is intended to benefit first responders and other lower-income professionals.


The law applies to individuals and families that make up to 80 percent of the county's median income level, or $77,200 for a family of four.


All Of Tho$e Donation$ To Chicateli'$ Campgain


In April of 2006 Dominick Cicatelli voted to let Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit" Giofree and FMB realty to transfer multiple residential lots to the Downtown C-2 zone, thus cheating first responders like firefighters out of 10 affordable homes.


Bruno and FMB reaped a benefit worth millions and the firefighters lost a chance at 10 Affordable homes.

Trustee Domenick Cicatelli, who cast the dissenting vote, made some stupid remarks that really meant that he felt it was unfair give first responders, teachers and village employees an affordable home in one of Bruno Giofree's developments, such as The Mariner.


After Dominick Cicateli stabed the first responders, teachers and village employers in the back he said he would support the requirement if it did not affect The Mariner.


The developer of The Mariner, FMB Real Estate Services of Harrison, donated $500 to Cicatelli's 2007 mayoral bid, but the village back stabber Dominick Cicatelli said that did not influence his vote.


Nor did all the money that Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit Giofree influence the back stabers one vote that crushed affordable housing for his fellow firefighters.


But most firefighters say Dominick Cicatelli is not a real Firefighter that put his life on the line, These firefighters say the backstabber Cicatelli is a member of the "Fork and Knife" Brigade.


Yes, Dom is big on going to funtions, while being unable to funtion as a real firefighter.


Sorensen Is So Right


Trustee Robert Sorensen, chairman of the village's affordable housing committee, summed up the whole disgusting situation by saying.


"I thought that the interests of the developer came before the interests of the village," Sorensen said.


Trustee Sorensen does not oppose luxury housing, but rightly argues that the village needs to provide for the family's of first responders and teachers.


Oppps....


The resolution would have succeeded if the vote had occurred before Trustee John Crane left the meeting early. The Week Before Crane said he had intended to vote in favor of the emergency responders getting affordable housing.


I guess he forgot about the EMT's, Firefighters and Police Officers. Maybe fellow lawyer Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit" Giofree gave Crane a call.


Hopefully, the village can move forward with affordable housing for first responders in the downtown as part of our master plan,


Let's just hope that Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit" Giofree and his development buddies don't propose another downtown developement that will cheat the first responders, teachers and village employees in the meantime.


Thanks To Dom......


Bruno Wins Again

Archive 2007 July 21 Port Chester News Wire

NEW YORK - A lot has happened since William Brody filed a federal lawsuit against the village of Port Chester nearly seven years ago.

The four buildings he was trying to hold onto were seized by the village; the South Main Street commercial buildings were knocked down and paved over as part of the village's downtown redevelopment. A shopping mall and parking lot rose up in their place.
Full Story: Journal News
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Is this the place that was a converted garage in Port Chester? I haven't been there since they expanded.
Full Story: Chow Hound

Archive 2007 July 21 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

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He was a house disc jockey at The Beat in Port Chester, New York from 1985 and signed a recording contract with Instinct Records in 1989. His first success was Go, a progressive track using the string line from Laura Palmer's Theme from ...

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by Rob Adams
Saturday, 10/6 - Port Chester at Harrison - 3:00 Friday, 10/12 - Our Lady of Lourdes at Port Chester - 7:00 Saturday, 10/13 - Westhill at Greenwich - 1:30 Friday, 10/19 - Greenwich at Brien McMahon - 7:00 ...

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BOOKS




by Cory


I have been reading the Autobiography of Horace Silver ‘Lets Get To Nitty Gritty.’ I’m about half way through the book and its a great read. A really honest account of a fascinating life led by one of the few musicians in his era that remained completely substance free. There are few great quotes and anecdotes that I thought that I would post here that made me chuckle and also a mention of the great Linton Garner:


Page 27


“I recall playing a dance gig in Port Chester, New York, when I was about sixteen years old. I played tenor, Keter Betts was on bass, Junebug Lindsey was on drums, and Linton Garner (Erroll’s brother) on piano. We had a ball that night. I was so thrilled to be playing a gig with Erroll Garner’s brother. Linton is a real fine pianist. He plays in his own style, not emulating his brother. As far as I know, he’s still on the planet. I ran into him several years ago. I hadn’t seen him since that night in Port Chester. We had a great get-together and talked a lot about Erroll. I was never influenced by Erroll’s playing style, but his genius always inspired me and still does.”......




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Roller derby girl mixes glam and grit



“You get to be tough, bad-ass aggressive. You get to be really athletic and then there's the part of you that likes to get all dressed up - you get to be a girly girl - all at the same time”
Megan "Slim Fast" Freeman doesn't throw her body onto the floor, slide about 50 feet and crash into a Plexi-glass wall for just any sport. via Journal News




Full story: Journal News


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GOLF ROUNDUP





Francella tops Ochoa in Match Play


NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Meaghan Francella aimed high.


Facing a blind second shot on the par-5 18th, the local favorite hit a near-perfect 3-wood into the middle of the green to finish off top-ranked Lorena Ochoa on Friday in the second round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.


"I just picked out a cloud," Francella said. "I didn't know where it went and then I heard the claps and I figured, 'OK, we're at the front.' And then I got there and I'm like, 'Unbelievable, 30 feet for eagle.' "


Francella, an LPGA Tour rookie from nearby Port Chester, N.Y., thrilled her large, vocal gallery with the 1-up victory over Ochoa, the Mexican star who won the 2006 Sybase Classic on the Wykagyl Country Club course.


"The whole day was pretty stressful to be honest with you," Francella said. "I just tried to stay patient and hit one shot at a time."


In March in Mexico, Francella beat Annika Sorenstam -- then the No. 1 player -- on the fourth hole of a playoff to win the MasterCard Classic for her first tour title.





Stars Fall in Women's World Match Play


NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Paula Creamer lingered on the 18th green to take one more look at her putting line. Still trying to figure out how her 10-foot birdie try failed to break to the left, she shook her head and punched the air in disgust.


Annika Sorenstam headed straight for the practice green, dazed by a tricky downhill birdie putt on No. 15 that rolled some 30 yards off the front of the green.


Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa looked at the bright side after her second-round loss Friday in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.


"I'm going to try not to think too much," Ochoa said. "I'll try to be positive and relax the next couple of days and get ready for the next few tournaments."


No. 5 Se Ri Pak and No. 7 Suzann Pettersen also dropped out Friday, leaving No. 10 Mi Hyun Kim as the top seed in the final 16.


"Seeds don't matter in this," said Meaghan Francella, the local favorite who knocked off Ochoa 1-up. "It's just how you're seeded in the beginning. I just went out there and played golf."


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by Aggrey
Jordan Henriquez, 6-11 center, Port Chester (NY), 2008: The Mohawk-rocking Henriquez, another engaging personality, was one of the rare players at the camp who didn’t need touches to be productive, as the bouncy big man grabbed boards ...

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Resurrecting Val Lewton Horror

by Nick Zegarac Mother and son eventually settled in Port Chester New York to be near Adelaide. Influenced by the strong women in his life, Lewton’s education was dedicated to studying the classics in literature. These books imbued Lewton with an ...

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Archive 2007 July 12 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

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Archive 2007 July 11 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

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Archive 2007 July 10 Port Chester News Wire

US vs Port Chester

by Hezi Aris

Attached is the Post-Trial Memorandum of Law

(Download united_states_v_port_chester_post_trial_brief_7_9_07.pdf )

filed Monday evening in U.S. v Port Chester. The Government contends that the at-large voting system in the Village discriminates against Hispanics in violation of the Voting Rights Act and seeks to introduce district-by-district voting.

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