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Thursday, October 15, 2009

10/15/09 The Port Chester Briefing

  • Attorney: Driver involved in fatal crash had previous DUI conviction
    posted on October 15, 2009 04:23:00 pm
    ... of drunken driving in 2006, according to the dead woman's family's attorney. Lisette Oblitas Cruz, 28, of Port Chester, N.Y., is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, using a cell phone while driving, driving an uninsured ...
  • Euro Group Announces Clear Choice International Calling Program
    posted on October 16, 2009 01:02:09 am
    ... the sale of prepaid products into one easy to use POS terminal. Euro Group of Companies, Inc. headquartered in Port Chester, New York, with offices in Shanghai, China and Athens, Greece, is an operating company focused on three distinct and separate ...
  • League of Women Voters Holding Rye Mayoral Candidate Forum, Tonight,
    posted on October 15, 2009 11:37:51 pm
    The Rye, Rye Brook & Port Chester chapter of the League of Women Voters will be sponsoring a Candidates Forum featuring candidates for election as the Mayor of the City of Rye tonight, Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the Multipurpose Room of the Rye Middle School, 3 Parsons Street, Rye.
  • Higher fines proposed for parkway trucks
    posted on October 15, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... number of trucks that ram into bridges such as the one on King Street over the Hutchinson River Parkway in Port Chester. So far, 45 trucks have struck bridges over parkways in the county this year, one fewer than the total number for all of last ...
  • Too soon to award Nobel to Obama
    posted on October 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... One ought to remember that this committee also saw fit to hand a peace prize to Yasser Arafat. Rene Prochelle Port Chester
  • Volleyball: Scarsdale serves Eastchester first loss; more matches ...
    posted on October 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... kills for the Red Raiders(9-2). Kayla Rodriguez had four kills and five digs for the Gryphons (6-5). Rye 3, Port Chester 0: At Rye, Rebecca Choron had 10 aces and eight kills in a 25-10, 25-11, 25-15 win. Rachel Gould had six aces and four ...
  • Crackdown Continues on Unlicensed Home Improvement Contractors Latest ...
    posted on October 14, 2009 06:00:38 am
    ... vehicles and tools were seized over the past two weeks were David Deneen of David M. Deneen Tree Service in Port Chester; Antonio Valencia Jr. of New Rochelle; Segundo Tenecota of Segundo's Landscaping in Ossining; and Armando Hernandez of Armando ...
  • Port Chester ex-officials press to keep benefits
    posted on October 12, 2009 05:30:00 pm
    ... hired a lawyer in their effort to keep the free, lifetime health coverage they were promised back in the 1980s. Port Chester elected officials with more than 10 years of service have received the benefit for decades, but the current board moved in ...
  • Football: Sleepy Hollow rallies past Kennedy; more games
    posted on October 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... had nine tackles for Sleepy, and teammate John Randazzo intercepted a pass. Pearl River 14, Port Chester 13: At Pearl River, Chris Spadaccini scored a 6-yard touchdown for the Pirates in the third quarter. Teammate Tyler Patrone added ...
  • Port Chester restaurant feeds bodies, souls
    posted on October 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    PORT CHESTER - For visitors coming out of the train station, Olga Santos' restaurant provides a quick introduction to this pan-American village and its never-predictable personality.
  • Girls volleyball: Ardsley fends off Haldane; more matches ...
    posted on October 10, 2009 03:35:59 pm
    ... Maio had seven digs for the Wildcats (11-1). Alta Maartens had 15 digs for the Panthers (4-8). Harrison 3, Port Chester 0: At Port Chester, Betsy Sanchez had 10 kills and 10 aces in a 25 -20, 25-8, 25-17 win. Jessica Segal had nine kills for the ...
  • Connecticut karaoke singer attacked by 6 women who disliked her performance, police say
    posted on October 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all ...
  • Six women attack singer over bad karaoke
    posted on October 10, 2009 01:23:27 am
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all ...
  • Cops: Critics attack singer at karaoke
    posted on October 09, 2009 09:24:43 pm
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all ...
  • Cops: Two brothers and cousin subdue gun-toting burglar
    posted on October 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    PORT CHESTER - Three men subdued an armed burglar Thursday morning and sat on him until police arrived, police said.
  • Police Say Woman Attacked For Bad Karaoke
    posted on October 09, 2009 02:56:25 pm
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all ...
  • Police: Karaoke singer attacked over performance
    posted on October 09, 2009 02:15:51 pm
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all ...
  • Women charged for assault for beating up karaoke singer
    posted on October 09, 2009 12:33:25 pm
    ... Superior Court, and the other appeared in court Monday. Police say the attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened on the night of Sept. 23 when she was singing a Spanish song at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in ...
  • Article Comments
    posted on October 09, 2009 11:17:00 am
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, New York, happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities said the six women, ...
  • Women Attack After Bad Karaoke Performance
    posted on October 09, 2009 10:22:39 am
    ... appeared in court Monday on the same charges. Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford. Authorities say the six women, all of ...
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