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Sunday, January 13, 2013

01/13/13 Checkout The Facebook Group Called Making Port Chester A Better Place




MAKING PORT CHESTER A BETTER PLACE
http://www.facebook.com/groups/citzensforabetterportchester/


Denis Ian
http://portchester.patch.com/articles/port-chester-h-s-senior-jason-ippolito-named-a-2012-golden-dozen-scholar-athlete


Port Chester H.S. Senior Jason Ippolito Named a 2012 Golden Dozen Scholar-Athlete
portchester.patch.com
Award recognizes academic excellence, achievements on the football field and his accomplishments in extra-curricular and community service activities.

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Dennis Pilla
Security cameras (funded by a federal grant) are being installed at the riverfront promenade and will be connected to the PCPD. This is part of our Downtown Revitalization Strategy to make Port Chester a better place!
Security cameras (funded by a federal grant) are being installed at the riverfront promenade and will be connected to the PCPD. This is part of our Downtown Revitalization Strategy to make Port Chester a better place!

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  • Bart Didden Considering the aesthetics of a crumbling bulkhead, that our Mayor can't seem to get replaced after SIX years with a long lasting steel bulkhead (like everyone else uses on rivers in the Northeast), those ugly poles saddled with an equally ugly equipment cabinet are in perfect harmony to ruin any view that might be left.
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  • Michael Bambace And what will these cameras be watching? The Byram
    River which has no boats in it 6 months a year or the cars in the parking lot? I never read a patch article than mentioned any crime by the waterfront. Was this really a priority or could there have been alternative places in the Villiage where the cameras could be more useful?
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  • Dennis Pilla Michael, the cameras will monitor the promenade walkway, not the docks or parking lot. We have had a number of incidents there, including one very serious. The area is pretty hidden from view. Unfortunately, under the grant, only certain areas like parks were eligible. The promenade walkway is considered a park. We also installed them in a few other parks to safeguard our investments there. I hope this is helpful. Best wishes for a happy new year.
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  • Keith Morlino It is necessary area that does need camera having obseved first hand experinece during the summer. Some areas that we should also consider is the waterfront parking garage
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  • Nancy Casino yes, waterfront parking garage........
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  • Regina Grillo try repairing the waterfront FIRST...dont need cameras where no one will be going because the walkway is falling into the river....
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  • Brian Harrod I wonder if the cameras will monitor that modified Bronx amusement ride Owned By Bill Freenz of Greenwich.

    Maybe the Department Of Environmental Protection can use the cameras to document the Showboat's two porta potties dumping raw sewage into the Po    rt Chester side of the Byram river.

    Or maybe an grieving family member can sue the Village of Port Chester for millions after they use the freedom of information laws to get video footage of a family member falling of the unrailed structure.

    These and many other liability reasons are why this "boat" with no engine had to leave Greenwich Harbor.

    And I can only assume that the same liability concerns is why the showboat did not make its much trumpeted move to Mamaroneck two years ago.

    God forbid if a fire breaks out while Bill Freenz and his band are playing at parties hosted on board on this modified Bronx amusement ride from the 1950's.

    This could be worse than the infamous Port Chester Gulliver's fire that is still one of the deadliest entertainment venue fires in America.

    How soon we have forgotten about those twenty-four young men and women who were killed by the smoke and fire, their cars sitting in the parking lot, their parents at home waiting for them to return.

    For those who survived, the fire's impact has barely faded. In addition to abiding mental pictures of piles of discarded shoes, of soot-stained lips, tongues and nostrils, of friends last seen in the darkness of panic, they have been left with permanent fears of crowded theaters and buildings where they cannot make hasty departures. And memories of youth have lost the hues of frivolity and fun.

    In the aftermath, some municipalities put safeguards against fires into effect, but it was not until 1980, when a blaze at Stouffer's Inn in Westchester killed 26 -- that lawmakers in Albany overcame landlord resistance and approved tougher fire safety legislation.

    I thought Port Chester said, "NEVER AGAIN" after the Gulliver's fire.

    There never are any ceremonies on July 1st marking the anniversary of the Gulliver's fire, none of the communal reflection that persists long after such hometown disasters. 

    Maybe if there was such an annual ceremony then fire safety at entertainment venues would remain on our minds in Port Chester.

    In the meantime may God protect those drinking on that floating party band structure in the Byram river.

Robert Reis
This post is inevitably political, but if the forum is indeed "Making Port Chester a Better Place," then hopefully this endorsement will be welcomed.

Gene Ceccarelli, sometimes referred to as the "8th Trustee" for Port Chester, is running for a Board seat on March 19th. Having lived here for close to ten years, I can say that Gene's dedication to this town is undeniable. He belongs on that board because he has consistently shown the moral courage to speak about matters that mean the most to the average residents of this town.

Aside from his hard work on the Waterfront Commission and the Comprehensive Plan Committee, Gene's also served for the Port Authority Police in New York City. Public service is simply in Gene's heart. Where your typical politician is solely interested in power and ego, Gene's an altruist to the core.
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  • You, Dennis Pilla, Bob Johnson, Mary Ellen Smith and 5 others like this.
  • Jerry Terranova I HAVE SEEN HIM AT MANY MEETINGS AND I THINK HE HAS PORT CHESTERS WELL BEING AT HEART==
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  • Dennis Pilla Gene is a great guy and serves our village in many ways to make PC a better place. He truly has Port Chester's best interest at heart.

    I think he certainly deserves to be elected as Trustee. Gene is nonpartisan, collaborative and a team player. I think he would make a great member of the Board of Trustees.
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  • Elizabeth Czajkowski-Rotfeld Gene will make a great Trustee!
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  • Gene Ceccarelli Thanks for such a terrific compliment, Rob! The follow-up comments from Jerry, Mayor Dennis, and Liz were really appreciated; and yet they, too, work very hard to improve our Village. I am just a tiny part of the many residents who make Port Chester a better place. And so proud to be among them!
  • Brian Harrod Gene Ceccarelli truly is an asset in Port Chester and his public service record is highly commendable. 

    It is selfless volunteers like Mr. Ceccarelli that are helping Port Chester move forward. 

    Unfortunately, Port Chester has been held back in the p    ...See More



Brian Harrod
Things to Do: Byram River inspires Port Chester art installation

Artists Sarah Lutz and Beth Dary collaborated on a multimedia gallery installation that highlights the natural environment and history of Port Chester. The installation can be viewed at the Miranda Arts Project Space until Jan. 19.

http://portchesterroundup.blogspot.com/
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Brian Harrod Making The Port Chester Community Proud....

Two Thumbs Up For Jason Ippolito, who has played on the Port Chester High School varsity football team for three years and was captain of the team for the past two years.

Mr.Ippolito has earned many football honors including MVP, Offensive Back of the Year and an award from Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla 

He also plays on the Port Chester High School baseball team and volunteers in our community. 

Mr.Ippolito is an exceptional student who has maintained an outstanding grade point average while taking challenging courses, including numerous Advanced Placement classes. 

He is a member of the school’s National Honor Society, he has received honors for excellence in science and math and was elected to the math and science honor societies.

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Brian Harrod
Port Chester Teen Danielle Winchester To Appear In 'Legally Blonde' At The Tarrytown Music Hall beginning January. 26th

"Legally Blonde," originally a blockbuster movie starring Reese Witherspoon, became a Broadway hit in 2007 after MTV aired a reality show competition seeking a new star to play Elle Woods, a Malibu sorority girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School.

The Random Farms Kids' Theater will present the musical at The Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown from January 26th through February. 3rd.

The singing, dancing, hairstyling, jump roping, cheerleading, crime-stopping extravaganza's The performances are at 3 and 8 p.m. Jan. 26, 1 and 7 p.m. Jan. 27, 7 p.m. Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Feb. 2 and 1 and 8 p.m. Feb. 3.

Tickets for "Legally Blonde" are $18 for adults, $16 for students and seniors and $14 for groups of 20 and more. Premium seats are $23.

Tickets also will be available at the door. For more information, visit the theater’s website at www.randomfarms.com.

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Alison Cimmino Brennan
PCMS Band performs the National Anthem at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Hockey Game. A job well done by all!
PCMS Band performs the National Anthem at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Hockey Game. A job well done by all!

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Keith Morlino
http://portchester.patch.com/articles/in-wake-of-newtown-blind-brook-hires-safety-auditor

In Wake of Newtown, Blind Brook Hires Safety Auditor
portchester.patch.com
The district is taking extra precautions following the Sandy Hook shooting and Mamaroneck Hommock School scare.

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Brian Harrod
‎01/10/13 Interfaith Pulpit Exchange On Martin Luther King Day In Port Chester

For two years the clergy of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel (KTI), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, All Souls Parish Presbyterian Church and St. Frances A.M.E. Zion have been sharing regular fellowship. St. Paul's is in Rye Brook and the other congregations are in Port Chester. They have gathered their congregations to do service projects and last November organized a "baby shower" for the Carver Center to benefit any local families with infants who need assistance. Fr. Stephen Schenck of Holy Rosary passed away just two weeks before the benefit at the Carver Center that he helped organize and was greatly missed.

This year they have planned to preach at each other's congregations. In years past they have marked the Martin Luther King holiday as a day of service for members of each church or synagogue...See More
01/10/13 Interfaith Pulpit Exchange On Martin Luther King Day In Port Chester For two years the clergy of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel (KTI), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, All Souls Parish Presbyterian Church and St. Frances A.M.E. Zion have been sharing regular fellowship. St. Paul's is in Rye Brook and the other congregations are in Port Chester. They have gathered their congregations to do service projects and last November organized a "baby shower" for the Carver Center to benefit any local families with infants who need assistance. Fr. Stephen Schenck of Holy Rosary passed away just two weeks before the benefit at the Carver Center that he helped organize and was greatly missed. This year they have planned to preach at each other's congregations. In years past they have marked the Martin Luther King holiday as a day of service for members of each church or synagogue to help groups that are feeding and clothing people in need. This year they are showing up in each other's pulpits to talk about how they have been inspired by the legacy of Dr. King and how our congregations can share in the power of Dr. King's vision of a beloved community where we embrace diversity, practice compassion and speak for justice. Rabbi Jaymee Alpert will preach at All Soul's, Rev. Bruce Baker will lead worship at St. Peter's, Fr. Hilario Albert will preach at St. Paul's all on Sunday January 27th. Pastor Jim O'Hanlon will speak at Congregation KTI on January 19th at the 9:30am Sabbath service. Pastor O'Hanlon will also lead worship together with Fr. Albert at St. Paul's service of Holy Communion at 9:45am. The services at All Soul's and St. Peters' will be at 10am. All Soul's on Parkway Drive will also be hosting a community celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday featuring, humanitarian awards, choruses from the Port Chester Schools and "The Minister's Council Community Choir" from a group of Port Chester Churches including Bethesda Baptist, Mt. Zion, St. Frances AME Zion and Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God. Rev. Natalie Wimberly of St. Frances AME Zion will be preaching at that celebration. http://portchesterroundup.blogspot.com/2013/01/011013-interfaith-pulpit-exchange-on.html

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  • Tarin Gonzalez This is nice. Several weeks ago I attended a conference in Brooklyn and one of the topics being discussed was, "what is the role of church in our communities". One of the things mentioned, was that churches had lost their sense of community. That churc...See More

Dennis Pilla
I am pleased and proud to announce that the PC Police Department made separate arrests today of the recent Subway armed robbery suspect and the South Regent Street murder suspect. Our PD is second to none, and has a very high closure rate. The bad guys can run, but they can't hide...

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Dina Goren
Port Chester folks, please be on the look out for a shy Yorkie named Morrie! He ran away from his home this morning.
Port Chester folks, please be on the look out for a shy Yorkie named Morrie! He ran away from his home this morning.

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Brian Harrod
‎2013 Is Shaping Up To Be A Very Good Year In Port Chester

This year village residents residents can look forward to village elections, a new head of the Carver Center, building permit amnesty, a possible new ice rink in Rye Brook and more shows at The Capitol Theatre.
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  • Brian Harrod Village Elections In March

    On March 19, village voters will elect a mayor and all six members of the Board of Trustees. Residents can vote up to a week before Election Day for the board. Port Chester is the first community in the state to allow early voting to increase access. Residents will be allowed to vote at village hall from March 12 until March 16.
  • Brian Harrod The Carver Center Welcomes A New Leader

    Following the retirement of the Carver Center’s Executive Director Kerry Walsh, the center’s board of directors appointed Donald F. Rainone.
    For the last seven years, Rainone served as executive director of Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County, a nonprofit that provides arts and educational programming to children from under-served communities.

    Rainone said that “he is honored to bring his leadership experience and fresh perspective to the Carver Center,”
  • Brian Harrod Building Code Permit Amnesty Continues

    Port Chester’s housing violation amnesty program, which is aimed at easing penalties for work done on homes without permits, will continue for four more months.

    The program was approved in October and initially supposed to wrap up at the end of 2012. However, the Board of Trustees decided to continue accepting applications through the end of April.
  • Brian Harrod The possible opening of Quinn Memorial Arena In Nearby Rye Brook 

    Coinciding with the Ice Casino closing, Reckson LLP, the company that owns Reckson Executive Park at 1100 King St., in Rye Brook, 

    announced its plans to open an ice rink facility on its current site. The facility would include four rinks, locker rooms, a heated mezzanine with bleacher seating for 1,230 and an open seating area for another 320.

    The rink would be called Quinn Memorial Arena in honor of CEO Steve Connally’s deceased son, Quinn. 

    The company is hoping the facility can be open by Sept. 1, in time for the start of next year’s hockey season. 

    The Rye Brook Planning Board is scheduled to re-address the application at 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Village Hall.
  • Brian Harrod The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester

    In 2013, The Capitol Theatre will be headlined by Little Feat and Leon Russell, Guster, Morriessey, Dwight Yoakam, Trey Anastasio Band, Pat Benetar & Neil Giraldo, Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!, Citizen Cope, comedian George Lopez, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Matchbox Twenty, comedian Jim Gaffigan, Charlie Scopoletti, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, The Black Crowes and B.B. King.

    The historic venue reopened in early September and has hosted more than 40 shows since.
  • Brian Harrod And there are so many more good things ccming Port Chester's way in 2013 if we keep trying to make Port Chester a better place.
  • Brian Harrod Also.....

    After five years of public discussion, the village finally has an official development strategy with a long list of goals: a wider mix of downtown uses, a halt to growing density in residential neighborhoods and more activity along the water    front. 

    This is the direction the community wants to go.

    Zoning changes recommended by the plan will not take place until early next year, after a separate hearing process.

    The good news is that things won’t be arbitrarily done in the future and that we can preserve what’s left for our waterfront, to make it a destination.
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