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Saturday, December 15, 2007

12/14/07 - Once Again The Journal News Kicks The Pathetic Westmore Snooze's Butt Online.


Thumbs Down To The Hopelessly Biased Rag Known As The Westmore News.


Why Does Westmore News Editor Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Keep Begging Online Visitors To Pay $33.00, When The Journal News and Lohud.com have more and better written Port Chester articles for FREE !!!!


It looks like the hopelessly biased rag known as the Westmore Snooze can't attract enough advertisers and is forced to beg online in order to make ends meet.


It's almost 'The End' for Rye Ridge Cinema
By Jeff Benzak
The Rye Ridge Cinema will run its final film on Dec. 31. The only theatre in Rye Brook's history will fall victim to a perfect storm of competition: the Port Chester multiplex, cable TV, Blockbuster Video and Internet...
[more] Warning - Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Will Beg For $33.00.

After 20 years working together, twins set to retire from Feinsod's
By Jeff Benzak
Last week a man walked into Feinsod Hardware on North Main Street in Port Chester. Perhaps he was clairvoyant, or maybe just an unusually shrewd amateur meteorologist, but he strolled straight to the shovel section and began sampling...
[more] Warning - Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Will Beg For $33.00.

The history of Port Chester High School
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the current PCHS building, this is the fifth in a series of articles about its history. This section continues the story of the school's 1936 championship football team.
By Ron Weckesser
"Port Chester won today, but-oh...
[more] Warning - Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Will Beg For $33.00.

Holy Rosary celebrates Mass; mariachi band, dancers add spice
More than 1,000 people attended a special Mass at the Don Bosco Community Center in Port Chester Wednesday night. The Mass, which was celebrated in Spanish by Rev. Timothy Ploch of Holy Rosary Church, honored the Virgin of Guadalupe's apparition... [more] Warning - Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Will Beg For $33.00.

Fire on Poningo Street
A fire caused by an electrical cord that shorted out and ignited a Christmas tree broke out in a 40- to 60-unit apartment building at the corner of Poningo and Parker streets Wednesday night. The flames were quickly extinguished, but... [more] Warning - Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel Will Beg For $33.00.


Thumbs Up To The Journal News For Providing Tons Of Unbiased News Reports That Are Spam Free. It looks like advertisers support the reporting in the Journal news. and the Journal News does not need to use spam links to beg for $33.00.


Day after Day and Week after Week the Journal News outperforms and the hopelessly biased spam rag known as the Westmore Snooze.


The irrelevant Jananne "The Spam Queen" Abel gets scooped by the Journal News every single day.


Hey Jananne, just look at all the free online news you get at the journal news. Every one of these online articles is about or mentions Port Chester. Plus their are letters and other items written by Port Chester Citizens.


Judge says Port Chester faces penalties for not paying landowner whose buildings were seized
Friday, Dec 14, 2007
A state judge says he might sanction Port Chester up to $10,000 a day if the village doesn't pay former property owner William Brody more than $1 million it owes him for seizing his downtown buildings as part of a redevelopment plan. In a decision...
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Timothy O'Connor The Journal News


911 operator praised for work during Port Chester blaze
Friday, Dec 14, 2007
PORT CHESTER - Tracy Pitocco had been on the job as a 911 operator for just four months, when village police called to report smoke at 125 Poningo St. in her hometown. As she hung up, the phone rang again, and this time it was a woman trapped in a...
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Shawn Cohen The Journal News


Basketball tournaments are under today's spotlight
Friday, Dec 14, 2007
Basketball moves into the spotlight with the focus on boys and girls tournaments. The first round of the White Plains boys tournament, rescheduled for today after yesterday's inclement weather, pits Iona Prep vs. Newburgh at 5 p.m. and White Plain...
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Friday, Dec 14, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Woodlands at Briarcliff, canceled Hawthorne Cedar Knolls at Tuckahoe, canceled Croton-Harmon at Irvington, ppd., TBD Solomon Schechter at Keio, ppd., TBD Blind Brook at Dover, ppd., TBD Pelham at P...

...Hen Hud tournament
Port Chester vs. Pelham, ppd., today, 4:30 p.m....


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Friday, Dec 14, 2007
Last week, Mrs. Cratchit opened her White Plains home to the Fezziwigs, Scrooge, Marley and all those ghosts for chicken, sushi and pasta. Last night, The Ghost of Christmas Past was set to serve Italian favorites. Next week, it's Mrs. Fezziwig's ...


....Michael J. Farina of Port Chester is in his 12th show at WBT, playing Mr. Fezziwig, the Ghost of Christmas Present, a charity gentleman, a merchant and a poulterer....


..."We just instantly jumped into this with an ease and a comfort to be opposite each other," Farina says....


..."This place is old home," says Farina, who played Al/God in the Broadway production of "In My Life" and was in the original production of "Seussical" and revivals of "My Fair Lady" and "Fiddler on the Roof."


"I grew up here. I got lots of experience here. I've been lucky enough to do Broadway shows and be there and back and there and back. It's always here. And it's always nice to come back."...


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Peter D. Kramer The Journal News


Friday, Dec 14, 2007
Here's a reminder of the restaurants we've covered recently. The most recently published are at the top of the list. Union Restaurant and Bar Latino: The menu offers Latin-inspired dishes and Latin-infused takes on Continental standa...


....Patrias: Chef Mariano Aznar, formerly at Solera in Irvington, is from Barcelona. His partner, Yvon Rodriguez, is from Peru. The menu at their stylish restaurant in Port Chester offers the best of both worlds. Enjoy ceviches, paellas and a full tapas menu. 35 1/2 N. Main St., Port Chester, 914-937-0177....


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Restaurant Review: Nessa, in Port Chester
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
At nessa, the 9-month-old Italian newcomer in Port Chester, it's all about dramatic scenery and a sultry vibe. This is a restaurant meant for nursing a quartino of Chianti, nibbling on gourmet bruschetta, and enjoying a leisurely meal. And while t...
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Jeanne Muchnick InTown Westchester


Rockland briefing
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
A public forum on developing Clarkstown's comprehensive plan scheduled for 7 tonight has been canceled, officials said. Residents will be notified when a new date is arranged. Local historian Bob Knight will hold a special presentation at tonight'...


...- Fire sparked by a burning Christmas tree in Port Chester traps several residents and sends eight people, including a baby, to hospitals.


- Mother says son severely beaten in 1993 died of cancer....


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Eight hospitalized, several rescued after Christmas tree sparks Port Chester blaze
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
PORT CHESTER - A three-alarm fire sparked by a burning Christmas tree last night trapped several residents and sent eight people, including a baby, to hospitals, officials said. The fire broke out shortly before 6:40 p.m. at 125 Poningo St. in Apa...
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Melanie Plenda The Journal News


White Plains boys basketball tournament, CHSHL hockey highlight today's events
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Today is the opening round of the White Plains boys basketball tournament with Iona Prep facing Newburgh at 5 p.m. and the host Tigers taking on Spring Valley at 7 p.m. In hockey, Iona Prep and Stepinac, two of the top teams in the CHSHL, meet ton...
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Storm wipes out high school slate
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
The storm that has hit the Lower Hudson Valley has wiped out the varsity athletic slate scheduled for today. Schools throughout the area are either closed or are dismissing early. Up to 8 inches of snow is expected in parts of the area. Today's...


...Hen Hud tournament
Port Chester vs. Pelham, ppd., tomorrow, 4:30 p.m....


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Staff reports


Rye Brook mayor won't seek re-election; replacement slate proposed
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
RYE BROOK - Two-term Mayor Lawrence Rand is not seeking re-election in March, possibly paving the way for the village's first female mayor. Rye Brook Together, a local community action group, is endorsing Trustee Joan Feinstein for mayor. The grou...


...Feinstein, 58, has served four years as village trustee, including three as deputy mayor.
She served six years on the Blind Brook Board of Education and nearly two years on the Zoning Board of Appeals. She said would work on several issues if elected mayor.


"I look forward to the completion of an intermunicipal agreement that would assure the fiscal stability and governance of the Port Chester Public Library...


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Lazy Liz Sadler The Journal News


Restaurant Review: P�lomino in Old Greenwich
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
There are many words to describe Chef Rafael Palomino, but "subtle" isn't one of them. For years, his Port Chester restaurants, Sonora and Pacifico, have lured hungry visitors with bright, vivid colors; big, splashy drinks; and Latin-infused dishe...
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Mary Lynn Mitcham InTown Westchester


Girls basketball roundup: Hackley defeats Rye Country Day 34-23; Peekskill defeats Brewster 65-60; Tappan Zee defeats Panas 59-47; New Rochelle defeats Suffern 45-36
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Hackley 34, Rye Country Day School 23: At Hackley, Meghan McDermott scored eight of her game-high 13 points in the second quarter as Hackley took a nine-point lead. Alexandra Osborn-Jones had 12 points for the Wildcats. Peekskill 65, Bre...


...Port Chester 53, Fox Lane 38: At Port Chester, Courtney Butler scored 19 points and Daisja Miller had 16. MacKenzie Stewart led Fox Lane with 11....


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Assemblyman Ball discusses illegal immigration and public safety
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
NORTH SALEM - The region has "nice rock walls, the lawns are short and the weeds are kept down," state Assemblyman Greg Ball said last night, referring to the illegal immigrant labor performing those tasks.


But the area is also experiencing rapes,murders, burglaries and assaults, he said, by some who enter the country illegally.


"Illegal immigration is illegal and it spawns more illegal behavior," Ball,...


...State police on Halloween arrested Broudwiack after they learned he lived at 2 Sugar Hill Road in the town's Purdys section for about two years and hadn't registered. That was discovered after Broudwiack was arrested in Port Chester, where he was accused of driving with a suspended license. He failed to appear in Port Chester court Nov. 9 on the misdemeanor charge.


In North Salem, Broudwiack posted the $10,000 bail set by Town Justice John J. Johnston Jr. on Oct. 31 and has been free ever since. A spokesman for the Westchester District Attorney's Office has said the D.A.'s office at the time of the bail application wasn't aware Broudwiack was wanted in California or of a renewed effort to deport him. The entire incident still upsets neighbors....


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Michael Risinit The Journal News


Patients fret over layoffs at New Rochelle, Mount Vernon hospitals
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Patients of Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon Hospital Center fretted yesterday over how 145 layoffs would affect their care. For some it was another blow to the regional health care picture. "Meanwhile, we're running out...


...Recent years have been tough on health care centers: New York United Hospital Center in Port Chester ...


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Ken Valenti The Journal News


Boys basketball roundup: New York School for the Deaf defeats Winston Prep 42-39 in OT; Bronxville defeats Valhalla 60-51; Clarkstown South defeats Joihn Jay-EF 65-58; Brewster defeats Harrison 67-47; Mount Vernon reaches 100 again
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
New York School for the Deaf 42, Winston Prep 39, OT: At NYSD, Dale Powell had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and teammate Anton Fletcher scored 13 points. Bronxville 60, Vahalla 51: At Bronxville, Brian Rogers had 20 points and six rebo...
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Area high school events: Scores and schedules
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Mount Vernon 100, Ramapo 60 Clark Academy 75, Hawthorne Cedar Knolls 60 Roosevelt 67, Clarkstown North 49 New York Military Academy 55, Harvey 41 Blessed Sacrament 71, Sacred Heart 40 Panas 45, Ken...


...Port Chester 80, John Jay 52: At John Jay, Jordan Henriquez scored 27 points, and teammate Steven Cordero had 20. Kevin Drew led the Indians with 18...


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Recreation notes
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Taking the Hudson Valley fall men's soccer league championship was by no means an easy task for the Southern Westchester Blast. Battling back from 3-0 and 5-2 deficits, the Blast (13-2) had to endure 90 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute over...


...Youth basketball
The following are Catholic Youth Organization results:


Boys (grade 3) rookie division


Annunciation Gold (Crestwood) 16, St. Augustine's (Larchmont) 9: Vincent Cavallo ( eight steals), Nick Febbo (eight rebounds), with a combined 10 points from the two, were the biggest factors in the Knights' season-opening win.


Annunciation Blue 27, Our Lady of Mercy (Port Chester) 16: To secure the victory, Kevin Berrios, Casey O'Donnell and Michael Apostopoulos put together 19 points....


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Anthony Camerino Special to the Review Press


Former housekeeper accused of stealing jewelry from Port Chester home
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
PORT CHESTER - A family's longtime live-in housekeeper is accused of stealing $100,000 worth of diamond jewelry, police said yesterday. Gisela Torres, 50, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is charged with second-degree grand larceny, a felony, after the...
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Theresa Juva The Journal News


UPDATE: Port Chester blaze sends several to hospital
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
PORT CHESTER - A three-alarm fire sparked by a burning Christmas tree tonight trapped several residents and sent eight people, including a baby, to area hospitals, officials said. The fire broke out shortly before 6:40 p.m. at 125 Poningo St. in a...
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Melanie Plenda The Journal News


Boys, girls basketball moves into today's spotlight
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
Basketball moves into today's spotlight with several intriguing matchups. One of the area's top female players, Porsha Postell, travels to face one of the area's best teams when Woodlands visits Albertus Magnus at 4:30 p.m. Another interesting gir...


...Girls basketball
Arlington at Roosevelt, 4:15 p.m.
Fox Lane at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m....


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Driver shocked, accused of DWI after a 15-minute chase, police say
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
RYE BROOK - A 51-year-old man is accused of driving drunk after leading police on a 15-minute slow-speed chase through Rye Brook and Port Chester before police and an electronic stun gun stopped him, police said. Jacope A. Jesfen, who gave his add...
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Nicole Neroulias The Journal News


Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Lincoln Hall 72, Croton-Harmon 62 Fordham Prep 69, Blessed Sacrament 66 Iona Prep B 68, Xaverian B 39 Pearl River 70, Ardsley 47 Rye Neck 72, Hawthorne Cedar Knolls 69 Sleepy Hollow 42, Pelham 38 S...
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Yesterday's bowling matches
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
Bowling Boys North Rockland 7, Spring Valley 0 At Hi Tor Lanes Total pins: North Rockland: 2,824; Spring Valley: 2,186 High game: 1. Dan Scherer (NRk) 226; 2. James Wargo (NRk) 215; 3. Wargo (NRk) 210. ...


...Edgemont 7, Port Chester 0
At White Plains Bowl
Total pins: Edgemont: 1762; Port Chester: 1572
High game: 1. Nicole Shifteh (E) 138; 2. Shifteh (E) 135; 3. Dana Lee (E) 135.
High series: 1. Lee (E) 382 2. Shifteh (E) 375; 3. Vanessa Thom (E) 351....


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Yesterday's wrestling matches
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
Wrestling Somers 50, Ossining 28 At Ossining 160 - James Brundage (O) tech. fall Nick Kolaj; 171 - Sean Realbuto (S) dec. Juan Delacruz, 19-5; 189 - Brian Zappi pin. Omi Ibarra, 3:23; 215 - Adee Bub...


...At Port Chester
135 -Colton Reitzer (NRk) pin. Jack Girardi, 3:44; 140 - Jerry Zurla (NRk) pin. J.C. Alejaldre, 3:15; 145 - Alex Calero (PC) dec. Teddy Eccleston, 3-1; 152 - Matt Mancuso (NRk) dec. Sean Zemlyak, 3-1; 160 - Mark Diaz (NRk) dec. Andy Datino, 4-2; 171 - Jon Didio (NRk) pin. James Mutino, 3:17; 189 - Mike Sorbella (PC) pin. Matt Freeman, 3:33; 215 -J.P. Calero (PC) pin. Pat Cahill, :29; 96 - Charlie Gonzalez (PC) dec. Mike Caputo, 5-3; 103 - Alex Sanchez (NRk) maj. dec. Joe Guido, 16-5; 112 - Keith Baez (NRk) dec. Max Josephson, 7-4; 119 - Joe Slane (NRk) pin. Jonathan Villalobos, 1:27; 125 - Andres Salcedo (PC) pin. Dan Burgaleta, 3:33; 130 - Fernando Martinez (PC) pin. Wilkerson Jean-Francois, 2:34.


Records - North Rockland 1-1; Port Chester 1-1....


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Looking for a great burger? Give these local spots a try
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
The Blazer Pub always makes our top 10 list of great burgers in LoHud land. So when we found out that the restaurant won't be open for the holidays - the whole building had to be rewired after an electrical fire on Nov. 23 caused a power surge - w...


...Steakhouses are specialists in serious beef and the 10-ounce, USDA prime beef burger at the Willett House (20 Willett Ave., 914-939-7500) in Port Chester is not to be taken lightly. The burger is ground in-house and can be equipped with traditional sides, such as thick-sliced Bermuda onions and beefsteak tomatoes or giant baked potatoes with sour cream and chives. But forget the brewskis - the big bonus here is great wine with your burger. The wine cellar has more than 950 bottles, including plenty of California Cabernets, big hearty partners for beef....


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Liz Johnson The Journal News


Housekeeper accused of stealing jewelry from Port Chester home
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
PORT CHESTER - A family's longtime live-in housekeeper is accused of stealing $100,000 worth of diamond jewelry, police said today. Gisela Torres, 50, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is charged with second-degree grand larceny, a felony, after the fam...
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Theresa Juva The Journal News


Foundation jump-starts makeover plans for Port Chester High library
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
PORT CHESTER - The Port Chester High School library will undergo a major facelift this summer thanks to a donation from a local education foundation. The Tamarack Tower Foundation, a non-profit run by a group of alumni and residents, has donated $...
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Lazy Liz Sadler The Journal News


Driver Tasered, accused of DWI after leading Rye Brook, Port Chester police on a 15-minute chase
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
RYE BROOK - A 51-year-old man is accused of driving drunk after leading police on a 15-minute slow-speed chase through Rye Brook and Port Chester before police and an electronic stun gun stopped him early today, police said. Jacope A. Jesfen, who ...
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Nicole Neroulias The Journal News


Watts propels Peekskill past Port Chester
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
PORT CHESTER - There was no real way to know how Ralph Watts would fit in on the Peekskill boys basketball team when he transferred in September. Sometimes, a star player simply doesn't mix on an established team. However, without Watts, the three...
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Kevin Devaney Jr. The Journal News


Girls basketball roundup: Mamaroneck beats Saunders; Ossining tops Tappan Zee
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
Somers 54, Hen Hud 49: At Somers, Kaitlin O'Sullivan had 14 points and Caitlin Ward added 13 points. Chelsey Glashoff had 15 points for Hen Hud. Nyack 53, Panas 47: At Nyack, Caroline Chesterman had 15 points in the win. Teammate Cha...
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Ursuline, North Rockland girls basketball showdown highlights today's slate
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
The Ursuline and North Rockland girls basketball teams open their season in a key Class AA matchup at North Rockland. The game starts at 6 p.m. Here's a look at the rest of today's schedule of high school athletic events in the Lower Hudson Valley...


...Wrestling
Carmel at New Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.
North Rockland at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m....


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Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Gorton 69, Carmel 56 Mount Vernon 70, Mamaroneck 40 New Rochelle 73, John Jay-East Fishkill 53 Clarkstown South 70, Saunders 54 White Plains 75, Lincoln 60 Harvey 53, Poughkeepsie Day 27 Tappan Zee...
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Section 1 coaches, schools call on the Shall-Answer Man
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
ELMSFORD - One winter morning three years ago, the Shall-Answer Man had a moment to breathe. There were no schedules to finalize and no fires to douse with his wisdom. For once, the little red light wasn't blinking. In this relative quiet, Greg Ra...


..."Not only has our job become more streamlined, the whole operation of Section 1 has become more organized," said Port Chester athletic director Joe Durney, a member of Section 1's athletic council. "Greg has really brought consistency to Section 1."...


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Josh Thomson The Journal News


No lapse in filing ethics reports
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
In your Dec. 2 article, "City officials fail to disclose their finances," you wrote, "However, it was unclear if the city clerk turned over all of the disclosure forms filed by city commissioners and department heads between 1998 and 2005." You al...


....Recently, I called Bee-line regarding a schedule of Port Chester-bound buses. The recorded schedule indicated a 9:32 a.m. pick-up at a temporary stop (long-term construction). ...


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Boys basketball: Peekskill pulls away from Port Chester
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
PORT CHESTER - Lakeland transfer Ralph Watts scored a game-high 24 points as Peekskill defeated host Port Chester 74-56 in boys basketball today. Peekskil (2-0) led 49-48 entering the fourth quarter before holding the Rams to one field goal in the...
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Kevin Devaney Jr. The Journal News


Peekskill, Port Chester go at it today in early-season boys basketball battle
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Peekskill visits Port Chester today at 4:30 p.m. in an early-season battle of Class A boys basketball contenders. Hockey is also in the spotlight as Clarkstown North tries to recover from a slow start when it takes on Rye Town/Harrison at Playland...
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Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Yesterday's results Girls basketball Maria Regina 71, St. Joseph by-the-Sea 43 St. Raymond's at Blessed Sacrament, 2 p.m. Rye Neck tournament: Championship at Rye Neck, 7 p.m. Ice hockey Mamaroneck 8, Mahopac 5 North Ro...


....Boys basketball
Mamaroneck at Mount Vernon, 4:15 p.m.
Clarkstown South at Saunders, 4:15 p.m.
Carmel at Gorton, 4:15 p.m.
White Plains at Lincoln, 4:15 p.m.
John Jay-East Fishkill at New Rochelle, 4:15 p.m.
Peekskill at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m.....


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The Lowdown: A look at the week ahead in local sports
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Breakout basketball If this is to be a breakout season for Porsha Postell and Woodlands, then this is the week to prove it. The leading returning scorer in Section 1 and her Falcons have a tough week ahead, with games against perhaps the tw...


...At least a couple of boys basketball games this week could be previews of sectional finals, beginning with Peekskill at Port Chester today. These teams are considered the top two in Class A this season and have met at the County Center the last two years. ...


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Force administration to change war policy
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Last week, we learned that President Bush has been actively misleading us on Iran - lying to get us into another reckless, disastrous war. It was revealed that Bush has known for months that Iran has no nuclear weapons program. Bush said he "only ...
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Valley Cottage 'pocket' park too close to home
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Webster's Dictionary defines "passive" as "accepting without resistance or objection." This is certainly not the case regarding the planned "pocket" park in Valley Cottage ("Officials hope proposed park in Valley Cottage could be hamlet's center,"...


...Romney's statement on faith applauded


The need for Mitt Romney to have to defend his religious beliefs is caused by the bane of this country, namely politics. It is deplorable that - not for the first time - religion has been drawn into the political arena. If one adds the results of a poll that reportedly showed that more than 30 percent of those participating had voiced that they would "not vote for a Mormon," it becomes evident that we have not quite yet achieved the level of civility and maturity our Constitution aims at. Ours is apparently not yet the model democracy our politicians like to tell us and the world.


Mr. Romney's response was exemplary, as was the one given by John F. Kennedy almost 50 years ago. The Constitution speaks of "freedom of" not "freedom from" religion. One regrets that the media did not choose an educational role but rather its usual confrontational style. Or is there an attempt to profile Mr. Romney due to him being a Republican?


Rene Prochelle
Port Chester


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Grippi brothers lead Foxes to Mamaroneck tourney win
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
MAMARONECK - Peter Grippi collected his winner's spoils from the front table and walked back to the stands to relax. It had been less than 30 minutes since his latest victory, but he knew he would be returning to the mat shortly. Big brother was a...


...Port Chester, which had the second-most champions with three, finished in fourth place. The Rams got titles from Westley Tapia (285), John Calero (215) and Andres Salcedo (119), who was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler.


"It's great," Salcedo said. "I had no idea I was going to win."...



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Alex Myers The Journal News


Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Bishop Ford 63, Stepinac 56 Ardsley tournament Consolation game: Ardsley 75, Putnam Valley 41 Championship game: Hen Hud 56, Somers 42 Briarcliff tournament Briarcliff 89, Dobbs Ferry...


...Peekskill at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m....


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Yesterday's wrestling matches
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
Wrestling Jerry Maguire Tournament At North Rockland High School Team standings and key - 1.Warwick (Ww) 206 points; 2. North Rockland (NRk) 193; 3. Arlington (Arl) 189.5; 4. Nanuet (N) 161; 5. Fordham Prep (151); 6. Ar...
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Rockland boys soccer performer of the year: Suffern's Charlie Pirc
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
Josh Thomson The Journal News Charlie Pirc had just finished his freshman year of high school when he had an epiphany. The Suffern High soccer player had already developed into a rising star, but during the summer of 2006 he saw a pathway to be ev...
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Westchester/Putnam athlete of the season: Byram Hills soccer star Will Ogden
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
The play Will Ogden will be remembered for unfolded in the first half of the Class A state championship boys soccer game. He beat one defender and sprinted half the length of the field to evade two others, before using his off-foot to send the bal...


...Henry Acosta, Sr., White Plains; Luis Barajas, Sr., Port Chester;...


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Josh Thomson The Journal News


Area varsity events: Scores and schedule
Saturday, Dec 8, 2007
Thursday's results Boys basketball Gorton 50, Clarkstown North 44 Eastchester 58, Panas 53 Mamaroneck 63, John Jay-East Fishkill 48 North Rockland 53, Lincoln 40 Solomon Schechter 53, Haldane 42 Clarkstown South 71, Tuxedo 24 Poughke...


...Port Chester tournament
Ursuline B 61, Port Chester 27
Nyack 53, Byram Hills 45....


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Girls basketball roundup: Putnam Valley defeats Ardsley 56-53; Tappan Zee defeats Ramapo 65-56; Hackley defeats Greenwich AScademy 56-53; Nyack tops Ursuline B 52-48 for tournament title
Saturday, Dec 8, 2007
Hackley 56, Greenwich Academy 53: In the opening round of the Hackley tournament, Ali Piscina scored 23 points. Elizabeth Bendick and Meghan McDermott each scored eight points, and Lemia Harik had seven. Hackley takes on King & Low-Heyw...


...Byram Hills 71, Port Chester 37:
In the consolation game of the Port Chester tournament, Sam Wolff scored 12 points for the Bobcats. Julia Dempson had 17 points and four assists for the Rams....


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Lessons in bungling
Saturday, Dec 8, 2007
The strange tale of Jose Broudwiack has properly enraged many in northern Westchester and beyond. The Peru native was in the U.S. illegally, convicted as a sex offender in California, served his time, then easily, breezily and with apparent impuni...


...September 2007: Port Chester police stopped Broudwiack for driving with a faulty brake light. Voila: This time, his criminal history surfaced; Officer Walter Alcivar ran a computer check and learned about Broudwiack's revoked driving privileges. He also found out about the California warrant, which revealed the sex-crime conviction. Alcivar said he called police in California to check on the case and was told that they would not come to New York to get Broudwiack.

The Port Chester officer followed up with some more research, confirming that Broudwiack had never registered as a sex offender in New York, as the law requires. Alcivar said he called the Westchester District Attorney's Office. Assistant District Attorney Fred Green had Alcivar hand the failure-to-register case over to state police in Somers; it has jurisdiction in North Salem, where Broudwiack was living at the time. Meanwhile, Port Chester charged Broudwiack with aggravated unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor. He was arrested and subsequently posted $200 bail. But again he walked. It took six weeks for state police to track down Broudwiack....



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Preview: Boys power rankings
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Class AA 1. Mount Vernon 2. White Plains 3. New Rochelle Class A 1. Peekskill 2. Stepinac 3. Port Chester Class B 1. Briarcliff 2. Croton-Harmon 3. Lincoln Hall Class C/D 1. Leake & Watts 2. Tuckahoe 3. Clark Academy
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Westchester Ave. traffic stop nets felony drug charges for driver, passenger
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
PORT CHESTER - Two men were arrested on felony drug charges after the car they were in was pulled over for a faulty muffler and speeding Wednesday, police said. Anderson Perez, 18, of 15 Bush Ave., Port Chester, tried to flee from the 1991 Toyota ...
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Leslie Korngold The Journal News


Key basketball and hockey games on today's schedule
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Basketball and hockey are at the focal point of today's schedule of high school athletics. The White Plains girls basketball tournament wraps up today with Horace Greeley taking on Maria Regina in the championship scheduled for 7 p.m. The Nyack bo...


...Port Chester tournament
Consolation at Port Chester, 4:15 p.m.
Championship at Port Chester, 6 p.m....


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Preview: Boys Super 7
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Kevin Jones, Mount Vernon: No player improved as much last season as the 6-foot-8 Jones, who averaged 21 points and 11.8 rebounds and guided the Knights to their third Class AA state title in four seasons. Jones, who has signed with West Vi...


...Jordan Henriquez, Port Chester: When the Rams' offense runs through Henriquez, they are a difficult team to stop. At 6-11, he dominates the interior and is the area's premier shot blocker. Henriquez averaged 13.4 points and 12 rebounds per game, and has garnered interest from Connecticut, Memphis, Rhode Island, Drexel and Marist....


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Wrestling: Youth serves Harrison well
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
HARRISON - Trailing by three points with time dwindling rapidly, Harrison wrestler Jordan Brunner was under pressure. The sophomore found himself in the defensive position, working diligently to escape Rye's Max Billington and put himself in posit...


"The improvement he made from last week at Port Chester to today was great," Nicita said. "Every time Jordan got into a scramble, he kept fighting, kept moving and did a great job.


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Tony Pinciaro The Journal News


Girls basketball roundup: Rye Country Day defeats Hamden Hall 36-27; Sleepy Hollow defeats Clarkstown South 64-52; Solomon Schechter deeats Keio 30-29; Holy Child defeats Croton-Harmon 51-29
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Rye Country Day 36, Hamden Hall 27: Alexandra Osborne Jones had 21 points, 22 rebounds, and five blocks to lead visiting Rye Country Day to a 36-27 win over Hamden Hall yesterday. Christina McClintock added eight points for the Wildcats....


....Ursuline B 61, Port Chester 27: In the first round of the Port Chester tournament, Stefanie Tywonick scored 10 points for the Koalas. Julia Dempson had 14 for the Rams. Ursuline B plays Nyack in the final tonight at 6 p.m. Port Chester faces Byram Hills in the consolation game at 4:15 p.m.


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Compiled from staff reports


Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Yesterday's results Boys basketball Gorton 50, Clarkstown North 44 Eastchester 58, Panas 53 Mamaroneck 63, John Jay-East Fishkill 48 North Rockland 53, Lincoln 40 Solomon Schechter 53, Haldane 42 Clarkstown South 71, Tuxedo 24 Poughk...
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Local reactions mixed amid Bush's subprime-mortgage plan
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
New efforts by the Bush administration to help homeowners struggling with subprime mortgages were greeted yesterday with hope and skepticism in the Lower Hudson Valley. Counselors of homeowners burdened with mortgage debt welcomed the latest effor...


...Of the 40 to 50 people who sought mortgage counseling at Neighborhood Preservation Corp. in Port Chester, just four qualified, Director Blanca Lopez said...


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Jerry Gleeson The Journal News


Holiday food drives, southern and central Westchester
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
These food pantries are collecting and distributing food and serving meals for Christmas. Brewster: Needed by Dec. 16: turkeys, hams, stuffing, instant potatoes, yams, rice, cereal, soup, cranberry sauce, coffee, tea, cake mixes, napkins. D...


...Port Chester: All food collected will be distributed by the Carver Center Community Action Program. Sponsor: Rotary Club of Port Chester-Rye Brook. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A&P Food Store, 575 Boston Post Road. 914-939-2867.


Port Chester: Needed by Dec 17: turkeys, canned vegetables, desserts. Meal at 5:30 p.m. St. Frances AME Zion Church, 18 Smith St. 914-939-1056.


Rye Brook: All food collected will be distributed by the Carver Center Community Action Program. Sponsor: Rotary Club of Port Chester-Rye Brook. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. D'Agostino, 142 S. Ridge St., 914-939-2867; and Food Emporium, 261 S. Ridge St. 914-939-2867....


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Preview: Girls team capsules
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Mamaroneck Tigers Coach: John Savage (1st year, team was 6-14 last season) Top returners: Anna Reddicliffe (5-5), Jr., G; Lauren DiBiccari (5-5), Sr., G; Chelsea Blockin (5-10), Sr., C; Jade Mandel (5-8), Jr., F; Claire Aller ...
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Preview: Boys team capsules, Part 2
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Lakeland Hornets Coach: Henry Weltman (13th year, 18-5 last season) Top returners: Lou DeMello (5-7), Sr., G; Joe Mostafa (6-5), Sr., C; Justin Domingo (6-5), Sr., C; Keith Rodriguez (5-10), Sr., G; Jack Cassara (5-11), Sr., G...
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Dining, in brief
Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Here's a reminder of the restaurants we've covered recently. The most recently published are at the top of the list. Union Restaurant and Bar Latino: The menu offers Latin-inspired dishes and Latin-infused takes on Continental standa...


...Nessa: An Italian enoteca, with an eclectic wine list, sleek but comfortable atmosphere, and a menu that ranges from light sampling to ample entrees. 325 N. Main St., Port Chester. 914-939-0119....


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12/13/07 - Assemblyman Ball discusses illegal immigration and public safety


“Nobody once checked out that this man had been deported. This is crazy, the lack of communication ”


NORTH SALEM - The region has 'nice rock walls, the lawns are short and the weeds are kept down,' state Assemblyman Greg Ball said last night, referring to the illegal immigrant labor performing those tasks....


... Purdys section for about two years and hadn't registered. That was discovered after Broudwiack was arrested in Port Chester, where he was accused of driving with a suspended license. He failed to appear in Port Chester court Nov. 9 on the ...




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Update: Readers Also Made A Few Comments At Lohud About This News Article


loathsome although classified as a synonym of the word hate has a slightly more intellectual and softer meaning than hate. "greatly dislike, intolerant". hate on the other hand could lead to acts of violence against the person or group that the word is directed to. Ball is a loathsome politician for combining illegal immigrants + sex offenders = fear mongering two examples of fear mongering would be: 1. aluminum tubes = the manufacture of WMD 2. the Gulf of Tonkin incident the action to take to respond to Ball's loathsome behavior is to vote him out of office next november another example of a loathsome politician is Tom Tancredo from the state of Colorado. he is also an prime example of an idiot Ball is no match for Tancredo in the idiot category, yetPosted by: Yellow Dog on Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:13 pm


I'm with you on Eisenhower. When he was president and the country began to swell with illegal immigrants he ordered them all deported. Just like that they were gone. If you have children for the life of me i don't understand why you wouldn't at least be on Ball's side to rid our communities of illegal alien sex offenders. Hate everything else about him all you want but why wouldn't you want illegal sex offenders gone? At least give him credit for his efforts on that.Posted by: watchdog on Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:57 pm


some folks have poor reading skills and cannot make cognitive reasoned interpretations of the stuff that they read they also make poor guesses therefore their choices are wrong sometimes repetition is good Ball is a loathsome politician of the worst kind regardless of affiliation bring back willis stephens and dwight eisenhowerPosted by: Yellow Dog on Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:35 pm


You're to far to the left Yellow dog. If Greg Ball was a democrat you would love him. Dem's can do no wrong and repub's all suck. I'll prove it. Give the name of two Repub's you think are good. Just like Sean Hannity, Bush can do no wrong. I'm somewhere in the middle at least. Bush is the worst president we've ever had but Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are dangerous left wingers but i'm sure you love them. You almost sound as if you are in favor of illegal immigrant sex offenders. You condemed Ball in your statement but not the sex offenders. Kind of odd if you ask me. 25,000 or even 1 illegal sex offender is to much. Greg ball is doing the right thing. My guess is you have no children.Posted by: watchdog on Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:37 pm


Ball is an absolute and total fear monger. He is a loathsome politician of the worst kind regardless of affiliation. His "hosting" is more like drum beating. His cadre is diminishing based on the poor turnout last night. He is consumed with his own ego. Go to his assembly web site. One almost expects to see a video of the clown running up the stairs like in the fictional overblown movie "Rocky". He should stick to self inflicted spray painting. Did he have statistics last night ? ? ? I did not see any. How many registered sex offenders live in the 99th AD & of that number how many were deported (which would be an indicator of how many were illegal) ? Ball wants everyone to believe that the over 25,000+ registered sex offenders in NY State (That's right folks - 25,000+) all live in the 99th AD and that they are all illegal immigrants. We the tax payers paid for Ball's education. We should now all chip in and buy him a one way ticket outta here and we will do that next November.Posted by: Yellow Dog on Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:22 am

Thursday, December 13, 2007

12/13/07 - Was 125 Poningo Up To Code? - Were all of the smoke detectors and alarms funtioning properly?



Headline:

Eight hospitalized, several rescued after Christmas tree sparks Port Chester blaze


QUOTE:

“People were yelling to get out. I ran and told my dad and we got out.”

STORY:

A three-alarm fire sparked by a burning Christmas tree last night trapped several residents and sent eight people, including a baby, to hospitals, officials said.


The fire broke out shortly before 6:40 p.m. at 125 Poningo St. in Apartment A6, at the back of the four-story brick building, said Fire Chief Charles Nielson.


Village firefighters rescued residents trapped by intense smoke on the third floor.


Though the fire was quickly brought under control, eight people suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospitals, Nielson said. One was a firefighter, who was taken to a hospital for burns to his knees....



NO WHERE IN THE STORY DOES ANY ONE REPORT BEING WARNED BY A SMOKE ALARM !!!!!

"I tried to get the extinguisher to try to put it out," Peterson said. "But I was so nervous I couldn't make it work."

Peterson ran out of the apartment and down the hallway to find another extinguisher.

...."I started yelling up and down the hall, 'There's a fire! ... Everyone get out!' And I was banging on doors," he said. "I was banging and screaming and I tried, I tried to get those people out....

...A man came out into the hallway. Peterson told him to call 911. The men then agreed that Peterson would alert the people on the second floor, while the other man should run up and tell those on the third floor....

....Jose Nigron, the building supervisor, said he was working just before the fire started.

"I was in the basement and I hear 'boom!'" he said.


Someone told him to call 911, which he did. He then went outisde and saw two people screaming at a third-floor window, overcome by blinding smoke that made it impossible to find the fire escape.....

....Francisco Gudino, 18, was on the third floor with his family in their apartment at the front of the building.

"I just heard screaming," he said. "People were yelling to get out. I ran and told my dad and we got out."

There wasn't too much smoke in the hallway, he said, but at least a dozen people were running through the hallway along with the Gudinos trying to get out. He said he heard that people were trapped in the back portion of the third floor and that there was smoke blocking the stairs to get out.

"I was just so worried about my family getting out," he said of his parents, younger brother and sister. "I just tried to keep track of where they were. We ran out a back stairway."....
It sounds like precious minutes were wasted.
There should have been a fire alarm pull station next to the hallway fire extinguisher.
Instead of residents telling each other to call 911. They should have used the fire alarm pull station to immediately call the Port Chester Fire Department.




No Port Chester Building Department Personnel Went To The Hospital, Because Of This Fire.
However, A Port Chester Fire Fighter Went To The Hospital With Burns To His Knees.
It Is Crazy That The Port Chester Building Department Conducts Fire Inspections In Port Chester.

LET THE PORT CHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT DO THE FIRE INSPECTIONS IN PORT CHESTER.

12/13/07 - Port chester Native Victor Hernandez, a sophomore on the men's soccer team at Mercer County Community College, named an All-American


The Times

... College, has been named an All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. A native of Port Chester, New York, Hernandez has played two seasons with the MCCC Vikings, who advanced to the national tournament both years. As part of ...

12/13/07 - The Shame Of Port Chester - Bart "The Bigot" Didden


National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association Immediate Past President Cecil Hogan with his good buddy Imfamous Port Chester racist Bart "The Bigot" Didden




Everyone in Port CHester knows about our infamous village racist, Bart Didden, who sent out the racist flyer during the mayoral village elections last march.


The flyer, as has been mentioned before, targeted Hispanics and Ms. Lopez, then Trustee Pilla's campaign manager. The flyer was a racial appeal for all non-Hispanic voters to not vote for Pilla because of his association with Lopez and the Hispanic community.


This writer has reported previusly that everything came to light when Didden was asked to testify at the federal court about his involvement with this flyer with the participation of Trustee John Crane and then Chair of teh Board of Education, Dom Bencivenga.


But the story does not end there people. THis writer has discovered by means of the Jounal News blog that Didden continues to attack Lopez and the Hispanic community, here are some examples....


And Here Is The Translation from 365 Port Cheter ....




Toda la gente de Port Chester, conoce al racista infamoso del pueblo llamado, Bart Didden, quien mando un folleto anonimo durante las eleciones para la posicion de alcalde el Marzo pasado. El boletin acusaba a la srta. Lopez de solo representar a la comunidad Hispana y que todo lo que ella mandaba, el alcalde (entonces candidato) dennis pilla, tenia que obedecer. Aparte de eso, el boletin hacia un llamadao a toda la gente no hispana a que votaran en contra de Pilla por su asociacion con la comunidad Hispana, por medio de su consejera politica, quien era la srta. Lopez.


Este escritor habia escrito en previos mensajes, que todo salio a la luz cuando Bart Didden tuvo que testificar en la corte federal, y es ahi cuando admitio que el habia creado este boletin anonimo con la ayuda del Concejal John Crane, y el ex-presidente de la Junta de Educacion, Dom Bencivenga, que fue derrotado este ano durante las elecciones de educacion el mayo pasado.


Pero el cuento no para ahi... hemos descubierto, al hacer una investigacion por medio del Journal News y su blog de escritores, que el senor didden sigue atacando a la srta. lopez y a los Hispanos en general, aqui hay algunos ejemplos.....

Why wont Bart "The Bigot" Didden stop attacking the Hispanic Community Of Port Chester.


Maybe Port Chester Hispanics should check and see if their home and business alarm services are provided by USA Central Alarm or All Time Detection which are owned by Bart "The Bigot" Didden.

12/11/07 - Driver Tasered, accused of DWI after leading Rye Brook, Port Chester police on a 15-minute chase


“There's a lot of people that were lucky their cars didn't get hit”


A 51-year-old man is accused of driving drunk after leading police on a 15-minute slow-speed chase through Rye Brook and Port Chester before police and an electronic stun gun stopped him early today, police ...



Update: Readers Comments About
The News Story At Lohud:

I hope this guy gets the max, but keep in mind that bail is not meant to be punitive. Your anger is mis-directed.Posted by: Romulus on Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:16 am
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'Tis the season of office parties and getting loaded.Posted by: Plainer09 on Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:01 am
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This barely rivals the idiot who did 100 mph running from the police with a 14 month old in the car -- that was only $200 bail. Maybe they knocked off 50 bucks because that guy wasn't obviously drunk. A joke, indeed. Someone will inevitably get killed at Christmas time by someone like these guys.Posted by: Felix Katya on Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:10 pm
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They probably woke him up in the middle of a bad dream.Posted by: Plainer09 on Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:34 pm
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$250 in bail!!! This has to be a joke of the sickest sort. This guy's bombed and throttling a few thousand pounds of potential horror and he gets treated like this? Throw him in jail...for a long time..and save us in the process.Posted by: DenisIan on Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:48 pm

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

12/11/07 - Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel must avoid conflicts of interest and stop reporting stories with a given slant.



It is unethical for Westmore News Editor Jananne Abel to report on stories that affect her personal, economic or political interests.


Westmore News reporters and editorial staff are not distinct, and this violates every journalistic code of ethics known to mankind.


Week After Week The Westmore News Violates -- the public trust, truthfulness, fairness, integrity, independence and all accepted norms of accountability.


Unfortunately, the hopelessly biased Westmore News refuses to guarantee that competing points of view are balanced and fairly characterized.


You Just Can't Trust The Biased Reporting In The Westmore News.


If Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel wants to dictate Port Chester Village policies, then he should run for elected Office.


Oh wait a minute, I forgot the very unpopular, Richard Abel did run for elected office in Port Chester once before.


And when the biased Westmore News publisher presented his weasel words and ideas to the voters of Port Chester he was voted down big time. In fact, the unpopular Abel lost every single voting district in Port Chester.


Even Richard Abels Neighbors voted overwhemingly against him in his home voting district. Basically almost all of the voters of Port Chester said,"Richard Abel Shut The F___ Up."


But, the mentally challenged and vindictive Richard Abel just doesn't get the message.


He continues to go and speak at Port Chester, Rye Brook and Rye Town meetings with the veiled threat that, any politican that goes against me will be visously attacked in the hopelessly biased rag known as the Westmore News.


No other local newspaper publisher violates journalistic ethics the way that Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel does.


All other Publishers engage in newsgathering and reporting that emphasizes eyewitness accounts of events, corroboration of facts with multiple sources and "balance." It also implies an institutional role for journalists as a fourth estate, a body that exists apart from government and large interest groups.


Richard Abel and Jananne Abel have repeatedly used the hopelessly biased Westmore News to further the personal and political agendas in Port Chester.


This Type Of Biased Reporting Does Not Occur In Other Westchester and Fairfield communities. Take a look at Rye New York for instance.


If you go to a Rye City Government Meeting you don't see the Co-Publisher, Editor Robin Jovanovich of the Rye Record trying to influence or intimidate elected officials. Ms. Jovanovich does not have conflicts of interest problems or create ethical dilemmas like Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel does.


Howard P. Sturman the publisher of the The Rye Sound Shore Review would refuse to partisipate in a political process that his paper was covering, because it would be against all journalistic and professional codes of ethics.


The Martinelli's who own the Rye Chronicle reporting things without bias, as if one just came to Earth from another planet and had no preconceived opinions about our behavior or ways.


Nor do you see, Michael Fisch President and Publisherof the Journal News meddling in the governmental affairs of Rye City. Mr. Fisch is not like Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel, because he insists that his paper practicee journalistic truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness and public accountability


Henry Freeman Editor and Vice President / News at the Journal News would never use the paper that he works for in an unethical manner. Mr. Freeman would never edit a paper in the manner that Westmore News editor jananne Abel does. Mr. Freeman prohibits his paper from making biased statements of opinion, rather than fact.


Journal News reporter Lazy LIZ SADLER would probably lose her job if she started trying to influence Rye City Government actions instead of only reporting the facts.


There is a real hunger out there for local news. People don't want to know what's happening in Oshkosh. They want to read unbiased and factual news about themselves and their neighbors.


Unfortunately, The Westmore News has a prejudice in a general, usually this bias is vindictive in nature.


For example if the Westmore News founder is caught once again failing to pay all his property taxes, then the paper will attack the politicans and official who refused to violate the law and look the other way.


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Actually, things have gotten so bad at the Westmore News, that when I went into the Port Chester Library and asked where could I find recent copies of the Westmore News. The librarian behind the counter directed me to the fiction section of the library.


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Please call 939-6864 and tell Westmore News Founder, Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel to cancel your subscription to the hopelessly biased rag known as the Westmore News.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

12/11/07 -- Westmore News Publisher Admits That He Met With Former Village Manager Fritz Falanka, But Says They Only Had "Coffee"


Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel Denies That He Was Meddling In Port Chester Politics


Richard Abel says that he left the Westmore News Offices To Have A Meeting With Former Port Chester Village Clerk / Village Manager Fritz Falanka.


Apparently, It Was Just A Coincedence That Westmore News Publisher Set Up A Meeting With The High School Graduate Who Was Being Offered A Pay Package In Excess Of $100,000.00.


Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel claims the $100,000.00 village clerk's position that is being decided behind closed doors never came up.


Well what in the hell did the Westmore News publisher and Fritz Falanka talk about?


Maybe Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel said something like, "Gee Fritz, I really miss the way that your budgets increased taxes almost 50% durring your last three years at Port Chester."


Or Maybe Richard Abel and Fritz Falanka talked about this.....




FIVE Port Chester officials, including its Mayor, the Police Chief and the Village Manager, are being charged with a breach of ethics for buying condominiums before they were made available to the public at The Landmark, the former Lifesavers factory in the village.


FIVE Port Chester officials, including its Mayor, the Police Chief and the Village Manager, are being charged with a breach of ethics for buying condominiums before they were made available to the public at The Landmark, the former Lifesavers factory in the village.


The officials are Mayor Peter Iasillo, Joseph Coletti, a Village Trustee; John Grosse, the Chief of Police; Richard Falanka, the Village Clerk; Michael D. Ritchie, the Village Manager, and, in the words of the charge, ''all other village officials, officers and employees similarly situated.''


The complaint, filed with the three-member Village Board of Ethics by two Village Trustees, says the officials voted to rezone the property or performed other official acts in connection with the building and meanwhile ''had their names secretly placed on a preferred list'' in order to be first purchasers.


It also charges that the price was raised 5 percent to other buyers after the officials had bought their units, which were advertised as ''affordable'' at an average price of $150,000 for a one-bedroom unit......


.....buyers included Anthony B. Gioffre, a former State Senator, and Dominick D. Pierro, a County Legislator.


Mr. Gioffre said he would not comment. Mr. Pierro said he had not bought a condominium himself, but was part of a three-member corporation - including his law partner, John Colangelo, and a third person whose name he said he could not disclose -that had bought a studio condominium as an investment.


Christopher Rocca, a member of the Village Board of Ethics, said he would ask the developer for a list of the buyers and would hold hearings in the Village Courthouse in the next few weeks.


The complaint was also filed with the County District Attorney's office, which turned it over to its frauds division for ''inquiry,'' which is a step short of an investigation; with the State Attorney General's office and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.....




12/11/07 - Westmore News Publlisher Richard Abel And Westmore News Editor Jananne Abel Meltdown At Port Chester Board Meeting


It's All Caught On Tape.


The Abel's Are Radioactive As They Engage In A Loud Outburst At The Port Chester Board Of Trustees Meeting.


The Abels Go Nut's When There Former Chief Pollster And Part-Time Columnist Bart "The Bigot" Didden Is Once Again Discussed At A Port Chester Board Meeting.


Westmore News Editor Jan Abel Storms Out Of The Public Meeting Screeching Like A

Wild Banshee Out Of Hell.


A Crazed Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel Runs Up To Where The Port Chester Mayor And Trustees Are Seated While The Meeting Is In Session.
Later Mayor Pilla Asks Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel To Please Leave The Court Room So That The Board Of Trustees Can Go Into Executive Session To Talk About The Port Chester Village Clerk Position. Abel Initially Refuses And Demands That The Mayor Call The Police, Because He Fears That He Will Be Assaulted.
Is Richard Abel Hallucinating, Or What?
It's All So Strange.


Coming Soon...



There Will Be Links To The Video.
Maybe We Can Post This Video At America's Scariest Videos.

12/11/07 - Finally, Lazy Liz Sadler At The Journal News Catches Up To 365 Port Chester




The Journal News / Lohud.com, NY


By LAZY LIZ SADLER at esadler@lohud.com or 914-694-3525.


The Port Chester High School library will undergo a major facelift this summer thanks to a donation from a local education ...


Here is the original story from 365 Port Chester....




And Here Is The Spanish Translation From 365 Port Chester.....


12/11/07 - Port Chester Sports Report - Concerned Parent Writes About The Lack Of Playing Feilds For Youth Football. Plus Other Sports News And Videos



Where Can The Kids Play "American" Football?

Why Aren't There Multi-Purpose Playing Fields For The Children Of Port Chester?

It Seems Like Soccer Playing Adults Are Pushing The Children Off The Playing Feilds.

Shouldn't Children Come First?

Dear Port Chester Roundup,

I believe someone needs to show more interest in the youth football league in Port Chester. The league I speak of is Sound Shore Youth Foundation. For my son's it has been a great experience but there is no place in Port Chester for the kids to play anymore.

We used to be able to use the fields at the High school but not anymore.

My main problem is why was Columbus Park made into just a soccer field why wasn't made a multi use field. Seems a little short sighted on someones part.

Now I see a Rye Town Meeting they are talking about the Legacy fields plus two more soccer fields. Give me a break.

What we need are MULTI purpose fields. Not everyone in Port Chester plays soccer.

So please look into what is going on here . The children of Port Chester need some place to play also. Anytime I see people playing soccer it seems to be mostly Latino adults.

Thank you

A concerned parent


ALSO:

Watts propels Peekskill past Port Chester
The Journal News
... established team. However, without Watts, the three-time defending Class A state champs likely would have left Port Chester last night with a loss. The junior transfer was the offensive and defensive spark the Red Devils needed in their 74-56 win ...


Section 1 coaches, schools call on the Shall-Answer Man

The Journal News
... only has our job become more streamlined, the whole operation of Section 1 has become more organized," said Port Chester athletic director Joe Durney, a member of Section 1's athletic council. "Greg has really brought consistency to Section 1." ...


Boys basketball: Peekskill pulls away from Port Chester
Journal News
PORT CHESTER - Lakeland transfer Ralph Watts scored a game-high 24 points as Peekskill defeated host Port Chester 74-56 in boys basketball today.


Peekskill, Port Chester go at it today in early-season boys basketball battle
The Journal News
Peekskill visits Port Chester today at 4:30 p.m. in an early-season battle of Class A boys basketball contenders.


The Lowdown: A look at the week ahead in local sports
The Journal News
... a couple of boys basketball games this week could be previews of sectional finals, beginning with Peekskill at Port Chester today. These teams are considered the top two in Class A this season and have met at the County Center the last two years. ...

LET'S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE:

Video: Peekskill vs. Port Chester boys basketball


Peekskill vs. Port Chester boys basketball at Port Chester high school Dec. 10, 2007. Peekskill defeated Port Chester 74-56.

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12/10/07 - The Taxpayers Of The Village Of Port Chester Are Not Required To Give The Port Chester Even One Cent. This Is An Accountabilty Moment

If you go to the Port Chester Library you will find many books that explain that accountability is a concept in ethics with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability, enforcement, responsibility, blameworthiness, liability and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in both the public and private worlds.

The Books in the Port Chester Library teach us that accountability is defined as "A is accountable to B when A is obliged to inform B about A’s (past or future) actions and decisions, to justify them, and to suffer punishment in the case of eventual misconduct".
If you go to the Periodical Section of the Port Chester library you will read that, in recent years, there has been a growth in the need for transparency with more and more pressure being put on corporations and businesses to be more accountable in their actions to society and the environment. AccountAbility (Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility)- an international non-profit membership organisation, was established in 1996 to help promote accountability innovations for sustainable development.

So Why Is The Port Chester Library Resisting Being Accountable To The Taxpayers Of Port Chester?

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla: " I want to make sure it's not a closed system, I think it's a step backward."

Port Chester Library Board President Melissa DeVincenzo and Rye Brook Mayor Larry Rand are trying to get Port Chester to start writing blank checks to the closed library governance system.

Worse yet, the Port Chester Public Library has gotten their attorney's, Turner & Turner of Croton to try and devise a Port Chester Bonding scheme, that appears to be unethical and illegal.

Port Chester Treasure Anthony Silligato had better get advice from the New York State Attorney General Coumo before he allows the Port Chester Board of Trustees to enter into this very questionable bonding proposal.

The Port Chester Library is unaccountable, because Lazy Liz Sadler at the Journal News is still absent from Port Chester Board Of Trustee Meetings, when library issues are brought up.

Further, the hopelessly biased Westmore News to date has refused to write about the mismanagement and the lack of accountability at the decrepit Port Chester Library.

The Westmore Snooze Wont Tell You The Facts, But We Will.....


In New York State There Can Only Be Three Kinds Of Libraries Licenced By The Department Of Education.

1). A Self Sustaining Library Association

2). A Municipal Library That Is Part Of A Town Or City.

3). A School Library

The Port Chester Public Library is a self sustaining library that is owned by the members of the library.

If you have a library card you are a member or owner of the library.

The library charter and bylaws says that the members should be approving and electing board members. That's how things were originally done in Port Chester, before the library went down hill. But things have been manipulated over the years so the Port Chester Library Board Members are no longer accountable to the public.

Worse yet the Library Board now wants to lock Port Chester into an illegal 10 year funding and bonding scheme.


The operating costs will be payed by Port Chester tax payers to the tune of 65% of all of the library's bills. This formula may be reviewed again starting in year four of the agreement.

Basically, the library is asking Port Chester to write out ten blank checks, that the single family homeowners of Port Chester will have to pay.

Worse yet, the library is asking Port Chester to enter into an illegal bonding scheme. Port Chester can not bond to reimburse the library for renovations already paid for. Nor can Port Chester bond for the library's past debts on a building that the village does not own.

If this plan goes through Port Chester Village Manager Bill Williams is probably going to have the New York State Attorney General coming by to pay him a visit.

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla is right to opposed to the library board members choosing their successors.

Mayor Pilla must not be railroaded by Port Chester Board President Melissa DeVincenzo and Rye Brook Mayor Rand. The Village of Port Chester can not write a blank check to a closed system.

If the Port Chester Library Board will not return the ability to elect Board Members, back to the library card holders, then they will have to give Port Chester the right to appoint 65% of the board members.

Port Chester Tax Dollars Must Be Protected From The Abuse, Mismanagement And Waste that Has Occurred At The Port Chester Library In The Past.

The Port Chester Library is solely responsible for funding itself.

The Village of Port Chester has no legal obligation to give even one penny to the library.


The Port Chester Library may come ask the Village Of Port Chester for support, just like it can ask any corporation or foundation for support.

And just like any funding source The Village Of Port Chester can place terms and conditions on the money it gives to the Port Chester Library.

However, this new agreement will legally obligate to fund an association library as if it is a municipal library.

What the Port Chester Library is asking the Mayor and tax payers of Port Chester to do is to fund them like they are a municipal library, but let them be an association library that is unaccountable to the single family homeowners of Port Chester.

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla is doing the right thing by seeing that Port Chester has representatives on the library board to protect the interests of the single family tax payers of Port Chester.

Melissa DeVincenzo had better wake up and understand that her library governance proposal of being 100% self-appointment will eventually be a deal killer.

Ms. DeVincenzo's inflexibility up to this point is unprofessional and not in the best interests of the Port Chester Library's members (cardholders) that she is supposed to represent.

If the Ms. DeVincenzo and the Port Chester Library Board continue to be inflexible, then Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla and the Port Chester Board will have to keep the current year to year funding requests in place.

That way the taxpayers of Port Chester will be protected. No Port Chester Tax Dollars, without Library representation. Port Chester has always had two appointed representatives. Now Ms. DeVincenzo wants to shut the Port Chester taxpayers out of the Library Boardroom.

Ms. DeVincenzo is arrogant to to assume that she and her board can appoint the two representative positions, instead of the Port Chester Mayor and the Port Chester Board Of Trustees.

Where are the checks and balances designed to protect the single family homeowners of Port Chester from a Port Chester Library board and administration that has a history of mismanagement?

Port Chester Trustee Dan Brakewood summed up the Port Chester Library's proposal very well....

"The devil is in the details."

12/10/07 - Port Chester Police Chief Joseph Krzeminski reinstates DARE Program at all Port Chester's public and private schools.


President George W. Bush delivers a statement on the recent
findings on teen drug use, Dec. 11, 2007. The President said,
"Today we celebrate progress against substance abuse." MORE


Port Chester Police Officer Melissa Acocella Goes Back To Elementary School.


Drug Abuse Resistance Education has been missing from the Port Chester Schools for about six years. Port Chester was the first Police Department to offer DARE, but cancelled to program, because of financial constraints.


The Port Chester Police Department is reinstating the DARE program about two weeks ago. The once a week program and it will be led by Port Chester Police Officer Officer Melissa Acocella. She will teach Port Chester Sixth graders about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Officer Acocella is a former kindergarten teacher.


The program teaches about the dangers of smoking and using drugs, as well as, how to avoid peer pressure. The program also teaches children to avoid gangs and violence.

However, DARE replaces one social studies class per week in the troubled and struggling Port Chester School system. Recently, New York State had to make an emergency 1 Million dollar allocation, because of Port Chester's poor educational performance.


There is considerable marijuana, cocaine and other drug use among the youth in the village.


Perhaps, the drug awareness training is worth the loss of the social studies classes in the troubled Port Chester School system.


Port Chester Police Chief Krzeminski hopes to make DARE an ongoing Police Department Program.


Related Link:




The Official site for the national DARE program. The DARE program gives kids the life skills they need to avoid involvement with drugs, gangs, and violence.

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