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Saturday, March 5, 2011

03/05/11 PORT CHESTER PATCH: Maple Syrup Season: From Trees to Pancakes" and more from Port Chester Patch


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Maple Syrup Season: From Trees to Pancakes
Maple season has arrived, and several area farms are holding events to celebrate.
By Katherine Pacchiana | Mar 5, 2011

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'Three Birds Alighting On A Field' Presented by Purchase Repertory Theatre: Advance Tickets Available
Six performances of Three Birds Alighting On A Field, presented by Purchase Repertory Theatre, are scheduled for March 8-13 in the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College.   Tickets are $20 on day of performance; $17.50 online; $12.50 online for …
By Laura Spear | Mar 4, 2011
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03/05/11 Forget About Bart "The Bigot" Didden And Vote For Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pila

Give Port Chester's Pilla a third term
Journal News

DON'T VOTE

Don't vote in the Port Chester race for mayor if you want to elect someone who was involved in writing and distributing racist election literature, lied by publicly denying involvement, and then "fessed up" only under threat of perjury. Don't vote if you believe that someone who lies in public when they need your vote to get elected will stop lying after they get your vote and got elected. Don't vote if you believe promises, ignore history and deny facts.

On the other hand, do vote if keeping property taxes to just over 1 percent these past two years makes your wallet smile. Do vote if expanded code enforcement is making your neighborhood cleaner, friendlier and safer. Do vote if downtown and the waterfront are becoming places where you again cherish hanging, walking, eating and shopping. Do vote if corruption burns you up and stopping corruption cools you down.

In conclusion, don't vote for Bart Didden, the Republican candidate for mayor. And, if you do vote, do vote for Dennis Pilla, the Democratic incumbent.

A.J. Kleinmann

Port Chester

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03/05/11 Happy Birthday Eva Mendes


Qwiki of the Day - Mar. 05
Happy 37th Birthday Eva Mendes! Mendes was raised Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun. One of those things is no longer true.

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Friday, March 4, 2011

03/04/11 Extra !!! Extra !!! Extra !!!! Read All About It !!! The Westmore Snooze Wakes Up And Reports On Four Day Old Fire


Midland Ave. fire guts building, leaves four families homeless


BY NATHAN MAYBERG - Westmore News

Port Chester Fire Chief Kevin McFadden called it “one of the most intense fires” his department has faced in 20 years. More than three million gallons of water were used to fight the intense smoke which was churning out nonstop for hours and threatened neighboring buildings until the heavy-duty hoses of the Port Chester fire companies were able to contain it......

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PORT CHESTER TOPIX MESSAGE BOARD: Everyone Is Scooping The Westmore Snooze: How News Gets Reported In Port Chester

Where Is The Westmore News?

All day long Port Chester residents have been depending on the villages hard nose digital news veterans to report in the huge fire that closed down Midland Avenue, while the Westmore Snooze website has been deaf, dumb and blind to the situation.
In fact, the sleepy Westmore Snooze website is flashing in Big Red Letters....

BREAKING NEWS: Governor signed voting machine bill Friday, Feb. 25

Could someone please tell Westmore Snooze Publisher Richard Abel we are now in March.
Lets take a look at how today's breaking Port Chester Fire story was covered, Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel was asleep at the switch.

At 2:25 PM Port Chester Roundup Reported ....



This article was updated at 4:18 pm

Then At 2:55 pm Port Chester Roundup passed on and linked to Port Chester Patch's breaking News report.


Then at 4:14 pm Port Chester Roundup passed on and linked to this Journal News article


Port Chester Roundup also commented on the Journal News article at the end of the post

At 5;43 pm Port Chester Roundup linked to AOL Patch's Updated Report about the fire which included several videos.



Port Chester Roundup also provided an update at the end of the AOL Patch post.

Could someone please go over to the Westmore Snooze and wake up Richard Abel and tell him there was a fire on Midland Avenue in Port Chester?


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03/04/11 Port Chester Roundup Helps Village Voters Contrast And Compare Mayoral Canidates

On one hand you have Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla, who has a background in business management and information technology.

In the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, Port Chester has become the envy of many Westchester communities as the village administration has solidly held the line on property taxes.

Mayor Pilla has can also point to a recent upgrade in Moody's bond rating for Port Chester to Aa3.
Independent Moody's rating service. cited Mayor Pilla's conservative budgeting, manageable debt, and the growth of the reserve fund from $1 million to $8.9 million since 2004.

On the other hand you have Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden who was quoted in the Journal News today as saying that Port Chester's reserves "were nothing to be proud of".

Huh? What Are You Talking About Bart????

Port Chester residents are constantly wondering what kind of LSD they are putting in Bart Diddens TEA.

No wonder that this first semester college drop out, who has been painted as a racist by his fellow Republican colleagues, by the United States government and by a federal judge.

The Problem is that Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden has very simple wrong answers to complex financial problems.

It is clear that this first semester college drop out is in way over his head.

Port Chester taxpayers just can't afford Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden's simple wrong answers to complex issues.

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03/04/11 PORT CHESTER TOPIX MESSAGE BOARD: A Recap Of Last Nights Port Chester Mayoral Forum Hosted By The League Of Women Voters

Topix Port Chester

Port Chester - News March 4, 2011

A Recap Of Last Nights Port Chester Mayoral Forum Hosted By The League Of Women Voters (portchesterroundup.blogspot)
League Of Women Voters Forum Was Ba Ba Ba Ba Booooooring ........

Port Chester Residents Looking For Fireworks Were Disappointed Last Night Last Nights's public forum for the Port Chester mayoral candidates brought a few differences between Bart "The Bigot" Didden and Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla.

Some of the differences were ....

The decision on whether to spend another million dollars to appeal the voting rights decision and Bart's perception of the village finances.

Overall, incumbent Mayor Dennis Pilla clearly demonstrated progress on everything from code enforcement to corruption-fighting within the ranks, while Republican nominee and Trustee Bart Didden repeatedly tried in vain to put together an argument of "mismanagement."

Mayor Dennis Pilla noted the recent upgrade of Port Chester's bond rating to its highest ever, coming despite declining sales and mortgage taxes.

A couple times, the candidates were asked what they would do to foster more unity and tolerance among village residents.

Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden avoided the question by saying, "The divide is between government and the people."

Mayor Dennis Pilla said the community is mainly tolerant but that the board itself had to set a more civil tone, rather than fan the flames. "If you watch the meetings on TV, and I don't mean to disparage, but it's as though they're throwing lighter fluid on a fire that's already partially lit," the Mayor Pilla said.

One specific policy difference that I hadn't heard before was on the potential for sharing services with Rye and Rye Brook.

Mayor Dennis Pilla said he and the village manager met recently with Rye about sharing code-enforcement functions and fire services. He noted that Rye Brook already pays a fee in return for service from volunteer firefighters.

Bart "The Bigot" Didden dismissed the notion that the wealthy, less-racially-diverse neighboring communities wanted any deals with Port Chester.

"You think Rye Brook wants a lot to do with Port Chester? Asked Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden. The City of Rye, they don't want us over there. They don't want us in their park, they don't want us on their beach, and we have to maintain our rights and our ability.", Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot Didden Continued.
Police blotter: Mamaroneck, Port Chester (lohud)
Harmon Drive: All four tires were punctured on a vehicle parked in a driveway between 10 p.m. Feb.... ..Port Chester Halstead Avenue : A couple were awakened at 3 a.m. Feb. 26 by a man talking to himself in their bedroom, police said. An ... Comment?
Port Chester chief: Electrical malfunction caused Midland Ave. fire (Journal News)
PORT CHESTER - The fire that destroyed a three-story building on Midland Avenue was caused by an electrical malfunction and fed by natural gas, the fire chief said Wednesday.
School news: Rye, Port Chester (Journal News)
PORT CHESTER: Seven students from King Street Elementary, and Port Chester Middle School and High School will participate in the annual Westchester County School Music Association's All-County Band and Orchestra Festivals, to be held at Purchase College, SUNY, March 12-13. The students who will perform are fifth-grader William Brakewood and ...
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03/04/11 PORT CHESTER PATCH: Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Our National Anthem: Do You Know the Lyrics?" and more news


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Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Our National Anthem: Do You Know the Lyrics?
The national anthem is 80 years old today, but how much do you know about our country's most famous song?
By T.J. Raphael and Dina Sciortino | Mar 3, 2011

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Motivators and Creators Women's Group Inaugural Women's Entrepreneurial Summit: Tickets are Available
Press release from Motivators and Creators Women's Group: MACs, Motivators and Creators Women's Group, is pleased to announce our inaugural women's entrepreneurial summit, MACs Celebrate You.  Hundreds of women from across the metropolitan area will…
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03/04/11 Today In History: Martha Stewart Prison Release


March 04
Martha Stewart was released from prison on this day in 2005. But jail wasn't the scariest thing she's ever faced - Stewart dated Anthony Hopkins in 2006. It didn't work out: said Stewart, "Do you want someone eating your brain while you are sitting in your beautiful dining room in Maine?"

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

03/03/11 New comment on 03/02/11 Port Chester Blogger Rebecca Carriero Say....

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Thanks so much for the mention!! Here's a working link to my blog,
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PC Round Up is the local, hard hitting news I've been looking for! Thanks for starting your blog.

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03/03/11 Port Chester Police Blotter

Police Were Dispatched To Halstead Avenue:

A couple were awakened at 3 a.m. Feb. 26 by a man talking to himself in their bedroom, police said. An intoxicated Daniel Marsh was accused of cutting a screen, climbing through an unlocked window and wandering around the home before fleeing out the front door, police said. Nothing was stolen, but Marsh, 23, of 149 Fairview Ave., Port Chester, was charged with felony first-degree burglary. He was free on $2,500 and is due in Village Court March 7.

Port Chester Police Were Dispatched To Waterfront Place And Spring Street:

A former employee of Michael's Arts And Crafts was accused Feb. 26 of manipulating false returns to steal $613 between Feb. 6 and 20. Police charged Diana Ruiz, 19, of 133 Spring St., Port Chester, with petty larceny. Police said she would register a false return and credit her own credit card.

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03/03/11 Where Is The Westmore News? The Journal News Is Reporting That Port Chester Fire Chief Says Electrical Malfunction Caused Midland Ave Firre

Quote Of The Day: "I can't say enough about the working relationship with the Red Cross, fire, the Mayor's Office, the police. It just was a really coordinated effort, and everything worked, to take care of the families.", said Carolyn Sherwin, a Red Cross volunteer.

THE JOURNAL NEWS REPORTS IN PORT CHESTER

The fire that destroyed a three-story building on Midland Avenue was caused by an electrical malfunction and fed by natural gas, the fire chief said Wednesday.

Fire Chief Kevin McFadden said firefighters worked throughout the night after the fire broke out at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, and managed to contain the flames to 304 Midland Ave. The job was made more difficult because of natural gas escaping from one side of the building before Consolidated Edison cut off service.

"This is probably one of the greatest, tremendous efforts the department's done — tremendous aid, given the potential," McFadden said. "Had we had a windy day, we probably would have lost five structures."

The surrounding buildings, separated by only a foot or two, had heavy damage from smoke and water.

Firefighters soaked the neighboring homes to help save them.

The commercial and residential structure at 304 Midland has been demolished, and cleanup efforts kept Midland Avenue closed for most of the day Wednesday. McFadden said the demolition took place overnight with authorization from the owner, who was on a cruise and had to be reached by his attorney.

RICARD ABEL AND THE WESTMORE SNOOZE IS STILL A SLEEP AT THE SWITCH IN PORT CHESTER; As Of Today The Westmore News Website Is Clueless About The Four Alarm Fire That Needed 150 Emergency Service Personnel To Respond. The Westmore Snooze Still Has A Flashing Red Graphic On It's Web Site That Says: BREAKING NEWS: Governor signed voting machine bill Friday, Feb. 25

Could someone please go over and wake up Richard Abel at the Westmore Snooze offices and tell him there has been a major fire here in Port Chester.

MORE NEWS ABOUT
THE WESTMORE SNOOZE:


MONDAY MARCH 1, 20011 - PORT CHESTER TOPIX MESSAGE BOARD:

Everyone Is Scooping The Westmore Snooze: How News Gets Reported In Port Chester

Where Is The Westmore News?

All day long Port Chester residents have been depending on the villages hard nose digital news veterans to report in the huge fire that closed down Midland Avenue, while the Westmore Snooze website has been deaf, dumb and blind to the situation.

In fact, the sleepy Westmore Snooze website is flashing in Big Red Letters....

BREAKING NEWS: Governor signed voting machine bill Friday, Feb. 25

Could someone please tell Westmore Snooze Publisher Richard Abel we are now in March.

Lets take a look at how today's breaking Port Chester Fire story was covered, Westmore News Publisher Richard Abel was asleep at the switch.

At 2:25 PM Port Chester Roundup Reported ....



This article was updated at 4:18 pm

Then At 2:55 pm Port Chester Roundup passed on and linked to Port Chester Patch's breaking News report.


Then at 4:14 pm Port Chester Roundup passed on and linked to this Journal News article


Port Chester Roundup also commented on the Journal News article at the end of the post

At 5;43 pm Port Chester Roundup linked to AOL Patch's Updated Report about the fire which included several videos.



Port Chester Roundup also provided an update at the end of the AOL Patch post.

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03/03/11 A Recap Of Last Nights Port Chester Mayoral Forum Hosted By The League Of Women Voters

League Of Women Voters Forum Was Ba Ba Ba Ba Booooooring ........

Port Chester Residents Looking For Fireworks Were Disappointed Last Night

Last Nights’s public forum for the Port Chester mayoral candidates brought a few differences between Bart "The Bigot" Didden and Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla.

The decision on whether to spend another million dollars to appeal the voting rights decision,

Bart's perception of the village finances

Overall, incumbent Mayor Dennis Pilla clearly demonstrated progress on everything from code enforcement to corruption-fighting within the ranks, while Republican nominee and Trustee Bart Didden repeatedly tried in vain to put together an argument of “mismanagement.”

Mayor Dennis Pilla noted the recent upgrade of Port Chester’s bond rating to its highest ever, coming despite declining sales and mortgage taxes.

A couple times, the candidates were asked what they would do to foster more unity and tolerance among village residents.

Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden avoided the question by saying, “The divide is between government and the people.”

Mayor Dennis Pilla said the community is mainly tolerant but that the board itself had to set a more civil tone, rather than fan the flames.

“If you watch the meetings on TV, and I don’t mean to disparage, but it’s as though they’re throwing lighter fluid on a fire that’s already partially lit,” the Mayor Pilla said.

One specific policy difference that I hadn’t heard before was on the potential for sharing services with Rye and Rye Brook.

Mayor Dennis Pilla said he and the village manager met recently with Rye about sharing code-enforcement functions and fire services. He noted that Rye Brook already pays a fee in return for service from volunteer firefighters.

Bart "The Bigot" Didden dismissed the notion that the wealthy, less-racially-diverse neighboring communities wanted any deals with Port Chester.

“You think Rye Brook wants a lot to do with Port Chester? Asked Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden.

The City of Rye, they don’t want us over there. They don’t want us in their park, they don’t want us on their beach, and we have to maintain our rights and our ability.”, Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot Didden Continued.

It looks like Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden is arguing that those Rich WASPs in Rye And those Rich Jews in Rye Brook want nothing to do with those down and out Guidos and Wet Backs in Port Chester.

It sort of reminds one of when Bart "The Bigot" Didden's racist political flier said,"The Hispanics Are Running The Show In Port Chester." and when when Bart "The Bigot" Didden's racist political flier continued with,"Don't elect carpet baggers [ie. Hispanics], elect people who care about our history, heritage and what our kids will be told about us in the future. Are we to be known as racists or law abiding free Americans?"

There was no discussion of Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot Didden's racist political flier 0r the fact that Bart's Downtown Office Had No Certificate Of Occupancy at the League Of Women Voters event last night.

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03/03/11 The Raw Port Chester News Feed

News Reports About Port Chester, NY
Robbery suspect outed friend during interview
Greenwich Time
Dominick Glowacki, 27, of 363 Wilett Ave., Port Chester, NY, voluntarily agreed to speak with police after he was caught while fleeing on Greenwich Avenue and ordered to the ground at gunpoint. Glowacki, who was found with 924 OxyContin pills and a BB ...

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Four-alarm fire in Port Chester | Video Library | The Journal News
Six families were displaced and shops destroyed in a four-alarm fire on Midland Avenue in Port Chester March 1, 2011. Video by Frank Becerra Jr.
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Port Chester Police | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
On March 1st, 2011 at approx 1:30pm, the Port Chester Fire Department was dispatched to a possible structure fire. Unites arived on scene to find a 3- story ...
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Port Chester voting rights appeal to get lots of scrutiny - Topix
Inspectors Jeffery Bonds, left, and Dan Sussman, center, explain voting procedure to Luis Catalan of Port Chester in the trustees election June 15 at the ...
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03/01/11 Hey, I have got an idea lets go spend 45 bucks to go drink wine with Port Chester's infamous bigot.

"Hello, Willet House. Please Cancel Reservation."

Maybe Port Chester Roundup should take pictures to see who is hanging out with Bart "The Bigot" Didden.
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs015/1103374268252/archive/1104629509080.html

Many good and decent people in Port Chester, Rye Brook, Rye and Greenwich will now be scratching the Willet House in Port Chester of their list of favorite restaurants.

What is the management of the Willet house thinking when they decided to host Bart "The Bigot" Didden's event?

Who is the Willet House going to host next?

Iranian President Ahmedinejad?



Shame, Shame, Shame On The Willet House Management For Hosting An Infamous Bigot.

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03/03/11 Port Chester Patch: Reports - Schumer: Recalled Rental Cars Kept on Road Even Though Safety Fixes Aren't Made and more news


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Schumer: Recalled Rental Cars Kept on Road Even Though Safety Fixes Aren't Made
U.S. senator proposes new rules that would require repairs before recalled cars could be leased.
By William Demarest | Mar 3, 2011

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Today in History: Star-Spangled Banner


March 03
President Herbert Hoover chose "Star-Spangled Banner" as the U.S. national anthem on this day in 1931. A decision he'd regret if he was still alive and subjected to Christina Aguilera's Superbowl performance.

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