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The Port Chester Blog Of Record - Brain Harrod Editor / Publisher

Friday, June 29, 2007

Archive Port Chester News Wire December 31

Port Chester company restoring past glories
PORT CHESTER Michael Y. Ahearn didn't want his workers to make too much noise and upset the elephants.[via Journal News]

Bob Baird looks back at year's end
There are two prevailing truths in life that apply to the news business and vice versa: Very little happens when you expect it and nearly nothing begins and ends when a ball drops on New Year's. We see that in ...( via Journal News )

Archive Port Chester News Wire December 30

Mediator to address controversy surrounding Port Chester library
A New York University professor who specializes in negotiation and mediation will attempt to smooth discussions between leaders of Port Chester and Rye Brook and the board of the Port Chester Public Library.[via Journal News]

Archive Port Chester News Wire December 29

Quick action to restore power
On Dec. 23 at 7:10 a.m., a large tree at 238 McLean Ave. came crashing down, landing on a car and taking down utility wires.[via Journal News]

Archive Port Chester News Wire December 28


Eye On Port Chester


Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano


Crashes Voting Rights Defence Fund Meeting


Mayor Gerald Logan, Deputy Mayor Dominick Cicatelli and the other Republican Board of Trustee members have repeatedly given Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano patronage asignment after patronage asignment. Aldo "The Patronage Boy"Vitagliano has always given to the Republican party and the Republican party has always returned the favor.
Unfortunately, Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano is not allways the most qualified person for the job. Mayor Logan really screwed up by appointing "The Patronage Boy" as the lawyer for the impartial voting rights commission.
Port Chester will pay dearly, because of "The Patronage Boy's" involvement.
Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano, attorney for the Port Chester Voting Rights Commission crashed the Voting Rights Defence Fund Meeting.
"The Patronage Boy" was told by Law Proffessor Randollph McLaughlin that is inappropriate to attend the Voting Rights Defence Fund Meeting.
However, "The Patronage Boy" demanded that he was allowed to attend the meeting.
McLaughlin eventually allowed the disruptive "Patronage Boy" to stay eventhough the meeting was geared to the Hispanic Citizens of Port Chester.
Law Professor Randolph McLaughlin spoke about the legal issues surrounding the Department of Justice voting rights lawsuit.
Many citizens of Port Chester were speculating that "The Patronage Boy" was only crashing the Voting Rights Defence Fund Meeting inorder to run up the legal bill that the single family homeowners of Port Chester will eventually have to pay.

The meeting was organized by Cesar Ruiz.

Aldo was bragging that he changed the agenda of the meeting by crashing in uninvited.
The residents of Port Chester hope that Aldo's actions will not be used against the Village in the up comming trial. Aldo has already been quoted saying stupid things like Congress should exempt Port Chester from the Voting Rights Law.


Aldo made comments that he was trying to prevent the group from soliciting participants in a lawsuit.

Aldo "The Patronage Boy's" decision tocrash the meeting at this stage of the lawsuit is not wise or helpful to the Village Of Port Chester.
The only thing Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano did was to saddle the single family homeowners of Port Chester with additional attorney’s fees.


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Residents invited to join Port Chester voting rights lawsuit
PORT CHESTER - Two attorneys will meet tonight with village residents to discuss possible legal strategies in a federal voting rights lawsuit against the village.[via Journal News]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 27

Check out results from last week's basketball poll questions
The results for last week's high school boys basketball poll question are in. Ralph Watts of Lakeland got 37.2 percent of the 129 votes as the best newcomer of the early boys basketball season.[via Journal News]

Speed Thrills: Gassed-up gifts all the rage
Diamonds are for wimps. For some shoppers, jewelry doesn't cut it this holiday season when searching for presents for the missus. Neither does fur. You might as well enroll her in the jam of the month club.
In search of the gift that won't be regifted, those with good credit have found the ultimate present for their loved ones.
There were guys that were torn between an Aston Martin and a Porsche

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 26

Past Port Chester elections at crux of voter rights case
PORT CHESTER - In 2001, Democrat Cesar Ruiz ran for a seat on the Board of Trustees, campaigning across the village in a bid to put a Hispanic voice on the board.[via Journal News]

Check out results from last week's basketball poll questions
The results for last week's high school boys basketball poll question are in. Ralph Watts of Lakeland got 37.2 percent of the 129 votes as the best newcomer of the early boys basketball season.( via Journal News )

Speed Thrills: Gassed-up gifts all the rage
Diamonds are for wimps. For some shoppers, jewelry doesn't cut it this holiday season when searching for presents for the missus. Neither does fur. You might as well enroll her in the jam of the month club.
In search of the gift that won't be regifted, those with good credit have found the ultimate present for their loved ones.
There were guys that were torn between an Aston Martin and a Porsche

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 25

Volunteers chip in at Phelps hospital
SLEEPY HOLLOW answering telephones and assisting visitors who need information.[via Journal News]

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 24

Roundup: Pelham defeats Pearl River 44-42; Port Chester defeats...
Pelham 44, Pearl River 42: At Pelham, Chris Koclanes hit a pair of free throws with 5.9 seconds remaining to seal the win.[via Journal News]

George Washington to introduce Dual Language Kindergarten. New Ro Success Lauded
WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. December 12, 2006: The Board of Education voted Monday evening to approve the development of a "pilot" dual language Kindergarten program at George Washington School to ...( via White Plains CitizeNetReporter )

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 23

This Week On eBay
All Singles Must Go! I don't mean single people, and those of you who know my "other" profession know I would never mention Kraft Singles in any sort of blog post ever.[via WFMU's Beware of the Blog]

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 22

Haldane beats Putnam Valley 52-48; Clarkstown North beats New...
Eastchester 57, Woodlands 46: At Eastchester, Jaime Lorenzo had 17 points, four steals and seven assists for the Eagles.

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 21

Rye couple's donation lets children see 'Holiday Wonders'
Thanks to a donation from a Rye couple, Port Chester first-graders got their wish to see the 'Holiday Wonders' Chinese dance and music show in New York City yesterday.[via Journal News]

Basketball: It's tourney time for area teams
Many northern Westchester residents will be putting aside their holiday shopping and New Year's rituals and finding their way to Somers, Yorktown Heights, Carmel and North Salem.[via Journal News]

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 20

U.S. files voting rights lawsuit against Village of Port Chester
White Plains The U.S. Government filed a voting rights lawsuit in White Plains federal court Friday against the Village of Port Chester, alleging that Port Chester's system of electing members of its Board of ...( via Mid-Hudson News )

Landowner Asks Supreme Court to Hear Eminent Domain 'Extortion' Case
Didden planned to build a CVS Pharmacy on the site, but the developer, Gregory Wasser of GS Investors, wanted to build a Walgreens there.[via Crosswalk.com]

Landowner Asks Supreme Court to Hear Eminent Domain 'Extortion' Case
Claiming he is the victim of legalized extortion carried out under eminent domain powers, a landowner in New York is asking the Supreme Court to hear his case.( via The Voice )

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 19

Reaction mixed on federal lawsuit charging anti-Hispanic bias
PORT CHESTER - Village residents had a wide range of reactions yesterday to the news that federal officials have filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing an election district system that would increase the likelihood a ...[via Journal News]

U.S. files voting rights lawsuit against Village of Port Chester
White Plains The U.S. Government filed a voting rights lawsuit in White Plains federal court Friday against the Village of Port Chester, alleging that Port Chester's system of electing members of its Board of ...[via Mid-Hudson News]

Verizon cable service may be coming to Port Chester
PORT CHESTER -Residents may soon have a choice of cable TV providers if the village approves a new fiber-optic service from Verizon.[via Journal News]

Eminent Domained
The latest outrage from IJ's band of merry libertarian litigators: Consider what is happening right now in Port Chester, N.Y., to entrepreneur Bart Didden and his business partner, whose case will be considered ...[via The Agitator]

Archve Port Chester News Wre 2006 December 18

Alberto Gonzales Demands That New York Town Elect Hispanics
In the most appalling example of race-based moonbattery to come out of the Bush Administration, the federal government is suing Port Chester, New York, for not electing Hispanics.[via Moonbattery]

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 17

Port Chester school raising money for theater trip
Port Chester - A village elementary school is seeking donations to allow its first graders to join nearly 600 area students in attending a New York City production of Chinese music and dance.[via Journal News]

Murals brighten NYC hospital
I t's opening night - more like opening afternoon - at the "Room of Magic" at the new Komansky Center for Children's Health in Manhattan.[via The Journal News]

Stamford police arrest 5 in death of man dragged by car
Police have arrested five people in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man who was dragged several hundred feet by a car during a dispute between two groups of nightclub patrons.[via The Associated Press]

Stamford police arrest 5 in death of man dragged by car
Police have arrested five people in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man who was dragged several hundred feet by a car during a dispute between two groups of nightclub patrons.( via Norwalk Advocate )

Stamford police arrest 5 in death of man dragged by car
Police have arrested five people in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man who was dragged several hundred feet by a car during a dispute between two groups of nightclub patrons.( via Greenwich Time )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 16

Lawsuit: N.Y. village voting favors whites
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against a suburban New York village, charging its at-large voting system illegally limits Hispanic influence.[via Customer Interaction Solutions]

High school honor roll
Michelle Djonovic, Dover girls basketball - Djonovic finished with 21 points during her team's 56-30 victory over Keio.( via Poughkeepsie Journal )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 15

Verizon cable service may be coming to Port Chester
PORT CHESTER -Residents may soon have a choice of cable TV providers if the village approves a new fiber-optic service from Verizon.( via Journal News )

Feds sue Port Chester on voting rights
WHITE PLAINS - The federal government today filed suit against the village of Port Chester charging that its voting system denies the voting rights of Hispanic citizens.[via Journal News]

US sues NYC suburb, says at-large elections harm Hispanics
The federal government filed a lawsuit Friday against the suburban village of Port Chester, alleging that its at-large method of electing trustees is unfair to Hispanics and violates the Voting Rights Act.
The government requested that the village _ or a judge, if necessary _ devise a new system that would help elect a Hispanic trustee next year.

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 14

The way Westchester sewer bills are calculated is changing and could change more.
Chances are you rarely spend much time contemplating your county sewer district bill, but you may want to take note of a sea change approved by Westchester lawmakers this week, and an even bigger debate that ...( via Journal News )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 13

George Washington to introduce Dual Language Kindergarten. New Ro Success Lauded
WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. December 12, 2006: The Board of Education voted Monday evening to approve the development of a "pilot" dual language Kindergarten program at George Washington School to ...[via Whiteplainscnr.com]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 12

Port Chester, NY Challenges Justice Dept. Over Latino Voter Rights
The village is challenging the federal government's claim that its election system illegally disenfranchises Hispanic voters, possibly paving the way for an expensive legal battle.( via Immigration Watchdog )

Signs of Christmas in amaryllis
Unlike other bulbs such as tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, amaryllis bulbs don't need a cooling-down period of several weeks to set their blooms.[via The Journal News]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 11

Wrestling: Cook makes a statement
MAMARONECK - Cook came into yesterday's Mamaroneck tournament flying under the radar.( via Journal News )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 10

Roundup: Peekskill defeats Port Chester 45-40; Scarsdale defeats...
[via Journal News]

The workhorse: Nyack's Powell carried the load all season
In coach John Castellano's 19-year career at Nyack, you can count on one hand the number of times that an Indians running back had 31 carries in a game.( via Journal News )

Casting aside a shadow - Albertus Magnus' Hoffer found the net often...
Kyle Hoffer was always the focus. Turns out, it never mattered. The Albertus Magnus senior seemingly was double- and triple-teamed as he walked off the bus or waltzed out of the school's locker room.[via Journal News]

Archve Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 9

Your Money or Your Land: Didden v. Village of Port Chester - An...
Your Money or Your Land: Didden v. Village of Port Chester - An important Post-Kelo eminent domain case: Didden v. Village of Port Chester is potentially the most important federal public use eminent domain ...[via The Volokh Conspiracy]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 8


Eye On Port Chester


$56,500 To The
Ambulance Corps

The Port Chester – Rye Brook Rotary club was involved in presented a $56,500 check to the Port Chester – Rye – Rye Brook Ambulance Corps.

The money was raised at a joint wine tasting fundraiser held at the BMW Repair Center in Port Chester.

The money will be used to purchase a paramedic fly car which carries lifesaving equipment.

This will be the second emergency car that the ambulance corps owns
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Police: Port Chester man stabbed himself during robbery
PORT CHESTER - A man who told police he was stabbed during a robbery attempt actually stabbed himself by accident while trying to steal a gold chain from another man, police said.[via Journal News]

Police: Port Chester man stabbed himself during robbery
PORT CHESTER - A man who told police he was stabbed during a robbery attempt a.ctually stabbed himself by accident while trying to steal a gold chain from another man, police said.
(via Journal News )

The workhorse: Nyack's Powell carried the load all season
In coach John Castellano's 19-year career at Nyack, you can count on one hand the number of times that an Indians running back had 31 carries in a game.[via Journal News]

Port Chester, NY Challenges Justice Dept. Over Latino Voter Rights
The village is challenging the federal government's claim that its election system illegally disenfranchises Hispanic voters, possibly paving the way for an expensive legal battle.[via Immigration Watchdog]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 7

Police Blotter
Fair Street: Deputy Christopher Perricone charged a 43-year-old Carmel man with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, after a traffic stop Nov.[via The Journal News]

Port Chester prevails at own tournament
PORT CHESTER - Randy Robbins had been in the same situation earlier in the match.

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 6

Port Chester Voting Rights Comission meets tonight
PORT CHESTER - Members of the village's recently formed Voting Rights Commission will meet at 7 tonight at the King Street School.[via Journal News]

At Long Last: the Premiere of "Soy Andina!"
Ok, so it took 6 years, 5 trips to Peru, 140 hours of tape, 4 credit cards, 150 donors, and who knows how many guinea pigs killed during the making of this film: The movie's done.( via Soy Andina )

Boys basketball: Port Chester tops John Jay in overtime
PORT CHESTER - For a moment, it looked like Lou Larizza wouldn't get the shot off, let alone knock it down.[via Journal News]

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 5

Carol Dion, David Mawhinney marry
Carol Amy Dion of Glastonbury was wed to David S. Mawhinney of Port Chester, New York at St.( via The Gazette )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 4

Port Chester cleaner's vans torched at Purchase commercial building
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story reported the location of the incident incorrectly.( via Journal News )

Port Chester to act on voting rights challenge tonight
PORT CHESTER - The Board of Trustees will decide tonight whether to challenge the federal government's claim that the current village election system illegally disenfranchises Hispanic voters.( via Journal News )

Archive Port Chester News Wire 2006 December 3

Port Chester voting district debate exposes gap between ethnic groups
PORT CHESTER When Cecia Chajon immigrated to Port Chester from Guatemala 16 years ago, her new neighbors were curious about the recent trickle of Latinos to the village.( via Journal News )

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