Port Chester Roundup

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

10/17/07 - Transportation group sees bus rapid transit as the way to go

Here are some interesting figures about commuting patterns on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

On an average weekday, 65 percent of Westchester-bound commuters on the bridge come from Rockland (52 percent) and Orange (13 percent) counties.

Just a little over a half (51 percent) end their trips in Westchester while an additional 10 percent head to Connecticut.

About 3 out of 10 drivers (28 percent) go to New York City, with more than half of those trips ending in the Bronx.....

... the DOT to take a leading role to promote transit-oriented development in the 30 miles between Suffern and Port Chester to boost ridership by getting people out of their cars. The project team is expected to choose an alternative sometime next ...

Full story: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pb...

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Find out more

A new report, "Getting Up to Speed: A Case for Bus Rapid Transit and Transit-Oriented Development in the Tappan Zee/I-287 Corridor," evaluates the various transit options being considered by the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 project team and argues that bus rapid transit, combined with a transit-oriented development strategy, would do the most to reduce congestion along the 30-mile I-287 corridor. The full report can be found on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's Web site at http://www.tstc.org/.

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10/17/07 - Rye Town Meeting Notes - We$tmore $nooze Founder Once Again Dustrupts Meeting And Threatens A Police Officer

The Vendetta Continues.

Once again the founder of the hopelessly biased rag known as the We$tmoe $nooze, Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel proved that the Port Chester Police is afraid of him and his son Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel.

Again the Rye Town Supervisor had to summon the Port Chester Police to escort Bernie "I forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel out of the Rye Town court room.

You Don't Spit In The Wind, You Don't Pull The Mask Of The Old Long Ranger And You Don't Dare Touch Bernie

Yes, once again Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel, became enraged at a Port Chester Police Officer. Bernie actually shoved his finger in the officers face and said how dare you touch me. Bernie then demanded that the poor Port Chester police officer apologize to him.

The poor Port Chester police officer had to Kowtow to crazed Bernie and say that he was sorry.

Personally, I would have never apologized to the apparently mentally ill We$tmore $nooze founder Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills' Abel.

Instead of Kowtowing and apologizing to Bernie, the Police Officer should have restrained the We$tmore $nooze founder in a straitjacket.

I am sorry. Now please take your seat.

But the lunatic Bernie wasn't happy that the poor Police Officer apologized to him on Cable TV. No Bernie also wanted Rye Town Supervisor Bobby Moribito to apologize and Kowtow too.

Unlike many Port Chester and Rye Brook politicians, Rye Town Supervisor Moribito has never ever Kowtowed to the emotionally unstable founder of the We$tmore $nooze.

Rye Town Supervisor Bobby Moribito repeatedly told the poor Port Chester Police Officer to escort the insane Bernie out of the Rye Town Courtroom.

Deputy Rye Town Supervisor Michael Borelli also refused to be bullied by the newspaper founder that obviously suffers from a sever personality disorder.

Of coarse, Trustee Billy "I Got A GED Don't Mess With Me" Vilanova is too cowardly to open his big fat mouth when the delusional We$tmore $nooze founder starts showing every one watching cable TV that he is apparently suffering from some kind of severe psychosis .

Trustee Billy "I Got A GED Don't Mess With Me" Vilanova is very wise to try and avoid eye contact with the deranged Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel.

These psychotic outbursts by We$tmore $nooze publisher Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel are not going to stop unless the Port Chester Chief Of Police stops giving the Abel's special treatment.

When Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel filed a false police report the chief of police dropped everything to personally interview the Rye Town Drama Queen.

When Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel's newspaper box was thrown into the middle of Haines Blvd. a Police Lieutenant had to go out and take the routine report.

When a rival publisher's newspaper box was being installed near a We$tmore $nooze newspaper box five or six Port Chester police cars were taken off patrol and two Rye Brook police cars drove into Port Chester to assist.

We have had gun shots ring out on the streets of Port Chester.

We have the Sur 13 the Hispanic gang controlling and openly operating on Exchange Place and a big chunk of Irving Ave.

We have had a girl raped vaginally and anally in her car on fox island road.

We have had another girl held prisoner and had her eye knocked nearly out of its socket

We have a guy getting pistol whipped in broad daylight on Midland Avenue.

We have a rash of businesses and homes being robbed.

Our Parks are defaced and destroyed a will by vandals.

Yet every month multiple Port Chester police officers have to be sent to the Rye Town Hall, because of Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Able and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel.

The Port Chester Police Officers only feel compelled to Kowtow to Bernie and Richard Abel, because the Port Chester Police Chief Kowtows to the We$tmore $nooze and the Abels.

But the Port Chester Chief Of Police has a history of being political.

When ex-Port Chester School Board President Domenic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga moved out of New York State for six months without resigning from the school board.

It was the hopelessly biased We$tmore $nooze who refused to report the story.

It was also the very political Port Chester Chief of Police that helped Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga find a little apartment .***

It is political crap like this that causes the outrageous 13 1/2% school tax increase that is destroying Port Chester.

This political crap is also cause the horrific crime wave that is destroying Port Chester

This political crap is also allowing Richard and Bernie to cause public disruptions at will.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should be working with the Village Manager to stop this horrific crime wave.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should be working with the Village Manager to start that Police Squad that is going to shut down the illegal and dangerous apartments.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should not be, nor should he allow his officers to Kowtow to the Abel's just because they have a hopelessly biased rag known as the Wetmore News.

This is just one man's opinion.

I could be wrong, but you should probably call up 939-6864 and tell Bernie "I forgot to pay over 100 property tax Bills" Abel to cancel your subscription to the hopelessly biased Westmore News.

**** Note About Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga's little Apartment

The Good news is that Mr. Bencivenga has decided not to abandon his family for some cheap tart and has returned home.

10/17/07 - A resident of 511 Midland Ave. called police when she arrived home at 6:25 last night, saying there was "a stranger inside her house,"

Plans For An "Umbrella Gun"

Man threatens to kill Rye police - with umbrella

A 32-year-old Purchase man locked himself in the vestibule of a two-family home and threatened to kill police - with his umbrella - police said.

... the lock. Feldstein continued to jab at them with the umbrella, so police used pepper spray, Verille said. Port Chester Police assisted in the arrest. Feldstein was charged with second-degree burglary, a felony, and second-degree menacing and ...

Full story: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbc...

10/17/07 - WTF - On his small farm in Port Chester, New York, he raises grass-fed Holstein cows that are free of pesticides and hormones......

HEADLINE:

All About Food: Delights of raw artisanal cheeses

STORY:

You meet the nicest people when writing about food and you get the occasional delectable perk like being invited to special tastings. Recently, Sapphire held a cheese and wine tasting for 5 Spoke Creamery, a new, small, artisanal producer of organic, raw milk cheeses from New York State. Sapphire Pantry is currently the only venue in California where it can be purchased.

The charming and enthusiastic Alan Glustoff, the cheese maker, was a former food scientist who worked on developing such things as Cool Whip and Pudding Pops at General Foods. His lifelong interest in food changed direction and he became a specialty food broker and more recently a cheese maker.

He launched 5 Spoke Creamery because he wanted to bring packaged, hand-made, small batch cheeses to the supermarket in order to "bridge the great divide between the perceived qualities of cheeses found in the supermarket dairy and deli sections and those cut to order at specialty food shops."

On his small farm in Port Chester, New York, he raises grass-fed Holstein cows that are free of pesticides and hormones and are certified kosher......

Source: Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

Reporter: Elle Harrow and Terry Markowitz at themarkos755@yahoo.com

Source URL: http://www.coastlinepilot.com/articles/2007/10/16/columns/doc4714e89e6fb5c095566208.txt

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

10/16/07 - Spano Releases Proposed Capital Projects Budget for 2008

Balances needs of taxpayers with goal to protect residents, maintain infrastructure and deal with flooding Saying that his long-term funding priorities remain protecting residents and taking care of the ...

Full story: http://www.westchestergov.com/WhatsNe...

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County to Bond for $105 Million for Flood Fix, New Safety Building, Lab, Vehicl

... multi-year Legacy Program. To date, the program has funded skate parks and ballfields in Yorktown, Yonkers, Port Chester, Rye Brook and White Plains, and the Miracle Field in Hartsdale for disabled children. Other Funds Separate budgets for capital ...

Monday, October 15, 2007

10/15/07 - Did Port Chester Police Train With Blackwater?

Blackwater Training Center: Over 6000 acres of private land

Blackwater training police in American cities and towns

Source: Wayne Madsen Report

Has the Port Chester Police Department Been Training With Blackwater?

See # 7 Below

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October 14-15, 2007 -- Blackwater training police in American cities and towns

The mercenary firm Blackwater USA is well known for the controversy involving its "shoot first, ask no questions" policy in Iraq. It is also known that Louisiana's Department of Homeland Security contracted with Blackwater to provide public law enforcement services in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. Blackwater is also planning to establish regional training centers in Potrero, California and Mount Carroll, Illinois, billed as Blackwater West and Blackwater North, respectively.

These training centers, in addition to Blackwater's Lodge and Training Center in Moyock, North Carolina -- Blackwater East -- and a possible fourth rumored to be slated for the Pacific Northwest -- Blackwater Northwest -- may result in the establishment of a network of Blackwater-trained police, sheriffs, and other police units around the country. Given Blackwater's dismal record on human rights and brutality, this spells trouble for civilian control of police and paramilitary forces in the United States, from major metropolitan areas to small rural towns.

On October 14, the Washington Post ran a story, which included photographs from Blackwater's Moyock training center. However, what was most intriguing was a photograph of a police and military patch board at Blackwater's headquarters that indicated the police agencies that have sent their officers to Moyock for training.

Blackwater is secretive about its non-federal, as well as its foreign clients, which the Post pointed out includes Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Burkina Faso, but a WMR inspection of the photograph of the police agencies has yielded the following list of agencies that have used Blackwater for training:

1. Iowa Department of Natural Resources

2. Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Department

3. Matthews, North Carolina Police

4. Atlanta Police

5. Chillicothe, Ohio Police

6. Charleston, South Carolina Police

7. Port Chester, NY Police .....

....53. Dallas, Texas Police.

A number of the police departments that have been trained by Blackwater have abysmal civil rights and police brutality records, most notably the Chicago Police and Illinois State Police, both cited by former Illinois Governor George Ryan as being guilty of police misconduct in his decision to commute the death sentences of Illinois' death row inmates

The training and potential political indoctrination of police officers by the extreme right-wing and proto-fascist Blackwater, coupled with the politicization of the Justice Department and U.S. courts, has the potential for the streets of Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and Washington, DC, as well as Chillicothe, Harvey Cedars, and Elmira to turn as bloody as the streets of Baghdad and Fallujah.

The citizens of Port Chester have a right to know if Blackwater has or is currently training their police officers. Local officials should reveal the numbers and identities of any officers trained by Blackwater, the subjects covered by the training, and the revenues spent.

If the Port Chester Police Department has trained with Blackwater, they should be made to cease and desist in such training.

10/15/07 - The Pride Of Port Chester Keeps On Marching. Band Members Perform For 1,000 Spectators In Ryan Stadium

The Port Chester High School marching band performs yesterday during the school's Home Band Competition.

HEADLINE:

Marching bands compete in Port Chester

STORY:

Rafael Garcia was a tad nervous yesterday, but didn't have the jitters he felt the week before when the Port Chester High School marching band performed at Giants Stadium.

"This is much calmer," the 17-year-old tuba player said of yesterday's 25th annual Musical Arts Conference competition at Port Chester High School.

"The sound is so much bigger in Giants Stadium," Garcia said, looking crisp in his navy blue uniform. "With the 10-foot wall we had to play over, we had to keep our horns up."

There were no walls to muffle the sound at the high school's football field. Eleven New York and Connecticut marching bands, including the Port Chester Middle School Band, provided energetic and colorful performances to about 1,000 spectators filling the stands.

Source URL: Lohud.com: Rockland News - http://www.LoHud.com

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Video Link
• Video: Port Chester High School's Home Band Competition

Picture Links
• Band competition photo gallery

Sunday, October 14, 2007

10/14/07 - Supervisor Wanna Be Joe Carvin And His Hedge Fund Altima Partners Gets Suckerd Out Of Millions In Tajikistan Gold Scam

Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin's Hedge Fund Gives 2.8 Million British Pounds To A Tajik Mining Venture Called Saddleback Gold.

In recent days, Tajik officials, Kazakh mining sources, and sources in Moscow all confirm that Saddleback Gold does not have exploration or mining rights to any Tajik gold.

But wait it only gets worse the news report states, "According to one ministerial source who counts, this is not going to change."

Apparently, a Chinese group also wanted to invest in Tajik gold and will be successful because they have legitimate partners, but Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin ended up with a bunch of local Tajik hustlers.

It Looks Like Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin And His Hedge Fund Just Flushed 2.8 Million British Pounds Of Their Investor's Money Down A Tajik Toilet. Maybe someone should step in and protect these hedge fund investors from Tajik hustlers , hopefully some one will quickly do an audit of Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin and his hedge fun.

For Your Information 2,800,000.00 British Pounds = 5,691,868.49 United States Dollars.

READ THE FULL STORY:

Tajik gold – there’s gold in them thar Pamirs

A group of Tajik men were recently taken by surprise, in the woods outside Moscow, when they spotted an animal they had never seen before. "Small bear!" "Small bear!" they shouted in excitement to a Russian nearby, summoning her to come quickly.

The Russian ran to the scene, for sightings of bears are rare near Moscow - unless the creature has escaped from a zoo or circus. A young bear on its own, apart from its parent, or human handler, is even rarer. But as soon as the Russian followed the pointed fingers of the Tajiks to the high branch of a tree, it became clear the animal they were looking at was - a squirrel.

It turns out that in the Tajik language, which is a form of Persian, there is a word for squirrel (sanjab), but few Tajiks have ever spotted one. The nearest counterpart is much bigger - a small bear.

If you are looking for gold in Tajikistan, Tajiks aren't the only ones to say they see a small bear, when in fact there's nothing more than a squirrel. For mining investors and gold bugs in London, the record of gold sighting, and proving, in Tajikistan has proved until now to be disappointing - with short bursts of excitement that have tended to peter out.

One of those occurred in July, when Altima Partners, a hedge fund working out of an office in Carlton Gardens - down the road from Anglo American's headquarters - placed GBP2.8 million in a Tajik mining venture called Saddleback Gold. In recent days, Tajik officials, Kazakh mining sources, and sources in Moscow all confirm that Saddleback Gold does not have exploration or mining rights to any Tajik gold. According to one ministerial source who counts, this is not going to change......

Source URL: http://www.mineweb.net/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page34?oid=37239&sn=Detail

Please don't let Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin's Hedge Fund's incrediblly stupid investment decision scare you away from letting him collect and administer your hard earned tax dollars, because Billy "Don't Mess With Me - I Got A GED" Villanova, Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel are going to Help out the Harvard Educated Fool handle your tax dollars.

If Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin actually is elected to the Rye Town Board Of Trustees, then we can call him the "Stupidvisor".

10/14/07 - Letter To The Editor

Proposed bike-helmet law for Westchester

Source: Journal News

Reading the "bike helmet" article on a cool, rainy Wednesday morning, certainly got me hot under the collar! Because of a hectic work schedule, I missed any preceding media coverage on efforts by our lawmakers to make ALL bike riders wear helmets. I also missed the public meeting to voice my opposition. Governments are placing more and more restrictions on choice. This bike issue just adds one more insult. Next they will ban high-heeled shoes for women, mandate the use of sunscreen at beaches, and who knows what else.

I often ride to and park my bike by the train station. But I'll be darned if I have to drag a helmet along with me to Manhattan, or leave it attached to my bike all day. I'll go back to fouling the air with my car. It seems that our legislators want to slip one more "s" in after the "s" in representative, and omit the remaining part of the word.

G. R. Ceccarelli
Port Chester

Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710140328

Here Is The Article That

Mr. Ceccarelli

is refering to:

Westchester to consider requiring adults to wear bike helmets

Westchester to consider requiring adults to wear bike helmets. By GLENN BLAIN THE JOURNAL NEWS. (Original publication: October 8, 2007) ........

10/14/07 - Port Chester Cashier Arrestted At Bed Bath And Beyond For Stealing $2,850

A cashier at the 25 Waterfront Place Bed Bath & Beyond was accused Monday of allowing people to leave the store with unpaid for merchandise while paying for only a small item.

Wilmer Batista, 20, of 9 Weber Drive, was accused also of pocketing items and cash whenever he opened his register.

He allegedly stole at least $2,850 since July. Batista was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

10/13/07 - The Latest Pride Of Port Chester Video

Port Chester High School Marching Band

Homecoming Performance Oct 12, 2007 Port Chester High School Date Posted:2007-10-12 21:19:07.

SourceURL: AOL Video - http://uncutvideo.aol.com/Main.do

10/13/07 - "Halloween is just kind of like the icing on the cake for us," said, Romano, a mother of three

Jackie Wildau, left, Melissa Aversa, Gina and Nicholas Romano at the Romanos' store, The Costume Closet in Port Chester, which they all help to keep running during the busy Halloween season. The shop provides costumes for plays, musicals, parties and other occasions year round.

Port Chester costumer ready for Halloween

PORT CHESTER - With her thousands of custom-made costumes, Gina Romano can recreate the likeness of a pirate, Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe.

Tucked away in a compact second-story shop on North Main Street in Port Chester, Romano's mom-and-pop business, The Costume Closet, provides wardrobes for school plays, community theaters and corporate events.

This time of year, trick-or-treaters and Halloween party-goers also comb Romano's overstuffed racks for hand-sewn costumes, masks and wigs. The shop is normally open by appointment only, but it keeps special Halloween hours in the fall.

Source: Lohud.com: Latest News - http://www.LoHud.com

10/13/07 - What The Hell Is A Matter With These Port Chester Teachers.

School Union Members Say That School Taxes Have Went Up 13 1/2 %, Because The We$tmore $nooze Ignores Their Complaints And Covers Up Wrong Doings On The School Board.

Ever Since Rye Town Took Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel To Court For Failing To Pay All Of His Tax Bill, The We$tmore $nooze Has Refused To Fully Report That Rye Town Has Lowered Taxes Two Years In A Row While The Port Chester Schools Have Increased Taxes 13 1/2%.

See Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #1

See Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #2

The neglected Port Chester Teachers who are still working without a contract say that they told Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel and Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel (AKA Notorious Newspaper Theif) all about the wrong doings listed in Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #1 and Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #2, but the Abel refused to report on the illegal abuses occurring in the school system.

The Abel's Just Wanted To Cover Up For Their Republican Friends At The School Board.

Don't The Port Chester Teachers Know That The Abel's Only Want To Help People Like Port Chester Republican Chairman Billy Vilanova.

The Abel's Have Filled The We$tmore $nooze With page after boring page about how Port Chester Republican Chairman Billy Vilanova is upset that he did not get a routine form letter.

The teachers told the Abel's that the School Taxes were up 13 1/2%, because of Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #1 and Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga Link #2.

The teachers even told the Abel's that ex-Port Chester School President Dominick "I Did Not Edit Thr Racist Flier" Bencivenga voted a substaintial raise to Athletic Director Joesph Durney without revealing to the public that Mr. Durney employed his wife.

Jim "Don't Mess With My Wife" Dreaves and the other school board members just looked the other way and the tax payers got the 13 1/2% increase.

The teachers also told the We$tmore $nooze that ex-Port Chester Board President Dominick "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga's sister in law is given special privaleges that no other Port Chester School employee gets.

The teachers also belive that these special privlages help increase school taxes.

Some of the Port Chester teachers say that the hopelessly biased We$tmore $nooze Dosen't support the children of Port Chester, because the Abel's look the other way as the teachers are forced to work with out a contract.

Well, Duh, Of Coarce The Founder Of The We$tmore $nooze Doesn't Care About The Teachers Or The Children Of Port Chester, Otherwise He Would Not Have "Forgotten" To Pay Over 100 Property And School Tax Bills.