Port Chester News Roundup For The Week Of 09/16/07 - 09/21/07
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Rape suspect nabbed in Chicago is arraigned in Port Chester
Source: Journal News
A handcuffed and scruffy-looking 26-year-old man accused of raping a
woman then running away to Chicago was arraigned on two felony charges
in Village Court today and returned to jail without bail.
Federico Ordaz-Cejia appeared in a crowded courtroom in a white
sleeveless T-shirt, disheveled black hair and a beard shadow. Three
letters of an "Ordaz" tattoo arched across his back that police had
included as part of the rape suspect description were easily seen.
The suspect nodded his head and said nothing as a court interpreter
explained in Spanish the two charges against him - first-degree rape
and second-degree kidnapping, both carrying maximum sentences of 25
years in prison.
Cejia did not enter a plea during his brief appearance.
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709210438
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Police blotter
Source URL: Journal News
Fox Island Road: Neighbors of a noisy 6 a.m. party were hit with rocks
Sunday after police asked a dozen revelers to go home. Three Port
Chester men were charged with felony assault; a third is accused of
interfering with the arrests and was also charged, police said. Police
said one annoyed party-goer threw a brick at 30-year-old man from next
door to the 62 Fox Island Road party, striking him in the head.
Another threw a rock through that neighbor's window causing shards of
glass to strike a 63-year-old woman in the face, police said. Both
victims got stitches at Greenwich Hospital. A third woman was struck
in the leg by a ricocheting rock, police said. Klever Guyallasaca, 23,
of 54 Haseco Ave., his brother Jorge, 27, of 64 Smith St. and Manuel
Guaman, 31, of 113 Haseco Ave. were charged with second-degree
assault, a felony. Klever Guyallasaca was also charged with third-
degree assault and second-degree reckless endangerment, both
misdemeanors. Manuel Pusha, 18, of 54 Fox Island Road was charged with
second-degree obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor.
Police said Pusha put his hands on a police officer arresting one of
the Guyallasacas and attempted to push him away.
Adee Street: A 20-year-old Norwalk, Conn., man who yelled at police
and refused to move on at 3 a.m. Tuesday when he and another man were
blocking a sidewalk left a small bag of cocaine in a police cruiser
and was found to have a second bag in his pant pocket, police said.
Coleman Pride was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a
controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a
violation.
North Main Street: Police said a highly intoxicated 21-year-old rode
his bicycle through the front window of Vinny's Lunch, 182 N. Main
St., at 2:06 p.m. Saturday. Alejandro Jesus, no known address, did not
require medical attention and was charged with fourth-degree criminal
mischief, a misdemeanor, for the $400 in damage
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709210366
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DC Classic notebook: Polish runners hope to soar
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal
Running clubs get there starts in all kinds of ways.
By next year, Krzysztof Wasielewski and Andrew Wojton hope theirs -
the Polish Eagles Runners Club - has enough members that it is
recognized by the New York Road Runners Club.
On Sunday, Wojton, who is from Port Chester (Westchester County), was
running the half-marathon and Wasielewski, who is from Dover Plains,
completed the full 26.2-mile ...
Source URL: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709200313
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Rye Town: Morabito gets easy win in supervisor race
Source: Journal News
Longtime Supervisor Robert Morabito swept to an easy victory over
former town accountant Saverio Terenzi in the race for the
Conservative line.
Morabito was ahead by a nearly 2-1 margin with 27 of 31 election
districts reporting, according to unofficial results.
"I'm very grateful that the Conservatives thought that I was fiscally
conservative enough to warrant their nomination," he said.
Both candidates were seeking the line in the race for the four-year,
$17,150-a-year supervisor position, which Morabito has held for nearly
16 years.
Morabito, 51, who also has the Democratic and Working Families lines,
said he is seeking re-election in order to see several projects to
fruition, including the revaluation, an effort to reduce the town's
carbon footprint and a plan with school districts and Rye Brook to
build new ball fields at Port Chester Middle School.
He is the deputy commissioner of environmental facilities for
Westchester County and a Port Chester resident.
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709190418
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Port Chester Next Stop for Soul Food Cook-Out African Affairs
Office...
Source: Westchester County
Here we go again!
Chalking up the first ever Westchester County Soul Food Cook-Out
earlier this summer as a success, the Office of African American
Affairs is now planning for #2. The next free healthy cook-out event
will be Sat., Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Weber Drive in Port
Chester.
Just as the kick-off June event at Yosemite Park was geared to
Greenburgh residents, this one is for the Port Chester community. The
county particularly hopes for a good turnout from residents living in
the neighboring Weber, Travis and Purdy housing complexes.
The Office of African American Affairs launched the community cook-out
concept this summer as a creative way to encourage people --
especially in the Caribbean community -- to develop good nutritional
habits. Student chefs from Westchester Community College will prepare
favorite foods such as jerk chicken and an array of salads using
healthier recipes and alternative ways of food preparation. Attendees
get to sample the menu and take home the recipes.......
Source URL: http://www.westchestergov.com/WhatsNew/Press/PRsoulfood.htm
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Four charged in Port Chester robbery
Source: Journal News
A 23-year-old Port Chester man was pistol-whipped and punched early
Monday after telling one of four men robbing him that he looked
familiar.......
......Esteban Rios, 20, of 130 Spring St.; Jose Louis Quinones, 24, of
146 Irving Ave.; Willy Marroquin, 19, of 9 Abendroth Place; and Jose
Bonilla, 19, of 136 Irving Ave. were charged with second-degree
robbery, a felony.
The victim declined medical attention, Ladeairous said.
The police found a Motorola cell phone and some identification in the
vacant apartment that may be the proceeds of an earlier robbery on
Irving Avenue ......
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709190343
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City panel backs mixed-use plan
Source: Norwalk Advocate
The plan to rehabilitate downtown Norwalk was approved last night by
the Common Council's Planning Committee.
The mixed-use project stretching from Wall Street to West Avenue, and
Leonard Street and Isaacs Street, will go for a vote before the
council Monday.
The committee yesterday approved the plan's land disposition agreement
- the contract between the city and developer that includes everything
from the project's master site plan to blueprints, infrastructure
requirements and eminent domain information.
The developer, Poko Partners of Port Chester, N.Y., needs zoning
approvals. It also must purchase several properties in the project
area, including the Globe Theater, ...
Source URL: http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.planning3sep18,0,6925239.story
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Accident backing up N/B I-95 in Port Chester
Source: The Journal News
An accident was slowing northbound traffic on the New England Thruway
near the Interstate 287 interchange about 9:15 a.m. today. Further
details were not immediately available. The accident is expected to
take at least an hour to clear, police said.
Source URL: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/NEWS02/709170392
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Sidewalks in the suburbs
Source: Journal News
For decades now in these northern suburbs, planners, environmentalists
and others have gone on about the virtues of sidewalks and their
ability to connect people and communities......
...... to New Castle in Westchester, communities are taking fresh
looks at their sidewalks, or the lack thereof. Port Chester's
refurbishing its sidewalks. Larchmont's adding sidewalks. Mount
Vernon's widening sidewalks. Clarkstown's hamlets are looking ......
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709170322
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Sound shore communities consider easing flood problems together
Source: Journal News
Property owners in most of the Westchester communities near Long
Island Sound would be asked to pay a fee - perhaps $60 a year for each
house - to support a new agency that would attack growing flood
problems under a proposal outlined in a new report.
The report, commissioned by a group with representatives from 12
cities, towns and villages between the Bronx River and Long Island
Sound, suggests a regional storm-water management district with a $7.2
million annual budget. Its functions would include maintaining and
improving storm-water-drainage systems and helping develop ways to
build on and use land that slow runoff and prevent erosion......
... Mamaroneck town and village, the communities involved are Mount
Vernon, Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, Scarsdale, Port Chester, Rye Brook
and the villages of Pelham and Pelham Manor. Eastchester and White
Plains are not part of the district, although ...
Source URL: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/NEWS02/709170349
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Parade marks fire company anniversary in Port Chester
Qoute Of The Day - Anthony R. Tirone, "We are a family of members that
participate on a weekly basis through other philanthropic activities."
Story: A sun-filled sky and a brisk breeze prevailed over the Grand
Parade yesterday that celebrated the 125th anniversary of Mellor
Engine and Hose Company No.
The parade marked the culmination of three days of festivities at the
South End Firehouse.
Mellor Engine and Hose Company No. 3 falls under the umbrella of the
Port Chester Volunteer Fire Department, which is comprised of seven
volunteer companies and one paid unit of 12 firefighters.......
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709160379
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Salesian leader stops in New York near the end of a worldwide tour
Source: Journal News
STONY POINT - As he nears the end of an exhausting five-year world
tour, the Rev. Pascual Chavez - global leader of the Salesians of Don
Bosco - can't help thinking that everyone from world leaders to
ordinary people have lost the drive to help the sick and poor and
forgotten.
Economic globalization and technological progress make the planet seem
smaller each day, he said. But the world is starving for imagination
and hope and faith in something bigger.
"We are living through a crisis," he said last week at the Don Bosco
Retreat Center here. "Today, people do not believe in a better
possible world. There are no more big ideas. Without a real social
project, the individual is taking on more and more power, creating a
more selfish world."
On the one hand, you would expect the leader of the Salesians, the
world's third-largest Catholic order, to be dissatisfied with the
treatment of the poor and marginalized. Since St. John Bosco, who as
Don (Father) Bosco, founded the community in 19th century Italy, the
Salesians have worked to serve and teach youth who are seemingly
without hope.......
...... Salesian leaders at Salesian High School in New Rochelle. On
Sept. 9, he visited Holy Rosary Parish in Port Chester to lead a
celebration of the order's work with immigrants and the poor. And last
week, he lead a retreat for Salesian priests and ......
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709160357
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Area high school events: Scores and schedule
Source: Journal News
.......Port Chester 8 Westlake 14, Hastings 12 Ossining 14, Somers 13
New Rochelle 23, John Jay 22, 3 OT Putnam Valley 12......
Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709160367