the Hofstra University football team plays Delaware. Call 463-6633 for tickets or 463-6764 for game info.... also, on sat. oct. 16, the New York Islanders play Carolina at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Tpke. in Uniondale. Call 794-9303.... on sunday, oct. 17, an annual 5 mile walk against Breast Cancer: takes places at Jones Beach Parking Field 5, Wantagh, between 9am to 11am. Call (631) 436-7070.... if you’re thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter first. Call 944-8220.... on sunday, oct. 17, the New York Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will be meeting at Planting Fields Arboretum in the Burns Horticultural Center at 2 pm. Refreshments after discussion. Public is welcome. Call (631) 754-2412.... also on oct. 17, from 2:30 pm to 4 pm, there will be a concert - the Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble, performs at the GC Public Library. On Monday, Oct. 18, 1:30 pm, the movie, And Then There Were None , is featured at the Library. (1945) 97 minutes.... come and see The Malady Lingers On, The Songs of Irving Berlin , on Oct. 15 and 16 at 8 pm at the Herricks Community Theater, 999 Herricks Rd., New Hyde Park. The show is free but a donation would be appreciated. For further details please call 742-1926.... the voice of the faithful will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 pm at the East Williston Community Church, Hillside Ave./Roslyn Rd. in East Williston. Call Carol at 742-0704 for details....

police report: Mischief & Mayhem

on oct. 10, a 21-year-old Garden City South man was arrested for alleged DWI (.14%) at Cambridge Avenue. PO Dallolio made the arrest.... on oct. 8, 3:45 am PO Oswald observed a 33-year-old South Ozone Park man allegedly DWI (.18%) on Franklin Avenue.... $100 was taken from a desk at a Franklin Avenue office, on Oct. 7.... on the same day, a 30-year-old Garden City South woman walking along Wellington Road was approached by a 14-year-old Caucasian male, who was wearing a sweat shirt, beige pants and carrying a black backpack. The teen said obscene things and made a lewd gesture.... also on oct. 7, between 8 am and 2 pm, $20 in US currency, and credit cards were taken from a wallet at a Franklin Avenue office.... on oct. 9, 3:15 pm, someone stole a pocketbook containing $5 in US currency and credit cards from the floor of the Garden City High School gym.... on oct. 10, police arrested a 55-year-old Hempstead man who had stolen 18 Structure shirts and placed them in a plastic bag as he attempted to exit the Sears store. The shirts were valued at $642.... on oct. 11, 3 Edie Bauer watches valued at $100 each were taken from Bookspan.... po stolz arrested a 30-year-old Uniondale man for aggravated unlicensed operation 2 nd degree at Franklin Ave., on Oct. 11.... on oct. 7, between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm, someone took 3 wallets from a Seventh St. office.... a laptop valued at $1900 was stolen from Harvey Hall, Adelphi University, on Oct. 5.... on behalf of Commissioner Cipullo, Lt. Jackson and Det. Pedone responded to the AAA Safety Awards Ceremony held in Harrison New York, where the GC Police Dept. received AAA’s highest safety award, the Platinum Award for the Dept’s bicycle, truck safety, DWI, occupant protection and bus safety programs.

fire responses:

a fire pump overheated and set off an alarm at Bookspan, on Oct. 6.... on the same day, the FD used a Holmatro tool to extricate a victim from a car involved in an accident at Washington Ave./Garden St.... on oct. 7, the FD answered a call for a car fire at GC Plaza and found a well-involved fire that extended into the trunk of the car. An investigation determined that the fire had suspicious origins.... the FD used speedidry to clean antifreeze at Stewart Ave./Raymond Ct., on Oct. 7.... a booster and biosolve were used to clean a spill after a truck hit the Cherry Valley Avenue underpass on Oct. 7.... firemen used natural ventilation to remove smoke from a house on Huntington Rd., on Oct. 8. A power strip under a fish tank had burned wires and the resident was advised to call an electrician.... on oct. 8, police requested that the FD search the Garden City High School for a public safety threat.... a booster mitigated the spill of antifreeze at Stewart Ave., on Oct. 8.... an extinguished rubbish fire was found near Stratford School on Oct. 9.... on oct. 9, newspapers were burning in the street at Kensington Rd. as well as Brixton Rd.... a 3-year-old youth pulled a manual fire alarm box at the Viking Stores, Franklin Ave., on Oct. 10.... on the same day, electrical arcing occurred near a radiator in a first floor den at a Brompton Rd. house.... an overheated dryer caused smoke at Linden Hall, Adelphi University, on the same day....That’s all this week. G.T.