Meet James P. Levy , a special assistant professor at Hofstra University, who will be coming to Barnes and Noble, Carle Place, on Friday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. to discuss his new book, "Appeasement and Rearmament:Britain 1936-1939." Confirm the event at 741-9850. Also at the store, on Monday, October 3, 7:30 p.m., meet psychic intuitive Jeffrey Wands who has written a book called "Another Door Opens." Join him as he helps us learn how to perceive how lost loved ones continue to impact our lives... The Village of NHP is holding its street fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday September 30 on Jericho Tpke. from NHP Rd. to Lakeville Rd... The Irish American Society is presenting a Harvest Moon Ball at 7:30 p.m., on Sunday, October 7. Dinner is at 8:30 p.m. Donation is $75 per person... There will be a lecture/demo on raptors at the Clark Botanic Garden, I.U. Willets Rd., Albertson, at 12:30 p.m., on Saturday October 7. $ 8 for non-members. You will meet hawks, owls and falcons. Register by calling Maria at 484-8603... If you are thinking of adopting a dog, call the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter at 944-8220. Saturday is a big adoption day... On Monday, October 2 , 1:30 p.m., come to view the movie, "The Uninvited," 1944, 98 minutes, at the GC Public Library, Seventh Street...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

On September 16, in mid-afternoon, someone took an $1,000 GPS system from a Toyota parked in a driveway on Meadow Street... Between September 21 and 22, someone used a pellet gun and damaged the window of a Euston Rd. house. $225 in damage... Also between September 21 and 22, a Nextlink Acer computer system valued at $2,000 was removed from a room at St. Anne's School... Between September 19 and 20, someone damaged a 2007 Toyota parked at the Medical Center on Franklin Avenue for two days straight, puncturing tires both days... On September 20 , someone burglarized a house on Hampton Road between 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. A rear door was found open and approximately $10,000 in assorted jewelry was missing... Power tools valued at $4,000 were taken from a Fifth Street house between September 19 and 20... On September 24, 4:45 a.m., at Seventh Street/Cathedral Avenue, a 35-year-old Long Beach woman was arrested for alleged DWI(refusal) and for the failure to signal there. PO Conti made the arrest... PO Florio arrested a 22-year-old Massapequa woman who was observed driving without maintaining a lane at Stewart Ave./Washington Ave. on September 22, 3:55 a.m. The charge was DWI (refusal) and 2 counts of the failure to maintain a lane... PO Florio arrested a 20-year-old Westbury man for alleged DWI( .09%) at Clinton Rd. onSeptember 23... Also on September 23, at 1:22 a.m., PO Dallolio arrested a 39-year-old West Islip man for alleged DWI (.09%) and for the failure to stay in a lane at Seventh Street... On September 24 , 6:30 a.m., PO Bandl arrested a 27-year-old Dedham, Maine man for alleged DWI(.16%), no insurance, suspended registration, and for the failure to maintain a lane at Clinton Rd./Pell Terrace... PO Jacobsen arrested a 52-year-old Valley Stream man for DWI (drugs) after he allegedly followed another man to the Marine Base, Stewart Avenue, at 4:45 p.m., on September 24... On September 21 , 1:25 a.m., Police officer Jacobsen arrested a 32-year-old Rockville Centre man for alleged DWI and for the possession of cocaine, at the Marine Base... A truck stop was held at NHP Rd. on September 20. 11 trucks were inspected with 3 trucks taken out of service and 51 tickets issued... On September 23 , police aided a 14-year-old girl who was intoxicated at Harvard Street... On September 25, a Washington Avenue resident observed a man carrying a neighbor's parakeets in a cage and she alerted the neighbor who confirmed that they were stolen- with entry to the house made through a cut in a screen. Another neighbor found the culprit's getaway bicycle in her yard. After a search, police officers Colonna and Madden found the thief in the vicinity of Franklin Court and arrested the 24-year-old man for alleged burglary and attempted burglary... On September 20, in conjunction with the County Probation Dept. and Canine Unit, GC Police held a checkpoint at the Probation Office where a MADD meeting was being held for persons who had been mandated to attend as part of probation or by the order of the court. There were 7 arrests for suspended license due to DWI, 2 arrests for 3 or more suspensions of license, and 2 arrests for suspended license...

Fire Responses:

A fire in a coffee roaster occurred at a Commercial Avenue location on September 20... LIPA was notified when wires came down on NHP Rd. on September 20... On September 22, an East Drive resident noticed a flash on a service line in a yard there and called the FD, who found a deceased squirrel there. The poor creature had come in contact with a primary wire, which formed an arc with a neutral wire to the ground- and it was electrocuted...

That's all this week. G. T.