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On Tuesday, April 10, there is a free Senior Citizens Consultation Clinic being held at the Nassau County Bar Association from 9:30 AM through 11 AM in the Lecture Hall, West St., Mineola. Call 747-4070 to make a reservation... If you are thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter first. Many beautiful dogs are waiting to be adopted. Call 944-8220... Is your spouse ill? Have your friends deserted you? Share feelings, experiences and helpful ideas at the next meeting of the Well Spouse Association, an organization for the well spouses of the chronically ill and disabled. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at the St. Charles Rehab Center, 201 I. U. Willets Rd., Albertson. Call Rose at 829-8740... Come to Monday's Marvelous Matinee-"Keys of the Kingdom," 1944, 137 min. at the GC Public Library, Seventh Street, GC, at 1:30 PM. On Tuesday, April 10, from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM, the Woman's Club of GC meets at the library. That evening, from 7:30 PM to 10 PM, the EPOA Directors meet there and from 8 PM to 9:30 PM the Irish Cultural Society meets... The GC Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Easter Vintage Car Parade at Franklin Ave./ Seventh St. on Sunday, April 8, at 1 PM...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

On April 2 , 9:51 PM, a 42-year-old Mineola man was stopped and arrested for numerous equipment and administrative violations, aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd degree, and unlicensed operation, at Franklin Avenue. The motorist had 2 revocations of his license for alcohol offenses also... A 25-year-old Hempstead woman allegedly took a $48 Betsey Johnson necklace at Lord and Taylor, on March 22... On March 21 , police arrested a 32-year-old Hempstead man for allegedly stealing an $100 necklace at the store... $500 in US currency was taken from a locker at the NY Sports Clubs, Franklin Ave., on April 1... Pry marks were found on a door at a Franklin Ave. office on April 1 and a witness described the burglar as a dark-skinned man without facial hair, 30's, dressed in a tan jacket and black jeans, as having fled the scene there. An investigation continues... Between March 31 and April 2, 2 doors were found damaged at another Franklin Ave. location and an $1100 laptop, a pair of earrings, and loose change were evidently taken from there... On April 1 , PO Oswald arrested a 44-year-old Hempstead woman for alleged DWI (.15%), driving with a suspended license, and for the failure to stay in a lane on Clinton Rd... Between March 29 and 30, license plates were taken from a GMC parked at Adelphi University. Value was $100... On March 31 , 9 AM, there was a near-miss car accident, and PO Walsh arrested a 35-year-old NHP man for criminal mischief, an E felony, after he damaged a car with a Club, causing $1000 in damage... On March 30 , there was a one-car-auto accident at Cathedral Avenue, where a 22-year-old Wantagh man lost control and hit a tree there. His car then caught on fire, and he was taken to Winthrop Hospital for minor injuries, and his passenger, a 20-year-old Ozone Park woman, entered the hospital for severe facial injuries... PO Hennessy stopped a 46-year-old man from Glen Cove, for not having a front license plate at Clinton Rd./Old Country Rd., on April 1, 5 AM. He was charged with having a revoked license for a previous DWI, improper plate display, the failure to stay in lane, and for 2 outstanding warrants for a building permit and electrical violations... PO Tuohy observed a court officer in pursuit of a man who allegedly had fled the scene after attempting to take items from a car parked in County Field 7, near County Seat Drive, on March 29. A 40-year-old Franklin Square man was subsequently arrested at Primrose Court... On March 27 , a truck stop was held at NHP Rd. and 11 trucks were inspected with 10 trucks taken out of service, with 15 for overweight, 1 for suspended license, and 45 tickets issued... On March 24 , 3:50 AM, a 20-year-old Uniondale man was arrested for Zero Tolerance (.05%), unlicensed operation, speeding at allegedly 52 in a 30, not staying in a lane, and for equipment violations at Clinton Rd... A 73-year-old NYC NY woman was arrested on March 27 at 3:50 PM after she was observed driving with a blocked rear license plate. PO Reilly arrested her on the charges of aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd degree, no registration, no license, and no inspection...

Fire Responses:

On March 29 , a brush fire occurred on grass near a sidewalk at Frnklin Avenue, and it was extinguihed with a water can... A car fire was put out on March 30... Landscaping personnel accidentally ruptured a gas line at a Carteret Place residence, on March 31... A dumpster fire occurred on Seventh St., April 3, and 220 gallons of water put out the fire...That's all this week. G. T.