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If you are thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Animal Shelter first. Many beautiful animals are waiting to be adopted and Saturday is a great adoption day. Call 944-8220... On July 11, at 7 PM, come listen to a free lecture on diabetes being given at the LIJ Teaching Center, located at 270-05 76th Avenue, in NHP. Refreshments offered at 6:30 PM. Call 465-2500...On Saturday, July 14, the Church of the Holy Spirit in New Hyde Park is offering a defensive driving course. $45 includes a 10 percent reduction in liability of insurance. Call (631) 360-9720...On Monday, July 2, come to the movie matinee at the GC Library located on Seventh Street, at 1:30 PM. The movie is "1776"and is 141 minutes long. 1972. Also at the Library, on Thursday, July 6, registration begins for the children's program, "Lunch Bunch Book Discussion" for children entering second grade to be held on July 26. also, on Monday, July 2, registration begins for the young adult program "Science of Fingerprints," with Detective Whimple scheduled for July 16...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

On June 22, 3:34 AM, PO Hickey arrested a 26-year-old Hempstead man for harassment 2nd degree after he allegedly punched a 22-year-old Bethpage man at the Posh club, GC Hotel...Between June 23 and 25, someone took a GPS radio navigation center from a car parked at a Commercial Avenue property...PO Cristiano, while on routine patrol at 7:30 AM, noticed a car with a cracked windshield and an obstructed license plate, at Cathedral Avenue, and arrested the motorist for aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd degree ( 3 suspensions, 3 dates)... Between June 25 and 26, someone stole ornamental items from a porch at Barnes Lane...Police arrested a 57-year-old GC man for allegedly assaulting his 54-year-old wife on June 24 at 11:15 PM. The man evidently punched her in the face several times and she was taken to Winthrop Hospital...Between June 29 and 30, someone damaged a teak bench on the Cathedral grounds...On June 23, a 32-year-old Jamaica man, an employee of Lord and Taylor, Franklin Avenue, allegedly took a pair of $50 earrings at the store...GC detectives stopped a 17-year-old GC male for allegedly speeding at 55 in a 30 mph zone at 9:55 PM, on June 22, at NHP Rd. The motorist was charged with the possession of marijuana after 8 bags of marijuana were found...On June 19, unknown persons scratched the sides of a 2006 Infiniti parked in field 11. $1500 damage... A gray 1996 Honda Civic was stolen from a Kenmore Rd. driveway on June 20 between 8 AM and 11:45 AM...A 37-year-old Hempstead woman allegedly took a pair of Apostrophe earrings and Armani cologne at Sears on June 19, 11:30 AM...

Fire Responses:

On June 21, the FD assisted with the moving of a father to an ambulance at Wickham Rd...Firemen stood by to assist with a bon fire if necessary on Cambridge Avenue, on June 21, but the event was postponed...An electrician doing outside wiring at a South Gate residence on June 22, accidentally ignited a pesticide spray he had used on a bees nest there, causing a small fire...Two cans of water were used to extinguish a brush fire at Edgemere Rd. on June 23...Another brush fire occurred at Franklin Avenue on June 23... LIPA was notified of a 2-car accident that occurred at Stewart Ave./Washington Ave. on June 24. Also, firemen aided a Stewart Avenue resident with a generator after a power outage occurred there ,as a result of that car accident... That's all this week. G. T.