The Office Cat

If you are thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter first. Call 944-8220...Bill Evans, senior meteorologist for Eyewitness News will be at Barnes and Noble, 91 Old Country Rd., Carle Place, on Tuesday September 25, 7 PM to discuss his book, Category 7. Call the store at 741-9850 to confirm...The Floral Park Art League presents a water color mixed media by Lisa Fazio on September 24, 7:45 PM in the American Legion Hall, 15 Elizabeth Street in Floral Park. Public welcome. Call 775-3395...Come to the Association of Piano Teachers meeting on September 19, 10 AM, at the GC Community Church, Stewart Avenue/Whitehall Blvd., GC...LI Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition invites you to its Awareness Day/Walk on Sunday, September 30 from 11 AM to 4 PM at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford.Walk is at 12:30 PM. Call Liz at 551-6295 for more info...Lynn Redgrave opens the 20 th anniversary of Hillwood, Tilles Center, for a series of chamber music,on Sunday, September 30, at 3 PM. Call 299-3100 or visit tillescenter.org...The Voice of the Faithful meets at the East Williston Church, Hillside Ave-nue/Roslyn Rd. on September 25 at 7:30 PM. Call Carol at 742-0704....Vendors are wanted for the Christmas Boutique and Craft show being held on October 27 at the First Presbyterian Church, 16 South Ninth Street, New Hyde Park. Call 328-1963...On Friday, September 23, 7:30 PM, come to the Art League's monthly meeting where artist Mary Jo Anzel will be painting a floral. Location is: NHP Senior Rec Center, Clinton G. Martin Park, NHP Rd./Marcus Ave...On Monday, September 24, 1:30 PM, come see the marvelous movie, Evil Under The Sun, 1982, at the movie matinee being shown at the GC Library, Seventh Street...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

Some time between 6:30 AM and 6:55 PM, on September 12, a New Hyde Park Rd. residence was found ransacked, with a rear door found pried open. Unknown jewelry and cash missing... On September 14, 3 robbers approached a Wickham Rd. homeowner outside his home and then proceeded to tie up a woman inside the house. They wore masks and carried a gun, and took cash and jewelry from safes. An investigation by County detectives and the GC Police Department continues...On September 11, 7:40 PM, PO Jackson arrested a 22-year-old Wyandanch male for allegedly not having headlights on after dark, and aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd degree( for a prior suspension for a prior DWI)...Between September 8and 9, an Ipod was taken from a Jeep parked in the vicinity of Village Hall.. PO Graber stopped a 28-year-old Franklin Square man for alleged erratic driving at Sixth Street on September 15. The man was charged with alleged DWI (.12%), the failure to maintain a lane, and following too closely...On September 18, someone broke a 2007 Chevy's window and stole a Blackberry, at the parking lot at Sears...On September 12, 6 PM, police answered a call for domestic violence and arrested an allegedly intoxicated man who had visited his ex-wife, and threatened a family member at the residence there, who had been hurt because of protecting himself. The charges were alleged aggravated DWI(.23%), alleged DWI and harassment...A truck stop was conducted at Commercial Avenue on September 12 with 18 trucks inspected, 16 trucks taken out of service, 14 weight violations, and 102 tickets in all... On September 14, PO Florio went to the scene of a noisy party where alcohol was consumed and issued a ticket to the son of the homeowner. A 17-year-old from Massapequa Park and a 16-year-old from Long Beach were also given tickets...

Fire Responses:

Wires arced in the rear yard of an Arthur Street house on September 12... A carbon monoxide detector malfunctioned at a NHP house on September 15... A faulty oil burner was the cause of smoke at a Jackson Street house on September 15... Natural ventilation removed smoke from a Brook St. house on September 17...

That's all this week.

G. T.