ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 , Women on the Fast Track holds its Nassau County Chapter 1 meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the offices of Morritt Hock Hamroff and Horowitz, 400 Garden City Plaza. WOTFT is a unique networking group for business and professional women. Comprised of smart, talented, successful, enterprising women willing to share information, contacts, resources, inspiration and their boundless energy, WOTFT has quickly grown to be one of the areas pre-eminent networking groups. To RSVP or to learn how to become a member, call 222-0236, visit www.womenonthefasttrack.com or email events@businessdevelopmentgroup.com ... ALSO THAT DAY , the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer program presents its panel of breast cancer specialists, who will speak on the latest trends in breast cancer treatment and care from 7 to 9 p.m. at Adelphi’s University Center. Panelists are Marc Citron, MD, and Mark Hoffman, MD. Dr. Citron will present An Update on Breast Cancer Treatment. Dr. Hoffman’s topic is Enhancing Communication with Your Health Care Professionals. The forum is free and open to the public. To register, call 877-4325...THAT SAME DAY, the Garden City PTA and Garden City Teachers Association will host a blood drive from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the gym at the high school. The entire community is invited to “Save a Life” by donating a pint of blood. Students who are 16 years old are eligible to donate, but must have written parental permission. Forms are available on sign-up days or can be obtained online at www.gardencity.k12.ny.us or from www.nybloodcenter.org. Students who are 17 or 18 do not need parental permission. All donors, must weigh 110 pounds or more. A healthy breakfast and lunch is provided for all donors. To schedule an appointment, call or e-mail: Roxanne Oellrich 741-6197 ( roellrich@gardencitypta.org (krisi@gardencitypta.org ...IF YOU’RE thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town Shelter first by calling 944-8220...Come to the BroadHollow Theatre production of “Sweeney Todd” on Saturday, November 14 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, November 15, at 2:30 p.m. at the BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, $18 for students and $14 for youths 12 and under.Call (631) 581-2700...REGISTRATION WILL begin on Tuesday, November 17, for classes beginning in September at the Garden Manor Nursery School, 33 Jefferson Street, Garden City. Call the school at 775-2626 for details...

POLICE REPORT: MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM

ON NOVEMBER 8, a $600 Garmin GPS and a Blackberry were taken from an unlocked car parked at Jackson Street...ALSO ON NOVEMBER 8, someone damaged a $200 window of a Mercury parked on Harrison Street, and then took a Garmin GPS and Rayban glasses...ON OCTOBER 31, a GC resident got home from having watched a baseball game at Community Park and noticed that her credit cards had been taken from her wallet-after a credit card company called her to verify purchases...THIEVES TOOK $4 from an unlocked car at Wyatt Road on November 6...ALSO ON November 6, thieves broke into cars parked on Huntington, Transverse, and Clinton Roads, and each time took coins only...THAT SAME NIGHT, a pocketbook was found (minus $15) at a Transverse Rd. address...On the other side of town, thieves hit cars parked at Boylston St. and stole a $300 GPS...Again that evening, they took a $50 Tom Tom GPS at Locust Street...ON NOVEMBER 3, PO Sommer arrested an 18-year-old Hempstead woman for the alleged theft of a Guess vest valued at $79 at Lord and Taylor...ON NOVEMBER 7, PO Florio arrested a 45-year-old GC man for burglary and stalking (his ex-wife) after he kicked in the door to her residence...A TRUCK STOP was conducted at Clinton Road on November 6, and 9 trucks were inspected with 3 trucks taken out of service and 47 tickets issued...

FIRE RESPONSES:

A BRUSH FIRE occurred at an Edgemere Road area on November 3. Damage was limited to a plastic can, which was the cause... NATIONAL GRID was contacted after an odor of gas was reported at a Cherry Valley Avenue on November 4...CANDLE FUMES activated a smoke detector at Seventh Street on November 6... A SMOKE MACHINE set off an alarm at Adelphi University on November 7...A Parked Car ignited leaves that were piled on the street at Second Street/Hilton Avenue on November 7. A hot exhaust pipe caused the fire but the FD extinguished the fire before any damage to the car occurred...A SMALL CHILD inadvertently pulled an alarm box at NHP Road on November 8... YOUTHS WERE observed lighting leaves at a parking lot at Cherry Valley Avenue on November 8...FIREMEN TRIED to assist a mom looking for her son’s hearing aid at Brixton Road on November 9 but nothing was found... That’s all this week. G.T.