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Published: 12 January 2011

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Car break-in at Scarsdale Library: In the ten minutes it took a Bronx woman to pick up a child at Scarsdale Library, someone broke the driver’s side window of the Toyota Highlander she was driving and stole her purse which contained $360 in cash as well as credit cards, keys, a passport, checkbook and the woman’s driver’s license. The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the night of 1/3/11 when the car was parked directly across from the main entrance of the library. The following day Eastchester Police found the woman’s passport on the Post Road near Brook Street.

Scammed: A Ferncliff Road man was a victim of a Craig’s List scam. He posted some furniture he wanted to sell on Craig’s List and was contacted by a buyer in Florida during the first week in January. Though the price for the furniture was $325.50, the buyer sent two checks, each for $875.25 for a total of $1,750.50. The buyer told the Scarsdale man that $325.50 was for the furniture and the remaining $1,425.00 was to be sent by Western Union to another Florida man who would transport the furniture. The Scarsdale victim deposited the checks and wired $1,425.00 to Florida only to find out that the checks he deposited were fraudulent and bounced. The result? The victim lost $1,425.00 in the scam, as he could not recover the funds he sent via Western Union.

A Tunstall Road woman lost her Amex card on December 3, 2010 but did not realize she had misplaced it. When she received the statement there were $2,400 in unauthorized charges on the account.

Death: Michael Pape age 95 of Chesterfield Road died in his home on the night of January 5th, 2011. His home health aide was with him and alerted a relative.

Unwanted Guests: On New Year’s Eve police were called when a number of uninvited guests showed up at a River Road home. When police arrived, they found kids fleeing the area. Inside the house they found alcoholic drinks scattered throughout, and the young woman who lived at the house said that the uninvited visitors arrived with alcohol. In the upstairs bedroom they found a highly intoxicated girl and called her mother. Police found a bottle of Blanch d’Artangnan, and beer in the kitchen, the basement and at the front door. The inebriated girl was taken to White Plains Hospital and the resident was issued a summons.

Lost: A 39 year-old Brewster Road woman called police to report that her two carat diamond and platinum ring, valued at $40,000 was lost. She last saw the ring on December 8 in her dresser drawer. On December 11 she discovered that the ring was missing and her five year-old son told her that his two year-old brother had been playing with the ring in the bathroom and may have thrown it into the garbage. Her insurance company advised her to report the incident to the police.

A Fox Meadow Road woman reported losing her wallet on the morning of 1/3. She last remembered having it in the parking garage of 2 Overhill Road. Police advised her to cancel all of her credit cards.

A Greenacres man reported that his daughter was missing on the afternoon of 1/3. However, while he was speaking with the police, the girl called her dad and said she was at Scarsdale High School.

Found: A wallet containing cash and credit cards was found at La Renaissance in Scarsdale and turned over to police on 1/6. Police were unable to contact the owner of the wallet and held it for safekeeping.

Missing: A theft took place at a residential home on Foxhall Road sometime during the month of December and was reported to police on January 5, 2011. The Resident Manager of the home cashed a company check for $4,759.22 and was supposed to distribute the funds to the 8 residents of the house. The money was to be locked in the safe and given to the residents to spend on holiday gifts. Instead of distributing the money, the employee quit her job, cancelled her cell phones and left with the funds.

Disputes: At another residential home, Search for Change on the Post Road, police were called when two residents got into a fight on the evening of 1/4. One woman locked a guest of the other woman out of the house and the two had a dispute and called each other names. Police told the woman to refrain from fighting.

A Valley Road mother called police on the morning of 1/6 to help her with her 15 year-old son who was not listening. Police told the boy to abide by the family rules and also recommended they seek help from Scarsdale Family Counseling.

A resident at 1191 Post road was advised to keep the music down when the volume was annoying one of his neighbors on the evening of 1/8.

Flying Objects: The head custodian of the Quaker Ridge School called the police on the afternoon of 1/7 when kids were on school property were throwing snowballs at passing cars. The Police asked the kids to leave the area.

On the night of 1/7, a Horseguard Lane woman reported that someone in a silver mustang threw fireworks on her lawn and drove away.

Strange: A Bradford Road man came to police on 1/3 to report the receipt of a suspicious holiday card. The handwritten note on the card mentioned a family trip the Scarsdale man took to Puerto Rico two years ago as well as his son’s car. However, the Scarsdale man does not know the senders and was concerned.

A neighbor noticed that the front door of a Kensington Road was open on the morning of 1/9. Police came by, checked the house and contacted the homeowner who said she was having trouble securing the front door.

Accident: At midnight on 1/6 a Yonkers woman drove into a Con Edison pole on Walworth Avenue near Gilmore Court. The woman claimed that an animal ran in front of the car and when she swerved to avoid hitting it she drove her 2004 Honda into the utility pole.

Greenburgh Police:

A 2004 Honda Civic that had been stolen from 1001 South Central Avenue was recovered from the parking lot of 975 South Central Avenue on the afternoon of January 3rd. The car belongs to George Imrich of Hawthorne.

A woman who lives on Wildwood Road in Hartsdale called police on Tuesday afternoon January 4 when she found 8-9 kids playing with snowballs in front of her house. When they came onto her porch and looked into her front windows she became alarmed.

 

 

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Published: 05 January 2011

Created: 05 January 2011

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This just in from the Greenburgh Police: on Tuesday January 4, 2011 at 6:55 P.M., a 55 year-old female employee of the Hebrew Hospital Home, located at 55 Grasslands Road in the Town of Greenburgh reports being robbed at gunpoint as she was arriving for work. The woman had parked her car in the parking lot of the facility, and as she was getting out of her car two men accosted her. One of the men displayed a handgun and demanded cash. The suspects took money from the victim’s pocketbook and fled on foot in an unknown direction. She was not injured and described the suspects as two black males with Jamaican accents.

Greenburgh Police Detectives are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to contact them at (914) 682-5325. All calls will be kept confidential.

 

 

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Published: 22 December 2010

Created: 22 December 2010

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It’s been another remarkable year in Scarsdale; and both the good and the bad have been chronicled on Scarsdale10583. With 2010 winding down, and 2011 in the offing, we thought it was a good time to look back on what happened here in the past year.

We started 2010 with news of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, and former Scarsdale resident Danielle Butin was quick to rally support from Scarsdale residents who contributed money, food, supplies and their time to AFYA, a relief organization she founded.

Our beautiful neighborhoods were not spared from the whims of Mother Nature. In February, a big snowstorm paralyzed the town and in March a powerful rain and windstorm swept through Scarsdale, knocking down hundreds of trees and power lines. A state of emergency was declared when the storm plunged thousands of residents into the dark leaving many without heat, electricity, or phone service for days. Crews from all over the country were brought in to restore power and in the end, Village Manager Al Gatta estimated that the storm cleanup had cost the village a bundle.

Scarsdale breeds good citizens, and this year, two extraordinary people were honored for their local achievements.

Jackie Irwin was awarded the Scarsdale Bowl in April in recognition of her years of voluntary service and former Fox Meadow School Principal Steve Frantz was honored by Scarsdale and Edgemont Family Counseling at the Gourmet Galaxy in May.

Also in May, the Scarsdale School system celebrated 225 years of excellence and both Scarsdale and Edgemont experienced heated School Board elections, which posed a challenge to the candidates and the non-partisan system.

Summer brought additional woes to our area when hundreds of gallons of heating oil was spilled into the Bronx River in June and Crane's Pond in Edgemont grew a fluorescent green slick that covered the pond for the entire summer. Inadequate

pumping stations caused the Village to impose watering restrictions resulting in a summer of scorched lawns.

Before school even opened in September, rumors about a student brawl during Labor Day weekend polarized Scarsdale, though all was forgotten when the Scarsdale Boys Varsity A Soccer team progressed to the state semi-finals with enthusiastic fans in attendance. The Scarsdale Raiders Football team’s winning season was also a source of great pride.

In other education news, New York State won a Race to the Top grant which some thought was actually a loss for Scarsdale. The League of Women Voters held a panel discussion to explore the establishment of a Scarsdale Schools Foundation and issued a long awaited report on the subject, but failed to come to consensus on forming a foundation in Scarsdale.

The Scarsdale Village Trustees considered enacting an historic preservation law to safeguard our treasures and contemplated how to bring more retailers into downtown Scarsdale. Controversial sessions were held to weigh a proposal for a $24 million underground indoor pool and a potential Village-wide tax revaluation to update assessments that date back to 1969.

In Heathcote, a new retail building was approved at the Five Corners in place of the gas station and dismayed

residents watched the construction of nine new homes at Heathcote Manor on Weaver Street, behind a forbidding concrete wall. Meanwhile, a new restaurant promised on the site of the former Bistro Citron is still not open, and a roundabout to ease traffic at the Five Corners is currently being examined.

Residents were frightened as scores of coyotes moved into Village neighborhoods, haunting adults and children who had heard of coyote attacks in nearby Rye. By year end, the coyotes seemed to have vanished. Are they hibernating or have they been “relocated”?

Election season brought three Scarsdalians to the ballot, as Amy Paulin, Harry Wilson and Bob Cohen vied for public office and launched lively campaigns for our votes.

In a tragic turn of events, four members of the community committed suicide in the fall, leaving their perplexed friends and neighbors in mourning. Concerned residents gathered at a day of meetings to learn and share. In Edgemont, everyone was abuzz about the arrest of two 2010 grads for burglary and a drug bust in a home on a quiet, upscale street.

Downtown Scarsdale was the site of many events including a first-time professional art show on Father’s Day weekend, a successful sidewalk sale in late July, the Scarsdale Concours in October and the Christmas tree lighting in December. Though the Village Board approved a resolution to place a Menorah in Chase Park, no one seems to be able to find it.

But residents were able to locate two abusive nannies and a speeding menace, both due to letters to Scarsdale10583. As the year moved forward, the site received more and more community input and became a portal for discussion.

We look forward to continuing to serve as a nexus for the community and thank you, our readers, for your support. We are also grateful to everyone who advertised on the site this year, and have listed the businesses and organizations below. You can help to keep the site vital by advertising your own service or business on Scarsdale10583 and patronizing our advertisers. When you do, please let them know you saw their ads on Scarsdale 10583.

Happy holidays to all!

Thank you to our 2010 advertisers:

 

AAA Parent Coach

Backyard Sports

Caffe Azzurri of Hartsdale

The Camp Experts

Citibabes of Scarsdale

Crane Bridge Chinese Program

Collegistics, Personalized College Advising

Cross County Construction

The Crowne Plaza of White Plains

Curtis Electric

A Doctor in the House, Furniture Repair

 

Eclisse Mediterranean Cuisine

Elements Food & Spirits

Elise Flagg Realtor

Enco Construction

Engel and Voelkers Real Estate

Eye Q Optometrist

The Eye Gallery

 

Green My Locker School Supplies

Gregory Gilin Jewelers

G-tec Kids Afterschool Enrichment

Harte’s Bridge C

Historic Hudson Valley

Hoff-Barthelson Music School

Houlihan Lawrence Brokerage

Hurricane Grill and Wings

Julianne Steiner Skincare

The Junior League of Central Westchester

Kiddie Kabaret Sing-Along for Young Children

La Detelliere, Fine Gifts and Home Accessories

 

Lange’s Deli

Life Fit Personal Training

Medical Conference Planner

Dr. Nadia Laniado, Orthodontist

Oasis Spa

Over the Moon Music and More

Pure Insurance

Ray Catena Lexus

Dr. Rhoda S. Narins, Dermatology, Surgery and Laser

The Scarsdale Adult School

The Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce

 

The Scarsdale Farmers Market

Scarsdale Veterans Car Service

Servpro of Scarsdale

Setsuko

Keith Schutzman Attorney

Sociable Kidz

Todd Herold, Chiropractor, Health and Wellness

107.1 the Peak

Westchester Math Lab

Westchester Reform Temple

We Do Re Do Decorators

Zen Blue Spa

 

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Published: 21 December 2010

Created: 21 December 2010

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Burglars entered a Carthage Road home on 12/16 in the daylight hours when the owners were out of the house. Intruders broke a lock on a rear window of the house, entered through the window and left through a back door. The master bedroom was ransacked and a pillowcase was taken, presumably to hold stolen goods. The thieves left with three computers, $1,000 in cash and at least $4,000 worth of jewelry.

Walworth Avenue residents reported that the lock and a porch door had been drilled out sometime between 12/9 and 12/16. As far as they knew, no one had entered the house.

A Beechwood Lane man spotted a man in his backyard, looking into the second floor windows on the morning of 12/18. When the man saw the resident, he walked to the front of the house and vanished.

Fraud: On December 16, a Stratton Road woman was contacted by the Westwood, N.J. Police Department when a suspect attempted to cash one of her checks in the amount of $3,500 at a Chase Bank in Westwood. A suspicious teller alerted the bank manager who called the Scarsdale resident. In fact, the check was missing from her checkbook, but she does not know who removed it. The man who attempted to cash the check, Brent C. Butler of Tarrytown, claimed to have received the check for house painting but was arrested.

A Spier Road man came to police on 12/16 to report that someone tried to change the address of one of his bank accounts at Chase. The Chase fraud unit is handling the incident.

Too Much to Drink: Two inebriated woman got into a shoving match at Chat shortly after midnight on 12/17. According to manager Mauro Musco, one woman was so drunk that she fell to the floor. The bartender approached the woman and suggested that they leave the premises. In response, one of the drunk customers pushed the bartender in the face. The bartender was not injured and the customers agreed to leave when the police arrived.

At 3:23 am on 12/20, a Stonehouse Road woman called to report a drunk man at her front door. Police went to investigate and found a very drunk Scarsdale man on the property. He claimed he was visiting a friend, but could not remember the friend’s name. The homeowner did not know the man either and wanted him to leave the premises. The man was unsteady on his feet, slurred his words and had peed in his pants. Since he could not provide his address or phone number, police called the ambulance corps who took him to White Plains Hospital where his girlfriend met him

Disputes: A woman who practices matrimonial law received a death threat from the husband of a client. The client in Mt. Kisco told the attorney that the client’s soon-to-be ex-husband had received a text message that said, “your lawyers life is in danger.” Police agreed to do extra ride-bys of the attorney’s home.

A Wayside Lane man called police on the night of 12/18 to report that his 21 year-old son was “out of control” and to ask for assistance in getting the boy to leave the house. By the time police arrived, the son was gone.

A Potter Road woman called police on 12/19 to complain that her boyfriend, Juan Mejia had borrowed $200 from her 14 year-old son and failed to pay him back. The woman was holding Mejia’s passport until the money was returned. Mejia agreed to return the money to the boy by Thursday and the woman returned Mejia’s passport.

Gone: A Tory Lane woman came to police headquarters on 12/14 to report that a pair of diamond stud earrings, valued at $40,000 were missing from her home. She had last seen them in June and has been unable to find them.

A 2007 Toyota Sienna was repossessed from a Greenacres Avenue resident at 2 am on December 14th.

A men’s yellow mountain bike was stolen from East Parkway on 11/24, where it was locked to a rack. When the owner returned, the bike and the lock were gone.

Accidents: A 17-year-old Scarsdale boy was walking home at 12:44 am on 12/18 when he was struck by a car at the intersection of Crane Road and Woodland Place. The car did not stop and the boy was able to continue to walk home. When he got home, he was taken to White Plains Hospital by SVAC and it was determined that he had an injured foot.

A Scarsdale school bus, was sideswiped by an oncoming gray minivan on Mamaroneck Road near Barker Lane at 3:00 pm on December 15th. The driver of the minivan failed to stop. There were no injuries reported among the passengers on the bus.

Complaint: Police received a report of a noisy party on Rectory Lane at 10:30 pm on 12/17. They went by and asked the host to keep the noise down and he apologized and agreed.

Locked In: A 6 year-old child got locked in a second floor bathroom of a Greenacres Home on the morning of 12/14. The Fire Department used a ladder to get access to the bathroom and was able to open the lock and let the child out.

Animals: A woman called police on the morning of 12/14 when she found a loose dog on Madison Road. Police picked up the dog and brought it back to headquarters. They were able to locate the dog’s owner by phone and returned the dog to it’s home.

A coyote was reported at 17 Valley Road near Red Maple Swamp at 7:40 am on 12/19.

Greenburgh Police Report:

A man who lives on Bryant Street in Hartsdale turned over a gun to the Greenburgh Police for safekeeping on 12/13.

A camera bag containing a $3,000 Nikon camera was stolen from a Chevy Suburban that was parked at Planet Fitness on Central Avenue on 12/13.

Police stopped a man who was taking pictures of homes along Ardsley Road on the afternoon of 12/14. Elhdji Diaw of the Bronx, who works as a dishwasher at Pizza Hut, told police he was taking pictures of the snow to send to his brother in Africa.