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The Tap House in Tuckahoe is doing an Oktoberfest menu this weekend.

Says managing partner Chris O’Brien:

We’ll be replacing all of our tap beer with German style Beers (Most of them from Germany), and Chef Kevin Bertrand is fine tuning his pretzel making skills, amongst other traditional and not so traditional German dishes. Our idea was not to change the menu but simply add a German style supplemental menu. We’ll be celebrating all week long, and will have some live German music on Thursday night. I’ve attatched a copy of our menu with the beers we’ll be serving.

Ossining community activist Don DeBerardinis, known locally as Don DeBar, has announced he’s waging a write-in campaign against U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison).

The “anti-war activist”  said that “in wake of revelation of racist writing by Republican opponent” he’s throwing his hat in the ring and that the “new polling machines make write-in wins possible.” DeBar was referring to candidate Jim Russell’s 2001 essay in the “Occidental Quarterly” in which he warns against racial mixing and embraces anti-Jewish writings.

Read below for Don DeBar’s 9/22 release on his write-in campaign:

Anti-war activist Don DeBar, fresh from a meeting last night between US anti-war activists and Iranian President Ahmindinijad, announced today that he will wage a write-in campaign against Rep. Nita Lowey (D-18) on an anti-war platform.

DeBar attended the conference as a part of a delegation led by former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA).

“Aside from murdering thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis and Pakistanis, the Obama Administration, like the Bush Administration before it, is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars that are desperately needed for jobs, schools, health care and housing and foreclosure assistance,” he said, adding “Lowey has been signing on to every military supplemental for these wars since they began.”

DeBar went to Lowey’s office on March 18, 2003, a day before the “Shock and Awe” attack on Baghdad, attempting to show her evidence that the Bush Administration had misrepresented the cause of the war – alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Lowey refused to discuss the evidence, instead spending the time DeBar sat in her office posing for a photo in front of a giant US flag while granting a magazine interview laying out her support for the invasion.

“We have it on videotape – Lowey refused to hear us,” said DeBar, “and it turns out we were right, and now thousands of lives, and nearly a trillion dollars, have been lost.”

“If elected, I will refuse to fund the war machine any further, and will move to spend the money instead on the needs of the American people – actual development of actual jobs here in New York, single-payer health care, foreclosure prevention that actually prevents foreclosures, housing assistance that actually provides housing and aid to schools that actually educate our children,” he said.

Congresswoman Lowey declined to comment on DeBar’s statements.

Photo of DeBar taken in 2004 by The Journal News.

After resigning in April, Harrison Chamber of Commerce President Ada Angarano has returned to revive the defunct organization.

Angarano was president of the downtown business group for five years before leaving, citing exhaustion and a rift with the town over new commercial garbage pickup fees.

Now she has returned, along with former chamber treasurer, Zack Bsharat. Angarano said she was urged by residents and business owners to take the helm again.

“I never realized that people respected me this much or felt I was that important,” she said.

With the tough economy,  local businesses need a chamber now more than ever, she said.

“I will try to make a difference again,” she said. “I’m a volunteer, the least I can do is help my town regain something.”

(Ada Angarano and Zack Bsharat at an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Aug. 18, 2010. Handout photo)

LARCHMONT
Boston Post Road: Larchmont resident Frank Fleizach, 31, was found to have three sets of metal and plastic knuckles in his possession when police were called to the park at Pinebrook Drive around 9:43 a.m. Sept. 20. Fleizach was arraigned Tuesday on three counts of misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon. Police said they went to the park on a call of a man acting erratically.

Apawamis Avenue: Update: This case was fully resolved with a disorderly conduct plea, a violation. A violation is not considered a crime. The plea was entered in October.

A 22-year-old New Hampshire woman was accused of fabricating a story of robbery and assault to explain her ringing a family’s doorbell at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Police said Corey L. Krongard of Strafford told police she had been assaulted and robbed when an Apawamis Avenue family called 911 after being awakened by the woman at their door. Police traced the woman back to Waters Edge where she and two other New Hampshire young women were staying with a 62-year-old man who said he had met them on the Internet. Krongard was checked out at White Plains Hospital Center for some bruises, which police said were not indicative of an assault. She was charged with two misdemeanors, third-degree falsely reporting an incident and obstructing governmental administration. No one else was charged. The 62-year-old man at whose apartment she was staying posted her $500 bail.

Forest Avenue: A camera was stolen from the hood of a car when it was momentarily left unattended in Rye Town Park on Sept. 23. The theft was reported Sept. 24.

Waters Edge: Two Trek bicycles were reported stolen from the garage area of apartments Friday. It was not known when the bikes, which had been locked to a rack, were stolen.

Milton School: A school custodian found the front steps of the Hewlett Avenue building covered in roofing shingles Sunday morning. Police said someone climbing onto the roof and throwing off shingles has been a recurring problem.

Grace Church Street: Someone stole a bicycle from a home’s garage between Sept. 20 and 23.

Three Queens residents were arrested in New Rochelle after they tried to make small purchases at a bakery and pay for it with counterfeit $100 bills, police said Thursday.

The owner of G Bakery became suspicious when one man tried to buy coffee and bread for $3 with a $100 bill and moments later a second man tried to purchase two sodas with a $100, New Rochelle Detective Captain Joseph Schaller said.

“It just didn’t feel right to him,” Schaller said.

The owner questioned the second man about the money and told him he was going to call the police. The man then bolted from the 134 North Ave. bakery with two confederates, police said, but police captured them after the store owner pointed out their getaway car.

Arrested were James Grollon, 22, of 8306 37th St. and Cindy Mayorga, 19, of 2534 100th St. both of East Elmhurst and Luis Robles, 22, of 10428 Alstyne Ave. in Corona. All three are charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony.

Grollon was the first man who walked into the baker at 5:36 p.m. Wednesday and tried to buy coffee and bread with a $100, police said. The store owner declined and Grollon left. Moments later, police said, Robles walked in to purchase two sodas and tried to pay with a $100, at which point the store owner called police.

Police are trying to determine whether the the three passed on other counterfeit money in the area, Schaller said. He said the counterfeit money was of good quality. Police are asking anyone suspicious of money they received call Detective Michael Messina at 914-654-2266.

The Secret Service has also been notified of the incident, Schaller said. Police are obtaining a search warrant to check the car for further evidence.

Bistro Rollin in Pelham has added a Banh Mi sandwich to its lunch menu, making it the first restaurant in Westchester (that I know of) to serve it.

(Submitted photo)

Bánh Mì have become very popular all over New York, from little Vietnamese mom-and-pop shops to fancy midtown restaurants like Ma Peche. The sandwiches do a good job of summing up Vietnamese cuisine, which borrows techniques and ingredients from the French (baguettes! pate!) and traditions and ingredients from Southeast Asia (pork! pickles! daikon!).

Fillings can include roasted or grilled pork, steamed or roasted pork belly, Vietnamese sausage, chicken, head cheese and ham. At Rollin, chef Manny Lozano has created his signature sandwich using Vietnamese sausage, pickled carrots and daikon, country pate, all made in house.

The 411 on Bistro Rollin.

North Main Street: Five or six men robbed a 38-year-old Port Chester woman of her rings at 3 a.m. Sundayafter shoving her into one car and her husband into another and driving to Willett Avenue. The strangers approached the couple and their friend who had stepped out of Los Remlinos for a smoke and started an argument over whether the husband was arguing with his wife. One assailant knocked a cell phone from the husband’s hand when he went to call police. Another man pushed the wife into a red car and drove off. Someone hit the 49-year-old friend in the back when he came to the couple’s defense.  Then, one of the other men shoved the husband, 41, into a white car, punching him several times in the face, and drove off. The wife and husband were dumped on Willett Avenue. The man got 24 stitches to his mouth at Greenwich Hospital. The couple reported the crime late Monday. All the victims were from Port Chester.

King Street: A man flagged down a cruiser at 7:49 a.m. Monday to report that his car stereo and 10-15 CDs had been stolen. When asked if that was all that was taken, the victim said yes — and that a man was still in the car, police said. Police found Ishmael Barrios, 24, of 183 N. Main St., Port Chester, in the car but could not locate the stolen radio or CDs. Barrios was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. The thief or thieves have not been identified.

Port Chester police say that phone solicitations on behalf of the police department are a sham. A Port Chester resident received a telephone solicitation seeking a $750 to $1,000 donation to the Port Chester Police Department around mid-day Tuesday. The man said the best he could do was $200. The caller said fine, he should leave it in his mailbox and the caller would stop by Wednesday to pick it up. The caller checked with police, discovered the scam, and told the solicitor, who called a second time, that he would give him the money in front of Port Chester police. The caller said he would think about it and never showed up Wednesday. Port Chester police will be doing a one-time mail solicitation for  donations in October.

Speaking on Journal News columnist Phil Reisman’s radio show today, former Mamaroneck Village Trustee Tom Murphy recalled an encounter he had three years ago with congressional candidate Jim Russell.

Protesters stood outside Murphy’s home to object to his support of the village’s settlement over the harrassment of day laborers in Mamaroneck’s Columbus Park. Russell, who has appeared at numerous municipal and county meetings to call for immigration enforcement, was among the picketers.

Murphy said the group had a right to picket, but Russell’s sign caught his attention.

“He had a sign that said ‘traitor,’” Murphy said. “And you know what they do to traitors, right?”

Here’s a story on the 2007 protest.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Mamaroneck and other nearby areas today and tomorrow.

Village Manager Richard Slingerland sent me this announcement talking about what Mamaroneck is doing to prepare for the possible flooding:

For the past couple of days, we have been coordinating between the Village departments and workforce, and with the Town of Mamaroneck. (Yesterday), the Sheldrake Reservoir was 120” below the spillway (10 feet of capacity), and the Town of Mamaroneck has continued draining it down on a limited basis, to add additional storage capacity. By (today), the Reservoir will be at 130” below the spillway, which is more capacity than the Town had for the April, 2007 storm. Additionally, because of the Town and County’s dredging project for Garden’s Lake (a.k.a. the Duck Pond), Gardens Lake is virtually empty right now, having been drained completely.

The Village’s catch-basins have been checked and cleared, our heavy equipment is all in working order, and the grate-openings on the dam at Mamaroneck River are clear – in fact, (Tuesday) the water was so low it was not even going through the dam openings.

The Village will remain vigilant and keep an extremely close watch on the rising waters of the rivers. Everything we can do for preparation has been done. I would urge all of the local residents to notify everyone at this time who should begin making preparations, should make preparations now.

We will keep all our local residents informed.