More Vandalism in Our Village!
At about Nine PM, on Thursday November 8, 2007, the same night as our General Meeting, someone threw a huge Rock through the back window of someones car on Wood Avenue. Reports also indicate that a rock was also thrown through the Plate Glass Window, at "Papa John's," Pizzeria, on Medford Avenue.

I can recall that this same type of vandalism happened in Patchogue Village about ten years ago. Some misguided person broke many windows in our village, and caused thousands of dollars in damages! It took a special effort, on the part of the Patchogue Village Constables to stop the needless destruction of property. The Constables were stationed at key Observation Points in our village, around the clock, observing our village with Binoculars. When they saw the criminal return, the Police were called, and the "Rock Thrower" was arrested. He never knew how he was discovered!

Could our Patchogue Village Constables, protect our Community, by once again initiating a village wide stake-out?
Honestly! I don't think so! Ten years ago , there were somewhere around Thirty Patchogue Constables; today we have a grand total of Thirteen Constables. It appears that the amount of crime in our village is inversely proportional to the number of Village Constables. It also appears that our Village Government would like to "get rid of" the existing Thirteen Constables!

Actually I could understand that. We as a community have become complacent, because we were spared the misery of crime for many years. Honestly, "Things were good!" No real problems until now. If I were an elected official I may have made the same decisions, given the same crime free time period.

We must now look at the current situation, and decide what to do about it. It is actually a "No Brainer," we must do what worked in our village the last time we had problems; hire more Constables.

In our times of trouble, the Patchogue Village Constables, as well as the Auxiliary Police, acted as the "Eyes and Ears" of the Police Department. As suspicious activity was reported, the Fifth Precinct, acted on it! Being a former Auxiliary Police Officer, I can say from first hand experience that the police effort was tireless and outstanding. Once the Fifth Precinct puts their focus on the criminal element, they don't stand a chance!

Fifteen years ago we had Thirty Constables, Twenty Five Auxiliary Police Officers, and the entire Fifth Precinct; a virtual Armada, in a village that is only 2.2 square miles. We now have Thirteen Constables, and about twelve Auxiliary Police Officers that are attached to the Fifth Precinct. It will be difficult to slow down the criminal activity, because of the reduced number of Constables and Auxiliary Police.

Our Mayor, Paul Pontiere, along with other Trustees, played a key role in stopping our Crime Rampage, fifteen years ago. He has the "know how," and I am sure that we will again see an end to excessive crime in our village!

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Thanks to everyone who attended our Nov. 8, 2007 General Meeting of the Maple Avenue neighborhood Watch!
At our Nov. 8, 2007 Meeting, information was conveyed to Local Authorities, and the Police Department. Issues such as Assault, Theft, Burglary, Speeding, Vandalism, Soliciting, Intoxication, and Code Issues were discussed. Now that we have a clear picture of the problem, our local authorities can now deal with these issues.

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The Maple Avenue Neighborhood Watch Gazette goes "Online"
Many of you may remember the old MANW Gazette when it was distributed in printed form. Each edition was neatly packaged in a Plastic Sandwich Bag, to protect it from the elements. New editions of our four page newsletter were often dropped on front lawns, or stuffed between the links of a Chain Link fence.

With our minds on the Twenty First Century, all future editions of our publication, will be online. We will try to provide, information relevant to our Neighborhood Watch Group, as well as cultural and social information that is paramount, to our development, as a community.

Our new online newsletter will allow us to realize visions of our community, that many people have been denied in the past. As I have been told, some area residents requested that the local media, publish a photo, and article of the "Garden of the Month." This was absolutely rebuked by the Mainstream Media. It was members of our Neighborhood Watch Group, that wanted to see local acknowledgements for work that members of our group, have done on their houses and property. We may be too small for the Mainstream Media to deal with, but, because of the new media, we can now Publish our own "Garden or House of the Month Acknowledgement; Complete with photos and videos! If we can re-establish a committee to address this issue, I will publish the article, in our own Gazette.

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