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Retirement party for Haverstraw officers

May
8


Ten Haverstraw town and village police officers will be feted Friday on their retirements after decades of serving the public.

One officer in particular, Hector Soto, already has moved on in life to an elected councilman on the Haverstraw Town Board. Soto worked as a police officer for close to four decades and 36 years as a detective. He worked his share of robberies, shootings, rapes and homicide during his career. For many years, Soto was the county’s only Spanish-speaking officer – and constantly called by other departments.

On Friday, a retirement dinner will be held at the Patriot Hills course clubhouse in Stony Point.
Aside from Soto, the other town police officer- honorees are Detective Richard Janeli, Sgt. DannyFarrell and Officer William Harvey.

Six Haverstraw village officers who retired when the Haverstraw village police department disbanded two years ago and the town police force took over patrolling the village. They are Police Chief John Reilly, Sgt. Claudio Gatti, Sgt. Paul Hykas, Detective Sgt. Frank Alessio, Detective Vincent Ryan and Officer Richard Chorus.

And several other retirees – such as Detective Lt. Richard Rogers from the sunny shores and golf courses of Florida – and officers from across the department will attend the dinner.

Anyone interested in attending can call members of the planning committee – Dave Kryger, Jose Luna, Jorge Folch and Peter Connolly – at the Haverstraw Town Police Department at 845-354-1500.

Posted by Steve Lieberman on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 1:24 pm |


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One member missing on the Haverstraw Town Board

December
27

Since John Ramundo left the Haverstraw Town Board to become West Haverstraw mayor earlier this month, the Town Board has been missing one board member.

Supervisor Howard Phillips said he was planning to appoint someone to fill the vacancy at the reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 3.

Rumors have been circulated that Town Board member Isidro “Papo” Cancel, whose term expires at the end of this month, may be appointed to the position. Cancel lost his re-election bid to Hector Soto in the Democratic primary in September.

Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pm |


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Soto says no to Supervisor’s invitation to Dunkin’

November
27

Right after the regular Town Board meeting last night, Haverstraw town Supervisor Howard Phillips casually asked Hector Soto, Haverstraw Town Board member-elect, if he wanted to join him and others at Dunkin’ Donuts.

Soto politely declined, saying that he was watching his weight.

Phillips insisted and said, “I’m going to drink water. That’s what I’m going to do.�

Soto smiled, gesturing to his gut, and left.

Phillips looked disappointed, and I felt that his disappointment was not only because Soto didn’t want to eat doughnuts.

Soto, a retired Haverstraw town police detective, wanted run for a Town Board seat on a Democratic line, but the Haverstraw town Democratic Committee nominated incumbent Town Board members Isidro “Papo� Cancel and John Gould for the two seats up for election.

Soto did not give up and ran for the Democratic primary against Cancel and Gould. He defeated Cancel and went on to secure a Town Board seat in the November election, along with Gould.

Phillips, who supported Gould and Cancel for the primary, obviously wants to build a good relationship with Soto so that his town businesses will go smoothly, but if Soto can say no to Phillips’ suggestions beyond the invitation to Dunkin’, things are going to be very interesting.

At any Haverstraw Town Board meetings I’ve attended, I’ve never seen a Town Board member voting no to any resolution proposed.

We’ll see.

Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 at 7:10 pm |


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Haverstraw town Democrats can expect primary

June
28

Haverstraw town’s Democrats are likely to have a primary election as a recently retired police detective plans to declare his candidacy this evening for a seat on the Town Board.

Hector Soto, 60, of Pomona, said he would make an announcement at 6 tonight at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library on Route 202 that he planned to run for Town Board.

Two seats are up for election on the Haverstraw Town Board this fall, and the town’s Democratic Committee has nominated incumbent Isidro “Papo” Cancel and John J. Gould, a lieutenant with the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office, to run on the party’s line.

Town Board member and Democrat Jay Hood Jr. is not seeking re-election because he expects to be appointed next week to the County Legislature representing District 3. The seat will soon be vacant because Legislator Roman Rodriguez (and his wife, Evelyn, a Haverstraw village trustee) are moving out of the area.

Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Thursday, June 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pm |


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