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The Manhattan Beach “BeachSide Patrol” is a private security force that patrols the quiet Manhattan Beach streets. At a cost of $400 a year residents can opt-in for its protective services. Resident usually call the patrol if they don’t feel it necessary to call 911.

After Manhattan Beach split into two groups, Beachside Patrols future was a question on everyone’s mind. Mainly because the Manhattan Beach Community Group founded Beachside 38 years ago and it was unknown if the new MBNA members were going to continue to pay into Beachside. Also because MBCG member Albert Hasson, who joined the MBNA, is the liaison to Beachside Patrol. The MBNA ended up staying in Beachside Patrol, but the two groups must share Beachside Patrol.

The MBCG president Ira Zalchman, has asked the former MBCG board member Albert Hasson, for “written financial accounting” however, there has been no compliance by Mr. Hasson. Albert Hasson has been and still is the liaison to Beachside Patrol.

Mr. Hasson has been offered time to speak at the MBCG June meeting, but chose to resign from the MBCG. As an organization, Beachside is mandated to offer its services to every homeowner in Manhattan Beach, regardless of affiliation.

This is a battle between Hasson and Ira, not the merits of Beachside.

• Hasson Explaining Beachside Patrol [Youtube Video] (2:30 minutes in)

Lundys in Sheepshead bay which has been closed since early 2007 and has stood since 1934, is currently being renovated to make way for a new gourmet food market and restaurant.

Lundy’s according to Steve Pappas, the building’s landlord, the as yet unnamed store is set to open early next year as a “Whole Foods” style market selling both international and organic products.

• Gutting out the former Lundys - GerritsenBeach.net
• Lundys Renovation Begins - SheepsheadBites.com
• May 2008 Photo Gallery - SheepsheadBites.com
• November 2007 Photo Gallery - ConeyHOP/Flickr

Thanks to Monsterzro for this wonderful tip.

I know “back weeds” has seen a lot over the years. Most of which no one will ever know. Ever.

There has never been a way to show others what you actually did: show off a fort or show off some party you had. It all had to travel by word of mouth because of that reason you can get away with a ton of stuff and go unnoticed.

However, youtube makes it so much easier to show off your stupidity. Here we have Rob aka Polcok (not a polish joke) with his “100% deadly homemade working shotgun”. It is a 2 by 4 piece of wood with some copper piping, shotgun shells, a “bolt action spring thing”, and a nail.

For the love of god, if your going to do something illegal anywhere DO NOT POST IT ON YOUTUBE, DO NOT TAG IT, and DO NOT LINK IT TO YOUR MYSPACE. If you do we will know who you are. More importantly, the AUTHORITIES will find out who you are:

• Robs Myspace
• Youtube account

Here is another video:

Liberty Fitness Center (2606 Gerritsen Avenue) closed.

Kings Music isn’t closing, sorry for the error.

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Hasc Center is opening a new Group Home at 2055 East 21st Street, a one family detached home. Hasac Center is an organization that serves infants, children and adults who are developmental challenged or have learning disabilities. It also offers an array of services to the families of these individuals.

I know group homes are always a tough sell to local communities and this was no exception, the entire audience was filled with people from the area surrounding the group home.

According to state law the community board can do one of three things.

You may either: (l) approve the site recommended; (2) suggest one or more alternate sites; or (3) object to the establishment of a residence at the site because to do so in your Board’s opinion, would result in such a concentration of residential facilities that the name and character of the neighborhood would be substantially altered. Please note that under state law need or over-concentration of residential facilities constitutes the only legitimate ground upon which the community can object.

I’ve never heard such ignorant and bigoted statements from a crowd ever before. One guy said children are calling it an insane asylum, others wanted background checks run on the Hasc clients, another said they had super human strength, another said they couldn’t control their sexual desires and would be sexual deviants. Then at one point a CB 15 board member heard members of that community say something to the effect of “its going to be torched anyway“. Another board member was so disgusted with the crowd that he had to leave the audience and be calmed down by a friend.

Despite the crowds resistance, Chairperson, Theresa Scavo kept the meeting running extremely smoothly. She took no crap from the crowd, kept it moving, and even took time out of the meeting to explain to the crowd how community board meetings work and what the crowd should expect.

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[Photo courtesy of mylunchfell/flickr]

Via SheepsheadBites.com

According to Community Board 15 chairperson Theresa Scavo, Verizon will begin installing large poles - similar to telephone poles - in front of homes in order to deliver is FiOS fiber-optic service to the area. Scavo notes that once the pole is in the ground they will not be moved. If you see Verizon workers preparing to work in front of your home, and you are not happy with the potential placement of the pole, Scavo advises calling the board immediately - before work begins - at (718) 332-3008.The streets the company will deploy to are:

• Ave. V from Bragg to Ocean
• Bragg from Ave. X to Ave. T
• On Brigham from Ave. W to Ave. U
• Haring from Ave. Z to Ave. X

More Streets Here

Anyone know what happened? First off, its pointing in the wrong direction and its not on cinder blocks.

Sunday, May 25th 2008

Frank Solivan, who was killed exactly a year ago in a motorcycle crash, has a memorial right at Gerritsen and Everett avenues

The memorial was completely overgrown and in disarray for most of the year but was cleaned up the day before, Saturday May 24th, for the Sunday with larger group.

The crowd was there for a few hours (11/12pm - 3pm) and nothing too serious happened, just the typical double, triple and at times quadruple parking.

The 61st precinct, did come by, they briefly talked to some in the crowd, I guess everything was in order because they left. However they would roll by every few minutes, until the crowd dispersed.

I wasn’t a big fan of how they ended their brief stay on Gerritsen Avenue. Somehow, I don’t think honoring your friend with dangerous driving and burnouts, makes any sense. When he died doing the same thing.

[Boats on the water / sheepsheadbaybites.com]

See this view? This is the view from the would be stolen if the development known as The Breakers, is allowed to become a gated community. It already looks like it is gated.

CB15, and local civic will be fighting for public access to the waterfront.