Bronx resident Francisco Jose Eder Mateo was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 3 on grand larceny charges in connection with an incident that happened in Yonkers, Yonkers Police announced on Monday, Jan. 8.

According to the department, on the day of the incident, Eder Mateo allegedly stole packages from the porch of a Yonkers residence. Shortly after this, he was quickly spotted by Yonkers Police officers and ordered to stop.

However, Eder Mateo did not listen and instead started running, leading officers on a short chase around the area. Although he seemed to be getting away, a Yonkers public works employee noticed the chase and got out of his vehicle before knocking Eder Mateo to the ground, allowing officers to apprehend him.

Following his arrest,Eder Mateo was charged with:

After his arraignment in court, he was released on his own recognizance, police said.

The department, which released surveillance and body camera footage of the incident and resulting chase, highlighted the arrest as a great example of teamwork between residents, police, and city workers.

"This video shows what happens when everyone works together seamlessly to stop crime," the department wrote on social media, adding, "A resident sees a crime and quickly calls it in allowing officers to get on the scene quickly, officers flood the area to ensure the suspect cant get away despite his attempted fleeing, finished off by a good samaritan who saw an opportunity to help our officers capture a suspect and took that opportunity."

"To any future thieves planning to commit these crimes in Yonkers- pick somewhere else," the department continued.

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Last week, a man in Yonkers, New York, was caught on a homes doorbell camera taking packages off the porch. The homeowner alerted police, provided the footage and a good description of the suspect, and a Yonkers Police officer spotted a man fitting the description walking nearby. The officer attempted to detain the suspect and the man fled, leading to the officer chasing him on foot.

Surveillance footage from another nearby home shows the suspect being chased by police. Then a Yonkers city employee steps out of his vehicle, places himself in the suspect's path, and tackles the man, holding him down until officers catch up and place the suspect in handcuffs.

The Yonkers Police Department praised the collaborative effort in stopping the suspected criminal. They also suggested that criminals set on doing crimes in Yonkers will have to contend with the triple threat of their residents, police, and city employees, who they say wont stand by and allow you to victimize people in this city.

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Ward six resident Lauren Stockwell was crowned the winner of this years Peoples Petal Porch competition, as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Her entry: The House of 1,000 Cranes: Somewhere over the Crainbow. The decor included over 1,000 paper cranes symbolizing hope, healing and good health. Stockwells design is a neighborhood favorite that also offers a basketful of cranes to passersby.

Her porch was selected as the winner in a vote conducted via Instagramstories on the National Cherry Blossom Festival account.More than 1,000 paper cranes filled the porch and yard of Ward six Petal Porch winner Lauren Stockwell. Photo: Crist-Travers, Courtesy Natonal Cherry Blossom Festival

More than 300 porches across the Districts eight wards, Maryland and Virginia were entered in this years program. Eight DC ward porches, chosen from Prime Petal Porches, were selected to participate in competition-style bracket competition on the Festivals Instagram account (@CherryBlossFest).

President and CEO of the festival Diana Mayhew said community and togetherness are pillars of the festival and the annual petal porch competition.

The goal of Petal Porches is to bring local neighborhoods together to celebrate spring and build community pride during the Festival, Mayhew said. This years competition for the Peoples PorchWinner was fierce with hundreds of participants in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia taking part in the overall PetalPorchescompetition.

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Turn of the century is a term used to describe a group of residential styles popular from the late 1880s through the 1910s. The rapid industrialization that occurred during this period, the mass production of building products, and the new transcontinental railroad (completed in 1869) made these easily replicated styles popular.

Turn of the century styles flourished from 1900 to 1918 in Claremont and include the Victorian styles, massed plan vernacular, shingle style, American Colonial Revival, one-story bungalows, and American Foursquare. These styles have some similar characteristics, including simple forms, single story front porches, predominantly double-hung windows, and wood exterior materials. However, each style is slightly different. In this installment we will explore two of the styles of turn of the century architecture.

One of the most dominant styles of turn of the century homes in Claremont is the one-story bungalow, built in the early 1900s. The styles vary from those that contain simplified Craftsman details to those with classical details of the California Bungalow. Many have detailing unique to Claremont. The term bungalow originated in the Bengal region of India and came from a native hut called a bangala, which was described as a comfortable, single-story home with high thatched roofs and overhanging eaves that provided much needed shade. In the late 1800s the term was used to describe summer vacation cottages in the U.S. At the turn of the century, the term came into wide use by leaders and architects of the Arts and Crafts movement. Eventually, it came to describe simple one-story homes, of many different styles.

In early 20th century California the style developed as an efficient and much less expensive home than the complex and costly Victorian houses. It suggested a simpler, informal style of living. Usually a one-story rectangular-plan house, often with individual detailing in pedimented small porch entries, Claremont has many of these simple wood or stucco bungalows that preceded the larger and more detailed Craftsman bungalow styles.

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Another style found widely in Claremont is the American Colonial Revival, which was the dominant style for residential construction throughout the country from 1880 to 1955. Colonial Revival homes represent a resurgence of interest in the early English and Dutch houses built along the Atlantic seaboard. Usually two-story and rectangular in plan and massing, Colonial Revival homes have side gabled, gambrel, or hipped roofs, wood or brick exteriors, and a symmetrical arrangement of windows and doors on a flat facade. Characteristic features include an accentuated front door, normally with a decorated pediment supported by pilasters. Overhead fanlights or sidelights are also commonly found with the entry door. In Claremont, Colonial Revival homes range from the simple Cape Cod saltbox to more high-style Colonial Revival homes.

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As high school senior Micah Ziemke takes the stage in this weekends final showings of Fiddler on the Roof Jr. for Front Porch Musical Theatre in Elk River, he knows hes among friends that have become family.

Ive been in other sports. Ive done soccer, Ive done baseball, Ive done football. Its all great and good stuff there and connections you make there, said Ziemke, who plays Tevye. But the friends and connections you make here, the family that it is. Thats a word thats used a lot for a lot of communities, but I feel like here everybody just cares about each other so much and just genuinely is here for each other and you make some lifelong friends.

Tevye tries to navigate his family through what he sees as traditions in their Jewish community in Russia in 1905. Thats to say it doesnt always go the way he thinks it should.

Hes such a real person and in a lot of ways that makes him the most complicated character Ive ever played, said Ziemke. Its really easy to play a villain persona. Im a villain! Im bad! To portray a real dude, a real guy, whos displaying all these real emotions. Its something so deep and so cool and Ive really enjoyed just getting my teeth into and just digging into.

But Ziemke and his cast mates say thats what Front Porch strives to create and fosteran inclusive, welcoming experience for students of musical theater.

We try in every show that we do to have all of our student actors on stage as much as it possibly makes sense, said co-founder and co-creative director Linda Lindeen. We are very family-centered. All of our shows are family-appropriate. Every show we do, for all ages. As young as they come and as old as they come.

The cast of Fiddler is made up of students as young as 5 and as old as 18.

Everybodys very welcoming and everybodys always so accepting, and youre welcomed like youre a part of the family, said Emma Dorn, who plays Tevyes oldest daughter, Tzeitel.

Dorn knows that a lot of people come to see the show with a lot of their own memories of the well-known story.

Im excited for the excitement, I guess. Its a verynot overwhelmingbut its an exciting experience and its a lot of fun, she said. Sometimes there are certain circumstances that can not be solved by things that have always been followed. Tradition is mainly the message in Fiddler. Sometimes love wins.

There are performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Elk River High School.

The next production for Front Porch Musical Theatre will be Disneys Lion King Jr. in May.

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SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) Get geared up for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing with an Indy 500 Porch Party!

Porch Parties are a big part of the Month of May festivities and offer neighbors a chance to get in the racing spirit!

To be a part of the Indy 500 Porch Parties Race:

Submissions will be judged following the Indy 500 Qualifying Weekend. Winners will be notified by Monday, May 22.

Pick up your Porch Party Kit

Race fans love to go all out with Porch Party decor!

Need some help with the decorations? Porch Party Kits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 500 fans at the following locations:

Each Porch Party Kit includes the following items:

Check out the official Harrison Center for the Arts Porch Party Guide that will help you plan the ultimate porching experience!

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The grand prize winner will receive a Porching Party on May 24 courtesy of IMS, free meat for a year from Good Ranchers, a special visit from IMS President Doug Boles and friends, and a few freebies from Dew and Advance Auto Parts!

The 2nd and 3rd prize winners will each receive a Dew Tote Bag and a special visit from IMS President Doug Boles.

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Neighbours in Clifton have been left 'shocked' after a terrible incident where a car crashed into a house and left the porch crumbling. Officers were called to the incident just after 7am on Thursday (April 27).

People living in the area described seeing police at the scene and said they were left feeling saddened by the collision.

Nurse Evelyn Owusu-Nipah, 57, said: "I saw the police and I thought 'what is happening?' Ive been here since 2007 and it was nice and quiet. When we came to buy the house, it was one of the most sought after streets, Im not too sure now that all these things are happening.

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Hope Jones, 31, said the porch of the affected property had been left crumbling. She said: I walked my dog and I saw the police.

We only moved in in December. We dont know too much about the area. Its been a bit of an interesting few months. Its quite unfortunate, I saw it [the porch] crumble.

Another neighbour, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "I feel a bit sad for them. Its a shock really.

It was early in the morning and everyone was in bed, added another resident, who asked not to be named. "I saw the car at the house, I never saw anything else. Its terrible."

Inspector Iain Blackstock, of Nottinghamshire Police, said it was "extremely fortunate that no-one was hurt". Officers arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of drink driving in connection with the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or has dash-cam footage, is asked to get in touch with Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident 104 of April 27.

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Kaeja d'Dance's revered and award-winning Porch View Dances (PVD): 'Real People Dancing In Real Spaces' returns to the tree-lined intimacy and multiple outdoor spaces of Toronto's historic Seaton Village from August 9 to 13, 2023. Now in its 12th year, the beloved site-specific community dance event offers audiences and participants an extraordinary mingling of everyday lives and artistic expression through dance - intentionally and joyfully blurring the lines between 'Art' and daily life.

"We believe wholeheartedly that art is for everyone, anywhere, and everywhere," says Karen Kaeja, Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d'Dance and Founder of PVD. "Porch View Dances takes dance out of the theatre and literally into the streets, offering brave new works by brilliant choreographers performed by everyday people with their powerful, personal stories at the forefront."

The idea for Porch View Dances came to Kaeja as she mused about the lives and stories behind closed doors in neighbouring houses. She envisioned these stories flowing out of homes onto front porches, lawns, and into the streets in a celebration of movement and community. Kaeja then considered how Toronto choreographers could bring their artistic visions and care to the project by collaborating with residents and participants to craft and share their unique life narratives through dance. This vision was further refined with Co-Artistic Director and partner Allen Kaeja, and the festival was launched in 2012.

PVD has since grown into a highly anticipated recurring event in Seaton Village and is considered "a poster child for site-specific dance done right" (The Globe & Mail). The festival "gives a beautiful glimpse inside different Toronto households, full of diversity, strength, and love, showcased through contemporary movement in a way only site-specific dance works can" (The Dance Debrief). The City of Toronto recently honoured PVD and its contribution to the social fabric of the neighbourhood by renaming a Seaton Village laneway - Porch View Dances Lane.

"This year we're thrilled to welcome Co-Curator and Artistic Producer Sofi Gudio and Co-Curator Sid Ryan Eilers to the PVD team. They join us as part of a pilot project created expressly to widen our PVD communities, perspectives, and artistic offerings," says Allen Kaeja, Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d'Dance. "Sid and Sofi have focused on works that feel connective and essential, purposefully centring on underrepresented voices in dance and voices from previous iterations of our festival."

Returning to the village in full 'in-person' glory, the festival features a full roster of POC and Indigenous creators. Jim and Owen Adams, an Indigenous father and son team who are resident performers at PVD over a 4-year journey, will complete their expression of the Medicine Wheel - closing a cycle of honouring the four directions, elements, and colours. Drag queen Mary Moonshine (Jake Runeckles) leads the 90-minute walking/wheeling tour through streets and lanes to experience four new dance works created by choreographers Victoria Mata, Heryka Miranda, Ashima Suri, and Kinaj - Kin Nguien and AJ Velasco. These works will be performed on porches and front yards by families and friends, many who have never danced before. Along the way, audiences will also discover three dance vignettes in unexpected places choreographed by Matthew "Snoopy" Cuff. The event culminates with the always popular Flock Landing, a participatory, site-specific activation at Vermont Square Park. Audience members of all ages and mobility levels are invited to join the inclusive group movement ensemble, led by Mio Sakamoto, together with dancers Brayden Cairns, Yui Ugai, and Rajvi Dedhia. Bikes, strollers, and wheelchairs are welcome at this pay-what-you-wish event.

Since its inception in 2012, PVD has taken place in-person across Ontario with events in Ottawa, Kitchener, and with Lakeshore Arts in Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico in South Etobicoke. During the pandemic, Porch View Dances went online for two consecutive years and reached people across Canada and internationally. Kaeja d'Dance continues in its commitment to prioritize working with performers and collaborators with racialized identities who are underrepresented in the dance community on this project. PVD engages 'real people dancing in real spaces' and in this way sends the strong and powerful message that art is for everyone.

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QUINCY Quincy firefighters responded to a structure fireThursday afternoonnear North Fifth and Lind streets.

When crews arrived, they found a fire on the roof of the front porch at 831 N. Fifth, but no damage was reported inside the apartments in the building.

Three Quincy Fire Department apparatuses were on the scene for just over an hour. Deputy Chief Steve Salrin said any structure fire report gets a full crew sent. In Thursday's case, the firefighters extinguished the fire on the porch structure and ensured there were no additional flare-ups.

No injuries were reported for either residents or firefighters, and no damage other than the porch was noted by QFD. QFD arson investigators were already on scene Thursday to try and determine the cause of the fire with the assistance of Quincy Police investigators. The cause was not released on Thursday as the investigation is ongoing.

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