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Alcohol Permit Uproar Council stalls transit hub project. PAGE3 • There are plenty of 'Diversions.' PAGE1o [ Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 191 0 •!• 95th Year, Issue 5 © 2oo4 February 27, 2004 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT Alcohol Poot departing My post office's 'Tom and Gary Show' permit mistakes By DARREL W. COLE By JIM STREIT NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER uproar NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER OST days when Council wary of plans EXT WEEK, Linda the woman came N and I celebrate our to the downtown NEWARK POST PHOTOS BY JOHN LLERA for new liquor license 31st wedding anniver­ Newark U.S. Post Office "The Tom and Gary Show" featured every day for 14 years sary (this is, of course, con­ counter, Tom Poot and Gary at the downtown Newark Post Office will have its curtain at troubled Galleria site tingent on the fact that we Schieb would joke with her call Feb. 27 when Tom (Poot), right, retires. Poot and col­ By DARREL W. COLE stay married until March 3). about some aspect of her life, league and friend Gary Schieb, left, have shared many Like all couples, we've and she would rib them right laughs and made fast friends with many regular customers, NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER enjoyed some great moments back. thanks in part to a sharp wit matched, when needed, by a and endured some missteps But on one particular day genuine concern for customers' well being. that we'd just as soon forget recently, Poot noticed some­ HE topic of alcohol-serving busi­ (my errors thing was wrong. So instead, T nesses downtown once again took reading glasses he peered out at her, stopped what he was center stage before the Newark more than he waited for her to get the doing, and asked, "How you doing today?" hers). counter. From behind his City Council at its Monday, Feb. 23 The woman looked up and smiled at him, thankful meeting. I took a risk that someone took the time to ask her because she'd This time the debate centered around two weeks ago recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. a proposed restaurant-bar inside the in this space Tom Poot, 55, of "She was looking for someone to just say hello," Galleria at 45 E. Main St. Council mem­ when I wrote Newark, a fix­ Poot said. "She'd had it tough. I could see it in her ture at the bers said an applicant for a state liquor about my first eyes." license at the former Main Street Tavern date with the counter of the The woman is counted as one of the almost 50 Main Street Post & Grill and The Brickyard, called woman who Streit "regulars" of the Main Street Post Office that are Epicurious Restaurant Group, was to became my Office for nearly going to deeply miss Poot when he retires Friday, offer events like mud wrestling and wife. I received a greater 20 years, will Feb. 27 after almost 25 years working the down­ than usual number of compli­ leave his post town counter. See ALCOHOL, 24 ..... ments on the self-depricating Feb. 27 to start Poot, 54, is looking forward to his next career piece. a painting and running a painting and small repair business. But I learned shortly after I small repair when he talks about the relationships he's devel­ was married that writing inti­ business. oped with colleagues and people, tears well up, Independence mate personal pieces involv­ and he gets very quiet. ing loved ones is risky busi­ "I'll miss the people," Poot said. "It's ness. What's said at the been a good ride. Not everyone gets Way project Sunday night dinner table is what I had here and I really appreciate one thing; putting the com­ it., . ments before 25,000 readers Poot is just as sad to be putting an off the table is another. end to the "Tom and Gary Show." I mention Linda and oth­ Poot and Schieb have teamed to By DARREL W. COLE ers in my family from time to work the downtown counters for time but don't often get too about 14 years. NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER personal in print when it The duo earned their title comes to others' actions and from the regular customers who N ambitious plan to tum 19.2 comments. It's a minefield I are used to getting teased or A acres of land on Independence like to avoid. participating in fun banter with Way into a senior housing, med­ I recall the first time I them. Separately, those regular ical and recreation development has dived into marital hot water. customers might be able to ended. I was editor of my home­ take Poot or Schieb on. But Dr. Obdollah Malek, the Newark town newspaper and, frankly, together, forget it. physician who last year signed a tenta­ was pretty full of myself after One customer was fond tive contract to purchase the property­ getting the job I longed for at of wearing a "Happy Days" the home of the controversial Delaware See UP FRONT, 7 leather jacket. "Well, when Fresh Start heroin treatment center - we started calling him has "terminated the contract" and is no Fonzie he never wore it longer pursuing the plans, said his attor­ again," Poot said, laugh­ ney Douglas Hershman of The Bayard ing. Firm in Wilmington. He would not elab­ Other times the "Tom orate as to why. City Planning Director Roy Lopata See POSTAL, 24 .._ See PROJECT, 15 7 99462 00002 3 IN SPORTS: Newark Yellowjackets win indoor track crown, page 18. • Local wrestlers seek state title, page 18. PAGE 2 • NEWARK PoST • FEBRUARY 27, 2004 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled Offices: The paper's offices are each week from the files of the EW Castle County Police that the victim was a neighbor of the located conveniently in Suite Newark Police Department, New Teen, 14 Nhave arrested a 14-year-old teen and the incident originated dur­ 206, Madeline Crossing, 168 Castle County Police and the male Newark resident. He has ing what was initially a harmless Elkton Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the been accused of raping a six-year-old game. The teen is accused of forcing 19711. Office hours are 8:30 newspaper staff charged female neighbor, and is charged with the victim to perform sexual acts a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. one count of rape in the flrst degree. against her will. with rape The teen was arrested Feb. 19 by The teen, whose name is being Phone: (302) 737-0724 county police detectives after it was withheld, was arrested after being Facsimile: (302) 737-9019 Traffic discovered he had allegedly had sex­ interviewed at police headquarters. e-mail: [email protected] ual relations with a six-year-old vic­ He was arraigned and released to his To subscribe: Call 737-0724 or tim in the summer of 2002. parents pending. a court date in the 1-800-220-3311 . To begin a stop leads Police said the investigation found Family Court of Delaware. convenient home-delivery sub­ scription, simply call. Newark Police, Delaware State Police, had been struck in the face following police said. To place a classified: Call 737- to arrest and the Drug Enforcement an altercation earlier at 355 S. College • On Feb. 19, at 3:02 p.m., 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. EWARK resident Nakia Administration initiated a motor vehi­ Ave. McDowell was arrested and charged cle stop in the area of Casho Mill Witnesses told police two men had with shoplifting a bottle of baby pow­ To place a display ad: Call 737- N Belgrave, 20, is being accused of striking a New Castle Road. argued over one of the two leaving the der at Pathmark, 100 College Square. 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. County police officer during a car stop. A search of the vehicle and the pas­ swim team. Police said he was released in that case Belgrave was arrested Thursday, sengers discovered about 136 grams of No charges have been placed to pending a court appearance. THE STAFF of the Newark Post is Feb. 19 at 11:33 a.m. after a fight with marijuana that officials believe was date, police said, but investigation is eager to assist readers and advertis­ a New Castle County police officer destined for sale, police said. continuing. Items disappear ers. Reporters, writers, editors and who stopped her for disregarding ~­ Williams was also in possession of salespeople can be contacted as listed: stop sign near the Kimberton psilocybin mushrooms. Assault at Elks club A resident of the 700 block Apartment complex, police said. The two men were charged with Swarthmore Drive told Newark police James B. Streit, Jr. is the publisher possession with intent to deliver mari­ of the Newark Post. He sets policies and As the officer approached the vehi­ Warrant procedures were explained on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 9:17p.m. that cle, Belgrave exited and attempted to juana, maintaining a vehicle for con­ to a 36-year-old man who told Newark two speakers, a DVD player and ten manages all departments in the Newark trolled substances, and conspiracy, office. Call him at 737-0724. walk away. The officer ordered police at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, discs, total value $445, disappeared. Belgrave to stop and she then became police said. that he was struck in the face. Police said there were no signs of Darrel W.
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