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Inside:Borough News....................................3Bob Batch............................................4Library Events....................................5Health Center......................................8Douglas E. Hall....................................9Church Information..........................10 www.EdgewaterResidential.com

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Edgewater’s Good News Monthly Community Newspaper Volume XXIV, No. 6 June 2011

FounderMaria Estela de [email protected]

Senior Contributing EditorBob Batch ([email protected])

ChairmanSergio Fernández de Có[email protected]

CTOChristopher [email protected]

The EDGEWATER RESIDENTIAL is published monthly and provided to the residents of Edge-water. Those who wish to volunteer are welcome in this major effort to publish a community pa-per. Financial contributions are also welcome. All rights reserve. No part of this newspaper may be reproduced without the express written consent of the Edgewater Residential.All correspondence, including ads, contributions, and requests for subscriptions, should be directed to the publisher at Edgewater Residential.Interested in writing for the EDGEWATER RESIDEN TIAL? Drop us a note at [email protected] with your contact information and the best way to reach you.


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Edgewater“A Great Place to Live”

From the desk of Gregory S. Franz - Borough Administrator

Independence Day Celebration – The Edgewater Mayor and Council along with the Recreation Department are proud to present fireworks at Veterans Field on Friday, July 1 with a rain date of Monday July 5. Veterans Field will open to the public at 6:00 p.m. for children’s entertainment and activities, music, and food. The event is free except for the cost of refreshments. Bring a blanket and chair and watch the spectacular show produced by the Serpico Family of Newton, New Jersey’s International Fireworks Company since 1906, overlooking the George Washington Bridge and New York City skyline. The Edgewater trolley bus will operate along River Road and Undercliff Avenue between 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. so leave your car at home and walk and ride to the event. Inflatable rides, face painting, clowns, balloon toss are all available for the children, no alcoholic beverages permitted.

Route 5 Rock Stabilization Project – The New Jersey Department of Transportation will be performing a rock slope stabilization project along New Jersey Route 5 in Edgewater. This project calls for the removal and stabilization of rock along the cliff face. The work calls for approximately 28 days of full closure of Route 5 to perform the most dangerous work first. The borough requested that this work not commence until school ends in June so school transportation is not effected. At the conclusion of the 28 day closure, Route 5 will be open to east bound traffic only during working hours and during morning and afternoon peak hours, bi-directional traffic will be permitted. The Edgewater Police along with the Cliffside Park and Fort Lee Police Departments will work collectively in an attempt to keep traffic flowing and provide ample signage.

Borough Hall Moving Day – The Edgewater Police and Municipal offices are tentatively scheduled to move into the new Borough Hall at 55 River Road the weekend of June 17. Borough offices will be closed Friday, June 17 and Monday, June 20 and will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 21 so that Borough staff can close down the old facility and prepare to open the new facility. We ask for residents’ cooperation if we do not respond in a timely manner during this period. Staff will be onsite and email and telephones should be operational by Saturday, June 18; however, we may be distracted in attempting to organize the offices and files. The Police Department should be operational in the new facility by Sunday, June 19; however, residents should not see any interruption in emergency service during this transition.

Crossing Guards NeededThe Edgewater Police Department is in need of crossing guards for the 2011-2012 school year.

Edgewater residents 18 and older can apply by filling out an application in the office of the Borough Administrator of Borough Hall. A valid New Jersey Drivers License is preferred. Standard back-

ground checks are performed and guards need to report to posts by 6:45 a.m. and again by 2:00 p.m.

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COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW COUNCILMAN – Upon the retirement of Councilwoman Neda Rose who resigned her position effective June 30, 2012, on July 16th the Mayor and Council appointed Anthony Bartolomeo to fill former Councilwoman Roses’ unexpired term. Mr. Bartolomeo is seeking a full three year term in the November election.

COUNCIL NEWS At the July 16 council meeting, the Mayor and Council adopted a parking ordinance for the new George Washington School as well as introduced a quality of life ordinance and re-appropriated a funding ordinance for repairs at the Fire Company #1 firehouse. Ordinance 1475-2012 was adopted on final reading to create fire lanes and no parking, stopping and standing zones at the new George Washington School on Undercliff Avenue. The adopted ordinance mirrors a similar ordinance at the Eleanor Van Gelder School to regulate parking during school hours. Ordinance 1476-2012 was introduced on first reading to prohibit public urination anywhere within the Borough. The Police Department had been encountering issues with public urination and recommended this ordinance; a public hearing and vote on adoption will be held at the August 13 council meeting. Ordinance 1477-2012 was introduced on first reading re-appropriating $100,000 from a prior ordinance whose intent was a cellular and radio tower proposed for a Police building at 915 River Road

that was never built in consideration of the new building at 55 River Road. The re-appropriation creates funding to be used for the Fire Company 1 firehouse on River Road at Palisades Terrace. The building is in need of repairs to its roof, brick, meeting room, and kitchen, a public hearing and vote on adoption will be held at the August 13 council meeting.

Life Saving Awards – At the July 16 council meeting, the Mayor and Council presented life saving awards to three Edgewater Police Officers and two Emergency Medical Technicians for their heroic actions on May 15 of this year in reviving a local resident who collapsed in cardiac arrest. Upon the arrival of police officers Sgt. Rae, Ptl. Farrell, and Ptl. Dushaj, cardio pulmonary resuscitation was started and then assumed upon the arrival of emergency medical technicians Cheryl Reynolds and Jason Gailes. The patient regained a pulse while being transported to a local hospital, the patient has since recovered.

FARMERS MARKET COMING TO TOWNBeginning on Wednesday, August 1 between 11:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and continuing every Wednesday thereafter until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, depending on availability of product, a farmers market will be held at the Shadyside Parking Lot between River Road and Old River Road at Thompson Lane. The coordinator for this event is Richard Sunden of Sunden’s Stone Pointe Farms

in Old Tappan New Jersey. Enjoy “Jersey Fresh” selected produce, pickled items, preserves, and baked goods at reasonable prices.

FREE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES – The Borough of Edgewater is pleased to announce the “summer music series” at the Edgewater Marina. Bring a chair or blanket and a light snack and enjoy a night of live entertainment with neighbors, friends, and family, entirely free. Six consecutive Thursday evening’s beginning on Thursday July 5th and concluding on Thursday August 9th, show time begins at 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Transportation provided free using the Edgewater shuttle buses. For show information and schedule changes due to weather, log onto the Borough web site www.edgewaternj.org, the schedule is as follows:

Thursday August 2nd – Josh Breakstone/Earl Sauls – Sponsored by the Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department, guitar and bass music providing a jazz sound.

Thursday August 9th – Todd Wolfe Band – Sponsored by Daibes Enterprises and the Edgewater Volunteer First Aid Squad, a classic rock sound with former guitarist for Sheryl Crow.

VOLLYBALL IN THE PARK – The Borough of Edgewater is pleased to announce “volleyball in the park” at the Edgewater Marina. Just show up and be placed on a team or coordinate a team with

friends and neighbors free of charge and no fees. Every Tuesday evening beginning on Tuesday, July 3 and concluding on Tuesday, August 28th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Coordinated through the Recreation Department, call 201-943-1700 ext. 6000 for details.Veteran’s Field UpdateOn Monday, June 18, the Mayor and Council awarded the remediation and restoration of Veteran’s Field to Waterside Construction of Edgewater New Jersey for $7,069,075.88, of which approximately $1,721,240.62 already exists in New Jersey Green Acres and Bergen County Open Space funding awarded to the Borough, additional bids were received in excess of $14,000,000. The work will commence on the five identified areas where soil is to be removed. Once this task is completed the contractor will move to the little league field to begin the remediation and restoration. Air monitoring equipment will be installed throughout the facility, noise and dust is expected and we will make every effort to minimize this inconvenience. We do recommend that you keep your windows closed during the normal work day of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to mitigate noise and dust. The Community Center will remain open with modified traffic patterns and parking, the estimated completion date whereby the facility can be reopened to the public is the spring of 2013.

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By Bob BatchThis year for a vacation we decided to retreat to the mountains instead of the seashore which had been our custom in years past. Despite the differences in the locale and color of each environ, a lot of things are very similar about vacation spots. There always seem to be stores that carry items just for the visi-tor who wants a memento of the time they spent on their vacation. Oddly though, whether you are at the shore where the souvenirs might be surfboards and sandals, or in the mountains where rustic planks and homemade crafts abound, the cute sayings on everything are all the same. “Work hard, millions on welfare are depending on you”, seems to be a popu-lar one. (Probably pretty embarrassing for welfare recipients on vacation)

So, where we went up in the Catskills is a little town near Windham, which is close to Hunter Mountain. It’s near enough to attractions, but the town itself is just one of those blinking light intersections with one café and just about nothing else. Personally, I wouldn’t care if I went to any attractions at all- the best thing about the place was being able to drive with practically no cars on the road. Ah, the divine pleasure of cruising along with no one in their Mer-cedes or BMW trying to sneak around you at every intersection. Still, no matter how few cars there are per square mile, be warned, whenever you want to back up for any reason there will always be someone behind you.

Whenever I am out in a rural area I kind of imagine how great life would be if I stayed there all the time. Invariably though, I see myself as Oliver Douglas in the T.V. show ‘Green Acres’. Some of you are prob-ably too young to remember the show I’m talking about, so I’ll explain that the premise was a city guy moving to the country from Park Avenue and buying a broken down farm, which he, in his naivety thought was a real farm. He constantly would get duped by

the locals while he tried to follow his dream. Mean-while, his wife who hated the country had all her designer clothes at the farm house in a closet with a door that kept sliding off the rails. Hootersville, the town in the show, seems like just the kind of place I’d wind up in.

Anyway, on the first day of our stay in our little mountain village, after we got settled into the house we rented, my wife and I decided to run to the store down the road a piece for supplies. Meanwhile, the kids who stay on their own for short periods of twen-ty minutes or so at our Doorman building, insisted they’d be fine and were too tired from complaining and arguing from the long trip, to come along.

Off we went to the Valero Station in the nearest real town to pick up a few things at the market. Every-where you go today the gas station has taken up the role of a general store in years gone by. They may not have the sacks of flour and barrels of pickles like they did in the old days, but they do have the es-sentials of life as we know it, ring dings and energy drinks.

When we started back it was still light and I was cruising up the road at a leisurely pace. Suddenly in my rear view mirror I saw flashing lights and a speeding Police car. I pulled over and it whizzed by. Joking, we remarked to one another, “I hope he’s not going to Barry’s house (the guy who rented us our house and lived near by), or our house!” By now you can probably guess that when we pulled near the house we were renting, there were two Police cars out front!

On the porch was my oldest daughter clutching our Yorkshire Terrier in her arms and my youngest daughter beside herself next to a Policeman looking very much like the arresting Officer in the Alice’s Restaurant movie. It’s hard to remember half the

things that flash through your mind at a time like that. I was hoping no one was hurt of course, but at the same time I was having flashes of myself in handcuffs for child abandonment or something.

It will never really be known what actually trans-pired during the time we were gone, but after the Policeman assured my daughter, and us, that calling 911 was the right thing to do, this is the version we were able to piece together.

It seems my son Tiernan went outside to admire the enormous yard area behind our house with views of distant mountains and trees as far as the eye could see. Too his shock in front of him was a bear! A real out in the woods, not a Care Bear, cartoon or stuffed variety-bear! Tiernan went into the house and told my daughters who flipped out, imagining that the bear would break in and eat our dog the way it would happen in some Stephen King novel. Their call to 911 was the biggest case for the town Police in the last century.

This has been a very dry year in a lot of places. In the Catskills you can see that lots of streams barely have any water in them and the grass is brown ev-erywhere. According to the Officer who responded that day the bears have been coming down to lower elevations than usual looking for food and water. Happily, there was no Child Welfare Bureau in town and the Police were happy to have been alerted to the presence of a bear in the area. Coincidently, the Police Station, or Headquarters actually since it is not manned all the time, was only two houses away.

Nearly everywhere we went stores had statues of bears and little keepsakes you could buy that would remind you of ‘Bear Country’. We were told the kids were very lucky, not many people even people who live in the area ever see a bear. But on our first day of vacation one came by to welcome us to town.

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JUVENILE PROGRAMMING EVENTSWelcome as the “Dog Days” of summer begin during the month of August. Come join your friends at the Edgewater Free Public Library for an array of activities throughout the month. Also --- check out the library’s new website at www.edgewaterlibrary.org and register for all programs online. Directions: At the homep-age, click on the ‘Calendar’ link and this will bring you to the cal-endar of events for all ages at the library. Choose your event and complete the registration process as given. If you have some difficulty, please call the library and library staff will gladly assist you with the registration process. We look forward to seeing you!

Aug. 1, Wednesday, 10:30 & 1130 AM: “Baby Sign-Lan-guage with Ms. Fran”: Ages 6 Mos. and up: This is the final session for Ms. Fran’s ever-popular Baby-Sign program. This session is closed to all but those previously enrolled. Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, Wednesday, 4:00 PM: “Chess Club”: Ages 7+: The summer… and Summer Chess, are both winding down and the 22nd will be the final session of the term. Enroll-ment for “Chess: Fall Session I” will commence upon Monday, August 27th. Using a valid Edgewater Free Public Library card, patrons can visit the EFPL library home-page, go to the Juvenile calendar, click upon Wednesday Chess Club, and self-enroll. Enrollment for ALL programs, juvenile as well as adult, will be conducted in this fashion moving forward. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the library at 201-224-6144 for information or guidance.

Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, Wednesday, 5:00 PM: “Guitar with Tom”: Instructor Tom Gayle leads this small but intrepid class of guitar players. Open to those with a basic knowledge of guitar and the ability to read simple sheet music. Participants must provide their own instruments. Using a valid Edgewater Free Public Library card, patrons can visit the EFPL library home-page, go to the Juvenile calendar, click upon Wednesday “Gui-tar with Tom” link, and self-enroll. Enrollment for ALL programs, juvenile as well as adult, will be conducted in this fashion moving forward. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the library at 201-224-6144 for information or guidance. Aug. 2 Thursday, 10:30 & 11:30 AM: “Mother Goose Group”: Ages 18 Mos.+ OR “Capable Walkers”: The last ses-sion of “Summer Mother Goose Group” is upon us. Come join us as we celebrate the final summer MGG session. “Mother Goose Fall Session 1” will commence on Thursday, September 9th, with enrollment for the session opening on Monday, August 27th. Using a valid Edgewater Free Public Library card, patrons can visit the EFPL library home-page, go to the Juvenile calen-dar, click upon Thursday Mother Goose Group link, and self-enroll. Enrollment for ALL programs, juvenile as well as adult, will be conducted in this fashion moving forward. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the library at 201-224-6144 for information or guidance. Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, Thursday, 4:00 PM: “Starter Chess Club”: Ages 5 & 6: Just as the Summer session for Wednes-day’s Chess Club is coming to an end, so too is the Starter

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Have you ever had bad dreams that can be truly frightening nightmares or feel that you are being tired down to your bed by restrains?If you have terrible nightmares, we can con-clude that in most cases you are stressed out and it attracts a bad spiritual influence. Also if you cannot sleep well, your mind that has some negative thoughts like worries, anxiet-ies, and fears for your future so on attracts negative energy. Remedies for Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Restraints Breathing MethodsBreathing methods offer good approach. If you cannot move and there is nothing you can do about it, in order to regain your own spirit, you should try catching your breath.As you are lying down, try to breathe from the lower stomach area below the belly but-ton. The idea is to provide your body with fresh oxygen. Try breathing in, and if you are able to repeat this deep respiration several times over, strangely enough you will find that the evil spirits have parted from you. One of the secrets of this breathing method is that as you breathe, light will enter your body. When that happens, the negative influ-ences that are holding you down will let go. At that moment, you will be free. This is how to escape through the breathing method.

Positive Thinking and Self-ReflectionAnother method is to change your perspec-tive into a positive one. The fact that spiritual influence can approach you is evidence that the wavelengths given off by your mind and the wavelengths of the negative energy are the same, so in this case you should reverse the situation. You must eliminate any think-ing about negative things and look towards the light. Think only about wonderful, posi-tive things within your mind. This is another method for dealing with this threat.

Another strategy is to practice self-reflec-tion. Even if the weight on your chest pre-vents your body from moving and you can-not move your hands either, that does not mean that this restraint is extending into your head. Therefore, while lying down, engage in self-reflection. If you find yourself in such a situation, it means that as some point up to the prior day you have been having trouble with human relationships. In this situation, try thinking about the person with whom you get along the least, a person about whom you get along the least, a person about whom you think, “I can’t stand him”, or, “If only she wasn’t around.” If there is someone in your life who fits this description, then try think-ing of him or her and practice self-reflection, then try thinking of him or her and practice self-reflection. In any event, start with apolo-gizing to this person.

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Have you ever had bad dreams that can be truly frightening nightmares or feel that you are being tired down to your bed by restrains?If you have terrible nightmares, we can con-clude that in most cases you are stressed out and it attracts a bad spiritual influence. Also if you cannot sleep well, your mind that has some negative thoughts like worries, anxiet-ies, and fears for your future so on attracts negative energy. Remedies for Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Restraints Breathing MethodsBreathing methods offer good approach. If you cannot move and there is nothing you can do about it, in order to regain your own spirit, you should try catching your breath.As you are lying down, try to breathe from the lower stomach area below the belly but-ton. The idea is to provide your body with fresh oxygen. Try breathing in, and if you are able to repeat this deep respiration several times over, strangely enough you will find that the evil spirits have parted from you. One of the secrets of this breathing method is that as you breathe, light will enter your body. When that happens, the negative influ-ences that are holding you down will let go. At that moment, you will be free. This is how to escape through the breathing method.

Positive Thinking and Self-ReflectionAnother method is to change your perspec-tive into a positive one. The fact that spiritual influence can approach you is evidence that the wavelengths given off by your mind and the wavelengths of the negative energy are the same, so in this case you should reverse the situation. You must eliminate any think-ing about negative things and look towards the light. Think only about wonderful, posi-tive things within your mind. This is another method for dealing with this threat.

Another strategy is to practice self-reflec-tion. Even if the weight on your chest pre-vents your body from moving and you can-not move your hands either, that does not mean that this restraint is extending into your head. Therefore, while lying down, engage in self-reflection. If you find yourself in such a situation, it means that as some point up to the prior day you have been having trouble with human relationships. In this situation, try thinking about the person with whom you get along the least, a person about whom you get along the least, a person about whom you think, “I can’t stand him”, or, “If only she wasn’t around.” If there is someone in your life who fits this description, then try think-ing of him or her and practice self-reflection, then try thinking of him or her and practice self-reflection. In any event, start with apolo-gizing to this person.

Giving ThanksNext, another method is giving thanks.One day is like a lifetime. If you live by this philosophy, then the end of each day corre-sponds to the end of your entire life. So you should give thanks by saying something like this: “It is my turn to leave this world. Now I can return to a pleasurable world. Looking back over my life on this earth, I can say that I truly had a good life. Thank you so much. Even if I should die here and now, I am sat-isfied.” By giving thanks like this, you will drive them away. This is another method for dealing with the problem. The next time you experience a bad dream, I suggest that you try our some of the methods explained above. Also before going to bed, if you practice breathing with positive thinking and self-reflection, and giving thanks would make you sleep well.

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Influences from Past LivesExample 2 of 6: People with Distinctive BirthmarksFor example, when a person has a distinctive birthmark on his body, in many instances it closely corresponds to the way in which that person died in a past life.Many cases have been re-ported of marks being locat-ed on the same parts of the body where in the past lives people were killed by swords or spears, or died after being hit by arrows. In effect, they are reminders that the person died in such a way in the past.Example 3 of 6: People Who Fear WaterThen again there are peo-ple who are terrified of wa-ter. These people think, “I’m scared of going into the water. Swimming pools scare me to death. I’m also scared of riv-ers. Anyhow, I can’t avoid be-ing horrified when I see wa-ter.” In most cases, a spiritual reading reveals that such a person experienced a water-related death in a past life. This experience of death by

water may have taken any number of forms, including drowning, an accident in the water, being murdered in the water, or dying in a flood. In such cases, their souls will likely be engraved with incredible terror. Such a feel-ing of terror in the soul might appear in a form of phobia in this life too. Therefore it is no wonder that they should have a fear of water.Example 4 of 6: People Who Fear Heights An even more common ex-ample is acrophobia, or fear of heights. When people suf-fering from this phobia go up to a high place, they will be absolutely unable to control their fears. But if we conduct spiritual readings of such people’s past lives, in nearly every cause, we find that they died after falling from a high place. That may happen in war, or by falling, or by being pushed off cliffs, shoved from roofs, from turrets, from windows of buildings, or otherwise from suffering an experience of fall-ing during a past life. In such

cases, these people cannot help their fear of high places. Recently, there are cases where people who died in airplane accidents were re-born, and now have a fear of airplanes. These people are scared to death of boarding an airplane. In this manner, a soul will carry over various things from past lives, and experiences of fear in past lives will resur-face. If someone experiences a major accident in this life, it remains as karma and so the next time that person is re-

born, it is likely, a fear of it, will develop. (Examples 5 & 6 will be in next weeks issue)(article written by Master Ryuho Okawa, leader and founder of Happy Science)

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By Douglas E. HallDeveloper Fred Daibes, who has played such a large role in the transformation of Edgewa-ter from the wreckage of what was once an in-dustrial power house along the Hudson River to the attractive residential community that it now is, is planning to develop what is left from the despoilment of the riverfront prop-erty, specifically the contaminated superfund site that lies between 115 River Road (the old Bridgeview/TD Bank building) and City Place on River Road in the southern end of the borough.As envisioned by Mr. Daibes, the site will be dominated by a round-shaped office building called the Promenade with a marina and pos-sible ferry terminal. This would be the sec-ond ferry terminal for the borough. The first is located on River Road where it is joined by Route 5. When the Mayor’s Ferry Study Committee recommended the establishment of ferry service in 2003 at the northern ter-minal (Edgewater Marina), where ferry ser-vice now operates, it also recommended that a second terminal should be established in the southern area of the town at a future date. With Mr. Daibes planning to build several apartment buildings in the area, some of them possibly high rises and the apartments that are being constructed on the iPark/Edgewa-ter mixed use site (the former Unilever plant site) near the new Borough Hall, there no doubt will be more than sufficient new resi-dents seeking a rapid convenient commute to Manhattan on this additional ferry service. It is apparently premature to determine if New York Waterway would serve this new site as it does for the existing site at the Edgewater Marina. A spokesman declined to comment. Mr. Daibes has acquired sever parcels of land in the southern portion of Edgewater, includ-ing the 16-acre superfund site, which is ad-

ministered by the federal Environmental Pro-tection Agency. EPA has studied the former industrial site for several years, which has been contaminated by various companies go-ing back to the late 19th century when the pro-duction of coal tar (used in roofing and road pavement) began there.Also acquired by Mr. Daibes is the land por-tion of 115 River Road. This building was constructed in 1909 by Spencer Kellogg and Sons, Inc. for the processing of linseed oil. With its nearby neighbor, Archer-Daniels-Midland, the two companies made Edgewa-ter the world’s largest producer of linseed oil, which was used in the manufacture of paint, varnish, and linoleum. The portion of the 115 River Road building that extends out over the Hudson River remains in the hands of Tom Heagney and his son Scott.At press time it was not clear if renovation and expansion plans of the building proposed by the Heagneys would be pursued. These plans, approved by the borough last year, called for an additional third story to be added to the building for apartments and conversion of offices on the portion of the building that extends over the Hudson into a banquet hall/ballroom. In fact the land portion of the build-ing might be razed by the new owner, Mr. Daibes. Such a decision might be driven by some contamination the building reportedly suffered from its close proximity to the super-fund site as contaminants reportedly leached through the ground on to the 115 River Road property.Mr. Daibes also purchased properties on the west side of River Road, across from the new Borough Hall and 115 River Road. In this area he plans to construct a multi-story office building with 3,500 square feet on the ground floor dedicated to the creation of a borough museum.

A Vision for the Superfund site: Marina, Ferry Terminal

An artists rendering provided by Daibes Enterprises shows a proposed development of the Quanta Superfund site with a marina and an administrative building, which could served the needs of the marina as well as a new ferry service.

Edgewater to be Given Mu-seum Space in New BuildingBy Douglas E. HallThe Edgewater Cultural and Historical Com-mittee (EC&HC) will be provided with 3,500 square feet of space to establish the bor-ough’s first museum in an office building be-ing planned by local developer Fred Daibes on property across River Road from the new Borough Hall.The museum will be located on the ground floor of an office building to be constructed at 103 River Road, now the site of Cross County Cardiology and the Medical Dental Center. At least six doctors conduct practic-es from the existing building. The medical center will be razed to make way for the new building.“You can do what you want with the space,” said Mr. Daibes, who suggested that there would be facilities for audio displays. The new museum will permit the EC&HC to ex-hibit for the first time its ephemera of old Edgewater including some 500 historic im-ages of the borough and its residents of years past. The EC&HC was created by the Borough Council in 2000. Since its inception, the committee has participated in the annual Arts Festival and in conjunction with that festi-val, which takes place in September; it has conducted since 2003 an annual antique car show commemorating the operation of the Ford Assembly Plant, which produced ve-hicles on the pier now occupied by Indepen-dence Harbor from 1930 until 1954.Since last year the committee has began a commitment to provide an annual histori-cal educational program for the local school system. For the past nine years EC&HC has conducted in May a fund-raising wine tasting at Fleming’s Prime Steak House and Wine Bar in City Place.The next event of EC&HC will be its annual Ford Assembly Plant Car show in Edgewa-ter Commons (behind McDonald’s) on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a specialty show focusing on vehicles manufactured by the Ford Assembly Plant in Edgewater from 1930 until the plant closed in 1954. The show is located near the site of the Edge-water assembly plant that built Fords in Edgewater for a quarter of a century. Edge-water is proud of its industrial heritage. This exhibit is conducted in conjunction with the 21st annual Edgewater Arts & Music Festi-val. Prizes will be awarded and dash plaques will be presented to the first 50 vehicle ex-hibitors. Trophies will be awarded for vari-ous categories. Registration fee is $10 in ad-vance, $15 on day of show. Fees are waived for vehicles before 1930 and all vehicles built in Edgewater. Make checks payable to Edge-water Cultural & Historical Committee; send to D.E. Hall, PO Box 284, Edgewater, NJ 07020. Email: [email protected].

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Mass Schedule: Monday thru Friday 8:00am in the Parish Center Chapel on Edgewater Place. Saturdays at 5:30pm in the Church. Sundays at 8:00am and 11:00am in the Church. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 4:30pm in the Church or by ap-pointment.

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Chess program. Enrollment for the Fall session will commence upon Monday, August 27th, via the website. In order to self-enroll, simply visit the EFPL website with your valid Edgewater Free Public Library card, go to the Juvenile calendar, click upon the Thursday Chess Club, and self-enroll. As stated previous-ly, all programming enrollment will be conducted in this fash-ion. Please contact the library at 201-224-6144 if you have any questions or trouble enrolling. Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, Thursday, 5:00 PM: “Beginner Gui-tar with Joe”: Gr. 4+: New session begins today! Joe Licitra provides younger students with basic instruction. Learn notes, chords, and more. Participants are expected to provide their own instruments. Enrollment for “Beginner Guitar; Fall Session 1” will begin upon Monday, August 27th, via the website. In order to self-enroll, simply visit the EFPL website with your valid Edge-water Free Public Library card, go to the Juvenile calendar, click upon the Thursday Beginner Guitar link, and self-enroll. Please contact the library at 201-224-6144 if you have any questions or trouble enrolling. Aug. 3, 10, Friday, 10:30 & 11:30 AM: “Storytime Yoga”: Ages 14 Mos.-2 Yrs.: Accomplished local Yoga instructor Adra Lemos (Wee Play Yoga) seamlessly blends picture books, songs and puppets with simple Yoga poses. The result? A class that isfun for both child and caregiver! Please enroll your young Yogi, via the EFPL website, in the time-slot geared for your child’s age group. The Fall session of Storytime Yoga will commence upon Friday, September 14th. Enrollment for the Fall session begins, via website (see above program descriptions), on Monday, Au-gust 27th. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 if you have difficulty enrolling via the website. Aug. 3, 17, 31, Friday, 3:00 PM: “Tiny Hands Art Class”: Ages 18 Mos.+: Susan Price runs this fun and engaging “pre-

art” program for Toddlers and their caregivers. Utilizing a diverse suite of non-toxic art supplies that are “chunky” enough to be held and easily manipulated by tiny hands, Sue guides attend-ees through what is called an, “open art” session. With no pre-determined craft project to copy, children are free to express themselves and creativity is nurtured. Please visit the library website and, through the juvenile calendar, self-enroll in this very special initiative. Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Friday, 4:00 PM: “Wee Read Book Club”: Gr. 2-4: Designed to appeal to even the most reluctant young reader, Mrs. Faten Masri leads this fun and interactive “first book club!” Enrollment for the Fall “Wee Read” book dis-cussion group will begin on Monday, August 27th. Please visit the juvenile calendar via the EFPL library website, click upon the “Wee Read” book club link, and follow the instructions from there. Should you have any questions or issues with enrollment,kindly call the library at 201-224-6144 for assistance. Aug. 6, Monday, 12:00 PM: “Nutty Professors”: Ages 5+: The final meeting of this special summer science club, to-day’s project will be a surprise! Because this program was so well-received, the library will host a Fall session! The Fall ses-sion of “Nutty Professors will open on Monday, September 10th. Enrollment for this session will begin, via EFPL website, on Monday, August 27th. Should you have any questions or issues with enrollment, please contact the library at 201-224-6144. Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27, Monday, 11:00 AM: “Learn Chinese with Ying!”: Ages 3-5: A wonderful opportunity to teach children both the Chinese language and culture! Children at this age are ideally suited to learning a second language. Due to the nature of the program, space is limited to just 8 students. Fall Session Ienrollment will commence upon Monday, August 27th via the Juvenile Calendar of Events found within the EFPL website. Please contact the library at 201-224-6144 with questions. Aug. 6, 13, Monday, 4:00 PM: “Bedtime Yoga with Adra”: Ages 3+: These are the final 2 sessions of Bedtime Yoga with Adra for the summer. Due to the overwhelming popularity of this program, one in which Adra shows parents and caregivers how to guide toddlers through a series of self-meditation and relaxation techniques, the library will offer Bedtime Yoga again in the Fall. Patrons will be able to self-enroll through the library website starting on Monday, August 27th. Should patrons have any issues with the self-enrollment process or inquiries about the program itself, please don’t hesitate to call the library at 201-224-6144.

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March 19 that will result in an average $168.00 increase from 2011 in the amount of money tax payers pay for the municipal portion of their tax bill. However, on June 18, the Mayor and Council endorsed an amendment to the budget that will reduce this increase to about $135.00 per property owner. The municipal budget was adopted with the amended decrease on July 16. The Mayor and Council along with departments were able to reduce overall expenses by about $200,000. Remember, when you receive your tax bill, it includes three taxing entities, municipal, schools, and county. The municipal portion is only approximately 45% of the total bill. The 2012 municipal budget resulted in a $1,238,144 appropriation increase from 2011. Total appropriations in 2011 were $22,818,220 and in 2012, they will be $24,056,364 or a 5.15% increase. The tax levy, or the amount to be raised by taxes in 2011 was $18,216,763 and in 2012 the levy will be $19,224,227 or a 5.53% increase. The main contributing factor to this increase in the levy is the inability to generate enough revenues other than taxes, to cover expenses. The main appropriation increases were debt service, the amount of money owed as a result of borrowing for capital projects $354,006, street lighting, $42,000, and health benefits $617,755. The Mayor and Council are aggressively looking at health care options to reduce this cost. The more revenues Edgewater receives, the less of a levy, or the amount we need to assess directly to the property owner. Edgewater was fortunate enough to receive state fiscal aid in the amount of $750,731, the same amount as last year. This money will go directly to tax relief, or less the amount needed to raise in taxes. To counter the trend of lost revenues identified a few years ago, we initiated the collection of two new sources of revenue, ambulance billing and sewer fees. The revenue projections for both billings are $186,000 and $150,000 respectively which could decrease the overall tax levy. In 2010, the municipal tax rate was .582 and in 2011, the rate was .698, and 2012 the introduced rate will be .700. On the typical residential assessment of $433,000, the average amount of municipal taxes to be paid will be $3,202. A public hearing was held on April 16 permitting residents the opportunity to comment, the State of New Jersey did not complete the review of the budget by this date and the adoption had to be postponed until July 16.

“Call for Artists” for 21st An-nual Edgewater Arts & Music FestivalA record number of $3800 in cash prizes will be awarded to artists in the 21sth Annual Edgewater Arts & Music Festival, to be held in Edgewater, NJ on Sunday, September 9, 2012. The day-long event is a FREE celebration of the arts and is open to the public from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Old River Road at Thompson Lane.A “Call for Artists” is issued for those wishing to compete in the $3800 juried art competition in the categories of art, photography, fashion design and crafts. A $1000 “Best of Show” award is donated by the Edgewater Borough Council. A special $500 “Best in Watercolor” will be awarded in honor of Edgewater artist Muriel Paci who recently passed away. “The Edgewater Arts Council decided to honor Muriel’s love and dedication to the arts by creating a special watercolor award, to be named the “Muriel Paci Watercolor award” Mu-riel has exhibited her beautiful watercolors in our previous festivals, and she’s an award-winning artist and deserves this special recognition,” said Lynne Grasz Hall, Edgewater Arts Council President. All awards will be presented on September 9, and the Edge-water Arts Council encourages watercolorists, photographers, fashion designers and artists in all mediums to bring their best art for the juried art competition. Booth space is $40 per art-ist, and applications for all artists can be downloaded at www.edgewaterarts.com Cash awards will be given in seven categories including a new Student Art Competition for students 13-23 with a valid student ID. The student award winner will receive $300. The categories for artists are:$500 Best of Art, sponsored by Mariners Bank, Edgewater$500 Best of Photography, sponsored by Verizon Wireless, 717 River Road, Edgewater$500 Best Crafts$500 Best Fashion Design$500 Muriel Paci Best Watercolor$300 Best Student Art A $1000 Best of Show award, underwritten by the Edgewa-ter Borough Council is given to the artist who exemplifies the best of art in the Festival. Last year’s Best of Show was Edgewater photographer Hank Gans. Musicians will perform free from the Main Stage from Noon to 6:00 PM on Old River Road. Larry Lipsen, Festival Music Director brings top talent to the increasingly popular Arts & Music Festival. In addition, visitors can also attend the 9th annual Ford As-sembly Plant Car Show, sponsored by the Edgewater Cultural & Historic Committee. The auto show takes place at Edge-water Commons where a complimentary shuttle bus will run all day so that attendees can park free in Edgewater Com-mons and shuttle to the Arts & Music festival which is several blocks away. The Auto Show runs from 10 – 4 PM and fea-tures Fords built in the Edgewater Ford assembly plant from 1930-1954. Other cars are also featured. Prizes are awarded in various categories for Best Cars, including a popular “Peo-ple’s Choice” award. Auto trophies will be awarded at 3:00 PM at Edgewater Commons. For more information on the Car Show, visit www.ouredgewater.blogspot.com Art award winners will be announced from the main stage on Old River Road at 4:30 PM. Auto awards will be given at 3:30 PM at the Edgewater Commons.

OK, so we are midway through the summer and if you have stepped out of your air conditioned homes, you would know it’s HOT! Have you been wearing your sunscreen? According to Kendra Bergstrum, MD, FAAD at Pacific Medical Center, the rates of skin cancer has risen in the US 5-8% annually since the 1960’s. That’s bad. So it’s good to wear your sunscreen in regular and generous amounts. I know, we have had some interesting weather, it has been raining a lot and it’s been cloudy. Well guess what: according to Angie Un-chie Song, MD at Swedish Medical Center, 80% of the sun’s ultra violet rays penetrate through the clouds so we are still vulnerable to risks of over exposure.There are two types of ultra violet rays that we need to protect against. The first are UVA rays. They can penetrate through window glass, cause premature aging, and compromise your immune system’s ability to detect the appearance and progression of skin cancer. UVB rays are the ones that cause sun burns and there is a direct link between sun burns and skin cancers. So it is important that you use a broad spectrum water proof (or at least water resis-tant) sun screen. It can be confusing to decide what SPF to use, so here are some guidelines from the Skin Cancer Foundation (No sunscreen, regardless of strength, should be expected to last more than two hours): • SPF 15 gives you 93% protection• SPF 30 gives you 97% protection• SPF 50 gives you 99% protectionThe American Academy of Dermatology ads these guidelines:Use enough sunscreen to generously coat all skin that will be not be covered by clothing. Ask your-self, “Will my face, ears, arms, or hands be covered by clothing?” If not, apply sunscreen.To be sure you use enough, follow this guideline:One ounce, enough to fill a shot glass, is consid-ered the amount needed to cover the exposed areas of the body. Adjust the amount of sunscreen ap-plied depending on your body size. Most people only apply 25-50 percent of the rec-ommended amount of sunscreen.3Apply the sunscreen to dry skin 15 minutes BE-FORE going outdoors.Skin cancer also can form on the lips. To protect your lips, apply a lip balm or lipstick that contains sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher.Re-apply sunscreen approximately every two hours or after swimming or sweating heavily according to the directions on the bottle. We need to put on sunscreen regularly any where our skin is exposed to the sun even when the sun is blocked by clouds. And we need to keep re-apply-ing it every two hours or after working up a good sweat. So do your mom proud and take care of your skin

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