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By Ron LeirObserver Correspondent

KEARNY –Carlstadt builder Ed Russo

can expand his residential project at Bergen and Schuy-ler Aves. now that the Kearny Planning Board has signed off on the proposal.

The board, on March 4, vot-

ed – despite some reservations about traffic flow – to green-light the project’s expansion to 311-337 Bergen Ave. with the demolition of several commer-cial properties and construc-tion of two 3-story buildings with a total of 70 apartments plus 106 parking spaces.

During the board’s hearing on the application filed by

Wal Park Associates/Schuy-ler Crossing Urban Renewal LLC, several board members and a member of the public, Lawrence Handlin, voiced concerns about traffic going in and out of the development.

Plans call for two driveways at the development site, both opening onto Bergen, but Handlin noted that at certain

times of the day, “it takes upwards of 40 minutes” to drive along Schuyler to get to Harrison Ave.

With what he called a “high-density development coming into the picture, those traffic snarls are only going to get worse, Handlin said. “Be flex-ible, give up a driveway,” he


HARRISON –The Town of Harrison,

which has received special state aid for the past five years – and, with it, the special attention of a state fiscal monitor – recently tried to disengage itself from that ar-rangement.

Sorry, not yet, was the state’s answer, according to Mayor James Fife.

“We asked to have our transitional aid shifted to our regular state aid,” Fife told The Observer last week, and, in so doing, have the state end its role of financial overseer.

However, Fife said he was told that because of adminis-trative staff changes within the state Dept. of Community Af-fairs’ Local Government Ser-vices unit – and, in particular, the assignment of a new state monitor to Harrison – DCA needed more time to “evalu-ate” the town’s situation.

“Possibly it might happen by next year,” Fife said. “We felt we were ready but they didn’t.”

A state comptroller’s audit issued last year cited what the audit characterized as “weak-nesses” in the town’s internal financial controls that resulted in health care premiums paid to dead employees plus “excessive” retiree sick leave,

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It’s only his second time on stage at Kearny High School, but senior Alex

Vazquez is rising to the task of tackling a lead.

So says Michele Samoski, who is directing Alex and a cast of 33 in the high school’s spring musical, “In the Heights,” opening March 19.

The show, which focuses on a low-income neighbor-hood in the Washington Heights section of New York City whose residents rally round each other, features as many as 25 songs

– mostly ensemble-based – and six big dance numbers, all done to rap and hip hop stylings.

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A phony utility representa-tive tried to get cash from a Washington Ave. business but was thwarted, according to Nutley PD.

The incident was reported to police March 2 by the busi-ness’s office manager, who said they’d received a call from someone claiming to be from PSE&G and advising them they had an outstanding balance of more than $1,000.

To avoid a power shutoff, the caller advised, the manager should pay cash immediately at a nearby location that the man-ager would be provided with.

Meanwhile, the manager was given a phone number to call to verify the account but was told by the person answering that it was Con Ed. After calling back the number that he was initially contacted from, the manager was told that they’d been given an incorrect number and was given a different number to contact.

At that point, the manager reached out to PSE&G through the utility’s main number, and was advised this was a scam and that if power was going to be discontinued, PSE&G would have sent an official “shut off notice.”

The PSE&G representative told the manager that normally this type of scam typically involves payment requested by credit card or money order rather than cash.

Police said the office manag-er expressed concern over the fact that the scammer knew the correct amount that the busi-ness owed, although the bill was not overdue. The scammer did not, however, know the business’ account number.

No money was sent in this case, police said.

Other apparent fraud cases were reported to police during the past week. These were the following:

March 2, a Columbia Ave. resident reported that when they tried to file a joint return with their spouse, the IRS told them that someone had ap-parently already fraudulently filed them and that they were investigating.

On March 3, a victim was called by someone who identi-fied themselves as “Jacob Stafford” of the IRS and who told them that if they didn’t pay tax delinquencies totaling more than $5,000 from 2009-2013, they would be arrested and face seven years in prison. “Mr. Stafford” then directed the vic-tim to drive to the nearest Of-fice Depot and buy four Vanilla Reload Network prepaid cards for $500 each, which the victim did. Police said they tried to get the victim to stop payment on the cards but that they had already been redeemed. Police said they could not reach the party who called the victim.

On March 4, a would-be vic-tim reported getting a call from an unknown man claiming to be from the Postal Service who told them that they had won millions of dollars in a sweep-stakes but that they needed to send the caller $400 to process the check. Suspicious, the intended victim hung up and tried to call back, only to learn that the number was an exchange from Jamaica.

Also on March 4, a victim reported three unauthorized charges listed on their credit card statement. Two were made at the Giant Supermarket in Pennsylvania for $405 each and a third was made at a Getty gas station in New Jersey for $92.98. The victim has canceled the card.

Between Feb. 28 and March 6, Nutley PD also responded to 36 motor vehicle accidents, 12 disputes, 34 medical calls and these incidents:

Feb. 28An Edgewood Ave. resident

reported the theft of a wallet from their home.

• • •Police responded to a report

of a suspicious person in the road at Taft and Spring Sts. There, they spotted a man in a black jacket talking on his cellular phone while walking in the street. Jhad Meadows, 24, of Nutley, was arrested after police learned he was wanted on an active warrant from Bel-leville. He was turned over to Belleville PD who released him pending a new court date.

March 1An Uber driver parked on

Prospect St. called police to re-port that they had just dropped off some fares, only to discover that the interior of their vehicle had been damaged, allegedly by the passengers. The driver told police that after being told they could not smoke inside the ve-hicle, the passengers got angry and one of them used a sharp object to cut the back portion of the driver and passenger side headrests, causing more than $200 in damage. After exit-ing, the passengers got into an older model gray Toyota and drove north on Prospect, the driver said. Police checked the area but found no trace of the suspects.

• • •Police responded to King-

sland St. and Passaic Ave. on a report of a theft. The victim told police they gave a stranger a ride from the Starbucks in Clifton to the US Gas station on Kingsland St. after his vehicle had reportedly run out of fuel but, when they reached the sta-tion, the stranger grabbed their Verizon Samsung Galaxy 5 cel-lular phone with a purple case, all valued at about $250, from the center console and began walking away north on Pas-

saic. He was last seen at Passaic and Robert St. The suspect was described as black, 6 feet, medium build, wearing a black jacket, gray sweatpants and black skullcap. Police searched the area but came up empty.

March 2Police issued summonses

for failing to have snow re-moved from sidewalks within a 36-hour period to individual homeowners on Hastings, Ken-zel and Joerg Ave. and to two owners each on Nutley Ave., Race, Harrison and Parallel Sts.

• • •A McKinley St. homeowner

reported that after waking up that morning, they noticed that their front door and kitchen window were open, that the window screen had been cut, that the garbage can under the window was knocked over, that items had been knocked over in the living room and that a Sony flat screen TV was gone. Detectives are investigating.

March 4Police responded to a Pas-

saic Ave. location on a report of criminal mischief. Some-one had slashed the tires of a parked truck, the owner told police.

March 5Police found a fire hydrant

and a parking sign lying on the south side of Franklin Ave. on a snow mound. Police alerted the water department about the hydrant.

March 6A Ravine Ave. resident told

police that they had given their keys to their vehicle to an indi-vidual to move the vehicle but the individual had failed to re-turn the vehicle. Police advised the resident to sign a complaint in municipal court.

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Hump Day became Book-ing Day for a 62-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker in the arm during a dispute at a Kearny manufac-turing company last Wednes-day, authorities reported.

At 11 a.m., March 4, patrol units, under the direction of Sgt. Paul Bershefski, respond-ed to the business on the 900 block of the Belleville Pike on the report of an argument-turned-attack.

Officers Cesar Negron, T.J. Hernandez, Dave Rakowski and Stephen Hroncich arrived to find a 31-year-old male employee bleeding profusely from a knife wound in the upper right arm, police said. Medical assistance was sum-moned for the victim, a Bel-leville resident.

On the premises, the cops found both the knife and the alleged assailant, identified as fellow worker Jose Aguilar, also of Belleville.

Aguilar was charged with aggravated assault, posses-sion of a weapon and posses-sion of a weapon for unlawful puposes. He was remanded to Hudson County Judicial Pro-cessing in lieu of $20,000 bail.

The cause of the dispute was not revealed.

• • •Other recent reports from

the Kearny police blotter included the following:

Feb. 27Officer Phil Finch, inves-

tigating a two-car crash at Schuyler and East Midland Aves. at 9:30 p.m., attempted to interview one of the driv-ers, but found her uncoop-erative, police said. Barbara Thomas, 45, of Kearny, report-edly would not answer ques-tions, submit to field sobriety tests or take an Alcotest at headquarters. She now faces charges of DWI, careless driv-ing and refusal of the Alcotest.

March 2The KPD received a re-

quest from the North Ar-lington police to effect the arrest of 24-year-old Kearny resident Stefan Florea, who was wanted on a $250 motor vehicle warrant. When Sgt. Bershefski and Dets. Michael Gonzalez and John Plaugic went to his residence at 1:45 p.m., Florea answered the bell but then reportedly fled into his apartment, slamming the door -- which the officers then “breached.” He was taken into custody on the warrant -- and

an additional charge of resist-ing arrest.

March 4An arrest warrant was

served without incident at 2:30 p.m. by Sgt. Anthony Limite and Officers Finch and Daniel Esteves at the Kearny resi-dence of Edwin Gonzalez, 29, who was wanted by the Ber-gen County Sheriff’s Office on

a contempt-of-court charge. The suspect was turned over to Bergen County authorities.

March 6At 10:30 a.m., Officer Ra-

kowski responded to a report of a blocked driveway at Bergen Ave. and Windsor St. While the officer was attempt-ing to ascertain ownership of the offending vehicle, a 2002

Ford Taurus, a man jumped into the car and began to drive away, police said. He was stopped. Hugo Villanueva, 23, of Kearny, was subsequently arrested for driving while sus-pended and failure to surren-der a suspended license. And he got a summons for blocking a driveway.

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Local, state and federal agencies, as well as nonprofit groups, may now apply for nearly $1.5 million in federal recreational trail grants made available by the Federal Highway Administration, it was announced last week by the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection.

The federal funds, administered by the DEP’s Green Acres Program, can be used to improve access to open space, enhance envi-ronmental resources, create urban and suburban cor-ridors, and provide hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-highway vehicle opportu-nities.

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operate trails throughout New Jersey. Federal, state, county and local governments and nonprofit groups are eligible to apply.

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Det. Capt. John Valente said the resident, a 47-year-old woman, was walking south on Ridge Road, shortly before 10 a.m., as the driver of a 2007 Ford pickup was traveling south on Ridge, approaching Lake Ave.

Valente said the driver, 42, of Wallington, apparently was tak-ing an aspirin and began chok-ing, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and swerve into a snow bank at the intersection.

In the process, Valente said, the vehicle plowed into a pedestrian crossing sign which was dislodged from its support and thrown into the air, striking

the pedestrian on the left side of her head.

Valente said the woman was knocked to the ground.

An ambulance rushed her to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was treated for her injury which, according to Valente, was believed not to be life-threatening.

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the driver, he said. • • •

In the only other incident logged by police for the past week, on March 1, a 38-year-old Paterson man reported the theft of his 2013 Hyundai from Delafield Ave. at the corner of Rutherford Ave.

The owner told police he had parked there Thursday, Feb.

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NUTLEY – Local author Anthony

Buccino will speak about his latest book, “Nutley Nota-bles,” at the Nutley Histori-cal Society meeting at 7 p.m.,

Thursday, March 19. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the meeting room of the Nutley Museum, 65 Church St.

Notables profiled in the

book are invited to the talk and will be asked to auto-graph an archive copy for the museum. Anyone with a copy of the book is also invited to collect Notables’

signatures.Buccino will talk about

the historical and current figures who were profiled and also solicit suggestions from attendees for notable Nutleyites to be included in a second volume.

“This volume has about 200 Nutley notables pro-filed, and I already have a list for volume two. That list

is about six pages, and I’m going to look up every name and see just how notable they are,” Buccino said.

At the meeting, you can have your copy of “Nutley Notables” signed and/or buy copies to have signed. Plus, the NHS is inviting persons cited in the book to stop by and autograph their profile page.

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ShopRite of Lyndhurst, an Inserra Supermarkets store, is hosting a series of nutrition and wellness events for March led by Julie Harrington, in-store registered dietician.

The programs are free and are being held at the Lynd-hurst store, 540 New York Ave., for local residents. All programs are open to the pub-lic and do not require advance registration unless otherwise

noted.Here’s the list:• Julie’s Walking Club meets

Thursdays at 8 a.m. for a one-mile trek through the store, starting at the Dietician’s Corner. Membership cards and prizes are provided to all participants.

• LiveRight with Shop-Rite Cooking Class’s: Lucky Luncheon Edition is set for Thursday, March 12, at 1 p.m.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Join ShopRite’s in-store dietitian and culinary chef for this St. Patrick’s Day inspired class.

• Happy “Freekah” Friday on March 13, noon to 2 p.m. in-cludes new ways to meet fiber needs each day.

• YMCA and ShopRite Day is set for Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. Visit the Dietitian’s Corner to hear

how the YMCA and ShopRite are partnering to promote wellness in the community. A YMCA representative will be at the store to discuss upcom-ing programs and ShopRite’s in-store dietitian will have samples of a healthy snack.

• Julie’s Produce Pick will have ShopRite’s dietician mix-ing the week’s produce pick into a delicious new dish on Monday, March 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. Stop by for samples and recipe cards.

• “KIND-a-Awesome Snacks on Tuesday, March 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. is being held in recognition of Diabetes Alert Day. ShopRite’s in-store di-etitian will have samples of a diabetes-friendly snack.

• LiveRight with ShopRite Kids’ Day Cooking Class offers little chefs ages 6 and up a chance to create and try new health foods on Wednes-day, March 25, starting at 4 p.m. Pre-register for this event.

• Health Grocery Store Tour is being held in recognition of National Nutrition Month on Thursday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to noon. Space is lim-ited, and pre-registration is required. ShopRite’s in-store dietitian will lead a tour through the aisles, giving tips on reading labels and making sound food choices.

• LiveRight with Shop-Rite Cooking Class’s: Easter Brunch Edition is set for Mon-day, March 30, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Join ShopRite’s in-store dietitian and culinary chef in prepar-ing a tasty, nutrition-packed Easter Brunch.

ShopRite’s retail dieticians can also serve as guest speak-ers/instructors at wellness events hosted by local organi-zations. For more information or to pre-register for a pro-gram, call Harrington at 201-419-9154 or email her at [email protected].

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With St. Patrick’s Day just a few days later, Irish folk-rock-ers the McLean Avenue Band will play Bergen Community College on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre.

Appearing as part of the 2014-15 “Curtain Up!” series, the band’s concert at Bergen’s

main campus, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, will mix traditional and modern music, dancing and storytelling. Tickets are $35 for the general public, $20 for senior citizens and $10 for students.

To purchase tickets, visit tickets.bergen.edu or call 201-447-7428.

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Money generally means power.

And so it is with the American financial sys-tem.

Just take a look at what’s happened since we experi-enced our national financial meltdown in 2008.

Through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the government spent bil-lions of taxpayer dollars to bail out Ford, Chrysler and GM, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the banking industry and American International Group (AIG).

Much of the financial turmoil that rocked virtually every part of our economy was brought about by the trading of financial instru-ments known as derivatives or credit default swaps keyed to highly risky subprime mortgages that were unchal-lenged by the rating agen-cies.

For an excellent primer on how these off the radar securities were packaged and sold to unwitting investors, see Frank Partnoy’s book, “F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street.”

As housing prices col-lapsed and as untold num-bers of homeowners default-ed on their mortgages, AIG and the banks that bet on the risky paper lost those bets – bigtime – as did their clients.

In March 2009, after AIG – revived through the gov-ernment’s (read: taxpayers’) largesse – awarded multi-mil-lions of dollars in executive bonuses, President Obama griped that it was “hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keep-ing the company afloat?”

Obama and Democratic leaders declared they would not stand for further erosion of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act designed to toughen regula-tion of the banking sector and one aspect in particular that, as The New York Times put it, a rule that “tried to chip away at some of the im-plied taxpayer subsidies that banks’ derivative operations enjoy.”

So what happened? Citi-group, the recipient of $45 billion in government bail-

out funding in exchange for stock, was allowed to insert a rider to Congress’s Omnibus spending bill that clears the way for banks to continue – without limitation – deriva-tives trading.

Again there were further protestations by Democrats like Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio who described the ero-sion of Dodd-Frank as “mor-ally reprehensible” and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois who said that “Wall Street banks … want to park themselves under the mistletoe when it comes to this bill ….”

But when it came down to it, the Senate voted 93-4, with 3 abstaining, to go along with the Citigroup language, which was tucked away at the bottom of a bill titled “Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015.”

Only two Democrats – Elizabeth Warren of Massa-chusetts and Maria Cantwell of Washington State – voted against the bill, along with independent Bernie Sanders and Republican Marco Rubio.

Actually, as MSNBC points out, the regulation that was repealed probably wasn’t that

great a controlling mecha-nism to begin with since it would “actually increase risk by forcing Wall Street to move swaps activity from subsidiaries with govern-ment-insured deposits to those that are subject to less oversight.”

Still, with the Citigroup provision, banks are pretty much free to do as they wish with derivatives trading and if there should be another big financial crisis, look out!

Mother Jones magazine quoted Michael Greenberger, a former derivatives regula-tor at the Commodity Fu-tures Trading Commission, on that prospect. Here’s what Greenberger said:

“It’s very dangerous [because] if banks lose on this type of trading and that causes a disruption in the markets, the taxpayer will be confronted with whether to let the banks fail or bail them out to the tune of trillions of dollars.”

Here in New Jersey, though, we’ve got nothing to worry about. Our Attorney General has recommended taking $250 million in a set-tlement with Exxon over

how much the Garden State should expect to collect for the petroleum company’s refinery pollution in Bay-onne and Linden instead of the nearly $9 billion in dam-ages the state Department of Environmental Protection originally estimated. And Gov. Christie will likely be taking $50 million or so off the top to help balance the state budget.

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“This was the first show Miranda wrote and it won the Tony for Best Musical,” Samoski said, “but this is only the second year it’s been available for licensing.” His new show, “Hamilton,” a hip-hop musical, is currently at The Public Theatre (in which he’s starring) and will move to Broadway in July.

“In the Heights” was picked for this year’s KHS spring offering, Samoski said, “be-cause the team was looking for something more contem-porary and dance-heavy” and this was a show that certainly satisfied those criteria.

Given, Samoski said, that the music for the show is “challenging,” the director scheduled eight weeks of rehearsal after casting was completed in January. She’s been ably assisted in the process by Milly Gonzalez as choreographer, Scott Burzyn-ski as vocal/orchestra direc-tor and keyboard player and John Bednarczyk as set and lighting designer.

For Samoski, the produc-tion marks her first time around as KHS director but she’s got a wealth of prior experience, having done sev-eral of the 24-hour musical challenges for Kearny-based W.H.A.T., now going into her sixth season with the Teen Drama Co. (she’s co-owner) and is currently fall play director at Paramus High School where she’s previ-ously directed and produced plays and musicals.

Quick to recognize show biz effort when she sees it, Samoski has nothing but high praise for her KHS troupers.

“This is one of the most en-ergetic casts I’ve ever worked with,” she said. “There’s a lot of talent here.” And she has all the more respect for her group as “triple threats” –

mastering the rigors of danc-ing, singing and acting.

So, kudos, for example, to Alex who, she said, has learned to “rap and sing well” and who “has emerged as a leader,” in getting his col-leagues “to do great things as well.”

Other featured performers are senior Julia Truskolawski, a veteran of three prior KHS musicals: “Cats,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Once on This Island,” who plays Nina; junior Ashley Martins, who was paired with Alex as twin “Cats,” is now cast as Vanes-sa, Usnavi’s love interest; and freshman Sasha Lopez, who is in the “comic relief” role of Daniela.

Evidence of the excitement about their craft and this show came through abun-dantly in separate interviews with Julia and Alex.

“Being in musical theater in Kearny has been the best experience of my life,” said Julia. “I love performing in front of people.”

She has seen “In the Heights” no less than six times on Broadway with three cast changes and actress Mandy Gonzalez has been her “favorite” Nina “because she’s so versatile” in convey-

ing the range of the character.As part of her preparation,

“I watch the tapes” of the show to “study how people act and try to make it my own,” Julia explained. “This is my favorite show of about 50 that I’ve seen. My sister Catherine and I go to shows together.” In case you haven’t guessed, Julia definitely wants to pursue acting as a career.

Alex, meanwhile, despite being a relative newcomer to the stage, has quickly warmed to his new avocation. “I feel free being up there and ex-pressing my feelings,” he said. Thus far, the biggest hurdle to overcome has been deal-ing with “a lot of rapping” his character is called on to do. “I need to have the chops and the teaching to spit the words out,” he explained. To that end, he’s been faithfully practicing diction exercises.

Like Julia, Alex is a big fan of the show. “The first time I saw it (on tape) was 30 min-utes before I auditioned,” he confessed, but, from that first look, “I fell in love with it. I saw the show and I said, ‘Let me give it a shot.’ And I got my dream role.”

As for the future, Alex remains practical-minded. After graduation, he’s think-ing of “working in computer engineering but, if I do have a backup, it’s definitely theat-er.”

Rounding out the cast, other featured performers are seniors Lilah Orengo (playing Camila) and Samantha Ar-menteros (Abuela/Claudia)

and George Zapata (Pira-gua); juniors Dennis Oliveira (Kevin), Quan Kelly (Sonny) and Mike Rozzelle (Graffiti); and sophomore Xavier Heim (Benny).

In the vocal ensemble are juniors Emily Erdman, Jay-leen Fuentes and Kelly LeVan and sophomore Gustavo Lima. Ensemble members are seniors Maria Huapalla and Starlynn Velez; juniors Stephanie Herrera, Melanie Hil and Carly Hull; sopho-mores Alize Rodriguez, Tay-lor Wright, Daniel Alexander, Israel Machaca, Kevin Pardo and John Sorial; and fresh-men Julia Benedicto, Alyssa Fink, Catherine Garcia, Ari-anna Gomez, Brianna Heim, Eduarda Serafim and Mauro Torres.

Playing with Burzynski in the band are: KHS teachers John Kubowicz and Jeremy Gorin (both reeds), student-teacher Natasha Gonzalez (keyboards) and KHS alum Mike Berko (drums) and Alex Siera (guitar) and profession-als Vinnie Borselli (trumpet), Pablo Rodriguez (trombone), Duke Lukic (bass) and Willy Carmona (percussion).

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“Our senior citizens have led interesting lives, and I am always impressed by the stories that are submitted,” County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. said. “Our Legacies Contest is an oppor-tunity for our older residents

to remember their past and share their experiences with family, friends and the young-er generation.”

County Director of Citizen Services Anibal Ramos added, “This is a great way for our older residents to express themselves, stay involved in the community, and share the people and events that helped shape their lives.”

“You don’t have to be a professional writer to enter this contest,” noted Division of Senior Services Director Jaklyn DeVore. “Some of our writers have never written before entering our Legacies contest. It’s a great way to

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•Writers must be Essex County residents who are age 60 or older.

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The following residents in The Observer’s coverage area have made the dean’s list at their respective colleges:

Kevin Lipat, Daniel Kustin and Jacqueline Asbury, all of Bloomfield; Whitney Ly of Belleville; Aiden Braun of Nutley, and Alexander Ma of Kearny, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y.

Amy Dougher of Harrison, Ryan Stickno of Kearny, and Maria Santasieri of Bloom-field, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia.

Haley Jane Durning of Kearny, Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.

Sara Ramezzana of Nutley, Susquehanna University, Susquehanna, Pa.

Irene Kim of Nutley, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Faith D’Isa of Kearny, Emer-son College, Boston.

Julianna Boniello, Kristen Lawler, Katherine Paon-essa and Jillian White, all of Nutley, and Conor Wiggins of Kearny, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Andrew Capobianco of Kearny, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.

Cassey Kuo of Bloomfield, Rochester Institute of Tech-nology, Rochester, N.Y.

Ian Morse of Nutley, Lafay-ette College, Easton, Pa.

Alexandra Brincka and Allison Spagnuolo, both of Bloomfield; Michael Azier-

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In February, Hudson County Community College convened an introductory meeting of its new Cultural Affairs Task Force, which is intended to provide the college with guidance in determining goals focused on: 1) the definition of the cultural affairs-related role of HCCC; 2) identification of partnerships that should be sustained; 3) structures and mechanisms to ensure that

this role is met; 4) policies and procedures concerning the college’s art collections; and 5) guidelines and sugges-tions for cultural program-ming.

The Cultural Affairs Task Force comprises three committees. The Executive Committee is chaired by Clifford Brooks, special assistant to the HCCC President Glen Gabert, and Richard Mackiewicz of

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These committees are composed of educators, business people, members of local governmental cultural affairs departments, and individuals from the graphics, fine, visual, theater, dance, music and spoken arts.

“Everyone associated with this Task Force was asked to participate because of

their demonstrated interest over time in Hudson County,” Brooks said.

Gabert noted, “The cultural community of Hudson County has blossomed significantly within the past few years, and in some ways this has been coincidental to the college’s growth.” HCCC, he added, “can become a nexus of cultural programming for the community.”

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But Fife said that he and the town’s financial aides felt that Harrison had the tools to stand on its own now because, “we’ve done everything [the state] has asked us to do” [to remedy those issues] and because “we did a lot of those things on our own.”

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Fife added that the town will no longer be faced with the prospect of property tax hikes “of a couple hundred dollars

a year,” nor has the town bor-rowed any money during 2014 “and we have no short-term loans” pending.

Councilman James Doran echoed the mayor’s confi-dence in Harrison’s fiscal future, saying that, “we’ve stabilized our budget, we’re not looking at any dramatic tax rate increases or increased water rates.”

Last year, town records showed that it needed an infu-sion of more than $400,000 to remedy a deficit in its water/sewer budget “due to a large

increase in the water billings from PVWC (Passaic Valley Water Commission).”

On the other hand, for the second year in a row, Doran said the town anticipates col-lecting new revenues from PILOT (Payments in Lieu of Tax) agreements from wa-terfront area developments such as the River Park apart-ment complex and the newly expanded Harrison Commons mixed-use development, with others either in construction or on the drawing board.

In the meantime, Fife said the town is still waiting to find out if it will be renewed for an allocation of state transitional aid. Last year, it received a total of $1.95 million to help stabilize its municipal budget. That was the same amount it got in 2013 and 2012. The town received $1.5 million in 2011 and in 2010.

While the town’s public safety rosters have been thinned in recent years due

to retirements, Fife said that the state has nixed new hires except as replacements to fill vacated ranks and he said he’s currently waiting for approval to hire three cops.

Police Chief Derek Kearns said the HPD recently lost Of-ficer Robert Villaneuva, (who came to Harrison PD from the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office last year), when he ac-cepted a firefighter job offer from North Hudson Fire & Rescue and another opening arose with the recent promo-tion of 19-year-veteran Paul Yarznbowicz to acting ser-geant.

Sgt. Dave Strumolo, a 20-year member of the force, has been elevated to lieutenant, filling a spot vacated by Lt. William Waters, who retired Feb. 2 after serving 25 years.

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Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. in-vites Essex students in fourth grade to participate in the “Why My Essex County Park Is Important to Me” essay contest and Essex students in sixth grade to enter the Essex County Cherry Blossom post-er contest. Both activities are free, and winners will be rec-ognized on stage during the county Bloomfest in Branch Brook Park on Sunday, April 19. Posters will be on display in the Essex County Hall of Records during the month of April.

“Our parks, reservations and recreation facilities have a significant place in our lives and the Cherry Blos-som Festival attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Branch Brook Park every spring,” DiVincenzo said. “These contests will help us raise awareness about the treasured open spaces in our communities and highlight their importance on our qual-ity of life.”

The essay contest is open to any fourth grade student attending school in Essex

County. Essays (only one sub-mission per child) should be one page, typed double-space on regular 8.5-by-11-inch paper. Entries must relate to the county park system. The deadline is Friday, March 13.

The poster contest is open to any sixth grader attend-ing school in Essex County. Entries (one poster per student) must be submit-ted on 22-by-28 inch poster board. Posters may be done in marker, crayon, watercolor, ink, acrylic, colored pencil or tempura paint and must have the words “Essex County Cherry Tree Collection.” Collages, computer generated images or printed artwork are not accepted. The poster deadline is Friday, April 2.

Full contest guidelines and registration forms are available at www.essex-countynj.org by clicking on the Cherry Blossom icon.

Entry forms, essays and posters can be submitted to: Department of Parks, Rec-reation and Cultural Affairs, Attention: Lisa Payne 115 Clifton Ave., Newark, N.J. 07104

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Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., an-nounces the following:

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• An adult craft program is held the second Wednesday of each month, beginning March 11, at 6 p.m. Materials needed: discarded books, magazines, newspapers, paper, scissors, various scissors, various beads, decoupage glue. If you have extra supplies, bring them for the other crafters.

• Actress Maggie Worsdale portrays Martha Washington March 14 at 2 p.m.

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Through March 14, the library is accepting dona-tions of new or lightly used prom dresses which will be distributed to young women who may otherwise not be able to afford a prom gown. Dresses can be dropped off in the main library. All sizes and styles are welcome.

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April 29 to May 5. The group departs from Newark Airport Wednesday, April 29, at 7:15 a.m., for a non-stop flight via United Airlines and returns Thursday, May 5, at 6:15 a.m. The group will stay at Har-rah’s Hotel and Casino. The $771 per-person cost covers air, hotel and taxes. A $250 per-person deposit is required to guarantee reservations. Call Gina at European Travel, 973-484-4023, or Joan at 973-481-2434.

Harrison Recreation De-partment holds Little League, Minor League and Tee-Ball registrations at the Commu-nity Center, 401 Warren St., through March 20. All chil-dren who are age 5 and will not turn 13 before May 1 are eligible. Children must be age 9 or older to be placed on a Little League team. All return-ing Little League players must also register. A registration fee is required when the child picks up his or her uniform. For more information, contact the Recreation Department at 973-268-2469.

Harrison’s fifth annual Vol-leyball Tournament to benefit Project Graduation is set for Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m., in the gym at Harrison High School. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 5 through 18. Alumni of all ages and teams of teachers, police and firemen, from Harrison and East Newark will play for the grand trophy and for the ultimate goal of raising money for Project Graduation. Now in its 24th year, Project Gradu-ation will provide an all-night, safe and substance-free extravaganza for the Class of 2015. Call Joan McNichol at 973- 482-5050 ext. 1519, for more information.

KearnySt. Stephen’s Church, 141

Washington Ave., is selling tickets for a raffle set for Fri-day, March 20. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $15. For tickets, email [email protected] or call St. Stephen’s rectory at 201-998-3314.

Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Ave., announces:

• “Hunger Games: Mock-ingjay - Part 1” (PG-13 / 123 minutes) will be screened at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, on

the lower level of the Main Library.

• Celebrate “Cinderella” with screenings of Disney’s classic animated version of the film (G / 74 minutes) Friday, March 20, at 4 p.m., and “Ever After,” (PG-13 / 121 minutes) starring Drew Bar-rymore and Angelica Huston, Saturday, March 21, at 11 a.m.

For more information on any of the library’s programs, call the library at 201-998-2666 or visit www.kearnyli-brary.org.

Grace United Methodist Church, 380 Kearny Ave., presents a corned beef and cabbage dinner Friday, March 13, 5 to 7 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults and $6 for children age 12 and under. Take-out orders will be available. Irish Tammie hats with pom-poms will be sold. Visit the church’s Easter and spring fling. For more information, call the church office at 201-991-1132.

Woman’s Club of Arlington meets Tuesday, March 17, at 1 p.m., at the Girl Scout House, 635 Kearny Ave., for an Irish-themed program and mem-bers are asked to wear green. Participants are asked to bring the front of holiday and other greeting cards for delivery to St. Jude’s Children Hospital. Participants are also asked to bring cookies or candy, which will be distributed to local seniors. Members may also bring a new bra and/or feminine products for “Mardi Bras”, an event inspired by “Distributing Dignity” where volunteers donated business clothes for homeless women going to job interviews. In conjunction with the Arling-ton EMD, the new bras and/or feminine products will be do-nated to the women’s shelter, WomenRising, in Jersey City.

LyndhurstA benefit dinner for Jennie

Gossweiler-Renna, now in her fifth year with ovarian cancer, will be held March 28, 5 to 9 p.m., at the Amvets post hall, 323 New York Ave. The $45 admission includes dinner, dancing and support for a wonderful person. For tick-ets, more information, or to make a donation, call Melissa Alfano at 201-736-1584 or visit www.jenniebenefit.myevent.

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sion announces the following programs:

• “Textural Expression: Let-ting your Inner Artist Bloom” for teens and adults is set for Saturday, March, 14, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 De-Korte Park Plaza. Participants learn how to use chalk pastels and explore texture and color to create a fantasy inspired landscape. Each participant will walk away with a fin-ished piece. No experience necessary. Pre-registration is required. To register, go to www.njmeadowlands.gov and click “Events”. Admission is $15; $12 for MEC members (includes supplies).

• “The Buzz About Bees” takes place Saturday, March 14, 2 to 3 p.m., at the Environ-ment Center. Join Meadow-lands beekeeper Erik Swanson for a family-friendly talk about honeybees, and learn why they are so important and why they are in trouble and check out live bees up-close in an observation hive. Swanson will be selling his Meadowlands honey. Admis-sion is $6; $5 for MEC mem-bers.

Registration is recommend-ed and appreciated; walk-ins are welcome.

To register, go to www.njmeadowlands.gov and click on “Events”.

• Third-Tuesday-of-the-Month Nature Walk with the NJMC and Bergen County Audubon Society is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 10 a.m. to noon, at Harrier Meadow, on Disposal Road, North Arlington. Visitors are asked to sign a standard liability re-lease that is good for NJMC/BCAS events throughout the year. To register, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at [email protected] or call 201-230-4983.

Lyndhurst Girls’ Associa-tion hosts a pancake breakfast Sunday, March 22, 8 a.m. to noon, at the Senior Center, 250 Cleveland Ave. Proceeds go towards maintaining and operating Libbie Lindsay House, a meeting place for Girl Scouts and scout leaders in Lyndhurst. Admission is $5 and tickets may be purchased

at the door.Woman’s Club of Lynd-

hurst sponsors a children’s Tricky Tray for grades pre-k to 5 Saturday, March 28, at the Senior Citizens building on Cleveland Ave. Admis-sion is $5. Doors open at noon and the raffle begins at 1 p.m. Lunch items will be sold. No outside food is permitted. For tickets or more information, call Janet at 201-935-1208.

The Lyndhurst Health Department holds its bi-annual Women’s Health Clinic Wednesday, April 1, at 9 a.m. This free event, made possible through a partnership with Clara Maass Medical Center, includes education on breast self-examination, a PAP test and a pelvic exam. The Lynd-hurst Women’s Health Clinic is open to all female Lynd-hurst residents age 18 and over. Call 201-804-2500 for an appointment.

Lyndhurst Public Library, 355 Valley Brook Ave., hosts a St. Patrick’s Day craft pro-gram, open to grades 1 to 4, Monday, March 16, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Registration is required. To register, call the library at 201-804-2478.

The library offers a museum pass for World of Wings But-terfly Museum and Children’s Play Land. The pass can be used for free general admis-sion for up to four people (two adults and two children or one adult and three chil-dren). The pass is available in the library’s children’s room to patrons with a valid Lynd-hurst Library card. For more information, call the library at 201-804-2478, ext. 7, or email [email protected].

VFW Post 3549, 527 Valley Brook Ave., hosts a karaoke party Friday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. The hall is available for rental for all occasions. Call the post for more information at 201-939-3080.

Mary Lou Mullins monthly bus trip to Atlantic City to Re-sorts Casino is set for Sunday, March 29. Cost is $30. Cash return is $30. For reservations and more information, call Mary Lou at 201-939-2186.

Kingsland Lyndhurst AARP Chapter 4866 sponsors its an-nual entertainment night,

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By Jim HagueObserver Sports Writer

NEWARK –

The New Jersey Devils celebrated the 20th anni-versary of the franchise’s

first of three Stanley Cup champions in grand fashion last weekend, first with a reun-ion game at the AmeriHealth Pavilion on Saturday, then with a pre-game ceremony before the current Devils faced the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

In the reunion game, all the buzz was about the return of legendary goalkeeper Martin Brodeur, who came back to his old stomping grounds for the first time since the end of last season, when the franchise parted ways with their fran-chise net minder.

However, there was an air of disappointment Saturday when the starting lineups were an-nounced and former standout

defenseman Bruce Driver, the current president of the team’s alumni association that organ-ized the event, came out wear-ing the goaltending uniform.

All 3,000 or so in attendance for the reunion game won-dered where Brodeur was.

But in an interesting twist, Brodeur played the first two periods of the reunion game as a center, only to take his fa-miliar place between the pipes for the third period – a pe-riod where the NHL’s all-time leader in victories and shutouts surrendered five goals.

As a center, Brodeur did manage to tally a goal and add an assist, but the White team that he played on dropped a 10-6 decision.

As the game began, Brodeur donned his regular No. 30 sweater, but it looked as if this sweater was so oversized that it was intended for Brodeur’s much older and bigger brother,

and donned a helmet and a regular-sized stick.

“I know Bruce wanted to play a little in net,” Brodeur said. “I’m sure that they all expected to see me in goal.”

Driver said that the decision was made earlier in the week, but kept a secret right up until game time.

“I talked to Marty about a week ago or so and he said that he was looking forward to coming in,” said Driver, who helps to organize a host of charity fundraising events involving former Devils players throughout the course of the hockey season. “We kept it quiet on our end. At first, we sort of laughed about it, but then I realized he was serious. I knew that he likes to play out from time to time. I told him that we would do whatever he wanted to do. We all know how

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Two local wrestlers ended their respective seasons standing on the podium in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Sunday, earning a medal for ranking among the top eight finishers in their respective weight classes in New Jersey.

But for both Jeff Velez of Queen of Peace and Joe Ferinde of Nut-ley, there had to be a sense of disappoint-ment, knowing that the long-awaited dream of becoming a state cham-pion was not going to come to fruition.

Velez defeated Danny DiLorenzi of Bergen Catholic, 6-4, in over-time to take the third place consolation bout at 195 pounds. The win in the third place bout came a day after he lost a heartbreaker in the semifinals by a 4-2 deci-sion to Tyree Sutton of Keansburg.

Still, Velez helped to put the Golden Grif-fins back into wrestling respectability, a year after the program had disbanded.

For that, Velez, a transfer from Brearley Regional in Kenilworth,

will be forever remem-bered.

For Ferinde, he was looking for the chance to improve on his stand-ing of a year ago at the state tournament, when he finished eighth.

There wasn’t im-provement this year, but Ferinde didn’t fare worse than last year either, as he finished eighth once again, fall-ing in the seventh place consolation round bout to Pete Lipari of Ber-gen Catholic, 4-0, at 126 pounds.

Ferinde suffered a brutally tough, emo-tional setback to Patrick D’Arcy of Holy Spirit by a 1-0 decision in the quarterfinals.

As it turned out, D’Arcy would go on to capture the state title at that weight class.

Still, there was a sense of disappointment once Ferinde suffered the setback and had to make his way through the consolation wrestle-backs.

“I was pretty upset for a little bit,” Ferinde said.

QP’s Velez 3rd, Nutley’s Ferinde 8th at NJSIAA wrestling

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From l., Martin Brodeur, Ken Daneyko and Bill Guerin celebrate after Brodeur scored a goal as a center during the New Jersey Devils’ reunion game Saturday, as the 20th anniversary of the Devils’ first Stanley Cup championship in 1995 was celebrated.

Devils’ first Stanley Cup champs return to iceBrodeur plays forward in 20th anniversary game


important Marty is to this organization.”

Most of the members of that Stanley Cup champion-ship team – as well as coaches Jacques Lemaire, Larry Rob-inson (the head coach of the Devils’ second Stanley Cup title in 2000), and Jacques Ca-ron – were in attendance.

Hall of Famers Scott Stevens (a current Devils assistant) and Scott Niedermayer (an assistant with the Anaheim Ducks) were on the ice. The 41-year-old Niedermayer looked as if he could still play in the NHL today, the way he was skating up and down the ice.

Brodeur didn’t retire right away, managing to sign a con-tract with the St. Louis Blues in January, but he then retired after only nine games, winning three, and remained on with the club as a senior adviser.

Brodeur said that he’s comfortable now with be-ing a retired player and with his role as part of the Blues’ organization.

“I’m enjoying myself more now as a member of the Blues

organization than I was when I was playing,” Brodeur said. “I tested it and made the deci-sion to retire easier. I get to travel, get to watch practice and observe. It’s all good. I’m having a blast doing what I do. It’s really exciting right now to be part of the Blues’ organiza-tion. It’s a great setting for me to learn right now.”

Brodeur retired with 1,266 games played, 691 career victories and 125 shutouts, all of which are NHL records. He was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the top goalie in the NHL four times and a nine-time NHL All-Star.

Brodeur said that he was looking forward to returning to New Jersey and seeing all of his old teammates.

“It was a great experience,” Brodeur said. “I have been skating since November. Some of these guys hadn’t skated in a very long time. I think I liked playing forward today more than I did being in goal. I didn’t expect anything dif-ferently coming back here. It’s always neat.”

Driver said that it was great to get most of that 1995 Stan-ley Cup championship team

together for the weekend. Af-ter the game, they were being treated to a dinner together.

“It was a lot of fun and it was everything I thought it would be,” Driver said. “It was a great day.”

Defenseman Ken Daneyko, who spent the longest tenure with the franchise and cur-rently serves as a television analyst, agreed.

“Once everyone got their gear on and got back out there,

everything comes right back,” said Daneyko, one of three members of that first Stanley Cup champion to have his number retired (Stevens and Niedermayer are the others). “You could see how special the day was to the guys who were out there. You don’t ex-pect those things until you get out there. There’s always go-ing to be a special bond with this team. There were a lot of characters on and off the ice. We were a crazy crew who got away with a few things.”

Lou Lamoriello, the cur-

rent team president and general manager who is also serving as the interim head coach, said that he will always cherish the 1995 Stanley Cup champs.

“You have to understand the amount of time we spent together, ate together, stayed in the same hotels together,” Lamoriello said. “The greatest memory I have is when the clock ticked down to the last few seconds, the expression on the faces of the players, the coaches, the fans. I just took it all in. And the building (at that time, the Continen-tal Airlines Arena) shook. I mean, it literally shook. That’s the joy you have and it’s something you never forget. No one gave us a chance to beat Detroit and we came home and no one could beat us. That was a great feeling.”

“On the ice and off the ice, we were like a real family,” Lemaire said. “They jelled together and became a cham-pionship team.”

And they were all together once again, standing the test of time some two decades later, still that close-knit bunch, having fun and watch-ing the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport act like Wayne Gretzky.

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Legendary goalkeeper Martin Brodeur played center in the reunion game Sat-urday, maneuvering his way through former teammates Scott Niedermayer (l.) and Randy McKay (r.).


“But then I had to get my head straight and get back out there. I knew I had to win one more time to get a medal.”

It was Ferinde’s third trip to the state championships in Atlantic City, so he was an old pro.

“This year, it felt like no one else was there,” Ferinde said. “It was just me out there. I let

it all go and wrestled.”Ferinde finished this season

with a 36-5 record. He was the Region 4 champion for the first time and ended his career with more than 110 wins to go along with two state tour-nament medals. Not a bad resume to take to college.

“I’m definitely proud of myself,” Ferinde said. “My freshman year, I wasn’t even on the varsity. I was on JV

(junior varsity). But I made to the states my sophomore year and junior and senior year, I placed eighth in the state. I really want to keep working, because I wasn’t satisfied with way I finished in the state tournament. I want to get bet-ter.”

Ferinde said that he plans on wrestling in a national tourna-ment in Pennsylvania in April.

For now, he will head to

Hershey, Pa. this weekend to cheer on his older brother, Michael, as he competes in the NCAA Division III national tournament. Michael Ferinde is a senior at Johnson and Wales University in Provi-dence, R.I.

Michael Ferinde was on hand at Boardwalk Hall to encourage his little brother.

“He actually made it down to the mat and helped me out a little bit,” Joe Ferinde said. “It’s definitely awesome that I’ll get a chance to see him. It’s his final year of wrestling. It was great that he came to see me.”

Michael Ferinde is not the only local product on the Johnson and Wales wrestling

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“That’s where I’m at right now,” Joe Ferinde said. “I definitely had a great run in high school and I’m going to miss being on the team and being with my coaches. It hasn’t sunk in yet that it’s over. When it does, it’s probably go-ing to hit me hard. That’s why I want to stay active. I really want to keep wrestling.”

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Nutley head wrestling coach Frank DiPiano (c.) is fl anked by the Ferinde broth-ers, namely Joe (l.), who fi nished eighth at the NJSIAA state tournament at 126 pounds, and Michael (r.), who will wrestle in the NCAA Division III nationals this weekend in Pennsylvania.

Curtis Brack, principal of Garfield School in Kearny, announces Garfield School students of the month for February:

Jake Weber, Allyson Oli-vera, Michael Santos, Ebony Nunez, Dominick Velazquez, Adamaris Criado, Justin Estrada, Landen Madalena, Luana Vera-Meneses, Jona-than Dapena, Paul Pepe,

Sophia Silva, Alexander Aguilar, Mateo Luna, Kaitlyn Drake, Angelina Velastegui, Antonio Santiago, Kahlan Britt, Brandon Montoya, Mark Rudden, Jeffrey Koue-vi, Cecilia Perez Suarez, Samantha Herrera, Jose Bedon, Eduardo DeCastro, Esmeralda Martinez, Andy Mao, Maryom Rahman, and Ofelia Alves.

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A little more than a year ago, Noel Colon heard through the grapevine

that he was getting an excellent basketball player by the name of Quincy Rutherford.

So the Harrison High School boys’ basketball coach was excited. He was taking over the Blue Tide program and was getting a newcomer with all the talent in the world.

There was only one problem. The new found would-be star was gone before he could take a jump shot for the Blue Tide.

“He grew up in Harrison, but then left before the season be-gan,” Colon said of Rutherford.

Instead on enrolling at Har-rison High, Rutherford and his sister, Marla, were attending Passaic County Tech.

“My mother wanted us to stay close to her,” Rutherford said. “It didn’t matter to me, as long as I was playing basket-ball.”

However, Rutherford’s fate changed when his parents de-cided that the best thing would be to move back to Harrison so he could attend school there.

“Midway through his fresh-man year, he came back,” Colon said. “There was like a week left in the basketball season, so he didn’t play with us. But he played in the gym and the kids would talk about him a lot.”

Last summer, when the Blue

Tide played in a summer league in Kearny, Colon got to see Ru-therford’s talents on a regular basis.

“My assistant coach Dana John (the former New Jersey City University standout) called me and said, ‘Coach, we have ourselves a player. The kid can play.’ I then saw him and could see that he could shoot the ball, put the ball on the floor, drive. He was skilled. We knew we had something to work with.”

Rutherford, who admittedly loves the sport of basketball, was readied for his sophomore year at Harrison by drilling with his father, Marlon.

“My dad knows a lot about the game,” Rutherford said. “He helped me a lot. We worked on

my ball handling and explosive-ness.”

Needless to say, the 6-foot-3 Rutherford was definitely pre-pared to make a big splash with the Blue Tide.

“I was excited to have him,” Colon said. “You can do all the coaching in the world, but at the end of the day, you need talent. There are not many kids like Quincy walking around in Harrison. I can play him any-where on the floor. He walks into the gym and with his size, you assume he’s the center. The opponents have no idea that he can put the ball on the floor and is able to go by people. He also makes plays for other people.”

Rutherford had a solid debut against Queen of Peace, but then turned his ankle. Everyone thought that the future super-star was finished before he actually began.

“It wasn’t that bad,” Ruther-ford said. “I knew I could come back. I was a little shaky, but I was okay. I was able to play right away.” And play he did. Rutherford went on to register in double

figures in 23 of the Blue Tide’s 25 games, including an amazing streak of 18 consecutive games.

“I didn’t even know that,” Rutherford said. “I wasn’t wor-ried about scoring. I knew that I just wanted to help the team out however I could and help the team win. It just happened that way. I didn’t know it was happening.”

Rutherford ended up scoring a total of 374 points, a great total for a sophomore. He averaged 15.4 points per game, seven rebounds and four assists.

Over the last week of the season, Rutherford scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a win over Dwight-Englewood, had 19 points and nine rebounds in a win over Ridgefield and tallied 20 points in a loss to North Bergen in the Hudson County Tournament quarterfinals.

For his efforts, Rutherford has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week.

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urged the developer’s repre-sentatives. Or restrict traffic to “right turns only,” he added.

Mayor Alberto Santos, who sits on the board, agreed that traffic tie-ups at the light at Schuyler and Bergen have been a persistent problem, especially for motorists using that cor-ridor as an approach to Rt. 280 and the N.J. Turnpike. “This intersection has been one of my biggest frustrations,” he added.

He said the former N.J. Mead-owlands Commission had tried – unsuccessfully – to fix the problem through its MASSTR (Meadowlands Adaptive Signal System for Traffic Reduction) program which adjusted traffic signal timings based on traf-fic flow via camera and radio systems.

Fred Esteves, the board’s vice chairman, worried that ac-cidents could occur if a driver tried to “dart out [from the driveway] and cut across two lanes of traffic” trying to zip

onto Bergen.“I see an unsafe situation,” Es-

teves said, for motorists emerg-ing from the driveway closer to the Schuyler intersection where two lanes of westbound traffic form. “It’s very dangerous,” he said. “Somebody’s going to get hammered.”

But Town Manager Michael Martello, who sits on the board, countered that, “It’s kind of hard to envision this driveway’s going to create havoc, given that I’ve not heard any reports of problems for traffic coming in and out of the CVS [further east on Bergen]. Plus, because the grade is going to be higher at the development, the line of sight should be better.”

After a discussion with the developer’s attorney Christoper Minks, Town Engineer Michael Neglia and Minks proposed that if two “ Do Not Block Drive-way” signs could be installed along Bergen, that should “cre-ate a gap” to allow drivers to get out safely from the develop-ment site.

Still, Esteves said, the board should “get a police report” on whether the current traffic plan passes muster from a public safety point of view.

“I don’t want to approve something where someone gets hurt. I’d feel a lot better if we got a police report that can assure us that [the proposed traffic plan] is the right thing to do.”

To this, Santos replied: “I don’t think anyone wants to do the wrong thing.”

Martello said that Russo may

end up acquiring additional commercial property running up to the corner of Schuyler with the intent of extending his project still further and, if that happened, “there may be an op-portunity for a Schuyler access to the property.”

“We’re doing all the right things when it comes to make this a successful project,” he said.

Minks added: “We want to have a safe and successful pro-ject. We don’t want to put our residents – or other residents

– in harm’s way. We’ll continue our unmitigated cooperation with Kearny to have our plan vetted through the appropriate public safety officials.”

In the end, Minks said that the developer would be willing to agree to a restriction for its more westerly driveway of no left turn into the development from cars eastbound on Bergen and will await the outcome of any further recommendations from Neglia and the KPD’s-

DRIVEWAYS from 01

see DRIVEWAYS page 22

Photos by Ron Leir

LEFT: Phase 1 of Ed Russo’s residential development, seen on Bergen Ave., is progressing. RIGHT: More apartments will rise at commercial space across the street.


As the girls’ high school basketball season was draw-ing to a close, Nutley High School had a non-descript 9-13 record. The Maroon Raiders weren’t exactly light-ing the world on fire.

But Nutley head coach Larry Mitschow thought that his team could be competi-tive in the state tournament for a few reasons, despite having the No. 13 seed in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III playoffs.

“We played a tough sched-ule in Essex County (in the Super Essex Conference),” Mitschow said. “So I thought we could hang around in the state tournament. Plus, we had Blair.”

The secret weapon is junior forward Blair Watson, who has been brilliant all season, but even better in the state playoffs.

In fact, Watson has been the big reason why the Ma-roon Raiders haven’t called it a season just yet.

“Blair has definitely carried us, no question,” Mitschow said. “She’s scoring 80% of our points.”

Watson scored 31 points in the opening round win over West Morris, tallied 21 in the second round win over Orange and last Saturday, Watson had 34 of her team’s 43 points in a 43-38 win over Mendham to advance to the sectional finals against Voor-hees, the No. 2 seed.

The North 2, Group III title game was slated to be played Monday night after press time.

Watson drained an incred-ible eight 3-point field goals in the win over Mendham, a perennial state power.

“No one player could stop her,” Mitschow said. “At the end of the game, they had two and three people on her. She was amazing. She hit some tough shots with kids in her face. She was defi-nitely on.”

The 6-foot-1 Watson has proven that she’s deserving of the scholarship she has already received and ac-cepted from the University of Maryland.

“She’s hitting the 3-pointer regularly now,” Mitschow said. “But she’s also going to the basket more, taking the dribble drive to the rim. We told each one of our players

what they needed to do. Blair was very receptive to us tell-ing her what we thought her weakness was and she’s do-ing that, going to the basket and the free throw line.”

The Maroon Raiders have now won seven straight, in-cluding the three wins on the road in the state tournament.

“If someone told me at the beginning of the year that we would be playing for a state sectional title, I would have said, ‘No way,’” Mitschow said. “I knew we could make a run, but to make the finals, probably not. I never would

have believed this.”While Watson has been

doing the bulk of the work offensively, Mitschow credit-ed the work of Jen Callaghan and Sara Grueter on defense.

“Those two have definitely stepped up defensively,” Mitschow said. “They were non-stop, working all game. They have been tremendous on the defensive side of things.”

Mitschow also credited the team’s camaraderie. After all, the Maroon Raiders have spent a lot of time on buses lately, especially two long journeys to western Morris County to face West Morris and then Mendham. Ironi-cally, those two are sister schools and they both got in the way of the Blair Train.

“She’s carrying us,” Mitschow said. “You can see it in her face. Without her doing what she’s doing, av-eraging close to 30 per game, there’s no way we’re here or anywhere close to it. But Blair is relishing the role.”

Mitschow knows that his team is the underdog, despite having one of the best play-ers in the state.

“I don’t know many 13th seeds that advance this far,”

Mitschow said. “You look at each Group and there is a bunch of No. 1 seeds and No. 2 seeds. We’re the only dark horse out there. But a lot of it is because of Blair.”

Mitschow was asked if he thought Watson was an All-State player.

“Well, if she’s not All-State, I don’t know who is,” Mitschow said. “In my opinion, she’s the best girl in Essex County and Essex County basketball is great.”

There might be only one thing to slow down the Blair Train – and that’s traffic.

Saturday, the Maroon Raid-ers’ team bus had a tough time getting out of Nutley because of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

“It took us a half hour to get out of Nutley,” Mitschow said.

There should have been no traffic difficulties Monday night on the way along Rt. 78 west toward Glen Gardner and Voorhees.

“I know that a lot of people plan on coming,” Mitschow said. “I hope the gym can hold everyone.”

It might not be able to hold back Blair Watson, that’s for sure.

There’s no holding back the Blair Train

Photo by Jim Hague

The Nutley girls’ basketball team is on a great run in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III playoffs, advanc-ing to the sectional title game, thanks to the heroics of junior forward Blair Watson.


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“We know that he’s going to play at the next level, be it (NCAA) Divi-sion II or Division III,” Colon said. “And he’s go-ing to have to be a guard. He brought the ball up for us a lot this year. He’s only a sophomore and has the opportunity to grow a little, but he’s a guard on the next level. He’s really a special player. He’s a very good shooter. He’s also a strong kid. I didn’t realize how strong he is, especially going to the basket.”

Colon knows that Ru-therford is destined to be-come the next 1,000-point scorer in Harrison history.

“He’s going to get his 1,000,” Colon said. “He’s well on his way. He’s a very nice kid, very coach-able. He’s very dedicated, working out with his father, so he’s definitely

going to get better. He’s also usually the first one to practice and wants to take 15-to-20 minutes after practice to work on his shooting. He takes the game very seriously.”

Colon also pointed out that Rutherford was selected to First Team All-New Jersey Interscho-lastic Conference-Liberty Division, so he received the respect of opposing coaches.

“The one thing that stands out to me is his consistency,” Colon said. “It’s good to have the kind of consistency Quincy gave us. He would make the big shots, knock down a couple shots in a row and get us going. It’s good to have that. Because of his work ethic and how he approaches the game, I know his future is bright. I’m expecting some pretty big things from him.”

Rutherford said that he hasn’t thought about colleges just yet. After all, he’s only a sophomore.

“I don’t know about playing in college, but as

the years go on, I guess I’ll start to think that way,” Rutherford said. “I know I’m going to become way better. Playing college basketball has always been a dream for me, so I’m going to continue to work hard and try to get better.”

Rutherford said that he might play AAU basket-ball during the summer months and, if he does, hopes that someone takes notice of his talents.

“I’m pretty happy with the way the season went,” said Rutherford, whose season ended with a loss to Newark Tech in the opening round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II tourna-ment last week. “I wish we could have made a better statement in the states. But it was a good year.”

And with better years to come, hopefully in Harrison, for the bud-ding superstar with the memorable name of Quincy Rutherford.

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As of now, the second proposed driveway -- further east of Schuyler -- would be unrestricted but Neglia will also be looking at a possible restriction here for no left turns out of the site.The board also briefly talked about whether any type of barrier was need-ed to prevent any foul balls hit from the adjacent municipal recreation field from striking any vehicles or people at the develop-ment site. Esteves sug-gested the developer put up a fence but Minks said: “That’s not something we’d be interested in do-ing.” He said that since the ball field proxim-

ity is “a condition that exists now,” that the town should probably be the party to deal with it. Besides, Minks said, “I don’t know how effective a fence would be” in stopping foul balls. The board has previously discussed extending the baseball backstop as a possible remedy but came up with no solution.

Russo has been granted approval by the town’s governing body for a 30-year PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) on the expan-sion project which will generate $170,406 for the town for the first year after it’s built and more afterward. Russo will also provide a one-time $125,000 contribu-tion to the municipal

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(nee Nickerson), formerly of North Arlington, died on March 5 of natural causes at the age of 103 at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living facil-ity in West Orange. Mavis was born Nov.21, 1911, Clarks Harbor, Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Ethel (nee Kenny) Nickerson and William Oscar Nickerson, a Nova Scotia lobsterman. She attended Horton Academy of Acadia University where she earned her varsity letter in basketball, graduating in 1929. Mavis immigrated to the US and took a job as a governess with a diplomat’s family, living in Washington D.C., New York City, Katonah, and Glen Cove in the years leading up to and during World War II.

In 1948 Mavis married Enrico (Henry) DelTosto, and the couple moved to a home in North Arlington—a home where Mavis would live until she was 97. Mavis was a full-time mom, and a steady and unflappable force, who devoted herself to her children, her husband and her community.

Mavis was a member of the North Arlington school PTA throughout her children’s time in the schools, and served as President of the Washington School PTA. Mavis was also active in the North Arlington Woman’s Club through the late 50s’ and 60s’. She attended North Arlington First Pres-byterian Church and taught Sunday school, Vacation Bible School and was a choir mother over the years.

Mavis was a vocal supporter of North Arlington’s public schools, eloquently defending them against campaigns to cut funding by offering character-istic no-nonsense reasoning: “My children were the benefi-ciaries of a wonderful educa-tion in the public schools. I think the children of the next generations should have that opportunity, too. Besides, I want the nurse who is dispens-ing my meds to be good at math!”

Mavis walked everywhere, recognizable by the battered wire cart she used (“my Cadil-lac”) to bring home grocer-ies. She relished living in a small town where she knew

her neighbors, her children’s teachers, the mayor and the shopkeepers.

An avid Yankees fan, Mavis knew the players, the coaches and their stats. Though her loss of hearing and dimming eyesight make it impossible for her to continue to watch the games on TV, she still followed the team religiously in the newspaper. She read voraciously, and did crossword puzzles every day—all this keeping her mind nimble.

Mavis’ gentle spirit, quiet strength and cheerful way touched many lives; she will be missed.

Mavis is survived by her son, Henry Paul DelTosto and his wife Lynne Park DelTosto, of Kearny; her daughter Doris DelTosto Brogan and her husband James Brogan of St. Davids, Pa., and her beloved grandchildren, Daniel Nick-erson Brogan, (Rosemont, Pa.) Elizabeth Sullivan Bro-gan (Kansas City, Kan.) and Mairead Siobhan Brogan (St. Davids, Pa.), she was the sister of the late Ethan Nickerson and his wife Amy and Mervin Nickerson and his wife Ger-trude.

Arrangements were by the Parow Funeral Home, 185 Ridge Road, North Arlington. A funeral service celebrating Mavis’ life was held Monday, March 9, followed by a private cremation. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contribu-tions to Summit Animal Res-cue Association, P. O. Box 124, Berkeley Heights, N.J. 07922 in Mavis’ honor.

Robert P. Huntley Robert P. Huntley, of

Kearny, died Feb. 19. He was 57. Arrangements were by the

Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny.

Bob is survived by his sister Linda Boni and brother Kevin

Huntley. He is also the uncle of Bobby Boni and his wife Silvia and Kevin Huntley and his wife Jenna. Also surviving are his great nieces Paige, Sophia and McKenna.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Rev. Robert Pachana

Rev. Robert Pachana entered into eternal life on March 3. He was 45. Prior to enterting the priesthood Father Rob worked as a florist at Lee’s Florist in Kearny. He is survived by his mother Elizabeth, his brother Kenneth, sister Debra Golda and her husband Richard, along with his nephew and nieces. To view the entire obituary please visit www.armitagewiggins.com.

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Math Teacher, World War II Veteran and member of San-ford L. Kahn Post #538 Jewish War Veteran, Congregation B’Nai Israel G’bai, Marvin Sandler, 87, of Kearny, and a former Jersey City resident, passed away on Thursday, March 5. Sandler, an avid Mets baseball fan, was a kind man devoted to his family and a lifetime passion for teaching and learning and the love of music and reading.

Born and raised in Jersey City, Marvin graduated from Snyder High School in 1947. After high school, Marvin served in the United States

Army during World War II where he was trained to be an interpreter for the Army. Marvin served overseas and during his service received a World War II Service Medal along with the Good Con-duct Medal along with other honors.

After his military service, Marvin worked at his fam-ily’s clothing store Sandler’s Department Store in Jersey City. During this time he worked in real estate at CB Snyder in Hoboken. Marvin, graduated from NYU and then from Columbia Univer-sity with a Master’s degree in Mathematics. Marvin began teaching math at Lyndhurst High School in 1955 and taught for the next 37 years, retiring in 1991 as supervisor of the Lyndhurst Math department. Marvin loved teaching. It was his passion and has taught his entire lifetime.

In 1957, Marvin married the late Marilyn Epstein from Brooklyn, N.Y. Marvin and Marylyn were married for 19 years until her passing in 1976.

Marvin was the devoted father of Michael Alan, and Barbara Leah Brooks and her husband Chris whom he loved dearly. Marvin was also the cher-ished brother of Estelle Model and her late husband Murray and the late Morris (Maisha) Sandler. Marvin cherished his brother-in-law Morton Epstein and his wife Harriet as well as former wife Carol. Marvin loved his grandchildren Mer-edith and Jonathan dearly and they were the joy of his life.

Marvin also leaves behind the dearest of friends Agnes and Ian Smith who held a spe-cial place in Marvin’s heart.

Marvin was devoted to his late brother Morris (Mai-sha) his entire life. Marvin is survived by many nieces and nephews, and his Congrega-tion B’Nai Israel family.

Marvin also leaves his faith-ful companion Lucky.

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Full Time Exp. HairDresser wanted towork in Busy Hairsalon located in

Newark/IronboundSection.

(973) 789-7321.

Drivers / ChauffeurWanted Busy limocompany in North

Arlington Seeks FT& PT chauffeurs to

service theNJ/NYC/CT area.Must have clean

license & no criminalhistory. Company

provides Training &drug testing. Pay isHourly/Commission

+ gratuities & allexpenses paid.

Call AvalonTransportation 201-991-1307.

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G & R BuildersRoofing, Siding,Windows/Doors,Decks, Painting,Tiles & Masonry,Sheet Rock. All

types of Carpentry.Lic.

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•Kitchens •Bathrooms•Decks •Replacement

windows •Siding •Additions

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MARIO ESPOSITOLANDSCAPING LLC

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Top Soil • Mulch• Snow RemovalFree Estimates(201)438-3991

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Ranne Tile & HomeImprovement

Ceramic Tile Repairs• Walls & Floors

• Big & Small • Regrouting• Caulking

• Repair soap dishes• Tile Floors.

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KEARNY Hairsalon/Barber shop forrent with equipment$900/month. 1 ½month security. (201) 407-0773

Stewart’s Root BeerNow Hiring forseason Cooks,

Waitress & WaiterApply in person, 938Passaic Ave. Kearny.

(201) 998‐0600

Drivers: CDL-A:WOW! Check-out

our New PayPackage, It's

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Established paintingcompany looking for:

Experienced painter 3+yrs. of exp. (Foremanand/ or helper), sale

representative/estimator, tile installerand hardwood floor re-

finisher. Call us at(201) 955-1759 or fax resume to (201) 955-2144.

Drivers – Company &Owner Operators

Class A –Full time-pierknowledge & TWIC

card a plusBusy trucking

company, steadywork, local & regional.

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Call Claudia (908) 272-6800

Frank’s Truck CenterA light Medium &Heavy duty Truck

dealership hasimmediate openings forMechanics in both car

& truck shops Min. 2yrs. Exp.

ASE certification aplus.

Must have diagnostics& computer skills.

Fleet Maint.Techs. alsoapply. Pay based onlevel of experience. &

certification.Full benefit package.

Email resume [email protected].

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Remodeling &Repair

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Painting, Plastering,Sheet rocking, Wallpapering & MuchMore. Very neat &Clean. No money

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interior, exterior, Paper Hanging, ceiling. FullInstallation, General

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• Power washing • Sheet Rock • Carpentry.

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LIC. # 11103 • Plumbing • Heating •Cooling • Sewer Drain

Cleaning • Hot AirFurnaces • Air

Conditioning • VideoSewer Inspections

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remodeling.Carpentry. Fully Ins. Free Est. Lic# 165

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Property MaintenanceCompany looking for

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experience a plus.(201) 615-5055

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over 18 and speakEnglish. Apply at 160

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Center (AHDC), c/o Glo-ria Dupre-Wynn, 39 West Spring St., Somerville, N.J. 08876

Rose Villano Rose Villano (D’Angelo),

96, of Normandy Beach passed away on Thursday, March 5.

She was born on May 18, 1918, and raised in Newark and resided in Newark, Fort Lee and Montvale prior to settling in Nor-mandy Beach two years ago. She was a member of St. Gabriel Parish, Ho-Ho-Kus. Rose loved and cherished her family and she was happiest when surrounded by her many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, especially during the many wonderful summers she spent in Normandy Beach. She also enjoyed many happy times traveling with her family and visits to Atlantic City. Rose will

be remembered by all who loved her for the special touch she brought

to holiday meals with her favorite traditional dishes, many of which still live on as family treasures, and for her generous spirit and sharing of family history.

Prior to retiring, she was employed by United Food-town and was a member of UFCW Local 464A.

She was the beloved wife of the late Peter Villano, Sr., loving and de-voted mother of Margaret Vishia (Tom), Antoinette Villano, Peter Villano (Janet), Georgianna Grieco (Ted) and George Villano (Mary). Cherished grand-mother of 13. Dear great-grandmother of 12. Rose is also survived by many lov-ing nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were under the direction of the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Har-rison. A funeral Mass was held at St. John’s R.C. Church, Mulberry St.,

Newark. Her interment was in Holy Cross Cem-etery, North Arlington. For information, or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.mulli-ganfh.com.

In lieu of flowers, a do-nation may be made to St. John’s Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 200147, Newark, N.J. 07102 in loving memory of Rose.

Bernard P. Wozniak Bernard P. Wozniak, of

East Newark, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 5. He was 88.

Funeral services were handled by the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleve-land Ave., Harrison. A funeral service was held at the funeral home on Monday, March 9. His In-terment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arling-ton. For information, or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com.

Born in Branford, Conn.,

Bernard lived in Har-rison before moving to East Newark 64 years ago. Bernard worked for Tif-fany & Co.; prior to that he worked for RCA, Harri-son. Prior to that, Bernard served his Roman Catholic faith, becoming a Brother with the Graymoor Mon-astery (Franciscan Friars of the Atonement), Lake Placid, N.Y. and spent two years at the Vatican in Rome Italy.

Predeceased by his wife, Mary Rose (nee Ferriero) (1998), Bernard is survived by his nephews David and Kenneth Wilk, as well as many other nieces, neph-ews and cousins.

He was predeceased by his siblings Alfreda Wilk, Victoria Nelson, Wanda Vogt, Grace Stone, Martha Wozniak, Stella Wozniak, Anna Kryspin, Joseph Wozniak, Walter Wozniak, Alfred Wozniak, Todd Wozniak, Butch Wozniak, Peter Wozniak and Thom-as Wozniak.

Tricky Tray and raffles Thursday, April 16. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show features music of the ‘50s and ‘60s. No alcohol is permitted. Admission is $20. For tickets and more information, call Jo Oleske at 201-438-2118 or Kay Roberts at 201-438-3611.

North ArlingtonNorth Arlington Elks

Lodge 1992, 129 Ridge Road, hosts a St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage dinner Tuesday,

March 17, 4 to 7 p.m. Cost is $12 for a dinner and $8 for a sandwich. Eat-in or to-go orders will be available.

North Arlington Public Library, 210 Ridge Road, announces the following:

• Basics of Computing Class meets Mondays, March 16, 23, 30 and April 6, at 6 p.m. each day.

• A screening of the documentary “American Revolutionary: The Evolu-tion of Grace Lee Boggs” is set for Friday, March 20, at 11 a.m.

For more information, call the library at 201-955-5640.

North Arlington Senior Activity Center, 11 York Road, hosts a St. Patrick’s Day celebration Friday, March 13, starting at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast, followed by bingo at 10 a.m., lunch at noon and dancing at 1 p.m. For more informa-tion and reservations, call 201-998-5636.

NutleyShelter Love Events

hosts a comedy night fun-draiser March 14 at The Old Canal Inn, 2 E. Pas-saic Ave., with proceeds going to help purchase items for Happily Efur

After, a not-for-profit, no-kill, all-volunteer cat res-cue and adoption group. The event features a prize raffle, 50/50 raffle, and the comedic stylings of emcee Jeff Howard, Ken Perl-stein, Joe Messina, Paul Goldenberg, Mike Celona and Steve Schwarz. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Food orders and raffle ticket purchases will not be available once the show starts. Tickets are $25, which includes a $5 food voucher. Tickets can be purchased at http://sle-comedynight.brownpap-ertickets.com.

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Kindergarten: Miyah Cruz,

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Grade 2: Basma Alami, Ethan Sharaka, Noah Sosa and Bryanna Perez.

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Grade 6: Erick Copello Solis, Jane Eid, Aqsa Jafri, Rachel Clarity and Carlos

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ENCLAVE$225


24MPG HWY


Beige, 6-Cyl, FRWD, Auto w/OD, Trac Cntrl, P/S/ABS, A/C w/Clim Cntrl, Dual/Side Curtain Impact Air Bags,P/Dr St, Htd Sts, Lthr, P/Winds/Lcks/Mrrs, Cruise, Alloys, T/Gls, Sec Sys, Keyless Entry, CD/Satellite, Nav, OnStar,Keyless Start, R/Camera, Stk# 15-139,VIN#FF185337, MSRP: $36,650. Based on 39 Mo Closed End Lease.$3,264 due at delivery incl $2,995 down pymnt & 1st Pymnt. $0 up front bank fee. 10,000 mi/yr excess mi @$.25 thereafter. Ttl pymnts: $10,491. Residual Value: $19,791. Includes Acura or Lexus Conquest Rebate if qual.

NEW 2015BUICK

LACROSSE$269


36MPG HWY


5 YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY5-YEAR POWERTRAIN

WITH THE PURCHASE OF EVERY NEW CARAND TRUCK.*


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BROKER # OF LOCAL CLOSED TRANSACTIONSBHGRE COCCIA REALTY 251C.21 SEMIAO & ASSOC. 138C.21 EUDAN REALTY 86ERA JUSTIN REALTY CO. 74WEICHERT REALTORS 69REAL LIVING GATEWAY REALTORS 65SAVINO AGENCY 64COLDWELL BANKER 63RE/MAX WHITE HOUSE 36C.21 GOLD ADVANTAGE 34RE/MAX TRADING PLACES, LLC 33EXIT GOLDEN REALTY GROUP, LLC 31A.W. VAN WINKLE & CO. 26KURGAN-BERGEN REALTORS 26RE/MAX HOME EXPERTS 25PRUDENTIAL MERENDINO REALTY 21RE/MAX EXCELLENCE 16LIBERTY REALTY, LLC 11KELLER WILLIAMS VILLAGE SQUARE 9PROMINENT PROP. SOTHEBY'S 8YOUNG AGENCY, INC. 8VENTURE VR REALTORS 6CORNERSTONE RES.& COMM. REALTY 5RE/MAX PARK SQUARE 5GENTRY REALTY ASSOC. 5LIVING NEW JERSEY REALTY 5

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No. Arlington $460,000 2 family home with 2 car detached garage. Each unit consist of Liv-ing room, dining room, eat in kitchen, 2 bedrooms & bathroom (2nd floor has additional 3rd bedroom. Living areas have gleaming hard-wood floors, bedrooms are carpeted (with wood floor underneath). Fully finished basement with recreation room, full bathroom, sauna and kitchenette. Full walk up attic . Short walk to NYC bus!

Kearny $295,000Welcome Home! Center hall 3 bedroom colonial home with 1 car garage and driveway located on a dead end street in the Arlington Section of Kearny. Newer bathroom, kitchen, and newer windows on the second floor. Wood burning fireplace,wood floors throughout, high unfinished basement. Gas heat. New front and side stairs and landscaping.

Kearny $195,000 One Family home, ranch style with 2 bedrooms on low maintenance lot. Terrific beginning and alternative to paying rent. Finished basement with 2 rooms and laundry. Gas heat.

Harrison $525,000Quality built new 2 fam w/garage. 3 bdrms 3 baths in 1st fl unit, 2 bdrms 2 baths in upper unit. Finished ground level w/sliders to pa-tio, Kitchens have, granite countertop w/tiled backsplash. Hardwood floors in apartments, tile ground level. Quality Anderson Windows, Separate heat, central Air & utilities. Walking distance to PATH station. 10 year new home warranty. Well-built and well-appointed home, compare to the competition!

No. Arlington $295,000 Colonial home with garage, driveway for 3 cars. This well main-tained 2 bedroom house features refinished hardwood floors on both levels, large private backyard with newer vinyl privacy fence and deck. Large living room and formal dining room. Central air, Good size master bedroom. NYC bus on corner.

Kearny $399,000 Converted 1 fam into office located on a terrific location on Kearny Ave! Ent foyer, 4 rms (reception area/conference rm, kitch & office) and lavatory on main level, 2nd flr has 3 rms and fbth, full fin attic w/ 2 additional rms. Full open bsmnt Lrge rear yrd with paved rear parking area.

No. Arlington $500,000 New 1 family col under construction. Home to feature 3 bdrms, 3 ½ bths Fin ground level with rec room, fbth and door to rear yard and patio. 2 car built in garage w/ paver-stone driveway. Hardwood floors, granite kitchen counter top and granite vanity tops in tiled bathrooms, master bedroom consists of walk in closet and full bath. Brick front, 10 Year New Home Warranty.

No. Arlington $305,000 Special 3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath Colonial Cape Cod style home. Layout includes Living Room, Dining Room, Eat-in-Kitchen, Bedroom, Full Bath, 3 Season Room and rear Deck on the 1st floor. There are 2 additional Bedrooms, Full Bath and lots of storage on the 2nd floor. The Basement is full and there is an attached garage. Additional features include gas heat, central air conditioning, low maintenance aluminum siding and dead end street location.

Lyndhurst $375,0001 family brick ranch on a residential street with detached 1 car garage and driveway. Short 2 block walk to NYC Bus. 3 bed-rooms 2 full baths, hardwood floors, semi-finished basement. Fireplace in Living room. Recreation room, summer kitchen and storage in basement. Over-sized garage, 71 x 100 lot.

Kearny $400,000 Arlington Section,large colonial w/4 bedrms, 3 1/2 baths. Spacious rooms with wood floors. open liv. rm , formal dining rm & sunken family rm . Kitchen w/sliders to patio, rear yard & In Ground pool! Fin basement, garage & driveway parking. Nice home, lovely area.

No. Arlington $329,000 Great 2 family home w/4 bdrms. and 2 baths on corner lot w/large side yard. Great for investment, owner occupant or the potential for expansion. Basement has its own rear separate entrance and is full, partially finished w/laundry. The driveway can fit parking for 3+ cars. New updated electric. Walking distance to NYC trans.

Kearny $225,000 1 fam home near Harrison border, 3 bdrm, 2 fbths. Tiled first flr, open layout, EIK, main bdrm on 1st flr. Gas hot water baseboard heat. Full bsmnt, above ground pool in rear

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