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Compiled by Karen Zautyk & Ron LeirObserver Correspondents

JANUARYThe revolving door on the

office of the Kearny schools superintendent keeps turning as the Board of Education, at its reorganization meeting, initiates a “vote of no con-fidence” in Superintendent Frank Ferraro and places him on paid leave.

Patricia Blood, director of curriculum for grades 6-12, is named acting superintendent.

The Harrison Housing Au-thority, three and a half years after its chief administrator was fired, finally approves a replacement: Roy E. Rogers of Sicklerville, N.J.

As one of the snowiest winters in recent memory continues, authorities in various Observer communi-ties remind residents that they should not “reserve” on-street parking spaces by marking them with trash cans, traffic cones, lawn furniture, baby strollers, etc. We leave it to you to surmise if the reminder worked.

Kearny EMS vacates Harri-son’s Cleveland Ave. fire-house after the town votes to award its emergency ser-vices contract to Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. (MONOC).

The N.J. Division of Con-sumer Affairs issues a warn-ing to and informational fact sheet for shoppers who visited Target stores during the Christmas buying season. It’s part of the fallout from a massive Target data breach that may have affected 40 million customers nation-wide.

Speaking of fallout, Gov. Chris Christie holds a two-hour press conference to deal

with the continuing flak from the September 2013 “Bridge-gate” fiasco.

Reaction is, to say the least, mixed.

The Nutley Public Library readies a year of special pro-grams marking its centennial.

The Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team, NFL alumni, and 9/11 first responders from New Jesey and the FDNY participate in a “Tribute to Heroes” charity flag football game sponsored by Essex County.

Observer towns are afflict-ed by Super Bowl fever lead-ing up to the Feb. 2 contest to be held, for the first time, in our own backyard: at the Meadowlands (a/k/a MetLife Stadium).

FEBRUARYHudson County is shocked

by the sudden death of Har-rison Mayor Raymond Mc-Donough, 65, who suffers a massive heart attack in Town Hall on Feb. 12.

As tributes pour in from leaders statewide, a funeral

Mass is offered at Holy Cross Church. McDonough, mayor since 1995 and a longtime force in Democratic politics, courted controversy with his endorsement of Republican Gov. Chistie. But he also earned accolades for his con-tinuing efforts to revitalize Harrison through extensive redevelopment, particularly along the waterfront and in the southern end of town, which had been left a near-wasteland after numerous industries closed. The Red Bull stadium and new hous-ing replaced the defunct factories and vacant land and began to transform the com-munity.

On Feb. 25, the Harrison Town Council selects James A. Fife, former Harrison High School principal, to serve out McDonough’s term, which ends Dec. 31.

As our snowy winter continues, and with a bliz-zard predicted, local towns are burning up the phone lines trying to find a pre-cious commodity: rock salt.

Salt piles have been depleted and shipments are tied up on barges at Port Newark and Port Elizabeth.

On Feb. 12-13, that predicted blizzard dumps 15 inches of snow on Kearny -- and similar amounts in surround-ing towns. According to one report, more snow fell in the two weeks than normally falls in an entire winter.

Accumulated ice and heavy snow have been endanger-ing and damaging buildings around the state. Now, it’s Kearny’s turn: a roof collaps-es on a four-family residence on Devon St. No one is hurt, but 12 people have to be evacuated.

Restricted space in a base-ment apartment on Schuy-ler Ave. challenges Kearny firefighters in their rescue of a 66-year-old man trapped in a bedroom. The victim, Ma-nuel Lampon, dies from his severe burns at St. Barnabas Medical Center later in the month.

A mixed-use development -- including offices, light industry, a biotech campus, hotel and residential units -- is proposed by developers for the 118-acre Hoffmann-LaRoche property straddling Nutley and Clifton.

For the first time, Harrison middle school students join the international Canstruc-tion program, a combination sculpture challenge and food drive. Also participating is Kearny High School, for the third year in a row.

Kearny releases its 2013 Uniform Crime Report In-dex, showing a 2.5% decrease in major crimes, represent-ing a 13-year low.

Detective Michael Gonza-lez is named Kearny “Police Officer of the Year,” marking

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Eighteen crumbling storm water inlets around the borough have been

rebuilt, Borough Council President Al Granell said.

Granell said the inlets were in gross disrepair and required fixing to capture rainwater and melting ice and snow and carry it to storm sewers.

“These repairs, identified some months ago as priority improvements that needed to be made, and they were recently completed,” Granell said. “Reconstructing these storm water inlets will im-prove public safety and qual-ity of life for our residents.”

Some of the inlets were in such bad shape that they were collapsing or at risk of col-lapsing soon and their inef-fectiveness caused backups, allowing water to pond in the

streets, creating flooding con-ditions and – in winter – an ice hazard, he said.

“With the heavy downpours we have been experiencing in recent years and the heavy snows, it was imperative to get this project done before

the winter really hits us, and we did,” Granell said.

The borough used $85,000 in local funds to pay Jo-Med Contracting Corp. of Eliza-beth for the project, which included repairing curbs and sidewalks and small road re-

pairs around the inlets. It took about two weeks to complete the work.

Those inlets that were re-built are: one near 150 Pros-pect Ave., three on Arlington Blvd., two on Park Ave., one at Wesley and Morgan Places,

one near 45 Devon St., one near 113 Jason Way, one near 2 Webster St., two on Hendel Ave., one at 134 River Road, one at Locust and Riverview Aves., one near 246 Prospect Ave. and all inlets along River-view and Lincoln Aves.

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Two of the damaged storm water inlets that have been fi xed.

KEARNY –A fire wrecked several vehi-

cles at the Sarcona truck yard in South Kearny last Thursday.

Deputy Fire Chief Robert Osborn, the on-scene com-mander, said an alarm of fire came in from the yard, at 123 Pennsylvania Ave., at 12:04 p.m. and the first Kearny fire units arrived at 12:06 p.m.

When they got there, fire-fighters found three trucks, one van and two cars on fire, Osborn said.

Firefighters aboard four en-

gines and one ladder truck had the fire under control around 1 p.m., but, by that point, the vehicles were burnt down to their metal frames, he said.

A warehouse adjacent to the fire scene was not touched by the flames, Osborn said.

Jersey City Fire Department stood by at Kearny firehouses as Kearny firefighters were occupied at the fire scene. No injuries were reported.

The yard fire remains under investigation, Osborn said.

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the second time he has re-ceived that award. He also was honored in 2009.

An Essex County Superior Court judge overturns the Belleville Zoning Board’s ap-proval of a youth center and parking garage that St. Mary & St. Mercurius Coptic Church wanted to build on Academy St. The lawsuit was filed by residents who objected to the construction in a residential neighborhood.

In North Arlington, discus-sions continue on where to

install a 9/11 monument fea-turing steel beams recovered from the World Trade Center and secured by the Volunteer Fire Department three years ago.

MARCHA proposal by NJ Transit to

build a back-up power system in South Kearny threatens to derail the Koppers Coke Peninsula redevelopment plan that was expected to generate big tax ratables for Kearny and Hudson County.

Seven people are displaced

by a three-alarm blaze in a home on Dukes ST. in Kearny.

A 10-month multi-agency investigation busts an interna-tional carjacking ring based in N.J. and leads to the arrest of 23 people, including an alleged ringleader from Belleville.

Luis Cruz, 44, of Nutley, who pleaded guilty to vehicu-lar homicide in the 2011 hit-run death of Belleville pedestrian Jodi DeSoto, is sentenced to five years in prison.

As the snows finally dis-sipate, public works crews throughout The Observer

coverage area are beleagured by the job of filling all those potholes that are plaguing lo-cal streets.

Firefighters Michael Janec-zko and Andrew O’Donnell are named Kearny Firefighters of the Year for their work at a January 2013 blaze on Devon St.

When the roof on the six-family home collapsed, several other firefighters were buried under burning debris. Janec-zko and O’Donnell dug them from the rubble and saved their lives.

Belleville says it’s “ready to roll” with an elaborate $2 mil-lion school security system.

The Lyndhurst Board of Education alerts parents to the recent appearance of a viral ailment known as the “Fifth Disease” among several local grade-school students.

Kearny police launch an initiative to identify the locations of private security cameras throughout the town and to seek access to the tapes if needed in a criminal inves-tigation. Camera owners will register voluntarily.

Sally Goodson of the Ameri-can Association of University Women receives the inaugural Nutley Women’s Advocate Award presented by the town-ship Department of Public

Affairs.Kearny reports that it will

cost an estimated $15.8 million to revamp the Gunnell Oval recreation complex off Schuy-ler Ave.

North Arlington announces it has finally decided where to put the 9/11 steel [see Feb-ruary]. The site will be the Schuyler Ave. firehouse, but the cost is uncertain.

Patrons of the Arling-ton Diner are among many mourning the death of a beloved waitress, Barbara Gangi, 73, who was killed by a car while walking across River Road enroute to the diner. [As of January 2015, flowers and ribbons still mark a lightpole near the diner as a memorial to her.]

Windy weather and dry con-ditions keep local firefighters busy, combating brush fires in the meadows of Harrison and Kearny, including three blazes in one day.

In Belleville, a four-alarm fire in two multi-family dwell-ings on Washington Ave. re-quires response from firefight-ers from seven towns. All 31 residents are evacuated safely and no injuries are reported.

The Kearny Board of Ed votes in favor of creating a centralized middle school

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Belleville Detectives Mat-thew Dox, Joseph Mundy and Rafael Reyes are cited by a security-management firm for helping to break a 2013 theft case.

APRILThe long-anticipated, and

long-dreaded, rehabilitation of the 80-year-old Pulaski Skyway finally begins, bring-ing with it headaches for motorists, law enforcement, emergency services and busi-nesses. The $1 billion project is expected to take at least two years to complete.

The Kearny Zoning Board approves a plan for construc-tion of a Walgreens Pharmacy and parking lot on Kearny Ave, site of the former Lynn Chev-rolet property, and the current Irish Quality Shop.

Small businesses on the old Congoleum-Nairn property on Passaic Ave. prepare to move in advance of the 2015 arrival of a BJ’s Wholesale Club on the site.

Area residents are warned of a new “jury duty” phone scam. Callers identifying themselves as “Sheriff’s Office” employees are threatening call recipients with arrest for allegedly not appearing for jury duty. The

unsuspecting targets are told they can make their warrant go away if they pay a fine via credit/debit/money card. It’s all a fraud.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces that it plans to undertake the most costly public waterway cleanup in its 43-year history: a $1.7 billion project to remove toxic sediment from the lower eight miles of the Passaic River, But plans won’t be final-ized until 2015.

Meanwhile: The Kearny High School crew team, with assistance from Belleville and Nutley students, holds its annual Passaic River cleanup, removing 4 to 5 tons of debris from the water and the river-banks.

The Kearny Board of Ed establishes the Fred Kuhrt Scholarship Fund in honor of the Kearny High School automotive technology teacher who died suddenly in January at age 58.

The Kearny Board of Ed changes its mind about what would constitute a mid-dle school, now looking to merge only grades 7 and 8 -- not 6. It also rejects the lone bid received on the already-delayed Kearny High School noise abatement project.

In Harrison, Joseph Moscin-ski is saluted as Firefighter of the Year, and Cory Karas as Police Officer of the Year.

Nutley Police Officer David Strus is recommended for a departmental award for saving the life of a stabbing victim in a Clifton mall.

Parents in North Arlington form “North Arlington Cares

About Schools” to press con-cerns about the state’s stand-ardized-testing policies.

Cub Pack Troop 305 and the Kearny DPW team up for a Riverbank Park tree-planting as part of the annual Arbor Day program.

The Observer family mourns former editor Jeff Bahr of Bloomfield, killed in a motor-cycle accident in Pennsylvania at the age of 56.

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South Kearny businesses, re-covering from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy, report hopeful progress.

For the fifth year, Kearny turns into one big bargain venue as hundreds of residents and businesses take part in the KUEZ-sponsored townwide yard and sidewalk sale.

After three years of renting space in the former Holy Cross

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A Purple Heart, awarded posthumously to Army Pvt. Wilfred J. Warhurst of Kearny, who was killed Jan. 19, 1945, in Europe during World War II, is returned to the town-ship. The medal had been found in Pennsylvania and was turned over to Purple Hearts Reunited, which contacted the Kearny United Veterans Organization. Since Warhurst had no known living relatives, the medal is donated to the Kearny Museum.

The Kearny school district reaches out to the Port Au-thority of New York and New Jersey to find out how much leeway might be available if the ongoing KHS renovation exceeds the $44 million budget from the P.A., FAA and state DOE.

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Having been exposed to all the hype over Sony Production Co.’s

limited release of “The Inter-view,” I say, “Thanks, but no thanks.”

I guess in what passes for mass entertainment today, it makes perfect sense for two TV people to partner with the CIA to blow up the leader of North Korea, the country with which we’re still, technically, at war.

That’ll show him.Not to mention President

Obama egging on Sony not to “back down” from the hackers’ threat of doom that would al-legedly befall any theater that dared to screen this “comedy.”

I guess nobody called in the Department of Homeland Security on this one.

Oh well, that’s show biz.Unless, of course, there are

“back channel” conversations going on between Dennis Rodman and Kim Jung-un on and off the basketball court that we aren’t privy to. (Now there’s a movie plot waiting to happen…. Like, maybe the reason the Dear Leader was seen limping around recently was because he tried to box out Dennis and got put down heavy on the hardwood???)

Any of the above might’ve been a better call than seeing the Leader’s head go pop, es-

pecially a guy who’s got nukes at his beck and call, and espe-cially in a film being given a Christmas Day release.

There’s nothing like a nasty romp with no redemptive qualities to sweeten the fes-tive season, spread good will among nations. Right on, bro.

But hold on. Maybe I’m being unfair. After all, North Korea is a dictatorship, right? (The government, not the peo-ple.) Maybe they deserve to be slammed. A lot of American soldiers were killed in that conflict.

Back in March 1942, when we were busy fighting Ger-many in WWII, United Artists put out an Ernst Lubitsch film, “To Be or Not to Be,” an American comedy, featuring Carole Lombard, Jack Benny and Robert Stack, about a troupe of Polish actors who outwit their Nazi occupiers, including Hitler.

Some movie critics of the period, including Bosley Crowther of The New York Times, attacked Lubitsch for, in their view, attempting to extract humor out of a grim war. Lubitsch responded that the Nazis’ bombing of Warsaw was depicted on the screen “in all seriousness.” As for making the Nazis out to be bumblers, Lubitsch said: “What I have satirized in this picture are

the Nazis and their ridiculous ideology.”

I tried researching, with Google’s help, whether FDR or anyone in his administra-tion had anything public to say

about the film’s treatment of the war or Hitler or anything else but I was unsuccessful. Given how badly the war was going for the Allies at the time, I would guess that the

President probably had his mind on other things – like whether the U.S. should’ve en-tered the war in the first place.

Filmmaker Quentin Taran-tino offered his take on World War II in 2009 with “Inglouri-ous Basterds,” where, typically for Tarantino, violent killing of advocates for both sides is the name of the game. The film culminates in blowing up a movie theater with the Ger-man High Command, includ-ing Hitler, trapped inside. The movie won lots of awards but it did nothing for me except make me want to run out of the theater that was showing his movie.

Look, I’m not calling for censorship of scripts that call for an assassination of any government leaders – alive or dead – but come on, why be so casual about it? It defeats the whole purpose, deflates the intended humor.

Doing the deed on “The Simpsons,” for example, where everyone gets zapped is one thing, I suppose, but to gra-tuitously blow up someone – even someone depicted as an obvious caricature – in a time where beheadings and suicide deaths have become the norm – makes no sense.

So would you please stop it. Please.

– Ron Leir

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To the editor: On behalf of my wife Cathy and my entire

family, I want to wish the residents of North Arlington a very happy and healthy New Year.

I look forward to serving as your new mayor in 2015 and working with the Borough Council to bring you good, efficient govern-ment.

My door is always open to anyone who has a concern, a complaint, or wants to share their ideas on how we can improve our community.

May God bless all of you and our town and help guide us as we face the challenges of the new year.

Joseph and Cathy BianchiNorth Arlington

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son has the right to tax both the Red Bull Arena and the land on which it stands.

KHS’ Canstruction project reports it collected a whopping 28,511 cans of food, all of which were distributed to local food pantries.

The state Department of Education assigns a monitor to oversee the Belleville Board of Education’s fiscal operations.

The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two suspects in the “jury duty” phone scam reported in The Observer in April. The alleged conspirators are a Georgia cor-rections officer and an inmate, and authorities say the scam was being run out of a prison in that state.

The highly successful Kearny Community Garden officially opens its second season.

Msgr. John Gilchrist of Kearny, a priest for more than a half-century, is honored in Jer-sey City as Hudson County’s Senior of the Year.

East Newark residents learn there will be a special question on their Nov. 4 general election ballots: “Should East Newark

high school students be sent to Kearny High School instead of Harrison High School?”

Patrick W. Martin is named East Newark school superin-tendent/principal.

Nineteen people are left homeless when fire destroys a multi-family residence on Fifth St. in Harrison.

Nutley’s Department of Health and Department of Public Affairs launch a Senior Call program, a concerted ef-fort -- including twice-monthly phone calls -- to reach out to local senior citizens to of-fer any assistance they might need, and just to let them know they’re not alone.

With the help of the Peru-vian Civic Association, the Kearny Fire Department initi-ates a new fire safety program with a special seminar for Spanish-speaking residents.

JUNEA monument honoring the

contributions of the Portu-guese-American community to Kearny and other towns is unveiled in Riverbank Park at a dedication ceremony attended by hundreds.

On June 6, America com-

memorates the 70th anniver-sary of the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy -- the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.

In Nutley, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs’ D-Day ceremony is held in conjunction with memorial services conducted in England by the Royal British Legion.

Jack Kane, a lifelong resident of Nutley, is elected State Commander at the 95th Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention held in Wildwood.

St. Stephen’s R.C. Church, which is marking the 75th an-niversary of its Kearny Ave. building, holds an afternoon of guided tours of the cathedral-like structure.

In North Arlington, it turns out that the debate over placement of the World Trade Center steel beams is not over after all. Cost reportedly is a factor.

Lyndhurst is taking steps to create a safer foot approach to its playing fields off Valley Brook Ave.

The Meritorius Acts Review Board of the KFD holds its first annual awards ceremony honoring both firefighters and

civilians. Recipients included Capts. Jerry Coppola and Rod Nardone and FF Dave Rus-sell for their rescue of two Jersey City firemen who were trapped inside a burning Har-rison building in 2013. Civilian awards went to David Moran of Moran Towing, Rob Neu of River Terminal Development and Observer correspondent Karen Zautyk [who remains humbled by the honor].

U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker visit a South Kearny Superfund site -- the “orphaned” Syncon Resins property -- to push for a pol-luter tax to clean contaminated industrial sites around the nation.

Ten-year-old Miguel Vega of North Arlington is named “Chief for the Day” by the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association and the Sheriff’s Office, is ceremonially sworn in at Town Hall and serves with distinction.

The popular Kearny Farm-ers Market, sponsored by the KUEZ, returns for another season, but in a new location, moving from the Mandee’s lot to Garfield Ave. between Kearny Ave. and Chestnut St.

The Kearny Board of Ed approves a plan to send all seventh- and eighth-graders to a redesigned Lincoln Middle School for the 2014-15 school year.

JULYThe New Jersey Meadow-

lands Commission closes its Saw Mill Creek Trail to allow PSE&G to proceed with part of its $907 million Northeast Grid Reliability Project to replace and upgrade its power lines and sub-stations along a 50-mile route stretching from Roseland to Jersey City, includ-ing The Observer’s coverage area.

Nearly a year after 40-year-old Belleville resident Dante Cespedes was killed in an avalanche of bullets fired by cops in his Lake St. apartment, an Essex County grand jury is convened to look into the shooting. In early December, the grand jury decides not to bring criminal charges against the cops involved in the fatal shooting.

Kearny’s governing body promotes John View to police


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lieutenant.Belleville Board of Educa-

tion, reeling from an auditor’s preliminary finding that it had overspent more than $4 mil-lion during the 2013-14 school year, votes not to rehire 75 non-tenured teachers and 21 non-instructional employees.

Belleville Historic Preserva-tion Commission designates the old Dutch Reformed Church building as a local landmark. Later in the year, the church – now owned and used as a worship center by Iglesia Pentecostal LaSenda Antigua – is awarded a $250,000 grant for badly needed restoration work.

The derelict Jeryl Industrial Park, off the Belleville Turn-pike in Kearny, is put on the path to a big upgrade with the intervention of a new op-erator, Ridge Crossing, which begins to demolish many of the 28 buildings on site.

After his 5-year contract as Harrison superintendent of schools expires, James Doran is appointed director of personnel/human resources/compliance and crisis man-agement at about $200,000 a year – roughly $40,000 less than his superintendent’s pay.

The state awards Kearny $2.5 million in transitional aid plus $500,000 in employees’ pension contribution to soften the 3.74% property tax hit on

local property owners. Over-all, the average homeowner will pay $244 more in county, school and municipal taxes this year.

The Meadowlands Board of Realtors, which advocated for real estate agents and their customers in West Hudson and South Bergen for 93 years, merges with the Eastern Ber-gen County Board of Realtors, creating the third largest real-tor association in the state.

Thirty-six Kearny youths complete the two-week train-ing course offered by the Kearny Police Department’s Junior Police Academy. They are the academy’s sixth gradu-ating class.

A Newark couple, Mujahi-deen Abdullah and Jomaris Gonzalez, are arrested in con-nection with the June 12 killing of a Hackensack livery-cab driver who, police say, was targeted after an argument at a Belleville nightclub.

An estimated 1,000 police motorcyclists escort the funeral cortege of slain Jersey City Police Detective Melvin Santiago July 18 to Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington for burial. Santiago was killed July 13 when he responded to a 911 call at a Jersey City Wal-greens.

Three 2003 Kearny High School alumni – Bryan Caputo, Laurence Brinkmeyer and Daniel Petryszyn – are indicted on charges of money laundering and criminal possession of stolen prop-erty in connection with what authorities described as an international cyber theft ring that allegedly accessed more than 1,600 user accounts on StubHub.

The state Department of En-vironmental Protection re-is-sues a warning to anglers not to catch or eat blue club crabs from the lower Passaic River, which runs through parts of North Arlington, Lyndhurst, Kearny, Nutley, Belleville, East Newark and Harrison, because they can cause cancer.

A Union City truck driver is charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a N.J. Turnpike crash that killed Kearny’s Jeffrey Humphrey, 43, brother of Kearny Library Director Josh Humphrey.

An effort by the Belleville Board of Education to fire middle school math teacher Michael Mignone, head of the teachers’ union, fails when an arbitrator dismisses 12 of 13 tenure “conduct unbecoming”

charges against Mignone but imposes a 30-day suspension for a privacy invasion com-plaint.

AUGUSTNutley launches “Celebrat-

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Kearny Fire Department gets another superior officer as the town governing body appoints Fire Capt. Michael Kartanowicz.

Kearny’s J.E. Frobisher Jr. American Legion Post 99 cel-ebrates its 95th birthday.

The Essex County Prosecu-tor’s Office upgrades charges against a Belleville man to murder in an alleged assault on his roommate. Police say Edwin Andujar, 49, allegedly stabbed Thomas Parent, 59, in the stomach and back at a Wallace St. residence on Aug. 7.

Kearny Fire Department’s fireboat, acquired in May 2013, responds to its first alarm of fire on Aug. 15, assisting boats from Newark Fire Depart-ment and N.J. State Police in knocking down a smoky fire under the Pulaski Skyway. Fires also erupt Aug. 4 at the Portal Bridge and Sept. 2 at the PATH span.

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KEARNY –A First Ward lawmaker is

pressing for four-way stops as a safety measure at sev-eral Highland Ave. intersec-tions in Kearny.

But that’s something that won’t happen overnight, if at all.

At a recent Town Council meeting, Councilman Albino Cardoso said that residents had approached him with concerns about drivers speeding, both along and across Highland, one of the town’s north-south arteries.

As examples of some of the more egregious intersec-tions where cars tend not to stop, Cardoso mentioned Afton St., Quincy Ave. and Patterson St.

He also said he’s look-ing at the entrance to West Hudson Park at Woodland Ave. and N. Fifth St. where, he added, “the traffic com-ing down Devon St. (toward the park) is going very fast and there’s been a history of accidents. We’ve got to look at what the accident rate is.”

One of the lawmaker’s constituents, Eddie Guer-reiro, who has lived near the corner of Highland and Pat-terson for the past 15 years, agrees that something needs to be done at that location to put drivers on notice in-stead of watching them sail through the intersection.

“I saw a couple of acci-dents here at night,” Guer-reiro said. Those incidents

resulted from cars speeding – east and westbound – on Patterson through Highland, he said.

Currently, there are two stop signs at the intersec-tion, at the northeast and southwest corners.

For motorists proceeding east and west, the visibility at the intersection is bad, especially if cars are parked near the corner, further blocking the view, said Guerreiro.

Morning and afternoon rush-hours become even more of a safety concern, Guerreiro said, “when you’ve got kids from Wash-ington School walking to and from school.”

And, on the north side of the intersection, he added, there’s the Scots-American Club, which draws crowds on weekends, in particular.

Another neighbor, who lives across the street from Guerreiro, said that the ex-isting stop signs aren’t much help.

“People don’t really stop,” he said, “and if they do, they’re already way out into the intersection. I’m guilty of it, too, at times. And it’s all day long. Like with some of the little cars coming up Patterson, the drivers see an incline as they approach the intersection so they give it more gas.”

But maybe a four-way stop would at least prod drivers to pay more attention, the resident said. “Any little bit helps.”

Conditions are “even

worse” along Afton St., Cardoso said, particularly on the one-way stretch between Maple St. and Belgrove Dr. where there’s no stop sign and cars push on through.

A check of Kearny Police Department records showed there have been a total of three accidents at Highland and Patterson between 2011 and 2014, three accidents at Highland and Afton during that same period, and six accidents at Highland and Quincy over the past four years, according to research by Sgt. John Taylor of the Traffic Division.

Asking for – and get-ting – four-way stop signs

at designated locations are two different things, Taylor pointed out.

Local police departments are guided in such matters by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), administered by the Federal Highway Admin-istration, which “defines the standards used by road man-agers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices … including road markings, highway signs and traffic signals … on all public streets ….”

A four-way stop can be im-plemented, Taylor said, only if certain traffic conditions are met, as per the MUTCD:

“Multi-way stop control is used where the volume of traffic on the intersect-ing roads is approximately equal.

“The decision to install multi-way stop control should be based on an engi-neering study.”

The manual says that among the criteria that “should be considered” in undertaking such a study are: whether “five or more reported crashes in a 12-month period” have oc-curred at a given intersec-tion, whether the vehicular volume entering the in-tersection from the major street approaches “averages at least 300 vehicles per hour for any eight hours of an average day” and the “combined vehicular, pedes-trian and bicycle volume” entering the intersection from the minor street ap-proaches “averages at least 200 units per hour for the same eight hours.”

Other criteria that can trigger the study include whether “… a road user, after stopping, cannot see conflicting traffic and is not able to negotiate the intersection unless con-flicting cross traffic is also required to stop” or whether the proposed sign would be located at “an intersection of two residential neighbor-hood collector (through) streets of similar design and operating characteristics where multi-way stop con-trol would improve traffic [flow].”

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By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent

NORTH ARLINGTON –

When Dr. Paul Latora, a podiatrist, was 20, he’d pretty much

made up his mind he was going to school to become a pharmacist. But one day that year, he discovered he had a wart on one of his toes.

When he went to the po-diatrist to get it removed, he knew, fairly quickly, that he no longer wanted to be a phar-macist – instead, he developed a fascination for the foot,

and wanted to go to medical school to become a podiatrist.

And that’s exactly what he did.

“I never had had thoughts of going to medical school at the time,” Latora said. “I was going to pharmacy school – no question. But it all changed pretty quickly after the in-credible treatment I received for the wart. The rest is his-tory.”

And indeed it is. Because Latora is now cel-

ebrating 25 years as one of the area’s most noted and well-liked foot docs.

Latora has been in his cur-rent office location for the last 15 years in North Arlington, preceded by 10 years in an-other locale in the borough.

“I’ve loved every minute of that time,” he said. “This is such a wonderful community to serve.”

But just what does a podia-trist do?

Many think of the podiatrist as the doctor to go to when you’ve got an ingrown toenail. Yet Latora says he (and others in his profession) do so much more.

“Some of the more common

issues I deal with include heel pain, fungus on the toenail, infections, diabetic sores, sprains, strains, bunions (and) hammer toes,” Latora said. “I do see diabetics often, as well. And diabetics should see a podiatrist at least twice a year because of the potential ail-ments they could face.”

So in reality, Latora handles all facets of podiatry which, in New Jersey, also means he does ankle work. (Ankle work doesn’t fall under podiatry in every state).

In addition to his private practice, Latora is also Direc-

tor of Podiatry at the Colum-bus Hospital Wound Center, Newark, a a position to which he was appointed on Oct. 1.

Latora’s North Arlington of-fice is located at 312 Belleville Turnpike, Suite 1B. He can be reached by phone at 201-998-3668. Visit his website at www.drlatorafootdoctor.com. Office hours are are: Mondays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Calls are answered 24 hours a day as needed. (Latora also has an office in Paramus that operates two days a week – see his website for details).

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U.S. Attorney’s Office.Hudson County Improve-

ment Authority designates The Morris Companies as the prospective developer of the old 138-acre Koppers Coke redevelopment site in Kearny. Both sides are still negotiat-ing a sale/purchase agree-ment for the parcel.

Nutley closes DeMuro Park several days to conduct a “fogging” experiment – spraying an aerosol, Methyl Anthranilate, to rid the park of an overabundance of star-lings.

Belleville veterans’ advo-cate Joseph T. Fornarotto dies Aug. 25 at age 88. As the own-er of Joe’s Lunch in the 1950s, he came to know Francesco

“Frankie” Castelluccio, bet-ter known now as Frankie Vallie of The Four Seasons. A one-term Township Com-missioner and a former Essex

County employee, Fornarotto was a U.S. Navy veteran who later served as a founding member and commander of Disabled American Veterans Belleville/Nutley Chapter 22. In 2009, he was named Bel-leville Man of the Year at the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade. Essex County plans to install a memorial plaque honoring Fornarotto in the veterans’ section of Glendale Cemetery in Bloom-field in the spring.

A U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency plan to do a bank-to-bank and cap cleanup

of the Lower Passaic River, from Newark Bay to the Newark/Belleville border at a cost pegged at $1.78 billion is challenged by the Cooperat-ing Parties Group, which has accepted responsibility for the cleanup. The EPA is still working on a final draft of its plan.

SEPTEMBERWest Hudson Arts & Theat-

er Co. (W.H.A.T.) moves to a new home, from the former St. Stephen’s School on Mid-land Ave. to First Lutheran Church on Oakwood Ave.

The U.S. Postal Service and FBI undertake a criminal

investigation into a Sept. 4 incident at the Logistics & Distribution Center on Har-rison Ave. which was evacu-ated after a postal employee reportedly found a container dropped in a postal hamper with the word “Ebola” writ-ten on it.

A second hotel opens in Harrison: the 138-room Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide’s Element Harri-son just steps from the PATH station.

Occupancy of a Grand Place house in Kearny by Valentine House, a substance abuse recovery group, angers neighbors who call on town

officials to shut it down. The town takes the owner and lessor to court, alleging that they are operating an illegal rooming house in a one-fami-ly residential zone. The occu-pants have left but Valentine House has vowed to defend its right to be there.

Kearny Town Council ap-proves a three-year redevel-opment agreement with DVL Kearny Holdings to redevelop a Passaic Ave. shopping mall with BJ’s Wholesale Club as its anchor tenant. DVL is in the process of demolishing the old Congoleum-Nairn fac-tory building to clear the way for new construction.

Holy Cross Church in Har-rison reports the theft of a sacred relic, believed to be a piece of the original Cross of Christ from Jerusalem that has been in the church’s keeping since its found-ing in Harrison in 1886. It is recovered, undamaged, less than two weeks later, by Port Authority police patrolling PA property in Harrison.

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By Kevin Canessa Jr.Observer Correspondent

KEARNY –

Generations of residents of West Hudson and South Bergen counties have come to know just how special a place The Smile and Im-plant Center is. Even people who often cringe going to the dentist will tell you that fear is rare when they enter this practice’s doors.

And while that same fam-ily and welcoming atmos-phere is still as strong as it’s ever been — there’s been a significant change in leader-ship, as Dr. Blair Schachtel, D.M.D., has purchased the business and has taken over the practice with a partner.

Schactel is an experienced dentist, having successfully practiced in Livingston for 18 years. His practice there remains. But when he heard The Smile and Implant Center was on the market, he knew it was an opportu-nity he couldn’t pass up.

“I’d known about the place for many years,” Schachtel said. “I knew there was a wonderful staff and that patients were always treated like family — and they’d do anything for the patient. When I found out it was for sale, I made a quick call, and later that day, I was meeting with the then owners.

“We made a deal quickly. And here we are now.”

One of the reasons Schachtel says he was in-terested in taking over The Smile and Implant Center was because over the years,

the practice had boomed.“It just kept growing by

leaps and bounds,” he said. “Plus any place that treats patients like family is a spe-cial place.”

And indeed, that fam-ily aura continues under Schachtel’s leadership.

But what sets this prac-tice apart from many other dental practices is that if you go there — and need any kind of dental work, and we mean any — you won’t be shuffled off to specialists

elsewhere. That’s because every kind of dental special-ist is already on staff at The Smile and Implant Center.

“Patients never have to leave here and do their dental work in phases,” Schachtel said. “We’ve got on staff an oral surgeon, an anesthesiologist, a peri-odontist, a pediatric dentist. And we also have a derma-tologist who perform Botox treatments right here on site.”

And it’s the people who

have dedicated their lives to the practice that have im-pressed Schachtel the most.

“There are four people here who have been on the staff for more than 25 years. That’s incredible,” he said. “Even though I’ve only been here for a few days, I knew from day one that this place was different. The respect and care they’ve all shown me has been incredible — and I know that translates well with our patients.”

Meanwhile, Schachtel

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“We don’t want to turn patients down because of the cost of dental care,” he said. “Think of it this way. When people need dental work — and they put it off — that care is going to cost a lot more down the line. So we want people to get done what needs to be done as soon as possible so the cost is less. Finances should never be a factor when determining whether to get dental care.”

So whether you’re a long-time patient — or someone in need of a new dentist — you’ll likely find The Smile and Implant Center is where you’ll want to go.

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Nutley Boy Scout Scott Bolton Jr. is feted as a “Scout in Action” for intervening on Sept. 9 when a 16-year-old boy weighing 180 pounds attacked an 8-year-old girl on a school bus with a key and then tried to jump out the emergency door onto Rt. 23. Scott re-strained the boy until the bus pulled over and then helped a female bus aide hold onto the boy when he tried to run into traffic until police and an ambulance arrived.

For several days, calls to the Belleville Board of Education are answered by a voice mes-sage that says phone service has been suspended due to a “non-payment.” It’s part of a dispute between the vendor,

Clarity Technologies, and the district’s state monitor which culminated with the district replacing Clarity with a new communications vendor.

Lyndhurst Mayor and retired Deputy Police Chief Robert Giangeruso is dis-lodged as the township’s public safety director in the aftermath of several lawsuits alleging his interference with the management of the Police Department. Public Affairs Commissioner John Montillo takes over public safety and, four weeks later, Montillo pre-sides at the promotions of sev-en cops: Capt. Patrick Devlin, Lts. Robert Nicol, John Kerner and Michael Failace; and Sgts. Kevin Breslin, Donna Niland and Richard Pizzuti.

Improvements to the Lynd-hurst approach to the DeJessa Memorial Bridge begin at the Kingsland and Riverside Ave. intersections where com-muter tie-ups occur regularly. Officials blame badly syn-chronized lights, off and on the bridge, plus insufficient capacity on a 100-year-old bridge with only one lane in each direction. Later in the year, the North Jersey Trans-

portation Planning Authority earmarks a $750,000 grant to determine the best alterna-tive for fixing or replacing the bridge.

The Walmart on Harrison Ave. in Kearny has become a big security headache as Kearny PD reports it is clos-ing in on 400 responses this year to the retail store and has already logged 113 arrests there – not just for shoplifting but many for outstanding war-rants from other communities.

The Essex County Pros-ecutor’s Office reports an apparent murder-suicide in Belleville on Oct. 17. Police believe John Sykes, 47, fatally shot Felicia Hunt, 23, and him-self at a New St. residence.

Kearny veterans groups hold an Octoberfest to raise money for “care packages” for National Guard troops.

A 16-year-old Kearny boy arrested on a receiving stolen property charge is released to his guardian at the rec-ommendation of the county juvenile intake unit but the next day, the youth is arrested again, this time on a robbery charge. It marks the boy’s 50th “encounter” with the KPD

since June 2010 when he was 13, according to Chief John Dowie. His history of charges includes armed robbery with a firearm, theft, aggravated as-sault and terroristic threats.

East Newark concludes legal wrangling over a sexual harassment suit filed in 2013 by a former civilian police dispatcher against a then-borough police superior. It agrees to pay $101,000 to settle the litigation and to pay more than $90,000 in fees and costs to the plaintiff’s lawyers. The superior, Sgt. Robert Tomasko, has since accepted a voluntary

demotion to police officer.

NOVEMBERFrank Ferraro resigns as

Kearny superintendent of schools, after the Board of Education approves a settle-ment agreement that gives Ferraro about $70,000, repre-senting four months’ pay.

A woman who worked as a receptionist at a Kearny medi-cal office pleads guilty to em-bezzling nearly $500,000 from her employer and using fake credit cards to make more

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Members of North Arlington High School’s SADD and Interact Clubs volun-teered at St. Rocco’s Church on Hunterdon St. in Newark on Dec. 19. The club members helped unload and sort hundreds of presents for the church’s annual Toy Drive. Organizers of the event anticipated that nearly 800 children would receive gifts for the holiday season.

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around townBloomfieldBloomfield Public Library,

90 Broad St., announces the following programs:

• The library presents its version of the traditional Ital-ian legend of LaBefana with interactive storytelling, live musicians, singers and danc-ers, and more on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 2 p.m. Befana, like Santa Claus, delivers gifts to chil-dren on Epiphany Eve (Jan. 5). Children receive gifts from both Befana and Santa Claus. Reservations are required.

• Book Club meets Jan. 5 at 6:45 p.m. to discuss “Riders of the Purple Sage” by Zane Grey.

• Midday Movies are screened Mondays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. Here’s January’s schedule: Jan. 5 – “Sunset Boulevard,” Jan. 8 – “The Giver”; Jan. 12 – “Million Dollar Arm,” Jan. 15 – “Selma, Lord, Selma,” Jan. 22 – “Chef,” Jan. 26 – “Winter’s Tale” and Jan. 29 – “Dolphin Tale.”

• Storytimes resume Jan. 12. Days and times will remain the same: Baby and Me, for ages up to 18 months, is of-

fered on Thursdays at 11 a.m.; Toddler Time, open to ages 19 to 36 months, is held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 a.m.

Registration is not required unless otherwise noted. To register or for more informa-tion, call the library at 973-566-6200.

KearnyKearny UNICO is sponsor-

ing a bus trip to the Tropicana Casino on Sunday, Jan. 25. The cost is $30 with $25 in slot play back from the casino. The trip leaves from American Legion Post 99, 314 Belgrove Drive, at 8:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served inside the hall beginning at 7:30 a.m. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Chapter President Lou Pandolfi at either 201-368-2409 or [email protected].

Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Ave., will screen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13/101 mins.) on Friday, Jan. 2, at 2 p.m. Popcorn and light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For more information on any of the library’s programs, call the

library at 201-998-2666 or visit www.kearnylibrary.org.

West Hudson Arts and Theater, 65 Oakwood Ave., announces the following audi-tions: “Father of the Bride” on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 5 and 6, 7 to 9 p.m. each night, and early bird auditions for the June production of “Grease” on Sunday, Jan. 11, 3 to 5 p.m. each day, and Mon-day, Jan. 12, 5 to 7 p.m. Visit www.whatco.org for more information.

LyndhurstThe N.J. Meadowlands

Commission hosts a New Year’s Day Nature Walk with the Bergen County Audubon Society at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus, Thursday, Jan. 1, 10 a.m. to noon. This event is free and open to all ages. To R.S.V.P., contact Don Torino of the BCAS at [email protected] or call 201-230-4983.

The NJMC’s First-Sunday-of-the Month Nature Walk with the BCAS is set for Sunday, Jan. 4, starting at the Meadowlands Environment Center at 10 a.m. (directions are on meadowblog.net in the

left-hand column.)This free two-hour guided

walk in DeKorte Park in Lynd-hurst and nearby Disposal Road features raptors and wa-terfowl. Participants are asked to sign a standard liability release that is good for NJMC/BCAS events throughout the year. To R.S.V.P., contact Don Torino of the BCAS at [email protected] or 201-230-4983. Registration is recom-mended and appreciated.

Lyndhurst Health Depart-ment announces:

• Flu vaccine is available for township residents. Call 201-804-2500 for an appoint-ment. The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older receive a yearly flu vaccine.

• Rabies Clinics are set for Thursdays, Jan. 8 and 15, at the Community Center on Riverside Ave. (behind the Little League fields), 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Township residents can also license their dogs and cats at these clinics. Licens-ing deadline is Jan. 31. Call the Health Department for more information.

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Association, 620 Valley Brook Ave., hosts its annual Tricky Tray on Friday, Jan. 16. Tickets are $10. No one under age 18 will be admitted. Doors open at 6 p.m. Each ticket includes one sheet for first level prizes, coffee/tea and dessert. For tickets and information, call the school office at 201-939-4277 or Patty at 201-803-9580. Ticket deadline is Jan. 6. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Knights of Columbus Council 2396 sponsors a Tricky Tray Friday, Jan. 16, at the Senior Center, 250 Cleve-land Ave. The $15 admission includes coffee plus one prize sheet of tickets. No alcohol is permitted. No tickets will be sold at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, call Steve Cortese at 201-657-0800 or Sal Russo at 201-446-7244.

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Safety has been made aware of recent solicitations by a California-based organization, a self-described charity called the Association for Firefight-ers and Paramedics (AFP), ostensibly using the guise of support of local fire and para-medic groups to solicit funds for “burn victims.”

A check of this organization with the Division of Consumer Affairs’ Charitable Campaign Unit reportedly revealed that it had not registered with it as required by N.J. state law.

According to the warn-ing issued by the Division of Fire Safety: This fundraising organization is “consistently rated by charity watchdogs as one of America’s worst” and was once portrayed by Califor-nia Attorney General Edmund G. Brown as “betrayers of the public trust placed in them.”

Brown was speaking about a 2010 settlement reached with the organization, which was headquartered in Orange County, Calif., at the time, documenting hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for burn victims having been

diverted to such things as Caribbean cruises and trips to posh resorts.

The Division of Fire Safety is enlisting the assistance of local and county emergency response agencies to call the public’s attention -- and espe-cially that of senior citizens who hold emergency services in high esteem and donate generously to them -- to avoid solicitations by this organiza-tion, which “undermines the work of legitimate charities by its practices.”

The following excerpt was taken from a report done by

the charity watchdog organiza-tion SeriousGivers.org on the Association for Firefighters and Paramedics two years ago:

“AFP’s stated mission is to provide financial assistance and support to burn victims and burn center programs . . . . Its spending suggests a dif-ferent focus: AFP spent about $61 on fundraising for every $1 it spent on programs. AFP raised about $1.3 million for the year. About 90% of that came through 10 outside fundraising organizations hired by AFP to conduct mail and/or telephone campaigns. Those 10 collected

$1,165,476 in the name of AFP, and turned over $128,425. That means 89 cents of every dollar raised stayed in the fundrais-ers’ pockets.”

“Organizations such as this also tend to fundraise in the name of police and veteran charities, but have no legiti-mate connection and ultimate-ly wind up keeping much of the donation monies raised,” the Division of Fire Safety warned, adding that “exposing these organizations will help ensure that citizens’ donations go to legitimate charitable organizations.”

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Kearny police stop pro-viding security at scho-lastic sports and other school-related events after the Board of Educa-tion says it can’t afford to pay newly raised off-duty pay rates for cops.

A federal judge grants the government’s request to put off the trial of Kearny’s John Leadbeater for allegedly taking part in a conspiracy to de-fraud banks of $13 million in mortgage proceeds for three months, to March 2, after federal prosecutors designate the matter as a “complex case,” necessi-tating more prep time.

Harrison attorney Al Cifelli, a county free-holder and Harrison tax assessor, is honored as Knight of the Year by the Harrison Knights of Columbus Our Lady of Grace Council 402.

Election results: It’s a clean sweep for the GOP in North Arlington as voters oust North Arling-ton Mayor Peter Massa, a Democrat – along with his council running mates Mark Yampaglia and Daniel Castro – in fa-vor of GOP Mayor-elect Joseph Bianchi and coun-cil candidates Daniel Pronti and Kerry Cruz, giving the Republicans a 4-2 majority on Jan. 1. The GOP also get to pick someone to fill part of Bianchi’s unexpired term on the council. In Harrison, interim Mayor James Fife, a Democrat, beats Republican chal-lenger Eric Brachman by a more than 2-1 margin. Democratic council incumbents (Jesus Hua-ranga, Laurence Bennett and James Doran in the First, Third and Fourth Wards) faced no opposi-tion; in the Second Ward, incumbent Democrat Anselmo Millan defeated independent Ramon Rodriguez. And, in East Newark, borough resi-dents voted 157-52, in a non-binding referendum, that they’d prefer to send

their kids to high school in Kearny, not Harrison – where they’ve gone for more than a century.

Two Newark men – Jonathan Fontenot and Terrence Morris, both 26 – are killed in an ac-cident on Rt. 21 South in Belleville after a tractor-trailer collides with two passenger cars on Nov. 3.

Nutley Irish Ameri-can Association selects Charles E. O’Mara as

grand marshal for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in March. Ann E. Morris is deputy grand marshal, Joe Milbauer is Member of the Year and Diandra Kelly is 2015 Parade Queen.

Mace Bros. Fine Furni-ture, which has done re-tail business at in Kearny for 62 years at Oakwood and Kearny Aves., an-nounces it is closing.

Monument Park in Kearny gets a new ad-dition: a memorial to the military victims in the War on Terrorism. It is dedicated at the town’s annual Veterans’ Day ceremony. The new monument, designed by

Thomas J. Goffredo of the North Arlington firm, Thomas Meloro & Son, which crafted the stone, bears the name of Staff Sgt. Edward Karolasz, a Kearny soldier killed in Iraq nine years ago at age 25.

Nutley senior citizen Ernesta Fernandez is killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Centre St. on Nov. 15. The Prosecutor’s Office

have reportedly located the driver but no charges have as yet been filed.

A three-alarm fire displaces 90 occupants of a 41-unit, five-story brick apartment building at 425 Beech St. in Kearny on Nov. 23. One woman is rescued from a fire escape and many cats are also saved.

An intoxicated Newark man commandeers an ex-cavator at a construction site in West Hudson Park in the Harrison section of the park and begins driv-ing home, running over some park property and a parked car in the process

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Voters chose Republican Joseph Bianchi (l.) as mayor of North Arlington and Democrat James Fife as mayor of Harrison.


Newest addition to Kearny’s Monument Park is a memorial to the War on Terrorism and honoring Staff Sgt. Edward Karolasz, whose mother Krystyna Karolasz (c.), and sister Kristine Lancha (l.) and Donna Kornas attended the dedication.


By Jim HagueObserver Sports Writer

So what were the top local sports stories for 2014?

For one, it was an unprec-edented year for local teams and individuals earning their fair share of NJSIAA state championships. There were a lot of celebrations to be found throughout the area all year long.

It was also a year for farewells and tributes, of traditions being restored and returned. It was also a World Cup soccer year, one that captivated soccer fans throughout the area for more than a month.

All in all, it was a year to remember.

So let’s take a closer look at the Top 10 Sports Stories of the Year for 2014.

Harrison wins NJSIAA Group I state soccer title

The last time that Har-rison High School, the most prolific high school soccer program in New Jersey state history, had captured a state crown, was back in 2008.

But led by the goal-scoring prowess of Ali Lakhrif, who ended up setting a new single-season school scoring record by knocking home 37 goals, and a stingy defense, the Blue Tide steamrolled its way through the NJ-SIAA Group I state playoffs, eventually defeating Haddon Township, 4-0, in November to win the 25th NJSIAA state soccer championship in the school’s history, the most ever in the history of boys’ high school soccer in United States history.

The Blue Tide won all six of their state playoff games by a combined goal total of 33-1. That’s utter dominance.

For capturing the state championship, Harrison boys’ soccer team owns the

No. 1 spot among local sports stories for 2014.

Nutley’s Montgomery wins NJ-SIAA Meet of Champions gold in the javelin

Nutley’s Grace Montgom-ery, who was a standout three-sport athlete at Nutley High School and who would eventually go on to capture The Observer Co-Female Athlete of the Year for her athletic achievements, did the unthinkable in June, cap-turing the gold medal in the javelin at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, becoming the school’s first-ever girls M of C winner.

Montgomery had captured the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III gold medal, then placed third at

the overall Group III meet, earning her place among the elite throwers in the state.

Before her final throw of the competition, Montgom-ery was 12th and appeared headed to finishing out of medal contention.

However, on that final throw, Montgomery un-leashed a bomb, throwing the javelin 129 feet, further than any other girl competi-tor and earning her place in Nutley and Essex County history. By winning the gold at the M of C, Montgom-ery earns the No. 2 spot for sports stories in 2014.

Kearny wins Hudson County titles in both boys’ and girls’ soccer

It’s nothing new for Kearny

to win county champion-ships in soccer, but it’s pretty special when both the boys’ and girls’ teams win Hudson County Tournament titles in the same year.

The Kearny girls reigned supreme for the sixth straight time, defeating Memorial in the title game. Barbara Paiva, who set a new single-season school goal scoring record with 38 goals, led the way for the Kearny girls, who finished the sea-son 18-3. Lily Durning scored 17 goals and Amber Crispin added 16 for the Kardinals.

The Kearny boys won the county title for the first time since 2012, defeating North Bergen in the finals. Danny Vicente scored two goals in the title game and Sebastian

Ferriera posted a shutout en route to being selected to the First Team All-State squad.

Needless to say, it was a year to remember for both Kearny soccer programs.

Lyndhurst wins first-ever NJ-SIAA softball sectional crown

The Lyndhurst softball team enjoyed a historic moment in May, when the Golden Bears defeated Madison, 3-2, to the win the NJSIAA North Jersey Sec-tion 2, Group I state crown, the first state title in softball in school history, earning the No. 4 spot in our list.

First-year head coach Emi-ly Ringen molded the team properly, with pitcher Jenn

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Harrison’s boys’ soccer team celebrated the NJSIAA Group I state championship in November, earning the No. 1 sports story locally for 2014.

Triumphs galore in high school sportsArea teams celebrate NJSIAA state glory


Tellefsen leading the way. First baseman Alyssa Pipon delivered the clutch RBI single that gave the Golden Bears the elusive state crown.

Lyndhurst wins cross country, outdoor state sectional crowns

The Lyndhurst boys’ track team enjoyed a great run, winning both the NJIC-Colo-nial Division and the NJ-SIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I state titles.

William Hooper was a

key contributor to both the indoor and cross country championships. Jake Este-vez won three medals at the North 2, Group I champion-ships, beating Shabazz in the process.

Kearny softball wins first-ever county title

The Kearny softball team earned a place of history as well, winning the school’s first-ever Hudson County Tournament title, rallying from a four-run deficit to defeat Bayonne, 6-4, in the

title game. Pitcher Carolynn Rivera hit a home run in the title game to seal the deal, earning No. 6 honors in our year-end review.

Nutley girls’ soccer reaches state sectional title game

The Nutley girls’ soc-cer team won 16 games and reached the finals of the North Jersey Section 2, Group III bracket, where the Maroon Raiders fell to Roxbury. But thanks to the play of scholarship players Victoria Kealy (Rider) and

Zoe Steck (soon to pick the school of her choice) the Maroon Raiders moved a step closer to their elusive goal, a state title.

Lyndhurst’s Servideo retiresThe area lost a huge leg-

end, when long-time Lynd-hurst athletic director and head baseball coach Butch Servideo announced his re-tirement after giving 55 years of his life to Lyndhurst, the first 13 as a student, then 44 more years as a coach and administrator.

The Golden Bears won the overall NJSIAA Group I title under Servideo’s guidance in 2008 and won more than 500 games under Servideo’s leadership. He will be sorely missed.

North Arlington’s Keefe wins state sectional bowling title

North Arlington junior Ty-ler Keefe created his slice of history, when Keefe won the NJSIAA North 1, Group IA state sectional championship in bowling. He rolled a 776 series and a 279 high game to secure the gold medal. He’s one of the top bowlers to watch this season. Kearny volleyball reaches state sectional title game

Under the guidance of

head coach Bill Mullins and standout players Joel Vivas and Bryan Rodriguez, the Kearny boys’ volleyball team made it all the way to the NJSIAA Group IV finals, where they lost to nemesis St. Peter’s Prep. In fact, two of their three losses were to the powerful Marauders. Still, it was a great season for the Kardinals, a epic sea-son, a 20-win campaign that will resonate for the years to come.

Just missed listThere were several note-

worthy events that just missed being among the top 10, like Kearny’s Steven Koz-iel winning six medals at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions for his work as a paraplegic; the Nutley football team reached the NJSIAA North 2, Group III playoffs for the first time in four years; Cristina Nardini of North Arlington won three medals at the Bergen County out-door track championships; Kearny’s Corey Sawyer exploded onto the scene by throwing three no-hitters for the Kardinals’ baseball team; Nutley’s Joe Ferinde finished eighth in the state wrestling at 120 pounds; the North

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Arlington boys’ golf team qualified for the NJSIAA state sectionals for the first-time ever; Queen of Peace’s Kevin Momnohin played in the annual New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Associa-tion North-South All-Star Classic; North Arlington sent three athletes to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions for the first-time indoor track program; Kearny resident Tomasz Adamek lost a huge fight against Vlacheslav “Czar” Glazkov, more than likely ending his

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The Kearny boys’ and girls’ soccer teams both won Hudson County Tourna-ment championships. It was the sixth straight for the girls’ team.

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“Through the diverse service projects led by our students, faculty and staff, Bergen Community College ranks as a leader among its peers,” Bergen President B. Kaye Walter said. “Service remains an institution-wide dedication, a commitment to connecting to community.”

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KEARNY –

Still operating in Sandy-recovery mode, South Kearny’s Industrial Park

is looking to take a giant step forward, now that the town is poised to grant what’s likely to be the first of several tax abatements to develop the 120-acre property.

At a special session held Dec. 16, the mayor and Town Council voted to introduce an ordinance to enter into a financial agreement with KPIP Urban Renewal 1 LLC, a subsidiary of RTL Services, for 78 John Miller Way on the east side of Central Ave. off the Hackensack River. The ordinance was expected to be adopted Dec. 29.

Although RTL plans to construct seven or eight

new buildings on its site, the proposed abatement would, at present, be limited to its 4-story, 207,764 square foot Heller Way headquarters which will be partitioned into eight “commercial condomini-um units” targeted for lease to small businesses.

One of those units, for which 72,326 square feet of space is allocated, “will be im-mediately renovated” for use by Hugo Neu Recycling Co. which will be relocating from Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

Although the owner cur-rently has no other signed leases, KPIP CFO/Principal Steve Nislick told the town governing body earlier this month that he was confident that the owners will have no trouble finding tenants for the other condo units.

Reportedly, KPIP is very close to locking in two prospective tenants: a gour-

met bakery and a storefront window glass manufacturer. Other possible occupants in-clude technology companies, post-secondary schools, food companies and a roof-top restaurant.

As many as 300 new jobs

could be generated from this flex-space accommodation in what has been designated as “Building 78,” KPIP has predicted.

Kearny currently collects nearly $67,000 a year in non-abated taxes for the property.

But, under an abatement formula keyed to $1.50 per square foot (escalating 2% each year) or 14% of gross revenue, whichever is greater, the town would receive close to $300,000 as its first annual PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) when the building is fully renovated.

The PILOT agreement would continue for 30 years, at which point, the property would revert to full taxation.

As the rest of the industrial park is developed, if KPIP wanted to extend that PI-LOT arrangement, the owner would have to reapply for a new abatement agreement, Mayor Alberto Santos said. “Each application would be considered on its merits.”

Why a PILOT to begin with? A narrative attached to the financial agreement explains that, “In the current real estate marketplace, the rents likely to be achieved by this project are not sufficient to pay for the costs of con-

struction and the payment of full taxes.”

But granting an abatement will allow the owner “to make a return on his investment that is sufficient to both war-rant the risk and to con-vince the lending markets to provide the construction and permanent financing required by the project.”

And because Kearny be-lieves it can absorb the cost of municipal services associated with the project even under an abated tax arrangement, “the town believes that it is in its interest to provide the necessary incentive that will cause the project to be con-structed. Since the formulas used in the financial agree-ment provide for growth in the amounts to be paid over time, the town expects the project will continue to make payments that are greater than the costs [for municipal services] to be incurred.”

A full build-out of the entire 120-acre property is projected to take five to seven years, ac-cording to one person familiar with the project.

In the meantime, since the industrial park site is not linked to a mass transit con-nection, Santos said that KPIP is working with NJ Transit to try and arrange a shuttle bus service that would connect to Transit’s Light Rail station at West Side and Claremont Aves., Jersey City.

Additionally, KPIP is hoping that NJ Transit will consider a possible extension of the Light Rail to a station stop near the Hackensack River terminus. NJ Transit has looked at the possibility of extending the Light Rail from the West Side terminus to a Rt. 440 location, also on Jersey City’s West Side, which could provide a jumping off point for a spur line a bit fur-ther west.

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“This is a highly selective volunteer position, and training is required,” the announcement from Turtle Back noted.

“Whether walking through our zoo grounds or making presentations in schools or at community events, our docents are volunteer ambassadors who share their love and knowledge about animals and their habitats, and encourage the public to have respect for the environment,” said Essex

County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr.

Docent applicants must be age 18 or older and complete a six-day course instructed by zoo staff. Docents do not need a background in biology or zoology, just a love of animals and a desire for public service.

Training will begin on Sunday, Feb. 15, and continue on Sundays through the end of March. There is a nonrefundable fee of $25. The application for the class can be accessed at http://turtleback-zoo.com/docent-volunteers/.

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Police said officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Liv-ingston Ave., at 5:14 a.m., on Dec. 25 on a report of an attempted entry.

The occupant told police that after hear-ing a loud noise from outside her third-floor apartment window, she looked outside and saw a man lifting up a screen and begin to open a win-dow to the second-floor apartment below.

After a light came on in that apartment, she said, the intruder closed the screen and retreated across the roof, only to

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on Nov. 14.A kitchen fire on Nov.

15 forces the temporary closure of a popular E. Passaic Ave. pub, the Old Canal Inn, in Nutley. The owners have vowed to reopen as soon as repairs are done.

After finally adopting a 2014 municipal budget, North Arlington officials say the spending blue-print will account for an 8% increase in the local tax rate for municipal purposes or about $254 more on the “average” tax bill. When school and county contributions are included, that bill will re-flect an overall increase of $268, officials say.

Nutley’s Department of Public Affairs is creat-ing a “Wall of American Honor” to feature im-ages (photos, sketches, portraits) of all township veterans from 1776 on.

Three Kearny resi-dents are rescued from a second-floor front porch roof during a Nov. 20 house fire at 47 Beech St. The trapped residents – two women and a man – are taken away safely by Firefighters Victor Girdwood and Ron Pro-tokowicz, also credited with saving a dog hiding in a first-floor apartment.

A lottery for 15 afford-able senior apartments at the newly completed Harrison Senior Resi-dence is held by the developer, Domus Corp. Close to 150 people apply to be on the list. Domus hopes to have the list of finalists screened shortly.

Residents of North Arlington, Lyndhurst and Bloomfield are among 31 individuals arrested in seven counties dur-ing a Nov. 23 pre-dawn sweep by 26 law enforce-ment agencies targeting an estimated $1 million narcotics trade involving heroin, cocaine and mari-juana. Agents confiscate 518 bricks of heroin, with an estimated street value of $300,000, eight pounds of marijuana valued at $40,000 and $50,000 in cash.

DECEMBERNutley PD holds a pub-

lic workshop to heighten residents’ awareness of how they can take steps to protect their vehicles from break-ins and thefts, prevent wallets or purses from being snatched, use ATMs safely and teach their children how to keep themselves safe.

Two Kearny teens are charged with arson in connection with a fire that gutted a single-fami-ly house on Garfield Ave. at the corner of Elm St. on Nov. 10.

A Bayonne tire dealer, Bruce Dillin, helps solve the mystery of why the headstone of Theodore Zetterlund, a Kearny butcher/grocer killed by a would-be robber some 79 years ago, was miss-ing until its discovery by Dillin in the Kearny meadows in May 2014. After much travail, Dillin recovered the headstone and – with help from a Kearny cop friend, an en-vironmentalist with the N.J. Turnpike Authority and John Burns of John Burns Memorials – ar-ranges for its placement at Zetterlund’s gravesite in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

Kearny Councilwoman Alex Arce announces she is stepping down from her council seat Jan. 5 – with two years remaining in her three-year term – because she’s expecting her first child soon.

Members of Local 3, Building Construction Laborers of North Jersey, picket demolition work at the Passaic Ave. mall site being redeveloped by DVL Kearny Holdings.

Belleville High School science teacher Joy Alfa-

no is recognized as a 2014 Voya Unsung Hero. She’s one one of 100 teachers feted nationwide by Voya Financial to honor inno-vative teaching methods.

North Arlington will get $275,000 this year and $50,000 next year in a settlement of litigation with the Passaic Valley Water Commission. The borough and PVWC had differences over issues such as the payment of permit fees, police security at job sites and advance notice on pro-posed water rate hikes.

Silver Lake Baptist Church in Belleville marks its 100th anniver-sary. It was founded as the First Italian Baptist Church of Belleville to serve the area’s Italian-speaking population.

Harrison retains a Bloomfield law firm, Pearlman & Miranda, for up to $100,000 to defend the town’s right to tax Red Bull for its land and stadium. Both sides are awaiting a review of the longstanding tax case by members of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Mazur’s Bakery, a landmark store on Ridge Road in Lyndhurst, reo-pens under new owner-ship: the Sugarflake Bakery Chain, operating in Westwood, Wyckoff and Fair Lawn.

The state Depart-ment of Environmental Protection announces a $190 million settlement with Occidental Chemi-cal Corp. to resolve the company’s liability for contamination of the Passaic River. The money will be applied to efforts to clean up the river.

Two armed robbers invade the Radio Shack on Main St. in Belleville on Dec. 21, bind three employees and pistol-whip one before fleeing, slamming a township patrol car as they go.

Belleville Board of Education, still awaiting the final results of an au-dit on how much it over-spent during the 2013-2014 school year, votes to spend more than $3 million for infrastructure technology and phone upgrades.

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An infant was burned in what Nutley PD described as a freak accident.

Police responded to a River Road residence, at 11:30 p.m.,

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There was no immediate word on the baby’s condition.

Among other incidents logged by Nutley PD between Dec. 20 and 26 were these:

Dec. 20While assigned to a DWI

detail, police said they observed a van parked il-legally outside a Chestnut St. business and two men, later identified as Michael A. Smith, 39, and Alfredo Llivicota-Penafiel, 46, both of Newark, place a yellow drum filled with used cooking oil inside. Police later learned that the business contracts with a different company to retrieve the drums. Smith and Llivicota-Penafiel were both charged with theft. Smith also had an outstanding warrant from Jersey City. Both were released on bail pending court appearances.

•••Joseph Kaplan, 34, of Nutley,

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•••A Passaic Ave. resident

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•••Frank Carfagno, 30, of West

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and then saw a fire at the base of the front steps which they put out. Police, who found debris and paper wrapping in the front area, surmised that an M80 firework had been set off.

Dec. 22A Franklin Ave. business

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•••An identity theft victim

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Dec. 23Police stopped a motor

vehicle reported being driven erratically and nearly hitting a parked car along Franklin Ave. and issued the driver, Joseph Bravoco, 25, of Nutley, summonses charging him with DWI, reckless driving, disre-gard of traffic control device, speeding and failure to main-tain lane. He was released pending a court date.

•••A Franklin Ave. business

owner reported the theft of several tools: three nail guns, a compressor, an impact driver, jig saw, sawzall, two lithium batteries and charger, all of the DeWalt brand, and valued at about $800. Police said they found no sign of forced entry.

•••Police responded to a River

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Nellie served in the Navy as a registered nurse at the Naval Air Training Base in Jacksonville, Fla., dur-ing World War II. She later worked for 30 years as the evening supervisor at the former West Hudson Hospi-tal in Kearny before retiring in 1985.

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He is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Theresa, and four chil-dren: Jacque Piatkowski, of Carolina Beach NC and her husband, Stan; Bill Saporito, of Manhattan and his wife, Laurie; Francene Kanter, of Marblehead, Mass. and her husband, Todd; and Jane Green of Florham Park and her husband, Tim. He is

also survived by 10 ador-ing grandchildren—Marc (Susan), Douglas (Shel-ley), and Elise Piatkowski; Garrett, Justin, Eric, and Danielle Kanter; Mitchell, Terri, and Tim Green; and four great-grandchildren—Mia and Maximo Piatkowski and Siena Grace and Barrett Piatkowski—as well as his wonderfully caring sister-in-law Kathleen Confroy, sister-in-law Pat and broth-er-in-law Joe Mango and family, and Maryann and Andy Boothroyd and fam-ily, who loved “Uncle Lou.” His brothers, Carmen and Max, and sister in law Elsa, predeceased him.

Chief Saporito was born Sept. 13, 1922, on Franklin Ave. in Harrison, the son of Mary and Joseph Sapo-rito. For most of his life, he never lived far from the block where he was born. After moving to Tinton Falls in his retirement years, he would often talk about how great it was to have been raised in the town of Har-rison. He was a small-town man through and through.

Like so many men of the Greatest Generation, he left home to serve his country. During World War II, he be-came a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, ultimately being trained as a flight of-ficer of a B-29 bomber—the most complicated job on the ship, he would point out.

After the war, he returned home to Harrison to help take care of his mother. He joined the Harrison Police Department in 1947 ris-ing first to sergeant, then to detective and deputy chief, and finally to chief of police. He retired from the force in 1987.

The funeral will be con-ducted from the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleve-land Avenue, Harrison, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 9:15 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church, at 10 a.m. Friends may call Tuesday starting at 8:45 a.m. His interment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. For information, directions or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice in loving mem-ory of Louis.

Mia K. Schoeberle Mia K. Schoeberle of

Kearny died on Christmas Day in St. Barnabas Medical Center. She was 54. Relatives and friends may call at the Condon Funeral Home, 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, from 9 to 10 a.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Cremation will follow at Rosedale Cre-matory in Orange.

Ms. Schoeberle had been a science teacher in Kearny High School for 25 years. Prior to that, she was em-ployed in the same capacity for the New York City Board of Education.

She is survived by Joe Cravo and their sons, Paul, Brian and John Cravo. Also surviving is her mother, Ce-lia Orr Schoeberle and her sister, Marsan Stromberg. In lieu of flowers it was Mia’s wish that donations may be made to the Salva-tion Army, 443 Chestnut St., Kearny, N.J. 07032 in her memory.

Thomas William Sheppard Thomas William Shep-

pard, of East Newark, died suddenly on Tuesday, Dec. 23. He was 33.

Funeral services were under the direction of Mul-ligan Funeral Home, Har-rison. For information or to send online condolences to the family, please go to www.mulliganfh.com.

Born in Newark, Tom was a lifelong resident of Har-rison and East Newark. He worked as a warehouseman for Fedway, South Kearny.

What Tom loved most in life was spending time with the apple of his eye, his daughter, Madison. He was an avid sports fan, with his favorite teams being the N.Y. Mets and N.Y. Giants.

Tom is survived his be-loved daughter, Madison Sheppard, cherished sister, Melissa Sheppard, and his loving mother, Kathleen Bell. He also leaves be-hind many nieces, nephews,

aunts, uncles, cousins and many loving friends.

In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily requests donations to the family, in order to defray the costs of the funeral in care of Mulligan Funeral Home, in loving memory of Tom.

Carol I. Stec Mrs. Carol I. Stec, of

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Arrangements were by the Condon Funeral Home, 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny. The funeral service was held at Grace Episcopal Church, 200 Highfield Lane, Nutley, followed by a private crema-

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ish administrator of Trinity Episcopal Church in Kearny for 10 years before retiring last year. She served the parish for over 36 years.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Stec and her daughters, Eve-lyn Nixon and Liana Witthoeft and her husband Ian. Also surviving is her mother, Do-ris Nixon and a sister, Linda Nixon. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider donations to Episcopal Relief and De-velopment, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, Va. 22116-7058 in Carol’s memory.


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$900/month. HT/HWincluded. Laundry

facilities on site, 1 carparking, nice location.No pets. 1-1/2 monthssecurity. If interested,

please call Joanne(973) 699-3146

Tricia (973) 420-1235

BELLEVILLEStudio, $800/month.

HT/HW included.Laundry facilities onsite, 1 car parking,

nice location. No pets.1-1/2 months security.If interested, please

call Joanne (973) 699-3146

Tricia (973) 420-1235

n. newark

kearny

KEARNY 2nd fl. 2 BR,Arlington section.Available now.$1,200/month. Closeto transportation. Nopets. (201) 341-2383

BELLEVILLE 2 BR,1st fl, $975/month +utilities. 1 ½ monthssecurity. Close toBelleville TurnpikeNo pets. Call (973)980-2026between 8am-6pm.

HARRISON NewlyRenovated, 2nd. Fl. 2BR, LR, Kitchen, NewBathroom. Close toPATH trains, utilitiesseparate. LaundyHook-up. 1 ½ monthssecurity. No pets.$1,250/month.Available now. Call(973) 497-2202 (201) 759-4667.

HARRISON 2nd fl. 2bedrooms HT.included. $1300/mon.1-1/2 months security.Available Now. (732) 423-8730.

HARRISON 1bedroom, remodeledkitchen, laundry, nearPATH, park, tenniscourts, parkingincluded. $1250/month1 year lease. 1 mosecurity. Credit check,reference required. (908) 420-8899

KEARNY 3 bedroomskitchen, Dining Room,Living Room,Bathroom. (201) 246-0383(973) 741-8765

KEARNY 2 bedrooms,kitchen DR, LR,Laundry hook-up,$1,200/month. 1 ½month security. AvlNow. (973) 600-7645(973) 704-4246.

KEARNY 4 largerooms, modern kitchen& baths. (908) 233-0698.

KEARNY Newlyrenovated 3 bedroomapts. On 1st($1400),2nd ($1400), 3rd floor($1200). Primelocation, walk to path.Washer and dryerincluded, pay ownutilities, 1 1/2 deposit.No pets and goodcredit. 1-year lease.16 Kearny Ave, Call862-222-4204.

KEARNY 3rd floor, 3rooms and bathroom.$800/month, parking. 1 month security.Separate utilities.Available immediately.(201) 842-0044

N.ARLINGTON Brandnew 3 room apt. 2nd fl.Coin operated W/D inbasement. 1 ½ monthssecurity. $1,000/month+ utilities. Avl. Jan 1st.(201) 696-0496.

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No fees. No pets.973-216-9470

N.ARLINGTON 2nd fl.5 rooms. No pets. Nosmoking, separateutilities. $1,200/month.(201) 774-0548.

N.NEWARK Onebedroom. $780/month+ utilities. Availablenow. 1-1/2 monthssecurity. No smoking.No pets. (973) 440-7272

KEARNY3 room

$850/month Heatincluded.

O’Hara Agency(201) 997-6300

N.ARLINGTONGarden Apt. 1st fl.

1 bedroom$1,000/month HT &

parking included. • 3 room apt.

$900/month. Heatincluded.

O’Hara Agency(201) 997-6300.

HARRISON 3rd floor.Efficiency plus kitchen.Available immediately.1-1/2 months security.Pay own utilities.$800/month. NOPETS. (201)955-5325for appointment.

HARRISON BrandNew, Upgraded 2bedroom apt.$1450/month. 1 ½months security. 15min walking distanceto PATH. Availablenow. 973-268-7808.

KEARNY 4 rooms Apt.Dukes St. FrontHudson Park. 1st fl.Good Condition. Nopets. NewlyRenovated. HardwoodFloors. $940/month +utilities. 973-391-3868.

KEARNY 2 bedrooms,$1250/mo. Separateutilities. 1 monthsecurity. No pets. Nosmoking. Availablenow. (201) 314-3814

N.NEWARK 2bedroom apt. Utilitiesnot included. 1-1/2months security.$925/month. No pets.No smoking. AvailableFebruary 1st. 973-986-8085.

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BLOOMFIELD 4 roomapartment. All utilitiesincluded, exceptelectric. Move inready. $1100/month.No smoking. No pets.Contact Pat (973) 489-7002

BLOOMFIELD 2nd . fl.2 bedroom. Apt. w/driveway available. 1month security.Available February 1st. (646) 529-4292.or (862) 215-7039.

nutley

NUTLEY 2nd fl. in Twofamily home. 1 BR,LR, Bathroom, 2parking spaces,$1,000/month HT/HWIncluded. cable fee. Nopets. No brokers fee.Available January 1st.(201) 655-4774

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RUTHERFORD3 room apt.

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O’Hara Agency(201) 997-6300.

Toyota, 2009 Corolla,4 dr. white. 4 Cyl. Lowmiles. Like new. PS,PB, A/C. (201) 937-4277

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N.ARLINGTON Two 4family house, 1 BR,LR, Kitchen, 1st floorapartment hasbasement. 30 min.from Manhattan.$950,000. Call (201)998-8429 or(201)283-4051

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N.ARLINGTON 1 family 3 bedrooms,modern kitchen andbath, LR, DR, finishedbasement. In groundpool. $279,000 (973) 380-9007.

KEARNY Studio$750/month, 1 monthsecurity. privateentrance, all utilitiesincluded. Avl. Jan. 1stor 15th. No pets. (973) 698-5152.

N.ARLINGTON 2bedrooms, parking.$1500/month. 1 monthsecurity. Separateutilities. AvailableJanuary 1st. (201) 218-0756

N.ARLINGTON 3family house 3rd fl.$1,200/month, 1month security.Utilities separate.Close to NYTransportation.Available February 1st.(201) 456-8657.

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BELLEVILLE3 car garage for rent.

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N.ARLINGTON1 family house, 3 BR &computer room. W/Dhook-up, LR, EIK, 1car garage. $1800/mo.1 ½ months security,Available now.(201) 726-4776.

NUTLEY 4 room apt.,2 bedrooms, 3rd floor,$1200/month. Freshlypainted. NewlyRenovated. Close toNY transportation.Move in condition. Nopets. No smoking.973-517-7517.

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Kearny Ave. O’Hara Agency(201) 997-6300.

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NUTLEY Rear YardParking spaces forrent. SmallCommercial vehiclesok. (201) 390-1729.

BELLEVILLE 1 BRapt. Internet, Cable &utilities included. nopets, no smoking. Avl.Jan. 1st. (201)852-8216.

KEARNY Professional/Commercial (2locations available).Office space onKearny Avenue.Immediate occupancy.Close to NYC, publictransportation, PATH,DeCamp, NJ Transitbus lines.1,100sq.ft.(corner) 1-1/2months security. (2nd)1,000 sq.ft. 1-1/2months security.Immediate Occupancy.Call Silvina (201)997-4257 & (201)889-3115

N.ARLINGTON 2ndfloor. 5 rooms: 1bedroom, 1 loft, brandnew kitchenw/dishwasher,microwave & oven,new carpeting, newlypainted, washer/dryerhook-up. No pets. Nosmoking. 1-1/2 monthssecurity, $1250/month.Separate utilities.Immediate occupancy.(201) 998-0173

KEARNY 156 QuincyAvenue, 5 room apt.1st floor. No pets.$1000/month. 1 monthsecurity. Separateutilities. Available now.(201)314-6848(201)667-4016

HARRISON Privateentrance. Availablenow. Neartransportation. Nosmoking. No pets. 1month security. Malepreferred. Se hablaespanol. (650) 787-0833 (650) 645-0307

BELLEVILLE Studio For rent.$700/month. Utilitiesincluded. (201) 719-0723.

KEARNY Separateentrance. Ownbathroom. No kitchen.$650/month. 1 monthsecurity. Utilitiesincluded. Femalepreferred. No smoking.Contact (201) 519-3778. SeHabla Espanol.

HARRISON 1 atticroom for rent.$450/month,everything includedcable & internet. (973) 525-3860.

N.NEWARK Room forrent, Forest hillsection. $350/month.Shared Bath, NoKitchen. Utilitiesincluded. 1 monthsecurity. No smoking.No pets. Call after4:30pm (973) 752-6877.

KEARNY Femalepreferred, privateentrance, utilitiesincluded w/cable &internet. 1 block totransportation.$550/month + security.Available January 1st.Se habla español. 201-772-7417

KEARNY Room forrent. Male preferred.$520/month. 1 monthsecurity. Availablenow. Utilities & cableincluded. (862) 823-3331

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There are so many different skis available on the market that it’s

not surprising many people feel a bit confused when it comes

time to make a choice. One thing is certain; it’s never a good

idea to choose skis just because they look good. What you need

to do fi rst is fi nd the type of skis that are best suited to you —

and then pick out the nicest looking ones!

WHAT TYPE OF SKIER ARE YOU?

To choose the right equipment, you’ll fi rst have to get clear on

what kind of skiing you’ll be doing. There are in fact four main

types of skis: skis for groomed trails, all-terrain skis, skis for

backcountry skiing (freeride), and skis for snow park fans (free-

style). So, if you plan to spend your days on groomed trails, you

should defi nitely steer clear of freeride skis.

LENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY

A beginner’s skis should reach the height of the nose and be

fairly fl exi ble. The more rigid the skis, the more diffi cult they are

to control. When skiers are more confi dent, their skis should usually

reach to the top of the head. However, shorter skis are more suitable

for slalom because they are easier to manoeuvre. Speed enthusiasts

will want longer skis be cause they offer greater stability. Women

should choose models specifi cally designed for them; they are

lighter, more fl exible, and their bin dings are located slightly

forward to suit a woman’s lower centre of gravity.

Start your season off on the right foot by keeping these tips in

mind when choosing your new skis.

Choose the right downhill skis You don’t have to stop running outside just be cause it’s winter. It is possible to do it safely; just follow a few basic rules to reduce your chances of an accident.

DRESS PROPERLY When you stop moving after sweating, you’ll get cold. So opt for multiple layers rather than a winter coat. You need a layer that breathes, a layer that insulates, and a layer that pro-tects you from the wind. Choose a hat that covers your ears and opt for mittens rather than glo ves. How do you tell if your outfi t is appropriate? You should be shivering slightly at the be ginning of your run. You’ll warm up quickly, without overheating.

STAY HYDRATED AND PROTECT YOUR SKIN Although you may feel less thirsty in win-ter than in summer, it’s still very important to stay hydrated. Protect your skin against both the cold and the sun. Skin moisturizer, lip balm, and sunscreen are all essential for winter running.

ADAPT TO WINTER CONDITIONS In winter, it’s a good idea to run in a loop around your neighbourhood. That way, if so mething goes wrong, you’re always close to home. Make sure you run into the wind at the beginning of your run so the worst cold will be on your back as you get tired. Always stick to the same route so you can become familiar with possible dangers, such as where slippery ice tends to form. And remember to shorten the length of your stride in order to reduce your risk of falling.

BE CAREFUL Make sure you’re always visible and run in the opposite direction to on-coming traffi c so you can see what’s coming towards you. If the temperature drops below minus 20°C, post-pone your workout to the next day or exercise on a treadmill instead.

Winter running made safe

Instead of going into hibernation this winter, make the most of the cold weather by getting out your skates. Here are ten good reasons why this is a great idea.

1. It’s an activity for the whole family. Skating is for beginners as well as experts. Learning to stay up on your skates only takes an hour or so and then you can take all the time you want to improve your technique.

2. It’s very inexpensive. All you need is a pair of skates (which you can either rent or buy) and a helmet for children and those nervous about falling. It’s also a good idea to wear gloves.

3. It’s easy to plan. Skating doesn’t have to take up much of your time, and you can usually skate at an arena or outdoor rink close to home, or even in your own back-yard.

4. It’s a sport that can be practiced both in side and outside. You’re

not dependent on the weather with skating. You can even swap your blades for wheels and skate du ring the summer as well.

5. It’s a no-impact sport, thus gentle on the joints.

6. It’s a great activity to improve your balance.

7. It’s also a sport that improves arm-leg coordination.

8. It improves cardiovascular endurance if you skate for lon-ger periods of time.

9. It’s great for strengthening your muscles, and not just those in your legs and your thighs. The muscles in your back and abs are also enlisted to help you keep your balance.

10. It is, above all, a fun activ-ity. So this winter, go to your local park or arena, and jump on the ice for a few hours of pure bliss.

Ten reasons to put on your skates

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Queen of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 3428 recently honored the winners of its “Keep Christ In Christmas” poster contest to remember the reason for the season. The awards were gen-erously supplied by Arlington Jewelers. Displaying their winning artwork, from l., are: Jack Meyers, 2nd Place - Ages11 to 14 Division; Julia Karcic, 1st Place. Ages 5 to 7 Division; Breanna Pereira, 2nd Place - Ages 5 to 7 Division; Maria Pizzuta, 1st Place - Ages 8 to 10 Division; Giovanni Brango, 2nd Place - Ages 8 to 10 Division, and Ruby Rodrigues, 1st Place - ages 11 to 14 Division. Posing with the children is Dominic Rego, Deputy Grand Knight of Council 3428.

Best posters

Last week, Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers presented certificates of appreciation to 20 township students, from elementary to high school level, for their dedication and commitment to the people of Nutley through their work

with the Department of Public Affairs this past summer.

“They were an inspira-tion to our senior citi-zens, veterans and other citizens who interacted with them,” Rogers said.

“This kind of committment from young people is the result of the love and

care displayed by their parents, the education given to them by some of the finest teachers in the state, and a school board and administration that have worked hard to ensure the students in the township receive the best education possible. God bless them all.”

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