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By Ron LeirObserver Correspondent

KEARNY –The revolving door to the

Kearny superintendent of schools office keeps turning and, like the ball on a spinning roulette wheel, nobody knows who will end up where.

On Jan. 6, immediately after the Kearny Board of Educa-tion reorganization, a newly constituted board majority asserted itself by initiating a “vote of no confidence” in the district’s current chief schools administrator.

And, by a 6-2 margin, with John Leadbeater and Dan

Esteves dissenting, newly re-installed President Bernadette McDonald, Vice President Cecilia Lindenfelser, joined by board members Sebastian Viscuso, James Doran Jr. and newcomers Barbara Cifelli-Sherry and Samantha Paris, placed Superintendent Frank Ferraro on paid administrative

leave. Trustee John Plaugic was

absent, nursing injuries sustained in a fall outside his home.

The board then voted to install Patricia Blood, director of curriculum for grades 6 to 12, as acting superintendent,

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KEARNY –They’re halfway there.The South Kearny Fire and

Police Station on John Miller Way now has a full-time pres-ence by the Fire Department. But police are still waiting.

Until recently, the Fire Department was staffing its one company at the isolated location off S. Hackensack Ave. which serves the town’s industrial area from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. only. At night, the three-member crew shifted uptown to Headquarters Co. for sleep-ing quarters.

But as of Dec. 28, the compa-ny moved into the Miller Way facility on a permanent basis, occupying separate dormitory-style rooms created within the confines of two trailers, each about 36 feet-by-40 feet, fitted inside the cavern-like sta-tion building on a supporting platform.

Sitting just below the trail-ers, also inside the building, are three fire rigs: a pumper engine, an apparatus that dis-penses foam to douse chemi-cal spills and/or fires, and an Army surplus truck that can be deployed in emergen-cies, such as rescuing people trapped by flood waters.

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KEARNY –

Just a bit more than two weeks after the holdup, Kearny police have ar-rested the suspect in the Christmas

Eve robbery of a local bank.Taken into custody Friday afternoon

at his Newark home was Donald Myer, 56, wanted in the heist of the Chase Bank at Kearny and Johnston Aves.

Myer reportedly is a former Kearny resident.

Currently, Myer is a resident of the Hudson County Jail, where he was being held on $250,000 bail, with no 10% option.

Police said Myer, wearing a hoodie and skullcap, had entered the bank at 9:10 a.m., Dec. 24, shortly after it opened, and handed a female teller a note reading: “I have a gun. Don’t be stupid. Count 3,000 and put it in an envelope.”

According to Police Chief John Dowie, “He said he had a weapon but didn’t display it.”

When the bandit demanded the money in $50 bills, he was directed to another teller’s window where that de-nomination was available, Dowie said.

With the $3,000 tucked in an enve-lope, the man fled and was last seen running west on Johnston.

Last seen, that is, until Friday

around 3 p.m., when Kearny police, along with FBI agents, showed up at Myer’s Brookdale Ave. home in the Vailsburg section of Newark, authori-ties reported.

The arresting officers from the KPD were Det. Sgt. Robert Maguire and Detectives Mike Gonzalez, Michael Farinola and Marc McCaffrey. The suspect was taken into custody with-out incident.

Reportedly, neither a gun nor any of the $3,000 was recovered Friday.

According to police, the suspect has a “lengthy criminal history,” including an arrest for a 2007 bank robbery in Jersey City. Myer reportedly served three years in jail in connection with that crime.

Last week’s arrest was the result of the ongoing investigation by KPD Dets. John Plaugic, Gonzalez and Maguire.

Police said Myer was identified through video surveillance tapes, as well as by an eyewitness and a veteran KPD member, P.O. Patrick Sawyer.

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Two mayors want more information on the “Bridgegate” scandal,

three are satisfied with the governor’s explanation, and two have no public reaction.

That’s how municipal chief executives – all Democrats – in The Observer’s coverage area assess Gov. Chris Chris-tie’s two-hour press confer-ence last Thursday following published disclosures of e-mails by Christie staffers pointing to a political agenda behind the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s Washington Bridge lane clo-sures in Fort Lee during four mornings in September 2013.

Christie fired his deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, severed ties to former campaign manager Bill Stepi-en, and apologized to Fort Lee residents for the massive local traffic delays stemming from the P.A. blocking ac-cess lanes to the GWB.

Bill Baroni and David Wildstein, two Christie ap-pointees at the P.A. whose e-mails were among those cited as evidence that the closures were orchestrated as political retribution for Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich’s failure to endorse Christie for re-election, resigned last month. Baroni had said the lane closures were part of a traffic study.

In a two-hour press con-ference, Christie said he was “blindsided” by people he trusted as part of his staff. Democratic state lawmakers are pursuing an investigation and federal prosecutors are contemplating one.

Meanwhile, Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos says he’s not buying the governor’s

story. “There was an abuse of power and the explana-tions given so far are not convincing. Why is Wild-stein pleading the Fifth and why were many of the e-mails [released by the P.A. in response to state subpoe-nas] redacted? In some case, you don’t always know who received these e-mails.”

“In order to get this behind us, everything has to be released and reviewed and then one can have confi-dence in explanations given. I would hope the governor would turn over all infor-mation, including e-mails -- unredacted – so we can get this behind us. By doing this piecemeal, having a media frenzy, it doesn’t serve our state well; it’s continuing a disservice to the residents of New Jersey and gets in the way of government in New Jersey.”

Santos, a who backed State Sen. Barbara Buono, the par-ty’s nominee for governor, said he was asked to endorse Christie for re-election –

twice – in January 2013. “The request came in by phone from an aide to the governor. They were very polite.” He said he declined.

Harrison Mayor Raymond McDonough, the first Demo-cratic mayor in the state to announce his support of Christie in January 2013 – and one of three Democratic Hudson County mayors (Michael Gonnelli of Secau-cus and Brian Stack of Union City), along with Belleville Mayor Ray Kimble, to do so – said he took the governor’s apology at face value.

“He’s always been support-ive of local communities,” McDonough said last week. “He wouldn’t knowingly harm any community.”

An example of that support came in March 2012, when the P.A. board of commis-sioners voted to allocate more than $250 million for a long-awaited upgrade of the Harrison PATH station and, a few months later, Christie came to the town to mark the occasion.

“My new best friend in-vited me down to Trenton as his guest for his State of the State Address on Tuesday [Jan. 14],” the mayor noted.

Nutley Mayor Alphonse Petracco said he was in-clined to take the governor at his word. “I know Gov. Christie, from working with him the past five years, and it’s no surprise to me he would take accountability for one of his staff members. If you’re in charge, that’s big of him. I’m impressed that he holds himself accountable and takes this one on the chin.”

Similarly impressed was Lyndhurst Mayor Robert Giangeruso, who said the governor “took full respon-sibility, with no excuses, answering all questions from the reporters.” Giangeruso said he met with Christie staffers seeking an endorse-ment “but they never pur-sued it.”

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Last May, The Observer carried a story about two “alleged leeches” who

had been driving around New Jersey supposedly collecting money for 9/11 charities.

We can now remove the “alleged.”

Last week, leeches Mark Niemczyk, 67, of Tinton Falls, and Thomas Scalgione, 41, of Manahawkin, pleaded guilty to theft charges connected with the scam they had perpe-trated upon countless trusting donors.

Niemczyk and Scalgione had travelled the state in a red pickup truck bearing images of the Twin Towers and the names of the police offic-ers and firefighters who had died at Ground Zero. It was a noble-looking vehicle, which your correspondent saw at least once in this area.

From June 1, 2010, through July 4, 2012, the con men drove the truck to 9/11-related events throughout N.J.-- and sometimes out of state--selling T-shirts and collecting con-tributions that supposedly would go to 9/11 charities and victims’ families. Instead, all the money went into their own pockets.

The two were indicted last May following an investiga-

tion by the N.J. Division of Criminal Justice Financial & Computer Crimes Bureau.

On Jan. 6, before Superior Court Judge James Blaney in Ocean County, Niemczyk pleaded guilty to third-degree theft by deception; Scalgione, to third-degree conspiracy to commit theft by deception.

According to the announce-ment by Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, under their plea agreements, the state will recommend that Niemczyk be sentenced to 364 days in the county jail and a term of probation, and that Scalgione be sentenced to a term of probation.

Hoffman’s office noted that Scalgione was already on pro-bation in connection with un-related charges in Monmouth County and his guilty plea means he will face jail time for violating probation.

Under a consent judgment in a civil action filed by the Division of Consumer Af-fairs, they must also pay more than $120,000, “representing disgorgement of donations and payment of civil penalties, attorneys’ fees and investiga-tive costs.”

Last week’s guilty pleas “ensure that Niemczyk and Scalgione will carry criminal records for the rest of their lives that will bear witness to their greed and deviousness,” Hoffman said.

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Seventeen days after a bandit robbed a Kearny bank, another bank just

a block away in East Newark was also held up, authorities said.

No one was hurt in either incident.

East Newark Police Chief Anthony Monteiro said a man walked into the Valley Nation-

al Bank, at Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North and Sherman Ave., at 9:08 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, and handed a teller a hand-printed note reading: “I have a gun. Don’t be stupid. Give me a stack of $50s and $100s.”

After the teller handed over a total of $1,100, the robber left the bank and was last seen walking in the direction of Kearny, Monteiro said.

No weapon was shown dur-ing the robbery, the chief said.

Once the man was out of the bank, a bank employee hit a “panic” alarm activated at borough police headquarters and officers responded to the scene, Monteiro said.

There were no customers in the bank and only two tellers working at the time of the rob-bery, he said.

Details about the robber’s appearance were scant. Wit-nesses told police he was a dark-complexioned Hispanic, wearing a black jacket and jeans and scarf, according to Monteiro, who added that investigators were reviewing images of the suspect captured by the bank’s surveillance cameras in hopes of gaining more clues.

On the morning of Christ-mas Eve, a man walked into the Chase Bank, at Kearny and Johnston Aves., handed a teller a printed note with wording similar to the note used in the East Newark case and got away

with cash reportedly totaling $3,000, according to police.

Initially, Monteiro said, “we thought there was a good chance it was same individual as the one in East Newark but our individual is Hispanic and the other guy is described as a white, blue-eyed male.”

Meanwhile, Monteiro said that police are still searching for the two suspects who held up and robbed three Newark women of their purses and cel-lular phones in the parking lot of the Pic-Nic eatery on Grant Ave. on the night of Dec. 12.

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Two Kearny officers -- one off duty, one on -- combined forces to

take down a suspect who was allegedly attempting a daylight break-in at a North Arlington home, Kearny Police Chief John Dowie reported.

On Jan. 2, at 3 p.m., off-duty Det. Mike Andrews was on his way to work when he noticed a man and a woman, reportedly “very well known” to Kearny police, in a black Jeep near River Road and Hedden Terrace in North Arlington. The detective kept them under surveillance since “we have had several burgla-ries on both sides of the Bel-leville Pike,” Dowie said.

When the man -- identified as Sean Smith, 38, of Montville -- left the car, Andrews notified on-duty Sgt. John Manley, whom he knew to be familiar with the geography and homes in the neighbor-hood. Provided with a de-scription of Smith and his last known direction of travel -- eastbound on Hedden -- Manley canvassed the area on foot. Police said he spotted the

suspect on the rear deck of a Hedden Terrace home, trying to pry open sliding glass doors with a screwdriver.

Manley, who was in plainclothes, managed to close the distance between himself and Smith, but when he identified himself as a police officer, the suspect took flight. A foot chase ensued, but the sergeant was able to apprehend Smith in an adjacent yard, forcing him to the ground, police said.

Andrews, who had heard shouting, ran to the scene and, with Manley, cuffed the suspect despite his resistance, police said.

North Arlington police were notified, took Smith to their headquarters and booked him on charges of burglary and resisting arrest.

Meanwhile, Kearny Officer Melinda Esposito located Smith’s female companion, Vanessa Shaarawy, 28, of Kearny, sitting in the Jeep near the Pike. Shaarawy was charged by North Arlington with conspiracy to commit burglary. She was booked and released with a summons, but

Smith was sent to the Bergen County Jail.

Commenting on Andrews’ alertness and initiative, Dowie said, “Even when we’re off duty, we’re never off watch.”

Other recent reports from the KPD blotter included the following:

Jan. 3 At 6 p.m., near Grant and

Johnston Aves., the Vice Squad conducted a field interview with 42-year-old Robert Simone of Kearny regarding a suspicious transaction they had reportedly witnessed. He was allegedly found to have on his person several small bags of crack cocaine and was charged with possession of the drug and drug paraphernalia.

Jan. 5Officer Richard Carbone

was on foot patrol at Kearny Ave. and Afton St. at 9:15

p.m. when he was passed by another pedestrian from whom seemed to be wafting the strong scent of marijuana. When Carbone stopped the man and informed him of his olfactory suspicions, Darren Alvarez, 26, of Kearny, reportedly admitted to having recently ingested the drug and produced from his jacket a plastic bag containing suspected pot, police said. He was charged with possession of the drug and of paraphernalia.

Jan. 6Officers Ben Wuelfing and

Christian Medina, responding to a 12:30 a.m. noise complaint, arrived at a Belgrove Drive apartment where their ears were assaulted by a blaring TV or radio. When the oc-cupant answered the door and was asked for identification, a warrant check revealed that

he was wanted by Belleville, police said. Felix Bonet, 30, of Kearny, was arrested on the open warrant and Belleville PD was notified. He was also issued a summons for violat-ing the town ordinance pro-hibiting excessive noise.

Jan. 7Officer Rene Crawford

responded to a noon report of an overnight burglary at a pharmacy on the 400 block of Kearny Ave. and found that a bathroom window had been kicked in. The thief had fled with cigarettes and $100 in cash. Det. Bryant Obie is conducting the follow-up investigation.

After receiving a report of a suspicious individual, Officer Steve Hroncich found a man fitting the description at Stew-

KPD blotter: ‘Never off watch’

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To the editor,

I would like to thank all of the senior citizens and friends of the North Arlington Senior Activity Center for their generous gift donations collected at our center for The Tomorrow’s Children Institute at Hack-ensack University Medical Center. Our center tree was surrounded by the many gifts given with much love and wrapped with great care by our staff members Faryn Cooke, Louise Malinchak and Yok-Siong Wong.

As always, I am extremely proud of our commu-nity and all of our amazing seniors for their care and concern for others. I love them all and am so grateful to be part of their lives at the North Arlington Senior Activity Center.

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CORRECTION!A story in last week’s Observer mischaracterized Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos’s length of service as the town’s chief executive. He is beginning his 15 year as

mayor.

WE’VE GOT MAILGIFTS APPRECIATED

Even before Gov. Chris Christie’s lengthy pity-party press con-

ference last week on the George Washington Bridge “traffic study,” I was thinking of one of the famous lines from “Casablanca.” The one where Capt. Renault (Claude Rains), the prefect of police, having himself won a bundle at roulette at Rick’s Cafe, orders the place to be shut-tered.

Rick (Humphrey Bogart): “How can you close me up? On what grounds?”

Renault: “I’m shocked -- shocked! -- to find that gam-bling is going on in here!”

The Christie version turned out to be more ver-bose but similar: “I had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or its execution, and I am stunned by the abject stupid-

ity that was shown here . . . “Stunned, he is. Stunned! Thanks, gov, for living up

to the script. Later, I realized that many

of the lines from “Casablan-ca” could, with little revision, be applied to the ongoing Bridgegate drama. Even the classic opening voiceover is adaptable. So, with apolo-gies to screenwriters Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein and Howard Koch:

“With the coming of September 2013, many eyes in imprisoned New Jersey turned hopefully, or desper-ately, toward the freedom of the George Washington Bridge. It was the great em-barkation point.

“But, not everybody could get to the bridge directly, and so a tortuous, rounda-bout refugee trail sprang up

– Main St. to Lemoine Ave.... across Fletcher Ave. to Hud-son Terrace... The fortunate eventually make their way to Manhattan. But the others wait in Fort Lee... and wait... and wait... and wait.”

“It’s still the same old story/ A fight for votes and glory...”

“Who are you really, Bridget, and what were you before? What did you do and what did you think, huh?”

“We said no questions.”

“You said I was to do the thinking for both of us, Bridget. Well, I’ve done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing. You’re getting under that bus with Bill Stepien where you be-long.”

“Of all the governor’s of-fices in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”

“Let’s see, the last time we met...”

“Was at the GWB.” “How nice, you remem-

bered. But of course, that was the day the Port Authority marched in.”

“I remember every detail. You wore blue, the cones were orange.”

“What in heaven’s name brought you to Fort Lee?’

“Faster traffic. I came to Fort Lee to beat the traffic.”

“The traffic? The traffic is backed up to Ohio.”

“I was misinformed.”

“I’m no good at being no-ble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of

three little people (Kelly, Stepien, Wildstein) don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that.”

Media pundits: “You know how you sound, Gov. Chris-tie? Like a man who’s try-ing to convince himself of something he doesn’t believe in his heart.”

“We’ll always have Trenton.”

And, of course:“Round up the usual sus-

pects.”

As for advice to the governor: If anything you said last week proves to be less than completely truthful, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

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Retired Giant Phil McCo-nkey, retired Jet Joe Klecko and retired Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier are honorary captains for the game, which is designed to raise awareness and support for military ser-vicemen and women who lost a limb while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan and for 9/11 first responders and their families.

The event will be held at the arena -- part of the Essex County South Mountain Rec-reation Complex, 560 North-field Ave. -- from 6 to 9 p.m.

Children 12 and under will be admitted free. Tickets for students ages 13 to 17 are $10, and adult tickets are $20. They are available at http://www.wwaft.org/ and at the Codey Arena box office.

Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit several 9/11 (Essex County and FDNY) first-responder charities and the Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team (WWAFT).

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He, like the famous Houdini, has an entry in Rosemary El-len Guiley’s “Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits,” rated as the most widely read refer-ence book on the paranormal.

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Executive producer Pamela Kramer, a former casting agent and director/producer of paranormal/sci fi projects, and co-producer Michael Giordano are teaming to make a proposed TV series called “Absent Witness,” which they’re pitching as “a paranor-mal drama based on the true events experienced by Petry.”

“We’re still in the pre-pro-duction stages,” Kramer said, “getting the pilot together. We’ve shot and edited a ‘siz-zle’ reel, a longer version of a typical movie trailer.”

That reel – which conveys information about Petry’s life through a series of brief flashbacks – is designed to serve as a “pitch” to a possible distributor, she said.

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thereby sidestepping the No. 2 administrator, Assistant Su-perintendent Debra Sheard, at least pending a special meet-ing that was called for Jan. 13 when the board was slated to discuss the employment situ-ations of Ferraro, Blood and Sheard.

McDonald refused to talk about the move to jettison Fer-raro but Ferraro characterized it as a reprisal for his firing school maintenance worker Brian Doran, a brother of James Doran Jr.

Turns out this isn’t the first time there was an effort to dislodge Ferraro. In March 2013 – just three months after he got the job – two members of the sitting board (Doran and Viscuso) petitioned the state Commissioner of Education to remove the superintendent.

In legal papers, Doran and Viscuso argued that Ferraro wasn’t qualified for the job because he failed to satisfy the board’s policy requiring the superintendent to have at least 10 years’ classroom teaching experience on the elementary and/or secondary level.

“Because he does not meet this particular policy qualifi-cation, his contract should be declared null and void,” their petition said. Otherwise, it said, Ferraro will be “making decisions in a myriad of areas without the necessary academ-ic and teaching background.”

Before Kearny hired him, by a 5-4 vote Dec. 10, 2012, Ferraro had been interim operations director in charge of facilities and transportation for the public school district in Peeksville, N.Y., and, before that, he served three years as assistant superintendent for business for the Greenburgh School District 7 in Hartsdale, N.Y. He has a certificate in ad-vanced study in education and an MBA and has taught in high school and college.

But Andrew Babiak, counsel to the N.J. School Administra-tors Association, countered in legal papers that the board has the right to waive its policy and that as the holder of a provisional administrator’s certificate, Ferraro was per-fectly capable of making key decisions in all areas.

Ultimately, Doran and Vis-cuso withdrew their petition.

But their decision to drop the matter was only a temporary cessation of hostilities.

Correspondence obtained by The Observer via an OPRA request to the DOE shows that Carl Carabelli, manager of the Criminal Review Unit, wrote to Ferraro on Sept. 6, 2013, that Brian Doran had a criminal record – two arrests in Kearny dating from October 1993 and from June 1996 and another

arrest in Clifton dating from May 1995, all resulting in guilty outcomes which, according to Carabelli, render Doran “permanently disqualified or ineligible for employment … with any public school or edu-cational facility….”

In October 2013, Doran’s cousin, Jersey City attorney Michael Doran, who filed the Doran/Viscuso petition, asked the state Commissioner of Education to have his client reinstated on the grounds:

That Ferraro failed to pre-sent the charges against Doran before Doran’s dismissal “on or about Sept. 24, 2013,” which, the attorney said, violated his client’s rights as a tenured school employee.

That Ferraro violated school board policy by terminating Doran without a concurring vote by the school board.

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respond to the allegations of his criminal history [for DUI and marijuana use convic-tions] and thereby violated Doran’s right to due process. Moreover, the attorney noted, on Oct. 10, 2013, Hudson County Superior Court Judge John Young Jr. expunged “any prior offenses which may have disqualified Mr. Doran for continued employment with the KBOE.”

Nonetheless, in a prepared statement, Ferraro said: “I have made it clear to the Board that I am opposed to the reinstatement of Brian Doran. I can only conclude that my decision to terminate Mr. Doran and my opposition to his reinstatement, in large part, prompted the Board to take its actions on Jan. 6, 2014. … I will take all necessary and appropriate action to protect my professional reputation and I stand by the decisions I have made.”

Ferraro said he has “success-fully moved forward” on goals he set a year ago to improve student achievement, improve public trust and confidence in the district and set a “realistic plan” to complete the high school construction project by undertaking a strategic plan for the district, develop-ing a budgeting process that “allocates fiscal resources by instructional subject matter areas,” resuming construction on the high school, and start-ing conversion of the Midland Ave. building into board of-fices and classrooms.

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The deadline is Monday, March 17, but DiVincenzo noted, “It’s never too early to begin collecting your thoughts and writing your drafts. I en-courage all our seniors to start working on their entries now.”

Jaklyn DeVore, director of the county Division of Senior Services, noted that the Lega-cies contest “enables seniors to share stories about their past, helps them express their emotions, and exercises their minds to keep them sharp.”

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Holly (ID#6895), a 7-month-old female pitbull terrier mix, waits for her forever home at the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, 100 United Lane, Teterboro,

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1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts its monthly breakfast on Sunday, Jan. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon. The breakfasts are held the third Sunday of every month through May. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children under age 3 and children under age 3 are admitted free. If there are 3 or more inches of snow, the breakfast will be cancelled. For more information, call the lodge at 973-332-8129.

BloomfieldOakeside Mansion, 240

Belleville Ave., holds an open house on Sunday, Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No R.S.V.P. is required – just stop by. Enjoy complimentary beverages and sample foods from Frungillo Caterers, Oakeside’s resident caterer. Talk with staff about the possibility of Oakeside Man-sion hosting your next event: weddings, social events or meetings, etc. For more in-formation, call 973-256-9380.

Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., will meet on Monday, Feb. 3, from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., to discuss two short novels, “Miss Lonely-hearts” and “The Day of the Locusts” by Nathanael West.

“Miss Lonelyhearts” tells the story of an advice col-umnist who is overcome by the pitiful lives of the people who write to him during the Great Depression. “The Day of the Locusts” skewers the culture of Hollywood – the writers, the actors, the direc-tors – all those who were willing to compromise their art for money in the service of the movie-going public.

For more information or for help in locating a copy of the book club selection, call the Reference Desk at 973-566-6200, ext 502. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

KearnyCalvary Chapel of Kearny,

156 Oakwood Ave., will hold a blood drive on Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kearny Salvation Army is offering computer classes in basic computer skills,

and in programs such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Classes are held on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The fee is $30 per 12 hours of instruction. For more information, contact Pete at 201-889-1352.

Kearny Health Department, 645 Kearny Ave., reminds pet owners to renew their dog/cat licenses. License fees are as follows: Non-neutered/non-spayed $21 and $18 for animals that are neutered/spayed (with proof). An ad-ditional $25 late fee will be assessed for licenses re-newed after March 31.

Licenses can be obtained at the Health Department, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by mail. Proof of a rabies shot, valid for the entire licensing year, is required.

The Health Department is also offering a free rabies clinic on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Kearny Water Department garage, 570 Elm St. Previous-ly licensed pet owners will receive a rabies vaccination certificate by mail that must be filled out and brought to the clinic with their pets.

For more information, call the Health Department at 201-997-0600, ext. 3506 or 3505.

Kearny UNICO has sched-uled a fundraising bus trip to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City for Sunday, Jan. 26. The bus will depart from American Legion Post 99 on Belgrove Drive at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $30 with $25 in slot play back from the casino. Monies raised by this trip will help fund scholar-ships and other charitable donations.

Master Gardner Carolyn Gretchen will talk about suit-able plants for local gardens at a meeting of the Evening Membership Department of the Woman’s Club of Arling-ton on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Henrietta Benstead Center, 60 Colum-bia Ave. The executive board will meet at 6:45 p.m.

St. Stephen’s Seniors will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 21, starting with a board meet-ing at 10:30 a.m. and refresh-

ments served at noon.The group’s anniversary

party will be held on Friday, April 11, at the San Carlo Restaurant.

For more information, con-tact Tom at 201-998-8258.

Registration for the spring semester of the Kearny Adult School will be held on Mon-day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 27, 28 and 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Main Office of Kearny High School, 336 Devon St. Brochures listing course offerings are current-ly in the mail. They are also available at The Observer, 39 Seeley Ave.; Kearny Pub-lic Library or the Board of Education office at 100 Davis Ave. For more information, call the Kearny Adult School at 201-955-1392.

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cy Squad sponsors a Tricky Tray on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Fiesta, 255 Rt. 17 South, Wood-Ridge. Doors open at 7 p.m. Raffle drawing starts at 8 p.m. Pre-sale prize tickets can be purchased from any LPES member and will also be held at the door.

The $40 admission in-cludes dinner, buffet, soft drinks, dessert, tea and coffee, a sheet of 20 regular prize tickets and five me-dium prize tickets.

Other ticket packages are available through pre-sale only.

For more information, call 201-804-2469 or visit www.emergencysquad.com/tricky-tray. Tickets can be ordered online via http://www.event-brite.com/e/lpes-1st-tricky-tray-fundraiser-tickets-9930115242?aff=efbevent.

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Science Center, 3 DeKorte Park Plaza, hosts “The Milky Way,” a program for all ages on Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. Join John Sloan, director of the NJMC William D. McDowell Observatory, for an introduc-tion to our planet’s neighbor-hood in space. Learn how the Milky Way got its name, how many stars it contains, if it might contain a black hole and other fascinating information about our home

galaxy.Admission is free. Regis-

tration is recommended and appreciated.

To register, visit www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec. For more information, call 201-460-8300.

Lyndhurst Public Library, 355 Valley Brook Ave., offers these upcoming events:

• A 45-minute program for children ages 3 to 4 1/2 featuring stories, music, and crafts begins Feb. 20. Parents are welcome to participate. There are two sessions on Thursdays in January at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Required registration is held through Feb. 14. Space is limited. Call in advance to register your child.

• Children in pre-K to grade 3 are invited to a snow-man craft session on Monday, Jan. 27, from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Call in advance to register.

For more information or to register, call the library at 201-804-2478.

Lyndhurst Health Depart-ment, 601 Riverside Ave., reminds pet owners to renew licenses for domesticated cats/dogs by Jan. 31. A $10 late fee is assessed for any animal registered after Jan. 31. Renew licenses in Suite 1 of the Health Department or at the free rabies clinic on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the recreation room at 601 Riverside Ave. Per state law, the rabies cer-tificate must be valid through Oct. 31, 2014, in order to re-ceive a 2014 animal license.

The Order of the Amaranth sponsors a Tricky Tray on Feb. 16 at noon at the Mason-ic Temple, 321 Second Ave. A $5 donation is requested. For more information, call 201-997-4402.

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Activity Center, 11 York Road, hosts a Valentine’s Day luncheon on Friday, Feb. 14, beginning at 10:30 a.m. with a free bingo special, followed by lunch at noon, the crown-ing of the king and queen at 1 p.m. and bingo at 1:30 p.m. For more information and reservations, call 201-998-5636.

The North Arlington Seniors, Inc. (Tuesday Club) has scheduled a trip to the Showboat Casino on Feb. 6. The bus will leave the Municipal Building at 9 a.m. Trips are also planned for the following dates (ca-sino unknown at present) – March 6, April 23, May 8 and June 5.

The group will sponsor a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at LaGrecia, Staten Island, N.Y., including show, dancing and lunch. The bus will leave at 9:30 a.m. For information or reservation, call Rose at 201-991-2423. Non-members are welcome to attend trips.

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• Library Catalog 101 teach-es the latest tips and strate-gies to effectively search for and request items, how to share what you are read-ing on Facebook and how to manage your online library account on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.

• The library hosts a dis-cussion of two short stories by Nutley authors, Frank Stockton and Henry (H.C.) Bunner on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. Participants will discuss “The Lady or the Tiger?” and “Love Before Breakfast” by Frank Stock-ton and “The Pointers” and “The Story of a Path” by H.C. Bunner.

Copies of the stories are available at the library. This special event begins a year-long celebration of the 100th

anniversary of the library with monthly events and contests.

For more information, call the library at 973-667-0405.

• Utilizing Yahoo, Y Not? offers a guided tour through the many different services and tools offered by Yahoo, including My Yahoo, Ymail, the blog site Tumblr and the photo sharing site Flickr on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. Participants will not have access to a computer. Call the library at 973-667-0405, ext. 2604, to register no later than one week before each presentation.


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When he was first growing up in Jersey City and later North

Bergen, Noel Colon never imagined he would eventually become a basketball coach.

But Colon recalled the inspi-ration he received from coach-es he played for along the way.

“My first coach, Donald Copeland Sr., at the Jersey City Boys Club did so much for me,” Colon said. “My mother wouldn’t let me play basketball and Mr. Copeland was like a big father figure to me. (The late) Brian Lee was also a big help then. I was blessed and fortunate to have had such great coaches along the way.”

Colon ended up playing at

North Bergen High School for coaches like John Barone and Kevin Bianco, then went on to play at Ramapo College for Chuck McBreen. Colon ended up getting a degree in sociol-ogy from Ramapo.

“What ended up happen-ing was that I got a job as an assistant coach at Technology High School (in Newark),” said Colon, who worked with Den-ver Nuggets standout forward Kenneth Faried at the Newark school. “I really wanted to play pro ball in Puerto Rico, but I ended up loving coaching.”

When the head coaching po-sition at Harrison High School opened up, Colon was more than interested.

“I love challenges,” Colon said.

But Colon had no idea what

kind of challenge was in store taking the Harrison job. After all, the Blue Tide won just two games over the last two years.

“I didn’t know what it was all about,” Colon said. “I just heard there was an opening and I went for it. I knew I missed coaching. I didn’t coach at all last year and really missed it. I knew I wanted to get back into it.”

Colon received a recommen-dation from legendary Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley.

“He was very instrumental in me getting the job,” Colon said. “I just wanted a shot.”

But with a program that won just twice in two years?

“(North Bergen head coach) Kevin (Bianco) told me their

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Karen Smith had high hopes for her North Ar-lington girls’ basketball team this season. Even though the Vikings were going to be very young, Smith figured her squad could be competitive.

Then, disaster struck in the form of some crippling injuries.

First, sophomore Sa-mantha Veloso suffered an ankle injury that kept her on the sidelines.

Then, senior guard Bri Cunanan went down with a knee injury. Cunanan’s injury espe-cially hurt, because she was the team’s leading scorer and ball handler. At the time of her injury, Cunanan was averag-ing a little more than 10 points per game.

“They were two key players,” Smith said. “It’s a little difficult. But we’re obviously opti-mistic because other players are going to get playing time. The younger kids are getting a chance to play. Others have to step up.”

Veloso’s timetable for a return is up in the air. Cunanan’s injury will apparently take three weeks to recover from.

So it’s time for others to shine.

Senior Cara Dlugo is one of the key perform-ers who will have to pick up the slack. The 5-foot-7 Dlugo is some-one who had been play-

ing both small forward and power forward, but will need to include some ball handling in the absence of Cunanan.

“She’s a very good athlete,” Smith said of Dlugo. “She’s really the heart of the team. She hustles all the time. She’s our leading re-bounder. We need her to score more now. I think she can do that.”

Dlugo is averaging eight points and 10 re-bounds per game.

Junior center Amanda Chiamese is another key contributor. The 5-foot-9 Chiamese is a force down low.

“She’s extremely aggressive under the basket, but she also has a nice little jump shot,” Smith said. “She’s also a good hustle player. She’s been playing pretty well.”

Junior Taylor Barth has also enjoyed some success in the past. The 5-foot-4 Barth is one of the best shooters around.

“She can shoot the lights out,” Smith said. “She now needs to han-dle the ball more with Bri out. I think she can handle the ball. She just needs to be confident.”

Sophomore Denaijah Gainza is another guard. The 5-foot-4 Gainza has been the backup point

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record and my reaction was like, ‘Oh, my,’” Colon said. “I spoke to my wife Tessa, who is pregnant with our first child. She told me to go for it. I grew up in Hudson County. I know nothing comes easy. I love challenges. I’m a man of faith. I knew that this was the right thing to do.”

So the 30-year-old Colon took the challenge, took the position at Harrison and hit the ground running.

“I’m still learning,” Colon said. “But I love the energy. I spent the summer with the kids of Harrison. I got to know the kids and what they were all about.”

After the summer, Colon had a sense that the Blue Tide would be somewhat success-ful.

“To be honest, I knew we

had a chance to be pretty good,” Colon said. “The kids put in a lot of work and sacri-ficed a lot.”

And since the 2013-14 season began, Harrison is one of the most extraordinary turna-round stories in northern New Jersey. The Blue Tide cur-rently has a 5-2 record after a victory over American His-tory High of Newark Saturday afternoon.

Colon is happy with the progress of his new program, but not content.

“I am pleased, but we’re a little inconsistent,” Colon said. “I don’t think we’ve played a complete game yet. Cliffside Park was the only game we played really well on the de-fensive side. But we’re coming along. We’re getting better.”

Senior Iker Fernandez has been a pleasant surprise. The 6-foot-4 forward is averaging

double figures in points and rebounds. Fernandez had 18 points in the 53-41 win over American History.

“He’s off to a good start,” Colon said. “He’s very skilled. I think he has a chance to play at the next level.”

Senior Federico Olivera is another 6-foot-4 standout for the Blue Tide.

“He’s a strong kid,” Colon said. “He’s a good rebounder.”

Olivera recently had 19 points and 15 rebounds in a win over Leonia.

The small forward is senior Jeremy Mohamoud.

“He’s long and lanky,” Colon said of the 6-foot-3 Moham-oud, who had 14 points in Saturday’s win. “He’s very athletic and can shoot the ball well. He has all the skills.”

The point guard duties are shared by senior Moises Roque and junior Jordan

Villalta. Both players stand 5-foot-7.

“Moises is a better athlete,” Colon said. “Jordan makes better decisions with the ball. They both play well. I’m going to let them battle it out.”

The shooting guard is 5-foot-10 Alex Cajiga.

“He’s a good shooter and he’s very skilled,” Colon said. “He lost a lot of weight over the summer, like 25 pounds, and it’s helped him. He’s working hard and going to get better.”

Cajiga is averaging nine points per game.

Tommy Dolaghan is a 5-foot-9 senior who plays guard and comes off the bench. The Blue Tide standout pitcher on the baseball team in the spring, Dolaghan brings a lot of en-ergy to the team.

“He’s been a pleasure to coach,” Colon said. “He’s just a great kid, a smart kid. He picks up things so easily. He defends well.”

Junior William Azabache is

a 5-foot-10 forward.“He understands his role

and brings us energy on defense off the bench,” Colon said. “He’s also been a pleas-ure to coach, because he does a little bit of everything.”

Senior Ralph Diaz is a 6-foot-4 forward.

“He’s a strong kid who comes in and rebounds,” Co-lon said. “He plays hard.”

The Blue Tide’s successful season will get a big chal-lenge Thursday when they play Queen of Peace in North Arlington.

Colon believes the winning ways can continue.

“I definitely think it can happen,” Colon said. “Our goal is to get better every day. That truly is our goal. I can see a little bit of consistency in practice. We just need it in games. That’s what I’m trying to preach to them. They just need to understand.”

So far, the understanding has been great for the Blue Tide of Harrison.

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guard to Cunanan.“She has a nice little shot,”

Smith said. “She can handle the ball and take the ball to the basket.”

Gainza had 13 points in a recent win over Lyndhurst and eight versus neighbor-ing rival Queen of Peace.

Sophomore Marissa Piscal is a 5-foot-7 forward.

“She can be a dominant force,” Smith said of Pis-cal. “She’s very strong and is a great rebounder. She’s a good softball player and joined us for the first time. We’re really excited to have her with us.”

Victoria Namnama is a 5-foot-3 sophomore guard.

“She handles the ball pret-ty well,” Smith said. “She’s the starting point guard on our JV [junior varsity] and plays off the bench for us. She’s going to play more now.”

Freshman Danica Kraw-czyk is a 5-foot-7 guard/forward.

“She can shoot the ball well, but she’s also physical,” Smith said. “That’s a good

combination and a good problem to have.”

Senior Tanna Avella is a 5-foot-6 guard who is play-ing varsity basketball for the

first time.“She’s probably one of the

fastest players we have and our best defenders,” Smith said. “She comes off the

bench, but defends against the other team’s top player. That’s her role.”

Sophomore Mariah Moreno is a 5-foot-3 guard. Theresa D’Errico is also a 5-foot-3 guard.

The Vikings have not en-joyed a ton of success thus far.

“We’ve been struggling,” Smith said. “We’ve hit a few bumps in the road. But I can see this team turning around. We’re going to see the teams in our league the second time and I think that things will change. We’re showing improvement. We’re starting to play bet-ter.”

Smith likes the fact that there are so many young kids involved in her pro-gram.

“I’m excited to see what the younger kids can bring to the table,” Smith said. “I like the way our program is headed. It’s headed in the right direction. We have 15 freshmen involved in our program. The numbers look good.”

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As the Lyndhurst recrea-tion coordinator, Paul Passamano has been

involved with the coaching of youngsters for more than 30 years.

“It started with my daughter and I just kept going,” said Passamano, who remains ac-tive with the development of kids in Lyndhurst.

However, last year, Passa-mano took over a new chal-lenge, when he became the head girls’ basketball coach at nearby Queen of Peace.

“I wanted to coach high school girls’ basketball all my life,” Passamano said. “I played at Bergen Tech and in the Navy. I love coaching. It

was my passion when I started coaching.”

Sure, there were mixed feel-ings the first time QP faced Lyndhurst last year.

“We were playing against girls I coached,” Passamano said. “They were my heart and soul. But things are different now. Everyone understands that this is my team and I love coaching the girls at Queen of Peace. I was fortunate to get the chance.”

The Golden Griffins own a 3-3 record thus far in the early going of the season.

“I would have liked to have a better record,” Passamano said. “We’ve had a tough early schedule. But I think we should have a good team.”

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be vastly improved on last year’s 7-15 mark.

“I think we should have double figures in wins,” Pas-samano said. “We’re trying to reverse last year’s record.”

Passamano said that he has instructed his players to not look at the scoreboard.

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Passamano said that his team utilizes a variety of defenses.

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“She’s a tough kid,” Passa-mano said. “She has the heart for the game. She is aggressive around the basket.”

Sammartino is averaging 18 points and 11 rebounds per game this season and is ap-proaching 1,000 points for her career.

“We have to get the ball to her,” Passamano said.

Another solid contributor is senior forward Lia Rodri-guez, who is one of the best all-around athletes in the area. Rodriguez, a standout soccer goalie in the fall and a track athlete in the spring, is averag-

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samano said of the 5-foot-9 Rodriguez. “She’s very ath-letic. I can put her up against someone 6-foot-2 and she’s going to get the ball. She’s also a pleasure to coach. She’s quiet, pleasant and says noth-ing. She’s just a great kid and a great kid coach.”

Passamano said that he interchanges Allison Gaudenzi and Chelsea Kaszka at the other forward slot.

“They flip-flop,” Passamano said. “It depends on the team we’re facing. Allison can put up the three (pointer). We mix it up.”

The Golden Griffins also have the Mastrofilippo twins, namely juniors Michele and Michaila, to operate in the backcourt.

“They’re coming into their own,” Passamano said of the Mastrofilippo twins. “We need them to shoot a little more, like 15 times a game. We’re working on that. But they’re very quick and athletic. They’re good players who understand the game.”

Junior Jamie Nemeth is an-other solid contributor.

“Jamie is our speed demon,” Passamano said. “She can run and jump. She just needs to understand the game more.

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Senior Raychel Piserchia is a solid forward, while senior Maria Ruiz is a guard off the bench. Junior Tianna Peluso is a power forward who “goes after rebounds hard,” accord-ing to Passamano.

Junior Clara Marie Talban is a reserve forward and junior Devisha Khan is a new player, still learning the ins and outs of basketball.

Passamano is encouraged about the contributions of three freshmen, namely guards Kelly Lennon and Kay-lee Ameri and center/forward Jane Amadeo.

“They wanted to be part of the team,” Passamano said. “They wanted to stay with us and train every day. They’re getting better and never com-plain. They’re going to help us down the road.”

As for now, Passamano is content with the Golden Grif-fins, taking full advantage of the opportunity he craved for a lifetime.

“I love coaching these girls,” Passamano said. “I love the team. I love the school. I love the people in the school. I think we’re going to show improvement this year. We’ll see how well we hold up over the next few weeks.”

Join Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Ave., through-out January and February to celebrate the first New York / New Jersey Super Bowl being hosted by MetLife Arena by watching some classic histori-cal moments of the area’s pro teams.

All game films will be screened downstairs starting at 10 a.m. Doughnuts and cof-fee will be served. Everyone is welcome. The schedule is as follows:

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* Saturday, Jan. 25 – Check out Super Bowl XXV (1991), the only Super Bowl in his-

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* Saturday, Feb. 1 – In Super Bowl XLII (2008), relive this astonishing matchup between the New York Giants and the

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that he’s successfully com-pleted a state-mandated “mentorship” under retired N.J. school administrator Michael Rush, a former Pat-erson school superintendent and current DOE operative, he expects the DOE to issue him “permanent certifica-tion.” He said he has “en-joyed the people I’ve worked with in the district and I’d like nothing better than to go back.”

But the BOE could opt to

bring tenure charges against Ferraro if the two sides can’t work out some sort of settle-ment that meets with the ap-proval of the Commissioner of Education.

Ferraro’s contract runs through June 30, 2016, at a salary of $167,500 a year. BOE general counsel Kenneth Lindenfelser said that cur-rent state school regulations “limit buyouts” of superin-tendents with contracts to payments of “three months’ salary for every year remain-ing on his or her contract and

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Patricia Blood, born and raised in Kearny, started her educational career in town, teaching English at Kearny High School in 1977. She left in 1986 “to raise four kids” and relocated to Monmouth Coun-ty but eventually, resumed her education career as a teacher and then assistant principal in the Freehold Regional High School District where she served 14 years.

She returned to the Kearny district in December 2010 as director of curriculum for grades 6 to 12, at a salary of $143,473 a year. She has certifi-cation as a school administra-tor and is, therefore, eligible to serve as superintendent.

Asked if she was surprised by the promotion, Blood said she “was approached by board members prior to the [Jan. 6] meeting” and told about the plan “to put someone in [as acting superintendent] who knew the district and the com-munity until such time as they could complete whatever it is they need to do.”

As of last week, Blood had already moved into the office vacated by ousted Superinten-dent Frank Ferraro, now on involuntary paid leave, even arranging for custodial staff to replace Ferraro’s desk with her own.

And, in another sign of tran-sition under the new board majority, Gail Landi, who was secretary to interim Super-intendent Ron Boland but then shunted to a makeshift, window-less office in Franklin School, was back in the central office.

Last week, Blood sat down with BOE Counsel Kenneth Lindenfelser to review pend-ing legal matters.

And Blood said she was getting up to speed on the “myriad of changes on the state and local level” that local districts were now mandated to follow, such as “how teach-

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“But we have a good team here and we will work to-gether to move Kearny in a positive direction,” Blood said. “And we are already continu-ing to move in that direction to increase student achieve-ment.”

During the past two years, she said, “we have developed a new curriculum that is com-pletely aligned to the state’s Common Core standards and we’ve provided teacher train-ing designed to give students a more rigorous academic foundation.”

“Of course,” Blood added, “change doesn’t happen over-night, but when you provide teachers with the right tools, our students will continue to achieve.”

Blood said the district has al-ready “started to see improve-ments” with a growth in math achievement in grades K to 8 since the “Go Math” curricu-lum was instituted in the 2012-2013 school year, as charted by the NJASK (N.J. Assessment of Skills & Knowledge) test.

Another good sign, Blood said, is “the increase in the number of students taking Al-gebra 1 as a grade 8 elective in the last two years, going from 49 to 111 – which is 25% of our eighth-grade class.”

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the town had been waiting for delivery and installation of “furniture, computers and phones” before assigning Group 4, as that company is known, to the facility full-time.

“We’re still waiting on some additional furnishings [such as a kitchen table to replace the one now in use that was donated by a local industry] and the police are waiting on communications equipment, but at least now we’re able to be there 24/7,” Dyl said.

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National Fire Protection As-sociation guidelines call for a response time of four minutes for the initial fire company to reach a location from the time an alarm is received and eight minutes for all companies as-signed on the first alarm but Hyde said that it can take any-where “from 12 to 15 minutes” just to reach a location in the town’s low-lying meadows area from Kearny Ave. Time is a critical factor in attacking a fire – particularly with an industrial fire where there is a potential for a chemical explo-sion and loss of life.

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And then, just before New Year’s, the company was assigned full-time to South Kearny, hopefully ending its odyssey.

Meanwhile, Police Chief John Dowie said his officers have access to their portion of the site “around the clock” when they need to be there “to write accident reports, fill out forms” in connection with incidents based at South Kearny locations, includ-ing the Pulaski Skyway, the Hackensack River bridge and Rts. 1&9.

But the station is still await-ing the installation of the en-hanced 9-1-1 emergency com-munications system, which got wrecked by flooding and which, according to Martello, will cost $250,000 to replace and there’s no indication where the town will come up with the financing.

“We’re taking baby steps,” Dowie said recently. “After all, we just got our C.O. (certifi-cate of occupancy).”

QUARTERS from 01

Photo by Ron Leir

Fire Company 4 is settling in to its new quarters in South Kearny.


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Wilfred Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home

596 Belgrove Dr. • Kearny, NJ 07032(201) 991-0657

WILFRED ARMITAGE & WIGGINSFUNERAL HOME

Mark G. Wiggins, Manager N.J. Lic. #3916John W. Armitage, Director N.J. Lic#2642

You will feel as if friends of family have taken over when you entrust funeral arrangements to the Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home. The family-owned firm has been in business for 75 years, serving genera-tions in West Hudson and South Bergen. Its beautiful facilities, in a setting reminiscent of a colonial mansion, reflect the graciousness and tact of its understanding personnel.

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Frank X. Mulligan III, Manager, NJ Lic. 4221Frank X. Mulligan, Jr., NJ Lic. 2953

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Frank GoreshFrank Goresh passed away

on Sunday, Jan. 5, surrounded by his family.

Born on Jan. 3, 1940, Frank just celebrated his 74th birth-day. He was born in Newark, and became a longtime resi-dent of Kearny.

He was employed by the United States Postal Service for 29 years before retiring in 2000. Frank loved his coun-try and served in the United States Army. He was stationed in Germany in 1962 and was honorable discharged in 1968.

His hobbies were collecting memorabilia for the Civil War and taking trips to Gettys-burg, Va. Frank also enjoyed watching old-time movies and relaxing in his favorite chair.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Frank M. and Julia Goresh, son Keith T. Goresh, two grandsons Mi-chael F. Goresh and Ryan M. Goresh and a brother Alexan-der (Ally) Goresh. He is pre-deceased by his parents Frank and Stella (D’Mytrowitz) Goresh and a brother John Goresh and says goodbye to two long-time friends Jo-seph Fernandez and Salvator Petruzzi.

A private ceremony was arranged by Shaw-Buyus Home for Services, 138 Davis Avenue, Kearny, and Frank has an eternal resting place at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

Barbara Jean GorskiBarbara Jean (Laue) Gorski,

60, of Honesdale, died on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Regional Hospital in Scranton, Pa. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Chester “Chet” Gorski Jr. The couple married on May 8, 1975, in St. Cecilia’s Church in Kearny.

Born on June 9, 1953, in Ir-vington, she was the daughter of the late Hans and Dorothy Laue. She was a graduate of Irvington High School, class of 1971. Shortly thereafter, she met her future husband while she was a member of the Woodsiders Drum and Bugle Corps in Harrison, and became engaged in 1974. Barb became the youngest Worthy Matron of the Irvington Chap-ter of the Eastern Star.

Barb and her husband re-

sided in Kearny, and she was employed as a dental techni-cian with Custom Cast in Ir-vington. In 1989, she and her family moved to Masthope Ski Mountain Community in Lackawaxen, Pa. Shortly after, she began working at Wood-loch Pines Resort in Hawley, Pa., as a reservation clerk. In 2008 she moved to Beach Lake, Pa. and retired from Woodloch in 2011.

Barb was a proud deacon at the First Presbyterian Church in Honesdale, Pa., past VFW Ladies Auxiliary President of Honesdale Post 531, past mem-ber of the Masthope Moun-tain Board of Directors and a Cub Scout Den Leader of Pack 410 of the Beach Lake UMC.

Barb’s love, support, smiling face and positive attitude will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daugh-ter Jennifer Thomas and hus-band David of Lackawaxen, Pa.; her son Chester “Andy” Gorski of Beach Lake, Pa.; her brother Joseph Laue and wife JoAnn of Lincroft; her grandchildren Logan Gorski and Kole Gorski Thomas and also her beloved dogs Sarge, Semper, Shotzie and Izzy.

Funeral services were held at the First Presbyte-rian Church in Honesdale, followed by interment in Indian Orchard Cemetery, Honesdale, Pa. Arrangements were by the Hessling Fu-neral Home, Inc., Honesdale, Pa.. Condolences may be sent to www.hesslingfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions can be made to VFW Ladies Aux-iliary, 736 Main St., Honesdale, Pa. 18431.

John E. Jimenez John E. Jimenez died Jan. 7

at home. He was 72. Born in Puerto Rico, John

lived in Union for 21 years and prior to that, he lived in Irvington.

Arrangements were by the Armitage and Wiggins Fu-neral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr., Kearny. A funeral Mass was held at St. Stephen’s Church. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.armitagewiggins.com.

John was formerly married to Catherine (nee McGa-heran). He was the father of Katy Hayes, Susan, John E. Jr., and David Jimenez and the late Robin Lynn Jimenez and brother of Pedro Jimenez and Teresa and Carmen Velez. He is also survived by his four grandchildren James Logan, Jenna Heather, Fiona Raven and Brooklynne Reilly.

Frederick J. Kuhrt Jr.Frederick J. “Freddie” “Rick”

Kuhrt Jr., 58, a lifelong resi-dent of Kearny, died suddenly on Jan. 9.

Arrangements were by the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr.

A Mass of Christian burial was officiated at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Cremation was private.

Condolences may be sent to www.armitagewiggins.com.

Mr. Kuhrt was an automo-tive technology teacher at Kearny High School for 34 years. He received his B.A. in Industrial Technology at Kean University.

He was a member of the NJEA, the Kearny Teacher’s Association, The Wanderers Car Club of Sussex County, The MG Car Club of Cen-tral N.J., The Saxton Falls Hunting Club, president of The Owsego Fishing Club of Kearny, former head coach of The Rifle Club and Freshman Football Coach both at Kearny High School and a seasonal camper at The Great Divide, Green Township.

He was the beloved hus-band of Deborah Rossi Kuhrt for 34 years, son of Stephanie Levchak Kuhrt and the late Frederick J. Kuhrt Sr., father of Frederick J. “Rick” Kuhrt III (Nicole), member of The NJSP Netcong Barracks and Michael Kuhrt, brother of John Kuhrt (Karen), Lorraine Fitzgerald (Richard) and Garry Kuhrt.

In lieu of flowers, a scholar-ship at Kearny High School will be created in Mr. Kuhrt’s name and contributions to that scholarship would be ap-preciated.

Edilia E. Perez Edilia E. Perez (nee Fadra-

ga) 81, of Kearny, died on Jan. 9 at her home.

A Mass of Christian burial was officiated at Queen of Peace Church, North Arling-ton. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Mrs. Perez was born in Maximo Gomez, Cuba and came to the United States in 1971, settling in Newark and moving to Kearny in 1980. She was a member of The Breast Cancer Survivor Foun-dation, Kearny.

She exemplified the Ameri-can Dream. Through hard work and dedication to her family and her country that she loved, she was able to raise a family, travel through Europe and Latin America

and purchase her house in Kearny in 1980. Her legacy of love lives on in the hearts of all whose lives she touched.

She was the beloved wife of Juan J. Perez of 52 years, dear mother of Maria Rock-fol (Donald), grandmother of Katarina Rockfol, sister of Sarah Goyenechea (Manuel), Eva Tovar and the late Hilda Alfonso, Carlos and Miguel Fadraga, sister-in-law of Rob-erto Alfonso, aunt of Victoria Fadraga-Matos (Raymon) and their son Raymon, Carlos Goy-enechea (Maureen) and their sons Kevin and Ryan, Manuel

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Hair Salon for sale,operators will stay.Owner looking toretire. Caldwell area.Call for information(201)207-7263

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HARRISON Threebedroom apt. w/DR,LR, kitchen, 1BTH.Central AC/HT. 1 carspace. AvailableFebruary 1st. No pets.Com. washer/dryer onpremises. Walkingdistance to train.(201)252-7272

HARRISON One roomstudio, 1st floor.-HT/HW included,refrigerator, stove,parking for 1 car.Available Immediately.$810/month. 1-1/2months scurity.(973)808-1556

KEARNY 1 bedroomapartment, LR, kitchenOne month security.Utilities separate. NOpets. No smoking.Available now.(551)486-1488

KEARNY Beautiful2nd fl. 2 bR apt.Modern kitchen andbath. Hardwood floors.LV, Move in condition.W/D hook-up. StorageBin. 296 Beech St.$1200/month +utilities. 1 monthsecurity. No pets. Nosmoking. Avl. Feb.1st. 973-202-9769.

KEARNY Modern OneBedroom Apt. 1 ½month security. Nopets. $650/month +utilities. 201-997-46299am-5:45pm Mon-Fri

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KEARNY AvailableNow. 2 BR Apt. HWFloors. Close toTransportation.$950/month + Utilities.1 month securityLaundry on premises.(201)362-5028

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N.ARLINgtON 2 BRapt available. HT/HWincluded. In Gardenstyle apts. NewlyRenovated. Laundry.Close totramsportation. Calllisa 973-330-2874.

HARRISON 100william st. 1st flo.Spacious 2 BR, LVEIK, $1250/monthceramis and woodfloors. Includes 1 carparking. Storage andlaundry. 1 ½ month’ssec. separate utilities.No pets/smoking. 732-406-7738


LYNDHURSt 3rooms, 1 BR, Brandnew Kitchen withceramic tile, LV,Bathroom, Walk inAttic for storage, NearTrain station &shopping. No smoking.$850/month + utilities.1 ½ months security. 201-460-0917.


NEWARK 2 BR$1,100/mo. Vailsburg /Near Seton Hall.HT/HW included.Safe/Secure. BrickHistoric Bldg. ExtraLarge BR’s. NewlyRenovated. Kitchen,Bath, H/W Floors,Refrigerator, CeilingFans. 1 monthsecurity. Section 8 ok.No fees. No pets. 973-230-7385 or 973-216-9470.

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E.NEWARK 2bedrooms. No pets.$1000/month. 1 monthsecurity. Utilitiesseparate. AvailableFebruary 1st.(973)481-1837

E.NEWARK 2nd Fl. 3bedrooms, LV, Kitchen& Bath. 1 monthSecurity. Avl. Feb. 1st.No pets. 862-371-2615.


N.ARLINgtON 1 BRLV, Kitchen, 1st floor,W/D hook up inBasement.$950/month. 1 monthsecurity. Optionalsingle car garage forrent $150. Parkingspace $60.00 allparking on premises.201-998-8429 or 201-283-4051.

N.ARLINgYON 3modern large rooms. 1BR, H/W floors.Modern Kitchen.Laundry Facilities.Close to NY Trains.HT/HW supplied.$1000/month. Call908-240-9302.

N.ARLINgtON 3rd fl.4 rooms. $1100/month+ utilities. 1 monthsecurity. W/D Hook-up. Refrigeratorincluded. H/W Floors.No pets. 1 block formNY/NJ transportation.Avl. Feb. 15th orMarch 1st. 201-618-0316

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NUtLEY 4 rooms, 1bedroom. 1st floor.Off-street parking.Near transportation.HT/HW included.$1200/month. 1-1/2months security.(973)235-9492

KEARNY furnishedsleeping room forsingle person.Smoke-free, Drug-free. Close totransportation. 304chestnut street.Security required.201-207-8029.

HARRISON 1 room forrent. Private entrance.One person preferred.$550/month everythingincluded. (973)525-3860

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At 4:32 p.m., police responded to a Clover St. resident on a report of harassing phone calls from someone identifying them-selves as “Kevin Petterson” of the IRS who report-edly told the resident they needed to pay $2,000 im-mediately or face jail time for tax fraud. Police said the victim was told to get Pay Pal money cards and to give the information on the cards to him when he called back. The value on the cards was $2,000. But the victim told police that the caller wanted more money and, after the victim refused, the caller hung up. After that, the victim called police who said they tried to contact Petterson without success.

At 4:12 p.m., a DeVaus-ney Place resident re-ported a burglary to motor vehicle. The victim told police that someone stole about $1,500 worth of power and hand tools and three prescription bottles. Police said the victim told them they found that the vehicle’s rear hatch win-dow had been pried open

and the driver’s side win-dow forced down. Police said they found no visible sign of entry and the glass locked when it was closed.

At 2:29 p.m., police said, a motor vehicle stop on Ernest St. resulted in the arrest of Frank Ruglio, 25, of Nutley, for a warrant out of Newark. He was turned over to the custody of Newark PD.

Jan. 7A motor vehicle stop,

at 4:11 p.m., on Brookfield Ave. ended with the arrest of Anthony Capaccio, 30, of Nutley, on a charge of possession of drugs. He was released pending a court date.

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responded to a River Road location on a reported of an attempted break-in. The resident caller told police they were in their house when they heard the door bell ring and a loud knock on the door. As they walked toward the door, they said they heard some-one trying to force their way in so the resident held the door shut and shouted to their spouse to call the police. The caller told police they saw two tall men, both wearing black clothing, black hats and orange gloves, carrying a crow bar, run from their front steps to a vehicle in the driveway with an-other man in the driver’s seat. The car, described as a possible Oldsmobile sedan, grey, four-door, was last seen heading south on River Road. Police said they saw pry marks in the front door lock. Detec-tives are reviewing the resident’s home surveil-lance tape for possible clues.

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Carl Johnson, 35, of River Vale, turned out to be wanted by Kearny, Newark and Hack-ensack, police said, and was arrested on those warrants.

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Officer Jay Balogh respond-ed to Walmart at 11:45 p.m. and arrested store employee Jose Zerbian, 22, of Belleville, on theft charges. Police said the suspect had been caught on store video on two occa-sions: once, stealing food, and once taking a $600 Xbox.

Jan. 8At 3:30 p.m., Officer Jose

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asked to leave the prem-ises, the man had allegedly pulled a knife, pointed it at an employee and then fled. The suspect was spotted and detained on Devon St. by Capt. John Gouveia and Sgt. Peter Gleason. The victim, brought to the area by Resua, ID’d the man, police said, and 54-year-old Kearny resident Kenneth Martin was charged with disorderly conduct, un-lawful possession of a weap-on, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and tampering with evidence (dis-carding the knife as he fled). The knife was later found by Resua on Dukes St.

At 11 p.m., with the temperature hovering around 8 degrees (not counting the wind-chill), the Vice Squad took into custody a Newark woman who apparently was hoping to provide a little heat in town. Arrested at Stewart and Kearny Aves., as part of an ongoing prostitution investigation, was 21-year-old Chantal Carmichael, who reportedly had negotiated a $450 price for a night’s com-panionship.

Jan. 9Det. Ramon Lopez, on

patrol at 9 p.m. at Midland Ave. and Forest St., observed a couple of double-parked vehicles, saw a man enter one – a van – drive way, but then park nearby. Lopez was told by a concerned citizen that the van driver may have been involved in damaging the other vehicle, and the officer discovered that one of its tires had been slashed and was flat, police said.

Lopez confronted the van driver, Dennis Fonseca, 45, of North Arlington, and reportedly detected a strong odor of alcohol. After backup Officer Jay Ward conducted field sobriety tests, Fonseca was charged with DWI, and during a search incident to arrest, a razor knife was found in his pocket, police said.

Fonseca was additionally charged with criminal mischief, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.

Police said the tire-slashing was apparently linked to a prior road-rage incident.

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The Harrison Downtown Community Development Partnership and Preserva-tion Program, along with Mayor Raymond J. McDon-ough and the Town Coun-cil, sponsored the holiday display on Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. South.

Councilman Anselmo Mil-lan along with the Business District Committee and the

Environmental Club from Harrison High School made this happen.

Working side by side with Harrison residents to design the holiday display, Milan said this was a true sample of the spirit of the season and what the holidays should be about – working as a family and sharing with the community.

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Mayor Raymond J. McDonough with Councilmen Anselmo Millan, Larry Bennett, Jesus Huaranga and Victor Villalta, check out town’s holiday display.


days with Petry in Kearny so he could study his subject upclose and, in some ways, he saw a mirror image.

“Karl likes jeans and black dress shirts, which is exactly me. He’s soft spoken and mel-low, which is kind of like how I am in life,” Chmiel said.

They even share the same taste in music. “Fifties, six-ties oldies – the kind of stuff I grew up with, listening to those song with my father – both of us have an affection, an affinity for this type of music,” the actor said.

Chmiel, a native of Southern California who has lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota and earned an MFA at the Ameri-

can Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, before moving to the East Coast, has enjoyed working on the project. “It’s been great getting to know Karl in different lights, his per-sonality and expression.”

As for Petry, he feels Kramer has met a great casting choice, adding that, “On the set, I’d see [Chmiel] walk like me, talk like me – he’s a better Karl than me.”

Petry, who is in his 60s, has always known of his special abilities but kept them under wraps until some 20 years ago. Since then, he’s done what he characterized as “high profile” cases involving murders, peo-ple or money that have gone missing, and ghost investiga-tions – all of which he’s done

for free. He supports himself by doing forensic video-taping and photography.

But his psychic skills are well-documented and have drawn the attention of other entertainment industry repre-

sentatives, Petry said. “I previ-ously turned down a proposal for a reality show because I don’t like that type of presen-tation. And people will think it’s phony.”

A reality type show, Petry

said, gives viewers the mis-leading impression that a case can be solved in a few min-utes. “But it doesn’t happen overnight or on demand – one case I worked on in Kearny took eight months.”

Petry, a former member of the U.S. Air Force who grew up in Newark’s Iron-bound section, has produced some of his own films, some of which have paranormal themes, such as “The Iron-bound Vampire” (1999), “The Ghosts of Angela Webb” (2004) and “The Larksville Ghost” (2005).

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Cheryl’s Girls (originally LMC Security) recently de-feated Brady, Brady and Reilly,

3-0 at Harvey Field for the Kearny Town Championship.

The team was renamed Cheryl’s Girls as a tribute to Cheryl (Third) Raefski, a young Kearny mother of three who passed away last year. Raefski was a volunteer in Kearny for over 15 years as a soccer, softball, and basketball coach and Kearny Generals Cheerleading Coach and for Kearny Girl Scouts for many

years.The Town of Kearny

planted a memorial tree at The Gunnell Oval to honor all the time and energy Raefski gave to the Town of Kearny and all the children’s lives she touched.

Raefski, whose husband Darren is a Harrison police officer, left behind three young children Madison, Kyle and Paige.

Cheryl’s Girls grab Kearny soccer championship

Bottom row, from l.: Kristina Yaya, Madison Raefski, Kirstin Munro, Paige Raef-ski, Skyler Matusz and Alexis Bittle. Top row, from l.: Darren Raefski, Leslie Soto, Angelica Cimirro, Sergio Vicente, Lilian Silva, Carlos Yaya, Katie Vicente, John Munro, Blair Blevins, Zina Fayed, Nicole Ribeiro, Casey Watson, Kayla Sousa and Frank Medelino. Not pictured: Alyssa Baeza and Marissa Mota.

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Goyenechea and Esperan-za Clinchot (Charles) and their daughters Kaitlyn and Alexis.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions To Make A Wish Foundation, 1347 Perrinev-ille Rd., Monroe Town-ship, N.J. 08831 (www.nj.wish.org) would be appreciated.

James Perritt James Perritt, 70, died

on Jan. 4.Arrangements were by

the Thiele-Reid Family Fu-neral Home, 585 Belgrove Dr., Kearny. The funeral service was held at the funeral home, followed by a private cremation.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.thiele-reid.com.

James was born in Jersey City and was a lifelong resident of Kearny.

He served in the U.S. Marines from 1966 to 1968.

Mr. Perritt worked for Monsanto Chemi-cal, which later became Solutia Chemical, in South Kearny for 45 years, retir-ing several years ago.

James was a member of Frobisher Post 99 American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, both of Kearny.

He is survived by his wife JoAnne (nee Gen-eroso); three daughters Tracey Solinski (Michael), Katherine Perritt and Kelly Perritt; two sisters Sandra Strain and Geor-gene Delaney; two broth-ers Arthur and Edward Perritt and his five belov-ed grandchildren; Nicho-las and Jonathon Solinski and Christopher, Gianna and Juliana Perritt.

He was predeceased by his parents James and Margaret (Matthews) Per-ritt and his sister Diane Santamassino.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contribu-tions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Mem-phis, Tenn. 38101.

Henry M. Sarnas Henry M. Sarnas, 64,

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and resided in Kearny for many years before moving to Bayville.

Henry attended Newark College of Engineering. He worked for PSE&G in Harrison (Gas Generating plant) for many years.

He was the beloved brother of Deacon John Sarnas and his wife Zofia, and the late Robert Sarnas; brother-in law of Donna Sarnas; cherished uncle of Magdalena and Malwina; loyal friend of 50 years, Robert Testa.

Relatives and friends are welcome to attend the fu-neral on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 9 a.m. at the Shaw-Buyus Home for Services, 138 Davis Ave., at Bergen Ave. Kearny. Thence to Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kearny, where at 10 a.m., the funeral Mass will be offered. Cremation is private. Visitation is on Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 3 to 7 p.m.

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Mrs. Sirois was pre-deceased by her hus-band, Reginald A. Sirois; step-son Brian Sirois; sister, Margaret Hoey and brother William Cullen. Surviving are her sister-in-law, Anna Mae Cullen; nieces and nephews, Janice Cullen, Debbie Petruska, Kathleen Chapman, Eileen McNamara, Charles Hoey, and Kenneth Hoey.

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Margaret was prede-ceased by her husband, Joseph Stanley Was; her former husband, Francis Rowland; and by her sister, Ellen McNamara.

She is survived by her children and loved ones: Patrick Rowland and his wife, Mary Jane, of Old Bridge; John Rowland and Linda Kain of Lake-wood; Thomas Rowland of Kearny and Theresa Flem-ing; Jane Garbus of Clifton; and Ellen Kilpatrick and her husband, Joseph, of West Orange. She is also survived by her dear niece, Ellen Jennings of Madi-son. Margaret left behind four grandchildren: Nicole Bakaj and her husband, Thomas Mullen; Pamela Tracy and her husband, Stephen; Kelsey Rowland; and Anna Garbus. She also leaves behind four great-grandchildren: Archer and Kieran Mullen and Vanessa and Cameron Tracy.

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January 15, 2014 Edition of The Observer

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