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Montgomery girls basketball takes on Gill St. Bernard
ROBERT J. GLEASON/Special to The Sun
The Montgomery High School varsity girls’ basketball team com-peted against Gill St. Bernard in a non-conference game on Tues-day, Feb. 12, where they lost by a final score of 81-41.
Committee revives testing program
at February meeting
Police to
test newrecruits
By HEATHER FIOREThe Montgomery Sun
Montgomery Township will soon neednew police officers, and as such, the Town-ship Committee is preparing to bring backtesting for recruits.
Mayor Ed Trzaska said the township islikely to look for two new cadets in the nearfuture, but that number will depend on theinterview process and quality of candi-dates.
“There is nothing more important thanprotecting and preserving public safety
services in Montgomery,” he said. “Our po-lice department is currently employing theoptimal number of officers. However, overthe next few years, we face three to four re-tirements, and two of our officers will beout on extended periods of leave, includinga deployment to Afghanistan. As such, weneed to start planning ahead to ensure thatwe maintain the high level of service ourfamilies expect and deserve. It takes over a
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At its meeting on Feb. 21, thetownship Committee discussedupdates on the new police officerhiring process as well as theprospective smoking ordinance,which was proposed to ban smok-ing in all township-owned parks.
Deputy Mayor Patricia Gra-ham explained how the Board of Health voted to recommend a“more limited” ordinance to the
township committee compared towhat was presented by coordina-tor for the Regional Chronic Dis-ease/Cancer Coalition of Morrisand Somerset counties LucilleTalbot and program coordinatorand health educator for the Uni-versity of Medicine and Den-tistry of New Jersey’s Tobacco-Free for a Healthy NJ CoalitionDonna Drummond at the Jan. 17
committee meeting.“They voted on a more limited
ordinance not banning smokingin the entire park, but banningsmoking in particular areas, suchas playgrounds and places wherechildren would be present,” shesaid.
Graham further explained howthe BOH just recommended an or-dinance to the Committee, whichhas yet to be drafted.
Township attorney KristinaHadinger and Township Admin-
istrator Donato Nieman detailedhow the Committee should waituntil Health Officer StephanieCarey gathers more informationto draft an ordinance.
Once Carey obtains the properinformation, she will then collab-orate with the Committee mem-bers to create the appropriate lan-guage for the ordinance, accord-ing to Nieman.
Also at the meeting, Police Di-rector Robert Palmer updated thecommittee about the new, currenthiring process, which the depart-ment initiated on Feb. 19 to obtainnew officers.
“As of today [Feb. 21], we re-ceived 105 applications,” he said.“With our intention to cap at 200,it looks like we may very well ap-proach that number.”
Palmer described how the po-lice department’s plan is to testqualified candidates at Mont-
gomery’s Lower Middle School onMarch 16 at 9 a.m.
There, they will complete thewritten and physical agility testsin one day.
The selected candidates whopass the tests will then advance toa formal interview, which will berevealed to them at the testing
The Princeton Elks Lodgemonthly Veterans Day meetingand lunch will be held on March14 at noon. The luncheon will beopen to all and free for veterans.All veterans in our communityare invited to attend and all Elkswho are veterans are especiallyencouraged to attend.
Last month’s meeting was wellattended by veterans, Lodgemembers and representativesfrom The Montgomery VeteransMemorial Committee. The
monthly Veterans Day programis new for the Lodge this year andto date attendance has doubled ateach meeting, according to Veter-ans Committee Chairman HughDyer. Louise Wilson, formermayor of Montgomery and anavid supporter of the VeteransMemorial during her terms in of-fice, attended the luncheon as “an
unofficial overseer.”“The joining forces of the
township Memorial program andthe Elks veterans assistance pro-gram is a win-win for veteranssupport and assistance in thecommunity,” she said.
The former mayor plans to at-tend more meetings in the futureand lend her support to this activ-ity. A large part of the Elks Veter-ans Service Committee mission isto provide direct and personalbenefits for veterans, especially
homeless veterans and those withacute needs.
The event will be held at thePrinceton Elks Lodge, which is lo-cated at 345 Route 518 in Skill-man. For reservations for theluncheon or more information re-garding the veterans program,contact Hugh Dyer at (908) 359-7122.
The Montgomery TownshipSchool District cares about itsstaff. Two and a half years ago,the district began its implementa-tion of a wellness program, led byWellness Champion Susan Niedt,adapted physical educationteacher for the district. The cul-minating activity is the WellnessFair, during which time the staff can explore the world of wellnessby meeting various wellness pro-fessionals, experiencing body-work and participating in health
screenings.“What I love about our fair is
the fact that we encourage explor-ing wellness options,” Niedt said.“Thus, we open the fair to a widerange of wellness services includ-ing chiropractic, acupuncture,mental health practitioners, ener-gy workers and much more. Thehealth screenings provide an op-portunity to develop a greater un-derstanding of our individual
health risks and thus a greaterunderstanding of strategies andtools to guide our path towardwellness.”
“Understand that the wellnessprogram is much more than ourannual fair,” benefits coordinatorfor the district and the WellnessCo-chair Ann Mancaruso added.“During the year, we host a myri-ad of workshops, healthful cook-ing classes and fitness opportuni-ties such as ongoing yoga class-es.”
This year’s Wellness Fair willbe held on Monday, April 1. If youare a wellness professional andwish to participate, or a localbusiness that would like to sup-port MTSD staff wellness by do-nating raffle items to the fair,please contact [email protected] participants will be listed onthe District’s Staff Wellness web-page as well as the brochure forthe fair.
Wellness professionalscan register now for fair
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year for a new officer to join our depart-ment, but this is time well spent.”
At its Feb. 7 meeting, the Township Com-mittee agreed on a new testing program,something the township hasn’t had to do inmore than a decade.
“We haven’t done this since 2002,” PoliceCapt. Robert Palmer said. “And the reasonwhy we haven’t had to conduct entry-levelexams is because there’s usually been anadequate pool of pre-trained police officersto select from.”
Palmer explained how there used to be astate-instituted program known as the Al-ternate Route program, which is when mu-nicipalities sponsored recruits to attend
basic course training at an academy andput them on the township’s payrollthrough the duration of training (any-where from 16 to 24 weeks).
However, a couple of years ago, policeunions lobbied to the Police Training Com-
mission, which oversees the training of allpolice officers in the state, and requested tohalt the program until all laid off police of-ficers were rehired.
After the program was stopped, all thelaid off police officers were re-employed,leaving no trained officers from the pro-
gram, which is the reason why the town-ship has to use this new process to recruitnew officers, according to Palmer.
“It has left us with a dearth of availablecandidates to choose from without con-ducting our own examination process andevaluating our own applicants and makinga decision to hire and train on the payrolland establish a mutual loyalty between theagency and the candidates,” he said. “Ithink there’s a lot of value to doing it thisway. My peers in Somerset County whohave decided to attempt to hire from re-sumes are not finding many suitable candi-
dates that way that are already trained.And many now are resorting to entry-leveltesting processes. We won’t be the only onedoing this.”
Township Administrator Donato Nie-man explained how this action is the first
step in the process and just allows thetownship to go out and find the pool of qualified applicants.
“When the Committee determines thenumber of officers the township shouldhire, then they will make conditional offersto those candidates who appropriately
rank in the pool and then send themthrough the academy [Somerset CountyPolice Training Academy],” he said.
Nieman also added how the startingsalary for these new officers is substantial-ly less than what the old contract called for.New hires will be starting at $41,000 peryear, as opposed to former officers whowere hired at $56,000 per year.
“There will be a 10-step salary guidewith no changes over the life of the con-tract,” he said.
“Montgomery is a unique communitywith unique needs, and being able to train
a cadet from our point-of-view is very at-tractive,” Trzaska said. “This will help en-sure that not only will our new officers betop-notch law enforcement professionals,but they will also be a good fit with ourcommunity.”
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Diggin’ Dinos: Grades kindergartento second. 5 to 5:45 p.m. at MaryJacobs Library. Learn how fossilsare formed and about dinosaurcharacteristics. Presented bySomerset County Park Commis-sion Environmental EducationCenter. Registration required. Call(609) 924-7073, ext. 5.
THURSDAY FEB. 28
Montgomery/Rock Hill Night Off:Community-wide observance ofthe importance of family with anight off from regularly sched-uled commitments. Some restau-rants offering a discount for din-ner; visit www.montgomery.nj.usto see a list of participatingrestaurants and print a flyer.
Community Coffee Morning: 10 to 11a.m. at Mary Jacob’s Library, 64
Washington St., Rocky Hill.Monthly informative gatheringfeaturing a guest speaker talkingabout a relevant community topicfollowed by open discussion andquestion forum. For more infor-mation, email municipalal-
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TUESDAY MARCH 5Toddler Sing with Pat: Ages 1 to 3.
10:30 to 11 a.m. in the ProgramRoom at Mary Jacobs Library. Noregistration needed.
A Good Yarn: Discuss “The WelshGirl” by Peter Ho Davies from 7 to8:30 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library.Bring yarn and needles to knitduring the discussion.
This information was providedby the Montgomery Township Po-lice Department.
On Feb. 10 at 8:37 p.m., policemade contact with a 24-year-oldmale, who was walking throughthe Pike Run Development. Fur-ther investigation revealed thatthe man had been siphoning gasfrom a 2000 Ford Explorer, which
was parked at the Pike Run Club-house. Police recovered a siphon-ing hose and gas container. Hewas charged with possession of
burglary tools and theft by unlaw-ful taking.
The man was lodged in theSomerset County Jail in defaultof $750 bail and is scheduled toappear in the Montgomery Mu-nicipal Court.
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