December 11, 2013 • www.theobserver.com • Vol CXXVI, No. 29
COVERING: BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD
At last, new apts. for seniors
• EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
‘Mining’ North Arlington’s past
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Some five years after the project was conceived, Harrison’s first affordable senior citizen building had its ceremonial groundbreaking last Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 774 Harrison Ave., just west of the Harrison Gardens public housing complex. The 15-unit Harrison Senior Residence, with one unit reserved for an on-site superintendent, is being developed by the Domus Corp., a nonprofit arm of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, at a cost projected at $3.8 million. A press release issued Dec. 3 by the N.J. Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency said the agency has “committed $1.8 million in CDGB [Community Development Block Grant] Disaster Recovery” awarded through the “Fund for Restoration of Multifamily Rental Housing.” The FRM, according to the agency, “provides funding to restore affordable rental housing in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy [to] aid in the … construction of multifamily rental housing for low-and moderate-income residents [and] will be available … in conjunction with other multifamily programs offered by the state….” see SENIOR HOME page
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Photo courtesy New Jersey State Geologist
After the company failed in 1903, the Schuyler complex became derelict. This is how it looked by the 1940s.
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON–
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et’s begin with real estate: Back in 1668, a man named William Sandford purchased a tract of land between the Hack-
ensack and Passaic (then called the Pasawack) Rivers -- 30,000 acres of land, rich in timber and meadows and fish and furry game. Half of this property was then sold to Nathaniel Kingsland, and in 1708, the southern part of the tract was bought by Arent
Schuyler, who traveled down to this area from his hometown of Albany. Here, Schuyler established a plantation, worked by slaves, one of whom made a most interesting discovery circa 1712-1714. On the land near what is now North
She gets 10 years for ordering ‘hit’ By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent
LYNDHURST – She had already bought the dress. A classic black number perfect for a funeral. When she walked past the casket--and spit on it-- consider the photo op.
Such behavior might, of course, beg the question as to whether suspicions would be raised, but that’s all moot now anyway. The fashion-conscious “mourner” is going to have to make do with orange jumpsuits for the next decade. Last week, 44-year-old
Lyndhurst resident Nicole Faccenda was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to hire a hit man to murder her ex-lover’s new girlfriend. A bullet in the head would do it, she had told the hired assassin. As for the former boyfriend, a shot to the foot would be acceptable. She
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Arlington’s Porete Ave., an elderly man found an oddlooking greenish-blue chunk of stone, which he brought to Schuyler. It turned out to be copper ore. see MINE page
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wanted him to be “miserable.” According to authorities, Faccenda did not want the girlfriend’s children killed, “but if something happens to one of them, ‘Oh, well, I’m sorry’.” see HIT page
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