January 15, 2014 Edition of The Observer

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Fire Co. in 24/7, cops P/T

Bank heist suspect well known to cops

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

KEARNY – They’re halfway there.

The South Kearny Fire and Police Station on John Miller Way now has a full-time presence 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 threemember crew shifted uptown to Headquarters Co. for sleeping quarters.

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

Sitting just below the trailers, also inside the building, are three fire rigs: a pumper engine, an apparatus that dispenses foam to douse chemical spills and/or fires, and an Army surplus truck that can be deployed in emergencies, such as rescuing people trapped by flood waters.

A third trailer, about 36 feetby-20-feet, is reserved for the Police Department, which has see QUARTERS page

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KEARNY – ust a bit more than two weeks after the holdup, Kearny police have arrested 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.”

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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, authorities 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 without 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 Photo courtesy www.mugshots.com that crime.

Donald Myer Last week’s arrest was the result When the bandit demanded the of the ongoing investigation by KPD money in $50 bills, he was directed to Dets. John Plaugic, Gonzalez and another teller’s window where that de- Maguire. nomination was available, Dowie said.

Police said Myer was identified With the $3,000 tucked in an envethrough video surveillance tapes, lope, the man fled and was last seen as well as by an eyewitness and a running west on Johnston. veteran KPD member, P.O. Patrick Last seen, that is, until Friday Sawyer.

Who’ll be the next in line?

By Ron Leir Observer 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 Education 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 reinstalled President Bernadette McDonald, Vice President Cecilia Lindenfelser, joined by board members Sebastian Viscuso, James Doran Jr. and newcomers Barbara CifelliSherry and Samantha Paris, placed Superintendent Frank Ferraro on paid administrative

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wo 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 Christie’s two-hour press conference 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 closures 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 Stepien, and apologized to Fort Lee residents for the massive local traffic delays stemming from the P.A. blocking access lanes to the GWB. Bill Baroni and David Wildstein, two Christie appointees 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 conference, 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

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story. “There was an abuse of power and the explanations given so far are not convincing. Why is Wildstein pleading the Fifth and why were many of the e-mails [released by the P.A. in response to state subpoenas] 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 confidence in explanations given.

I would hope the governor would turn over all information, 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 party’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 Democratic mayor in the state to announce his support of Christie in January 2013 – and one of three Democratic Hudson County mayors (Michael Gonnelli of Secaucus 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 supportive 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 commissioners 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.

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“My new best friend invited 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 inclined 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 responsibility, with no excuses, answering all questions from the reporters.” Giangeruso said he met with Christie staffers seeking an endorsement “but they never pursued it.”

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9/11 charity scammers plead guilty

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

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

On Jan. 6, before Superior ast May, The Observer Court Judge James Blaney carried a story about two in Ocean County, Niemczyk “alleged leeches” who pleaded guilty to third-degree had been driving around New theft by deception; Scalgione, Jersey supposedly collecting to third-degree conspiracy to money for 9/11 charities. commit theft by deception.

We can now remove the According to the announce“alleged.” ment by Acting Attorney Last week, leeches Mark General John J. Hoffman, Niemczyk, 67, of Tinton Falls, under their plea agreements, and Thomas Scalgione, 41, of the state will recommend that Manahawkin, pleaded guilty to Niemczyk be sentenced to 364 theft charges connected with days in the county jail and a the scam they had perpeterm of probation, and that trated upon countless trusting Scalgione be sentenced to a donors. term of probation.

Niemczyk and Scalgione Hoffman’s office noted that had travelled the state in a red Scalgione was already on propickup truck bearing images bation in connection with unof the Twin Towers and the related charges in Monmouth names of the police officCounty and his guilty plea ers and firefighters who had means he will face jail time for died at Ground Zero. It was a violating probation. noble-looking vehicle, which Under a consent judgment your correspondent saw at in a civil action filed by the least once in this area.

Division of Consumer AfFrom June 1, 2010, through fairs, they must also pay more July 4, 2012, the con men than $120,000, “representing drove the truck to 9/11-related disgorgement of donations events throughout N.J.-- and and payment of civil penalties, sometimes out of state--selling attorneys’ fees and investigaT-shirts and collecting contive costs.” tributions that supposedly Last week’s guilty pleas would go to 9/11 charities and “ensure that Niemczyk and victims’ families. Instead, all Scalgione will carry criminal the money went into their records for the rest of their own pockets. lives that will bear witness to The two were indicted last their greed and deviousness,” May following an investigaHoffman said.

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Bank robber gets away with $1,100 EAST NEWARK – eventeen 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-

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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 handprinted 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 during 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.

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Details about the robber’s appearance were scant. Witnesses 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 Christmas 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 cellular phones in the parking lot of the Pic-Nic eatery on Grant Ave. on the night of Dec. 12.

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KPD blotter: ‘Never off watch’ T

wo 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 burglaries on both sides of the Belleville 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 neighborhood. Provided with a description 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

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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 Jan. 3 a plastic bag containing At 6 p.m., near Grant and Johnston Aves., the Vice Squad suspected pot, police said. He was charged with conducted a field interview possession of the drug and of with 42-year-old Robert paraphernalia.

Simone of Kearny regarding a suspicious transaction they Jan. 6 had reportedly witnessed. He Officers Ben Wuelfing and was allegedly found to have Christian Medina, responding on his person several small bags of crack cocaine and was to a 12:30 a.m. noise complaint, charged with possession of the arrived at a Belgrove Drive apartment where their ears drug and drug paraphernalia. were assaulted by a blaring Jan. 5 TV or radio. When the ocOfficer Richard Carbone cupant answered the door and was on foot patrol at Kearny was asked for identification, Ave. and Afton St. at 9:15 a warrant check revealed that 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:

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 violating the town ordinance prohibiting excessive noise.

Jan. 7 Officer 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.

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Here’s looking at you, gov E

ven before Gov. Chris Christie’s lengthy pity-party press conference 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 shuttered.

Rick (Humphrey Bogart): “How can you close me up?

On what grounds?”

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

The Christie version turned out to be more verbose 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 “Casablanca” could, with little revision, be applied to the ongoing Bridgegate drama. Even the classic opening voiceover is adaptable. So, with apologies to screenwriters Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein and Howard Koch: “With the coming of September 2013, many eyes in imprisoned New Jersey turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the George Washington Bridge. It was the great embarkation point.

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

– Main St. to Lemoine Ave.... across Fletcher Ave. to Hudson 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 belong.”

“Of all the governor’s offices 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 remembered. 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 noble, 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. Christie? Like a man who’s trying to convince himself of something he doesn’t believe in his heart.”

“We’ll always have Trenton.”

And, of course: “Round up the usual suspects.”

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.

–Karen Zautyk

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.

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Essex plans ‘Tribute to Heroes’ football game Wounded Warriors, NFL alum, 9/11 responders to play The Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team, legends from the NFL, New York Giants and New York Jets, and 9/11 first responders from New Jersey and the FDNY will participate in a charity flag football game on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Essex County Codey Arena in West Orange.

Retired Giant Phil McConkey, 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 servicemen 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 Recreation Complex, 560 Northfield 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) firstresponder charities and the Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team (WWAFT).

The WWAFT is composed of U.S. military service members living with disabilities after losing limbs while serving their country in various combat theaters.

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ants, Jets and NFL stars.

“We are proud to welcome the WWAFT, NFL greats and 9/11 first responders to Essex County and thank them for providing this exciting event leading up to the Super Bowl,” County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. said at a press conference last week announcing the game.

Also at the conference to promote the game were Jim Burt, two-time Super Bowl champion; Vince Papale,

Philadelphia Eagles special team’s captain and subject of the 2006 movie “Invincible,” and former Navy Hospital Corpsman Bobby Donnelly from the WWAFT. “This arena is an amazing facility and will be a great venue for this important game, where we will be raising money and awareness about our wounded warriors and having a great experience at see FOOTBALL page

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Library hosts business seminar Have you thought about starting a business but don’t know where to begin? Do you have a great idea but aren’t sure how to capitalize on it? Maybe you have an existing business that could use re-energizing.

If any of these apply to you, help is on the way. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Ave., will host a seminar on “Starting and Managing a Successful Business.”

Experienced business counselors from the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), an arm of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will outline how to choose a business structure, set up a financial planning and record keeping system, create a business plan and market products and services.

With thousands of trained counselors nationwide, SCORE provides free coun-

seling to more than 140,000 small business owners annually and helps with the start-up of 37,000 businesses every year.

Kearny SCORE counselor Len Rosenberg notes that, “Over the last few years I have provided support to a carpet cleaning business, salon owner, translation service, music producer, tavern owner and many more.”

Rosenberg holds an MBA from Cornell University and has over 20 years’ experience in varied management positions with Fortune 50 companies. In 1995 he abandoned corporate life to found West Hudson Management, owners and operators of multi-family properties in Kearny and surrounding areas. He provides free business counseling by appointment at the Kearny Public Library.

Library Director Josh Humphrey said, “We have been proud to partner with SCORE Kearny Public Library Director Josh Humphrey (l) and SCORE Counselor Len Rosenberg meet to finalize plans for a business seminar. as an added benefit to our

patrons. Many residents and business owners come to us to seek help via publications and the Internet, and by having a SCORE volunteer available, we can offer face-to-face consultation. This seminar is an added benefit to the community.”

This is the first seminar of its kind to be offered at the library and could be one of many to be presented on related business topics throughout 2014, Humphrey said.

Representatives from the Provident Bank will be on hand to discuss the criteria for SBA backed loans and refreshments will be provided courtesy of Provident.

Space is limited so it is recommended to register in advance by calling the library at 201-998-2666 or by e-mailing 2014seminar@gmail.com.

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Hope to bring psychic’s life to small screen

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – arl Petry is in touch with things beyond the world as we know it.

Over the years, using his psychic ability, the Kearny resident has worked with police to investigate crimes or to locate missing persons or property and has investigated hauntings of all kinds.

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

And now, he’s to be the focus of a film based on his life and some of the “case files” Petry has developed.

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 paranormal drama based on the true events experienced by Petry.”

“We’re still in the pre-production stages,” Kramer said, “getting the pilot together.

We’ve shot and edited a ‘sizzle’ 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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“Because he does not meet this particular policy qualifithereby sidestepping the No. cation, his contract should be 2 administrator, Assistant Sudeclared null and void,” their perintendent Debra Sheard, at petition said. Otherwise, it least pending a special meetsaid, Ferraro will be “making ing that was called for Jan. 13 decisions in a myriad of areas when the board was slated to without the necessary academdiscuss the employment situic and teaching background.” ations of Ferraro, Blood and Before Kearny hired him, Sheard. by a 5-4 vote Dec. 10, 2012, McDonald refused to talk Ferraro had been interim about the move to jettison Fer- operations director in charge raro but Ferraro characterized of facilities and transportation it as a reprisal for his firing for the public school district school maintenance worker in Peeksville, N.Y., and, before Brian Doran, a brother of that, he served three years as James Doran Jr. assistant superintendent for Turns out this isn’t the first business for the Greenburgh time there was an effort to School District 7 in Hartsdale, dislodge Ferraro. In March N.Y. He has a certificate in ad2013 – just three months after vanced study in education and he got the job – two members an MBA and has taught in high of the sitting board (Doran and school and college.

Viscuso) petitioned the state But Andrew Babiak, counsel Commissioner of Education to to the N.J. School Administraremove the superintendent. tors Association, countered in In legal papers, Doran and legal papers that the board has Viscuso argued that Ferraro the right to waive its policy wasn’t qualified for the job and that as the holder of a because he failed to satisfy the provisional administrator’s board’s policy requiring the certificate, Ferraro was persuperintendent to have at least fectly capable of making key 10 years’ classroom teaching decisions in all areas. experience on the elementary Ultimately, Doran and Visand/or secondary level. cuso withdrew their petition.

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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 Observer file photo to his reinstatement, in large part, prompted the Board to take its actions on Jan. 6, 2014. arrest in Clifton dating from May 1995, all resulting in guilty … I will take all necessary and appropriate action to protect outcomes which, according my professional reputation and to Carabelli, render Doran I stand by the decisions I have “permanently disqualified or made.” ineligible for employment …

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Essex seniors, share your life stories!

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. and the county Division of Senior Services invite Essex seniors age 60 and older to submit an original story focusing on a special person, life-changing experience or significant period of their life to the 2014 Essex County Legacies Writing Contest.

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

Jaklyn DeVore, director of the county Division of Senior Services, noted that the Legacies 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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ter Massa suggested that Christie missed the boat on an approach he could have taken to show good faith and to get the truth.

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to be set up, where was the documentation establishing the supposed need for a traffic study, and so forth. A great deal of evidence could be obtained by such an appropriate investigation and the governor would have headed off a lot of problems for himself.”

Did he find Christie’s explanation credible? “I would not say the governor isn’t being truthful,” Massa said, “but I

think an investigation should go forward. The public has a right to know in issues like this and public authorities have to be accountable. …

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Massa, who backed Buono’s gubernatorial bid, said he “had a brief conversation about a year ago with a former member of [Christie’s] staff [seeking an endorsement] but it didn’t go anywhere.”

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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 additional $25 late fee will be assessed for licenses reBloomfield newed after March 31.

Oakeside Mansion, 240 Licenses can be obtained Belleville Ave., holds an at the Health Department, open house on Sunday, Jan. Monday through Friday, from 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No R.S.V.P. is required – just stop 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by mail.

Proof of a rabies shot, valid by. Enjoy complimentary for the entire licensing year, beverages and sample foods is required. from Frungillo Caterers, The Health Department Oakeside’s resident caterer. is also offering a free rabies Talk with staff about the possibility of Oakeside Man- clinic on Saturday, Jan. 25, sion hosting your next event: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Kearny Water Department weddings, social events or garage, 570 Elm St. Previousmeetings, etc. For more information, call 973-256-9380. ly licensed pet owners will Bloomfield Public Library, receive a rabies vaccination certificate by mail that must 90 Broad St., will meet on be filled out and brought to Monday, Feb. 3, from 6:45 the clinic with their pets. to 7:45 p.m., to discuss two For more information, call short novels, “Miss Lonelythe Health Department at hearts” and “The Day of the Locusts” by Nathanael West. 201-997-0600, ext. 3506 or 3505.

“Miss Lonelyhearts” tells Kearny UNICO has schedthe story of an advice coluled a fundraising bus trip umnist who is overcome by the pitiful lives of the people to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City for Sunday, who write to him during the Great Depression. “The Day Jan. 26. The bus will depart from American Legion Post of the Locusts” skewers the 99 on Belgrove Drive at 8:30 culture of Hollywood – the writers, the actors, the direc- a.m. Tickets are $30 with $25 in slot play back from the tors – all those who were casino. Monies raised by this willing to compromise their trip will help fund scholarart for money in the service ships and other charitable of the movie-going public. donations.

For more information or Master Gardner Carolyn for help in locating a copy of Gretchen will talk about suitthe book club selection, call able plants for local gardens the Reference Desk at 973566-6200, ext 502. Admission at a meeting of the Evening is free and all are welcome to Membership Department of the Woman’s Club of Arlingattend. ton on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Henrietta Kearny Benstead Center, 60 ColumCalvary Chapel of Kearny, bia Ave. The executive board 156 Oakwood Ave., will hold a blood drive on Jan. 25 from will meet at 6:45 p.m.

St. Stephen’s Seniors will 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. meet on Tuesday, Jan. 21, Kearny Salvation Army is starting with a board meetoffering computer classes ing at 10:30 a.m. and refreshin basic computer skills, Belleville Elks Lodge No. 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.

ments served at noon.

The group’s anniversary party will be held on Friday, April 11, at the San Carlo Restaurant.

For more information, contact Tom at 201-998-8258.

Registration for the spring semester of the Kearny Adult School will be held on Monday, 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 currently in the mail. They are also available at The Observer, 39 Seeley Ave.; Kearny Public 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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To register, visit www. njmeadowlands.gov/ec. For more information, call 201460-8300.

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 snowLyndhurst man craft session on Monday, Lyndhurst Police Emergen- Jan. 27, from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. cy Squad sponsors a Tricky Call in advance to register.

Tray on Thursday, Feb. 20, at For more information or the Fiesta, 255 Rt. 17 South, to register, call the library at Wood-Ridge. Doors open at 7 201-804-2478. p.m. Raffle drawing starts at Lyndhurst Health Depart8 p.m. Pre-sale prize tickets ment, 601 Riverside Ave., can be purchased from any reminds pet owners to renew LPES member and will also licenses for domesticated be held at the door. cats/dogs by Jan. 31. A $10 The $40 admission inlate fee is assessed for any cludes dinner, buffet, soft animal registered after Jan. drinks, dessert, tea and 31. Renew licenses in Suite 1 coffee, a sheet of 20 regular of the Health Department or prize tickets and five meat the free rabies clinic on dium prize tickets.

Thursday, Jan. 16, from 6:30 Other ticket packages are to 7:30 p.m., in the recreation available through pre-sale room at 601 Riverside Ave. only.

Per state law, the rabies cerFor more information, call tificate must be valid through 201-804-2469 or visit www.

Oct. 31, 2014, in order to reemergencysquad.com/tricky- ceive a 2014 animal license. tray. Tickets can be ordered The Order of the Amaranth online via http://www.event- sponsors a Tricky Tray on brite.com/e/lpes-1st-trickyFeb. 16 at noon at the Masontray-fundraiser-ticketsic Temple, 321 Second Ave. A 9930115242?aff=efbevent. $5 donation is requested. For New Jersey Meadowlands more information, call 201Commission Science Center, 997-4402.

3 DeKorte Park Plaza, hosts North Arlington “The Milky Way,” a program North Arlington Senior for all ages on Wednesday, Activity Center, 11 York Jan. 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. Join Road, hosts a Valentine’s Day John Sloan, director of the NJMC William D. McDowell luncheon on Friday, Feb. 14, Observatory, for an introduc- beginning at 10:30 a.m. with tion to our planet’s neighbor- a free bingo special, followed by lunch at noon, the crownhood in space. Learn how ing of the king and queen at the Milky Way got its name, 1 p.m. and bingo at 1:30 p.m. how many stars it contains, For more information and if it might contain a black reservations, call 201-998hole and other fascinating information about our home 5636.

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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 (casino 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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Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Dr., announces the following programs: • Library Catalog 101 teaches the latest tips and strategies to effectively search for and request items, how to share what you are reading on Facebook and how to manage your online library account on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.

• The library hosts a discussion 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 Stockton 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 yearlong 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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NA girls: Trying to get through injuries Karen Smith had high hopes for her North Arlington 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 Samantha 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 especially hurt, because she was the team’s leading scorer and ball handler.

At the time of her injury, Cunanan was averaging a little more than 10 points per game.

“They were two key players,” Smith said.

“It’s a little difficult. But we’re obviously optimistic 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 performers who will have to pick up the slack. The 5-foot-7 Dlugo is someone 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 rebounder. We need her to score more now. I think she can do that.”

Dlugo is averaging eight points and 10 rebounds per game.

Junior center Amanda Chiamese is another key contributor. The 5-foot9 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 handle 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 see VIEW page

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Harrison has enjoyed a fine 5-2 start to the high school basketball season. From l. are senior Tommy Dolaghan, head coach Noel Colon and senior Jeremy Mohamoud.

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

W

hen 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 inspiration he received from coaches 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 sociology from Ramapo.

“What ended up happening was that I got a job as an assistant coach at Technology High School (in Newark),” said Colon, who worked with Denver 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 position 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 recommendation 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 see BLUe TIDE next page

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had a chance to be pretty good,” Colon said. “The kids put in a lot of work and sacrirecord and my reaction was ficed a lot.” like, ‘Oh, my,’” Colon said. “I And since the 2013-14 season spoke to my wife Tessa, who is began, Harrison is one of the pregnant with our first child.

She told me to go for it. I grew most extraordinary turnaround stories in northern New up in Hudson County. I know Jersey. The Blue Tide curnothing comes easy. I love challenges. I’m a man of faith. rently has a 5-2 record after a victory over American HisI knew that this was the right tory High of Newark Saturday thing to do.” afternoon.

So the 30-year-old Colon Colon is happy with the took the challenge, took the progress of his new program, position at Harrison and hit but not content. the ground running.

“I am pleased, but we’re a “I’m still learning,” Colon little inconsistent,” Colon said. said. “But I love the energy.

I spent the summer with the “I don’t think we’ve played a kids of Harrison. I got to know complete game yet. Cliffside the kids and what they were Park was the only game we all about.” played really well on the deAfter the summer, Colon fensive side. But we’re coming had a sense that the Blue Tide along. We’re getting better.” would be somewhat successSenior Iker Fernandez has been a pleasant surprise. The ful.

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“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 Mohamoud, who had 14 points in Saturday’s win. “He’s very athletic and can shoot the ball well. He has all the skills.”

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

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

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

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“Moises is a better athlete,” Colon said. “Jordan makes better decisions with the ball.

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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-foot9 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 energy to the team.

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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 neighboring rival Queen of Peace.

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

“She can be a dominant force,” Smith said of Piscal. “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 pretty 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 Krawczyk is a 5-foot-7 guard/ forward.

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

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Senior guard Bri Cunanan was going to be the leader of the North Arlington girls’ basketball team, but she suffered a knee injury that will send her to the sidelines for the next three weeks.

combination and a good problem to have.”

Senior Tanna Avella is a 5-foot-6 guard who is playing 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 enjoyed 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 better.”

Smith likes the fact that there are so many young kids involved in her program.

“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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Golden Griffins look to improve with veteran team

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s the Lyndhurst recreation 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 active with the development of kids in Lyndhurst.

However, last year, Passamano took over a new challenge, 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 feelings 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,” Passamano said. “We’re trying to reverse last year’s record.”

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

“They don’t look at the scoreboard,” Passamano said.

“They just play hard, hard and hard. We’re a running team.

We play hard and don’t give up. We have a good bunch of kids. We have a good bench

that works the starting team hard in practice. They’re there every day in practice with no complaints.”

Passamano said that his team utilizes a variety of defenses.

“We do it all,” Passamano said. “We play zone, press, man-to-man. We mix it up to try to confuse the opposing team.”

Leading the team is senior Nikki Sammartino. The 5-10

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forward is a hard worker under the basket.

“She’s a tough kid,” Passamano 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 approaching 1,000 points for her career.

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

Another solid contributor is senior forward Lia Rodriguez, 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-

ing 13 points per game.

“She can really jump,” Passamano said of the 5-foot-9 Rodriguez. “She’s very athletic. 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 nothing. 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 another solid contributor.

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

Once she does, she can be a real threat.”

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,” according 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 Kaylee Ameri and center/forward Jane Amadeo.

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“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 complain. They’re going to help us down the road.”

As for now, Passamano is content with the Golden Griffins, 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.”

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that he’s successfully completed a state-mandated “mentorship” under retired N.J. school administrator Michael Rush, a former Paterson school superintendent and current DOE operative, he expects the DOE to issue him “permanent certification.” He said he has “enjoyed 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 settlement that meets with the approval 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 current state school regulations “limit buyouts” of superintendents with contracts to payments of “three months’ salary for every year remaining on his or her contract and

pro-rated for partial years.”

Stability hasn’t exactly been the byword for the district’s top leadership position in recent years. In the past five years, three different administrators have occupied the office: Frank Digesere, who returned to the district, from Bloomfield, in November 2009, left in 2011 with two years to go in his contract; Ron Bolandi served as interim superintendent for the next year and a half; and then Ferraro came aboard in December 2012.

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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 County 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 certification as a school administrator 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 community 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 Superintendent 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 transition under the new board majority, Gail Landi, who was secretary to interim Superintendent 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 pending 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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ers and administrators are to be evaluated, mandated student growth objectives and the pilot for PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College & Careers) testing.”

“But we have a good team here and we will work together to move Kearny in a positive direction,” Blood said.

“And we are already continuing to move in that direction to increase student achievement.”

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

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

Blood said the district has already “started to see improvements” with a growth in math achievement in grades K to 8 since the “Go Math” curriculum was instituted in the 20122013 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 Algebra 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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“I have tremendous respect for people who serve our country and protect the American Dream. They make sacrifices in their lives and now it’s time for us to give back to them.”

WWAFT member Donnelly, who grew up in New Brunswick, lost his right leg below the knee after a training exercise with the U.S. Navy Special Forces.

“As a New Jersey resident and military veteran, I challenge all my fellow New Jerseyans to come out, enjoy the game and honor our veterans,” Donnelly said.

“It’s a fun event for all of us, and there’s nothing like the team spirit and camaraderie we experience on the field.”

Other attractions at the event will be a meet-and-greet autograph session with the players prior to the game and

a half-time show by The Village People.

The Humana health-care company and the nonprofit Military Benefit Association, a provider of insurance to military members and their families, are sponsors of the event.

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Further information may also be obtained from Essex County Director of Public Information Anthony Puglisi at 973-621-2542.

“We look forward to an evening of great football and raising awareness about the heroism and sacrifices our military personnel and first responders have made to keep us safe,” DiVincenzo said.

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Fire Chief Steven Dyl said 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 fulltime.

“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 Fire Company 4 is settling in to its new quarters in South Kearny. communications equipment, but at least now we’re able to who is staffing the fire facility aside from the new kitchen and pans and plates for the be there 24/7,” Dyl said. with Firefighters Dave Myers table, “we’re waiting on desks, kitchen.”

Fire Capt. Michael Hyde, and Martina Smith, said that chairs, additional lockers, pots Being situated at the facility – even if it is in trailers – on a 24-hour basis is still “a good thing,” Hyde said, when factoring in the response time to an alarm in South Kearny.

“From uptown, it can be a little crazy sometimes,” Hyde said.

National Fire Protection Association 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 assigned on the first alarm but Hyde said that it can take anywhere “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 20-YEAR FIXED 30-YEAR FIXED 15-YEAR FIXED industrial fire where there is a potential for a chemical explosion 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, including the Pulaski Skyway, the Hackensack River bridge and Rts. 1&9.

But the station is still awaiting the installation of the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency communications 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. (certificate of occupancy).”

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Frank Goresh Frank Goresh passed away on Sunday, Jan. 5, surrounded by his family.

Born on Jan. 3, 1940, Frank just celebrated his 74th birthday. He was born in Newark, and became a longtime resident of Kearny.

He was employed by the United States Postal Service for 29 years before retiring in 2000. Frank loved his country 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 Gettysburg, 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 Michael F. Goresh and Ryan M. Goresh and a brother Alexander (Ally) Goresh. He is predeceased by his parents Frank and Stella (D’Mytrowitz) Goresh and a brother John Goresh and says goodbye to two long-time friends Joseph 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.

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sided in Kearny, and she was employed as a dental technician with Custom Cast in Irvington. In 1989, she and her family moved to Masthope Ski Mountain Community in Lackawaxen, Pa. Shortly after, she began working at Woodloch 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 member of the Masthope Mountain 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 daughter Jennifer Thomas and husband 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 Presbyterian Church in Honesdale, followed by interment in Indian Orchard Cemetery, Honesdale, Pa. Arrangements were by the Hessling FuBarbara Jean Gorski neral Home, Inc., Honesdale, Barbara Jean (Laue) Gorski, Pa.. Condolences may be sent 60, of Honesdale, died on to www.hesslingfuneralhome.

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Hospital in Scranton, Pa. She Memorial contributions can is survived by her husband be made to VFW Ladies Auxof 37 years, Chester “Chet” iliary, 736 Main St., Honesdale, Gorski Jr. The couple married Pa. 18431. on May 8, 1975, in St. Cecilia’s Church in Kearny.

John E. Jimenez Born on June 9, 1953, in IrJohn E. Jimenez died Jan. 7 vington, she was the daughter at home. He was 72. of the late Hans and Dorothy Born in Puerto Rico, John Laue. She was a graduate of lived in Union for 21 years Irvington High School, class and prior to that, he lived in of 1971. Shortly thereafter, Irvington. she met her future husband Arrangements were by the while she was a member of Armitage and Wiggins Futhe Woodsiders Drum and neral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr., Bugle Corps in Harrison, and Kearny. A funeral Mass was became engaged in 1974. Barb held at St. Stephen’s Church. became the youngest Worthy Interment was in Holy Cross Matron of the Irvington Chap- Cemetery. To leave an online ter of the Eastern Star. condolence, please visit www.

Barb and her husband rearmitagewiggins.com.

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John was formerly married to Catherine (nee McGaheran). 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.

A Mass of Christian burial and purchase her house in was officiated at Queen of Kearny in 1980. Her legacy of Peace Church, North Arlinglove lives on in the hearts of ton. Interment was in Holy all whose lives she touched.

Cross Cemetery.

She was the beloved wife Mrs. Perez was born in of Juan J. Perez of 52 years, Maximo Gomez, Cuba and dear mother of Maria Rockcame to the United States in fol (Donald), grandmother 1971, settling in Newark and of Katarina Rockfol, sister of moving to Kearny in 1980.

Sarah Goyenechea (Manuel), She was a member of The Eva Tovar and the late Hilda Breast Cancer Survivor Foun- Alfonso, Carlos and Miguel dation, Kearny.

Fadraga, sister-in-law of RobFrederick J. Kuhrt Jr. She exemplified the Ameri- erto Alfonso, aunt of Victoria Frederick J. “Freddie” “Rick” can Dream. Through hard Fadraga-Matos (Raymon) and Kuhrt Jr., 58, a lifelong resiwork and dedication to her their son Raymon, Carlos Goydent of Kearny, died suddenly family and her country that enechea (Maureen) and their on Jan. 9. she loved, she was able to sons Kevin and Ryan, Manuel Arrangements were by the raise a family, travel through Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Europe and Latin America see OBITS page Home, 596 Belgrove Dr. A Mass of Christian burial was officiated at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Cremation 331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison was private.

Licensed Funeral Directors serving your needs include: Condolences may be sent to Frank X. Mulligan III, Manager, NJ Lic. 4221 www.armitagewiggins.com.

Frank X. Mulligan, Jr., NJ Lic. 2953 Mr. Kuhrt was an automotive technology teacher at Private Parking at 10 Frank Rodgers Blvd. North Kearny High School for 34 years. He received his B.A. in Industrial Technology at Kean visit us at: www.mulliganfuneralhome.org University.

He was a member of the NJEA, the Kearny Teacher’s MARIO TEIXEIRA, JR., #2542 DIRECTOR-MANAGER Association, The Wanderers Car Club of Sussex County, The MG Car Club of Central 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 husband 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 FUNERAL HOME Fitzgerald (Richard) and Garry Kuhrt.

Mark G. Wiggins, Manager N.J. Lic. #3916 John W. Armitage, Director N.J. Lic#2642 In lieu of flowers, a scholarYou will feel as if friends of family have taken over when you entrust ship at Kearny High School funeral arrangements to the Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home. The will be created in Mr. Kuhrt’s family-owned firm has been in business for 75 years, serving generaname and contributions to tions in West Hudson and South Bergen. Its beautiful facilities, in a that scholarship would be apsetting reminiscent of a colonial mansion, reflect the graciousness and preciated.

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973-481-4333

Shaw-Buyus Home for Services

138 DAVIS AVE. • KEARNY, NJ 07032

Tel: (201) 991-2265

WILFRED ARMITAGE & WIGGINS

tact of its understanding personnel.

Edilia E. Perez Edilia E. Perez (nee Fadraga) 81, of Kearny, died on Jan. 9 at her home.

Wilfred Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home

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

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House for sale North Arlington 2 mother daughter houses to be built.12 Arlington Ave. Call for Details.

O’HARA AgENCY (201)997-6300 KEARNY MANOR SECtION SINgLE fAMILY COLONIAL. 3 BEDROOM, 1 fULL 2 HALf BAtHS. USEABLE AttIC AND BASEMENt. 2 CAR gARAgE 50x100 LOt. 201-600-2389 BY AppOINtMENtS ONLY.

HOUSE fOr rENT BELLEVILLE 1 Family house for rent. 2 bedrooms, I bath LR, DR. 2 car garage.

Close to public transportation. $1675/month + utilities.

1 month security call 201-998-5082.

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT

HOUSE fOr rENT BELLEVILLE 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths (1 in master bedroom), LR, DR, EIK, full unfinished basement.

Refrigerator, microwave dishwasher, washer/dryer all included. Driveway for two or three cars.

Large yard.

High ceilings. Located just a few steps from new Shop-Rite. Utilities not included. Ready April 1st or May 1st. $1800/month.

(973)759-8525

BUSiNESS fOr SAlE Hair Salon for sale, operators will stay.

Owner looking to retire. Caldwell area.

Call for information (201)207-7263

Cleaning business for sale with current clients.

For more information call Sebastian at (908)4223027

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HARRISON: Harrison Avenue.

Pizzeria Restaurant for rent or lease, full equipment.

Ideal for BBQ. Available now.

(973)714-2368

KEARNY 2 bedrooms, 1st floor. No pets. No smoking. $1100/month + utilities.

1-1/2 months security.

Available February 1st.

(551)655-0473

KEARNY Kearny Ave. 2 bedrooms. $975/month. No pets.

Separate utilities. 1-1/2 months security.

Available February 1st.

(201)893-1955

KEARNY Sunny 5 room apt., 3rd floor walk-up. Washer/dryer hook-up. No pets. $1100/month + utilities.

1 month security.

(201)446-9318

KEARNY Residential KEARNY 1 bedroom Area, East Midland apartment, LR, kitchen Ave. 2nd fl. 2BR Apt. One month security.

LR, Big Kitchen, Bath, Utilities separate. NO Hook Up Central Air. pets. No smoking.

Separate Utilities. No Available now.

Smoking. Off Street (551)486-1488 Parking. $1300/month.

1 ½ months security.

Available Now. Call KEARNY Large 2 BR 201-519-3778. Leave Apt. 1st floor. W/D Message.

Hook up $1300/month + utilities. 1 ½ month KEARNY Renovated security. No pets. No Immediate Apartment building. 1 smoking. bedroom.

Wood occupancy. kitchen cabinets, 551-580-6306. refrigerator, stove, KEARNY ceramic tile floor, Arlington section hardwood floors 3R, 1BR, $825/mo. throughout.

Laundry Conv. Located. on-site. No Pets. Near Both include H/HW + NYC transportation. 1security. No fee.

1/2 months security.

(908)696-1866 Arlington Section. $880 + utilities.

(908)244-5847 KEARNY Apartment for rent, 1 bedroom, KEARNY Living Room, Kitchen.

• 6 room Apt. 3 Separate Utilities, No Bedrooms garage pets. For More info. included Call: 201-726-4603.

KEARNY 2 bedrooms, 2nd fl. No pets. No smoking. $1100/month + utilities. Security.

Available Feb. 1st.

201-997-0969

BELLEVILLE 5 large rooms, 2 bedrooms, LR, DR, large EIK. All remodeled. Close to transportation. $1075/mo. Separate utilities.

1 month security.

Available March 1st.

(973) 951-6315

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT Kearny KEARNY Studio Apt. Utilities included. $700/month. 1 month security. Call after 5pm, 201-927-6608.

Beautiful KEARNY 2nd fl. 2 bR apt.

Modern kitchen and bath. Hardwood floors.

LV, Move in condition.

W/D hook-up. Storage Bin. 296 Beech St. + $1200/month month 1 utilities. security. No pets. No Avl. Feb. smoking.

1st. 973-202-9769.

KEARNY Modern One Bedroom Apt. 1 ½ month security. No pets. $650/month + utilities. 201-997-4629 9am-5:45pm Mon-Fri KEARNY Newly renovated, hardwood floors.

Laundry onsite.HT/HW included. 2 BR start at $985. 1 BR start at $825. Jr.1 BR start at $750. (201)289-7096

KEARNY Arlington section, 1 bedroom, all new appliances flooring, $1,000/month plus utilities, No pets or smoking, Security Deposit (973)309-0903 KEARNY 3 LARgE ROOMS. (1BR).

BELgROVE AptS. 111-117 BELgROVE DRIVE. $915 INCLUDINg Ht/HW. NO pEtS. SECURItY. LEASE. LAUNDRY ROOM. 973-493-7868 KEARNY Belgrove Drive, 1 bedroom, LR, DR. 1 month security.

Utilities separate. No pets. No smoking. $1000/mo. Available now. (201)991-3608 KEARNY 2nd floor, 2 level Apt. $1,100/month + Utilities. 1-1/2 month Security. No Laundry. No Pets. Quiet Location.

Credit Check Required. Available January 1st. (201)997-2113

$1400/month.

• 2 BR Apt. for rent. $1,100/month + Utilities O’HARA AgENCY (201)997-6300

KEARNY Beautiful Modern Apartment. 2 BRs, 1 bath, LV/DR, New kitchen HW floors. $1350/month.

Avalable February 1st.

201-240-7404.

KEARNY 1 FAMILY HOUSE, 7 ROOMS + LAUNDRY ROOM, CLOSE TO SCHOOLS & TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE NOW 551-482-0999.

KEARNY 1 BR apt. $950/month HT/HW included. No pets.

201-997-0590.

KEARNY Available Now. 3rd floor 4 rooms, 2 BR, Kitchen, LV, HW Floors. Close to Transportation. $950/month + Utilities.

1 month security Laundry on premises.

(201) 362-5028 KEARNY 2nd floor. 2 bedrooms, LR, DR, kitchen.

Separate utilities. $1300/month includes parking space.

No pets.

(201)991-1163 KEARNY Small 2 bedroom apt. EIK, LR. HT/HW included. $1300/month.

Available now. No pets.

Please call Phyllis (973) 224-2911

KEARNY 10 Schuyler Ave. 1 BR, kitchen, & Dinning Room. $675/month. Call after 10:30am 973-687-0238.

KEARNY 2 bedroom apt., 3rd floor. Small building on Kearny Ave. Next to bus stop.

Separate utilities.

(973)951-7385 KEARNY 1st or 2nd floor apt.

2 bedrooms, LR, DR, Kitchen and bath.

Separate Utilities. $1300 + 1 month security. W/D hookup.

Available Immediately.

Call 201-207-8029.

KEARNY MODERN 5 ROOMS (USED AS 2 OR 3 BEDROOMS) NEW PAINT, NO PETS, OFFSTREET PARKING, STORAGE. $1200/MONTH + UTILITIES, SECURITY DEPOSIT. 908-771-0762

Belleville

BELLEVILLE One Bedroom Garden Apt. $884 HT/HW included.

No pets. Call 201-450-1370.

Harrison HARRISON 2 BR Apt. 2nd fl. Good Condtion.

1 mile from PATH. $1200/month. HT/HW included. Avl. Immed.

No pets. 973-483-2993 HARRISON 2nd floor, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms.

Available February 1st. $1100/mon + utilities.

1 month security.

(973)953-5031 HARRISON One room studio, 1st floor.HT/HW included, refrigerator, stove, parking for 1 car.

Available Immediately. $810/month.

1-1/2 months scurity.

(973)808-1556 HARRISON Three bedroom apt. w/DR, LR, kitchen, 1BTH. Central AC/HT. 1 car space.

Available February 1st. No pets.

Com. washer/dryer on premises.

Walking to train. distance (201)252-7272

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT HARRISON Studio.

Near PATH. Quiet area.

Available February 1st. No pets allowed. Please call (973)902-9986 after 5pm HARRISON 5 rooms.

Close to PATH. $1250/month.

1-1/2 months security.

Separate utilities.

Available February 1st.

(973)484-5852 after 3:30pm HARRISON 5 rooms.

Close to PATH. $1250/month.

1-1/2 months security.

Separate utilities.

Available February 1st.

(973)484-5852 after 3:30pm HARRISON 41 Cleveland Ave. Lovely 2 bedrooms, 2 bath apt in newer 2 family home. Washer/dryer hook-up. Central air.

Tenant pays utilities.

No smoking. No pets.

Must have good credit.

(954)448-3339 HARRISON 2nd fl.

Apt. 4 rooms. Parking available.

Walking distance to PATH. Separate utilities. No smoking. No pets. Ref. needed, + 1 month security.

Available Feb. 1st.

973-483-4927.

HARRISON 1st fl. 2 BR, Kitchen, LV. 1 month rent + 1 month security.

Available now. 201-667-1414.

BELLEVILLE 2nd fl. 2 BR’s, Belleville Nutley border. W/D Hook up.

HT/HW included $1300/month.Avl. Jan. 1st 862-201-6166.

HARRISON 3 bedrooms. Supply own utilities.

No pets.

(201)998-3554 (551)580-5019

BELLEVILLE Studio & 1 bedroom apts., $750-$1050/month.

HT/HW included. 1-1/2 months security.

Available now. Multiple locations.

(201)509-8315

HARRISON 2 BR, 1 ½ Baths.

C/A and Heating. W/D and Appliances included.

1 car garage. 1 month security.

No pets.

973-876-1648 or 973-289-8690.

HARRISON 2 bedroom apt., 2nd floor.

Available February 1st. $1200/month. 1 month security.

Separate utilities. (973)508-7149

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT

KEARNY Available Now. 2 BR Apt. HW Floors.

Close to Transportation. $950/month + Utilities.

1 month security Laundry on premises.

(201)362-5028

KEARNY 4 big rooms, W/W carpet. Large closets.

2nd floor.. No pets. 1 month security.

Available Now. 201-955-2841.

BELLEVILLE 2nd Fl. 2 BR’s, Bath, Kitchen, LV. HT included. $1,300/month.

1 month security.

973-454-1002.

KEARNY ELM COURt Kearny’s Best Kept secret 732 Elm St. 1 BR for $850 NYC Commuter Bldg Call Alan (201)955-4334 or PJ (973)922-1555 ext 1 Affiliated Mgmt.

KEARNY 4 rooms, heat supplied, security required. No Pets. $960/month.

Immediate occupancy.

570-746-3702 or 973-303-7903.

BELLIVELLE 1 BR apt. 3rd fl. Parking for 2 cars, Utilities not included. 1 month security. $890/month.

No pets. No smoking.

Avl Feb. 1st.

973-986-8085.

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ApArTmENTS fOr rENT HARRISON 1 BR close to path, includes granite countertop.

Washer/Dryer, Microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, range, C/A Ample close space.

W/W carpet. Window treatments. No pets.

Call 732-887-3450 before 9pm.

HARRISON 100 william st. 1st flo.

Spacious 2 BR, LV EIK, $1250/month ceramis and wood floors. Includes 1 car parking. Storage and laundry. 1 ½ month’s sec. separate utilities.

No pets/smoking.

732-406-7738

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT LYNDHURSt 2 bedrooms.

Includes AC, kitchen w/granite & all appliances, laundry facility, parking. $1195/month plus utilities. No pets.

Smoke Free Building.

Close to NYC transportation.

(201)970-3210

LYNDHURSt 2nd fl. 1 bedroom apt. Private House. hardwood floors, $1000/month + 1 month security.

HT/HW included.

Small pet ok.

201-575-5270.

lyndHurst LYNDHURSt 2nd fl. 1 BR apt. Private House.

H/W floors, $1000/mo + 1 month security.

HT/HW included.

Small pet ok.

201-575-5270.

employment

LYNDHURSt 2 Bedroom apt. Close to transportation.

Avl. Now. Small pets allowed. 1-1/2 month’s security.

201-359-5489.

employment

ADVERtISINg ACCOUNt ExECUtIVE We have an opening for an aggressive energetic self-starter to sell newspaper advertising.

Duties include servicing existing account, calling inactive accounts, and generating new business while making friends.

family owned and operated 126 years. team oriented environment.

You have the ambition and we will train.

High Commission Must have transportation.

Fax resume to: 201-991-8941 or E-mail: jobs@theobserver.com

NO pHONE CALLS pLEASE

CLASSIFIEDS ApArTmENTS fOr rENT LYNDHURSt 3 rooms, 1 BR, Brand new Kitchen with ceramic tile, LV, Bathroom, Walk in Attic for storage, Near Train station & shopping. No smoking. $850/month + utilities.

1 ½ months security.

201-460-0917.

neWarK NEWARK 1 BR $865 & 2 BR $1,100 Vailsburg, Near Seton Hall. HT/HW included.

Safe/Secure.

Brick Historic Bldg. Extra Large BR’s. Newly Renovated.

Kitchen, Bath, H/W Floors, Refrigerator, Ceiling Fans.

1 month security. Section 8 ok.

No fees. No pets.

973-216-9470 NEWARK 2 BR $1,100/mo. Vailsburg / Near Seton Hall.

HT/HW included.

Safe/Secure.

Brick Historic Bldg. Extra Large BR’s. Newly Renovated.

Kitchen, Bath, H/W Floors, Refrigerator, Ceiling Fans.

1 month security. Section 8 ok.

No fees. No pets.

973-230-7385 or 973-216-9470.

e.neWarK E.NEWARK 2 bedrooms. No pets. $1000/month. 1 month security.

Utilities separate.

Available February 1st.

(973)481-1837 E.NEWARK 2nd Fl. 3 bedrooms, LV, Kitchen & Bath. 1 month Security. Avl. Feb. 1st.

No pets.

862-371-2615.

n. arlington

ApArTmENTS fOr rENT N.ARLINgtON 1 bedroom apartment for rent. $1050/month.

Call (201)376-7200 or (201)893-7913 N.ARLINgtON 2 BR apt available. HT/HW included. In Garden style apts.

Newly Renovated. Laundry.

Close to tramsportation.

Call lisa 973-330-2874.

N.ARLINgtON 1 BR LV, Kitchen, 1st floor, W/D hook up in Basement. $950/month. 1 month security.

Optional single car garage for rent $150. Parking space $60.00 all parking on premises.

201-998-8429 or 201-283-4051.

N.ARLINgYON 3 modern large rooms. 1 BR, H/W floors.

Modern Kitchen.

Laundry Facilities.

Close to NY Trains.

HT/HW supplied. $1000/month.

Call 908-240-9302.

N.ARLINgtON 3rd fl.

4 rooms. $1100/month + utilities. 1 month security. W/D Hookup.

Refrigerator included. H/W Floors.

No pets. 1 block form NY/NJ transportation.

Avl. Feb. 15th or March 1st.

201-618-0316 N.ARLINgtON 1st floor.

5 rooms.

Completely renovated.

Stainless steel appliances. Central air.

Near NY transport.

Available now.

(732)648-1171

nutley

N.ARLINgtON 3 rooms, 1 bedroom 1st fl.

Garden Apt. $950/month.

O’HARA AgENCY (201)997-6300

NUtLEY 4 rooms, 1 bedroom. 1st floor.

Off-street parking.

Near transportation.

HT/HW included. $1200/month.

1-1/2 months security.

(973)235-9492

roofing

roofing

MIKE’S ALL SEASONS ROOfINg & SIDINg • Roofing • Siding • Windows • Doors • Gutter & Leaders • Roof Repairs 13VH008B0300 Free Est 201-438-0355 Fully Ins’d

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employment

employment

BELLEVILLE Nice area. Room for rent. $400. 1 month security. Call after 4:00pm (973)336-5335 (862)215-9440

Real Estate Agents Call for a confidential interview or if interested in taking a local real estate course to obtain your license CALL Mid-Realty, Inc. (201)991-5719

Experience Waitress wanted.

Monday-Friday.

Downtown Newark.

201-667-8692.

KEARNY Room for rent share kitchen and bath. $450/month + 1 month security. No pets. Cable included.

201-615-9990 or 201-694-8910.

KEARNY furnished sleeping room for single person.

Smoke-free, Drugfree.

Close to transportation.

304 chestnut street.

Security required.

201-207-8029.

HARRISON 1 room for rent. Private entrance.

One person preferred. $550/month everything included.

(973)525-3860

employment Full time medical receptionist wanted for a busy medical practice in Nutley.

Bilingual and medical experience preferred.

Competitive Salary and excellent benefits.

Apply via email. Send Resume to: Ana.entofnj @gmail.com

Looking for Drivers FT/PT Must be reliable. Apply in person.

Schuyler Cab 505 Schuyler Ave. Kearny, NJ

Now Hiring!

Property inspectors FT/PT in your area.

Full, free training provided. msangelabove@ comcast.net (732)766-4425 ask for Mel

Bartenders and Waitresses Wanted.

Bilingual a must English & Spanish.

Call after 10am 973-344-0419 ask for Angel.

HAIRDRESSER WANTED for Harrison, NJ. Please call 973-462-4773.

CDL Class A Driver So. Kearny tank cleaning company has an immediate opening for 2nd shift yard switcher. $12-$14/hr. Holiday & vacation pd. Must have SDL Class A, 2 yrs experience, clean background and verifiable work history.

Call Mike C. at 973-589-3300.

f/t Director wanted for Lyndhurst preschool.

Call 973-482-8603

Education & management experience required.

Understand all NJ childcare licensing & regulations.

Competitive salary.

Email resume: lyndhurstdirector@ gmail.com

AUTOBODY SHOP NEEDS PERSON WITH EXPERIENCE IN AUTOMOBILES/ ASSEMBLY / AND SOME MECHANIC SHOP MAINTENANCE AND THAT KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE. CALL MON – FRI FROM 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM AND SATURDAYS FROM 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM COLORMYCAR AUTOBODY (973) 589 – 2424

Elevator Company looking for receptionist part time to type, answer phones and file, Must have good phone skills and must be willing to work with others call 201-991-7133 ask for Vinny Sr.

Light assembly & warehouse work.

Company located near Mill St., Belleville. Must speak Both English & Spanish. $9.00/hr. to start.

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HOUSE CLEANING MOLLY MAID A BETTER PLACE TO WORK Looking for Full Time (M-F 8-5) Professional house cleaner.

English/Spanish.

Bilingual helpful.

Driver’s License Required. Only honest, hard working and dependable individuals apply.

Call for Appointment.

Charles Phelan 201-246-1900.

PT Instructor Wanted. Must have clean driving record, no points or accidents. NJ Drivers License for more than 4 years A MUST. Reliable & Responsible.

(201)246-8000

employment

employment ENTRY-LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITION (NEWARK, NEW JERSEY) Cambridge Security Services is seeking candidates for an entrylevel management position for our 24-hour National Command Center.

The ideal applicant will have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Candidates for this position must be well organized and capable of working in a fast paced environment. Candidates must have an untarnished criminal record as well as a high school diploma. Starting Salary: Between $27,000 and $31,000. Please forward all resumes to: dschatzle@ cambridgesecurity services.com

Handyman DO It ALL

Interior/Exterior new & repairs. All types of Carpentry.Reasonable rates,quality work, reliable, experienced.

13VH06620900

(201)991-3223

employment

Upholsterer: FT Position for experienced upholsterer. Sewing a must.

Pay based on experience.

Driver/Helper: For deliveries of furniture and working in shop environment. Must have a NJ Driver’s license. Must be handy, hard working and willing to learn a new trade.

Must speak English.

Carpenter: Looking for experience FT carpenter for furniture repair.

Must have knowledge of all hand tools and work on own, without supervision.

Wood refinisher/Touch up: Looking for experienced wood refinisher of office furniture.

Someone with full knowledge of refinishing process and technics.

Must have a valid driver’s license.

Call 201-246-2199.

eleCtriCal

eleCtriCal

EMERALD ELECtRIC 25 Years Experience • All types of electrical wiring 24 hour emergency service Free Estimate Lic # 11909

10% OFF with ad El. Insp. # 7566

(201)955-2678

paving

paving

JAg pAVINg CORp. Commercial & Residential Driveways Parking Lots • Belgian Blocks • Sidwalks • Steps • Pavers • Retaining Walls • All asphalt work

Lic by NJ, Member of BBB • Fully Insured • Free Estimates www.jagpaving.com LORENA (201)991-4165

Cell: (201)401-4525 Kearny Fax:(201)997-5783

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Handyman “Fair Deal Dan” Painting, Sheetrock, plastering, Odd Jobs, Flooring, Windows and doors, Plumbing, replace water heater, Leaky Faucets, Tile work for floors, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Counter Tops and Granite. Lic#V203575.

201-448-1563.

CLASSIFIEDS

landsCaping MARIO ESpOSItO

LANDSCApINg LLC SNOW REMOVAL Lawn maintenance Top Soil • Mulch Free Estimates (201)438-3991

clEANiNg SErvicES

HANDYMAN Painting • Sheetrock • Plastering • Flooring.

Reasonable rates.

(862)452-7695 Sami.

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roofing

g & R Builders All Roofing & Siding. Patchwork.

Senior Citizen Discounts

(201)893-0656

N&J REMODELERS

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News from the Nutley Police blotter Jan. 10 Several Nutley High School students reported that their cellular phones were removed from the gym locker room. The incidents were logged at 10:48 a.m. Detectives are investigating.

Jan. 8 An investigation of a motor vehicle accident on Lloyd St. resulted in the arrest of Jillian Mahon, 24, of Nutley, at 5:11 p.m. Police said Mahon was charged with two counts of possession of cocaine and meth amphetamine and one count of possession of marijuana and released pending a court hearing.

At 4:32 p.m., police responded to a Clover St. resident on a report of harassing phone calls from someone identifying themselves as “Kevin Petterson” of the IRS who reportedly told the resident they needed to pay $2,000 immediately 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 DeVausney Place resident reported 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 window had been pried open

and the driver’s side window 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. 7 A 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.

Jan. 6 At 10:31 a.m., police 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 someone 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 another 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. Detectives are reviewing the resident’s home surveillance tape for possible clues.

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The suspect was spotted and Carl Johnson, 35, of River Vale, turned out to be wanted detained on Devon St. by

by Kearny, Newark and Hack- Capt. John Gouveia and Sgt. Peter Gleason. The victim, ensack, police said, and was brought to the area by Resua, arrested on those warrants.

ID’d the man, police said, and 54-year-old Kearny resident At 2:30 p.m., Sgt. Robert Kenneth Martin was charged Maguire and Det. Marc Mcwith disorderly conduct, unCafferey went to the Kearny lawful possession of a weaphome of 22-year-old Justin on, possession of a weapon Paz and arrested him on an outstanding drug-related war- for unlawful purposes, and rant from the Kearny Munici- tampering with evidence (discarding the knife as he fled). pal Court.

The knife was later found by Officer Jay Balogh respond- Resua on Dukes St. ed to Walmart at 11:45 p.m.

At 11 p.m., with the and arrested store employee Jose Zerbian, 22, of Belleville, temperature hovering around 8 degrees (not counting the on theft charges. Police said wind-chill), the Vice Squad the suspect had been caught took into custody a Newark on store video on two occasions: once, stealing food, and woman who apparently was hoping to provide a little heat once taking a $600 Xbox. in town. Arrested at Stewart and Kearny Aves., as part Jan. 8 of an ongoing prostitution At 3:30 p.m., Officer Jose investigation, was 21-year-old Resua responded to a report of a drunken and/or deranged Chantal Carmichael, who man exhibiting bizarre behav- reportedly had negotiated a $450 price for a night’s comior at a restaurant at Kearny panionship.

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Jan. 9 Det. 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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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 mellow, which is kind of like how I am in life,” Chmiel said.

They even share the same taste in music. “Fifties, sixties 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 personality 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, people or money that have gone missing, and ghost investigations – all of which he’s done

Please be advised that the Lyndhurst Board of Education will have a Regular Meeting for Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Lyndhurst High School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m., public meeting at 8:00 p.m., Lyndhurst High School Auditorium.

Photo courtesy”Absent Witness” production company

Cast and crew of “Absent Witness,” including Executive Producer Pamela Kramer (far r.).

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-

Cheryl’s Girls grab Kearny soccer championship

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A reality type show, Petry

said, gives viewers the misleading impression that a case can be solved in a few minutes. “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 Ironbound section, has produced some of his own films, some of which have paranormal themes, such as “The Ironbound Vampire” (1999), “The Ghosts of Angela Webb” (2004) and “The Larksville Ghost” (2005).

Now, he’s looking forward to a happy conclusion for “Absent Witness,” also the name of a book that Petry is in the process of writing.

“We’re very confident this TV series is going through,” he added.

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

Henry attended Newark za Clinchot (Charles) and College of Engineering. their daughters Kaitlyn He worked for PSE&G in and Alexis.

In lieu of flowers, dona- Harrison (Gas Generating plant) for many years. tions To Make A Wish He was the beloved Foundation, 1347 Perrinevbrother of Deacon John ille Rd., Monroe TownSarnas and his wife Zofia, ship, N.J. 08831 (www. and the late Robert Sarnas; nj.wish.org) would be brother-in law of Donna appreciated.

Sarnas; cherished uncle of Magdalena and Malwina; James Perritt loyal friend of 50 years, James Perritt, 70, died Robert Testa. on Jan. 4.

Relatives and friends are Arrangements were by the Thiele-Reid Family Fu- welcome to attend the funeral on Wednesday, Jan. neral Home, 585 Belgrove 15, at 9 a.m. at the ShawDr., Kearny. The funeral Buyus Home for Services, service was held at the funeral home, followed by 138 Davis Ave., at Bergen Ave. Kearny. Thence to a private cremation.

Our Lady of Sorrows Condolences and Church, Kearny, where at memories may be shared 10 a.m., the funeral Mass at www.thiele-reid.com.

James was born in Jersey will be offered. Cremation is private. Visitation is on City and was a lifelong Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 3 to resident of Kearny.

7 p.m.

He served in the U.S. In lieu of flowers, donaMarines from 1966 to tions to the St. Jude Chil1968. dren’s Research Hospital, Mr. Perritt worked 501 St. Jude Place, Memfor Monsanto Chemiphis, Tenn. 38105 (donor� cal, which later became Solutia Chemical, in South stjude.org) would be apKearny for 45 years, retir- preciated. ing several years ago.

Evelyn V. Sirois James was a member Evelyn V. (nee Cullen) of Frobisher Post 99 Sirois of North Arlington American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, (formerly of Bayonne) passed away on Sunday, both of Kearny.

Jan. 12, at the age of 88.

He is survived by his Born in Jersey City, she wife JoAnne (nee Genhad lived in Bayonne eroso); three daughters Tracey Solinski (Michael), before moving to North Arlington 30 years ago.

Katherine Perritt and She was a tube tester with Kelly Perritt; two sisters R.C.A. in Harrison for Sandra Strain and Georover 30 years prior to her gene Delaney; two brothretirement. ers Arthur and Edward Mrs. Sirois was prePerritt and his five belovdeceased by her hused grandchildren; Nichoband, Reginald A. Sirois; las and Jonathon Solinski step-son Brian Sirois; and Christopher, Gianna sister, Margaret Hoey and and Juliana Perritt. brother William Cullen.

He was predeceased Surviving are her sisterby his parents James and Margaret (Matthews) Per- in-law, Anna Mae Cullen; nieces and nephews, Janice ritt and his sister Diane Cullen, Debbie Petruska, Santamassino.

Kathleen Chapman, Eileen In lieu of flowers, the McNamara, Charles Hoey, family suggests contributions to St. Jude Children’s and Kenneth Hoey.

Visitation will be at the Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Mem- Dzikowski, Pierce & Levis Funeral Home, 24 E. 19th phis, Tenn. 38101.

St., Bayonne, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Henry M. Sarnas The funeral service will Henry M. Sarnas, 64, be from the funeral home passed away on Friday, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Jan. 10, at Community 10 a.m. Interment will be Hospital in Toms River. in Holy Cross Cemetery, He was born in Irvington OBITS from

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Margaret T. Was Margaret T. Was (nee Reto), 87, of Clifton, passed away peacefully on Jan. 10.

Born in East Newark, Margaret was raised in Harrison, graduated from Holy Cross School in 1940 and then Holy Cross Commercial in 1942. She lived in Clifton for the past 49 years. Before retirement, she had been employed as a substitute secretary for the Clifton Board of Education for seven years.

Prior employment had been as a production manager with Fischer-Stevens in Clifton. She was a faithful attendee of St. Clare RC Church in Clifton.

Margaret was predeceased 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 Lakewood; Thomas Rowland of Kearny and Theresa Fleming; 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 Madison. 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.

All of the above consider it a blessing to have been a part of her life.

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