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Lost medal recovered from Pa. By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For more than two decades, it sat – carefully preserved – in a Pennsylvania residence. Next month, however, the Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to a long-dead Kearny serviceman will be returned to the soldier’s hometown to be stored in a place of honor. Bill Sweeney, outreach coordinator for the Kearny VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education) project, co-sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary and American Legion, said the medal was conferred on Army Pvt. Wilfred J. Warhurst Jr., a World War II veteran killed in action Jan. 19, 1945, in Europe. Warhurst’s name is engraved on a bronze plaque, along with the names of other Kearny hero veterans, that is part of a permanent display mounted in the lobby of Kearny Town Hall. Sweeney said that last September, Tony Cappiti, the-then commander of the United Veterans Organization of Kearny, got a call from Army Capt. Zachariah Fike and his nonprofit organization Purple Hearts Reunited, which collects lost medals and seeks to return them to recipients or see LOST MEDAL page

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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last Friday, April 11, that it plans to undertake the most costly public waterway cleanup in its 43-year history. At a press conference held at Newark Riverfront Park, EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck said the agency will remove 4.3 million cubic yards of toxic sediment from the lower eight miles of the Passaic River, from Newark Bay to the Belleville/Newark border. The lower eight miles of the 80-mile-long waterway that runs through seven counties are “the most heavily contaminated section of the river,” according to an EPA press release, which says that, “The sediment [in the river] is

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Feds won’t pay for more firefighters Two neighboring West Hudson communities have been shut out in their bids to snag federal funding to hire more firefighters. Kearny Fire Dept. and Harrison Fire Dept. each applied for a share of SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response) grants but each was

36 new firefighters for two years. In a denial letter sent to Kearny Fire Dept., SAFER overseers said, “In fiscal year 2013, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) received over 1,500 SAFER applications requesting more than $1.67 billion in federal

turned down. For Kearny, it was the third rejection in as many years; for Harrison, the second knockdown. Kearny had applied for $1,974,525 to pay 15 new firefighters’ wages and benefits for two years; Harrison had sought $6 million to subsidize

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red Kuhrt died doing what he loved best – giving of himself to others. His former employer, the Kearny Board of Education, is honoring the automotive technology instructor’s selflessness by establishing the Fred Kuhrt Scholarship Fund to benefit students interested in advancing in the technical field. Kuhrt, a 34-year teacher at Kearny High School who had planned to retire this summer, was in his classroom on Jan. 9 when he suddenly collapsed and died. He was 58. A scholarship fundraiser has been scheduled for April 26, from 6 to 11 p.m., at the Irish American Association, 95 Kearny Ave., featuring live entertainment, raffles and 50/50s, beer, wine and food. A $50 donation is requested. Tickets are available from family members, the bartenders at Snug Harbor or Bob Walenski at Kearny High. A 1973 Kearny High alum who played football and ran track, Kuhrt always loved tinkering with anything on wheels, his wife Debbie said. He worked for L.J. Kennedy Trucking Co. on Schuyler Ave. and an automotive garage on Dukes St. before enrolling at the-then Kean College in Union to get a degree in industrial technology. Loved ones, colleagues and friends remember Kuhrt as a renaissance man of sorts. Aside from his passion for vehicular maintenance which he passed on to his enthralled students, many of whom went on to careers

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in the automotive industry, Kuhrt’s enthusiasm for sports and the outdoors was also contagious among his young apprentices. At KHS, he coached freshman football, helped run the rifle team and chaperoned the German Club on several field trips. A devoted camper – he frequented the Great Divide in the foothills of rural Sussex County – Kuhrt was big into fishing and hunting, deploying bow and arrow and muzzle-loader shotgun, Debbie recalled. He was president of the Oswego Fishing Club of Kearny and Saxton Falls Rod & Gun Club in Warren County. Walenski, head custodian at KHS and a longtime pal, said his wife Susan was a

sharpshooter with Kuhrt’s rifle team. “He came to my wedding and I went to his son’s [wedding]. We used to go shopping together for tools at Harbor Freight in North Bergen. He was more family than friend.” Former colleague Bill Gaydos, KHS science chairman, said: “Fred could fix anything. And he had great rapport with his students. Often, he would stay and work with them on a class project ‘till 4 or 4:30 [p.m.].” And he was the family photographer, documenting

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travel and other adventures, Debbie said. Yet, as much as he enjoyed being active and interacting with nature, he also made time for books. “He was a history fanatic and he was an expert on big battles in military history,” Debbie said. But above all else, it was clearly Kuhrt’s attachment to the motor pool that consumed many of his waking hours. He was a member of the Wanderers Car Club of Sussex County and the MG see TRIBUTE page

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Play ball! (and politics, too) By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON –

aturday’s opening ceremony for the North Arlington Recreation Girls’ Softball season took on a political twist. Mayor Peter Massa, a Democrat, complained that he was snubbed by League President Mike Tetto when Tetto picked Republican Councilman Joseph Bianchi to throw out the honorary first pitch at Allan Park. Bianchi is hoping to unseat Massa in the municipal election in November. Massa griped that Tetto’s selection process amounted to a “political endorsement” of his opponent. It should be the mayor who gets the honor of addressing the crowd at the home opener, Massa said, “particular when, as mayor, I sign off on resolutions authorizing all the improvements made to the field.” “And, I supported, along with the other Democrats on the council, giving Mr. Tetto

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[and other recreation groups] a $2,000 stipend to bolster their program,” Massa said. Asked about the mayor’s charge, Tetto said he was a registered independent and that the mayor was “upset he didn’t get called up [to speak] because it’s an election year. Last year, the mayor and council didn’t even show up for our opening day.”

Tetto said he picked Bianchi for the honor “because he’s heavily involved with our program, even without having any kids or grandkids playing for us. He returns my calls, he goes down [to Allan Park] to help out and he was in support

of lights for the field.” But Tetto said the Democrats on the governing body reneged on a promise he says was made last year to put in the lights. “We were told the field will be so bright that, ‘you’ll be able to see Allan Park

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News in brief HARRISON – Harrison Mayor James Fife, 73, is spending time in St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, where he is recovering from surgery. The hospital declined to provide any information but Councilman James Doran, who is serving as Fife’s campaign manager for this year’s municipal election season, said that Fife was experi-

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Nutley $2.75 million in transitional aid this year that Revenue & Finance Commissioner Tom Evans said would somewhat offset the pain of a municipal tax increase triggered by a devaluation of the Roche property. Evans said that the special compensation corresponds to the diminished share of municipal, school and county taxes that Nutley will realize as a result of demolition at the Roche site, which its owners plan to vacate by sometime in 2015. Had Nutley not received the aid package, the owner of an “average” house assessed at $314,000 would have faced a municipal tax increase of $109 but, with the aid, the tax impact is reduced to a projected $72 increase just on the municipal portion of the 2014 tax bill, Evans said. This is expected, he said, despite the fact that overall municipal spending is up by less than 2%. Because the aid is a “special category” of transitional aid -- designed to offer tax relief to a municipality that experiences an extraordinary loss of property value by providing a “partial adjustment” to cover that lost value – Nutley won’t be saddled with the fiscal monitoring by the state that normally accompanies the granting of transitional aid, Evans said. “The state recognizes that Nutley ranks in the 96th percentile of the state’s Best Practices checklist so for that reason we won’t be included in the traditional fiscal oversight program,” he said. “We’re seen as a wellmanaged municipality.”

Evans said that Nutley would have to reapply in 2015 for the special aid as the township continues to transition to a future without Roche. The property owners have hired a marketing firm to find a buyer for its property, which overlaps Nutley and Clifton. KEARNY – A Franklin School sixthgrader in Kearny faced disciplining in the wake of an incident that happened outside the Davis Ave. school last Thursday. Sources said that two sixth-graders, best of friends, were waiting for classes to start that morning. After one of them reportedly hid the other’s cellular phone, her friend allegedly removed a kitchen knife from a backpack and displayed it. At that point, sources said, other students reported the incident to teachers. The Juvenile Aid Bureau responded, but sources said there was no threat made and no one had been injured. There was no lockdown of the school and police worked with school administrators to calm everyone. Administrators were pleased with the police response. A school resource officer was temporarily reassigned to Franklin from Kearny High. As rumors spread through the community about the incident – especially with it happening the day after multiple students had been stabbed by another student at a school near Pittsburgh, – phones reportedly were ringing off the hook around town. – Ron Leir

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Nutley Scouts to the rescue By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

off the roof and doors and otherwise dismantling the auto, until they could safely secure the victim with a NUTLEY – neck brace, move him onto a he temperature was backboard and then gently lift bone-chilling and the him onto a gurney for transfer rain was falling in torto the waiting ambulance. rents, but undeterred by the Even though he had no nasty weather, members of the injuries whatsoever. Nutley Volunteer Emergency It was all part of a simulated & Rescue Squad were out in heavy-rescue drill, played the storm, turning a Lincoln out before an appreciative Town Car into a heap of scrap audience of Boy Scouts, who metal. watched the entire procedure They had to, for inside the protected by a large canopy, vehicle, a man was trapped. graciously provided by the For 45 minutes, using the squad. (We weren’t kidding “Jaws of Life” and other about the rain; it was like extrication devices, they worked diligently at their task, something out of “Noah.”) The drill was held the night smashing windows, ripping

of April 7 in the lot behind the EMS headquarters on Chestnut St., just east of Passaic Ave. The Scouts, members of Nutley Troop 142, had volunteered to serve as “victims” for a first-responder training course, and the squad was happy to comply, utilizing a car from an anonymous donor. (Poor car. It went from four-door sedan to no-door convertible in under an hour.) We had expected that the kids might be lying scattered

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Jeff Bahr: An Appreciation I

n the movie, “The Misfits,” Gay, the cowboy character played by Clark Gable (in what would turn out to be his last film) tries to persuade two buddies to join in a “mustanging” enterprise. “Beats wages, don’t it?” Gay asserts. The implication is that you get to keep your freedom by living life on your own terms. Hearing that phrase echo in my mind, just a few days later, I thought of Jeff Bahr, my former Observer colleague and friend from Bloomfield who was killed April 10 while riding his beloved 2012 Triumph Explorer motorcycle in West Buffalo Township, Pa. Jeff was the kind of fellow who liked to go his own way, carve out his own path – (he loved to play drums but never for a band and he ran like the wind but never went out for the school track team) – and the entertaining and instructive “One-Tank” trip columns he wrote for The Observer evidenced two of his lifelong passions: writing and motorcycling. If Jeff were writing about the day trip he’d made to the Keystone State that fateful day, he’d be sure to point out, for example, that West Buffalo Township was a rural 38-square mile area of Union County, Pa., pocketed by dairy farms and a population of 2,795 (as of the 2000 Census) and featuring as a unique attraction, the 63-foot-long, King-post truss Hayes Covered Bridge, built in 1882 and named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Longtime associates and loving friends of Jeff, including fiancée Maria Cirasella, reminisced about their fallen

comrade Sunday during visitation at the Levandoski Funeral Home, Bloomfield. Lifelong friend Joe Appleton, who attended the same kindergarten class in Oak View School, Bloomfield, said that, already at age 10, Jeff had accumulated an astounding vocabulary, reinforced by a voracious appetite for reading. Jim McDowell, now a resident of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., who met Jeff as a teen, remembered Jeff confiding that he was thinking of quitting school. “He told me, ‘The teachers just don’t get me,’ so I asked him what he intended to do with himself and he thought about it and finally he said, ‘I’ll just become a wordsmith.’ ‘’ And so he did. “The way he processed things was amazing,” McDowell said. “The angle through which he viewed things had a perspective like no one else. And he could find humor in everything. He could always find a way to make you laugh.” Jeff ’s writing career started by accident, Appleton said, when he was working for an environmental lab and his employer asked him to write something about the company. He went on to write for local newspapers, magazines and book series. He was a contributor to “Weird NJ” and “Weird Virginia,” the “Armchair Reader,” “Amazing & Unusual USA: Hundreds of Extraordinary Sights” and Backroads: Motorcycles, Travel & Adventure magazine, a monthly publication that circulates on the East Coast. Brian Rathjen, who, with his wife Shira Kamil, publishes Backroads, has enjoyed reading Jeff ’s prose for more than a quarter

Warwick, N.Y. resident Dave Erfer, who rode with Jeff for the past 15 years after they met at a Backroads rally, figures his pal went through “eight or nine” bikes in his lifetime. “The bike he was using when he was killed he’d had only two weeks,” Erfer said. “He said it was ‘close to perfect’ because it had anti-lock brakes, traction control and cruise control.” “The biggest thing about Jeff was, he always knew his history about the places he visited,” Erfer said. “We used to say that riding with Jeff was like riding with Google because of all the facts he could recite.” “I’m going to miss our morning wake-up calls. In fact, he called me at 9:10 [a.m.] the morning he died on his helmet intercom to tell me he was on his day ride to Pennsylvania. I was enroute to work. An hour later, he was dead.” As he was working his way through his recovery from throat cancer, Jeff would PHOTO COURTESY BACKROADS MAGAZINE work out in the basement of Appleton’s home. And, a century. “We’ve been friends it, “People fascinated him. week before the fatal acciand biking pals,” he said. He got them to open up.” “Last August, when Jeff had And that probably explained dent, Appleton recalled, Jeff “rode his bicycle eight miles his cancer – and I had had why he was a CB radio opcancer myself – we were a erator. And why he outfitted to try and get his wind back. mutual support team. We his motorcycle helmets with He was so overwhelmed that kind of lifted up each other.” radio units so he could carry he could do that, he pulled over and cried.” As for the articles Jeff sub- on conversations with bike For some reason, Appleton mitted, Rathjen said the aubuddies while he was riding said, Jeff had a fascination thor’s copy “had a fresh and to share his adventures on for skyscrapers and high vibrant style” and invariably the road with them. structures. “He’d drive anyfeatured “a wealth of bizarre Jeff ’s fixation with bikes and interesting knowledge.” began officially in 1985 when, where to find one of those huge radio towers.” And, Rathjen added, “If we according to biker buddy Maybe now, Jeff is lookneeded to fill space at the and Netcong resident Paul ing down from the ultimate last minute, you could always Alesi, he got his first cycle, height and realizing that he’s rely on Jeff to provide some- a Nighthawk 950. “He kept achieved all that he set out thing. He was always upbeat, it for a year, sold it and got to do and that those he’s left positive, one of the most a 550E Suzuki. And then he behind appreciated – and unique guys I’ve met.” went to a Suzuki Intruder were inspired by – the effort. Jeff ’s ability to draw people 700,” Alesi said. “He’d take out amplified his story-tellthat up to New Hampshire to – Ron Leir ing talent. As McDowell put visit his sister.”

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Town has new health officer KEARNY – enneth Pincus is Kearny’s new health officer. Pincus, a resident of Warren, was hired last Tuesday night by the local governing body at an annual salary of $99,500, effective May 1. He replaces John Sarnas, who retired April 1 after a four-decade-plus career in the health department. Pincus has worked since 2006 as principal registered environmental health specialist for the Westfield Regional Health Department in Westfield. Before that, he was registered environmental health specialist for the Edison Department of Health from 1995 to 2006. And, prior, he was a part-time registered environmental health specialist for the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook from 2004 to 2010. This will mark Pincus’s first time serving as a certified municipal health officer. Still, Mayor Alberto Santos said he’s persuaded that Pincus is a good choice for the job. “We had nine applicants of whom all but one had a municipal health officer license and extensive experience in local health departments,” Santos said. “We interviewed two with the most experience.”

M.S. in health administration from New Jersey City University, Jersey City. Working in the health field “has been my passion,” Pincus told The Observer last week. While he has had no prior work-related experience in Kearny, Pincus said he has driven through the West Hudson area many times. In his previous job, Pincus

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The long arm of the law By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY –

earny police reported last week that they have closed two cases dating to 2012, “one crime solved through DNA, the other, the old-fashioned way,” said KPD Chief John Dowie.

The latter involved the Sept. 30, 2012, armed hold-up of a liquor store at Seeley and Kearny Aves. At about 8 p.m. on that date, a lone bandit, wielding an automatic handgun, robbed the shop and then fled on foot, running east on Seeley. The investigating officer, Det. Scott Traynor, reviewed

surveillance tapes, noting the type of weapon used and the gunman’s clothing -- a darkcolored, hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask -- and later linked these details to a similar crime in Bayonne, Dowie said. Traynor kept up with the case, working with police in that city and developing information from

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his street sources. He subsequently identified a possible suspect -- 25-year-old Bayonne resident Jonathan Jeffery. Last month, after evidence was presented to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, warrants were issued for Jeffery’s arrest on weapons and armed robbery charges in Kearny. The alleged perp, already lodged in the Hudson County Jail in connection with his Bayonne arrest, was brought to KPD headquarters on April 4 for formal processing and was then returned to his secure habitat. The second case concerned the Nov. 1, 2012, burglary of a gas station at Belgrove Drive and Passaic Ave. The culprit, Dowie noted, had taken advantage of the fact that the sta-

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tion had no electrical power in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, broke in through a garage window and absconded with cigarettes, lottery tickets and cash. Responding to the scene were Det. Michael Gonzalez and Det. Stephen Podolski, who recovered probable DNA evidence. This was sent to the State Police lab for processing, and last month a probable suspect was ID’d, Dowie said. That suspect, Brian Kinney, 30, of Kearny, had also been linked to a series of robberies at Payless shoe stores in Kearny and Newark, police said, and was incarcerated at the Essex County Jail. On April 4, he was processed there on the additional Kearny charges of burglary and theft.

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“We perform music from the ’40s through the ’70s,” said D’Angelo, adding that the group features songs from usic lovers looking bands such as The Duprees, to cherish the oldies The Four Seasons and even will have their opsome Motown hits. portunity on April 25 when D’Angelo fell in love with the band Park Avenue plays music at a young age, carrying at the brand new Riva Blue in on his dad’s passion. Lyndhurst. “My father played the guitar, Park Avenue was created and he used to come to my three years ago and consists of school and play,” D’Angelo keyboard player John Lepore, said. “I played the guitar in drummer Mark Sole, bassist Natural High (the younger Mike Cardinale, guitarist OrD’ A ngelo’s first band) and I lando Sanzari and singers Bob used to sing on the corner D’Angelo, George Kistner, Joe when I was young.” Caporella and Mike Fede. D’Angelo became a singer While the band itself is after listening to much of the green in terms of experience music of the ’60s and ’70s. playing as a group, the indi“I said to myself, ‘I want to viduals who make up the band learn these harmony parts,’” all benefit from decades of D’ A ngelo said. “I used to sing performing throughout the the harmony parts in the rearea. Members of the group cord. I’ve always heard music have played with such bands as Sidewalk Symphony, Jersey since I was a tot. It was just in the blood.” Sound, and the Russ Marlow D’Angelo’s career continued Show Band.

to grow and by 1974, he had started his first band, Natural High, and began singing at several local venues including the Jetty and Big Joe’s Pub, both in Bloomfield. “I just love singing and I love music,” D’Angelo said. “I just love entertaining.” The band has played at many of the area’s best locations, including the Whiskey Café in Lyndhurst, The Chandelier in Belleville and will open Riva Blue. “You really have to hear us to appreciate (our harmonies),” D’Angelo said. “People come up to us after shows and thank us and tell us that we were really great.” The band’s harmonies have the power to send lovers of the oldies back in time on a musical adventure. On the band’s cover of Mel Carter’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” D’Angelo, Fede and Kistner all harmonize behind

the vocals of Caporella, creating the soothing, romantic croon that Carter intended the song to hold. The band also thrills on Jackie Wilson’s ’50s classic “Lonely Teardrops.” During Park Avenue’s cover, D’Angelo takes the lead while Fede, Kistner and Caporella harmonize behind him. Even with the passing of decades since Wilson released “Lonely Teardrops,” Park Avenue helps breathe life into a song that may have fallen by the wayside over time. For D’Angelo, getting out and performing in front of large crowds is the ultimate pleasure. “There’s nothing like getting yourself out there,” D’Angelo explained. “We prefer the larger crowds, naturally, but we just like being out there singing.” D’Angelo said the band has several tour dates already

booked throughout the summer and will continue to perform songs from their most recent CD, “Back in the Day.” D’Angelo hopes that the band will continue to expand its horizons and perform at new venues, including some outside the state. “We’re working on trying to get up to the Poconos,” D’Angelo said. “They just opened up a few new places up there. Atlantic City is always another possibility.” Park Avenue will play Riva Blue in Lyndhurst on Friday, April 25, at 9 p.m., and will follow that up with several performances at The Whiskey Café in Lyndhurst and The Essex Bar & Grill in Bloomfield. Riva Blue is located at 525 Riverside Ave. in Lyndhurst above King’s Court. For more information on Park Avenue, including its CD “Back in the Day,” visit the band’s website at www.parkavenj.com.

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KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ was no joke On April 4, at 6 p.m., pursuant to an ongoing narcotics investigation and armed with a search warrant from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, Kearny vice detectives paid a visit to an apartment on the 300 block of Kearny Ave. When the occupants refused to open the door, the officers employed a battering ram (a/k/a “knock, knock tool”) to gain entrance. Police said a search of the premises produced 96 grams of marijuana, a batch of marijuana cookies, a half-dozen psilocybin (psychedelic) mushrooms, 17 Xanax tablets, numerous empty plastic bags, a digital scale and $638 in cash. Arrested were Christopher Reyes, 36, and Randy Valverde, 25, both of whom were charged with possession of more than 50 grams of pot, possession with intent to distribute, intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school

(Kearny High) and 500 feet of a public library, possession of the mushrooms and prescription drug with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. In addition, police said, Valverde had outstanding warrants from East Newark, Belleville and West Caldwell. His bail was set at $10,000; Reyes’, at $5,000. Other recent reports from the KPD blotter included the following: April 6 Officer Ben Wuelfing, on patrol at 4 a.m., saw a Jeep make an illegal turn at Kearny and Bergen Aves. and stopped the vehicle at Halstead St. Police said the driver, Max Salazar, 41, of Kearny, was found to have a suspended license. He was also reportedly found to have a strong odor of alcohol about his person and to be unsteady on his feet. While Wuelfing was conducting

field sobriety tests, back-up Officer Chris Medina observed an open bottle of beer in the Jeep, police said. When Salazar “violently resisted arrest,” Wuelfing employed OC spray, to no effect, police said. Salazar then allegedly elbowed Medina in the chest, threw the bottle at him and kicked Wuelfing. When the cops had to wrestle the belligerent man to the ground, which was covered in shattered beer-bottle glass, Medina suffered lacerations to his hand, police said. Salazar, who reportedly refused to take an Alcotest, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, DWI, driving while suspended, possession of a weapon (the bottle) and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

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over five generations, Scott believes that the family’s history separates them from Tim and Scott Bixler may other realtors in the area. not have been alive when their “Within the community, great-grandfather helped dewe’ve been around so long velop Kearny’s Manor section that people knew my dad and in 1926, but the twin brothers my uncle,” Scott said. “There’s and co-owners of The Bixler just a lot of history with us in Group have taken up the fam- town.” ily real estate business. Scott explained that families Originally born in Kearny, have bought their homes from the brothers joined their great the twins’ father or grandfauncle at The Bixler Group in ther, then sold them later in 2002 after graduating from St. life through them. Lawrence University. “My grandfather sold a “At the time, there weren’t customer a house and we many corporate jobs and it have those files still in the was an opportunity for (my basement,” Scott said. “I can brother and I) to work towalk in the basement and put gether,” said Scott Bixler. “So our hands on a file from the after college, my brother and 1940s.” I decided to talk to my great Scott believes that having uncle about coming back to the extensive history of the Kearny.” home on file is not only an adThe Bixler Group, besides vantage, but also an important being a family business, was piece to show to prospective a great spot for the brothers home buyers. to settle. With Scott’s back“We can take (the file) to a ground in real estate and listing and show them what Tim’s insurance background, the house looked like in the the pair could work in their 1940s,” Scott said. “It’s a niche field under the same roof. that we have.” “It has always been real esScott believes that The tate and insurance,” Scott said. Bixler Group’s success stems “My brother tends to do about from its long history and 90% of the insurance and I hands-on ownership. handle about the same amount “I think a lot of it has to of real estate.” do with that we’re a familyScott said the real estate owned business that’s been market was something that around a long time,” Scott always intrigued him, but said. “We’re a smaller mom the chance to help someone and pop where we, as the achieve his or her dreams owners, are constantly hands keeps him motivated. on.” “I love working with people He continued, “My great within the community,” Scott uncle sold someone a house in explained. “It’s great to walk the ‘60s and now they’re lookaway from a closing table, but ing to sell it and they came to even better to know you just us because they remember the fulfilled someone’s dream.” service he gave them.” With 115 years of service to However, things weren’t Hudson and Bergen County always easy for the twins.

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“When the market crashed in 2008, it was a struggle,” Scott said. “It made us work harder. We figured that if we could make it through that, we could make it through anything and we’ve built it back up since then. We’ve brought our name back to the strength it always was.” As for the future of The Bixler Group, Scott hopes to continue to strengthen the family business. “We’re trying to stay small, but surround ourselves with other good agents,” Scott said. “We’d like to get a few more

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the many communities along the lower Passaic River” over severely contaminated with seven years to develop the dioxin, polychlorinated cleanup plan. biphenyls (PCBs), heavy The EPA will hold three metals, pesticides and other public hearings to outline the contaminants from more than plan as it now stands, the inia century of industrial activtial one slated for May 7 at 7 ity.” p.m. at the Portuguese Sports EPA spokesman Elias Club, 55 Prospect St., Newark. Rodriguez said the agency Another May hearing – the has estimated it will cost as date and location not yet much as $1.7 billion to enact fixed – will be held in Kearny a cleanup plan still being and a June hearing is to folassembled but it still cannot low, again date and location predict how long the job will to be determined, in Beltake to do. And it won’t be leville. until early 2015 that the plan People can also submit will be finalized, after the written comments by mail to: agency hears from the public, Alice Yeh, Remedial Project he added. Manager, U.S. EnvironmenOne reason the cleanup tal Protection Agency, 290 figures to be so expensive is Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. 10007that it calls for “bank-to-bank 1866 or by email to: Pasdredging … followed by capsaicLower8MileComments. ping of the river bottom,” the Region2@epa.gov. For more release said. information, call 212-637-4427. The EPA said it consulted “High concentrations of with the state Department of dioxin, PCBs and other conEnvironmental Protection, taminants in the lower eight U.S. Army Corps of Engimiles of the Passaic River are neers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife a serious threat to the peoService and the National ple who eat fish and crabs Oceanic and Atmospheric from this river,” Enck said. Administration, “with out(Catching crabs is prohibited reach to representatives of and there are “Do Not Eat” RIVER FIX from

advisories posted for all fish in the lower Passaic.) “The EPA’s proposed cleanup plan will result in a cleaner river that protects people’s health and increases the productive use of one of New Jersey’s most important natural resources and creates jobs during the cleanup. Doing less is not good enough for this river or the people who live along it,” Enck said. According to the EPA, the Diamond Alkali plant in Newark that produced Agent Orange and pesticides in the 1960s “generated dioxin that contaminated the land and the river.” An additional 100 or so companies “are potentially responsible for generating and releasing” other pollutants into the river. The lower 17 miles of the river, running from Newark Bay to the Dundee Dam at Garfield, are part of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site and from 1983 to 2001, extensive cleanup work was done on land at the Diamond Alkali facility and in the streets and homes near it. In 2012, an EPA-approved contractor dredged, treated

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and removed 40,000 cubic yards of dioxin contaminated sediment from the river near the plant. And in 2013, EPA oversaw dredging of about 16,000 cubic yards of “highly contaminated sediment” from a half-mile stretch of the river along Riverside County Park in Lyndhurst, outside of the lower eight miles. That work is ongoing. A long-term study of what to do about contaminated sediment in the 17-mile stretch is still being done by a group of about 70 corporate entities known as the Lower Passaic Cooperating Partners Group with EPA oversight. Meanwhile, the EPA is focused on the cleanup of the Passaic’s lower eight miles where “there is an approximately 10-to-15-foot deep reservoir of contaminated fine-grained sediment,” of which 4.3 million cubic yards – enough to fill MetLife Stadium twice – “will be dredged and removed” and a protective cap consisting of stone and two feet of sand and will be placed over the 5.4 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment that would remain on the river bottom.

EPA says the dredging would remove nearly 18 pounds of “highly toxic” dioxin, more than 35,000 pounds of mercury, in excess of 15,000 pounds of PCBs and nearly 2,000 pounds of DDT. The toxic mix would be “prepared for transport by rail for incineration and/or disposal in landfills.” An estimated 7% of the stuff “may require incineration at out-of-state facilities in the U.S. and Canada.” Along the shore, however, the cap will be “one foot of sand and one foot of materials to support habitat for fish and plants.” After it has a final cleanup plan in place, EPA will undertake engineering and design work “in the following years.” EPA says it will continue to “pursue agreements to ensure that the cleanup work [being proposed for the lower eight miles] be carried out and paid for by those responsible for the contamination at the site.” The draft plan for the lower eight mile cleanup can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ region02/passaicriver or at http://www.ourpassaic.org. – Ron Leir

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The letter said that each application is evaluated and rated on the basis of four review categories: “clarity of the project description, demonstration of financial need, impact on daily operations and realization of cost benefit.” No specific explanation was provided, to either Kearny or Harrison, as to why their applications were denied. Kearny Fire Chief Steven Dyl

said that the premise of his application was to bring the total number of personnel up to a “full T.O.(Table of Organization) to 102.” Now, Dyl said, “I guess it’s back to the drawing board. It’s frustrating. We had a set plan for what we intended to do.” Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, who has acknowledged that both the Police and Fire Departments are working under shorthanded conditions,

said that going forward “will be a challenge. I expect that if we are successful in getting transitional aid, this is one issue we’re going to look at.” In Harrison, Fire Director Harold Stahl said the town would, at some point, file a new application. “The year before [FEMA] told us we didn’t ask for enough,” Stahl said. “So, this time around, I thought we were in line to get funded.”

With current staffing of 29, getting the additional 36 requested positions filled “would have brought us up to the T.O. of many years ago,” Stahl said. For now, he said, “we’re still alive and well.” And, on April 9, the town’s governing body voted to authorize the purchase of two 2014 4-Wheel-Drive Ford Expedition SSVs (Special Service Vehicles) from Breyer Ford of Morristown for a total of

$74,603 under a 3-year lease/ purchase arranged through the Cranford Police Cooperative Pricing System. Stahl said the vehicles would be replacements for two 18-year-old jeeps and would be “large enough to move men and equipment, particularly when we have recalls of offduty men in multi-alarm fires.” “We expect to take delivery sometime in May,” he added. – Ron Leir

Fundraising Walk for Cystic Fibrosis The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation holds its annual fundraising walk on Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m., at Verona Park. The Sisters for Hope, one of the many teams that raise money for Cystic Fibrosis research, will be participating in the walk. Sisters for Hope was formed by Edward Garcia and his sister, Jennifer Amos, to raise funds for a cure after Garcia’s daughters, Dominique and Rosalie, were diagnosed with the disease. Garcia said the Cystic Cystic Fibrosis Foundation receives no government funding for research and relies solely on private donations. Cystic Fibrosis is a lifethreatening, genetic disease that impacts about 30,000 children and adults in the U.S. In people with CF, a faulty gene causes the body

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ill most of her young life and had to be connected to an oxygen tank for about a year of her life. For a while, a double lung transplant improved her condition, but was not a cure. She still had difficulties and many hospitalizations. Three years after her double lung transplant, Dominique lost her lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis in 2009. Edward Garcia said, “Dominique’s passing was very hard on us and not a day goes by without our praying

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to 3 p.m. in front of Harrison Town Hall. All of the food will be donated to Holy Cross Church.

gen County, 221-223 Stuyvesant Ave., meets April 22 at 7 p.m. to elect officers.The public is invited to see the shelter and meet the board of directors. Kearny For more information, call 201Kearny Public Library, 318 896-9300. Kearny Ave., announces: The New Jersey Meadow• Uncle John’s Puppets perlands Commission will hold a formance will be held Thursfree Earth Day concert, featurday, April 17, from 4:30 to 5:30 ing Spook Handy, Tuesday, p.m. April 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the • There’ll be a screening of Meadowlands Environment a Disney Double Feature of Center, 2 DeKorte Park Pla“The Jungle Book” at 1 p.m. za. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. To and “The Jungle Book 2” at 2:30 register, contact Don Torino p.m. on Wednesday, April 16. of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol. Registration is not required com or 201-230-4983. for these programs, but seating Learn how the N.J. Invasive is limited. Strike Team is working to ad• A book sale continues dress the spread of non-native through Thursday, April 17, species that threaten the enviduring normal library hours. ronment and natural resources Patrons will find a huge selec- on Wednesday, April 23, from 7 tion of donated and discarded to 9 p.m., at the MEC. It’s open hardcover and paperback to all ages.  Admission is $5; books. Books are a quarter $4 for MEC members. Regiseach or five for $1. tration is recommended and Bloomfield Kearny High School’s Project appreciated. To register, visit Bloomfield Public Library, Graduation sponsors a Volwww.njmeadowlands.gov/ec. 90 Broad St., announces: leyball Tournament on Friday, Registration is required for • Egg Hunt for kids ages 18 a Ladybug craft program for months to 5 only on April 16 at April 25, in the school’s gymnasium, 336 Devon St. Contact grades 1 to 4 at Lyndhurst Pub11 a.m. Melissa Dyl for information lic Library, 355 Valley Brook • Book Club on Monday, Ave., on Monday, April 28, 3:30 May 5, from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., to at 201-978-8257. There will be to 4:15 p.m. Call the library at a 50/50 raffle Friday, June 20, discuss Ha Jin’s novel “Wait201-804-2478 to register. after graduation ceremonies. ing.” For more information or Lyndhurst Health DepartThe winner need not be prefor help in locating a copy of ment, 601 Riverside Avenue, sent. Tickets are $10. To purthe book club selection, call Suite 1, hosts a free Women’s the Reference Desk at 973-566- chase or sell tickets, contact Health Clinic, in partnership Sandy Hyde at 551-265-8969. 6200, ext 502. with Clara Maass Medical Kearny UNICO sponsors Oakeside Bloomfield CulturCenter, on April 25, at 9 a.m. a fundraising bus trip to the al Center, 240 Belleville Ave., The clinic will provide educahosts a Tricky Tray fundraiser Showboat Casino in Atlantion on breast self-examination tic City on Sunday, April 27, on Friday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. leaving from the parking lot of and a pap smear. This event Tickets, available only in Kearny Federal Savings Bank at is open to female township advance, are $25. To purchase residents age 18 and older. For 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $30 and tickets, call 973-429-0960. can be obtained by calling Lou appointments, call 201-8042500. Pandolfi at 201-368-2409. Harrison Dr. John Favetta will conduct The Peruvians United of Lyndhurst free eye screening Wednesday, Harrison will conduct a food The Humane Society of Ber- May 7, at 10 a.m., at the Health drive on April 20 from 11 a.m. Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., holds a Teddy Bear Tea Party for children on Saturday, May 3, at 2 p.m. Registration closes April 28. Belleville Irish American Association sponsors a trip to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Boston and Mohegan Sun Casino, June 2-6. Cost is $485. For an itinerary or more information, call Pat at 973-751-5308 or email patn139@aol.com. Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave.. hosts a blood drive on Saturday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donors must be at least age 17, weigh at least 120 pounds, bring a signed form of ID and know their social security number. For more information, call the New Jersey Blood Center at 973-676-4700.

Dept. He will test for vision acuity, visual field and glaucoma. Call for an appointment. Polish American Citizens Club, 730 New Jersey Ave., presents a Polka Mass dinner dance on Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. For tickets, call Alice at 201-935-3830 or Loretta at 201438-3513. Lyndhurst Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3549, 527 Valley Brook Ave., hosts a Karaoke party on Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. The VFW hall is available to rent for all occasions. For more information, call the post at 201-939-3080.

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North Arlington Public Library, 210 Ridge Road, offers: • ESL Group Class on Tuesdays starts April 22. Visit or call for more information. • Historical Fact and Fiction Club meets Thursday, April 24, at 10 a.m. • Saturday Afternoon Poets celebrate National Poetry Month April 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with a poetry reading and music performance. All ages are welcome. • YA Movie Day for grades 6 and up will be held Friday, April 25, at 3 p.m. • Comics Club for grades 6 and up meets Wednesday, April 30, at 3:30 p.m. • Origami for grades 4 and up is held Monday, April 28, at 3:30 p.m. • Woman’s Club Craft is available for grades K to 5 Tuesday, April 22, at 6 p.m. Registration is required. Call 201-955-5640, ext. 126. To register, just leave a message. Senior Harmony Club announces the following trips: • Sands Casino, Thursday,

April 24. For reservations or information, call Florence at 201-991-3173. • Westchester Broadway Theater to see the musical “Ragtime,” Thursday, May 1. Reservations must be made ASAP. Call Anna at 201-9392960.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 120 Prospect St., hosts a Home-made Pasta Dinner Saturday, May 3, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $6 for children ages 12 and younger. Visit the rectory to purchase tickets. All proceeds benefit the church’s CCD program. Registration is open for the Nutley Parks and Recreation Department’s “Let’s Get Moving,” for ages 3 to 5, to refine motor skills and increase balance. Classes begin April 22. Two sessions are available: Tuesdays at 1 p.m. or Thursdays at 9:15 a.m. Online registration is available at nutleynj.my.gov-i.com/recreation or at the Recreation Department, 44 Park Ave, reachable at 973-284-4966. Nutley Police Department holds its next Neighborhood Watch meeting April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building on the third floor. This meeting will focus on identity theft and learning about common scams. Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, announces: • Earth Day Story Time, Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. • Friends of the Library book sale, April 24 to 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Stock up on hardcover books, paperbacks, CDs and DVDs. Donations will be collected April 21 to 23.

Register now for Nutley Fine Art show Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers, director of the Department of Public Affairs, encourages all local artists interested in participating in the Fine Art Alliance of Nutley Art Show and Cocktail reception, to submit their registration forms now.

The event will take place on Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Nutley AMVETS Post 184, Park Avenue, and will feature local artists of various disciplines such as photography, painting, sketches and sculptures. A suggested donation of $5 will be accepted at the door

with 100% of the proceeds going to the Nutley AmVets. “This is such a wonderful opportunity to showcase Nutley’s local talent, and introduce these fine artists to the community.” commented Commissioner Rogers. “We have a wealth of amazing talent in Nutley, and in

the surrounding areas, and we are delighted to be able to provide an arena for them to showcase their work.” Similar to the Art on the Avenue events, this program will offer artists the unique opportunity to display their works with the option to sell to the public.

Credit cards will not be accepted. Artists currently living in Nutley will be given priority placement for this first event, but all artists are invited to participate, and are encouraged to contact Meredith Blank at 973-284-4978 for more information.

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Bixler takes on Oti as new realtor Scott Bixler, broker of record, is happy to announce that Maggy Oti is now with The Bixler Group. Maggy Oti provides the highest level of knowledge, expertise, discretion and integrity in the specialized art of client representation and negotiation in real estate, Bixler said. Oti has been a licensed New Jersey realtor since 1999. “Joining The Bixler Group in 2014 as a full-time professional immediately provided Maggy with a network of real estate professionals. Along the way Maggy has received many awards; however, her biggest accomplishment is the delight of her clients.

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Celebrate World Book Night at KPL Friends of the Kearny Public Library host World Book Night Book Giveaway on Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m. at the front entrance of the Main Library, 318

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Join Yantacaw Walks next week Yantacaw School, Nutley, kicks off Yantacaw Walks first Walk-to-School on Wednesday, April 23, with a walking parade, guests, and giveaways. Students will pledge to walk to school with a minimum commitment of once a week and different grades will compete to tally the most walks. Students will also work together to meet a school-wide goal of miles logged. Drivers are asked to be aware of children walking to and from school by slowing down, especially approaching crosswalks. Drivers should exercise caution, obey all traffic laws, look both ways before turning, avoid texting while driving, and expect the unexpected. For more information, visit Yantacaw Walks on Facebook (www.facebook.com/YantacawWalks), email YantacawWalks@nutleynj.org, or call 973-284-4900, ext. 2424. In Nutley’s neighborhood school model, students live within walking distance of school; however, only 23% of Nutley students walk to school. That’s better than the 13% national average but still dramatically less than the 66% of children who walked to school in 1970, officials said. “Adults and children alike are spending too much time in cars, including for the vast majority of trips under a mile,” says leading public health expert, pediatrician, and Yantacaw Walks Executive Advisor Dr. Richard Jackson, chairman of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA. “When we engineer physical activity out of children’s lives, we steal from them health and years of life. The health consequences

of physical inactivity are a national health threat, with a growing number of children developing diseases once seen only in adults, such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and fatty livers,” warns Jackson. “When more students walk to school, we establish healthy habits, reduce traffic congestion and air pollution around the school, and increase students’ confidence and independence. We’ve found that students who walk to school arrive refreshed and ready to learn,” says Yantacaw Principal Annemarie Carollo. Yantacaw Walks was inspired by a November 2013 talk that Dr. Jackson gave in Nutley in which he conveyed the urgency of the public health crisis caused by a lack of exercise among children. “Not only is it our responsibility to educate our students, we must support them in developing healthy lifestyles for the long haul,” says Superintendent of Nutley Public Schools Russell Lazovick. “Walking to school is a simple part of the solution. As Jackson puts it, ‘Health happens in neighborhoods, not doctors’ offices.’” Yantacaw Walks is a ShapingNJ project funded in part by a $10,000 grant from the Partners for Health Foundation. The grant was awarded to the Health Department to fund program components such as walk-to-school pledges; route improvements and signage; kick-off and weekly walk-to-school events; classroom and school-wide challenges; educational materials; and education and promotion through traditional and social media channels. ShapingNJ is a public-

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Pvt. Wilfred J. Warhurst’s lost medal (l.) and the veteran’s name (r.) listed on a list of hero veterans on a bronze table in the Kearny Town Hall lobby.

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Mendez takes over Harrison baseball program At 28 years old, Jairo Mendez is not far removed from his playing days, when he was an excellent pitcher, first at Kearny High School and later on, Montclair State. But Mendez feels he’s ready for the challenge of being a high school baseball head coach. Thus the reason why he took over the Harrison High School program this season, after Sean Dolaghan stepped down for family obligations. Mendez, who had been an assistant coach with the Blue Tide for the past four years with Dolaghan, had an inkling that the program would be his toward the end of last season. “He told me that he was going to step down because of his family,” Mendez said. “Sean recommended me for the job and spoke highly of me. I think that helped put me in a good spot. I felt like I was ready. The challenge is always exciting.” Mendez said that he didn’t get that much grief from his closest friends in Kearny, taking over as head coach at the neighboring rival school. “Maybe I heard things when I first started,

but not now,” Mendez said. “In fact, my friends were all congratulating me and wishing me luck more than anything.” Mendez was asked about the transition, going from assistant coach to head coach. “It really has been pretty easy,” Mendez said. “My assistant coaches (Jimmy Morais, Charles Comprelli, Paul Herbster, Jose Morillo, Alex Delgado and Joe Wroblewski) have all helped me out a lot. It’s been okay. I’m not there to make friends. I’m there to teach them about baseball and teach them life skills. It’s almost like being the boss of a company.” The Blue Tide has enjoyed a good start to Mendez’s first season as head coach, winning five of their first seven games. Leading the way is senior right-handed pitcher Tommy Dolaghan, the former coach’s nephew, who has done everything and anything leading the Blue Tide. Dolaghan has won his first two decisions, including a 10-2 win over Dickinson of Jersey City last weekend. Dolaghan see VIEW page

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The Queen of Peace softball team is spearheaded by the play of its senior captains. From l. are Nikki Sammartino, Melissa Gallo, head coach George Steel, Gabby Lombardozzi and Raychel Piserchia.

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or the last 40 years or so, George Steel has heard all the jokes about his name. And no, he’s not the famous professional wrestler. “I’ve heard it all the time,” said Steel, a lifetime Kearny resident. “I have to explain that I’m not a Yale professor like he is. Everyone calls me ‘The Animal’ because of him. We have a lot of fun with the name.” Steel is also a coaching lifer. For years, Steel helped to run the Kearny Generals youth football program. He was also an assistant football coach at Queen of Peace under several regimes, including the state championship team coached by Andy Cerco. “I’ve been back and forth at Queen of Peace,” said Steel, who also served as an assistant

under head coaches Tom Ferriero and Ed Stinson. For the last few years, Steel has been an assistant football coach at Morris Catholic in Denville. This spring, Steel took on a different challenge – becoming the head softball coach at Queen of Peace. “I think this year’s team can be a little more productive than last year’s team,” said Steel, who was an assistant softball coach at QP last year under Mike Flynn. “To be honest, we had only one scrimmage game (in the preseason) because of the weather. We used the first couple of games as practice for the rest of the season.” With that in mind, Steel isn’t too concerned about the team’s 2-3 start. The Golden Griffins defeated Dwight-Englewood and Harrison, before falling to Secaucus and Lyndhurst last

week. “We scored six runs in the seventh inning to beat DwightEnglewood,” Steel said. “We hit the ball real well.” Steel feels that better times are ahead. “I think when the girls can get on a little bit of a roll,” Steel said, “I think we can compete with anybody. We’re going to do better. I knew the last part of the schedule was going to be tough. I knew we would have a slow start. But we’re now to the point in our schedule where we’ll get some wins.” Leading the way is senior pitcher Gabby Lombardozzi, a three-year veteran on the mound for the Golden Griffins. “She’s not overpowering, but she has good control,” Steel said. “She does what I ask her to do. She throws strikes. If she see COACH next page

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can stay ahead in the count, she’s good. But if she pitches from behind, she gets in trouble.” The catcher is freshman Ashley Ruivo, who is a rarity behind the dish being lefthanded. “She’s one of the few girls who was willing to go behind the plate,” Steel said. “Gabby picked her. Gabby wanted Ashley to be the catcher. If she gets time behind the plate, she could be a good one. She also has good speed.

She’s one of our faster players.” The first base duties are being shared by a pair of seniors. Senior captain Melissa Gallo has been a hot bat in the early going, batting almost .500. “She’s hitting the ball well,” Steel said. “She has improved tremendously. She put a lot of time in during the offseason to get better and it’s showed.” The other senior first baseman is Samantha Martinez, who has been solid offensively.

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Senior right-hander Gabby Lombardozzi, seen here in action last week against Secaucus, needs to keep throwing strikes for the Queen of Peace softball team.

player,” Steel said of Amadeo. The shortstop is senior veteran Nikki Sammartino, who has been a mainstay there since she was a freshman. Sammartino was an Observer Athlete of the Week last season. “She’s hitting the ball well, batting better than .600,” Steel said. Sammartino is headed to Rutgers-Newark in the fall. Senior Kristen Vitale, another first-year player, is the third baseman. “She’s doing a good job defensively,” Steel said. Junior Jamie Nemeth is the Golden Griffins’ left fielder and the team’s fastest player. “She’s our leadoff hitter and one of the fastest kids I’ve ever seen,” Steel said. Senior Raychel Piserchia is another captain, along with Sammartino, Gallo and Lombardozzi, and the starter in centerfield. “She’s one of the best hitters on the team,” Steel said. “She’s also very good defensively.” A pair of seniors, Tori Fortunato and Kyra Gil, is splitting time in right field. Senior Dana DeAnni will get a chance to pitch, spelling Lombardozzi, from time to

time. Steel said that he ran into a small obstacle recently, when there weren’t enough capable players to field a competitive junior varsity squad. “We did a little search in the school and a couple girls came out,” Steel said. “We needed to get more people involved to keep the program moving. We don’t have a feeder program like some of the public schools. Some come to us never having played softball before, so it’s a little bit of a hindrance.” But the Golden Griffins have survived the tough times and should thrive as the season moves forward. “The girls are talented,” Steel said. “They’re trying hard and they want to play. As a coach, that’s all you can ask for. You want girls who want to play.” The Golden Griffins are scheduled to face some of the area’s top competition, like North Arlington and Kearny, in the weeks to come. Steel wants to get his team to the NJSIAA NonPublic B North state playoffs. They will need a few more wins before they can even consider such a lofty perch.

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allowed only one earned run, striking out eight and surrendering just five hits. He also had two hits and two RBI in the win. “He has the most experience of anyone on our staff,” Mendez said of the former Observer Athlete of the Week. “He’s been battling since Day One. He throws all of his pitches for strikes and mixes up his pitches well. He changes speed well and hits his spots.” Senior Sebastian Sanchez is another top returning hurler. The right-hander has a lot of confidence in his pitches. “He’s not overpowering but he keeps it low and gets a lot of support from his teammates,” Mendez said of Sanchez. Sophomore Markise Valentin is another solid pitcher. “He comes from all different angles,” Mendez said. “He comes from the side, over the top, anywhere. And he has a lot of movement on his pitches.” Junior Josh Williams is the team’s lone left-handed pitcher. “He reminds me of Cliff Lee,” Mendez said of Williams, referring to the Philadelphia

Phillies’ ace. “He challenges hitters and changes speeds. He has very good location and he’s going to be a good one.” Senior Moises Roque is another solid pitcher, as well as seniors Kishan Patel and football star Adam Huseinovic. “I think Adam is going to be a key pitcher for us,” Mendez said. “He has the ability to shut the door.” Look for Huseinovic to be the Blue Tide’s closer this season. The catcher is junior Miguel Zorrilla, who is an excellent defensive backstop. “He is handling the pitchers well,” Mendez said. “He works hard and is a student of the game.” Seniors Ricky DeSilveira and Danny Gerris are sharing the first base duties. Gerris is a transfer from St. Peter’s Prep. “Ricky is very good defensively,” Mendez said. “Danny hits the ball well and hits it all over the field.” Valentin is the returning starter at second base. When Valentine is on the mound, junior Jordan Villalta steps in. Valentin was clutch Saturday against Dickinson, delivering two RBI.

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The Harrison baseball team will go as far as the team’s deep pitching staff will carry them. From l. are Tommy Dolaghan, Josh Williams, Sebastian Sanchez, head coach Jairo Mendez, Moises Roque, Markis Valentin and Kishan Patel.

Dolaghan and Roque share duties at shortstop, alternating depending upon who is pitching. Roque had three hits and three runs scored against Dickinson. Third base duties belong to Sanchez. When Sanchez is on the mound, sophomore Craig Ruff takes the mound. Left field responsibilities fall on the shoulders of Williams and when the lefty is pitching, then senior Brian Carr is out

there. Huseinovic is a fixture in centerfield. He might be known as a football player, but Mendez likes what Huseinovic brings to the diamond. “He’s a good all-around baseball player,” Mendez said. “He has good power and could be our cleanup hitter.” Huseinovic had two RBI in the win over Dickinson. The right field duties are being shared by senior J.P.

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Lyndhurst’s Tellefsen steps in nicely as Golden Bears’ top hurler By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

hen Emily Ringen took over the Lyndhurst High School softball program earlier this year, she wondered who would become the Golden Bears’ top pitcher, ever since Casey Zdanek graduated and took her immense talents to Drew University. However, Ringen had a good idea which way she would lean to give the ball to, namely junior Jenn Tellefsen. “I knew Jenn’s travel (team) coaches and I spoke with (former Lyndhurst coach) Elaine (Catanese),” Ringen said. “I had 100%confidence that Jenn would be our No. 1.

I knew that she was predominately an infielder, but that she was a pitcher first. I knew that she was capable of stepping right in and doing well for us.” Tellefsen was already preparing to take over the key position. “Since freshman year, I was placed at shortstop, but I’m not really an infielder,” Tellefsen said. “I just had to wait until Casey graduated. She was older, better and more experienced. I just had to wait my turn. But since I was young, I was always a pitcher. I was just hoping that I could do as well as well as what Casey did. She was amazing over her four years.” Ringen knew that Tellefsen

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ing 95 strikeouts compared to just five walks. That is impeccable control. After striking out 16 batters in a win over Kearny earlier this season, Tellefsen enjoyed a great week last week. She struck out 15 in a win over Leonia, a game that Tellefsen won on her own with a late three-run homer. She had 10 strikeouts in four innings in a win over Queen of Peace, a game where she slugged another round tripper. She had 10 strikeouts in a 2-0 loss to Kittatinny, but rebounded with nine strikeouts in four innings in a blowout continued next page

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win of Collingswood Saturday. For the season, Tellefsen is batting .400 with three homers and 14 RBI. For her efforts, Tellefsen has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week. “She really has been great,” Ringen said. “She has tremendous speed in her pitches. Batters are simply not getting around on her. The momentum she has had has been great. She keeps the ball inside and outside. She has a good pace of the game. She gets the ball and fires it in.” “Ever since I was younger, I was taught to control my speeds,” Tellefsen said. “I don’t even begin to learn a new pitch until I can control it. I think

that throwing hard doesn’t matter unless you have control. I concentrate on throwing strikes more than anything else. I concentrate on finishing my pitches and that’s helped with my control.” But 95 punch outs compared to just five walks? That’s impeccable control. “I’m very surprised I have that,” Tellefsen said. “I’ve worked on all my pitches, but I never expected this.” While it’s easy to focus on what Tellefsen does on the mound, she’s also a ferocious hitter as well, evidenced by the clutch homer against Leonia. “She bailed us out in the Leonia game big time,” Ringen said. “She hit an absolute shot and like that, we were up

three.” Tellefsen said that she was just trying to make solid contact. “Alyssa Pipon got hit by a pitch right before I got up,” Tellefsen said. “She said, ‘It’s your turn to hit the ball.’ I just hit the ball and ran. I was so relieved it was a home run, because I was able to drive my teammates in.” Ringen said that Tellefsen is a dangerous hitter as well. “She’s up there to hit,” Ringen said. “Her power is unbelievable. She’s an elite softball player, both as a pitcher and a hitter. You don’t get to see a lot of girls who play softball all year. But that’s what Jenny does. She plays 10 months a year. She’s taken a

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good control of this team and helping out the other pitchers and catchers. I’m very impressed.” “I like to think of myself as being a pitcher who can hit,” Tellefsen said. Ringen can’t sing Tellefsen’s praises enough. “She’s doing all the right things right now, on the mound, in the batter’s box,” Ringen said. “She’s also a very good student.” It means that Tellefsen would be someone that the colleges would want to look at. “I’d love to play softball in college,” Tellefsen said. “I am trying to go either Division II or possibly Division I. I have a lot of confidence in myself right now. I also think we can

go pretty far this season.” When the season ends at Lyndhurst, Tellefsen will play for the New Jersey Pride, a quality travel program based in Fairfield. “But I love playing with my Lyndhurst teammates,” Tellefsen said. “We all get along great.” “She’s a funny kid,” Ringen said. “She has a lot of one-liners that make everyone laugh. She jumps right in with everyone. She’s very friendly and very respectful. She’s matured nicely on the field and in the classroom.” As long as Tellefsen keeps pitching and hitting the way she has been thus far, the Lyndhurst softball team can go a long way.

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they wanted. (Being Boy Scouts, they know a lot of knots.) When the task was done, Squad members lifted the board and flipped it over, so that Randall was suspended in air, face down. He remained safely immobile, despite the force of gravity. Good work, kids! Although the evening’s

experiences were fun, the underlying purpose was quite serious. Troop 142 is trying to earn the “Messengers of Peace” award that will be presented in May at the N.J. State Police/National Guard Camporee in Sea Girt. According to the Camporee website, gardenstatescouting. org, “Messengers of Peace,” launched in September 2011, is a “global initiative de-

signed to inspire millions of young men and women .. . to work towards peace.” Using social media, “the initiative lets Scouts from around the world share what they have done and inspire fellow Scouts to undertake similar efforts in their own communities, encouraging the completion of a Good Turn in your community and helping others.” As their community

HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Pre-School EXPO April 24, 2014 • 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Harrison High School Cafeteria • The Harrison Public School District will sponsor an Exposition on April 24th in the high school cafeteria for parents of currently enrolled and new pre-school children. • Refreshments will be served; there will be activities for children, including face-painting and balloon art; and there will also be a display of children’s artwork. • Exhibitors will be available to explain services available to parents, such as:

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Horizon NJ Health Family Success Center New Jersey Family Care Insurance Harrison Public Library Harrison Board of Health Valley National Bank The YMCA Goodwill Prevent Child Abuse

Parents will also have the opportunity to learn about our different pre-school centers and the registration procedure to follow for the 2014-2015 school year.

HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2014-2015 Pre-School Registration • Registration of new students for the Harrison Public School District’s free pre-school program will begin shortly. • Enrollment in this program is open to resident children who will be three years old by October 1, 2014. • The registration process will be explained at a meeting on April 24th to take place at Harrison High School beginning at 6:30 p.m. Registration Packets will be distributed for the first time at this meeting. • In addition, parents will learn about the different pre-school centers that serve our children and several exhibitors will be available to explain other free services available to parents. • Beginning April 25th parents of new pre-school children may also pick up registration packets at the Harrison Residency Office, 620 N. Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard. • Parents may return completed registration packets to the Residency Office beginning May 5th, but only after making an appointment to register by calling 973 268 7825. • Early registration is recommended, as children are placed in pre-school centers on a first-come first-served basis. • Parents may call 973 268 7825 with any questions. Child Find: Parents who are concerned that their pre-school child is developing or learning differently may request an evaluation by the district’s special education department. For more information call 973 483 2128.

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Scouts from Troop 142 get hands-on lessons in first aid for accident victims.

service project, the local Scouts wanted to help the Rescue Squad. The Scouts learned much and the Squad members had the opportunity to continue to perfect their already impressive skills. The drill also provided learning opportunites in other ways. While the Scouts

were outside, watching the first responders’ rescue efforts at the car wreck, we heard one of the Scout leaders say, “This is what happens when you drink and drive . . . or when you text and drive.” Hopefully, that message will be imprinted upon all of them. Forever.

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Tessie Babinski Tessie (Truskolawski) Babinski, 100, a resident of St. Joseph’s Seniors Home Nursing Center and Assisted Living, Woodbridge, and formerly of Basking Ridge and Kearny, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 7. Tessie was the wife of the late Chester Babinski, her beloved husband of 57 years. Visiting was scheduled for Tuesday April 15, at the Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home. 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, from 4 to 8 pm. A funeral Mass will be on Wednesday, April 16, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, 115 S. Third St., Harrison. Interment will follow in Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington. Tessie was devoted to her family, her faith, and her friends. She worked at RCA in Harrison for many years and loved to read, knit and crochet. She is survived by her two sons, Edward and his wife Pauline of Uxbridge, Mass., and Raymond and his wife Judith of Basking Ridge; grandson Paul and his wife Kristin, grandson David and his wife Nikki; granddaughter Elizabeth Baker and her husband Brent; granddaughter Katherine Thompson and her husband Bryan; and six greatgrandchildren Allison, Emily and Samantha Babinski, Tessa Baker and Reese and Cole Thompson. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her memory to St. Joseph’s Seniors Home Nursing Center and Assisted Living, 1-3 St. Joseph Terrace, Woodridge, N.J. 07095.

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and flew 42 missions over Italy. His last year was spent in a German POW camp after his plane was shot down. In 1948 he married Eileen Farrell and worked as a fireman with the Kearny Fire Department until retiring in 1985. After retiring he moved to his summer home in Manasquan and wintered in Ellenton, Fla. He enjoyed fishing, boating, shuffleboard and traveling to many destinations. Mr. Beesley is survived by his wife of 65 years, Eileen (nee Farrell) and is also survived by two sons, Dr. Ellis N. Beesley Jr. and his partner John Silkey and Philip E. Beesley and his wife Eileen, and four grandchildren, Scott Philip and his fiancee Bethany Smith, Claire Catharine, Robert and Ryan. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Visitation was slated for Tuesday, April 15, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at the NearyQuinn Funeral Home, 39 South St., Manasquan. A Mass of Resurrection will be held on Wednesday, April 16, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Denis Church in Manasquan. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, N.J. 07834-1365 or a charity of your choice. For more information or to post a tribute, please visit www.neary-quinnfuneralhome.com.

Margaret Koscielecki Margaret Koscielecki died April 8. She was 88. Born in Harrison, she lived most of her life in Kearny. PriEllis Beesley vate arrangements are by the Ellis “Norman” Beesley, 92, Armitage and Wiggins Funeral of Manasquan, passed away on Home in Kearny. April 10 at Manatee Memorial Margaret was a secretary at Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. State Farm Insurance ComHe was born Nov. 22, 1921, pany in Lyndhurst. in Kearny. He was raised in Wife of the late Henry, she Kearny and was a graduate of is survived by her children Kearny High School. Christine Yanuzzi and Denis He worked for DuPont as a Koslecki, her brother Joseph research scientist and attended Zubko and her beloved grandNewark College of Engineerchildren Allisyn, Daniel, Pating. rick and Andrew all of whom After Pearl Harbor was atshe was so devoted to and tacked, he signed up with the proud of. A memorial Mass Army Air Corps as a fighter will be scheduled in the near pilot. He served in the Army future at St. Cecilia’s Church. Air Corps from 1942 to 1945,

Frank S. Lamendola Frank S. Lamendola died April 9 at home. He was 86. Born in Hoboken, he lived the past 50 years in Kearny. Arrangements were by the Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. A funeral service was held at the funeral home, followed by entombment in Holy Cross Cemetery. To leave online condolences, please visit www.armitagewiggins.com. Frank served in the Army Air Force from 1947 to 1949. He owned Aztec Spackling in Kearny. He was a member and past president of Kearny UNICO and had been the grand marshal of the Columbus Day Parade. Husband of Judi (nee Dunn), he is survived by his son Marc F. Lamendola and his daughter along with her husband Tina Marie and Brian Bartel. He was the brother of Caroline DiNardo and the late Paul Lamendola, and brother-in-law of Sandra Lamendola and Roger and JoAnn Dunn. Also surviving are his grandchildren Aidan and Tristan Lamendola and Jillian Bartel. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Imus Center at Hackensack Medical Center. St. Jude O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles. Near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return, I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Saint Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. Say three Our Fathers, Hail Mary’s and Glorias. Publication must be promised. This novena has never been known to fail. I have had my request granted R.A.R.

Prayer to St. Jude Most holy apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of difficulty and of desperate cases, of things almost despaired of Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly(make your request here)-and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity. I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful patron and do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. Amen. H.A.B.

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Dolores Machado Dolores “Pidge” Machado, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 8, surrounded by her loving family. She was 81. Pidge was born April 3, 1933, to Frank and Genevieve Sheldrick (nee Trembley) in East Newark. She was raised at 26 Reynolds Ave. in East Newark, before moving to Harrison and lived most of her life there. She worked as a bartender at The Odd Couple, Dunphy’s Hawaiian Palms, The Library Bar & Inn, all in Harrison, and at My Place in East Newark for many years. In her free time, Pidge enjoyed playing bingo at many of the local churches. Wife of the late Armand Machado and the late Joseph Choffo, Pidge is survived by her beloved children, Frank (Theresa), Joseph, Jr. (Barbara) and Mike, dear stepchildren, John and Gail, cherished brother Andy Sheldrick, loving grandchildren, Dan, Melissa, Nicol, Jeanne Marie, Leanne, Frank II, Joseph III, Megan and

Andrew and 13 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased her daughter Colleen, siblings Mary Cooper, Genevieve Brown, and Frank Sheldrick and her stepdaughter Dana Machado. Funeral services were under the direction of Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Harrison. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to help defray the funeral costs, care of Mulligan Funeral Home. Helen C. Yankowski Helen C. Yankowski of East Newark passed away Tuesday, April 8, at The Renaissance Rehabilitation and Care Center in Lincoln Park, at the age of 92. Funeral services were under the direction of the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Harrison. A funeral Mass was held at Holy Cross Church, Harrison. Her Intersee OBITS page

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HOusE FOr saLE N. ARLINgtON 2 MOTHER DAUGHTER HOUSES TO BE BUILT. 12 ARLINGTON AVE. CALL FOR DETAILS. O’HARA AgENCY (201) 997-6300

HARRISON 4 Family, plus Restaurant/Bar great income producer. All Brick Building. Call Rose 732-496-2453 For more info.

BuSiNESS foR SAlE KEARNY Nail Salon for sale or equipment for sale. 973-229-2786 Currently Available 1700 sq.ft., 5 offices w/bath & reception area at 564 Union Avenue, corner of Greylock, in Belleville. Professional office, Restaurant, or other office use. Call (973) 202-8580

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NUTLEY 250 center St. 600 square feet, busy street, Currently Dry Cleaner. Owner Looking to Retire. Call Frank 973-943-3633

KEARNY 1 ½ rooms. HT/HW included. No pets. $850/month 1 ½ security + 1 month rent. (201)997-0590

KEARNY 4 rooms, 3rd fl. Refrigerator, 1 ½ months security. References. Separate utilities. No pets. $875/month. (201)815-6870

KEARNY 4 BR’s Ideal for large family. $1650/month. 1 month security. Avl. Now. 201-674-1473 or 732-602-4043

KEARNY Modern 4 room apt. Good Closet Space. $1,150/month. Supply own utilities. 1 month security. No smoking. No pets. Available June 1st. 201-997-0659.

BELLEVILLE 2 room Studio apt. Utilities included. $700/month. 1 month security. Available May 1st. 973-454-1002

HARRISON 110 Passaic Ave, 1st floor. 2 bedrooms, LR, kitchen, bathroom. Available May 1st. $1050/month. Separate utilities. 1-1/2 months security. (973)704-4246 (201)889-8749

BLOOMFIELD Retail store for lease. Corner store avl. No food Please. Avl. June 1st. 800sq ft. private parking lot available. Call 973-566-0333.

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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

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KEARNY Convenient Location Large 3R, 1BR, includes HT/HW $825/month + security. (512) 994-4986 KEARNY 4 rent By Owner 2 & 3 BR Apts. Newly Renovated. All Units Have W/D Hook up & Basement Storage. Most units have A/C. Rents Range from $950$1475 + Utilities. 1 ½ months security + Good Credit required. Close to NY Transportation. No pets. Call 201-9988226. Between the hrs. 6am-4pm. Monday-Friday for Appt. 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 3rd fl. 1 BR, LV, Kitchen. No pets. No smoking. Electric heat. $800/month + utilities. 1 month security required. Available. 201-842-0981 KEARNY 2 BR apt. 1st fl. Dead end St. W/D Hook-up. $1,100 + 1 ½ month’s security. Avl. May 1st. 201-246-1797. KEARNY 1 BR apt.. No pets. A/C. 1 ½ Months Security. $979/month. 551-655-1619. KEARNY 3 BR’s. Extra Large Rooms. $1250/month. HT/HW included. Recently Renovated. Kitchen, Bath, HW floors, Refrigerator. 1 month security. No fees. Avl. May 1st. No pets. 973-216-9470. KEARNY Arlington section. 3 large modern rooms. Ground fl. H/W floors. Tile kitchen. Laundry facilities. Parking. Close to NY transportation. $890/month. Call 908-240-9302

KEARNY 2,000sq.ft. Modern 3 bedroom, central air, hardwood floors, laundry hookup, attic storage. No pets. $1500/month. (201)997-1514 KEARNY Large 2 bedroom apt. Just renovated. All utilities included. 1-1/2 months security. No pets. No smoking. $1200/month (201)452-2542 KEARNY 1st floor apt. 2 bedrooms, LR, DR, Kitchen and bath. Separate Utilities. $1300 + 1 month security. W/D hook-up. Available Immediately. Call 201-207-8029. KEARNY Large 1 BR apt. Featuring new kitchen, never used stove & refrigerator. New ceramic tile bathroom. Large Bedrooms. Space for office. Lots of closet space. H/W floor throughout. Ceiling fans in each room. $1,200/month + security & utilities. No pets. 201-991-6942. KEARNY Arlington Section. 1st floor, 2 bedrooms. $1250/mo + utilities. 1 month security. C/A, security alarm, modern kitchen, bathroom, coin washer/dryer. 1 off street parking. Available May 1st. (201)991-8240

KEARNY 2 family, 2nd floor, 3 bedrooms (1 big master bedroom), 2 full baths, large kitchen, new carpet & hardwood floors, dishwasher, DR, large LR, laundry room, attic, central AC/HT. private parking. $1750/month + utilities. 1 month security. Close to PATH, park & school. Available now. No pets. Call (201)955-1093 after 6pm or (201)452-1796

KEARNY 4 Large Rooms, EIK, LR, DR, Tile Bath. W/W Carpet, Heat/HW Included. No pets. Security (201)998-2584 KEARNY 6 total room. 1st fl. Renovated apt. Large LV/DR, No pets. $1,700/month + 1 month security. HT/HW included. 201-306-0892 after 5pm. KEARNY 1 BR Apt. Located 1 block from City hall. H/W floors. HT/HW included. $900/month. 1 month security. No pets. For more Info. Call Carlos 201-306-2994. KEARNY Arlington Area. 5 rooms, 1 bath. 1-1/2 months security. $1200 + utilities. No pets. (201) 213-1871 KEARNY 3 Bedroom. 1 ½ Baths. Kitchen, DR, LR. No laundry, No parking, No pets. $1250/month + 1 ½ months security. (201)246-7652 or (862) 588-9816. KEARNY Studio for rent. Utilities Included. $650/month. 1 month security. Call (201) 772-8318. Rento Estudio, utilitdades incluido. $650. Un mes de garantia. Llamar al (201) 772-8318. KEARNY Updated 2nd floor apartment. EIK, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, living room. Washer dryer hook up. HT/HW NOT included. Available June 1st. Call 201.341.6757. KEARNY 2nd fl. 2 BR, Newly Renovated. New Hardwood Floors. Plenty of closets. Use of Yard. $1,300/month. Separate Utilities. 1 ½ months security. Avail. May 1st or 15th 201-920-9308

BELLEvILLE BELLEVILLE 2nd fl. 2 BR’s, Belleville Nutley border. W/D Hook up. HT/HW included $1300/month.Avl. Jan. 1st 862-201-6166. BELLEVILLE 1 Bedroom apt. HT/HW & Gas included. A/C, refrigerator, Stove. New carpet & cabinets. 1 Car Parking. $1000/month. No pets. Avail. immediately. (973) 284-0904. Ask for Al. BELLEVILLE 5 rooms, $1,075/month. HW included. 1 ½ month security. No pets. 732-572-6885 or 732-789-5154 BELLEVILLE 2 BR modern apt. With Central air & Heat. Parking Space. 1 ½ month’s security. No pets. Available Now. (201)424-0957 BELLEVILLE Studio & 1 bedroom apts., $750-$1050. HT/HW included. 1-1/2 months security. Available now. Multiple locations. (201)509-8315 BELLEVILLE 1 BR, LV, Bathroom, kitchen. $825/month. Utilities included. 1 month security. No pets Allowed. No smoking. Available May 1st. 973-634-7261 BELLEVILLE 1 BR Apt. Available now. 1 ½ month’s security required. Utilities separate. No smoking. No pets. Please Leave Message. 973-202-1919. BELLEVILLE 2 room Studio apt. Utilities included. $700/month. 1 month security. Available May 1st. 973-454-1002

BELLEVILLE 2nd fl. 2 bedroom. HT/HW included. 1 month security. No pets. No smoking. Avl. May 1st. 973-759-7077. BELLEVILLE 2 family Home, 2nd fl. 2 BR, Kitchen, DR, Wood Floors. $1100/month. 1 month security. Heat not included. No pets. Available Now. 973-666-0797.

BLOOMFIELD BLOOMFIELD 1st. fl 2 BR. Apt. w/ driveway avl. 1 month security. Available May 1st. 862-215-7039 or 646-529-4292

HarrIsOn HARRISON 2 bedrooms, kitchen, LR, bathroom. Recently renovated. Close to PATH. Available. (201)376-3184 HARRISON Basement apt. 2 bdrms, kitchen, LR, DR, bathroom, use of patio. Available May 1st. (973)351-5512 (862)900-6266 HARRISON 3 Bedroom, $1400/mo + utilities. 1 ½ months security. No pets. 1 yr. lease required. Avl. Now. 973-610-5858. HARRISON 2nd Fl. 3 BR apt. LR/DR kitchen. $1400/month + Utilities. 1 month security. No pets. Call 201-618-0712 or 201-401-8138.

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HARRISON 2 bedroom, LR/DR, kitchen. No pets. $1050/month. 1-1/2 months security. (973)380-9007

LYNDHURSt 1 bedroom apt. 1 block from NY train. $1250/month. (973)227-1851 or (973)760-4877

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HARRISON 107 Davis Ave. 2nd floor. 3 bedrooms, LR, kitchen, bathroom. Available May 1st. (973)941-2220

LYNDHURSt 2 BR, LG ROOMS, FULLY RENOVATED. HT INCLUDED. W/D HOOK-UPS IN APT. 1550/MONTH. O’HARA AgENCY (201) 997-6300

South Bergen, 3 rooms Mature Semi retired adult with a 3yr. old well behaved mixed breed canine, Will McGuire. 201-955-2520.

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.

LYNDHURSt Furnished Studio, 1 block from Train & Bus. $875/month + Security. Includes Utilities & cable. 201-438-1987

LYNDHURSt 2nd fl. 2 BR. Separate utilities. $1,200/month. 1 month security. No pets. Available Now. Near NYC Transportation. 201-370-9105

LYNDHURSt 1 bedroom apt. in 2 family. $1000/month. 1 month security. Heat included. No smoking. No pets. Available May 1st. (201) 933-3676

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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

NEWARK 1st fl. 2 BR, LV, EIK. 1 months security. $1,200/month + Utilities. No pets. No smoking. Avl. Now. 973-634-5704.

n. arLInGTOn N.ARLINgtON Newly renovated, 2 Large BR’s, Large LV & EIK. $1,200/month, 1 ½ month security. HW included. Close to all major transportation. Available May 1st. 201-522-4470 N.ARLINgtON 1 Bedroom Apt. HT/HW included. Parking space. No pets. 201-342-2206. N.ARLINgtON 2 room studio. HT/HW included. $700 + security. Available May 1st. (201)991-5938 N.ARLINgtON 26 Gold St. 3rd fl. 2 BR, LR/DR. Kitchen. Supply own HT/HW. No pets. W/D Hookup. $1,200/month + 1 month security. 732-887-1744 N.ARLINgtON 1 bedroom. Available May 1st. No pets Separate utilities. $950. 1 mo. security. (201)467-1551 N.ARLINgtON 1 Bedroom, 2nd fl. No pets. No smoking. $875/month + utilities. Available June 1st. 1 ½ Month Security. 201-965-5837.

ruTHErFOrD RUtHERFORD 2 bedroom, 1st floor and finished basement. Washer/dryer hook-up, driveway, backyard, across NY transportation. No pets. $1900/month including heat. (201)981-9349

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rOOM FOr rEnT KEARNY Room for rent. female preferred. Kitchen use. Near NY Transportation. Available Now. 201-719-0380.

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 & bathroom. One person preferred. $550/month. Cable & Internet included. (973) 525-3860.

KEARNY Room for rent with private entrance. Private Bathroom. $600/month. Bus stop in corner. All utilities included. No smoking. No pets. Available Now. 973-981-3826.

HARRISON Room For rent, Single Female preferred. Responsible. No smoking. Call after 5pm 201-467-1300

HARRISON Room for rent. Big closets. Female preferred. Near PATH & transportation. Share kitchen. No smoking. No drinking. Available now. Utilities & Directv included. Se habla español. (973)485-9464 (551)697-7226

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rOOM FOr rEnT KEARNY Furnished room for rent. Call (973)715-2625 or (973)216-8624

LYNDHURST 1 room. 1st floor, share apartment. $600/month. Utilities included. Student preferred. (201)667-5920

MERcHANdiSE foR SAlE Clothes, GE washer & Dryer and Refrigerator. 3 Air Conditioners. Call 201-320-2478

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HARRISON Room for rent w/private bathroom. Separate entrance. 1st floor. $550/month. Utilities included. 1-1/2 months security. No smoking. No pets. (973)573-7333

Nice looking man, looking for nice woman. Must be over 60 w/no children. (973) 715-9586

KEARNY Room for rent. Utilities, cable and Internet included. Available May 1st . (201) 898-3527

Auto Body Combo Tech needed. Must speak English. (201)997-9000

KEARNY Room f/rent. Female preferred. Utilities, Wi-Fi & Directv included. $550/month. 1 month security. Available May 1st. Private entrance. (862)588-4818

Drivers CDL A/B Call today start tomorrow, Great Pay & Benefits. 201-991-1586.

KEARNY Nice 1 room for working person, off schuyler ave. Available now. Share kitchen & bath. No smoking. $400/month + security. All utilities included. 973-820-6034

MoViNG SAlE Moving Sale Dining room set, 2 bedroom sets, priced to sell. Call 201-997-3914

YARd SAlE Yard Sale – 11 Acme St. Belleville, NJ. Off Brighton, across Bella Casa. April 18 & 19. 9am-1pm. Miscellaneous items.

MERcHANdiSE foR SAlE For sale: Pacemaster 2HP treadmill Weslo cardio glide teeter Hangups machine and other household items. Call (201) 896-2796

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month],” said Debbie. “In fact, it’s still sitting in Kearny High School.” In late February, Debbie noted, the KHS PTA presented the school library with an automotive book in memory of Kuhrt and several students “spoke about how [their former teacher] inspired and guided them towards continuing their desire to pursue the automotive craft. Each student expressed how they want the school to continue the program for future students.” One former student, Joseph Ferreira, who now runs New Body Collision on Columbia Ave., credited Kuhrt with

being an active mentor in encouraging him to pursue an automotive repair business. “He was a real great guy – he was the one who got me into cars,” Ferreira said. “When I was going to Kearny High, I lived around the block from New Body and when I was in my freshman year, I worked there part-time,” Ferreira said. “Mr. Kuhrt used to stop by and check up on me to see how I was doing.” “There’s probably another 50 if not more – including people working for the town now – that Mr. Kuhrt inspired to like this trade,” Ferreira added.

Apostles of the Month

April’s theme for Apostle of the Month at Queen of Peace Elementary School, North Arlington, was to draw a poster to remind everyone to “Care for All of God’s Creations.” Principal Terri Suchocki chose the best from each class. The winners are, back, from l.: Lizbeth Garcia 5B,Chris Anderson - 6A, Marcella Padilla 8A, Kayla Gagvancella - 7B and Kimberly Murillo 7A. Front, from l.: Jonathan Deleon 4A, Aleksey Jimenez 4B and Max Rueda 5A

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with lights, Tetto said. “We are the only town that doesn’t have lights [for girls]. Our Little League fields have lights. Why only boys?” Meanwhile, at the request of Councilman Dan Pronti, the Borough Council is debating whether to install lights in the

parking lots of Allan Park and Zadroga Field. The borough engineer is preparing a cost estimate. Pronti, a Republican, said he’s pitching the idea as a crime deterrent, particularly at Zadroga Field where, he said, there are ways for people to enter through wooded areas or openings in the fence and

passing cops patrolling Schuyler Ave. have no way to view the field parking lot. But Democrats Al Granell and Tom Zammatore are skeptical about Pronti’s suggestion. Zammatore said police have reported no criminal activity in those locations since 2011. And, he said, putting in lights could simply encourage more

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sons. Recreation Commission meetings could be held at the senior center next to Borough Hall or the recreation house in front of Allan Park, since both are illuminated, he said. Zammatore said the borough should “get data from the Police Department that shows where crime is a problem” and then get an estimate for lighting those areas.

Invitation to visit SDA St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City, announces several upcoming opportunities for prospective students. On Tuesday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., the school will host its spring Open House for grades 7 to 12, featuring club and athletic demonstrations, presentations by academic departments and the administration, tours of the school and information about the admission process. Girls now enrolled in seventh grade are encouraged to visit SDA as a “Freshman for a Day.” Available dates and an application can be found on the school›s website: www. stdominicacad.com. Also available on the school’s website is information about SDA’s Rising Leaders Summer Program for girls entering grades 5 through 8, which runs from June 23 to July 24. Registration deadline is May 16. There are several Bonus Camp opportunities, including a COOP Entrance Exam Preparation Course. For more information about admissions and/or any of these programs and events, contact Admissions Director Andrea Apruzzese at 201-4345938, ext. 14, or aapruzzese@ stdominicacad.com.

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LOST MEDAL from history close together. But if that’s not doable, we’ll do a national museum.” Before dealing with missing medals, Fike was a collector of military antiques. “It broke my heart to see military items being discarded,” he said. Then, one day, his mother brought him a Purple Heart medal awarded to Pvt. Corrado Piccoli of Watertown, N.Y. “It symbolizes so much,” Fike said. So he set to find the soldier’s family so he could give them the medal. It took a year but he did it. And so began his quest in earnest. Now a member of the Vermont National Guard, Fike said: “I do my Army thing from 9 [a.m.] to 5 [p.m.] and from 9 [p.m.] to midnight I dedicate to my [Purple Hearts United] foundation and I do [medal] returns on weekends. I’ve done 80 returns so far. On April 12, I’ll be in Kansas City. I’ve gone as far as Los Angeles and, pretty much, all over the U.S.” Back in the ‘40s, Fike said, “people would tend to hide their valuables and medals in their house and, over time, they’d forget about them. Then the family sells the house and the new occupants would find these missing medals in attics and other hiding places. “In one case, a soldier got married before going to war where he is killed and is awarded the medal. His wife moves back to her family, she passes on and her kids find the medal – now they’re reunited with it and the memories of their dad.” In another case, Fike recalled, a multi-generational family didn’t realize their father’s medal was missing. “There’d been a rift and the family members hadn’t been close for maybe 55, 60 years. Then after I was able to bring them the medal, they had their first family reunion day. I got to see three generations come together and now they’re closer than they’ve ever been.” Initially a one-man enterprise, Fike said he’s now aided and abetted by 10 research volunteers, including a national genealogist, who help locate medal recipients and/or families. Once a contact is made, he schedules a medal return ceremony. “They’re professionally framed for free for

the families and we get a guest speaker, like a congressman or local dignitary. We need to do that for the families. It’s what they deserve.” Fike always makes the presentation. The framing service, travel and related costs typically run “around $1,200,” Fike said. “The first two years, I was funding that but now we rely on donations to my nonprofit.” Memorial Day return He said the Kearny private’s medal “will be framed, hopefully with his picture if we can get one, and an American flag,” when he makes the delivery on Memorial Day. “I’ll be doing two returns that day, both in New Jersey,” he said. To reach Fike’s organization, people can email him care of purpleheartsreunited@gmail. com. An obituary of Pvt. Wilfred J. Warhurst Jr. retrieved by Kearny Library Director Josh Humphrey from an old newspaper clipping said that he had lived at 92 Devon Terrace, and was a former student at Kearny High where “he became a member of champion sprint relay teams…” Before entering the service, “he was employed at the Pollak Manufacturing Co. in Kearny.” The obituary said that Warhurst “was inducted into the Army in January 1943. He trained at Camp Pickett, Val., and at Camp Davis, N.C., before being assigned to overseas duty in February 1944. He was attached to a unit of an advanced anti-aircraft artillery battalion on the Western Front.” According to Fike’s research, Warhurst was serving with the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, which advanced to Arlon, Belgium, Dec. 25-26, 1944, “and took part in the fighting to relieve Bastogne, throwing off the attacks of four German divisions, taking Villers-laBonneEau, on Jan. 10, 1945, after a 13-day fight and Lutrebois in a five-day engagement.” On Jan. 18, “the Division returned to Metz to resume its interrupted rest.” Then, the obituary says, Warhurst “was seriously wounded in action in Belgium on Jan. 12 [and] died a week later, Jan. 19, at an Army station hospital in Luxemburg.” Warhurst, who was 27 when he died, was buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery in Luxemburg.

Chalk up another year Nutley resident Terry Chalk is congratulated by Commissioner Steven Rogers on the occasion of his 99th birthday celebration April 4 at the Old Guard. “Terry is part of a generation that sacriﬁced so much in order that those of us living today can enjoy the freedom and liberty we have. At age 99, he has seen the great wars, the Depression, and the shaping of the greatest nation on earth, the United States of America,” Rogers said. “Hence, on his 99th birthday, I salute him and thank him for helping preserve our nation all these years. God bless you, Terry, and God bless America.”

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She was a loving homemaker who also worked part time for the East Newark School System as a cafeteria aide. Helen resided in East Newark for more than 50 years before moving to live with her daughter, Barbara, in Living-

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HCCC hosts ‘Women in Technology’

Nearly 200 female students from 14 high schools in Hudson County – including Kearny High – and the surrounding area attended the first annual 2014 Women in Technology Symposium at the Hudson County Community College Culinary Arts Conference Center, Jersey City, on March 26. The day-long event, developed and hosted by the HCCC Center for Business and Industry (CBI), provided information on career opportunities for women in technology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related fields. The attendees were wel-

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Work progressing at Rip Collins Field NORTH ARLINGTON – Construction of the new Rip Collins Athletic field complex in North Arlington is proceeding on schedule and should be finished by fall 2014, school officials predicted. In a prepared press release, Schools Superintendent Oliver Stringham said that excavation work is being done to lay the groundwork and foundation for what will be the new athletic field, track and new buildings. Stringham said construction crews (from Rochelle Contracting of Landing) are on the River Road site doing all the infrastructure work, now that the district has secured approvals from the state Department of Environmental Protection. Joseph Ricciardelli, president of the North Arlington Board of Education, said last week, “I don’t see any reason why we won’t be playing on the new field this fall.” “We’ve had delivery of all the irrigation materials and piping,” Ricciardelli said. “We’re putting additional drainage under what will be our new turf field and our new buildings are going to be raised an additional foot higher than what the state asked for” to off-

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