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A look back at 2015 there, but people who need the shelter were able to take Observer Correspondents showers there, find new, clean clothing and were fed. There t’s hard to believe yet was also access to toiletries — another year has gone by. and a common area for socialAnd oh what a year it’s izing or watching TV.. been in our eight readership ••• towns — Kearny, Harrison, Meanwhile, cops in Essex East Newark, North Arlington, County were being equipped Lyndhurst, Belleville, Nutley with Narcan, a drug that can and Bloomfield. save lives when a person As we do every year, here’s overdoses on opiates. Over a look back at the top stories the entire year, there were that made headlines in 2015. stories of how several peoThe first six months — January to June — were recounted ple’s lives were saved by the drug. In total, 250 Narcan kits by Kevin Canessa Jr.; July were distributed among the 27 through December, by Ron police agencies based in Essex Leir. County. ••• January A week after we reported The New Year kicked off break-ins at several Harrison with a report that Harrison exstores, the HPD had its suspect perienced a series of break-ins in custody. Keith A. Herbert, the week of Christmas 2014. 46 at the time, of Newark, was The first break-in occurred at Fulger’s at Harrison and Davis arrested by Newark police Jan. Aves. A man wearing a hoodie 6 on a strong-arm robbery in that city. HPD said Herbert allegedly smashed the busitold Newark police he was ness’ front door with a brick responsible for the Harrison to gain entry, stole cash and cigarettes and fled in a waiting break-ins, but no merchandise pickup truck. A few days later, and no cash were recovered. Herbert was remanded to the it was believed the same man who broke into Fulger’s broke Essex County Jail. HPD said into several other town stores. they were “waiting in line” to get to Herbert. First, it was Hinze’s Deli on ••• Dec. 31, 2014. Then it was Meanwhile, Kearny police Pepita’s Beauty Salon. Then arrested a man they say held it was Harrison Grocery. The up the Exxon at Passaic Ave. assailant allegedly broke front and Belgrove Drive. Charles windows on all properties. Lambaise, 25, of Kearny, was ••• charged with the crime, the Meanwhile, the North KPD said. Lambaise allegedly Arlington Police Department was awarded a new, four-year held the station’s mini-mart up with a knife, threatened to stab contract. The new contract the clerk and demanded the called for an annual-salary increase of 1.25% each year for cash in the store. He got away four years, retroactive to Jan. 1, with nothing — and was re2014. The new contract expires manded to the Hudson County Jail, South Kearny. Dec. 31, 2017. ••• ••• Around the same time, A warming center for the Kearny’s four victorious Town homeless — a place of last Council candidates were resort — opened in South Kearny at 53 Hackensack Ave. sworn in to new, four-year terms at the town’s annual There weren’t beds or cots By Kevin Canessa Jr. & Ron Leir West Hudson Publishing Company’s Fastest Growing Free Weekly Newspaper Established 1887 Family Owned & Operated

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reorganization meeting. In the First Ward, it was Albino Cardoso; in the Second Ward, it was Jonathan Giordano; in the Third Ward, it was Eileen Eckel; and in the Fourth Ward, it was Susan McCurrie. All four councilmembers are Democrats and had no Republican challengers in the November 2014 vote that got them re-elected. In fact, it’s been 15 years since a Republican last held elected office on the Kearny Council. This reorganization marked Santos’ 15th anniversary as Mayor of Kearny. He was first elected mayor in November 1999 and took office Jan. 1, 2000. ••• Moving on, the Belleville Board of Education discovered it had an estimated $3.7 million deficit. An audit had been performed by the auditing firm of Lerch, Vinci & Higgins, LLP. ••• That same week, the fourth anniversary of CANstrution was celebrated. ••• Meanwhile, Brian Fitzhenry, a Republican, was appointed to fill a Borough Council seat in North Arlington that was vacated by new Republican Mayor Joseph Bianchi, who the prior November, beat the then-incumbent Mayor Peter Massa, a Democrat. ••• We also reported a murdersuicide in Nutley, that took place on Hillside Ave. Reports at the time said a man and woman were both found dead of apparent gunshot wounds. The victims were Christina Prestianni, 37, and her boyfriend, Christopher Minichini, 38. Minichini was a state corrections officer, the Essex prosecutor said at the time. Prestianni was the owner of Pupcake Dog Grooming & Bakery, Caldwell. •••

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Around that time, the Lyndhurst Police Department hired three new cops: Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp. DeCamp and Batista were slated to begin their first tour on the job in June after completion of a 22-week academy. LeStrange was already enrolled in an alternate-route academy and was expected to begin his first tour in February. ••• Dr. Mohan S. Deshpande announced he was retiring as a cardiologist and internist. He had practiced privately on Seeley Ave. for several decades in Kearny. ••• A week later, the week of Jan. 28, we learned of initial plans for a dog park in Kearny. While initial plans for the park fell through, the town hosted a ground-breaking ceremony just two weeks ago to kick off construction of the off-leash park. There will be two separate areas for dogs — one for smaller and another for larger breeds. ••• Meanwhile, improvements to the intersection leading to the DeJessa Bridge, which links Lyndhurst to Nutley across the Passaic River, were completed. The project, pushed by Mayor Robert Giangeruso with financing help from Bergen County, cost just north of $800,000. ••• We also reported on an ice storm that took its toll on local roads and wreaked havoc on drivers. In Kearny alone, there were 48 reported motor-vehicle crashes on Jan. 18, according to a story written by our Karen Zautyk. The first one was at around 7 a.m. on Fish House Road and the last at 5:11 p.m. on Hackensack Ave., both see NEWS REVIEW page

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Ready to open health center next month By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

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everal years in the making, Harrison’s Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) – which the late Mayor Ray McDonough had pushed to create – is soon to become a reality. Its sponsor, the North Hudson Community Action Corp. has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility, 326 Harrison Ave., on Jan. 19 at 5 p.m. It will be known as the Dr. Stanley J. Siwek Health Center, in tribute to the former longtime town physician whose medical career covered 70 years. Siwek attended to municipal employees and schoolchildren for half a century. Some background: Siwek met his future wife, Catherine “Kay” Caprio, while interning at St. James Hospital, Newark, and Catherine’s mother, Edna Grau Caprio was a live-in housekeeper for Dr. A.A. Mulligan at his Harrison residence (now the Mulligan Funeral Home) where, after completing his internship, Siwek opened his first medical office. In honor of Siwe , who died in May 2015 in Florida at age 97, the Mulligan family has made a generous donation in consideration of naming the center for him. According to his obituary, as reported by The Star Ledger, Siwe “was the quintessential general practitioner: he took care of children and adults, delivered thousands of babies, assisted at surgery, set fractures, made rounds at several hospitals, had day and evening office hours, and made house calls throughout his career.” It is in that same spirit that the Siwek Health Center will be operating, judging from a briefing given The Observer last week by Joan Quigley, NHCAC president and CEO, and Dr. Carmen Mallamaci, NHCAC director of medical offices. Mallamaci is in charge of clinical operations for the corporation’s FQHCs in Hudson, Bergen and Passaic counties and Harrison will be the sixth. Harrison will offer a “family practice” for children and

they qualify for enrollment in federal Medicaid, Family Care and/or federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) coverage. No surgery or orthopedics care will be done on-site but if

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adults, plus GYN care. “We will provide primary care for people with Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance and for people without insurance,” the physician said. Patients will be billed on a sliding fee scale, keyed to their income levels. Early in the planning stages, there was an expectation that the center could also arrange for a mobile dental clinic but, Quigley said that service cannot be offered now. “We are applying for free vaccines,” said Mallamaci, “and downstairs [in the basement of 326 Harrison], the WIC [Women, Infants & Children] program will be offered two to three times a week.” The center will also have an on-site lab to do blood work “for those with insurance and at very low cost for those with no insurance,” Mallamaci said. And, she added, for the first three months it is operating – while it waits to be registered for insurance eligibility – “patients will still get tested.” Other services, she said, will include birth control counseling, prescription of medications and a full spectrum of cancer screenings for general patients, school and municipal employees, nurses, home health care aides and children. Under an arrangement pending with a local pharmacy, the center – by enrolling in the federal 340B Drug Cost Reduction program – will make patients eligible for significant drug discounts and, where possible, patients can also be directed to federal, state and/or private Patient

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In other business, the board: • girls student athletes from 2015 fall sports teams who achieved individual, county and/or state honors. • a “dance therapy group” at the high school “at no cost to the [school board].” Facilitators Linette McShane, a permanent substitute teacher with a master’s degree in school counseling, and music teacher Milagros Gonzalez say that they will offer students a “creative and expressive way” to release stress and plan to “chaperone trips” underwritten by “fundraisers” to enhance students’ efforts in the group. • cost to the district, a student trip to Italy during spring break, April 12-20, 2017, to be supervised by KHS language teacher Michele Cacciottola. Several parents spoke on behalf of the teachers. Mabel Torres said her older daugh-

the contracts, which are retroactive to July 1, 2014, and run through June 30, 2017, accordKEARNY – ing to BOE documents. Anticipating a large preswo more school employ- ence of teachers, the KBOE ee groups were placed opted to move its meeting in the fold last Monday, place to the high school Dec. 21, as the Kearny Board auditorium to accommodate of Education made like Santa an orderly crowd of teachers in delivering new labor conwearing red shirts and carrytracts to department chairs ing signs calling for action on and educational office profes- a new contract, as they have sionals. done for several months. BOE secretary/business Still in a holiday gift-giving administrator Michael DeVita mood, the BOE also authorsaid that checks containing ized a payment of $4,187.50 to retroactive pay adjustments Schools Superintendent Patrishould be mailed out soon to cia Blood, “representing 2.5% union members. of [her] annual base salary,” in Having previously inked an recognition of Blood having agreement with the custodial/ met her declared goal to “demaintenance force, the board velop and implement comhas only its teachers and adputer/technology instruction ministrators left to sign. at all grade levels K-8 during Each of the three employee the 2015-2016 school year.” groups whose members have Blood, whose contract runs ratified their new contracts from Nov. 15, 2014, to June 30, will be in line for pay raises 2019, receives a base annual totaling 8.5% over the life of salary of $167,500.

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Pamela Anderson: ‘I didn’t buy a cell phone in Nutley’ By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – ollywood star Pamela Anderson bought a cell phone and a new line of service in Nutley on Dec. 13 — and somehow, she was nowhere near the township and had no idea she’d made the purchases. And that’s because an employee of a Franklin Ave. wireless company is alleged to have used her account information — and the accounts of lesser-known folks — to open new cell phone lines on 10 iPhones and three Samsung Galaxies, according to the Nutley Police Department. Police said Timothy Mangione, 39, of Union, an employee at the wireless store, bilked victims of $8,516 in total, a combination of the value of the phones and the new phone lines he opened, including one in the Anderson’s name. Nutley Det. Tom Perrota charged Mangione with three counts of theft by deception and three counts of forgery. Police said it was Anderson who brought the fraud to the attention of the wireless store’s owner. Imagine that phone call. Police continue to investigate, they said. Mangione was released on $10,000 bail with a 10% option,

pending court. Meanwhile, the NPD released the following reports of incidents that took place between Dec. 14 and Dec. 20: Dec. 14 You may recall a blotter item from a few weeks ago where an older man was alleged to have stolen 22 boxes of condoms from a local business? Well, a few days later, Nutley police found their suspect, and his story is somewhat complex. Police, while on patrol, noticed a man they said matched the description of the suspect in the shoplifting case — he was walking with a cane and had a long green coat on, just as the suspect did. The manager of the store shortly thereafter identified the suspect, 56-year-old Harry Jackson, of Irvington. As police interviewed Jackson, they said they found he had two active West Orange warrants. When they took Jackson to HQ , police said they later learned he had two more warrants out of Millburn under an alias. Soon thereafter, police said they discovered Jackson had 100 aliases and 60 Social Security numbers, which led to the discovery of several more warrants. Jackson was charged with fourth-degree shoplifting, the NPD said, and he was re-

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So, ya wanna fight? By Ron Leir

he Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza/Festivus holiday season is supposed to be a time when we all can take a break from the whirlpool of life. We’re streaming in real time, you might say, if you’re one of those people persistently staring at a computer screen or smart phone or whatever electronic device happens to draw you in. So now, just stop looking and focusing for a microsecond – if you can – and rest easy. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em; it’s okay by me and I’m a non-puffer, although I know a lot of folks would get antsy over the proliferation of those hovering gray clouds. Just relax. Please. I know that’s tough in the USA where, ever since colonial days, we’ve been an impatient lot, whether that meant tossing tea into the river in defiance of an unjust tax, tossing off the yoke of a British royal, tossing Native

Americans off their land, tossing Prohibition out with the fermented bathwater, etc. We’ve always been a nation that demonstrated a ton of impatience. And if we didn’t get what we wanted – and we always wanted it now – we weren’t bashful about going out and getting it. We fought among ourselves, too. Historians estimate that more than 600,000 on both sides were killed in the War Between the States. So aggression has always been part of our lives. To a large extent, we could get away with that behavior trait because of our physical isolation from the European continent and much of the rest of the world ... until the bombing of Pearl Harbor and, a bit later, the terrorist attacks. Still, as the leader of the “free” world, we’ve managed to have our way so we can dictate, to a large extent, what the market will bear. Entertainment and sports make up part of that market and NFL football, a prototypi-

cal American invention with violence being the name of the game, is something we’ve recently exported to our mother country. Back to the homeland … and football … which many of us will be watching during the New Year procession of Bowl games. But while you’re watching, you may want to recall what happened a week ago Sunday with the NY Giants’ Odell Beckham going off on the Carolina defenders matched up against him. The helmet banging, the tripping, the facemask grabbing and wrenching, the fighting – all the stuff that the referees didn’t call for penalties – is just plain baffling. Never mind what may have happened before the game to trigger these senseless attacks and even assuming the defender was pushing off or worse, what was Beckham thinking? He certainly wasn’t thinking about how his reckless, mindless actions would hurt his team.

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on is even more perplexing on the heels of the NFL being “flagged” by litigation arising from alarming medical findings – albeit disputed by some experts – about the link between the violent nature of the game and players’ brain injuries. There’s the recently released film, “Concussion,” starring Will Smith, to remind us about that apparent link. By the way, I’m not suggesting that we ban football – or hockey, for that matter – because it’s great to watch a well-coached team that can execute plays, on both sides of the ball, do its stuff. (I do have second thoughts about boxing.) At the same time, I’m willing to bet that many of us who decry the violence in sports are also propped up in our couches and recliners on Game Day, hoping to see the next big hit made on a receiver. We can’t help it; it’s part of what we are.

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But even more disconcerting is the fact that neither the refs nor the player’s coach did anything about it. In a post-game interview, Giants coach Tom Coughlin, who has been coaching in the NFL since 1995, said he didn’t bench Beckham because he wanted to win the game – which would have been a significant victory since Carolina had an unblemished record. As several commentators noted, that attitude does not reflect the Coughlin as the coach with high expectations for self-discipline and professionalism among his players. And what about the officials’ performance? Yes, they gave warnings to the players and coaches that they would not tolerate this type of behavior and yes, they did throw a couple of flags, but, for the most part, they allowed the infractions to continue, pretty much unabated, despite the fact that they could have led to serious injuries. What’s more, their decision to let the craziness go

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Combatting ‘hate rhetoric’ in a big way A

KEARNY – local industrialist is responsible for a billboard erected along Truck Rt. 1&9 in Kearny that decries anti-immigrant sentiment, as expressed in the recent Republican presidential debates. The billboard reads: “Thank you Mayor Fulop for Fighting the Hate #MakeJerseyGreat.” Wendy Neu, chairwoman and CEO of Hugh Neu Corp., owner of Kearny Point Industrial Park in south Kearny, told The Observer that it was her company that conceived and executed the billboard venture. “I was very concerned about the hate rhetoric occurring in the public domain,” Neu said. “It is dangerous and can be inciteful and should not be tolerated.”

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Among his pronouncements as a GOP hopeful, Donald Trump has called for Mexico to build a wall along the border to keep illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S., blocking Muslims from entering the U.S. and monitoring

mosques in the U.S. In that context, Trump has said he recalled “thousands” of Jersey City Muslims cheering the World Trade Center’s destruction on 9/11 – a claim that Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop – and others -- have

sought to debunk. Asked if the billboard was a direct response to the latter issue, Neu said: “It did come up because of Trump’s remarks about Jersey City but we condemn all hate rhetoric, hate speech, and we had the opportunity with the billboard to go public with that.” Neu added that as an immigrant herself – [she immigrated at an early age, with her parents, from their native England to the U.S.] – “I know that what makes a country great is diversity and we should encourage it.” Asked whether her public message could be interpreted as an endorsement of Fulop as a prospective candidate for governor of New Jersey in 2017, Neu said she was “not making a political statement” of any kind. “It could have been anyone as saying this

[hate speech] is wrong,” she added. As for her 200,000 square foot Kearny Point industrial park development, Neu said the project is “evolving,” with “six or seven” prospective tenants interested in occupying the “flex-space,” four-story building and annex, where the Neu Co. will be operating a recycling business. “A good percentage of the building is leased already and several leases are being drawn up,” Neu said. Among those expected to rent space, she said, are a gourmet cookie retailer, clothing concierge storage facility, media company, photography studio and fine art restoration service. “We expect to hold a ribboncutting ceremony in January,” she said. – Ron Leir

SA benefits from WCA’s ‘Baby Shower’ The Woman’s Club of Arlington hosted its annual “Baby Shower” benefitting The Salvation Army at its monthly meeting Nov. 10 at the Girl Scout House in Kearny. Every year, items for infants and toddlers are donated by club members and then distributed by The Salvation Army to local families. This year, the contributions -- with a total value of $800 -- consisted of blankets, diapers, wipes, outfits, books, sleepers, socks, hats, bibs, winter coats and toys. Also included were several beautiful hand-knit blankets.

Salvation Army Lts. Hwang Lim and Seoyoung Lim received the donations and shared with the club their positive experience in moving to Kearny and the new programs they are supporting for the community. Further donations may be made directly to The Salvation Army at 443 Chestnut St. in Kearny. Contact Rebeca Escobar at 201-9911115 for more information. Pictured are Lt. Hwang Lim (l.) and Lt. Seoyoung Lim of The Salvation Army Kearny Corps (far r.) with Christine Jablonski, president of the Woman’s Club of Arlington (c.).

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the memory of the Holocaust alive. For younger people, in particular, Heyman stresses the importance of active civicmindedness and not to be passive bystanders. Because the trip was scheduled on short notice, not all the school’s sixthgraders could go, Dunphy said. “But the kids who did make the trip shared their experience with those who didn’t go.” insurance purposes. The Harrison center space, which was developed on the site of the old municipal health offices, next to Town Hall, with the aid of $319,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, has been outfitted with a patient registration space, a small conference area, three examination rooms, an instrument sterilization room and bathroom. Still awaited are medical and IT equipment, furniture and paintings furnished by the Foundation for Hospital Art. Vito Veneruso, NHCAC director of operations, said the center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; and from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday. It plans to start operations with one Saturday per month and add more as patient volume increases. The center’s annual operating budget is projected, initially, at $475,000 a year, Quigley said.

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5 area creches robbed of Baby Jesus statue By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – aby Jesus statues were stolen from Christmas Nativity displays set up at two churches in Kearny, and from church grounds in nearby Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Clifton, police reported. Kearny Police Chief John Dowie confirmed the thefts from Our Lady of Sorrows, 136 Davis Ave., and St. Cecilia’s, 120 Kearny Ave., during the Christmas holiday. “It’s a shame to see it happen,” said Dowie. “You hate to see churches victimized this way but at least no one incurred any damage and nobody got hurt. It was probably someone on the prowl for items like Christmas trees, wreaths, inflatable Santas and the like.” Other locations hit were Sacred Heart Church, 620 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst; Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 10 Franklin Place; and St. Clare’s Church, 69 Allwood Road, Clifton. The Rev. John Wassell, who serves as pastor at St. Cecilia’s and Our Lady of Sorrows, said that John Sarnas, deacon at OLS, discovered that the OLS figure was missing on Saturday, the morning after Christmas and “he texted me right away.” “After he told me about it, I figured I’d better check on [the crèche at St. Cecilia’s] and, sure enough, our Baby Jesus was gone, too,” Wassell said. (The priest’s residence is at St. Cecilia’s). Asked if he had any theory about the statue’s disappearance, Wassell said: “Hopefully, it’s just a prank. The fact that it’s happened at

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Baby Jesus is missing from this Nativity Scene at St. Cecilia’s Church.

a number of parishes, it sounds like it’s not a random act. Worst case scenario, it’s either a Satanic group … or it could be some kind of website telling people to do this.” Wassell said the parish plans to “leave the stable scene up. And we’ll be putting out the Three Kings [display] this weekend [in honor of the Feast of the Epiphany].” In North Arlington, Police Capt. Scott Hedenberg said that the Baby Jesus figure was reported taken from Queen of Peace Church grounds at 9 a.m. Saturday. “They figure it happened sometime between 7:30 p.m,. Christmas night and the next morning,” he added. Unfortunately, Hedenberg said, “there are no surveillance cameras in the area” so police will apparently have no footage to review for possible clues. A member of the Clifton PD Detective Bureau said that St. Clare’s Church reported the Baby Jesus statue was stolen from the creche

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58, of Nutley, was arrested and faces up to five years in prison after she allegedly filed fraudulent applications for federal and state relief following Superstorm Sandy. The Acting State Attorney General, John J. Hoffman, said Ambro allegedly filed for more than $12,000 in relief she wasn’t entitled to get. At the time, Ambro was the 23rd person to be criminally charged with trying to bilk the state and feds of Sandy money that they weren’t eligible to receive.

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City, Bayonne and Hoboken. There were 20 fire trucks or so on scene. It was so cold that day that “the hoses were freezing, too,” Kearny FD Chief Steve Dyl told The Observer. “One froze to the ground and we couldn’t move it.” ••• Meanwhile, across the Passaic River, Richard Tomko was made the new superintendent of schools in Belleville by a Board of Education vote of 5 to 1 in his favor. With the appointment came a threeplus year contract at $167,500 annually, with a chance to increase that in subsequent years by 14.99% based on merit. School board member Ralph Vellon was the only “nay” vote. ••• One town to the north, a fire displaced nine Brown St. residents. Nutley Fire Lt. Dave Hollywood said 35 firefighters from Nutley, Bloomfield and Montclair were required to put the pesky two-alarm blaze out. ••• That same week, Christopher Mojica, 24, of Newark, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of a string of robberies, including one at a Pharmacy Plus, 234 Harrison Ave., Harrison. The others all took place in Hudson and Essex counties. ••• There was another spectacular South Kearny fire, and this time, it involved a slew of brand-new cars. In total, 23 vehicles — including sedans, SUVs and mini-vans were destroyed in the fire. Chief Steve Dyl told Karen Zautyk the fire was made worse because the vehicles were stacked closely on trailers and because of burning tires and fiberglass. ••• Meanwhile, Kearny enhanced 9-1-1 system was back up and fully running in the town’s South Kearny precinct. It hadn’t been functioning since it had been wiped out during Superstorm Sandy. ••• Also in Kearny, fire department increased by seven new members, including James Corbett Jr. [son of retired Kearny police Deputy Chief James Corbett Sr.], Steven Yerkes, Kyle Plaugic [son of KPD Det. John Plaugic], Joseph Socci, Donald Alexander, John Digrivina and Jeffrey Paredes. All are either residents

of Kearny or Newark — and were scheduled to begin as probationary firefighters in June. ••• February ended with news that all police officers in Belleville — from rookies to the chief — ratified a new, threeyear contract, that called for a 3% salary bump each year. The vote was unanimous in favor of the new pact. At the time of the agreement, there were nine new cops in the academy, but there was the possibility that up to 20 members were ready to retire sometime in 2015. March In March, the Kearny Police Department announced that crime in 2014 remained static. There were just three more reported major crimes in town in 2014 — a total of 1,289. ••• Meanwhile, Marytrine DeCastro was seated as a First Ward Councilwoman in Kearny. She replaced Alex Arce, who resigned Jan. 5. ••• In Harrison, Mayor James Fife announced state monitors would continue to keep an eye on the town’s fiscal progress. Fife said he was hoping the town’s transitional aid, which prompted the monitoring, would be shifted to regular state aid. That didn’t happen. ••• In mid-March, Ed Russo, a Carlstadt developer, was granted permission by the town’s Planning Board to begin expansion of a project at 311-337 Bergen Ave. The project will ultimately see two, 3-story buildings with 70 apartments and 106 parking spots. ••• Former Kearny Councilman and ex-school board member John Leadbeater pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud in an alleged mortgagefraud scheme. In return for the his plea, the feds dropped a money-laundering charge. Leadbeater is awaiting sentencing. ••• Meanwhile, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said it was continuing to investigate the death of a Newark man, whose body was found floating in Second River off Mill St., Belleville. Roosevelt PadillaCorrea was 67. ••• see NEWS REVIEW page

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Kearny UNICO is sponsoring its “Winter Doldrums” bus trip to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City on Sunday, Jan. 31. The trip will depart at 8:30 a.m. from American Legion Post 99, 314 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Refreshments will be served to all going on the trip beginning at 7:30 a.m. Tickets cost $30 per person with $25 in slot credit back from the casino. To purchase tickets, contact Lou Pandolfi at 201-368-2409 or lpandolfi@verizon.net.

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The Harrison Senior Center, 221 Harrison Ave., will host a SHIP-Medicare Forum on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.

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Lyndhurst Public Library, 355 Valley Brook Ave., hosts the following programs. Registration is required where noted. To register, call the library at 201-804-2478. • on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Grades Pre-K to 2 are welcome. No registration is required.

planning a bus trip to St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla. from Sunday, April 24, through Saturday, April 30, Jan. 4 to Feb. 19. Space is limit- tickets, call 201-939-4277 or 2016. The trip includes visits ed and registration is required. Patty at 201-803-9580. Ticket to the Fountain of Youth and Two sessions are available at deadline is Jan. 5. No tickets historic Kingsley Plantation, 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Sessions will be sold at the door. a narrated cruise on the St. begin on Thursday, Feb. 25, and The New Jersey Sports and run to Thursday, May 12.. Exposition Authority conducts John’s River, tour of Amelia Islands and entertainment. • the next First Sunday of the For more information, call craft, open to grades 1 to 4, Month Nature Walk on Jan. Kay Roberts at 201-438-3611 or is set for Monday, Jan. 11, 3:30 3, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Josephine Kopycienski at 201p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Registration is Mill Creek Point Park, Secau998-5824. required so call in advance. cus. Mill Creek Point Park Sacred Heart Home-School is located at the end of MillAssociation, 620 Valley Brook ridge Road. For more inforNorth Arlington Ave., will host its annual mation, call 201-230-4983 or North Arlington Elks Lodge email greatauk4@gmail.com. Tricky Tray on Friday, Jan. 15. 1992, 129 Ridge Road, will host Kingsland-Lyndhurst Tickets are $10 – no one under a blood drive on Dec. 30 from AARP Chapter 4866 is 18 will be admitted. Doors 3 to 8 p.m. • Spring Storytime, open to ages

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Garfield School: honors, citizenship awards Curtis Brack, principal of Garfield School in Kearny, announces that the following students made Super Honor Roll, Honor Roll and received Citizenship Awards for the first marking period. Super Honor Roll: 4th Grade -Karla Orellana Beltran, Brianna Yadimarco, Mya Lamarr, Camila Ospina, Adam Lopez, Mateo Luna and Angela Tran. Honor Roll: 4th Grade Nikki Carrera, Priscilla Castillo, Jayden Cornejo, Bianca Faria, Victor Hanson, Paul Pepe, Andrew Talledo, Leilani Cabrera, Donny Dong, Kristine Morocho, Joshua Tapia, Edith Tenesaca-Mejia, Alexander Aguilar, Shealin Banta, Derek Brand, Adriano Rivera, Aracely Vazquez, Gustavo DeLima, Jaylen Fay, Jovan Lira, Cheyenne Pepe and Heanny Sanchez Acosta. Citizenship: 4th Grade Nikki Carrera, Priscilla Castillo, Jayden Cornejo, Damien Estrada, Bianca Faria, Victor Hanson, Alex Lalbay, Mia Ochoa, Karla Orellana Beltran, Paul Pepe, Anael Rodriguez, Andrew Talledo, Trayton Witt, Brianna Yadimarco, Leilani Cabrera, Braeden Cunningham, Donny Dong, Mya Lamarr, Kristine Morocho, Camila Ospina, Joshua Tapia, Edith Tenesaca-Mejia, Alexander Aguilar, Shealin Banta, Samuel Botelho, Derek Brand, Jaiden Malave, Julissa Montes

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NEWS REVIEW from As March drew to a close, officials in Lyndhurst announced it would work to close the 126-year-old Lincoln School as part of a township redevelopment plan. ••• Also, the U.S. Postal Service announced Kearny’s branch office, at 225 Kearny Ave., would close June 3. Uptown Kearny is now only serviced by one post office — on Midland Ave. ••• Finally, six new police officers were hired by the KPD: Dominic Dominguez, Mina Elkadious, Victor Girwood, Sean Podolski, Esteban Gonzalez and Christos Manolis. Chief John Dowie, at the time, had been authorized to hire up to 10 new cops, but couldn’t because of a limited Civil Service hiring list.

April As the year’s fourth month kicked off, officials in Kearny announced they’d be applying for a $743,000 Hudson County Community Development Block Grant to lay turf at Veterans’ Field on Belgrove Drive. The work was finished in October. ••• Meanwhile, two of Kearny’s finest and four of Kearny’s bravest were promoted to captain. In the KPD, the new captains were Anthony Sylvester and Timothy Wagner and in the KFD, the captains were David Russell, William Solano, Andrew O’Donnell and Art Bloomer. ••• In Nutley, police Chief Thomas Strumolo announced the first known case where Narcan, provided to the township by the county, was used to save a man from a drug overdose. Strumolo said a

48-year-old Hillside Ave. man had been found unconscious. On scene, Patrolman Ted Durand sensed an overdose, administered the Narcan nasally — and the victim survived. ••• A North Arlington doctor was sentenced to 37 months in prison for accepting more than $130,000 in bribes to refer patients to a Parsippany clinical-testing lab. Dr. Angelo Calabrese, 57, pled guilty to one count of accepting bribes. ••• Mid-month, Kearny Firefighter Mark Isabella Jr. was heading to Afghanistan for a deployment of up to a year. To mark his deployment, KFD Chief Steve Dyl placed a Blue Service Star on Engine 1, Isabella’s rig. ••• In Harrison, elected officials announced the town’s long-anticipated health center

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••• In South Kearny, the dead body of an unidentified man was pulled from the Hackensack River after workers near 700 Fish House Road noticed it floating. KPD Chief John Dowie told The Observer the body was unrecognizable, but did appear to be someone 40 to 50, wearing a shirt and trousers. Police said there was no indication of foul play. May The fifth month of the year started off with a report about a special eye program in East Newark. Eye exams were given to students at the elementary school and in cases where kids needed glasses, the district helps to offset the cost. ••• Meanwhile, the KFD saw more promotions from within. Michael Golon, Edward Ryan and David Auerbach were all elevated to captains. ••• In the Kearny police blotter, 28-year-old Perth Amboy resident Marilyn Bourdier was arrested and charged with drunken driving with her 6-month-old son in the car on the Belleville Turnpike. Police said they pulled Bourdier over after she was spotted speeding and with her hazard lights on. She was also issued summonses charging her with driving with a suspended license, failure to surrender her suspended license, misuse of a child-restraint seat, possession of an open container of Fireball Whiskey in a motor vehicle and drunken driving with a minor in the vehicle. The baby was released into the custody of a family friend and a representative of the state Division of Child Protection responded to interview Bourdier and to investigate the incident. ••• Meanwhile, North Arlington Mayor Joseph Bianchi ordered flags be flown at half-staff following the April 29 death of former Councilman Phil Spanola. Spanola, a retired Jersey City police detective, moved to NA in 1971 and was a Democratic representative on the council from 2005 to 2008. ••• In Kearny, Mayor Alberto G. Santos relented on a proposed ordinance to make the positions of mayor and council see NEWS REVIEW page

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A Kearny man who was a conductor in the first car of an Amtrak train that derailed earlier in the year in Philadelphia announced he was suing the railroad. Emilio Fonseca, of Dukes St., was being treated at the time at a Philly hospital for multiple broken vertebra in his back and neck and for head and shoulder trauma. The suit alleges Amtrak was negligent “in failing to install equipment that would have slowed the train as it headed into a curve while traveling at more than 100 mph when it left the tracks in the Port Richmond area.” June In Lyndhurst, a local man was shot dead by police in the township library. LPD Chief James O’Connor said Kevin Allen, 36, was approached by officers outside the library, who followed him inside the building. On the building’s third floor, police said Allen “became violent and attempted to flee.” In response, police said they used pepper spray and a baton in an attempt to subdue Allen, but he reportedly remained aggres-

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sive and came at police with a “large utility knife,” according to O’Connor. At this point, O’Connor said Allen was shot. He was later pronounced dead at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, Secaucus. ••• Meanwhile, a majority of members of the Kearny Board of Education announced it would look to remove member Daniel Esteves, also a town police officer. Sitting board members were concerned Esteves missed too many meetings because of his police schedule. Esteves, however, insisted he was working on fixing that — and pleaded with his colleagues to reconsider his removal. Esteves was ultimately removed June 1 by a unanimous 8-0 vote of the remaining members of the board. He was later replaced by Bryan Granelli, a private security firm owner, whose daughter is a student in the school system. ••• That same week, four Kearny patrolmen were promoted to sergeant: Adriano Marques, Dave Rakowski, Pat “Buzz” Sawyer and Brian Wisely. The KPD remained under the number of officers called for by the town’s table of organization. June also saw the departure of the Salvation Army of Greater Kearny’s leaders, Capt. Sherry and Lt. Maurice Moukouangala. The two were assigned to the ArkansasOklahoma Division of the Southern Territory of the S.A. Replacing the Moukouangalas were Lts. Hwang and Seoyoung Lim, previously assigned to the Montclair Citadel. ••• In Lyndhurst, the Board of Education, on May 18, appointed James Corino the interim superintendent of schools at an annual salary of $157,500. He replaced Tracey Marinelli, who resigned in April, with three years left on her contract. At the same time, Lyndhurst High School Principal Shauna DeMarco was appointed assistant superintendent. She was to continue as principal and act in a dual role as principal/assistant superintendent. ••• Also in June, Ralph Cattafi, a former Kearny Second Ward Republican Town Councilman, who had served as assistant director of recreation, was promoted to director of

recreation at an annual salary of $84,020. ••• Meanwhile, in North Arlington, longtime Chief of Police Lou Ghione announced he’d retire July 1 after 35 years on the job. Ghione would later be replaced by John Hearn, who had previously held the position of captain. ••• Meanwhile, teachers in Harrison ended the school year on a high note — they finally ratified a new contract. The fouryear deal, retroactive to July 1, 2014, calls for salary increases of 3.1% the first year, 3.5% the second year, 3.3% for the third year and 2.5% the final year. July As part of a state Dept. of Transportation “Local Concept Development Study” aimed at planning upgrades of long-neglected infrastructure statewide, state, county and local officials huddled in East Newark to discuss the “functionally obsolete” Clay St. Bridge. They estimated a $70 million replacement cost over five to seven years but offered no funding guarantees. ••• Belleville marked the discovery that the remains of a 67th Revolutionary War soldier were contained in the old Dutch Reformed Church cemetery by dedicating a replica tombstone to the soldier, Pvt. Hermanus Brown. He was killed at the Battle of Connecticut Farms (now Union Township). The soldier’s father, Lt. Henry Brown, is also buried in the cemetery. Lt. Brown’s 5x great-grandson came all the way from his home in Rochester, Minn., to attend the ceremony. ••• North Arlington and Kearny firefighters rescued a man from sinking in the mudflats, about a mile from Disposal Road. The victim, a PSE&G sub-contractor, was doing survey work on June 22 when an air hole opened and sucked the man, chest-deep, into the muck. He had a cell phone in his pocket, but couldn’t extricate it so a co-worker ran back to the roadway to get help. ••• Kearny’s American Legion Frobisher Post 99, in partnership with Catholic Charities, opened the Veterans’ Clothing see NEWS REVIEW page

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sports&recreation Sports year in review By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

The Maroon Raiders climbed aboard the shoulders of Watson, already committed to the University of Maryland, who he calendar year of 2015 was just sensational in the produced its share of state playoffs, averaging close compelling local sports to 30 points per game. stories. Here’s The Observer’s “She’s not one of the best Top 10 Sports Stories for 2015. players in the state,” Mitschow said of Watson. “She’s one 1-Lyndhurst wins NJSIAA bowling of the best in the country. Tournament of Champions Maryland is one of the best Last February, the Lyndwomen’s basketball programs hurst High School bowling in the country. They’re not team loaded up the team bus recruiting players unless they and headed south to Carolier are great.” Lanes in North Brunswick Mitschow was still trying to with modest expectations. process the idea that this team “Honestly, I was just hoping was indeed a state champion. to see if we could get Group Photo courtesy Brianna Balkin “It’s beyond our wildest I,” said Lyndhurst second-year e nd rst bo ling team earned t e distin tion o being t e ﬁrst e er rom nort ern e erse to e er apt re dreams,” Mitschow said. “We head bowling coach Brianna t e AA o rnament o C ampions title earning t e o. ports tor o ere. had so many injuries and illBalkin. “Last year, we finnesses that we had to cancel 2-Nutley girls’ basketball wins of C title. of the experience.” ished second in Group I, so I th our JV (junior varsity) team NJSIAA North 2, Group III title as seed meant Lyndhurst became the first Being the 13 wanted to win that. Last year, this year. At times, we had to No. 13 seed that the Maroon Raiders had team from northern New we broke all the records, had practice with just seven or The Nutley High School to load up the bus and play Jersey to ever capture the NJall the high scores, had the eight girls. We had to have our girls’ basketball team had a every game on the road. So it SIAA Tournament of Champistate sectional title and went assistant coaches practice. We 7-12 record a few weeks before meant traveling to places like ons title. down there and couldn’t get it the start of the NJSIAA North West Morris and Mendham in had to be creative with our “It’s been one amazing ride,” together.” practices. The kids who stuck Jersey Section 2, Group III western Morris County and Balkin said. “I credit the kids. So as the Golden Bears this out and made it through playoffs. even Orange before heading My seniors, who I call ‘The made another sojourn south the tough times. It’s a testaThe sub-.500 record forced to the remote spot called Glen Fab Five,’ have been tremenon the New Jersey Turnpike, ment to them. I tried not to the Maroon Raiders to earn Gardner in Hunterdon County. dous. It’s not just bowling. It’s Balkin had one thing in mind. tell them that they achieved the No. 13 seed out of 16 teams “We knew we were going to outside of the lanes. They’ve “In my mind, the goal was more than I believed, but deep in the state sectional. be on the road and playing in done so much for this proto win Group I,” Balkin said. down, they did. It’s something But the Maroon Raiders de- some hostile environments,” gram.” “Anything else that happened we’re all going to remember fied the odds in March when said Nutley head coach Larry The seniors are Lopez, would be a bonus.” they went to western New Mitschow. “It’s just not exSmith, Young, Hayes and But as the bus got closer to see REVIEW next page Jersey and knocked off Voorpected to happen.” Carolier Lanes, the aspirations Richard Sawires. hees, 57-53, to earn the state “It’s really amazing,” Balkin of the bowlers started to rise. sectional championship. said. “They put in the work. The Golden Bears seemed Led by junior sensation Blair They practice a lot on their to catch lightning in a bottle. Watson, who scored 29 points own.” Senior Michael Hayes was and grabbed 16 rebounds, the Lopez, Smith and Donohue inserted into the lineup to go Maroon Raiders became the have all bowled perfect games along with the Bears’ usual lowest seeded girls’ basketball in their lives, so that is also a stalwarts Jordan Lopez, Daijon team to win a state sectional huge help. Smith, Ryan Donohue and title in 20 years and became Balkin said that there was Emily Young. the first Nutley squad to win a a huge sense of pride becomThe Golden Bears started state championship since 1976. ing the first northern New the day by winning Group I Sara Grueter said it the most Jersey team to ever secure the title over Pompton Lakes. succinctly. NJSIAA T of C title. From there, the Golden “If my kids go here, they “It’s big for North Jersey,” Bears moved on to the Tourcan look up at the wall and Balkin said. “A lot of people nament of Champions to lock say that I had a part of that,” horns with Group IV champi- think that we’re at a disadvanGrueter said. “That banner tage, being from North Jersey. on Freehold Township, Group will be there forever and I was But we proved we can be just III champ Sayreville and a part of that team. It’s really a as good as the rest of the state. Observer file photo Group II champ Rahway. speechless feeling. It’s so hard It really is amazing. I think it’s e tle girls bas etball team on t e AA ort erse e tion The Golden Bears defeated to put it into words. No one something they’ll all rememro p ampions ip as t e o. seed t e lo est seed to in a state Rahway in the state semifibelieved that we could go this se tional title in more t an ber for the rest of their lives.” ears and t e ﬁrst tle state ampion sin e nals, then defeated Freehold far. I’m just so glad to be a part . Township to win the overall T

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school career at Lyndhurst in the early 1960s, earning a football scholarship to Notre Dame, where he first played quarterback, then running back and defensive back for the Fighting Irish under legendary coach Ara Parseghian. Longo was originally drafted in the 14th round by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1965, then finally battled his way to make the Giants’ final roster in 1969 at age 27 as a defensive back and kick returner. In 1970, Longo was the Giants’ starting strong safety for all 14 games that season, collecting two interceptions and recovering three fumbles for a surprising Giants team that finished 9-5 and just missed making the playoffs. After two seasons with the Giants, Longo spent the 1971 season with the Cardinals, but saw action in only two games. In his later years, Longo was very active with the NFL’s Retired Players Association. 5-NA’s Fisher wins state pole vault title in indoor track North Arlington’s Travis Fisher achieved state greatness in February, when he won the NJSIAA Group I state championship in the pole vault at the Bennett Center in Toms River. Fisher cleared the bar at 14 feet, which was a personal best, and topping Andrew Accardi of Pompton Lakes in a match of jumps. Incredibly, both Fisher and Accardi trained together at Apex Vaulting in Fairfield. Still, the victory gave Fisher a state gold medal – the second gold medal for a North Arlington track and field athlete in as many years. Last year, Danny Cordeiro, now playing soccer at NJIT, won the 800-meter run gold medal at the state meet. Not bad for an indoor track program that didn’t even exist before last year. Two years of existence, two state gold medal winners. Incredibly, it was due to the hard work of Fisher and his mother, as well as others, that pushed the North Arlington Board of Education to consider having indoor track as a varsity sport. Fisher went around collecting signatures on a petition two years ago and made a presentation to the Board of Education, calling for the implementation of indoor track as a sport. “If it never happened, then

For the second straight year, Kearny reigned supreme in both boys’ and girls’ soccer in the Hudson County Tournament, taking home the coveted county crown. The Kearny boys defeated Union City to win for a second straight year, while the Kearny girls knocked off Bayonne to win their unprecedented seventh straight county crown. No wonder why Kearny is called “Soccertown, USA.” 8-Lyndhurst/North Arlington, Nutley, Queen of Peace make

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tourney, held in Lodi. In the title game, Nutley American showed a ton of resiliency, first falling behind by four runs, then coming back to tie the game at 4-4, then falling behind again, 8-4, only to pull away down the stretch. “There was no room for error,” said Nutley American manager Carmen Alberti. “Every game was crucial. These kids never flinched. They were unfazed. They remained positive and just kept coming back after them.” Alberti said that the Nutley American kids didn’t care how much playing time they received. “Whether they were a sixinning player or a two-inning player, they all bought in,” Alberti said. “They’re a great group of kids and that’s the first step. Every kid did something, whether it was fielding, base running, hitting. They’re just a great group of kids, with no one bigger than the team. That says a lot.” The Nutley Americans had a solid three-headed pitching staff in Joe DeLanzo, Dylan Santos and Ryan Gencarelli.

All three talented right-handers saw action in the Section 2 tourney. Others of note: Nutley’s Carly Anderson earned The Observer Female Athlete of the Year award, the second straight for a Nutley girl and Belleville’s P.J. Gencarelli was named The Observer Male Athlete of the Year, the first-ever honoree from the school; North Arlington sports legend Nick Mazzolla, still the track and field coach at Queen of Peace, died suddenly; Harrison resident Jose Morillo, who earned his place as a volunteer coach in his adopted hometown of Harrison, died tragically at the age of 32; the Belleville boys’ volleyball team captured the Essex County Tournament title for the first time; Nick Edwards resigned as Kearny football coach to become Queen of Peace baseball coach. All in all, it was another fine year in local sports, all documented here in the pages of The Observer. Happy New Year and thanks for reading.

Locals make honor roll at St. Peter’s Prep James C. DeAngelo, principal of St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, has announced that the following local residents attained Honor Roll status for the first marking period of 2015-2016: Belleville: Michael Mangual, Class of 2018, attained Second Honors, and Joshua Yanicak, 2016, earned an Honorable Mention. Bloomfield: Jeremy Resurreccion, ‘19, earned First Honors. Daniel Okoh, ‘16, and Connor Heaney, ‘18, earned Second Honors. Honorable Mention was attained by Patrick Deleon, ‘16, Matthew Fetherman, ‘16, Ian Harnett, ‘17, and Sean Demo, ‘19. East Newark: Christopher Amaral, ‘19, earned First Honors. Harrison: Gabriel Trojanowski, ‘19, earned an Honorable Mention. Kearny: Garrett Gualtieri, ‘19 and Thomas Muller, ‘19, earned First Honors. Nicholas Albano, ‘18, David Reverendo, ‘18, Zachary Uhler, ‘18, John Millar, ‘19, and Michael Ribeiro,

‘19, earned Second Honors. Lyndhurst: Tyler Hansen, ‘18, and Zachary Moeller, ‘18, earned First Honors. Victor Chirichella, ‘17, earned an Honorable Mention. North Arlington: Matthew Goodman, ‘18, and Jack Meyer, ‘19. earned First Honors. Robert Wisowaty, ‘16, and Matthew Duane, ‘18, earned Second Honors. Honorable Mention was attained by Brady Marinho, ‘16, Matthew Rodriguez, ‘16, and Robert Dungan, ‘18. Nutley: Michael Fogle, ‘16, Alexander De Martino, ‘17, Marc Cozzarelli, ‘18, Brian Savage, ‘18, Andrew Chaparro, ‘19, Ethan Gaynor, ‘19, Timothy Georgetti, ‘19, Jin Leem, ‘19, and Joseph Romano, ‘19, earned First Honors. Jonathan Ahn, ‘17, Luke Bukowiec, ‘17, Dante Dias, ‘18, John Halligan, ‘18, and Dennis Kirby ‘Jr., ‘18 earned Second Honors. Honorable Mention was earned by Francis Geltrude, ‘17, Marco Califano, ‘18, and Justin Chaparro, ‘19.

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failure of the Fire Department to conduct service ladder testCenter at the post hall, 341 ing as required by state law Belgrove Drive, to assist and OSHA regulations.” returning vets prepare for job ••• interviews and other occaFire destroyed a two-story sions by offering a selection duplex at 246 Grant Ave. in of pre-worn clothing. It’s East Newark on July 23 but primarily business attire but firefighters managed to save also casual duds, along with the adjacent municipal garage personal hygiene items and from being consumed by small household items. It’s the spreading flames. Five adults first such facility in Hudson were left homeless. The County and only the second in property owner has pledged to the state. rebuild. ••• ••• Another first for Kearny: the The vacant former geriatric former St. Stephen’s School hospital building at Belleville at 131 Midland Ave. is being and Franklin Aves. in Belleville leased to the Hudson Arts & will be re-born as a 245-unit Science Charter School which apartment complex now that plans to open to some 360 kids the redeveloper, Belleville in grades K to 6 from Kearny Equities of Long Island City, and Jersey City in September N.Y., has been granted site ap2016. proval to proceed. Occupancy ••• is projected for 2017. The Controversy erupted in Bel- redeveloper, also known as leville when the township’s ex- Alma Realty, was contracted webmaster Michael Melham by East Newark several years filed a federal lawsuit against ago to redevelop the old Clark Belleville and its assessor/inThread/First Republic comterim manager Kevin Esposito plex but, so far, nothing has in connection with a commer- happened. cial project that Melham is de••• veloping next to the Municipal North Arlington’s Little Building parking lot. Melham League field on River Road is alleged that Esposito reduced due for upgrades with the help the value of that property of county Open Space funding, when the township reportedly but the borough has deferred considered acquiring the land using $362,500 in state Green via eminent domain. Melham Acres aid to acquire land asserted that state law forbids along River Road for Little the same person to simultane- League parking. ously hold the jobs of assessor and manager. The township August has disputed those claims. Nutley cops were befuddled Meanwhile, the commercial by the discovery of a tombproject is proceeding. stone engraved, “Max Fer••• reira 6.16.90 – 9.21.98,” at the The Rutherford-based N.J. Transit bus terminal on Meadowlands Museum Washington Ave. An employee launched an initiative with St. uncovered the stone during Mary’s Hospital, Passaic, to an annual cleanup of the bus find folks who came into the garage. Ultimately, part of world, roughly between the the mystery was solved after early 1900s and 1953, courtesy police learned that the graveof Dr. William Carlos Wilstone was commissioned by liams, the renowned poet who a former Newark resident for lived in Rutherford and was a his deceased Rottweiler. The staff doctor at Passaic General owner died in 2005. But how Hospital (now St. Mary’s). the stone ended up in the gaWilliams’ grave is in Lyndrage remained unexplained. hurst. ••• ••• On its fourth try over sevA verbal spat with two sueral years, Kearny Fire Departperiors leds to the dismissal of ment finally landed a federal eight-year East Newark Volun- SAFER (Staffing for Adequate teer Firefighter Ed McKeown, Fire & Emergency Response) after a mayor/borough council grant for nearly $1.6 million to hearing on July 8. McKeown, hire 12 new firefighters. The charged with insubordination funding is good for 2016 and and conduct unbecoming, is 2017. Afterward, the town must fighting back with a tort claim bear the full load. against the borough, contend••• ing he was targeted for punFirefighters safely rescued ishment after he “reported the a couple from the roof of a NEWS REVIEW from

burning residential structure at 518 Willow Ave. in Lyndhurst on Aug. 1 but, alas, three cats that belonged to the building’s owner, not home at the time of the fire, did not survive. Volunteer Fire Chief Paul Haggerty says the fire is believed to have been triggered by an electrical short in a fan in the basement. ••• The state confirmed awards of transitional aid for 2015 to Kearny, Harrison and Nutley. Kearny gets $1.5 million; Harrison, $1.6 million; and Nutley, $5.5 million as a special case to replace tax revenues lost due to Roche’s phasing out its operation straddling the Nutley/ Clifton border. ••• Harrison marked its 175th anniversary with a weekend extravaganza Aug. 7-9 that features a memorial Mass, a gala dinner, musical entertainment representing the town’s various ethnic groups and family-oriented activities, including pony rides for kids in Church Square Park, plus vendor booths along Harrison Ave. offering all types of wares and food. ••• A key municipal recreational site in Kearny, Veterans’ Memorial Field, was to be converted from natural grass to a turf facility for $1.52 million. The upgraded complex will accommodate a new lacrosse field, an additional Little League diamond, fencing and batting cages. ••• Faced with overspending the amount budgeted for firefighter overtime, Kearny averted closing a fire company and/or reducing the minimum staffing by negotiating a deal with the FMBA to accept compensatory time for the last three months of the year which may be converted to cash or time off in 2016. Meanwhile, the town authorized hiring 14 firefighters which, it hopes, will help cut down the O.T. September Lyndhurst Board of Education put a hold on planned November referendum asking voters to authorize spending $19 million on upgrades to high school and elementary schools while it focuses on plans for new junior high school, projected to cost $50 million. The new school is linked to ultimately demolition of Lincoln Elementary

School and proceeding with commercial development of that area. ••• Our Lady of Sorrow Church on Davis Ave. in Kearny celebrated its diamond jubilee on Sept. 13. ••• Belleville’s Jorge Alfredo Velasquez Ruiz was charged in connection with a hit-run on Rt. 17 in Rutherford on Aug. 27. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office alleges Ruiz struck a 32-year-old man who was fixing his bike on the highway median and left the scene. A trial is awaited. ••• Kirk Eady, the deputy warden of the Hudson County Jail in South Kearny, was sentenced to 21 months in prison after being found guilty of wiretapping co-workers who were critical of his work performance in 2012. ••• A 3-alarm fire wrecks a house at 199 Laurel Ave. in Kearny on Sept. 22, leaving its four occupants homeless. The property had recently been put on the market. ••• The Prevention Links Family Success Center opened for business at 341 Kearny Ave. in Kearny as a nonprofit facility whose mission is to help families enhance their life skills and find community resources to further aid them. ••• Belleville resident Anaisa Bautista was charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a 28-year-old cabbie on Sept. 20 on Broad St. near the Bridge St. intersection in Newark. Court action is pending. ••• A grand jury sitting in Trenton declines to indict two officers from Lyndhurst PD, one from Rutherford PD and a state trooper involved in the fatal shooting of Kashad Ashford, 23, of Newark, after a high-speed chase ended at the Lyndhurst-Rutherford border near the Park Ave. bridge on Sept. 16, 2014. Ashford was reportedly armed at the time of the shooting.

against chain theaters. ••• Hollywood director Clint Eastwood visited Helo Holdings in South Kearny for a day of shooting part of his movie “Sully” about the real-life pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 with 155 passengers and crew in the Hudson River in 2009 when mechanical problems developed from a bird strike after takeoff from LaGuardia. ••• Harrison held a ribbon-cutting for 221 Bergen, a 104-unit apartment complex on the site of the old Century Cookie factory along Bergen St. built by a development partnership of Hampshire Cos., Circle Squared Alternative Investments and CrownPoint Group for $24 million. ••• A Clifton-bound tanker truck crashed and overturned, on the western spur of the N.J. Turnpike, spilling 8,500 gallons of gas and touching off an explosion and fire on Oct. 7. The driver, Dalip Kumar, 40, of Newark, was killed. Police said Kumar had swerved to avoid mattresses and other items that had fallen from a cargo van and slammed into a guard rail. ••• A DOT contractor began work on a $13.7 million superstructure rehabilitation of the Rt. 7 Conrail bridge between the eastern and western spurs of the N.J. Turnpike in Kearny. Traffic was to be restricted to one lane in each direction along that stretch of Rt. 7. ••• Three suspects, all from Elizabeth, were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael Williams, 28, of Newark, on the 200 block of Belleville Ave. in Belleville on Oct. 8. Police believe Williams had visited a local gentleman’s club, Wet, before the shooting. This incident and prior disturbances inside and outside of the club have triggered protests by neighbors and township officials about the club. ••• A Hudson County Superior October It’s a wrap for Kearny’s Lin- Court judge ruled a second coln Cinema. The town’s lone time that Carlos Campos, movie theater closed with the charged with a triple homicide in the killing of his parents and property in tax arrears and in foreclosure. Reportedly unable niece in their Harrison home on Aug. 16, 2011, is mentally to afford upgrading to digital projection, the theater’s owner was hard-pressed to compete see NEWS REVIEW page

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••• The vacant Ridge Lumber unfit to stand trial followCo. in North Arlington may ing a competency hearing in be converted to an apartJersey City. ment building if Woodcrest ••• Property Partners has its Goodwill Industries of way. The prospective deGreater N.Y. & Northern veloper announced plans to N.J.’s Harrison headquarters build a 30-unit, four-story marked the 100th anniverapartment building with exsary of the organization clusively one-bedroom units whose mission is “to help on the site. persons with disabilities and disadvantages achieve November self-sufficiency.” Aside from Kearny Police Department programs aimed at aiding took delivery of 12 new the infirm, Goodwill in Har- SUVs for use by the patrol rison operates a thrift shop, division in place of aging offers career counseling, Crown Victorias, several a sign language program with more than 100,000 and, in a partnership with miles logged. The town Hudson County Community had been paying more than College, computer classes. $80,000 in each of the past ••• two years for repairs to its The Passaic Valley Water patrol cars. Commission advised North ••• Arlington residents about The Silver Lake Pathmark traces of E-coli bacteria supermarket in Belleville found in six samples of closed as a casualty of water out of 59 sampling the parent company A&P sites borough-wide during bankruptcy/reorganizaSeptember but hastens to tion, leaving 51 part-time add this is “not an emergen- and 19 full-time employees cy.” Subsequent re-testing jobless, according to the reportedly shows no further United Food & Commercial traces of the bacteria, the Workers union. Food Basics, PVWC said. another A&P subsidiary, on ••• Main St. in the Valley area, Kearny held a ribbon-cut- has been acquired by Fineting for Vermella Crossing, Fare, which has reportedly a nearly-completed 150-unit hired “about half ” of the rental apartment complex prior work force, the new erected by Russo Developmanagement says. ment Co. of Carlstadt along ••• Bergen Ave., just off SchuyNBC’s “Today Show” sent ler Ave. Developer Ed Russo a film crew to Nutley for a plans to build 70 additional segment that alerts homeapartments on the north owners to be wary of poside of Bergen. tential scammers posing as ••• utility workers as a means North Arlington’s Mito get access to homes and chael Choynowski, 27, was loot the contents. charged in connection with ••• an Oct. 9 hit-run on Rt. For a second winter 46 in Clifton. The victim, season in a row, Hudson a 22-year-old Moonachie County is making available woman, has been in a coma space in a privately-owned since the incident. building at 53 S. Hacken••• sack Ave. in South Kearny Ryan Steel, 25, of Kearny, as an emergency shelter was killed in a single-car for the homeless. This time accident on the Garden around, the shelter will be State Parkway in Little Egg staffed and run by the buildHarbor on Oct. 19. Police ing owner, Urban Renewal believe Steel lost control of Corp. his vehicle before crashing. ••• ••• Kearny’s Gin Mill tavern, Holy Cross Parish in Brighton Ave. and Afton St., Harrison marked its 150th is ordered shut through St. anniversary. Patrick’s Day after pleading ••• guilty to two sets of ABC viKearny’s Eric Duenas, olations at hearings held by 25, became the 16th person the mayor and Town Counthis year to take a fatal leap cil. The first penalty levied from the George Washingwas for a 60-day license ton Bridge on Oct. 22. suspension through Dec. 22 NEWS REVIEW from

and the second was for 75 days, through March 15. ••• Tulfra Realty took title to the 19-acre Roche property in Belleville for which it has been designated conditional redeveloper. The company has proposed building a hotel, restaurant and medical offices on the site but must first secure township approvals before proceeding. ••• In municipal elections, the GOP swept in North Arlington, ousting the two Dems incumbents, Al Granell and Tom Zammatore, and achieving a 7-0 majority on the governing body while Democratic Bergen County freeholder (and former borough councilman) Steve Tanelli retained his seat. Harrison’s Democratic Council incumbents, uncontested except for Second Ward, all won reelection. And East Newark Mayor Joseph Smith, a Democrat running unopposed, was re-elected to his eighth consecutive term as the borough’s chief executive. ••• Four suspects – three men and one woman – were charged in the alleged kidnapping of a Mahwah man from a Lyndhurst home on Nov. 8. ••• Kearny designates Carlstadt builder Ed Russo to develop a 17-acre stretch on the west side of Passaic Ave. Russo’s plans call for construction of 450 rental apartments spread among several buildings, along with a clubhouse, outdoor pool and dog run over the next several years. ••• Kearny Board of Education hired Jacalyn Richardson, formerly a Boonton High School administrator, as principal of Kearny High School. She’s a 1984 KHS alumna. ••• Bloomfield First Ward Councilman Elias Chalet was charged with taking a $15,000 bribe from a local businessman. Federal prosecutors say Chalet told the businessman that the town would buy his property to help clear the way for a development project. ••• A Norfolk Southern rail car spilled contaminated

soil taken from the Roche property in Nutley outside the site, at Hillside Ave. and High St., following a partial derailment. A cleanup was in process. ••• A Thanksgiving Day 3-alarm fire damaged the NY/NJ Recycling Center at the foot of Page Ave. in Lyndhurst, causing minor injuries to three firefighters from the LFD and one from the Secaucus FD. It took some 60 firefighters to quell the blaze. The building’s sprinkler system did not operate, according to Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty, who said the business has since partly resumed operations.

ing powerful painkillers. ••• A Belleville man was charged with the robbery of the Lukoil gas station on Ridge Road in North Arlington on Dec. 3. Aided by a tape from a station surveillance camera, police arrested Wayne V. Barnes, 47, as the alleged robber on Dec. 7 after finding the clothing that Barnes was wearing and a metal pipe he was carrying at the time of the crime. ••• The Lewandowski St. branch of the Hudson City Savings Bank in Lyndhurst was robbed of several thousands of dollars on Dec. 3. The suspect is still being sought. December ••• A 4-alarm fire on Dec. Consulting architects 5 wrecked two residential figured it will cost nearly buildings in Belleville’s $60 million to undertake Silver Lake section at 63 infrastructure repairs to and 61 Heckel St., displacBelleville public schools ing seven adults and several district-wide. During the animals. This blaze, comsummer, the BOE replaced ing on the heels of a Nov. boilers at the Middle School 28 fire that ruined another and School 8 that failed Silver Lake residence at inspection. 86 Belmont Ave., leaving ••• a 91-year-old woman and Author/historian/genetwo other tenants homeless, alogist Barbara Krasner of sparked cries by residents Kearny published her latest and council members to book, “Hometown Legends,” reopen the Silver Lake focused on Kearny people Firehouse on Franklin St. who’ve made significant The council has authorized contributions to the combonding up to $260,000 for munity and beyond. repairs to the firehouse but ••• officials have reservations Kearny-born Karen Akuabout proceeding because nowicz is competing for they feel the small firehouse Bravo TV’s “Top Chef.” is outdated and presents ••• safety issues for an enNorth Arlington’s Omar gine maneuvering across a Hafez, 23, faces federal busily-traveled Franklin St. charges that he defrauded ••• investors of hundreds of A new Walgreens opens thousands of dollars which at Kearny and Quincy Aves. he allegedly used for lavish A former car showroom, an personal expenses. Irish shop and empty tav••• ern, along with two homes, Nutley’s Sandra Elliott were torn down to make was charged by the state for way for the pharmacy chain. fraud for allegedly improp••• erly applying for and acHarrison Station 330, a cepting more than $90,000 329-unit apartment complex in Sandy relief funds for a along Angelo Cifelli Drive, Brick property that was not near the Harrison PATH her full-time residence. station, had a ribbon-cut••• ting. It is the latest project Kearny Fire Department developed by the joint ven- acquired oxygen masks speture of the Pegasus Group cially adapted for reviving and Ironstate Development. stricken animals. ••• ••• The State Board of MediKearny had a ceremocal Examiners suspended nial groundbreaking for the license of North Arling- the town’s first dog park in ton’s Dr. Eric Thomas for Riverbank Park, just north “indiscriminately” prescrib- of the Butterfly Garden.

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Francisca Bonilla A funeral service for Francisca Bonilla, 95, of Harrison, will be at Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at 11 a.m. and burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Francisca is survived by her children Pablo, Ricardo and Nelson along with their families.

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ters. He spent his daughters’ youth coaching Neptune Recreational T-Ball, softball, soccer, and basketball. During Joe’s 40-year career with PSE&G he made lifelong friends and held several positions finishing with (GSOC) as a computer analyst. Joe enjoyed following the NY Giants and Rutgers, but the NY Yankees were his passion. He loved to tell a joke and had a wonderful sense of humor. Joseph Patrick Donovan He was predeceased by his Joseph Patrick Donovan, parents, Andrew Raymond “Joe,” 64, of Neptune Townand Dorothy (Duff) Donovan ship, passed away from colon and two brothers, Andrew cancer, in the company of his Raymond Donovan Jr., and family on Sunday, Dec. 20, at Daniel Joseph Donovan. Meridian’s Sub-Acute RehaJoe is survived by his wife bilitation located in Wall. of 43 years, Deborah A. (McJoe was born on April 24, Conville) Donovan, his daugh1951, in Newark and spent his ter, Kelly E. Donovan de Sanchildhood in Kearny, where he tos, her husband, Abel Santos attended St. Cecilia’s GramVelasquez of Long Branch, mar School, Essex Catholic daughter Morgan B. Donovan High School, and eventually of Highland Park, grandson graduated from Thomas EdiIan Rodriguez-Donovan, son State College with a B.A. brother Timothy M. Donovan in Business Administration. and his wife, Gail Donovan of On June 3, 1972, he was mar- Westfield, along with Dolores ried in Holy Cross Church, Mallen, mother-in-law, several Harrison. In 1977, he and his sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law. wife, Debbie bought their nieces, nephews, two grandhome in Neptune Township nephews, cousins and friends. where they became members He will be sadly missed, but of the St. Rose Parish, Belmar, never forgotten. and raised two lovely daughArrangements were by the

Reilly Bonner Funeral Home, 801 D St., Belmar. A funeral Mass was celebrated at the Church of Saint Rose, 603 7th Ave., Belmar. Committal was private. For further information or to send condolences to the family, please visit reillybonnerfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Joe’s name to colon cancer research by going to www. ccalliance.org or polycystic www.pkdcure.org. Barbara M. Rio Barbara M. Rio (nee O’Connor) passed away on Dec. 26. She was 75. Born in Shickshinny, Pa., she lived in Newark before moving to Kearny 46 years ago. Visiting will be on Tuesday, Dec. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. The service will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Private cremation will follow. To leave online condolences, please visit www.armitagewiggins.com. Barbara was an avid bowler and loved her Atlantic City trips. Her greatest love, though, was being a mother

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and grandmother. Wife of Raymond Rio, she is also survived by her daughters Diane Rio and Paula Paglia (Anthony), her sister Joyce O’Connor, her brother Robert and his wife Lynn, her sister-in-law Judy O’Connor and her grandchildren Ryan, Marc, Nicholas, Adam, David, Anthony, Alexandra and Vincent as well as her greatgrandchildren Brendyn, Ryla and Maxx. She was predeceased by her daughter Julie Ann Garcia and her brother Richard O’Connor. If you care to make a memorial donation, please consider St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Sarah Russell Sarah Russell (nee Bryson) passed away Dec. 25. She was 96. Born in Scotland, she lived many years in Kearny, then Arizona, before returning east to Rutherford in 2008. Arrangements were by Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Sarah was the wife of the late Kearny Police Captain John Russell. Mother of John T. Russell (Jane) and Janice Hoffmeyer (Kim), she is also survived by her grandchildren Jason, Michael (Patty) and Sally Ann and great-grandchildren Emily, Thomas and Lachlan.

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in New Jersey under the state’s Title IV animal cruelty laws. If proper shelter cannot be provided, owners must keep their pets indoors. Just like humans, pets are susceptible to hypothermia and frostbite. The Bergen County SPCA is also reminding residents of the following safety tips for their pets during extreme winter weather: • has access to fresh, clean water at all times. Pets can become dehydrated even in cold weather. Water must be kept unfrozen. Heated bowls are available commercially for this purpose. • garages, sheds or outbuildings may not provide adequate shelter for pets. An appropriate-sized pet shelter will help contain the animal’s body heat. Dog houses should have flaps to cover the openings, soft, dry bedding

to elevate the pet off the floor, and may need to be heated based on outside temperature. • cats may look for warmth in wheel wells or under the hood of vehicles. Make sure to check your car before you get in and drive away. “If you see a pet outside without proper shelter, please do not hesitate to call the Bergen SPCA,” Wildoner said. “Don’t assume someone else will say something. Remember, if it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for your pets.” To report suspected animal cruelty or neglect, including pets without proper shelter in Bergen County, contact the Bergen SPCA Humane Law Enforcement Division at 201-573-8900 or online at BergenSPCA.org. Complaints may be kept confidential. If the animal is located outside of Bergen County, contact your local police and/or SPCA.

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38 MPG HWY

2-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE!

37 MPG HWY

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MALIBU LT

109

Lease per mo/24 mos*

Red, SUV, 4-Cyl, FRWD, Auto, P/S/ABS, A/C w/Clim Cntrl, Dual/Side Curtain Impact Air Bags, P/Winds/Lcks/Mrrs, Sec Sys, Keyless Entry, AM/FM/CD, Nav, OnStar, Stk#16-218, VIN#GB529206, MSRP: $25,525. Based on 24 Month Closed End Lease. $2,669 due at delivery includes $1,995 down payment & $79 1st Payment. $595 bank fee. 10,000 mi/yr excess mi @ $.25 thereafter. Total payments: $1,896. Residual Value: $17,101. Includes $1,500 Conquest Lease Rebate if qualified

2-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE!

109

NEW 2016 BUICK

VERANO

Lease per mo/24 mos*

32 MPG HWY

119

2-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE!

NEW 2016 BUICK

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Lease per mo/24 mos*

Tungsten, SUV, 4-Cyl, FRWD, Auto, P/S/ABS, A/C w/Clim Cntrl, Dual/Side Curtain Impact Air Bags, P/Winds/Lcks/Mrrs, Sec Sys, Keyless Entry, AM/FM/CD, Nav, OnStar, Stk#16-1133, VIN#G6156967, MSRP: $27,480. Based on 24 Month Closed End Lease. $2,590 due at delivery includes $1,995 down payment & $0 1st Payment, $595 bank fee. 10,000 mi/yr excess mi @ $.25 thereafter. Total payments: $2,856. Residual Value: $18,961.20. Includes $1,500 Conquest Lease Rebate if qualified.

36 MPG HWY

259

2-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE!

NEW 2016 BUICK

Lease per mo/39 mos*

ENCLAVE

Lease per mo/39 mos*

24 MPG HWY

199 239

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IMPALA LS LTD. $ ,

14 997

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2014 CHEVROLET

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15 497

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED! Black Granite, Stk#14335, VIN#EFX221656, Auto, 2.5L, I4, FWD, P/S/ABS, CD/Satellite/MP3, Bluetooth, 17,520mi.

2013 GMC

TERRAIN

21,485

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15 497

Carbon Black, Stk#14677, VIN#D4170136, 2.4L, I4, FWD, Auto, CD/MP3/Satellite, Bluetooth, 7” Touchscreen, A/C, P/S/ABS, Fog Lights,R/Cam, 29,891mi.

21,997

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REGAL

18,995

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2013 BUICK

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22 998

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ENCORE

20,995

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2011 CHEVROLET

SILVERADO 1500 EXT CAB $ ,

28 995

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2015 CHEVROLET

TRAVERSE LT $ ,

28 995

Diamond White, Stk#17495, VIN#FJ226769, 4-Dr, AWD, 3.6L, 6-Cyl, Auto w/OD, Trac/Clim Cntrl, P/S/ABS, P/S/ABS, Alloys, CD/Satellite, Nav, OnStar, 13,075mi.

2015 CHEVROLET

2012 BUICK

CAMARO SS CONVT.

ENCLAVE $ ,

25 995

32,495

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED! Diamond White, Stk#14646, VIN#CJ218370, 3.6L, V6, AWD, Auto, Satellite/Bluetooth/MP3, P/S/ABS, A/C, Dual Air Bags, Rr Ent, DVD, 43,711mi.

2015 CHEVROLET

CAMARO SS COUPE $ ,

30 995 GM Executive Demo

Red, Stk#14897, VIN#F9282638, 6.2L, V8, RWD, Auto, P/S/ABS, Backup Camera, Lthr, AM/FM/CD/Satellite, 7”Touch Screen Display, Bluetooth, P/Htd Sts, A/C, Keyless Entry, 5,703mi.

GM Executive Demo

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2015 CHEVROLET

TAHOE LTZ $ ,

43 988

Black, Stk#14860, VIN#FR560379, 5.3L, V8, 4WD, Auto, P/S/ABS, Backup Camera, Bluetooth, Sunroof, Htd/Frt & Rr Sts, Fog Lights, Rr DVD, Nav, AM/FM/CD/Satellite/MP3, 20,266mi.

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