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BELLEVILLE – Could Clara Maass Medical Center turn into a cash cow for the Township of Belleville? It’s possible – now that a judicial decision that permits a partial taxation of Morristown Medical Center has opened the doors for radical revenue surgery at hospitals around the state by cash-hungry municipalities, as reported by The Star-Ledger last week. Martin Allen, an attorney with the Warren-based law firm of DiFrancesco Bateman, is currently representing Belleville and six other communities in different parts of the state in tax appeals challenging the tax-exempt status of hospitals in those areas. It was Martin who persuaded N.J. Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco last summer to lift the exempt status for most of the Morristown hospital, which is part of Atlantic Health System, leading to a settlement in which the hospital – in lieu of an appeal – agreed to pay $15.5 million in back taxes and penalties in addition to annual taxes on part of its property from now to 2025. In his decision, Bianco found that the Morris hospital see TAX page

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utley police, who have been warning residents about skimming devices being placed on ATMs throughout New Jersey, last week discovered one at a local 7-Eleven. On Sunday, Feb. 21, the NPD responded to the store on Passaic Ave. and recovered a skimmer attached to its ATM, Det. Sgt. Anthony Montanari reported. Where there’s one in a town, there might be more, so in response the police having been handing out flyers at all local ATM locations in Nutley advising the business proprietors about the devices and urging them to regularly check their machines. They are also advising ATM users to be vigilant. The skimmer, Montanari explained, is a sophisticated electronic device that is placed over the existing machine card slot. When a user swipes a card, the skimmer “reads” the account information, allowing a thief to subsequently access that account and withdraw funds. Blocking the keypad from view when you type in your access code, as is often advised, does not Photo courtesy NPD

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Det. Sgt. Anthony Montanari with skimmer components.

Nutley Irish pick Clyne to lead parade NUTLEY – By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent They’ll be marching along in the big parade this Saturday afternoon starting at 1 p.m., and when they do, several dignitaries will be among the marchers. This year, the Nutley Irish

American Association has named Mary Ellen Clyne, president and chief executive officer of Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, as the parade’s grand marshal. Her cohort and deputy grand marshal will be John Kruse, a Jersey City firefighter and Nutley resident who has deep

ties to the community. Clyne is the only woman to lead a hospital anywhere in Essex County. As president and CEO of Clara Maass Medical Center, she leads a facility of more than 2,200 employees and oversees revenue in excess of $260 million annually. Her vast educational back-

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were inappropriately using permits to reserve curbside spots for family members, thereby making it harder for KEARNY – neighbors to find spaces. Councilman Michael Landy earny has moved to characterized the proposed tighten regulations changes as “a great first step” governing the allocain addressing the handition and use of designated capped parking issue. “It’s a curbside parking spaces for shame we have some abusers the handicapped. of the law,” he added. Last Tuesday, the mayor McCurrie reiterated that and Town Council approved the major thrust of the the introduction of an ordiamendment was “to make nance that would: sure that if you have a handi• Shorten, from two years capped spot, then you should to one year, the time period use it. … You cannot reserve for which a handicapped or reserved parking permit can that space for anyone else.” There may be “additional be granted. amendments” introduced • Restrict the area for later, McCurrie said, if the which a curbside handicouncil feels there is need capped parking spot can be for further refinements of the set aside as “within a radius law. of 200 feet of the perimeter Meanwhile, the current of the tax lot on which the residence of the handicapped proposed changes will be up for a public hearing and person is located.” adoption at the next council • Subject anyone found meeting scheduled for March in violation of the parking permit area restriction rules 8. On another parking front, to a fine of $100 for a first ofCouncilman Richard Konopfense. For a second offense, “the handicapped permit for ka recommended getting out a letter to all local school the vehicle shall be revoked and the handicapped person principals asking school shall not be eligible to apply employees “to be more mindful about where they’re for another handicapped parking.” In many cases, he parking permit in the Town of Kearny for a period of two said, “cars are taking up two spots” where there is room years.” for another vehicle to park. As part of the proposed “I’ve seen it myself,” changes, an applicant for Konopka said. “Where I a handicapped spot would live – on Wilson Ave. – I’ve have to present medical gotten complaints from my evidence to document their infirmity annually instead of neighbors.” It’s even more annoying when people come every two years, as now required, noted Councilwoman home at night and have to Susan McCurrie, who chairs drive around looking for a the council’s ordinance com- space, he said. “And I don’t have a driveway,” he added. mittee. Councilwoman Carol Jean The council drafted these Doyle suggested putting a changes in response to flier on a car window askcomplaints from residents ing the vehicle’s owner to in different parts of town be more more careful but that handicapped parkers

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cost-benefit analysis would determine whether the town should rent or buy it. McCurrie recommended looking at how much it would cost for cleaning the tarp as well. Providing news on other infrastructure-related projects, consulting engineer Michael Neglia said that work on the town’s first off-leash dog park has begun with a stake-out of the Passaic Ave. site and delivery of stone and water main connection expected by this week. Updating the status of improvements planned for the playground at Washington School, Town Administrator Michael Martello said the Board of Education’s LSRP (Licensed Site Remediation Professional) assigned to the site should be reporting to the state Department of Environmental Protection on the status of the parking Konopka replied: “I’d rather lot “cap” within “four to six not do that.” weeks,” at which point, if Mayor Alberto Santos said DEP signs off, the town is he would raise the issue “ready to go out for bids,” with Schools Superintendent said Neglia. Patricia Blood when the pair As for the Hickory St. are scheduled to meet soon playground project, Santos on other matters. “It’s a hard said that previously received issue to enforce,” he said. bids are being reviewed by “I’m just trying to find the legal department which some relief from the parkshould be bringing a recoming problem for the whole mendation for an award to town,” Konopka said. the March 8 council meeting. In other developments, Konopka asked about the Santos said the town planned status of the old smokestack to hold a ribbon-cutting cer- still standing on a former emony March 8 at Veteran’s industrial property near Memorial Field, bordered by the south end of Passaic Belgrove Drive, Bergen Ave. Ave. When it comes down, and Afton St., to mark the Martello replied, is a matcompletion of its makeover ter to be settled between from dirt to turf, with other the property owner and his improvements. demolition contractor. All Engineer Joseph Vuich prior demolition activity on said that a tarp for the field’s the site has ceased and “all of protection “should be in the contractor’s equipment place” for the town’s July has been removed,” Martello 4th celebration and that a added.

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Town to NJSEA: ‘Get off our land’ By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

KEARNY – ome June 30, there’ll be a showdown at the Keegan landfill, pardners, so don’t get caught in the cross-fire. For the past several months, the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority – which runs the dump – has been angling not only to keep the place open but to raise the elevation of the site. But Kearny – which covets the property for its own use Observer file photo – is telling the agency, in no O loading o wastes at eegan landﬁ ll ta ing pla e last ovember. uncertain terms, to ‘git off my Protection,” which, Mayor Al• That “there must be a flat land’ when its lease runs out berto Santos said, means that ‘plateau’ of approximately 45 in another four months, even the NJSEA must show that it acres on the top of the closed though, by kicking out the has suffi cient escrow funds set landfi ll to accommodate the landfill, the town will forfeit proposed recreational uses aside for “post-closure costs,” the annual revenues it rereferenced in the lease” and, ceives from the lease payment such as “monitoring vapor that, in the meantime, the levels” on site. and host fee which, last year, totaled $1,387,211. To that end, the mayor and Town Council last Tuesday approved a resolution “auSuspended, Municipal Court, thorizing the issuance to the No Insurance, License Revocation, Traffic Ticket, Careless Driving, NJSEA of a Notice to Quit/ Reckless Driving, Failure to Stop at Demand for Possession and Red Light or Stop Sign. Compliance with Lease Obligations.” ohn inho The notice sent to the Trial aTTornEYS NJSEA says that the property must be “surrendered” to Two Locations 385 Lafayette Street, Newark, NJ Kearny on or before June 30 (between Wilson Ave. & Merchant St.) with certain conditions having been met: 301 North F.E. Rodgers Blvd Harrison, NJ • That the landfill must be John M. Pinho “closed in accordance with OUR OFFICE ALSO REPRESENTS PERSONS INJURED AT WORK, OR AS A the … regulations of the state RESULT OF AN AUTO ACCIDENT OR SLIP & FALL; AS WELL AS MUNICIPAL LAW MATTERS, DEFENSE & CIVIL AND CRIMINAL APPEALS. Department of Environmental

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Another Bulger moves up the ladder By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY –

veteran member of the Kearny Fire Department moved up in the ranks last Tuesday as the municipal governing body voted to promote Firefighter Kenneth Bulger

to captain. Bulger, who joined the department in 2000, is one of the many legacy members: His dad Kenneth is a retired deputy chief with the Harrison Fire Department and his brother-in-law Bill Solano is also a captain with the KFD. After swearing in the newest superior officer in the presence of family members

and supportive fellow firefighters, Fire Chief Steven Dyl said: “This was a muchneeded promotion.” Despite persistent fiscal pressures, Dyl credited the governing body for coming through. “The mayor and council listened to me. They listened to reason and made it happen.” Even with the promotion, though, the department

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remains “three short” of the 25 captains called for by the KFD’s Table of Organization, as permitted by town ordinance, Dyl acknowledged later. And, hammered by the loss of 18 members via retirement and one lost to the Police Department, the KFD ranks will be down overall by 10, even after the eight firefighters now in the Academy come aboard in June, he said. The chief said he hopes to start soon the process of hiring four additional firefighters who, along with the eight currently in training, will be paid for two years by a federal SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Firefighter & Emergency Response) grant. A Harrison native, Ken Bulger graduated from Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington, and moved to Kearny in 1990. In 1997, Bulger joined the U.S. Coast Guard for a threeyear hitch. In 1999, he received a commendation for coming to the aid of people involved in a motor vehicle accident while off-duty. During his Coast Guard service, Bulger completed a Department of Defense firefighting program and, in 2000, he joined the KFD but continued his time at sea as a member of the Coast

Guard Reserves and, in that capacity, was deployed to assist communities hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. During his time with the Fire Department, Bulger has established a reputation as a “go-to guy,” the chief said. “Seems that a lot of his dad’s knowledge [about the workings of the Fire Department] have been passed on to Ken,” Dyl added. “He’s one of those people whose job is in his blood. He’s always easy to deal with and has a positive attitude.” Within the KFD, Bulger has worked with the HazMat Technical Unit and Technical Rescue Team. “He was one of the guys who rescued a lucky dog off the ice as it was floating on the river,” Dyl recalled. He also serves on the KFD’s Meritorious Acts and Review Board. “His desire is always to make the department better,” the chief added. Mayor Alberto Santos said that he and his colleagues on the Town Council wanted to “acknowledge the daily efforts of all our firefighters to keep Kearny safe. These are difficult times for public employees everywhere you go, not just Kearny, so we want to say how grateful we are to you for what you do for us.”

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KPD: From ABC to CDS at local pub O

n Feb. 8, KPD detectives from the Vice/ Alcoholic Beverage Control unit paid a visit to the Donegal Saloon on Kearny Ave. to conduct a regulatory inspection, during the course of which they had occasion to interview the manager, Kevin Wallace, 43, of Newark. On his desk, police said, they noticed a plastic bag containing what appeared to be marijuana, rolling papers and a folded $5 bill, in which was found suspected cocaine. Also in plain view, police said, was a jar with another bag of suspected pot. In a search incident to arrest, the detectives reportedly found a bag of cocaine on his person and, in a satchel belonging to him, a folded $20 bill containing yet more of that drug. Wallace was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The KPD said that “in all probability, additional administrative charges would be lodged against the licensed premises for a regulatory

during which time it continu- vealed a bootlace tied around ally crossed the double-yellow his arm. “An additional clue,” police said, was the “hypoderline, and stopped it at Sellers mic needle in his lap.” Marc St. When the driver rolled down the window, only a little Miller, 41, of no fixed address, bit, the odor of pot reportedly was awakened and reportedly found to have three additional wafted from the car. Police said Jaden Williams, 21, of Jer- syringes. He was also found to have a $10,000 defiant-trespass sey City, admitted having had a smoke and when he stepped warrant out of Newark. He was charged with possession Feb. 19 from the vehicle loose pieces At 3 p.m., Officer Jordenson of marijuana and the remnants of the needles, and the NewJean and Alan Stickno stopped of hand-rolled cigarettes were ark PD was notified that he was in custody. Alex Lado, 20, of Kearny for observed. After FSTs, he was ••• a field inquiry and warrant charged with driving under Officers Andre Fernandes check on Devon St. Police said the influence of alcohol and/ and John Fabula, on the 200 he was found to have no waror drugs, careless driving, block of Beech St. at 1 p.m., rants but did have a hypoderoperating a MV while in poswere alerted by their license mic needle. He was charged session of a CDS, possession plate reader that the plate with that offense and was Feb. 20 of pot and paraphernalia. on a parked 1993 Honda was released on a summons. Officer Jon Dowie, on patrol ••• ••• at 4 a.m., reported a 2009 ToyShortly after 8 a.m., at Har- stolen. Carlos Contreras, 32, Shortly before 5 p.m., Offic- ota speeding eastbound on the rison and Ogden Aves., Officer of Kearny, who police said was ers Chris Levchak and Michael Belleville Pike and apparently Ben Wuelfing spotted a parked working on the car at the time, was charged with receiving Alvarez responded to a twohaving difficulty maintaining 2008 Toyota with a man apparently asleep in the driver’s car accident on N. Hackensack its lane. Police said Dowie seat. Closer inspection reAve. in South Kearny and refollowed it for about a mile, see KPD page portedly detected the odor of alcohol on one of the drivers. Following field sobriety tests and an Alcotest at headquarters, Shantaine Williams, 46, of Jersey City was charged with DWI, careless driving Driveways • Lots • Patios violation” -- serving an intoxicated person. Said person was an unnamed patron the detectives encountered upon entering the saloon. ••• Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following:

and failure to exhibit proof of insurance. ••• Officer Chris Manolis stopped a car with heavily tinted windows at Midland Ave. near Belgrove Drive at 9:30 p.m. and reportedly detected the odor of raw marijuana. Police said driver Roger Siguenzamenendez, 22, of Kearny turned over a bag of pot and, in a search incident to arrest, was found to have a marijuana grinder in his pocket. He was charged with possession of pot and paraphernalia.

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Bully for a presidential bear! By Karen Zautyk

But he had someone else kill it, to put it out of its misery. he cartoon that accomBerryman’s original carpanies this week’s coltoon purportedly showed umn is by Clifford Bera large bear, but it was ryman and first appeared later revised to feature the in The Washington Post in cute and cuddly cub. November 1902. It depicts And this led to the then-President Theodore creation of the teddy bear. Roosevelt refusing to kill a As described on Wikipebear cub during a hunting dia, a Brooklyn toymaker, trip in Mississippi. The inMorris Michtom, who saw cident bolstered Roosevelt’s the cartoon, “created a tiny already massive popularity soft bear cub and put it in and led to the creation of the shop window with a what is probably the most sign ‘Teddy’s bear,’ after iconic toy of all time. But, as sending a bear to Roosevelt is usual in politics, the real and receiving permission story was a bit different. to use his name. The toys TR had, indeed, been on were an immediate success, a bear-hunting trip. By the and Michtom founded the end, his companions had Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.” all bagged bruins. Not so To this day, the teddy bear Roosevelt. According to recontinues to be a treasure of ports, presidential minions, childhood. (And adulthood, not wanting him to appear too.) Anyone who did not to be less skillful than the have one as a toddler can others, found an old, nonlegitimately be described as ferocious black bear (not a deprived. cub) in the woods, clubbed I was inspired to share it into submission and tied this story, which I mistakit to a tree. enly thought most peoThey then brought TR ple knew, after learning that to the site and suggested a friend -- currently studyhe kill it. Yes, he refused. ing the Roosevelt presiden-

cy in an American history course at Rutgers -- had never heard of it. Another (definitely little-known) TR fact is that he was virtually blind in one eye. This was not due to any disease, but rather to his celebrated

him in the left eye, causing irreversible damage. Roosevelt, I believe, kept the blindness a secret from the general public. (Interesting, is it not, that a subsequent President Roosevelt would also keep a debilitating condition secret?) TR has come to my mind during the continuing spate of ferocious presidential debates. (I never thought I would use the words “ferocious” and “debates” in the same sentence.) I find it amusing to imagine how the tough Hero of San Juan Hill would react to the juvenile mockery and namecalling. I also wonder what kind of stuffed animals today’s crop of politicians might inThe Washington Post 1902 spire. What would you machismo. Roosevelt was a create to represent Donald competitive pugilist while Trump? Hillary Clinton? a student at Harvard and Chris Christie? Suggescontinued to box for recrea- tions gleefully accepted. tion thereafter. Including though I probably will not during his time in the White be able to print them. House. It was during a bout Meanwhile, remember: there that a sparring partSpeak softly and carry a big ner, a young soldier, clocked stick.

CORRECTION

A Feb. 17 story about a Belleville street re-naming in honor of a deceased local Vietnam veteran, Pfc. John Hoar, misstated the day of the event. It was held Saturday, Feb. 13. Also, the story mistakenly reported that deceased veterans Sgt. Edward Henris and Staff Sgt. Arthur Burke have Belleville streets named for them. The Observer regrets these errors.

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WE’VE GOT MAIL To the Editor: The Friday before the snowstorm of January 2016, Davis Ave. residents received phone calls that told them to remove their cars which most people did. This stayed in effect for seven days for all who did

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respond by moving their cars. Others that did not were snowed in but were able to dig out within the next few days. After calling the Kearny Street Department several times we learned that first Kearny Ave., from Johnston Ave. to Bergen Ave., would be plowed first. Then Ber-

gen Ave. to the Pike would be next on Kearny Ave. Last would be Elm St. from the Pike to Midland Ave. A phone message said that from that point on, was there would no further snow removal. The reason was that the weather was going to get warmer and plowing was not going to

happen. I next called Mayor Santos’ office several times and on Saturday, Jan. 30, was told that snow would be removed from Davis Ave. curb to curb from West Hudson Park to Midland Ave., which is what is usually expected. The snow removal that day was completed. That

day, the results were not only efficient and ran smoothly but the snow was no longer a problem. It was good to be able to not only dig out cars but to now be able to park on the street on which we reside. Cora L. Brown, Kearny

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Monitoring to continue at First Aid facility L that after several underground gasoline storage tanks were ast Tuesday, the Kearny removed in 1998, excessive Town Council voted levels of benzene and xylene to renew a contract levels were found in the soil with Hatch Mott MacDon15.5 feet below the surface and ald consulting engineers for periodic soil excavations were continued monitoring of soil undertaken in subsequent conditions under the Kearny years. First Aid Squad facility on MaHowever, the report said, by ple St. at a cost not to exceed June 2007, additional investi$49,950. gation “indicated that no curA Dec. 1, 2015 report submitrent DEP (state Department ted to the town by HMM’s of Environmental Protection) Daniel R. Toder, the state direct contact standards have LSRP (Licensed Site Remediabeen exceeded.” tion Professional) assigned to The report said that monimonitor the site, recounted

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toring wells at the site detected, initially, excessive levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, total xylenes and tert butyl alcohol in the groundwater and that some contamination of “non-petroleum related chlorinated compounds” may be coming from an “off-site source.” After benzene vapors were detected in the basement air, a “sub-slab depressurization system was installed in the basement in August 2013 [and] subsequent analysis of basement air samples showed that

the concentration of benzene vapors in the basement did not constitute an environmental concern to workers at the facility and the operation of the system is not required; however, HMM recommends that the Town allow the system to operate.” The report said that HMM arranged to extract soil vapor from the ground below the facility 11 times between June 2013 and Oct. 20, 2015” at two of the nine wells at the site that showed “the highest volatile contaminant con-

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Learn about tax appeals Garfield School honors KEARNY – If you’re a Kearny property owner and think your property taxes are too high, you can, of course, file an appeal. And town representatives will show you how and why it’s done. Lest you misinterpret, they’re not pushing people to contest the assessments the town has placed on their properties. They just want to be open about the

process. So, to that end, owners are invited to attend a tax appeal seminar – at no cost – on Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m., in the third-floor council chambers at Town Hall, 402 Kearny Ave. The seminar will be presented by John Peneda, the town’s tax assessor, and Salvatore Roccaro, an attorney with Castano Quigley, the town’s general counsel. They’ll provide informa-

tion on property assessment, tax rate and tax ratio and how it all relates to the taxes on your home and/or business. For more information about the event – the town offered a similar seminar last year for the first time – call Peneda at his Town Hall office, 201-955-7982. No advance registration is required.

Curtis Brack, Principal of Garfield School in Kearny, is proud to announce the following honor roll students and citizenship award recipients:

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Principal’s Honor Roll – 6th Grade: Luciana Beltran, Marina Castaneda Goncalves, Abigail Crispin, Priscilla Garcia, Gianna Gomez, Dunia Lajili, Brandon Montoya, Michala O’Neill, Mark Rudden, Ashley Villegas and Jerick Yanzon.

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‘Intruder’ trapped, then set free to roam A NORTH ARLINGTON –

n unexpected visitor turned up Friday, Feb. 26, at the North Arlington Middle School. It was a quadruped and, boy, was it in a hurry to get inside. George McDermott, president of the North Arlington Board of Education and a local police dispatcher, was monitoring police calls at home when he heard a broadcast at 2:41 p.m. about an entry to the middle school on Beech St. Naturally, as a civic-minded individual, he rushed over to check it out and that’s where he learned what happened. “It was a deer, about 150

pounds,” McDermott said. “He had walked in the area and got trapped somehow at the main entrance of the middle school. Then it just spooked, I guess, and used its hoofs to push open a [closed-vent] window and got into the main office.” Startling the employees there, the 1-year-old deer then ran through an open door into the office of the dean of students Bernadette Afonso, McDermott said. “The principal [Nicole Campbell Russo] asked Bernadette to close the door to make sure the deer couldn’t get out,” he said. While inside, the deer

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This deer made its presence known in a borough school last week.

knocked over papers and other But it harmed neither chilobjects and even “put a crack dren nor staff, he added. in the wall,” McDermott said. School and borough authori-

ties called in personnel from the Bergen County Animal Shelter who tranquilized the animal, then placed it in a protective wrapping, calmed it down and released it into the meadows, he said. The whole process took about an hour, according to McDermott. “We’ve seen squirrels and birds jump in [through school windows] before,” he said, “but never a deer. I’ve seen deer a lot of times by Disposal Road and some off Ridge Road.” But never as a school trespasser. – Ron Leir

Safe now is that doggie in the window By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The talk of this town last week was the 12-week-old puppy reported stolen from a local pet shop. Media -- social and mass -- were abuzz, with the primary concern being for the safety of the pooch. But all’s well. Brownie is back, safe and sound. But the investigation is continuing. The saga began at 4:30 p.m. last Tuesday, Feb. 23, when the owner of Oh My Dog, 351 Kearny Ave., reported that the pup, a purebred Shiba Inu valued at $1,200, was missing from a window-case display. According to Kearny police, the suspect was possibly a juvenile female who apparently acted while the proprietor’s attention was diverted. In

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a story aired on News 12 N.J., the girl was described as wearing the Kearny High School uniform -- red shirt and tan slacks. For two days, there was no word on Brownie’s whereabouts Then, shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, KPD head-

quarters received a call from Rite Aid on Kearny Ave. that employees there had just found the dog. They reportedly recognized it from the description circulated online and on TV. How did Brownie end up there? Apparently the puppy

had been at the nearby Quick Chek just prior to its appearance at the pharmacy. The report was that two female customers at Quick Chek had seen the pup “at large” at the store. One of them then gave the dog to her boyfriend, who suspected that it might be the missing animal and who brought it to Rite Aid, which contacted the cops. [Editor’s note: Yes, we are as confused as you are.] Officer Jason Rodrigues responded to the pharmacy, and Oh My Dog was contacted. Police said the pet

store owner identified and was reunited with Brownie, who is now back at the shop. Police also said there was no evidence the dog had been mistreated or unsheltered during the time it was missing. KPD detectives have been on this case from the beginning and are continuing to investigate, including reviewing security tapes and interviewing the girls who had been at Quick Chek. Considering the reported value of the dog, the original dognapper could face grand larceny charges.

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Sentencing for Kearny man is off again F NEWARK –

or the fourth time in the last eight months, the sentencing of a former Kearny official implicated in a mortgage fraud scam has been put off. Now, onetime councilman and former Board of Education member John Leadbeater is scheduled to go before U.S. District Court Judge Jerome

Simandle in Camden Federal Court on May 5 to learn his fate. Matthew Reilly, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark, told The Observer last week that the case had been rescheduled with the court’s consent on Feb. 9. Sentencing had been expected for last Tuesday, Feb. 23. When asked at whose re-

quest the postponement was sought, Reilly said that was not part of the official case record. After having continued to maintain his innocence, Leadbeater opted to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was to be sentenced June 26, 2015, but the matter was deferred, first to Sept. 14, then to Dec. 14, and again, to Feb. 23.

Each successive postponement took place with no explanation from federal prosecutors. The government alleged that various co-conspirators schemed to use fake documents and “straw buyers” to “make illegal profits on overbuilt condos in Wildwood and Wildwood Crest” between May 2006 and August 2011.

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Leadbeater was charged in March 2013 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud and initially went to trial in the summer of 2014 to fight the charges. But, one week into the trial, the government dropped the money laundering charge and accepted a guilty plea on the wire fraud count. That set the stage for the successive sentencing delays. – Ron Leir

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More than seven in 10 Americans support increased federal funding for the nation’s public transportation systems in communities of all sizes, according to a survey conducted by ORC International for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This support is broad, according to the survey, spanning various age groups and political affiliations, with some of the highest numbers among Millennials ages 18 to 34 (77%) and individuals age 65 and older (76%). Owning or having access to a private vehicle does not diminish this support, with 71% of car owners reporting that they want to see more federal investment in public transportation in both large and small communities. In addition, over half of respondents said public transit is important in attracting and retaining employers in their community. As Congress finalizes work on the Surface Transportation Bill, some experts are echoing the public sentiment. “No matter where you live and work and what age you are, public transit provides vital access to jobs and everything a community has to offer,” says APTA President and CEO Michael P. Melaniphy. “We must ensure we provide for both large and smaller communities through growth of the federal transit program.” To learn more, visit www. apta.com. – StatePoint

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318 Kearny Ave. Tim Green, the bank’s vice president and information security officer, will explain how to protect your personal and business information against cyber scams. Topics include skimming, check scams, phishing/ spoofing, internet merchandise scams, advance fee loans and bogus prizes. The event is free and open to the Kearny public but reservations are St. Stephen’s Church, 141 Washington Ave., hosts its an- required. Call branch manager Georgeanna McDonough at nual raffle auction “Luau” on 201-991-4100 or email gmcFriday, March 4. The $15 tickets are limited. They are avail- donough@kearnybank.com. able after all Sunday Masses Lyndhurst at the church and at the Lyndhurst Girl’s Association rectory Fridays from 5 to 7:30 hosts its annual Palm Sunday p.m. For more information, Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, visit www.thechurchofsaintMarch 20, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 stephen.com or contact the p.m., at the Libbie Lindsay chairperson at cyndie1522@ verizon.net to reserve tickets. Little House, 238 Livingston Ave. Proceeds will go to operSchuyler School PTA will host a Spring Splendor Tricky ate and maintain the “Little House” for use by the Girls Tray on Tuesday, March 8, Scouts and Leaders of Lyndat the Fiesta, 255 Rt. 17 S., Wood-Ridge. Tickets are $40. hurst. A donation of $6 per person is requested. Tickets Admission includes a dinner of salad, pasta, entrée, dessert, can be purchased at the door. The Lyndhurst Department coffee, tea and soft drinks of Parks & Recreation anas well as one sheet of Level nounces: 1 prize tickets. No tickets • Tickets are available for will be sold at the door. Prea trip to see the Broadway Packs will be sold in advance for $20 and includes one strip play “Something Rotten” on Wednesday, May 18. Tickof Level 2 tickets (8 tickets), ets for orchestra seats plus one strip of Level 3 tickets transportation are $102 each. (3 tickets) and one ticket for Level 4. No Pre-Packs will be No more than four tickets per person. Call the Parks Desold at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; calling starts at 8 partment at 201-804-2482 to reserve. Full payment is due p.m. by Friday, March 11. The Kearny Public Library • Sign up for a trip to the announces the return of Lego Sands Casino, Bethlehem, Pa., Robotics Workshops, hosted on Friday, March 18, from 9 by local BlocksCOOL, for a.m. to 6 p.m. The $22 ticket grades 2 and up. The class includes the bus ride, a $20 will meet for six weeks on play voucher and a $5 food Saturdays, from 9:30 to 10:30 voucher. To register or for a.m., starting March 5, on more information, call the the lower level of the Main Parks Dept. or email judyb@ Library, 318 Kearny Ave. lyndhurstnj.org. Kearny Bank sponsors a Sacred Heart School, 620 Cyber Security seminar on Valley Brook Ave., hosts its Tuesday, March 8, at 6 p.m., annual spring tricky tray funat the Kearny Public Library, The Woman’s Club of Belleville holds its annual tricky tray at The Chandelier, 340 Franklin Ave., on April 7. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. For more information and tickets, call Judy Nucci at 973-751-2960.

draiser for its Margaret Engel Endowment Trust Friday, March 18, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 and non-refundable. Ticket includes one sheet for first-level prizes, coffee/tea and dessert. No one under age 18 will be admitted and no alcoholic beverages are allowed. The kitchen will be open. For tickets, call Patty at 201-803-9580 or the school at 201-939-4277. The school will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a party for all alumni and their parents, friends and parishioners on Friday, April 29, at the Graycliff in Moonachie. The $60 admission includes dinner wine and beer, cash bar and DJ. For reservations, call Patty at 201-939-4277. • A Lancaster, Pa., show and Dutch country trip are scheduled for Wednesday to Friday, April 13 to 15, with two nights lodging, four meals, Samson show at the Sight and Sound Millennium Theater, visit to Kitchen Kettle Village, sightseeing cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia and a visit to the Landis Valley Museum. For more information and reservations, call Annette Bortone at 201-438-1852 between 6 and 9 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Lyndhurst Public Library Book Club meets Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m., to discuss “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn. Call the library at 201-804-2478, ext. 7, for more information and to obtain a copy of the book. Space is limited and registration is necessary. The Lyndhurst Health Department, under the direction of Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso, will host a Clara Maass Medical Center lunch seminar, “Breathe In, Breathe Out,” at the Carucci Senior Building, 281 Stuyvesant Ave., on Wednesday, March 23, at noon. A light lunch will be

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served. Call the Health Dept. at 201-804-2500 to register. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) sponsors First Sunday of the Month Nature Walk on Sunday, March 6, at 10 a.m. Join the Bergen County Audubon Society for a free, two-hour nature walk at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst and look for raptors, waterfowl and other birds of interest. Meet in the Meadowlands Environment Center parking lot. For information, visit greatauk4@ gmail.com or call 201-2304983.

The bus will depart from the Columbian Club Hall parking lot, 194 River Road, at 10 a.m. and arrive at the casino by noon. For the return trip, the bus will leave from the Sands at 6 p.m. and arrive in North Arlington by 8 p.m. Participants must bring a photo ID to get the slot play money. For tickets and more information, contact Nicholas Cerchio at 201-998-0626.

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Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, announces the following programs. Registration is required where noted. North Arlington To register for programs, call American Legion Alexander 973-667-0405. Stover Post 37, 222 River Road, • Babygarten, open to inwill meet on March 7 at 8:00 fants up to 23 months, is held p.m. All veterans are invited. Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 22 and For more information, call 29, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. 201-214-8253. Babies and their caregivers Grand Court Order of the enjoy great books, nursery Amaranth sponsors a gift rhymes, playtime, and meet auction on Saturday, March other babies from the Nutley 12, at the Masonic Temple, area. Registration is required. 321 Second Ave., Lyndhurst. Only Nutley residents are Doors open at 5 p.m.; calling eligible. starts at 6 p.m. A $5 donation • Patrons are invited to play is requested. Call Kathy Fox at Bridge at the library every 201-997-1997 for more inforTuesday at 1 p.m. mation. • Preschool Story Time, for ages 3 to 5, takes place Thomas Jefferson ElemenWednesdays, March 2, 9, 23 tary School hosts its anand 30, at 10 a.m. Registration nual tricky tray, “The Great Getaway,” on Friday, March 11, is required. Nutley residents receive priority registration. at the Boys & Girls Club, 181 Colfax Ave., Clifton. The $20 • Wednesday Afternoon admission includes one rafKnitters meets weekly at 1 fle sheet, dessert and coffee. p.m. All levels of knitters are Guests may bring their own welcome. Participants should food and beverage. Adults bring supplies. only. For more information • Two-Year-Old Story Time and tickets, email najeffertakes place Fridays, March 4 sonpto@gmail.com or call and 11, at 10 a.m. Only Nutley Layna at 201-736-2854. residents are eligible. RegisThe Queen of Peace tration is required. Knights of Columbus Council • Monday Night Book Club 3428 sponsors a bus trip on meets March 7 at 7 p.m. to Tuesday, April 5, to the Sands discuss “Duel with the Devil” Casino in Bethlehem, Pa. by Paul Collins. Copies of the Initial cost is $32, and upon book and its discussion guide arrival each player receives are available at the library. $20 in slot play money and a This event is free and open to $5 food voucher. the public.

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Bright future in store for these leaders BELLEVILLE – t was a day to remember for Belleville High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) at the 2016 State Leadership Conference held at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City, on Feb. 18-19. The event, whose theme was “Generating Greatness,” featured keynote speakers and workshops focused on “A Day Photo courtesy BHS in the Life of a Rutgers StuBelleville High School FBLA members and advisers at conference. dent,” “Networking – A Web CONNECTion” and “Dress for nilla, Paolo Hinahon and Josh- place honors in Sports and Success.” ua Pascual received secondEntertainment Management BSH students Vincent Aba-

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and they will now advance to the 2016 National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Ga., in June. Student Karen Wong took the Gold Place award and a fourth-place Scholarship Award. FBLA adviser and BHS educator Corey Woodring won the Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser Award; former Belleville Board of Education Vice President Jeanne Lombardi was named Belleville’s Business Person of the Year; and business teacher/NHS

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Feb. 21 At 2:30 a.m., Officer Jason Rodrigues stopped a 2006 Honda for making an illegal turn at Kearny and Bergen Aves. and found that driver Rosa Santiago, 22, of Newark, had a suspended license, police said. She was charged with both offenses and held for bail on two outstanding warrants: one from Kearny for $250 for a prior suspendeddriving collar and a $500 Lyndhurst MV offense. ••• Officer Dowie, conducting random MV checks at Beech St. and the Pike at 10:30 p.m., stopped a 2008 BMW whose driver, Omar Castillo, 22, of Belleville, reportedly had a suspended license and a $150 Belleville warrant (also for driving while suspended). He was charged with that offense, again, and failure to surrender a suspended license and later was released when he posted the $150 bail.

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Belleville’s Grant comes home, presents school with Super Bowl footbal The scribe Thomas Wolfe once penned “You can’t go home again.” Well, even though it was a short drive from his home in West Orange to his native Belleville, David Grant proved last week that you indeed can come home – and do so with a little fanfare and pizzazz. Grant went to Belleville High School, where he was a standout football player, last Monday night for the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting. While Grant was there, he presented the school with a commemorative Golden Football, symbolic of the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl. Every single player who participated in the Super Bowl over its storied 50-year history was given a golden Wilson football to present to the player’s high school alma mater. Grant was a defensive tackle on the Cincinnati Bengals for Super Bowl XXIII – that’s right, some 27 years ago. As part of the NFL Foundation, Belleville High School will be

provided with a new character education curriculum and the opportunity to apply for grants up to $5,000 to help support growing football programs. Grant is now the strength and conditioning coach at West Orange High School, where his son, 19-yearold D.J. played linebacker and now plays for Pace University. But Grant had not returned to Belleville High School since his graduation in 1982 – when he left Belleville and went on to West Virginia University, then on to the NFL, where he remained for six seasons, first with the Bengals, who drafted Grant in the fourth round, then Tampa Bay and Green Bay. But last Monday represented the first time since he graduated from the school that he stepped into the auditorium. “I can’t believe I haven’t been in this auditorium in all that time,” Grant said after the golden football presentation. “Last time I was in this auditorium, I saw the play, ‘Grease.’ I guess this proves that see VIEW next page

Joseph becomes QP’s all-time scoring leader By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

efore he ever enrolled in a class at Queen of Peace High School, Jeremy Joseph made a bold prediction. On that day a little more than three years ago, Joseph looked up at a banner in the school’s gymnasium, honoring all the 1,000-point scorers that the boys’ basketball program had produced. Joseph saw the total of 1,418 points tallied by 1985 graduate Guy Indyk and promised to anyone within an earshot that he was eventually going to surpass that record. It really was a bodacious statement that Joseph made as a skinny freshman. Considering all the great basketball players that have graced the school’s hardwood over the ages, Joseph really went out on a huge limb to say he was going to topple the all-time scoring mark, even before he played a single game. However, just recently, Joseph made good on his prophecy. By scoring 27 points in a 64-24 victory over Leonia on Feb. 18, Joseph surpassed Indyk as the all-time leading scorer among boys’ basketball players at Queen of Peace. Of course, the all-time leading girls’ scorer is former Observer Female Athlete of the Year Courtney Keegan, who scored more than 2,000 points when her career ended in 2007. But Joseph’s name will sit atop that banner in the school from now on. He lived up to his word. “It was pretty difficult, considering every year I had a different team and different philosophy,” said Joseph, who will also graduate among the top 10 students academically in the QP Class of 2016. “Eventually people in the league knew about me and tried to lock me down and keep me from

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Jeremy Joseph became the all-time scoring leader at Queen of Peace, surpassing 1,418 points scored by Guy Indyk some 30 years ago.

scoring. But I stayed at it and worked hard.” Joseph said that his teammates knew that he was coming close to the record. “My teammates all knew and started looking for me more recently,” said Joseph, a 6-foot3 forward who has had to play all five positions during some point of his career with the Golden Griffins. “I realized this year how valuable my teammates were.” Joseph was asked if he could possibly break the record on Senior Night at QP, where the school honors all the graduating seniors. “Coach (Christian) Boyce

told me that it would be nice to break the record on Senior Night,” Boyce said. “I needed 23, so I was a little nervous that I might not get it that night. But I kept making my shots.” Boyce said that it’s made his job in his first year of return as head coach at his alma mater much easier, having a player like Joseph to call upon. “Especially with a very young team, he’s the only who scored a varsity point before this year,” Boyce said. “So it definitely helps. He’s very emotional. You could see that he wanted this. The comfort level see JEREMY page

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After his playing days were over, Grant spent 12 years as the strength and conditioning coach at Seton Hall University, working mainly with the basketball program. “It was great to be around Big East basketball for that time,” Grant said. “I had a front row seat for all of that. I also worked with volleyball, soccer, baseball. If I was able to help someone and give them advice, then I was happy.” From there, Grant remained in New Jersey, getting the opportunity to coach and teach at West Orange. “I was able to come to West Orange with my family and still be involved in the field of athletics,” Grant said. “It really has been great.” When Grant learned of the

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From l., father John Grant, son David, who played in the NFL, and aspiring grandson D.J., who is a linebacker at Pace niversit e o t t e pla es on t e walls o elleville ig S ool w ere rant ret rned last wee or t e ﬁrst time in 32 years. Grant presented the Belleville Board of Education a golden football, symbolic of the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl.

NFL’s Golden Football program involving all Super Bowl participants, he was pleased to be a part of it. “I was really excited about coming back,” Grant said. “I have friends who put it on Fa-

cebook and they were posting about it. If I can be an inspiration to any kid from Belleville to do what you want to do when you grow up, then that’s great.” Grant was asked what his

greatest memory of high school was. “I hate to say it was in a loss, but it was,” Grant said. “We were playing Union, who was No. 1 in the state at the time in the (NJSIAA North 2,

Group IV) state playoffs and they beat us, 12-7. That’s what stands out in my mind. I have a lot of good memories here and I always remember the bad.” Grant took his father, John, and son, D.J. around the school for a brief mini-tour. “It was great to share this with them,” Grant said. “Three generations of Grants here. It was good for them to see this.” Grant said that Belleville hasn’t changed much in 32 years. “Maybe the dynamics of the town have changed, but not much else,” Grant said. “It’s good for my Dad and my son to be able to come back with me and see all of this. Back then, we didn’t care about skin color or anything. We were just a bunch of knuckleheads who liked to hang out together and do kid things together. I have guys here that I’ve been friends with since I was 12 years old. We grew up together. Sports and winning helped to bring people together.”

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was a bit different for him with this team, because he’s just playing basketball. He’s not worried about doing everything now, because our team changed so much. He doesn’t have to be the total focal point anymore. We can put him inside or outside, it doesn’t matter because we have a good team around him.” Boyce said that it actually helped Boyce’s pursuit of the mark having a team filled with freshmen and sophomores. “This year, he accepted the role of being the leader,” said Boyce, who returned to his position of head coach this season after a four-year hiatus.

“The kids all look up to him. I think when he got the record, the other kids were happier than he was. I think it showed how much he means to these kids.” “I think it allowed me to develop as a leader to have so many teammates with excellent basketball IQs,” Joseph said. “I had to adjust to play with the new players, but I realized how valuable it was having a team around me.” Joseph was asked what the record meant as his high school career winds down to a precious few games. The Golden Griffins qualified for the state playoffs and have a first round game with Newark

Academy set for Tuesday in a NJSIAA Non-Public B doubleheader with the QP girls’ team. After than that, it all depends upon winning and advancing. “It means a lot having the record, because I now know that I’ll be leaving so much to this program,” Joseph said. “I’ll leave my mark. People will say that Jeremy Joseph was a great basketball player and a respectful student. It was always my goal to be the best.” Joseph has also had to endure his fair share of physical turmoil during his career, suffering a broken nose last year and a collapsed lung the year prior. But the record is his.

“It’s an awesome feeling,” Joseph said. “I can’t wait to see my name up on the banner. I can always go into the gym and know I’m the all-time leading scorer. It’s really awesome.” That is, until someone comes around and knocks Joseph from the top perch. Records are, after all, made to be broken. Joseph doesn’t know what the future holds for him after Queen of Peace. Right now, Rutgers-Newark is the lone local school recruiting him, but Boyce has reached out to NCAA Division II schools in Florida, where the Joseph family plans to permanently relocate, in the near future.

“I know I can play at the next level,” Joseph said. “It’s just about finding the school that’s the best fit for me. Whatever fate is handed to me, I’ll accept.” If Joseph had just one wish, it would be… “I wish I could come into this program now as a freshman,” Joseph said. “Queen of Peace has an up-and-coming program with greater chances now to win.” It wasn’t so bad this season, as the Golden Griffins won their league title and Joseph became the school’s all-time leading scorer. “Not a bad senior year,” Boyce said.

Community safety: What to know in today’s changing times Older generations may recall a time when doors were left unlocked. While that practice may no longer seem wise alongside today’s headline news, you should have an expectation of safety and security in your community. In these changing times, here are some things to know and consider about your family’s safety.

safety net. They can keep an eye on your home when you’re not home, noticing any unfamiliar vehicles or people on your property. On a more formal level, consider forming or joining a neighborhood watch organization. A collective stake in the community can serve as an effective crime deterrent.

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Lyndhurst’s Arvanitakis shoots her way to record book in final games By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

hen Joanne Arvanitakis first tried out for the Lyndhurst High School girls’ basketball team, she almost walked away forever. “I was overwhelmed,” Arvanitakis said. “I went home crying and told my Mom (Michele) that I was going to quit. I didn’t know the game. I didn’t know the plays. It was really tough. I only had played recreation basketball, so this was all new to me. I knew I was more of a soccer person.” But Michele Arvanitakis didn’t want to hear any part of her daughter giving up, especially after Joanne had already made a full recovery from a torn knee ligament freshman year. Lyndhurst senior Joanne Arvanitakis. “When I told my Mom that

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games. She averaged just 6.2 points per game. So it seemed unlikely that Arvanitakis would enjoy the explosion that she had in two games last week. Before the season started, Arvanitakis told her mother that she would break the school record for 3-pointers made in a game. “She said, ‘Yeah, right,’” Arvanitakis said. “She didn’t believe I could, so it made me want to beat the record more.” The school record for threes made in a game was six, shared by four girls. Arvanitakis knew the record so well that she could rattle off the four former Golden Bears who made six in a game. “There was Dina Halligan, Krista Halligan, Brittany Levario and Dana DeSimone,” Arvanitakis said. “I always looked at that record on the wall and saying I could do it.” The girl who scored just six points per game thought she could drain more than six 3-pointers in one game? It seemed unattainable. “Before the season, I looked at the wall and said I could do it,” Arvanitakis said. Last week, the improbable became reality. Arvanitakis nailed seven 3-pointers en route to 29 points in a win over Bergen Charter, then tied the old record with six behind the arc in a win over Leonia, tallying 20 points in the process. Two straight games where Arvanitakis scored more than her career best and two straight games where she

either tied or broke the school record for treys in a game. That’s quite remarkable. And for her efforts, Arvanitakis has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week. “I just worked hard and kept focused on what I had to do,” Arvanitakis said. “I had to be the best I could every practice, every game. I knew that I had to back up the first game, because everyone would think it was just a fluke. Could I do it again? I did it again. But I was actually surprised.” Cousins wasn’t shocked at all. “The last couple of games, Joanne has still been improving,” Cousins said. “She’s always had that ability to knock down shots, but she hadn’t been able to put it all together. Now, she’s really finding her stroke. She spent a lot of time, practicing on hitting the 3-point shot. Our team is looking to her more and getting the ball to her on her side of the floor. Her confidence is a little higher now. She can make that shot. From 16 feet, not so much, but from 19-9, that’s her shot. That’s her game.” Cousins likes what Arvanitakis has done to the rest of the Golden Bears’ roster. “She’s taken the pressure off everyone else,” Cousins said. “She’s busted the lid off that rim and made some shots. It’s really not a case of where has it been all season. It’s just that we’re executing better now. I’m just so happy for her.” The Golden Bears were preparing to face Ridgefield Park

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do it. I had a couple of games where I got five. I feel pretty confident now. My shots are going in.” Arvanitakis is headed to Felician College on an athletic/academic scholarship for soccer. “Maybe I’ll give basketball a try, but I’m playing soccer in college,” Arvanitakis said. “I

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that there have been several arrests in Union County and dozens of card readers recovered. Many victims are unaware they have been victimized until their bank statement arrives, and they could be out thousands of dollars before the theft is realized. Montanari advised that the electronics found at the 7-Eleven are being sent for forensic investigation in an effort to determine the identity of possible victims.

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Kruse is also a member of the Jersey City Firefighters’ sionate care.” Emerald Society. In addition to her responKruse has been an active sibilities at CMMC, she’s member of the Nutley Irish also an adjunct professor at American Alliance for 10 Seton Hall University’s nursyears and is a trustee of the ing program. organization. Clyne is a second-generIn Nutley, he’s coached ation Irish-American. Her Little League since 2004 and maternal grandparents come has served on the board of to the U.S. in the early 1900s. directors for the Nutley East Her maternal grandfather, Little League. John McCaffrey, lived in Kruse has three children Granard, County Longford. — two sons, John Jr., a junior He then moved to County at Nutley High School and Leitrim, where he ran a famChristopher, an eighth-gradJohn Kruse Mary Ellen Clyne ily bakery before leaving for er at John H. Walker Middle family. They hailed from Bal- School; and a daughter, NaQueens before moving to the United States in 1928. New Jersey. lyforan, County Roscommon. talie, a fifth-grader at RadClyne’s Irish roots aren’t Clyne currently lives Kruse is an alumnus of just on her mother’s side cliffe Elementary School. in Hillsborough with her Hudson Catholic High either. “I am honored and gratehusband, Gerard. They have School, Jersey City. Her paternal granddad ful and look forward to a three children. In the JCFD, he is the came to the U.S. in 1923 on memorable 2016 St. Patrick’s chairman of the Jersey City Deputy Grand Marshal John a ship, appropriately called Day Parade, marching down Firefighters Local 1066 and is Franklin Ave. with family, “Celtic.” Her paternal grand- Kruse Kruse, a resident of Nutley, the vice-president of the Jer- friends and fellow dignitarmother came 10 years earlier, sey City Firefighters District ies,” Kruse said. “I would has been a Jersey City firewhen she was just 7 years Fund, a non-profit estabfi ghter for the last 22 years. old, on a ship called “The like to thank the officers and He was born and raised lished to help firefighters George Washington.” the board of trustees of the in Jersey City, one of nine and their families following The family first settled Nutley Irish American Allichildren, and his Irish roots a family death, a traumatic in Manhattan’s Upper East ance and N.I.A.A. President are on his mom’s side of the injury or serious illness. Side, then relocated to PARADE from

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host private doctors and practices who derive their income working on hospital property. – except for its parking deck, Therefore, he concluded, auditorium and employee these institutions should be fitness center – failed to qualify as tax-exempt because paying taxes. Acting on the basis of that it functions much as for-profit premise, Martin has, thus far, facilities, operating as “labyrinthine corporate structures, launched similar challenges to the tax-exempt status of intertwined with both nonprofit and for-profit subsidiar- non-profit hospitals in Rahies and unaffiliated corporate way, New Brunswick, Summit, Long Branch, Freehold, entities.” In fact, he noted, non-profit Raritan and Belleville. In Belleville’s case, Martin hospitals now realize “sigis filing appeals of “omitted nificant revenue and pay their assessments” of Clara Maass professionals – and adminfor 2014 and 2015 and an apistrators – salaries that are peal for the current year, for competitive even by for-profit which the filing deadline is standards” and these hospitals April 1. TAX from

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Clara Maass Medical Center, undergoing renovations, is being targeted as a prospective payer of municipal property taxes.

The hope, he said, is that the township and hospital can resolve that the property should be taxed and, following that, “the second stage’’ would be to decide, “what is it worth?” Kevin Esposito, the township’s assessor, said that the township typically places a “paper” assessment on taxexempt properties and that the 6.4 acres of Clara Maass property was last assessed in 2007, which is when the township did its last property revaluation. That assessment was fixed at $89,405,600, which, based on last year’s township tax rate, would account for approximately $3,311,600 in taxes if the entire portion of land were deemed taxable, Esposito said. “More than likely,” he added, a court will rule that only portions of the property will be taxable. But, he added, “that doesn’t include” the improvements under way at Clara Maass, including upgrades to the emergency room and “additional hospital beds.” How those improvements would factor into the tax equation, if at all, also remains to be seen. And even if the township’s efforts are successful, it could still end up as a negative to the hospital’s clients, opined Councilman Steven Rovell. “It’s always nice to have an additional source of revenues in town to defer costs,” he said, “but on the other side, it could be a double-edged sword because Clara Maass could end up passing along the cost to its patients.”

Still, Rovell held out hope that the legislature may find a way to balance the tax burden in a fairer way, despite Gov. Christie’s recent pocket veto of a bill that would have taxed non-profit hospitals under a formula that would apply across-the-board to all such institutions. But if the lawmakers and the governor can’t get together on a follow-up proposal, and the issue continues to play out in the form of tax appeals, that process could be bottled up for years, predicted Clara Maass attorney Alan Hammer, a member of the Roseland law firm Brach Eichler, which is representing other non-profit hospitals on the same issue. “There’s a backlog of four years in Tax Court,” he said. While the Morristown case ended up as a settlement, Hammer said there’s a good possibility that the next case involving a hospital tax issue could end up going to trial, with the aggrieved party asking the appellate court to hear an appeal, and then, the state Supreme Court. That being the case, hypothetically, “it could be six, seven years” before an outcome is known, Hammer said. “In the meantime,” he added, “hospitals and municipalities don’t know how to budget” because of this legal uncertainty. For this reason, Hammer said, it’s likely that either the governor will invite the legislature to send him another bill offering a possible remedy or “the municipalities and hospitals are going to have to negotiate a settlement.”

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obituaries@theobserver.com Phyllis M. Hodkinson Phyllis M. Hodkinson (nee Oliver), of Kearny, passed away Feb. 20. She was 86. Private cremation arrangements are by the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home (www. armitagewiggins.com ). Her ashes will be buried with her beloved son James. Phyllis was very involved in the Junior Woman’s Club and Hospital Auxiliary and she was co-owner of Top of The Towne and later worked for Cathy’s Place, all in Kearny. She also worked as a perfume representative for some of the major department stories. Predeceased by her son James (Jamie) E. Hodkinson, she is survived by her son Ralph M. Hodkinson of Bayonne and her daughter Darryl J. McDermott of Manasquan. Sister of Kathryn O. Frey of Manasquan, she is also survived by her grandchildren Alyson J. McDermott of Connecticut, Christian J. Hodkinson of West Orange and James W. Hodkinson of Bayonne and her nephews Christopher and Matthew Frey. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in her name to the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Moonachie.211116A01 Alice A. Olcott Alice A. Olcott, 77, of 226 Farrier Ave., Towers II, Oneida, N.Y. died Friday, Jan. 22, at the Extended Care Facility in

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while at Kearny High School. She is survived by her husband Derek, her parents Denise Oliver and Anthony Bolden and her grandmothers Dorothy Roberts and Shelia Bolden. Also surviving her are her brothers Darius and Derek and her favorite pal Ruxin. Danielle was recently diagnosed with adrenal cancer. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to www.mcancer.org/adrenalcancer/how-you-can-help.

John Joseph Garrison John Joseph Garrison, of East Newark, entered into eternal rest suddenly, on Friday, Feb. 26. He was 51. A funeral service will be held at the Mulligan Funeral Danielle D. Quiam Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Danielle D. Quiam passed Harrison, on Tuesday, March 1, away Feb. 23 after a brief illat 11 a.m. A committal service ness. She was only 32. Born in will follow at Rosedale CemNewark, she lived most of her etery, Orange. Friends may life in Kearny before movcall on Tuesday after 10 a.m. ing to Scotch Plains in 2012. For directions or to send conVisiting was Feb. 26 and 27 dolences to his family, please from the Armitage & Wiggins visit www.mulliganfh.com. Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Born in Newark, John lived Drive, Kearny. A funeral sermost of his life between Harvice was held Saturday, Feb. rison and Kearny. He worked 27, at the funeral home and as a truck driver for Pechter’s private cremation followed. Bakery, Harrison, and a cab To leave online condolence, driver for Harrison Cab for please visit www.armitagewig- more than 20 years. In his free gins.com. Danielle was a finance Novena to St. Jude director for Loreal in Berkeley Heights. She also loved to May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be bake and owned MMM Cake adored, glorified, loved and preserved of N.J. She loved running track throughout the world now and forever.

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time, John enjoyed singing and music as well as classic television shows such as “The Odd Couple” and “The Honeymooners.” He is survived by his loving children, Joseph M. Garrison (Katherine), Kaitlyn and Sarah; cherished grandson Joseph Jr.; beloved companion, Christine Balek; dear father, John Joseph Garrison; and caring brothers and sisters, Gary (Donna), Kelley, Kevin (Michelle) Patrick, Robert (Erika) and Angel. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother, Consuelo (nee Brynes), in 1994. Margaret Hacker Margaret Hacker (nee Drew) passed away on Saturday, Feb. 27. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Wednesday, March 2, at 8:30 a.m. A funeral Mass will be offered at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny, at 9:30 a.m.

Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Condolences and memories may be shared at www. thiele-reid.com. Margaret was born in Harrison and had lived in Kearny for 63 years. After graduating from All Souls Hospital School of Nursing in Morristown as an R.N., she began working at the former West Hudson Hospital in Kearny. She would remain at West Hudson for 35 years. For 20 of those years she served as an O.R. nurse. Mrs. Hacker was a member the Altar Rosary Society at St. Stephen’s Church. She is survived by her children, Alfred D. Hacker, Margaret K. Kelly, Katherine L. Pedersen and Irene Schmidt; 16 grandchildren and 23 greatgrandchildren. Margaret was predeceased by her husband Alfred Hacker and her granddaughter Jacqueline Pedersen.

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