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Kearny school system’s computers attacked By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Someone attacked the Kearny public school district’s computer system last week, threatening to hold the system “hostage” unless a “ransom” was paid, school officials have

confirmed. But, despite rumors to the contrary, Schools Superintendent Patricia Blood insisted last week that, “We were not hacked. Rather, some of our files were infected with malware after someone opened an [email] attachment that contained that malware.”

For that reason, Blood said, “We are not required to notify the State or local police in this instance.” And, added Blood, “Although we have extensive antivirus and anti-malware in place, this [malware] was a new variant embedded in an email attachment. Our district

engineer and tech staff have worked diligently to clear the infected files and restore all files through our back-up system.” Still, one local high-ranking law enforcement official wondered why no one from the district reached out to the KPD, adding that even if the

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Grand jurors vote not to indict cops in fatal library shooting By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

arrest warrant issued by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, the officer radioed LYNDHURST — headquarters and then also Bergen County grand entered the library, the prosjury has declined to ecutor said. indict two Lyndhurst Allen was subsequently police officers involved in found in the Media Room the fatal shooting of a man on the top floor. The inside the township’s Public Library last year. two walked into an area County Prosecutor Gurbir adjacent to the Young Adult S. Grewal announced the Room, where the officdecision last Wednesday, the er questioned Allen and then day it was handed up, and attempted to cuff him. issued a lengthy statement The prosecutor said Alregarding the case, the inlen broke free and ran into vestigation, and the evidence the Young Adult Room, presented regarding the May where the officer tackled 29, 2015, death of Kevin Alhim and both fell to the len, 36, of Lyndhurst. floor. However, Allen again According to Grewal’s broke free and positioned report, Allen suffered nine himself behind a piano. At gunshot wounds when this point, the second ofthe officers opened fire after ficer arrived on the scene he resisted being handcuffed, and when Allen “refused threatened them with a utilto comply with the officity knife -- ignoring repeated ers’ commands,” both cops commands to drop the discharged their O.C. spray, weapon and warnings that to no effect. they would shoot -- and then It was then that Allen drew charged toward them wield- the knife, and the situation ing the knife. The officers escalated, eventually ending had first deployed O.C. (pep- with the fatal shots being per) spray, but it reportedly fired. had no effect on Allen. Following the shooting, anThe events leading to other Lyndhurst officer who the confrontation began at had arrived on the scene “imapproximately 1:30 p.m. on mediately began to render the date in question when first aid” and Allen was taken one of the officers, drivby ambulance to Meading on Valley Brook Ave., owlands Hospital Medical saw Allen enter the library. Center in Secaucus, where Aware that he was the subhe was pronounced dead at ject of a Lyndhurst theft inapproximately 2:24 p.m. vestigation and had an open Grewal’s statement includ-

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ed the following: “Although none of the civilian witnesses at the library viewed the shooting itself, a number of [them] who were in the Media Room at the time of the shooting heard the police officers repeatedly shout commands at Mr. Allen to drop his weapon.” Two of the civilians “further corroborated that Mr. Allen was armed with a utility knife.” Additionally, one of those witnesses observed Allen hold up the knife and then threaten “Officer 1, yelling: ‘I’m going to kill you! I am going to kill you!’ That witness also observed Officer 1 unsuccessfully attempt to use his/her O.C. spray in an effort to subdue Mr. Allen.” The investigation into Allen’s death was conducted by the BCPO’s Major Crimes Unit and, the prosecutor said, included: interviews with 23 witnesses, including

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police and civilians; forensic evidence collected at the scene; ballistics reports; review of all available video and audio recordings; consultation with the county Medical Examiner; review of all Lyndhurst PD reports related to the shooting and the theft investigation involving Allen; and review of training records related to the two officers involved in the shooting. According to Grewal’s statement: “The Grand Jury was instructed on potential criminal charges against the two officers, as well as on the law of justification -- that is, the use of force in protection of self and others. After hearing evidence and being instructed on the law, the Grand Jury found that the actions of Officers 1 and 2 with respect to Mr. Allen’s shooting death were justified and declined to return criminal charges against either officer.” [Editor’s note: The full text of the prosecutor’s statement regarding the case, including a detailed description of what transpired inside the library, ballistics and autopsy reports, was posted at www.bcpo.net/ bcpo/blog. If, by the time you read this, the statement is no longer available at that specific web address, visit www. bcpo.net, click on “Past Press Releases” and then on June 15.]

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Pumped up, then deflated: Kearny gov’t By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

er by successfully performing CPR to revive a woman “who happened to be the niece of one of our retired firefightKEARNY – ers.” And he has devoted two ast Tuesday’s meeting decades as a volunteer at of the Kearny Town Camp Fatima for special needs Council started out in children, the chief said. good vibes with the celebraA bit later, things began to tion of two Fire Department promotions but later dissolved heat up when Councilman into dissonance as school and Michael Landy, who chairs the recreation committee, wonmunicipal officials verbally dered whether preferential tussled with each other. treatment had been afforded After the governing body observed a moment of silence “someone related to Councilwoman [Marytrine] DeCasfor the 49 victims killed at

called” in a situation like this. But the mayor chided Landy for bringing the issue out in public when “both of you [Landy and DeCastro] have children on that team. You should talk to the recreation administrator about that.” [Lyla DeCastro Lawdanski, the councilwoman’s sister, heads the town’s Recreation Commission.]

Still, Landy persisted, saying that, “Five parents came up to me to complain. … Most parents would be outraged.” Santos repeated that neither Landy nor DeCastro should be talking about the situation because both were conflicted. The mayor said it was up to the Recreation Commission to address the “shortcomings” of the procedure involved.

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tro” named to fill a slot on a rec baseball travel team over a boy who failed to make the cuts. And that happened, Landy said, even though the new player “didn’t try out” for the squad. Adding that player to the team in such a circumstance “sends a horrible message to our kids.” Because of this incident – in concert with another DeCastro relative being hired as a part-time rec security guard – Landy said, “Our council needs to question this.” But Mayor Alberto Santos immediately came to DeCastro’s defense, saying that, “Her children have applied [for jobs], just like anyone.” As for the team issue, the mayor – who had apparently researched the matter before the meeting – conceded that the selection of the player to fill a vacancy on the team probably could have been better handled. “I agree,” Santos said, “that the coach should have reached out to the child who was cut … as the first person to be

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At this point, it appeared that DeCastro was about to speak but she remained silent after the mayor advised her, “Don’t comment.” So ended that confrontation. Another ensued during the meeting’s public portion when Barbara Cifelli-Sherry, a member of the Kearny Board of

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Widow replaces late husband on council By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

at the next regular meeting in August. Eighteen members of the 21-member Harrison Dems HARRISON – Committee convened last le Villalta, the widow of Monday to nominate three canHarrison Councilman didates for the vacant council Victor Villalta, has been seat. selected to replace her late hus“We gave the council the band on the Harrison governing names of Ele Villalta, Antonio body. Silva and Kimberly Woods,” The former Second Ward Doran told The Observer. lawmaker died May 24 with Silva, owner of Silva Carting, more than three years left in his is active in Holy Cross Parish council term. and in the local Portuguese In Harrison, the last time a community; Woods, a dental wife filled the seat previously hygienist in Kearny, is a memoccupied by her spouse was in 1978 when Margaret McGuigan ber of the Harrison Board of took over for Councilman John Education; and Villalta is a Democratic county committeeMcGuigan. She continued in woman and active in the Harthat office for 22 years. rison/East Newark Elks. Whether Ele Villalta will “Ele was our first choice,” serve out the remainder of her said Doran. “She’s very popular husband’s unexpired term or be in the Second Ward and we berequired to stand for election in lieve she will continue the good the November general election work that Victor started.” is still being researched, said Third Ward Councilman Councilman James Doran, muLarry Bennett echoed his nicipal chairman of the Democolleague’s praise for the new cratic County Committee. council member. “I’ve known In any case, she will particiEle a long time, as long as I pate in her first council session knew Victor. She’s a lifelong

Public service seems part of the Simpson-Villalta alliance: daughter Dina, who has been nominated to take her mom’s spot on a Dems county committee, and Victoria are parking enforcement officers in Harrison; Lisa teaches physical education at Harrison’s Lincoln School; and Victor works for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, as did his father for 10 years. “I’m very blessed to have such good kids,” she said. Asked if she had any goals for her council service, Ele said that Victor kept a list of things he hoped to accomplish and “I have to go through his notes again so I can continue on through with the work he wanted to do for the community.” Much of his attention was focused on projects to benefit elderly residents of Harrison, Ele said, “And I’d like to follow him in that effort, along with his work on behalf of veterans. I’ll just do my job to best of my ability for the community and the residents.”

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Ele Villalta (3rd from l.) is surrounded by Mayor James Fife (c.) and family members after being sworn in as Harrison’s newest council member.

Harrison resident, has always been concerned about the community and, having her family here, she’ll do a good job. She’ll do fine. And we’ll all work together.” Ele Villalta told The Observer she was “very pleased and honored to be selected to take over my husband’s position. It just seems so fitting. Vic [a decorated U.S. Marine] was buried Memorial Day weekend. It was his favorite holiday. He would go to the schools [as an active veterans’ advocate]. And I got sworn in on Flag Day. It seems like it was meant to be.

I’m looking forward to working with the council. I knew a lot of them before I met Vic. “There’ve been four generations of my [Simpsons] family in Harrison. And four generations of Villaltas. Vic and I were in the same history class at Harrison High School – that’s where we met. After he got out of the military, we got married, had four children: Dina, Victoria, Victor and Lisa. I worked a few jobs but ultimately, my main job was to make sure the kids were taken care of. Now there are six grandsons.”

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‘Countdown’ to suspect’s arrest 19, 2015, hold-up of the Community Bank in Rochelle he alleged “CountPark. The Lyndhurst heist down Bandit,” wanted occurred Dec. 3, 2015, at the in connection with 10 Hudson City Savings Bank. bank robberies across BerOther robberies were regen County — including one ported in Maywood, on July in Lyndhurst — was arrested 1, 2015; River Edge, Aug. 12; last Thursday afternoon, just New Milford, Oct. 23; Glen hours after the final heist, Rock, Nov. 6; Oradell, Dec. authorities reported. 29; Wayne, March 8, 2016, The suspect was identiand Garfield, April 28. fied as Marcelino Garcia of Police said the bandit Hackensack, who turned earned his nickname be23 on Friday, June 17 — in cause, after handing a teller the Bergen County Jail. a note demanding money, Garcia was charged with he would be counting down 10 counts of second-degree from 10. robbery in connection Six months ago, a task with the 16-month spree, force was formed compriswhich began with the Feb. ing officers from the Ber-

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Fatal accident in Walmart lot KEARNY – A 35-year-old East Orange man was fatally injured Sunday night when he was struck by a minivan in the Walmart parking lot, Kearny police reported. Police said the accident occurred at approximately 9 p.m. as Anthony Reed and a companion, Elijah Myers, 30, also of East Orange, were walking to their car. Both were hit by the van, operated by a 30-year-old Newark man, police said. The victims were taken to

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local Bergen County police departments, including the Lyndhurst PD. According to the office of Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal, “As a result of law enforcement intelligence-sharing regarding the description of the suspect’s vehicle used during the above robberies, numerous leads were developed regarding potential suspect vehicles, as well as potential suspects.” Ultimately, the focus was placed on Garcia. At 10:25 a.m. last Thursday, June 16, a robbery was reported at the Spencer Savings Bank in Walling-

ton. Members of the Task Force “quickly assessed that it was the individual previously identified as the ‘Countdown Bandit’ that committed the robbery,” the statement from Grewal said. That afternoon, a search warrant was executed at Garcia’s Hackensack apartment, where he was taken into custody without incident. The suspect was remanded to the county jail on $750,000 bail (no 10%) pending an appearance Friday, June 17, in Bergen County Superior Court. – Karen Zautyk

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Orlando massacre hits way too close to home By Kevin Canessa Jr.

from my old home in Port St. Lucie, Fla. t was around 1 p.m. on The terrorist’s parents — Sunday, June 12, when I got they still live around the cora text from my mom. ner from the old homestead — “Do you believe what’s hapon Bayshore Boulevard, Port pening in Orlando?” she asked. St. Lucie. “No, what’s happening in For nearly four years, I lived Orlando?” I asked back. around the corner from this I had been busy catching up guy’s parents. on shows I missed during the His father is clearly a deluweek much of Sunday mornsional nutcase. ing and early afternoon, and I I’d later learn there’s a hadn’t put the news on at all. chance I even bumped into It was probably the first Sunthe murderer at least once, day in recent memory I didn’t perhaps more, since he was a have some sort of news on. security guard at the PGA VilI usually watch “Meet the lage, a complex I often visited Press,” “Face the Nation” and to see my surrogate family yes, even “Fox News Sunday.” — the Levins — and two dear But not this Sunday. friends — the Cavanaughs. I figured something hapKevin Cavanaugh texted me pened at Disney. And thought later that Sunday afternoon to later on in the week there’d say the murderer had worked be another tragedy at Disney, the front gate that very day where a 2-year-old was killed — from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. He by a gator, but I couldn’t have worked a full shift … just hours been more wrong. before he sprayed 49 innocent, “The massacre,” mom mostly young, gay men and texted. “There are 50 people women. It was like he didn’t dead. Fifty. Fifty.” I immediately turned to the have a care in the world. I’m told there’s a good cable news networks and saw chance that when I came to what I couldn’t believe at first. visit at PGA Village, he probA man, apparently from Fort ably took my license to check Pierce, Fla., opened up gunme in. I likely stared the guy fire and killed 49 people at an right in the eyes. It sickens me, LGBT-themed dance club in more than a week later, that Orlando. he was right there — in plain The murderer’s apartment sight — for all to see. — a mere two miles away

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Flags ﬂy at half-staff last week in front of Lyndhurst Township Hall, to honor the memory of the 49 people, mostly LGBT, who were killed at an Orlando nightclub in the early-morning hours of Sunday, June 12.

Knowing myself as I do, I was probably even extremely cordial to him. Yet it’s not just the geographical connection that’s upsetting. It’s more about what happened that day. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t wrap my head around it. At one point or another two weekends ago, a few hundred people decided they’d go from wherever it was they were — some from Orlando, others from Miami, still others from other states — to a place

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where for many years, the LGBT community and their friends could go to escape all else. It was a place they could go to simply be. They wouldn’t be called derogatory names. They wouldn’t be stared at because they were holding the hand of or dancing with someone of the same gender. No, not at Pulse. At Pulse, they were free to just be. No labels. No judgment. Nope … none of that. And yet in an instant, short-

ly after 2 a.m., Sunday, June 12, everything changed. Once again, a fundamental Islamic terrorist — and make no mistake about it, he was a fundamental Islamic terrorist, despite his American citizenship — in the name of a religion and group determined to kill innocent people, did the unthinkable. With a pistol and an automatic weapon, one capable of spraying 30 rounds a second, he extinguished the lives of 49, many young, LGBT women and men in an instant. And all they wanted to do that night? Dance. Be. And then go home. For 49 people aged 18 to 50, they’d never make it home. Instead, many were piled up inside stalls in the club’s bathrooms. In one stall — it was a little bigger than the other stalls because it was wheelchair-accessible — there were reportedly 17 people piled on top of each other. Many were bleeding. Some were bleeding profusely. Those who were alive were petrified of what was next. Six were alive. Eleven were dead. see COLUMN page

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WE’VE GOT MAIL ‘LANDY: YOUR ENGLISH IS GOOD, BUT YOUR LOGIC … NOT SO MUCH’ To the Editor: Councilman Mike Landy’s rebuttal to my letter of June 8 was beautifully written with stunning vocabulary, good sentence structure and proper punctuation. (You know how I swoon over a well-placed comma!) Unfortunately, his argument is a “house of

cards,” a structure built on sand that is rendered moot by the fact that his premises are totally invalid. Landy’s depiction of a Board of Education so haughty, so arrogant, that it places itself above criticism and beyond questioning, could not be further from the truth. We are, much like the Council members, honest, hardworking people who welcome legiti-

mate questions asked in the appropriate venue. Our format, much like that of the Council, accommodates and encourages public participation via two items on the agenda. My objection to Second Ward Councilman Rich Konopka’s remarks (May 24 Council meeting) concerning the progress, or lack thereof, of the Kearny High School capital project, arose out of

my concern that they were accusatory in nature, they lacked sufficient background information and they questioned the Board in absentia. That is neither fair nor professional. (It should be noted here that both Second Ward Councilmen, Rich Konopka and Jon Giordano, came to a Board meeting, after the fact, on June 6. A very fruitful, open dialogue ensued leading

to the Councilmen sitting with Mark Bruscino, our plant operations manager, to go over the project timeline. Coincidentally, at that very meeting, the Board scaled a major legal hurdle and passed a resolution awarding the project to the lowest bidder. I believe they left that meeting with a much better undersee LETTER page

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superintendent, restoring an administrative secretary to her Education and former Second former post and re-hiring a Ward councilwoman, stepped custodian with a minor felony up to the podium to talk about record. a letter that appeared in last Cifelli-Sherry retorted: “We week’s issue of The Observer didn’t sacrifice one thing for written by Landy who was, another.” in turn, responding to a prior She said the former superletter by Cifelli-Sherry comintendent lacked the “educaplaining about criticism of tional certification” for the job, the school board leveled by that the secretary who “had several council members con- 25 years of service with an cerning what he perceived as a unblemished record” had been “cavalier” attitude toward the “treated shamefully” by her exlack of progress on the high boss and the custodian, “when school construction project. he was a kid, made a mistake, Dismissing Landy’s premise a youthful transgression that as “not valid,” Cifelli-Sherry was expunged openly.” took issue with Landy and sevIn summary, Cifelli-Sherry eral of his council colleagues said, “we should be working for unfairly “bashing” school together – not throwing bombs trustees. “We’re hard-working, at each other.” honest people,” she added, Landy then interjected that who care very much about the it was “very frustrating” to project for which “we’ve saved have seen so little movement a ton of money in production on the high school, especially costs.” having a son “now finishing As for the turnover in his sophomore year” at the architects and contractors asschool. But even more dissociated with the high school tressing, he said, was what job, Cifelli-Sherry said: “I take happened to another son who responsibility from day one was a fourth-grader during the that I was elected to the board 2013-14 school year when his [in November 2013] but I will teacher reported out sick more not take responsibility for the than 60 days while allegedly actions of others. I won’t be working elsewhere. the whipping boy” [for those “We asked you [and other “others.”] trustees] for help but we got In his letter, Landy faulted no comment, no phone call,” the board for allowing itself to Landy said. “You abandoned be distracted from the promy child and that has skewed ject by focusing on personnel my view of the board.” issues like firing the former Cifelli-Sherry said: “You as

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Ready for final piece of high school project KEARNY – It appears that all systems are go for the Kearny Board of Education to proceed with the final piece of the long-awaited Kearny High School renovation project. On June 1, a state Appellate Court panel of Judges Jack M. Sabatino, Amy O’Connor and Karen L. Suter, approved a settlement of two consolidated appeals filed by The Bennett Co. of Kearny and the Paul Otto Building Co. (POBC) of Cranford. Both contractors were among six firms that submitted bids Dec. 15, 2015, for construction services related to the Aircraft Noise Abatement and Addition/Renovation at the KHS North Building. Bennett, with a base bid of $26.8 million, was judged to

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an educator [Landy is a middle school principal in Harrison] know that it’s not easy [to remove a teacher].” Santos, looking to mediate the dispute, offered that, “We’re proud of our school district, giving an opportunity to about 5,000 children – many of whom are getting their only shot at going up the ladder. But the high school project is a disaster.” Still, the mayor said, now that a contract has been awarded to complete the job, “there should be a workable

plan to go forward.” From now on, he said, the board needs to make every effort to provide “disclosure to the public” on the job’s status. As for any prior hiccups, he added, “we can’t go back and undo it.” The final words on the subject were provided by Councilwoman Eileen Eckel who griped that, “The words I said [at the last council meeting about the project] were taken out of context. There shouldn’t be one side against the other.” Referring to her prior service as a school trustee, Eckel said

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Water rescue all in a day’s work for citizen By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – 30-year-old Secaucus man is being lauded as a hero after he jumped into the murky waters of the Passaic River on Tuesday, June 14, to save a woman who drove her vehicle into the river moments earlier. Nutley police said a vehicle, occupied by a 50-year-old Cranford woman, jumped a small curb on a landing on Dock St. into 10 feet of water at around 8:30 a.m. Secaucus resident Jason Moss, who rescued the driver, told Det. Sgt. Anthony Montanari, the NPD’s public-information officer, that he had been in the King’s Court gym, across the river in Lyndhurst, when someone who saw the incident yelled for someone to call 9-1-1, which someone inside the gym did. At the same time, Moss told police, he changed clothes quickly, ran over the bridge to the Nutley side of the Passaic and dove into the water. Later, Moss told The Observer how everything unfolded. “Well, it’s been a whirlwind day to say the least,” Moss said. “I’m a little sore — my leg is sore — but I got a tetanus and the doctor told me I am going to be OK. Doctor also gave me antibiotics. “I was across the river at the gym — and I guess this is just how I was raised. I knew I had to do the right thing. I left the gym, took off my dress clothes, threw my shorts back on and I knew there was a boat launch there. At this point, the car is about 75% under water. There was another person [on the landing] over there and he kept saying, ‘I can’t swim.’ Now, I’m not a professional swimmer, but I am athletic.”

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Moss said he didn’t realize, at first, that the water was fairly shallow at the Nutley shoreline. “It was only 10 feet deep, so I scraped my leg when I first jumped in,” Moss said. “When I got to the vehicle, the window was closed, it was under water, and I was having trouble getting the door open. I really struggled at first.” It was at this point he said he was worried he mightn’t be able to get the door open. “So I looked back to see if any of the rescuers were there yet. They weren’t. But at this point, I knew I definitely had to get that door open or this woman was going to die. She was already unconscious. So I put my foot onto the vehicle and I gave it all I had — everything — and I was able to get it open and pull her out of the vehicle.” Moss said he carried the woman over to the shoreline — a short distance from the sinking vehicle — and first responders took her to safety. “I was fortunate — just as I got her out, there were the rescuers,” Moss said. “But now we were all worried there might be someone else in the car. I asked them if they wanted me to go back to check, but at that moment, the woman woke up and she said

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she was by herself.” All in a day’s work for Moss. “I’ll be back at the gym tomorrow,” he said. “I’m not a hero — just paying it forward.” Meanwhile, first responders from Nutley, Lyndhurst and Belleville treated the woman at the scene. She was later taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Moss refused treatment at the scene, but later took himself

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Nightmare on Elm St. dispelled peacefully KEARNY – t’s all clear now, but for a while, things were a bit nip and tuck on the 100 block of Elm St. in Kearny. On May 19, the town Health Department was notified by the Mayor’s Office that a large bees’ nest had been spotted on a street tree in front of 103 Elm St., just off Bergen Ave. Public Health Inspector William Pettigrew, who took the call, said he went to the location where he “observed a large swarm of honey bees on the tree limb. In addition, numerous bees were flying in the immediate area.” As a safety precaution, Pettigrew arranged for the Kearny Public Works Department to set up barricades along the curbside and the Kearny Police De-

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Was man seriously robbed? NPD unsure NUTLEY – Police here are investigating whether an alleged attempted robbery, that led to districtwide school lockdowns, was the real deal. Det. Sgt. Anthony Montanari, in a news release, said on June 15 at 2:50 p.m., the NPD responded to Union Ave. on a reported robbery. They met with the victim who said the suspect, who was a “very tall black male, dreads, wearing a white T-shirt, brandished a silver handgun and demanded his phone.” The victim told police the suspect then fled toward Park Ave. after running away with

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QPHS still far from $1M fundraising goal to save school NORTH ARLINGTON – Some 24 days into the school’s efforts to raise $1 million by June 30 to keep the doors open next academic year and beyond, Queen of Peace High School has raised a total of $368,969. With just eight days to go (based on our day of publication and figures available as of presstime) to the Archdiocesan-imposed June 30 deadline, the school must still raise a staggering $631,031 over the next week and a day to be even considered for non-closure, according to information given to The Observer by Jim Goodness, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Newark, in a phone interview two weeks ago. In the time since it was announced the school could close, fundraising efforts by school officials, alumni, the community, parishioners, business owners and others has been quite fierce. A few alums have given substantially to the fundraising efforts, including a single gift a few weeks ago of $30,000 from Stephanie, Michelle and Kasia Rozalski, all three of whom are alumnae and $25,000 last week

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QP Church Parochial Vicar the Rev. Scott Attanasio, who donated $1,000 of his own cash. The Rev. Sal DiStefano, formerly a parochial vicar at St. Stephen’s, Kearny, the current chaplain at Oratory Prep School, Summit, and newest member of the QPHS Board

of Overseers, also donated $1,000 of his personal money. In total, 545 individuals, organizations, schools, churches and businesses have made a donation (as of Monday). Meanwhile, a little more than a week ago, administrators at Queen of Peace Grammar School sent a note home

to partents reminding them the elementary school is in no danger of closing. Still, raising $1 million isn’t all it will take to keep the school’s doors open. Archdiocesan officials and Donovan have said the school must also implement a long-term plan for the school, including a vision for an expansion to enrollment. At present, fewer than 300 students would be enrolled in the next academic year at QP if the doors aren’t shut — enrollment was once at more than 900 students — and Goodness told The Observer a few weeks back 500 students or more are needed for the school to remain viable (not necessarily by next school year, however). Are you interested in donating to help keep QPHS open? Visit www.QPHS. org/saveqphs. There, you’ll find several ways to donate, including snail mail, through e-Check or, the last method (perhaps the easiest), by using a credit card with GoFundMe. Go directly to the GoFundMe site by visiting www.gofundme.com/saveqphs. Donations must be made by Thursday, June 30.

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$60M in grants for wetlands projects TRENTON – he state Department of Environmental Protection is making $60 million in competitive grants available for public-access and

wetlands projects along the Lower Passaic River, associated tributaries and Newark Bay, Commissioner Bob Martin announced last week. Of the total, $50 million is

earmarked for projects that create or improve public access in what is called the Newark Bay Complex, which, in addition to the bay itself, includes the Lower Passaic,

QUEEN OF PEACE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE Congratulations to Mr. Victor M. Nazario III for graduating from Florida Coastal Law School in Florida. Victor was a graduate of Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, Class of 2007. Victor was an Honor Student at Queen of Peace with a 3.5 GPA and captain of the football team for 2 years. After high school, Victor attended Monmouth University obtaining a 3.5 GPA over his four (4) years. Victor then went on to Florida Coastal Law School where he was Cum Laude, received a certificate in Business Law, Pro Bono Honors and Law Review Honors. He is pictured with his happy grandparents: Bob & Dolores at his graduation on May 14th, 2016.

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Another guilty plea in oxycodone case BELLEVILLE – Another Belleville resident has pleaded guilty to having a role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced last week. Alexis Horvath, 27, entered the plea Tuesday, June 14, before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Federal Court in Newark. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when she is sentenced Sept. 19. According to Fishman’s office, Horvath admitted that between Feb. 5, 2014, and Aug. 13, 2014, she personally obtained prescriptions for oxycodone-containing pills from doctors, had those prescriptions filled at pharmacies, and then resold the pills to others. She also admitted to having bought 70 pills from one co-conspirator in Jersey

City and then selling them to another, authorities said. Of the individuals originally charged with Alexis Horvath, two other Belleville residents -- Victoria Horvath, 43, and Rickie Horvath, 54 -- have also pleaded guilty, as have: Monica Horvath, 22, Tony Marco, 47, and Steven Horvath, 45, all of Rutherford; Justin Farraj, 24, and Matthew Policarpio, 28, of Newark; and Sabrina Vajda, 32, of Brooklyn. All are awaiting sentencing. In April, co-conspirators Johnny Horvath, 46, and Daniel Horvath, 27, were sentenced to prison terms of 30 months and 27 months, respectively. Brian Perez, 23, was given a 40-month term in 2014; Luis Rivera, 25, a 54-month term last August. The indictment remains pending against four other individuals.

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Czykier, Goncalves lead the way to solid finishes

Lyndhurst Legion Post 139 aims for solid summer The summer is upon us, so that means it’s time for summer baseball. And that means one thing: The Lyndhurst Post 139 American Legion is sponsoring one of the top local teams in the area. Like they have for over a half century, the members of Post 139 have pooled their talents — and funds — to put a competitive team on the field at Breslin Field, a team that would make the area proud, especially when it comes time for the District and New Jersey state playoffs later this summer. Mike Voza is the team’s field general again this summer, aided by the assistance of general manager Jerry Sparta. Voza is certain that the team will be competitive throughout the long nights of summer and perhaps into the postseason. “We offer a unique brand of baseball,” Voza said. “We strictly use wood bats. Some people like it and some don’t, but there are no cheap hits and you have to earn everything. We feel like we have a team that can compete with

our pitching and our defense. We’re in a very competitive league.” The Post 139 squad is in a league that features Rochelle Park, Ridgewood and Ramsey, three perennial powerhouses. Lyndhurst won its first three games of the summer, before falling to Rochelle Park Friday night. “To be 3-0 to start the year was outstanding,” Voza said. “I never thought it could happen. We beat Ridgewood, 4-3, and we scored three runs without getting the ball out of the infield. We capitalized on three walks and a few errors, but we managed to win. We’re going to be in every game because we pitch and play defense. We do have our work cut out for us.” The Post 139ers won a game against each of their divisional foes before falling to Rochelle Park. “We won once against each team to start off,” Voza said. “That was a good way to start the season.” Leading the pitching staff is former Lyndhurst High School ace Nolan Kelly, who has see VIEW page

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Kearny track seniors Anna Czykier (l.) and Daniela Goncalves (r.) show off the awards they received as All-Hudson County Track Coaches Association honorees. Goncalves earned All-County in four events, while Czykier earned All-County in three. Head coach Al Perez offers congratulations.

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this week, but competed for the Kardinals because she resides in Kearny, was as hey come from different versatile of an athlete that the program has produced. backgrounds, different “She was extremely talexperience levels — even ented,” said Kearny head coach different schools. Al Perez. “I could put her in But together, Anna Czykier any event, from the 100 (meter and Daniela Goncalves had dash) to the 800 (meter run) amazing seasons to help the and the hurdles. She could exKearny High School girls’ track cel in all of them. I tried to use and field team to enjoy one of her as much as I could.” the most successful outdoor Czykier (pronounced SHAtrack campaigns in recent KEER) ended up holding years. school records in the intermeBoth Czykier and Goncalves diate hurdles and the 400-mecompeted in several events ter run, the latter a record she that enabled the Kardinals to tied that was held by assistant finish second at the Hudson coach Mandy Lavelle. County Track Coaches Asso“It’s so nice to be rememciation Relays and the overall bered that way,” Czykier said HCTCA championships this at the annual Hudson County spring. Track Coaches Association Czykier, who will graduate awards presentation last Monfrom High Tech High School day night at the Chandelier in

Bayonne. “It’s a good feeling to have the records, but it’s also a little bittersweet that it’s over. The time just flew by. I’m amazed at what I was able to accomplish.” It’s remarkable considering Czykier had to commute every day from High Tech in North Bergen and then get back to Kearny in time for practices and meets. “It was definitely difficult for her,” Perez said. “She had the added obstacle of trying to get to practice. At times, she came late and had to hop right into practice, then stay late to make up for what she missed. But she’s a very intelligent girl and a hard worker. She’s very responsible and knows what she has to do. It made it a lot easier and eventually it became secsee KEARNY next page

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join the track team until her junior year. “I tried it a little in sixth ond nature. She would come grade and enjoyed it, but I late and adjust from there. But didn’t think much of it,” Gonshe was a great athlete for us calves said. and a great competitor.” Then, she received inspiraCzykier will head to Rutgers tion from a coach of another in New Brunswick in the fall sport at Kearny, namely head to begin part of the pre-med football coach John Kryzprogram there. She attained a 3.8 grade point average at High anowski. “Coach K encouraged me to Tech and received a score of 31 try to throw the shot put,” Gonon the ACT. “I might try to walk on there,” calves said. “He thought that I would be really good at it. It Czykier said. “I haven’t given much thought to it, but it might took me a while to get it down. It was a big learning experience be worth giving it a try. I’m for me.” just so grateful to have joined Goncalves said that she was the track team here. I made really inspired to have a good so many friends on this team. season. I had a blast. It was a great “It was my last year, so I was career.” going to try my hardest,” GonGoncalves’ story is a lot different, because she didn’t even calves said.

It ended up that Goncalves won the HCTCA championships in both the shot put and the discus. “I never thought I was that good,” Goncalves said. “I don’t think I could ever be good enough.” Goncalves is headed to Montclair State University in the fall, but doesn’t know if she will compete in track and field there. She will try to major in business. “But that might change next week,” Goncalves said. “I’m too indecisive.” Goncalves also shattered school records in the shot put and discus. “It’s all a shock to me,” Goncalves said. “I never thought any of this could happen. Holding two school records

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is insane. To win the county championship was amazing, because it was a dogfight.” Perez was impressed with Goncalves’ work ethic. “She showed huge gains in every single workout,” Perez said. “She worked hard in the weight room and she put a lot of time in there. But every week, she kept getting better and better. It was exciting to watch her get better and then compete. She became a very pleasant surprise. I knew she had ability, but she just got better. She broke long standing records in indoor and outdoor. It was just exciting to watch. She also did well with the discus and javelin.” Perez likes Goncalves’ personality. “She’s just very modest,”

Perez said. “She doesn’t realize how well she did. But to hold two school records is very impressive.” Needless to say, the two will be sorely missed. “They were good seniors and team leaders,” Perez said. “They led by example. They were huge point scorers for us.” Goncalves said that she will miss the social aspect to the sport. “It was fun to get to meet people, especially from other schools,” Goncalves said. “I made a lot of special bonds with people that I never would have had before. It was great. I’m glad I did it.” So is everyone involved with Kearny track and field. Anna Czykier and Daniela Goncalves will not soon be forgotten.

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been featured here in the sports pages of The Observer over the years. Kelly, a former Observer Athlete of the Week who has overcome Tourette’s syndrome, had a complete game victory over Rochelle Park in his first start. “He’s one of our go-to starters,” Voza said of Kelly. Nic DiTomasso, another former Observer Athlete of the Week for Lyndhurst High, is another top starter. DiTomasso throws strikes and keeps the ball down, a crucial factor especially on the new fast FieldTurf surface at Breslin Field. Andrew Fitzgerald, another former Lyndhurst hurler, is another key member of the Post 139 starting staff. A major find has been Lyndhurst native Augie Burkhardt, who played hockey at St. Peter’s Prep. “One of our players mentioned Augie as someone who could throw hard,” Voza said. “So he has come in and he’s now our closer. He has two saves already. He’s been a big help.” Sean Bielitz is a left-handed pitcher who once played for St. Mary’s of Rutherford. Conner Clare, whose father once played for Lyndhurst High and the Post 139 teams, is another pitcher. The younger Clare is a product of Rutherford High and will play at

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LEFT: Vin Dorio plays second base for the Lyndhurst Post 139 American Legion baseball team. RIGHT: Nick Cardinale is the shortstop for the Lyndhurst Post 139 American Legion baseball team.

Rutgers-Newark in the fall. Justin Grippo is another pitcher who plays the outfield as well. He’s also Voza’s nephew who was a multisport standout at Mahwah. Nick Carnevale, who will begin his senior year at Lyndhurst in the fall, is the team’s shortstop. High school teammate Vin Dorio, who will graduate shortly from

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Memorable season for St. Mary’s, thanks to locals By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

he St. Mary’s (Rutherford) High School baseball team concluded an excellent season last week when the Gaels traveled to

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“We always have the expectations to get to a state final, but we hadn’t been there in about seven or eight years,” said Hulse, the Kearny native and resident who is an alumnus of St. Mary’s and has been the head coach of the Gaels for the last six seasons. “We always expect to be there,” Hulse said. “Maybe having the underdog role this season helped us relax and get to the championship game.” The Gaels did manage to defeat Morristown-Beard to advance to Toms River. Morristown-Beard was the top seed in the Non-Public B North and won the Morris

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seasons in outfielder/pitcher Greg Dahl and shortstop Joey Castellanos. “They were by far the two hardest working kids we had,” Hulse said. “Greg was a former third baseman who was a so-so outfielder, but we put him out there. It was like night and day. He went from being our No. 8 hitter last year to our No. 3 hitter this year.” Dahl batted .405 and earned First Team All-NJIC Meadow-

lands honors. “He never played the outfield before and now it’s become his spot,” Hulse said. “He grew to like playing left field. He was also our No. 3 pitcher.” Dahl pitched to a 2-2 record along with his .400-plus batting average. It was quite the season for the junior. It was nothing compared to the year that Castellanos enjoyed.

Castellanos was named to First Team All-Bergen County, the first time a Gael had been selected in a long time. He was also selected to the First Team All-State by NJ.com. Castellanos managed to lead the entire state in hits with 56 and RBI with 43, a remarkable total because Castellanos batted leadoff for the second half of the season. “He was the leader of the team,” Hulse said. “He played

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shortstop from the first game of the season and didn’t miss a single inning. He played every inning at short. To have that many RBI from a leadoff hitter is amazing.” Hulse said that he didn’t know much about either player before they enrolled at St. Mary’s. “Most times, I know kids from the seventh and eighth grade,” Hulse said. “But with Greg and Joey, I didn’t even know they were coming to St. Mary’s. I don’t even know why they chose St. Mary’s, but I’m glad they did. They were both great finds for us and they both come back next year. I’m glad that we’re able to go out and find kids based on our good reputation.” Hulse, who is now 35 years old, was a standout Little League player in Kearny who went to St. Mary’s and had a brilliant career, earning All-

Parochial honors his senior year. He then went to Felician College and became an NCAA Division II All-American there before beginning his coaching career where he played high school ball. “It’s awesome,” said Hulse, who became a full-time teacher at the school this year. “When I graduated from college, I didn’t even think about going anywhere else. I’m glad that I have an athletic director (Matt Stone of North Arlington) and an administration that supports us.” So much so that the Gaels have already received approval to begin the 2017 season at the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “They all make my job that much easier,” Hulse said. So does having two extremely talented players from Nutley like Dahl and Castellanos.

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Kearny High School seniors Sara Jacques (ctr. l.) and Jessica Cavalier (ctr. r.) were given scholarships by Kearny UNICO at the school’s recent Senior Awards Night by UNICO Vice President Louis Pandolﬁ (l.), Treasurer Judy Hyde (2nd from l.), President Joseph Sgalia (2nd from r.) and Secretary Celeste Pandolﬁ. Sara also received a scholarship from the Kearny Ladies of UNICO.

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an addition to the Lincoln School. As per the settlement agreement, the Florham Park law firm of Hedinger & Lawless, representing Bennett, is to hold the settlement funds in a trust account for 46 days following June 6 and, “if there are no challenges filed seeking to overturn the settlement, by any third party, within the 46-day period, the settlement funds shall be disbursed to POBC.” News that work will proceed on the high school came during last week’s Town

Council meeting when Second Ward representative Richard Konopka, who recently characterized the project a “disaster,” noted that he and Jonathan Giordano, his Second Ward colleague, had met earlier that day with school brass to get an update on the project. “They cleared some things up,” Giordano said. Michael Martello, the town’s construction code official, said he’s hoping that the district, its construction overseers and the contractor can deliver a product in a more orderly

fashion than was previously performed. Martello, who met with the architect and project manager, on the “downsized” project, said he “outlined some of my concerns” about how the job will proceed, given that in the past, “there was no rhyme or reason for why things were happening.” After getting a detailed explanation on how the remaining work would be staged, Martello said it appeared that “most of the demolition” still to be done would be done “this summer,” but that, in

any case, the contractor and overseers would take pains to see that safety issues were “handled appropriately.” Initially, Martello said, the professionals told him they were were projecting completion by September 2017 but, when pressed, revised that date to “sometime in 2018.” “The project is complicated by the fact that the building is occupied,” he said. Nonetheless, Martello added, “I’m confident that they will move forward as quickly as possible.” – Ron Leir

scrap meat. For three hours, they waited for help. The killer kept coming The smell, one witness back near that bathroom. said, was intolerable and Those fortunate enough to unforgettable. be alive would keep as quiet “You could smell the blood as humanly possible — for — there was so much blood,” some, this was an enormous said club-goer and survivor task. On occasion, he’d spray Miguel Leiva, 29, of Miami, the bathroom with more bul- a straight man who went to lets. Luckily, in this particu- the club with his girlfriend lar instance, there was no that night (she also surmore loss of life beyond the vived). “It was just like, all 11 already massacred. my clothes was (sic) just full But for three solid hours, of blood. We were sitting there they were, piled on top down (in the stall) and it of each other like a bunch of was just like a huge puddle

of blood and after a while, when it started drying up, it smelled really bad.” Leiva himself was shot in one foot and in one leg. A day after the shooting, somehow he was able to keep himself composed enough to describe what he saw to CNN’s Anderson Cooper in great, painstaking detail. “I was there with my girlfriend,” Leiva said. “At one point we passed around some water. There was this guy, Chris, choking on his own blood. There were oth-

er people shot who needed water. So many people, you know, were there just to have a good time.” Including Chris, who later died. Then, for nearly 24 hours later, for those who didn’t make it home, their bodies were strewn about in a scene that affected even the toughest of the tough in law enforcement. For that day, they lay there, their cell phones going off constantly — with someone likely on the other end hoping beyond hopes that their loved ones were in hospital. Perhaps they never made it to the club. Maybe they got out and just weren’t answering their phones. None of that happened though. The phones just kept on ringing. And it translated into the worst mass murder in our nation’s history. There’s still so much confusion as to why the murderer did this. (I will not name him). Was he really doing this to pledge allegiance to ISIS? Did his wife know he was going to do this? Was he gay and so disgusted with himself that he felt it necessary to kill members of the LGBT community because they were free to be who they were — while he wasn’t? (There are numerous reports he frequented Pulse quite often). Was he carrying out his disgusting father’s beliefs that gay people aren’t really people and thus deserve to be executed? Hopefully, we’ll eventually find out why he did it. Despite the incredible sadness this has brought to Orlando and many other parts of the country, I hold out hope

that perhaps now those who refuse to respect the LGBT community will start to see just how difficult it is to be gay in this country, despite all the progress made over the last six decades. I hold out hope that the people who think being gay is a choice now get that it’s not a choice — who on earth would make such an absurd decision — to be the target of jokes, the target of hatefulness … the target of an enraged South Florida Islamic terrorist? I had held out hope that many of the churches of West Hudson, Southeast Essex and South Bergen counties would lower their flags to half-staff to honor the dead, though some did, including Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington — and for that they deserve great praise). I hold out hope that never again will the LGBT community lose 49 of its members, friends and allies all in one night. I hold out hope that never again will I be able to sadly claim that I lived in the same neighborhood as a terrorist’s parents — or the same county as said judge, jury and executioner himself. I hold out hope that as a nation, we’ll learn from this awful tragedy. That is, at least, until the next tragedy just like this one happens. And this is America. So it will. What are your thoughts? Feel free to respond in a letter to the editor. Send it to editorial@theobserver.com. Want to respond directly to the writer? Send an email to kc@theobserver.com or visit him on Facebook at www. facebook.com/kevincanessa.

CONTRACT from counsel Dennis McKeever that called for the appeals to be suspended and for POBC to be paid a total of $350,000, with $250,000 coming from Bennett and the $100,000 balance from the KBOE, subject to board approval, which came at a special meeting held June 6. At that same June 6 session, the KBOE voted to award the North Building construction contract to The Bennett Co. for $26.8 million. Bennett is the same outfit that a prior school board retained to build COLUMN from

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Born in Newark, she lived in Kearny before moving to Toms River in 1994. Mary was a hairdresser at Charm Beauty Shop in Newark for many years. Mary was always at her best when around family and friends. She was a caring person who always believed in family first and her door was always open to all. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Jacob Szpiech, in 1989, her parents Mary and Kenneth LaPoint and her brother Kenneth LaPoint. Mary is survived by her children James Szpiech and his wife Marisa of Toms River; Catherine Szpiech of Toms River; Mary Ann Ferrarelli of Brick; Mike Farrarelli of Nutley and Roseann Szpiech of Toms River; a sister Roseann Gaydos of Toms River; two grandchildren James Szpiech and his wife Nicole of Toms River and John Szpiech of Toms River; and two great-grandchildren Mikayla and Ryan Szpiech. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. The Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals, Toms River, was in charge of arrangements. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday, June 18, at St. Justin Roman Catholic Church, Toms River. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Mary may be made to St. Jude Children’ s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105 or at www.stjude.org.

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children, Luis Garcia and wife Kelly, Alexis, Anthony, Brianna, Michael and Carl. A belated memorial service will take place Monday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Harrison. Interment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. A private cremation has already taken place. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105.

rison, on Wednesday, June 22, (Ginny), Raymond Jeannotte at 9:45 a.m. A funeral Mass will (Marie) and Bill Jeannotte be celebrated at Holy Cross (Maureen); and her sisters PegChurch, Harrison, at 10:30 a.m. gy Schifano, Carol Klima, Joan Her entombment will be in Jeannotte and Donna Sebilia. Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, She is also survived by many North Arlington. nieces and nephews. Friends may call on Tuesday, The family also wishes to June 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 send a special thank you to a.m., and Wednesday, June 22, Cora’s nephew, Chris Reid, for from 9 a.m. his help during a very difficult For directions or to send time. condolences to her family, She was predeceased by her visit www.mulliganfh.com. sisters Shirley Reid and Eleanor Born in Belleville, she lived Matysik. in Kearny for the last 30In lieu of flowers, the famplus years. Prior to that, she ily requests donations to the had lived in Bloomfield and American Cancer Society, in Gus Carl Ferro Belleville. She worked as a care of the funeral home, in Gus Carl Ferro, of Kearny, teacher’s aide for Kid’s Place, loving memory of Cora. died March 17, 2008, at St. MiBelleville, for many years. She chael’s Center, Newark. loved traveling, especially Ramon Lopez He was 69. cross-country road trips. Ramon Lopez, of Harrison, Gus was born in Jersey City Cora is survived by her entered into eternal rest at and lived most of his life in beloved husband of 25 years Clara Maass Medical Center, Kearny. Herbert J.; her loving children Belleville, on Friday, June 17. Gus was the beloved husband Jennifer Battershill (Ryan) & He was 72. Custodia Baltazar of Kay Marie (nee Anderson). William Stark; her cherished The funeral will be conCustodia Baltazar died June He was a steelworker for grandchildren Kyle, Connor, ducted at the Mulligan Funeral 11. many years at Kenny Steel Finnley and Faelynn; her dear Home, 331 Cleveland Ave. HarShe was 72. Treating Corp., Kearny, before brothers Richard Jeannotte rison, on Tuesday, June 21, at Born in Portugal, she lived retiring in 1999. He was an avid (Diane), George Jeannotte see OBITS page in Kearny before moving to CB radio user, remembered (Marge), Robert Jeannotte Paramus five years ago. by many as his handle (radio Visiting was Thursday, June name) “Wolfman.” 16, at the Armitage & Wiggins He is survived by his daughFuneral Home, Kearny. Mass ter Deborah Garcia; sons Gus was celebrated Friday, June 17, Jr. and his wife Kimsu, Michael at St. Cecilia’s Church, Kearny. and wife Kathleen and Carl; his Mario Teixeira, IV, Manager, NJ Lic. #3757 Burial was in Holy Cross Cembrother Edward and wife Ruth; Mario Teixeira, Jr. Director, NJ Lic. #2542 • Monique Teixeira, Director, NJ Lic. #4048 etery, North Arlington. and his grandchildren, Luis Newly renovated family owned and operated funeral home with multiple locations. Custodia was devoted to her Garcia and wife Kelly, Alexis, Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Handicapped Accessible. family and embraced her CathAnthony, Brianna, Michael and 138 DAVIS AVE. • KEARNY, NJ 07032 olic religion deeply. She imCarl. migrated to the United States A belated memorial service (201) 991-2265 www.buyusfuneralhome.com when she was in her 20s and will take place Monday, June 27, worked hard to help bring her from 10 a.m. to noon, at Mullimother and brothers, Manuel gan Funeral Home, 331 CleveMarquez and the late Aquiles land Ave., Harrison. Interment Marques, to this country. will take place in Holy Cross Through hard work and faith, Cemetery, North Arlington. A she built a better life and evenKay Marie ‘Cookie’ Ferro private cremation has already tually met and married Adelio Kay Marie “Cookie” Ferro taken place. Baltazar and had two sons, (nee Anderson), of Kearny, died In lieu of flowers, donations Andrew and Edward. 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He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is survived by his children Shannon Kulka (Allan), Brendan Smith (Sandy), Meghan Cross (Matt) and Timothy Smith. Brother of David and Winifred Smith and Bernadette Morissey, he is also survived by eight grandchildren and his pals Peter Casey and Mary Beth Rutherford — along with many more friends.

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progressive protocol in situations like the one in standing of the complex which he found himself. history of the project. The councilman goes For reasons unknown on to state that the to me at the time of newly elected Board his letter’s publication, had certain “priorities,” Landy attacked my which diverted our focus personal sense of respon- from completing the high sibility. I will be as clear school. and concise as possible: He cites: I take full responsibil1. The immediate ity for any and all of my replacing of the superactions or inactions from intendent — a superinday one of my being tendent who was inapseated on the Board. propriately hired by the I refuse, however, to past majority; whose take the blame for the ac- background check was tions of others or for cir- not completed as of the cumstances over which date of his hiring; whose I have no control. I will transcripts were not not become the “whipreadily available to the ping boy” for ills that Board as a whole; and started five years prior to most importantly whose my election. educational credentials After reading Mike’s did not meet the requiletter, I attended the site in the Board’s own Council meeting on by-laws. Why would a June 14, where it became concerned parent choose quite evident that his to have this person lead motive for the attack on an educational commumy character had very nity in which his own little to do with the KHS children are stockholdconstruction project. I ers? am paraphrasing, but 2. The “protection Landy blurted out that … of a very expensive the reason he holds me in secretary.” Landy nesuch disdain is because glects to mention that when I was a candidate said employee had an for the Board, he related unblemished record to me a personal probfor more than 25 years, lem he was experiencing having served under six with the Kearny School superintendents. As a District (the nature of private citizen, I spoke which should not be dis- up against the shameful cussed in this forum). He treatment she received now complains that I did from the aforementioned nothing to remedy his superintendent. situation. I was merely a 3. The reinstatement candidate, for heaven’s of an employee with a sake! Even as a seated criminal record. Once Board member, it is not again, Landy shows his within my purview to penchant for refusing to micromanage the district. see the entire picture. There are circumstances The employee’s youththat are best dealt with ful transgression was between parents and ultimately expunged and administration. As an the Board negotiated a educational administrasettlement with the longtor himself, he knows time employee when it very well that there is a LETTER from

OBITS from 9:15 a.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at Holy Cross Church, Harrison, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. His interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Friends may call Tuesday, June 21, from 8:45 a.m. For directions or to send condolences to his

family, visit www.mulliganfh.com. Born in Riveira La Coruna, Spain, Lopez lived in Harrison for the last 40 years. He worked as a lasher for A & G Shipping, Port Newark/ Elizabeth, for many years, retiring in 2006. Ramon is survived by his loving siblings, Maria Muniz, Juan Lopez and Carlos Lopez; his dear

was found that his confidential personnel file was somehow leaked to the public on the watch of the very same superintendent. The agreement we reached was not only the fair thing to do, but also spared the District liability for millions in damages for violating the employee’s federal and state privacy rights. The agreement was promoted and sanctioned by both the State Ethics Commission and the Commissioner of Education. To suggest that the current Board effected these changes at the expense of the high school is sheer nonsense. I appreciate Mike’s admission that his son has had favorable experiences at Kearny High. As an educator, he must know that good educational practices are executed by gifted administrators, faculty and staff. But nothing happens without the input, encouragement and approval of a dedicated Board. So, while Landy holds that good things are happening despite the Board, we know that they happen because of the Board. Finally, my fondest hope is that we put all of this behind us. Both bodies, the Council and the Board, are answerable to the same entity — the residents of Kearny have placed their trust in us and expect us to work together for the betterment of the town we all love. As far as I am concerned this debate is over. Kumbaya! Barbara Cifelli-Sherry Member of the Kearny Board of Education niece and nephews Juan Carlos Lopez, Santos Lopez, Jose Lopez, Carlitos Lopez, Rocio Lopez, Jesus Muniz, Juan Carlos Muniz and Miguel Muniz; cherished grandnieces and nephews Carli Muniz, Nikki Muniz, Ava Muniz, Xavier Muniz and Alyssa Muniz. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins.

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Call us today to sell your home! KEARNY • 636 Kearny • 201-997-7000 Call us today to sellAve your home! KEARNY • 636 Kearny • 201-997-7000 LYNDHURST • 424 ValleyAve Brook Ave • 201-939-8900 LYNDHURST • 424 Valley Brook Ave • 201-939-8900 info@cocciarealty.com info@cocciarealty.com

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