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Peden Terrace: two-way or one-way? By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – robably the steepest hill street in Kearny and one of the most difficult roads to navigate, Peden Terrace was the focus of attention at a special meeting of the governing body last Tuesday, Sept. 27. About 15 residents of the block, which stretches from Belgrove Drive west to Passaic Ave., voiced varying opinions about whether to change the existing two-way traffic pattern. After an hour of discussion, Mayor Alberto Santos and members of the Town Council put the matter into the hands of the town’s public safety and traffic experts to weigh the options and report back later this month. Santos said he wanted to hear from residents about the parking situation and traffic flow, including reports “about damage to [parked] vehicles,” before the town replaces the water main and laterals under the street and

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Looking west on Peden Terrace where residents have voiced concerns about speeding and parked cars being sideswiped.

Pricey settlements continue to add up BELLEVILLE –

Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board of Education and its former chief school administrator has been settled. On Aug. 22, the school board ratified terms of a deal agreeing to pay plaintiff Maria Notare, who served as

personal secretary to former Superintendent of Schools Joseph Picardo, the sum of $90,000. Of that amount, Notare is to receive $52,915.74 and her attorney Phillip B. Linder is getting $37,084.26 for legal fees and expenses. In an agreement signed by the plaintiff, Notare agrees

to “release and give up any and all claims” against the school board, Picardo, New Jersey Schools Insurance Group and Summit Risk Services in return for the settlement. In her lawsuit, filed in May 2013, Notare alleged that Picardo and the school board knew that she had a history

of mental illness – but Picardo was satisfied with her job performance. However, Notare’s legal complaint said, Picardo allegedly complained about her condition and periodic hospitalizations to school employees and board members. Notare alleged that in May

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KEARNY – would-be Johnny Appleseed’s proposal to add fruit trees to the Kearny Community Garden may not bear fruit. Chris Vasquez, a 25-year-old aspiring gardener who grew up in Kearny, is hoping to sow the seeds for growing the garden with a fall planting but the town’s governing body could squash it. Not that the mayor and Town Council had no appetite for the plan but they did want more spadework done on the details. Vasquez delivered his pitch at last Tuesday’s council meeting, distributing illustrated handouts to each of the lawmakers and to Mayor Alberto Santos. Initially, he said, he wants to plant one Standard Pear, one American Persimmon and one Siberian Peashrub. At maturity, in “three to five years,” the pear tree can grow to a height of “18 to 20” feet and “12 to 13” feet wide and produce “three to six bushels” of pears, while the Persimmon can be “30 to 40” feet tall and 25 feet wide, yielding “35 to 75” pounds of fruit. The Peashrub, meanwhile, is projected to attain dimensions of “six feet tall and wide” and produce “edible pods/seeds.” Vasquez said that KCG members would help perform seasonal maintenance of the trees, including pruning, “initial organic soil amendments, occasional organic sprays to fight diseases and bird netting where deemed necessary.” No pesticides would be used, he said. These plantings, he added, could provide shelter for birds and other wildlife and reduce erosion at the site.

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Chris Vasquez briefs mayor and council on plans for planting fruit trees as extension of Kearny Community Garden. Diagram shows intended locations for trees.

Vasquez said that he’s already purchased the trees and shrub and that he can be counted on to furnish any and all gardening tools needed for the operation. Councilwomen Carol Jean Doyle and Eileen Eckel both commended Vasquez for his initiative but said they wanted to check first with other interested parties – like the folks who tend the nearby vegetable and butterfly gardens, the dog park and bocce court – before committing to support the venture. Councilwoman Susan McCurrie added that it was particularly important to check in with those groups now since, she noted, it was Vasquez’s “ultimate goal” to plant “six or seven” fruit trees by filling in part of the now-open KCG space next to the former Skinner’s service station. No question, Santos said, that the enterprise “could grow to an orchard,” thereby creating all sorts of potential issues, whereas, he suggested, the more modest plan presented by Vasquez seems more “manageable,” if the other groups concur.

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Other reservations, however, were expressed by Michael Neglia, the town’s consulting engineer, who opined that, “fruit-bearing trees can become a nuisance,” from any fruit falling to the ground, rotting and producing unsavory odors. Councilman Richard Konopka worried that “down the road, we could be liable” for any fruit dropping on people from trees, assuming they do grow as high as 30 feet. And if they are that high, he said, how are folks supposed to reach the fruit? Eckel reasoned that “there can be a lot of maintenance” attached to such a project and advised Vasquez “to look at the footprint [of the KCG] and figure out how much of that space do we want to fill.” Even David Mach, one of the founders of the KCG, who has endorsed the fruit tree concept, is urging Vasquez to exercise caution before moving ahead. In response to a query from The Observer, Mach said that he and Vasquez – a member of the KCG – had “staked out territory between the butter-

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fly garden and the dog park” for the planting of fruit trees “and the council said, ‘hey, you need to be talking this over with the other groups involved.’ ” “I had a concern about the trees blocking the sunlight to the garden,” Mach said, “so we adjusted the positioning” to a point where the proposed plantings would be 15 feet from the sidewalk. From his perspective, Mach said there appeared to be “plenty of green space available to accommodate” the fruit trees. But, he added, the council has asked “good questions” and, for example, if it turns out that “high maintenance” is required, “Chris may want to re-think” the scope of the project. “He needs to be flexible,” Mach said, and work with the other groups to meet their needs. “We want to make sure this is an asset to the garden and not cause problems for others. I support the concept but I also want to make sure that everyone is happy.” It remains to be seen what the final outcome will be.

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Council: Oval cash, hotel tax, water issue By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

Recreation softball and soccer. It also has a basketball court, playground and perimeter walkway. KEARNY – In other business conducted he Town of Kearny has at the meeting, the mayor and snagged a lot of state council: cash to help pay for a • Authorized going out for makeover of its Gunnell Oval bids to repair the Davis Ave. Sports Complex, but it’s just a Firehouse. The firefighters and drop in the bucket, given the engine stationed there were projected overall cost. reassigned to other quarters Kearny will be getting a $1.1 at the end of May after it was million grant from the N.J. discovered that the roof of the Department of Environmental building, which dates from Protection’s Green Acres Pro1901, was slowly collapsing. gram for what Mayor Alberto • Introduced an ordinance Santos described as “field to enact a 3% hotel room improvements.” occupancy tax. Kearny curTown CFO Shuaib Firozvi rently has no hotels but the said the grant agreement calls proposed law would apply for the town to provide a to any new hotels and any “matching share” of $2,465,150 “apartment hotel, bed and – unless it can find additional breakfast, motel, inn, boardoutside-funding sources to ing house, rooming house, absorb that expense. condotel, a home, apartment, Earlier this year, the town house, condo or dwelling irwas also awarded a $500,000 respective of whether there is grant from the Hudson a permanent resident residing County Open Space Trust in the building, and any other Fund which, Santos said, is sleeping accommodations that earmarked specifically for are available to the public on a “playground improvements.” Both cash infusions are cer- transient basis.” Town officials tainly welcome but it will take said the law is intended also to a great deal more money to do cover local accommodations rented via Airbnb. an environmental cleanup of • Reappointed Thomas D. sub-surface hydrocarbons at McKeon as municipal court the site, re-design the playing judge for a three-year term, areas and parking and then retroactive to April 23, 2016. replace the natural grass with Santos told The Observer that synthetic turf. the town saw no need to post The town’s consulting engifor the position because, “The neers figure it will cost nearly council and I are confident $16 million to achieve those in Judge McKeon’s judicial goals, including $3 million skills based on his experience alone to raise the low-lying land east of Schuyler Ave. out as a judge and private practitioner.” of a flood plain and install a • During the public porstorm-water drainage system. tion of the meeting, Chestnut Santos said the town is St. resident Tadeusz Koscien actively pursuing possible objected to the recent increase grant funding from the DEP’s in the annual fee for overnight Hazardous Discharge Site Reresident permit parking, from mediation Fund program and $25 to $125 as “too high, inloan financing from the N.J. sane.” He also alleged that the Environmental Infrastructure town was lax on enforcing regTrust. “We’re hoping we can go out ulations governing the parking to bid this winter,” Santos said of commercial vans. Santos acknowledged that parking during last week’s meeting of the Town Council which voted space is at a premium in town and said that a resident parkto execute the grant agreeing permit program would, ment with Green Acres. ideally, be the best approach Whatever money cannot but he said Kearny “doesn’t be acquired through outside have the money” to pay for the sources would be raised through local bonding, he told staffing it would require. • The governing body also The Observer. heard from Steven Houst, a The athletic facility accomspokesman for Suez Water, modates Little League/Pony respond to a published report League baseball and Town

attributed to the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization, that the water supplies throughout New Jersey, including Kearny, contain toxic hexavalent chromium. Houst, who was invited to the meeting by the mayor, said that the chemical is an “unregulated contaminant in New Jersey.” He said the federal standard for its presence in potable water is 100 parts per

billion and, as of 2013, when the town’s water supply was last checked for that metal, “Kearny’s levels were well below that.” California, which reportedly is the only state with a drinking water tolerance standard for the metal, requires no more than 10 parts per billion and scientists with the N.J. Drinking Water Quality Institute had recommended in 2010

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Schools fix-up to raise av’g tax bill By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

tor. The school board plans to pay back the debt starting with temporary notes for up LYNDHURST – to five years, then bonds for f Lyndhurst voters greenup to 30 years. light the Nov. 8 public The board says that the question to spend almost state Department of Educa$20 million on upgrades to tion has signed off on its five schools, the average plans to spend $19,873,807 homeowner can expect to on improvements to Cosee an average annual tax lumbus, Franklin, Roosevelt increase of $96. and Washington Elementary The owner of a home asschools and to Lyndhurst sessed at $305,000 will take High School. yearly hits, ranging from as Of that total, the board says little as $53 to as much as $122, it anticipates 40% state reimover the 35-year repayment of bursement of “project eligible the debt on the money borcosts” or a total of $4,293,974, rowed by the Board of Educathereby leaving a balance tion for the project, beginning of $15,579,833 to be paid by in 2018. taxpayers. That’s the most recent preOver the life of the bonds, diction by the fiscal experts the total projected debt will engaged by the township be $20.8 million, with anschool board, according to nual payments ranging from David DiPisa, the board’s a low of $450,623 to a high of school business administra-

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old, will be torn down and the Lincoln property is to be sold in favor of commercial development and revenue from the sale is to be applied to paying off the debt on the junior high construction project. Two prior school referenda offered in recent years have been turned aside by voters but school officials are hopeful that the third time can be the charm. “Many organizations have reached out to support it,” said DeMarco. And, between now and Nov. 3, she added, a team of district officials are making themselves available to “go out and talk” to those interested. So far, demand for that service has been brisk. As of last week, she said, “we’re booked up at least half of each week.” “Our township is granting us a gift of a state-of-the-art junior high in which to give our students the most current instruction while supporting our plan to give them the core skills they need, giving us an opportunity to build on that,” DeMarco said.

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51-year-old Newark man with an apparent taste for fudge cookies and Life Savers Gummies ended up in the Hudson County Jail after he allegedly pulled a knife on ShopRite security and fled the store with the goodies last week. Police said the suspect was nabbed shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 26 by an off-duty Bergen County Sheriff’s officer who had been driving past the store when he noticed security chasing the suspect through the parking lot. He found and detained the man on Passaic Ave. in East Newark, and KPD Officer Steven Hroncich took the alleged perp, Richard Bryant, into custody. Police said Bryant was carrying a backpack filled with stolen items, including soaps, powder, lotions, baby oil -- and the cookies and candy. Bryant was booked on robbery and weapons charges and was transported to the jail. His bail: $100,000 (no 10%). ••• Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following: Sept. 23 Sgt. Glenn Reed and Officers Esteban Gonzalez and Mina Ekladious responded to a twocar crash on Passaic Ave. near the Belleville Pike at 7:10 p.m. and subsequently charged one of the drivers, Kevin Carlen, 23, of Belleville, with DWI, careless driving and improper passing. Police said Carlen, who was given an Alcotest, admitted to having consumed “some Long Island iced teas.” (You can look up the recipe.) Sept. 26 Officer Ekladious, on patrol at Bergen Ave. and Chestnut St. at 1 a.m., saw a man peering into parked cars, approached him for a field interview and observed a plastic bag protruding from his jeans pocket, police said. The bag reportedly was found to contain marijuana, and Johnny Rivera, 19, of Kearny, was charged with possession of the drug and drug paraphernalia. ••• At 6:30 p.m., Officers Jason Ward and Dean Gasser responded to a dispute on the 400 block of Devon St., where Alexander Matusiefsky, 20,

and one wax fold of heroin, stamped “Lemonade.” Hutchins was charged with possession of the drugs and paraphernalia, driving while suspended, and on three warrants: two from Millburn for

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Need a laugh? Look up a Down East PD page By Karen Zautyk he population of the city of Bangor, Maine, is 33,039. At last count, the Bangor Police Department’s Facebook page had 177,277 followers. For this, you can thank Sgt. Tim Cotton, an apparently modest and self-effacing man who nevertheless has managed to turn the page into an internet sensation. According to published reports, Cotton, the Bangor PD’s public information officer, took over the page in 2014, when it had about 9,300 likes. Since then, it has exploded, due to the sergeant’s unique sense of humor and writing style. Cotton has been profiled on NPR and in the Washington Post and recently received an award from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. Cotton has also made a celebrity of a stuffed mallard (we think it’s a mallard) called the Duck of Justice (DOJ for short). The bird, which he rescued from a trash basket in the district attorney’s office, is the BPD’s mascot now. After it debuted on Facebook, people started arriving at police HQ asking to be photographed with it. So many humans have now handled the DOJ that it has taken a leave of absence, visiting a taxidermist for repairs. Word is that, upon its return, it will be confined to a plastic box. (Bah, Sgt. Cotton. Bah!) Although Cotton covers

a wide range of topics, I got hooked on the Bangor page primarily because of the sergeant’s version of their police blotter, which he headlines “Got Warrants?” Last week, in a report on a fistfight, he noted that the fray occurred “in front of a downtown sushi joint -- a place where the fish is so fresh that if you were also fish, you would ask it to dance and possibly try to meet its parents.” Cotton’s report continued: “Officer Dan Perez arrived and it appeared to him that the fight was over. He saw a man running toward Union St. Perez is kind. “He requested the man stop running and the man complied . . . walked up to Perez, turned around and presented his hands in the appropriate position for a comfortable handcuffing situation. “This only happens in a police officer’s dreams. Usually right after the chief demands we accept the raise and forces us to take the weekends off from this point on. Like I said, in dreams.” Cotton’s report on a shoplifting: “The man who stuffed one half-gallon of Lord Calvert Blended Canadian whiskey down his pants was easily spotted. A bottle that big tends to chafe the naughty bits unless you walk with the natural gait of a bowlegged contortionist. While we do not encourage the theft of talcum powder, we do suggest

“. . . Justin was charged with burglary to a motor vehicle, theft, and violation of bail conditions. He swore that he had seen the individual(s) the officers had been looking for. He said he heard them running in the other direction while he wandered in the park. Of course you did, Justin. Of course you did.” Cotton then offered TC’s Criminal Tip of The Week: “When giving a false name to the police, work on your delivery. Come up with a great name and stick with it. Commitment and creativBangor PD ity really do count. A foreign The Duck of Justice greets the dawn in Bangor, Me. name is more difficult for us to confirm. Go with Vladimir the use of such a product to seemed excessive. The susor General Tso. Themes are ensure a smooth exit from the pect, who said his name was good. Maybe from movies or liquor aisle.” Joshua, (always go with a Regarding another crime: biblical character’s name first) television programs. Try Shel“After being called to a car told Rusby that he had recent- don, Oscar, Laverne or Shirley. burglary in progress, Officer ly purchased a soft drink from Do not go with, Squiggy. We would be able to tell you were Tyler Rusby located a suspect a local bodega. He said he screwing with us.” in a nearby park. The suspect, received the coins as change This weekend, the BPD wearing similar clothing to from the transaction. the man last seen rummag“Rusby felt that the gold col- Facebook page began with a ing through someone else’s lectible coin, emblazoned with personal message to a shopcar, used a technique that Ronald Reagan’s name, would lifter: “Dear Easily Identifiable Man (EIM) in blue shirt. You never gets old. We call it lynot typically come back as ing. change at a convenience store. forgot to pay at Walmart. Let’s “. . . When the proceeds ‘Joshua’ said that the coin was work this out.” You can read the rest, and from the theft are recovered a family heirloom that has in one pocket and medicinal, been passed down for genera- continue to follow the news from Bangor, at www.facecalming herb (weed) is found tions. Rusby wondered why book.com/bangormainepolice. in the other, always go with the coin was in the pocket of You should also note the the ‘these are not my pants’ someone else’s trousers. wonderful way Cotton ends theme. No, I am not kid“After further questionevery post: “Keep your hands ding. He told Rusby that the ing, the man was found to be to yourself, leave other peopants belonged to a friend. named Justin. Justin had bail ple’s things alone and be kind “. . . The copious amount of conditions from previous to one another. coinage that was recovered interaction(s) with law en“We will be here.” from the ‘other guy’s pants’ forcement.

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Pa. man charged in Schuyler Bank robbery By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

Ray Lopez and Officer Daniel Esteves set up a stake-out in an unmarked car on Rt. 21 in Newark. Police said they obKEARNY – served a 2000 Nissan Maxima he prime suspect in the with Pennsylvania registration Sept. 8 robbery of the enter the highway at Third Schuyler Savings Bank Ave. and head north, toward was arrested Sept. 23 after Kearny. leading Kearny police on a Other KPD officers posipursuit up Rt. 21 — a pursuit tioned themselves on the Belthat ended when he crashed leville Pike bridge, in anticihis car while trying to enter pation of the Nissan’s exiting Rt. 3, the KPD reported. there. However, police said, The alleged robber was the driver apparently realidentified as James Lockwood, ized he was being tailed and, 38, of Laureldale, Pa., who just beyond the Kearny exit, police said had a record of began to speed up. 10 prior arrests and three As the Nissan approached felony convictions. He has the Lyndhurst Bridge, it got been remanded to the Hudson bogged down in traffic and, County Jail, with more than a police said, the operator drove half-dozen new charges added onto the shoulder of the highto his resume. way and increased his speed As reported in the Sept. 13 even more — “an obvious atObserver, a lone bandit had tempt to elude the officers.” entered the Davis Ave. bank The pursuit continued north shortly after 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 to the Rt. 21/Rt. 3 intersection. and handed a note to a teller As the Nissan entered the demanding cash. No weapon ramp leading to Rt. 3, it hit the was displayed, and the perp median, began to roll, landed fled with an undisclosed on its roof and skidded several amount of money. hundred feet before coming to Among the KPD personnel responding to the robbery was rest against a guardrail. Police said the driver, LockOfficer Steven Hroncich, who wood, began to crawl out the stopped a suspicious northpassenger-side window, but bound vehicle on Schuyler was immediately taken into Ave. just a few blocks from custody by the KPD officers the bank. When Hroncich — including off-duty Officer pulled the car over, he reportAlan Stickno, who had seen edly saw the driver push what the pursuit and followed. looked like a bag under the The Clifton PD and FD were front seat. also at the scene. At that point, police said, Police said Lockwood was Hroncich leaned into the car not injured to the extent and tried to take the keys, but that he required emergency the motorist put the vehicle transport to a hospital, so he in drive, dragging the officer was instead transported to about 100 feet into the CVS KPD headquarters, where lot at Bergen Ave. There, Hroncich positively identified Hroncich managed to free the suspect, and the car, that himself before suffering had dragged him along Schuyserious injury. Despite what ler Ave. could have been a life-threatLockwood was booked on ening situation, he got a good charges of robbery, aggraphysical description of the vated assault on a police ofsuspect and the vehicle. fi cer, unlawful possession of a Kearny detectives, workweapon (the car), possession ing with other police departof a weapon for unlawful purments, crime-pattern analyposes, eluding, driving with sis and surveillance tapes, a suspended license, and on gathered further information, a criminal warrant issued in and at 11 a.m. on Sept. 23, Det. Clifton in August.

After processing, he was taken to Clara Maass Medical Center for evaluation and then to the Hudson County Jail. Police said Lockwood’s prior arrests included charges

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Another landfill headache for Kearny By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

It’s taken the form of a legal complaint brought against Kearny by John P. Keegan, from whom the landfill has KEARNY – taken its name. ith Kearny still batCuriously, the suit by the tling the N.J. Sports Rumson resident was filed & Exposition Auby McCarter & English, the thority in court over its effort same Newark law firm that is to close the Keegan landfill representing the NJSEA in its and develop the land, the town bid to seize the 125-acre site by is now facing trash talk of eminent domain. another kind.

Kearny is asking the state Appeals Court to set aside the NJSEA’s action. Meanwhile, Keegan’s complaint – filed in Hudson County Superior Court on Aug. 7 by attorney Keith E. Lynott – seeks compensation from Kearny under the N.J. Spill Compensation & Control Act for costs associated with “closure and cleanup” of the

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old municipal and industrial landfill that ended up subsuming, by condemnation, a 3-acre solid waste parcel abutting the landfill originally owned by Keegan’s father, William, and acquired by John Keegan in 1976. The old Keegan Landfill, as it came to be known, was operated by Kearny from 1950 to 1968 when it was leased by the town, through 1972, to the Municipal Sanitary Landfill Authority of which the elder Keegan’s company was a member. After the former N.J. Meadowlands Commission took control, it designed a remediation plan for the property, including the adjacent Keegan parcel, resulting in construction of a slurry wall and drain to capture leachate that was leaking into a nearby freshwater marsh and installation of a system that pumped the leachate to a treatment plant. In October 2007, the NJMC filed a condemnation action for Keegan’s parcel which, in January 2009, was judged to be valued at $919,500. But in April 2009, NJMC sued Keegan to recover a portion of the remediation costs which, in June 2011, a court set at $711,635 and awarded the sum to NJMC. Keegan challenged the award but in April 2013, the state appeals court ruled that because Keegan’s property was part of the landfill,

Keegan was responsible for cleanup costs. As part of a settlement reached in August 2013, Keegan agreed to pay the NJMC $800,000. Now, on the belief that the town owned all or most of the Keegan Landfill “and permitted and arranged for disposal of solid waste, including waste containing hazardous substances, at this site,” and on the belief that “a large portion of the waste deposited at the landfill came from the town of Kearny itself” and that disposal “not only damaged Keegan’s property but caused him to become embroiled in the cleanup and closure of the Keegan Landfill as a whole, and to bear a substantial and unfair share of the costs to address environmental conditions at the Keegan Landfill and [his] property,” Keegan alleges that he is “entitled to [a] contribution from the town to recover [his] proportional share of the ‘cleanup and removal costs.’” Attorney James Bruno, a member of the town’s consulting law firm Castano Quigley, is handling the case for Kearny. Asked about the suit, Mayor Alberto Santos said: “We think that if the town owes John Keegan any amount for the diminished value of his property that was taken by NJSEA, then NJSEA should also participate.” No trial date has been set.

Unicans play bocce Kearny UNICO entered a team in a Sept. 25 bocce tournament sponsored by UNICO New Jersey District XI to raise funds for the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. Before the tournament, the team was a fixture at the Kearny bocce court at Kearny’s Riverbank Park, practicing for the big day. Although the team did not win the tournament, members enjoyed participating in the event. The team consisted of, back row from l., Lou Pandolfi, Walter Tomasheski and Ettore Gencarelli, and the front row, from l., Ida Nigro (cheerleader) and Celeste Pandolfi.

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Queen of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 3428 hosts its annual Grand Knight’s Columbus Dinner Friday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m., at the Columbian Club Hall, 194 River Road. All are welcome to join in and celebrate all things Italian with fine food and refreshments. Also, the Knights will honor the Knight, Columbian and Volunteer of the Year. The cost is $30 for adults, $10 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for kids 6 and younger. To purchase tickets, visit the Queen of Peace Rectory or Columbian Club Hall or call 201-463-2151. ••• Queen of Peace Rosary Society sponsors an all-you-caneat beefsteak and mini-tricky tray Friday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m., at Knights of Columbus Hall, 194 River Road. Admission is $45 and includes one ticket sheet for small prizes, beef tenderloin on fresh-cut bread, family-style salad, French fries, ice cream sundaes, coffee/tea, beer, wine and soda. For tickets, call Santa at 201-998-0789 or email qprosarysociety@ gmail.com.

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for their input, one griped that trailer trucks “come up the hill like bats out of hell,” with some “clipping [parked] cars” as they go. For that reason, she said, “you can’t have it oneway going up because they’re not going to slow down.” Those same trucks, one man said, come up the hill at 40 to 45 mph so fast because “they want to beat the light at Afton and Bergen,” especially “from Photo by Ron Leir 6 to 8 a.m. — I guarantee you’d give out tickets.” Brian Intindola, the town’s consulting traffic engineer, talks about traffic flow Another woman echoed on Peden Terrace as his boss Michael Neglia listens. concern about fast traffic on the street one-way could crepass, speed [of cars] is going to the street. “They’re speeding – ate other problems because go up and your traffic volumes it’s like a raceway,” she said. “I “you’re changing the pattern of will increase from neighboralmost got caught in a headthe neighborhood – it throws ing streets. I don’t think it’s a on. My heart was in my throat. cars onto adjacent streets.” desirable alternative.” I’ve never seen it like this.” Brian Intindola, a traffic Just how risky is it to drive And, she said, particularly engineer with Neglia’s firm, on Peden? with small children in the area, said there’s no question there’s Kearny Police Lt. John Tay“someone’s going to get hurt.” a “parking demand” on Peden lor, who runs the KPD traffic Several residents faulted and, with parking on both bureau, said that a check of de- parents double-parking to drop sides of the street, motorists partmental records disclosed off their children at Garfield “have to yield to someone a total of only 13 reported School for causing congestion coming the other way.” accidents from 2011 to now. Of at the top of the hill. Assuming a switch to onethose, he said, eight were atOne woman, a local teacher, way, he said, there may be tributed to parked cars getting said that she and her husband, a “slight advantage” to have sideswiped. Others involved a town police officer, have had traffic going eastbound, up malfunctioning brakes, a their vehicles “hit so many the hill toward Belgrove and driver doing a K-turn, a driver times [while parked] on the Garfield School, but Neglia falling asleep and drivers turn- block. It’s a huge problem with added that, generally speaking, ing at Passaic Ave. Peden being two ways. People “when you make it easier to When residents were asked

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as retaliation for having refused to participate in unnamed “unlawful conduct.” Other prior settlements included a $515,000 payout resulting from a “whistleblower” lawsuit filed in 2012 by Michele DeMartino, the district’s former athletic trainer, and a payment of $455,000 from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed, also in 2012, by Michael J. Meyers, former curriculum director. A lawsuit filed by Pamela Marino, former school

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Nutley’s Quinn running to make name for himself Nutley High School has a legitimate cross country standout in junior Jimmy Quinn. Quinn showed some flashes during the outdoor season last spring, but made a quantum leap into the elite category by finishing third in the Varsity Group 3 race at the Passaic County Coaches Invitational last Saturday at the Garret Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park. Quinn finished that race in a sensational time of 17:12, with only Joshua Leprise of Toms River North and Jonathan Marcus of Fair Lawn ahead of him. “I’ve been training pretty hard,” Quinn said after the race. “This was my first time on this course. I was running on this course thinking I could do some damage. I definitely wanted to be under 17:30 and I did that. I feel pretty good about it.” Quinn knows that the race can only give him experience for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group III state sectionals in November. “I’ll be looking for a faster time and a higher

place the next time I run here,” Quinn said. “This race really boosts my confidence a lot. I had some pretty good competition here. I think I definitely opened some eyes.” Veteran Nutley head cross country coach Gerald Ryan knows talent when he sees it – and he sees it in Quinn. “He’s been running with us since his freshman year,” Ryan said. “He wrestled freshman year, but then he decided to stick with track and cross country. No doubt, that was a good decision for him.” Ryan knew that Quinn would be his premier runner coming into this season. “No doubt, he was coming in as the No. 1 because of his success last season,” Ryan said. “I knew he would have a successful cross country season.” Quinn finished fifth in the Essex County championships in the 3,200-meter run last spring. “I think that helped his confidence tremensee VIEW page

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Several members of the Shoebridge family and Lyndhurst High School family get together last Friday night in the reunveiling of pictures honoring the memory of Ted Shoebridge and Marcel Lajterman, who were tragically killed in the Marshall University football team plane crash in Nov. 1970.

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he tragedy took place on November 14, 1970, a plane crash that took the lives of 75 people including the entire Marshall University football team. That team included two Lyndhurst natives in Lionel “Ted” Shoebridge, Jr. and Marcel Lajterman. In 2006, a movie was made about the crash and the rebirth of the team, entitled “We Are Marshall,” starring Academy Award winner Matthew McConaghey. The movie begins with a monologue: “In the middle of Huntington, West Virginia, there is a river. Next to this river, there is a steel mill. And next to the steel mill, there is a school. In the middle of this school, there is a fountain. Each year, on the exact same day, at the exact same hour

... the water to this fountain is turned off. And in this moment, once every year ... throughout the town, throughout the school ... time stands still.” That’s how Marshall honors its football team that was lost 46 years ago. Lyndhurst took the time last Friday to honor the two young men who perished in that crash by re-unveiling the pictures of the two on the scoreboard at the high school field. The two pictures were damaged in a storm a few years ago, but they were restored, refurbished and unveiled with many friends and family members in attendance. One of those family members is Tom Shoebridge, the long-time track and field coach at Lyndhurst. Tom is Ted’s younger brother and remembers his brother’s legacy better than anyone in

the entire town. “Eight years ago, after the movie came out, George Schifano, who owns a billboard company, had the idea to put the pictures near the scoreboard,” Tom Shoebridge said. “Over the years, the pictures became weather beaten and faded.” But now, the pictures are embedded into the steel. “They shouldn’t fade now,” Shoebridge said. “They should last a long time now. The prints are so much clearer. There’s also LED lighting to see it at night. It looks so much better.” Shoebridge remembers how he found out the pictures were damaged in a storm. “Our friend Amy Jarvis, a classmate of Teddy’s at Lyndhurst, called me immediately after she saw it,” Shoebridge said. “I went into Jeff (Radisee SCOREBOARD page

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gan, the athletic director)’s office and said to him that we have to have it redone. The principal Laura Vuono agreed. We did it Homecoming Night, which made for a tremendous setting.” Shoebridge said that he felt blessed that the town and school district decided to restore the pictures. “It’s a rewarding feeling,” Shoebridge said. “It was great for everyone who came out to show their respect for both

Marcel and Teddy.” Shoebridge said that his brother was all about his hometown. “And that’s how we all were about Lyndhurst,” Shoebridge said. “Our family always felt like Lyndhurst was our family. In Huntington, it’s the same way. They cherish their memory.” Shoebridge was born and raised in a home that his family has owned for 101 years. In the basement of that house is a shrine with all the memorabilia – photographs, game

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programs, jerseys, footballs, you name it – all honoring the memory of their fallen son and brother. Lajterman’s family also would have attended the ceremony, but they were in Huntington for a golf tournament that bears Marcel’s name. So their memories never fade, even after 46 years, with the anniversary of that fateful tragic crash coming up next month. “This was not just for Teddy,” Shoebridge said. “This was also for Marcelo. And it was for Lyndhurst. These are the guys who represented Lyndhurst football. It’s a tremendous honor for both of them.” When track season reconvenes in the spring, Shoebridge will walk out onto the track and the field with pride. “It means the world to me,”

Shoebridge said. “Every day, I’ll go out there and he’ll be the first thing I see. He’s the first real star we had. He was always the one who inspired others. And the town is still respectful of his many achievements.” The only down side to the night? The Golden Bears lost to Hawthorne by a 23-10 margin. And they also lost to Harrison this past Friday night to fall to 2-2 on the season. The Golden Bears face North Arlington this weekend. Still, anyone who walks onto the field at Lyndhurst High School and looks toward the scoreboard can see the faces of Ted Shoebridge and Marcel Lajterman and remember what they truly meant to Lyndhurst. They are forever remembered and will be again in Huntington when the water is turned off next month.

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After all, he’s a standout catcher for the Harrison baseball team and plans to play basketball as well this winter. “But without a doubt, I knew his football athleticism,” Hinchcliffe said. “I said here’s a guy who could definitely lead the team. He had a high skill set with an accurate arm. He could also run like a deer. I knew that he could put the team on his back and carry the team. He didn’t fear that responsibility.” O’Donnell completed 11-of18 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball 16 times for 79 yards and another score. He also registered nine tackles on defense. The only thing O’Donnell didn’t do was sell popcorn at halftime. For his efforts, O’Donnell has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week. O’Donnell was also honored

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as Athlete of the Week in May 2015 for his baseball prowess. Hinchcliffe likes what O’Donnell brings to the undefeated Blue Tide. “If there’s a little scale below assistant coach, he’s it,” Hinchcliffe said. “He’s the conduit between myself and the rest of the staff. He was raised properly. Instead of caring about himself, it’s all about the team. Added Hinchcliffe, “And we need him. We’re going to

go wherever he goes. He’s our high profile leader. He gets the younger guys believing, ‘Hey, why not us?’ Sure, it’s up to the seniors to lead us and we have good seniors. But Mike is where it all starts.” O’Donnell had faith that this would be a good year for the Blue Tide. “I knew that at one point, we would be a winning team in my high school career,” O’Donnell said. “I believed it would happen. I have

been with this group of guys since we were little kids. We always stood together and believed that we could be this good. The experiences we had, well, you can only get beat up on for so long. We were getting more and more respectable and now, we’re 3-0. People still don’t believe that we are, but they better believe, because we’re coming.” Hinchcliffe is convinced that O’Donnell could play college football next year.

“No question, he can play,” Hinchcliffe said. “The only question is where.” “That’s one of my dreams,” O’Donnell said. “I plan on going to college and playing football. Maybe baseball, too. That’s my dream. But I can’t look past anything. We have a lot of season left and I’m going to live in this moment. I worked my butt off in the offseason for this. We’re just going to play it week by week and hope for the best.” O’Donnell said that he’s

been getting inspirational pep talks from the most famous of Harrison athletes. “Ray Lucas is my idol,” O’Donnell said. “I really look up to him. He gives me advice and tells me how I should lead the team. He has been a huge help to me.” And if O’Donnell continues his mastery, they might have to consider naming a street after him in his home town. Up next? Queen of Peace this Friday night at Rip Collins Field. Should be interesting.

Every child deserves the opportunity to excel in the classroom, and clear vision empowers students to perform up to twice as well in school, according to research from the Rural Education Action Program. In fact, experts at The Vision Council confirm that 80% of children’s learning occurs through visual processing. Unfortunately, many kids are missing out by not getting proper eye care; in fact, 35% of children have never seen

a vision care professional, according to The Vision Care Institute. And of those that do take and fail a vision screening, a large portion don’t receive follow-up from an eye care professional. “An eye exam should be part of every family’s healthcare check list to help ensure children reach their full potential in the classroom,” says Lisa Curcuruto, Focus on Sight program manager at OneSight, an independent nonprofit that provides underserved students and

communities worldwide with comprehensive eye exams and glasses. “Through the OneSight Focus on Sight program, we are committed to helping students in need and their families have access to vision care and glasses. We believe every child deserves the opportunity to excel.” Parents should periodically check in with children to ask how school is going and if they are having any trouble seeing the board. Many kids don’t share their vision struggles with parents or teach-

ers and lose interest in the classroom. Families can also help all students see better and succeed in school by providing eye care to children in need. OneSight works with local communities to provide vision care to students during their school day. Consider making a donation to OneSight, which works with school-based health centers to integrate vision care into their healthcare offerings. The OneSight school-based vision centers provide stu-

dents in need and their families access to comprehensive eye exams, quality glasses and repair of glasses. In addition, the vision centers can provide referrals to ophthalmologists for complicated eye issues and education on the importance of eye health and wellness. To learn more, visit onesight.org/learn. The importance of clear vision can’t be overstated. Help kids make the most of school by ensuring they have the vision care they need to succeed in the classroom.

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HOUSE OF THE WEEK YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL - Kearny Manor Brick home with 5 bedrooms and two full baths. Rare 50x150 lot with 3 garages. ASKING JUST $369,900.

BEAUTIFUL RENOVATION – This 3/4 bedroom Kearny Colonial contains a brand new kitchen, 3 1/2 new baths, a new finished basement, finished third floor, 2 central air units. Driveway + 2 car garage. This is the whole package. UNBELIEVABLE AT $399,900.

“OUR SUCCESS HAS BEEN BUILT ONE SATISFIED CUSTOMER AT A TIME...” OPEN HOUSE! Sun. 10/15 • 1-4 PM Kearny - $409,000 1 Fam. - 3 Bdrms 1.5 Baths - LR DR - Lg EIK Finished basement Att. 1 car garage.

HEATHER GLEN WITH GARAGE - This charming 1 bedroom unit has central air, New CONTRACT UNDER York views and a new price. $129,000 takes it.

KEARNY MANOR – 4 bedrooms , 2 baths. Natural trim and a 50x 100 lot. Needs TLC. Asking $285,000

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144 Pleasant Pl. Kearny - $439,000 1 Fam. - 4 Bdrms - 2 Full Bath - Lg. LR - Lg. DR - Lg. M Kit Full basement w/ FAM Rm, Dry Bar, Wine cellar, & laundry Det. 2 car garage w/ driveway.

189 -191 Hickory St. Kearny - $305,000 1 Fam. - Cozy Cape with 2 Bdrms - Formal Dr Kitchen - Updated Bath Yard -1 Car Garage

No. Arlington - $289,999 1 Fam. - 2BR- 1 Full Bath w/ Jetted Tub - DR - LR Modern EIK, Parking.

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SECOND CHANCE – This 2 bedroom Kearny one family on John Hay Avenue is back on the market for JUST $119,000. It will not last so call today.

CLASSIC GOOD LOOKS – This charming Cape Cod sits on a 45x90 lot and features a living room, dining room, bedroom, modern eat in kitchen and full tile bath on the first floor. The second floor contains two additional bedrooms. The large basement could easily be finished.Asking a very reasonable $265,000.

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Kearny - $528,800 2 Fam. - 4 Bdrms - 3.5 Baths - LR/DR combo’s - EIK’s Finished basement - Yard w/ above ground pool - Att. 2 car garage w/ driveway for 2 cars.

Kearny - $335,000 1 Fam. - 3 Bdrms - LR DR - EIK - CTB finished basementDet. 1 car garage.

Jersey City - $488,000 6 Fam. - 8 Bdrms 6 Baths - KIT’s - LR’s Great Investment Property!

Newark - $120,000 2 Fam. - 6 Bdrms 3 full bath - LR’s - DR’s KIT’s - full basement.

Kearny - $380,888 1 Fam. - 4 Bdrm 3 Full Bath - LR w/Fireplace DR- MEIK - Finished attic 1 car garage w/ driveway.

Kearny - $558,800 Com/Mixed - Location, Location, Location - 3 Family home with large office space and 5 plus car parking.

Kearny-$329,000 2 Fam. - 4 Bdrms - LR EIK - 2 Baths - Walk up attic 1 Det. Car Garage.

Carlstadt--$299,000 1 Fam. - 2 Bdrms, 1 Full Bath - LR - DR EIK - Hardwood Floors & Original wood trim 1 Car garage.

Kearny - $265,000 1 Fam. - 3 Bdrms 1.5 Bath - LR - DR - Kit Semi-finished basement Det. 2 car garage.

Lyndhurst - $335,000 2 Fam. - 5 Bdrms 2 Full Baths - Galley Kitchen’s - LR’s DR’s - Parking.

Kearny - $539,888 2 Fam/Duplex - 12 Bdrms 3.5 Baths - LR’s - DR’s EIK’s - Full Basement Lg. yard w/ above ground pool.

Manchester- $125,000 LAND - 3.35 Acres Zoning Permitted Use as Residential - Close to beaches and Jersey Shore.

Kearny - $309,000 1 Fam. - 3 Bdrms2 full baths- LR - DR EIK - finished basement Det. 1 car garage.

Kearny - $335,000 1 Fam - 3 Bdrms - LR DR - EIK - 2 Full baths Finished Basement Att. 2 car garage.

E. Orange- $ 198,888 Colonial - 3 Bdrms- 1.5 baths LR - DR - Kit - Finished basement w/ Rec Rm - Wet bar, and laundry - Det. 2 car garage.

Belleville - $599,000 2 Fam. + LOT INVESTORS & BUYERS!! All Brick - Adjacent Lot included - Builds 1 Fam.’s or Condos

Kearny - $479,900 2 Fam. - 6 Bdrms 3 Full Bath - 2 HVAC units Over sized 2 car garage w/ parking for 5+ cars.

Nutley - Duplex Left: $308,000 - 2 Bdrms - 2.5 baths - MEIK - LR - Finished basement w/ laundry room - Det. 1 car garage w/ driveway. Right: $298,000 - 2 Bdrms - 1.5 baths - LR- MEIK - finished basement w/ laundry room - Det. 1 car garage.

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Raised Ranch, 3 BRs, 2FB Granite Kit SS Appliances Asking $359,900

New Construction 2 Fam 6 Br 5 Bath Roosevelt School 50 x 190 lot Asking $749,900

2 Family, 2 Bedroom per unit, long drive way Asking $429,000

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Established Bar, Liquor Lic & Two 2 Br Apartments

Asking $739,000

1 family renovated 3 br 3 full bath fin basement Asking $329,900

3br Colonial 2.5 baths finished bsmt gas heat driveway 1 car gar. Asking $349,000

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Asking $575,000

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Asking $249,000

Clifton-$1,800 Rental - 2 Bdrm 1 Full Bath - Central Air Hardwood Floors Appliances Included.

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Kearny- $1,300 850 SqFt. Office Space – Includes: Heat & taxes.

No. Arlington- $2,000 Office Space 1,400 SQ- Reception area 5 Separate Offices-Parking

Kearny - $21,000 3 story building w/ total floor area of approx. 36,000 SqFt. 15 classrooms, office space, KIT, cafeteria, & restrooms.

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NEW LISTING Mixed use bldg, 2 store fronts, office space, and 1 residential unit.

- N. Arlington-$1,300 Rental - 2nd FL - 1 Bdrm 3 Rooms - Hardwood Floors Ht/Hw Included -Central Air.

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4 Brs, 2 baths, 1 car gar, cent air, pool, fin bsemnt, front porch

Asking $395,000

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Linden- $315,000 3 Fam. - 6 Bdrms 3 full baths - LR’s EIK’s - Basement.

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KEARNY

NEW LISTING!

KEARNY

Lyndhurst - 1 Family - Colonial w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen, Foyer & 1.5 Baths. Unfinished Basement. Driveway for 2 Cars. Above Ground Pool Motor is Broken. Oil Tank is Above Ground in Backyard. Asking $300,000

KEARNY

Kearny - 1 Family - Arlington Section - Ranch in Large Lot w/ 3 Bedrooms, Dining Rm, Eat in Kitchen, Full Bath & Deck overlooking Garden. Partially Finished Basement w/ Laundry Area. 2 Cars Garage & Long Driveway for 6 Cars. Asking $218,000

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KEARNY

UNDER CONTRACT Kearny - 2 Family - 1st Floor w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm & Bath. 2nd Floor w/ 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. 3rd Floor w/ 3 Additional Rooms. 2nd & 3rd Floor to be Used Together (Apartment Needs Work). Separate Utilities. Asking $275,000

UNDER CONTRACT

NEW LISTING! Kearny - 1 Family - Left side of Duplex w/ Foyer, Living Rm, Dining Rm & Eat in Kitchen on 1st Floor. 2nd Floor w/ 2 Bedrooms & Tiled Bath. Wide Driveway and Backyard. High SemiFinished Basement. Easy Walk to West Hudson Park and Local Shopping. Asking $189,000

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NEW LISTING!

Kearny - Well Maintained 2 Family - Built in 1990. 1st Floor w/ Living Rm, Dining Rm, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen & 2 Baths. 2nd Floor w/ Living Rm, Dining Rm, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen & Bath. Ground Floor w/ 3 Finished Rooms, Bath & Laundry Hook-up. Corner Lot, 2-Car Attached Garage & Central Air. Asking $559,000.00

NORTH ARLINGTON: DON’T MISS THIS GREAT ONE FAMILY HOME IN DESIRABLE SECTION OF NORTH ARLINGTON! THIS EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED HOME BOASTS 2 BEDROOMS, 2 FULL AND 1 HALF BATH! CENTRAL A/C! HARDWOOD FLOORS AND BEAUTIFUL NATURAL WOODWORK THROUGHOUT! 2ND FLOOR LARGE MASTER BEDROOM SUITE WITH FULL BATH! GREAT FULL FINISHED BASEMENT WITH FAMILY ROOM WITH WET BAR AND 1/2 BATH! GREAT BACK YARD! ONE CAR GARAGE AND PRIVATE DRIVEWAY! A MUST SEE HOME! $329,000

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UNDER CONTRACT Kearny - 4 Family - All Apartments Have 1 Bedroom, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. 2 Separate Unfinished Basement w/ Laundry areas. All Separate Utilities. Driveway & 2 Car Garage. All Brick outside. Asking $489,000

KEARNY

UNDER CONTRACT

Kearny - Heather Glenn Condo - Second floor Condo w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen, Modern Bath, Laundry & Parking for 1 car. Balcony off Living Rm. Asking $199,000

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Belleville - 2 Family - 1st floor w/ 1 Bedroom, Bath, Living Rm, Dining Rm & Large Kitchen Area. 2nd floor w/ 1 Bedroom, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Den, Kitchen & Bath. 3rd Floor has 2 Bedrooms. 2nd & 3rd floor used Together. Individual Heat, Gas & Electric. Asking $163,900

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Kearny - 1 Family - Well kept colonial. 1st floor w/ living Rm, Dining Rm, eat in kitchen, newer bath & newer hardwood floor. 2nd floor w/ 2 bedrooms & full bath. 3rd floor w/ 1 bedroom. Unfinished basement w/ laundry area & plenty of storage space. New roof & newer gas furnace. Fenced backyard w/ patio area. Asking $239,000

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KEARNY

NEW PRICE! UNDER CONTRACT Kearny - 2 Family - Recently Renovated – 1st Floor Apartment w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Full Bath. 2nd Floor Apartment w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Full Bath. Full Finished Basement w/ Office, Rec Room, Summer Kitchen & Full Bath. Central Air & Driveway for 4 Cars. Asking $459,000

13. KEARNY: LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! BEAUTIFUL AND WELL MAINTAINED ONE FAMILY HOME IN DESIRABLE MANOR SECTION. HARDWOOD FLOORS THROUGHOUT! ALL LARGE ROOMS! 4 BEDROOMS! 3 FULL BATHS! LIVING ROOM WITH FIREPLACE! FORMAL DINING ROOM! NEW WINDOWS! NEW TIMBERLINE ROOF AND SIDING! FULL FINISHED BASEMENT WITH FAMILY ROOM, OFFICE AND FULL BATH! FULL FINISHED ATTIC WITH BEDROOM AND OFFICE! GREAT DECK OFF LIVING ROOM!(HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE IF NEEDED) LARGE 50’ BY 100’ LOT! LONG DRIVEWAY AND 2 CAR DETACHED GARAGE! CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, SHOPPING AND ALL TRANSPORTATION! JUST STEPS AWAY FROM NY BUSES! A MUST SEE HOME! $449,950

KEARNY

Kearny - Condo - One Floor Living w/ One Bedroom, Living Rm, Eat in Kitchen & Bath. Laundry Area w/ Coin Operated Washer & Dryer. Dishwasher, Microwave, Refrigerator, Gas Stove & Wall AC included. New Carpeting. One Parking Space. Asking $135,000

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KEARNY: 1 FAM, COLONIAL STYLE, ON DEAD END BLOCK, 3 BR, 1.5 BATH, HARDWOOD FLOORS, FIREPLACE, ONE CAR GARAGE, NEW GAS HEATING SYSTEM $289,900

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Kearny - 1 Family - Arlington Section – Beautiful Colonial w/ Foyer Entrance, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Kitchen w/ Pantry & Deck, 3 Bedrooms, Full Ceramic Tile Bath, 2 Additional Rooms on 3rd Floor. Finish Basement w/ Rec Room, Laundry & Full Bath. Asking $389,000

Kearny – 1 Family – Colonial w/ Living Rm, Dining Rm, Eat in Kitchen, 3 Bdrms (2 Large), Full Bath & Walk-up Finished Attic. Basement w/ Rec Room, Laundry & Full Bath. Great Condition. New windows, New Roof & New Chimney. Fenced Backyard w/ Above Ground Pool. Asking $264,900.

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CEDAR GROVE: WELL ESTABLISHED DELI, GRILL AND CATERING BUSINESS. ON BUSY MAIN STREET, EXTRA INCOME FROM NJ LOTTERY, AMPLE PARKING SPACES IN REAR OF BUILDING. $129,500

Kearny - 2 Family - 1st Floor w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Eat-in-Kitchen & Bath. 2nd Floor w/ Bedroom, Living Rm, Eat-in-Kitchen, Den & Bath. Semi-Finished Basement w/ Rec Rm, Utility/Laundry Rm, Den & Bath. Asking $279,000

KEARNY: DON’T MISS THE GREAT ONE FAMILY HOME IN THE DESIRABLE “ARLINGTON” SECTION! 4 BEDROOMS PLUS! 2 FULL AND 1 HALF NEWLY UPDATED BATHS! FULLY UPDATED KITCHEN WITH GRANITE COUNTERS CERAMIC, FLOORS AND RECESSED LIGHTING! HARD WOOD FLOORS THROUGHOUT! NEW WINDOWS! NEW TIMBERLINE ROOF! NEWER GAS HEATING SYSTEM! FULL FINISHED 3RD FLOOR FOR MORE LIVING SPACE! GREAT BACK YARD FOR ENTERTAINING WITH DECK AND POOL! ONE CAR GARAGE! CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, SHOPPING AND ALL TRANSPORTATION! A MUST SEE HOME!! $349,950

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Kearny – 1 Family – Updated Cape w/ 3 Bedrooms, Dining Rm, 2 Full Baths, Kitchen & Nice Deck. Hardwood Floors, Central Air & 2 Car Garage. Basement w/ Large Rec Room & Laundry Rm. Asking $320,000.

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Kearny – 2 Family – 1st FL w/ 2 Bdrm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Modern Bath. 2nd FL w/ 1 LG Bdrm. SemiFinished Basement w/ 2 Rm, Full Bath & Laundry Area. Fenced in Backyard. Separate Utilities. Asking $259,900.

Union – 1 Family – Cape w/ 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Bath. Finished Basement. Large 60 x 100 Lot. 1 Car Garage. Asking $239,900.

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Kearny – Store & 2 Apartments – Store w/ over 1100 sq ft of Commercial Space & Both Apartments Have 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. All Separate Utilities. Asking $429,000

Kearny – Business for Sale - Successful Sushi Restaurant with Excellent Takeout Business. All Equipment Included in Sale. Call for more Info.

$500 CLOSING COST CREDIT AT CLOSING! This offer is for Veterans, Police Officers, Firefighters, Teachers & Union Employees.

Contact Us for More Details! VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT WWW.ROSAAGENCYHOMES.COM KEARNY: DON’T MISS THIS LARGE 2 BEDROOM 2 FULL AND 1 HALF TOWNHOUSE STYLE CONDO IN DESIRABLE ARLINGTON RIDGE COMPLEX. CENTRAL AC! LARGE MASTER SUITE WITH FULL BATH AND 2 WALK-IN CLOSETS! PARKING SPACE AND GARAGE $279,900

NORTH ARLINGTON: WELL MAINTAINED 1 FAMILY IN DESIRABLE SECTION. 3 BR, 1 FULL AND 1 HALF BATH. HARDWOOD FLOORS, NEW WINDOWS, NEWER ROOF, CENTRAL A/C, PRIVATE DRIVEWAY AND BUILT IN 1 CAR GARAGE! 299,500

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attempted to stop a passing 2000 Chrysler Sebring after confirming that the driver -- Andrew Chadwick, 26, of Kearny -- had a suspended license, but the car continued down Kearny until it got caught in traffic at Woodland Ave., police said. The detectives pulled in front, blocking the Sebring’s way, and reportedly observed one passenger Miguel Agurto, 29, of North Bergen, reach into his waistband and discard something on the floor. Illuminating the car’s interior, they saw a black handgun, which turned out to be a .380 Hi-Point -- fully loaded and with its serial number defaced, police said. When backup arrived, all three vehicle occupants were arrested: Chadwick, for driving while suspended; front-seat passenger

Marysalma Gonzalez, 22, of Newark, on three traffic warrants -- from Madison, $500; East Orange, $150; Newark, $300. Agurto ended up in the county jail on $5,000 bail and charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and possession of a prohibited (i.e. defaced) weapon. Sept. 28 Officers Michael Gontarczuk and Sean Podolski, on 1 a.m. radar detail in South Kearny, pulled over a 2011 Infiniti that was doing 66 in a 35 mph zone on the Newark Turnpike and reportedly smelled of pot. Police said the driver identified himself as Victor Zelaya and admitted to having the drug. A glass jar half-full of the stuff was allegedly found in the car, along with $436 in cash. While Zelaya was being

booked at HQ for possession, speeding and having a CDS in a MV, police said they learned that he actually was Victor Sagastume, 25, of Harrison, who was wanted on two traffic-related warrants: $250 out of Kearny; $100, Jersey City. He was then hit with the additional charge of hindering apprehension. Sept. 29 At 1:40 p.m., Officers Sean Kelly and Daniel Lopez spotted Axel Rodriguez, 43, of Kearny, on the off-limits railroad bridge near North Midland Ave. and as they approached observed him toss a bag on the ground, later found to contain two hypodermic needles, police said. Rodriguez, who had been arrested on the same bridge a month before, was charged with possession of the hypos and, once again, with defiant trespass. – Karen Zautyk

Guilty pleas in carjacking BELLEVILLE –

Two Newark men, charged with a Belleville carjacking, pleaded guilty last Thursday in Newark Federal Court in connection with that crime and two others committed during a fiveday span in September 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dion Hines, 23, and Roosevelt Robinson, 25, each pleaded to attempted carjacking, carjacking (two counts for Hines; one for Robinson), and using a firearm during a crime of violence. According to Fishman’s office, the Belleville crime occurred at 4:45 a.m. on Sept. 27, 2013, when a darkcolored SUV pulled in front of and blocked the path of a Range Rover that had stopped at an intersection in town. Hines jumped out of the passenger side of the SUV, pointed a black handgun at the Range Rover driver, pulled the victim out of the vehicle and demanded the

keys. Robinson, who had followed in a separate car, stood watch. Hines then got into the Rover and fled, followed by the SUV and Robinson’s vehicle. At 2:20 p.m. that same day, law enforcement located the Range Rover in Newark. A brief car chase ensued, during which the Rover rammed multiple police vehicles before getting trapped and stopping. Hines and Robinson fled on foot but were arrested a short time later. The vehicle’s third occupant was taken into custody at the scene. Police said a loaded black revolver was found in the Rover. Fishman’s office said a prior carjacking occurred Sept. 26, 2013, when Hines, armed with a black revolver, took an Acura from its owner in a Newark parking lot. And on Sept. 22, Hines, Robinson and another male had attempted to carjack a Mercedes Benz from a residential drive-

way in Newark. That driver, however, resisted and pursued the trio, although Hines reportedly had fired two shots at the car, striking the left rear door. During the chase, police said, Hines fired two additional shots at the Mercedes. The carjacking and attempted carjacking counts to which Hines and Robinson pleaded guilty each carry a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. The count of using a firearm during a crime of violence carries a mandatory minimum of seven years in prison, a maximum of life imprisonment, and a fine of $250,000. Hines is to be sentenced on Jan. 11; Robinson, Jan. 12. Fishman credited the Belleville Police Department, the Newark and Elizabeth PDs and special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with the investigation leading to the guilty pleas. – Karen Zautyk

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obituaries@theobserver.com Donald O’Neill Sr. Donald O’Neill Sr., 69, died Sept. 26, at his home in North Arlington 14 months after his wife and high school sweetheart, Catherine. Born in Jersey City, he was a lifelong resident of North Arlington. He was a union electrician with the I.B.E.W. in Paramus for 50 years before retiring in 1999. Donald was a co-founder of the North Arlington Soccer Association, a member of the Knights of Columbus Queen of Peace Council 3428, a former member of the North Arlington Lions Club and North Arlington Police Reserve and he also served on the North Arlington School Board from 1979 to 1981. He was the beloved husband of the late Catherine M. (nee Ennis), the cherished father of Donald O’Neill Jr. (Esmeralda) and Jennifer O’ Neill-Gonzaga (Mel), the adored grandfather of Brittany E. Ryan and Aristidis S. Pavlis, the loving brother of Thomas and Jack (Carol) O’Neill and the late Robert O’Neill, and the dear uncle of many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his honorary son Joseph L. Weiss and his grand-dogs Rufus, Athena, Nuggett and Roxy. Visitation was at the Parow Funeral Home Road, North Arlington. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington. Cre-

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mation was private. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad, P.O. Box 7088, North Arlington, N.J. 07031. As he would say, “That’s that … see what goes.” Jeffrey Lyn White Jeffrey Lyn White died Sept. 18. He was 63. He had a brief battle with cancer. He had his family by his side at home. Jeffrey was born on Sept. 22, 1952, in Hartford, Conn. He was a 1972 graduate of Lebanon High School in New Hampshire. He was both a part-time and then full-time member of the Army National Guard, serving the 50th Medical Battalion formerly of Elizabeth, then Red Bank. He worked after that as a full-time truck driver for various companies. At the time, he was a Scout leader for Cub Scout Pack 325 at Schuyler School in Kearny. In 1999, the family moved to Sussex County and bought a home in the Scenic Lakes community. He was employed for the last 15 years as a fabricator for Easco Showers Doors in Vernon. He was predeceased by his father, George White, his brother, Michael, and his daughter, Amy White. He leaves behind his wife of 35 years Catherine (nee Dolan) White, and a son, Jef-

frey Lyn White II. He also leaves his mother, Mary White, and his brothers, Alan White, Peter White, David White, John White, George White, a sister Donna Triano and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Ferguson-Vernon Funeral Home, Vernon, and were private. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to a local animal rescue, the A.S.P.C.A. or the American Cancer Society. James J. Garrigan Jr. James J. Garrigan Jr. died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Carillon Assisted Living in Southport, N.C. He was 97. Jim was born Feb. 16, 1919, the son of the late James GarPrayer to St. Jude Most holy apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of difficulty and of desperate cases, of things almost despaired of Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly(make your request here)-and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity. I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful patron and do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. Amen. H.A.B.

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KEARNY 1 BR apt. on 52 Liberty st. HT/HW included. H/W floors. $975/ month. 1 month security. No pets. For more Info. HARRISON 1 BR apt. Call (201) 306-2994. $950/month. All utilities included. Close to PATH. H/W floors. C/A. Laundry facilities. No pets. KEARNY 5 rooms, 2 No smoking. (973) 573- BR’s, LR, DR, Kitchen. 2nd fl. No pets. 1 1/5 months 7333. security. $960/month + utilities. (201) 401-0488. HARRISON 1 Large BR condo, w/parking & laundry. HT/HW included. $1,400/month. 1 1/2 months security deposit. Avl. Nov. 1st. (973) 7151941.

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NEWARK NEWARK 1st fl. 1 BR, Kitchen, LR & DR. $950/ month. HT/HW included. 1 month security. Avl. Oct. 1st. (862) 955-8624.

HOUSE FOR RENT N.ARLINGTON Lovely 1 family home, 2 1/2 BR’s, 2 Full Baths, garage Avl. Corner Lot. $2,000/ month + Utilities. (908) 310-9068.

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