River View Observer April 1-April 15, 2023

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HUDSON COUNTY’S ROGER MULLER TAKING THE BITE OUT OF LIONFISH

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By Scott Murphy By day, Roger J. Muller Jr. can usually be found overseeing Muller Insurance – his longstanding insurance agency in Hoboken, New Jersey. At night, friends often seek him out on the ice, where he can be spotted either captaining the Hoboken Rockets hockey team, or watching the New Jersey Devils pursue a hopeful Stanley Cup. But every few months, as he stares at the exotic fish in his massive office tank, Muller gets the itch to go deep sea diving. “It’s like a mission,”

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HUDSON HAPPENINGS Six Hudson County Community College Students Named Semifinalists for 2023 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Hudson County Community College (HCCC) is proud to announce that six outstanding HCCC students were selected as semifinalists by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for the prestigious and highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.

The HCCC semifinalists are Raida Al Hattab, Computer Science major from Secaucus; Sally Elwir, Criminal Justice major from Bloomfield; Ella Mukasa, Business Administration major from Jersey City; Montaha Osman, Engineering Science major from

Garfield; Birva Pinto, Engineering Science major from Jersey City; and Michael Salinas, Computer Science major from Jersey City. This represents a record number of Cooke semifinalists in a single year in the college’s history, and one of the largest cohorts of semifinalists in the nation.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is awarded to community college students across the nation who have demonstrated exceptional academic ability, leadership, service, and a determination to complete their bachelor’s degrees at

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prestigious four-year institutions. The HCCC students are among 459 semifinalists chosen from over 1,700 applicants who attend 215 community colleges across 38 states.

“The entire HCCC community joins me in congratulating Raida, Sally, Ella, Montaha, Birva, and Michael on achieving semifinalist status for this esteemed scholarship,” stated HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber. “This is a great honor for them and for the College. We are very proud that

their leadership, extraordinary academic achievements, and community service have been recognized nationally. We wish them all the best as they progress in this process.

This award is a game changer for the students who receive it, as it paves the way for them to achieve a four-year education that otherwise would come with a significant financial burden.”

These semifinalists from HCCC have overcome many daunting obstacles to get to this point,

ranging from working as a cook and delivery driver while completing their degree at HCCC to starting their college career as an ESL student without English language skills and needing to find housing during their first week in the United States.

The Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is designed to create a clear pathway to a four-year degree by offering up to $55,000 per year for baccalaureate study along with other benefits including academic advising and access to a network of peers.

Some of the latest research from the American Talent Initiative estimates that, annually, about 50,000 high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds, who could transfer to four-year colleges, often do not because of the prohibitive

cost of continuing their education.

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the world.” He described the position of police ofBayonne Holds Swearing-In ficer as “a job of passion.”

Ceremony for New Police Officers Mayor Davis added, “It thirty years,” because On Wednesday, March has to be in your heart to police officers often miss 22, the Bayonne Police want to do this.” Advising Department held a family events. Mayor the new officers, he Davis explained that the swearing-in ceremony urged them to “listen to for eleven new police ofnew officers will be “runyour fellow officers and ning towards problems, ficers. The new officers New Bayonne Police Officers: Bayonne’s new police supervisors.” not away from them.” He officers posed with Mayor Jimmy Davis, Police Chief are: Adam Krzeminski, Lieutenant Franco Sean Nally, Mark Johnson, called the Bayonne Police Robert Geisler, and Deputy Chief Joseph Scerbo. Pictured Amato read out brief Department “one of the Marcin Chojnowski, left to right: Mayor Davis, Police Officer Adam Krzeminski, biographies of the new Christopher Bergalowski, best police departments in Police Officer Christopher Bergalowski, Police Officer officers. the world.” He described Robert Borawski, Police Officer Brendan Carr, Police Ernesto Naveed, Publice Saftery Director Officer Adam Losonczy, Police Officer Matthew Francis, Matthew Francis, Adam the position of police ofRobert Kubert, Police Police Officer Marcin Chojnowski, Police Officer Mark ficer as “a job of passion.”

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The Art House Gallery presents “Trans-lucid” - An Exhibition of Illuminated Works by Frank Ippolito

Art House Productions is proud to present “Translucid” - an exhibition of illuminated works by Frank Ippolito in the Art House Gallery, April 15 through April 30, 2023.

Ippolito is an artist based in Jersey City. His fascination with the scattering of light passing through a translucent surface is the focus of his latest exhibit.

With “Trans-lucid,” the passage of light through various substrates creates a tension between what is known and what remains a mystery. He uses mixed-media constructs that combine photography, painting, found objects, and internal illumination.

In a few of the pieces, he introduces the element of time and invites the viewer to become the engine of motion.

The exhibition runs from April 15 through April 30,

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Frank Ippolito is a multidisciplinary artist who has called Jersey City his home for the last 12 years. His illustrations have been commissioned by Scientific American, The New York Times, and The U. S. Geological Survey, and his paintings hang on permanent exhibit at The American Museum of Natural History and The National Zoo. 2023. The opening In 2014, Ippolito retired reception is on Saturday, from his artist position at April 15 from 5:00pm to The American Museum of Natural History to pursue 8:00pm. An Earth Day music celebration will be “a more focused career” of painting, sculpture, perforhosted in the Art House mance art, digital animaGallery on April 22 from tion, theater, and music. In 4:00pm to 7:00pm. The 2020, he took up residency closing reception is on in the ART150 studio suite Sunday, April 30 form in Jersey City’s historic 150 4:00pm to 7:00pm.

Bay Street warehouse, where Regular gallery hours he maintains a painting and are Saturdays and Sundays photography studio. Frank continues to teach courses from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

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he says. For the past 25 years, he has dived in places as varied as Cuba, Italy, Panama, Bonaire, Curacao, Jamaica, St. Croix, Grand Cayman Islands, Aruba, the Florida Panhandle, Rangiria, Mo’oria, Bora Bora, the South Pacific and Hawaii.

He’s accumulated some noteworthy stats and achievements during that time: over 2,500 dives and 132 major diving certificates. “I love it,” he says with a clear passion in his voice. “I started in 1998 in Aruba, and just kept going. I’ve gotten every certification from Open Water Diver to instructor.”

Muller has become so adept at diving that he can reel off some notable feats that would impress any weekend water warrior: nearly three hours on one tank of oxygen. An average dive of over 150 feet deep. Solo diving. Diving with partners. And, experiencing the kind of steep, skyscraper-sized drop-offs underwater that casual ocean swimmers will never, ever, see. “I feel like an astronaut because even though you’re floating in water, it’s like being in space,” he says. “It’s quiet, relaxing, and you feel like you’re in a giant aquarium seeing all kinds of fish that are half-yellow, half-purple, so many colors. There are so many different types of animals underwater.”

Yet a little over a decade ago, Muller began to notice a few things that were more destructive than joyful. While diving off the coast of Aruba, he observed that the coral were in really bad shape. This was due to a lack of tropical fish that usually scrub

the algae off the top of it. Since the algae were able to proliferate in the area, the coral were dying.

Upon further investigation, Muller learned that a fish species known as lionfish were voraciously consuming the local fish population, causing that ripple effect. “They eat so much because there’s so much choice,” says Muller.

“You can’t fish for them because they’re not going to take the frozen hamburger when they can have fresh steak. How bad is it? The Gulf of Mexico is totally screwed up. Texas, Alabama, the Pensacola area, it’s all horrible. It’s a whole cycle.” Muller later created the educational website lionfishdivers.com in 2020 to call attention to the growing threat.

Others had begun to take notice too. The National Marine Sanctuary Association (sanctuaries. noaa.gov) considers the lionfish to be an invasive species which preys on ecosystems and damages coral reefs. A single female lionfish can release 15,000 egg clusters regularly. Considering that their lifespan is between five and 15 years, their population can also expand exponentially. Over the last several decades the population has spread as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Venezuela. They’re also

well established in the Caribbean, and have been spotted in both the Gulf of Mexico and, more recently, the Mediterranean.

They’ve come a long way considering they’re native to Asia-Pacific waters.

“The biggest problem with lionfish is what they eat,” says Dr. Steve Gittings, Science Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. “They are what we call ‘generalists’, which means they will eat just about anything they can capture.

Over 170 species of fish have been found in the stomachs of lionfish. And because they are such good hunters, and native fish are so naive to the threat posed by them, lionfish can significantly reduce native fish biomass in a very short time.

Without fish and the services they provide, coral reef systems collapse.”

It could be said that lionfish have an aesthetic appeal. The 12 varieties are distinctive, with their typical red, white, cream or black bands, complemented by lengthy, venomous, spiky fin rays. Their exotic look makes them a prime aquarium candidate, and is believed to be a likely reason why they spread.

Current speculation is that six red lionfish were released in Florida waters when Hurricane Andrew destroyed an aquarium in

1992. A lionfish commonly seen in the Philippines was also spotted in southern Florida waters in the mid-80s, indicating that someone might have purposely released it.

Once in a body of water, preferably warm, mature 12-18 inch lionfish are a menace to other fish, and to some extent, humans who hunt them. They’re capable of blowing jets of water at other prey to confuse them before attacking head on. They also release poisonous venom through their fin rays when attacked. Their stings often result in pain, nausea, breathing difficulties, numbness and more – though fatalities are rare (and Muller claims they don’t sting humans intentionally). And, since they can eat up to 20 fish a day, their effect on habitats is notable. “Their stomachs can expand 30 times normal size while eating”, says Stacy Frank, Co-Founder of Lionfish University, a non-profit group dedicated to preserving ocean reefs and native fish populations.

“They are the buffet busters of the reef and will eat anything 2/3rds their size or less that will fit in their mouths. Research has shown that just one lionfish can reduce native reef creatures by 80-90% in just weeks.”

What to do about the growing lionfish hazard – and it is still growing – is

the subject of a varied amount of both speculation and action.

Knowledgeable marine authorities are still learning about how lionfish behave and how other species react to them.

There’s also the issue of whether governments should take action – and if so, what they can actually do. “Some governments have gotten involved,” says Gittings. “Florida is a good example. And Belize has worked effectively with NGOs to prepare and implement a comprehensive lionfish response plan.

In some places, governments could help by incentivizing lionfish fishing and distribution, education of the public and visitors, monitoring and intervention (targeted culling, for example). And they could strengthen laws to reduce the removal of native fish and other stressors that are damaging reef ecosystems.”

Frank formed Lionfish University a decade ago along with her brother Courtney Platt and Hollywood screenwriter James V. Hart (best known for writing the 1992 big screen version of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”) after noticing how lionfish were decimating the reefs in the Cayman Islands as they were diving and doing research for a potential film.

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hiding upside down under the coral.” Finally, as he traveled up near the surface, Muller spotted one and speared it.

He mentally added it to his lifetime tally – more than 2,000 lionfish caught. For he was on a mission. A mission that at this rate, won’t be ending anytime soon.

dive – to explore the unknown. His destination mahi-mahi and can be enjoyed any number of of choice this time was Roatan, Honduras, a place versatile ways. Gittings he’d never been. There, likes blackened lionhe met up with members fish served warm on a of Warfighter Scuba, a Caesar salad. Muller charitable organization simply scissor cuts the for wounded war veterspines off and throws ans, rented a 30 foot boat them on the grill. Frank and asked to be taken to claims to enjoy lionthe dark places, the water fish dip, tacos and even areas that everybody else stays away from. After lionfish ceviche. “We traveling for an hour and a even have a new lionhalf, he was finally satisfish cookbook called fied. Out came a flashlight “Cook Lionfish” that can be ordered from our and his three-pronged pull website,” she says. With spear. Then he dove into the water, embarking on the exception of a few his 1,200th pursuit for forward-thinking lionlionfish. Way down deep, fish snack bars on some 120 feet underneath the Caribbean islands, this water, he felt like he was is a cuisine that’s yet to on an Easter egg hunt. be explored, and withOnly this time, he was out any immediate polooking underneath coral. tential to be overfished. Around coral. Beneath the A couple months ago, coral. “These fish have Muller started to get that gotten very smart,” he familiar itch again – to thought. “Some of them

Cont’d from page 6 we encourage regular culling, and it’s why we are hoping to come up with ways to remove enough deep water lionfish to prevent impact in those environments.”

Aside from preserving natural environments, catching a lot of lionfish has another benefit: they happen to be delicious fish to eat. As the Lionfish University website prominently proclaims, “If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em!” And everyone who has ever tasted them seems to have their favorite lionfish dish. Believed to be healthier than many other fish, there are also plenty of them at the moment, ready to be sliced and diced, fried and tried. Their taste resembles grouper or go somewhere to

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By Dave Gil de Rubio When the great COVID-19 lockdown slammed the brakes on the entire live music industry, Chicago singer/ keyboardist and founding member Robert Lamm used the time away from touring to delve deeper into his creative side.

“I knew it was going to be a long time—I just didn’t know how long,” Lamm recalled. “Lately in my life, I haven’t really had time to plan anything, so I just sat down in my little studio at the piano and started playing. I started pulling out ideas that I had stockpiled over the years and exploring that music. I began thinking about how I always wanted to write with this guy or that guy. I just started calling old friends and, in some cases, new friends. I began collaborating using file sharing. That kind of really became my everyday thing.”

One new collaborator was Jim Peterik, a founding member of The Ides of March and later of Survivor. Lamm quickly bonded with his new writing partner. (“His work method and my work method really blended together.”)

Before long, the Lamm/ Peterik partnership caught the ear of BMG producer Joe Thomas, who insisted the new songs could be the basis for a new label deal for Chicago, a notion that

Photo by Peter C. Pardini “I know when I go to a surprised Lamm.

“We thought we were show, I want to hear the songs that I’m familiar done and that there wasn’t any record com- with of the artist whose concert I’m attending. I pany interested in latecareer Chicago,” Lamm don’t particularly want said. “But they (BMG) to hear a lot of stuff I’m not familiar with.” were very interested If You Go after they heard the Chicago songs.”

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The arrival of “Born For This Moment” means Chicago now faces the challenge of incorporating new material into the band’s live show alongside familiar hits and fan favorites.

Lamm knows what needs to take priority. “[Playing new songs] is always a tricky thing.

We’re a legacy band, so we have to really take care of our fans when we do this,” Lamm said.

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by Annette Annette Rubin Rubin One Family NEW LISTING! Clifton NJ INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Come take a BAYONNE look at this 5 UNITS beautiful Condo Family owned for many with so much years; well-maintained natural light! property offers a conNice Living room and dining area, kitchen venient midtown locahas stainless appliances. tion in close proximity to public transporPrimary Bedroom has sliding doors out to tation, shopping, a terrace.

Modest dining, taxes. and municipal services.

Tenants payall their heat and Call today for theown details.

PSE&G expenses.

Asking Asking $775,000 $325,000 Jersey City

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Condo For SaleJERSEY CITY Make an appointment HEIGHTS Excellent corner to view this cozy property with 3 car 1st floor condo. parking in the heart Amenities include of Jersey City hardwood floors and Heights. Property is ample closet space. near all transportation such as thetolight rail, bus services, cab Convenient West services, city bikes.

Many nearby restauBergen and section of Jersey City. rants,Be grocery stores, and shopping centers. an owner in this great location.

Easy access to New York City.

Call for pricing$155,000 + more details Asking

NEW LISTING! Residential LARGE 3–FAMILYRental JC Bayonne 2 CAR PARKING Move right into this This 8 bedroom well maintained 1 property is in good bedroom conditionapartment and is with a bonus – located just aoffice short distance to shopping and tofor theworking Hudson Bergen Light Rail. great Receive two rents while occupying one from home. unit.

Gleaming hardwood Floors, kitchen with Parking is for two cars a plus! stainless appliances.

Hot water included in rent.

Close to shopping and transportation.

Asking $1450$849,000 per month MEDICAL OFFICE

One Family FOR LEASE/ UPTOWN BAYONNE Bayonne Fully furnished, move-in-

Come view this oneready office is on the family townhome ground floor at the rear of with 3 bedrooms 924 Broadway - corner of and 1 bath.

44th Street. There are three Convenient to 2shopping, restaurants, parksfront exam rooms, offices, large bathroom, and areamajor with Transportation. reception and nice sitting area. CenThis home offers new central hot water tral heating and cooling.

All air theand utilities are heater, hardwood with carpeting in the included.

Office floors is equipped with multiple bedrooms. is an attached with computers,There televisions, phones,garage medical equipparking for twoscales, cars. exam room tables, and ment, weight furniture - all of which is included in the rent.

“Charming home to make your own” Asking $2,000 per month

Asking $399,900

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2BR RENTAL w/ GREAT OPPORTUNITY! NEWBayonne LISTING! PARKING FURNISHED Rental Mixed use property located in uptown BAY BLOCK CONDO RENTAL REDUCED! Bayonne near- BAYONNE MIDTOWN This newly renovated major transportaAmazing 1st floor, 1BAYONNE bedroom apartment tion. Building has Stunning a2 brand BR/2BA 2-bedroom apartment. includes new a studioinclude unit, new luxury unit high ceilFeatures kitchen withw/stainless ings &recessed lighting.

1 bedroom unit steel appliances and flooring, freshly Tenant to bring furniture for just 1 bedroom. Private and 2 bedroom granite Renovated bathroom nice painted, open floor layout, lots of closet entrancecounters. & 1 assigned garage parking spot.and Features ofhardwood floors throughout. is on the include an in-unit washer/dryer, Unit dishwasher, central space, washer/dryer inunit. unitDoctors and 1 car AC, floor. oversized sunlitbuilding windowswith and gorgeous Italian first Secure key entry, parking. Located on afice deadwith endbeautiful street porcelain and flooring.

The building secured lobby, intercom elevator.

There has is a aWasher/ with views of the Bay.hardwood Close to floors. all transelevator, andand an exercise In closeCentrally proximity to Dryer room storageroom. available.

Newer roof shopping, and hot water heaters. portation, parks, and schools. the 34th Street light rail station. located in the City of Bayonne –make an apCall now for a private showing pointment to see this today!

Asking $1,800 per month Asking $3,500 per month $849,000 $1600 per month

NEW LISTING! Residential DUPLEX RENTAL Rental in BERGEN POINT Greenville BAYONNE section of Freshly painted 2 bedJersey City room apt2 on the 2nd & Beautiful bedroom rd floor of a 3 apartment with 2 family house. Hardwood hardwood floors and and tileinfloors throughout; eat kitchen. dining area next to Very spacious, kitchen, refrigerator Heat and Hot water is included. Located included rent!Street Refrigerator included close toinFirst Park. No pets,also. no smoking in the – thisand apartment is Close to light rail,unit shopping restaurants.

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Asking $1,850 per month $1650 per month

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