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Tenaflyʼs governing body reorganized for 2020 on Jan. 4, swearing in new Councilman Adam Michaels (pictured) and new Mayor Mark Zinna.
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DRAMATIC SEA LEVEL RISE MAY IMPACT NJ: REPORT
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JANUARY 13, 2020
CLUB BESTOWS SCHOLARSHIPS Future leaders accept financial boost
BY HILLARY VIDERS SPECIAL TO NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
Sea levels in New Jersey could rise from 2000 levels as much as 1.1 feet by 2030, 2.1 feet by 2050 and 6.3 feet by 2100, according to a new study released during the first meeting of New Jerseyʼs new Interagency Council on Climate Resilience. The study, “The Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms,” was commissioned by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and prepared by Rutgers University and leading climate change experts. The report also concludes sea-level rise projections in New Jersey are more than two times the global average, according to NJDEP. “New Jersey has much to lose if we do not act quickly and decisively to adapt to the realities of climate change,” NJDEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe.
ʻParticularly susceptibleʼ New Jersey is particularly susceptible to the impacts of rising oceans due to its geological location and composition. As its land mass was built up by erosion after the ice age, New Jerseyʼs large coastal plain was made up of loose sediments which has been undergoing long-term natural sinking of land through subsidence. The stateʼs latitudinal position in relation to the bulging of oceans caused by the earthʼs rotation (there is more bulging as you get closer to the equator), ocean circulation patterns and other factors, puts it at rick for
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SUEZ’S PLAN FOR LEAD FIX TO GET JAN. 21 HEARING BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
At the scholarship awards luncheon: (first row, from left) Virginia Ingram, Imani Williams, Mayor Michael Wildes, state Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Raven Cureton; (back row, from left) Shaina Lacap, Sydney Morris, Brenda Torres, Melanie Kim and Christie Aubourg. BY HILLARY VIDERS SPECIAL TO NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
The Womanʼs Club of Englewood awarded $28,250 worth of scholarships to 13 bright and talented young women on Jan. 13. This philanthropic organization has been awarding scholarships for 14 years, and recipients are selected by members of the clubʼs Education Committee, PHOTO BY HILLARY VIDERS
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Volunteers are needed for the Snack Pack program, which brings nutritious foods to children in need.
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headed by Elizabeth Whitney and Philanthropy Committee Chair Nancy Ferer. The Scholarship Committee receives an average of 20 applications a year and select recipients based on the studentʼs GPA (3.0 or higher), extracurricular activities and their performance during an interview. “I am impressed and proud of all of our scholar-
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A proposal to replace customer lead service lines for a flat fee of $1,000—and impose a surcharge of up to 85 cents per month on water bills for 200,000 customers in Bergen and Hudson counties—will be open for public comment at a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders Meeting Room in Hackensack. The state Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is conducting the hearing, which will be overseen by Judge Jacob S. Gertsman. “The company is requesting approval of a monthly surcharge up to $0.85 per month to General Metered Water customers, which includes the costs of the program and the companyʼs costs incurred above the $1,000 per residence payment as part of the total,” states the public notice. The company notes it will initially pay the difference above $1,000 to replace a customerʼs lead service line and seek reimbursement later via a monthly surcharge on all customers. The Suez petition to begin a two-year pilot program was trans-
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B ck in time...
After these convicts escaped from Sing Sing in 1873, they made their way down river to our neck of the woods.
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