September 3, 2014 • www.theobserver.com • Vol CXXVII, No. 14
COVERING: BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD
Upscale rentals enroute
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
Two West Hudson communities will see their populations grow a bit thanks to a pair of residential developments being undertaken by an area builder. Russo Development of Carlstadt, which completed Vermella Lyndhurst, a 296unit, four-building apartment complex with a clubhouse, in March 2013, is now moving ahead with two new upscale rental projects. In Kearny, the company, led by Ed Russo, is in the beginning phase of Vermella Crossing, a six-building, 150-unit apartment cluster, off Bergen and Schuyler Aves. All six residential buildings should be completed by summer 2015. An Investors Bank and a CVS, both built by Russo, sit just west of the residential construction site. And, to the south in neighboring Harrison, the company is putting up Vermella Harrison, a single five-story, mixeduse development with 400 apartments and 15,000 square feet of ground floor retail, off Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. South, next to the Red Bull Arena and just across from the Harrison PATH station. The first 100 apartments should be finished by July 2015. see RUSSO PROJECTS page
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Final salute to veterans’ champion By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent
days before his death, to meet with general manager Robert Pezzolla. It was a BELLEVILLE – stunned Pezzolla who gave your correspondent the sad oseph T. Fornarotto, news last week. a lifelong resident of On July 16, The Observer Belleville and a tireless had featured Fornarotto in advocate for America’s veter- a front-page story about his ans, passed away on Monday, links to those “Jersey Boys,” Aug. 25. The Four Seasons, dating to To say that his death the 1950s when he owned came as a shock is an under- Joe’s Lunch at 90 Franklin statement. St. in Belleville. The place Usually such sentiments was a popular gathering spot are expressed when the for teenagers, among them deceased is young. Joe Forn- Francesco “Frankie” Castelarotto was 88. luccio, better known now as But he was so full of energy Frankie Valli. and life, news of his sudden That, however, was only demise was still difficult to one brief chapter in a life rich accept. in memories. Fornarotto was a frequent Fornarotto and his wife visitor to The Observer ofJeanne (nee Rosamilia), who fices. He had been here on see FORNAROTTO page Friday, Aug. 22, just three Joseph T. Fornarotto
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Gearing up for ‘antidote’ drug By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – North Arlington is among the first communities in Bergen County – and New Jer-
sey – to undertake proactive efforts to save the lives of people who overdose on heroin or opioids by outfitting EMS and police with an “antidote” drug. On July 31, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder set the stage for a nationwide re-
sponse to the growing numbers of drug overdoses – many triggered by street dealers’ sales of heroin or prescription pain relievers – when he called for law enforcement agents to “arm” themselves with naloxone.
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