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Warring districts end feud
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• EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
Eagle Scout eyes new mission By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
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EAST NEWARK – Threats by East Newark to send its high school-age students to Kearny instead of Harrison have been swept aside now that the two warring school districts have made nice. For “at least the next seven years,” the “sending-receiving relationship” between the two communities will continue – as it has for more than 100 years of co-existence – under a settlement reached between the East Newark and Harrison school districts. “In addition, Harrison and East Newark voted to end all litigation regarding East Newark’s attempt to sever the decades old relationship,” it was announced in a joint press release issued last week. “It’s a win-win for both districts,” said Harrison Board of Education President Maria Vila. “East Newark has been with us for over a century and the new agreement keeps us together for many years to come.” Patrick Martin, superintendent/principal of the East Newark Public School, which handles pre-k to grade 8, said the pact would ensure financial security for the district see BORDER WAR page
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n June, senior Steve Koziel will graduate from Kearny High School and, like most of his peers, move on to college – in his case, the University of Illinois. But Koziel – with four AP courses (in biology, statistics, Spanish and English) and ranked seventh in a class of 400 – is focused on an even bigger goal. As a wheelchair athlete, he’s got his sights set on training for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where – if he qualifies – he’ll compete with the best in the world. In a potential run-up to the main event, Koziel will be participating this summer as a member of the national Paralympic Junior Team USA July 1-8 in Stadskanaal, Netherlands. Faced with the dual pressures of athletics and academics, you’d
Stephen Koziel at Eagle Scout Award ceremony, flanked (at l.) by Joel Lieberman, Northern N.J. Council training director; and Steve’s dad Keith Koziel.
see KOZIEL page
Fighting scams targeting elderly Fed up with fraud? With scams? With identity theft? So is the State of New Jersey, which has just launched an initiative called “Fighting Fraud,” a series of consumer education seminars that will be held in each of N.J.’s 21 counties during the coming year.
The aim is to help New Jerseyans recognize and prevent fraud before falling victim. From the IRS phone scam, to lottery and sweepstakes frauds and the so-called “grandparent scam,” the N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs reports that criminal scamsters appear to be more
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N.J. Attorney General John J. Hoffman said in a press release announcing the initiative last week. “Unfortunately, too many people learn that they were conned the hard way -- after losing thousands of dollars or becoming victims of identity theft,” Hoffman added. see SCAMS page
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