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A vision in pink: spring is here
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Harrison public school teachers have narrowly rejected a new contract offer by the Board of Education. Both sides have been bargaining before the old pact expired June 30, 2014. Teachers are currently working under the terms of the old contract. One BOE source reported that the vote, conducted last Tuesday, was 84-81 to turn down the offer. The Harrison Education Association, which bargains exclusively for teachers, has close to 180 members. Asked to confirm the tally last week, HEA President Bill Hartman told The Observer, “That’s pretty close.” James Doran, personnel director for the BOE, said: “The union sent a letter to the Board of Education to reopen negotiations so we can start over again. I guess we’re back to square one.” Doran said he was “not at liberty” to disclose the contents of the contract proposal that was submitted to the union membership for consideration, but he characterized it as “a decent package.” Hartman also declined to talk about the specifics of the contract package but said that
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Cherry blossoms are in bloom again in Branch Brook Park which straddles Newark’s North Ward and a portion of Belleville. Guided historic park tours continue through Wednesday, April 22.
Carnival permit changes eyed By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
KEARNY – In the wake of a troubling incident at an Easter Sunday carnival on Passaic Ave., Kearny’s elected officials are considering tightening permit requirements for events held
on town property. Police responded to the carnival held on town-owned land on a complaint from a 15-year-old girl who told officers that she had been groped by a man while she was riding the ferris wheel and that these unwelcome advances continued even after she had
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repeatedly told the man to stop. By this time, police said, the man had left but after getting a description and further investigation, police tracked the suspect to his Newark home that night and charged him with criminal sexual contact. In recounting the incident
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