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By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The year was 1840: William Henry Harrison had just been elected president and in April the New Jersey Legislature created the Township of Harrison from part of what was then the southern portion of Bergen County. In 1852, residents of the northern part of the township opted to return to Bergen, forming Union Township, and in 1867 the present-day Kearny was carved out. What remains was incorporated as the Town of Harrison in 1869. But it is the initial creation that the town fathers are taking their cue from in marking Harrison’s 175th anniversary during a three-day period next month. Harrison Fest, as the organizers have dubbed it, will take place during the weekend of Sept. 18 to 20. The event will start with a celebratory Mass at Holy Cross Church – (the parish itself is observing its 150th year anniversary on Nov. 1) – on Friday, Sept. 18, in the evening, at a time to be announced, followed by a Gala dinner featuring international food stations in the Holy Cross School building’s banquet hall. On Saturday, Sept. 19, and see FEST page
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State Police helicopter visited Kearny for National Night Out Against Crime.
KEARNY – uge crowds showed up for Kearny’s annual National Night Out Against Crime observance Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m., along part of Belgrove
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Drive. The local event, sponsored by the Kearny Police Department’s Community Oriented Police (COP) unit, was held as part of a nationwide effort by the National Association
of Town Watch, a nonprofit crime prevention organization, to promotes policecommunity partnerships. Probably the most popular attraction at the Kearny event was the visit by the State Po-
New officers settle in at S.A. By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
KEARNY – They’ve only been in town for a little more than a month but Lts. Hwang and Seoyoung
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Lim, the new Corps officers of The Salvation Army of Greater Kearny, are making their presence known. The couple, who say they are the first Asian officers in the century-plus-history of the Kearny Corps, are busy keep-
ing summer programs going and planning new ones for the fall. “We want the Corps to be active in the community and we want those in the community to make good use of us,” said Seoyoung Lim.
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lice helicopter, which landed on a nearby field and whose crew made the craft available for inspection by the public. Other activities that drew see NIGHT OUT page
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Although the Corps will be unable to sustain its computers class, Seoyoung said that she and her husband have pledged to find funding “to make our children’s and music see OFFICERS page
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