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Christie: ‘Stop and think first’ By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Gov. Chris Christie came to Nutley’s Washington Elementary School last week to help put the spotlight on drug abuse prevention. “We have people all across the state who are dying from drugs,” Christie told a group of sixth-graders who’d just gotten a lesson on drugs from Nutley PD Officer Steven Rogers and Det. Sgt. Michael Padilla. That lesson was based on a curriculum provided by a New Jersey nonprofit, L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs), which has, so far, received $375,000 in state funding to spread its message across schools in nine of the state’s 21 counties. Amplifying on the lesson, the governor said if kids can “stop and think first” and “make the right decisions” about avoiding the pitfalls of abusing drugs, they can help stop the state’s slide into a tragedy of epidemic proportions, he said. Photo courtesy Governor’s Office

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Council selects tri-lingual Santana for Second Ward opening By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Davis Ave. resident Peter Santana, 33, was appointed Second Ward Councilman at a special council meeting Monday, Feb. 6, taking the seat once occupied by the late Council-

man Jonathan Giordano, who died suddenly last month. The vote was unanimous at 8-0. Before the vote was taken, however, the council heard from three people who had expressed interest in the seat: Santana, Jennifer Long, the first woman ever to command

Kearny’s VFW post and former Councilwoman Laura CifelliPettigrew. Santana was first to speak. From the get-go, it was clear Santana was Mayor Alberto G. Santos’ choice – and the biggest reason why? Santana is tri-lingual, fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Many

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New contract means longer day for cops; firefighters evade revised work schedule By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

Harrison and FMBA Local 22 agreed to a 3-year deal, retroactive to Nov. 1, HARRISON – 2016, and running through eginning March 1, Dec. 31, 2018, which calls for police officers in Har- no raises for the first two rison will adjust to a years and a 1% hike in 2018. new work schedule – same The new agreement as the one newly adopted limits overtime pay (at by neighboring Kearny – time and a half) to emerthat, officials say, should gency recalls for working help make the town safer. fires, EMS runs or mutual In return for working aid and designated holiday more hours, local cops periods. will see more pay in their For new hires, it changes pockets. longevity to 2% after 10 The new “Pitman” sched- years of service, 4% after 15 ule – a combination of 14 years and 6% after 20 years; 12-hour work days in a 28extends the time to reach day cycle – is a key ingredi- maximum pay of $89,092, ent of the newly concluded from eight to 12 years; and labor contracts between the eliminates paid health town and its two PBA loinsurance for retirees and cals representing rank-and- their dependents. file and police superiors. And it restricts overtime Representatives of the pay at time-and-a-half for town and PBA Local 22 and personnel in acting assignLocal 22A signed memoran- ments to those serving temda of agreements last week porarily in the higher rank and the Town Council went for longer than 30 days. along Feb. 7. The contracts The PBA contracts, meanremain subject to approval while, each run four years, by the state Division of Lo- retroactive to Jan. 1, 2016, cal Government Service. and ending Dec. 31, 2019. In a related public safety Police Chief Derek labor development, the Kearns is to implement the town finally wrapped up new schedule that calls bargaining a new confor 168 scheduled hours tract with members of its in a 28-day cycle or 2,190 firefighters’ union and, in scheduled hours in a year. so doing, FMBA Local 22 Cops assigned to shifts are managed to stave off the entitled to the use of seven prospect of a 56-hour work 12-hour schedule adjustweek – something the state ment (“Kelly”) days off in a FMBA adamantly opposed. calendar year but not if that The union also dodged – causes overtime. Those for the time being – a possi- days cannot be carried over ble takeover by the Newark nor can they be exchanged Fire Department although for compensation. that scenario is still the Cops assigned to the subject of ongoing negotia- “day” tour would be on tions between the municiduty from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., palities, according to town and those on nights would attorney Paul Zarbetski. work from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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“Labor and management will agree upon the number of 30-minute early patrol units to incorporate an overlap,” the contract says. The chief can change the hours of a shift “based on the needs of the community” after giving 30 days written notice and he can adjust schedules to accommodate for mandated training and certifications. Administrative officers will be scheduled to work a Monday to Friday tour of eight-hour days for a total of 2,080 hours in a year, minus 12 holidays or 96 hours, minus three 8-hour “administrative days.” They must work Election Day, Lincoln’s Birthday “and whenever the Town Hall is closed for snow or any other emergency.” Rank-and-file cops will get no raises for 2016, 2018 or 2019 but will receive across-the-board raises to their base pay of 12% this year, retroactive to Feb. 1, “in partial consideration for the increased work hours from implementation of the 12-hour shift.” For new personnel hired as patrolmen, longevity pay and paid health insurance for retirees and their dependents are eliminated. Detectives will receive an annual stipend of $1,250. Under the new contract, a current rank-and-file cop completing his/her first year will be making $41,190; a cop starting his/ her fourth year will earn $74,614; and a cop beginning his/her eighth year will collect maximum pay of $99,784. New hires will be on a separate tier, taking

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12 years to reach top pay. For superior officers, a separate salary guide sets the annual pay of a sergeant now permanent in rank at $109,670 as of 2016 and at $122,830 for 2017, 2018 and 2019; and of a permanent lieutenant at $115,339 as of 2016, $129,719 for 2017 and $134,708 for 2018 and 2019. Kearns said the Pitman schedule “is something I advocated for a long time.” Now with “more cops on patrol,” the HPD “can police more efficiently, spend less in overtime and allow us to specialize in areas such as crime suppression and traffic safety.” Kearns said the next logical step would be to get the civilian dispatchers assigned to the HPD on the same 12-hour schedule “to work in harmony with our squads.” That change of hours must be negotiated with the Civil Service local, he said. Currently with 34 available personnel, with four supervisors (Lts. Michael Daggett and John Osterkorn and Sgts. Tom Corblies and Steve Krushingski) having recently retired, “we’re four under our T.O. (Table of Organization),” the chief said. “But I hope to go to 38 within a month. We’re waiting for the [Hudson County] sheriff to release some officers we feel are eligible for intergovernmental transfers.” Neither Officer Joseph Carr, head of PBA Local 22, nor Lt. David Strumolo, Local 22A president, could be reached for comment on the new contracts as of press time.

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Tragedy strikes beloved rower By Jim Hague & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Sports Writer & Observer Correspondent NEW YORK CITY –

29-year-old Kearny woman died Saturday morning, Feb. 11, at the World Trade Center’s trans-

athlete with a solid work ethic who was well respected and loved by her teammates. She was a pleasure to coach and an absolute joy to be around. “Hearing about the tragedy was heartbreaking. She was a beautiful, intelligent young lady of character with a brilliant future ahead of her. I ran into her last spring at the Sto-

more in the offseason.” Both coaches raved of Santos’ personality. “This is a terrible tragedy,” Paszkiewicz said. “She was so vibrant and full of life. You

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port hub after she fell from an escalator at 30 feet high, according to reports. Jenny Santos (not a relative of Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos) was on the lift with her twin sister at around 5:30 a.m., when, according to reports, Santos’ sister lost grip of her hat. When Jenny Santos tried to retrieve it, she fell to her death onto the main concourse at the Trade Center’s new transportation hub, known commonly as the Oculus. Santos was a 2006 alumna of Kearny High School, where she was a three-year member of the girls’ varsity crew team. David Paszkiewicz, Santos’ coach on the KHS girls’ varsity crew team, took time over the weekend to remember her fondly. “I had the honor and privilege of being Jenny’s KHS varsity crew coach for three years. She had a very sweet disposition with a great sense of humor,” Paszkiewicz said. “Despite her sweet disposition, however, she was a very tough athlete who developed into a highly skilled member of our varsity lightweight eight. “I remember Jenny as an

tesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia and was overjoyed to learn that she was there as an assistant coach for the Bergen County Rowing Academy. “In fact, her head coach paid me a visit at the race just to share what an asset Jenny had become to their team. It was a proud moment for her former coach. In short, in the brief time God graced the world with Jenny’s presence, she made a tremendous impact for good on those around her. “My thoughts and prayers are with her mom and her equally wonderful sisters: Jessica and Amanda. (both are also KHS crew alumni.) Mickey Rusek, the former girls’ soccer coach at Kearny, also had the chance to coach Santos during her scholastic days. “She was on our junior varsity team, but decided not to come out her senior year,” Rusek said. “I remember her in the tryouts as being a pleasant kid, a hard worker who was willing to learn. She was well liked by everyone. She was just a great person. She was always asking what she could do to become a better player. Her work ethic was second to none. She just needed to play

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Proposed pipeline posing problems By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

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going to jump. But this was just absurd. For the heck of it, can’t deny that Thursday, I checked JetBlue to see what Feb. 9, felt a little like bethe cost of a one-way flight ing a kid again. The weathwould be from Newark to er was bad enough for us to West Palm Beach, Fla., where have a “snow day,” though all I am hoping to go for a week of us instead worked from sometime in March. (Hey, it’s home. Still, it was nice not to time for Spring Training.) have to get to the office – and A one-way seat: $79. to be able to work from the You get my point by now? friendly confines of home. These ride services are The next day, however, all great for the most part. But that good feeling went away when you’re a loyal rider – as I prepared to leave home someone who uses the serfor the office. vice every weekday – $26.25 Before I get to my main to go from Beech St. (between points, a few prefaces. Columbia and Laurel Aves.) First, I take Uber or Lyft to to Seeley and Kearny Aves.? the office every day for the No thanks. most part. And I take it home You’ve been warned. some days. I’ve even used the pages of this newspaper to say Odds & ends I find these two ride services • I was thinking back to a to be the best “inventions” of bad storm – it may have been this decade. But what hapa blizzard – in 1996. Channel pened Friday was nothing 9, when it actually had a news short of highway robbery. bureau, would rate towns’ My trip to the office is plowing efforts on a 1 to 5 about a mile long. On a plow basis, 1 being brutal, 5 normal day, the cost for a being excellent. ride to the office is $6.75. But That year, Kearny got 1 on Friday, my choices were plow in the first storm of the limited. Uber didn’t have any year. cars in the area to get me to If that system were still in the office. Lyft did. The cost place, Kearny would have to make the one-mile jourreceived 5 plows after last ney? $26.25. You read that week’s storm. right. $26.25 for a one-mile By 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10, trip, more than four times the Kearny Ave. was in tremennormal cost. dous shape, plowed curb to I understand on days where curb, for the most part. Davis the demand for rides is high and Schuyler Aves., and Elm and the number of drivers St. – other emergency roads is limited that the prices are – were also in good shape, de-

can for all the information you could want to know about the towns 150th anniversary. • The Town of Kearny has contracted with Swift911 to offer residents a new, advanced reverse 911 system. Kearny residents who are Verizon customers with landline phones will be automatically included. All others (and Verizon customers who want to register emails or mobile numbers) can sign up with landlines from other companies, VOiP numbers, mobile numbers and email addresses to get the alerts under multiple formats. I can already attest to this being a tremendous system. During the storm last week, I received several calls, emails and texts about parking procedures, snow removal and the like. Want to sign up? First go to the KPD’s Facebook page and like it if you haven’t already at www.facebook.com/KearnyPolice. Then, click on the link near the Swiftreach graphic several posts down from the spite having not been plowed Here’s to 5 plows! Ya done top. In just a few minutes, curb to curb. good, James Francis. you’ll be on your way to Far too often, the folks who • Hmmm, missed the Gram- getting essential emergency clear our streets only hear it mys Sunday night. Oh well. alerts as they happen in town. when they do a bad job. Well, • For baseball fans, are there • That’s all for now. See you this go round, they did a fanany greater words after a back here in a few weeks! tastic job – and they deserve long winter than “Pitchers & The opinions expressed to be praised for it. Well done, Catchers?” herein are those solely of the DPW, KPD and all others who • Kearny’s sesquicentennial writer, Kevin Canessa Jr. Feedhad a hand in making the website – www.kearny150.org back is welcome and encourstreets not just passable, but – is now alive and well on the aged. Reach Canessa by email extremely safe and passable. web. Check it out when you at kc@theobserver.com.

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New school to be named for JFK HARRISON – he Harrison Board of Education has revived the memory of a former U.S. president by voting to name its newest school – yet to be built – the Kennedy Elementary School, for John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy was killed by an assassin in November 1963, many governments and schools dedicated public facilities in the president’s memory, as did the Harrison school board with its former high school stadium which stood at Warren and Dey Sts., then bearing the name of Mayor Frank E. Rodgers. That stadium was phased out in the aftermath of the construction of the new Harrison High School – the first new school in Harrison in 46 years – and its field in May 2008. Now on the threshold of seeing another new school, the school board – after consulting with other stakeholders in the school community – voted Jan. 19 to restore the Kennedy name by attaching it to the new school, said James Doran, newly appointed assistant superintendent of schools. Kennedy visited nearby Newark during his presidential campaign. “His name across the board everyone likes,” Doran said, “and people wanted to stay with the president-type tradition.” Other presidents so honored in town are Washington (for the middle school) and Lincoln. Another school is named for Alexander Hamilton. With some excavation work and remediation largely completed at the construction site, a former municipal parking lot at Harrison Ave. and Washington St., the next step will be

demolition of three now-vacant homes bordering on the site, Doran said. Under a contract between the N.J. Schools Development Authority – which is financing the project – and general contractor Brockwell & Carrington, the contractor is to begin work on the school’s foundation within 90 days after the homes are torn down, said Doran. “We should begin to see steel rise by spring and completion of the job by spring 2019, with the first classes starting in September 2019,” he said. The 3-story school will be designed to accommodate up to 392 students in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade spread among 24 classrooms, plus a media center, cafeteria and gym. If sufficient funding is available, the district would also provide space for special needs students, he added. In other business conducted Jan. 19, the board ratified the appointment of Doran, who has been serving as personnel director, as assistant superintendent with no change to his current salary of about $240,000 a year, through June 30, 2017, pending approval by the Hudson County superintendent of schools. At the same time, the board voted to name its president Maria Villa and members Vincent Franco and Arthur Pettigrew to a search committee to recommend a candidate for superintendent of schools. The board voted to set a minimum pay of $8.44 per hour, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2017, “for all employees, work study students, etc., who were below

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They know their geography HARRISON – or a seventh-grader, Harrison’s Jake Mulrenan is a pretty worldly fellow. He proved that Jan. 19 by besting more than 40 sixth- , seventh- and eighth-graders at Washington Middle School in the school-based competition of the 29th annual National Geographic Bee, by finishing in first place. The event is sponsored by the school’s Scholars Club, an after-school program. Sixth-grader Riley Kelly took second place, seventhgrader Alex Azevedo, third; and sixth-grader David Dias,

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fourth. Thousands of schools around the U.S. and in the five U.S. territories participated in this first round. But this is only the beginning of what could be a road to the gold for Jake. Individual school champs, including Jake, will take a qualifying test on March 1 and up to 100 of the top scorers in each state are then eligible to compete in their state Bee on March 31. Garden State contestants will journey to the College of New Jersey in Ewing for their next hurdle. State winners get an all4:20 p.m., spotted Anthony Torres, 50, of Kearny, who police said was a suspect in a recent shoplifting there. A warrant query reportedly revealed three: Clifton, $885, driving while suspended; Palisades Park, $521, DWS; Irvington, $600, MV offense. Officer Sean Wilson responded to the store to take Torres into custody. The arrestee was processed

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The Woman’s Club of Belleville hosts its annual tricky tray at The Chandelier, 340 Franklin Ave., on April 6. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. For more information and tickets, call Judy Nucci at 973751-2960. ••• The Belleville Health Department has free flu vaccine available for township residents. For an appointment, call 973-450-3394.

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KHS crew parents sponsors an evening with Mushmouth for ages 21 and older on Saturday, March 4, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Boystown gym, 499 Belgrove Drive. The $35 admission includes dinner and entertainment. Advance tickets may be purchased at ticketbud.com/events/610bed80dd0f-11e6-841e-f79065ff3abd. ••• St. Stephen’s Church presents its annual raffle auction “Mardi Gras” which will take place Friday, Feb. 24. Tickets are $15 and are available at the rectory at 141 Washington Ave. Tickets are also available after all Masses at St. Stephen’s. For additional information or to reserve tickets, call 201-9983314 or email ststephenraffleauction@gmail.com. ••• The annual Brotherhood Luncheon takes place Wednesday, April 19, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army Kearny Corps, 443 Chestnut St. The event is hosted by VFW Auxiliary Post 1302. ••• Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Ave., is offering the following programs: • Valentine’s Day Family Fun for ages 2 1/2 and older takes place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the lower level of the Main Library. Earl Hicks, of Zoom Balloons, will entertain families with arts and crafts, music and balloons. Children in the audience will create a book worm, a bookmark and heart art. Space is limited and seating will be first-come, first-served. The library will provide materials for free. For more infor-

mation, call the Children’s Room at 201-998-2666. • The library hosts another in a series of writing workshops and open mic readings led by local author Barbara Krasner on Friday, Feb. 24, starting at 6 p.m. Open mic presenters are asked not to use foul language. The program is free and open to the public. • Winter cooking workshops are served up Friday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m., for pre-K through grade 2, and Friday, Feb. 24, at 4 p.m., for grades 3 through 6. Instructor Martina Nevado returns with a celebration of Valentine’s Day and the wintry world of Antarctica. Classes meet in the lower level kitchen at the Main Library. Recipes take food allergies into consideration. Each class runs about 90 minutes. Each workshop is limited to 15 children. Plan on arriving early. For more information, call the library at 201-998-2666 or visit www.kearnylibrary.org. ••• The Woman’s Club of Arlington meets Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Girl Scout House, 635 Kearny Ave. Members and guests are welcome. Denise Cusick, a nurse practitioner from Clara Maass Medical Center, will speak on heart health. Ruth Lambo, the hospital’s community health coordinator, will also be available. CMMC experts will discuss the unique heart symptoms women experience and how to prevent and treat heart disease. Complimentary blood-pressure testing will be provided. Participants are asked to wear red in honor of women’s heart health. In the spirit of community service, club members will also write Valentine’s messages in cards for senior residents of Alaris Health. Hostesses for the meeting are JoAnn Carratura and Joan Comp. ••• St. Stephen’s Seniors, 676 Kearny Ave., meet at 1 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of the month in Hedges Hall. Refreshments are served at noon. Attendees are invited to participate in a 50/50 draw-

ing and bingo. New members are always welcome. For more information, call club president Allan Henderson at 201-991-4771.

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Lyndhurst High School presents “Little Shop of Horrors” Feb. 16, 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium. General admission tickets are $10. ••• The Lyndhurst Department of Parks & Recreation is offering these upcoming events: • Journey to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, on Friday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A $25 ticket includes the bus ride as well as a $25 play voucher. Reserve a seat by visiting the Parks Department, 250 Cleveland Ave., or call 201-804-2482. • Want to see a Broadway show? Parks & Rec has tickets for the play “Kinky Boots” on Monday, March 6. The price for orchestra seats and transportation is $92 per person. There is a limit of four tickets per person. Call the Parks Department at 201-804-2482 to reserve. A $50 non-refundable down payment is required within a week of ticket confirmation to secure tickets. Full payment is due by Friday, Feb. 17. • If enough people sign up, Parks & Rec will sponsor a trip to the “Million Dollar Quartet” at the Paper Mill Playhouse on Thursday, April 13. The $45 cost includes side orchestra seats and the bus ride. A bus will leave the Parks Department at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. show. The play is about an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash made on Dec. 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tenn. Seating is limited – only 33 tickets are available. Those interested should call the department to reserve a seat as soon as possible. There is a limit of four tickets per person. • Certified specialist Mary Lee Highton conducts an Aquasize exercise class at the Lyndhurst Community Pool. The class offers a great

workout with less stress on the knees and joints. Benefits include weight loss, muscle memory and strengthening of joints. Classes run for 12 weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays starting Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. Call Parks & Rec for more information. ••• Lyndhurst Public Library’s Young Adult Department sponsors a “Black History Month Trivia Challenge” on Friday, Feb. 17, at 3:30 p.m., for grades 6 to 12 at the library, 355 Valley Brook Ave. Prizes will be awarded to the winners. Lyndhurst Public Library patrons are invited to sample the Mango Languages online language-learning system at no cost. More than 40 foreign language courses and 16 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses are available. Mango Languages can be accessed through www.lyndhurstlibrary.org. Log in with a valid Lyndhurst library card number. Patrons can access this service from home. For more information, call Library Director Donna Romeo at 201-804-2478, ext. 7, or email romeo@lyndhurst.bccls.org. ••• The Lyndhurst Knights of Columbus Council 2396 hosts “A Taste of Poland” on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m., at 250 Cleveland Ave. An authentic Polish menu includes: cucumber soup, cucumber/ sour cream salad, kielbasa and kraut, dumplings, stuffed cabbage roll, rice pudding and cake. Admission is $15. (No tickets will be sold at the door.) For tickets, call Nick Garafolo at 201-893-2849 or Tim Suter at 201-280-1819. ••• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Senior Citizens Club sponsors an overnight trip to Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Del., March 7-8. Enjoy an authentic Italian threecourse dinner and the entertainment provided by Sean Reilly as he performs in the style of Old Blue Eyes. Participants receive $30 in free slot play as well as a complimentary breakfast at the festival buffet. Approximate cost for double occupancy is $165 per person

and $215 for single occupancy. These prices are based on a 35-person minimum and the cost of a bus to and from the hotel. For more information or to sign up for the trip, call trip coordinator Annette Bortone at 201-438-1852.

North Arlington

Queen of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 3428 hosts its 12th annual Shrove Tuesday Dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. On the eve of Ash Wednesday, Christians prepare to mark the beginning of Lent. All are invited to celebrate this occasion with the Knights and enjoy a dinner consisting of traditional pancakes and Italian and Polish food (beer, wine and soda included) and a presentation on the history and traditions of this day at the Columbian Club Hall, 194 River Road. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 6 to 12 (no cost for kids younger than 6). Tickets may be purchased at the Queen of Peace Rectory, the Columbian Club Hall or by calling 201-988-0183. Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable, non-expired food item for the “Food for Families Project.” ••• The Senior Harmony Club of North Arlington sponsors a bus trip to Sands Casino on Thursday, Feb. 16. Cost is $25. For reservations or information, call Florence at 201-9913173. The club also sponsors a St. Patrick’s Day trip to the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/ Meadowlands for lunch and a show featuring a vocalist and comedian. For information, call Anna at 201-939-2960.

Nutley

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KHS bomb threat probe continues By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

Luckily, there was no bomb. But we can now report the exact nature of the threat. KEARNY – According to police, a school custodian found the following s reported online by messages scrawled on the walls The Observer last week, of a boys’ bathroom on the a written bomb threat second floor: was found in Kearny High “Praise be to Allah” School on the evening of Tues“Muslims rule” day, Feb. 7, forcing evacuation And, “Ima [sic] blow this of the building and cancellamuthaf---a up” tion of adult evening classes The discovery was made at and a KHS basketball game.

5:30 p.m., and the evacuation and cancellations were ordered immediately “out of an abundance of caution,” authorities noted. KPD detectives and patrol officers and members of the Kearny Fire Department responded and performed a full sweep of the building in conjunction with KHS maintenance and security personnel. “Afterward,” the KPD noted,

“bomb-sniffing dogs from Jersey City Police Department Bomb Squad performed a secondary search of the school. Nothing dangerous was found.” [Editorial comment: “Nothing dangerous,” that is, aside from the inflammatory, incendiary graffiti.] The building was declared safe at 8:30 p.m., but school activities were not resumed until the following day.

The KPD launched an immediate investigation into who might have been responsible for the threat, and that probe is ongoing, by both the Detective Bureau and the Juvenile Aid Bureau. Security footage is being viewed, and interviews with students – at KPD headquarters and in the presence of their guardians – began last week.

the loving granddaughter of at William Paterson UniPUBLIC NOTICE Maria Eugenia Correia, the versity, Wayne. After she “She was a doll,” Rusek earned a bachelor’s degree, cherished sister of Amanda The Housing Authority of the Town of Harrison (“HHA”) will re-open said. “She was everything Tiffany Santos and her twin she was a substitute teachits’ Waiting List to applicants for the Public Housing, federally subsidized you wanted from a student/ er in both Hoboken and Jessica Christina Santos. low-income rental apartments. We are NOT Section 8 Housing. We are athlete. She was a young Relatives and friends may Kearny. In September, she Public Housing owned and operated by the Harrison Housing Authority. lady with a tremendous visit the Shaw-Buyus Home was hired to be a full-time Applications will be available starting, February 23, 2017 at HHA’s offices personality. It’s such a loss.” phys ed teacher at East Or- for Services, 138 Davis Ave., located at Harrison & Schuyler Avenues, Building #1, Harrison, New JerOn the Facebook page for ange Community Charter at Bergen Ave., Kearny, on sey 07029 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. every Second and the aforementioned Bergen School. Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 6 Fourth Thursday of the month only or online by visiting the HHA website County Rowing Academy, to 9 p.m. The funeral Mass She coached crew at the at www.harrisonhousing.com. Applications will not be available prior to officials there took time to will be celebrated ThursBergen County Rowing the above mentioned date. Applications will not be sent out by mail. announce Santos’ untimely Academy. 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Kearny basketball: Hoops heaven Kardinal boys, girls earn impressive wins over Bayonne; head to county tournament

Once 1-7, Nutley makes it to NJSIAA state wrestling semifinals When the current high school wrestling season began, the Nutley High School wrestling squad found itself in quite a messy jam. The Maroon Raiders started off with losses in their first five matches. Two weeks into the new season, they owned a 1-7 record. For a program that had made its mark over the last decade, qualifying virtually every year for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III team sectionals, the 1-7 record was somewhat a shock to the system. “We kept stressing the fact that we had to get better,” said Mike DiPiano, in his second year taking over the program from his brother Frank. “We had to get better every day, then things could get better. We never really changed what we were doing. Practices didn’t change. We didn’t pay much attention to the record. We knew that we had a lot of season left.” DiPiano, who is also the head girls’ soccer coach in the fall and assistant softball coach in the spring, likened the Maroon Raiders’

situation on the mat to a poker game. “You can only play with the cards that you’re dealt with,” DiPiano said. “We had to make the hand we were dealt a winning hand. These were things we all continued to do each day.” So the Maroon Raiders went back to the grind and didn’t pay attention to the horrific record. They didn’t panic and worry about qualifying for the state sectionals. Whatever happened, happened. “Then, we got on this little run and won 12 out of 14 matches,” DiPiano said. Suddenly, things looked a lot better. It helped that the NJSIAA extended each sectional bracket this season to include eight teams instead of just six. The Maroon Raiders knew that they could move up to the No. 8 seed if everything played into their hands. “When they first released the seedings, we were the No. 8 seed two weeks ago,” DiPiano said. “But then we moved up to the sixth seed. We see VIEW next page

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The Kearny High School boys’ basketball team, led by seniors, from l., Gralen Vereen, Samuel Myers and Javon Jackson, earned a huge win over Bayonne last week to set the Kardinals up for the Hudson County Tournament, which begins for the Kards Thursday at home against Hoboken at 7 p.m. The Kearny girls face St. Anthony at 5 p.m. in the county tourney.

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t was a historic weekend for both the Kearny High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. For the first time in the school’s history, both teams managed to defeat perennial power Bayonne last Thursday, giving both programs an added shot in the arm as they head to the Hudson County Tournament this week. The Kearny boys’ team defeated Bayonne, 68-60, while the Kardinal girls knocked off the Bees, 44-41, in impressive fashion. The Kardinal boys’ team improved to 14-8 on the season, while the girls are a little better at 14-6 overall. “I feel now like we can play

with anybody,” said senior guard Gralen Vereen, who had seven points and six assists in the win. “We really can be unstoppable if we put our minds to it. Sometimes, our heads aren’t in the game. We just have to come ready to play. This win is good solid proof.” Vereen said the win last week and an early season win over then-state ranked St. Peter’s Prep have gone a long way in helping the Kardinals believe in themselves. “It has given us a lot of confidence,” Vereen said. “It’s been a lot of fun playing this year. A lot of people were telling me that we weren’t going to win any games this year. Well, I think we’ve put a lot of smiles on people’s faces this year with the way we’re play-

ing. I feel like we’re all doing what we have to do to help the team win.” Senior Samuel Myers knew that it was going to be tough trying to stop Patrick Strzala, Bayonne’s sharpshooter who came into the game leading Hudson County in scoring, averaging almost 24 points per game. “I said before the game that we can’t let him (Strzala) get 15 points,” Myers said. “If he gets more than 15, we’re in trouble. We had to keep him under 15 and take him out of the game, throw him off his game. He’s a lot of their offense.” The Kardinals did an amazing job in shutting down see KEARNY page

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a 6-4 win over Patrick Kalnins at 106 pounds. “He won more than 20 matches last year as a freshman and he now has 20 wins this season,” DiPiano said of Cofone. “He’s having a great year. His goal is to make it to Atlantic City (and the NJSIAA state championships). If he keeps wrestling the way he has been, he has a shot.” Senior Joey DiPasquale won via a major decision, an 11-2 score over A.J. Bencivenga at 152 pounds. DiPasquale owns a 21-4 record this season. Senior Justin Bivona, who exploded onto the scene with Photos by Jim Hague a dramatic run in the districts The Nutley wrestling team turned its season around thanks to the efforts of and regions last year, continued seniors Joey DiPasquale (l.) and Justin Bivona (r.). DiPasquale wrestles at 152 his fine campaign with a 4-3 pounds, while Bivona competes at 195. The Maroon Raiders will host the newwin over Dylan Budnik at 195 fangled District 10 tournament Friday and Saturday at Nutley High School. pounds. were given and got a shot. We to season-ending injuries and “He really has worked his illnesses even before they took said, ‘Let’s see what we can do tail off this year,” DiPiano said to the mats in early December. against them.’ And we gave it a of Bivonam who now has a shot. We were just outclassed “To be 0-5 and then 1-7 and 17-7 record this season. “He’s by Cranford.” stay the course like we did become a very good wrestler The Maroon Raiders won and make the state playoffs, for us.” well, I’m really proud of them,” three matches last Wednesday In the win over Rahway, the night against Cranford, which DiPiano said. “We knew we Maroon Raiders rallied from were in a tough sectional, with lost in the overall Group III an 18-0 deficit, before Frank semifinals to Delsea on Sunday. DiMaio won via pin and turned Cranford as the best public Sophomore Dominic Cofone the entire match around. school team in the state. We continued his fine season with “We then won seven matches jumped on the chance we in a row,” DiPiano said. Freshman Dan Jennings has been a pleasant surprise, wrestling at a tough weight class (182 pounds) for a rookie. “He’s gutted out some big wins for us,” DiPiano said. The Maroon Raiders closed MobileHelp® is the premiere Medical out the regular season last Alert System that provides emergency weekend against Pascack Valcoverage inside your home and ley and Northern Highlands to throughout the USA.1 get ready for the new-fangled District 10 tournament, which No equipment to buy Nutley will host beginning Fri-

day night and continuing with the finals on Saturday. Among the other teams in the newly organized District 10 tourney include Newark East Side, Columbia of South Orange/Maplewood, Orange, Union City, Verona, Becton/ Wallington, West Orange, Wood-Ridge and perennial state power Delbarton. How the state came up with that pairing is beyond comprehension. “We have a chance to do well,” DiPiano said. “The goal is to get as many as we can to the Regions.” The Maroon Raiders will continue to wrestle in Region 3 at West Orange. The area teams have been shifted all over the state for this year’s District tournaments. For example, Lyndhurst/ North Arlington and Bloomfield have been sent to District 9 in Phillipsburg. That’s no misprint. Those teams have to schlep more than 80 miles just to get to a district tourney. Belleville, Queen of Peace, Kearny and Rutherford are all in the same district, but it’s District 11 in Morristown. It’s a district that should be dominated by the Golden Griffins. It’s up to Kearny to simply try to compete out there. The Maroon Raiders will give it a shot at competing in their own home gym. It’s a far cry from what the state of the program was earlier this season. “It shows that if the kids trust the coaches and trust themselves and trust the process and trust the sport, then good things will happen if you work hard,” DiPiano said.

VIEW from then beat West Essex and moved up some more.” The Maroon Raiders’ strength of schedule also helped. “We wrestled 14 teams that would compete in the state sectionals,” DiPiano said. When the NJSIAA finally released the seeding for the sectional, the Maroon Raiders had somehow moved up all the way to the No. 5 seed and a first round matchup with No. 4 Rahway last Monday night. The Maroon Raiders came away with a 31-30 victory to advance to the state sectional semifinals and a showdown with state-ranked power Cranford. That match didn’t turn out as well as planned, but the Maroon Raiders could rest in the knowledge that they turned around a totally moribund and deceased situation at 0-5 and then 1-7 and transformed themselves into a state sectional semifinalist. That’s not too shabby for a team that was ravaged by injury even before the season began, losing two key wrestlers

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Strzala. “We saw some things on film that we were able to take Strzala, holding him to just 11 advantage of,” McDonnell said. points. “The times we did double and “I think this game is proof triple team him, we forced him that we’re ready to play with anybody,” said Myers, who had to play with his back to the basket and he doesn’t like doing 14 points and five rebounds. that. The two Myers brothers, “We’re ready to shock the Robert and Sammy, did their county with our great team job on the boards. Javon did defense.” his job scoring. They all had a Myers said that the atmosgreat all-around game.” phere inside the Kearny gymThe Kardinals will now face nasium was “wonderful.” Hoboken in the county quar“It’s the first time we’ve terfinals Thursday night. The beaten Prep and Bayonne,” Kardinals defeated Hoboken Myers said. “We’re looking to earlier this season by one point. break records this year. We’re The Redwings feature high trying to do what no Kearny scorers Justin Davis and Tyteam has ever done.” Javon Jackson scored a game- shon Hanberry, both of whom high 22 points for the Kardinals. are 1,000-point scorers for their “It was a crazy gym,” Jackson career and both are averaging said. “We knew we had to stop close to 20 points per game this season. that guy (Strzala), because he “It should be a tough game,” basically can shoot it from half said McDonnell of Hoboken. court. We had to guard him “If our kids come and play everywhere and we did.” tough, they can come away Kearny head coach Bob Mcwith a win.” Donnell was pleased with his That game will be played at team’s performance. “I believe this gives us confi- 7 p.m. Thursday in the Kearny dence, but I don’t think Kearny gym. But before the Kearny boys has been given the credit it is face Hoboken, the Kearny girls due for some good wins,” Mcwill take on St. Anthony in the Donnell said. “The main thing county tourney, also in Kearny. is that we’ve shown we can be The Kards defeated defendcompetitive and play with the big boys, the perennial powers. ing Hudson County tourney If we have the focus necessary champ Bayonne to get ready for the playoffs. and play team defense, we can “It’s the first time in school’s play with anyone. We showed what we needed to have done.” history,” said Kearny girls’ head McDonnell credited Jackson coach Jody Hill. “We came close a couple of times, but for playing tough defense on KEARNY from

never won. It was a great win for our players and our program. We felt confident that we could play with anyone. We beat a powerhouse.” Hill is confident that the win will make the Kardinals tougher down the stretch. “I think this will make us stronger in the long run,” Hill said. “If we’re going to get a big win, well, this was the time to get it. In years past, we might have panicked and collapsed in the fourth quarter, but these girls came together and stayed strong.” The Observer Athlete of the Week Meagan McClelland played a big role. So did upand-coming Estefanie Dilone, who scored eight crucial points in the fourth quarter. “We showed we can play,” Hill said. “We showed we’re really balanced and can compete with the best. We’re clicking at the right time. We’ve been trying to jell and find the right combination.” The Kards have won eight of their last nine games, so Hill has to be doing something right. Sydney Pace had 21 points in a win over Lodi Saturday to get the Kards ready for the county and state playoffs. “This win gives us momentum and confidence we needed,” Hill said. Needless to say, it’s exciting times for both Kearny basketball teams heading toward the postseason.

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Kearny’s McClelland catches fire at right time By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

here’s no question who owns the busiest schedule in Kearny High School. That distinction belongs to junior Meagan McClelland, who juggles playing soccer and basketball while maintaining high grades in the classroom. “It gets really hard sometimes,” said McClelland, the talented goalkeeper who will leave this week to join the United States National Under 18 soccer team in Birmingham, England, for 11 days. “I miss a month of the season in the beginning of the season for soccer and I miss time now. I do feel bad about it and I feel like I let the team down a little. But I’m getting the chance of a lifetime, so it is bittersweet.” McClelland has never been to England before, so it will be a treat. The United States National Team will face Norway and two national teams from England during their tour of Great Britain. “It’s an awesome opportunity,” McClelland said. “I have to take advantage of the opportunity every time I get it.” McClelland feels awful that she will leave her basketball

team in the middle of the season, in particular, the Hudson County Tournament game Thursday against St. Anthony. But before she departed, McClelland made sure she made her mark on the hardwood. Over the last two weeks, McClelland has been downright unstoppable for the Kardinals, averaging almost 23 points per game. McClelland started her tear with a 20-point performance against Union City, then had 19 in a win over Dickinson, exploded for a season-high 31 points in a huge win over neighboring rival Harrison, had 22 in a loss to Marist and added 22 in a 44-41 win over Bayonne last Friday, the school’s firstever win against Bayonne, the defending county champion. During her streak, McClelland has averaged six steals, six rebounds and three assists to go along with her 23 points. For her efforts, McClelland has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week. Kearny head girls’ basketball coach Jody Hill said she is never shocked at what McClelland can do on the floor. “I’m not surprised at all,” Hill said. “I always have very high expectations of Meagan.

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said. “We all have each other’s back. There’s a measure of confidence that comes with having my friends on the court with me. I love it that I play basketball with my best friends. It’s a lot of fun.” McClelland has become more of a vocal leader as well. “I feel as the point guard that it’s my responsibility,” McClelland said. “I have to get the players on the court in the right position. It’s a lot like being the goalkeeper. I do the same thing there. I try to help everyone out and I’m getting used to it now. I don’t mind it at all. I like being a leader.” However, McClelland knows that basketball is not her bread and butter. She already has committed to play soccer at Rutgers University for Kearny native Mike O’Neill and the Scarlet Knights in September Photo by Jim Hague of 2018. Kearny junior Meagan McClelland. For now, she’s still a Kearny Kardinal at heart. don’t know what it’s like not I expected her to have a great “It’s a huge weight off my to play hard. I go hard all the season and she’s living up to shoulders, knowing where I’m time.” those expectations. I know going to college,” said McClelMcClelland was asked if she has high expectations of land, who gave a verbal comthere was a reason for her herself.” mitment to Rutgers, but canscoring outburst. The Kardinals (14-6) hit the “I’ve been making my shots not officially sign until next county tournament having won year. “It’s awesome knowing and getting to the free throw six of their last seven games, I’m going there. One of the line,” McClelland said. “I’ve thanks to a strong showing been more aggressive in going reasons why I like Rutgers is from McClelland. to the basket. Once I get to the that the coach is from Kearny. “It’s amazing all that she But it’s a good school and I line, it’s when I start racking does,” Hill said. “She’s very feel good about my choice.” up points. I usually go to the good at time management. McClelland vows to return She will have practice with us, basket a lot and that’s when I to the Kardinals’ basketball get fouled. We also move the then jump in the car and go to team in time for the state playsoccer practice. She never lets ball around well as a team. Since I’m the point guard, that offs. “It’s a great time of year fatigue become a factor. And usually starts with me. But we for our team,” McClelland she’s a straight A student in all just share the ball well and said. “We have a chance to go school. She’s determined not pretty far. I have all the faith in move the ball well.” to allow anything effect either McClelland said that she has the world in my team.” sport.” “She plays with such high a lot of confidence now playMcClelland said that she energy,” Hill said. “She’s a ing basketball. likes the hectic pace. natural competitor who won’t “I think it helps that we’re “If I didn’t have it, I’d be let anything get in her way. all really close,” McClelland bored,” McClelland said. “I It’s a little heartbreaking for us that she’s leaving us now. I know it’s very difficult for her, because she loves her teamFOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS mates. She’s a great player in both sports. It just happened that she played soccer before CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT she played basketball.” MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED But it’s a gift for the U.S. National Soccer Team, another gift from “Soccertown, 407 Frank Rodgers Blvd. N. | Harrison, NJ 07029 USA.”

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given his other commitments in Harrison, Santana quickly responded “absolutely.” Santana was also asked whether there’d be a problem with his second job at the Hudson County Schools of Technology. That position is as a supervisor at night adult high school for kids who need to get their diplomas without getting a GED. “My schedule there is flexible,” Santana said. “If I can’t make it there, I won’t sign in.” Third Ward Councilwoman Eileen Eckel quickly lauded Santana for his ability to speak three languages. “It’s so much easier to deal with constituents,” Eckel said. “It’s so much easier to communicate with neighbors.” It was at this point in the “interview” process that Santana noted some of the things he’d like to do as a representative. “Parking. I’d like to try to solve that problem,” Santana said. “I’d also like to get some playgrounds. The people [of the ward] say there aren’t enough playgrounds. I’d also like to see people get better use of West Hudson Park.” After Santana spoke, Long, the VFW’s first woman commander, delivered her credentials not just with the VFW, but with what she’s done her entire military career. Long has been the commander of the VFW for three years, having joined the military when she was just 19. She pointed to increasing membership at the VFW and creating programs for youth as reasons why she’d make a good councilwoman. In the military, she was deployed for 7 1/2 years following Sept. 11, 2001. She was responsible for 475 soldiers at the third largest base

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in Iraq. While in the Middle East, she was responsible for developing police operations in Afghanistan alongside the French Army. “I worked under tremendous pressure,” she said. “I will do what’s asked of me.” At this point, Santos said he was a bit concerned that Long would have to act in a “partisan” manner as a councilwoman, whereas her work at the VFW is to be “nonpartisan.” “As a candidate, I’d be ready to go to do just what’s best from the town,” Long responded. Still, the language issue came up again. Long speaks English and French – but she does not speak Portuguese or Spanish. “I thank you very much for your service,” Cardoso, who rarely speaks at council meetings, but did so several times at this meeting, said. “I think it’s going to be a problem for you to represent them (Second Ward residents).” Third Ward Councilwoman Carol Jean Doyle, who said she’s taken a lot of heat over the years from her constituents for ensuring forms in the town are written tri-lingually, still echoed the sentiments of her colleagues about the need for a rep who speaks more than just English. “We really need a representative who can

speak their language,” Doyle said. “We have to meet their needs. I am leaning toward someone who speaks Spanish and Portguese.” In response, Long said, “It can be handled.” Lastly, Cifelli-Pettigrew spoke briefly as she withdrew her name as a candidate. “I just didn’t want someone chosen over a piece of paper,” she said. “You found two very qualified candidates, so I formally withdraw my name.” Before the meeting, Cifelli-Pettigrew made it clear she only wanted to serve the remainder of Giordano’s term, which now ends in November. If Santana wishes to hold on to the Second Ward seat, he must run in this June’s primary as a Democrat. If he wins the primary, he moves onto the general election in November. More than likely, since it’s been years since a Republican has run in the Second Ward, Santana would officially become the Second Ward councilman again immediately following the November election for one more year – and two months – until Jan. 1, 2018. Should he then wish to continue serving, he’d have to run again in the 2018 primary election. Giordano’s official term was to be up for re-election in 2018.

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To hammer home his point, Christie said that in 2015, there were 1,600 people who “died from opioid overdoses in New Jersey” – triple the number of auto fatalities and four times the number “killed in car accidents” in the state that same year. The governor warned the students that the prescription drugs “in your parents’ medicine chests” or the painkillers administered for sports injuries “can be just as dangerous” as illegal street drugs “if you don’t use them correctly.” In fact, Christie said, “four out of five people who get addicted to heroin started by misusing prescription drugs.” During his last year in office, Christie has pledged to deal with the drug scourge by pressing lawmakers to pass a bill that would compel insurance companies to reimburse addicts for inpatient treatment stays of up to six months. That same bill would also limit doctors to initial prescriptions of opioid painkillers to no more than five days to prevent potential overuse. Currently, local cops are regularly visiting schools in nine counties – Essex, Bergen, Hudson, Union, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Camden and Burlington – to deliver L.E.A.D. lessons. Kearny is using the program in its schools and Harrison cops are currently undergoing training to do the same in that town. In Nutley, five police officers are assigned “to teach 10 lesson plans through the school year,” according to Police Chief Thomas Strumolo. “We started the program two years ago,” the chief said, after DARE NJ’s charter had been revoked by the national DARE group. The state chapter clashed with the national over the type of curriculum to be used. L.E.A.D. has adapted part of the old DARE NJ

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curriculum and its current president, Nicholas DeMauro, is a former CEO of DARE NJ. Strumolo said he likes L.E.A.D.’s emphasis on getting students to think about “goal setting” and “decision making” about their futures. “It’s a broader approach than just focusing on drugs,” he added. In the lesson offered last Tuesday, Rogers and Padilla had students extract information from L.E.A.D. workbooks and role play to discover how to recognize telltale signs of drug use by their peers and/or adults and what to do about it. Kimberley Harrington, the acting state education commissioner, offered her stamp of approval, telling the Nutley sixth-graders that, through L.E.A.D., “you’re getting a great foundation to be great citizens in standing up for things that are right” and learning that, “it’s okay to say no [to drugs] and to do the things that protect you.” Padilla credited the governor for “taking a stand on drug addiction” and township Public Safety Commissioner Al-

phonse Petracco for his efforts to make Nutley a safer community. It was only “after a long, extensive search” for the right way to educate youngsters about drugs that the commissioner found L.E.A.D., Padilla said. The program has proven to be very popular, he added. “The cops are like rock stars when they enter the schools.” Christie told the students that, with help from state legislators, he hoped he could expand the L.E.A.D. program to include kids as early as kindergarten in all 21 counties. Contrasting the way society has changed in its approach to drugs, Christie said that when he was in sixth grade – in 1974 – drugs were around but “no one talked about it – it was a big, dirty secret.” “But today, we know we have to talk about it,” he said. And, he reminded the students, “Remember, people who have drug problems are sick and when people are sick, you get them help because if you don’t, they’ll only get sicker.”

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Walter J. Major Walter J. Major died Feb. He was 91. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Kearny since 1960. Visiting was Monday, Feb. 13, at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Mass was celebrated at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Entombment was in Holy Cross Cemetery Mausoleum, North Arlington.

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ark. She lived in Kearny then Belleville, before moving to Whiting in 2012. She was employed as a custodian at N.J.I.T. in Newark for 25 years, retiring eight years ago. Mrs. Reilly is survived by her siblings, Lena Vasquez, Geraldine Roselli, Patricia Smeltzer, Arlene Seeley, Rita Gray, Diane Brady and Bruce and Harry Seeley. She also leaves behind her godIsabell Reilly daughter, Jennifer Romalin, Isabell Reilly (nee Seeley), and many nieces and neph76, died Feb. 4 at Atlanews and great-nieces and tiCare Regional Medical great-nephews. Center, Pomona. She was predeceased by Relatives and friends visher husband, Edward Reilly, ited the Thiele-Reid Family and her brother, Edward Funeral Home, Kearny. The Seeley. funeral service was from the funeral home. Interment Gustavo Velez was in Hollywood Memorial Gustavo Velez, 95, of Park, Union. Kearny, died Feb. 6. Condolences and memoVisiting was at the Armitries may be shared at thiele- age & Wiggins Funeral reid.com. Home, Kearny. A Mass of Isabell was born in NewChristian Burial was cel-

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Garfield Students of Month named Curtis Brack, principal of Garfield School, Kearny, announces the Garfield School Students of the Month for December: Isabella Mangal, Mason Scarpa, Elayne Guzman, Ashley Quizhpi Pichizaca, Charli Valente, Gustavo Nocelotl,

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KEARNY – he Town of Kearny will hold a public hearing for project design review of the Gunnell Oval Recreational Complex Redevelopment project on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Town Hall, 402 Kearny Ave. As reported on the municipal web site, the “primary objective” of the project is to install a “modern artificial turf sports complex,” in conjunction with “an engineered [environmental] cap to minimize potential exposure to historic fill materials present on site ….” Additionally, the project calls for “implementing storm water management controls that minimize the impact of frequent flooding at this complex and surrounding residential and industrial

neighborhoods due to the influence of the tidal Kearny Marsh.” Neglia Engineering Associates, the Lyndhurst-based town’s consulting engineers, will outline the scope of the project with site plan renderings and, with town officials, will solicit input from town residents on the project. Members of the Town Council, Recreation Department and Recreation Commission are expected to attend as well. To accomplish both remediation of the site and improvements to the playing surfaces, officials have estimated it will take approximately $24 million, to that end, the town is looking to outside funding sources to the extent possible to finance the project. As of now, Kearny has in hand $1.1 million from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Green

Acres for a combination of reconstruction of the Oval’s perimeter walking trail and other improvements plus remediation efforts. It also has been awarded $500,000 by the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund for playground makeovers and other recreational improvements. Last year, it applied for an additional $500,000. It is also requesting $4.5 million from the N.J. Economic Development Authority’s Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund for pre- and post-Hurricane Sandy assistance for cleanup assistance. Planning documents for the Oval’s project design are available for review at the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall. It is also seeking funding from the N.J. DEP’s Environmental Infrastructure Trust to assist with site remediation.

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