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West Hudson marks 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment’s passage with two unique events
By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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he ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution became official on Aug. 26, 1920. It is one of the smallest amendments in words — but it represented a massive victory for women, a long time in the making — and it reads, very simply, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” To commemorate this monumental amendment — it’s pretty mind-boggling that women have only had the right to vote for a century, isn’t it — two important events will take place in West Hudson this week to mark its centennial. The first event is quite unique. The West Hudson Arts & Theater Co., in conjunction with the four Women’s Clubs of Arlington — including The Junior Woman’s Club of Arlington, The Woman’s Club of Arlington, See VOTE, Page 12
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Melham: Big budget cuts, possible layoffs, loom By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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he economic impact from the Coronavirus is about to be felt in a huge way in many municipalities across the nation — and Belleville is clearly going to be one of them. As the Belleville Township Council prepared to introduce its municipal spending plan last week, Mayor Michael Melham, seen in photo in middle column, called for drastic budget cuts to offset future tax increases. Melham ordered his administration to identify numerous ways to reduce spending, such as voluntary furloughs, or, in worst-case scenarios, staff layoffs and demotions. Public-safety positions are safe, for now, but it is possible the police and fire tables of
organization may need to be adjusted accordingly. “Our goal is to avoid layoffs at all costs,” Melham told The Observer. “Therefore, we will be asking the unions to agree to voluntary furloughs. We believe employees would be eligible for unemployment insurance. If the unions do not agree to the furlough, we would be forced to make the difficult decision to institute a layoff and demotion plan. For now, police and fire are not included in the furlough and layoff/demotion plan. However, their current tables of organization will be reviewed.” Other cost savings could be generated by privatizing some municipal services, as well as developing more sharedservices agreements with surrounding towns to greatly reduce duplication, beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The proposed budget for 2020 calls for a municipal tax
increase of $298 for a home assessed at about $276,000, the township average. “The Township Council must consider drastic measures to cut spending,” Melham said. “I expect that my council colleagues will review the township manager’s proposed spending cuts and move forward on prudent initiatives that will limit tax increases in the future.”
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Melham said this is the seventh municipal budget he has been involved with, noting the township professional staff always seems to convince the majority of the council that “next year will be better.” “Sadly, this never comes to fruition,” the mayor said. “While COVID-19 has certainly made this a challenging year, we need to prepare not just for next year, but for the years after that. We need a solid long-term plan.” Melham says Belleville will reap tax benefits of new redevelopment that has been secured over the past two years. But true tax stabilization can only be achieved if new tax streams are coupled with a strategic, consistent reduction in spending. “I need assurances that not only will difficult conversations and decisions be had, but that approved recommendations will be immediately ready for 2021,” Melham said. “I’ve often said: Belleville doesn’t necessarily have a spending problem — it’s more of an income problem. However, until our anticipated future revenue is realized, and it is coming, I believe we have an obligation to the residential taxpayers to drastically limit spending.” In response to Melham’s call for drastic budget cuts to offset future tax increases, Township Manager Anthony Iacono outlined a variety of potential cost-saving measures. Iacono has identified a
CORONAVIRUS CONSEQUENCES number of possible options, such as a reduction in the size of municipal departments where revenue has decreased because of COVID-19, an early-retirement incentive program and furloughs to reduce work weeks by two days. Other possibilities include exploring regional services and selling under-used municipal properties. The need to continue to identify ways to deeply cut spending has come into focus as Belleville — like many other municipalities across the state — deals with the financial damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Aug. 18 council meeting, Melham said: “The average assessed home now pays just north of $10,000 in taxes per year. While this number includes county and school district taxes, the total bill is just too much. As we work toward better services and facilities, must be also work at cutting the budget, until our future anticipated revenue is realized.” The township is facing a 3% increase in general liability insurance and a 28% increase in garbage disposal costs. At the same time, Belleville has sustained a 44% decrease in municipal court fees and a 71% decrease in interest on investments. Melham was quick to note: Continued on the next page
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3 Belleville parents, students listen to re-opening plans
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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ore than 700 hundred parents, students, faculty and community members joined Dr. Richard Tomko (seen speaking in photo at right), superintendent of schools and Board of Education members Thursday, Aug. 13, in the Outdoor Amphitheatre of Belleville High School during two consecutive open forums to discuss and answer questions in consideration of Belleville’s 123-page Restart and Recovery Plan to Re-Open Schools. The plan was disseminated to the school community in the beginning of the month. After a brief introduction and explanation of the scheduling options parents could choose with regard to in-person or remote instruction, Tomko fielded questions from parents with concerns about building cleanliness, academic rigor, Continued from previous page “Township employees and their respective compensation packages equal 75% of the budget. In 2019, there were less employees than in 2018 when I took office. In 2020, there are even less employees than in 2019.” In this year’s budget, the appropriation for “Salaries and Wages” is down $850,000 from 2019. “There is no doubt some difficult conversations that must be had, as we review these professional recommendations to reduce spending,” Melham said. “Through it all, we must always keep our obligations to the taxpayers of Belleville
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air quality and transportation. “If as a parent, you don’t feel comfortable with sending your child back to school, then our remote school option would be the perfect choice,” Tomko said. “Nothing I say or promise to do to keep your kids safe will convince you if you aren’t ready for them to come back because of COVID. That is a parent’s decision and only you can make it — that’s why we have these options and an incredible faculty and administration to service all the needs of our families.” Tomko’s plan includes appendices that outline student schedules, health considerations, athletics and other pertinent areas related to school safety, student wellness and curricular needs. He noted the plan was created through “the tireless efforts of stakeholder groups in conjunction with the Belleville Public Schools COVID-19 Task Force.” as the paramount objective.” Melham said he will place the Township Manager’s list of possible cost-saving measures on the agenda for discussion at the next Township Council meeting and a formal vote authorizing him to explore these options would likely be held in September. The municipal budget is scheduled for adoption on Sept. 22. “The Township could not have anticipated the far-reaching effects of COVID-19 on our bottom line,” Iacono said. “That being said, we must be prepared to face another shortfall in revenue. Hard decisions will be made.”
“Things are changing every day,” Tomko added. “I appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to do what is best for everyone in the community.” Parents and community members may reach the superintendent for questions and voice concerns at superintendent@bellevilleschools. org or by calling him at (973) 450-3500, ext. 1022. Kevin Canessa may be reached at kc@theobserver. com
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KPD: Bike patrol nabs 2 on drug charges
By Capt. Tim Wagner Kearny Police Department On Aug. 13 at 10:51 p.m., Det. John Fabula and Officer Derek Hemphill patrolled Veteran’s Field by bicycle in response to a citizen complaint of quality of life offenses occurring there recently. While in the area, their attention was drawn to an Infiniti parked on Lindsay Lane whose driver appeared to be rolling a fatty. The officers knocked on the window, upon which driver Marcus Negron, 21, of Newark, allegedly stuffed the marijuana cigar into his pants pocket. Negron was invited out of the car and reportedly turned over the aforesaid fatty. Inside the car, officers recovered rolling papers, a sandwich bag of marijuana and a small baggie of marijuana. On the floor near passenger Brianna Terrero, 21, of Kearny, the bicycle cops recovered a handbag containing an open
vacuum-seal bag of marijuana. Negron and Terrero were both charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Terrero rated a summons and was later released while Negron’s charges had to be drawn on a warrant, earning him a billet to the county jail. On Aug. 17 at 1:18 p.m., Det. Mike Andrews developed information supporting a belief that a certain person had just purchased drugs in the City of Newark and was transporting them back to Kearny via the No. 30 NJ Transit bus. The bus was placed under surveillance by Andrews and Dets. Jonathan Dowie and Mike Gontarczuk. At Kearny and Quincy avenues, Jeffrey M. Plumer Jr., 38, of Kearny, alighted from the bus and was approached by the surveilling detectives. Upon seeing the detectives, Plumer allegedly tucked eight wax folds of heroin stamped “Ferrari” and a plastic
container of marijuana into his waistband. The detectives retrieved the drugs, placed Plumer under arrest and charged him by summons with possession of heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was later released on his own recognizance. On Aug. 17 at 7:25 p.m., Officers Pedro Pina and Kevin Matos were summoned to Walmart for a shoplifting complaint. Store security had detained Nicole F. Razzano, 32, of Newark. Security fingered Razzano for allegedly having concealed $126.33 of clothing and household items in her backpack and then trying to exit without paying. The officers then discovered that Razzano was wanted on arrest warrants issued by Mt. Ephraim Borough (possession of hypodermic syringe, $809 bail), Summit (failure to make lawful disposal of CDS, $500 bail) and Newark (prostitution,
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Clara Maass named high-performing hospital Annual ranking done by U.S. News & World Report around the country
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lara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, a facility of RWJBarnabas Health, has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for 2020-21 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings, now in its sixth year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for common conditions and elective procedures. These ratings extend the U.S. News’ mission of providing consumers with patient-decision support beyond the Best Hospitals rankings, which
are geared toward complex specialty care. Clara Maass Medical Center earned a “High Performing” ratings for heart failure and chronic-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in recognition of care that was significantly better than the national average, as measured by factors such as patient outcomes. “High Performing” is the highest rating U.S. News awards for cardiac and pulmonology care. “There’s a great level of pride and distinction that our entire team feels in knowing that U.S. News and World Report has recognized our team for exceeding the expectations of our patients” Mary Ellen Clyne,
BELLEVILLE NEWS president and CEO of Clara Maass Medical Center, said. “We have embraced our journey to become a High Reliability Organization at 100%, which is reflected in our clinical outcomes and the latest rankings.” “Excellent clinical outcomes for every patient, every time, is always our goal, and our high performance ranking from U.S. News and World Report is the result of the dedication and commitment of our entire team to clinical excellence” Dr. Naveen Ballem, chief medical officer and the director of Bariatric Surgery at Clara
Maass Medical Center, said. For the 2020-21 ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 10 procedures and conditions. Fewer than a third of all hospitals received any high-performing rating, and only 37 earned this rating in all 10 Procedures & Conditions. State and metro-area rankings recognize hospitals that received high-performing ratings across multiple areas of care. “For more than 30 years, U.S. News & World Report has been helping patients, along with the help of their physicians, identify the best hospitals in an array of specialties, procedures and conditions,” Ben Harder,
managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News, said. “The hospitals that rise to the top of our rankings and ratings have deep medical expertise, and each has built a track record of delivering good outcomes for patients.” The U.S. News Procedures & Conditions methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality such as risk-adjusted outcome rates, volume, quality of nursing and other care-related indicators. The Procedures & Conditions ratings were produced by U.S. News analysts. The rankings will be published in the “Best Hospitals 2021” guidebook, available in stores Oct. 6.
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Thoughts & Views EDITORIAL
Century after the 19th Amendement, we still have a long way to go
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t’s hard to believe that 100 years ago at this time, no woman had ever cast a ballot — not just for President of the United States, but for any candidate, ever, running in this country. But because of the work of so many visionary women, the right for women to vote is now a 100-year-old reality. And while that is a wonderful notion — it begs the question — was it enough? Has our nation really grown since women were granted the right to vote? Let’s look at the facts. In the 100 years since the 19th Amendment was ratified, the simple reality is this — in that very same timeframe, three women have served as the vice-presidential nominee: Geraldine A. Ferraro in 1984, Sarah L. Palin in 2008 and Kamala D. Harris now. In that same timeframe, a grand total of one woman has served as a party presidential nominee — that was just four years ago. That is a grand total of four women who have been eligible for the two highest offices in the land. A sum of “0” have ever won. And in the cases of Ferraro and Palin, it was nowhere near close to becoming a reality. So what does all of this mean? While there has been great progress that may be attributed to the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, this country has not made the strides it should have by now. Women have made great progress in other nations to become presidents, prime ministers, etc. But not here. We can only hope things begin to change, in that regard, soon. The women of this nation deserve so much better.
Boyd: I say no way to mail-in voting To the Editor: Government, under the pretext of concern for citizens’ health and safety, advocates mailin voting. People shop at large box stores daily. Protests involved large, even huge, numbers of unmasked protesters. Said concern chips away at our civil rights. Is this a form of suppression if voters choose not to mail in ballots? Several obstacles hinder smooth, honest results. First, voter lists need updating. For example, an individual a Virginia or Washington, D.C., resident since 2001, still receives ballot notices, a summons to jury duty and recently a mail-in ballot which anyone could have used. Does the process encourage voter fraud? Then, mailing eliminates the need for a photo voter ID. Acquiring a library card requires three forms of ID; applying for a driver’s license requires six; and even collecting a pre-paid train ticket requires photo ID. Shouldn’t voting require a photo ID? The argument that voter ID
LETTER TO THE EDITOR suppresses votes is specious and wasteful. Additionally, the Post Office has had difficulty with everyday mail. Boots returned to a shopping channel arrived back to the sender two days later. Into what black hole might mail-in ballots disappear? Legislators cocooned in Washington, D.C., for a lifetime are unaware of citizens’ desire to vote in a traditional booth in a traditional polling place. Nor do life-termers comprehend the importance of voter ID. Our Founding Fathers risked their lives and fortunes to grant Americans the privilege of voting. Mail-in ballots diminish the vision of the Founding Fathers. Addie Boyd Kearny
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LPD: Union City man arrested on numerous drug-related charges
Somehow, no one was injured in this crash
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Union City man driving around Lyndhurst with tinted windows wound up being arrested on a slew of drug-related charges last week, Det. Lt. Vincent Auteri, the Lyndhurst Police Department’s public-information officer said. At approximately 9:45 p.m., Monday, Aug. 17, Auteri says Officer Anthony Giaquinto stopped a vehicle being operated by Fabian Figueroa, 41, (seen in photo in second column) on Riverside Avenue, near Tontine Avenue, for having heavily tinted windows and an expired inspection sticker. Giaquinto says he approached the vehicle and subsequently detected a strong and distinct odor of raw marijuana. A search of the vehicle revealed Figueroa was in possession of plastic back containing marijuana, numerous clear plastic cylinder containers containing
marijuana infused candies, numerous marijuana infused chocolate brownies and several individually wrapped packages of gummy candy, according to Auteri. Figueroa was charged with possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and he was issued several motor-vehicle summonses, including one for possessing drugs in a motor vehicle. In accordance with bail reform, Figueroa was released on his own recognizance.
At approximately 2:34 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, Lyndhurst Det. Lt. Vincent Auteri says a 2020 GMC Yukon occupied by one adult and three juveniles — all from Bloomfield — had been traveling south on Park Avenue when it was struck in the intersection at Lake Avenue by a 2008 Mercury Sable (occupied by only the driver from Lyndhurst) when it entered the intersection after traveling east on Lake Avenue. Auteri says there is reason to believe the Sable did not stop at the stop sign. All five people in the crash, luckily, received only very minor injuries. All four occupants of the Yukon were transported to Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, for a thorough evaluation, according to Auteri.
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Bhat, a Nutley resident, gives Prep’s valedictory
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t was later than usual, by six weeks or so, in fact — and it was outdoors (in two ceremonies determined by the alphabet) on a field instead of in the gym at St. Peter’s University, but the St. Peter’s Prep Class of 2020 finally had its commencements. White tuxedo jackets and all. The commencement took place at Prep’s outdoor athletic facility, Keenan Field, on July 14, 2020. There were two ceremonies so social distancing could be properly observed. And, Suvan Bhat, a senior Nutley resident, seen at right, was the student speaker whilst Belkise Dallam of the Guidance Department was chosen to speak for the faculty and staff. The following local students graduated and are listed here with their honors and college destinations: Belleville: Brian Liriano (Widener University).
Bloomfield: Jude Demo (Cum Laude, University of Colorado, Boulder) and Trinity Edwards (St. Peter’s University). Kearny: Andrew Bannon (Stevens Institute of Technology), Tyler Fearon (Cum Laude, Seton Hall University), Jonathan Thiele (Bergen Community College) and Michael Uhler (Cum Laude, St. Peter’s University). Fearon was presented with a Scholar-Athlete Award. Lyndhurst: Colin Lemke (Cum Laude, Rowan University), David Mezzina (Cum Laude, University of Connecticut) and Nicholas West (Loyola University Maryland). Lemke won a Silver Medal in Latin and David Mezzina was recognized with a ScholarAthlete Award. North Arlington: Christopher Anderson (Cum Laude, University of Miami), Gabriel Caruso (undecided) and Oleg Prots (undecided). Anderson was recognized with a Scholar-Athlete Award.
Nutley: Pax Ardanz (Cum Laude, Seton Hall University), Suvan Bhat (Magna Cum Laude, New York University), Joseph Canosa (Cum Laude, University of Miami), Michael Canosa (College of Charleston), Matthew Cugliari (Magna Cum Laude, Lehigh University), Joseph Mastandrea (Cum Laude, Fordham University) and Peter Vazquez (Magna Cum Laude, Fordham University). Bhat was recognized as a Commended Scholar in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Vazquez was recognized in the National Hispanic Recognition Scholars Program and also won a Gold Medal in Creative Writing. Cugliari won a Silver Medal in Instrumental Music and was also presented with the Agape Award, which recognizes a graduate actively living a life of faith shaped by the Gospels. Ardanz won a Silver Medal in Science. — Canessa
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Coronavirus forces NJSIAA to move volleyball season While the plan remains to have the fall high school athletic season to move forward as much as possible, the NJSIAA made a move last week that will affect those student/athletes who participate in indoor sports in the fall. The NJSIAA decided to create a separate season for girls’ volleyball and gymnastics that takes the sport out of being a fall sport when school usually begins to a new campaign that will begin practices on February 16 and begin competition on March 3, running to the end of April. While moving the gymnastics season doesn’t have an impact on the local student/athletes, shifting the girls’ volleyball season from September to February certainly impacts the locals who participate in volleyball. All of the schools in The Observer’s circulation area offer girls’ volleyball, so the NJSIAA’s move last week certainly hits home. The local coaches have mixed emotions about volleyball becoming a sport with its own season. “To be honest, I thought that they were going to cancel it (the season),” said North Arlington girls’ volleyball head coach Joe Cioffi, who is entering his fourth season as the head
coach of the Vikings. “Just postponing it is a good thing, especially for the girls and especially for the seniors. Pushing it to the spring is fine. I’m not expecting any conflicts. I don’t think the seasons will run into each other. We have a young and very talented team, so we were looking forward to the season.” Nutley girls’ volleyball head coach Jenna Rubino has a personal reason why she has mixed emotions. You see, Rubino is pregnant with her first child, a daughter that is expected at the end of November. “I was tentative about the season because of the baby,” said Rubino, who was a standout athlete during her days at Nutley High (known before marriage as Jenna Dwyer) and a member of the Maroon Raider Class of 2009. “I was a little hesitant. But now, I’m happy that the season is starting later. It also gives the girls an opportunity to play a little with each other.” Rubino was looking forward to the season, because the Maroon Raiders won their Colonial divisional championship in the Super Essex Conference last season and with a veteran See VIEW, Page 15
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Pandemic pushes grid season back for Harrison’s Huseinovic, Pace University COVID-19 forces school officials to move football to spring
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Harrison native Dustin Huseinovic, the 2017-2018 Observer Male Athlete of the Year, is shown here in action at Pace University, which just recently announced that it will not play football this fall and will push the season to the spring of 2021.
By Jim Hague ogsmar@aol.com Everything was in place for the 2020 college football season to be a spectacular campaign for Dustin Huseinovic. The Harrison native and Pace University rising junior was coming off a brilliant 2019 season, a year that saw Huseinovic garner All-Northeast 10 Conference Second Team honors, after collecting a total of 76 tackles, 55 of which were of the solo variety. Huseinovic, the 2017-2018 Observer Male Athlete of the Year while playing for the Blue Tide of Harrison High, also had four tackles for lost
yardage, two sacks, one forced fumble, two interceptions and five passes defended, sharing time at linebacker and defensive back. Soon after the 2019 season was completed, Huseinovic went right to work to get ready for 2020. He spent hours on end at FASST (Functional Athletic Strength and Speed Training), the local physical training facility located in Lyndhurst that has been a godsend for several local athletes, including eight former Observer Male Athletes of the Year and seven former Observer Female Athletes of the Year.
“I felt like I was bigger and stronger than ever,” Huseinovic said. “I felt like I was ready to play 1000 percent. I felt as strong as I ever felt, as strong and as fast as I ever was. I was ready to go.” And the Setters were pumped to have a season to remember, after ending the season on a high note with a victory over Southern Connecticut State last November to finish the year with a 6-4 record, just missing an NCAA College Bowl Series (formerly known as NCAA Division I-AA) playoff berth. “We had some of our key See FOOTBALL, Page 14
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Continued from Page 1 the Evening Membership Department of the Woman’s Club of Arlington and The Arlington Juniorettes, will present “The Right is Ours!” an original virtual-theater experience written by local playwright and W.H.A.T. board member Allyssa Hynes, live on Facebook, Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. It will be streamed on W.H.A.T.’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/whatconj and on The Observer’s Facebook page at facebook. theobserver.com. The production celebrates the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and will serve as W.H.A.T.’s first virtual fundraiser. If you can’t make it to the live performance, it will be available as a recorded broadcast immediately following the conclusion of the live premiere. Juniorettes’ adviser and W.H.A.T. board member
Brandi-Leigh Miller brought the idea for the production to W.H.A.T. “My friend Regina Conlon Vinacco, a local college history professor, Harrison resident and legacy member of the JWCA and I were having a conversation about how her grandmother may have been the first woman in her family to vote,” Miller said. As such, the two discussed the possibility of creating a joint club service project to deliver a program of historical speeches for a Woman’s Suffrage-themed tea. W.H.A.T. President Jerry Ficeto, meanwhile, agreed it would be the good fit for the community theater company and a great way to help raise much-needed funds. “Since W.H.A.T. has been dark since March due to COVID-19, a virtual production was the perfect solution to bring theater back to our community and offer a fundraising vehicle for the theater, while also providing a chance for our women’s clubs to commemorate this
milestone,” Ficeto said. Hynes volunteered to weave the historical research done by Vinacco into historically relevant scenes and conversations, excerpts from famous speeches turned into monologues. In the production, the telling of the road to the ratification of the 19th Amendment is all brought through the eyes of woman of the time — an “unnamed suffragette” who marks the passage of events by plucking the petals of a yellow rose — a symbol of the Suffrage Movement. Among those who will perform as suffragettes are Pat Sherwin, one of the club presidents; Kearny Third Ward Councilwoman Carol Jean Doyle; and The Observer’s Lisa Feorenzo. Donations may be made by Venmo @whatconj or by sending a check to W.H.A.T., P.O. Box 241, Kearny, N.J. 07032. Now, that very same day, landmarks and buildings across the country — including Kearny Town Hall — will
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light up in purple and gold on Wednesday, Aug. 26, as part of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission’s nationwide Forward Into Light Campaign, named to honor the suffrage slogan, “Forward through the Darkness, Forward into Light.” Institutions in Washington, D.C., including the White House, Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian Institutions and the Kennedy Center, will be joined by other prominent locations across the country such as One World Trade in New York City, the Welcome to Las Vegas sign in Nevada, national park sites, municipal buildings and churches to honor the suffragists who lobbied, marched, picketed, and protested for the right to the ballot and never gave up on the fight for equality. Kearny’s participation will kick off Aug. 26 and stretch to the end of the month, organizers said. In this silent but visible way, the Town of Kearny will mark the 100th anniversary of the milestone. Many suffragists did not live to see their efforts succeed but
the generations who followed saw, and continue to see considerable changes in the lives of women. In 1848, the women’s suffrage movement was officially set in motion with the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. This convention discussed the social, civil and religious rights of women and for the first time, publicly shared what became known as the Declaration of Sentiments, a set of principles that outlined inequalities for women. It took around 72 years before the right to vote became official as women around the country lobbied, marched, picketed and protested for their right. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee was the 36th of the then 48 states to pass suffrage, the number needed for ratification (75% of all states). The 19th Amendment was officially ratified nationally by President Woodrow Wilson on Aug. 26, 1920, and American women across the country officially voted in their first presidential election later that year.
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Continued from Page 9 players coming back after being out with injury,” Huseinovic said. “We had some nice incoming freshmen who were going to help us.” All the pieces were in place, or so it seemed. The Setters looked to be solid, led by their defensive buzz saw from a place that thenUnited States President William Howard Taft called “the beehive of Industry” during a visit to Harrison in 1912, with more than 6,000 people watching and listening. It was going to be a great college football season for the Setters of Pace. Nothing could stop the Setters. But then, disaster struck – and struck real hard. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March and just spread like wildfire across the country. While the virus has been controlled somewhat in most of the states, especially New York and
New Jersey, it has not been tapered enough to play college football, especially on the smaller scale. So with that in mind, Pace University has announced that the school will not participate in any fall sports this year, meaning that Huseinovic and his teammates will have to wait to get back onto the field again. Pace University officials have announced that they have tentatively planned to bring football back in the spring, a move that Huseinovic applauded. “Not playing this fall was devastating,” said Huseinovic, expected to be a team leader this year for the Setters. “We put all the work in during the offseason and now this. But on the positive side, this gives us more time to prepare for the spring.” Huseinovic left for school Monday and will begin to take a full semester of classes. “It’s like a hybrid,” Husenovic said. “Half will be online, but the other half will
be in class in small groups.” The same will be with football workouts. “It will be in small groups (by position) or it will be with the guys you live with,” Huseinovic said. “I’m not going to lie. Not playing this fall definitely hurt, but I’m not choosing to look at the negative side. I’m staying positive. Everyone has to deal with something. I’m dealing with this in a positive.” So with that in mind, Huseinovic went to weekly workout sessions outdoors at the Lyndhurst Recreation facility with the staff of FASST (namely Paul Johnsen and Ryan Marshall) as well as other top local athletes like Petey Guerriero of Lyndhurst, who last week had a workout session with the New York Jets, and Brian Kearns of North Arlington, who is entering his senior year at Stonehill College. “I love Brian,” Huseinovic said. “We work well together. I work out with Petey
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a lot. I try to keep up with him, but it’s useless. I think we motivate each other and push each other. I think it helps me because he’s always a step ahead of me. We have a good group there and I’m glad to be a part of it.” Huseinovic said that his offseason regimen is going to help him in a lot of ways. “It definitely helps my confidence for sure,” Huseinovic said. “I feel really confident moving forward.” As for his Pace teammates, Huseinovic said that he has been in touch regularly. “We do Zoom meetings,” Huseinovic said. “Especially in the spring, we worked with our coaches and stayed in touch a lot.” The NCAA has announced that all college student-athletes will receive an added year of eligibility because of the pandemic. “I am definitely going to take advantage of the extra year,” Huseinovic said. “I will hold back a couple of classes.” Huseinovic is majoring in business management with a minor in fashion marketing – an interesting combi-
nation. “I want to get involved in either sports apparel or urban clothes,” Huseinovic said. “I’m really open to see what’s out there and what I can do. I just have to get my foot in the door.” So if the Setters are back playing competitively in the spring, then Huseinovic will be good to go. “We have a very good team, whenever we do play,” Huseinovic said. Some of his teammates include kicker Benny Franchino of Lyndhurst and his Lyndhurst teammate Paul Cimicata and Harrison native J.J. Scocco, who played his high school football at St. Peter’s Prep. “J.J. and I have been the best of friends since we were like four years old,” Huseinovic said. “We’ve always been very close. It’s great to have him here with me. With the addition of the freshmen, I just have to play the role of being a leader as best as possible and push the others.” You can be rest assured that Dustin Huseinovic will do exactly that.
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Recalling an oft-forgotten disaster in Manhattan By James Calautti Special to The Observer
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t was 100 years ago when scores of West Hudsonians left the area, headed into Manhattan — and either ended up in hospital or never made it home. In the fall of 1920, just as America was recovering from the 1918 (that’s 1918 — not 1917) Influenza epidemic, an attack was made on Wall Street, which many saw as the epicenter of the Robber Barons who sat upon vast mountains of wealth and wielded immense power. The Gilded Age saw an era of rapid economic growth, but not everyone benefited from this expansion. The Gilded Age was also an era of abject poverty and inequality, as millions of immigrants, many from impoverished regions of Europe, poured into the United States and the high concentration of wealth became more visible and contentious. An anarchist movement started to grow in influence as it entered the American labor movements, campaigning for diverse social
reforms but also gaining in notoriety as some of its members turned more and more toward acts of violence. One of those acts hit very close to home. Here is the story: Sept. 16, 1920, was a beautiful morning in lower Manhattan. The sky was blue and the air was a crisp 69º. You couldn’t ask for a more glorious day. A horse-drawn cart plodded slowly west down Wall Street. It comes to a stop near Broad Street, outside the J.P. Morgan & Co. building. The clock of Trinity Church
strikes noon. The street is filled with people heading out for a bite to eat, mostly young people who worked as messengers, stenographers, clerks and brokers. Then the thunder of a terrible explosion pierces the scene. Within seconds, the cart, packed with 100 pounds of TNT and surrounded by 500 pounds of sash weights, erupted into a blinding hail of metal fragments killing 38 people and injuring hundreds. Many of the wounded were from
the area of Kearny, Harrison and Arlington. The Manhattan-Hudson Line (the Tubes), now the PATH system, had been in operation since 1907 with the Harrison Station opening in 1913. As the smoke cleared, the crowd that had been running in terror now returned to the scene. Many have to crawl over bodies of the dead and wounded. What they saw was a hideous sight. One young man, James Saul, a 17-year-old messenger, commandeered a parked car and transported 30 injured people to an area hospital. The response was quick and firemen from the FDNY cleared paths for ambulances to get through as police on the scene offered first aid to the wounded. The president of the New York Stock Exchange immediately suspended trading to prevent a panic. Troops who’d been garrisoned at Governor’s Island were dispatched and quickly double-timed up Wall Street with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. Continued on the next page
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Continued from previous page Then, as now, America’s first-responders were quick to help those in need, with little regard for their own safety. The New York Police Department quickly gathered as much evidence as possible. A hoof from a horse that had deposited the wagon would prove the most intriguing. One of the more amazing aspects of this story is the forensics used in a time before DNA and electron scanning microscopes. With the help of veterinarians and wagon-builders, the NYPD was able to pretty much reconstruct the horse and wagon that delivered the bomb. The horse was described as a dark bay mare, slightly over 1,000 pounds, with a long mane and white hairs on the forehead. The harness was an old, worn heavy wagon harness, with rings of brass, one broken. The wagon was of one and one-half ton capacity, with black and white stripes. The NYPD checked nearly 5,000 stables along the Atlantic coast to track the horse and over 500 wagon manufacturers to track the wagon. The horseshoe provided the most clues, having the mark of the Horseshoers’ Union, and provided evidence that it was made by someone trained abroad. The police began to target immigrant blacksmiths. They closed in on the DeGrazia brothers, who owned a blacksmith shop at 205 Elizabeth St., in Manhattan. They had them hammer a shoe and a defect in their anvil and created an identical mark to one found on the shoe of the dead horse. One of the brothers said a man had appeared on the day of the explosion to have one of the hooves on his horse repaired. He said the man spoke with a Sicilian accent. Other witnesses said the man had a thick Scottish accent, and still others described him as a “greasy, street-peddler type.” There seemed to be as many descriptions as there were witnesses. But, one thing was certain — just before the bombing, postcards had been deposited in a Broadway mailbox that read: “Remember we will not tolerate any longer. Free the political prisoners
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The Observer | www.theobserver.com or it will be sure death for all of you.” Signed, the American Anarchist Fighters. One person of initial interest to the police was Edwin Fischer, a champion tennis player and New York Law School graduate. He was also a frequent patient of mental wards. Several weeks before the explosion, he had predicted to a stranger he met on the Manhattan-Hudson Line that there would be an explosion on Wall Street, even predicting the day. Several days before the explosion, he had mailed letters from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to friends in New York, warning them to stay away from Wall Street. He was questioned by police and told them he’d received warnings “through the air.” It was learned Fischer had made other “predictions” in the past. The police assumed he was mentally unstable and released him to an asylum. He was never charged. Investigators then started to focus on radical groups opposed to the U.S. government and its financial institutions. Extremists at the time would often resort to ruthless measures to deliver their message and radical ideology and violence were used as a form of protest. Many of these extremists were recent European immigrants. In 1919, there were a series of bombings carried out by followers of the Italian anarchist Luigi Galleani, who lived in Paterson. But no ties were found to Galleani or his followers, so it was dropped. Several thousand other suspects were interrogated, but all leads seemed to hit dead ends. One person of particular interest was Pietro Angelo, who had been connected to an earlier bomb plot the year before. But his alibi was airtight, so the feds deported him back to Italy, where he tossed a bomb into a crowded opera, killing 39. In 1940, the NYPD gave up on the case, and it remains cold and unsolved. To this day, the scars of the explosion can still be seen on the façade of 23 Wall Street, (seen below as t looks today) a reminder that America has recovered from times of strife before.
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