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ere’s some more great news. Our Lady of Grace Council No. 402, Harrison, of the Knights of Columbus, has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars of late to local parishes. Grand Knight Thomas K. Dolaghan, who once served as the Chief of the Harrison Fire Department, says the donations were made possible by the sale of the council’s former building on Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard. The first to benefit was the Our Lady of Fatima Society of Holy Cross Church, Harrison. The Knights gave them $200,000 to help them complete the floor and to restore pews at the church building. The overall project cost around $350,000, Dolaghan said. “The Knights’ donation is a major gift to start the fundraising campaign,” Dolaghan said. “The Knights have been supporting

Lyndhurst High School head football coach Rich Tuero personally delivered more than 80 state championship rings to his players’ homes amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Most remarkably, he did it all on his own.

his is a sports story that will certainly warm the cockles of your heart, even in today’s emotionally trying COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. In fact, it’s the best “feel good” local story – news, sports or otherwise – that has ever been written by this writer in nearly 40 years of popping out words, phrases and clauses. Here goes: By now everyone knows – and if you don’t know, then you’ve been living in a cave for the last six months – that the Lyndhurst High School football team won the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II state championship last November. It was the first football state championship that the Golden Bears celebrated since the 1983 season. So to make the season even more memorable, Lyndhurst head coach Rich Tuero – who was already a candidate for sainthood before last week – wanted to purchase rings for each of his 88 players, as well as team managers and cheerleaders.

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N.A. girl makes masks for those who need them the most By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

ith our world in need of masks to cover our faces, one North Arlington

girl decided she was going to take action to help with shortage. Gabriella Kaminski saw that many on the front lines didn’t have the proper masks. And, she saw that others were also doing the same.

So she’s been using her time in quarantine to make and donate the ones she made to area hospitals. The 15-year-old North Arlington High School student, her mom says, has so far donated masks to the Jersey City Medical Center, but

she also hopes to donate more to St. Joseph’s in Paterson. In a world where so much is changing, isn’t it great to know there are some, like Kaminski, who still want to be there for others? Doesn’t get much better than that.

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He coughed on cops, said he had the Coronavirus and now is behind bars: KPD By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

ile this one under the valley of the stupid times a thousand. That someone would actually do this — and potentially put our police officers in harm’s way — is mind-boggling. According to Capt. Timothy Wagner, the public-information officer of the Kearny Police Department,

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POLICE BEAT search incident to arrest, Costa allegedly told officers, “I have Corona,” before turning his head and coughing in the direction of the searching officer and then in the directions of two back-up officers. All officers were wearing N95 masks at the time of the arrest.

None of the officers required medical care as a result of the incident. “The officers there showed great restraint,” Police Chief George King said of the incident. Costa was charged on a warrant with five counts of criminal-attempt burglary in the third degree [N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1a (2C:18-2a)]; three counts of throwing bodily fluid at a law enforcement officer in the fourth degree [N.J.S.A. 2C:12-13]; making

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5 Kearny COVID-19: 321 cases and 12 fatalities, town says

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The Town of Kearny now has a total of 321 known COVID-19 cases and there have been 12 deaths, according to information provided by the Board of Health. The statistics were last updated by the town on Wednesday, April 8. The town had been providing gender and age details of the victims up to April 7, but stopped doing so the day after. On April 7, the victims from the day before included a 26-year-old woman recov-

ering at home, a 47-year-old man hospitalized at Clara Maass Medical Center, a 45-year-old woman recovering at home, a 55-year-old woman recovering at home, a 67-year-old man hospitalized at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, a 45-yearold woman recovering at home and a 52-year-old man hospitalized at Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack. Also, a 44-year-old woman recovering at home, a 62-year-old woman recovering at home, a 47-year-old woman recovering at home, a 53-year-old man recovering at home, a 26-year-old

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t’s happened here. And, sadly, based on a daily news release from N.J. Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal’s office, it appears to be occurring all over the state, no less numerous times a day. The act — criminals coughing on cops and then saying, “Look at me! I have Coronavirus!” In Kearny, it was a dope trying to get out of several offenses, including trying to break into numerous vehicles and possessing drugs and paraphernalia. In other parts of the state, it’s been people trying to get out of drunken-driving stops, domestic-violence offenses and numerous other crimes. The fortunate outcome is that most of these criminals have been arrested. The bad part — it’s not always going to be convincing whether these fools have COVID-19 — or whether it’s just a pathetic attempt to get out of paying the price for their stupidity in the firstplace. Since this is all so new, we can’t help but urge the state Legislature and Gov. Philip D. Murphy to enact a law that will ensure anyone who dares to do anything this asinine spends a long time behind bars. Because one, it’s simply disgusting, even in good times. Next, it is inherently unfair to the women and men who put their lives on the line — in a new way, now — on a daily basis, the very second they step out of their quarters. And, lastly, any intentional spread of this virus could and should be seen as attempted homicide, given how deadly it’s been. We urge the state Legislature and the governor to enact harsh penalties for this “new” crime. It must be taken up swiftly and unanimously. No cop or first responder deserves to be faced with this potential scenario. And lawmakers must do all they can to protect first responders and to make sure penalties for the crimes match the absurdity of them.

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The person voting would also have more time to consider what they are voting for and would not be confined to the hours of the polling place. It would also prevent unwanted entry to schools and churches from anyone trying to harm someone. In addition, the voter would not be harassed by someone trying to place unsolicited campaign

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I long for the days when there’s a cure for COVID-19 spreading this virus to my family, especially my grandparents, is constantly in my thoughts. My grandparents are older and are more prone to getting COVID-19 and it really frightens me to think that I could possibly get them sick all because I gave them a kiss goodbye. Hopefully, we find a cure to this virus soon and we can go back to living our normal everyday lives. I would love to read in my future children’s history books that we were able to find a cure and get through this pandemic.

By Isabel Cruz Washington Middle School I just want to take a moment to say that I have never seen the streets look so empty. (I took the photo you see with this story.) I have said this once and I will say it again, we are currently living in very unprecedented times and every day, we hear more and more people have tested positive for COVID-19 or even worse, have died. From a teenager’s point of view, this doesn’t seem like the end of the world, but it sure as hell seems close to it. Because of this virus, not just me but everyone in today’s society have been stripped of our social interactions. Yes we may have social media where we can communicate, but these platforms nowhere compare to the social connection we make when we are in each other’s presence. As the days go on, this virus

is becoming more widespread and frightening. It is so scary to see and realize that it was just March 4, 2020, when New Jersey had its first confirmed case and as of right now, days later, there are thousands of confirmed cases in New Jersey. This virus is affecting everyone one way or another. For me, the fear of possibly

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The Harrison High School baseball team had a tough go of it in 2019, losing their first nine games of the season en route to a 7-16 campaign. It was uncharacteristic of the Blue Tide, especially under the guidance of veteran head coach Jairo Mendez, the former Kearny High School and Montclair State College ace right-handed pitcher. “I never experienced anything like that,” Mendez said. “In all my years in baseball, playing and coaching, that was the toughest. But I figured that we could have all learned from something last year. We had a strong learning curve. Last year’s team didn’t have any experience, so we had to take what we were dealt with. Now, this year, we have a little bit of experience and that’s going to help.” Mendez said that a big problem with last year’s team was the defense. The Blue Tide had several games where they made more than five errors – and you simply cannot win that way in baseball on any level, from Little League on to the big leagues. “Defense was our main problem,” Mendez said. “We were working on that this year, just the basic fundamentals. If we’re

booting the ball around, we’re giving the opponent extra outs. We made mistakes in key parts of games. That can get frustrating from a coach’s standpoint.” If the Blue Tide makes a big improvement this season, it will be because of their pitching. Mendez likes the makeup of his pitching staff, one that features talented sophomore right-hander Jake Mulrenan. “He’s not over powering, but he’s grown physically since last year,” Mendez said. “He’s gotten stronger and put on a couple extra pounds. He’s gained a little velocity since last year. He’s a very accurate pitcher. He’s working on his off-speed pitches. He needs to step it up a little this year.” Junior Rian Garcia returns. The right-hander has a lot of off-speed pitches that he works with. “He idolizes Pedro Martinez,” Mendez said of Garcia. “If he can stay focused, he’s going to be pretty good.” Senior Eric Feliz also returns. The righty throws hard. ‘He throws strikes,” Mendez said. “He’s very composed out there and does a little bit of everySee VIEW, Page 11

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police officer) Steve Passamano helped me and drove me around.” Continued from Page 1 It took the Tueros about a week to design the ring. It took There was only one problem. about three more weeks to raise Because of the recent budgetary the funds. problems that the Lyndhurst “It was honestly amazing,” Board of Education had expeTuero said. “The town came torienced, there was no money gether to honor these kids once available to purchase the rings. again. They worked so hard Undaunted, the head coach, and deserved something nice. who will be called Saint Richie The town came together and all from now on, decided that he chipped in.” was going to raise the money – Some donors kicked in as on his own – and purchase the much as $2,500. Others gave Golden Bear players and cheer- what they could, a dollar here leaders rings and pendants. and there. It was truly a comIt didn’t take long for Tuero to munity effort, honoring the kids receive a sales pitch from cham- who gave Lyndhurst so much pionship ring manufacturers. pride throughout the fall. “I got a lot of calls, including “It was really humbling to see one from Lincoln, Nebraska,” this unfold,” Saint Richie said. Tuero said. “They saw we won So the rings were designed, and shipped me a catalog to manufactured and eventually look at.” purchased. A big ring ceremony Signature Championship was planned. There was only Rings said that they were one problem. willing to match any price that The coronavirus pandemic Tuero received as an estimate. has forced everyone in the town “That’s who we went with,” to stay at home. School is out. Tuero said. You can’t even shake hands with So Tuero and his wonderful your neighbor or hug the person wife, Koriann, sat down and de- across the street. It wasn’t sure signed the championship rings when Lyndhurst would be able and pendants. to have a ceremony to honor “Koriann was a big help in their grid heroes. all of this,” Tuero said smartly, The rings were delivered to giving credit where credit was Saint Richie’s house on Friday, due, especially in a lock down April 3. They sat in a huge box quarantine. on the Tuero’s dining room Now came the time to get the table for a day or so. $22,000 needed to purchase the Then, equipment and field rings. Tuero raised the money – manager par excellance Rich by himself. And the kids didn’t Gress and Koriann Tuero came have to pay a single dime for up with an idea to deliver the their rings. rings to the kids door-to-door. “I went around the town and However, no one expected asked if people would be willing Tuero to do it all in one day. to donate,” Tuero said. “My “I woke up Palm Sunday and assistant coach (and Lyndhurst

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told Koriann that I was doing it today,” Tuero said. “I said, ‘I’m delivering the rings.’” But before he did, Tuero wanted to make sure to capture everything on video to preserve for posterity. So Koriann and Saint Richie got in their car and drove around Lyndhurst, presenting rings to each and every kid. Tuero made sure the kids were home (where else would they be in a pandemic?), then rang the bell, placed the ring on the front porch and waited for the kids’ reactions. “The kids knew I had the rings, but they had no idea I was delivering them,” Tuero said. The first player Tuero contacted was senior captain Tommy Ryan. Saint Richie fibbed a little (the Man Upstairs will let this lie slide) by saying that he had an assignment from a teacher that he had to give to Ryan. “I honestly had no clue,” Ryan said. “He said that one of my teachers needed me to do something. I said, ‘Great,’ so he was going to drop it off. And there it was.” Ryan came down the stairs and saw the box. Ryan jumped higher than any lineman ever did in his stocking feet and ran to hug Tuero, but the coach had to stop him. “I love Coach Tuero,” Ryan said. “I saw his face and wanted to hug him. It was so amazing that he brought the ring to my house. I’m not shocked, because that’s the kind of guy that Tuero is. I love him. He’s like a father figure to me. It’s crazy that he did this, but he’s a crazy guy.” Ryan could not believe the See RINGS, Page 15

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is the third baseman. “He understands the game and is very coachable,” Mendez said. “He’s also a good hitter who came through for us last year as a freshman.” Junior Nick Renkart is the left fielder, up from the JV squad. Mulrenan is in centerfield when he’s not pitching. Senior Orlando Rivas mans center with Mulrenan on the mound Senior Matt Rodriguez is a first baseman and junior Sergio Flores is the team’s utility player. So if and when the season begins, Mendez and the Blue Tide will be ready to put 2019 way behind them. “I like the chemistry of this team,” Mendez said. “The maturity level of this team is much better. They’re taking it more seriously. They are listening to me. The Photo by Jim Hague kids would love to be out Junior Rian Garcia will be a key contributor for the Harrison baseball there right now.” team, both on the mound and at the plate, shown here last year in a game The Blue Tide just need to against Kearny. get the season going.

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Obituaries FRANCIS T. MOLINARI, M.D.

Francis T. Molinari, M.D., of Kearny, died April 9, 2020. He was 70. The husband of Lorraine Kwiatkowski Molinari, he was the father to Andrea Molinari Burke and her husband Thomas Burke Jr., brother to Albert Molinari, Lisa Molinari and Janice Molinari and her spouse Marguerite Smith, the son of the late Frank and Fannie Molinari and the brotherin-law to the Rev. Richard Kwiatkowski. Francis was born in Newark and spent his young life in Bloomfield before moving to Kearny in 1994. Francis was a physician in the internal medicine field for over 40 years. He worked at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford as a physician, worked for the County of Hudson for the past 30 years in which he retired 2018. He also had a private practice in Belleville and was on the medical staff at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. In his spare time, Francis loved spending time at the cigar lounge, fishing and loved listening to music and reading. A private wake will be conducted at O’Boyle Funeral home in Bloomfield. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. There will be a celebration of life at a future date.

JOHN JOSEPH WALSH

A kind and funny man, an impressive intellect, a loving husband, brother and uncle, a trusted friend to many, a gifted athlete, a master storyteller — these describe John Walsh, but do not encompass all that he was. John died Sept. 17, 2019, at Stanford Hospital in California after a prolonged illness, only a few days before what would have been his 75th birthday. The cause of death was heart failure due to Amyloidosis, an unusual ailment with no known cure. John was born in Newark on Sept. 24, 1944, to Edward J. Walsh and Anna Schultz

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Walsh. He grew up in Kearny. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School where he excelled academically and athletically, and then attended college at what is now the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his master’s degree in electrical engineering at Rutgers University. In his senior year at NJIT, John was a captain of the basketball team, the baseball team and the soccer team — and in 1986, he was one of the first inductees into the newly created NJIT Athletic Hall of Fame. Playing sports remained an important part of John’s life ever after, and included basketball, fast-pitch softball, tennis, golf, skiing and roller blading. After beginning his career at IBM in New Jersey and New York, John held his first executive-level position at an IBM branch in Seattle. He went on to hold executive positions at AT&T, and then at Compression Labs Inc. (CLI), an aheadof-its-time NASDAQ-traded video compression company.

Following these, he was president or an executive officer or a consultant at various startups until his retirement in 2002. He made many friends over the years including through his various business contacts. One of his friends used to joke that John couldn’t pass through an airport without running into someone he knew. John met his future wife, Judith Bergin Walsh, on her birthday, Sept. 21, 1979. She had just bought her first house in the California city of Piedmont and threw herself a birthday/housewarming party. A mutual friend invited John. This was the beginning of John and Judith’s wonderful 40-year relationship. They were married on May 27, 2005 (John joked that they didn’t want to rush things). Both had been married before. John liked to tell what he called the “John and Judith Walsh story” — which was that John’s first wife was also named Judith, and Judith’s first husband was also named John Walsh. Despite his scholarship,

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a member of the Sonoma Golf Club where he made more friends and enjoyed days Continued from Page 13 playing golf, smoking cigars and exchanging stories and of the Diamond A Neighbortall tales. hood Association, a position John also reconnected with he retained until a few weeks friends from his Seton Hall before his death. Prep days at a 50th reunion in Golf and friends with whom 2012, and the group decided he played the sport were an to stay in touch, holding an essential part of John’s life. A annual dinner that John group of four friends callalways made sure to fly to the ing themselves Los Quattros East Coast to attend. His last — Jeff Szem, Dick Keelty, dinner with the group was in George Keelty and John, got June 2019. And he remained together for annual golf trips an active and involved alumfor nearly 50 years. John’s nus of NJIT. last Los Quattros trip was in In addition to his wife April 2019. Prior to moving to Judith, John is survived by Sonoma, John was an active his brother Tom Walsh, Tom’s member of the Palo Alto Hills son Ed Walsh and Tom’s Golf Club and served a term granddaughter Emma, his as its board president. During sister Pat Walsh Peluso and his time in Sonoma, John was her three daughters, Bar-

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BETTY BELFIORE

Betty Belfiore died April 9, 2020, in Park House Nursing Home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. She was 82. Born in Marietta, Oklahoma, she spent most of her life in Kearny. She was the wife of Louis Belfiore and mother to Mark, Rosemarie (Nicole), Anthony and the late Alphonse Belfiore. Grandmother of Mark Jr., Eric, Nicole, Kaitlin, Jessica, John and Gabe, she was the great-grandmother to Brianna, Kayli and Lou and great-great grandmother to Grayson. A private family ceremony Continued on next page

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Ms. Mary K. Gorman, a lifelong Kearny resident, died Friday, April 10, 2020. She was 72. Funeral services and burial were private and were entrusted to the care of the Condon Funeral Home of Kearny. Ms. Gorman was employed by the Kearny Board of Education and was a secondgrade teacher at Lincoln School, Kearny, for many years. Mary was an active member of St. Stephen’s Parish in Kearny. She taught CCD for many years and was a lector there. She was a former member of the Kearny Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad and she was an avid gardener. She was predeceased by her parents, Fred and Helen Krukiel, with whom she will be laid to rest. Surviving are her siblings Peter and Thomas Krukiel and Dorothy Jennings and their families. A memorial Mass for Ms. Gorman will take place at a later date.

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Continued from Page 9 size of the ring. “It’s huge,” Ryan said. “It’s a rock. It’s unbelievable.” Ryan is headed to Bergen County Community College in the fall. His football career is unfortunately over. “I want to focus on grades in college,” Ryan said. “So this will stick with me forever.” After Tuero dropped off the ring for the state’s leading rusher Piotr Partyla, the one who had 2,381 yards rushing and 34 touchdowns and is headed to Rutgers in the fall, Tuero stopped at the Lembo house, where there were two recipients, quarterback Anthony and his younger brother John. “I looked down and saw the box,” said Anthony Lembo, headed to Stevenson University in Maryland in the fall to play safety. “When I opened it, I was just shocked. I never expected it to be that big. It weighs about two pounds on my finger. It was the best feeling in the world. I knew that if Coach Tuero was going to do it for one, he was going to do it for the whole team.”

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That he did. The journey continued. Aaron Alvarez, who is going to Rutgers-Newark to play baseball, knew that Tuero was coming with the ring. “Under the circumstances, it was great,” Alvarez said. “It meant a lot to me that he delivered it. I open the box every day to look at it. It serves as a motivation to me. We put a lot of work in to get that ring.” Alvarez is an excellent baseball player who is waiting to get back on the field for his senior year at Lyndhurst. Isaiah DeLaCruz was sleeping, so he didn’t see the group text that was floating around with the others showing their

rings off. He got his ring from Tuero around 1 p.m. “I had no clue,” DeLaCruz said. “His phone call woke me up. He said, ‘Be outside in five minutes. I’m coming to your house.’ I had no idea what was going on.” DeLaCruz opened the box and was totally shocked. “I said, ‘No way,’” DeLaCruz said. “It’s beautiful and it’s huge. I never thought it would be that big and be that nice. I’m going to wear it every day to show it off.” DeLaCruz said that the gesture was typical Tuero. “It shows how much he really cares about us, football season or not,” said DeLaCruz, who is headed to William Paterson

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be thinking about what needs to be done. Talk about dedication. How are the streets? The chief says the streets of Kearny remain safe. When the outbreak first began, there were a few cases of local businesses price gouging. However, after speaking with business owners, that ended rather quickly — and to date, the few that remain open have been doing the right thing. “The majority of people have been great, and the ones we’ve dealt with have followed the state orders,” King said. And for the most part, crime is noticeably down. In all, King has one final word for Kearny residents. “If you see something strange, it probably is — so call us. We are here to serve and protect now as we always have. “We will always be here to help.”

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downloaded the videos and photos that Koriann and Saint Richie took of each kid and Continued from Page 15 made a special video of it to two songs, the second one “The it on my finger. Everyone around Boys of Fall,” by Kenny Chesney, me (at Wendy’s) wanted to see will put a tear in the eye of it. They all said, ‘What’s that?’” anyone who has ever played Werner did the smart thing. the game of football and knows He soon took the ring off his that experience. The video is finger, put it back in the box and fantastic and was done with a put the box safely in his car. special app called Splice. It’s “To me, this represents what now on YouTube and has been Coach is all the time,” Werner seen by more than 5,000 viewers said. “He’s all about family. He so far. preaches that to us. He took Needless to say, that was a the entire day and delivered long day for Tuero and his wife. the rings on his own to all of us. “It really didn’t hit me how That’s out of the kindness of his special of a day it was until I heart.” published the video,” Tuero said. Werner is headed to Rutgers- “I just wanted to capture the New Brunswick in the fall, so his moment forever. I am getting football career is over. the positive feedback and seeing Tuero went door-to-door, how happy it made people. I delivering each and every ring always tell the kids three things. to his players in one shot, eight Do the right thing, be a good hours in all, from noon to 8 p.m. person and love everyone. I love Even the student managers, my kids. It’s why I did all of this. special kids Tyler Banuls and The coolest part was seeing how A.J. Leone, got rings. happy the kids are.” “They’re just like everybody “That video is unbelievable,” else,” Tuero said. DeLaCruz said. “It’s one of the Tuero wasn’t done for greatest moments of my life. It the day. He went home and shows people what we’re all

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Be prepared for possible COVID-related scams: Nutley police Police in Nutley say they are preparing for a flood of potential frauds that are expected to be associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Det. Lt. Anthony Montanari, the Nutley PD’s publicinformation officer, says whether it’s phone solicitors attempting to get you to donate to a needy cause, or someone pretending to be from a reputable agency, the expectations are that fraudsters will attempt to get between you and your federal Stimulus check. Also, Montanari says residents should beware of online sales of necessities, such as sprays, masks and other essential items, that could be marked up or a fraudulent attempt to have you send money. Meanwhile, the Nutley PD also reports the following recent incidents: • On April 4, criminal mischief was reported on Roma Street. Police say officers responded to the area and found a homeowner who reported when they were walking back toward their home, they observed two young males, one wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and the other wearing

a grey hooded sweatshirt continuously looking back at them, which seemed suspicious. Approximately 10 minutes after entering their home, a brick was thrown through a rear window, police said. No one was injured during the incident. A witness told officers they observed a white sedan occupied by two males wearing black and grey sweatshirts park on the sidewalk and exit the vehicle. The witness then told police they heard a loud bang, and within minutes, saw the same two males running out of the parking lot, into the vehicle, jump the curb and proceed north on Washington Avenue. • On April 6, police responded to a theft from a vehicle report on Brookline Avenue. Officers said the victim told them that when they returned to their vehicle, they discovered mechanical problems. After bringing the car to a mechanic, it was discovered the car’s catalytic converter had been stolen. It appeared the converter was cut with some type of saw, according to police, who also say they are investigating this

case and a similar incident that occurred on Hillside Avenue a few weeks ago. Catalytic converters used on a vehicle’s exhaust system contain precious metals which thieves find lucrative when bringing to scrap facilities, police said. • On April 7, a resident reported $3,000 in fraudulent charges on their checking account. Police say the bank has been advised. • Also on April 7, officers responded to two separate drug overdoses at two separate locations within 12 minutes of each other in which both victims were revived by the deployment of naloxone (Narcan). • That same day, Nutley police say they responded to a scene where suspect Nile Wooten, 31, homeless, was found to have two active warrants. Wooten reportedly fled from officers when they arrived, but he was later apprehended, transported to headquarters, charged with obstruction and ultimately remanded to the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. — Canessa

Santos has H2S montiors removed from Keegan The Town of Kearny has removed its two landfill-related air monitoring stations that were put in place, originally, to keep an eye on hydrogen sulfide levels at the infamous Keegan Landfill. Mayor Alberto G. Santos said, on Saturday, April 11, that the two systems, which cost the town $10,000 a month to

operate, located at Harvey Field and Third Street (near John Hay Avenue) were taken off line athis discretion and was done so because hydrogen sulfide reads have dropped significantly since the process of capping the landfill began and the landfill gas collection system was expanded. The New Jersey Sports &

Exposition Authority, Santos noted, continues to monitor and report hydrogen sulfide readings from eight landfill perimeter monitoring stations. The town could promptly reinstall its air monitoring stations if hydrogen sulfide levels were to rise, Santos said. — Canessa

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