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egardless of whether you agree with it, there is absolutely no denying that in the last four years, Belleville has seen unprecedented growth, from new residential units to commercial sites and more. In fact, it’s not just redevelopment that has happened at warp speed here. It’s just about everything the municipal government has a hand in. And now, Mayor Michael Melham, who spearheaded mostly all of what’s gone on, is asking Belleville residents for four more years to build on what he’s accomplished

and on what he hopes to continue to do through 2026. And the incumbent says his opponent, Councilman Steve Rovell, despite being critical of much of what has happened the last four years, has offered no platform of his own while continually bashing him, despite voting in favor of much of it. “You can’t apply logic and reason to ‘crazy’ as I say all the time,” Melham said in a sit-down interview with The Observer last week. And then he noted the importance of the PILOTs, or payment in lieu of taxes, the township has granted to developers. See MELHAM, Page 8

Long-serving Steve Rovell looks to take mayor’s seat By Ron Leir

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ow in his fifth term as a Belleville lawmaker, Steve Rovell is seeking to topple incumbent Mayor Michael Melham in the township election May 10. Steven Rovell, who currently represents the Second Ward on the Township Council, is making his first bid for the township’s highest municipal office. His running mates are Charles Hood, the township’s information technology officer and Tracey Juanita Williams, who sits on the Board of Education. Rovell is a senior program manag-

er at the Picatinny Federal Arsenal in Morris County. Rovell, whose family members are third-generation Belleville residents, has served the last decade as president of the longstanding nonprofit Belleville Foundation which has donated more than $100,000 in college scholarships to local high school alums since the 1940s as part of its commitment toward the future of Belleville. And, for the past 15 years, he’s served as an unpaid Suburban Metro Joint Insurance Fund commissioner. Rovell said he’s running for mayor “because I see the town going in a See ROVELL, Page 5

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Short-term rentals in NA? Pronti says no way

New Borough law would put end to Airbnb-type quick stays after complaints By Ron Leir

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aking aim at potentially disruptive — and, in some cases, illegal — tenancies, North Arlington has initiated legislation designed to regulate shortterm rentals. A public hearing on an ordinance implementing such a measure will take place May 12 in the borough senior center. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 214 Ridge Road. Mayor Daniel H. Pronti said roughly two years ago, when other municipalities in the region were dealing with undesirable temporary rental scenarios, some involving Airbnb, the borough had considered weighing in with its own legal strategy, but the spread of COVID-19 took precedence over that and other less pressing issues.

Now, however, after complaints about certain unwelcome tenancies have surfaced with the borough’s Construction Department, Pronti said the time has come to take action. Robert Kairys, the borough construction official, confirmed his office was alerted to such problems, one involving a one-bedroom apartment on Ridge Road which the owner had rented out for a party that extended over two days, resulting in noise complaints being filed with borough police. In that situation, the apartment was ultimately vacated after the borough dealt with the person who had rented the apartment, Kairys. The other case, Kairys said, focused on a basement apartment in a building on River Road where the apartment was determined to be an illegal unit and one

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that lacked a certificate of occupancy. That matter is scheduled to be heard in municipal court shortly, he said. Kairys said these incidents have prompted his office to be on the alert for any further troubled tenancies that could involve Airbnb. As now proposed by the ordinance that was introduced this month, the borough “deems it necessary to curtail, and

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Kearny’s Junior Police Academy returns this summer after 2-year COVID hiatus By Kevin A. Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com

Perhaps one of the greatest non-health related “casualties” of the COVID-19 pandemic is just how many things we were used to happening being canceled, from parades, to garage sales, to in-person gatherings and so much more. Another of those casualties was the Kearny Junior Police Academy, which every summer allows kids in fifth- through seventh-grade to spend two weeks in a “police academy” like setting, learning so many of the ins and outs of what police officers experience on a daily basis. Sgt. Adriano Marques, who was the commander of the Kearny PD’s Community Oriented Policing Unit before the pandemic, has been in charge of the academy for years. And now, for the first time since 2019, it’s returning to Lincoln Middle School this summer from July 25 through or to about Aug. 4. Each day begins at 0830 HRS (8:30 a.m.) and ends around 1545 HRS (3:45 p.m.) Participants wear an academy uniform with a T-shirt provided by the PD. They’ll learn just about as much as they can in a two-week period about being a cop, being respectful and what it’s like to be in a para-military organization. So that means there will be a physical component to the twoweek experience. Though the academy is just in its planning stages now, Marques says he hopes to bring back some of the more traditional components of it, including a series of presentations from the New Jersey State Police Aviation Unit (where a helicopter comes in for a landing and the kids get to see it), the Hudson County K-9 Unit, the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team (whose deputy commander is Kearny

Sgt. Michael Gonzalez), the Jersey City Bomb Squad and Emergency Services Unit and the State Fire Marshal. “We also hope to take one, hopefully two trips, with the kids,” Marques said. “One is to the 9/11 Family Museum, and the other is to our firing range to see demonstrations.” The trip to Lower Manhattan always seems to moving for the cadets, which is remarkable considering these children were nowhere near alive on Sept. 11, 2001, hard as that may be to fathom. Two of Marques’s colleagues in the COP Unit will join him again for the academy. Officer Jack Grimm will lead and he’ll be assisted by Officer Vanessa Sevillano. And who knows, maybe even Officer Steve Montanino will stop by here and there, in between his duties in the chief’s office. But the idea is the kids will be in excellent ,experienced hands throughout the two-week period. Parents of kids who may be interested in the academy will

be able to fill out an application in a few months as they’ll be made available through the town’s public schools in June. Kids from Catholic, private or home schools will be able to procure an application at police HQ, but not until sometime in June (so look out for announcements about that.) In all, Marques is thrilled the department can once again offer the academy this year after a two-year hiatus, as he hopes the COP Unit makes a full return to the Kearny PD after COVID. “We miss those opportunities we have to connect with the kids, where they get to know us, we get to know them, and can put names to our faces,” he said. “That close interaction was gone for so long and it was very hard not to be able to develop those kinds of relationships for two years. But as we come back, we hope to be able to rebuild that — and to be stronger than ever with our relationships with the kids and their parents.”

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KPD: Landlord swings metal shovel at tenant By Capt. Timothy Wagner Kearny Police Department

n April 11 at 11:23 a.m., Officers Ellesse Ogando and Jason Rodrigues, Sgt. Jay Ward and Lt. Charlie Smith responded to a report of an aggravated assault at a multi-family residence. It was alleged during the

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encountered a doubleparked Audi on his patrol of Kearny Avenue. The officer’s in-car computer alerted him the owner of the Audi had a suspended driver’s license. Officer Hemphill found the man in the driver’s seat, Juan C. Gualan-Vega, 43, of Kearny, was the Audi’s owner. Hemphill arrested Gualan-Vega for operating with a suspended driver’s license. Gualan-Vega also received tickets for double parking and failure to surrender a suspended license. He was later released from the police station. On April 9 at 2:11 p.m., Officers Mat Lopez and Nicole Cain were dispatched to Walmart on a report a shoplifter had stolen merchandise, placed the merchandise into a vehicle and the re-entered the store and began stealing more merchandise. Officers Anthony Nunez and Ryan Stickno arrived first and radioed a description of the suspect’s gray Pontiac to responding officers. Officers Lopez and Cain found the Pontiac on the other of the parking lot. Wajeedah J. Branch, 38, of Newark, was with the Pontiac. In the back seat the officers saw the allegedly stolen merchandise. After further investigation, they arrested Branch for shoplifting $335.24 of Walmart merchandise. Branch was charged on a summons with shoplifting and later released. On April 11 at 9:21

p.m., Officer Mat Lopez was participating in a distracted-driving enforcement-grant. The officer pulled over a Chevrolet Malibu near 100 Passaic Ave., after allegedly seeing its driver operating while using a handheld cellular phone. Driver Bernadine J. Flores, 30, of Newark, could not produce a driver’s license. Officer Lopez later learned her license had been suspended and there was a warrant for her arrest issued by the Parsippany Municipal Court for a prior charge of driving with a suspended license. That warrant carried $1,000 bail; however, Parsippany later released Flores on her own recognizance with a new court date. Officer Lopez issued the driver tickets for use of a handheld telephone and driving with a suspended license. On April 12 at 3:15 p.m., Officers Ogando and Rodrigues were sent to the Morris County Jail to arrest Robert S. Romney, 24, of Mount Vernon, New York, a man wanted in Kearny who was about to be released by Morris County authorities. Romney was wanted on a no-bail warrant for a theft by deception charge filed in Kearny Jan. 12. Romney was likewise wanted on a no-bail warrant from Bayonne, also charging theft by deception. After processing, Romney was booked into the Hudson County Jail.

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NEWS AROUND NUTLEY Benefit concert set for April 30 in Nutley A benefit concert to support the Nutley Music Boosters Association will be offered Saturday, April 30, from 3 to 5 p.m., in the historic Philhower Chapel at the Vincent United Methodist Church, 100 Vincent Place, Nutley. Mark Jonathan Schiffert will perform some of his original piano compositions which are featured on his two most recent CDs and videos and Larry Hunt will present an eclectic and fun high-energy variety of piano music and songs,

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Continued from Page 1 different direction than what I expected.” What Rovell characterized as the “hyperdevelopment” spawned by revisions to the township’s master plan that “took away restrictions on density” and parking guidelines “which I voted against” is leaving Belleville “congested and with parking problems.” If he becomes mayor, Rovell said he’d focus on achieving a “balanced (development) portfolio” that would promote, in particular, “more affordable senior housing,” along with a mix of commercial, retail and residential growth that’s more in line with the height and size of existing neighborhood homes and apartment buildings. Some of the new residential projects supported by the Melham administration have “doubled or tripled” the number of units that would previously been allowed under the township’s old master plan, Rovell said. With the current administration’s backing, one developer was permitted, under what Rovell called “spot zoning,” to “add an extra floor” to a new residential structure planned for a location at Franklin and Hilton avenues. “But it doesn’t fit in that neighborhood,” Rovell said. “I know we have to have some new developments,” he said, “but not the type of projects that will not be conducive to the ‘beautiful village’ concept projected

featuring his original stylings and arrangements of well-known songs plus some original pieces and lyrics. A $25 donation is requested. To purchase tickets, visit www. nutleymusicboosters.org/concert. Pet licensing in Nutley continues through month of April The Township of Nutley is conducting 2022 dog and cat registration this month at the Municipal Building, 1 Kennedy Drive. Any person who owns, keeps

by the town’s founders. A lot of people have moved here from Jersey City and Newark because they wanted to get away from the parking issues and overwhelming residential towers they were dealing with in those cities.” Rovell said that, as mayor, he’d strive to find the type of new development projects — preferably commercial — that, he said, would tend not to overburden public schools “which are overcrowded now.” Other goals: boost more public parking, call for an audit of residents’ water bills (from Newark) which, he noted, have grown “extremely out of proportion” in the last year and a half while creating a special billing rate for senior citizens, ensure that municipal recreation programs for youths are kept free, get improved flooding controls for the Valley area, restore council consent to Class IV Planning Board appointments as provided under the Faulkner Act and oppose the administration’s proposed share- service agreement with the school board for acquisition of the Eastern International College property “until we get further details on the financials.” Some actions Rovell said he worked on, to Belleville’s advantage, include: prioritizing the hiring of local residents for public safety and public works jobs and helping secure $2 million in outside grants for the high school stadium improvements. He credited the school board and Superintendent Rich Tomko for other recreational upgrades such as creating the new playground at School 7.

or harbors a dog or cat aged 7 months or older must apply to the office of the Township Clerk for a license, along with an official metal registration tag, for each dog or cat in their possession. Licensing fees are: $15 for spayed/neutered animals or $18 for non-spayed/non-neutered. For senior citizens, the fees are: $12 for spayed/neutered pets or $15 for non-spayed/non-neutered. A $10 late fee will be charged for previously licensed dogs that are licensed after April 30, 2022. The Township Clerk’s Office,

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Opinion & Viewpoints COMMENTARY

Rogers, LaClair both onto something This would reduce the ability By Jack Satter of Big Money Interests from OP buying elections. This is in response to Steven Another solution might ED L. Rogers’ Op-Ed of April 6, be to label non-election Kearny

With elections upcoming, the truth continues to matter

n 135 years of operation, it has always been the policy of this newspaper not to endorse candidates for local office. After all, when was the last time you voted for a candidate because a newspaper said you should, anyway? Yet with that said, we do follow elections and we do offer analysis of them from time to time, especially when the stakes are high. We’ve watched in Belleville, where voters head to the polls to choose two representatives on the Township Council and for mayor in a nonpartisan election. Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen, online, a lot “crazed” rhetoric. This is compounded by abhorrent lies and personal attacks. And it has to come to a stop. Have we really devolved so much as a community that it has become acceptable for lies to be told and embraced as legitimate? Have we really become a nation where it is normal to attack people’s personal character, rather than their ability to lead and govern? The amount of misinformation being proffered, not just locally, is astronomical. People of solid character have been maligned. Myths have been told as facts, and there are some out there who know no better — and who may accept these fallacies as Gospel-like. As such, we encourage all of our readers to think long and hard when candidates say their information comes from anywhere anonymously. That is often a way of saying, “we’ve made this up, but by slapping the word ‘source’ onto it, we think you’ll believe it’s true.” Most of the time, it is not the truth. Both locally and across the country, on social media, very little, if any, is. And the electorate deserves better. As such, you’ve been warned. And it is vitally important for each and every one of us to remember this the next time something appears to be false. Because very likely, it is just that — untrue. Editor’s note: The preceding editorial first appeared in The Observer before the 2021 primary, but has been adjusted for 2022.

2022, and Paul L. LaClair’s Op-Ed of April 13, 2022. I totally agree with Mr. Rogers on term limits. And I also agree with some of the points Mr. LaClair made. While term limits are not the end-all solution to the current political situation our country’s politicians have created, it certainly would be a beginning. I disagree with Mr. LaClair’s comment: “If the Founders had intended for terms of office to be limited, they would have written it into the Constitution.” At the time the Constitution was written, the founding fathers viewed our democracy as an experiment without knowing if it would work, nor could they have had any idea that if this grand experiment worked, it would evolve into what it has become today. I do agree with Mr. LaClair’s observation of “One person, one vote” having become “One dollar, one vote.” Mr. Rogers’ observation of the “Rule of Law” seemingly to have been replaced by the

“Rule of Power” looks to be evolving before our eyes. In my opinion, this would be a dangerous situation as it nullifies democracy. It appears there are two separate issues at play here. First, there is the situation of elected officials becoming infatuated with the trappings of their positions and eventually becoming pompous and feeling entitled by their perceived importance. Second, there is the everpresent big money influence on them. I will not ascribe one being more important than the other. Most assuredly they are both bad influencers on our form of government. While term limits may be an easy and yet unproven solution to one of them, no one, as far as I know, has come up with an effective solution to stem the other. Perhaps one measure could be to severely reduce the amount(s) that may be contributed to a political campaign by both big corporations and individuals.

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contributions for what they are — bribes, and make them illegal. We might also take a glance back in history and see how they stopped organized crime from buying police, judges and other officials. Our government machine has grown very complex since its inception due to the evolution of relationships with other countries and the ever-changing complexities of running our own country. I used to think that any of us could step up to the task of a bureaucrat. But after the last administration, I can see how totally wrong my thinking was. While I do not feel having a law degree is essential to the task, I do believe a proper understanding of how our government works and a good orientation of how to navigate and be effective in dealing in its framework are in order for anyone running for an elected office. I would like to hear other people’s thoughts on how to solve some of these problems.

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Continued from Page 1 “It’s a partnership program and they never talk about the fact that these PILOTS are given because most of the time, the environmental pollution — or the cleanup associated with that pollution — is cost-prohibitive to doing anything. So they’ve been content with empty, environmentally contaminated properties that yield no real revenue to the township. They’re content with that. But if we have a developer come in, incentivize him with a PILOT, he cleans up that soil, remediates it to NJDEP residential standards, and then puts a structure on it, where we get up to $900K a year in revenue, as opposed to $10K a year for an empty contaminated site, they are not content. Yet they want us to reduce taxes and provide more services for them.” And Melham says his administration has cut costs,

but that’s never enough. “It’s all OK, but it’s pales when your insurance bill comes in at $1 million higher next year,” he said. It’s all about finding new revenue, something he fears his opponent is incapable of doing. “For 20 years, they built nothing,” Melham said, noting prior to his administration, the last new building in town occurred circa 2000 when townhomes were erected on Franklin Avenue. Despite all of the negativity, Melham says he plans to continue to run on his accomplishments — he will not go negative as has thus far followed through on that promise — and those achievements, he says, are plenty to earn him a second term. “We’ve doubled down in 3½ years what was done in this township over the past 20 or more years,” Melham said. “And yet, only 19% of the voters came out four years ago. We need more than that. And I believe if

you lined up those voters, one-by-one, they’d say they are happier (now) than they were four years ago. However, we need 51% of those people who come out in the May municipal election to think that way. So I keep trying to raise awareness. “We’re going to make the case of what we’ve accomplished and what we’re going to continue to do and what the future looks like under a Melham administration. That said, my opponent has been around 18 years (as a member of the Township Council.) He really can’t propose anything new because he would have done it already “All he can do is knock me, but factor in a lot of the things he knocks me for, he’s already voted on. …He’s blaming me for overdevelopment, yet 65% of all of these approvals came before I got into office. They happened under him. So everything he wants to attack me on, he voted on. …It’s just sad to see. I would have a lot

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more respect for Councilman Rovell, but at this point in time I have zero respect for him. I used to have some respect for him. “He should at least be putting forth his platform, his vision, but his entire campaign is nothing more than a poisoned pen, a social media hit job on me and he’s using that 20-year-old playbook. That worked back when the voter base was far more ignorant to the facts. I’ve spent the last four years educating them … today’s Belleville electorate is far more knowledgeable and aware of what’s happening, so they’re not going to fall for this anymore. “They’re the same people who used to do anonymous mailers, deceive, lie, they’re out there saying I’ve made millions of dollars in realestate transactions. I keep challenging my opponent — show me one. I have not sold a piece of property to any developer. I have not made millions of dollars in real estate in Belleville. n Legitimate defamation of character in 2018 Words do, indeed have consequences. And while in the past, anonymous mailers almost always went unchallenged, it got so bad when Melham ran as a challenger he decided to take the steps needed to prove he

and his co-candidates were defamed. Following two mailers that year, disguised with paid-for language that was “Concerned Belleville Citizens,” that attacked running mate and current Deputy Mayor Naomy DePena with inaccurate, false and misleading information about her years as a Belleville teacher and her teaching credentials, Melham et al sued for defamation four years ago. It led to a settlement with one of three named defendants, his opponent in the 2018 election, the late Mayor Raymond Kimble. Two of the other defendants are former Belleville Board of Education members, one of whom was the board’s president — Tom Grolimond and Michael Sheldon. The mayor says Sheldon recently asked the court for summary judgment — or, a complete dismissal of the case — but a judge denied that request so the case could — and would — move on. It’s been delayed for quite some time because of the pandemic. Melham says he’s noting the suit now because he says if it happens in 2022, and if it’s as damaging as the one in 2018 — he will again sue. “We will find you and hunt you down,” Melham said. An email to Sheldon seeking comment was not returned.

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For Nutley softball team, after tremendous 2021, a state championship is the clear next step The only setbacks thus far were two against Livingston, last year’s By all accounts, last Group 4 champion who is year’s 22-5 record with currently ranked No. 5 in trips to the Essex County the state by NJ.com and and North 2, Group 3 once to Mount St. Dominic, tournament finals was a currently ranked No. 4. rousing success for the “Would we like to go Nutley softball team. out and win every single A year later, merely game? Absolutely,” Zullo being in contention isn’t said. “Is it tough walking enough. off the field and not having With seven starters, a higher number? Yes, including one of the state’s but those games make us top pitchers in Fallyn better. Those teams make Stoeckel back, this Maroon us better.” Raiders squad has more While Stoeckel, who has ambitious goals. already racked up more “Last year we had a good than 110 strikeouts with a group with potential, but 2.09 ERA gets most of the I don’t know if I would attention, she is hardly have told you on Day 1 alone on the field. In fact, that’s where we would be. Zullo sees a group where Getting to those finals were everyone is capable of quite an accomplishment stepping up when their for us,” veteran head number is called. coach Luann Zullo said. “We know that each and “But I think at this point, every day we want to do getting there isn’t what the best that we can and we’re looking for this year support our teammates,” because we’ve made it said Zullo. “One day it there and they know we might be you, the next can make it there. Now we day it might be the person have to take that next step. standing next to you. And “This year we have plans. you have to know that if We want to get things today’s not your day, you done,” she said. have eight other people on Thus far, Nutley looks that field that have your every bit the part of a team back.” capable of winning its first Among them is Sydney sectional title since 2015, Hess, a four-year starter winning eight of its first at catcher, and another 11 games of the season, four-year mainstay in while playing in one the centerfielder Lia DeMaio, state’s best divisions. The who is one of the state’s most recent of those wins, better defenders at the a 1-0 victory over Cranford position. at the Black & Gold Flanking DeMaio in Invitational, in a rematch the outfield are juniors of last year’s sectional Gianna Lembo in right, a final. One week earlier, the converted first baseman, Maroon Raiders overcame and Robin Niland in left. deficits in the seventh and Lembo singled home eighth innings to defeat Niland for the only run in Morris Knolls at Ivy Hill See SOFTBALL, Page 10 Park. By Jason Bernstein

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When Patrick Auteri and the rest of his coaching staff looked at the lack of experience within the Lyndhurst pitching staff before the season, they understood that some rough patches were likely in the team’s immediate future. Those concerns were further magnified when senior Ethan Rodriguez, the team’s most experienced arm, went down the first week of the season due to injury, leaving Auteri to rely on a rotation entirely of sophomores. “Coming into the year we kinda figured with what we lost pitching wise we would probably take our lumps this year, not having experienced pitching on the mound,” Auteri said. “We kinda figured as a staff that this might take a while before they get into a groove and into a comfort on the varsity

level.” Instead, the trio of Michael Rizzo, Anthony Pizzuti and Jack Nowinski have not only kept the Golden Bears’ heads above water, but in their familiar place near the top of the NJIC standings. With road victories at Secaucus and Leonia, Lyndhurst is second in the Liberty Division at 4-1. Overall, the Golden Bears are 6-6 while playing a strong independent schedule against the likes of Bloomfield, St. Mary of Rutherford and Westwood among others. Pizzuti leads the team with 20 strikeouts in 24 innings, Rizzo owns a 3.08 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 25 innings, while Nowinski has a stellar 1.87 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 15 innings. A fourth sophomore, lefty Matteo Morelli, held his own with four solid innings against perennial state title contender St. Mary of

Rutherford on April 13. “This sophomore group we knew had the potential,” said Auteri, who earned his 100th win as head coach in Wednesday’s victory at Leonia. “We figured it would maybe take a little while, but they’ve really stepped their games up and contributed so much. “We’re relying on them so heavily that at times you forget about their inexperience and that they’re sophomores.” Auteri acknowledges that his quartet of pitchers don’t have the skill to overpower hitters quite yet, but have been boosted by a strong defense up the middle in senior shortstop John Lembo and senior second baseman Vincent Auteri. The senior mainstays have been equally impressive at the top of the Golden Bears lineup with Lembo (.469 on-base percentage, nine See LYNDHURST, Page 10

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the outfield Isaiah Alvarado and Greg Frangipane in center field, Ben Nowinski Continued from Page 9 in right. Seniors Shane Monahan and Jason Presutti runs, seven stolen bases) are also in the mix at right leading off and Auteri (.469 field, while seniors Cayce obp, eight runs) hitting Lusinger and Anthony second. Maldonado are defensive “We knew coming in that it specialists in left field. would be a strong point of Junior Billy Mareski, who our team with them coming has eight RBI, has been back,” Patrick Auteri said. doing a solid job at catcher, “You want to be strong up a position that is further the middle and those two fortified with the return really solidify (those posiof Brian Kantor from a tions). preseason injury as well as “With the experience they have, they both get on base, Justin Mayewski. Rodriguez is another they run the bases well, sure to see at-bats when he they’re both fast and can returns from injury. steal bases, it really sets Lyndhurst’s two-game winning streak was snapped the tone for our lineup.” with a loss to Wood-Ridge Rizzo and Pizzuti split third base depending on who on Saturday at the Autism Awareness Challenge in is on the mound. Morelli is Weehawken. The Golden the main first baseman, but Bears look to get back on junior DH Xavier Mieles (12-for-28) and Pizzuti could track with division games at also see time at the position. New Milford on Monday and at Harrison on Wednesday. Lyndhurst has depth in

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freshman, Gabriella Mariano, is starting at shortstop. Junior Mia DiPiano returns Continued from Page 9 at second base and senior Saturday’s win and according Nikki Cicchetti is back at third base. to Zullo are two of her most Another freshman, Skyle improved players. Stoeckel is a utility player Lembo’s move to the and is capable of filling in outfield, opened up first everywhere on the diamond, base for freshman Isabella including in the circle. Thompson, who has hit the Sienna Kantor and Megan ground running. Another

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Stephanie Mizeski likes to step on the softball field with a clear mind. But with Mizeski tasked with having to learn a new position — catcher — just weeks before the start of her senior season, accomplishing that desired mental state proved difficult for Lyndhurst’s talented hitter. “When I don’t think, I play better,” Mizeski said. “When I think, that ruins my game. (Early on) I was just trying to adjust to the new position and dealing with being a catcher, being in the lineup and running the bases, it’s a lot. But once you make that adjustment and not think about it, you’re fine.” With her mind in the right place, Mizeski’s play is more than just fine. In fact, it’s been dominant. Las week, Mizeski scored eight runs and went 7-for11 at the plate in wins over

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Continued from Page 9 playing for herself. She’s such a team player that she decided it’s going to be me and I’m going to be great at it.” “It was tough just because it happened so suddenly,” Mizeski said, figuring it would be her or shortstop Jaylen Rivera, who would fill the void behind the plate. “One day I was a first baseman and the next, I was a catcher. It was the best decision because I had the best ability to fill that spot.” Rivera, herself a one-time Athlete of the Week selection, and Mizeski have been a devastating one-two punch in the Lyndhurst lineup. Rivera, who hits in the three hole, one spot behind Mizeski, had eight hits and eight RBI during the three-game winning streak. Together, with leadoff hitter Ella Tozduman and cleanup batter Reanna Ricigliano, Lyndhurst has scored five or more runs in all but two games this season and finds itself back

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Obituaries John Hartigan John Hartigan of Kearny died April 17, 2022, at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. He was 64. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home ,596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. His Mass was celebrated at St. Cecilia Church in Kearny and cremation was private.

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He was the beloved father of Stephanie Hartigan and brother of Ann Lindenfelser, the Rev. Dennis Hartigan and Grace Murphy. He served in the United States Army from 1975 to 1979. He was a member of the American Legion and Knights of Columbus. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Wounded Warriors Foundation.

Lisa D. Diehl Lisa D. Diehl (nee Carlucci), 45, a lifelong resident of North Arlington died April 21, 2022. For over 10 years she worked as a medical billing specialist for the Medcon Company in East Rutherford before leaving her position eight years ago. She was the beloved wife of

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elleville’s first farmers market initiative is imagined as a place where vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables will share the venue with smallbusiness owners offering everything from local honey to homemade crafts. The inaugural market takes place Saturday, June 18, township officials recently announced, followed by the third Saturday of each month through October, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Belleville High School, and the first one will feature Montclair Community Farms and its mobile farm stand as an anchor tenant. Supported by the township’s Green Team, the creation of the farmers market is an extension of other recent township initiatives such as the community garden and last summer’s Green Fair. “This is another initiative that promotes healthy lifestyles and creating a better Belleville for our residents,” Mayor Michael Melham said. “And, having the chance to come out and pick healthy foods also promotes a sense of community pride. You don’t need to go to a neighboring town — we have it right here in Belleville.” Gabrielle Bennett-Meany, a member of Belleville’s Green Team as well as vice

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we have lost to crime and standing with survivors during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.” National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, this year, is the week of April 24. Since 1981, NCVRW has challenged the nation to confront and remove barriers to achieving justice for all victims of crime. “The Hudson County Office of Victim/Witness Advocacy provides support to crime victims 365 days a year to see that they are treated with dignity and compassion while they navigate through the criminal justice system,” Victim/Witness Coordinator Silena Shuta said. “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is an opportunity for us to elevate the voices of our families, friends and neighbors and continue to educate the community about the resources available to anyone who is the victim or witness of a crime.” Representatives from the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, WomenRising, Jersey City Medical Center Trauma Recovery Center, Hudson SPEAKS and Palisade Family Success Center will also be there. — CANESSA

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