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SCHUYLER SQUEEZE Local businesses feeling the pinch with prolonged drainage work along road By Ron Leir

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mall businesses at the south end of Schuyler Avenue in Kearny are getting squeezed – all casualties of a prolonged flood mitigation undertaking by the town. The problem has become yet another in a long list of hurdles to overcome over a multi-year period, which, up to now, the town has managed to handle. These challenges included securing easements from neighboring property owners to locate a pump station behind the Hindu Community Center and a discharge force main across a developer’s See SCHUYLER, Page 15

Kearny HS Project Graduation needs community’s help By Kevin A. Canessa Jr.

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roject Graduation at Kearny High School has existed since 1996, and for many of those years, one sponsor — the Kearny Applebee’s — has contributed over 75% of the food needed to feed 400 graduates for eight

hours. However, the local franchise informed Project Graduation the last week of May — just a few weeks before the major event — they are no longer in a position to do so. So Kearny high Project Graduation President Ann Rodriques and the committee are scrambling to either find a

group of restaurants willing to help or to raise the money to purchase the food. The menu is typically 300 hamburgers, 300 hot dogs, six trays ofchicken tenders, 200 chicken wraps, six trays of meatballs, eight trays of pasta (ziti, stuffed shells or cavatelli & broccoli), 200 veggie wraps, four trays

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9 new officers joining Kearny Police Dept. 8 are heading to the academy; one, already a cop, is off to field training By Ron Leir For The Observer

Nine new bluecoats, including two sons of Police Chief George King, are now on the Kearny Police Department roster. The town governing body authorized the hirings May 24, each at a starting salary of $46,314 a year. Technically, the appointments took effect May 28. Before they hit the streets, eight of the nine must complete training at the Essex County Police Academy in Cedar Grove. Classes begin June 10 and end in late November. The other officer did the training while working previously for another law enforcement agency, King said. The new officers, in the order they ranked on the state Civil Service certification list, are: Sean King, Jonathan Lima, Damian Kolodziej, Thomas Collins, William King, Kyle Costa, Alvaro Goncalves, Travis Witt and Sandra DaSilva, all Kearny residents. All of the new appointees are

replacements for retired officers, King said. “This will essentially bring us to full complement of (100) officers,” the chief said, “but we did have a recent retirement (Sgt. Peter Gleason, effective June 1) who has not been replaced yet.” Gleason’s replacement is expected to be named shortly, King said. Here are brief profiles of the new officers: n Sean King, 26, worked for NJ Transit Police Department Fare Enforcement. n Jonathan Lima, 30, worked for the International Union of Elevator Constructors. n Damian Kolodziej, 23, worked for United Airlines. n Thomas Collins, 26, worked for the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office. Having successfully passed his academy training, he is entering directly into the KPD field training program before being assigned regular duties. n William King, 22, worked for

NJ Transit Police Department Fare Enforcement. n Kyle Costa, 22, worked for Home Depot. n Alvaro Goncalves, 36, worked as a manager for Best Buy. n Travis Witt, 21, worked for Tilson Technology Management. n Sandra DaSilva, 23, worked for the town of Kearny as a security guard. In other business, the mayor and council focused their attention on various civilian-related matters. They voted to introduce an ordinance that would amend the Passaic Avenue redevelopment plan to limit the height of buildings in the Commercial Center, Residential, Mixed-Use, Mixed-Use Overlay and Residential Rehabilitation Districts to four stories/40 feet. A “mezzanine” would be considered a full floor under the ordinance. The proposed change would affect only new development in the redevelopment area. This action would be consistent with prior action the governing body took in 2019 to limit building height in the Schuyler

Avenue redevelopment area to four stories. Fourth Ward Councilman Susan McCurrie, who chairs the ordinance committee, said the council is looking at “all areas of town for any future development, so as not to create a density issue … to make sure an area doesn’t get overdeveloped.” A public hearing on the ordinance is slated for June 14.

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Belleville trash collection contract set By Ron Leir For The Observer

The Township of Belleville has opted to sweep out its old trash collector in favor of a rival firm that offered a better deal. On May 24, the township governing body voted to award a contract for the collection of solid waste and recycling collection services to Joseph Smentkowski Inc./ Galaxy Carting, of Jersey City. Smentkowski/Galaxy will receive a three-year deal calling for annual payments of $1,934,000 for solid waste and recycling collections. The company will get $300 per hour and up to $2,400 per day for on-call vehicle rental each of the three years. And the company will collect $255, $265 and $275 respectively, for years 1, 2 and

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3 for roll-off service. “While the prices are higher than the past fiveyear contract, they represent competitive prices under the current market conditions,” according to the resolution awarding the contract. In making this award, the township is breaking with the longtime incumbent

vendor, Suburban Disposal, of Fairfield. In a letter to residents posted on the township website March 1, 2022, Township Manager Anthony Iacono said the switch to Galaxy was being made chiefly because “the

level of service provided to our community was inadequate and failed to meet our expectations.” But Suburban didn’t give up without a fight. After its contract expired Oct. 31, 2021, the township

extended the agreement through Dec. 31, 2021, then solicited bids but, it only got one, which it rejected — and authorized a second extension. The township then readvertised for a new round of bids. It got two, from Suburban and Galaxy. The township rejected Suburban’s bid “because the bidder made changes to the proposal forms” and awarded a new contract to Galaxy. But Suburban then sued and the court ordered Belleville to conduct a second re-bid, resulting in a new set of bids from both companies and “it was determined that Joseph Smentkowski Inc. was the lowest responsible bidder.”

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Belleville Woman’s Club celebrates centennial

good fellowship among The Woman’s Club of women and stimulate Belleville is one of the oldest interest in all those things and most active organizations that would render the in the township. It was members helpful to one originally organized in 1916, another and useful to as the Belleville Improvement society and cooperate for Association with Mrs. Herbert the betterment of social Vail as the first president. The conditions.” mission of the association was Joining the New Jersey to promote health, welfare State Federation of Women’s and beautification of the Clubs on June 16, 1922 community. expanded the club’s concerns As the Belleville to encompass national and Improvement Association international causes. However, developed and attracted more Michelle advertising@theobserver.com 201-991-1600 the members’ main focus members, the group changed Newspaper: Client: its name to the Woman’s was still devoted to serving Club of Belleville and joined Belleville. From the 1970s the General Federation of through the 1980s the WC of NOTARY SERVICES MADE EASY AT THE OBSERVER’S KEARNY OFFICE Women’s Clubs and New Belleville sponsored a Junior Jersey State of Women’s Clubs Woman’s Club, Juniorettes in 1922. and an Evening Membership The club’s first president Department. was Mrs. Frederick Dodd Woman’s Advertising: Here is the updated templateThe with a newClub photo of Jarlynn Hyd who served from 1922Clubhouse is located at 51 SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE NOTARIZATION OF: 1925. The objective of the Rossmore Place. This older, roomy colonial home was club was “to maintain an organized center n Real Estate Transactions n Mortgage Refinancing See BWC, Page 19 of thought, action and n Will Preparation n Powers of Attorney

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Man who served Belleville parish ordained a priest By Kevin A. Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com

ardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., the archbishop of Newark, ordained five men to the priesthood during the Rite of Ordination on May 28 in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart — and one man served his diaconate in Belleville. As their loved ones looked on with smiles and tears of joy in their eyes, the five priests-to-be — David Hinojosa (who served St. Peter’s Church, Belleville, for the last year and Roberto Julio Moreno Andrión, Matthew Gonzalez, Peter Jacob Volz and Ashton Ignacio Francisco Wong — were called forward one by one as Cardinal Tobin prayed over them and ordained

them as priests. Cardinal Tobin also spoke to the five men during his ordination homily, reminding them: “The people you will serve will always remain [Jesus’] people, as do you.” After they were given their stoles and chasubles and had their hands anointed with sacred chrism oil by Cardinal Tobin, the five distributed communion to the faithful for the first time as priests. Then, once the ordination concluded, they offered their first blessings to many of those gathered. The new priests were assigned to parishes throughout the four counties of the Archdiocese in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and RCAN photo Union. There, they will shepherd At the Rite of Ordination late in May, the Rev. David Hinojosa, right, has his hands anointed with sacred the faithful while celebrating oil by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark. Assisting is a familiar face second from right — the Rev. Joseph Mancini, pastor of Kearny's St. Stephen's Church, who is also the cardinal's emcee. Mass and the sacraments.

East Newark switches rubbish haulers, changes pickup schedule By Kevin A. Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com

ast Newark has a new trash collector and with it, comes an adjustment to the pickup schedule. Effective June 3, 2022, F. Basso Jr. Rubbish Removal, Inc., will be the garbage and recycling company for the Borough of East Newark. An additional garbage day pick up and weekly recycle pick up have been added. The new schedule is as follows:

June 3: Garbage was picked up beginning at 5 a.m. As of June 6: Trash pickup Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. As of June 7: Recycling of bottles/cardboard, then every other Tuesday. As of June 14: Recycling: cardboard only (no bottles and cans) every other Tuesday. Bulk pick up remains every Monday.

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REFLECTION What if Uvalde, Texas, was Washington, D.C.?

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lose your eyes for me and do a little fantasy meditation for a moment. In the scene, you’re back in a classroom. Maybe it’s your classroom at Franklin School in the second grade. Perhaps it’s St. Cecilia Elementary School and you’re in the third grade. Possibly, it’s Schuyler School your fourth-grade year. Can you picture it? Now, envision aside from you, there are 18 children, two adults inside the room. And, from nowhere, the peaceful memory of being back in elementary school is interrupted by a loud popping sound. There’s no way to tell what it is exactly, but it sure has made the adults in the room concerned, so much so they ask all the kids to huddle round on the floor, on the door side of the room, in a way you can’t be seen from the door window. The popping sound grows louder and it sure does sound like someone is shooting a gun nearby, but the teacher has locked the doors, shut off the lights, and though everyone in the room is silent, there’s a visible fright that has overcome everyone. But the door is locked and the teacher has turned off the lights, so everyone will be safe. But out of nowhere, a guy, rather young and scruffy looking, kicks the door in — and suddenly, a man armed with an assault rifle is in the room. He looks around and sees all these frightened kids, huddled together, some crying, others frozen solid in time, others on their phones. Can you hear those conversations? Perhaps one girl is telling her mommy she’s scared and this scary looking guy just came in. But mom will call 911 to tell them where you are, so you’ll be safe. But then, one boy who was in an adjacent room hears the scruffy guy with the AR in-hand, shout, “Kids, get ready to die!” Then, one by one, starting with the 10-year-old on the phone with her mommy, the first shot’s fired. Can you hear the sounds of fear, the shouts of helplessness, the moments of sheer horror? That was the first shot fired — and the girl quickly bleeds out. Her friend tends to her, but is next to be shot. And then, one by one, 18 more times, this guy, 18 years old, shoots every single person in that room. So in one classroom, a place where maybe you’ve experienced joy, excitement, laughter, everyone is left bleeding — dying — dead. Can you see the room and what it looks like? The sounds are over. The room is littered with bodies. There’s blood spatter all over the place. The smell is unmaskable, unbearable. The gun guy is still alive — and so are you because you’re only there in a fantasy meditation. But everyone else is dead. Can you see it? Can you feel it? Now envision for a moment that the classroom you’re in becomes the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The blood spatter is still there. There are 20 people spread out on the floor, all gone. Perhaps there’s Mitch McConnell. Mitt Romney. Marco Rubio. Cory Booker. Bob Menendez. Chuck Grassley. Rick Scott. There’s Diane Feinstein. Amy Klobuchar. Ted Cruz. Chris Coons. Chuck Schumer. Can you see Mark Kelly. Dick Durbin. Lindsey Graham. Joe Manchin. Bernie Sanders. Rand Paul. Elizabeth Warren. Tom Cotton. Some are Democrats. Some are Republicans. Now, come back from your meditation, thinking this actually happened. Do you think even this would be enough to get the 80 who remain to take some kind of action, whether it’s over the sales of assault rifles, or the care for the mentally ill? Would it be enough to enact change? Because the loss of those children and the absolute horrors they and their classmates experience won’t be. Somehow, inexplicably. But again, what if the 20 were the aforementioned adults whose job it is to craft our laws. Would even that be enough to get someone, somewhere, to do absolutely anything of value? We can only hope — and I suppose pray, though that hasn’t exactly worked either — we never have to find out. — KEVIN A. CANESSA Jr.

Ryan: We must never forget the local heroes who gave their lives for us LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor: Recently, we celebrated and remembered our military members who gave their lives for our freedom. Flags were placed, wreaths were set out. Over the past year, many of the same items placed last year have been moved, damaged and/or stolen. This is unacceptable. I do not care if it is kids or adults, if it was a prank or just someone thinking it is was funny. These things have meaning and we need to understand that for so many, there is not a stateside grave and these monuments are a place to reflect and remember. We would not move a remembrance display in a church or cemetery and so we need to treat these monuments the same way. It is up to us to reflect on the sacrifices they made. When you walk past a park,

or monument or street named for them, take a minute and wonder who were they. For many years, it has been the practice in Kearny to name new streets and parks for those on our Honor Roll of military who never made it home. Miglin playground was named for Charles Miglin but has a plaque listing 13 servicemen who never made it home. The Chestnut Street Bridge, for instance, is named for two brothers killed in World War II — Vincent and Alfred Pisciotta. Pettigrew Playground is named for Frank R. Pettigrew, U.S. Army, killed in action in 1945 in the Philippines Gunnell Oval is named for

Benjamin Elliott Gunnell, U.S. Army, the first Kearny man killed in World War, who died July 28, 1918 Donald Scott Playground is named for Lance Cpl. Donald Blue Scott, 19, killed in action in Vietnam. Peden Terrace is named for Joseph Peden Jr. (USN) the first Kearny casualty of World War II. He was just 20. There are monuments all about town, so take a minute, pick up the trash near them, straighten the flag and give thanks for their sacrifice when you see them. As a side note, if you have a connection to someone who died in service, write a short history of what you know, submit it to the museum or library committee so the names we see have a face and story. Melanie A. Ryan Kearny

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Flag Day June 14, 2022

Commemorating the adoption of the ﬂag of the United States which took place on June 14, 1777. Whether it was hoisted into the air by six Marines at Iwo Jima, planted on the moon’s surface by two astronauts or unfurled by three firemen at Ground Zero, the American flag has been a beacon of hope and a symbol of what we can accomplish when we come together as a nation.

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Dowd leaves EN 4 months after taking BA job Schools chief Corbett also says farewell for a similar job in Rockaway

By Ron Leir

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wo key East Newark administrators, one in municipal service and the other in education, are leaving their jobs. Robert Dowd, who was retained as the borough’s business administrator just four months ago, has abruptly departed to accept a job with a publishing company to write a textbook on criminal justice. Dowd had retired as police chief of North Bergen in 2020 after serving 26 years with the department. An adjunct professor of criminal justice at New Jersey City University and Hudson County Community College, Dowd is also managing partner with

Roberts & Associates, a firm that specializes private investigations, professional security and public safety consulting. He is also a commissioner on the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority. Kevin Catrambone, the borough’s director of special projects, will serve as acting B.A., pending the borough finding a permanent replacement for Dowd. Meanwhile, Richard Corbett is departing as the borough’s superintendent of schools July 1 to be chief administrator of the Rockaway Township public school district. He has three years remaining in his contract with the borough Board of Education but he won’t be paid for that time since he’s leaving of his own

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pointed to the recent expansion of the middle school program, “from three to 10 classrooms, from no gym to a full-sized gym, from a tiny cafeteria shared by 200 pupils to an abundantly large café to serve 60 (middle school students)” by leasing space at the former Holy Cross School in Harrison. At the borough’s 100-plusyear-old elementary school, the original bathrooms were renovated to state-of-the-art condition, Corbett said. On the academic side, “For the first time ever, we were designated a highperforming school district in 2020,” he said, as a result of students’ test scores going up significantly in English Language Arts in a district where a large majority of

students come from families whose primary language is something other than English. “It was a team effort,” he said, “with so many good people working for the benefit of our students.” That team is losing another two members: Paul Vizzuso is leaving his job as school business administrator July 1 and Evelyn Lasalle, Corbett’s administrative assistant, is already gone. “I consider East Newark a diamond in the rough,” Corbett said. “We’ve got some of the best teachers, our students are phenomenal, they work hard, they’re respectful. I’ve spent some of the finest years in my 25-year educational career here.”

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Sports & Recreation

Memorable Nutley softball season ends with ‘epic’ 2-1 loss to Roxbury

Locals walk away with medals at NJSIAA Sectional track meet By Jason Bernstein jason@theobserver.com

This weekend the NJSIAA State Sectional championship meets were held across the state and there were plenty of stellar performances from local athletes. Among them, a trio of golds from Lyndhurst on the girls side, and on the boys side, one of the more unique triplequalifying performances by Bloomfield’s Cristian Armstrong.

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Luann Zullo knows there will come a time when she and her Nutley players will look back upon last week’s Group 3 semifinal against Roxbury with reverence for the incredibly high level of skill and poise displayed by both teams over the course of two days. But for now, the feelings from that 13-inning, 2-1 loss at Roxbury are ones of pain. The epic game started last Wednesday before being suspended with it 0-0 in the top of the seventh inning due to rain, forcing Nutley

to make another hour-long drive west to Succasunna to resume the game Thursday morning. The two elite squads played another sixplus innings until Roxbury’s Natalie Otto doubled into the left field gap, scoring Jayden Pennella and ending the Raiders’ incredible season. “That last game was so intense, it was a shame that someone had to lose because it was so well-played by both teams,” Zullo said. “There were amazing plays being made by both sides. It just stings a little to be so close. “This game, we’ll be talking about for a long time. This was probably the most

intense, greatest high school contest that I’ve ever been a part of. I’ve been coaching for a very long time and this has to be among the best.” Future discussions will certainly revolve around the pitchers’ duel between Nutley’s Fallyn Stoeckel and Hailey Errichiello of Roxbury as the duo combined for 33 strikeouts and just nine hits allowed. Stoeckel, who took a perfect game into the fifth inning, escaped trouble in the fifth and sixth before the storm came. On Thursday, the star senior broke the See SOFTBALL, Page 10

Liliana Malinowski, Maria Gaccione and Julia Sales. Like Carrino, Malinowski also medalled in three events, taking third in the 3200 (12:37.23) and fifth in the 1600 (5:46.37).

Julia Tozduman took first place in the Triple Jump with a personal best 34-11. This weekend was just the latest bigtime performance in what has been a breakout sophomore season as she medalled in four events, finishing third in the Long Lyndhurst puts the Gold Jump (16-9.75) and 400 in Golden Bears Meter Dash (personal best 1:01.34) and fourth in the From a team standpoint, 200 Meter Dash (26.98). no one had more medal Overall, the Lyndhurst winners than Lyndhurst’s girls finished second in girls team this weekend in the North 2, Group 2 the North Jersey, Section 2, team standings with 77 Group 2 meet in Randolph. points, trailing only New In total, the Golden Bears Providence. had 14 medal winners, “We gave New including three first place Providence a run for their finishers. money and they didn’t Former The Observer expect it to be as close as it Athlete of the Week Kayla was throughout the meet. Carrino took home first These girls were absolutely in the 3200 Meter Run incredible,” head coach and smashed her previous Rich Tuero said. “I’ve been personal record with telling them for a month a time of 12:05.56. The that we have a shot at standout junior finished this section as a team and fourth in the 1600 Meter it’s going to take a lot of Run (5:46.20) and was great performances to do a part of Lydnhurst’s so. Even though we took first place 4x800 Meter See NJSIAA, Page 11 Relay team, running with

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Continued from Page 9 scoreless tie with an RBI double in the top of the ninth, but Roxbury’s Lia Milsom answered with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. Starting with the 10th inning, each half inning begins with a runner on second base meaning that one hit might potentially end the game. In the 10th, Nutley had a runner thrown out at the plate trying to score from third on a fly ball to right field. An inning later, the Raiders had their own defensive gem when Stoeckel back-handed a comebacker to the circle and fired home to catcher Sydney Hess, who tagged out the sliding runner. Hess then threw to second where Gabriella Mariano tagged out the batter trying to advance for an inning-ending 1-2-6 double play. “The longer we went, sooner or later, someone’s

going to run into one. We were hoping it was us,” Zullo said. “You had two excellent pitchers. I’ve said it all through my career, in order to get that far, you gotta get a little lucky. Sometimes luck is on your side, sometimes it’s not.” Stoeckel, in her final game in maroon, struck out 14 and walked three, allowing just one earned run on five hits. Errichiello, Roxbury’s star sophomore, struck out 19 while allowing one run on four hits and two walks. Stoeckel, whose 307 strikeouts this season were the most by any Nutley pitcher in at least 25 years, will continue her career at Rider; Hess is signed to play at Sacred Heart and center fielder/leadoff hitter Lia DiMaio will play at Georgian Court. The graduation of those three and Nikki Cicchetti, who had three RBI in the North 2, Group 3 title game against West Morris, leaves a considerable void to fill

for next year as well as a standard for future teams. “This group of seniors has been a huge part of everything we do for these last three seasons,” Zullo said. “This group of seniors made it to the sectional finals all three seasons they played, they made it to the County final the last two. This team has done a lot and those seniors really raised the bar for what’s expected. “We talk about it when they come into the program (I ask) what kind of legacy do you want to leave? This group has raised the bar, they really have with what they’ve accomplished in three years. It breaks my heart they didn’t have the fourth year, but what they accomplished in three years (was incredible). I know today it’s still really a tough pill to swallow because it was so intense, but it was such a great game that there’s going to come a point where it won’t hurt as much and we’ll talk about how great that game was.”

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Continued from Page 9 second place, I could not be more proud of these girls. They absolutely gave us everything they had to earn what they got.” Bloomfield’s Armstrong a Triple Threat Cristian Armstrong might not have left theNorth Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 meet in Clifton with a gold medal. But he did have perhaps the most impressive all-around performance among local performers. The junior took second place in the Triple Jump (43-0) and sixth place in both the Long Jump (20-6) and High Jump (a personal best 5-8). While it is common to see athletes compete in both the Long and Triple jumps, rarely do they also compete, let alone excel in the High Jump like Armstrong.

“It’s very rare. Usually you’ll see Long and Triple together, but not with the High,” Bloomfield coach Terry Iavarone said. “So to see him in a Group 4 section, with some of the biggest schools in the state, to medal in those three events is almost impossible.” For good measure, Armstrong also set a personal record in the 200 Meter with a time of 23.11, but in a loaded field, did not qualify for next weekend’s group championships in the event. Looking Ahead to Groups Those who finished within the top six in their respective events during the sectional meets have advanced to the NJSIAA Group meets this Friday and Saturday. Qualifiers from Belleville, North Arlington and Nutley will be heading to Pennsauken for the Continued on the next page

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Albina Frangu, 6th, Girls Shot Put, 31-9.5 (PR) Sarah Hartland, 6th, Girls Discus, 93-6 Kailyn Sayers, 4th, Girls 400 Meter Dash, 1:00.25 (PR) Alyssa Valentin, 3rd, Girls Discus, 100-5 (PR) Robert Wolf, 5th, Boys 800 Meter Run, 1:58.98 (PR)

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Meter Hurdles, 17.74 (PR) Rilwan Olunlade, 5th, Boys High Jump, 5-8 (PR) Anthony Jimenez, 6th, Boys Long Jump, 20-0.25 Brandon Rivera, 6th, Boys Triple Jump, 41-9.5 (PR) Julia Tozduman, 1st, Girls Triple Jump, 34-11 (PR) Julia Tozduman, 3rd, Girls 400 Meter Dash, 1:01.34 (PR) Julia Tozduman, 3rd, Girls Long Jump, 16-9.75 Julia Tozduman, 4th, Girls 200 Meter Dash, 26.98 Yasemin Ugurlu, 5th, Girls

Jose Baca, 4th, Boys High Jump, 5-8 Joe Brubaker, 3rd, Boys 110 Meter Hurdles, 16.36 (PR) Michelle Bysina, 3rd, Girls Pole Vault, 7-6 Kayla Carrino, 1st, Girls 3200 Meter Run, 12:05.56 (PR) Kayla Carrino, 4th, Girls 1600 Meter Run, 5:46.20 Maria Hantzaras, 4th, Girls Shot Put, 28-2 Liliana Malinowski, 3rd, Girls 3200 Meter Run, 12:37.23 Liliana Malinowski, 5th, Girls 1600 Meter Run, 5:46.37 Rola Mustafa, 4th, Girls 100

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leyball in general. He studies film of what the other team does. He wants to learn.” Like most parents of “Before we play a team, I teenagers, Kearny head boys’ usually like watching film basketball and volleyball if I can of the other team coach Bill Mullins will often so I know where spots of see his son William on the weakness are or holes and phone, watching videos. In who I should try to serve this case, however, what’s it to and what to attack,” playing is not the latest hit William Mullins, a junior at show on Netflix or Amazon Kearny HS, said. “I rewatch Video. Instead, it’s volleyball the games we play on TV so on the screen and William is I can see what I messed up preparing for his time on the on, what I did good with and court. where I can improve on. I’ll “He studies it, he prealso watch film from years pares. He goes on his phone ago of players to try and see and watches videos of what they did well.” other players. He studies The hours of video certhe position and he studies tainly paid off for the the game,” coach Bill Mulyounger Mullins and in turn, lins said. “He doesn’t just go his Kearny team. The Karto practice. He studies pro dinals, whose season came players, college players and to an end last Wednesday in top high school players. He the NJSIAA North Jersey, learns a lot from that, not Section semifinals at Unjust about hitting, but volBy Jason Bernstein

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ion, won a school record 27 games, including its first-ever Hudson County Tournament championship. And William Mullins, in his first year at outside hitter, set a program record for kills in a season with 286, while also leading the team in digs at 186. Mullins’ record-setting play has earned him The Observer’s Athlete of the Week honors. “I just try to watch film and be a student of the game,” William Mullins said. “I try to pick up anything here and there. Anything always helps.” It comes as little surprise that when the possibility of changing positions came up before the season came up, William Mullins turned to See ATHLETE, Page 14 Photo by Jason Bernstein

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“It was a tough adjustment, but I felt like I was really committed to it and I focused on it and I trained for Continued from Page 12 it,” William Mullins said. “And as the season went on, I was able to really his phone to help ease the transition progress at the position. from middle block to outside hitter. “I always followed my dad when In particular, it helped him improve he was coaching the volleyball team on the defensive end of the floor, enand I was always waiting for the date abling him to make the switch. when I would get the chance to play. “Studying helped me a lot with Now that I finally have the chance, how to approach playing defense, and to achieve what we did this receiving,” William Mullins said. “I year, first time winning the County watched videos of what the college championship, setting the record for guys do. It was very helpful.” For Bill Mullins, his son’s ability to most wins in a season, it was all just very memorable. It was a great year play well enough defensively at the overall.” spot was the biggest concern about In Wednesday’s semifinal at Union, the switch, especially since William Mullins led his team in kills (13), digs was playing soccer and basketball at (10) and blocks (3) as the Kardinals Kearny when many of the other top outside hitters in the state were play- dropped a three-set heartbreaker. With that memory fresh in his mind, ing club volleyball. William Mullins has all the motivaWilliam Mullins quickly quieted tion he needs to have an even better those concerns. senior season. He recorded 12 digs in the Kardi“Losing (to Union) hurts, but it nals’ season opener at Memorial and before long, was Kearny top defensive serves as fuel and motivation,” he said. “When you’re working out or player on the outside. training and you feel like you don’t “He became a very good defenreally want to do it, you can just resive player and that was a surprise because we had never seen it before,” member what your goals are and how you fell short last year. Next year is Bill Mullins said. “How well he did my last year so I really want to make defensively was definitely surprisit count.” ing.”

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Traffic on Schuyler Avenue in Kearny continues to be detoured as street work abounds. Here, a Kearny police radio car can be seen keeping traffic away, though patrons of Seabra’s are permitted to go to the store.

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Continued from Page 1 property, getting permits from the DEP and financing from the N.J. Infrastructure Bank. Finally, a little more than a year ago, the town awarded a $9.9 million contract for the installation of new storm water infrastructure and a storm water pump station to mitigate flooding east of Schuyler in and around Dukes Street, Devon Terrace, Tappan Street and Hoyt Street. The job was expected to take a year to complete. But over the past few weeks, a new complication has muddied the scenario as a contractor has been digging up Schuyler in the area around the aforementioned blocks south of Bergen Avenue to install sewer pipes, then repaving the street. The KPD has had to block off north- and southbound traffic along that section of Schuyler, compelling motorists to detour around the area and that has caused some hardships for several smaller retailers and commercial businesses located along that stretch. A sign has been posted at the corner of Bergen and Schuyler advising southbound drivers that Seabra’s Market remains open and cars may access the store’s parking lot but one store employee said that since the roadwork began a few weeks ago, business has been off. At the May 24 meeting of the town governing body, Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos said the roadway disruption is likely to continue beyond the time

anticipated for “six to eight weeks.” He acknowledged the situation has had “a dramatic impact” on the local businesses in the area. Santos, Kearny Urban Enterprise Zone Coordinator John Peneda and David Silva of Neglia Engineering, the town’s Lyndhurst-based consulting engineering firm, recently met with several of the shop owners, including Seabra’s, Brazilian Spices, a used car dealer, a sign-maker, hardware store and a café to hear their concerns. One problem several of the businesses share, according to Peneda, is truck deliveries of supplies. It’s tough for the drivers of larger vehicles to negotiate turns in and out of the narrow streets that the detours force them to use, he said. Peneda said one idea that was discussed was that the shopkeepers could alert local police ahead of time about anticipated deliveries so that possibly, allowances could be made to let the trucks through during those scheduled times. Some food vendors reported issues with deliveries involving private delivery services, Peneda added. In a May 27 email, Santos said the town “adjusted the portion of Schuyler Avenue closed to through-traffic yesterday so as to improve access to the affected businesses.” Before that, he said, “most traffic was detoured at Harrison Avenue which reduced customer flow and made deliveries difficult for the businesses on Schuyler between Hoyt and Duke streets. We will re-assess next week but we think the new traffic pattern will address most of the concerns.”

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Continued from Page 4 purchased in 1928. In 1967 the club held a mortgage-burning ceremony. Over the years, the home has been redecorated and renovated. A bright music room at the south end compliments the spacious meeting room, which holds 75 people. In 1923, when the Belleville Children’s Aid Society was unable to finance the salary of a professional caseworker, the WC of Belleville provided assistance by donating toward the salary for three straight years. Through the efforts of the club, in 1927, Belleville became one of the first communities to furnish police officers and crossing guards with white, luminous gloves. This safety precaution was later adopted in many neighboring communities. During its first 20 years,

The Observer | www.theobserver.com the club donated toward the construction of a new boathouse for the joint use of the Belleville and Nutley high schools crew teams. Other activities then included donations of glasses to New Eyes for the Needy, the public library, the Garden School, Soho Hospital and the Community Mental Health Center of Belleville, Nutley and Bloomfield. For the 50th anniversary of its founding, the WC donated a 25-foot aluminum flagpole for the War Memorial on Union Avenue near Little Steet. The club worked closely with the Veterans’ Council of Belleville for the formal dedication of the gift, on the morning of Memorial Day, May 30, 1967. This flagpole is always part of Belleville’s Memorial Day celebration. Some of the current community projects of the club include sponsoring female high school Juniors to the NJSFWC Girl’s Career

Institute at Douglass College each spring, scholarships for Belleville High School students, sponsorship of a poetry contest for elementary and middle school students, collections of toiletries, school supplies and gifts for the Safe House, Operation Candy/Cookie, Books for Tots and Teens In conjunction with the Belleville Fire Department, support of domestic violence programs, support services to homeless women, donations to various

veterans’ organizations and hospitals and numerous other contributions to community and state organizations. The present state project, Operation Chillout, benefitted homeless veterans. Members are encouraged to take part in various other activities such as an international potluck dinner, tricky trays, theater trips and concerts, craft and poetry workshops and many others. Various fundraising activities have been sponsored such as

Bom to Shop, Dinner Fashion Shows, Craft Shows, concerts and others. “We celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the WC of Belleville. We are proud of our rich history and grateful to the thousands of women who have been members these past 100 years,” the club said in a statement. “May we continue to serve our community, state and world for many more years to come trying to accomplish something, not merely to exist.”

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and easier to buy the supplies and cook themselves, that is not an option with only two ovens to reheat the food at the venue. If you or your organization can help, please contact Rodgiques at (201) 618-5384 or by email at JMRAMR@hotmail.com. The food would need to be at Kearny High, on Devon Street, by 6 p.m., Friday, June 17, to be transported to the venue. The purpose of the event is to congratulate seniors for completing their high school curriculum as well as to provide a safe, enjoyable environment for the students on their graduation night. After a serious accident, Project Graduation was created to help keep graduates safe for an all-night, chaperoned, alcohol and substance-free celebration. It is hoped that these young adults will carry into the future the message that having a good time is possible without the use of drugs and alcohol. The project is an expensive endeavor, costing approximately $30,000 per graduating class when the sponsor unable to help this year handling 75% of the food. The event is supported by donations and fundraisers.

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