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“We would go to Harvey Field for about 20 minutes of our lunch period and we would pretend we were playing soccer in the MLS,” Borges said.

“When you’re a kid, that’s what you do. You dream about playing in the

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And Borges’ friends would constantly tell him that he was destined for greatness.

“They would say that they always knew I had the best chance to make it,” Borges said.

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JOHN SAKELLARIS, LONG-TIME OWNER

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JOHN E. SAKELLARIS, THE LONG-TIME owner of the Lyndhurst Diner and resident of North Arlington, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

He was 75.

Sakellaris came to the United States from Karpathos, Greece, in 1962, at the age of 19, following two years serving in the Greek Merchant Marines. In addition to owning the Lyndhurst Diner, he also, at one time, owned Al’s Diner on Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City.

In the 1980s, during the oneterm mayoralty of Anthony Cucci, Sakellaris served as a Jersey City deputy mayor. He was also deeply involved in Democratic politics and raised money for former presidential candidates Michael S. Dukakis in 1988 and Paul E. Tsongas in 1992 — both of whom hailed from Massachusetts and both of whom were of Greek heritage.

He also hosted fundraisers for U.S. Sens. Bill Bradley and Robert

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Corzine appointed Sakellaris as a Commissioner to the Historic Commission of Hellenic Heritage in which he was a visionary and founder. Sakellaris witnessed history as New Jersey became the first state in America to have a special commission on Greek issues.

But he was likely best known as the owner of the Lyndhurst.

Especially around here.

Regular patrons know that often, when you’d visit the diner for a meal, you’d find Sakellaris sitting at the counter, helping to supervise, or sitting at the large table in the middle room of the diner with family and friends.

When needed, he’d throw on an apron and cook, too. Rarely would he expect anyone to do anything he wouldn’t do.

Paul Nichols is a what would be considered a regular patron at the Lyndhurst. He says he goes to the eatery “at least three times a week”

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OF LYNDHURST DINER, DIES AT AGE 75 Continued from previous page for lunch and/or dinner and has been doing so since the early 1990s.

“John was an incredible man,” Nichols said. “So many times he would be at the diner getting down to business, but he would always take the time to get up from what he was doing and come over to my table to greet me. In fact, I cannot think of a time where he didn’t do that. I was merely a customer, but he had this way of making everyone who knew him feel like they were a part of his family.

“A lot of times, he would send over drinks on the house. It was such an honor to hear the server say, ‘John wants to buy you a drink — anything you want.’ And on occasion, he would also pick up the entire tab. He just knew how to treat his customers and make them feel welcome and like a million dollars.

“I’m really going to miss him.”

In the mid-1990s — it was

late 1994 or early in 1995 — the Lyndhurst suffered from a dramatic fire that kept the eatery closed for many months. As a regular customer myself at the time, it was very strange not having the diner open. But we’d often run into Sakellaris at the Candlewyck Diner. And he would always come over to greet me and my buddy.

Sakellaris’s grandson, Emanuel Logothetis, posted a moving tribute to his granddad on Jan. 9.

In it, he shared just how important family was to Sakellaris.

“I got the best education a young kid could ever ask for,” Logothetis, his first grandson, wrote. “Food, politics, life, education, culture. history, women, you name it. Real life experiences, (his) advice (was) straight from his heart. He taught me what it means to be a straight shooter and to tell it like it is no matter what.

“How family is the most important thing in life (you

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have one mother, one father, and your siblings are your blood

that never changes for anyone or anything.) How giving back to others and helping those who need you is life’s ultimate duty. My grandfather never refused anyone who asked him for a favor, ever no matter how big or small. “ … I am so very proud to say John Sakellaris was my grandfather. I loved being his grandson. He has enormous shoes that are impossible to fill. The pain is deep, but his legacy will live on through his family. I love you, pappou. May your memory be eternal.”

John is survived by his wife, Zoe Sakellaris (nee Lahanas) and their loving children, Vasilia Logothetis and her husband, James, Irene Papas and her husband, Stefanos and Evdoxia Sakellaris; by his dear grandsons, Emanuel and Yanni Logothetis and Mihali Papas; and by his sisters and brother, Kalliopi Konstantinou, Maria Amanezis, and George Sakellaris.

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By Karen Zautyk kzautyk@theobserver.com IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE metro-area news over the weekend, you might have heard the report about a family of four — and the two EMTs who had been sent to help them — found unconscious in a Bronx home. All six ended up in the hospital, and at least one man reportedly has died from cardiac arrest.

We note this because it’s a powerful example of the dangers of carbon monoxide — the colorless, odorless gas known as “the silent killer.”

According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “CO is found in fumes produced

any time you burn fuel in cars or trucks, small engines, stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges or furnaces.” [News reports linked the Bronx event to a basement boiler.]

The CDC also notes: “The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain and confusion. CO symptoms are often described as “flu-like.” [Particularly scary as we deal with the current flu threat in N.J.] “If you breathe in a lot of CO, it can make you pass out or kill you. People who are sleeping or drunk can die from CO poisoning before they have symptoms.”

Last week, we sat down with Kearny Fire Chief

Steve Dyl, Deputy Chief Joseph Mastandrea, Chief Inspector Juan Barroso and Fire Prevention Specialist Danny Neves to learn about the KFD’s latest life-saving effort: Helping town residents obtain free carbon monoxide detectors. That, and educating them on the crucial need for the same.

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What the smell is that odor in Kearny?

KEARNY’S ELECTED OFFICIALS are looking to their state counterparts to raise a stink about noxious odors wafting from the Keegan Landfill on Bergen Avenue.

On Jan. 8, several town residents whose homes are close to the 110-acre dump

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Noting the relatively recent residential developments in place along Bergen Avenue, off Schuyler Avenue, with more on the way, Felix-Montague said: “No one’s gonna come here if

mounds that have sprouted at Keegan, the water runoff that “used to go into the marshland is now getting stuck. It’s like a bathtub here. We’re getting ready to sell. We’re losing our foundations here.”

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William Street resident Cristina Felix-Montague, along with Eileen Verdi and Emily Pinto, both of John Hay Avenue, pressed their concerns about the odors which they trace to the landfill’s leachate and/or gases.

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Verdi, who has lived in Kearny half a century, griped: “The smell is constant, absolutely horrible.”

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Bravo to St. Stephen’s for keeping memories of Fr. Washington alive all these years later AT THE STROKE OF NOON ON Sunday, Feb. 3, St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny, will once again celebrate the memory of the Rev. John Washington, an associate pastor of the parish in the 1940s, who died a hero as one of the Four Chaplains on the ship the S.S. Dorchester.

Washington, with fellow chaplains George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode and Clark Poling all died on Feb. 3, 1943, as the ship went down after it was hit

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Legend has it the four men gave their life preservers away so that others would survive.

It is also believed the men sang hymns as the ship went down.

Each year, under the Rev. Joseph Mancini’s guidance, the parish gathers to remember Fr. Washington and his ultimate sacrifice to the country he so dearly

loved.

Fr. Washington was ordained to the priesthood in 1935. And while he served elsewhere, he is best known for his service to St. Stephen’s.

This year, the Mass is slated to be celebrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, who will be making his second visit to Kearny since he became the archbishop of Newark.

That, in and of itself, is an extremely high honor to Fr. Washington.

We take this time to give praise and thanks to Fr. Joe and St. Stephen’s for refusing to allow Fr. Washington’s memory to die.

He was a true hero whose sacrifice must never be forgotten.

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Harrison hires Parking Utility czar

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer

HARRISON HAS HIRED A PARKING czar.

Tom Calu, a Franklin Park consultant, has been awarded a one-year professionalservices contract for $84,000 for what town CFO Gabriela Simoes Dos Santos described as “ongoing oversight and representation for the Harrison Parking Center as well as ongoing pursuit of the town’s parking agenda.”

His contract — which was awarded Oct. 16 — runs from Sept. 1, 2018, to Oct. 31, 2019.

Earlier this year, Harrison acquired the 1,440-space garage from its owner, the Hudson County Improvement Authority, by bonding $46,525,000 to cover the purchase, including $500,000 for future capital improvements to the deck.

From 2019 to 2046, the town will be making annual debt service payments of about $2.68 million, Simoes Dos Santos said.

Those obligations, she said, figure to be offset by the town’s anticipated collections of about $700,000 a year in revenues from the garage plus annual revenues from municipal parking meters and parking enforcement fees.

Simoes Dos Santos said the town “will be transitioning revenues and expenses from the [municipal] operating budget to [a municipal] parking utility …” from which Calu’s retainer will be paid.

“Together with the garage, we anticipate a favorable net position which can then be analyzed and utilized in potential future town operating budgets,” she said.

An ordinance adopted in August by the mayor and council authorizing the garage’s acquisition notes that Harrison will be “creating a parking utility” for the “establishment of a publicparking system to consist of the Harrison Parking Garage and other possible parking projects which may include on-street, off-street, surface, garage, or other parking areas or facilities or any parking meters” and for “establishing fees/rates for the use of the Harrison Parking Garage by patrons, as well as reserves for the operating of the parking utility ….”

Since 2008, as noted on his resume, Calu has “represented the [HCIA’s] interests from site planning, Calu design, contract negotiations, project execution and ongoing contract operations” of the Harrison Parking Garage “and associated surface lots” servicing PATH commuters, the Red Bull Arena and the waterfront redevelopment area.

Since the garage opened in 2012, the HCIA has retained LAZ Management, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, to run the facility. Simoes Dos Santos said Harrison “agreed to keep LAZ and Mr. Calu at least during the first year of operation [by the town] in order to ensure a smooth transition and continued institutional knowledge.”

Calu told The Observer that one of his responsibilities regarding the HPG will be to develop an RFP (Request for Proposal) soliciting management proposals for the garage “after 2019.”

He’ll also be making recommendations on infrastructure improvements for the garage for such items as “all walkup controls, access and exit gates and pay stations” and for any “concrete repairs” that may be needed.

As for the garage’s future, Calu said he’ll review what can be done “to satisfy competing interests, including private properties nearby used for event parking and shared parking.” He’ll also be strategizing about parking

by PATH commuters and others in the waterfront redevelopment area.

For the rest of the town, Calu said he’ll be reviewing existing parking policies to see what, if anything, can be done to relieve residents’ stressing about finding overnight parking spaces and to deal with retail employees’ parking issues.

Meanwhile, Calu said he’ll continue to be under contract to the HCIA for “on-call work.”

And he’ll be “wrapping up” work as a parking consultant to Red Bank “by the end of

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He said he recently completed a 2½-year stint as part-time executive director of the East Orange Parking Authority which realized a “42% increase in parking

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In 2003, Calu retired from NJ Transit, where he served as director of economic development and parking and as liaison to the New Jersey Economic Development

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No joke: Long-awaited Oval project about to get underway

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer

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After years of planning, on Jan. 8, the Kearny municipal governing body awarded a contract for the comprehensive makeover of the Gunnell Oval athletic complex.

As expected, the job will be executed by Tomco Construction Inc. of Mount Arlington for a price of $23,666,666. It was the lowest of six bids submitted ranging up to a high of $35.7 million.

There was an approximately $2 million gap between Tomco and the second-lowest bidder, Applied Landscape Technologies.

Michael Neglia, the town’s consulting engineer, said the town has “verbal approval” to proceed from the N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust, from which Kearny has applied for a low-interest loan.

He said he expected written confirmation shortly.

Assuming no further obstacles stand in the way, Neglia said he planned to set up a pre-construction meeting with the general contractor by the third week of January.

“We’ll start out the job a little messy and slow,” Neglia said, with the contractor first clearing the sloped site below Schuyler Avenue of all fencing and structures like fieldhouses and dugouts, and then focusing on “importing tremendous amounts” of clean fill to raise the site out of a flood zone and then covering it with a “cap.”

By spring, he said, the “more heavy activity” should begin with the installation of a storm-water pump and wastewater station drainage system designed to move treated excess rain water into the marsh.

That work, in turn, would be followed by replacing the existing natural grass with artificial turf on all playing fields, along with construction of two prefabricated field houses, installation of new

play equipment, paved parking lots, sidewalks and driveways throughout the site.

As the project moves forward, Neglia said he plans to arrange to post photos and narrative of the various phases of work on the municipal website to advise residents.

Town CFO Shuaib Firozvi said Kearny has so far received a $2 million grant from the N.J. Green Acres program and a total of $1,445,000 in Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund grants to help offset part of the overall cost.

And Mayor Alberto Santos added the town expects to get “partial reimbursement” of work related to the filling and capping of the site from the N.J. Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.

In October 2017, Kearny authorized bonding for up to $21,650,000 for the Oval project.

The Observer has tried to learn the impact on municipal taxes over the life of the bond but as of last week that information was unavailable.

In other business conducted last Tuesday, the mayor and council: • Introduced a capital improvement bond ordinance that will appropriate $2 million for milling and paving of streets (no list of streets has yet been compiled, according to ordinance chair Councilwoman Susan McCurrie); $580,000 for both replacements of existing street cameras and acquisition of new cameras for additional locations and for costs related to increasing the units’ highresolution “storage capacity” up to 30 days; $320,000 for seven new police SUVs being acquired through the Cranford Cooperative Purchase Agreement; and $100,000 to help complete the rehabilitation of the Health Department building, supplementing $200,000 set aside in the municipal capital budget for the project. The bond will be subject to final adoption at a public hearing in two weeks.

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ON JAN. 5 AT 4:52 P.M.,

Kearny PD Officers Ryan Brady, Ben Wuelfing and Alan Stickno responded to an apartment building on Halstead Street on a report of a suspicious person and arrived to find a woman — later identified as Taina Feliciano, 37, of Newark — standing outside with a backpack and an empty bottle of vodka at her feet. Police said she admitted that she had been imbibing, told the cops that she knew her rights and refused to give her name.

According to police, a female resident of the building told the officers that she had been on her way out when she found Feliciano standing on her front porch.

The visitor reportedly slurred an explanation that she was looking for a tenant named “Louie” (no Louie lives in the building) and wanted to use the bathroom.

The resident retreated inside when Feliciano became agitated and verbally aggressive, police said, but Feliciano allegedly followed her into the common hallway and then tried to force her way inside an apartment. However, she was blocked by its male occupant (who was not named “Louie”).

The responding officers said they tried to temporarily detain Feliciano while they investigated the incident, but she became irate and attempted to walk away, leading to her arrest.

After being handcuffed, police said, she sat on the ground and refused to cooperate with efforts to put her into a patrol car, forcing them to pick her up — and weather a barrage of kicks and screams.

On her ride to the station, Feliciano allegedly threatened the cops, kicked the car door, spit and headbutted the seat partition,

causing a cut to her forehead.

This allowed her to start spitting the blood that was trickling from the cut, police said.

At HQ, officers attempted to seat Feliciano in a chair so she could be examined by EMS, but they said she remained combative, continued spitting and bit Wuelfing on the forehead when he tried to restrain her. He was treated for his injury and released from Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville.

Feliciano was treated there, too, but she was remanded to the Hudson County Jail, charged with attempted trespass, obstructing, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, aggravated assault, throwing bodily fluids at a law-enforcement officer, criminal mischief and expectorating in public.

She was also held on a $250 Bloomfield shoplifting warrant. *** Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following:

JAN. 3 In late December, a Kearny Shop-Rite employee came to HQ to report that her wallet, containing $60 in cash, had been stolen from her locker.

Det. Mike Gontarczuk took up the case and, after interviewing store employees and conducting further investigation, developed a suspect who was a new staffer. On Jan. 3, the detective charged William Rogers, 37, of Newark, with theft. Rogers was released on a summons.

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Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla signs letter with Monmouth

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Lyndhurst High School senior Giulia Pezzolla (seated center) signs her national letter of intent, flanked by her parents, Doris Ann (seated left) and Gary (seated right). Standing from left are athletic director Jeff Radigan, assistant track coach Ed Tessalone, head soccer coach Kim Hykey, principal Laura Vuono and vice-principal Frank Venezia.

By Jim Hague ogsmar@aol.com LYNDHURST – When Giulia Pezzolla was growing up, she always thought she would eventually become a soccer star.

After all, that was the first sport she played when she was a toddler growing up all the way into high school.

And after all, it’s a sport where Pezzolla performed at the highest level, tallying more than 50 goals and registering more than 50 assists in

her storied career at Lyndhurst High School.

But after she joined the track and field team, she realized that she was fast. Very fast.

“I really didn’t think about track until my junior year,” Pezzolla said. “That’s when things changed.”

Pezzolla became a standout in track and field for the Golden Bears, winning her share of county and state titles, earning just as solid of a reputation as a runner as she

had on the soccer pitch.

As it turned out, Pezzolla became more of an attraction to college recruiters as a middle distance runner, earning offers from places like the University of Hartford and St. Francis of Pennsylvania.

But there was always one school that stood out in Pezzolla’s mind – Monmouth University. It’s the school that former Observer Male Athlete of the Year Petey Guerriero

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EDISON – He just received the New Jersey Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association’s North Jersey Section 2 Player of the Year, but Omar Sowe was already looking toward a bright future.

The all-time leading scorer in Harrison High School’s rich and storied soccer tradition, Sowe has several options at his beckon call as he makes a move toward continuing his stellar soccer career.

“As of right now, I have a lot of options to think about,” Sowe said. “I really don’t know what I’ll do.”

One of his options is to join older brother Modou, who is a standout player at Rowan University.

“I would love to play with my brother,” Sowe said.

“It’s one of the options I have. We’ll wait and see what happens.”

But for now, Sowe will continue studying at Harrison High and will continue to play with the New York Red Bulls Academy 19-andunder team.

“I’ve been with them for about a month now,” Sowe said of the Red Bulls Academy, which the man team hopes is a breeding ground for future Red Bulls players. “It’s a big transition going from the school ranks to the ranks of the Academy, but I feel like I fit in. It didn’t take long to

fit right in. The training is hard and intense. It’s a little different.”

Sowe received his honor at the NJSCCA’s annual awards banquet at the Pines Manor.

Yours truly was the recipient of this year’s Media Award.

Sowe just returned from a three-game showcase with the Red Bulls U-19 team in Florida, where he scored a goal and had an assist against FC Barcelona’s U-19 squad.

“I’m still going to school and I’m going to finish the year,” said Sowe, who had 35 goals and 26 assists for the Blue Tide last season, a year after scoring 37 goals and having 31 assists. “I’ve been training with the Red Bulls about four times a week. I felt like I was ready for this challenge. I’m glad they saw something in me to give me a chance. I feel like this is just the beginning. It just gets better from here.”

Sowe was asked how he felt about receiving the award as Player of the Year.

“It just shows you that all the hard work and dedication I put in over the last four years has paid off,” Sowe said. “I wasn’t expecting the award. I’m glad to be Player of the Year. I really didn’t have a great year,

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S P O R T S & R E C R E AT I O N PEZZOLLA from 11 signed on to run track and play football.

“Definitely the size of the school attracted me,” Pezzolla said. “It’s not too big.

And the atmosphere is great.

They all welcomed me there and made me feel like I belonged there.”

Of course, speaking with an old friend like Guerriero

helped.

“I spoke with Petey,” Pezzolla said. “I always had Monmouth in mind.”

But Monmouth didn’t come forth with a scholarship offer until late in the process.

“I didn’t know in August what I was going to do,” Pezzolla said. “It was kind of late in the recruiting process. I was looking at other schools, but I always wanted Monmouth.”

That became a reality last Wednesday, when Pezzolla signed her National Letter of Intent to accept a track scholarship to Monmouth University.

“It definitely feels amazing,” Pezzolla said. “It’s definitely what I wanted.”

Pezzolla will compete in cross country for the first time in her life at Monmouth and will run distance races for the Hawks in the indoor

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“I like that,” Pezzolla said about running the 800 and 1,600-meter runs. “I feel the strongest doing those events.”

Needless to say, it was a great day for the Lyndhurst program, which saw Pezzolla’s soccer teammate Isabella Castagnetti (Holy Cross) and baseball standout Frankie Venezia (UMass-Lowell) sign National Letters of Intent to NCAA Division I schools two months ago.

Baseball player Jose Acta signed a letter to attend Division II Dominican College last Wednesday as well.

But the day belonged to Pezzolla.

“I’m super excited for her,” said Lyndhurst soccer and track coach Kim Hykey.

“I don’t think Giulia has reached her top potential yet. She reached new levels here, but her best is yet to come. I think Giulia is her biggest competition, because she’s so hard on herself. But there’s so much more to her that has not been tapped yet.

That’s what makes me super excited.”

Fellow Lyndhurst track

and field coach Ed Tessalone echoed Hykey’s sentiments.

“I think her greatest potential is in the middle distances,” Tessalone said.

“She’s made us all so proud over her four years here. It’s going to be a good fit for her going to Monmouth. It’s a good location.”

“She’s going to surprise some people,” Hykey added.

“If she just believes in herself, she’ll excel.”

Pezzolla plans on majoring in special education/early education at Monmouth, with the hope someday of becoming a teacher.

“If not at home, then somewhere close,” Pezzolla said.

So now Pezzolla can continue with her training and preparing for a great outdoor campaign.

“It definitely takes a lot of stress out of my life,” Pezzolla said. “This took a lot of weight off my shoulders.”

For a school as small as Lyndhurst to have three NCAA Division I athletes in the same graduating class is truly remarkable. But it just goes to show the amount of quality athletes that are in Lyndhurst.

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S P O R T S & R E C R E AT I O N VIEW from 11 so I wasn’t expecting anything big like this. I guess it shows what kind of player I am to receive this recognition.”

Harrison head coach Mike Rusek believes that the best is still ahead for his nowformer star pupil.

“He’s the most explosive scorer of any kid I ever coached,” Rusek said. “I think he’s opened up a lot of doors recently. After the season was over, I contacted Paul O’Donnell (the coach of the Red Bulls’ U-17 squad and a former high school teammate of Rusek’s at Kearny High) and told him about Omar. He said he would give the kid another look and it’s worked out.

After this tournament in Florida, he’s received interest from schools like Clemson and Wake Forest.”

However, Sowe might not have the grades necessary to play NCAA Division I soccer.

“We’re trying to think of the best options for Omar,” Rusek said. “We just have to

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Harrison senior Omar Sowe (left) received the New Jersey Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association’s sectional Player of the Year award from his head coach, Mike Rusek.

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Rusek feels only one sense of remorse.

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He was an excellent team captain and battled through injuries in order to play for us. This year has been a breakthrough year for Omar.”

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Borges had an incredible growth spurt.

“I grew like eight inches in four months,” Borges said.

“Between my freshman and sophomore years, I grew a lot and that really helped.”

Borges moved up to varsity

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“I played like three games with the varsity,” Borges said.

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Some 10 years after crossing Schuyler Avenue to play soccer with his buddies and dream of the future, Marcello Borges became a professional soccer player.

Borges was selected in the second round (28th overall) by the Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer Superdraft held in Chicago.

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“After the college season ended (at Michigan), I had multiple conversations with my coaches, who told me I could get selected,” Borges said. “Then I was invited to the MLS Combine, where all the top players go. That’s when I knew I had a good chance of getting drafted.

Based on my past experience with the U.S. National team, I knew I had a shot.”

As the draft began, Borges had no idea where he would be headed or when he would get to hear his name called.

“Going into it, I obviously looked at all the MLS mock drafts that were out there, but honestly, I didn’t know when,” Borges said. “I just sat there with an open mind. It’s not like the NBA Draft, where players go. I just sat there hearing name after name and then I started to become a little more tense.”

But when he heard the Colorado Rapids and his name being called, the transition was indeed complete. That little undersized kid who used to spend his lunch hours at Harvey Field kicking and dreaming finally became a pro.

“Once I heard my name called, everything came off my shoulders,” Borges said.

“I’m excited to get picked by the Rapids. I spoke to the GM (general manager Padraig Smith) and head coach (Anthony Hudson) and they’re

excited for me to show my ability and see what I can do.

I’m excited to be a part of their history.”

The Rapids have one of the youngest rosters in the MLS so the 21-year-old Borges will fit right in.

“It’s nice to have peers my own age,” Borges said. “Like any rookie, I have to gain the respect of my new teammates.

For now, I’m just going to get ready for the preseason and see what happens. I’m not worried about it too much.”

But there’s no doubt about Borges’ heritage and his hometown.

“When people ask me where I’m from and I say Kearny, they ask me ‘Where’s that?’”

Borges said. “I tell them to Google ‘Soccertown, USA’ and see what it says. I’m proud to be part of that history and heritage. There are some excellent guys to come out of this town. I definitely have something to live up to.”

Borges becomes the first Kearny native to go to the MLS since former Observer Male Athlete of the Year Hugh MacDonald was signed by the New York MetroStars in 2007. MacDonald is currently the assistant coach to another Kearny native Rob McCourt at Monmouth University.

And how did Borges celebrate his day in the sun?

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S P O R T S & R E C R E AT I O N Well, when he came home over the weekend, he went to dinner with the same group of guys he used to play soccer with at Harvey Field when he was a Franklin School student.

“Those friends I’ve had when I was 10 years old are still friends with me today,” Borges said. “They’ve moved on to their own lives, but it will be nice to catch up with them. It’s every little boy’s

dream to become a pro soccer player. I can’t begin to put into words the feeling of happiness I have. I’ve achieved something I worked so hard for.”

Borges and the Colorado Rapids come to Red Bull Arena on August 31. You can be rest assured there will be a solid local turnout for that contest, when a local boy returns home as a professional soccer player.

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Thanks to ancestry.com and a DNA test, Michelle Lynn Kelly — now living in California — was able to identify her dad as Len Twist of Kearny, who did not even know he had a daughter. Incredible enough, but it turned out they had been friends for years, both working with rescue animals in town.

Last month, Michelle and her Army officer husband, Lt.

Col. Timothy Kelly, returned to Kearny to meet her heretofore-unknown extended family, ‘a small fraction’ of which are pictured here at a Dec. 15 party. We obviously haven’t the space to name them all, but you can find Len kneeling at the far left in the front row; Michelle is the woman in grey kneeling next to him, and Len’s wife, Juliette, wearing a red sweater, is just behind him. The man sitting at the center of the row is Michelle’s granduncle Ed Loughman, who helped sponsor the gathering at American Legion Post 99, Kearny.

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Parks Department running Broadway trips The Parks & Recreation Department has tickets to see the Broadway Play “The Cher Show,” on Wednesday, March 13 at 8 p.m. and Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

Cher’s life story is brought to the stage in this new musical featuring her beloved chart-topping hits.

The department also has tickets to see the Broadway Play “Ain’t Too Proud” on Wednesday, April 17 at 8 p.m.

“Ain’t Too Proud” follows The Temptations’ journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Interested in either or both shows? Call the Parks Department at 201-804-2482 to reserve a seat and for ticket prices — which include transportation from Lyndhurst to Manhattan. There is a four-ticket limit per person.

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PreK and Kindergarten Registration Kearny Public Schools 172 Midland Avenue (Main Entrance on Elm Street) Kearny, NJ 07032 Kearny Public Schools will be holding Half-Day PreK and Full Day Kindergarten Registration. A child who is FOUR years of age on or before OCTOBER 1st is eligible to enter PreK. A child who is FIVE years of age on or before OCTOBER 1st is eligible to enter Kindergarten. Current PreK students DO NOT have to re-register for Kindergarten.

Registration will be held at the Board of Education Office on the dates listed below from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m and 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PLEASE USE THE ELM STREET ENTRANCE WHEN YOU ARRIVE. Friday, February 1, 2019 Monday, February 4, 2019 Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Friday, February 8, 2019 Monday, February 11, 2019 Thursday, February 14, 2019 All necessary forms can be obtained from our website: www.kearnyschools.com www.kearnyschools.com or the Board of Education Office. On the date of registration, you should bring ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS with you in order to secure your child’s placement.

Children ages 3 to 5 years, who are experiencing physical, sensory, emotional, communication, cognitive and/or social difficulties may be eligible for special education and related services. A member of the Child Study Team will be available for consultation.

If you are not sure which school your child will attend, please contact Mrs. Karen Ferrara at 201-955-5128.

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CO from 04 The department received 69 CO detectors from the SFPE, and an equal number were recently donated — free of charge — by a Kearny business, the Cooper Electric Supply Co. and its manager Pat Standish.

The KFD Bureau of Combustibles now is busy contacting community organizations to set up CO information seminars — which will be available in English, Spanish and Portuguese — to teach Kearnyites about the gas’ hazards and how detectors can save lives.

The grant application notes that these will especially target “high-risk populations, including senior citizens, multi-cultural families and low-income families.”

In 2018, Dyl said, the department responded to 24 CO incidents. There were no fatalities, but people who were sickened had to be treated by the EMS. Inspector Barroso noted there is now a state law requiring CO detectors in all residences, singlefamily and multiple family, and in

SMELL from 05 of the ice. It’s like we have an ice-skating rink.” Santos said he’ll ask the DPW to salt more frequently.

Next up at the microphone was Pinto, who said her complaints phoned in to an odor hotline – 201-817-9844 – drew three separate visits by inspectors dispatched by the Hudson Regional Health Commission, each of whom took air quality readings, none of which have apparently led to what the mayor characterized as “investigations” of what’s behind the odors.

One of those inspectors, Pinto said, told her the stuff “smelled like hydrogen sulfide – which, at low levels, is not too concerning.” Pinto said she was told “they have to verify it’s at a certain level” – and that it’s coming from a particular source – before pursuing the matter further.

Acknowledging that, “I’m not a scientist,” Santos said that if the substance were hydrogen sulfide, it could be a by-product of sludge” – a material that, he said, was being accepted more frequently at the

FIRE NEWS all commercial buildings. “As we do inspections every year,” he said, “we look for the detectors, but a lot of buildings still don’t have them yet.”

For information on obtaining a free CO detector — available to Kearny residents only — and while supplies last — call the Bureau of Combustibles at 201-991-1402, or email fireboc@ kearnynj.org, or stop by the KFD headquarters on Midland Avenue between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Seniors and low-income families will have priority, and ID/proof of residence is required.

The KFD said it will apply for further CO detector grants. And, it notes, “We›ll still have free smoke detectors for you at no cost.”

(Editor’s note: A complete list of potential CO hazards and prevention advice is available — in several languages — at the CDC website, www. cdc.gov/co/faqs.htm.)

landfill, reportedly from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.

“We’re 99% certain,” Santos said, that the smell “is from Keegan.”

He said the odors seem to be more prevalent “on weekends” – which, he added, happens to be when sludge deliveries to the site are reportedly made.

Santos said the town may explore the possibility of acquiring and setting up its own monitors to take air levels at or near the landfill and he invited residents to “flood the hotline with complaints” to help build a case for an investigation.

And, because the Hudson Regional Health Commission is “an arm of the New Jersey DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protection), “we need to let our state legislators and the governor know [about the issue],” he added. Councilman Susan McCurrie said people should complain to the DEP as well.

Kearny is still licking its wounds in the wake of two recent skirmishes it fought with the NJSEA. Last year, the courts upheld NJSEA’s takeover of the dump after its lease had expired – a move Kearny fought, claiming NJSEA’s predecessor

agency had pledged to clean up the site and help Kearny convert it for recreational use.

And in a condemnation action, Hudson County Superior Court Judge Francis B. Schultz ruled Dec. 19 that the land’s fair market value was $1,818,000 – a far cry from the approximately $23 million that Kearny’s real estate expert estimated it was worth, based on annual tipping fees the landfill generates.

The found that the “best and highest use” of the property, as of the day the NJSEA took title, May 19, 2016, was for “passive recreation,” particularly since it was “highly unlikely that any private purchaser would come forward to purchase the Keegan landfill.”

Unlikely, the court said, because “the potential exposure due to some sort of environmental mishap could be immense and a purchaser would attempt to insure his liability by requiring an indemnification from the seller, Kearny” and, the court added, “it would be fanciful to assume that Kearny would grant or purchase an indemnity for such a purpose.”

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“Donnie was incredibly smart and dedicated many years to the town he loved,” Vartan said. “His service to Kearny will always be remembered by all and I will always cherish his friendship.

Personally, it was an honor to serve as mayor and an even greater honor to serve with Donnie.”

Following his service on the council, in 1997, MacMillan launched what might be considered an early form of social media, in a website and message board called, simply, Kearny Online. The site itself used basic html — by today’s standards, it wouldn’t work — but it was the first place residents of Kearny could

FORMER KEARNY COUNCILMAN Donald MacMillan, who served on the governing body representing the Third Ward in the mid- to late-1990s, died Jan. 9, 2019.

He was 62.

MacMillan was one of the last Republicans to serve on the Kearny Town Council.

MacMillan served concurrently during the mayoralty of Leo R. Vartan who, like MacMillan, was a member of the GOP. The former mayor took time last week to reflect on his dear friend’s life upon learning of his death.

come together to share ideas and opinions.

It was a place that wasn’t always complimentary to elected officials, but considering the year, it was certainly well ahead of its time. “It was the first time I can remember being able to talk about local issues in an online format,” Bill Anderson, a former poster on the site, said. “I would always use my real name, but because it was all so new, people could use fake screen names to hide behind their comments. Still, it got the attention of elected officials and we had a place to go to talk about local issues.

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mistaken, in the early days, the hot topic was still the water deal the town made with East Orange. I didn’t know that Don was behind the website at the time, but I am grateful he put it together. It was a lot of fun back then.”

Michelle Christopher, formerly of Kearny’s Third Ward, says MacMillan was always willing to help her and her family when she needed it.

“He always took my phone calls,” Christopher said.

“Whether it was about the lines on the curbs at my driveway needing a coat of paint, or a complaint about taxes, he was always there.

He also had a biting sense of humor that not a lot of people

really knew about. His public persona — especially at council meetings — was very serious. But he loved to laugh — he made me laugh often — and I will also remember him for the service he gave to Kearny. He never asked for anything in return. His only concern was that people enjoyed their lives in town. He was a big reason why my time in Kearny is something I will always remember fondly.”

MacMillan’s official obituary says he was a big boxing fan and enjoyed collecting and reading comics and traveling with his companion Eileen. He was the director of the IT department for Troy Corp., Florham Park.

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a marijuana logo), inside of which was a jar of the drug, police said. Further search reportedly uncovered two small bags of pot, a number of Entourage cigars and an ash tray containing marijuana cigar butts.

Both men were charged with possession of pot/ paraphernalia. Ortiz was additionally charged with the traffic offenses regarding safety glass and having CDS in a MV. He was later released.

Francis was found to be wanted by Newark ($250 bail, drug paraphernalia); Woodbridge ($514 bail, theft); New Brunswick ($500, smoking on a public bus/train); Rahway ($250, traffic) and Union ($500, traffic). He was held in the Hudson County Jail. *** At 10:56 p.m., Det. Andrews and Officer Bush pulled over a Honda Accord at Forest Street and Seeley Avenue for having a taillight out. Police said driver Jesse Carrano, 40, of Lyndhurst, pulled into a residential driveway, appeared unusually nervous and offered a number of inconsistencies when asked about his current travel. When confronted with these, police said, he explained that he was nervous because he had drugs on him.

The officers reportedly recovered two wax folds of heroin stamped “Pray for Death” and two glass vials of crack cocaine. Carrano was charged on a summons with possession of the drugs and drug paraphernalia, was also issued traffic summonses and was later released.

Sean Podolski and Sgt. Chris Levchak responded to Walmart on a report of three shoplifters. There, they encountered Dwight Trotman, 38, and Antionette Boone, 25, both of the Bronx, and Daniece Carwell, 32, of East Orange, who allegedly were caught under-ringing assorted merchandise at the self-checkout to the tune of a $1,128.15 loss to the store.

A security guard had asked the “shoppers” to go back and ring up the true value, but they reportedly refused and tried to leave. All three were charged on summonses with shoplifting and conspiracy.

JAN. 8 At 4:37 p.m., Officer Dave Bush and Det. Mike Andrews were driving on Bergen Avenue when the flow of traffic became impeded by a man walking in the street. They alighted to speak with him, noted the smell of burnt weed and recovered from him a marijuana “blunt,” police said.

Brandan Hidalgo, 22, of Kearny was charged on a summons with possession of pot and paraphernalia. *** Officer Sergio Nobre, patrolling at Bergen and Kearny avenues at 7:19 p.m., pulled over a Honda Accord with an illegally tinted front windshield. While speaking with the driver, Joseph Ortiz, 22, of Newark, the officer noted the odor of raw marijuana and saw on the floor near front-seat passenger Daniel Francis, 21, of Easton, Pennsylvania, a brown box (emblazoned with

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OBITUARIES TAJ ANTHONY ROBERTS

Taj Anthony Roberts of Kearny died Jan. 9, 2019.

He was 37.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Cremation was private.

In 2013, Taj was inducted into the Kearny High School Hall of Fame for soccer as goalkeeper 1996-1998.

He was named to the First Team All-State for New Jersey Soccer Coaches of New Jersey, was First Team All Hudson County soccer captain for the KHS soccer team that won the North I sectional championship in 1998.

From 1996 to 1998, he was a three-time letter winner for KHS soccer teams and won over 60 games. In his high school career, he won three sectional championships and one north championship.

Taj was the beloved husband of Sarah (Stuart) and son of Laura Cifelli and Jack Pettigrew. The father of Kaya Lee, Peyton, Ivy and Shayne, he is also survived by his sister Emily St. Dic (her husband Pierre) along with his nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Newark Renaissance House, 50-56 Norfolk St., Newark, N.J. 07103.

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with his family and helping others. Ray touched everyone’s heart who was lucky enough to come in contact with him. His loss leaves a void in our community and he will be greatly missed.

Services took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Burial with military honors was in Pikes Peak National Cemetery. To leave condolences or see additional photos, visit www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ colorado-springs-co/ralphscarpa-8102065.

It is with great sadness that the family of Ralph “Ray” Patrick Scarpa, 73, announce his sudden death on Dec. 27, 2018.

Ray was born Jan. 15, 1945, in Jersey City to Rose and Ralph Scarpa. He graduated from Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington, before earning a business administration degree from Seton Hall University.

He married Donna Marie Russ on Sept. 17, 1967, and they recently celebrated 51 beautiful years together.

FRANCES MOSCINSKI Ray served in the Air Force Frances Moscinski (nee for four years and during this Benn) died at St. Michael’s time, earned a Bronze Star Hospital, Newark on Jan. 3, while serving in Vietnam for 2019. his tireless dedication to counShe was 78. try. The Air Force brought Visiting was at the ArmitRay to Colorado Springs, age & Wiggins Funeral Home, Colorado, in 1969 where he Kearny. Mass was celebrated was stationed at NORAD in at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny.

Cheyenne Mountain.

Burial was in Holy Cross After serving in the Air Cemetery.

Force, Ray worked for the Fran was the devoted mothState of Colorado as a tax audit manager and served the er of the-late Richard Moscinski and sister of the-late John state for nearly 30 years until W. Benn. his retirement.

Ray was an active and deEMILIA M. CANHOTO vout member of Holy Apostles Emilia M. Canhoto of Catholic Church, serving on Kearny died at home Jan. 7, many committees and teams.

2019.

He also volunteered throughVisiting was at the Armitout the Colorado Springs age & Wiggins Funeral Home, community.

Kearny. Mass was celebrated Ray was preceded in death at Queen of Peace Church and DONALD MACMILLAN by his parents, Ralph and burial was in Holy Cross CemFormer Kearny Councilman Rose Scarpa, and his brothetery, North Arlington.

Donald MacMillan died Jan. er, Anthony Scarpa. He is Emilia was the wife the 9, 2019. survived by his wife, Donna late Joaquim and mother of He was 62.

Scarpa; his four daughters, Joaquim Jr. and the late Idilia Visiting was at the ArmitDebbie Varga, Laura Bell Mauricio. Sister of Joaquim age & Wiggins Funeral Home, (Timothy), Kristi McGarry Prata Canhoto and the late Kearny. Burial was in Rest(Patrick) and Cynthia Scarpa Palmira Prata Ramos and land Memorial Park, East (Sumanth Belawadi); and six Antonio Prata, she is also surHanover. grandchildren: Aislyn, Kyla, vived by her grandchildren Don enjoyed boxing as a Ava, Gianna, Donovan and Claudia Mauricio Gibney, Miyoung man.

Sloane. chael Mauricio, Nicole CanHe enjoyed collecting and Ray lived a life dedicated hoto and Monica A. Canhoto reading comics and traveling to serving God, his family along with her great-grandson with his companion Eileen. and his community. He loved Andrew C. Gibney.

He was Director of I.T. for trains, travel, singing, the In lieu of flowers, kindly Troy Corp. in Florham Park. mountains, his dogs and a consider a donation to St. Former husband of Donna good Italian meal, but nothing John’s Soup Kitchen in New(Baumgartner) and dear made him happier than being companion of Eileen Radleigh, he was the son of Robert MacMillan and the late Hazel (Rowlands). Father of Jaclyn MacMillan and brother of 331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison Robert MacMillan (Kathy), Licensed Funeral Director serving your needs: Deborah McInerney (Kevin) and Thomas MacMillan (DiFrank X. Mulligan III, Manager, NJ Lic. 4221 ane), also surviving are many loving nieces and nephews.

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ELEANOR M. GODDARD

Eleanor M. Goddard (nee Smithem) of Kearny died at home Jan. 7, 2019.

She was 89.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Mass was celebrated at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny.

Burial was in Hollywood Memorial Park, Union.

Eleanor was a dental assistant for many years in Kearny at the office of Dr. Robert Johnson.

Wife of the-late Thomas Goddard, she was the mother of Gary Goddard, Dona Kelly, Thomas, Wayne and Gayle Goddard. Sister of Frederick Smithem, she is also survived by seven grandchildren and

13 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to Alzheimer’s research.

STANLEY F. WASOWSKI SR.

Stanley F. Wasowski Sr. died at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

He was 100.

Funeral services were under the direction of Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave., Harrison, A funeral Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Harrison. Entombment was in Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington.

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No Pets. 1 parking space available. Single couple preferred. Call between KEARNY 2nd Fl. 4 BR. 10am -7pm (201)997LR, KItchen . 1 ½ month 2341 35W03 security util. not included right on Kearny Ave. close to transportation KEARNY 2nd floor. & shops. Available Jan Large 2 BR + space for 15th, Pet Friendly. (201) small office. LR, DR, EIK. 991-3366 * (201) 328- Walk in Closet. $1700 + 5815. 35W03 1 1/2 months security + utilities not included. No Pets/Smoking Avail Now. (973)992-1592 36W03

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Renovated 6 more. $2000 month + 1 treatments. $1500/mth. rooms. 3 BR, 1 1/2 Baths. 1/5 months security. UtiNo pets. No smoking. Call 732-887-3450 before 9pm. LR, DR, Laundry available. ilities not included. Avail $1700/mth.

Separte Feb 1st (732)364-0702 36W03 utilities. 1 1/2 MOS. Se- 36W03 curity No Pets. Avaliable Feb 1 or 15th (201)660HARRISON 3rd fl. 3 3334 35W03 BR, Kitchen, Foyer, Full bath, $1,400/month + KEARNY Second floor. utilities. Students Welcomed. Avl. Feb 15th. 1 KEARNY 3rd fl. 2 BR, 2 BR plus Attic. LR, EIK. and 1/2 month deposit. Large LR, EIK,1 bath. 1 BATH. No Pets/SmokText or leave message $1,350/month. 1 month ing. $1800 + 1 1/2 for John after 2pm. (973) security. Avl. Immedi- months security. Utiilties 445-1466 Must have ately. Call 201-622-8315 not included. Avail Now. (201)856-4310 36W03 translator. 36W03 35W03

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Avail February 1st. credit check required, No pets/ smoking, call between 9am - 5pm (201)6554663 36W03 LYNDHURST Nice 2 BR apartment on a 2nd flr, quiet street, close to transportation, shopping, etc. Available on Jan. 15th, No Laundry available, H/HW included, $1,600 Call Andres @ (201)954-1304 36W03

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Shared Kitchen & Bathroom. $550 month + 1 NORTH ARLINGTON 1 month security H/HW BR, $1,200 and 2 BR’s. & Gas Included. Avail. $1,400. HT/HW included. Now (973)905-2241 or Parking space. No pets. (862)300-9575 36W03 (201) 342- 2206 35W03

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NEWS BRIEFS Franklin School’s December Students of the Month named Yvonne Cali, principal of Franklin School in Kearny, announces the December Students of the Month.

These students were chosen based on this month’s mantra, “We Love a Challenge!”

Lilianna Ventoso, Jasmine Santamassino, Isabella Martinez, Ricky Andujar, Michael Clark, Deicer Duran Timbay, Jaylin Padilla, Jassinia Ardolino, John Santana Cerezo, Yony Solano, Daniel Hernandez, Anthony Castellanos, Camille Kopp, Matthew Barreto, Jia Hu, Genesis Vallejo, Rayyan Bourquia, Jamysel Quiroz, Jeramiah Sanchez, Sarah Celi, Vallery Taveras, Emi Rengel, Kal-El Espinoza, Sumaiya Ouali, Natalia Weir, Gabriel DeCastro, Walter Espinoza, Andrew Requena, Isha Lin, Isaac Kopp, Mia Ramos, Kaitlyn Cortes, Sebastian Henao, Ayr Reyna Agurto, Samuel Garcia, Angel St. Jean, Harshika Pasunuri, Dylan Yanza, Sarahi Ludena, Mirka Rojas, Rochelle Muyudumbay, Dylan Cano, Jordan Guerra, Ashley Rojas, Alyson Guillen, Rayan Nazhi, Anneliese Ramos, Miles O’Blenis, Rodrigo Alvizures Maldonado, Isaac Santos De Freitas, Luca Rodrigues, Saffia Ouali, Alan Piwowarczyk and Valery Cocuy.

Garfield School lists December Students of the Month Curtis Brack, principal of Garfield School in Kearny, announces Garfield School’s Students of the

Month of December: Eliza Robinson, Layla Incorvaia, Brian Bandao, William Solano, Jayden Acevedo, Jamarrah Bioty, Valery Pardo, Mason Scarpa, Afonso Oliveira, Aidan Rosario, Henessy Rodriguez, Izael Moya, Liam Cooper, Anastasia Guy, Chloe Latona, Nicole Sanchez, Alyssa Faria, Mason Gryckiewicz, Fizza Raza, Ashley Sawaged, Raquel Lamego and Ryan Gonzalez.

Blood drive planned for Feb. 23 The next blood drive co-sponsored by the Kearny (area) Interfaith Network (KIN), the Junior Woman’s Clubs of Arlington and Kearny Rotary takes place Saturday, Feb. 23, at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington, 663 Kearny Ave., Kearny. Put this on your calendar now. Additional information will be available soon.

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He is survived by his loving children Stanley Wasowski (Kathleen) sage to his family, visit and Florence Wasowski; www.mulliganfh.com. cherished grandchildren Born and raised in Melissa Heard (Brett), Harrison, Stanley lived Alexis Finniss (Matthew) there for most of his life and Courtney Sikes (Jusbefore moving to Neptin); eight great-grandtune City seven years children and his dear sisago. He retired as a Deputy Chief of the Har- ter Marion Listwan. He rison Police Department is also survived by many after 30+ years of service. nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the family requests donations to the Security Harrison; a parishioner Fund of Our Lady of Czeof Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Harrison; stochowa Church, North Third Street, Harrison, a member of the New Jersey State Policemen’s N.J. 07029, in loving Benevolent Association, memory of Stanley.

North Jersey; and was ROGER DLUGOSH also a member of WilsonRoger Dlugosh died Gugelman VFW Post No. Jan. 12, 2019, in Veterans 1302, Kearny.

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Stanley served his He was 69. country in the U.S. Navy Roger was born in Toduring World War II. ronto, Ontario, Canada,

on April 23, 1949. He graduated from Kearny High School in 1968. He served in the US Army fir two years. He was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. After the war, Roger worked as a plumber with Local 24 before retiring several years ago. He was a resident of Kearny for many years.

Roger was predeceased by his mother and stepfather Linda and Neil Head Surviving are his daughter Gina; two brothers Carl Dlugosh (Sheila) and Neil Head (Christine) and two nieces April Amenta and Ashley Dlugosh.

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463 Page Ave., Lyndhurst

274 Ivy St., Kearny

229 Court Ave., Lyndhurst

109 Magazine St., Newark

Listed: $349,800 • Days on Market: 25 Closed: January 4, 2019 • Sale Price: $350,000 Agent: Luis Rodriguez Tel: 201-679-8929

Listed: $325,000 • Days on Market: 25 Closed: January 8, 2019 • Sale Price: $325,000 Agent: Guillaume Da Silva Tel: 201-702-9398

Listed: $650,000 Closed: January 8, 2019 • Sale Price: $635,000 Agent: Luis Rodriguez Tel: 201-679-8929

Closed: December 18, 2018 • Sale Price: $200,000 Agent: George Rosko Tel: 201-218-0841

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