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School getting facelift By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – As summer’s clock winds down to the start of classes for the fall term, East Newark Public School is making all kinds of preparations to welcome students and staff back in style. Newly installed Superintendent/Principal Patrick Martin recently ticked off a list of improvements that staff and borough workers have done to enliven the century-plus-old building. “We’ve undergone a huge facelift,” said Martin. Among the improvements he listed were these: * All classrooms have gotten new window shades. “Many didn’t have any to begin with,” he said. * The school’s early childhood center, located in the borough rec center, had a new air-conditioning system and a new refrigerator installed. * A borough maintenance crew was doing some repairs in the school’s boys’ bathroom and came across original floor tiles, Martin said, so that flooring has been restored. * The school’s kindergarten classroom – whose wall coloring probably has remained untouched for many years – is being painted, along with a see SCHOOL page

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By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY –

opes by Kearny to secure a developer for the old Koppers Coke Peninsula Redevelopment site have taken one step forward and two steps back.

Kearny and Tierra Solutions, the owners of two of the three parcels in the South Kearny meadows area targeted for redevelopment, teamed with the Hudson County Improvement Authority, the third property owner, to jointly market the moribund site for new

ratables in hopes of maximizing the future value of the property. To that end, the HCIA – acting on behalf of all three – invited prospective developers to submit proposals which were eventually narrowed to a short list of two: The Morris Companies and

Cleaner/Matrix. On Aug. 13, the HCIA board of commissioners authorized its representatives to designate The Morris Companies as the prospective developer – but only for the HCIAowned Koppers site – and to see KOPPERS page

Too many birds of a feather flock to Nutley By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

NUTLEY – Fire hoses didn’t work. Boom-boxes didn’t work. Will “fogging” do the job? Only time will tell. The “job” is to drive the

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Mauro G. Tucci, “but when they roost in the thousands, they create a problem.” Which is why, for several nights last week, the park was temporarily closed for “fogging,” the spraying of an “environmentally responsible” aerosol called Methyl Anthranilate.

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KEARNY –

n an early August night, a few weeks ago, Kearny’s Julie Kelley recalls her husband Ed calling her to the window of the couple’s Morgan Place home and inviting her to look next door where the beacon from his flash light was focused. It was there, caught in the glow from the beam, that she saw them – two raccoons straddling the space between the attic and roof of 47 Morgan Place. After the couple snapped a photo, Kelley downloaded the image from her camera and sent it to Mayor Alberto Santos, who, in turn, forwarded it to the town’s Health Department. “It worries me,” Julie Kelley told The Observer. “I have to live here. I don’t want raccoons in my house.” Bill Pettigrew, a municipal public health inspector, said: “It was brought to our attention by a neighbor that a family of raccoons – a mother and two offspring – were living inside the home at 47 Morgan Place.” That location has been well-known to the department since fall 2010 when the house was vacated and the Kelleys began to be plagued by various property issues: water spewing from a broken pipe in the basement, rats occupying a dilapidated garage, an unsafe exposed outdoor pool, backyard overgrowth, and now, animal squatters. To deal with the prior prob-

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The town boarded up holes along the base of the porch and along the roof eaves of 47 Morgan Place to keep out critters and it set up traps outside the attic and in the backyard.

lems, the town capped the leak, tore down the garage, filled in the pool and cut the grass, placing tax liens on the property owner’s tax bill for the cost of the work. As for the raccoons, Pettigrew figured the animals were getting in and out of the building through gaps in the roof eaves, in the front and rear of the house. So he enlisted the aid of the town’s public works crew to cover up the gaps with plywood and,

with an assist from Bergen County animal control officer Bob Harris (contracted by Kearny on an as-need basis), rigged an outside trap with cat food and water along the eaves designed to allow an animal in but once inside, it could not return; it could go only one way – out. “I also saw an opening at the base of the first floor where the siding meets the porch and we boarded that up, too,” Pettigrew said. “We also set up three traps on the

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grounds in the backyard.” It was in one of those traps that, soon after, “one of the offspring was caught,” he said. And, a few days after that, a skunk was found in a trap. The Kelleys were concerned that possibly the mother raccoon and her other offspring remained inside the house, but Pettigrew told The Observer he felt that wasn’t the case. “I put out more food inside the trap, plus food and water outside the ledge, about a foot away from the trap, as a lure, and, next day, I saw fresh claw marks on the siding and I saw that the food was gone and the water dish was tipped over on its side, so my guess is they got outside and we won’t see them inside anymore,” Pettigrew said. “There are raccoons all over town,” he said. “It’s just nature. They even travel through the sewer system.” And – like other animals in the wild – they may carry rabies or other diseases so it’s best to avoid contact with them, Pettigrew cautioned.

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Massa names sewer committee NORTH ARLINGTON –

orth Arlington Mayor Peter Massa has appointed an eightmember committee to interview Geraldine and Truman Road residents to learn the extent of sewer backups into basements and to team with the borough engineer to communicate possible solutions to residents. In the meantime, the borough awaits the results of a camera inspection of the sanitary sewer system in the Geraldine Road area to ascertain the reasons for the backup flows. The committee members are residents Mark Tylenda, Craig Josloff, Lenny Aluotto, Ray Martin, Steve Delpome

and Lawrence Maleszewski, along with Borough Councilmen Richard Hughes and Tom Zammatore. Hughes said sanitary sewer problems in the area date back decades. “The sewer backups in that neighborhood are probably 40 years old. We need to determine if the problem has gotten worse over the years and, if so, how many people are impacted by sewage backups.” Zammatore said: “I believe we first need to determine the cause and scale of the problem and then determine the best, most cost-effective solution.” At the Aug. 14 mayor/council meeting, the borough’s consulting engineer Thomas Lemanowicz said the camera

inspection appeared to show no major structural problems with the sewer line that would explain the backups. Councilman Joseph Bianchi wondered if rain water was contributing to the problem,

based on a recent visit to the area during a heavy rain storm when he said he saw four inches of rain coming off the hill across Schuyler Ave. and onto roads in the neighborhood.

Whether that’s the case or not can’t yet be determined, according to Lemanowicz, who added that efforts will be made to stem the inflow of rainwater into the sanitary sewer line.

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Kardinal 5K Race set for Sept. 6 KEARNY –

earny High School is seeking entrants for its second annual Kardinal 5K, slated for Saturday, Sept. 6, with proceeds to benefit KHS student activities.

Walkers are also welcome. The start and finish line will be at the KHS track. Here’s the schedule: registration is at 7 a.m.; the 5K Race begins at 8:30 a.m.; a 1-mile Run for Kids starts at 9:30 a.m.; and a Kids Fun Run

gets underway at 10 a.m. Immediately after the Kids Fun Run, 5K Race awards will be given to the top participant in each age division: 9-12, 1319, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60-plus. The cost is $25 for pre-

Borough unveils road improvement plan NORTH ARLINGTON –

s part of this year’s road improvement program, North Arlington will be repaving four streets, covered under a $452,773 contract awarded to DM Fernandes of Elizabeth, said Mayor Peter Massa. The cost of the contract is partially offset by a $79,200 federal Community Development Block grant that was awarded the borough in 2013. The streets to be repaved are: Stover Ave., from River

Road to High St.; Bogle Ave., from River St. to Ninth Ave.; Noel Drive, from 38 Noel Drive to Second St.; and Belmount St., from Prospect Ave. to York Road. Massa also said the borough received a 2014 CBDG road improvement grant of $100,000 which will be used to repave Halsey St. and Moore Place. Additionally, the borough received a $149,000 2014 road improvement grant from the state Department of Transportation that will help finance the repaving of

Eagle St., from River Road to Riverview Ave. The contract bids for the projects covered under the 2014 grants have not yet been awarded, but Massa said the borough will move quickly to get the other road projects underway. “It has been the policy of my administration to solicit state and federal grants to help us finance as many road improvements a year as we can to support the safety of our community and the home values of our residents,” said Massa.

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ifteen Nutley students from both elementary schools and high school participated this summer in the township Department of Public Affairs’ Nutley Corps program. Corps members are volunteers of all ages who assist the Public Affairs Department, headed by Commissioner Steve Rogers, in various capacities “to meet the needs of residents,” Rogers said. “Beginning in July, and continuing into August, these kids came twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, four hours a day, to work with our department and help in any way they could,”

Rogers said. Among the activities they were called on to lend a hand were visiting and writing letters for senior citizens, checking up on local veterans, and conducting video interviews of World War II veterans to get their firsthand accounts. “Those taped interviews are going to be given to the Nutley library and will also be sent to the Library of Congress [as documentation of] the everlasting contributions our veterans made during World War II,” Rogers said. “We’re going to continue with this Corps effort all year long,” the commissioner added.

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Alert citizen alerts the KPD A call from a concerned citizen about a suspicious individual led to the early -morning arrest Aug. 18 of a Kearny man on multiple charges, Kearny police reported. The caller notified headquarters at 5:20 a.m. that a man was possibly breaking into vehicles in the area of Chestnut St. and Oakwood Ave. Officer Ben Wuelfing saw and detained the suspect, Andrew Worth, 22, at Midland Ave. and Beech St., and also saw a clear plastic bag containing suspected marijuana protruding from Worth’s backpack, police said. After arresting him on the drug charge, Wuelfing searched the pack. Police said it was found to contain: a Garmin GPS, a Magellan GPS, a Verizon cell phone, sunglasses, a digital camera, a wristwatch, a new padlock still in its packaging, a silver ring, two iPods, a Bank of America Visa card and more than $300 in loose change and currency. Sgt. Paul Bershefski, who had responded to the original call and checked parked vehicles, located an owner who said his car had been entered and some of the items were his, police reported. Worth was charged with receiving stolen property,

credit card theft and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Other recent reports from the KPD blotter included the following:

was charged on those violations contents were recovered and and also with careless driving returned to the victim. and failure to exhibit vehicle documents. Aug. 20 Det. Gonzalez and Lt. Tim Aug. 18 Wagner, on assignment in the At Kearny and Midland area of Walmart at 3 p.m., saw Aug. 15 Aves. at 7:45 p.m., Officer John a Honda with a broken windAt 10 p.m., a call came in Fabula spotted a man whom shield and missing vent winfrom Quick Chek reporting he knew to be the subject of dow enter and leave the store that a shoplifter had just fled a Kearny warrant for terrorlot. Stopping it on Harrison Ave. the store. Officer Glenn Reed istic threats stemming from a for the vehicle violations, they got a description and direction domestic dispute. After this reportedly detected a strong of flight, and Officer Wuelfwas confirmed, Hector Reyesodor of raw marijuana and saw ing spotted the suspect on vendrell, 32, of Newark was drug paraphernalia in plain Chestnut St. Jose Rodriguez, arrested and brought to headview. 40, of Newark -- allegedly in quarters. Police said the driver, possession of 27 packs of gum Christian Rosa, 21, of Harrison, and four cans of Red Bull -Aug. 19 admitted to pot possession and was brought back to the store, Following an investigation, produced from the console two identified and arrested. Police Det. Michael Gonzalez arrested digital scales and a container Chief John Dowie said this Carlos Flores, 39, of Newark with four large plastic bags of marked the 15th time since 2009 in connection with the theft the drug. He also consented that Rodriguez was arrested by of a purse from an 82-year-old to a search of a backpack that the KPD for shoplifting or on Kearny woman at ShopRite reportedly held four more bags warrants for same. on Aug. 7. Police said Flores of the suspected drug, six packs had also used the woman’s of glassine bags, a marijuana Aug. 16 credit card in Newark. He grinder, a box of 80 sandwich Officer Daniel Esteves, rewas charged with credit-card bags, a bag with pot residue, sponding to a 6:20 p.m. accident theft and theft of property lost and 43 rounds of 9 mm. blank on the Passaic River bridge in or mislaid. The purse and its ammunition. South Kearny, found that an SUV operated by Jackeline Garcia, 31, of Elizabeth had rearended an auto. He also found that a 2-year-old boy in Garcia’s vehicle was not in a proper car restraint, and that she had a suspended license and a warrant out of Fairfield, police said. She

Rosa’s car was impounded and he was taken to HQ , where the marijuana was weighed and found to amount to 56.3 grams, police said. He was charged with possession of the drug and paraphernalia, possession of more than 50 grams, possession with intent to distribute, driving with a suspended license, operating a MV while in possession of a CDS and operating a MV with a cracked windshield. Officer Peter Blair was on Pulaski Skyway traffic duty at 5 p.m. when he spotted a 2008 Audi with no front license plate. Checking the vehicle on his mobile computer, he found that the registered owner had a suspended license and a Cranford warrant, police said. Carlos Gonzalez, 30, of Belleville was charged on the aforementioned offenses and with failure to surrender a suspended license. see KPD page

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y now, you surely have heard of “The Ice Bucket Challenge” wherein people are videotaped pouring ice water over their heads in the name of charity. The stunt is raising awareness of, and donations for, the fight against ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. But there is another “challenge” out there, performed in the name of abject stupidity. Or insanity. Or both. It’s known as “The Fire Challenge,” and if you haven’t heard of it, you’re probably an adult. If you are a parent or guardian, you damn well ought to learn about it, because it’s endangering your kids. The best we can determine, the first “Fire Challenge”

video was posted on YouTube back in April 2012. Today, there are multiple videos. And there have been multiple injuries but, amazingly, no deaths. Yet. Last week, the N.J. Division of Fire Safety issued an alert to first responders in the Garden State. It reads as follows: “A disturbing new trend is manifesting itself online on social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube called ‘The Fire Challenge.’ “The fire challenge involves teenagers pouring an ignitable liquid . . . on their bare skin and igniting it while another teenager takes photos or video of the event. [We have deleted the type of liquid cited, although several kinds are used.] “The photos and video are subsequently uploaded to the

various social media sites for the world’s online community to watch and share. The imbecilic act is supposed to elicit laughter as onlookers and internet viewers watch the reaction from the person who is on fire. . . . “Several news stories regarding the practice report that when young survivors are interviewed, most say they didn’t give much thought to the possibility of being injured or killed and they didn’t realize the fire would be so intense. “Since many of these reported incidents involve the ignitable liquid being poured on the chest, emergency responders must be particularly aware of the potential for serious respiratory burns when treating victims, in addition to the obvious external

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burns.” Repeat: Kids are pouring flammable liquids on themselves and setting themselves on fire. Repeat: Most say they didn’t give much thought to being injured or killed and didn’t realize the fire would be so intense. Part of our still semi-sane brain wonders if the whole thing is not some sort of hoax. (The reported death of a teenager in Buffalo was apparently untrue. Apparently true was the Aug. 24 news story about a North Carolina mother arrested after filming her son performing the stunt.) In the videos, the subject usually stands in a bathtub or shower stall, presumably so water to douse the flames is readily available. Except, when you’re going

up in flames, it takes only a millisecond to be seriously burned. In at least one video, a panicked youth, torso ablaze, runs from the bathroom into another room. How he didn’t set the house, as well as himself, on fire is not known. If you are seeking some profound analysis of the Fire Challenge phenomenon, you won’t find it here. We are simply dumbstruck. Perhaps the best summation about the warped mindsets behind all this is in a parody photo we saw online: A hospital patient, swathed in bandages head to toe, is holding a phone. The caption reads, “How many ‘likes’ did I get? #FireChallenge”. - Karen Zautyk

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undertaken by the developer would be expected to serve proceed with negotiations for as a “cap” for the property, he 180 days for a sale/purchase added. agreement. Guerra said that Kearny Morris’s legal representative representatives “did sit with is Theodore A. Schwartz, a [the developer] on their piece” former deputy state attorney in an effort – thus far, unsucgeneral and environmental cessful – to include the town’s law pioneer who is now a property as part of the compapartner in the Lyndhurst law ny’s overall development plan. firm of Scarinci Hollenbeck. The town may continue to HCIA Executive Direcpress its case with the develtor Norman Guerra said that oper, he added. when it came down to addAs for the Tierra parcel, ing in costs to remediate the Guerra said that, “there was environmentally compromised no offer for that property by 25-acre Kearny-owned former any of the [prospective develStandard Chlorine parcel and opers].” the 30-acre former Diamond If and when the HCIA and Shamrock property owned by The Morris Companies can Tierra Solutions, the develnail down a deal, Guerra said oper wasn’t persuaded to buy the 40-year-old company – in to the concept of an allwhich has offices in Rutherinclusive project. ford and Florida – figures to By contrast, Guerra said, the build “close to 2 million square county has already invested feet of big box warehousing” in extensive cleaning of the on 138 “buildable” acres of the HCIA property and “we’ll Koppers site. be raising our portion of the With additional work like [redevelopment area] 13 feet “infrastructure and road acabove sea level in compliance cess” to be undertaken by the with the latest FEMA flood company, Guerra figured that control guidelines.” total build-out would “take a Those improvements to be good six months,” once the KOPPERS from

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project got off the ground. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, reached on vacation, had this observation on the situation: “We’re exploring with Tierra developing our two sites together. … There is a developer interested but not from Morris. … The town doesn’t oppose the Morris designation; however, it’s in the town’s interest to explore other developer interest for the town-owned Standard Chlorine site. I think the town can achieve better financial terms that way.” Incidentally, the mayor added, “Any matters relating to utilities or PILOTs (Payments

in Lieu of Taxes) on any of the sites, including Koppers, can’t be done without the town’s agreement.” Asked by The Observer why the HCIA elected to go with Morris over their competitor, Guerra said that while the overall “numbers from both were pretty comparable,” the rival firm’s submission proposed “phased” payments whereas with Morris, “we’d get paid up front.” Among the completed industrial developments Morris lists on its website are: a 440,000 square foot Barnes & Noble facility, a 420,000 square foot Canon USA build-

ing and a 605,732 square foot Proctor & Gamble warehouse, all in South Brunswick; and a 733,688 square foot Wakefern building in Jamesburg. Looming over the whole situation is a plan by NJ Transit to develop a micro-grid as a power source in the Peninsula redevelopment zone which is pending a federal funding review. And, if the agency gets its way, it’s unlikely that any new tax revenues will be generated from that use. “If [NJ] Transit wants the property,” said Guerra, “they’re just going to have to take it through condemnation.”

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Business, bikes targeted: NPD blotter The owner of a Franklin Ave. business under construction in Nutley has been a victim of repeated breakins, according to police. In the initial incident, on Aug. 19, police said the owner arrived at the shop – which is being renovated for the new business – and found the front door open and scaffolding – valued at about $150 – placed outside, missing. In a subsequent episode, on Aug. 20, the owner told police that a rear steel door had been pried open and that a circular saw, priced at $150, and a Ryobi grinder, priced at $75, had been removed. A witness reported seeing a vehicle parked in front of the store with two males inside at the time of the incident, police said. In the third case, on Aug. 21, police said that someone

tried to pry open the rear door and, in doing so, damaged the dead bolt and the door. Police said detectives are continuing to investigate. Police are advising bike owners to lock away their bikes as a precaution in the wake of two cases of bicycle theft from outside locations on Kingsland St. that were reported during the week. In the first incident, Aug. 19, a Kingsland St. resident reported the theft of their son’s Huffy DS5 mountain bike, black with yellow accents, with white shock covers, valued at $150. Police said the bike was last seen in the rear of the resident’s house. And, on Aug. 22, another Kingsland St. resident told police their bike was missing when they went outside

to get it. They said they’d placed it overnight in the driveway in the rear of their house. It was described as a Huffy mountain bike, blue with purple streaks. Among other matters listed on the NPD blotter for the past week were these incidents: Aug. 18 A Warren St. resident reported a computer scam. Police said the resident’s computer was frozen with a screen message demanding that the resident pay $300 through Money Pak to the “Department of Justice” for alleged violations. A motor vehicle stop, along Washington Ave., resulted in the arrest of Fernando Torres, 20, of Belleville, on charges of possession with intent to

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worth of assorted jewelry from their home during the last two and a half weeks. Detectives are following up. The resident’s location wasn’t disclosed by police. Someone removed a stone bearing a Coeyman Ave. resident’s house number from the resident’s front lawn. Police searched the area but came up empty. Aug. 20 An apparent identity theft victim told police that someone had charged several California-based transactions totaling $4,600, dating from April, to their PayPal account, all of which were unauthorized. The victim was entered in a regional database as an ID theft victim, police said. A Howe Ave. resident reported being the recipient of multiple annoying phone calls during the past few weeks from the same Ontario phone exchange where the caller – who refers to the resident by their first name – is continually requesting remote access to the resident’s computer. Aug. 21 Another identity theft victim reported that two credit cards – one from Capital One bank that has since been canceled and the other, unknown – were opened in their name. That victim has been entered in the national data base for ID theft, police said.

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henever Netflix releases new shows, they always put a little tag under the graphic that says “New Episodes.” The other day, “Happy Valley” had that label and at first, it seemed like it might be a comedy. But it was far from it. Turns out “Happy Valley” is an incredible new police series, exclusive to Netflix in the United States (created by the BBC), with a six-episode run. The six episodes were as intense as any TV as there’s been in quite some time. It’s a show with two distinct plots that have a major connection. One story line surrounds police Sgt. Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancashire, who comes from a most dysfunctional family. She divorced after her daughter killed herself, right after the daughter had a child that was fathered by a rape. The father of the child, Ryan, is Tommy Lee Royce, played by James Norton. Cawood’s sister is a recovering heroin addict. And her son wants little to do with her. The second plot surrounds Kevin Weatherill, a downon-his-luck bookkeeper who wants to send his daughters to private school. But he can’t afford the tuition. So, he asks his boss and long-time friend Nevison Gallagher for a raise in salary. But Gallagher declines the offer at first. To fix this, Weatherill devises a plan where three men he knows — including Royce — will kidnap Gallagher’s daughter, Ann, and demand

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ransom. The four will split the ransom, ideally, and Weatherill will have more than enough money to send his daughters to the private school. Sounds like the movie “Fargo” in way, doesn’t it, where Jerry Lundegaard has his wife kidnapped to make money from her dad? And of course, just like in “Fargo,” you can rest assured in “Happy Valley,” it’s just not as simple as kidnapping

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someone, a ransom demand — the criminals get the ransom and everyone lives happily ever after. No, it’s not even close to that — and that’s why “Happy Valley” is intense and unpredictable. So much goes wrong over the course of six episodes for Cawood and Weatherill. But it’s hardly the kind of stuff you’d be able to sit back and forecast. The follies of the two lead characters are what make this new series so great. Nothing one witnesses can be seen as predictable. Not at all. But for the sake of not spoiling the six episodes, we’ll leave it at that. Though the show is filmed entirely in England, it’s very easy to follow. The accents aren’t thick. And the town, in West Yorkshire, is a lot like our local towns — with lots of hard-working, middleclass families. Perhaps the only drawback to the show is that it’s loaded with violence and graphic imagery — but that all gets lost in the incredible writing and incredible storylines. The episodes were so good that this writer watched them all in a seven-hour span. If you’re looking for a new Netflix show, and you enjoy suspenseful police dramas that aren’t necessarily about police procedure, “Happy Valley” will keep you wanting more. And the good news is there’s already a second series planned for just around this time next year. (Are you in a band? Starring in a show? Live in our readership area? We want to know about it. Send an email to kevincanessa@ gmail.com and we’ll feature you, your band, etc).

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Freire is a member of the National Honor Society. She started the Engineering Club and, as a senior, served as club treasurer. She was president of the Latin Club, a member of the high school marching band, played clarinet in the philharmonic band at Our Lady of Fatima Church, did volunteer tutoring at the Salvation Army, took part in the Student Government Association, and ERASE. Freire plans to go to NJIT for computer engineering. Cordon won a $100 scholarship from Hudson County Community College where she plans to study nursing. She has been involved with the Student Government Organization, the Critics Cafe Book Club, and has volunteered for the Ticket to Read summer program at Lincoln School, and community projects, such as the annual Passaic River Cleanup. She also holds down two jobs, both at daycare centers.

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tudents from Nutley and Bloomfield were among 53 outstanding high school seniors who successfully completed an intensive three-week science and math study program at Caldwell University, Caldwell. To qualify for the program, now in its fourth year, students had to be the first generation in their family to attend a post-secondary school. Nutley residents Sabrina Lopez and Ada Zheng and Bloomfield’s Melanie Moreno, Melissa Moreno and Han Nguyen were among those accepted. Among other things, the students researched sustainable farming, water quality and environmental health in the labs, on campus or on various field trips. As part of their research, students used 3D design technology and the university’s Aquos interactive digital boards, watched a real-time surgery via the interactive theater at Liberty Science

Center, Jersey City, studied the physics of motion in preparation for a field trip to a N.J. Jackals baseball game, and visited Duke Farms, Hillsborough, to learn about sustainable technology. Classes on SAT preparation and career services were also offered. The students showcased their final projects at a celebration Aug. 1 with an audience of 200 including teachers, principals, area legislators and family members. They “exceeded all expectations” in presenting “a researchdriven technologically-based scientific presentation,” said Professor Brenda Peterson, program director and assistant director of nursing at Caldwell. Students can earn three college credits, if the institution they choose to attend accepts those credits. The program was funded by a U.S. Department of Education College Access Challenge Grant through the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.

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staff conference room. * An ancient cloakroom that had been used for storage for years has been emptied and cleaned, to be converted to a small group instruction area. With all other available rooms occupied, this was seen as the best alternative for the use of this space, Martin said. * Ninety laptops and mobile carts priced at $120,000 that were ordered months ago – but whose delivery was delayed – have finally arrived. “These are very important,” Martin said, “because our students will be using them this school year for the new statemandated PARCC [Partnership for Readiness of Assessment for College & Careers] testing.” When teachers report on Sept. 2, they’ll have two days of in-service technical training so they will also get oriented to the use of the new computer equipment, Martin said. The first round of PARCC testing is scheduled in March 2015 and the second round in May. But, to help students acclimate to the computers and to use another measurement to see whether they are achieving state benchmarks, the school will administer an in-house practice run of a PARCC-like test in November 2014 and February 2015. If there are marked differences between scoring results on the practice tests and the PARCC tests, Martin said school staff will have some basis for making an independent assessment of the results. Students return for a halfsession of classes on Sept. 4 and, the next day, the fall semester swings into full session for everyone. But before everyone gets down to the business of education, the school is throwing a welcome-back party for its 200-plus youngsters. “We’re calling it an ‘ice-cream social, ’’ Martin said. “We’ll close off N. Third St., between Davis and Central Aves., to traffic and give the students a chance to enjoy ice cream and music to kick the school year off on the right foot.” On July 23, the East Newark Board of Education authorized a field trip for 60 students and 15 staffers to the Central Park Zoo in New York as the culminating activity for the school’s summer school program. For many of the kids, it marked the first time they’d traveled across

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Superintendent/Principal Patrick Martin and staff are doing what they can to make East Newark Public School more academically successful with new laptops and more aesthetically palatable with student creations and a new coat of paint for an old kindergarten classroom.

the Hudson River, according to Martin. For many, it was also their first exposure to a llama, goats, sheep and other animals which they were allowed to feed and pet. Their journey to Manhattan also took them down Fifth Avenue for an up-close look at landmarks like Tiffany’s, Rockefeller Center, the New York Public Library’s main branch and Empire State Building, all of which they’d researched before the trip. Martin said the school is

hoping to expand its offering of field trips during the school year as a way of widening children’s awareness of the world outside East Newark. As morale boosters, Martin has welcomed public displays of student art work along interior school stairwell walls and has, himself, taken a hand in not only brightening school décor but also adding to students’ cultural appreciation, by posting photos and capsule biographies of such artists as Billie Holiday and Renoir. And he’s experimenting

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Belleville Belleville Elks, 254 Washington Ave., host a Type O blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 27, 5 to 9 p.m., for Belleville residents and all surrounding communities. No appointment is needed. Priority is for Type O blood but all types of blood will be accepted. The entire process takes less than one hour. Donors must be at least age 17, weigh at least 120 pounds and be in generally good health.

East Newark West Hudson Brave Women Fighting Breast Cancer meets on the last Friday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the East Newark Senior Center, 37 President St. For more information, call Emma at 201-998-6828, Rosa at 201-2467750, Fatima at 973-485-4236 or email emidura2@yahoo.com. Harrison Holy Cross Church sponsors a bus trip to the Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, on Sunday, Aug. 31. The bus departs from Holy Cross School, 15 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. S., at 10 a.m. Refreshments will be served in the school basement at 9:15 a.m. A $30 donation is requested, with a $25 return in slot play. For reservations, call Joan at 973-481-2434. (Leave your name, phone number and number of people attending). Kearny The Class of 1964 of St. Cecilia High School is holding a 50th reunion dinner Saturday, Oct. 4, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., at Mama Vittoria Restaurant, 160 Franklin Ave., Nutley. Those interested in attending are asked to contact Kathy McCourt Jackes atkathyjackes@ yahoo.com or 908- 303-9993; Kathy Walsh Vecchio at katvec46@gmail.com or 973-8650402 or Nancy Branin Waller at nancy.waller2@verizon.net or 201-889-6229 by Sept. 25.

The community is invited to enjoy food and music at an Hispanic Festival Sept. 7 at St. Cecilia’s Church, 120 Kearny Ave., in the church’s parking lot. A Spanish Mass will be offered at the church at 12:30 p.m. and the festival begins at 2 p.m. Email ngonzalez@ stceciliakearny.org for more information. Kearny High School’s classes of 1954 and January 1955 host a 60th reunion luncheon on Sept. 19 at the Spring Lake Manor, Spring Lake, at noon. For information and reservations contact Phyllis Glass McCartin at 732-458-5162 or phylpmae@aol.com. Guests are welcome. Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 136 Davis Ave., begins its annual nine-week St. Jude Novena with Monsignor John J. Gilchrist Monday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. All are welcome. The Woman’s Club of Arlington hosts an Autumn Harvest Social Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1 to 3 p.m., at the Girl Scout House, 635 Kearny Ave. Admission is free. Members and non-members alike may bring friends interested in joining the club as well as children, grandchildren, sisters, mothers, etc. for a fun, social afternoon. To attend, contact Jennifer Cullen at 201-991-6612 or Teddie Jablonski at 973-248-6500. Kearny UNICO hosts these events: • A bus trip to Caesars in Atlantic City departs Sunday, Sept. 14, from the parking lot of Kearny Federal Savings, 614 Kearny Ave., at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $30, with $25 in slot credit back from the casino. For tickets or additional information, contact Lou Pandolfi at 201-368-2409 or 201-693-8504. • “Wheels for Vic,” a fundraiser to purchase a power wheelchair for Kearny resident Victor Muniz, will be held Sunday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m., in the former Boystown gym,

499 Belgrove Drive. Tickets are $30, which includes a raffle, lunch and live music. Muniz was paralyzed after a tree branch fell on him during a 2008 summer storm. For tickets or more information, contact Pandolfi, Joseph Sgalia at 201- 998-6879, Rossana McLaughlin at 201-407-7262, or Judy Hyde at 201-991-5812. The committee also welcomes both monetary and/or gift donations for this event. Kearny Lions Club sponsors a bus trip to Sands Casino, Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 27, leaving from 60 Kingsland Ave. at 9 a.m. Price is $35. Tickets include $20 for slots and a $5 food voucher. For tickets, call Alvin at 201-997-9371, ext. 18, or Jo Ann at 201-998-3018.

Lyndhurst The Lyndhurst Health Department is collecting donations for students in need. Backpacks, marble composition books, notebooks, dividers, loose paper, crayons and 3-ring binders are requested. Drop off donations at the Health Department, 601 Riverside Ave., Suite 1, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Aug. 31. People with children in need of school supplies are asked to contact the Health Department at 201804-2500 to schedule a pick-up of the needed supplies. Be prepared to give child’s gender and grade level. Lyndhurst Public Library, 355 Valley Brook Ave., has purchased vouchers to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City through its library membership program. Each voucher can be redeemed for free general admission and one special exhibition, film, or live animal exhibition of the visitor's choosing. The vouchers are available in the library's children's room to patrons with a valid BCCLS Lyndhurst Library card. For more

information, call the library at 201-804-2478, ext. 7, or email romeo@lyndhurst.bccls.org. The library hosts "The Daily Life of the Civil War Soldier" Wednesday Sept. 10, at 6:15 p.m., presented by speakers from LetHistoryLive.net. Space is limited and registration is necessary. To register, call or email the library. The Lyndhurst Health Department announces the following programs. To register, call the department at 201-8042500. • Registered dietician Elizabeth Nossier offers healthy diet tips at a breakfast forum hosted by Clara Maass Medical Center, but held at the Health Department, Friday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. • A bi-annual chiropractic screening, conducted by Lyndhurst chiropractor Marco Ferrucci, is also set for Sept. 12 at 8:45 a.m. The screening includes a digital postural analysis. • A bi-annual women’s health clinic, arranged through a partnership with Clara Maass Medical Center, is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 9 a.m. It includes education on breast self-examination and a PAP test and is open to township residents ages 18 and over. The Township of Lyndhurst hosts a Labor Day Weekend Antique and Craft Fair on Sunday, Aug. 31, at Town Hall Park. There’ll be live music throughout the day, a wide selection of specialty foods and a children’s play area. For more information, call 201-3212756 or email robin.brystra@ gmail.com. Guest of the fair are invited to give blood at the Blood Center of New Jersey’s bloodmobile from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Donors must be at least age 17, bring a sign or picture form of ID and know their Social Security number. There is no upper age limit

for donors provided they meet health requirements. For those who have recently traveled outside the U.S. and for other eligibility questions, call the blood center at 973-676-4700, ext. 132, or 1-800-652-5663. Registration is open for a walk to benefit the American Diabetes Association set for Sunday, Oct. 5, at Riverside County Park, Riverside Ave. (entrance on Valley Brook Ave.) Participants must check in at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 11 a.m. The event will include vendors, health seminars and activities for kids. To register, visit www.diabetes. org/lyndhurstwalk. Interested participants may register now for Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad’s 3rd annual 5k run set for Sunday, Oct. 5, beginning at 8:30 a.m., at the Recreation Center, Valley Brook and Polito Aves. Water stations and emergency personnel will be set up throughout the course. Visit www.lpes5k.com to register online, for a printout and mail-in application, or to get an application by mail. Anyone interested in being a sponsor is invited to email tnunes@emergencysquad.com. Kick off the NFL season by joining the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society on a free, 2-hour guided Back to Football bird walk Sunday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. to noon, in DeKorte Park. Prizes will be awarded to the first people who see any bird species with the same name as a pro football team, such as: cardinal, raven, falcon, eagle, seahawk (osprey), giant (great) egret and giant (great) blue heron. All seven team bird species can be seen in the park. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute weather updates. Participants are asked to sign a standard liability release see AROUND TOWN page

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FOGGING from wide (birddoctorinc.com) to apply the aerosol at DeMuro on the evenings of Aug. 18-23. The area treated borders Wilson St. and Van Winkle, Margaret and Bloomfield Aves., where park neighbors reportedly have had to repeatedly clean extensive guano from cars and roofs and lawns, etc. (If you’d like to see what a mess masses of starlings can create, search Google Images for “starling droppings.” You might be surprised.) In addition to being unsightly, the starlings’ excrement can pose a health hazard, Tucci said, since the spores become airborne. Besides, he added, “the smell is unbelievable.” According to the commissioner’s email, the EPA has classified Methyl Anthranilate “as a naturally occurring flavorant and it has been declared GRAS (Generally Regarded as Safe) by the FDA.” “It’s a food-based chemical,” Tucci told The Observer, noting that it is used to flavor grape gum and candy. The alert explained, “Methyl Anthranilate’s method for bird control is a pain stimulus in the trigeminal nerves which are found in the throats and mucus membranes of the beak and eyes.” (Tucci put it in layman’s terms: “It irritates their nasal passages.”) “Almost all animals have these nerves,” the email noted, “yet only birds have a negative response to Methyl Anthranilate. Birds ‘feel’ Methyl Anthranilate as pain, while mammals, including humans, sense it as a grape scent.” When an area is “fogged,” the “target birds begin to associate the pain to the site. They are trained, with multiple applications, that the site is painful and they seek a new location.” “Until now,” the email said, “there have been few options for the control of flocks of birds that invade and contaminate a site other than killing them. This fogging

& Wildlife, the Audubon Society, et al. The Bird Doctor was finally contacted after a Nutleyite made that suggestion at a Township Commission meeting. Tucci said each “fogging” application was costing $895, for a total of $4,475. By the way, according to its website, the Bird Doctor Nationwide is the “Official Pest Control Company of the N.Y. Yankees.” Too bad it can’t control Orioles or Blue Jays. Or Red Sox. Photo by Karen Zautyk Inset photo couresy Wikipedia

Starlings are being evicted from DeMuro Park trees

method will not kill the birds, it will simply cause them to not like coming to this area anymore.” Tucci assured your correspondent that the chemical irritates the birds, but “it doesn’t harm them.” “I would do anything not to harm them,” he said. The Bird Doctor “fogged” the park at dusk, when the starlings come home to roost. Tucci had described prior roostings as resembling “something out of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’.” We visited DeMuro on Sunday evening and saw some sort of feathered creatures flocking to the trees, but we could not tell if they were starlings. In any case, there did not seem to be an inordinate number. so perhaps the project has been a success. We await word. Tucci told us that the township had previously tried to drive away the starlings with the help of the Nutley Fire Department’s hoses. Do not fret. This did not resemble riot control. “It was a gentle hosing,” the commissioner said. “We just sprayed them with water.” When that didn’t work, the town installed sonic boomboxes in the park, not for music, but to play the call of a predator bird. This was supposed to stress the starlings. It did not. “We’ve called everybody” for advice, Tucci noted. Fish

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or a small-caliber rifle, police said. The owner rushed his pet to a veterinary hospital, where it received emergency treatment. According to Kearny Police Chief John Dowie, the pellet “was so small, the doctor felt it would do more damage to remove it” than to leave it in. “But the dog’s okay.” The chief assured the public that there is “no mad sniper” on the prowl. Whoever fired the shot “was not lying in wait for the dog,” Dowie said. The section of Newark across the Passaic from the scene has “a lot of abandoned buildings,” Dowie noted. Kearny detectives went to the area after the report came in Aug. 19, “but nothing of evidentiary value was found.” -Karen Zautyk

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Harrison boys’ soccer team looks to continue winning ways The newest member of the First Family of West Hudson soccer arrived last Monday. Christian Michael Rusek was born on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, weighing in at eight pounds, six ounces. He’s the first child for Harrison High School head coach Mike Rusek, who had a reason to miss the Blue Tide practice session the next day, leaving the duties for the newborn’s grandfather and uncle to carry on. Mike Rusek begins his 15th season as the head coach at Harrison, where he now coaches with not only his brother, John, but with his father, Mickey. This year, things will be a little different for the head coach in the family, because of his new family obligations. “I find myself running home after practice now,” Rusek said. “I tell everyone, ‘It’s time to go. I have to go home and be with my son.” But in most aspects, things won’t change one iota with the Blue Tide’s immensely successful boys’ soccer program. The Blue Tide should once again contend for top honors in the Hudson County Tournament, which

they won last year, and in the NJSIAA Group I ranks, where they lost in the overall state title to Newton last November. In fact, the 2-1 loss in the state championship was the lone blemish in what had been a perfect 22-0-1 record up until that cold, dreary day at the College of New Jersey in Ewing. The Blue Tide won 19 of their 22 games via shutout last year. They featured the state player of the year in senior defender/ do-everything Modou Sowe. It was definitely a year to remember, culminating in county and state sectional titles. But the Blue Tide graduated a lot of key members to last year’s 22-1-1 team, including the immensely talented Sowe, now at Ramapo College after amassing an astounding 19 goals as a defender last season. “I was looking at our stats from last year and we lost a total of 75 goals to graduation,” Rusek said. “That’s a lot. You always believe and hope that the seniors who are left can carry on and hope that others now get the opportunity to play where they see VIEW page

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Nutley should be an improved football team this fall. From l. are Jason Hoffman, August Mustardo, Jesse DeFuria, head coach Tom Basile, Joe Iorio, Devin White and Kevin Davis.

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he Nutley High School football team posted a 5-5 record in 2013. With any luck, that record could have been dramatically better. “We lost three games where we had leads going into the fourth quarter,” said Nutley head coach Tom Basile, who enters his third season as the head coach of the Maroon Raiders. “We have to do a better job of finishing football games. That’s our goal this year. We have to finish better.” Basile said that the Maroon Raiders’ season ending victory over Wayne Valley, a game where Nutley came from behind to win, has been a giant stepping stone into the 2014 season. “We’re using that game as a springboard,” Basile said. “We have a lot of kids coming back from that team. It’s a different year, with a different sched-

ule, but with a lot of the same kids, we feel good about our chances. The kids have really been receptive. I couldn’t be any happier.” The Maroon Raiders will face different foes such as Caldwell, Weequahic and Irvington in 2014, shifting divisions in the Super Essex Conference. “We have good senior leadership,” Basile said. “We have good impact players.” One of the impact contributors will be senior quarterback Rob Melillo (6-2, 190). Melillo was the junior varsity quarterback for the last two seasons and gets his chance to finally start this fall. “He did bide his time,” Basile said of Melillo. “He runs smart. He runs more like a fullback than a quarterback. He is smart with the ball and has a gun for an arm. His accuracy is good and manages the offense well.”

Senior Frank Malanga (5-9, 180) is the returning starter at fullback. “He’s a hard-nosed runner who is also a good lead blocker,” Basile said. “He runs our Veer option and misdirection well.” The key to the Raiders’ offense is junior running back Craig Merkle (6-0, 195). “A year ago, we tried to bring him along slowly and he ended up being our leading rusher and tackler,” Basile said. “He did everything for us, running, catching passes, scoring touchdowns (11). We realized midway through last year that he was our best player. He’s everything and more.” The other running back is junior Devin Merritt (5-9, 170), whose father, Dave, is the defensive backs coach for the New York Giants. Senior Pete Russo (5-11, 175) is a sure-handed wide receiver see RAIDERS next page

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who also serves as the backup quarterback. Junior receiver Anthony Condito (5-10, 170) is also a quarterback. “All three are going to be on the field at the same time,” Basile said. “We feel pretty fortunate to have all three play quarterback.” Senior Jason Hoffman (6-1, 230) is the starting tight end. Senior Kevin Davis (6-3, 230) is a returning starter at offensive tackle, joined by junior August Mustardo (6-0, 195). Senior Jesse DeFuria (5-9, 215) returns to his starting slot at guard, joined by junior Devin

White (5-10, 195). The center is senior Joe Iorio (5-10, 190), who is a converted fullback. “Joe started the season last year as our starting fullback,” Basile said. “We moved him back to center this year. He played center as a little kid, so he knows what he’s doing.” The Maroon Raiders will utilize a 3-4 defensive set this season to better use their personnel. “We felt that we had a lot of talent at linebacker, so we made the transition to 3-4 to get them all on the field,” Basile said. Senior Austin Brendel (6-2,

190) joins Hoffman at defensive end, flanking DeFuria at nose guard. Merkle is a standout at outside linebacker. He made 81 tackles to lead the team last fall. Merritt is the team’s other outside linebacker. Malanga and Iorio return to their starting slots at inside linebacker, so the Maroon Raiders have three returning players at linebacker. Not many teams have that kind of experience at that position. Seniors Kevin Goudie (5-9, 165) and Chris Ammiano (6-1, 170) are the cornerbacks. Russo returns to the safety slot, where he earned All-SEC

and All-Essex County honors a year ago, tying for the state lead in interceptions with eight. Incredibly, Russo made six of those interceptions in two late-season games. Andrew Aiello (5-9, 170) is a senior who starts at the other safety slot. The Maroon Raiders open the 2014 season against neighboring rival Belleville at Belleville on Sept. 12. Basile really likes the makeup of his team. “They have formed a little bit of a bond,” Basile said. “They really worked hard together in the offseason. We have a great group of leaders, a group

of kids who do everything together. They hang out together off the field. They really are buddies. We profess that we’re not a team, that we’re the Nutley football family. But that’s for real with these kids. They really are a family.” And if they can figure out a way to close out games this season, maybe they will return to the state playoffs. “That’s what we’re hoping for,” Basile said. “We wanted to establish a tradition of contending for a state title every year.” This could be the year that the Maroon Raiders make a return to glory.

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VIEW from might have been held back.” Rusek likes the makeup of his team. “We do have a good number of seniors this year,” Rusek said. “We do have about half of last year’s team back. I just hope this is a group that can carry us a very long way.” Leading the returning players is senior goalkeeper Nick Araujo, who was the one to record those 19 shutouts a year ago. “I feel very good about that position,” Rusek said. “Nick is a solid keeper.” The Blue Tide utilizes what Rusek dubbed “a flat back four,” instead of the traditional sweeper/stopper formation on defense. The center defenders are seniors Rodrigo Esquivel and Ali Lathgar, both of whom are capable and experienced. The other two backs are senior Marcelo Esquivel (Rodrigo’s identical twin brother and good luck trying to determine which one is which) and senior Alexis Burga.

So the Blue Tide have some experience and strength along their back line. One midfielder slot belongs to senior Jorge Castro, who compiled seven goals and had 10 assists last year. “He’s a good distributor,” Rusek said. “He’s also a good defensive midfielder.” The other midfielder is junior Cristian Marquez, who had six goals in limited action last year, but five of those scores came in the NJSIAA state tournament. “He really came on at the end of the season,” Rusek said of Marquez. The center midfielder is returning senior starter Leandro Gonzales, who is a three-year starter in the Harrison midfield. Gonzales had 10 goals and 10 assists last season. “We’re hoping that Leandro can lead us if we’re going to get things done this year,” Rusek said. “If we’re scoring goals, he’s the one who will be behind a lot of it.” Junior David Inahuazo is another key contributor in the midfield.

Up front, the Blue Tide welcomes back senior Ali Lakhrif, who had 12 goals last year, including the big lone goal in Harrison’s 1-0 victory over Kearny in the Hudson County Tournament semifinals. “He’s definitely going to get his chance to score,” Rusek said of Lakhrif, whose family is originally from Morocco. “He has a good, strong leg.” The other forward is senior Christian Restrepo, who gets a chance to crack the lineup this fall. “He’s finally going to get a

chance to play,” Rusek said of Restrepo. The Blue Tide begins their season Monday, Sept. 8 against New Milford. There is something else to be excited about. The Blue Tide will, indeed, face Kearny in the regular season at Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Saturday, Sept. 27 as part of a girls’-boys’ doubleheader on that day. No need for waiting and hoping for a county tourney showdown. The two will meet in a regular contest in late September in the state’s

premier soccer palace. “It should be a great day of soccer,” Rusek said. “I know our kids are very excited about it. As long as it’s a good day weather-wise, it should be a great crowd.” Needless to say, the Blue Tide should be in the thick of county and state playoff runs as well – like they always are. “I like to hope so,” Rusek said. However, this time around, Rusek does it as a father. And there can’t be any more rewarding feeling than that.

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Buccaneers look to gain respectability under Fischer By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

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men,” Fischer said. “We have kids who want to play football. Things are definitely looking up. We’re definitely moving up.” Fischer said that the first obstacle was instilling a sense of decorum and pride. “The attitude was the first challenge,” said Fischer, who posted a 10-30 record during his first tenure as head coach. “We’re working on changing the attitude every day. It starts with the kids having to show up every day, ready to work.

They have to be accountable. I think at least 95% of the kids bought into that idea and the others are no longer here.” Fischer has faith in restoring the Belleville program and giving it a sense of pride. “I can see the potential,” Fischer said. “We’ve put in a system on offense and a system on defense. We’re not asking kids to do things that they cannot do. So we can improve right away. We will do what we do well and keep on moving forward.”

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Senior Michael Ramirez (60, 190) is a four-year varsity player at wide receiver. “He goes up and gets the ball,” Fischer said. “He has good hands.” Junior Jared Collazo (5-11, 170) is another wide receiver. Collazo has just joined the program for the first time. The tackles are senior Victor Samaniego (6-0, 270) and junior Jeremy Jones (6-3, 280), so the Bucs have good size at the bookends. Senior Nick Nardachone (6-2, 230) is at guard. He’s another four-year player and a returning starter from last year. Nardachone, who is also a standout wrestler, is a player to watch on both sides of the ball. Senior Michael Baylock (510, 250) is another returning player at guard. Sophomore Craig Jackowski (6-0, 180) is the starting center. Nardachone has been moved outside to defensive end to key the Buccaneers’

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4-4 defensive formation. Senior Ibn Whitfield (6-0, 200) is the other defensive end. Sophomore Andre Vasquez (5-10, 175) will get time also at defensive end. “He’s lightning quick,” Fischer said of Vasquez. Samaniego and Baylock are the defensive tackles. Lascarro and Ramirez are players to watch at linebacker. Senior Anthony Jett (5-11, 150) is a fixture at cornerback, along with Brian Rivera. Joey Rivera is the team’s free safety. The Buccaneers open their

season early, facing Snyder on Friday, Sept. 5 at Doc Ellis Field. They then face Nutley Sept. 12, also at home. In fact, Belleville will play seven of their nine scheduled games this season at home, so that gives the Buccaneers an advantage over their opponents. “Seven home games, seven Friday night games,” Fischer said. Fischer likes the makeup of his team. “I like the attitude,” Fischer said. “We weeded out the kids who were negative.”

Fischer also likes his coaching staff. “They all played college football, so they know what it takes,” Fischer said. “That’s important to me. They’re all positive people. We put together a nice coaching staff.” Fischer also thinks that the Buccaneers will be better this year. “We should improve,” Fischer said. “We should be competitive.” It’s definitely a new era for Belleville football. “That’s right,” Fischer said. He should know.

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Troop 97 scouts and leaders: first row, from l.: Eli Fitzsimons, AJ Vendola, Lennon Okun, Colin Kittredge, Dorian Powell, Nick Caporrino, Anthony Lavinangi, Brandon Sena, Luke Giunta, Jonathan Tkaczyk, Stephen Covello, Zak Kandiel, John Caporrino, George Rausch and Dominic Veltre; second row, from l.: Daniel Tullio, Jeremiah Miragliotta, Marc Beeler-Hope, Jonathan Wartel, DK Taras, Ryan Sena, David Pelle, Jorge Rodriguez, Charles Robert Pelle, Nick Cassella and Immer Montavlo; and third row, from l.: John Sedlock, Jon Veltre, George Rausch, Hugh Kavanagh, Stephen Giordano, Frank Giordano, John Caporrino, John Tkaczyk, Mike Foglio, Nick Veltre and David Wartel. C

Boy Scout Troop 97 of Lyndhurst recently attended Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Blairstown. During the weeklong program, the boys attended classes to earn Merit badges, which will help them advance towards the rank of Eagle Scout. The 27 scouts who attended camp achieved a collective goal of 90 Merit badges in more than 25 scouting fields of interest. The boys participated in kayaking, cooking, first aid, nature, wilderness survival, fishing, rifle, woodcarving, swim-

ming and more. As a troop, they also worked on a camp service project earning the Honor Troop Award. This year’s project was setting footings that will serve as a foundation for two new lean-to sites (camping shelters) that will be built at a later time. Troop 97 meets weekly on Tuesday evenings from September to June at the Lyndhurst Fire House, 299 Delafield Ave. For information on joining Troop 97, call Scoutmaster John Sedlock at 201-939-9143. CMY

In Person Registration for Off-Campus Centers 70 Sip Avenue, Second Floor

Kearny High School

(14 weeks)- Off-Site - Tuesday & Wednesday Fall 2014 Registration: Now until Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Classes begin Tuesday September 9, 2014 Course Title

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College Comp I College Comp II Speech Introduction to Psychology Principles of Sociology US History I (*Prerequisite: ENG 101) Lifespan Development Practical Nutrition Developing Analytical Thought II College Algebra Basic Algebra Basic Algebra Workshop Basic Mathematics

ENG 101 OSK01 ENG 102 OSK01 ENG 112 OSK01 PSY 101 OSK01 SOC 101 OSK01 HIS 105 OSK01 PSY 260 OSK01 BIO 201 OSK01 RDG 076 OSK01 MAT 100 OSK01 MAT 073 OSK01 MAT 070 OSK01 MAT 071 OSK01

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Kearny- $519,900- 1 Fam. 3 Bdrms- Etry Fyr- LR- DR- 3 Baths- 2 Half Baths- Finished attic- Finished basement- 2 detached car garages and Parking spaces.

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Kearny- $229,000 Townhouse-Style Condo- 2 Bdrms- 1.5 Baths- 2 parking spaces.

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Belleville - Very Nice Cape Cod Style One Family Home in desirable section of Belleville! Hardwood Floors throughout! 3 Bedrooms! Central A/C! Long Driveway for plenty of Parking and One Car Garage! Large 50' x 110' Lot! Close to Shopping, Schools and ALL Transportation! $259,900

Kearny - Location! Location! Location! Come see this Great Center Hall Colonial Style home in the Desirable Arlington Section of Kearny! All Large Rooms! All New Windows! Hardwood Floors Throughout! 3 Bedrooms! 1 Full and 1 Half Bath! Formal Dining Room! Walk-up Attic! Large 50' wide by 112' deep lot! Beautiful Back Yard! Driveway and One Car Attached Garage with garage doors on front and back for easy access! Close to Shopping, Schools and All Transportation! A must see home! $329,900

Kearny - Well Maintained Two Family Home in Kearny! Both Floors have Large 2 Bedroom Apartments! Hard Wood Floors Throughout! Finished Basement with Family Room, Summer Kitchen and 1/2 Bath! Gas Heat with Separate Utilities! Large 50' x 95' Lot! Large Private Back Yard great for entertaining with large above ground pool. Oversized Garage and long driveway for plenty of parking! Close to shopping, schools and just a few steps to transportation! A MUST SEE HOME! $399,900

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Forked River- $250,000Selling Business Well established Portuguese restaurant, just turn the key and own your own business.

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Kearny- FOR RENT! Retail Storefront or Office Space on Kearny Avenue in Heart of Town! Newly Carpeted and Painted! Approximately 350sq foot. Built in Wall A/C. 1/2 Bath. Great area! Lots of foot traffic! Heat and water included. Some Basement Storage available. $850.00

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KPD from

for simple assault.

At 9:40 p.m., Officers Brian Wisely and Tom Sumowski responded to a noise complaint at Davis and Wilson Aves. and arrived to find two men “screaming at each other” on the street. As the officers tried to separate them, Juan Ramirez, 18, of Kearny reportedly hit the other man, a 39-year-old township resident. Ramirez was arrested

Aug. 21 Officer Wisely, on patrol on the 500 block of Devon St. at 3 p.m., observed 19-year-old Fabian Arroyo of Kearny, who he knew was wanted on a $10,000bail burglary warrant from Kearny. This was confirmed and Arroyo was arrested. Aug. 22 Officer John Travelino,

on Pulaski Skyway traffic detail at 8 a.m., saw an individual walking near the now-abandoned Skyway Diner while apparently rolling a marijuana cigarette. Police said after the officer’s olfactory senses confirmed his suspicions, he recovered a joint and a small baggie of pot and arrested Angel CottoReyes, 30, of Newark for possession of the drug and paraphernalia – Karen Zautyk

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Locals make HCCC dean’s list Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, recently conferred dean’s list honors on the following students who live in The Observer’s coverage area: Seungchan An of East Newark; Andre Amorim, Natasha Camargo,

Jonathon Francis, Magda Gaus, Claudia Lasso, Stephanie Rodriguez, Krystian Szymczyk and Daisy Vinanzaca, all of Harrison; Alejandro Arias, Marcus Calero, Armando Callo, Fiorela Caro, Luis De Sousa, Thiago Decar-

valho, Shirley Disbrow, Magdalena Feliciano, Elisha Figueroa-Rodriguez, Richard Green, Camila Moyano, Robert Noristz, Wilson Ortiz, Paulo Cesar Salazar and Amy Salgado, all of Kearny; and Nutley’s Louis Petronico.

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PVSC gets Nutley representative T

homas Tucci Jr. of Nutley was recently sworn in as the newest commissioner at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC), following his nomination by the governor and confirmation by the state senate. The position is unsalaried. Tucci, whose brother is Nutley Commissioner Mauro Tucci, joins Kenneth Lucianin of Passaic on the commission, which still has five of its seven seats empty since Gov. Chris Christie displaced all but one (Lucianin) of its members, its thenexecutive director and more than 100 employees in 2011 in the wake of a patronage scandal. It’s unclear when, if at all, the governor plans to fill the remaining vacancies. “We look forward to working with Commissioner Tucci in the coming weeks and months to plan the future of PVSC. Tom has excellent experience in public works and infrastructure projects, and I know we will benefit from his outstanding knowledge and expertise,” said PVSC Executive Director Michael DeFrancisci. Tucci is currently the township manager for Cedar Grove and brings to his post an extensive background in engineering, construction technology, public works and public administration. Tucci received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and has taken numerous graduate classes at Rutgers University in the master of public administration program.

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2 Family – Both Apartments have 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Bath. 2 Unfinished Rooms In Attic. Great Rental Income. All Separate Utilities

Tom Tucci Jr. (l.) takes the oath from Kenneth J. Lucianin.

He also holds a certificate in Construction Technology from NJIT and has been certified as a public works manager by Rutgers University-Newark. He holds several professional licenses and is active in a number of professional societies such as the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, the Building Officials Association of New Jersey, the Public Works Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Municipal Managers Association. Chief among his responsibilities at PVSC will be helping the facility recover from Superstorm Sandy. “I am looking forward to assisting the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission rebuild and modernize the plant, so that we can be responsive to the needs of the ratepayers and our 48 municipalities. PVSC is an impressive facility and their mission is vitally important to the citizens of this region. My hope is to help the PVSC continue to recover quickly from Superstorm Sandy,” Tucci said. The PVSC serves 1.4 million residents spread across Bergen, Essex and Hudson counties.

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KEARNY

TING NEW LIS

1 Family – Colonial w/4 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths, 1 Half Bath, Large Modern Eat in Kitchen w/Granite Counter Tops, Living Rm & Dining Rm. Finished Basement w/Full Bath, Large Rec Rm, Summer Kitchen & Laundry Rm. Detached 2 Car Garage. Nice Size Backyard. Central Air & 3 Zone Gas Baseboard.

KEARNY

1 Family – Updated Colonial w/3 Bedrooms, 2 New Full Baths & New Modern Eat in Kitchen w/Granite Counter Tops and Stainless Steel Appliances.

HARRISON

TING NEW LIS

2 Family – Both Apartments w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Kitchen & Bath. Semi-Finished Attic. Great Location. Well Maintained. 7.

NORTH ARLINGTON

Large 3 Family – 1st Floor Apartment w/3 Bedrooms, 2nd Floor Apartment w/2 Bedrooms & 3rd Floor w/1 Bedroom. Large 62 x100 Lot w/ Driveway & 2 Car Garage. 10.

KEARNY

1 Family – 10 Year Old Home w/ 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bath Rms, 1 Half Bath, Living Rm, Dining Area & Modern Eat in Kitchen. Master Bedroom Has Cathedral Ceilings & Private Deck & Private Bath. Finished Basement. Built in 2 Car Garage.

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BELLEVILLE

1 Family – Colonial w/ 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Kitchen & Bath. Finished Basement. 1 Car Garage w/ Parking For 2 Cars. 16.

KEARNY

Arlington Ridge – Townhouse w/3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, 1 Half Bath, Laundry Rm, Living/Dining Rm Combo w/Balcony, Modern Eat in Kitchen w/Sliding Doors To Large Deck. Attached 1 Car Garage. Central Air & Forced Hot Air.

HARRISON

1 Family – Colonial w/3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, Living Rm & Eat in Kitchen. No Driveway or Backyard. 11.

KEARNY

1 Family – Raised Ranch w/ 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Large Eat in Kitchen & Bath. Driveway for 2 Cars. Needs Updating. Large 34 x 100 lot. 14.

NORTH ARLINGTON

2 Family – Both Apartments w/2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Modern Eat in Kitchen & Modern Bath. Finished Basement w/Full Bath. Private Driveway. 17.

KEARNY

2 Family – Both Apartments Have 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. All Separate utilities. Finished Basement.

KEARNY

2 Family – 1st Floor w/2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Updated Kitchen & Bath. 2nd Floor w/ 1 Bedroom, Eat in Kitchen, Living Rm & Bath. Driveway. Nice Size Backyard. 12.

KEARNY

2 Family – 1st Floor w/ 1 Bedroom, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. 2nd Floor w/ 2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Kitchen, Bath. Finished Attic w/ 1 Room. Semi-Finished Basement.

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1 Family – Great Location! Cape w/ 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Full Baths, Modern Eat in Kitchen, Living Rm & Dining Rm. Finished Basement w/Summer Kitchen. Driveway w/2 Car Garage. 18.

KEARNY

TING NEW LIS

2 Family – 1st Floor w/ 2 Bedrooms, Eat in Kitchen, Living Rm & Bath. 2nd Floor w/ 3 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Eat in Kitchen & Bath. Good Income Potential. Close to New Developments. 19.

BELLEVILLE

Townhouse – Essex Park Townhouse w/2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Full Baths, Modern Eat in Kitchen w/Mahagony Cabinets, Granite Countertops & Stainless Steel Appliances, Living/Dining Rm Combo & Laundry Area. 1 Car Garage. Absolutely Beautiful Townhouse.

Condo – Heather Glen Condo w/1 Bedroom, Kitchen & Updated Bath. 1 Car Garage & Parking For Additional Car. Super Low Taxes & Affordable Maintenance Fees. 20.

HARRISON

Condo – Central Park 2nd Floor Condo w/ 1 Bedroom, Living Rm, Eat in Kitchen & Modern Bath. Affordable Maintenance Fees & Taxes.

2 Family – 1st Floor w/ 1 Bedroom, Living Rm, Kitchen & Bath. 2nd & 3rd Floors Have 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, Living Rm & Large Eat in Kitchen. Separate Utilities. Driveway. Fenced In Property. 21.

LYNDHURST

Condo – Modern Condo w/2 Bedrooms, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Galley Kitchen, Full Bath, Laundry Rm & Plenty of Closet Space. Parking for 2 Cars. Affordable Maintenance Fees & Taxes. Central Air.

Visit Our New Website at www.RosaAgencyHomes.com Stewart’s Drive-in, a longstanding Kearny business at 938 Passaic Ave., is on the market. The property is just south of the Cpl. Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial (Belleville Turnpike) Bridge.

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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014

Deadline for obituaries:

Monday by 10 AM

Irene Chickene Irene Chickene, 93, passed away Aug. 22 at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville. Visiting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr., Kearny. A funeral Mass will be on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny, and burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. To leave online condolences, please visit www.armitagewiggins.com Irene was raised in Missouri where she received her degree in nursing. Shortly after that, she served overseas during World War II and was an Army nurse, eventually moving to New Jersey. After staying home raising her family, Irene returned to nursing at the former West Hudson Hospital in Kearny. She later worked both at the Kearny Board of Health and as a school nurse. Irene is survived by her loving and devoted family. She leaves behind three daughters Mary and Nancy both of Kearny and Terri Watson with her husband Danny of West Caldwell. She is also survived by her grandchildren Carly and Jack Watson, her sister Beulah Foster of Missouri as well as nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her two daughters Frances and Susan. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project. Barbara Choinski Barbara Choinski (nee Milewski) of North Arlington peacefully entered into eternal rest surrounded by her family after a short illness on Monday, Aug.18. She was 64. Funeral services were under the direction of the Mulligan Funeral Home, Harrison. A funeral Mass was held at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Harrison. Her interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. For information, please visit www.mulliganfuneralhome.org. Born in Police, Poland, she lived in Harrison for two years before moving to North Arlington and living most of her life there. She worked as

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a secretary for Accurate Tool and Die in North Arlington for many years. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church. Barbara is survived by her mother Henrika Grygielko, sisters Irene Bishop and Teresa Kociecka, her lifelong companion John Adler, aunts Helen and Hedwig Grygielko, nieces and nephews, Heather Bishop, Antoni and Przemek Milewski, and Pawel and Jacek Kociecki She is also survived by her cousin Ambassador Kosowicz of Los Angeles. The family would appreciate donations to Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, 115 S. Third St., Harrison, N.J. 07029 in loving memory of Barbara. Jesus Garcia Jesus Garcia, of Kearny, died Aug. 23. He was 63. Arrangements were by the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr., Kearny. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m. from the funeral home and burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Miguelina, son Oscar and stepchildren Ivan, Rocio and Jose Fermin, a brother and sister and five grandchildren.

Born in Lombacdamaia, Azores, Portugal, Maria lived in Newark most of her life before moving to Harrison in 2010. She was a parishioner of St. James Church, Newark. She is survived by her loving children Barbara, Shana, Jennifer, Frederico and Stephanie; dear siblings Grace Ambrosio, Leonel, Emanuel and Joe Rocha, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her mother Maria Rocha and sister Maria Doceu. Funeral services were under the direction of the Mulligan Funeral Home, Harrison. A funeral Mass was held at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Her interment took place in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. For information, please visit www.mulliganfuneralhome. org.

John Muscarella IV John Muscarella IV, 27, of Kearny died Aug. 22 after his long battle with Cystic Fibrosis. Visiting will be at Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Dr., Kearny, Friday, Aug. 29, 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held Maria Fatima Meyer Saturday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. at Maria Fatima Meyer peacethe funeral home, with interfully entered into eternal rest ment in Holy Cross Cemeon Tuesday, Aug. 19, surround- tery. Condolences can be sent ed by her family and friends. to www.armitagewiggins.com.

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He was the beloved son of Debbie Farrell Muscarella and the late John Muscarella III; brother of Tina Santiago (Arsenio), Jessica Muscarella and the late Amanda Muscarella; uncle of Anthony, Joshua, Atianna, Alexsis and Arsenio. He was the nephew of John Beasley and is survived by several other uncles, aunts and cousins. John was a strong person and fought a great fight. He was a diehard Jets fan. As per John’s wishes, please do not attend his wake in a suit, but put on your favorite T-shirt and jeans and come to the funeral home to celebrate his life. In lieu of flowers, the family will be accepting donations at the funeral home or make a donation in John’s memory to The Cystic Foundation, 2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, N.J. 07601-6210. (www. cff.org). Linda List Currie Rogers

Linda List Currie Rogers, born to Peggy and Edwin List in Newark, on May 21, 1947, passed away Aug. 18 in Kingwood, Texas. Linda grew up in Kearny,

where she raised her family with her husband, George, before moving to Kingwood in 1991. She worked as a Weight Watchers leader for 10 years; office manager for Kingwood Funeral Home for five years; and administrative assistant for the Lifelong Learning Dept. at Lone Star College in New Caney, Texas, for the past six years. Linda was preceded in death by her parents; and first husband, George Currie. She is survived by husband, Everett Benson “Buddy” Rogers Jr.; sons, Scott Currie (Patty), Sean Currie (Theresa), and John Currie (Gretchen); sister, Diane Michaliszyn (Joseph); brother, Edwin List Jr.; grandchildren, Aiden and Kylie Currie; Christopher and Bryan Currie; Ian, Anna, Peter, Luke and Joseph Currie; niece, Meaghan List; nephews, Jason List, Andrew and Matthew Michaliszyn; stepchildren, Jeane Rogers, Kathy Rogers Mayeux (Gordon), Everett Benson Rogers III (Terry), and Timothy Rogers. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at St. Martha Catholic Church on Aug. 25 and interment followed in Houston National Cemetery. For those desiring to make a memorial contribution, please honor Linda’s love for children by sending donations to either Ronald MacDonald House or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Mulligan Funeral Home 331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison

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Mario Teixeira, IV, Manager, NJ Lic. #3757

Mario Teixeira, Jr. Director, NJ Lic. #2542 • Monique Teixeira, Director, NJ Lic. #4048 Newly renovated family owned and operated funeral home with multiple locations. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Handicapped Accessible.

138 DAVIS AVE. • KEARNY, NJ 07032

(201) 991-2265 www.buyusfuneralhome.com

WILFRED ARMITAGE & WIGGINS FUNERAL HOME Mark G. Wiggins, Manager N.J. Lic. #3916 John W. Armitage, Director N.J. Lic#2642

You will feel as if friends of family have taken over when you entrust funeral arrangements to the Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home. The family-owned firm has been in business for 75 years, serving generations in West Hudson and South Bergen. Its beautiful facilities, in a setting reminiscent of a colonial mansion, reflect the graciousness and tact of its understanding personnel.

Wilfred Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home

596 Belgrove Dr. • Kearny, NJ 07032 (201) 991-0657

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BELLEVILLE 2nd fl. 2 BR’s, Belleville Nutley border. W/D Hook up. HT/HW included $1300/month.Avl. Jan. 1st 862-201-6166. BELLEVILLE Modern 4 rooms, 2 BR, large rooms. 1 parking space. $1,325/month. HT included. Good location. 973-204-0776 BELLEVILLE 1 BR apt. 3rd fl. Parking for 2 cars, Utilities not included. 1 month security. $850/month. No pets. No smoking. Available Sept. 1st. (973)986-8085

BLOOMFIELD 2nd . fl. 2 BR. Apt. w/driveway avl. 1 month security. Available September 1st. (862)215-7039 or (646)529-4292.

BLOOMFIELD 2nd floor, 4 rooms. No pets. No smoking. Street parking. $825/month + utilities. 1-1/2 months security. Available September 1st. (201)998-2101 (201)396-7857

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BELLEVILLE 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Available Immediately. Lombardi Realty (973) 751-6300

E.NEWARK Renovated 3 Br apt.1st fl $1,200/month. Avl. Oct. 1st Call Carlos (201)988-7536

BELLEVILLE 2nd floor, 1 bedroom. Available now. 1-1/2 months security. HT/HW included. No pets. Call Mike (201) 994-5056

E.NEWARK 5 small rooms railroad style. No pets. $800/month. 1 month security. Plus Utilities. Call (201)939-1831

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POLICY There are NO REFUNDS or CHANGES with CLASSIFIED ADS Please note there will be a $10.00 PROCESSING FEE if changes need to be made for running specials

HARRISON 2 bedrooms, kitchen, LR, bathroom. Recently renovated. Close to PATH. Available. (201)376-3184 HARRISON 1 bedroom, Bath, EIK, LR, DR. Walking distance to NYC transp. $950/month. 11/2 month security. No pets Available Sept. 1, 2014. Please call 973.818.7414

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HARRISON 2nd fl. 3 bedrooms. Supply own utilities. No pets. (551)580-5019 (201)998-3554

KEARNY ELM COURT Kearny’s Best Kept secret 732 Elm St. 1 BR for $850 NYC Commuter Bldg Call Alan (201)955-4334 or PJ (973)922-1555 ext 1 Affiliated Mgmt.

KEARNY 1 BR apt. 2nd fl. nice area. $925/month + Utilities. 1 month security. No pets. Available Immediately. (201) 214-4915.

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KEARNY 2nd Fl. 2 BR, 1 bath, kitchen, LR. No pets. No Smoking. $1200/mon + utilities. Avl. October 1st. Credit and Reference check. 201-991-6569

KEARNY $1,300/month. 3 Br's, washer/dryer hook up in the unit, close to NY transportation Call 201-893-7913 or 201-320-3607

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HARRISON 5 room apt. 1 month security Separate utilities. Avl. now. 201-726-4603

KEARNY Newly renovated, hardwood floors. Laundry onsite.HT/HW included. 2 BR start at $985. 1 BR start at $825. Jr.1 BR start at $750. (201)289-7096

HARRISON Newly renovated,1 BR apt, 5 min walk to PATH station. Nice Area. Utilities included. Avl. Now. 973-483-3401.

KEARNY Convenient Location Large 3R, 1BR, includes HT/HW $925/month + security. (512) 994-4986

HARRISON New House, 3 large bedrooms, big kitchen, LR, DR, 2 baths. Close to PATH. No pets. $1800/month. 1-1/2 months security. Available September 1st. (973)454-6855 (973) 393-8998 HARRISON Modern 1 BR, 2nd Fl. Private Entrance. Clean, Quiet & comfortable. Refrigerator. No pets. $750/month + utilities. Security & lease. 862-223-9974. HARRISON LR, DR. 2 BR Bath & Kitchen. Close to PATH. No pets. $1,300/month + utilities. 1 ½ months security. 973-380-9007.

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ApArtments for rent

KEARNY 3rd fl. 3 BR, 1 bath. Avl. Now. $1,300/month. 1 month security. Call (201)622-8315 KEARNY 4 rent By Owner 2 & 3 BR Apts. Newly Renovated. All Units Have W/D Hook up & Basement Storage. Most units have A/C. Rents Range from $950$1150 + Utilities. 1 ½ months security. Close to NY Transportation. No pets. Call 201-998-8226. Between the hours 6am-4pm. MondayFriday for Appt. KEARNY 564 Devon St. 3 BR. 1st fl. HT included. 1 ½ months security. $1,300/month. Avl. September 1st. 201-407-0773

KEARNY 2nd fl. 2 BR apt. Separate utilities. $1,200/month. 1 month security. Avl. Now. (201)388-4259 KEARNY Studio apt. with deck. Pay only Electricity. Available September 1st. 201-923-9143 KEARNY 2 bedrooms, $1,150/month. 1 month security. HT included. Available Now. 201-998-0441 KEARNY 2 BR, LR, H/W floors, finished basement, W/D hookup. Fenced in yard w/ 2 car detached garage. Utilities not included. No pets. $2,000/month. 1 ½ months security. Available September 1st or 15th (848)250-2760. KEARNY 5 ½ rooms apt. Available Sept. 1st. 1 ½ month security. $1250/month. Brand new house pay own utilities. No dogs or cats. Laundry on premises. 6 family house. Call (201)424-5067 After 5pm. We speak Spanish.

HARRISON 5 Large rooms, $1,150/month + Utilities. Close to PATH. Close to NJIT. Available September 1st. 973-336-6771.

KEARNY 3rd fl. 1 BR, LV, Kitchen & Bath. $1,000/month. Utilities included. Close to transportation. Avl. Now (201)362-2264

KEARNY CLEAN BRIGHT 5 ROOMS 2 Bedroom, Modern Kitchen New Cabinets, Hardwood Floor, New Tile Bath, Frehly Painted, Large Closets, Laundry Hookup, Well Maintained, First Floor. $1250 (973) 951-7254

HARRISON Newly Renovated. 1st Floor, 4 room, 1 bedroom apt $1,050/month + 1 month security. Available Oct. 1st. (347) 835-3645

KEARNY 3rd Fl. 2 BR, LV, DR, Kitchen New. Close to transportation & Schools. $1,100/month. (201)428-1667 (201)496-4049

KEARNY 2 family house with parking lot. $2,029. First fl. 1 BR. 2nd fl. 3 BR’s why pay rent. 30 min from NYC. Call (201)998-8429 or (201)283-405.

KEARNY Two Family, Arlington Area. 3 Bedrooms, Hardwood Floors. $1,250/month + utilities. 1 ½ months security. No pets. Available October 1st. call (201) 991-0865 KEARNY 3rd fl. 2 BR’s with closet. DR/LR, kitchen, 1 small office. Hardwood floors. $1,100/month. Available September 1st. Alexandro (973) 851-7413. Simon (973) 563-6622

LYNDHURST 2nd fl. 1 BR apt. Private House. H/W floors, $1000/mo + 1 month security. HT/HW included. Small pet ok. 201-575-5270. LYNDHURST Studio w/ separate EIK, All wood kitchen cabinets, stove, refridg. & ceramic tile floor. H/W floors in Living/Bedroom area. Laundry in building. No pets. No smoking. 1 block to NYC train & Bus. Avl. Sept. 1st. $790/month, security $1,185. Application Fee $25, credit check and ability to pay required call (551) 226-0566. LYNDHURST 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, brand new carpets, ceramic tile in kitchen. HT/HW included. $1100/month. 1 parking space. No pets. No smoking. 11/2 months security. Available September 1st. (201) 218-9019

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N.ARLINGTON 1 Bedroom Apt. HT/HW included. Parking space. No pets. 201-342-2206. N.ARLINGTON 2 BR’s, LR, DR, Kitchen. 1 month security + 1 month rent. No pets. No smoking. Avl. Now or Sept. 1st. 201-304-8358 or 201-889-3900. N.ARLINGTON $1,050/month. New 1BR apt, hardwood floors, close to NY transp. Call 201-376-7200 or 201-893-7913 N.ARLINGTON Newly renovated 1 bedroom apt. $980/month + utilities. 1 month security. 1 car parking. (201) 772-7609 (917) 721-3381

N.ARLINGTON 3 rooms. HT/HW included. Near Transportation. Available now. (732) 648-1171.

ApArtments for rent n. nEwaRk N.NEWARK Section 8 Welcomed. 3 Bedroom Apt. Newly Renovated. New Bath, New Kitchen, 1st fl. 412 Woodside Ave. Call (973)202-8580 (973)925-3812

N.NEWARK Totally renovated studio apt. $775/month, 1 month security. Utilities included. Available now. No pets. No smoking. (973)752-6877 call after 4:30pm

N.NEWARK 1 bedroom apartment LR, DR kitchen. Near Belleville. $850/month. Utilities included. (973) 732-2071

RUTHERFORD RUTHERFORD 2 bedroom, 1st floor and finished basement. Washer/dryer hook-up, driveway, backyard, across NY transportation. No pets. $1600/month + Utilities. (201)981-9349

ApArtments for rent THERE IS A $10 CANCELLATION FEE, WHEN AN AD IS CANCELLED BEFORE ITS FIRST RUN • THREE & FOUR WEEK SPECIALS MUST RUN CONSECUTIVELY • DEADLINES ARE EVERY MONDAY BY 4PM • THERE IS A $10 CHARGE FOR ANY CHANGES MADE • WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AFTER 1ST RUN

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AUTOS fOR SALe 2013 White Ford Truck, E350 Cargo Ecoline Van Super Duty, refrigerated, extended, 12,000 miles, thermo king V300. Ref. unit, completely insulated interior, power locks, air conditioning, back up sensors, overnight plug. Call Al (201) 889-3114 1990 Dodge Van, 1,600 miles. Asking price $1,200. Please call (201) 991-1788 (201) 362-7475.

CONdO fOR ReNT KEARNY 2 BR, $1,100/month + Security. No pets. 1 car Parking. Avl. Sept. 1st. 201-955-1955.

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Party Hall For Rent • Affordable • A/C • Nice Setting 201-889-6677 201-572-1839

HARRISON 3 Family Home in nice location, close to PATH. $359,000. Near shopping. (201)306-9168

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N.ARLINGTON Two 4 family house, 1 BR, LV, Kitchen, 1st floor apartment has basement. 30 min. from Manhattan. $950,000. Call (201)998-8429 or (201)283-4051

N.ARLINGTON $290,000 2 Family, 3 rooms each floor. 1 car garage. Ideal location. Close to NYC transportation. Call owner (973) 284-1056

HARRISON 2 family house for sale. Both floors with LR, DR, kitchen. 2 Bedrooms and bath. Low Taxes. Separate utilities. Close to PATH. $300,000. 973-380-9007

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ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE We have an opening for an aggressive energetic self-starter to sell newspaper advertising. Duties include servicing existing account, calling inactive accounts, and generating new business while making friends.

Family owned and operated 126 years. Team oriented environment. You have the ambition and we will train. High Commission Must have transportation. Fax resume to: 201-991-8941 or E-mail: jobs@theobserver.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

OffICe SPACe fOR ReNT Ridge Road Office in N.Arlignton. 1 room office w/parking, great building $550/month. Owner (201)280-7483 KEARNY Professional Commercial (2 locations available). Office space on Kearny Avenue. Immediate occupancy. Close to NYC, public transportation, PATH, DeCamp, NJ Transit bus lines. 1,100 sq.ft.(corner) 1-1/2 months security, 1 to 5 year lease. 1,000 sq.ft. 1-1/2 months security, 1 to 5 year lease. Call Silvina (201) 456-2540

N.ARLINGTON Excellent location upgraded office suite. 700 sq. ft. Avl. 9/1. (201) 933-0364.

PeRSONALS LISTINGS Nice looking man, looking for nice woman. Must be over 60 w/no children. (973) 715-9586

Single man, healthy, secure, seeking Spanish/English speaking lady, physically fit. Attractive 45-50 years old. For lasting relationship. 201-406-9443

ROOM fOR ReNT HARRISON Room for rent. Big closets. Female preferred. Near PATH & transportation. Share kitchen. No smoking. No drinking. Available now. Utilities & DIRECTV included. Se habla español. (973) 485-9464.

HARRISON For Single person with cable. $600/month. Utilities Included. Full use of Apt. Female Preferred. Walking distance to PATH. Avl. Immediately. 201-314-9982

KEARNY Furnished large room, w/mini refrigerator, microwave. All utilities included. Great views of Kearny Ave w/bay window. $600 (201)697-0541

BELLEVILLE Roommate wanted. Female preferred. Big Room. $600/month + security. References required. Call Lucy 973-855-6136

KEARNY Room for rent. Single clean & responsible person. (732)859-1678

HARRISON Independent Room Furnished. Utilities Included. Available right now (973)482-9540.

STORe fOR ReNT BLOOMFIELD Retail store for lease. Corner store avl. No food Please. Avl. June 1st. 800sq ft. private parking lot available. Call 973-566-0333. Kearny – 21 Kearny Ave. storefront for rent. Basement storage & bathroom. Formerly a nail & hair salon. $1,200/month. 201-306-4051 KEARNY Store for rent at 842 Kearny Ave. 973-229-2786

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eMPLOYMeNT/ HeLP wANTed

ACCOUNTING SeRvICeS

Drivers CDL A/B Call today start tomorrow, Great Pay & Benefits. 201-991-1586.

Auto mechanic needed, with experience and tools to work in Newark 973-274-0797

NAATS, INC ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING, IMMIGRATION & PAYROLL SERVICES INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS & UNFILED TAXES CALL NOMAN: 718.314.5618 NAATSERVICES@ GMAIL.COM

Gal-Friday Local store, Carpet & Drapery Dept. Must be reliable, well spoken, organized self starter. Able to work on own. Sales, ordering, set-up installs, Bookkeeping. Off on Weds. Sat. is a must. Apply in person: House of Rugs 510 Kearny Ave Kearny, NJ

AUTOMOBILeS wANTed

Now Hiring! Property inspectors FT/PT in your area. Full, free training provided. msangelabove@ comcast.net (732)766-4425 ask for Mel

Stewarts Root Beer Now Hiring for season Cooks, Waitresses & Waiters Apply in person 938 Passaic Ave Kearny, NJ (201)998-0600

Full time Landscaper w/experience. Must have clean drivers license. Call 201-998-1262

Auto Body Combo Tech needed. Must speak English. (201)997-9000 Help Wanted to install seamless gutter, experience needed. Must have valid Drivers License. 1(800) 479-3262 or (201) 954-4287

Help wanted for busy Deli FT/PT Days, nights, weekends Apply in person. D&F Deli 396 Davis Ave. Kearny.

Now hiring servers and busboy. Must have experience. Must speak English and Spanish. Call 551-580-2244 Positions available immediately.

PT Receptionist/ Assistant wanted. Minimum experienced required. Will train right candidate. Bilingual a Must! Call Ana at (201) 998-1400

PART TIME SCHOOL BUS DRIVER Approx. 20 hours per week. Must have a CDL with P & S endorsements. Must speak fluent English. Please call Lorraine (201)998-4800 Drivers: CDL-A. Average $52,000 per yr. plus. Excellent Home Time + Weekends. Monthly Bonuses up to $650. 5,000w APU's for YOUR Comfort + ELogs. Excellent Benefits. 100% no touch. 877-704-3773.

DRIVER WANTED FOR FUEL OIL COMPANY. MUST HAVE AT LEAST 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE. CDL LICENSE REQUIRED. CLASS B NECESSARY. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK OVERTIME. REFERENCES REQUIRED CALL 201991-2370 FAX RESUME TO: 201-9917061 or EMAIL RESUME TO: FINCHFUEL@ GMAIL.COM

$300-$500 PAID For any Junk, Van or Truck.

Paid Cash!

888-869-5865

J & F TOWING CA$H 4 JUNK

CAR$ $200-$500 PAID ON THE SPOT. FREE TOWING 201-428-0441 ANY CAR, VAN OR TRUCK. NO TITLE, NO KEYS, NO PROBLEM.

CARPeT CLeANING Carpet Cleaning Residential & Commercial Deep Steam Cleaning Area rugs & Wall To Wall Free Estimates 201-887-8212

CLeANING SeRvICeS Annie’s Cleaning Service Homes, offices. Move in-out cleaning. Gift Certificates Avail. Excellent references 973-667-6739 862-210-0681

CONSTRUCTION SeRvICeS Angel Martinez Construction LLC Specializing • Roofing • Siding • Chimneys All types of Masonry Fully Ins. And License (201) 952-0076

CONSTRUCTION SeRvICeS JMW CONSTRUCTION

Complete Home Improvements •Kitchens •Bathrooms •Decks •Replacement windows •Siding •Additions Lic.#13VH03156600 FREE Estimates Fully Insured!

(201)935-1975

HANdYMAN SeRvICeS “Chris The Handyman” For your home repairs and Outdoor Power Equipment Services (201) 694-0258 DO IT ALL Interior/Exterior new & repairs. All types of carpentry. Reasonable rates, quality work, reliable, experienced. 13VH06620900 (201)991-3223 “Fair Deal Dan” Painting, Sheetrock, Plastering, Odd Jobs, Flooring, Windows and Doors, Plumbing, replace water heater, leaky faucets, tile work for floors, bathrooms, kitchen, counter tops and granite. Lic#V203575 (201)448-1563

Fernando Ferrer European Experience Ceramic Work, Carpentry, Painting (201)428-4477

NUWAY HOME IMPROVEMENT (201) 380-1313 Handyman work on your home, so you don’t worry how it’s done, all phases of construction.

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CLASSIFIEDS

hEATING & COOLING

LANDSCAPING/ DESIGN

PAINTING & DECORATING

P&M Mechanical LLC Heating/AC Service, Maintenance & Replacements Fully Insured Free Estimates (201)686-1269

A1 Affordable Landscaping Weekly maintenance • Busch Trimming • CleanUps • Design For free estimates call (201)998-1262

Alexander Painting, Decorating Sheet Rock/drywall. Skim coat, tape & tackle. Water damage. Wallpaper remove. 15+years of experience. Free estimates. (973) 985-6644

hOME IMPROVEMENT FENIELLO CONTRACTING LLC. BASEMENT RENOVATIONS NO MORE WASTED SPACE. Baths, Kitchens, Deck, Painting. All types of Home Improvement. Quality work fair prices. Fully insured. Lic# 13vh03006100 (201) 906-2422

FM Property Home Repairs & Improvements • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Doors • Floors • Windows • Painting • Decks All types of repairs Lic. # 13VH05674000

Fully Insured

201-428-7160

www.repairsbyfm.com fred@repairsbyfm.com

G & R Builders Roofing, Siding, Windows/Doors, Decks, Painting, Tiles & Masonry, Sheet Rock. All types of Carpentry. Lic. #13VH02536200 Free Estimates 20% Senior Citizen Discounts

(201) 893-0656

Handyman Star All inside or outside repairs. Windows, painting, sheetrock, carpentry, masonry, and decks. No job too big or small. Free estimates. Tom (201)4245042

Ranne Tile & Home Improvement Ceramic Tile Repairs • Walls & Floors • Big & Small • Regrouting • Caulking • Repair soap dishes • Tile Floors. Free Est. Fully Ins. (201)355-8489

Andriello Lanscaping Contruction Design Maint/Clean Ups Shrub Triming Grass Cutting Lic. 13VH04443200 (201) 939-7308

MARIO ESPOSITO

ANDREAS PAINTING

Professional House Painter 165 Interior & Exterior Printing-Plastering-Taping Free Estimates

(201)997-0706

Speak slow on answer machine please

LANDSCAPING LLC Spring Clean-Up Lawn maintenance Top Soil • Mulch Free Estimates (201)438-3991

Bills Interior Painting & Repairs. Free Estimates (973)801-9487

LOANS/ FINANCE

Chris Painting

Unlimited Money Available for any Business Purpose. $50,000 up. Call 973-350-9932 or write: The Thorntown Co. 590 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

MASONRy SERVICES G&T Mason Contractors Retaining Walls • Brick • Block • Stone Work • Patio • Roof • Siding. All type of Masonry Work. Free Estimates Fully Insured 30 yrs Experience 973-803-0556 Giuliano Turano

Manny Vidveiro

• Masonry • Blocks • Concrete • Bricks • Flatwork • Basement Waterproofing • Tiles.

201-893-1273

MOVING SERVICES J & J Express Co. #1 Rental Trucks with Driver • Moving Services • Pick up & Delivery • Helpers Only (Load/ Unload) (866) 270-8498 (908) 422-7487

Interior/Exterior • Water damage • Sheetrock Aluminum siding spray Referrals Licensed Fully Insured Owner Operated • Free Est. (201)896-0292

Classic Painting Interior/Exterior Rooms start $45 Exterior Start $799 Call Don Leave Message 862-754-1789

Kevin’s Home Improvements

Painting, Plastering, Sheet rocking, Wall papering & Much More. Very neat & Clean. No money down. Fully insured Senior Discounts. 201-565-6393.

SAL POLIZZOTTO

Painting, Decorating interior, exterior, Paper Hanging, ceiling. Full Installation, General Repairs. Over 14 years experience. FREE ESTIMATE

(201)939-8781

William J. McGuire Painting & Powerwashing Decks & Siding Refinished Fully Insured Senior Citizen Discount Available Lyndhurst, NJ Call today! 201-955-2520

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PLUMbING & hEATING

RUbbISh REMOVAL

wANTED TO bUy

MOVING SALE

JOSEPH V. FERRIERO Plumbing & Heating

A1 affordable Rubbish Removal Attics, Basements, Yard Cleaning. We Haul or You Can Rent 10-15 Cubic Yard Containers. We Accept Visa/MasterCard (201) 998-1262.

Estates Bought & Sold Fine Furniture Antiques, Accessories, Gold & Silver.

16 Shepard pl. Kearny Household items, bedroom sets, refridgerator, side load washer/dryer, pool table, tools, Tool cabinet, table saw, A/C + much more. Rain or Shine 8/30/14 9 am-5pm. 8/31/14 9am-1pm.

ANDRIELLO CLEANOUTS

Brand New, Free mattress with white washed crib & attached dressing table. B.O. 973-735-3150

Kitchen and bath remodeling. Carpentry. Fully Ins. Free Est. Lic# 165 (201)637-1775

REPAIR SERVICES APPLIANCES & ELECTRONICS REPAIR. Erving NJ since 1996! Visit us at www.Santronics.net or call Mario at (908) 403-0313

ROOFING & SIDING

Exterior Specialist

Roofing & Siding Additions & Decks Quality Home Builders Lic#13VH05368600 Robert Nadrowski

201-317-0282

N&J REMODELERS

Roofing + Siding Specialist. Windows, Doors, Decks, Kitchen/ Baths. Complete Home Renovation. Quality workmanship. All work guaranteed. Free Estimate. Fully insured

Nick (201)997-7657

• New + Re-roofing • Slate Repairs • Gutters Cleaned • Flat Roofing • Also Do Painting Free Estimates Fully Insured

(201)998-5153

RUbbISh REMOVAL 1 Call Cleans it All! Homes, basements garages & more. Our prices & service will be the best. Our customers come first. Same day no hassles. We get it done. Fully insured.

201-565-6393

Yards, Garages, Basements, Attics, Real Estate, Rubbish Removal/Demolition Lic.13VH04443200

(201)874-1577

Armin Cleanouts Rubbish removal, garbages, basements, attics, demolition. We’ll match any price. (973) 460-2963 Danny’s Clean Up and Demo Basements, Attics, Garages, Estates, etc. • Sheds, Decks, Pools, Fences, Trees, Gut-Outs, etc. Free estimates. Senior Discounts. Interior Exterior painting. 551-200-2869

SCRAP METAL Ace Auto Salvage 34 Stover Ave. Kearny, NJ 07032 201-997-6178 We buy ALL metals and cardboard.

SCREEN REPAIRS Danny The Screen Man

Glass & Screen Repairs Screens made to order Free pick-up (973)743-8574 (201)303-3930

SERVICES OFFERED Child or Adult Care. References. Live in/out. Spanish preferred. (201) 932-3824 Spanish (201) 719-0844 English

Cash Paid (201)920-8875 ITEMS FOR SALE

MERChANDISE FOR SALE 2 Bedroom sets King/Twin and other furniture. Call to set up appointment (201) 638-0849

MOVING SALE Saturday & Sunday, 8am-3pm. 428 Fern Ave., Lyndhurst, upstairs apt. 2R. Antiques, ceramic wheel, plants, china, crystals, bread maker. All must go!

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Water for Crystal. Sofa & Chair, Entertainment unit with Free TV. Marble end table. Glass coffee table & Bedroom set. Call 201-889-4330

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Observer office will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2014. Deadline for classified is Friday, August, 29, 2014 by 4pm ELECTRICAL SERVICES

EMERALD ELECTRIC 25 Years Experience • All types of electrical wiring 24 hour emergency service Free Estimate Lic # 11909

10% OFF with ad El. Insp. # 7566

(201)955-2678

ROOFING & SIDING

MIKE’S ALL SEASONS ROOFING & SIDING • Roofing • Siding • Windows • Doors • Gutter & Leaders • Roof Repairs 13VH008B0300 Free Est 201-438-0355 Fully Ins’d masonry

masonry

ALL CONCRETE WORK SIDEWALKS, PATIOS, DRIVEWAYS, RETAINING WALLS, STEPS BRICK PAVER DESIGNS SANTOS CONSTRUCTION CO. FREE ESTIMATES Family owned For Over 30 years Fully Insured and licensed Call our Office 973-589-2712 “LET US SHOW YOU OUR WORK!”

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BUSINESS

NA public schools DIRECT RY open Sept. 3 North Arlington public schools announce the 2014-2015 school year begins on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Students will attend half-day sessions for the first three days of school, Sept. 3 to 5. Full-day sessions begin Sept. 8. Following is the halfday schedule for the elementary, middle school and high school as well as the full day-schedule. No lunches will be served until the first fullday session on Sept. 8. • Elementary Schools: Half-day sessions will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Full-day sessions will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with lunchtime from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Students may be assigned by their teachers to remedial class and/ or homework labs which

will be conducted from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Children should not arrive at school earlier than five minutes prior to the bell. The exception to this is Jefferson School grades K, 1, and 2 where parents have the option of dropping children off at the Hedden Terrace entrance at 8:20 a.m. and driving off. (This is designed to avoid traffic congestion at 8:30 a.m.) • North Arlington Middle School: Half-day sessions for grades 6 to 8 will be conducted from 7:50 to 11:50 a.m. Students should not report to school earlier than 10 minutes before the bell. Regular sessions will run from 7:50 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Students may be assigned by their teach-

ers to extra help and/or study groups which will be conducted from 2:30 to 2:50 p.m. • High School: Students will report directly to their first period class at 7:45 a.m. on the first day of school, where they will pick up their schedules for the year. Half-day sessions will be conducted from 7:45 a.m. to noon. Full-day sessions will run from 7:40 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Any new students in grades 9 to 12 who have not yet enrolled are advised to check the North Arlington public schools’ website www.narlington. k12.nj.us for all required paperwork. Contact the high school guidance office at 201-991-6800, ext. 2053, to schedule an appointment to register.

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