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Legion seeks new members
Fitness center coming; new housing under review
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last August, The Observer carried our feature story on the 95th anniversary of American Legion Post 99 of Kearny. At the time, Post Commander Keith McMillan spoke about a problem most veterans’ organizations are facing: diminishing membership. Over the past decade, Post 99 has lost more than 100 members, primarily due, sadly, to the loss of the World War II generation. “We’re trying to communicate with the new generation of veterans,” McMillan told us. Next week, the Post hopes, that communication will take a leap forward. And, although the younger generation is one focus, so too are older veterans. Those who served during Korea or Vietnam -- or WWII -- also need support and, often, information about and help with the benefits to which they are entitled. On p. 8 of today’s paper, you will find an ad from the Joseph E. Frobisher Jr. Post 99 inviting non-member veterans to its monthly meeting, to be held at Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Legion headquarters, 314 Belgrove Dr. The meeting will start at 7 p.m., “but come early, around 6 o’clock,” McMillan suggested. see LEGION page
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By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – t may require an extended backstop at Harvey Field to prevent foul balls from whacking cars and/or people and perhaps a buffer of some kind for a residential dog run. But, in any event, Carlstadt developer Ed Russo will be returning to the Kearny Planning Board March 4 for local approvals to expand his residential project along the north side of Bergen Ave. adjacent to the town’s Harvey Field recreation complex. Last Wednesday, the board began hearing testimony on Russo’s proposal to demolish two commercial structures at 311-337 Schuyler Ave. and erect two 3-story buildings with 70 rental apartments as part of what the town has designated as an area in need of redevelopment.
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James O’Sullivan of Fitness Intl. holds schematic for new LA Fitness center planned for old Pathmark on Passaic Ave.
Teens for Jeans big hit By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
KEARNY – The suggestion came from English teacher Kathy Williams but once it was out there, it didn’t take long for the kids from Lincoln Middle School to jump into it.
Led by the school’s Student Council, the seventh- and eighth-graders are joining 10,000 schools worldwide in a venture co-sponsored by global retailer Aeropostale and youth volunteer organization DoSomething.org, with “Teens for Jeans,” to collect used jeans for homeless teens.
According to the sponsors, they have collected more than 4 million pairs of jeans just in the past several years. “In 2012, when I was Student Council adviser at Franklin School, we participated in Teens for Jeans and at that time, we came in among the top five donors nationwide
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with 4,600 pairs of jeans collected,” Williams said. This year, she said, Lincoln School hopes to surpass that achievement but it’s going to take some doing since as of last week, the total raised was 400 pairs. see JEANS page
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