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By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Before she returns to her teaching job at Kearny High School next month, Jennifer Hansen will be tending to another sort of job overseas.

Hansen, a Kearny resident starting her 10th year at KHS as an instructor of freshman/ sophomore English, left Sunday for an unusual mission.

She’s part of a 12-member U.S. “delegation” visiting Las Diosas, an all-woman fair trade coffee farming collective Las Diosas in Nicaragua whose crops have been severely compromised by a coffee leaf fungus known as la roya.

This malady, which attacks the leaves of the coffee plant and prevents it from generating coffee beans, has spread through much of Central America, according to published reports.

The website La Roya Recovery Project, which tracks the situation, says that, “While common to low lying regions, the fungus has spread to higher attitudes – [like the mountains in northern Nicaragua where Las Diosas is located] – where coffee is grown.”

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KPD Junior Police Cadets at 9/11 museum with tour guide Marty Nystrom of Kearny.

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emy and the 50 dedicated cadets who completed the challenging program. They graduated on the evening KEARNY – Last week, we wrote about of Aug. 13, but the morning of that same day is likely the Kearny Police Departto live as long, or longer, in ment’s Junior Police Acad-

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It was spent at a place where America’s collective memories are kept alive, and hopefully will be for countless generations to come.

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by the BCPO on the grounds that grand jury matters are confidential, the release said, HACKENSACK – “… and no information can be released … while such matters little more than two remain pending before the months after a towngrand jury. For this reason, ship man was fatally no details of either incident shot in the Lyndhurst Public Library by township police, a or any part of the investigation … will be released to the grand jury is being asked to public ….” review the incident.

The other case that the In response to an inquiry prosecutor is bringing to a made earlier this month by grand jury involves Elvin The Observer about the staDiaz, who was fatally shot tus of the investigation into on May 21, 2015, at 10 Temple the death, the Bergen County Ave., Hackensack, “when two Prosecutor’s Office issued a release about that matter and police officers of the Hackensack Police Department another incident in Hackendischarged their weapons” at sack. that location, the release said.

The release said: “As of The release goes on to say today (Aug. 11), we have that, “The decision to present substantially completed our these matters to the grand review and investigation into jury is made in accordance the [two] police involved with state law and court rule, shootings ….” in accordance with the New The release said the BCPO “will be presenting to a grand Jersey Attorney General Dijury” the case involving Kevin rective 2006-5, as modified on July 28, 2015.”

Allen, “who was shot by two Under that amended direcLyndhurst police officers on May 29, 2015, in the Lyndhurst tive – which provides guidelines to law enforcement public library.” agencies “for conducting Identities of the two officpolice-use-of-force investigaers have not been disclosed

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tions” – a county prosecutor “… shall present a matter to a grand jury for its independent review if: 1) … the use of force resulted in death or serious bodily injury or 2) the interests of justice would be served by having the matter reviewed by a grand jury.”

The amended directive also calls for a “separate” grand jury to examine whether any “underlying criminal activity” that may have been committed by a victim of police force justified that use of force by police.

Whether the BCPO will empaneling a separate grand jury to evaluate the behavior of the Lyndhurst victim leading up to the shooting could not be determined at press time.

Unofficial police reports on the May incident at the Lyndhurst Public Library indicated that Allen, 36, was approached outside the library by two officers who reportedly had knowledge that Allen was wanted by a law enforcement agency outside the township, that the three entered the library and

went to the top floor where Allen reportedly became violent and tried to flee. At that point, according to police reports, the officers used pepper spray and a baton in an effort to subdue Allen, who allegedly produced a utility knife and came at the officers who fired at him. Allen was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

In an unrelated police use of force incident, an Essex County grand jury voted in October 2014 not to bring charges against three Belleville police officers who fatally shot township resident Dante Cespedes on July 9, 2013, in his apartment. According to police, four officers were sent to the apartment to serve a restraining order on Cespedes on the complaint of his wife Judy Breton. When Cespedes allegedly lunged at them with two knives, three officers opened fire, shooting 24 rounds in the process and killing Cespedes.

A wrongful death suit filed by Breton’s attorney Marc Bengualid is proceeding.

Home burglary suspect arrested The Nutley Police Department has arrested a man they say is responsible for an Aug. 4 burglary on Romano St., Det. Sgt. Anthony Montanari announced.

Dexter Banks, 24, of Belleville, was taken into custody after police said they recovered evidence to connect him to the burglary. He was charged with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property, the NPD said. In addition, he was also wanted by the Belleville Police Department on more than $1,200 in outstanding warrants, Montanari said.

On Aug. 4, police said they were called to Romano St.

when a resident discovered the home had been burgled.

Detectives said they developed trace evidence leading them to conclude the suspect entered through an unlocked window after using a trash can to elevate himself.

Once inside, police said they believe Banks took items from within the home including the master bedroom, some of which, valued at several thousand dollars, were already recovered at an area pawn broker.

Bail was set at $15,000 for the Nutley charges.

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our police thoroughly investigated this and apprehended the suspect should not only put the victims at ease, but also ensure the residents of this town that crime in our community will not be tolerated.”

“Although burglaries have slowed down, perpetrators still look for opportunities and [I] encourage homeowners to take precautionary measures to safeguard their valuables,” Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said.

“We ask that the public remain ever vigilant and to contact us should they see anything suspicious.”

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Better late than never on court safety

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent

volume and generate a lot of revenue,” he added.

And that means a lot of traffic is going in and out of those KEARNY/HARRISON – courtrooms.

On Aug. 11, Kearny took a aybe the state should step toward complete complithrow the book at ance by introducing an ordithem. nance to create a part-time Nine years after the N.J. job of “special law enforceAdministrative Office of ment officer,” to be paid at an the Courts mandated local hourly rate, starting at $18 an authorities beef up security hour and ranging up to $24 an for municipal courts, Kearny hour over seven years. and Harrison are still lagging A public hearing on the behind. ordinance is slated for next Hudson County Superior month.

Court Assignment Judge Peter Mayor Alberto Santos said F. Bariso Jr., whose office has the intent is to assign a “Class sought to ensure compliance 2” (armed) special officer – or with Directive 15-06, last week officers, as many as may be told The Observer that of the needed – to a courtroom en12 municipalities in Hudson, try detail where some type of the two West Hudson towns metal detection system would are “the only two left” not to be deployed. have fully fallen into line.

The town is currently Asked if he had the auresearching various types of thority to order their courts closed, Bariso said that, “in an detector devices that would be appropriate for town use, extreme situation, I guess I could,” but quickly added that Santos said.

Over the years, Santos said, both towns are filing updated “we’ve had very few incisecurity plans for weapons dents” of unruliness in muscreening before entry to the courtroom which he hopes to nicipal court and, he added, “those have been contained review shortly. effectively by our police.”

And the judge said he But, the mayor added, bewould be loathe to disrupt cause the court is not conlocal court operations and tained in a separate facility local residents who might end but, rather, conducts operaup having to visit other comtions from the second floor munities to pay or challenge chambers at Town Hall that a ticket or file a complaint or it shares with the governing any of the myriad functions that take place in a municipal body, “we do have configuration issues,” related to how court. the town – with input from Both Harrison and Kearny the Police Department, the – like the other communities court and the town adminin Hudson – have assigned istration – figures how to a local officer as a security detail to maintain order in the monitor the various points of access to the court, both via courtroom. stairway and elevator.

But there still remains the But Judge Bariso said that matter of determining how to the extent that the building best to prevent a visitor housing a court is a local is– other than a law enforcesue, “that becomes beyond my ment agent – from bringing a purview.”

As for the weapons weapon, undetected, into the screening, Bariso said that courtroom, as required by the he’s assured both Kearny and state directive.

Harrison that, “I’d have no As noted by Hudson’s problem with an officer using Presiding Municipal Court a [metal detection] wand at Judge Frank Carpenter III the entrance to the courtof Bayonne, coming up with such a strategy is all the more room,” if it came down to that.

He said his office has also important in a county that provided both towns inforhandles 1.2 million municimation on the possibility of pal cases a year – which, he acquiring a “used X-ray masaid, amounts to 20% of the chine” for detection purposes.

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on metal detectors and other safety features.”

Harrison anticipates having everything in place “by midto late September,” according to Zarbetski.

Judge Bariso said that while he has not given either town a “drop-dead date” for implementing the security measures, “I’m not going to let it go, either.”

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Expanded public parking on Grant Ave.?

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – n the wake of a fire that wrecked a two-story duplex on Grant Ave. next to the municipal garage, the borough is weighing whether to buy the property to offer expanded off-street overnight parking for residents.

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A July 28 three-alarm fire whose cause is under investigation by the state fire marshal gutted much of the building at 246 Grant Ave. and it’s still unclear whether the owner, Robert Kasyan, intends to rebuild.

Meanwhile, on Aug. 12, the East Newark Borough Council voted to introduce an ordinance that, if adopted, would

allow the borough to acquire the land to develop as a “public parking lot.”

The ordinance “authorizes studies … to be commenced in order to evaluate the advisability of exercising the power of eminent domain and ultimately to exercise such power, if deemed advisable ....”

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Elaborating later, Mayor Joseph Smith told The Observer, “We’re not going to stop the owner if he wants to rebuild.”

It’s just that if the borough could get the land, “it would be ideal for us,” the mayor said, “because the lot is adjacent to our [municipal] parking lot on John St. so we would like to be able to expand the lot to offer additional permit parking to residents and use part of the space to park town vehicles also, if possible.”

As part of the studies referenced in the ordinance, Smith said, “We want to get our engineer involved because there are state requirements for public parking.”

If the borough can manage to get the property, it would investigate the possibility of creating angle parking to fit the maximum number of spaces, Smith said.

And traffic flow would likely be controlled to provide ingress via Grant and egress onto John, he added. “We’d probably move the existing driveway on John more to the center.”

Smith said the borough has, to date, created about 160 offstreet resident permit parking spaces – each reserved for $45 per month – at lots on John St., Central Ave. and Third St., Searing Ave. and under Rt. 280 to try and meet a demand

for spaces that the mayor termed “unbelievable.”

There are “at least 10 to 15” residents on a waiting list for the parking permits, according to Smith.

In other business conducted Aug. 12, the Borough Council accepted the resignation of Police Officer Kenneth M. Sheehan Jr., son of former Police Chief Ken Sheehan.

Borough officials said that Sheehan Jr., who was hired

by East Newark in July 2013, had an opportunity to join the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino confirmed that Sheehan Jr. was hired Aug. 10 as a detective in the prosecutor’s office at a starting annual salary of $43,839.

Sheehan Jr. is the second former borough cop to join the HCPO. He follows his former colleague, Officer Anthony Espaiolat, who left the borough Police Department last year.

Borough Police Chief Anthony Monteiro said that two new cops – Dan Hidrovo and Yuri Defretas – were hired by East Newark last month and are currently undergoing police academy training. “They should be graduating the first week of December and we’ll get them for duty then,” Monteiro said.

Hidrovo, a Harrison High School graduate who lives in East Newark, previously worked as the manager of a private special-needs school.

His brother, Christopher, works for the borough DPW. DeFretas, who lives in Kearny, is a Kearny High School alum and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He previously worked in bridge construction.

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Burglaries top KPD blotter news

Aug. 13 At 4:15 p.m., Vice detectives said they observed Bernie Matos Jr., 22, of Harrison sitting on the steps of a Johnston Ave. residence apparently attempting to conceal a handrolled cigar. Approached by the officers, he reportedly turned over the cigar and a plastic bag of marijuana. He was charged with possession of the drug and drug paraphernalia.

Aug. 14 Sgt. Brian Wisely, on patrol at Kearny and Locust Aves. at 1:30 p.m., observed a 2013

Jeep travelling in an erratic manner, its driver looking like he was falling asleep at the wheel, police said. When Wisely, with Officer Ben Wuelfing as backup, stopped the vehicle, he observed a cap for a hypodermic needle on the floor, and the complete needle was later found on the passenger side, police said.

Driver Matthew Muscarella, 32, of North Arlington, reportedly had trouble standing when he was removed from the Jeep and was arrested after field sobriety tests. He was charged with driving under the influence of a CDS, careless driving, driving with a suspended license and possession of the needle.

Aug. 18 Shortly after midnight, Officers Tom Pontrella and Leroy Bibbs responded to a complaint about a problem customer at QuickChek on Kearny Ave., advised the man -- Sidnei Antunes, 29, of Kearny -- several times to leave the premises, and when he reportedly refused and became combative, arrested him and charged him with disorderly conduct.

••• At 1 p.m., on the 600 block of Elm St., Vice detectives said they observed Xavier Moya, 24, of Newark, whom they knew to have a warrant from the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested on same, taken to headquarters and for the HCSO. ••• Another wanted man, Kevin Smith, 21, of Kearny, was taken into custody by Vice at 3 p.m. at Forest St. and Midland Ave.

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••• Shortly after 3 p.m., Officers Wuelfing and Chris Levchak were called to Walmart on the report of a disorderly customer who had a dispute with management over a money order, police said. The officers calmed the man, Richard McBride, 30, of Newark, and escorted him from the store, but in the lot he reportedly began screaming profanities. He was then arrested and charged wtih disorderly conduct.

••• A concerned citizen alerted police at 6:30 p.m. to a man on a bicycle at Lindsay Lane (Google it) and Bergen Ave. who appeared to be taking items from his pockets and putting them in a bag. Due to the proximity to several stores, the caller suspected shoplifting.

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earny police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly burglarized two Kearny Ave. businesses in the overnight hours of Aug. 19-20: the BP gas station at Linden Ave. and Woodland Auto Repair at Woodland Ave. In each instance, the perp gained entry by removing the lock cylinder from the front door.

A minimal amount of cash was stolen -- $120 from BP, $100 from Woodland Auto -but the thief also absconded with items of greater value: computerized devices used in auto repairs and maintenance.

Also taken were a number of state-issued inspection stickers.

The KPD has obtained security videos of the burglar in action, and Dets. Bryant Obie and Michael Gonzalez are conducting the follow-up investigation.

••• Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following:

Nicholas Hess, 37, of Kearny, at Johnston Ave. and Devon St. with their knowledge of an earlier drug transaction, police said. Hess reportedly turned over a bag of marijuana and was charged with possession of pot and paraphernalia.

••• Det. Gonzalez, investigating a rash of Aug. 17 overnight car burglaries in the area of Liberty and Maple Sts., developed as a suspect Jeremy Postal, 18, of Newark, who came to KPD headquarters when he learned of a warrant against him. Postal was not charged with the break-ins themselves, but with receiving stolen property and use of credit cards taken from one of the vehicles, a 2012 Honda. At the time of his arrest, police said, those stolen cards had already been used at Walmart, Wawa and QuickChek in Kearny, a Harrison QuickChek and a liquor store in East Aug. 19 Newark.

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grove Drive and reportedly found him to be in possession of several packages of razors, shower gels and deodorants.

Eric Warren, 48, of Newark, was detained at the scene while KPD officers went to the Deals store on Passaic Ave., viewed security video where they said they observed Warren stealing the items, police said.

When he was taken into custody, Warren allegedly gave a different name, Tariq Watson, but a fingerprint check at HQ revealed his true identity—along with outstanding warrants from Kearny, Harrison, Newark and the Essex County Sheriff’s Office.

Warren was charged on those and with shoplifting and hindering apprehension.

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Refreshing paws on a summer day

By Karen Zautyk f you don’t recognize the photo accompanying this column, you must have neither television nor Internet access. It’s a still from a video that made national if not international news and went viral on YouTube last week.

Filmed by the Basso family of Rockaway, it shows a mother bear and her five cubs frolicking in the family’s backyard pool last Tuesday when the heat wave was broiling the state.

Safe in their home, the Bassos recorded the ursine antics from a second-floor window. The bears spent nearly an hour in the yard -splashing in the water, chasing a beach ball, chewing up floaties, playing on the slide, etc.

Then they left, headed where no one knows. (Perhaps by press time they will have been spotted again.)

Apparently, this ursine brood is fairly well-known in the

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Morris County town, having been there frequently all summer. But this seems to be the first time they’ve taken over a pool.

Newscasters reporting on the incident expressed surprise at the number of cubs, but Observer readers would have known that this is not unusual in New Jersey. As noted last week in a story on state Conservation Officer Joe Kuechler’s visit to the Kearny Junior Police Academy, “N.J. mama bears have the biggest litters in the U.S. -- four to five cubs, compared with the average two or three in other states.”

While the pool party is amusing, it’s a good thing no one entered that yard.

Getting between a bear and her cubs can be fatal. It’s an extremely dangerous and entirely different situation from an encounter with a solo bear.

Although these have also been known to attack.

Visit the state Division

of Fish & Wildlife’s website, www.njfishandwildlife.com, for information on how to behave if you cross paths with a bear. Some of the advice: • Remain calm. Do not run from a bear. Instead, slowly back away.

• Make the bear aware of your presence by speaking in an assertive voice, singing, clapping your hands, or making other noises.

• Make sure the bear has an escape route.

• Avoid direct eye contact, which may be perceived by a

have been sighted in all 21 counties.”

Repeat: ALL. Including Hudson, although not West Hudson. Yet. As far as we know.

Readers of my column know I am paranoid about bears, convinced that I will die at the paws of one eventually. I have joked about this, but humor can have basis in factual fear.

As New Jersey’s woodlands Tim Basso/YouTube are increasingly lost to bear as a challenge. development, the bears are • The bear may utter a series seeking new territory. I have of huffs, make popping sounds been told they come down by snapping its jaws and swat from the northern forests by the ground. These are warning travelling along power-line signs that you are too close. cuts and abandoned railroad • Black bears will sometimes tracks. Both of which can be “bluff charge” when cornered, found in Observer towns. threatened or attempting to Just three months ago, a steal food. Stand your ground, black bear was spotted hiding avoid direct eye contact, then in a tree in the Bloomfield slowly back away and do not Cemetery on Belleville Ave. It run. was trapped and relocated to a There are many more tips. I more bear-friendly location. suggest you read them. Why? Repeat: A bear was in Because, N.J. Fish & Wildlife Bloomfield. also reports: “Black bears You have been warned.

CORRECTION

A story in the Aug. 19 issue of The Observer misstated the number of jobs that the FedEx Freight distribution center proposed for North Arlington may generate. Down the road, there could be as many as 300, according to the applicant’s attorney Ronald Shaljian. The Observer regrets the error.

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Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and on several other occasions and police say they believe someone is entering the laundry room of the complex and taking the items undetected.

The victim told police she’d found the items to be missing on at least four occasions — including Aug. 16. The bras and other assorted items aren’t cheap, either — they’re valued at around $400, the Nutley Police Department said.

The property-management company that owns the laundry room has been notified of the thefts, the NPD said.

Meanwhile, the NPD also reported the following incidents that were logged between Aug. 15 and Aug. 20: Aug. 15 A Coeyman Ave. resident told police items were taken from their car that was parked in a driveway. There was no sign of forced entry into the car, the victim told police, and there was no way to recall whether the car had been locked before the thefts occurred. It wasn’t immediately clear what was taken from the car.

Aug. 17 A driver called police to tell them that whilst driving along Ridge Road, his car was struck by eggs on the driver’s side windshield, the NPD said.

The driver couldn’t identify the person(s) who threw the eggs, but aside from having a smelly and sticky windshield, there was no damage to the car, police said.

Aug. 18 • A resident told police he was the victim of fraud after he learned credit checks were being made in his name and that a Discover Card account was opened in his name, the

NPD said. The Discover account was canceled and the victim’s bank will be monitoring for any further unauthorized credit checks, the NPD said.

• A Nutley resident filed a report of possible fraud after having attempted to secure a summer rental in Wildwood via Craigslist that appeared to be sketchy, the NPD said.

The victim told Nutley police they were just about to wire cash to a person who had advertised the summer rental in the Jersey Shore town, but instead first called the rental complex to confirm the authenticity of the rental — and when they did so, they learned that while the rental was real and available, whoever it was advertising it on Craigslist had no connection to the rental complex, the NPD said.

Meanwhile, Wildwood police are investigating.

Aug. 19 The caretaker of the Nutley Museum told police there was damage to two air-conditioning units on the west side of the building. The tops to both units were smashed and police said it appeared the damage was caused by someone jumping on top of the units. Damages are estimated at $4,400.

Aug. 20 A call about a suspicious vehicle parked on Pake St. led to the arrest of a man on active warrants, the NPD said.

When police responded, they said they learned the driver of the vehicle, Rafael Sanders, 40, of Montclair, has a suspended driver’s license and two warrants — one each from Union City and Harrison.

Sanders was taken to NPD headquarters for processing, but fell ill — so he was subsequently taken to Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville

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ome of New Jersey’s veterans who’ve seen combat action overseas have returned to the home front to enlist in a different kind of war: persuading Passaic River anglers from eating their catch by trading it for freshly harvested fish.

They are doing this as part of an outreach service known as Rutgers VETS (Veterans Environmental Technology & Solutions) financed by the Lower Passaic River Study Area Cooperating Parties Group (CPG), which represents 67 companies that have agreed to pay for the cleanup of the river’s lower eight miles between Newark Bay and the Belleville/Newark border but are at odds with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how the cleanup should be done.

EPA proposes to dredge the river, bank-to-bank, remove an estimated 4 million cubic yards of sediment containing high levels of dioxin, PCBs and the like deposited as industrial wastes over the years, and cap the river bottom, all at a cost projected at $1.7 billion, while the CPG has pronounced EPA’s plan misguided and wasteful because it’s allegedly based on false assumptions that will lead to more contamination and disruption of commercial enterprises along the river.

EPA, which held public hearings on its plan more than a year ago, has not disclosed when it will proceed with the project. If the CPG opposes the final plan, it could sue to block it.

Meanwhile, the CPG has – with the assistance of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County (whose staff are paid by the university) and the Newark-based Metropolitan Baptist Church development

Top photos courtesy Amy Rowe; bottom photo by Ron Leir

Essex County veterans, working with the Rutgers VETS program, provide Passaic River anglers with warnings not to eat fish from the polluted river and exchange fresh tilapia for the fish caught by anglers from the river, as shown above. At right: plants being grown at greenhouse where the tilapia are harvested.

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From the summer through October, veterans station themselves at the Nutley Boat Ramp at Park Ave. and Rt. 21 on Saturdays, from 7 to 10 a.m., weather permitting, to offer safe tilapia in place of fish anglers haul in from the Passaic.

While there’s fishing from the Ironbound to the Dundee Dam, the biggest concentra-

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Actually, until this past Saturday, the trade-off involved frozen fish because it takes at least three months to produce a “grown” fish weighing at least a pound, explained Amy Rowe, environmental & resource agent for the Rutgers co-op extension.

Now the veterans are prepared to offer the real deal, on a pound-for-pound basis, Rowe said. At the same time, the veterans warn the anglers about the dangers of consuming fish from the Passaic. Some have admitted eating their catch, but whether any have fallen ill as a result could not be determined.

In return, she said, the vets have been getting back from the anglers “a lot of eels” which they bring back to the Rutgers lab where they are frozen and stored in hopes that, at some point, the fish can be opened up to see what, if any, toxins may be inside.

Since the trade-offs began on June 20, the exchange post has collected 72 fish from mostly male anglers ranging from their mid-30s to late 50s.

But there’s more to the aquaponics program than just fish.

As part of an eight-month training program, the vets – four women and 11 men, ages

20s to 60s – are also learning how to cultivate plants by circulating the growing tilapia by-products through a hydroponics system that breaks down those excretions by nitrification bacteria used by the plants as nutrients.

The vets spend two days a week laboring in the greenhouse or at a community garden and three days attending classes taught by Rutgers staff, local experts and guest lecturers in an adjoining church building where they also have access to computers to research independent projects.

Garden State veterans have the highest unemployment rate in the U.S. at 10.4% -and up to 16% among recent returning combat vets – so it was decided to recruit Essex County vets for the program in hopes of imparting jobs skills applicable to “sustainable agriculture.”

And the program’s presence proved to be an added benefit to the Newark community.

“When we came here,” said Rowe, “we didn’t realize the church had a food pantry.” So staff figured it made sense to distribute the vegetables grown in the greenhouse to the hungry in the community every Tuesday through the

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“We had been giving 250 heads of lettuce to the pantry weekly,” Rowe said. “We just switched to kale.” Basil seedlings were being grown last week.

Community members also received many tomato and pepper seedlings to take home to grow to maturity, Rowe said.

Each of the vets also devotes time to cultivating “experimental” gardens just outside the greenhouse where they are growing tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, corn, pumpkins and beans atop raised beds in milk crates. Eventually, Rowe said, staff hopes to arrange a field trip to the Kearny Community Garden to investigate their planting strategies.

Vets receive a $12 per hour stipend for putting in a 40 hour work week and that’s another cost picked up by the CPG which, Jaffe said, has invested more than $1 million in the program, which began in summer 2014 and the program is already paying dividends.

Of last year’s graduates, four are doing landscape work for Essex County, two are working for private landscapers and

two started their own landscaping businesses in Essex, Rowe said.

Navy vets Tyrone Stewart, Marcus Beaman and Judson Blue, all of Newark, are all hopeful of finding employment after they finish the program.

Stewart, whose dad taught him about gardening in his native Kershaw, S.C., said: “It’s something I could get into doing as a career.” Blue, who credited his mother for showing him “how to prep the ground for growing plants,” was laid off recently from a property management job and he is aiming to “go into aquaponics and work in a greenhouse – you control your environment and it’s the way to the future.” And Beaman, who “came for my own business opportunity,” hopes this experience will give him a boost to that goal.

“The landscaping community is close-knit so it definitely helps to be here and I get to help the community so this is perfect,” Beaman said. Gesturing toward the aquaponics setup, Beaman added: “This is all new and I’m in the forefront of it.”

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Locals admitted to college

Residents from The Observer’s coverage area have enrolled at the following schools: • University at Albany, Albany, N.Y.: Lisbeth Infante of North Arlington.

• Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.: Gianna Bustamante of Kearny and Benjamin Halligan of Nutley.

• James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.: Kyla Gualtieri of Kearny.

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Cash bar will be available.

• The ninth annual St. Jude Novena, with Msgr. John J. Gilchrist, begins Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. Confessions will be heard at 6:30 p.m.

West Hudson Hospital’s 15year reunion, open to all West Hudson Hospital medical/ nursing staff, employees and volunteers, is set for Saturday, Sept. 12. For more information, contact Irene Kirst at 201-4242589 or Sharon Lautenbacher at 201-401-9655.

The PBGC, 663 Kearny Ave., East Newark hosts its annual Tricky Tray on West Hudson Brave Women Saturday, Oct. 17. Doors open at Fighting Breast Cancer meets 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 per perthe last Friday of every month, son (no children). Admission 7 to 9 p.m., at the East Newark includes a sheet of small prizes, Senior Center, 37 President coffee, soda, water and dessert.

St. For more information, call There will be three-level prizes, Emma at 201-998-6828, Rosa at 201-246-7750, Fatima at 973-485- 50/50 and packets will be sold.

4236 or email emidura2@yahoo. Among the prizes will be a flat screen TV, IPAD, PS4, Giants com. tickets and much more. Purchase tickets in advance. Guests Harrison may book a table of eight or 10.

The Town of Harrison For ticket information, email celebrates 175 years of history beginning with a 6 p.m. Mass at pbgckearny@gmail.com or call 201-334-8336.

Holy Cross Church on Friday, The Junior Women’s Club Sept. 19, and gala dinner at the Holy Cross School gymnasium of Arlington is hosting a “Back to the 80s” dinner-dance on at 7 p.m. the same night. On Friday, Sept. 25, from 7 to 11 Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20, the festivities continue p.m., at the LCCC, 9 Davis Ave. For the $35 admission, plus a with a street fair that includes donation of a non-perishable craft and retail vendors, food, food item, guests are entitled entertainment, children’s rides to appetizers, dinner, dancing and more, a Saturday multiand dessert and there will be a cultural parade stepping off 50/50, raffle baskets and a cosat noon and Saturday family tume contest. A DJ will provide movie night.

Those interested in becoming entertainment. And a cash bar involved in this event including is available. To purchase tickets, call 551-800-5992 or visit www. vendors (craft, antique and retail) interested in having a space jwcarlington.com.

All community members are at the Saturday/Sunday street festival, and any businesses that invited to have “Coffee with a Cop” on Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and would like to receive publicOct. 8. Meet with Kearny police ity as part of a sponsorship for the event are invited to contact officers in an informal, neutral space to discuss community Robin at 201-321-2756. issues, build relationships and drink coffee.

Kearny The schedule is as follows: Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Sept. 25 at 8 a.m. at Dina’s Café, 136 Davis Ave., announces the 734 Kearny Ave.; Oct. 2 at 8 a.m. following: • A 100th anniversary celebra- at Arcos Pastry, 401 Kearny Ave.; and Oct. 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. tion of serving Kearny and the at a location to be determined. surrounding areas takes place Check www.facebook.com/ Sept. 13. The event begins with kearnypba for updated infora Mass at noon followed by a mation. Contact Officer John buffet dinner at 2 p.m. at the Lithuanian Catholic Communi- Fabula for more information at Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 5 to 9 p.m. Donors must be at least age 17, weigh at least 120 pounds, bring a signed form of ID and know their social security number. For more information, call Community Blood Services at 201-444-2900.

St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity hosts its annual Communion Breakfast, Sunday, Oct. 4, after the 8:30 a.m. Mass. It will take place at the Chandelier Restaurant, 340 Franklin Ave. Tickets are $23 each and will be available at the rectory.

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West Hudson Arts and Theater Co. holds open auditions for Disney’s “Beauty & the Beast Jr.” Sept. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 12 at 1 p.m.

No experience, membership or fee is required to audition or perform with the group. Be sure to visit www.whatco.org and download the audition form, complete it and bring it with you when you audition. Copies of the form will be available at the audition. Prepare 32 measures of a musical theater song of your choice and bring music in the appropriate key. An accompanist will be provided.

All auditions take place at the W.H.A.T. Theatre (in residence at the First Lutheran Church) 65 Oakwood Ave., Kearny. Parking is available in the rear.

Performances are scheduled for Nov. 6 - 14.

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.

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Lyndhurst Health Department, 601 Riverside Ave., hosts a Clara Maass Breakfast Seminar: “Ovarian Cancer: Where We Are … Where We’re Going” on Friday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m. A Clara Maass health expert will discuss symptoms, screenings and treatments for ovarian cancer. Call 201-804-2500 to register.

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) announces the following programs: • Pontoon Boat Rides are set for Sept. 2, 3, 8, 11, 16, 22 and 24 at 5 p.m. each day and on Sept.

19 at 8:30 a.m. This event is recommended for ages 10 and up. All tours launch from River Barge Park, 260 Outwater Lane, Carlstadt. Advance registration and payment required. Cost is $15 per person.

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call 201-460-4640.

• First-Sunday-of-the-Month Nature Walk is set for Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Mill Creek Marsh Trail in Secaucus.

For information and to register, email greatauk4@gmail.com or call 201-230-4983.

• A guided canoe tour exploring the Hackensack River and its marshes takes place on Saturday, Sept. 12, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Canoes launch from Laurel Hill Park Boat Ramp, Secaucus. This event is recommended for ages 10 and up. Cost is $15 per person. Pre-registration and payment required. To get a registration form, go to www. njmeadowlands.gov and click on “2015 Fall Events.” For more information, call 201-460-4640.

• Third-Tuesday-of-theMonth Nature Walk is set for Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Harrier Meadow in North Arlington (Entrance to Harrier Meadow is located about 1/4 mile in from Schuyler Ave. on Disposal Road. For information and to register, email greatauk4@gmail.com or call 201-230-4983.

• Free public viewing nights at the William D. McDowell Observatory, 3 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, are set for every Wednesday in September, from 8 to 10 p.m. each night.

The observatory features a research-grade telescope capable of viewing objects millions of light years away. Planets viewable during September are Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

No registration is necessary.

For more information, call 201777-2416 or 201-460-4623.

Lyndhurst resident Denise Stillwell presents a musical program of light classics at the Lyndhurst Public Library, 355 Valley Brook Ave., on Monday, Aug. 31, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The concert features pieces by Fritz Kreisler, Jay Unger, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jules Massenet, and Paul Nero. Stillwell currently plays violin and viola in the orchestra for the Tony award-winning Broadway show “Kinky Boots.” She will be accompanied on the piano by her mother Elaine, who is visiting from Florida. Register by emailing the library at romeo@lyndhurst.bccls.org or call 201-804-2478, ext. 7.

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Senior Harmony Club of North Arlington sponsors a trip to Resorts on Sept. 10.

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Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, announces the following programs. Registration is required where noted.

To register, call the library at 973-667-0405.

• Patrons are invited to play Bridge at the library every Tuesday at 1 p.m. No registration is required.

• Tuesday Afternoon Book Club meets Sept. 1 at 2 p.m.

The Nutley Public Library Outreach Program hosts a monthly book discussion at the Nutley Parkside Apartments, 7 William St., on the first Tuesday of each month.

Club members who don’t live at the Parkside Apartments are asked to meet at the library at 1:30 p.m. and proceed with the librarian to the senior building. The book selections are the same as the Monday Night Book Club.

• Monday Night Book Discussion Group meets Sept.

14 at 7 p.m. Members are welcome to discuss any book related to poetry for this meeting. For more information, visit http://nutleypubliclibrary.org or call 973-667-0405, ext. 2604.

• Wednesday Afternoon Knitters meet weekly at the library at 1 p.m. Knitters are asked to bring their own supplies.

• The film “McFarland U.S.A.” will be screened on Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. as part of the library’s First Friday Films program. A new film is shown the first Friday of each month.

Check the library’s event calendar for a schedule of films.

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Don’t be scammed by fake IRS callers Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers is warning the public that criminals are continuing to use sophisticated phone scams targeting taxpayers, especially senior citizens.

“A number of Nutley senior citizens have reported to me that they received threatening and intimidating telephone calls from individuals claiming to be IRS agents,” said Rogers.

He explained that the fake IRS callers usually target seniors, telling them that they owe back taxes and if they don’t pay immediately via credit card or wire transfer, they will be arrested, lose their driver’s license, and suffer other financial sanctions.

“To anyone, but especially senior citizens, this a very frightening experience,”the commissioner said.

“Taxpayers need to know that the IRS never asks for credit card numbers over the phone, nor requests a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer.”

The Nutley Department of Public Affairs/Consumer Affairs Bureau is asking residents to spread the word and help them educate all residents, especially the most vulnerable, senior citizens, about this scam.

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former is more personal, telling the individual stories of the people who perished or survived.

As explained on its website, tributewtc.org, “The 9/11 Tribute Center is a project of the September 11th Families’ Association, which brings together those who want to learn about 9/11 with those who experienced it.”

It “invites visitors to share personal stories of the 9/11 community – family members who lost loved ones, survivors, first responders and rescue workers, civilian volunteers and community residents whose healing is a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit.”

The center is actually staffed by those family members, survivors, first responders, etc., who volunteer as guides.

It is located at 120 Liberty St., next door to the FDNY's "10 House" -- home to Engine 10/Ladder 10 -- which stands directly across the street from Ground Zero.

The center’s exhibits include photos of the more than 2,700 WTC victims, a display of the hand-made “Missing” posters that papered Manhattan within hours of the attack, police and fire equipment and various artifacts of the day.

Grimm talked about two guns that had been recovered from the ruins of the Port Authority Police headquarters in one of the towers. Concrete had liquefied around the weapons and then rehardened, he explained.

Said Canaley, "They looked like fossils."

Visitors can also listen to audiotapes: police and fire calls recorded during the attack, and heart-wrenching phone messages from civilians trying desperately to contact their loved ones.

The COP cops knew they had to prepare the young cadets

for the visit.

"We had to explain that we were basically taking them to a cemetery," Canaley noted.

At the site, Grimm said, "They were unbelievably respectful.

The good behavior we got at the academy got kicked-up a notch."

Among the guides who gave the Kearny kids their tour was retired CSI Det. Sgt. Joe Blozis, whose partner, Det. Claude (Danny) Richards, and a close friend, PA Police Officer Anthony Infante, were both killed on 9/11. Among the reasons Blozis volunteers at the center is because "he promised he'd never let anyone forget their names," Grimm said.

For the tour of Ground Zero itself, the cadets were lucky enough to have as their guide fellow Kearnyite Marty Nystrom, a now-retired paramedic who had worked on "The Pile" in the days immediately following the attacks.

Nystrom has been volunteering at the center for three years and, noted Grimm and Canaley, he did "an awesome job."

“The way he told the stories, they [the cadets] just wanted to know more and more,” said Grimm.

In a phone interview with The Observer, Nystrom shared some of the knowledge he had instilled in the youngsters.

“There’s a rhyme and a reason” to everything at the Ground Zero memorial, Nystrom explained. For example, the two waterfalls on the footprints of the Twin Towers work in unison: 18,000 gallons of water per minute (9,000 in each) flow into the pools and the water levels rise and drop together. This is a metaphor for the "victims' being together in life and in death," he said.

Additionally, as the water cascades over the falls, it separates into individual rivulets, which represent the “individual diversity” of those who perished.

We never realized that.

As for the cadets, Nystrom was effusive in his praise for "the respect they showed, the level of respect they had."

“These kids were just incredible. They grasped the concept of respect,” he continued, noting that he wasn’t the only one impressed.

“I’m still getting phone calls and emails from people asking, ‘Where were these kids from?’ And I couldn’t be prouder to say, ‘They’re from Kearny, N.J.!'"

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Blue Tide looks to turn tide with new coach Glover Jr. Pardon Rich Glover Jr.’s enthusiasm as he takes over the moribund Harrison High School football program. Sure, Glover Jr., the son of the former Outland Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Famer from Nebraska, knows that there hasn’t been a winning football season in quite some time. That idea doesn’t frighten him at all.

“It’s a very big challenge, but I’m looking forward to it,” Glover Jr. said. “I think I’m my own biggest critic, so I’m going to hold myself to a standard. I’m ready to do something here that’s never been done.

With that said, that’s all the motivation I need.”

The Blue Tide is coming off consecutive 2-8 campaigns.

The last time the Blue Tide sniffed a winning season was 2003, when they went 5-5. There has been a lot of losing since, including an 18-game losing streak in 2011 and 2012.

Turning this program around is perhaps the biggest challenge around, but Glover Jr. will try to do so – and with the help of his famous father, a former member of the New York Giants who was a

head coach at Dickinson and Ferris high schools in his native Jersey City.

The elder Glover will serve as an assistant coach to his son this season.

“No doubt about it, my dad will be a big help,” Glover Jr. said.

“My dad is my best friend. If anyone is going to tell me the truth, it’s going to be him.

Good or bad, he’s going to tell me.”

Glover Jr. has been in charge for a few months now, so the players are familiar with him and he’s very knowledgeable of them.

“I think I’ve set the standard of what I expect from them,” Glover Jr. said. “At this point, we have guys who have been here consistently, who have given the commitment. They know what I want and what I expect. There are some that haven’t gotten it yet and haven’t fully bought in, but that’s all part of the process.

Added Glover Jr., “I like the kids and I like the talent they have.

They are very respectful. They come and work hard. If I have to get on them a little, they turn it up.” see VIEW page

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Blue Tide looks to reload instead of rebuild Defending NJSIAA Group I soccer champ features almost new roster

Photo courtesy Rich Tuero

The Harrison soccer team will once again contend for state honors despite losing 16 players to graduation from last year’s NJSIAA Group I state title winners. Front row, from l.,, are J.P. Lara, Harman Briceno, Paul Eckert and Nay Moreno.

Back row, from l., are Joshua Seebeck, Juan Restrepo, Christopher Crespo, Diego Porres, Edgar Orellano and head coach Mike Rusek..

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer

I

t was business as usual for the Harrison High School boys’ soccer team last year, as the Blue Tide won 24 games, capturing the NJSIAA Group I state championship for the 25th time in the school’s history, which represents a state and national record.

It was the seventh time in head coach Mike Rusek’s 15year tenure that the Blue Tide won a state crown and the lopsided 4-0 win over Haddon Township in the state title game gave Rusek the 300th victory of his coaching career at the school. It capped a run where the Blue Tide outscored

the opposition by a gaudy 32-1 margin in the state tourney. It was truly an amazing year.

As the 2015 high school soccer season approaches in a few weeks, Rusek finds himself in a bit of a different situation.

Sixteen members of last year’s 24-3 state champions have graduated, leaving Rusek and his assistant coaches, namely brother John and father Mickey (along with Pedro Martinez) with a bit of a quandary.

“We lost a lot of experience and a lot of talent,” Rusek said.

“We have definitely taken a hit on experience. Last year’s team was on a mission. They had some unresolved business from the year before and had a real hunger to them.

They were basically coaching themselves. But they’re mostly all gone now. We’re starting up again.”

Rusek doesn’t mind that the Blue Tide will basically be starting over this year.

“That’s the fun part of high school soccer,” Rusek said.

“We’ve spent a lot of time getting back to basics. A lot of these kids are young, so we’re teaching all over again, teaching everything, different systems. We’re working on all the basics, dribbling, passing and shooting. On the high school level, we’re all teachers first. That’s what we do. We’re teachers at heart.” see BLUE TIDE next page

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BLUE tIDE from Despite the massive turnover in the Blue Tide roster, you can count on one thing. Come November, the Blue Tide will be a contender for state title No. 26.

One thing is already obvious. There are a lot of interested soccer players in Harrison.

“Some years, we’d have numbers in the 30s and 40s,” Rusek said. “A lot of kids were a bit nervous and intimidated by the seniors we had coming back. But now, kids see the opportunity to make the varsity and play.”

So the turnout in the early going has been astonishing for a Group I program, with

as many as 60 youngsters in camp.

“We’re still a week away from school opening, so the turnout has been impressive,” Rusek said. “We’re in good shape there. We need to have practices with them, keep working on the basics.”

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starting goalkeeper. Crespo remained with the Harrison varsity for the entire 2014 season, but saw very little playing time.

“I hope he picked up good habits and learned a lot from last year,” Rusek said. “It’s his turn to be in there.”

Senior Edgar Orellano has the chance to be the Blue Tide starter at sweeper. Incredibly, Orellano has never come out for the team before this season.

“He thought he was a bit slow and didn’t have a chance to play,” Rusek said. “He’s decided to give it a shot this year and he’s doing well.”

Junior Joshua Seebeck is looking like the starter at stopper.

“He’s played a lot of club soccer and knows the game very well,” Rusek said.

Senior Jason Sellmeyer was a bench player last year for the Blue Tide, but will get a chance to start at defender this season. Junior J.P. Lara, junior Diego Porres and sophomore Harman Briceno are all battling for playing time at the other defender slot. Briceno was the Most Valuable Player on the Blue Tide junior varsity last fall.

“We always thought he was a good player,” Rusek said. “He has been a midfielder on every other team he’s been on, because he has midfielder skills.”

Briceno may get a chance to show off those offensive skills from the back line this season.

The Blue Tide does have some experience at the midfield position.

Senior David Inahuazo will be a fixture at center midfield this season. Inahuazo scored nine goals and tallied 14 assists a year ago.

“He was always doing something with our other midfielders,” Rusek said.

“We’re going to put a lot on his shoulders. This is basically going to be his team to run. He has watched the part that the senior leaders played with the team and this is his opportunity to lead this team. He doesn’t have the supporting cast that the other seniors had, but we expect big things from him.

He’s a good, quiet leader. He hasn’t missed a practice and worked very hard.”

Another key returnee is senior Cristian Marquez, who has spent time this summer playing in his native Peru.

“He’s a good offensive center midfielder,” Rusek said of

Marquez, who scored 18 goals and had 15 assists last year.

“He can be a very dangerous player.”

Sophomore Didiyry Chamba has been impressive so far in the midfield.

“He’s an up-and-coming talent,” Rusek said. “He has a good chance to break out this season.”

Freshman Omar Sowe, the younger brother of former Harrison All-State defender Modou Sowe, has a chance to see significant time in the midfield.

“He’s a different player than Modou (now at Ramapo College),” Rusek said. “Omar is more of a finesse player.”

Another freshman Kaleb Braga has a good opportunity to see quality time as a true rookie.

Senior Andres Villalobos keys the forward line. Villalobos didn’t see much action last year.

“I’m hoping that he can make the big step up,” Rusek said. “He’s a big, strong kid. I can see him becoming a nice surprise.”

Sophomore Ney Moreno is one of the most versatile Blue Tide performers. Moreno scored a goal last year in the game against Kearny and can also play defender when called upon.

“I think we’re leaning toward playing him at forward,” Rusek said. “He has good size to have up front.”

Sophomore Henrique Lopes, a native of Brazil, will also see time up front, but he’s battling a foot injury right now.

“When he’s healthy, he’s a very good player,” Rusek said.

The Blue Tide opens the 2015 season Sept. 11 against Queen of Peace and faces rival Wallington at home under the lights on Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. The Blue Tide will face neighboring rival Kearny at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, Sept. 26, which should be a phenomenal day for local soccer.

Rusek has high hopes for his team – as he always has.

“Every year, over the past 15 years, the goal has always been to win the state championship,” Rusek said. “You can call this a rebuilding year, but I think we can compete with anyone. By the time we get to November, I think we’ll have a team that will know how to win.”

Sure thing. It happens every year.

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VIEW from Leading the offense is junior quarterback Michael O’Donnell (5-9, 170), who returns for another season. O’Donnell made major strides last season as the starter and should be an improved player with a year’s experience under his belt.

“He’s one of the biggest competitors we have out there,” Glover Jr. said. “He’s able to push the others. He’s so competitive that I sometimes have to calm him down a little, but he’s doing a good job leading the team.”

Glover Jr. said that they have put some plays into their offensive package to feature O’Donnell.

“We’re going to do some sprint out passing,” Glover Jr. said. “We’re going to try to get out there and run the ball.”

If that’s the case, then junior Jeffrey Cisneros (5-9, 175) plays a major role. Cisernos

will be the main back in the Blue Tide’s spread offense.

“He’s more of a downhill power runner,” Glover Jr. said. “He’s a physical back.”

Junior Rafael Santana (5-7, 165) will be one of O’Donnell’s main targets, as well sophomore Dustin Huseinovic (5-10, 170). Senior Craig Ruff (5-10, 190) will line up at either tight end or as a slot receiver.

The offensive line features returning starting senior John DeCosta (6-2, 230) at tackle. Senior Aaron Velasquez (5-10, 210) is the other tackle. A pair of juniors, Johanser Nunez (5-10, 220) and Adrian Sime (6-0, 210), will see time along the offensive line.

“We’re more of a juniorheavy team,” Glover Jr. said.

Sophomore Saul Santana (6-2, 205) is the center.

The Blue Tide will feature a 4-3 defensive alignment.

Velasquez is at one defensive

end and the other is senior Piotr Namiotko (6-5, 210), the All-State volleyball standout who led Harrison to a state sectional title in volleyball last spring.

Glover Jr. thinks that Namiotko’s volleyball athleticism will carry over to the gridiron.

“It is so different of a sport, but he’s an athlete with good speed and size,” Glover Jr. said. “He has shown he can get off the ball.”

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The cornerbacks are Rafael Santana and senior Angel Guerriero (5-7, 160), with O’Donnell and junior Jerry Rodriguez (5-8, 165) at the safeties.

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“I think we’re ready to do some good things this season,” Glover Jr. said. “We’ve been working hard with the kids to get them ready. They have already shown me that they want to win.”

That might be the first hurdle that the program has to clear as a whole. Glover Jr. is ready for the challenge that swallowed others before him.

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campaign that was filled with transitions galore.

“No one can come in and become a head coach right away and know what they’re doing,” Tuero said. “There’s so much to learn as a head coach.

I wasn’t perfect and I don’t think I’ll be perfect any time soon. But it’s an entirely different environment this year.

I’m happy where we’re at.”

Tuero is confident with the potent 1-2 punch he has offensively in senior quarterback Peter Guerriero and senior running back Matt DeMarco.

Both are among the very best players in the North Jersey Interscholastic ConferenceLiberty Division and if they remain healthy, they should be among the top players to watch in all of Bergen County.

“Having Matt healthy is the key,” Tuero said of his senior leader, who missed most of the 2014 campaign due to injuries to his wrist and thumb that required surgery. “Having those two together makes

us very dangerous. I feel good about them.”

Guerriero (5-10, 180 pounds) quietly rushed for 1,500-plus yards last year from his quarterback position. Guerriero is one of the top sprinters in Bergen County during the track season in the spring.

“He doesn’t run,” Tuero said. “He flies. He might be the fastest player in Lyndhurst football history. He’s improved throwing the ball. (Danny) Kesack (the former Lyndhurst QB now at Wesley College) worked with Petey a lot over the summer with his throwing.

No doubt, he’s ready to go. I’m excited about him.”

DeMarco (6-1, 210) is fully healthy and chomping at the bit.

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He’s our clear cut leader.”

Junior Mike Carrino (6-0, 195) is another running back.

“He’s the strongest kid on the team, pound for pound,” Tuero said. “I’m so impressed with him. He’s a beast.”

Senior Saad Najeeb (5-10, 170) heads a solid receiving corps, which features a pair of sophomores in Jonathan Karlok (6-0, 170) and Jordan Deabreu (5-9, 160).

Tuero is very high on Karlok.

“The kid has guts,” said Tuero of Karlok, who is also the team’s placekicker. “He has good hands. He shows me a lot of things that he’s good at.”

The tight end is junior Akin Akar (5-10, 200), who was a lineman last year but has been moved to the tight end slot.

“He showed me that he could catch the ball a little, so we moved him,” Tuero said.

The Golden Bears have some decent size along the line, especially at guard with junior Matt Schnoll (6-1, 320), who was a starter last year.

“He has good foot work,”

Tuero said. “He has a chance “He’s much more valuable But Tuero likes the makeup was a little hesitant to use to be a very good one.” as a linebacker,” Tuero said. of his team as he begins his his starting quarterback at Senior Oluwayomi OlasSophomore Chris Fuertado second season in charge. linebacker. ehinde (6-0, 205) is the “No doubt, I feel better “But he’s so good that he has (5-8, 140) and Leo Gonzalez (5other guard. His name is 8, 140) are the Bears’ tough-as- about this team than I did last to play,” Tuero said. pronounced exactly as it looks nails cornerbacks, with Karlok year,” Tuero said. “We’re going The inside linebackers are and his name is found at the holding fort at safety. to be better. It’s my team now.

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“I buy coffee online from coffee crops to the fungus, the Just Coffee cooperative deeply impacting coffee farm- which purchases from difing families that are already ferent small coffee growers vulnerable to poverty, along all over the world,” she said. with the fluctuating market of “They support fair trade practices and smaller scale the coffee economy.” farming communities.”

On the Ground Global, an And now they are sponsororganization that supports ing the delegation to aid Las sustainable community development in farming regions Diosas, Hansen said. Just Coffee solicited applicants for world-wide, is partnering the delegation and Hansen with La FEM (Fundacion Entre Mujeres) – a group that was accepted and, despite helps women access land and having no expertise as an agronomist, Hansen said crops – on “Project Nica,” a local nonprofit that advocates she’ll be contributing to the effort in other ways. for rural Nicaraguan women As she explains in a public on socio-economic and politiposting, “I am raising $1,000 cal levels.

Project Nica, which will be to benefit the women of Las Diosas. I am counting on the promoting crop diversificasupport of friends and family tion among the 200 or so to help me reach this goal. members of Las Diosas, will … I believe strongly in embe the point of entry for the powering these women and U.S. delegation to the collectheir communities. La FEM tive. is a really solid organization Hansen learned about that believes ‘women in the the women farmers’ plight because she’s particular about communities are protagonists of their own futures and their how and where she gets her MISSION from

development.’ ” The delegation, along with agricultural advisers from Just Coffee and On the Ground Global, will visit six farms spread among the communities of Esteli, El Colo-

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rado and Los Llanos, Hansen said.

“We’ll be looking into strategies that will help the communities deal with the fungus and helping them to diversify their crops, possibly by growing fruit trees,” she said.

As a non-farmer, Hansen said that her personal goal is

“to learn as much as possible and raise more awareness about their plight when I get back.”

Women in the collective have had to face a lot of personal obstacles, Hansen said. “Many are survivors of domestic violence or abuse.

Some of their husbands left them or disappeared and, since they live in a very patriarchal society, without a husband, they have no way to support themselves,” she added, but for the intervention of La FEM which helped the women launch the coffee farms which, until now, have flourished.

“I’m really excited to get out there and meet those women,” she said.

Hansen has built a resume of social justice work: She has mentored at-risk teenage girls at the Women’s Expressive Theater in New York; volunteered for Bluestockings, a New York feminist bookstore; fundraised for survivors of domestic violence through

“sheBAM”; and helped KHS students form the Gay Straight Alliance.

“I saw my mother struggle to raise three kids after my father passed, and I saw that she had to work very hard because of her lack of schooling and skills. But I was able to make different choices – including going to college – than my mom, and it’s something I feel all young women should be able to do: make choices to empower themselves. A woman shouldn’t have to depend on a man or another person (father/husband/boyfriend/partner) to live. It is really important to me that girls are able to make choices so that they can take care of themselves when they are adults,” she said.

People wishing to make a contribution to her fundraising campaign may visit this website to learn more: https://www.razoo.com/story/ Jenna-Hansen-FundraisingFor-2015-Project-Nica-Delegation-1?referral_code=share.

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2 from W. Hudson ‘pinned’ at BCSHS Suzette Diedra Leach of Kearny and Katherine Velarde of Harrison were among recently honored graduates of the Berkeley College School of Health Studies at a pinning ceremony held at the college’s Woodland Park location.

Leach and Velarde are entering the fields of nursing and patient care technology and received Patient Care Technician pins.

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16. Novelist Jong 17. Pilot’s announcement 18. Bar order, with “the” 19. *Bull 21. *Part of Watery Trigon 23. Once around 24. Bank deposit 25. Skedaddle 28. Russian parliament 30. Psychologist of classical conditioning fame 35. Author Murdoch 37. It “was made for you and me” 39. Judd of country music 40. “Well” to Sofia Loren 41. Formed a curve 43. Ski lift 44. Haile Selassie’s disciple 46. *One point of constellation 47. Spilled the beans 48. Base that dissolves in water, chem.

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be reimbursed by the ERG grant after verification that Redevelopment and Growth the taxes were paid. …

Grant (ERG) [of $390 million] “The project is expected approved [last] week by the to generate more than $88 state Economic Development million in incremental direct Authority. All risk will be asannual average gross income, sales and other eligible taxes.” sumed by bondholders.”

Total project costs, acEDA spokeswoman Virginia cording to an Aug. 11 memo Pellerin said that, “The taxto the EDA board from EDA exempt bonds approved by President/COO Timothy the NJSEA would be repaid Lizura, “are estimated to be” through 75% of incremental nearly $3.2 billion. The develtax revenue generated by the oper, Triple Five, “will need American Dream project, to

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to invest a minimum of $2.87 billion in order to achieve the full $390 million [EDA grant] award,” Lizura’s memo said.

While the property is taxexempt, Triple Five has agreed to a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) arrangement with the municipality of East Rutherford, Pellerin said. “This PILOT is associated with the Redevelopment Area Bond with the municipality.”

According to Lizura’s memo, the developer will be rede-

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veloping about “2.89 million square feet of leasable retail/ restaurant space accounting for about three quarters of the project’s gross leasable area,” with six anchor tenants (50,000 square feet or more), 12 majors (20,000 to 49,900 square feet), 339 small shops (up to 19,999 square feet), 21 restaurants, 45 specialty food tenants, 20 food court tenants and five kiosks.

“The retail component will also include an additional 25,000 square feet of leasable space for self-operated entertainment anchors including a movie theater, a performing arts center, a snow dome, an observation wheel, miniature golf and an ice rink,” the memo says.

There will be a total of 346,100 square feet of amusement space next to the retail portion, “which will include an indoor amusement park and water park.” Triple Five has signed a 7-year licensing agreement with DreamWorks Animation LLC for the amusement and water parks.

Since prior designs were submitted in November 2013,

“there is a net increase of 330,615 square feet in gross leasable space [while, at the same time], total project … costs have also risen by $820 million … from the originally approved budgeted amounts.”

The project site will accommodate parking for 7,850 vehicles with four parking structures and grade-level parking, all of which will be managed by the developer.

The developer will also share with MetLife Stadium events, an additional 2,900 parking spaces in temporary lots and 21,475 parking spaces surrounding the stadium within the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Construction of the retail/ restaurant/entertainment portion of the project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2017 and the amusement/waterfront, “shortly thereafter before the end of 2017.”

The EDA is projecting that the project will generate 5,810 construction jobs and 10,580 permanent jobs.

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Irene Dorothy Conklin Irene Dorothy Conklin, 61, of Montclair, and formerly of Kearny, died on Aug. 16.

Arrangements were by the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. A funeral Mass was held at Holy Cross Church, followed by private cremation.

Irene was the wife of William M. Conklin Sr. and is also survived by her children Kevin James Young, Elaine A. Conklin, Margaret Santeramo, William M. Jr. and Mary K. Conklin, her siblings Margaret Dombkowski and Robert, Thomas and Harold Young, along with nine grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, assistance to her family would be appreciated and to view her complete obituary, please visit www.armitagewiggins.com.

Lori Nicole Kenenitz

Lori Nicole Kenenitz (nee Muso) entered into eternal rest too soon, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Reading, Pa. She was 32.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the

obituaries

Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Harrison Ave., Harrison. A funeral service was held at the funeral home. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

For information, directions, or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com.

Born in Long Branch, Lori was raised in Jackson. She moved to Reading, Pa., in 1998.

She was a registered nurse for eight years and for a period of time worked and was specially trained as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.) to care for victims of abuse.

She graduated from De Sales University, Center Valley, Pa. in 2007 with Bachelors of Science degrees in nursing, biology and neurology in 2007.

She is survived by her beloved husband Stephen Michael Jr., her loving children Xander, Jacob and Beatrice, her devoted parents Mark V. and Susan Muso (nee Beatrice), inlaws Stephen M. and Rose A. Kenenitz Sr. (nee Reichwein) and her dear sister Amanda Muso. She is also survived by her cherished grandfather Sabino D. Beatrice and grandmother Dorothy Muso (Hughes).

She was predeceased by her grandmother Mary C. Beatrice (Rodgers) (2003) and grandfather Joseph Muso.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations

be made to the Lori Nicole Kenenitz Memorial Education Fund for the benefit of her and Stephen’s children’s future education, in care of the funeral home, in loving memory of Lori.

Helen Lucchese

To submit an obituary: fax: 201-991-8941

obituaries@theobserver.com

under the direction of the Mulligan Funeral Home. A funeral Mass was held at Holy Cross Church, Harrison. Her interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

For information or to send condolences to the family, please go to www.mulliganfh. com.

Born in Jersey City, she was the daughter of the late Paul Pawlyk and Jefroska Capp, and wife of the late Mario Salvator

Lucchese.

She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harrison, where she was a devoted member and officer of the Rosary Society and volunteered at the church’s Bingo, Cancer Dressing Guild and Holy Cross Elementary School for over 60 years.

Mrs. Lucchese is survived by her son, Mario W. Lucchese and his wife, Pamela, of Bel see OBITS page

Helen Lucchese, 96, of Bel Air, Md., passed away on Aug. 17 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, Md. Funeral arrangements were

331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison

Licensed Funeral Directors serving your needs include:

Frank X. Mulligan III, Manager, NJ Lic. 4221 Frank X. Mulligan, Jr., NJ Lic. 2953 Private Parking at 10 Frank Rodgers Blvd. North

973-481-4333

Novena to St. Jude May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, Pray for us. Please grant my request. Say this prayer 9 times a day. By the 9th day, your prayer will be answered.It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. Thank you, Saint Jude.

D.M.S.

visit us at: www.mulliganfh.com

Shaw-Buyus Home for Services

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

Dear Bob,

Mark G. Wiggins, Manager N.J. Lic. #3916

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 100 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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First Anniversary of your entry into Eternal Life...

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The moment you died our hearts were torn in two One side filled with heartbreak, the other died with you We often lie awake at night when the world is fast asleep And take a walk down Memory Lane with tears upon our cheeks Remembering you is easy. We do it every day But missing you is heartache that never goes away We hold you tightly within our hearts Where you’ll remain while we’re apart Until the joyful day arrives when we will meet again To spend Eternity with you in heaven with Jesus. Amen.

Love always and forever, Marianne, Bobby, Danny & your loving Family

February 11, 1943 August 26, 2014

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

kEaRNY

KEARNY Kearny Ave. 2 bedrooms. $1,150/month.

No pets. Separate utilities.

1-1/2 months security.

Available Now. (201) 893-1955

KEARNY 1 BR, H/W Floors.

Walking distance to schools & Supermarket, all public transportation and NY bus. Avl. Now. (201) 657-2119.

HaRRiSON HARRISON Ground Fl. apt. 1 BR. Close to PATH. Call 973-495-8145.

HARRISON 2 BR, $900/month, 1 month deposit.

Available Sept. 1st.

(201) 997-6108 or (201) 306-3514 Leave message.

HARRISON Newly updated. William St. 2 BR, No pets. No smoking. Avl. Sept.

1st. (973) 459-9821.

HARRISON 3 room, 1 bedroom apt. Ground floor. All remodeled.

Off-street parking.

Separate utilities. No pets.

Smoke-free environment.

1-1/2 months security.

Available April 1st. Call or text (973) 418-8500.

HARRISON Modern Studio apt. 2nd Fl. Private Entrance.

Refrigerator. No pets. $750/month + utilities.

Security & lease.

862-223-9974.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

CLASSIFIEDS

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

KEARNY Large 1 BR apt.

Loft style.

Featuring open floor plan, high ceiling, large windows, H/W floor throughout, New ceramic tile in bath.

New kitchen, Ceiling fans in each room. $1200/month + security & utilities. No pets. (201) 991-6942.

KEARNY Ivy St. Studio apt. All utilities included. $750/month.

1 month security. No pets. Available now.

(973) 820-8338 KEARNY Spacious 3 BR apt. w/office, EIK, LR, DR, laundry hookup, storage, $1450/month + utilities. 1 ½ months security. Avl. Oct. 1st.

732-364-0702.

KEARNY Newly renovated. 1st fl. 2 BR, in two family house.

Wood floors, ceramic tile Bathroom and kitchen. $1,400/month + utilities. 1 ½ months security.

(201) 948-6161.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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

KEARNY Kitchen, Bath, LR, DR, 1 large & 1 Small BR, Roosevelt school, Avl. 9/1/15.

No pets.

Security.

Call Pat (201) 870-5140.

KEARNY 4 rooms, 1 BR Bright & airy, W/D hook-up avl. $1,100/month. Utilities separate. 1 ½ months security required.

(201) 736-1223.

KEARNY 3 & 4 Clean rooms.

HT/HW included.

From $1,200/month.

See super 6 woodland Ave. Apt. 1, or call after 5pm 917-858-8246 for appointment.

KEARNY Newer 2 BR, LR kitchen, no pets.

Separate utilities. 1 1/2 security. months Central Air. (973) 380-9007.

KEARNY 2nd fl. 3 BR, $1,250/month.

Refrigerator, Near PATH. No pets. 1 ½ months security. Avl. Sept. 1st.

201-991-8463 after 1pm.

KEARNY 144 Devon Terrace.

2 BR 2nd fl. EIK, Use of backyard, no pets. $1,000/month.

HT/HW included.

(201) 615-7960.

KEARNY 2nd flr.

Bright, Spacious Quiet neighborhood, Schuyler School district,3 bdrms, LR, DR, kitchen. Brand knew w/w rugs. Avail.

Sept 1st. $1,500 per month.

1 month security 201 988-0267

KEARNY 216 Kearny Ave. 2nd. Fl. 2 BR, LR, Kitchen. $1,150/month 1 ½ month security.

No pets. Avl. Now. (973) 477-4797.

KEARNY 1 BR apt. in renovated classic apt. building.

EIK. Wood kitchen cabinets, stove, refridg. Ceramic tile floors.

H/W floors throughout rest of apt. laundry in building.

Near NYC train & bus & mins. To highway.

No pets. No smoking. $925/month + utilities.

Security $1,387.50.

Application, credit check and ability to pay required. $25 appl.

Fee. (551) 226-0566.

LYNDHURST LYNDHURST Spacious 1 BR renovated apt. on 4th fl. of classic building in residential neighborhood.

No elevator. EIK w/wood cabinets. stove, refridg. & ceramic Tile floor. H/W throughout rest of apt. Laundry in building. No pets. No smoking. 1 block to NYC commuter Train/Bus. Mins by car to access cosmopolitan area. $990/month + utilities.

Security. $1,485. Avl. immediately.

Application, credit check and ability to pay required. $25 appl.

Fee. (908) 244-5847.

LYNDHURST 3 room, 1 BR, Newly renovated, HT, HW cooking gas included, parking, 2nf fl. w/balcony. $1125/mo 1 month security.

Laundry on premises, close to public transportation. Please call after 9am 201-991-6056

LYNDHURST 1 bedrooms apt., 2nd floor. Recently painted, lots of closet space. $1000/month. HT/HW included. 1 month security.

Available September 1st. No smoking.

(201) 575-5270

To place an ad call: 201-991-1600 classified@theobserver.com

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT

PERSONAL LISTING

NEwaRk

N.NEWARK Section 8 preferred, 1 BR, Completely renovated.

1st fl. New tile, bath & kitchen new H/W floors.

Private entrance. Call 973-202-8580.

BELLEVILLE Furnished room for rent. $460/month. Half month security. Call (973) 450-9457 after 5:00pm. Se Habla Español/Ingles.

Intelligent, independent attractive female, Blonde 5’8” seeks male 59-69 Kearny area. Please call (201) 246-1036. If no answer please leave message.

RUTHERFORD

HALL FOR RENT

NEWARK Newly renovated, 1 BR $950/mo.

Vailsburg/ Near Seton Hall. HT/HW included.

Safe/Secure. Brick Historic Bldg. H/W Floors. Refrigerator, Ceiling Fans. 1 month security. Section 8 ok.

No fees. No pets.

973-216-9470.

N. aRLiNgTON

RUTHERFORD $925/month, 1 BR, Garden apts. Includes HT/HW. No pets. Call (201) 450-1370.

N.ARLINGTON Totally renovated 2 bedroom, DR, LR, new kitchen and bath, garage, washer/dryer hook-up.

Available September 1st. $1500/month. Call Carlos (201)988-7536

AUTO FOR SALE

N.ARLINGTON 1 & 2 BR’s. HT/HW included.

Parking space. No pets. (201) 342-2206.

1999 El Dorado Cadillac Fully loaded, automatic, A/C, power heated seats, Leather interior, automatic temperature control, rear window defroster – Air Bags, Alarm, AM/FM cassette player, sunroof, garage kept 143,600 miles. $3,000 or B.O. Call Maria 862-944-6141.

N.ARLINGTON 2 room apartment, all utilities included. $850/month plus security.

No pets.

Available September 1st. Call 201-246-8687.

N.ARLINGTON 4 room apt. 2 bedrooms, 2 family home. Private entrance.

Nice neighborhood. Close to all transportation.

Hardwood floors.

Fridge and ceiling fans included. $1400/month HT/HW included.

1month security.

Available October 1st (201) 725-4392 N.ARLINGTON Newly Renovated, 4 extra large rooms, $1,500/month. HT/HW included.

Available now. (732) 648-1171.

N.ARLINGTON Rutherford Place. 1st floor, 4 rooms, 1 bedroom.

Available October 1st. $950/month. 1 month security.

Separate utilities. Credit check required.

(201) 997-1788

N. NEwaRk N.NEWARK 3 rooms, Utilities included.

Close to transportation.

Avl. Now. No pets. No smoking.

(862) 763-0797.

2000 Safari Van as is First $1,000. 2000 Volkswagon Convertible $2,500.

1968 Chevy Nova 4 door 54,000 miles $1,300.

Call 718-503-2299.

BUSINESS FOR RENT Small Storefront Kearny Ave. Located near Roosevelt school district. $750/month HT/HW Supplied. Avl. September 1st.

2 months security. Call 732-735-9055.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Party Hall For Rent • Affordable • A/C • Nice Setting 201-889-6677 201-572-1839 HOUSE FOR SALE N.ARLINGTON $248,000 2 Family, 1 BR each floor. 1 car garage. Full basement.

Separate Utilities. Call owner (973) 284-1056.

BELLEVILLE /Nutley Border, 2 BR, 2 bathroom, Ranch.

Finished basement, large backyard, garage parking. No realtors.

Karen (973) 747-7654.

GARAGE FOR RENT Enclosed garage for rent in Kearny. $130/month. For more information call (973) 986-6456

Kearny garage for rent, 1 month deposit.

Call (201) 997-1914

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Upscale Salon/Spa w/equipment.

2,500sq.ft.

Newark Ironbound plenty of parking. For more information call Joe (862) 241-6073.

Commercial space 1,800 sq.ft + basement 1,800 sq. ft. on Harrison Ave. Brand new building. Nice location (646)675-5113.

Transfer of ownership for a restaurant in Kearny w/parking. For more information call Jorge (973) 536-6443 Carmen (201) 898-8900 Se habla español.

BELLEVILLE Office/store for rent corner of Union & Greylock.

318 Greylock Ave. Apprx.

850sq.ft. Avl. Now. Call (973) 202-8580.

ROOM FOR RENT KEARNY Furnished sleeping room for single person.

Smoke-free, Drug-free.

Close to transportation.

304chestnut street.

Security required.

201-207-8029.

KEARNY Room for rent. Safe area. $400/month. 1 month security. All utilities included.

Shared kitchen w/Light cooking, Female preferred. Se habla español.

(973) 393-0741 leave message.

KEARNY Large furnished room, w/ Hardwood Floor. refrigerator & microwave.

Bay Window, Great View.

All utilities included. $625/month.

201-697-0541

HARRISON Furnished Room for rent. Cable, Internet & utilities included. Close to Path & Stadium (973) 536-6559 (862) 849-2054.

KEARNY Room for rent, responsible person, to share bath & kitchen. $600/month.

All utilities included & cable.

1 month security. Avl. Now. Call alex (201) 679-5631.

ROOM MATE WANTED N.ARLINGTON Roommate wanted, mature, serious person, no pets, lovely house clean and quiet.

Leave message Annette (201) 280-4412.

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EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED $$ Now Hiring! $$ Property inspectors FT/PT in your area.

Free training provided. msangelabove@ comcast.net

(732)766-4425 ask for Mel

Now hiring servers.

Must have experience.

Must speak English and Spanish. Call 551-580-2244 Positions available immediately.

Full Time Deli manager Wanted in Nutley. Need to Cook Hot and Cold Food, Salads. njnutleyfarm@ gmail.com ROOFING MECHANICS AND LABORERS WANTED FOR FLAT AND SHINGLE ROOFS LABORERS. MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 YRS. EXPERIENCE. CONTACT 973-481-9319

School bus driver wanted: CDL bus driver license with passenger endorsement required for Kearny childcare center.

Contact 201-991-3035.

Looking for deli clerk w/deli and lottery experience.

Advance Food Store, 285 Main St., Belleville. State fair shopping center.

Responsible caretaker with a car needed to take care of elderly Lady, Day and Night. Good pay. Call Lucy 973-855-6136.

Experience Only!

Grill man/Waitress, Driver for deliveries FT/PT Experience with Breakfast & Lunch Great hours!

Off on Sunday!

Call 862-262-2886

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

CLASSIFIEDS

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

Looking for cook & waitresses for local restaurant 108 Schuyler Ave. Kearny. Jorge (973) 536-6443. se habla espanol.

RIS, seeking for experience welders (tig/ mig/ stick) industrial mechanics with 5+ years of experience with a valid Diver License.

Salary base on experience.

Please call at (732) 662-8833

Light Assembly & Order Picking in Warehouse. Company located near Mill St., Belleville. Starting wage $9.50/hr. Call (973) 482-8603

Full time Landscaper w/experience.

Call 201-998-1262.

Taxi Drivers Wanted! Apply in person at Schuyler Cab 505 Schuyler Ave., Kearny. Must have clean record.

Driver & Driving Instructor Needed. Will train right candidate.

Must be reliable.

(201) 246-8000 Auto Body Tech A & B Tech wanted.

Busy Shop, looking for FT employees.

Great Benefits.

973-790-7868.

Ben’s Auto Body.

Currently hiring Compounding Pharmacy Sales or prior Pharmaceutical Sales Experience with a Network of doctors.

Highly competitive commission. Please email your resume to PharmaceuticalReps@ lmfmarketing.com to set up an interview.

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

Van Driver – Pathways to Independence, Inc. in Kearny, NJ is seeking acandidate to transport and work with individuals with developmental disabilities.

Position is approximately 25 hrs per week, Mon-Fri (6:45AM-9AM & 2:15PM4:30PM), split shift. Pay rate is $9.00 per hr. Candidate must have a valid driver’s license & clean driving record.

Experience driving vans preferred.

Applicants can come fill out an application at our main office located at 60 Kingsland Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032.

COMPANY IN HILLSIDE IS HIRING PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH SPRAY PAINTING, AND PACKAGING, FOR TWO SHIFTS, CALL 908-258-0456.

COMPANIA EN HILLSIDE NECESITA DE PERSONAL CON EXPERIENCIA PARA TRABAJAR CON PINTURA EN AEROSOL Y EMBALAJE PARA DOS TURNOS, LLAMAR 908-258-0456.

CDL Driver Wanted - Adult Medical Day Care (Belleville) Part Time/Full Time Driver for adult medical daycare in Essex county needed. A CDL with Class B and Endorsement P a MUST!!! Spanish speaking a plus. No nights or weekends.

Competitive Salary.

Call Monday thru Friday only between 10 AM and 5 PM. Call 973-751-6000 or Fax resume to 973-751-1190

CLEANING SERVICES

HANDYMAN SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Couple from Poland will clean houses, apartment, offices.

References.

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

G & R Builders

(201)997-4932 Leave message

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Martinez Construction • Roofing • Chimneys • Basement •Gutter • Masonry • Chimney & Roof Leak Work Exterior and Interior

(201) 952-0076

Lic # 13VH06939900

www.Martinezchimney.com

ELECTRICAL SERVICES 25 years experience Twin Electric Quality Work. Good affordable prices.

Senior discounts.

Fully Insured. Bonded.

Lic.#16158 (973) 715-4150 (201) 562-5985

HANDYMAN SERVICES DO IT ALL Interior/Exterior new & repairs. All types of carpentry. Reasonable rates, quality work, reliable, experienced.

13VH06620900

(201)991-3223

CLEANING SERVICES

HANDYMAN Do all types of home repair at reasonable cost.

Free Estimate Augi (201) 575-6842

Annie’s Cleaning Service Homes, offices. Move in-out cleaning.

Gift Certificates Avail.

Excellent references 973-667-6739 862-210-0681

Painting, Sheetrock, Plastering, Odd Jobs, Flooring, Windows and Doors. Replace window screens.

Power washing.

Lic#V203575 (201) 448-1563

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

PART-TIME PARKING LOT ATTENDANT Early Morning Hours 6:00AM to 10:30AM $9.50/HOUR Busy PATH Train Parking Lot has an opening for a dependable person to assist in operations.

Responsibilities include sales of daily & monthly tickets, completing reports, lot inspection & clean-up. Our person must be mature-minded, responsible and outgoing. This could be ideal for a recently retired person seeking part-time responsibilities.

Call Joan for Personal Interview 732-287-4880 “Daycare Parking Co., Inc.” Harrison, NJ

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

Cash Paid (201)920-8875 HOME IMPROVEMENT

Brick Steps • Sidewalks • Wood Steps • Oil Tanks Removal • Pavers • Decks General Home Repair. Call (201) 280-0600

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

FGLC Contracting

Interior Stone Tile & Paint Hardwood Flooring 201-962-0032.

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

FM Property Home Repairs & Improvements • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Doors • Floors • Windows • Painting • Decks All types of repairs

Lic. # 13VH05674000 Fully Insured

201-428-7160

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 LANDSCAPING & DESIGN

A1 Affordable

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

Forever Green Custom Masonry Landscape Design Patios & Walks 201-962-0032 www.Forever GreenNJ.org

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

Giuliano Turano Retaining Walls, Brick, Block, Stone Work, Patio, Roof, Siding. Handyman & All type of Masonry Work. Free Estimates. Fully Insured. 30 years Experience (973) 803-0556.

PAINTING & DECORATING An American Contractor Decks Clean & Refinished.

Power Washing.

Senior Discounts.

William J. McGuire.

(201) 955-2520.

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.

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Professional HousePainter 165. Interior & Exterior Printing - Plastering - Taping Free Estimates

(201) 997-0706

Speak slow in answering machine please

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

FREE ESTIMATE

(201)939-8781

PLUMBING & HEATING Diamond Plumbing & Drain Cleaning.

Lic#11789 Plumbing & Sewer Cleaning.

15% Senior Discount.

No job to small.

(732) 803-6510.

Courageous Plumbing HVAC LLC LIC. # 11103 • Plumbing • Heating • Cooling • Sewer Drain Cleaning • Hot Air Furnaces • Air Conditioning • Video Sewer Inspections $50 off when mention this ad.

(201) 206-4845

JOSEPH V. FERRIERO Plumbing & Heating Kitchen and bath remodeling.

Carpentry. Fully Ins. Free Est. Lic# 165 (201)637-1775

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ROOFING & SIDING

New + Re-roofing • Flat roofing Window installation • Siding • Gutters Cleaned Free estimates Fully insured (973) 343-1167 Lic#13VH04302300

RUBBISH REMOVAL 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.

ANDRIELLO CLEANOUTS

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

(201) 726-0287

SEAMLESS GUTTERS D. FITZGERALD

Seamless Gutters Installed LLC Gutters Cleaned • Yankee Gutters Repaired & Relined • Slate Roofs Repaired • Flat Roofs Sealed & Coated “Save Plenty – Call Dennie” 1-800-479-3262

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

MASONRY SERVICES

MASONRY SERVICES

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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Air, Md.; daughter, Lois Lappas and husband, William, of Port Ewen, N.Y.; and grandchildren, Anthony M. Lucchese, Tracy J. Lucchese, Amanda J. Bennetts and Gina M. Lucchese.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to Holy Holy Cross Catholic Church, 16 Church Square, Harrison, N.J. 07029 in loving memory of Helen.

Mary Ellen McSorley Mary Ellen McSorley, 74, of Bonita Springs, Fla., and formerly of Kearny and Brick Township, died suddenly on Monday, Aug. 17.

Arrangements were by the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. A funeral Mass was held at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny. A private interment followed in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. A memorial service will be held in Bonita Springs, Fla., at a later date.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.thielereid.com.

Mary Ellen graduated from St. Cecilia High School in Kearny and attended Jersey City Medical School of Nursing where she earned her Registered Nursing degree.

She later earned her BSN from Upsala College.

During her nursing career she worked as a staff nurse at Clara Maass Hospital, Belleville. She also worked at Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, Community Medical Center Hospice, Toms River, and for the N.J. State Department of Health as a Regional Medicaid Nurse. Mary Ellen retired in 2003.

Mary Ellen was the devoted mother of Mary Beth Citarell (William) of Hopewell Junction, N.Y. and Robert Mahon (Lorraine) of Kearny.

She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and Joseph McSorley and brothers, Joseph and Brian. She is survived by her siblings Patricia Donald (Joseph), Eileen Mulligan (Robert), Kevin McSorley and sister in law Elizabeth McSorley.

In addition, she leaves her beloved grandchildren, Maggie and Robert Mahon and

Marissa and Samantha Citarell, as well as several nieces, nephews, great nieces, nephews and friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Bonita Springs Fire Department and Rescue, 8850 W. Terry St., Bonita Springs, Fla. 34135 or to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Northern N.J.-Rockland County Chapters 560 Sylvan Ave., Suite 1210, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Scarpa

Anthony “Tony” Scarpa, 74, entered into eternal rest July 20 in Shawnee, Kan. Anthony was born on June 28, 1941, to Rose and Ralph Scarpa of North Arlington.

He was preceded in death by his parents, survived by his wife Lynn Traynor Scarpa of 49 years; brother Ray Scarpa;

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sons Michael Scarpa and Alan Scarpa; daughters Christina Scarpa Taggart and Jennifer Scarpa Norman. He is also survived by eight grandchildren.

Visitation was held July 24 at Amos Funeral Home in Shawnee, Kan. A Mass of Christian burial was held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Shawnee, Kan., on July 25. Interment with Military Honor Guard followed in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Lenexa, Kan.

Textile Mills in Paterson until her retirement. She volunteered at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church as a substitute CCD Catechist. She also cleaned the church and laundered the altar linens at the church. She was a member of the Cancer Guild and Senior Citizens at Holy Cross Church, Harrison.

She was pre-deceased by her husband of 46 years Wallace Wisnewski, her parents John and Maryanna Klickier Sisco and her siblings Anna Metrione, Helen Kulish, ReClaire M. Wisnewski gina Botch and Sylvia, Joseph Claire M. Wisnewski, 96, of and Edmund Sisco. She was Harrison, died on Aug. 14. the Cioci (aunt) of Marilyn Arrangements were by the DeBacco, Constance Crisitello, Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Wallace Metrione, Carole Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Anderson, Marilyn Reidy and Kearny. A Mass of Christian Francine Azzara. She is also burial was held at Our Lady survived by many great and of Czestochowa Church, great-great nieces and nephHarrison. Interment was in ews and many cousins.

Holy Cross Cemetery, North In lieu of flowers, donations Arlington. to the Our Lady of CzestoBorn in Harrison, Mrs. Wis- chowa Church Restoration newski, “Cioci Claire,” lived in Fund would be appreciated.

Paterson before returning to Cioci Claire was loved by Harrison to live with her niece all who knew her. We will Carole in 1992 after the death all miss her wonderful baked of her husband Wallace. goodies such as her cakes, She was employed at the cookies and pies.

Another mulch fire erupts KEARNY – Firefighters from Kearny and North Arlington battled a stubborn fire over the weekend at a meadowlands mulch company where fires have been a recurring problem in recent years.

Kearny Fire Chief Steven Dyl said that the first fire units were dispatched to the twoacre property off the Belleville Turnpike, straddling the border of Kearny and North Arlington, at 11:51 a.m.

Saturday and were soon joined by North Arlington volunteer firefighters.

With no hydrant nearby, firefighters had to stretch 4,000 feet of hose to connect up to the nearest pump available “at the bottom of the mountain,” Dyl said.

That hydrant was installed and paid for by the former N.J. Meadowlands Commission

at Kearny’s request, according to Mayor Alberto Santos.

Since the fire was burning under the mounds of tree limbs, stumps and other materials the company grinds up as mulch, Dyl said that firefighters had to rely on the mulch company to bring in front-end loaders and backhoes “to take apart the piles of mulch” to allow firefighters to hose down the blaze.

Kearny Fire Department had about 20 firefighters aboard four engines and a ladder truck at the scene, assisted

by North Arlington’s 10 volunteers riding two pumpers and a rescue truck, Dyl said.

No one was hurt, he added.

But with temperatures in the high 80s and with fire personnel faced with having to drag lots of hoses up steep elevations, conditions took a

toll on the firefighters, Dyl said.

The fire was declared under control by 7:20 p.m. but “by the time we finished wrapping hoses, we didn’t leave the scene until 10:20 p.m.,” the chief said.

The mulch property is owned by the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority (formerly the N.J. Meadowlands Commission) and is leased to a private operator, Dyl said. The business has been run by Nature’s Choice for some time but the chief said that his records show that the heavy equipment that was deployed at the fire scene was supplied by a company called Jersey Mulch which, he speculated, may be the new operator of the business.

Cause of the Saturday fire is under investigation, Dyl said.

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