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ficer John Sarnas retired in 2014 with a pay rate of $130,012.

In 2014, the town’s exempt employees were awarded anKEARNY/HARRISON — nual increases of 1%, 1.4% and t’s been more than three 1.35%, for 2012, 2013 and 2014, years since key non-union respectively. administrative municipal With the new ordinance, the employees in Kearny last saw maximum base pay for each more cash in their pockets. of those positions will rise But now their patience is be- between the amount fixed for ing rewarded.

2014 (or the appropriate start On May 23, the mayor and date for a new employee) and Town Council voted for the the end of 2017 (or appropriate introduction of an ordinance end date) as follows: amending exempt employees’ • Chief Financial Officer, salaries by providing yearly pay $112,313 to $118,023. raises covering 2015, 2016 and • Construction Officer/Zon2017, of 1.5%, 1.75% and 1.75%, re- ing Officer, $114,231 to $120,038. spectively. The ordinance will • Deputy Town Clerk, $72,704 get a public hearing June 13 at 7 to $76,400. p.m. in the Town Hall council • Fire Chief, $167,507 to chambers. $176,022.

And in Harrison, mean• Mayor’s Aide, $37.85 per while, the town governing hour to $39.77 per hour. body on May 25 introduced • UEZ Department Head, an ordinance, also subject to $24,831 to $26.093. public hearing (no date set), • Police Chief, $173,133 to to sweeten the pot for Police $181,934.

Chief Derek Kearns. More • Principal Personnel Techniabout that a bit later. cian, $79,642 to $83,691.

A total of 17 positions are • Public Works Superintencovered by the Kearny ordident, $99,768 to $104,840. nance, although one – water • Tax Assessor, $99,755 to superintendent – was discon$104,826. tinued in early 2015 after its • Tax Collector, $34,767 to occupant, Richard Ferraioli, $36,534. retired.

• Town Administrator (partFerraioli will be eligible for time), $31,606 to $33,213 a pro-rated portion of the first• Town Administrator (fullyear increase, because he was time), $125,000 (for 2017). still on the municipal payroll • Town Clerk, $80,635 to for January and February 2015, $84,734. according to Mayor Alberto • Town Treasurer, $72,859 to Santos. $76,563.

Similarly, Michael Martello, • Health Officer, $100,993 (for who served as combination 2015) to $104,558 (for 2017). town administrator/construc• Confidential Aide, $67,370 tion code official/zoning officer (for 2016) to $68,549 (for 2017). until retiring earlier this year, Town CFO Shuaib Firozvi will share in the proceeds, as said that with the exception of will Kim Bennett, the former the town assessor, all current principal personnel technician, exempt employees are at the who also retired. Her spot has top of their salary guides. John been filled by Paula Cavalier, Peneda, who functions in a appointed as a “confidential dual role as assessor and as aide.” And former health ofUEZ coordinator, will reach

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step 5 (of six steps) as assessor July 1, which will bring his pay level to $95,089, according to Firozvi.

The town has previously completed negotiations with its union employee groups.

Back to Harrison: On the heels of implementing, earlier this year, a new 12-hour shift schedule for municipal police officers, the mayor and Town Council had awarded a 12% pay raise for all cops below the rank of chief for 2017, along with a 10% pay differential between ranks.

The ordinance states that, “Applying these parameters to the Chief of Police, there is hereby established a new salary schedule for [the police chief] as follows: 2016 -- $165,053 (0%); 2017 -- $184,859 (12%); 2018 -$184,859 (0%); 2010—10% more than the next highest rank below Chief of Police.”

As per the ordinance, the chief is to receive 39 vacation days for 2017, 39 vacation days for 2018 and 29 vacation days for 2019; he’ll get three personal (10-hour) days for 2017, three personal (10-hour) days for 2018 and two personal (8-hour) days for 2019.

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“shall be capped at $15,000.”

A companion ordinance, also introduced May 25, would re-set maximum pay “for all employees serving in a department head title (excepting police chief) before 12/31/2017” to $141,982 as of 2016 and $144,822 in 2017.

Those department heads not at maximum salary “shall receive the same percentage salary increases as the Civil Service Association members.

Time served by an employee in any department head title … shall be credited toward maximum salary.”

Additionally, the ordinance provides that employees “commencing service in a department head title after Jan. 1, 2018,” must work 12 years to reach maximum pay, now set at $120,077. Minimum pay is set at $75,000.

Only those serving as department heads “before Jan. 1, 2016,” will continue getting longevity pay. Those serving “before Dec. 31, 2017” will get longevity pay until they reach maximum, at which time they’ll be cut off.

Harrison will “eliminate paid health insurance for retirees and their dependents” for employees appointed department heads after Jan. 1, 2016, “when the retiree and his/ her spouse/partner reaches Medicare age, except that such employee shall continue in the paid health insurance program that he/she was entitled to as an employee of the town as of the date becoming a department head.”

Only department heads serving before Jan. 1, 2016 (namely, construction official/municipal engineer, municipal clerk, CFO, DPW superintendent, tax collector and health & human services director) will continue to be eligible for holiday and continuing education pay.

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Offering a path to citizenship

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY –

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he Portuguese Cultural Association of Kearny is partnering with We Are One New Jersey’s Hudson County Center for a “Citizenship Clinic” Saturday, July 1.

First Ward Councilman Albino Cardoso, a member of the PCA, said he was approached

by Victor Campos, president of

ing prospects for attaining citizenship becomes all the more important, the lawmaker said.

And, he said, the timing is particularly critical for those immigrants who came to the U.S. as a child and assimilated, many with families and jobs, but never completed the process to become an American citizen.

If they are deported to their country of origin, Cardoso said, many will lack a support system to acclimate there.

Just how potentially serious is the situation? According to We Are One New Jersey, Hudson County, as the state’s most densely populated county with more than 650,000 residents,

“is also home to 93,000 Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs), who are eligible to become U.S. citizens, but who may lack the financial resources, Englishlanguage skills or time to fulfill

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At top, from l., are Councilman Peter Santana, Kathy Santos, Mayor Alberto Santos, Yanina Paz, and Councilman Albino Cardoso. Above, from l., are Santana, Cardoso, Victor Campos, president of the Portuguese Cultural Association; and Maria Sousa, vice president of the association.

the group, about the possibility of hosting the clinic.

Members of the Jersey Citybased We Are One — whose website lists its mission as “to provide social and legal services that educate, empower and uplift working families” — will advise clients how to fill out citizenship applications, Cardoso said.

This clinic, the councilman added, “is open to everyone,” and while the PCA has its attention focused particularly on the West Hudson region, no one will be turned away, he stressed.

Why now?

“The way things are going now [on the federal level],” Cardoso said, “there is no security for non-citizens where any small thing could trigger a deportation.”

With the U.S. policy on immigration still in flux, and federal courts at variance with a presidential mandate, improv-

“Many don’t have relations, they don’t know the language so it becomes like a second banishment,” he said.

PCA president Campos said there are “some members” of the association who, despite being productive community residents, have expressed concern about citizenship.

“Everybody’s a little bit scared,” he said, about facing the possibility of being displaced.

Yanina T. Paz, president of the Peruvian Civic Association and a Kearny businesswoman, said she knows of “at least two” members of her group who could benefit from the clinic.

One is a Peruvian who has spent the past decade in the U.S. and the other is a Colombian who has lived in Newark for the last seven years, she said.

Others may also need advice, Paz said, but “some feel intimidated” about coming forward.

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4 collared in mugging/robbery: HPD HARRISON – our out-of-towners – a Kearny senior and three North Arlington females – were held up and robbed in two separate incidents six days apart in Harrison, according to the HPD. On Friday, May 26, police said a 67-year-old Kearny man was walking in West Hudson Park, at 8:25 p.m., when he was reportedly approached from behind by six black male juveniles, struck in the head, pushed to the ground and punched and kicked.

Police said the assailants searched the man’s pockets and removed an iPhone and keys before fleeing.

After they were alerted to the attack and given a description by the victim, police said officers quickly began a search and three separate foot pursuits resulted in the capture of four of the six assailants.

Two 15-year-olds, a 16-yearold and a 17-year-old, all from Newark, were arrested, charged with first degree robbery and second degree

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conspiracy to commit robbery and transported to a juvenile detention facility.

The remaining two juvenile suspects have been identified through investigation but, as of last week, had not yet been apprehended. The victim’s property was recovered and returned, police said.

Police said the victim’s injuries were listed as “not serious.”

In the other incident, police said they responded to a report of a robbery, called in at 10:41 p.m. on May 31, at Harrison Ave. and First St., where the victims – ages 16, 25 and 29 – all of North Arlington, told officers they were walking north on First St. just before Warren St. when a dark-colored vehicle, possibly a Honda Accord, stopped next to them.

The victims told police that three black men – one brandishing a dark-colored pocket knife – got out and approached them and demanded that they “hand over everything they had.”

Police said the bandits took,

from one of the victims, a purse containing her keys, an iPhone 6S valued at $500, a pair of gold earrings priced at $600, about $600 in cash and her wallet containing credit and debit cards, Social Security card, her driver’s license and her mother’s Social Security card.

Another of the victims turned over her purse which

held a pair of shoes valued at $100 and some food items.

The third victim gave up her purse containing $60 in cash, a pair of black sunglasses priced at $50, a pink iPhone 6S valued at $500 and some food.

Police said the trio got back in the car, which was already occupied by two other black males wearing dark-colored clothing, and headed north

on First St., turning east onto Warren.

The three bandits were described as between 5-feet-10 and 6 feet, wearing dark-colored hoodies with one having long braids and age 18 to 20.

The driver was listed as possibly in his 30s, police said.

None of the victims were hurt, police said.

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KPD: This aunt had to cry ‘uncle’ KEARNY – Newark woman was arrested at Walmart last week for allegedly using a juvenile — her own niece — in a shoplifting caper.

On Monday, May 29, at 6 p.m., KPD Officers Mina Ekladious and Jose Perez were dispatched to the store, where a 13-year-old Newark girl had been detained for reportedly trying to leave with a stolen RCA Voyager 3 electronic tower, valued at $51.58. Walmart security told the cops that she had previously been seen with an adult female who had already left the premises.

According to police, the juvenile said the woman was her aunt, who had encouraged her in the theft, saying, “Take it.

You’re not gonna get caught.”

Wrong.

The officers got a description of the woman’s car and found the 2005 Acura with Massachusetts plates in the parking lot, where they also found the aunt, 50-yearold Michele Smith. Police said she was identified by security and had also been caught on store surveillance video in the company of the girl.

Smith was charged with shoplifting, use of a juvenile to commit a criminal offense, and on two Newark failureto-appear warrants, $300 and $500.

The niece was released to the custody of her mother, and N.J. Child Protection Services responded to KPD headquarters to gather information on the case.

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

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May 26 Officer Sean Podolski, at Kearny and Washington Aves. at 10:10 p.m., was advised by a concerned citizen that the driver of a white Toyota was possibly intoxicated. Police said he located the car, its engine running, parked in a crosswalk with Deborah Zambrana, 41, of Kearny, at the wheel.

According to police, her speech was slurred and Podolski detected the odor of alcohol and observed a cup filled with dark red liquid in the

center console. When asked for her credentials, she reportedly produced the registration for a different vehicle.

While looking for the correct paperwork, police said, Zambrana tried to “surreptitiously” dump the liquid in the cup onto the rear floorboard.

Apparently, this was noticed.

Following field sobriety tests and an Alcotest, Zambrana was charged with DWI, the crosswalk violation, not having an insurance card, having an open container of alcohol in the car — and DWI with minors in the vehicle. Police said her passengers were three girls: two 13-year-olds from Kearny and a 15-year-old from Newark. The KPD took the girls to their respective homes, and Child Protection was notified.

BJ’s, was patrolling the rear of the store at 6:45 p.m. when he encountered Luciano Yuelling, 33 — formerly of Harrison; now claiming to be homeless

— and ran him for warrants.

Police said he had four: three from Harrison for contempt of court ($100, $100 and $250) and a no-bail NCIC/

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May 27 At 2:20 a.m., police said, Officers Michael Gontarczuk and Jason Rodrigues pulled over a northbound 2003 Infiniti for a lighting violation and failure to maintain its lane on Rts. 1/9, detected the odor of marijuana and saw a marijuana cigar on the rear seat.

Police said driver Andre Ho-On, 27, of Bloomfield, was argumentative, refused to provide his license, began yelling and rambling about “ancient treaties and delegation of law” and demanded that Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari be summoned to the scene. (We do not know if any ancient treaty requires sheriff-summoning, but in any case, this was not done.)

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‘Fearless Girl’ is a lot of bull

By Karen Zautyk he other day, I had an unexpected visit from my old friend the Jersey Devil, who stopped off on his way to New York City. I thought he might be on his way to catch a Yankees game (he prefers baseball to hockey), but he was actually on a different mission.

He was headed to Lower Manhattan to lend support to one of his buddies, the “Charging Bull” statue, which of late has been mocked and much maligned -- simply because it is a bull. Talk about bigotry.

The bull, a magnificent bronze creation by artist Arturo Di Modica, has been a tourist attraction since it was installed at Bowling Green in 1989. Inspired by the U.S. recovery following the 1987 stock market crash, the majestic creature was reportedly designed to be a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people.” (Interestingly, it took on added meaning of strength, power -- and resiliency -- after 9/11, when it wore a coat of ash from the Twin Towers.)

Since March, another statue,

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a silly little thing, has been facing off against the bull. The bronze likeness of a “Fearless Girl,” hands on hips, is supposed to be some sort of icon of feminism. It was erected in honor of International Women’s Day, which was marked by mobs of women marching around in pink knit “pussy” hats.

“What’s a ‘pussy hat’?” the Devil asked, and when I explained, he actually blushed.

To change the subject, I got out my copy of Dianne Durante’s “Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide,” which describes the 7,100 pound, 11-foot-tall bull thusly: Its “head is lowered, its nostrils flare, and its wickedly long, sharp horns are ready to gore; it’s an angry, dangerous beast. The muscular body twists to one side, and the tail is curved like a lash: the bull is also energetic and in motion.”

Said the Devil: “And this child is facing off against him?

What kind of message does that really send to little kids?

I think she should be called ‘Brainless Girl’.”

The Devil was also concerned because PETA and

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other animal-rights organizations have not come to the bull’s defense. “It seems to me that this confrontation is actually the symbolic prelude to combat,” he opined.

“Aren’t these groups opposed to bullfighting?”

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Last week, “Fearless Girl” supporters were furious when a third statue showed up.

Artist Alex Gardega placed a small bronze dog at the girl’s feet, said dog directing a stream of urine at her left leg.

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According to the N.Y. Post, Gardega believes that “Fearless Girl” is merely “ ‘corporate nonsense’ devised to promote the fund managers who commissioned it.” In any case, the dog was ordered removed posthaste. But “Fearless Girl” is supposed to remain until at least next March.

“Does this mean that, in our culture, only liberals are allowed to define ‘art’?” the Devil asked.

“You are very perceptive,” said I. “Note, also, that Gardega was immediately labeled a ‘misogynist’.”

“I guess that makes you one, too,” he said, with his adorable sense of the absurd. I then bid him good travels to N.Y.C. and asked him to give my regards and support to the bull. Poor bull.

[Editor’s note: For this visit, the Jersey Devil did not drive up from the Pine Barrens in his magnificent Lamborghini. Instead, he arrived in a rather sedate-looking, four-door BMW. What happened? “It’s a favor to you,” he said. “Every time you write about my sports car, you have to look up the name.

I figured you’d have no trouble spelling BMW.”]

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Dean headlines HCCC graduation JERSEY CITY – hen members of the Hudson County Community College Class of 2017 filed into the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for their graduation ceremonies on May 18, little did they realize that they would be getting a history lesson. Nor did they imagine they would hear that they are — and must be — changemakers if they “want to live in a democracy.”

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a 2004 presidential candidate, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and three-term governor, delivered the keynote address at the college’s 40th commencement ceremony.

Dean began his address by telling the graduates they were “changing the face of higher education in the United States,” and that they were changing the course of history and the way of education.

“I want you to be very proud of yourselves. Turn your back to me. Stand up and face your parents and the people who

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helped you get here,” he said.

After several minutes of applause, the graduates took their seats, and Dean said: “Now, let’s talk about history.

It’s impossible for you to know you are making history; you can’t know that until 50 years from now when you can look back on your lives.”

The governor related the changes he has seen in the decades since he was a sophomore in college. He spoke of the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, (both in 1968) the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam and the riots that took place around the county at that time.

“If you had told us then, that in 40 years, we would have an African-American president, we would have thought you were crazy,” Dean said.

He told the graduates that it is the job of young people to be important and to demand change.

“On those days when you think nothing is changing, it is your job not to give up,” he said.

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If you walked by the fountain in Town Hall Park in Lyndhurst during this past Memorial Day weekend and you thought you were seeing things, well, you weren’t.

“Somebody dumped a bunch of soap suds into the fountain,” Township Parks & Public Properties Commissioner Tom DiMaggio said last week. “And this is at least the second time in the past three or four years this has happened.”

Asked if the culprit was caught, the commissioner replied: “We don’t know who did it.”

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“We’re going to have an investigation,” he said.

The commissioner said he first became aware that something was awry “when I was walking my dog at around 2 p.m. that Monday (Memorial Day, May 29) and I saw two kids hanging over the fence near the fountain and that’s when I saw all the suds. It got so high, it overflowed the fountain onto the ground.”

DiMaggio said he immediately alerted the police about the mishap.

“I had two guys (township employees) working on it,” he said. “Problem is the residue keeps coming back. Took them a day and a half to clear it.”

At the LPD, Det. Capt. John Valente confirmed that a report was filed with the police department on Memorial Day at 2:06 p.m. about the incident which has been listed as “criminal mischief.”

“Someone had spilled soap into the fountain, causing it to bubble,” Valente said, reading from the report. “The fountain was drained and re-filled [last Wednesday].”

Valente said the same prank “has happened in the past, at least once or twice.”

As of last week, Valente said the LPD had no suspects connected to the most recent caper.

Unfortunately, Town Hall Park hasn’t been the only target of vandals, so far this year.

On the night of March 16, township police were notified about someone having done damage to the lavatories at the Valley Brook Ave. athletic complex.

The toilet paper and soap dispensers were ripped from the walls and thrown around the room, paper was stuck down the commodes and damage was estimated at about $3,000, according to a police report filed at the time.

A police investigation, aided by footage captured by a surveillance camera, ultimately led to juvenile complaints of criminal mischief being filed against two township juveniles, ages 13 and 14.

The matter was referred to the Bergen County Juvenile Court.

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The case remained cold, early 11 months after Monteiro said, until this past it happened, the East Memorial Day weekend when Newark Police DepartHarrison PD arrested four ment has collared four juvenile Newark teens charged with suspects linked to the armed roughing up a local senior citirobbery of three borough zen and taking his phone and teens. personal items.

Police Chief Anthony MonInvestigation determined teiro said the youths, two being that at least one of the suspects age 15, one 17 and another just in that case may have been turned 18, all from Newark, involved in the East Newark face juvenile charges of robcrime and that information, in bery, possession of a weapon turn, led police to the discovand possession of a weapon ery of what Monteiro dewith intent to use. scribed as Facebook accounts Monteiro said that the dealing with an individual 18-year-old – whose brother is “trying to sell cell phones.” reportedly one of the 15-yearMonteiro said borough poold suspects – would be proslice officers developed further ecuted as a juvenile since he leads based, in part, on the was of that age when the crime social media conversations and took place.

Facebook photos, combined All four were taken into with images of the suspects in police custody last Tuesday, the 2016 crime captured by two May 30, and were taken to the borough street surveillance Union County Juvenile Detencameras. tion Center in Linden pending “We had one camera at court action.

Central and Grant that picked According to a borough PD up the guys involved in the report, three East Newark holdup pointing the gun at the young men were approaching victims and another camera at the intersection of Grant and Central and Passaic (Ave.) that Central Aves. at around 6 p.m. got [the suspects] walking back on July 19, 2016, when they to Newark across the Clay St. were accosted by four youths, bridge,” the chief said. one of whom was reportedly Once all the pieces were asarmed with a handgun, beat up sembled, East Newark PD deEAST NEWARK --

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to the chief, after learning that police were looking for her son, the mother of the 17-yearold “called us and led us to him.”

Monteiro praised the investigative work by borough Offic-

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Fire victims lose all, town rallies KEARNY – fast-moving fire severely damaged a home at 664 Elm St. the night of May 27, displacing a family of seven — but it could have been much worse. And, the community has banded together to help the family displaced by the fire through a GoFundMe campaign and a clothing drive.

As of presstime, $13,945 has been raised in cash donations from more than 200 people and families. Melissa Davila, of Little Falls, whose parents (and family) lost everything they had in the fire — “nothing was salavagable,” she said — started the campaign to which you can still donate at gf.me/u/ qsran.

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The Observer, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Rutherford, will be collecting clothing donations through June 16. Donations of gently-used or new clothing items can be brought to The Observer’s office, 39 Seeley Ave., Kearny, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday.

As to the fire itself: “This was a lesson about smoke alarms,” said Kearny Fire Chief Steve Dyl. Smoke alarms and the courage of a grandfather and his daughter.

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The KPD alarm came in at 10:20 p.m., and arriving firefighters were reportedly greeted by flames already engulfing the home. The blaze went to three alarms, bringing not only all Kearny

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The grandfather, his daughter and the two children were transported to Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, including the burns and smoke inhalation.

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AARP October trip AARP Chapter 2051 sponsors a three-day, two-night trip to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, Oct. 4-6. Breakfasts, dinners, a wagon tour of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, a river cruise, Taber Museum, tour of Millionaire’s Row, the Rowley House Museum and Little League Museum are included. Pickup is in Belleville at a location TBD. The cost is $399 per person with a $50 deposit due by June 30. Call Marie Kim at 973-759-3912 for more information.

Paint the night away Friends of the Belleville Public Library host a paint night Friday, June 16, at 7 p.m. at the library. The cost is $25 and includes materials and refreshments. Send checks to Friends, c/o Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., Belleville, N.J. 07109.

Lots to do at the library The Belleville Public Library has announced its schedule of events for the coming week.

For adults and young adults – Say It With Seashells Craft on Tuesday, June 6, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Crochet Club on Wednesday, June 7, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; Family Movie Night: “Passengers” on Thursday, June 8, 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Adult Color Me Happy on Friday, June 9, 10 to 11 a.m.; Teen Color Me Happy on Friday, June 9, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Guitar Lessons for Beginners on Saturday, June 10, 2 to 3 p.m.; Movie Mondays: “All That Jazz” on Monday, June 12, at noon; and “Do I Sound Gay” Screening & Discussion on Tuesday, June 13, 6 to 8 p.m.

For children – Pajama Time on Tuesday, June 6, at 6 p.m.; Storybook Friends: Going Buggy on Tuesday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m.; Bookworm Bingo on Wednesday, June 8, 5 to 6 p.m.; After-School Book Club on Friday, June 9, at 3:30 p.m.; Lego Club on Saturday, June 10, at 2 p.m.; Wii Mondays on Monday, June 12, 4 to 6 p.m.; and Pajama Time on Tuesday, June 13, at 6 p.m.

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Harrison Futbol tryouts Harrison Futbol Club soccer tryouts take place June 12 to June 16 at 14 Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard South. The schedule is as follows: June 12 & June 14 at 6 p.m.: U7 & u8; 7:30 p.m., U9 & U10; June 13 & June 15, 6 p.m.: U11 & U12; 7:30 p.m., U13, U14 & U15.

Friday, June 16, is a makeup day with tryouts as follows: at 6 p.m.: U7, U8, U9 & U10; at 7 p.m.: U11, U12 & U13; and at 8 p.m.: U14 & U15.

For more details, send an email to harrisonfc15@yahoo. com or visit www.harrisonfutbolclub.com.

Valerie Fund Walk The Harrison Cancer League will participate in the Valerie Fund Walk on June 10.

Those wishing to join are invited to visit thevaleriefund. org/walk2017 and join the Harrison Cancer League Group.

For more information, call Betsy Archibald at 201-7250453.

Kearny Summer reading challenge The Kearny Library Children’s Department offers the “Build a Better World Summer Reading Challenge” from June 19 to Aug. 11 so young people can discover that summer reading is a lot of fun. Children of all ages can pick up a free reading log to keep track of the books that they read or have read to them. Each young child who reads or listens to 20 books, and each independent reader who reads for 12 hours, will receive a prize for completing the challenge. An up-to-date Kearny library card is a requirement to take the challenge.

Also, children are invited to a special performance to celebrate “Build a Better World.” On Thursday, June 22, magician Ken Northridge will perform magic with live animals from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m., in the lower level of the Main Library, 318 Kearny Ave. Children’s Room summer hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Call 201-998-2666 for more information about “Build a Better World” and other children’s vacation programs.

Clean up OLS Our Lady of Sorrows Church hosts a spring cleanup of church grounds, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 7. Parishioners are invited to bring their brooms and rakes to help with the beautification of the church grounds. Cool refreshments will be provided for all. Meet at the corner of Davis and Bergen Aves.

JWCA yard sale The Junior Woman’s Club of Arlington hosts its annual yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, June 10, at 57 Hillcrest Road from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Items such as clothes, area rugs, furniture, books and houseware will be available.

All proceeds benefit charitable projects that directly impact the community. The club will also collect donations of men’s and women’s business clothes and accessories for Dress for Success, Suits for Success and the local Veteran’s Closet.

Contact info@jwcarlington. com to coordinate donations if you can’t make the yard sale.

See ‘Beauty & the Beast’ Catch two chances to see the newest Disney release “Beauty & the Beast” (PG / 129 mins.) either Friday, June 9, at 3:30 p.m. or Wednesday, June 14, at 3:30 p.m. It will be shown on the lower level of at the Main Library, 318 Kearny Ave. Light refreshments will be served. This screening is free.

Where dragons roam free On Saturday, June 17, at 1 p.m., returning theater troupe Tempest Productions transform the outdoor reading garden at the Main Library (318 Kearny Ave.) into an enchanted kingdom. Journey to a place where dragons roam free and knights protect the kingdom. There will be song, jousting and much merry-making. For more information about Tempest

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dent Allan Henderson at 201991-4771.

Learn to ‘Google’ The Kearny Public Library hosts two free Google classes at the Main Library on Tuesday, June 6, and Wednesday, June 7, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The first class is a Google overview, including how to search Google effectively, an overview of Google Maps, Google Translation and YouTube.

The second class offers an overview of a Google account, which can be used to access many free applications on a computer or tablet, including Gmail, alternatives to Microsoft Office Google Docs, Internet storage application Google Drive and Google Calendar. This will be a handson class for those wishing to bring their own personal devices (iPads, tablets, laptops, etc.).

All are welcome to attend either or both of the free classes, but space is limited, so arrive early at 318 Kearny Ave. For more information on this or any library program, call us at 201-998-2666 or visit www.kearnylibrary.org.

NVERS fundraiser The annual Lollipop Party fundraiser benefiting the Nutley Volunteer Emergency & Rescue Squad takes place Saturday, June 10, from 5 to 8 p.m., at 232 Highfield Lane.

Admission is free and you may purchase lollipops to exchange for beverages.

Appetizers and other light fair will be available. Also enjoy an historic home tour of Ruth Bedford’s shinglestyle Victorian home and grounds. Tour ambulances and rescue vehicles. There will be a 50/50 raffle.

The event takes place in memory of the late Michael Rossi, EMS coordinator, and will happen rain or shine.

Roar to Sands The Lion’s Club sponsors a trip to Sands Casino, Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, June 10.

A bus departs 60 Kingsland Ave., at 9 a.m. with a return time of 3:30 p.m. The cost is $35 and includes $20 in slots cash and a $5 food voucher.

Call Joann at 201-998-3018 for more information or for tickets.

St. Stephen’s Seniors St. Stephen’s Seniors, 676 Kearny Ave., meet at 1 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of the month in Hedges Hall. Refreshments are served at noon. Attendees are invited to participate in a 50/50 drawing and bingo.

New members are always welcome. Upcoming meetings include: June 6 and 20; July 11 and 25; Aug. 8 and 22; and Sept. 5 and 19. For more information, call club presi-

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Practices and games begin in mid-September. Anyone interested in coaching is invited to contact the Recreation Department for coaching regulations. All coaches must get fingerprinted and attend the Rutgers Safety Clinic held at the Nutley Recreation Department.

For more information, contact the Recreation Department at 973-284-4966, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Charged with DWI in Davis Ave. hit-run

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

KEARNY – 43-year-old town man is facing numerous charges — including DWI, assault by auto and theft of a motor vehicle — after he allegedly ran down a pedestrian and left her lying in the middle of Davis Ave. Police said the suspect was

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One of the witnesses took a cellphone photo of the vehicle — and its license plate — as it was fleeing.

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According to police, the suspect had both the car keys and an aroma of alcohol and was so unsteady on his feet that field sobriety tests could not be performed.

Escobar was given an Alcotest at HQ and subsequently charged with: DWI, DWI in a school zone, reckless driving, failure to report an accident, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injuries, being an unlicensed driver, assault by auto, endangering an injured victim, burglary (for allegedly taking the car without consent), and theft of a motor vehicle.

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The May 24 Observer featured a story, “Honoring Belleville’s World War I dead,” about township Historical Society efforts to restore an illegible plaque embedded in the wall of St. Peter’s Church cemetery on William St. As planned, by Memorial Day, it was ready for its official rededication. The marble, weathered away over the decades, has been restored and the names of 13 local Great War casualties can now be read. (All but two of the soldiers are buried on the Western Front, where they died.) But the restoration is not over. Society President Michael Perrone plans to add a replica of a WWI helmet and another plaque explaining that those named were “Sons of St. Peter’s,” meaning they were all parishioners. (Note: The crucifix in the photo, which appears to be standing atop the monument, is a coincidental, and appropriate, trick of perspective. It is actually about 100 feet away, in the cemetery.)

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Guilty plea in bank-robbery spree

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Newark man has pleaded guilty in Federal Court to robbing five banks — including one each in Harrison and Kearny — during a monthlong spree last autumn, U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Authorities said that

ies, he either presented a note to bank tellers or verbally demanded money from them.

Each of the robbery counts carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Additionally, he is to forfeit

at least $16,429 in currency and/or property representing the proceeds of the crimes.

Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 29.

In announcing the plea, Fitzpatrick thanked various law enforcement agen-

cies, including the Kearny, Harrison, Newark and Jersey City police, for their work in the investigation and apprehension of Mason.

As reported in The Observer after his arrest, authorities said the suspect’s identity was developed through latent

fingerprints at the crime scenes, along with security videos, including footage of the robber fleeing one Jersey City hold-up in a 2005 silver Monte Carlo, which investigation revealed Mason had purchased two weeks before.

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prior to his arrest on Nov. 30, 2016, Jermaine Mason, a/k/a “Asim Harris,” 39, was on federal supervised release for a federal bank robbery conviction after he robbed several banks in 2006 and 2007.

Mason reportedly launched his 2016 criminal capers Oct. 21, with a holdup of the Kearny Bank on Harrison Ave. in Harrison, fleeing with approximately $1,549. The heists ended Nov. 29, 2016, after the robbery of the Provident Bank, 249 Kearny Ave., Kearny, where his take was about $1,700.

The following day, Mason was arrested in Jersey City.

The bandit’s biggest haul last year apparently was $11,890 from a PNC Bank in Jersey City on Nov. 3. His other targets were a Popular Community Bank in Newark, Nov. 17, and a Provident Bank in Jersey City, Nov. 18.

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By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY –

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wo men, ostensibly friends, reportedly turned Kearny police headquarters into a boxing ring recently, resulting in the immediate arrest of one. The co-combatant was subsequently also being sought. And the entire saga is bizarre.

Read on.

At 1:40 p.m., May 25, Anthony Joana, 43, of Kearny, accompanied by 45-year-old Robert Matay of Newark, arrived at HQ to retrieve some property from Joana’s car, which police said had previously been impounded.

Apparently, the men had been arguing with each other

during the ride to Laurel Ave. in Matay’s auto, and as they waited outside the Records Bureau, the dispute escalated.

In full view of officers, fists started flying, and Matay got the better of Joana, knocking him to the floor, police said. Lt. Michael Ryan, Sgt. Adriano Marques and Officers Jose Canela and Richard Poplaski broke up the battle, but Joana, who was bleeding, reportedly refused medical assistance.

Police said he also did not want to sign a complaint — and he left.

Matay, who was judged to have been the aggressor, was arrested for simple assault.

While being booked, he asked if the cops could fetch his jacket, which he had left in his car. Marques and Sgt.

Jay Balogh kindly obliged and went to the vehicle. In which, in plain view, police said were: a knife, a hypodermic needle, a pipe, three bags of suspected crack cocaine and “multiple” folds of suspected heroin.

Since Joana had also been in the reputedly drug-laden auto en route to HQ , both he and Matay were charged with possession of CDS and drug paraphernalia.

Complaints were drawn for Joana’s arrest. [As of press time, we do not know if he had been apprehended.]

Matay was remanded to the Hudson County Jail.

P.S.: Police said the initial argument that sparked all this had been Matay’s objections to Joana’s handling the knife while they were driving to HQ.

Cub Scouts from Pack 305 and Boy Scout Den Chiefs from Troop 305 learned to respect Alex Silva, a Master Instructor from the World Martial Arts Academy on Kearny Ave., after he led a demonstration at a pack meeting last month at St. Stephen’s, Kearny.

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Blue Tide’s volleyball dream ends a few matches short The truth be told, the Harrison High School boys’ volleyball season was not supposed to carry into June.

There was no way, no how.

Oh, sure, the Blue Tide had an incredible run the last three seasons, winning 30 matches in each of the last three years, taking home two NJSIAA state sectional championships and one very memorable berth in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title match.

But that was then. This is now.

Piotr Namiotko, the best volleyball player in Harrison history, had graduated and moved on to play for the New Jersey Institute of Technology in nearby Newark.

Jimmy Vega, a 1,000-point setter, graduated and is playing at New Jersey City University.

In all, the Blue Tide lost four players from the team that went 37-5 a year ago. In volleyball, that’s a lot.

In the early portion of the season, it showed.

The Blue Tide struggled.

They lost more matches in the first weekend of

the campaign than they did all of last season.

“We had young kids,” Harrison head coach Nick Landy said. “We had inexperienced players. We didn’t have a big start. We had only a couple of kids who played a lot last year. We weren’t as terrible as our record showed. But the young kids were inexperienced and you can’t teach experience. They had a little nervousness to them and that was different.”

Landy made some changes in the lineup and where the Blue Tide would position themselves.

“The kids were pretty skilled already,” Landy said. “We just had to build them all a little together. I knew it was already going to be a different season. But if we wanted to maintain our tradition, then we had to gain some respect.”

The Blue Tide then moved forward with five players who never played varsity volleyball prior to this season.

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Harrison native and grid coach Hinchliffe instrumental in field dedication Late Mets PR director honored with field named in her memory

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t was a regular day, just another page in the life of Detective Michael Hinchcliffe of the Little Ferry Police Department.

Yes, it’s the same Mike Hinchcliffe who was born and raised in Harrison, who grew up a member of the Blue Tide.

They say in Harrison that once you get swept away in the current of the Blue Tide, you never come back. You’re a Blue Tide for life.

But yes, it’s the same Mike Hinchcliffe who worked wonders last fall in his first year as the head football coach at Harrison High School, thrown into the position at the last moment and turning around a moribund program whose new coach was dismissed before he could ever coach a down. Yes, Mike Hinchcliffe is a veteran cop in Little Ferry, in the shadows of MetLife Stadium, in a town where hot dogs are considered fine cuisine.

Hinchcliffe was given the responsibility of running the Little Ferry Police Activities League a few months ago and was soon introduced to a man with a plan.

Hinchcliffe didn’t know who Jay Horwitz was, but then again, why should he?

After all, Hinchcliffe is a diehard Yankee fan and Horwitz is the long-time director of public relations for the Mets, spending almost 40 years in the position.

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Det. Mike Hinchcliffe (c.) is surrounded by baseball royalty, namely Mets co-owner and chief operations officer Jeff Wilpon (l.) and former Met All-Star closer John Franco.

So when Horwitz just happened to stroll into Hinchcliffe’s office one day 18 months ago, Hinchcliffe didn’t know what it was all about. It was about doing something nice to honor Jay’s adopted daughter and caretaker, Shannon Dalton Forde, who went from being a simple secretary to Jay’s assistant PR director over her 22 years with the club.

You see, Shannon, perhaps the most beloved person in all of Major League Baseball’s underbelly, a smiling, beaming face who never put a uniform on, but never wavered in her love of the national pastime and especially her love of her beloved and beleaguered Mets.

“Jay approached us and asked if we could rename a field after Shannon,” Hinchcliffe said.

At the time, Shannon was unfortunately losing her brave and stoic battle with breast cancer. Dalton Forde spent the better part of the last five years trying valiantly to kick cancer right smack in the rear end, but like the millions of other brave souls in our wonderful country and in our big towns like New York City and little ones like Little Ferry and Harrison, cancer wins.

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month.

“A lot of people got inclaims another victory. volved,” Hinchcliffe said. “But In the fall of 2015, with getting to know Jay was a joy. her beloved Mets making a It just sort of steamrolled from miraculous and unfathomthere.” able run at a trip to the World That patch of grass where Series, Shannon Dalton Forde Shannon once played catch was about to leave John withwith her sister is now Shanout a wife and little Kendall non Dalton Forde Memorial and Nicholas without their Field. The dedication was held mother. last Wednesday and several And Jay Horwitz wanted to key players and officials were make sure that his buddy and on hand as Shannon’s two longtime associate was not children cut the ribbons on going to be soon forgotten. the new field.

Horwitz knew of Shannon’s A lot of the reason why the love of baseball and thought idea steamrolled was the way a field dedication would have Shannon was beloved by her been a nice gesture. peers in the media, but espeThere was only one obstacially by the guys who wore cle. the blue and orange uniforms.

“All the fields in town were “So many people wanted already named,” Hinchcliffe to make sure that we did it said. right,” said Hinchcliffe, who But there was this patch of made sure that the clay on the grass that was next to a fireinfield was perfect and that house, an area that Shannon the lines were as straight as an used to take her sister to go arrow. play baseball when they were Hinchcliffe mentioned Sgt. kids.

Mike Derwin and especially Horwitz first was set to Det. Sam Aguilar as influential donate a scoreboard, but Little Ferry police officers in when Hinchcliffe got the the project.

Little Ferry PAL involved, “So many people wanted to then Horwitz got the Mets see it right, so I’m not surand Major League Baseball prised at all with the star cainvolved. It just happened that liber of people that showed,” the township had just received Hinchcliffe said. $3 million in state and fedDavid Wright was one of eral aid to rebuild the town’s the most prominent people on playgrounds after Hurricane hand. The Mets’ seven-time Sandy devastated the area National League All-Star third and left most of Little Ferry baseman, currently on the without electricity for over a disabled list with spinal steno-

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“I was 21 years old and I just got called up to the Mets,” Wright said. “I didn’t know how to get to the ballpark. I didn’t know how the ballpark worked. I didn’t know my way around. I didn’t know where we could sit, where I could get something to eat, nothing.”

But Wright was introduced to Shannon and his life changed.

“She was the driving force behind me learning all about that,” Wright said. “That was the beginning of what became Photo by Jim Hague

Little Ferry Det. Mike Hinchcliffe, a Harrison native and the head coach of the Harrison High School football team, addresses the crowd at the dedication of the Shannon Dalton Forde Memorial Field in Little Ferry.

a pretty good friendship. She told me where it was safe for me to hang out. She treated me like I was her younger brother.”

Some $240,000 was raised through a charity auction to refurbish the grassy area where Dalton Forde played as a young girl and turned it into a baseball field, complete with fences, dugouts, scoreboards and picnic areas.

Hundreds of people _ from former managers and players to current players like Wright and current general managers like Sandy Alderson _ turned out for the official dedication of the new field that was

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Alderson, who has battled his own unknown cancer for the last 18 months, said that he drew courage and strength from Dalton Forde.

“The way she chose to respond to her illness was definitely inspirational to me,” Alderson said. “She was a motivation to a lot of us. She always had a smile on her face despite facing a serious illness.

No one was as feisty both physically and spiritually.”

“She was one of a kind,” said Horwitz, who anonymously donated a lot of money and time into the project. “She had a lot of courage, especially at the end. She fought it right until the end. The front office loved her. The players loved her and the media loved her.

That should tell how much she was loved.”

“Shannon was like a daughter to Jay,” said former Mets pitcher and current MLB Network analyst Al Leiter. “Shannon was a dedicated member of the PR department, but beyond that, she formed friendships with a lot of people. She was always smiling, always

willing to help. To have this for her and for her family is amazing. Her legacy lives on.

She was loved in every way.”

Despite her illness, Dalton Forde was on hand for the 2015 pennant run that resulted in a trip to the World Series.

“Shannon was able to connect with everyone,” Mets chief operating officer and co-owner Jeff Wilpon said. “I always admired the way she was able to blend her family with her job. And she worked all the way until the end. She worked for us for 22 years and was one of a kind.”

Former Mets closer John Franco said that the turnout to honor Dalton Forde “shows how well liked she was.”

“Having her name on this field is special,” said Franco, who worked with Dalton Forde for 14 years. “People don’t realize all she did off the field. Her kids can come here and play here like Shannon did, but now their mom’s name is on the field. It’s a great tribute to her.”

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play, they overcame that inexperience,” Landy said.

The Blue Tide were under .500 for most of the regular season, but then needed a major push at the season’s end just to qualify for the state playoffs.

Finally, the Blue Tide won three NJSIAA state playoff matches against McNair Academic, neighboring rival Kearny (for the third time this season) and finally stateranked St. Peter’s Prep, the Hudson County Tournament champions who had defeated the Blue Tide, 27-25 and 25-12 in the tourney finale just 11 days prior.

The Blue Tide was able to reverse the prior decision, winning this time by scores of 30-28 and 25-23.

“We were a different team this time,” Landy said. “We were a little more excited. We were familiar with Prep.”

Landy said that he prepared his team for facing the Marauders with some piped in crowd noise and music.

“We practiced with the same noise that we would

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Harrison head boys’ volleyball coach Nick Landy believed that his young team could prevail this season and the Blue Tide rewarded their beloved coach with a trip to the NJSIAA state sectional title game.

hear at Prep,” Landy said. “It got us ready. We needed a little something.”

The Blue Tide received an emotional lift when Chris Crespo, all 5-foot-6 of a setter, got off the ground to record a block against Prep’s 6-foot-7 standout Parker Omslaer.

“That was a big play,” Landy said.

The Blue Tide also got a kick start from Michal Niczewski, who had a team-high six blocks.

“It was one good play after another,” Landy said.

So here were the upstart Blue Tide, the team that wasn’t supposed to be there, now getting a chance to play for the state sectional title

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“We were in the match,” Landy said. “After we won the first set (25-22), I told the team that we could beat these guys. But I think they got a little nervous and went downhill a little.”

The Blue Tide dropped the last two sets, 28-26 and 25-16, to Ridge, the No. 4-ranked team in the entire state.

Suddenly, the Blue Tide’s Cinderella run toward an improbable state sectional championship, a third straight state sectional crown, just wasn’t meant to be.

“I thought that if we made fewer mistakes, we had a shot,” Landy said. “I needed them to believe it, too. It was a mental game. They made fewer mistakes. We had a little trouble blocking. We were going back and forth in a see-saw battle and just lost

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At that point, Landy thought of his three seniors — Wilton Negron, Maciej (Mack) Gaus and Michal Niczewski.

“They were part of three state sectional championship games,” Landy said. “That’s some experience. We had five losses in April and came all the way back. We came a long way. We have a young team with 15 freshmen with us. We’re already building on next season. We have to maintain our tradition.”

Think back five years, even three. Did anyone ever guess that there would be a local boys’ volleyball team — no, scratch that — a Harrison boys’ volleyball team actually talking like a dynasty? It’s downright mindboggling, but also so very true.

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Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla proves she might be more runner and less of a soccer star

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As the 2017 scholastic sports season rapidly draws to an end in the blink of an eye, there were two very important track and field results that may have some major significance in the years to come.

In the 800-meter run in NJSIAA Group II at a place called Northern Burlington, Giulia Pezzolla

of Lyndhurst _ the soccer standout _ finished 12th in 2:20.80, the best finish by any sophomore in the race.

In the 1,600-meter run, Pezzolla was clocked at 5:18.17, which was good for 11th overall.

Pezzolla had to qualify for the Group II by finishing among the top six at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II championships the week prior, but everyone knew

that she was good enough to get past the sectionals and into the Group II meet.

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her best in three sports — soccer, indoor track and outdoor track.

“I still like soccer,” Pezzolla said. “I don’t know what to think. I still see myself as a soccer player first. I didn’t think I’d have such a successful season in track. I worked hard. I put in a lot of hard work.

I guess if I keep at it, then good things are bound to happen.”

It’s good news for Kim Hykey, who coaches Pezzolla in both soccer and track.

“It’s great,” said Hykey, who competed in both sports when she was a student at Lyndhurst before going off to Seton Hall. “She didn’t lose a single race until the Bergen County Meet of Champions.”

Hykey had it figured out that Pezzolla compiled 310 team points, becoming the first 300-point scorer in the history of Lyndhurst High School girls’ track and field.

“She had a phenomenal year,” Hykey said. “She broke the school record in the 800 (meter run). She ran four events every meet.

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so she can take it as far as she wants it to go. She’s very talented. She has so much natural ability. It just looks effortless to her. She can do both.”

Hykey gave up track when she got to Seton Hall to concentrate on soccer.

“I think she could do both in college,” Hykey said. “She would just have to get a little stronger if she wants to play soccer.”

Pezzolla knows that she doesn’t have much time to relax, as soccer drills for the 2017 season begin Tuesday. She also plays club soccer for the prestigious TSF program over the summer months.

“From now on, it’s soccer until next track season,” Pezzolla said.

“I’m now focused on soccer. I think what I do in terms of getting ready will definitely help. I now have confidence I can do big things. It keeps me focused.”

Needless to say, it’s a young lady with an extremely bright future.

“I’m excited about it all,” Pezzolla said. “It’s cool. I had no idea this all could happen.”

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Garfield school honors announced Curtis Brack, principal of Garfield School, Kearny, announces the following recipients of the Principal’s Honor Roll, Honor Roll and Citizenship Award for the third marking period: 4th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Fizza Raza, Ashley Sawaged, Luana Vera-Meneses, Sara Zaouia, Davi DaCunha, Gabriel Gomez, Fabricio Villafuerte and Sabrina Diamantino.

Honor Roll: Ariana Carbajal, Janna Elshikh, BrookeLynne Mendes, Phoenix Sousa, Brandon Georgallis, Landen Madalena, Luanna Mineiro DeSouza, David Pimentel, Gabija Plikaitis, Alonso Rivera, Erick Villanueva, German Espichan, Raquel Lamego, Abigail Maldonado, Gabriela Pifano, Eduardo Ramos, Brigid Robinson, Julia Torok and David Velloso Barbosa.

Citizenship: Ariana Carbajal, Janna Elshikh, Elijah Johnson, Brooke-Lynne Mendes, Fizza Raza, Ashley Sawaged, Phoenix Sousa, Luana VeraMeneses, Sara Zaouia, Davi DaCunha, Victoria DaSilva, Kauan DeOliveria, Justin Estrada, Nayeli Galarza Gonzalez, Brandon Georgallis, Gabriel Gomez, Landen Madalena, Luanna Mineiro DeSouza, Alexandra Oliveira, David Pimentel, Gabija Plikatis, Alonso Rivera, Fabricio Villafuerte, Erick Villanueva, Angelyna Abreu, Sydney Alicea, Sabrina Diamantino, German Espichan, Ryan Gonzalez-Zuniga, Marissa Gyuro, Raquel Lamego, Abigail Maldonado, Gabriela Pifano, Eduardo Ramos, Brigid Robinson, Julia Torok and David Velloso Barbosa.

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Citizenship: Alexander Aguilar, Kinzy Elshikh, Agustina Esnal, Ismail Khatouf, Karla Orellana Beltran, Camila Ospina, Elise Rodrigues, Derek Brank, Leilani Cabrera, Braeden Cunningham, Victor Hanson, Kelly Loguidice, Cesar Montilla Quito, Kristine Morocho, Anna Pepe, Paul Pepe, Zaidi Ranilla, Danny Rojas, Litzy Rosas, Angela Tran, Nikki Carrera, Bianca Faria, Steven Gomes, Jaiden Malave, Anael Martinez, Alexis Maza, Julissa Montes Martinez, Cheyenne Pepe, Adriano Rivera, Robert Schoendorf, Sophia Silva, Jacob Wolfart, Kate Arguedas Gonzalez, Sofia Barros Faleiro, Sabrina Bian, Priscilla Castillo, Jayden Cornejo, Sophie DeSouza, Damien Estrada, Angel Flores-Solis, Kaia Garrett, Emanuel Goya Garcia, Adam Lopez, Miguel Matos, Estevao Nakamura Ferreira, Brian Pimenta, Anthony Quezada Sandoval, Joao Silva, Andrew Talledo, Joshua Tapia, Nevaeh Teixeira, Aracely Vazquez and Brianna Yadimarco.

6th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Valentina Espichan, Mikael Fernandez, Nicholas Gomez, Isabella Gonzalez, Gordy Hu, Carina Lamego, Anne Marie Malek, Jeremy Marchena, Michelle Nikitina, Kerlyn Samaniego Alban, Thayna

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Honor Roll: Derek Bedon, Paulina Dluzniewska, Isaiah Massoud, Antonio Santiago, Maximiliano Silva and Matthew Swider.

Citizenship Award: Derek Bedon, Nashley Bido-Ortiz, Areanna Bodero, Andrea Castro, Gregori Coco DeLaCruz, Mathias Custodio, Paulina

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18-year-old Kearny males apparently engaged in CDS use in the area of Maple St. and Bergen Ave. Police said Jason Dukhi was found to be holding a plastic bag containing 16 smaller bags of suspected marijuana.

Daniel Mendes reportedly was seen trying to discard another plastic bag of the drug. Both were charged with possession of pot and paraphernalia. Dukhi was also charged with possession with intent to distribute.

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its engine running and its headlights/tail lights on.

When repeated knocks over at the scene to onduty Officer David Bush, on the window failed to processed at HQ and rouse him, police said the provided with at least officers opened the door a temporary home at and he stumbled into the Hudson County Jail. the street. FSTs reportedly had to be terminated May 29 after he nearly fell.

Officers Rodrigues and Mendoza was charged Gontarczuk were diswith DWI, DWI in a school zone, refusing an patched to Sanford Ave. and Radley St. at 2:30 a.m. Alcotest, parking in a prohibited area and failure to to check on a report of produce registration and someone passed out in an insurance card. an illegally parked car.

Police said they found LeMay 30 onso Mendoza, 51, of HarAt 5:20 p.m., Vice rison, asleep behind the officers observed two wheel of a 2007 Nissan, KPD from

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the graduates: “Do not neglect the people you love and the people who government that easily. love you. If you do, you “We need you, and if you want to live in a de- will always regret it.”

The college also mocracy, you have to put presented the HCCC something into the pot; 2017 Heritage Award to at the very least, vote.

Joseph D. Sansone, vice Go out and run for a local office. Get involved president for development, for his lifetime with other people,” service to the communiDean said, adding that ty. The Heritage Award he wanted to make the Democratic Party reflect was instituted 24 years ago to honor members the ethnic diversity of the HCCC Class of 2017. of the community who have made significant He also reminded the contributions to the Class of 2017 of the importance of developing college, its students and and maintaining a sense families.

Sansone expressed his of balance in their lives. gratitude to the col“As you get older and lege and to the board of more heavily involved directors of the HCCC in your career, it’s reFoundation, which has ally easy to work really raised more than $3 milhard and neglect the lion since its founding most important things in 1997. in your lives,” he said.

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Hudson County, Sansone attended Rutgers College and is a graduate of the American Institute of Banking.

His career, which spans more than 50 years, began at First Jersey National Bank in Jersey City (which was later acquired by NatWest Bank), where he held senior positions in retail banking. Sansone worked for ChaseMellon Shareholder Services for several years as a vice president of correspondence and lost securities.

Following Dean’s address and the presentation of the Heritage Award, 16-year old Reyhan Lalaoui delivered the valedictory speech.

Lalaoui made history, herself, as the college’s youngest-ever valedictorian.

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CLINIC from Santana, a naturalized citizen who was born in Brazil.

“Three years ago,” he said, “I paid $670 for my [citizenship] application fee, plus another $85 for fingerprinting. Today, the fingerprinting is the same but the application fee is $1,170.”

Still, some applicants may be eligible for what Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos described as a hardship situation where “there is a possibility of getting the fee waived.”

That’s the type of guidance that the July 1 clinic will likely dispense. To find out if they qualify for a reduced or waived fee, visitors are asked to bring their most recent tax return and an award letter for SNAP, WIC, TANF, SSI or Medicaid (if applicable).

Clinic attendees will also learn that imprecise command of the English language need not be a hindrance to taking a citizenship exam if they are at least age 55 and if

they’ve been a permanent resident for 15 years.

PCA vice president Maria Sousa, who came to the U.S. as a 7-yearold, recalled how, a decade ago, she “translated for my father” when he took his exam for citizenship.

One Kearny resident who may end up taking that test – without a translator – may be Kathy Santos (no relation to the mayor), a green cardholder from her native Chile who has lived in the U.S. since 1985.

“My [green card] renewal comes up this year,” said Santos, an active member of the Junior Woman’s Club of Arlington. A Facebook notice about the clinic caught her interest.

Many immigrants facing prosecution for alleged criminal acts who are at risk of deportation are being detained at the Hudson County Jail and the county receives $20 million a year for that service under federal immigration law, Section 287 (G). Like several

other municipal leaders, Mayor Steven Fulop has proclaimed Jersey City a “sanctuary city,” but Santos calls that a “misleading” label, with no force of law behind it.

Still, Santos said, “In Kearny, we don’t ask anyone for their [residency] status.” However, he added, if someone undocumented is arrested and goes to the county jail, they can face the possibility of being deported, given the county’s participation in the 287 (g) program.

The clinic is scheduled to run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (July 1) at the local Portuguese Cultural Association club, 408 Schuyler Ave., at the corner of Quincy Ave. Priority will be given to those with appointments. For more information or to make an appointment, call We Are One New Jersey at 201209-2839 or register by going to Facebook.com/ weareonenewjersey.

People are also invited to call the PCA at 201998-4777.

Going to the clinic?

Here’s how to prepare For those planning to attend the Citizenship Clinic in Kearny, here’s a checklist of requirements to qualify for citizenship: • You must have attained the age of at least 18.

• You must have been a Legal Permanent Resident for 5 years or 3 years if your spouse is a U.S. citizen.

• You have not committed or been convicted of certain crimes.

• You have had a good moral character in the past five years.

• You have not been outside the U.S. for long periods of time.

• You are registered with the Selective Service if you’re a man between ages 18 and 26.

• You speak, write and read basic English or you’ve been granted an exemption.

Here’s a list of documents you need to bring to the clinic: • Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) card (also known as Green Card).

• State photo ID. • Social Security card.

• All current and expired passports.

• Two passport-size photos.

• List of all places of residency for the past 5 years with corresponding dates.

• List of all employers with addresses for the past 5 years and dates of employment.

• List of all travel outside the U.S. since the date you obtained your Green Card, including destinations and dates of travel.

• List with complete names, dates of birth, home addresses and Alien Number (if appli-

cable) of all children and copy of each child’s birth certificate (if available).

• All certificates of marriage, divorce, death and/or annulment.

• Certified court disposition and arrest report from police (if applicable).

If you are seeking citizenship based on marriage, also bring these documents: • All marriage and divorce certificates.

• Spouse’s birth certificate, passport and Naturalization Certificate (if applicable).

• Proof that you and your spouse share the same address (bank statements, etc.).

• Lease agreements or mortgages and tax returns for the past 3 years.

• Court order authorizing name change (if you have changed your name).

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

obituaries@theobserver.com Wilburt ‘J.R.’ Rocco

Wilburt “J.R.” Rocco, 72, of Kearny, died May 29.

A funeral service took place in the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Friday, June 2. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny.

Born in Kearny, J.R. was a lifelong resident. He worked for Norbet Trucking as a truck driver for many years. An avid fisherman, J.R. also liked long drives and trips to flea markets.

He most enjoyed smoking his cigars with his dog Rocky by his side, playing with his grandkids, making his spaghetti sauce and playing the Pick-It. J.R. was the beloved husband of Virginia (nee Atwell); loving father of Henry Rocco and his longtime companion Saida, Joseph Rocco and his wife Karen, and the late Dawn. He was the grandfather of Leonard, Joseph, Henry, Gabrielle, Jonathan and Bree; and dear brother of Elizabeth Fisk and her husband Robert, Roberta DeMarco and her late husband Frank, and the late William Roll.

Charles ‘Carl’ Narwid Charles “Carl” Narwid, of Harrison, died May 26.

He was a lifelong Harrison resident.

The funeral was conducted from the Condon Funeral Home, 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny, on Thursday, June 1. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Holy Cross Church, Harrison. Entombment was in Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington.

Carl had been employed as a fireman/boiler operator for the Harrison Board of Education in Harrison High School for 25 years retiring in 1997, with previous employment at RCA of Harrison as a tool and dye maker.

Surviving is his wife Mildred (nee Amible) Narwid. He was

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the father of Carol Lyn (Steve) Mosior and the late Mark Narwid. Also surviving are his loving grandchildren Melynda Jannuzzi, Toni Passenti, Steven Mosior and Michael and Ashley Narwid. The great-grandfather of Sean, Carley and Brooke Passenti, Olivia and Ava Jannuzzi, Jack and Emma Mosior, he was the brother of the late Raymond Narwid. His daughter-in-law Donna Narwid also survives.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org.

Marie G. Palumbo Marie G. Palumbo (nee Ostroman), 82, died Tuesday, May 30, at St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville.

The funeral was from the Thiele-Reid Family Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Friday, June 2. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

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

Marie was born in Jersey City and lived in Kearny for Rogers Skinner Rios many years before moving to Burial for Rogers Skinner Parsippany eight years ago.

Rios took place June 1 in Holy Mrs. Palumbo was a secreCross Cemetery, North Arling- tary for the Kearny Board of ton.

Education for 15 years, before Rogers died May 28 at retiring in 2003. Prior, she Hackensack Medical Center, worked as a billing clerk at Hackensack.

Congoleum Narin in Kearny He was 87. from 1972 until 1987.

He was here, from ColumShe was a member of the bia, visiting family, when he Kearny Senior Citizens Club. died.

Marie is survived by her chilRogers is survived by his dren, Lisa Donabauer (Joseph), wife Maria Lili Skinner; his Mark Graham (Patty) and John children Roy, Leyden, Afranio, Graham (Judy); and siblings Nilza, Mike, Henry, Yalexi Therese Rutan, Antoinette and Angelina; two sisters; one Ostroman and Thomas and brother; 16 grandchildren “with Francis Ostroman. She is also one on the way” and two great- survived by eight grandchilgrandchildren. He was prededren and two great-grandceased by his son Roger. children and many nieces and Arrangements were by the nephews and great-nieces and Armitage & Wiggins Funeral nephews.

Home of Kearny.

She was predeceased by her brother, John Ostroman, Curt Paul Kordowski and her husband, Anthony J. Curt Paul Kordowski, 70, of Palumbo.

Kearny, died May 27.

Visitation took place at the Gregory J. Richardson Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Gregory J. Richardson, of Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, died May 31.

Kearny, on Tuesday, May 30.

He was 59.

Cremation was private.

Visiting was Saturday, June Born in Kearny, Curt was a 3, at the Armitage & Wiggins lifelong resident. He served Funeral Home, Kearny. Cremain the Army from 1966 to 1972 tion was private. before working for Arkansas Greg was a postal worker in Chemical Company for many years before retiring. He bePrayer to St. Jude Most holy apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend longed to the American Legion of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you univerin Rutherford and to VFW Post sally as the patron of difficulty and of desperate cases, 712 in Newark. of things almost despaired of Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that Curt was the beloved husparticular privilege given to you to bring visible and band of Alice (nee Vessels) speedy help where help was almost despaired of. and brother of Janis Petercsak.

Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my He is also survived by several necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularlynieces and nephews. (make your request here)-and that I may bless God In lieu of flowers, donations with you and all the elect throughout all eternity.

I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful may be made to the American of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, as my special and powerful patron and do all in my Oklahoma City, Okla. 73123. power to encourage devotion to you. Amen.

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Kearny. He was an avid hunter and good family man.

The son of Patricia and the late William Richardson, he was the husband of Betty (nee Ingram) Richardson. He was also the father (and stepfather) to Brent and Mitch Richardson, Ryan Carbone and the late Matthew Carbone. Brother of Gordon and Patricia Richardson, he is also survived by his grandchildren Mia, Zaiden, Liam and Nathanel.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project.

John Glospie John Glospie died at home May 31.

He was 48.

Born in Belleville, he lived in Hoboken before moving to Jersey City 17 years ago.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, June 6, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Church,

Kearny. Entombment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

John owned and ran a GNC store in Jersey City and recently opened another at the PATH location in Harrison.

The son of Anna and the late Edward Glospie, he is survived by his brothers Edward T. Glospie and Nick Corcia. Also surviving are his nieces Amanda and Melissa.

Josephine Nee Josephine Nee died June 1.

She was 84.

Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, she lived in Kearny the past 55 years.

Visiting was Sunday, June 4, at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Mass was celebrated Monday, June 5, at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny.

Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

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HARRISON 3 BR, 1 bath, close to path. Hardwood, dishwasher. Good credit, 1.5 mth security. No BELLEVILLE beautiful 2 pets. Avail 7/1. 732-693BR apt. Fully Furnished.

1249 open concept kitchen, DR, LR & marquees. $1,800/month. Utilities HARRISON Studio, 1 included. 1 months seroom, galley kitchen. curity. No pets. Avl. July private entrance. $750/ 1st. (201) 279-9018. month. Tenant pays HT & Electric (PSE&G). 1 1/2 months security. Lease.

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HARRISON 2 BR, Apt. on 2nd Fl. Close to PATH, LR, DR, Large EIK. Complete with Stove & Refrigerator. C/A & Heat, Avail. July 1st. Utilities Separate. No Laundry Hook-Up, No Pets, No Smoking. 1-1/2 Months Security. $1,450/month.

Call (973) 420-5741.

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HARRISON 3 BR’s, 2 baths, Renovated. $1,650/month. 1 1/2 months security. Closse to PATH & NJIT, Rutgers.

Spacious. Avl. Immediately. (551) 229-6989.

HARRISON 1 BR, $1,050/Month. 1 month security. Close to PATH. No pets. No smoking. Avl. July 1st. (973) 454-4536.

HARRISON 2nd fl. 2 BR, Kitchen, LR, Bathroom, no parking, no laundry $1,400/month + utilities.

1 1/2 month security. No pets. 15 minutes from the Path. Available June 1. Please contact fredcab69@gmail.com.

HARRISON 3 room, 1 BR apt. Nice park view. $1,300/month. 1 1/2 months security. Pay electric & gas. HT included. Parking avl. Lirda (201) 463- 8740.

HARRISON Brand New, Top Quality. 2 BR, 2 bath. $1,600/month. 1 1/2 months security. Near PATH & Walmart. Avl. now (973) 772- 2882/3883.

HARRISON Small 1 BR apt. Kitchen, Bath, Utilities not included. 1 year lease required, no pets.

330 William st. 2nd fl. $990/month. Call for appt. (862) 279-5466 or (973) 393-4983.

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KEARNY 3 BR, 1 1/2 Bath, LR, DR, Kitchen. 1 month security. No pets.

Avl. Now (201) 955-2632 or (201) 640-6542.

KEARNY Remodeled Duplex, 2nd & 3rd fl. 4 rooms, 2 baths, LR, DR, Sunroom. Office, Laundry, Garage. Spectacular view of NYC. No smoking. $2,500/month.

(201) 968-6344.

KEARNY 3 BR, LR, Kitchen, Bathroom. $1,500/ month + 1 month security. No Smoking. No pets.

Avl Now (201) 279-8427 or (201) 819-7064.

KEARNY 194 Kearny Ave 3 rooms, 3rd fl. 1 KEARNY BR, HT/HW supplied.

Small Kitchen. No pets.

KEARNY 3 room apart- $850/Month + security. ment. 1 bedroom. 1st Avl. June 15th. Call (732) floor in garden apart- 991-5211. ment complex. $1100/ mth. Utilities separate. 1 month security. 1 park- KEARNY Newly renoing space. No Pets. credit vated, hardwood floors. check required.

Call Laundry onsite. HT/HW btw. 10am -7pm only. included. 2 BR start at $1,200. 1 BR start at (201)997-2341 $975. Jr. 1 BR start at $925. (201) 289-7096 KEARNY Beautiful Big 3 BR, LR, DR, Kitchen.

Close to school & Bus KEARNY newly renostop. Nice area. $1,450/ vated, 3 room apt. 2nd fl. month. 1 1/2 month se- 1 BR. Refrigerator, stove, curity. Avl. July 2nd. (201) HT/HW/Gas & electric in456-1226 or (201) 998- cluded in rent. no pets. 1 0794 after 5pm.

1/2 months security. Avl. now. Call (201) 970-2435 or (201) 913-7295 KEARNY Newly Refurbished/Painted, 2 bedrooms with the option KEARNY 2nd fl. 3 BR, LR, of a 3rd bedroom or ofKitchen. $1,400/month. fice. Porch, EIK with dish1 1/2 month security. washer, LR, DR, washer/ No pets. Avl. Now. (201) dryer available. Available 240-3841 July 1st. No Pets. $1500/ mth. (908)322-7828

KEARNY 5 rooms, HT included. $1,200/month. 1 1/2 months security. No Pets. (201) 460-1526 KEARNY 1st fl of 2 family house, 3 BR, LR, DR, Kitchen. Close to school & Bus stop. $1,450/ month. 1 1/2 month security. No pets. No smoking. No. W/D. Dishwasher (201) 456-1226 or (201) 998-0794 after 5pm.

KEARNY 2nd fl. 2 BR’s, W/D hook-up. Completely Renovated. No pets. $1,500/month. 1 month security. Avl. June 15th.

(201) 998-6325.

KEARNY 4 BR’s, 2 Baths, Central Air, H/W floors throughout apt. W/D hook-up. 11 ft. ceiling.

Storage Room/Basement Included. No Pets.

No smoking. Backyard. $2,500/month. 1 month security. Avl. Sept. 1st.

(201) 213-4409 or (973) 485-9713.

KEARNY 1st fl. Renovated 3 BR’s, LR, EIK, & 1 Bath. Paid Laundry in Basement. Close to City Hall. No pets, No smoking. 1 1/2 months security. Call Carlos (201) 334-7048 KEARNY Completely Renovated, 5 rooms, $2,400/month. 1 month security. Parking. Avl. june 1st. (201) 726-2846.

KEARNY $1450/mo.

LG. 2 Bedroom, on park near tennis courts. EIK, L/R,D/R. renovated, HW floors, freshly painted, super clean/sunny.

HW included. Nr PATH, shopping, restaurants.

No smoking. No pets.

1.5 month security (973)650-8148

LITTLE FERRY LITTLE FERRY Brand New 2 bedrooms, Full Bathroom LR, EIK, laundry in apartment. 2 parking spot. Storage. Avl. August 15. $1,650. One month security Utilities Separate. Couple Preferred. Denise (973)5922678

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N.NEWARK 2, 3 & 4 BR. AVL. SECTION 8 PREFERRED. CALL (973) 202PERSONAL 8580.

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HOUSE FOR SALE BELLEVILLE /NUTLEY BORDER, 2 BR, 2 bathroom, Ranch. Finished basement, large backyard, garage parking. $219,900. Open house Sunday 1pm-3pm Karen (973) 747-7654.

ROOM FOR RENT KEARNY Room for rent.

Utilities, cable and Internet included. Available Now . Leave message (201) 898-3527

LYNDHURST Large Master BR, access to kitchen. $600/month + security.

LYNDHURST Newly Female preferred. Avl. Renovated. 1st fl. 2 BR, June 15th. (973) 592$1,500/month. 1 month 2678 security. Close to Transportation. No smoking.

No pets. Avl. June 15th. KEARNY Newly reno(551) 404-7306 vated, All utilities included. Shared bathroom & Kitchen. $580/month. 1 LYNDHURST Apt for rent month security. Call Car, 1 Bedroom, LR, EIK, H/ men (201) 622-8315.

HW included. Close to NYC transportation. No Pets. 1 1/2 mths secu- KEARNY room for rent. rity. References & Credit $450/month. 1 month Check Up. $1,500 Avail- security. no smoking. able June 1st. Please call Male preferred. Avl. Now. after 3 p.m. (954)547- (201) 600-1863 8340

Here comes summer, white middle aged male smoker. Great shape/energetic/ looks/personality and more! Won’t disappoint. Desires to meet, White Female, 40-58 years of age. Full figured brunette/smoker ok/personality a must!

(201) 377-8118.

HALL FOR RENT Hall Available Mid week special.

Price Break-Call Parties, Business Meeting, & Functions (201) 991-9865 (203) 864-8243 Max 80 people.

KEARNY 2nd fl. 1 1/2 BR’s, very clean, Nice size NEWARK rooms, H/W floors, C/A, Refrigerator. No pets. No smoking. Utilities not included. $1,400/month + NEWARK 45 Park Ave. 2 1 month security. (201) BR, LR, Kitchen & Bath. $1,100/month. 1 1/2 997-6056. months security. Avl. June 15th. (973) 202-5103 or KEARNY Studio, $680/ (973) 477-0925. month. No Kitchen. 1 1/2 month security. Avl. Now. (201) 702-7683 NEWARK 19 Kearny 5pm-8pm.

St., Newark. 1 furnished room with bathroom.

Everything included, KEARNY 1 BR, $1,000/ AC, Cablevision. $550/1 month. 1 1/2 months se- person. $600/2 people. curity. Avl. July 1st. (201) Available Now (973) 477407-0773.

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Cleaning, Wash & Fold Help needed.

Experience preferred.

Riverside Laundromat 26 River Rd. N.Arlington.

(201) 955-3114

$$ NOW HIRING! $$ Property Inspectors FT/PT in your area.

Free training provided. msangelabove@ comcast.net.

(732)766-4425

Night Drivers Wanted!! Apply in person at Schuyler Cab 505 Schuyler Ave Kearny.

Must Have Clean Record.

COUPLE/LIVE IN for suburban NJ family.

Cook -housekeeper, laundry, Driver, light maintenance American driver’s license & experience required.

Apartment included.

973-744-1414

Recordkeeping/ Acctg person needed – P/T M-F 5pm to 11pm possible conversion to F/T. Send resumes to

LYNDHURST

LYNDHURST 2 bedroom, LR, DR, 2nd floor, EIK. No smoking. No Pets.

Near NYC transportation.

1 month and 1/2 security. $1500/mth. Credit Check required. Available June 15. (732)589-8297

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

HR@ libertyhelicopters.com

SERVICES OFFERED Certified aide seeks Position to take care of the elderly at night.

Excellent references.

201-285-4091

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KEARNY office/retail for rent, great location on Kearny Ave. Call for details. $1,100/month.

Call (201) 997-2341 or (201) 538-1319.

Readings by Antonio (973) 264-8591 Spiritual Work.

Home/Business Spiritual Cleaning.

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED

AUTO BODY NEEDS ASSEMBLY PERSON WITH EXPERIENCE, MECHANICAL BACKGROUND AND OWN TOOLS. MUST BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND WRITE ENGLISH. MUST SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE. VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE IS REQUIRED. CALL (973) 589-6274 COLORMYCAR AUTOBODY FROM 8:00AM TO 6:30PM,MONDAY-FRIDAY. AUTO BODY SHOP NEEDS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT MANAGER, WITH A VALID DRIVER LICENSE AND EXPERIENCE WITH CARS. NEEDS TO SPEAK AND WRITE ENGLISH. BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS NEEDED. CALL 973-589-6274. EMAIL RESUME TO INFO@COLORMYCAR.COM OR FAX 973-589-0071.

IRONBOUND, NEWARK. WWW.COLORMYCAR.COM

Enterprise HVAC Supply is now hiring Warehouse & Vendors, Must have computer experience, responsible, bilingual a must.

Please call (201) 240-3841.

Roofers & Carpenters needed. Must have experience installing shingles & Flat roof.

Must not be afraid of heights.

Call 973-481-9319 Security Guards Part time positions in Municipal library and Recreation Depts.

Under direction, patrols municipal library and/or recreation parks, playgrounds and fields, enforces policies, deters vandalism, controls users of facilities, closes buildings and other related duties.

Possession of a valid NJ driver’s license required. Experience a plus. 24.5 hours per week, $12 hour Application Deadline 5/5/17 application available online only with the link http://www.kearnynj. org/JobOpportunities

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Courageous Plumbing HVAC LLC LIC .#11103 • Air Conditioning • Hot Air Furnaces • Central Air, Humidifier, UV Light,Duck Cleaning,Visa & Master Card, Finances offer with up to 24 payments, no interest (201) 206-4845

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Embedded Software Engineer (Somerset, NJ): Reqs BS in Electronics Eng, Comp Eng or rltd field + 5 yrs exp as Embedded SW Eng, Dsgn Eng, SW Apps Dvlpr or rltd. Exp must incl: sw devel for Qualcomm pltfrms; DSP prgrmng; C & Assembly lang coding for processor instruction sets; embedded sw integration & debugging; SPI, I2C, UART & SDIO device driver writing & debugging. Mail resume: DTS, Inc., attn. K. Metchis, 5220 Las Virgenes Rd, Calabasas, CA 91302.

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CLEANING SERVICES Couple from Poland will clean houses, apartments, offices.

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“ Susan Sparkles” I provide own supplies. Good Rates and Great References. Call Susan at (973) 743-2039.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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Professional painting Interior/Exterior.

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late John Nee and is survived by her children and their spouses: John Nee (Webbie), Thomas Nee (Veronica) and David Nee (Mary). The sister of George Monaghan, she is also survived by her grand-

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Harrison recently hosted a festival — and there was plenty to do for all ages, including, left photo, face painting. Right photo: from l., Councilman Anselmo Millan and Mayor James Fife pause to chat with a resident.

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