THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
Area towns compete for anti-flooding aid Municipalities in nine counties — including Hudson, Essex and Bergen -- most impacted by Superstorm Sandy can form teams to compete for $200,000 resilienceplanning grants to address coastal and riverrelated flooding, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced last week. Through a new DEP program called Resilient NJ, “we encourage eligible local governments to develop innovative ideas to address flooding in their communities,” Acting Commissioner Catherine McCabe said, adding, “It is critical that we apply what we’ve learned from Sandy to better plan for future storms and sea-level
rise.” The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing the grant funding, and the competition is open to all municipalities in Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Union counties. Teams may cross county borders. As many as five regional teams will receive grants of up to $200,000 each. These teams must be made up of at least three contiguous municipalities and at least one community-based organization. County governments, regional planning commissions and utility authorities are also eligi-
ble to participate. A panel of DEP experts will review applications. The winning teams then will be paired with planners, engineers, ecologists, designers and other experts to assess future flooding vulnerabilities, identify specific actions to reduce flood risk, evaluate those options using a cost-benefit analysis, and then develop action plans. Additional funding will be available through the Resilient NJ program. Grant applications are due July 20. Winning regional teams will be notified no later than Oct. 21. For more information and application materials, visit www.nj.gov/ dep/oclup/resilientnj.
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Franklin School honors Yvonne Cali, principal of Franklin School, Kearny, announces the third marking period Principal’s Honors and Honor Roll: Grade 6 Principal’s Honors – Amanda Antoneli, Glenda Arenas, Rchin Bari, Abraham Bianchi, Azumi Castaneda Palian, Genesis Cepeda, Alex Colon, Alexander Franco, Nicholas Mc Ewen, Ravyn Mejias, Kenneth Munoz, Emily Nazario, Saulo Patel, Sara Ryan, Alina Savytska, Ciara Schechter, Evamaria Sela, Olivia Solinski, Dailanee Tinajero, Angie Vidal and Yi Xin Zhuang. Honors – Joselyn Allaico Romero, Vanessa Batista, Christian Benito, Alysa Gomez, Ciara Irizarry, Daniela Izquierdo, Ana Lujan, Isaac Maciel, Wesley Miranda, Jemmy Paucar, Rya Reyna Agurto, Mia Salwan, Alexis Santiago, Jonathan Santos and Jonathan Sun. Grade 5 Principal’s Honors –
Savannah Acevedo, Kyle Adames, Anthony Alba, Andrea Batista, Melanie Campos Delgado, Isabella DaSilva, Mahi Desai, Mauricio Gomez, Gabriela Guerra, Dayanna Loo, Sarahi Ludena, George Moreno, Briana Nazario, Saffia Ouali, Alexis Periera, Vida Quezada, Jailyn Racines, Breanna Rivera, Melanie Rodriguez, Celita Salas Paucar, Vanessa Salgado, Yuri Silva and JoJo Yang. Honors – Miah Andrade, Jordan Cazares, Jayden Cezair, Brianna Chevasco, Alicja Cison, Hilary Costa, Vanessa Costa, Gabriela DeJesus, Salvatore DeRose, Erick Escobar, Camilo Gutierrez Herrera, Enrique Hernandez, Sadaa Jafri, Gia Kaminski, Gabriela Jimenez, Aliya Jorge, Eileen Lin, Estrella Lucero, Maria Martinez, Julia Neto, Gabriella Novillo, Ciana Pomarica, Ariana Rebelo, Bruce Santana Cerezo, Matthew Sosa, Maybelyn Tenas and Jeremy Thiele. Grade 4
Principal’s Honors – Sarah Barbosa, David Castro, Adamaris Criado, Dayna Dajer, Niamh Devlin, Michael English, Damaris Flores, Kain Izquierdo, John Lydecker, Isabel Marrero, Matthew Munoz, Valerie Muthikul, Jonathan Petrillo, Marley Racines, Brenda Teodora, Melanie Teodoro and Renato Valdivia. Honors – Isabella Behrend, Shayla Calva, Kaden Campos, Kaylee Coherto, David Cornejal, Sara Cruz, Gabriel De Castro, Giselle DeRisi, Mathew Dos Santos, Felicity Ferrer, Joseph Fucilli, Jacob Garcia, Jorden Jimenez, Camila Lago Giuffra, Haley Martin, Esther Martins, Sarah Matias, Tyler Morales, Xavier Oliver, Jonathan Olivo, David Pedroso, Brandon Perez Garcia, Manuel Pais, David Picon, Enzo Pina, Victor Rachid, Jaylin Rivera, Isaac Rodriguez, Genesis Salcedo, Jaidan Salcedo, Brendon Silva and Hajjar Sultan.
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