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Another delay in Skyway reopening

By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent SOUTH KEARNY –

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o you thought you were finally going to be able to take the Pulaski Skyway in either direction, didn’t you? After all, the NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced the seemingly endless construction project would be completed by this summer.

Well, it’s not happening.

You can’t be surprised.

The NJDOT announced last week it may be up to another full year before the Skyway is open in both directions to vehicular traffic. It’s currently only open to northbound traffic (from Jersey City through South Kearny into Newark.)

NJDOT Spokesman Steve Shapiro made the disappointing announcement last week.

“Contract four, which is the re-decking of the southbound lanes of the Pulaski Skyway, is progressing with approximately 90% of the existing southbound deck having been removed to date. In addition, new deck panels have been installed on ap-

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Suspected killer was in U.S. illegally: reports

By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent

son County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

Jose Castro-Lavado, origiKEARNY – nally from Peru, was arrested A 36-year-old Chestnut St. April 10 by Kearny police resident, who was reportedly officers in connection with the in the United States illegally, death of Luisa Cristina Reynastabbed the mother of his Tello, 46. three children to death in their He has been charged by the second-floor apartment, Hud- Hudson County Prosecutor’s

Homicide Unit with firstdegree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourthdegree unlawful possession of a weapon.

Suarez said on April 10, at approximately 6:45 p.m., Kearny police officers were dispatched to 133 Chestnut

St., on a 911 call of a “medical injury.” Upon arrival, officers said they observed the lifeless victim, Reyna-Tello, who had apparent stab wounds.

The victim, who reportedly lived in the apartment with Castro-Lavado, was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 7:10 p.m. The

cause and manner of death are pending an investigation by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The results of that investigation were not available as of presstime (check www.TheObserver.com during the week for any potential see HOMICIDE page

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learned that Kearny, Belleville, Jersey City and the N.J. State Police had all pursued the HARRISON – vehicle at some point since the robbery. olice are investigating At 2:30 a.m., the HPD discovthe robbery of a Harrison couple early Sunday, ered the suspects’ vehicle had been abandoned in a parking April 16, near Sussex and S. lot near the south end of town.

Fifth Sts. Police took possession of the According to Harrison Police Department Det. Lt. Dave vehicle to process for evidence, Doyle said.

Doyle, at about 1 a.m. Sunday, Doyle said three suspects a grey GMC Envoy sped past are being sought: the driver, a marked HPD patrol unit on described as black, with facial Harrison Ave. on the wrong hair and wearing a black side of the road.

Doyle said the patrol officer hoodie; and two passengers, tried to execute a motor vehi- both black and wearing grey cle stop but the driver report- hoodies.

The investigation is ongoing, edly refused to stop and a brief he added. pursuit into Kearny ensued.

••• There, Doyle said, “the In other developments, pursuit was terminated due to weapons, drugs and cash were safety concerns and Kearny seized by the HPD in separate [PD] was notified.” incidents in the same part of Shortly afterward, Doyle said, another HPD officer was town during the week of April 9-16. flagged down near the Sussex On Sunday, April 9, at 7 and S. Fifth Sts. intersection by two residents who reported p.m., police said Officer Marc Silva spotted a red BMW with having just been robbed by two males exiting a grey GMC tinted windows traveling at a high rate of speed on Harrison Envoy.

They told the officer that the Ave. near First St. After pulling attackers pushed the female to over the car, police said Silva the ground and took her purse detected an odor of suspected raw marijuana coming from containing mostly IDs and the BMW. credit cards.

Confirming the driver’s ID “No weapons were shown as the two suspects quickly re- as Anderson Cespades, 20, of turned to the vehicle and sped Newark, Silva learned that the driver was wanted on a waroff,” Doyle said.

The HPD notified surround- rant from Brick City, placed him under arrest and called ing police jurisdictions and, for backup. in the process, Doyle said,

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Officers Vincent Doffont and Albert Pearson arrived to assist Silva with a search of the vehicle where, in the passenger area, they reportedly found a loaded 9-mm Sig Sauer (hollow point bullets) handgun, substances believed to be cocaine, marijuana and heroin, wax folds and scales – commonly used in the distribution of drugs – and canisters used to mask drug odors, along with more than $30,000 in cash.

Police said the suspect was additionally found to have marijuana on him.

Cespades was charged with possession of a weapon, possession of prohibited weapons (hollow point bullets), possession of CDS and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the Hudson County Jail to await court action.

The BMW was seized and police said they successfully applied for a search warrant to check the rest of the vehicle.

••• On April 11, at 1:30 a.m., police said Officer Joseph Sloan observed a silver Honda with dark tinted windows heading west on Harrison Ave. near First St. Sloan ordered the driver, Andy Simmonds, 22, of Maplewood, to pull over and noticed a male passenger in the front and two females in the rear.

Sloan, who police said smelled what he believed to be a strong odor of marijuana inside called for backup and

Officer Frank Narvaez arrived soon after. The officers ordered the four occupants out of the car and searched the Honda’s interior.

In doing so, Sloan noticed the grip of a gun reportedly wedged between the driver’s seat and center console, police said.

As the car’s occupants were secured by Narvaez, Sgt. Stan Titterington also arrived to assist.

Further search of the vehicle revealed 18 wax folds containing suspected heroin, a glass vial with suspected cocaine, 20 Ziploc bags containing suspected heroin, a glass vial with suspected cocaine, 20 Ziploc bags with suspected marijuana, $150 and a .40-caliber Glock 27 loaded with hollow-point ammunition, police said.

Reportedly of his own volition, Simmonds claimed possession of the weapon and drugs and told the officers that his passengers had no prior knowledge of them.

Police said the passengers, all of whom came up clean on a warrant check, were released.

Simmonds was charged with possession of a weapon, possession of a prohibited weapon (hollow point bullets) and possession of CDS. His vehicle was confiscated and he was remanded to Hudson County Jail, pending possible prosecution.

NA Elks name first woman leader

North Arlington Elks No. 1992 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held its installation of officers on Saturday, March 18.

In front of a crowded room, the Elks bestowed their highest honor of Exalted Ruler to Cheryl Clune.

Clune is the first woman to serve as Exalted Ruler in North Arlington and is anxious to begin the year and help promote the lodge and the work they do for so many charities.

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The need’s great at food pantries

By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent

“We need all kinds of donations, but generally, we always have a greater need for he reports say the econo- donations of canned items … especially vegetables,” Escomy is getting better. bar said.

The unemployment Escobar says there’s one rate is at its lowest in a long, cause for the greater need for long time at just 4.8%. help than anything else right And yet, the coordinator of now. the food pantry at the Salva“Unemployment,” Escobar tion Army of Greater Kearny immediately said when asked. says she’s feeding nearly 110 “They say unemployment is families each month with down. We don’t see that at food collected from donors all. In fact, it’s a lot different. throughout the area. A decMany of the people who were ade ago, when she first beonce donors (to the pantry) gan her job, there were a lot fewer families who needed the are now receiving food. Imagine that.” monthly assistance.

For the clients of the Salva“I’ve been doing this for 10 tion Army’s pantry – or any years now,” Rebeca Escobar, of the others in the area, like an administrative assistant at at St. Stephen’s or St. Cecilia’s the Salvation Army, said. “We Catholic churches – there’s have 100, 110 families now. still a stigma about having to When I first started, there accept donated food for one’s were 15 to 20 families who family. needed food.”

“People are embarrassed,” Escobar says there are sevEscobar said. “It’s not easy goeral ways families who are in ing from being the ones who need get connected with the brought food in for others …

Salvation Army’s programs. to being the ones walking out Some come from word of with bags.” mouth. Others come from The Very Rev. Joseph Mansocial services. However they come, the need is greater now cini, V.F., K.H.S., pastor of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, than ever before.

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“It’s very humbling,” Sam said. Three years ago, I was

Kearny, said there’s always a great need for all kinds of food donations at his parish’s food pantry and other pantries.

“Anything non-perishable is best, however,” Fr. Joe said.

“Soups, peanut butter, pasta and sauce (gravy?), vegetables, fruits and cereal.”

What is most important to note, however, is that while donating food to pantries is a noble gesture, donating expired food is not.

All donations – perishable or non-perishable – must include items that have not yet expired. Anything donated with an expiry that has lapsed can’t and won’t be accepted.

The Observer spoke with two families who said they rely on help from local pantries. While members of each family asked their last names not be used for the sake of privacy, they did offer incredible insights as to having to use pantries to be able to put food on the table at home.

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hortly after noon on Friday, April 7, Officer John Donovan was called to the BJ’s lot on Passaic Ave. on a report of a person slumped over the wheel of a parked car.

There, police said, he found a 2004 Honda, its engine running and its wipers wiping (even though it wasn’t raining) and the driver’s seat occupied by a sleeping Spencer Heelan, 30, of North Arlington.

Donovan’s knocks on the window managed to rouse the man and, with back-up Officer Philip Finch, field sobriety tests were conducted. Heelan was taken to headquarters, where further tests reportedly indicated he was under the influence of narcotics.

A further indication, police said, was his being in possession of a pipe and eight folds of suspected heroin.

Heelan was charged with DUI, possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs in a motor vehicle.

••• Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following: April 6 Shortly after midnight, Officers Michael Gontarczuk and Jonathan Dowie observed a 1999 Honda speeding west on Bergen Ave., stopped it at Schuyler Ave. and found it operated by Erick Ciriaco-Diaz, 25, of Kearny, whom Gontarczuk reportedly recognized. Police said a warrant check revealed the driver had two from Kearny -- each for $500 (full); one for a drug offense, the other for traffic violations. He was arrested on those and also issued a summons for violation of his license permit status.

••• Officers Chris Manolis and David Bush, on patrol in South Kearny at 2:45 a.m., spotted a N.Y.-registered 2017 Honda speeding east at Hackensack Ave./Rts. 1/9 and pulled it over

on the Jersey City side of the Hackensack River bridge. Police said a certain aroma emanated from the vehicle and on the front floorboard were a bag of suspected marijuana, a grinder, a small pipe and a package of rolling papers.

Driver Ibrahim Zahoor, 28, of Jersey City, was charged with possession of pot/paraphernalia, careless driving and operating a MV while in possession of a CDS. April 7 At 1:45 a.m., Officer Gontarczuk, with Officer Sean Podolski as back-up, stopped a 2006 Mazda with a lighting violation at Woodland and Highland Aves. and reportedly observed two partially smoked pot cigars in the ashtray.

Police said a search of the car produced a grinder and a plastic bag of the drug.

Driver Eric Teixeira, 20, of Kearny, got a summons for the lighting violation and was charged with posses-

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••• Det. Sgt. Michael Gonzalez and Officers Jose Castillo, Jose Perez and Tim Castle responded to an 11 p.m. report of a robbery in progress in a multifamily building on the 600 block of Elm St. In a common hallway, police reported, they found a 23-year-old Kearny man who was bleeding from the face and who said he had been assaulted by at least two persons.

Checking the area, the officers found a 2001 Hyundai occupied by two Newark males -- 19-year-old Aljaquan Webb and a 15-year-old -- who police said admitted they were in Kearny for a drug transaction, that a dispute ensued, punches were thrown and they had relieved the victim of some currency. [The amount was not revealed.]

Both were charged with

robbery and conspiracy. Webb was remanded to the Hudson County Jail; the 15-year-old, to the Union County Juvenile Detention Center (which now houses youths arrested in Hudson).

April 9 At 8:10 a.m., Officer Finch stopped a westbound 2002 Chrysler that reportedly had sped past his marked patrol car on Harrison Ave. When asked for his credentials, police said, driver Audley Campbell, 64, of Jersey City, responded, “I don’t have a current driver’s license, but I have an old boat license.”

Since Harrison Ave. was not flooded at the time, this did not suffice. It was also reported that Campbell’s driver’s license had been suspended since 2006 and that he had three outstanding warrants, all MV related: Bayonne, $3,000 and $626; Union City, $99.

He was booked in Kearny on those and for careless driving and driving while suspended and was turned over to Bayonne authorities.

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Bail reform saga of the week

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent

bag, police said, Gonzalez found a glass jar containing approximately 56 grams of suspected marijuana.

Postel was charged with: burglary, theft, resisting arrest, aggressive assault on a police officer, possession of pot over 50 grams, possession over 50 grams with intent to distribute, intent to distribute in a school zone and within

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This comes from the April 10 Kearny Police Department Facebook page: “If you just saw a flurry of police activity near the corner of Stewart Ave. and Argyle Place, fear not. Officers saw a car burglar in the act and chased him into a backyard where they quickly arrested him. The lone suspect is in custody. Other than a scraped-up detective and a sergeant with a ripped pair of suit pants, all is calm now.

“On a side note, we arrested the same man on Friday for the same types of offenses, but the bail reform court had to release him over the weekend. Hopefully, this time he stays in jail longer than the sergeant’s pants stay at the tailor.”

The story: On Friday, April 7, Officer John Donovan was taking reports on a series of (at least five) overnight car burglaries in the area of Hoyt and Tappan Sts. below Davis Ave. The majority of the vehicles had been left unlocked, but the perp did have to smash the window of one – and apparently cut himself in the process.

Detectives were detailed to the area to recover evidence, including the blood spatter on the broken window, and security videos from homes and businesses. By the end of the day, police said, they had enough to develop a suspect – Jeremy Postel, 20, of East Newark.

A team of investigators was sent to locate him and patrol units were also alerted. At 5:30 p.m., Det. Lt. Paul Bershefski and Det. John Fabula spotted Postel walking in the area of Grant and Central Aves. in East Newark and took him into custody, noting he had a laceration on his hand, police said.

While being booked at KPD headquarters, Postel reportedly was seen attempting to discard a plastic bag contain-

500 feet of a playground and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was then returned to the Hudson County Jail. [We do not know if he is still there.]

Police said Andrews sustained hand and hip injuries in his struggle with the suspect. The torn pants were Gonzalez’s.

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“Twenty-four hours later,” KPD Chief John Dowie told The Observer, “I was given the disheartening news that he had been released pursuant to bail reform.”

Fast forward to Monday, April 10: Shortly before noon, Det. Michael Andrews saw Postel, carrying a black duffle bag, alight from a N.J. Transit bus near Kearny and Seeley Aves. Andrews followed him onto Rutherford Place and then to Stewart Ave. There, police said, Postel entered a parked – and unlocked – 2002 Honda and emerged with a wallet in his hand.

As Andrews approached him on foot, Postel reportedly threw the wallet and the duffle bag on the ground and started running west on Stewart and then through the backyards, ignoring commands to stop. With both Andrews and Det. Sgt. Michael Gonzalez in pursuit, police said, the suspect ran behind a garage and hopped a fence.

Police said Andrews located him in a backyard on the 100 block of Argyle Place, where Postel became combative and had to be tackled to the ground. Postel reportedly continued his efforts to escape, shoving Andrews several times before being restrained and taken into custody as other KPD units arrived.

Both the wallet and the duffle bag were recovered. The owner of the former, and of the car from which it was stolen, was contacted. In Postel’s

that this was Postel’s 16th arrest.

[Editor’s note: Due to recent restrictions by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, publishing mugshots of arrestees has become problematic.

The photo accompanying this story dates from November 2015 when Postel was arrested in Kearny on three outstanding warrants.]

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Deja vu all over again

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macy prevailed. (Sorry for the overly succinct “explanation,” couple of weeks ago, but it’s all too complicated to for the first time in discuss here. See Wikipedia.) decades, I went to sleep Anyway, sometime in the wondering if I would wake up early ‘80s, the islands started in the morning. As a child of making scary news again. the Cold War, I had often felt Things were due to come to a that way back in the days of head in the middle of a week “duck and cover” and citywide during which I had planned air raid drills and ongoing a vacation. I was not about finger-on-the-button tensions to cancel that, so my travelbetween the U.S. and the ling companion and I headed Soviet Union. I really had not off to our Caribbean destinaexpected to experience those tion, also a tiny island, which feelings again -- but there turned out to have no TV, no they were. radio (other than a local music This time, they were trigstation) and no newspapers. gered by America’s preempWe spent the week in tive bombing of the Syrian air blissful ignorance, and base and the resultant Great when we got back to New Unknown -- namely, what York, Quemoy and Matsu would Vladimir Putin do? But were no longer in the headthis time, I guess because I lines. That’s when my noam now a rational adult, I just news-is-good-news mentality started humming “Que Sera, first kicked in. There are some Sera.” things (The Bomb) over which Following this week’s you have no control, so why trauma-inducing speculation worry? over North Korea’s misAn example: I once knew a sile launch, I decided: I will no man who grew up in a Midlonger listen to the news. Not western city and whose fafor a while anyway. I prefer to ther, at the height of the Cold remain temporarily ignorant.

War, decided his family really (A major decision for a newsneeded a fall-out shelter, so junkie journalist.) he bought some farmland a Do any of you remember couple of hours away and built Quemoy and Matsu? Back in one. the late ‘50s, a China vs. TaiOn weekends, instead of wan dispute over these two going camping, mom, dad and islands could have triggered kids would visit the thing. a nuclear war. Luckily, diploBut then they lost its use.

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Under eminent domain, the U.S. government took over the father’s land. And built a Nike missile base there. True.

Another Cold War story that explains why I grew up traumatized: Do any of you remember the Cuban Missile Crisis?

One evening in 1962, we turned on the television after dinner to find President John F. Kennedy addressing the nation about the construction of Soviet nuclear missile facilities in Cuba, just 90 miles from our shores. JFK issued an ultimatum to Nikita Khruschev: “It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union

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on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.”

“Full retaliatory response.”

We all knew what that meant.

Kennedy also set up a U.S. naval blockade to prevent any more Russian ships from arriving in Castro’s kingdom.

Eventually, diplomacy again prevailed, but not before one terribly frightening day.

The Russian ships were heading for Cuba, and in the Atlantic, the U.S. Navy was waiting. Confrontation was inevitable. The day before the fleets were due to meet, I was in school.

Despite the students’ fears, and aside from our spending lunch hour in church praying, things were fairly routine.

Until the last class of the day.

For some reason, I can’t

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recall what class it was, or the teacher’s name, but I can see his face. We went through the usual instruction, and when the bell rang, we gathered our books to leave. But one student stood and said, “Mr. (?), you forgot to give us homework.”

This teacher’s, this adult’s, response to a bunch of scared kids: “Homework? HOMEWORK? We could all be dead tomorrow!”

And you wonder why I am the way I am?

Anyway, I have now stopped watching the news. Although it’s hard to avoid page 1 newspaper photos of a glaring Putin. What I really need to watch, and soon, is “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”

To quote a favorite scene, a phone call from the U.S. President to his Russian counterpart concerning a looming “accidental” nuclear holocaust: “I’m sorry, too, Dmitri ... I’m very sorry ... All right, you’re sorrier than I am, but I am sorry as well ... I am as sorry as you are, Dmitri! Don’t say that you’re more sorry than I am, because I’m capable of being just as sorry as you are ... So we’re both sorry, all right? ... All right.”

Laughter can be the best medicine.

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Familiar faces on Primary ballot School in Harrison, is seeking his fourth term on the council.

All five candidates n the upcoming June will be bracketed in the 6 Primary municipal same column on the balelections, Kearny’s lot as other candidates sitting Democrats face bearing the slogan Hudno opposition – either son County Democratic from their own party or Organization. from the GOP. In North Arlington, And just north of the where the Republicans Hudson County border, currently enjoy a 4-2 in neighboring North Facebook image council majority, plus Arlington, neither major Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos Republican Mayor party will see an interchael Landy.

Joseph Bianchi, GOP nal fight for the two DeCastro, an occunominees Daniel Pronti Borough Council seats pational health nurse, and Marijo (Mario) available. is completing her first Karcic Jr. – running Independents have term in office; Konopka, under the slogan Bergen until June 6 to file a supervisor with the County Republican Ornominating petitions Passaic Valley Sewerage ganization – will face off to run for the council Commission, is seeking against the Dems’ picks, in either community in a second term; Santana, Thomas Zammatore the November general IT director for the Har- and Kelly Velez, runelection. ning under Democratic For the Kearny Dems, rison Board of Education and adult evening Committee of Bergen Mayor Alberto Santos, school director for the County. who has been in office Hudson County Schools Council members since January 2000, is of Technology, was serve three-year terms. the party’s nominee appointed earlier this Pronti is seeking his once again. Santos also year to fill the vacancy second term on the serves as the clerk to created by the untimely council while his runthe Hudson County death of Jon Giordano ning mate, Karcic Jr., Board of Freeholders. and will be looking to hopes to reverse the loss Running with Sanfill out Giordano’s unexhe sustained in the last tos on the same ticket pired term through 2018; municipal contest.

– Regular Democratic Karcic is running Organization of Kearny Doyle, a records support specialist with the in place of incumbent – are the following Hudson County Office Kerry Ann Hamiltoncouncil candidates: of Risk Management, Cruz, who opted not to First Ward, Marytrine is the longest-serving seek re-election.

DeCastro; Second Ward, Zammatore previously Richard P. Konopka and council member with 18 years’ experience; served on the council Peter P. Santana; Third and Landy, principal from 2013 through 2015.

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On April 10, police said they got a call about a man, later identified as Constantine Angelidis, 65, of Belleville, who was reportedly walking along Franklin Ave.,

yelling at people and creating a disturbance.

When police arrived and questioned Angelidis, they discovered he had five outstanding arrest warrants – all from Belleville.

Angelidis was able to post bail on all five warrants, was advised to call the Belleville Municipal Court for new court dates and was released on his own recognizance.

Meanwhile, the NPD re-

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25th annual cleanup upcoming

By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent KEARNY – or the creator, Jane Mackesy, it’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since she, as a member of the Junior Woman’s Club of Arlington, began a town-wide cleanup day for Kearny.

When it first happened 25 years ago – Mackesy, now a member of the Woman’s Club of Arlington’s Evening Membership Department – says there were a handful of volunteers.

“We used to cook hotdogs for the volunteers at Town Hall,” she said.

But now, there are so many volunteers – 100+ – that cooking has become an impossibility.

“We do have donuts at Town Hall now,” Mackesy said. “But volunteers don’t have to come to Town Hall on the day of the cleanup. We encourage volunteers to go to a place that means something to them.”

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Mackesy says it’s important to keep a few things in mind on cleanup day.

First, volunteers shouldn’t go into the streets – stay on the sidewalk instead. They also shouldn’t pick up sharp items that could cause cuts or other kinds of injuries (including broken glass or even, perhaps, improperly discarded syringes.) Lastly, don’t go on private property – all cleanup should be done on public property.

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Main photo: a look at some of last year’s volunteers. Inset: With app ‘Litterati,’ volunteers can document what they’ve picked up.

Once cleanups are complete, volunteers should take their bagged trash to a town trash receptacle and place bags alongside them. (Even though registering isn’t required, volunteers really should go to Town Hall first to pick up gloves and trash bags.)

“I get such a sense of pride when I drive around and see so many collected bags of trash,” Mackesy said. “I hope it changes how people see littering. I hope people think twice after volunteering about throwing away items just anywhere. There’s no need to

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“Some of the most dangerous substances in your home are the unused prescription and over-the-counter medication in your bathroom closet.

Youth may sneak pills and use them out of curiosity, but there is a real danger that this could lead to more severe drug abuse,” DiVincenzo said. “Ridding your homes of unused prescription medication and dangerous drugs is a simple and important safety measure we can all take. Using the collection sites ensures your unwanted pills are not used improperly and will be destroyed in an environmentally friendly manner. We encourage the public to join us on Drug Take Back Day.” ADAPT, the Essex County Division of Community Health, and the DEA formed partnerships with 20 mu-

nicipal police departments to serve as collection sites. Although officials urge the public to participate in Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 29, the permanent collection sites are open year-round so unwanted medications can be safely discarded at the public’s convenience.

The local permanent collection locations, which are open year-round, include: • Belleville Police Department, 152 Washington Ave., Belleville • Bloomfield Police Department, 1 Municipal Plaza, Bloomfield • Nutley Police Department, 228 Chestnut St., Nutley Dropping off medication is anonymous and safe.

Residents should remove any identifying information from the medication containers, such as their name, address, telephone number and doctor’s name. Medications that are collected are brought to a licensed facility where they are safely discarded.

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Kickoff Celebration April 27, 2017 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Kearny Town Hall

The Sesquicentennial Committee invites you to an evening of history, music, and community as a Town Crier and the Starlight Orchestra kick off the Town of Kearny’s Celebration of 150 Years of Community!

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litter. (It can be used anywhere in the country, but for the sake litter.” of this story, it should be used In the past, volunteers induring the cleanup in Kearny.) cluded clients from Pathways Volunteers can even take and to Independence, Girl Scouts, share photos of the litter they Boy Scout, Cub Scouts and collect before bagging it. students from Kearny schools.

“I recently picked up a cigaIn fact, teachers often give rette pack,” Mackesy said. “I extra credit to students who took a picture and hash-tagged volunteer. it #Newport. They keep track They’ll be there this year, of the litter, what places it’s too. But anyone can take part found.” in the cleanup – the young and In all, Mackesy hopes the not-so-young. town-wide cleanup isn’t just a Mackesy also encourages single-day event in April. volunteers who have iPhones “It shouldn’t be a one-day to download an app called “Lit- event,” she said. “I hope people terati,” available in the Apple think twice before dropping App Store. Unfortunately, the litter in the first place. It’s very app’s not ready yet for Android discouraging to see – so I hope phones, but iPhone users will people take greater pride in be able to use the app to iden- keeping their town clean and tify, map and track cleaning of litter-free.”

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AARP Chapter 2051 sponsors a trip to Newport, R.I., Monday, May 22, to Thursday, May 25. The trip includes three nights’ accommodations, three breakfasts, three dinners, a tour of two Newport mansions, a tour of the Mystic, Conn., area, a visit to Brick Market Place, a visit to the Newport Grand Casino and more. Pick-up is in Belleville. For information, contact Marie Kim at 973-7593912.

••• St. Anthony Church sponsors a blood drive at the parish, 63 Franklin St., Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors must present ID, weigh at least 110, have eaten and consumed lots of water prior to giving blood. Call 201-251-3703 for more details.

Call the Town Clerk’s Office at 973-268-2434 to register.

••• The Elks sponsor a chili cook-off April 22, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the lodge. The entry fee is $10. First- , second- and thirdplace winners will receive awards and prizes. Sign up at the lodge or call 201-410-8705 for more details.

his father Bill Humphrey, who provided photographs for each piece. The reading features a projection of all the images taken at spots throughout the world.

Tickets are $5, with proceeds benefitting both WHAT and the library. Light refreshments

and a book signing conclude the program.

For more information, visit www.whatco.org.

••• The Kearny Public Library hosts an adult cooking rice and grains workshop with instructor Lydia Quinones

BOARD OF EDUCATION TOWN OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2017-2018 Kindergarten Packets for School Year 2017-2018 will be available for pick-up at Transition Meeting being held on May 10, 2017 at Harrison High School, 401 Kingsland Avenue, Harrison, NJ 07029 at 7:00PM Registration will begin May 22, 2017 by Appointment only.

PLACE: Residency Office, 620 North Frank E. Rodgers Blvd.

Monday through Thursday, May 22 to June 8, 2017 Time: 9:00AM – 12:00 Noon and 1:00PM – 4:00PM Registrants for full day Kindergarten classes must be 5 years old on or before October 1, 2017.

All children must register for the Lincoln School Full Day Kindergarten Program.

(Enrollment in pre- school programs in 2016-2017 does not guarantee registration.)

Before your registration application is accepted, parents must comply with the following regulations: # 1 Go to the District Residency Office at 620 North Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. to pick up a Registration Packet.

The following items are required for the Residency Approval letter:

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Saturday, April 22, at 11 a.m., in the lower-level kitchen at the main library, 318 Kearny Ave. This new series of demonstrations explores the healthy world of rice and grains. The first workshop will take on a veggie rice dish. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Calvary United Methodist Church, 342 Elm St., hosts a rummage and bake sale Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Miscellaneous items, brownies and cookies will be available. Call Frieda Ianneillo at 201-997-2827 for more details.

••• The Salvation Army Kearny Corps hosts its 13th annual fundraising dinner Thursday, May 18, at 6 p.m. at Michael’s Harrison The Town of Harrison, under Riverside, 528 Riverside Ave., Lyndhurst. This year’s honothe direction of Councilman Anselmo Millan, hosts a special rees include Civic Award reprogram for residents, through cipient Cynthia (Cindy) Schirm and Community Service Award the Bayonne Economic Oprecipient Applebee’s of Kearny. portunity Foundation, on the LIHEAP program – or, Low-in- For additional information, call 201-991-1115. come home-energy assistance ••• program Wednesday, April 19, The Kearny Community Garat noon, at the Harrison Senior den hosts its fifth annual meet Center, 221 Harrison Ave. and greet event in the Kearny Programs are available for Library lower level, 318 Kearny homeowners and renters for Ave., on April 29 from 10 a.m. help with heating bill, electric to noon. Presentations will be bills, natural gas, oil and other given on how to grow and what fuels and cooling bills. to grow in the garden. Meet felFor more information, call low gardeners while enjoying Monica Miguens at 201-719complimentary refreshments.

6567 or Alicia Monterrosa at Guest speakers will offer infor973-735-4733.

• The town also hosts Harri- mation about rain barrels and son Hometown Fair on Sunday, water conservation. It’s not too late to sign up for the garden April 23, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., this year – but space is limited at the Library Park (next to and filling up fast. Sign up at the Post Office.) There will this event or send an email to be music, face painting, arts kearnycommunitygarden@ & crafts, bounce houses and slides, plenty of food, a vendor gmail.com.

••• market, a life-size train ride Kearny Public Library Direcand more. tor and local poet Josh Hum••• phrey headlines a fundraiser The Town of Harrison and and celebration of National Health Officer Vincent Rivelli will conduct a free rabies clinic Poetry Month for the Kearny Wednesday, April 26, from 7 to Public Library and West Hudson Arts & Theater Company 8 p.m., at the Cleveland Ave. on Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m., at firehouse. the WHAT Theater, 65 OakThis will be the only rabies wood Ave. clinic that the town will be ofHumphrey presents selecfering this year.

Anyone whose dog is due for tions from his recently published collection, “Afterlife,” a vaccine in 2017 is advised to a project he developed with attend.

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• For Renters/Tenants: Landlord Letter for all persons who rent. (This form is available at the Residency Office). This form must be signed and notarized by the landlord.

• For Homeowners: Homeowners, THAT RESIDE IN HARRISON, must produce a deed or tax bill from the town of Harrison or mortgage papers for that property.

The following forms of documentation may demonstrate a student’s eligibility for enrollment in the district: • PSE&G bill, telephone bill, cable bill, paycheck stub, bank statement with CURRENT ADDRESS • Property tax bills, deeds, contracts of sale, leases, mortgages, signed letters from landlords and other evidence of property ownership, tenancy or residency • Voter registrations, licenses, permits, financial account information, utility bills, delivery receipts, and other evidence of personal attachment to a particular location • Court orders, State agency agreements and other evidence of court or agency placements or directives • Receipts, bills, cancelled checks and other evidence of expenditures demonstrating personal attachment to a particular location, or, where applicable, to support of the student INCOMPLETE REGISTRATION PACKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. # 2 Please make sure your packet contains the following: • Child’s original birth certificate and health records-indicating the child’s immunization history. (see below for minimum health requirements) • Parent’s identification (Driver’s license or passport, or some form of government identification).

• Custody papers (if parents are divorced or person is not parent, but has legal custody of student).

Minimum Health Requirements 1. D.P.T.(Diphtheria Pertussis –Tetanus) 4 doses, with one dose given after the child’s fourth birthday or any 5 does 2. Polio – 3 doses, with one dose given after the child’s fourth birthday or any 4 doses 3. M.M.R. ( Measles – Mumps – Rubella) 2 doses given after the child’s first birthday 4. Hepatitis B- 3 doses at least 6 months between 1st and 3rd dose (if not 4th dose must be given) 5. Varicella – 1 dose 6. A physical is required (if the child was in pre-school a copy of that physical may be used).

YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION OR YOUR REGISTRATION PACKET WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

NO SHOTS / NO SCHOOL The above dates are for 5 year olds only.

Pre- School Handicapped Program Harrison- Residents of Harrison should be advised that there are programs for the pre-school handicapped, age’s three to five.

If a parent feels that a child has a special problem they should contact the office of Special Services at 973-483-2128.

All prospective registrants must meet the same requirements set forth for kindergarten registration.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FREDERICK G. CONFESSORE, ASST. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE “It is the policy of the Board of Education of the Harrison Public Schools not to discriminate in its programs, activities, employment practices or admission policies on the basis of race, color,creed, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, genetics, affectional and sexual orientation,disability or social or economic status.”

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Duquesne president donates book to KPL Kenneth Gormley, recently named president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, was reunited with law alumnus Ken Davie, of Kearny, after he signed a copy of his most recent book, “The Presidents and the Constitution; A Living History,” to be donated to the Kearny Public Library.

Gormley is a nationally recognized Constitutional law scholar whose New York

Times bestseller, “The Death of American Virtue: Clinton v. Starr,” was likewise donated

by Gormley when he was the dean of Duquesne’s Law School.

“Both books are very timely, considering the current state of affairs in Washington, and Gormley’s inscription: “Admiring and appreciating the work that the library does to educate all of our citizens,’ is especially

heartfelt and sincere,” Davie said.

A lifelong Kearny resident, Davie is Kearny’s Assistant Town Attorney and a 39-year partner in the Cifelli & Davie law firm in Harrison. He was the appellate moot court winner from Duquesne and was named to the Order of the Barristers, the honorary advocacy society, while a law student there.

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“Much of this work is progressing concurrently with the deck panel installation. Once all of this work is completed, an overlay driving surface will be applied to the entire southbound side of the bridge.”

But it’s retaining walls, not originally part of the project, that will push the completion back yet again. “ … With the northbound lanes closed to traffic, NJDOT will be taking advantage of this closure to reconstruct the eastend retaining walls as part of Contract 7. These walls, which are between the Skyway and the Route 139 reconstruction, weren’t originally part of the Skyway rehabilitation. If they are not reconstructed now, they would need replacing in a few years – resulting in future closures, detours and inconvenience to motorists.”

Shapiro says the retaining-wall project was “advertised in March and is expected to be awarded in May, with work beginning” late this summer.

“Reconstructing these walls now will extend the life of the entire Pulaski Skyway/Route 139 corridor from Newark through Jersey City to the Holland Tunnel for the next 75 years without the need for additional closures or rehabilitation,” Shapiro said.

“This work is expected to be completed next spring (2018), at which time the Skyway will reopen to two-way traffic.”

This isn’t the first time the Skyway project’s completion date has been delayed.

The project, which was first proposed in 2006 by then-Gov. Jon S. Corzine, was originally expected to be completed in 2015.

But in 2015, the NJDOT blamed a “harsh winter” and “rusted floor beams” for it not being ready on time.

It was in 2015 when the NJDOT pushed the completion date to the end of 2016.

That date was changed by the NJDOT to this spring.

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sports&recreation Nutley softball squad endures rough spots

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Young Kearny track team making noise The Kearny High School track and field rosters – both for the boys’ team and the girls’ squad – are jam-packed with underclassmen.

Sophomores galore are featured on the track and at the jumps.

The youthful exuberance has carried the Kardinal squads in the early stages of the spring outdoor season.

“I think we’re on the younger side,” said veteran coach Al Perez, who heads both squads.

“Especially on the boys’ side, we have a lot of sophomores.”

But the youthful Kardinals already showed their toughness last week, when both squads finished second at the annual Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League Relay Championships.

The boys were second to St. Peter’s Prep, while the girls were runner-up to North Bergen.

“I’m very happy with the results,” Perez said.

“The boys never won that meet. We came close last year. The girls won it four years ago. Still, it’s a nice accomplishment for both teams to finish second. We were targeting a top three finish for both

teams and they exceeded that, so I’m very pleased with that.”

Perez said it was a complete team effort on both sides.

“We competed well, but we needed everyone to get involved,” Perez said. “The top athletes had to be on board, ready to compete in a lot of events (four). I kept stressing that to them all week.”

On the boys’ side, junior Liam Solano is the workhorse. Solano, the younger brother of former Kardinal versatile female great Cayleigh Solano, competes in the 800-meter run, the 1,600-meter run, the 3,200-meter run and anchors the team’s 4x800meter relay.

“Liam is a fine runner who anchors our distance runners,” Perez said.

One would find senior Ryan Carlos in a lot of the similar races with Solano. Carlos competes in the same four events as Solano.

Senior Ozzie Cabides handles the sprints for the Kards.

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The Nutley High School softball team will rely heavily on some of the Maroon Raiders’ leaders. They are, from l.,, Courtney Wilde, Lauren Hogan, head coach Luann Zullo, Sydney Kunz and Samantha Echeverria.

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fter graduating seven seniors, six of whom were starters, from her team of a year ago, including her starting pitcher and catcher, veteran Nutley High School softball coach Luann Zullo knew that the 2017 season would be a trying one.

“We’re very young and inexperienced,” said Zullo, whose team owns a 3-4 record in the early stages of the new season. “Our goal is to get better every day. Who knows what may happen? We could peak at the right time and be ready for the state tournament.”

Zullo had a similar experience in 2010, when a very young team came of age at the right time and the Maroon Raiders won the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III state sectional crown before falling to Middletown

South in the overall Group III state title game in Toms River.

The Maroon Raiders were the No. 10 seed in 2010, yet managed to finish their season with the state’s best in Toms River.

“We’re aware that it can happen,” Zullo said when reminded of that miraculous season seven years ago. “I think we’re building something here that can be special.

Over the last couple of years, we actually had a pitching rotation and always had at least two pitchers.”

Last year, Zullo had a sit-down with sophomore Courtney Wilde and the two discussed the possibility of Wilde becoming a pitcher.

“She started checking it out,” Zullo said. “She pitched some JV (junior varsity) for us last year, but then she really got serious about it over the summer.”

Wilde did what she had to do to become a full-time pitcher.

She went to pitching camps

and clinics. She signed on with a local pitching coach.

“She’s an outstanding athlete,” Zullo said of Wilde, who also plays basketball in the winter months. “She’s an athlete throwing the softball, but she is becoming a very good pitcher. She has a very bright future. She’s a competitor. I don’t have to worry about her taking a day off.”

Just recently, the Maroon Raiders spent some time in Florida, playing a total of nine games there.

“And Courtney pitched all nine games,” Zullo said. “She pitched every day. She’s only going to get better. Once she really understands the position, she’s going to be very good.”

Wilde hit a homer against state-ranked Watchung Hills on Saturday, a shot that cleared the 18-foot fence at Ivy Hill Park.

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At second base stands senior Samantha Echeverria, Hewitt, who “has been learn- who is slick with the glove ing more and more every and makes a ton of plays on game,” according to Zullo. the infield.

“As she gains some conThe shortstop is sophofidence, she will become a more Melanie Conca, who is better player,” Zullo said of still getting accustomed to Hewitt. varsity softball.

The first baseman is senior Brianna Cruz, a freshman, returnee Lauren Hogan, who is the team’s third baseman. is a solid contributor.

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“She never played third base before,” Zullo said. “We asked her to take over at third and she’s doing a nice job at the position.”

That’s asking a lot from a freshman, who first has to understand varsity action, then has to grasp a brand new position. But that’s what Nutley softball is these days.

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The Maroon Raiders are 3-4 in the early going. They had a nice win last week against Livingston, taking home a 2-1 decision, but have a tough schedule upcoming with games this week against Cedar Grove and Caldwell.

“It has been a very big learning experience for us,” Zullo said. “We are so young and we have to play in the (Super Essex Conference) American Division, which isn’t easy.”

In the past week, the Maroon Raiders had to face Kelsey Oh of Mount St. Dominic, considered to be the best pitcher in New Jersey, as well as state-ranked teams West Essex and Watchung Hills.

“Those teams are loaded,” Zullo said. “We’ve been thrown into the fire. It’s much different than in the past. We have a great group of girls. We were in the game against West Essex, had a 4-0 lead and then just lost it (losing 7-5). If we show more flashes of brilliance and less moments of inexperience, we’ll be fine. We have potential. It just takes some time. It’s a learning experience, but we’re going to win

some games.”

Sophomore Emily DeAngelo is the left fielder, with junior Sydney Kunz moving from right field to center.

“She’s getting more comfortable in center,” Zullo said of Kunz. “She has to go for everything out there.”

Freshman Cecelia Mielnicki is the right fielder.

It has to be Zullo’s youngest team ever.

“We need patience,” Zullo said. “We absolutely need patience. We’re definitely getting experience and we’re learning. I’ve also learned that these girls are not afraid to swing the bats. They’re aggressive at the plate.”

The key to the Maroon Raiders’ good fortune will be Wilde.

“She’s been keeping us in every game,” Zullo said. “She worked hard in the offseason to get ready. She just didn’t pick up the ball in March and decide to pitch. She’s worked hard. She’s a workhorse who is up to the challenge. Her only way is up.”

If the Maroon Raiders continue to get solid pitching from Wilde, then they will be a formidable foe, both in the SEC-American and the Group III playoff ranks.

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and the 400,” Perez said. “If he had his way, he would run in the eight as well. He anchors the 4-by-4 (400-meters) and he caught a couple of people to win the event. It was great to see that.”

Junior Diego Torealez is a hurdler and a sprinter.

“We are trying to stay away from competing in one event,” Perez said. “We want to develop track and field athletes who can do different events.”

Torealez is a good proof of that. He competes in the sprints (100, 200 and 400-meters) but can also do the hurdles events and the high jump.

That’s some versatility.

Junior Rauly Cordero is another versatile competitor. He does the 100, the 400, the long jump and high jump.

“He’s young,” Perez said.

“But he’s learning.”

Sophomore Bresly Franco is a high hurdler.

“We have a little bit of depth with our sprinters and our hurdlers,” Perez said. “We have numbers.”

Gabe dos Santos is a senior who is featured in the field events, namely the shot put, the discus and the javelin. Fernando Castillo is another field performer.

“He’s an excellent javelin thrower,” Perez said of Castillo. “He threw in the 160s (feet) this week. He’s a hard worker who wants to be doing better.”

The Kearny girls’ track team is headed by senior Lily Durning, who was one of the county’s best soccer players in the fall.

Durning competes in both the low and intermediate 211115A01 hurdles, as well as the 400 and 800-meter runs.

“She has been great,” Perez said of Durning. “She’s the cornerstone of the team. She’s a great leader. She’s been with

“She has been showing a lot of big promise,” Perez said.

Nicole Veloso is a junior who runs the 1,600 and the 3,200-meter run, much like Cayleigh Solano ran a few years ago. It’s obvious that Solano has had a positive hold on Veloso’s career.

“Every individual is shooting for championships in their respective races,” Perez said.

“We hope to get a few individuals as champions at the Group (IV) meets.”

Sophomore Sereen Al-Abu Hawa is a jumper and a hurPhotos by Jim Hague

LEFT: Rauly Cordero has gone from the football field in the fall to a top sprinter in the spring, hoping to find some glory in his fleet feet. RIGHT: Lily Durning has emerged as the premier female athlete in Hudson County with her performances on the track thus far this season.

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With the bulk of the responsibilities landing on Durning’s shoulders.

“A lot has been placed upon her plate,” Perez said. “She’s had a great career.”

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“When I was a sophomore in high school, I started to go to a lot of these baseball s he entered his senior year at Lyndhurst High showcases,” Carnevale said.

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bread and butter is baseball, so the skates, pucks and sticks were put in the closet.

Carnevale also knew that he had to make a decision about college – and knew that involved playing baseball on the next level.

“I actually told him to keep playing hockey,” Lyndhurst head baseball coach Pat Auteri said. “I thought it would keep his legs in shape throughout the fall and winter months.

I thought it would help if he went after it. But he made the decision to give it up. He has tremendous work ethic, playing travel baseball in the offseason and playing hockey.”

Carnevale was more than ready for the start of the baseball season, despite the wicked weather everyone experienced in the months prior to the first

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“No question, he was in good shape,” Auteri said. “I talked to him at the end of last season and told him that we were losing a lot of leadership to graduation. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on him. But he was our top hitter coming back and I wanted him to be the team’s leader both on and off the field.”

A lot of kids might have cowered and shied away from such responsibilities. Not Carnevale.

“He actually embraced it,” Auteri said. “He led us with all the offseason stuff, like getting in the weight room and doing conditioning. He was the one who I counted on to make sure the rest of the guys were

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doing their workouts. He was the guy I leaned on. He was one of the captains, but I knew he had the capabilities of being a leader. He wasn’t just our top guy with the bat.”

Carnevale realized that he had to take the bull by the horns and lead the way for the Golden Bears.

“I think I knew that if we started off strong, if we played well from the beginning, that good things would come for the rest of the season,” Carnevale said. “Most of these guys have been playing together since we were 11 years old. So I knew them and knew that we had to come out big.”

Carnevale said that he had a good feeling about the Golden Bears’ offense, especially since they had Isaiah Figueroa hitting in front of him and Ryan Donohue batting behind him in the lineup.

“I knew that I would get some good pitches to hit this year,” Carnevale said.

But no one could have predicted the blazing start that the senior shortstop Carnevale has produced.

Last week, Carnevale had a five-game stretch that most high school players simply dream about.

Carnevale started the week with three hits, including a home run and a double, in three at-bats and five RBI in a win over Queen of Peace. He then had three hits in three at-bats and an RBI against Wood-Ridge, had two hits in three plate appearances and scored three runs with an RBI against Waldwick.

Continuing his torrid streak, Carnevale had two hits in five at-bats, including a triple, had an RBI and scored two runs against Bergen Charter.

So to sum it up, Carnevale had 10 hits in 14 at-bats (a .714 clip), scored eight runs, had eight RBI and recorded eight stolen bases with double, triple and homer. That’s some week.

For his efforts, Carnevale has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the past week.

“I knew I had it in me,” Carnevale said. “I worked hard to get ready for the season.”

Carnevale said that the team’s preseason trip to Florida for a few exhibition games really helped his play and the rest of the Golden Bears.

“When we went to Florida, it helped a lot,” Carnevale said. “So as soon as we got back, I think we were all ready to hit the ball. I’ve been lucky enough to see a lot of fastballs with the teammates I have around me. If I see a fastball, I’m going to hit it.”

“You could see that going to Florida helped these kids,” Auteri said. “They were ahead of the game. We got to see some good pitching down there, but our kids were ready. It was all about patience with Nick.

Very rarely do you see him swing at a bad pitch. He takes his walks and gets on base. He doesn’t strike out often. He’s seeing the ball well.”

Carnevale was asked what the torrid start is going to do.

“It really helps my confidence,” Carnevale said. “I

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“His bat was the one we had coming back,” Auteri said. “He had to carry the load a little for us. I’m not surprised with what he’s done. He’s a good hitter.”

Carnevale has already given a verbal commitment to Brookdale Junior College in

Lincroft, N.J. to play baseball there in the fall.

“I got some (NCAA) Division I looks, but no scholarships,” Carnevale said. “So I chose the JUCO (junior college) route to see if I have a chance to get a college scholarship that way. I’m excited to be going there. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing. I think I can keep it up.”

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“He’s a great kid with a great personality and a great work ethic,” Auteri said. “His teammates love playing with him.

He’s intense on the field. He’s a vocal guy who is always so upbeat, so happy-go-lucky. He plays every day like most kids play when they’re in Little League, just excited to be out there and playing the game he loves to play.”

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SOTM at Schuyler Valerie Iacono, principal of Schuyler School, Kearny, announces the following Students of the Month for March: PREK: Angie Garcia and Ryan Tarik.

KINDERGARTEN: Julian Kulesza, Nicoly Tassi Libanori and Delilah Sanchez.

Grade 1: Ashley Cartegena, Brianna Cruz,

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Hajar Elkassimi, Lainey McKenna, Isabella Ortiz, Maia Sierra and Kaya Suchcicki.

Grade 2: Samara DeLeon, Jeremiah Flores, Aidan Gill, Jake Hohmann, Luis M. Palacio and Christian Rivera.

Grade 3: Dynnel Dantas, David DeCarvalho, Christian Sanchez, Sebastian Tenorio and Nicolas Tassi Libanori.

many good people.”

Linda, meanwhile, “Three years without is married but has no a job. Savings depleted children. She says she’s just about. It’s imposbeen out of work for sible to do anything like five years – her huswe used to. But this is band, out of work, two. our new reality.

Many years ago, she “I know we’re not volunteered at a parish alone, but it’s a lot to food pantry. Now, she’s bear. I want better for one of the people bringme and for my family. ing bags out instead of in.

I give thanks to God, “I volunteered four though, that I can put food on the table thanks times a month,” Linda said. “I loved being able to the generosity of so PANTRIES from

Grade 4: Kermina Basaly, Dyala Hassan, Kaylene Ronquillo and Kaylee Salisbury.

Grade 5: Julianna Englese, Guadalupe Rosas-Gregorio, Loc Lam, Danielle Rosado, and Gabriel Santos.

Grade 6: Brian McCarthy, Sheyla Masias, Khang Pham, Miciel Rivera and Thomas Serrano. to help other people. I never dreamed I’d be on the other end, but I am.

Quite honestly, I have no idea where I’d be if these programs didn’t exist.”

If you’d like to donate to local food pantries, or are in need of food, in addition to the aforementioned pantries, find a complete list of organizations that run one at www.foodpantries.org.

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obituaries@theobserver.com Martin ‘Marty’ O’Malley Martin “Marty” O’Malley of Kearny died peacefully April 5, surrounded by his family.

He was 82.

Born in Pittston, Pa., Marty moved to Kearny at the age of 10 where he resided for the next 72 years. He was a graduate of Kearny High School and started his career at PSE&G in 1957. He left to become the general manager of Vigor Beverages in Kearny for seven years and returned to PSE&G to finish out his career as a senior bookkeeper, retiring in 1996.

His passion for sports led him to become involved in the Kearny community as one of the founding members and eventual president of the Kearny Booster Club. As president, he organized many banquets for the high school football team where he brought New York Giants and Jets players as guest speakers.

Marty was also a longtime coach of the Kearny ShopRite Little League baseball team, where he eventually served as president of the league. He also volunteered his time with the St. Stephen’s CYO boys’ basketball program.

Marty was inducted into the Kearny High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 for his contributions to the high school sports programs.

He was predeceased by his parents, Patrick and Anna, a brother Larry (Margaret), a sister, Mary Ann (O’Malley) Rokosny, mother- and fatherin-law George and Edith Brown, and sisters-in-law, Georgina (Brown) Hague (Allen) and Connie (Brown) Mulvanerton (Ed).

He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Edith (Brown) O’Malley, daughters Kathleen Mattoon (Ronald), Joanne O’Malley and son, Robert (Mary); his grandchildren, Michael Gouveia, Dr. Ryan Mattoon (Brianna), Nicole Gouveia and Robbie O’Malley; and one great-grandchild on the way. He is also survived by brother, Richard (Annette) and brothers-in-law Frank Brown (Barbara) and Charles Rokosny and many loving nieces and nephews.

Viewings were at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Stephen’s

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Church, Kearny. Entombment was in Holy Cross Mausoleum, North Arlington.

In lieu of flowers, we ask that you make donations to St. Stephen’s Parish Roof Repair Fund.

and is a former vice president of the V.H. Sawtelle Learning Center’s Parent-Teacher Organization.

Debbie was a longtime advocate for autistic children and helped countless parents of children with autism on efDeborah A. Mangin fective teaching methods. She Deborah A. Mangin of was also a past member of the Kearny (nee McKeon) died at Hudson County Democratic home surrounded by her lovCommittee and the Kearny ing family April 10.

Environmental and BeautificaShe was 57. tion Committee.

Visiting was Monday April 17 Debbie was the wife of James at the Armitage & Wiggins Fu- A. Mangin and proud mother neral Home, Kearny. Mass will of her two son, Christopher be celebrated Tuesday, April and Kyle Mangin. She was 18, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen’s the sister of Colleen Amirr Church, Kearny. Entombment (Joseph) and aunt of Bridget will be in Holy Cross CemHaine (Matthew) and Ashley etery, North Arlington.

Amirr (Joseph Pizzi Jr.).

Debbie was a lifelong She was pre-deceased by resident of Kearny and was her parents, John (Bucky) and employed as a teacher’s aide at Patricia McKeon. She is also Garfield School, working with survived by numerous aunts, the kindergarten children she uncles, cousins and her greatloved. She also enjoyed garden- niece Brielle and great-nephew ing, taking care of her home Myles, who she adored. and relaxing poolside after all In lieu of flowers, kindly her hard work. consider a donation to Autism She was active in the PTA for N.J. Inc., 500 Horizon Drive, Garfield and Roosevelt schools Robbinsville, N.J. 08691.

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Edward A. ‘Eddie’ Esposito Edward A. “Eddie” Esposito died at home April 6.

He was 53.

Born in Newark, he grew up in North Arlington. He last resided in Point Pleasant Beach.

Memorial visitation was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. His cremation was private.

Eddie was an excellent chef, having worked for various restaurants, and was dedicated to that skill.

He loved swimming in the ocean, especially at Point Pleasant Beach at the Jersey Shore.

The beloved son of Aniello “Fred” and Dolores (nee Wescoat) Esposito, he is also survived by his loving siblings and their spouses, Fred and Alice Esposito, of Long Branch, Rosanne and Frank Oldewurte and Cheryl and Chris Czekaj, both of Wayne.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to www.brooklynteenchallange.org.

Howard E. Leonard III Howard E. Leonard III of Kearny died April 12.

He was 73.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, as was the service. He was buried beside his beloved wife Ruth A. (nee Smeltzer) Leonard in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny.

Howard served in the U.S. Air Force at the beginning of the Vietnam War, and was honorably discharged in 1968.

He was a computer engineer for Storage Tech, based out of Colorado. He traveled extensively and was quite successful in his field. He and Ruth were very humble, loving people.

They enjoyed their neighbors both locally and in Florida.

Howard is survived by his brothers-in-law Robert Grega and Bill Thorborg. He is also survived by loving nieces, nephews and their families.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to Grace Church in Kearny or the Wounded Warrior Project.

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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017

New apts., R&D OK’d Fire displaces 4

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – he Kearny Planning Board has voted to greenlight two new developments, one residential and another, commercial.

After a thorough discussion on traffic flows in and around the project, the planners granted site plan approval and lot consolidation for Carlstadt developer Ed Russo’s proposed construction of 280 apartments on a former industrial site along the west side of Passaic Ave. Also planned, together with the residential units, are a resident clubhouse, outdoor pool and public-accessed riverfront walkway.

To facilitate safe vehicular flow in and around the site – and, in particular, for traffic heading into the shopping center across the street from the project site – Russo and

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the planners agreed to redesign a 142-foot-long stretch of Passaic Ave., from Marshall St. to the ShopRite driveway.

The redesign would allow for two, 13-foot-wide lanes for north and southbound traffic, separated by a 10-foot-wide lane for drivers looking to turn west into either of two proposed driveways into the project site or east into the shopping center.

In the other case, the planners approved an application by Saw Mill Park III, c/o Russo Development, to build a 29,350-square foot building for research and development, to perform diagnostic tests on prototype passenger vehicles and cars under development and as a base from which road tests will be performed on those vehicles.

The project site lies on the north side of Barszcewski St. is bordered by a commercial property to the northeast, the Erie-Lackawanna

Railroad to the northwest, a commercial truck storage lot to the southwest and a commercial building to the southeast.

According to Mayor Alberto Santos, Russo Development has owned the entire meadows tract for more than 15 years. During 2004-2005, he said, Russo built on the site two large facilities now being used by Pepsi Bottling and HD Smith, a national supplier of healthcare products. The R&D building will be the third, he said.

The applicant plans an asphalt parking lot, solarpowered charging structure, concrete sidewalk and curbing, chain-link fencing and gates, trash enclosure and a block retaining wall.

The property will be elevated out of the existing flood zone.

Several land-use variances were granted by the planners for the project.

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All KFD units responded to the scene, where, under the KEARNY – direction of incident comA Kearny family of four mander Deputy Chief John has been displaced from their Harris, they remained until home following a fire, possibly 9:40 p.m. At the height of the electrical in origin, that seblaze, they were joined by verely damaged the residence Jersey City firefighters, Kearny last Thursday afternoon.

EMS and the KPD. Authorities said the alarm Dyl said the exact cause of was called in at 4:59 p.m., April the fire was undetermined, but 13, after smoke was detected the department was “unable in the basement of the oneto rule out the possibility that family, two-story house at 115 electricity was a contributing Seeley Ave. factor.”

Three individuals were in Chief Inspector Juan Barthe home at the time and man- roso was in charge of the aged to escape without injury, investigation. Dyl said the Kearny Fire Chief Steve Dyl residents -- mother, father and reported. two adult children -- were unDyl described the blaze in able to reoccupy their home, the wood-frame structure as which suffered “significant “very aggressive” and said damage,” and are staying with that, before it was declared family members. under control at 6:09 p.m., While KFD crews were at firefighters had to rip open the scene, the North Arlingwalls on the first and second ton, Belleville and Bayonne floors to reach the flames and fire departments provided cut a hole in the roof to allevi- back-up coverage to the town. ate the heavy smoke condiSee photos at theobserver.com.

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