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MORE ON THE INSIDE Belleville man one of several arrested in connection to alleged pill mill.

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Isaias leaves trail of destruction locally, adding to the misery of 2020

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com Tropical Storm Isaias reaked havoc on the area, causing numerous trees to fall and power to be knocked out — in some cases for days — on the region.

By the time the storm reached the area, it was

downgraded from a hurricane, but that hardly meant it didn’t leave destruction in its path.

As seen in the photos above, clockwise from left photo, two trees fell on Elm Street between Garafola Place and Midland Avenue in Kearny.

In another case, a tree fell on a home on Seeley Avenue, Kearny. And it also uprooted an entire tree on Hickory Street, also in Kearny.

PSE&G called the storm the worst since Super Storm Sandy in 2012 — and also listed it as one of the top 5 storms in modern history. As of presstime, 5% of all outages still hadn’t been restored.

Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported by any of the towns The Observer covers.

This story continues on page 16, where you’ll find more photos of storm-related damages.

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Hundreds wait in heat, long line, for free food in Harrison Event was sponsored by nonprofit Hunger Free of Hudson County

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

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Harrison Councilman Larry Bennett left, with members of Hunger Free.

very time there is an emergency-food event locally, it begs a question — could it get much worse than this? And, each and every time, of late, the answer is a resounding “yes.” People in West Hudson — and elsewhere — are really struggling to put food on the table.

It was no different this past weekend when, on Saturday, Aug. 8, the line for food at a special event in Harrison — at the parking lot of Holy Cross Church — stretched for two blocks for hours.

This special event — organized by Mayor James A. Fife and members of the Town Council and Joan Woods and Maria Villa — was made possible by a Hudson County-based organization

called Hunger Free.

Its director, Stephanie Glover Wilson, who has been giving food to those who need it for almost five years, was on hand with a plethora of volunteers, some of whom are former “clients.”

It was a hazy and humid day, yet her enthusiasm — and all of the volunteers’ joy of being there to ensure Harrisonians didn’t go

hungry — was palpable, especially when Wilson took time to speak with The Observer as truckloads of food were being delivered.

Despite the enthusiasm, Wilson says the need for food for families has never been greater.

“Because of the COVID virus, we’re seeing the need for double, triple the normal food delivery,” Wilson said. “I

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started in Bayonne and now have stretched to the entire county.”

These kinds of events have already taken place in the aforementioned Bayonne, as well as in North Hudson in West New York.

Food donations flow in from Costco, Table to Table (another non-profit) and from private donors.

The food — including all kinds of produce — is always fresh, never expired (or even close to being expired.) And it’s not just food — parents with babies can get Pampers, and clothes are available for all members of the family, too.

“We just try to help everybody,” Wilson said.

“We see a lot of people who are downtrodden. People are very hungry because some have lost their jobs. Like one lady told me, ‘I put gas in my car and I come to you for food. I have to put gas in the car so I can get to work.’”

Wilson says the world, as it is today because of the pandemic, has caused many

to feel humbled. Some, she says, are embarrassed to have to wait on line when they were once the donors.

“I tell people to in-box me (on Facebook),” Wilson said.

“No one should go hungry — no one.”

Wilson says she’s seeing all walks of life at her events.

“It’s everybody, it’s secretaries, vice-principals, everybody,” Wilson said.

“It’s to the point where after we’re done here in Harrison, it’s off to Bayonne to help the people there. And if we have things left over, we’ll go to Jersey City.”

She says no one should be embarrassed — but she puts the blame on society for the stigma still attached to hunger.

“If someone needs food, I will put it in their trunk, and on they go,” she said. “People think if you’re hungry, it means you’re homeless.

We’re seeing it right here — that is not the case.”

Wilson hopes to one day handle Hunger Free as a full-time job. But since funding is tight, she does this on a voluntary basis, no salary, whilst working a full-time job in the county.

She wants to increase operations eventually to run a food truck that would ultimately go to Hudson County neighborhoods where the need for hot meals is great. In essence, she’d be bring soup kitchens into the neighborhoods.

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School restart: Kearny fully virtual, N.A. in hybrid model

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

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he academic year will start off in September virtually for students in Kearny and in a hybrid model in North Arlington.

Last week, the Kearny Board of Education decided it would be best to do so until it determines it is safe to return to the classroom, Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood said.

“As many of you may have already heard, at (a) special meeting of the Kearny Board of Education, the board voted to begin the school year in a fully virtual format until such time that the board believes it is completely safe to open our schools for our students and faculty,” Blood said in a letter sent to parents. “Although the board praised the district’s plan and the work that it entailed, they felt their underlying concerns about the unknown risks of returning to school could not be ignored.”

The board did, however, pass the superintendent’s plan for returning to school — but postponed its start.

“The board of education members did pass the district’s TRAKS plan for implementation when it has been determined by the board that a return to school should be implemented,” Blood said. “Naturally, the administration will work with the board to carefully monitor the information provided by the Town of Kearny and the State of New Jersey in making any decisions regarding a return to in-person learning.”

It won’t be until toward the end of the month that plans for virtual learning will be disseminated to parents and guardians.

“During the next two weeks, administrators will be finalizing class lists and the virtual instructional plan,” Blood said. “As soon as all necessary

plans are complete, your building administrators will forward them to you.”

Meanwhile, in North Arlington, a hybrid model of in- and out-of-school learning will take place from the beginning of the school year. There, an ad-hoc committee surveyed parents — and the results led the district to make the decision to have students attending class in person at about half capacity, Stephen Yurchak, superintendent of schools, said.

“Over the past few weeks, our Restart and Recovery Planning Committee has been working diligently to establish a plan where our students and staff can begin some form of in-person instruction safely,” Yurchak said. “After conducting a survey of our entire school community, approximately 75% (1 ,000+ responses) of our families prefer that their children attend modified in-person sessions as long as all recommended health and safety guidelines are in place.

“With the health and safety of our children at the forefront of this decision-making process, we have established a schedule that will allow our students to attend school at approximately 50% capacity by developing two cohorts of students (Cohort A & Cohort B).

“Cohort A will have the ability to attend in-person instruction on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Cohort B will have the ability to attend in-person instruction on Thursdays and Fridays.

These in-person cohorts will be four hours each day, coupled with Google Meet sessions in the afternoon. Alternating cohorts will be taking part in their assigned specials (e.g. art, music, physical education, etc.) virtually.

“Everyone will be learning virtually on Wednesdays.

Students in self-contained settings, and most likely English Language Learners (ELL), will have the opportunity to attend

in-person sessions four days per week. Many, if not all, related services will also take place in-person. Grab and Go lunches will be available daily. Finally, siblings of different grades and schools will be placed within the same cohort.”

The school year here will be initially broken down in phases. As mandated by Gov. Philip D. Murphy, parents have the ability to choose to keep their children at home for fully virtual learning. The first phase stretches from Sept. 8 to Oct. 16.

“The purpose of establishing different phases is to allow flexibility to families so that

they’re able to modify their children’s type of instruction within reasonable periods of time,” the superintendent said.

“Families who select the option of having their children learn completely through a virtual platform will have the ability to reassign them to in-person sessions after Phase 1. This is necessary to maintain appropriate social distancing guidelines within the parameters of the schedules created based on (parental) responses.”

North Arlington’s plans must still be reviewed for approval by the county.

“Please note that our Restart and Recovery Plan will

be submitted to the Bergen County Interim Superintendent’s Office for review; however, we are still waiting on specific guidance from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), which may alter these plans,” Yurchak said. “A more detailed schedule, further representing our internal Phase 1 will be released early next week. Additionally, a mandatory survey will also be made available to establish the number of students who will be participating in a hybrid model or learning completely virtually.”

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KPD: Back at Pine Street home for 69th, 70th time

By Capt. Tim Wagner Kearny Police Department

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n Aug. 1 at 2:59 p.m., Officers Michael Ore and Alan Stickno responded to a home on Pine Street for a report of a dispute. The officers found a man who lived there with a

bloody nose who attributed the wound to a barrage of punches from one of his roommates.

The officers charged Amanda M. Walsh, 31, of Kearny, with simple assault and she was later remanded to the Hudson County Jail, South Kearny.

On Aug. 3 at 3:58 a.m.,

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investigate, finding a Cadillac with a temporary registration tag and an Acura with a temporary registration that belonged to a Volvo.

The Acura reportedly smelled of burnt marijuana. A search of that car uncovered a shopping bag containing marijuana, a small clear plastic bag of marijuana and a Visa debit card embossed to a person for whom no one could account.

Quaishawn S. Bryant, 20, of Newark, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and theft of lost property.

Quamae S. Barnett, 18, and Vernon A. Page, 21, both of Newark, were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Barnett was also cited for driving without a license, having fictitious plates, operating an unregistered vehicle and having CDS in a vehicle.

All three men were later released with summonses.

On Aug. 3 at 10:02 a.m., Officer Christos Manolis and back-up officers were dispatched to a private home on Forest Street on a report that a man there had punched and broken the window of a door. Officers also learned the man was reportedly the subject of a restraining order barring him from the property.

After corroborating that information, officers arrested Douglas J. Welfl, 34, of Kearny.

Welfl was charged on a warrant with criminal mischief and contempt of a judicial order. He was remanded to the county jail in South Kearny.

On the morning of Aug. 4, several KPD detectives, assisted by Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer Bartholomew Lore and K-9 Niko, executed a search warrant at a home on Pine Street (Yes, that one.). The search yielded a seizure of over 2,000 prescription legend pills, 260 grams of bulk marijuana, 592 grams of individually-packaged marijuana, 12 THC vape cartridges, 2 “blobs” of THC

wax, a scale, and numerous baggies, containers, and pill bottles.

The detectives arrested and charged Ryan W. Decker, 30, of Kearny, with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute (third degree), intent to distribute CDS within 500 feet of a public park (two counts in the second degree), marijuana possession (one count in the fourth degree), possession of a prescription legend drug with intent to distribute (three counts in the second degree, one count in the third degree, 22 counts in the fourth degree and 21 counts of a disorderly persons offense quantity) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Decker was remanded to the county jail in South Kearny to await his first court appearance.

On Aug. 5 at 10:40 a.m., Officer Alan Stickno and several back-up officers responded to a home on Park Place off of Afton Street for a report of a burglary-inprogress. Reports had it that the homeowner was chasing the fleeing suspect toward the Passaic River.

Officer Stickno found the homeowner, a 38-year-old woman, and learned that she had returned home after her husband, who also was not at home, saw a suspicious man on their Ring doorbell camera. Upon entering her home, the woman found the suspect inside a ransacked bedroom and chased him out, losing sight of the unartful dodger near the Frank Vincent Marina boat ramp.

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BCPO: We shut down massive pill mill Belleville man one of several on remand at Bergen Jail

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

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Belleville man was among a slew of Jersey residents arrested and charged in connection with a massive pill-making operation — around $1 million worth of drugs — out of East Rutherford and Mahwah, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced late last week.

Raymond Ulloa, 30, (seen in photo at right) who lives on Carmer Avenue in Belleville, plus Frank Smith III, 37, of Mahwah, Sandy Leonardomateo, 24, of Elizabeth and Donald Wallace, 25, of Newark, were all charged with maintaining a controlled-dangerous substance production facility.

Also arrested were Yaritza Ochart, 39, of Manhattan, and Michele Castillo, 43, of San Rafael, California, on charges of money laundering. Joie Smith, 34, of Mahwah, was arrested on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled-dangerous substance and money laundering.

The arrests were the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the East Rutherford Police Department.

According to Musella: On Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office’s Narcotic Task Force and the East Rutherford Police Department initiated a narcotics investiga-

tion after a medical call at the Monarch Apartments, 100-120 Schindler Court, Apt. 429, East Rutherford, revealed Smith, Ulloa and Leonardomateo appeared to be under the influence of drugs.

Wallace, the lessee of the apartment, came home while police were present.

While inside the apartment providing medical attention to the occupants, officers say they observed items in the apartment that were reportedly coated with an unknown powder.

As such, the Bergen County Hazmat Unit was called to the location to conduct field analysis on the powder, which was later determined to be fentanyl, according to Musella.

The New Jersey State Police Hazmat Unit responded to assist.

Law enforcement obtained a court-authorized search warrant, which the BCPO says revealed a large-scale fentanyl-production facility in the apartment. Officers also reportedly discovered a pill press in which raw fentanyl and cutting agents were allegedly being used to produce pills that replicate commonly abused opioids.

Police also reportedly found thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as oxycodone 15 and 30 mgs, and Percocet; multiple cutting agents; numerous heroin glassine envelopes and approximately $12,000 in suspected drug proceeds.

Within hours of Smith’s arrest, surveillance units say they observed his wife,

Joie, along with Castillo and Ochart, loading two vehicles with bags and other items from the Smiths’ Mahwah residence, at 44 Crocker Mansion Drive, before departing the Rio Vista neighborhood.

A pair of motor-vehi-

cle stops and subsequent search warrants of the vehicles revealed the trio were in the process of moving approximately $325,000 in suspected drug proceeds from the Smith home.

The proceeds were seized by police along with paperwork showing Frank Smith had recently purchased a luxury yacht that was docked at the Alpine Boat Basin. Simultaneously, detectives from the BCPO’s Narcotic Task Force, the Mahwah Police Department, the East Rutherford Police Department and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office executed a court-authorized search warrant of the Mahwah

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In addition to the money, detectives also seized five vehicles, designer jewelry, luxury watches and Smith’s 40-foot motor yacht, which are all pending forfeiture proceedings.

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Thoughts & Views IN THEIR OPINION-

An open letter to Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal: You are obviously a busy man, so I will be direct.

The residents of Belleville — a small town in Essex County — have patiently waited for your office to investigate the shameful, and possibly criminal, acts allegedly committed by school administrators and members of the Board of Education. These acts led to a $3.7 million deficit in the Belleville school district at the end of the 2014 fiscal year.

State Auditor Stephen Eells released a report June 5, 2018, detailing his office’s findings regarding the actions (or lack thereof ) leading to the deficit. Your office received a copy of this report the same day it was released to the public. The report’s second page ends with the sentence, “Certain matters were referred to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice.”

Your office has earned a reputation for being tough on public corruption. You even created a special unit — the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) — its stated purpose to “combat corruption and strengthen confidence in government institutions.”

The OPIA received media attention for its investigations of political corruption. OPIA’s investigations led to charges against five former or would-be politicians in Morris and Hudson counties who allegedly took bribes, a Morris County attorney accused of allegedly not disclosing political contributions to politicians in Bloomfield — Belleville’s neighbor — when submitting proposals for public contracts to the Township of Bloomfield and two Paterson politicians and two other men accused of alleged election and ballot fraud.

Your office has much to be proud of.

In creating this office, you said: “We must root out the corruption and misconduct that undermine faith in our public institutions. Our country and our state face significant challenges, and we won’t be able to meet them if people do not trust that those in authority are working single-mindedly for the public good. We must create a culture of accountability where powerful individuals and institutions know that they must act with integrity or else face the consequences.”

Belleville residents – essentially bilked out of $3.7 million due to all manner of incompetence and mismanagement as documented in the Eells report, as well as alleged political featherbedding — expect justice, or at least some measure of accountability.

It’s little comfort that those allegedly involved no longer work in the district, or that those Board of Education members allegedly involved — or at least potentially complicit — in this travesty were either voted out or decided not to run again.

In short, Belleville residents were wronged, and it’s proper for your office to review the report’s findings, See AG, Page 7

Graham: East Newark … small in size, but huge in heart To the Editor: A few weeks ago, I stopped by the East Newark Food Pantry to make a small donation from my wife and myself. What I saw broke my heart. There were over 100 people standing in line on a hot and humid Wednesday night.

I swelled up inside.

How could this be possible in the United States of America?

It looked like we were back in the era of the Great Depression. When I entered the Community Center, there was a young man called Michael checking for residency in the borough. The other two organizers, LALA and Gretel, along with a small number

LETTER TO THE EDITOR of volunteers, were handing out bags of groceries to provide for the needy people.

For the last three months, they have been working to provide for their neighbors. They use their own vehicles to get the supplies and make sure the shelves are stocked when the pantry doors are open.

East Newark does not have the resources of the surrounding towns, but they have plenty of heart and determination!

Raymond Graham Jr. East Newark

Fryer: Kearny needs its own AOC to challenge incumbents To the Editor: It is refreshing to hear First Ward Councilman Albino Cardoso admit that he is the appointed stooge of the Santos Oligarchy.

I have lived in the Fourth Ward for 37 years.

The streets are in a deplorable condition.

Be careful what you wish for, councilman.

With the rapid over development of the First Ward, I am sure there are future AOCs

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State Attorney charges Lyndhurst woman in alleged embezzlement scheme

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com

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Lyndhurst woman was one of two New Jersey residents who were charged for their participation in a multi-year, $1 million embezzlement scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced Thursday, Aug. 6.

Ruby Baroni, 53, of Lyndhurst, and Rolando Veloso, 41, of Haskell, were each charged by a criminal complaint unsealed in Newark federal court with one count

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Belleville residents called for state assistance in investigating the school district as early as 2013. Months of public outrage and media reports finally got the state’s attention. The New Jersey Department of Education sent Thomas Egan to monitor district spending and policy changes designed to correct what had occurred.

Mr. Egan, (current) Schools Superintendent Richard Tomko and the Board of Education addressed the State Auditor’s findings and implemented the report’s recommendations.

Belleville United Coalition (BUC,) a group of concerned

of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They made their initial appearances Aug. 6 by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward S. Kiel.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: Between October 2010 and August 2016, Baroni and Veloso reportedly conspired with others to carry out a large-scale, multifaceted scheme to embezzle funds from an area guided-tour company. In some instances, Baroni, who served as the

company’s accounting manager, cut checks drawn against the company’s checking accounts made out to either other company employees or fictitious individuals — and then cashed those checks herself.

In other instances, Baroni cut checks made out to various shell business entities formed by Veloso, none of which ever performed any services for the company.

Veloso then deposited or cashed those checks for his personal use.

Veloso also allegedly made

substantial charges for his shell business entities on a company credit card issued to another conspirator, none of which reflected any actual work performed for the company by any of those entities.

In all, Baroni, Veloso, and their conspirators reportedly embezzled over $1 million from the company.

The charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Baroni and Veloso were both released on $100,000 unsecured bond, the U.S. At-

torney’s Office said.

Carpenito offered credit to the inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector in Charge James V. Buthorn and special agents of IRSCriminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael Montanez, with the investigation leading to the charges.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Trombly of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Cybercrime Unit in Newark.

Belleville residents, in 2015 and again in 2019, sent formal letters to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General requesting an investigation into the series of events leading up to the 2014 deficit. I know of a few private Belleville residents who have also written you in the past few months asking again for an investigation.

Criminal investigations understandably take time; however, it’s been slightly longer than two years since your office received the State Auditor’s report.

The residents of Belleville were victimized by mismanagement, impropriety and alleged unethical political influence in the school system, and they pay for it to this day. The true victims, however, were Belleville’s children.

Belleville is a small town — diverse, middle-to-work-

ing class and densely populated. The average household income is $70,000, and property taxes are high for such a small town. The school district — funded by Belleville taxpayers — pays close to $500,000 a year for the state loan provided to close the 2014 deficit.

Consequently, Belleville residents will apparently be paying back that loan for at least the next six or seven years, all because of actions for which were not responsible.

The state’s assistance, such as sending Mr. Egan and loaning the district money, is certainly appreciated.

Yet, Belleville lacks closure because many residents believe those allegedly responsible somehow “got away with it.” Residents did their civic duty, voting out those Board of Education

members who — if perhaps not directly involved in the matters disclosed in the report — were in a position to intervene, but failed to do so.

Therefore, we now need your office to investigate whether or not anything criminal occurred and if so, to bring appropriate charges.

Belleville residents expect our legal system to make the town whole as best it can. We look to you — the person heading our state’s legal system — to investigate this truly sad moment in our town’s history. Your office wants citizens to have faith and confidence in the gov-

ernment institutions established to serve them; action from your office in this matter will, I believe, go a long way toward restoring the faith and confidence of my fellow Belleville residents.

In closing, allow me to quote the great American civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.” Justice for Belleville has been delayed, but its residents abide in the hope that it will no longer be denied.

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County Jail, Hackensack, pending detention hearings Monday, Aug. 10.

Leonardomateo was also remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a detention that was to occur Friday, Aug. 7.

Castillo and Ochart were released on their own recognizance pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court, Hackensack, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 8:30 a.m.

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The pandemic rarity: Nutley soccer camp

DiPiano’s annual week-long instructional event survives COVID-19

Lyndhurst’s McCarthy puts out respected grid report despite COVID-19 Having taken over the McCarthy Report full-time after the passing of his father Dennis three years ago, David McCarthy has done his best to maintain the tradition of being the top high school football recruiting service in New Jersey.

But the 52-year-old long-time Lyndhurst resident never had to endure anything like he’s faced this year – namely the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that has thrust everything into pandemonium.

“It’s certainly been the most challenging year,” McCarthy said. “We had a very abnormal offseason. We’re doing the best we can.”

Not knowing whether there will be a high school football season this fall or not has also been somewhat of an obstacle for McCarthy and his crack staff of scouts, which includes his brother Ryan and fellow local grid gadfly Mike Voza, who does a bang-up job coordinating activities at the Lyndhurst American Legion Post 139.

“Right now, we’re going through the 2019 season’s tapes to see if we’ve missed anyone,” McCarthy said.

“Social media has become a great tool for us to get updated player information.”

McCarthy said that he already had the top players

in the Garden State ranked and listed. It’s the others who might have slipped through the cracks and went through last season unnoticed.

“It’s basically all secondary kids and the underclassmen,” McCarthy said.

“The upper tier kids were done by mid-March. That was before the pandemic hit.”

David McCarthy has done his best in carrying the torch that was ignited by his father more than 25 years ago.

The late Dennis McCarthy was a long-time resident of North Arlington who compiled his list of top players and first made that list available to the general public, as well as college coaches who were looking for a leg-up in terms of recruitment.

The McCarthy Report was touting high school football players for colleges long before the advent of the Internet, long before scouting services popped up online all over the place.

If a college recruiter wanted to know the details about any top-flight high school player in the state, then they got their hands on the McCarthy Report.

It was thorough, complete with heights, weights, 40See VIEW, Page 11

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The Nutley Youth Soccer Camp took place last week at the Nutley Recreation Field behind Owens Corning on Midland Avenue. RIGHT: Makayla Albert plays every single position known to man and learned a little about each position at the Nutley Youth Camp.

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and of course, soccer.

It’s enough to keep any local sportswriter busy in the sumNUTLEY – Back in 1970, there mer months, bouncing around was a popular movie starring from one summer camp to film legends Elizabeth Taylor another. as a Las Vegas chorus girl and But the Pandemic SumWarren Beatty as a downmer of 2020 limited the local on-his-luck gambler, entitled sports camps to just the one in “The Only Game in Town.”

Nutley.

Thanks to the coronavirus Needless to say, the kids COVID-19 pandemic, there attending the camp felt more was only one game in town than fortunate to be the cholast week – and that was the sen ones. annual Nutley soccer camp.

“I was a little bit upset,” said Run by Nutley High School’s Louis DellaVolpe, an 11-yearhead girls’ soccer coach Mike old goalkeeper who attends DiPiano, there were approxithe fifth grade at Yantacaw mately 50 kids who attended School in Nutley. “I thought the week-long sessions. It I was going to have to stay was a far cry from the regular inside all summer. But then turnout for the camp, which things got a little better when usually draws approximately I heard about this camp. I got 250 kids in each of the two real excited. It’s here in my week-long sessions. hometown.”

But considering the cir“I thought I was going to cumstances caused by the be stuck in the house for the pandemic, just having a group summer,” said 9-year-old of kids in an organized setting Michael Perna, who will be a – complete with face masks fourth grader at Yantacaw this and social distancing – was fall. “I didn’t want to be sitting nothing short of a miracle. on my couch playing electronAll of the surrounding ics every single day. It would municipalities and schools be pretty boring.” usually offer a wide variety of So needless to say, Perna summer sports camps, ranging was overjoyed to learn that from baseball and softball and there would be soccer camp basketball and track and field

this summer despite the pandemic.

“I was mind blown,” Perna said. “Plus, Mike’s (DiPiano) my pal. I haven’t seen him in so long. This was something great to do. I got to use my soccer skills.”

Perna didn’t mind that the camp was co-educational, with the girls outnumbering the boys by about a 3-to-1 margin.

“It would have been greater if there were more boys here,” Perna said. “But my close friends were here, so it was still good. A lot of kids didn’t come because of the COVID, but it didn’t matter to me.”

Daniela Gagliardo is a 12-year-old seventh grader at the Nutley Middle School. She was also upset that she was destined for a summer indoors due to the pandemic.

“It was very disappointing,” Gagliardo said. “I was playing video games or spending time on the telephone. But when I heard about the camp happening, I was pretty excited. I love playing soccer.”

Gagliardo, a defender, finds the time for training three See SOCCER, Page 10

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Continued from Page 9 days a week for three different teams that she plays for.

“This helped me get ready for the season, when I’m very busy,” Gagliardo said. “It was great preparation and it was a lot of fun.”

Gagliardo said she learned a lot about positioning.

Sophia McMullen is an 11-year-old defender who plays for the Nutley Recreation program as well as Cedar Stars.

“I was disappointed that I wasn’t going to be able to socialize with my friends this summer,” McMullen said. “I love to socialize and play soccer. I was mostly playing video games and that gets boring.

But I was so excited about this.”

McMullen said that she learned about ball control.

“I worked on my dribbling,” McMullen said. “It felt like a normal day being out here.

My friends were here, so that made it a lot of fun. I learned

Photos by Jim Hague

Louis DellaVolpe learned a lot of different skills that will help him as a goalkeeper. RIGHT: The Nutley Youth Soccer Camp participants practiced social distancing throughout the weeklong session.

a lot and I worked on my skill moves.”

McMullen is a rarity because…

“I will play anywhere on defense,” McMullen said. “I don’t like playing up (at forward, attacking and trying to score goals).”

Imagine that -- a soccer kid who doesn’t like to score.

Makayla Albert is a 12-yearold who will enter the seventh grade at the Nutley Middle School this fall.

“I was really looking for-

ward to playing all sports this summer, so I was kind of upset,” Albert said. “I knew that if I stayed home, I wouldn’t see my friends and all.”

But the camp brought about smiles to Albert’s face.

“I look forward to this camp every year,” said Albert, who has become a regular over the last six years. “It was good to see my friends again.”

Albert said that she also liked seeing former Nutley High stars like Zoe Steck, who is currently headed into her

senior year at the University of Connecticut.

“I always look up to her,” Albert said. “Zoe helped me get better with my skills. I’m trying to get more accurate with my shot. It usually goes all over. It either goes up or down. Zoe helped me to make my shot stronger. This helped me a lot. I now have skills I can work on every single day. I feel real lucky that we had the chance to come out here this year.”

DiPiano also felt fortunate to have the camp at all.

“I didn’t think we were going to have it this year,” DiPi-

ano said. “I didn’t think we’d be here. But when the Governor (Murphy) gave us the opportunity to go outside, then I said it would be good for the mental health and overall health of our kids to get out and have a week at least. I think every parent was excited for it. There were others who were a little leery of sending their kids and I can value that decision. But I thought it was important to give the kids the kind of summer that they’ve been used to. We didn’t have the 250 kids that we usually See SOCCER, Page 12

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 the Internet now, a lot of what we do comes from good old fashioned work. It’s spending Continued from Page 9 hundreds of hours watching games on tape.” yard dash times, weight lifting McCarthy’s work has become prowess – even providing a a lot easier with the invention little report about the player’s of the website Hudl, which puts individual skill level. It was a a ton of high school (as well must-see for college coaches. as college) games online from However, Dennis McCarthy videotape. passed away in May of 2017, “Hudl has been a big help to leaving a huge void in high us,” McCarthy said. “It makes it school football in New Jersey. easier for us to contact kids.”

McCarthy was one of the most The pandemic put a huge respected men involved in high crimp into what the McCarthy school and college football. His Report does, considering that service, his knowledge of the there were no scouting comgame, was downright legendbines and no summer camps to ary. attend and evaluate talent.

Over the years, David McCa“Most of the offseason circuit rthy assisted his father in a huge was cancelled,” McCarthy said. way in putting out the Mc“So we’re trying to do the best Carthy Report. The two would we can, seeing how well the pour over tons of videotape and kids stack up against each other.

DVDs to determine the best It’s just the case of working a college prospects in the state. little harder.”

When the elder McCarthy Part of what makes McCapassed away, it only made sense rthy’s job more difficult these that David would continue in days is the amount of prospecthe father’s footsteps. tive college football prospects “I’m fortunate to have a great that transfer from one high network of coaches who help school to another. me by providing information,” “The high school kids are McCarthy said. “I’m constantly transferring like they do in colon the phone, talking to the lege,” McCarthy said. “It’s just coaches, hitting them up for exploded in recent times. And info to the point ad nauseum. I I expect it even more now with have my nose to the grindstone, the pandemic. A lot of these scouring the rosters. Even with

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kids haven’t been in school since March. I can actually see the scenario where kids from New York are going to come to New Jersey to play high school football.”

McCarthy has some ideas that will make the McCarthy Report more viable in the coming years, like a website.

“Mike Voza does a lot for me and helps me with scouting and evaluating,” McCarthy said.

“He’s like the managing general partner of the organization. We plan on branching out within

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the next year or so, starting with a website. My father would have loved it. I feel that there are a lot of things that we can improve upon.”

The McCarthy Report also gets assistance from former Hackensack High School and Rutgers University linebacker/ fullback Cedric Brown, but the organization suffered a major loss last year when former Hackensack and Penn State running back Joe Dawkins suddenly passed away.

“That was bad,” McCarthy said of Dawkins’ untimely passing. “He was a good friend of ours. He helped us a lot.”

McCarthy said that the next few weeks are vital to his operations, considering that the prospective football players will return to the practice fields within the next month – if the season is going to move forward according to plan.

“We have a lot of information to gather, a lot of schools and players to look at,” McCarthy said. “We have 348 schools in New Jersey. So we have a lot of long nights ahead of us. We don’t want to miss any kids. I’m going to drive myself crazy. But I think it’s a credit to us that our report and our methods have

stood the test of time.”

However, the 2021 McCarthy Report might be a telling one.

“We have to see what happens,” David McCarthy said. “It will be a big year for us. It’s a situation we’re all in. But we’re going to do our best.”

The McCarthy Report does not list any players from the Observer circulation area among its top 100.

“Lyndhurst lost a lot of talented players,” McCarthy said. “They had a lot of losses to graduation, including Piotr (Partyla, the state’s leading rusher in 2019 who is currently trying to walk on to the Rutgers’ roster). They have some reloading to do.”

St. Peter’s Prep is the closest school with a handful among the top 100, including Tajhamell Bullock, the top quarterback in the state who has given a verbal commitment to Virginia Tech. Prep also has the No. 2 player overall in the state in two-way lineman George Rooks.

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Officers charged Mark S. Banks, 65, of Newark, with burglary, criminal mischief, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Echevarria was arrested and charged on a summons with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia.

He was later released.

On Aug. 6 at 6:22 a.m., Officers Alan Stickno and Michael Ore were dispatched to a report of domestic violence at the Walmart. There, an adult woman told officers that she had a domestic relationship with Garfield W. Williams, 31, of Newark, and the two had an argument over the rightful owner of $10. The woman told officers that Williams put her into a headlock and that she still had a headache and other pains as a result.

The woman then reportedly refused to cooperate any further with the police, but the officers had already heard enough. They placed Williams under arrest for the charge of simple assault and for having an outstanding Kearny shoplifting warrant carrying a $600 bail.

Williams was later transferred to the county jail in South Kearny.

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She’s hoping someone’s generosity will bring her what she needs via a donation.

Marcello Huaranga, of Harrison, the brother of Harrison Councilman Jesus Huaranga, was also on hand as one of Wilson’s volunteers and colleagues. It was he who helped Wilson start Hunger Free when Huaranga noticed there was a great need in the Peninsula City in the south of Hudson County.

“That’s the one thing COVID kind of did — it makes everybody see that so many are in need,” Huaranga said. “It’s the day-to-day things. Food is something no child, no family should be without. Larry (Bennett), the council, the Mayor (Fife) have been great, and we say it to her, Stephanie is a God-send.

She’s helped me, she’s helped a lot of these families here and a lot of these volunteers here. A lot of them come back to volunteer.”

Third Ward Councilman Larry Bennett, who attends virtually every food-insecurity event, also

praised the work of Hunger Free.

“We’re not going to see God’s miracles of changing the bread or the fish,” Bennett said. “But people like you, Stephanie, who touches just one of these families, that’s God’s work. You are His eyes and His ears. And that’s what it’s all about.”

Now it wasn’t just all about food at the event, either. A DJ was on hand playing music to keep a positive vibe going — and Harrison Police Officer Allan Ford, one of the town’s school-resource officers, was also present mingling with the crowd and many of the kids who were there waiting with mom and/ or dad.

Ford even took time to ride a bike with a 9-year-old East Newark boy.

“It was great,” Ford said. “I think he thought I was going to leave with his bike. Then he realized I was just there to have fun.”

Throughout the day, the mayor and Harrison First Lady Linda Fife were also on hand.

“This really is something,” the mayor said. “We’re very grateful to have an organization like this one that comes to Harrison to make sure no one goes hungry.”

Top photo, Harrison Police Officer Allan Ford, right, with a 9-year-old youngster from East Newark. Bottom photo, clockwise from bottom right, Mayor James A. Fife, Harrison First Lady Linda Fife, Councilman Larry Bennett, Officer Ford, Maria Villa and Joan Woods.

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Stk#20-273, VIN#LD154764, Auto, FWD, 4-Cyl, Side Curtain Air Bags, OnStar, T/Gls, Keyless Entry, P/S/ ABS, Backup Cam, Satellite Radio, Alloy Whls, A/C, MSRP: $35,190. Based on 39 month closed end lease.

Total due at inception $3,919 (includes $2,995 down, 1st months payment, $695 bank fee, $0 sec dep) +tax.

Total payments $8,931. Residual: $19,707. Includes $1500 Buick Lease Loyalty if qualified.

1-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE

$

30 MPG HWY

NEW 2020 BUICK

229

Lease per mo x 39 mos*

ENCLAVE $

Stk#20-300, VIN#LJ277437, Auto, FWD, 6-Cyl, Side Curtain Air Bags, OnStar, Keyless Entry, P/S/ABS, T/ Gls, Backup Cam, Satellite Radio, TC, A/C, Bluetooth, MSRP: $41,690. Based on 39 month closed end lease.

Total due at inception $3,989 (includes $2,995 down, 1st months payment, $695 bank fee, $0 sec dep) +tax. Total payments $11,661. Residual: $22,513.

Includes $2,599 Lease Loyalty if qualified.

1-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BUY NEW TO GET A GREAT CAR! EQUINOX LT

LEASE • PER MO.X 39 MOS*

1-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE

NEW 2020 BUICK

Lease per mo x 39 mos*

2017 CHEVY

209

HWY

ENCORE GX PREFERRED $

TRAX LT

TRAVERSE LS $

Stk#20-1551, VIN#LJ249133, Auto, FWD, 6-Cyl, Side Curtain Air Bags, OnStar, T/Gls, Keyless Entry, P/S/ABS, Backup Cam, TC, Bluetooth, WiFi, 8-Pass, A/C, MSRP: $34,095. Based on 36 month closed end lease. Total due at inception $3,899 (includes $2,995 down, 1st months payment, $695 bank fee, $0 sec dep) +tax. Total payments $7,524. Residual: $20,116.

Includes $1500 GM Lease Loyalty if qualified.

30 MPG

NEW 2020 BUICK

2017 CHEVY

NEW 2020 CHEVROLET

EMPLOYEE PRICING FOR EVERYONE!

HWY

CRUZE LT

HWY

FIRST PAYMENT

30 MPG

2017 CHEVY

CARS, TRUCKS, SUVS & CROSSOVERS REDUCED!!

27 MPG

$0

1-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE

Bellavia

Stk#20-222, VIN#LB093493, Auto, FWD, 3-Cyl, Side Curtain Air Bags, Keyless Entry, P/S/ABS, Backup Cam, A/C, MSRP: $26,540. Based on 39 month closed end lease. Total due at inception $3,869 (includes $2,995 down, 1st months payment, $695 bank fee, $0 sec dep) +tax.

Total payments $6,981. Residual: $13,270. Includes $2000 Buick Lease Loyalty if qualified. Price(s) include(s) all costs to be paid by consumer, except for licensing costs, registration fees, and taxes. Financing thru GM Financial. Not all buyers will qualify. See dealer for details.

OVER 350

Up to

2017 CHEVY

MALIBU LT

2017 BUICK

299

Lease per mo x 39 mos*

1-YEAR FREE MAINTENANCE

HUGE SELECTION OF BELLAVIA CERTIFIED & PRE-OWNED VEHICLES 2017 BUICK

ENCORE PREFERRED REGAL SPORT TOURING

2017 CHEVY

VOLT LT

2017 GMC

TERRAIN SLE

2017 CHEVY

TRAVERSE LS

2017 BUICK

ENVISION ESSENCE

2018 CHEVY

TAHOE LS

13,695 $15,488 $17,695 $17,495 $17,995 $18,495 $18,995 $19,995 $21,495 $22,995 $39,995

Stk#17180, VIN#H7131616, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 29,807mi.

Stk#17588, VIN#HL212035, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 31,335mi.

Stk#17565, VIN#H1569028, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 29,218mi.

Stk#17386, VIN#HF148517, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 20,104mi.

Stk#17453, VIN#HB137493, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 25,554mi.

Stk#17596, VIN#H9149263, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 23,239mi.

Stk#17599, VIN#HU13770, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 30,979mi.

Stk#17590, VIN#H6331114, 4-Cyl, FWD, Auto, 21,951mi.

Stk#17501, VIN#HJ319992, V6, FWD, Auto, 26,520mi.

Stk#17371, VIN# HD148041, 4-Cyl, AWD, Auto, 13,583mi.

Stk#17663, VIN#HJ319992, V8, 4WD, Auto, 23,765mi.

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*Price(s) include(s) all costs to be paid by consumer, except for licensing costs, registration fees, and taxes. **On select models with approved credit. ^Financing thru GM Financial. Not all buyers will qualify. See dlr for details. ^^Free Maintenance includes 2 oil changes within the first 24,000 miles. Actual mileage will vary. Lessee resp for excess wear, tear, & mileage charges as stated. Optional equipment extra. See dealers for complete details. Other restrictions may apply. Pics are illustrative only. Offers end 8/31/20.