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ov. Philip D. Murphy (inset and main photo) was in Lyndhurst Friday, April 30, to break ground on Lyndhurst’s soon-to-be state-of-the-art NJ Transit train depot. Whilst here, he took the time to commend local leadership — especially Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso — for his forward-thinking and for bringing Lyndhurst into the 21st century.

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here was pomp and circumstance in the air as Gov. Philip D. Murphy was in Lyndhurst Friday,

April 30, to break ground for what will soon be a state-of-the-art new NJ Transit train station. The governor was joined by numerous other dignitaries, including Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso, Lyndhurst commissioners, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., Freeholder Steve Tanelli, Bergen Executive James Tedesco

and others.

While the governor used the occasion to also brief the media on the current COVID-19 numbers in New Jersey, he also took time to praise the leadership in Lyndhurst for its work, not just for getting a new NJ Transit train depot.

“It is an honor to be here today,” Murphy said. “When I first started serving the state of New Jersey, one of the first things I was asked to do was to restore, as best as possible, NJ Transit, to modernize and reform its operations to ensure better See TRAIN, Page 4

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FIREWORKS FLY AT KEARNY’S spiraled into a shout-fest, much like meetings often did in that era (but really haven’t since.)

Two of the speakers were old pros — former Councilman James Mangin and attorney John Pinho. The other was a relative newcomer to the scene, Democratic mayoral hopeful Sydney J. Ferreira.

••• Mangin was the first of the troika to speak and when he did, he seemed to insinuate the

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f you were watching the Zoom-based Kearny Town Council meeting on April 27, you might have thought, for a moment, we’d gone back in time about a decade or two. That’s because the public portion of the meeting — where members of the public are permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes —

town’s budgetary surplus was being underreported by the town. (The town’s 2021 budget was introduced at the same meeting.)

Mangin, who currently serves as the chief financial officer for the City of Hackensack, said he was “confused” by a press release the town recently sent out — and that was reported by this newspaper — that said after 2019, the surplus was $11.9

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million. However, Mangin claimed the town’s 2019 fiscal audit revealed the surplus was actually $6.1 million.

Mayor Alberto G. Santos responded by saying Mangin was “correct,” but further explained the discrepancy.

“We went from $8.3 million in 2010 to $11.9 million in 2019,” Santos said, referring back to the Moody’s rating, the information from which was released by the company itself, not the town, a few weeks ago. The surplus rose to “$16 million in 2020,” Santos said.

“This represents a material improvement over the past five years” or a 228% increase over the past five years. I would ask you to find any municipality in the state of New Jersey who has had their fund balance go up 228%.”

Mangin, however, continued to press Santos as to why the town’s audit and Moody’s press release revealed differing surplus figures for 2019.

The mayor responded by noting the town saved through attrition — where retiring employees weren’t replaced — “conservative budgeting,” and “a strong tax base growth (that) has given the town tremendous flexibility to cut taxes, and thus encourages even more development, while not actually losing any revenue.”

He also noted while 2020 information is not yet available, Moody’s reported the town is “largely unimpacted and strong tax collections are noteworthy since property taxes are the largest source of revenue” despite a global pandemic that practically and negatively affected the entire world.

Still, Mangin would not relent.

“Your surplus is not $11 million,” he said, his voice raised.

“You’re wrong, Jim,” Santos replied.

In the 2000s, Mangin and Santos often sparred at council meetings when the latter was a Democratic representative of Kearny’s Third Ward. To view the entire exchange between the two, visit www.kearnynj. org.

••• After Mangin spoke, Pinho was next.

Santos He asked Santos if he “wanted to apologize to him (Mangin) for not heeding his warning on the Keegan Landfill so many years ago? That was my question.”

Before Santos responded, he asked Lyla DeCastro, who was serving as the town clerk in Patricia Carpenter’s absence, whether Pinho was “muted.”

When she said “yes,” he responded.

“That was creative history,” Santos said. “We took action to fight for the future of the landfill and it was a community fight. We were successful as everyone in this community knows. This is a landfill that opened in 1950 that took all sorts of waste, including chemicals, petroleum waste on-site, that (inaudible) into the Kearny Marsh. …It stopped in the 1970s … but the landfill was never properly closed. But the liability (to do so) was over $30 million to build a Slurry Wall and a cap. That was never done, never done by any prior administration.”

Santos noted that in 2005, there was a deal in place to close it, to build the wall and cap it, with the-then New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, which evolved into the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

“The sports authority didn’t want to stop landfilling because it was a revenue source for them,” despite the 2005 agreement with the town.

Santos noted the town took the NJSEA to court and lost its fight and the landfill remained open until late 2019.

“Now that we’re approaching the final closing, … there’s this narrative, this effort, to blame the current administration, or me, for Continued on the next page

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RECENT COUNCIL MEETING Ferreira something that’s just not true,” Santos said. “… To now try to change this narrative, at a public setting, to score a political point, in a political campaign, I think it’s unfortunate, but I guess it’s the times we live in and I have the right to defend myself.”

••• After another speaker, Ferreira chimed in. He pointed to the recent lawsuit he brought, with former Second Ward Council candidate Alexis Campos, against Santos and Carpenter, where he sought to get Campos back on the ballot in June after Santos wrote a letter as chairman of the local Democratic Party challenging her residency in the ward.

Carpenter removed Campos from the ballot and a judge affirmed her decision in a hearing last month.

Ferreira and Campos did not have legal representation, instead opting to argue for themselves. Gregory Castano Jr., whose firm Castano & Quigley serves as town attorney, represented Santos and Carpenter in the matter.

Ferreira wanted to know whether Castano’s bill was being paid for by the town or the local Democratic Party.

James Bruno, the town attorney, responded by noting the town would pay the bill because Carpenter, in her duty as the clerk, was named in the suit, and because the town argued Santos was named unnecessarily in Ferreira’s filing.

When Ferreira didn’t appear to like the answers he got from Bruno, he continuously

stepped on Bruno and Santos, refusing the allow them to respond.

“This is my 10 minutes,” he said.

Ferreira then asked why, as couldn’t an attorney, Santos couldn ““have represented yourself pro-bono” and he asked why pro-bono didn’t appear on the telehe didn call hearing. He then accused Santos of “disenfranchising a 36-year resident of the town by bringing a frivolous challenge to her candidacy.”

Ferreira inaccurately noted the Hudson County Clerk “passed” on not removing Campos from the ballot. It is not the county’s responsibility to do so — and never has.

Ferreira also took time to slam the judge in the case, Jeffrey R. Jablonski, a resident of Kearny, by saying he found a question the judge asked to be “very weird” because at the start of the hearing, the judge asked whether the plaintiffs wanted him to recuse himself because of his residency in Kearny.

“I didn’t want to seem petty, but I should have done that,” Ferreira said, hinting at possible partiality on Jablonski’s behalf. “If this went further, I don’t think you guys would have won. Part of me wanted to take it further but part of me didn’t because I want to positive and focus on the campaign. You have to know in your heart, mayor, unless you have a heart of steel, that what you did is wrong. And the other council members have to know this is wrong.”

Ferreira again fixated on why Santos, as a lawyer, couldn’t represent the town in legal matters instead of having to hire and pay other attorneys.

Santos responded after asking DeCastro to mute Ferreira so he wouldn’t “be interrupted.”

First, Santos reiterated his response to Pinho earlier, in reference to the Keegan.

Then he turned to Campos.

He said he encourages her to be active in the Democratic Party, but that there are laws governing candidacy, and regardless of whether one likes them, “you shouldn’t break the law,” he said. “The law requires one year of residency.

By her own admission, Ms. Campos didn’t register in the Second Ward until March 9,

2021, some six weeks ago.”

She wasn’t disenfranchised, Santos said, because there are other offices for which she could run, including Second Ward member of council in 2022.

As to the hearing, “You made all the arguments you just did in a court of law,” the mayor said, noting Ferreira

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didn’t have standing in the suit but he didn’t object to that, whilst he could have. He said he followed the law and that’s why the court made the decision it made — and why Carpenter made her decision.

“I didn’t attend the hearing.

I wanted the process to play out in the court,” Santos said.

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Continued from Page 1 performance, to improve its infrastructure and to better ensure the safety of both commuters and workers. …So we’ve accomplished so much to get us to those goals.”

How? “NJ Transit now runs with a customer-focused culture,” Murphy said, noting the

state was ahead of federal deadlines in installing positive traction control on its rails. “No one thought we’d meet these deadlines, but NJ Transit did.”

He also noted the entire NJ Transit fleet is in the midst of being replaced.

But it’s the capitalimprovement projects that commuters will most notice, “case in point, this station in Lyndhurst.

“For 107 years, since

Woodrow Wilson was president, this station has been a link connecting residents of Lyndhurst and the surrounding communities with the trains it needed to get to work or get to school,” Murphy said.

“A lot has changed with NJ Transit in just the past three years, but a lot has changed in Bergen County over the past 107 years.

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to about 138,000 residents.

And Lyndhurst was home to about 3,000 of their own.

That’s what this station was created to serve.

“Now, one-plus century later, more than 1 million people call this county home and those moving trucks are not just bringing people away from New Jersey, they’re bringing a lot of people here. And in that time, the population of Lyndhurst has expanded at least five-fold.

Times, as they say, have changed. It’s time for our commuter infrastructure to change, as well.

“Today, we break ground on a new station that will support Lyndhurst and its commuters for the next century. It will be capable of handling the daily riders. It will be safer and will be fully ADA compliant from the getgo. This station will serve as a reminder of Lyndhurst’s

past, present and future and will be proudly built with union hands.”

The governor said in addition to it being an historic day for NJ Transit, it’s an “historic day for Lyndhurst.

“Because of the efforts of everyone here, I know this chapter (for Lyndhurst) will be as successful as the one about to conclude,” he said.

••• Pascrell, Meanwhile, remarked that the day was more important for Lyndhurst itself than anything else.

“This is an important signal,” Pascrell said. “This is your year — so many things are happening. We were just talking about the (DeJessa) Bridge down the street. The plans are in. We’re going to get this done. Thank you so Continued on the next page

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TOP PHOTO: Dignitaries look on as the governor speaks. BOTTOM: A rendering of what the new station will look like when complete.

much for your leadership, mayor, as you’ve worked so hard to reach this moment. …this station will benefit the determined residents of Lyndhurst.”

Pascrell noted the new station will provide a “much more comfortable commute for Lyndhurst’s commuters.”

“We’re not just improving the station, we’re improving the neighborhood,” Pascrell said. “Over 1,000 people use this station a day. We want to double it. We want people out of cars, into comfortable trains in mass transportation.”

Pascrell also slammed those who say the COVID-19 pandemic has caused New Jersey’s population to shrink.

“I want to know where they are today,” he said. “And the New York Times better get it right for a change. We’re growing faster than anyone thought possible. People are flocking to communities like Lyndhurst. To meet that movement, we must grow ourselves. Increasing access to public transportation is the best way to meet that.”

Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, Pascrell took time to praise the local leadership here.

“Things are happening in America and in Lyndhurst,” the Congressman said. “As America races into the 21st century, New Jersey will be the front-train car. This is a big day

‘Things are happening in America and in Lyndhurst. As America races into the 21st century, New Jersey will be the front-train car. This is a big day for Lyndhurst.’

— U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.

for Lyndhurst. And as the President (Joe Biden) would say, ‘This is a big (f-ing) deal.’”

Giangeruso, meanwhile, beamed with pride as he kicked off the ground-breaking ceremony.

“This is the result of cooperation between local officials, state officials, federal officials and NJ Transit,” Giangeruso said. “We give our gratitude to all the officials for this state-of-the-art facility. This will bring a prosperous future and enhance the quality of life for current and future residents of Lyndhurst alike.”

The Observer’s Kevin Canessa may be reached at kc@theobserver.com.

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A special word of thanks from the Murray Family

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To the Kearny Fire Department and the Kearny Police Department: n behalf of our late father and husband, Robert E. Murray (Retired KFD No. 167), we would like to express our sincerest thanks for all that was done to honor him and his time on the Kearny Fire Department.

Our father served on the KFD for 25 years from 1988 until 2013 and for those 25 years, we shared him with his second family — his fellow Kearny firefighters.

The sudden loss of our father was made easier by the outpouring of love and support we have received from his KFD family, both active and retired, and for that we would like to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Our father took great pride in his work as a firefighter.

It was ingrained in his identity and as his family, we knew that we could never replace the camaraderie that he felt while on the job with his fellow firefighters. Having been retired for eight years and one day prior to his passing, we never would have expected for him to have the send off that he did, from the presence of the honor guard, to the display of Engine 1 throughout his services and finally Engine 1’s procession through his beloved hometown.

We are positive he would have appreciated each and every aspect of his services that highlighted his career as a firefighter and we as his family are so incredibly grateful for the show of appreciation and respect he received during this time.

So thank you to the Kearny Fire Department, for showing us why our father loved this town, this department and his fellow firefighters so much.

Thank you for giving him the send off that he deserved and for helping us as his family learn more about the legacy that he left within the department.

We have always known he was an amazing man and it was amazing to hear so many of you thought the same.

Special thanks, also, to the Kearny Police Department for assisting in the procession leading our father through the town of Kearny, making sure that he was able to have one last ride past some of the most important places of his past, including Station 1, where he spent his entire career, and his childhood home.

Despite having moved away to raise his family, our father was deeply rooted in the Town of Kearny and it will forever hold a special place in our hearts.

Many thanks, The Murray Family

Rose: Addie Boyd’s recent letter was refreshingly rare & logical

To the Editor: How refreshing it was to read the letter from Addie Boyd in the April 14 edition of The Observer. It shows that there are people out there who pay attention, and make up their own minds, using logic, rather than following the trust us direction of our entrenched elected officials, and the media that backs them.

Of course we should have term limits, but that is not the entire answer. In New Jersey, if you are running for Congress, or the United States Senate, and manage to get your name on the Democratic line, you are almost certain to win.

A prime example of this is

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR that 50% of the voters had never heard of Phillip D. Murphy, but they still elected him governor. We have not elected a Republican to the United States senate since 1972. As much as term limits, we need the voters to pay attention and make up their own minds, and not be made fools of.

A good example of the voters letting others make up their minds is the Democrats wanting to repeal the Salt Cap, which they tell us is hurting the middle class. If repealed, the rich could deduct the

entire amount of property taxes that they pay.

I don’t think that too many truly middle class homeowners pay more than $10,000 in property taxes.

Logic should tell us that perhaps the cap should be raised to $12,000, but then the rich would be required to pay their fair share.

As for HR1, like packing the Supreme Court, open borders, or making Washington, D.C., a state, it is nothing more than a power grab, that even those who support it will regret when the government has complete control of every aspect of your life.

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By JoAnn Barton Special to The Observer

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ast week on Applause Radio Show (ARS) brought three of my favorite celebrities, all friends.

On April 26, actress Ruta Lee returned.

Lee was so kind when she originally appeared on ARS and she did not disappoint April 26. There was so much to talk about, but we sounded like we were catching up from our last conversation. Lee is not just an actress, Lee is Hollywood.

Starring in many roles from “Seven Brides to Seven Brothers,” “Funny Face” and umpteen roles on television from “Perry Mason,” to “The Twilight Zone,” to “Murder She Wrote,” “Hogan’s Heroes,” “The Love Boat” and being the first female game show host on “High Rollers” with Alex Trebek.

Lee and Trebek were awfully close friends as well, both hailing from Canada and remaining friends until Trebek’s death last year.

She has even more credits to her

career, but we were speaking about her new book, “Consider Your Ass Kissed,” a treasure trove of stories and anecdotes with rare firsthand and authentic memories of her life experiences in the entertainment industry.

From being an usher at Graumans Chinese Theater, getting fired and vowing she would be back one day, her handprints now are right outside the ticket booth of the theater. You will also find she auditioned for the role of Ginger in “Gilligan’s Island,” but as Lee puts it, Tina Louise “had larger breasts and the rest is history,” as they say.

You will also find touching memories with Trebek and all the leading men she has worked with, from Fred Astaire to Clint Eastwood and others.

Lee is funny, kind and honest. I cannot say enough about her. I love her so much. Not only is she busy in her entertainment life but she is one of the co-founding members of The Thalians along with the late Debbie Reynolds.

The Thalians raise money for our veterans dealing with mental illness and they also help children.

Bulifant on ‘Match Game ‘75.’

Lee, a consummate acting professional, is Old Hollywood, a class act and an all-around beautiful person.

If on you’re ever on the West Coast, you may get an autographed copy of the book on May 28 at the Hollywood Museum as they celebrate the re-opening and Ruta Lee. Her book may also be found on Am-

azon and all online book outlets.

••• On April 28, actress Joyce Bulifant, 83, stopped by.

Bulifant is probably most well known for her role as Murray Slaughter’s wife on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

Bulifant is a remarkably familiar face in many sitcoms from yesteryear and to me always played the sweet, soft-spoken kind mom, friend and coworker. Having that feeling toward her, her new book is called “My Four Hollywood Husbands Broke my Heart.”

Someone so sweet wound up being married to alcoholics, who probably had their moments that made me sad.

She struggled throughout her life with dyslexia and bouncing from orphanage to foster homes. How someone could still pull off playing these roles while dealing with a tumultuous personal life to me, makes her an amazing actress.

Bulifant’s new book delves into her See ARS, Page 17

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On April 29 at 1:44 a.m., officers responded to the fatal crash on Routes 1&9 (Truck) near Hackensack Avenue.

According to the initial investigation conducted by Officers Derek Hemphill and Richard Pawlowski, Basilio O. Delvalle, 38, reportedly drove his 2019 Toyota CH-R southbound on 1&9 and crashed it into the rear of a garbage truck that had been stopped at a traffic light.

Delvalle was found in a lifeless condition upon the arrival of first responders and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The driver of the garbage truck, a 50-year-old Brooklyn man, was unhurt in the crash and refused medical aid from EMTs at the scene.

The Kearny Police Traffic Bureau is actively investigating the crash and asks anyone with information to contact them at (201) 9981313 or by email at tips@ kearnynjpd.org.

••• On April 22 at 6:29 p.m., Officer Chris Montes assisted a disabled motorist on Routes 1&9 (Truck) near Hackensack Avenue. There, 32-year-old Harrison resident Kyrra I. Harrison’s BMW 528 was broken down in the left lane of the highway. While awaiting a tow, Officer Montes found the BMW did not have the proper license plate affixed to it and that its registration was expired for over a year.

Harrison also didn’t have a driver’s license, but instead gave the officer her passport.

Further investigation revealed Harrison’s driver’s license was suspended and she was the subject of an arrest warrant from Middletown Township for driving with a suspended license in 2013. That warrant carried $1,000 bail.

Harrison was arrested and charged in the current incident with driving an unregistered vehicle, driving with a suspended license, fictitious plates and failure to exhibit proof of insurance.

She was later released on her

own recognizance with a new court date in Middletown.

On April 23 at 7:14 p.m., Officer Derek Hemphill pulled over a double-parked Toyota Corolla near 264 Kearny Ave. when a computer check showed the registration and the owner’s driver’s license were suspended.

Officers Hemphill and Lawrence Latka arrested driver Christian E. RosarioAbreu, 27, of East Newark.

Rosario was charged with driving with a suspended license and a suspended registration, failure to surrender a suspended license, driving an unregistered vehicle and driving an uninsured vehicle.

He was later released with summonses.

On April 23 at 11:16 p.m., Officer Vic Girdwood investigated a car crash in the area of Laurel Avenue and Beech Street. Officer Girdwood found Edisson R. Morocho, 24, of Kearny, had struck a truck parked on the opposite side of the road from his direction of travel with his Ford F-150 pickup truck.

When Officer Girdwood’s interview of Morocho showed signs of impairment – and his eyes caught site of the 42 empty beer bottles in Morocho’s truck – he administered field-sobriety tests.

Morocho could not pass the tests and was arrested.

Following an Alcotest at police headquarters, Morocho was charged with DWI, careless driving and operating a vehicle in possession of an open container of alcoholic beverage.

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Harrison’s Sowe ready for big year with Red Bulls II He’s still only 20 years old, but Omar Sowe is beginning his third year of professional soccer.

Sowe, the Harrison native and former two-time All-State performer with the Harrison High School Blue Tide, is indeed in his third year with the New York Red Bulls II, the franchise in the United Soccer League that serves as the main farm club – so to speak – for the Red Bulls of the Major Soccer League.

The Red Bulls II squad dropped its season opener last Friday night to Hartford, but Sowe, the team’s main striker, remains certain that this will be his best year as a pro.

“I think this is going to be a good year,” Sowe said in a telephone interview last week. “It’s actually my first full season. The first year was basically a month and a half and last year was hurt by COVID. And yes, I have another year of being 20. For a 20-year-old, it’s easy to say that I have a lot of time.”

Since this will mark Sowe’s first full season as a professional, he’s looking to expand on what he’s done over his short time with the Red Bulls II. Sowe scored two goals in limited action in 2019, but tallied a team-high seven goals in the COVID-shortened

campaign, including the first hat trick of his career against the Philadelphia Union II on Sept. 9. Sowe also scored three goals in the Red Bulls II last scrimmage two weeks ago, proving he was ready for the challenge ahead in 2021.

“I always have the opportunity to learn and get better,” Sowe said. “I love the sport and just want to keep getting better. All that matters is that I’m getting better. I want to show the Red Bulls that they did the right thing in signing me and hopefully the best is yet to come.”

Sowe said that he’s following the guidance given to him by his father Alhagi, a native of Gambia in Africa.

“My Dad always tells me that what you do tomorrow is the most important thing,” Sowe said. “He said, ‘Don’t worry about yesterday.’ I just want to be better than what I was. I want the third year to be better than the second year. I can’t brag on what happened in the preseason. It all begins with the regular season.”

Red Bulls II head coach John Wolyniec, a longtime member of the old MetroStars and later New York Red Bulls of the MLS, knows that Sowe can be a dominant scorer.

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New Nutley High School head football coach J.D. Vick stands atop the gate to get into the Nutley Oval, which underwent a major facelift last year. Vick will replace Steve DiGregorio as the head coach of the Maroon Raiders for the 2021 season.

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NUTLEY – The association between a proud and polite Southern gentleman from Alabama and the people of Nutley in northern New Jersey began so innocently in 2004.

At that time, J.D. Vick, a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and already the head football coach at his alma mater Tuscaloosa Christian High School, paid a visit to a church in Bloomfield for a seminar. On the advice of the legendary University of Alabama head coach Gene Stallings, Vick came calling to

then-Nutley athletic director Angelo Frannicola, who earlier this year passed away after a battle with COVID-19.

Apparently, Frannicola and Stallings established a relationship a while back when Stallings brought his Crimson Tide football team north to Giants Stadium for a Kickoff Classic and needed a place to practice. Someone told Stallings to call Frannicola, who of course obliged and allowed the Crimson Tide to practice at the Nutley Oval.

From that point on, Stallings and Frannicola were like long-time bosom buddies, as long as Frannicola suggested a good restaurant in the area,

which wasn’t hard for Angelo, who knew how to eat and knew how to frequent the best eating establishments in the area.

So Vick, a native of the football-driven hometown of Tuscaloosa, a place where people don’t say goodbye or farewell, but rather a sendoff of “Roll Tide,” in honor of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, made a courtesy call to Frannicola while visiting in Bloomfield.

“I showed up here as a kid from Alabama not knowing anyone except the name of Angelo Frannicola,” Vick said.

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“I miss that man.”

As does everyone in Essex County – and beyond.

Vick took a gamble and left his alma mater to take a volunteer assistant coaching position at Nutley, under the tutelage of head coach Steve DiGregorio, who enabled Vick to work with the Maroon Raiders’ special teams.

Later that season, Vick was invited to spend Thanksgiving with the family of thenassistant coach and currently athletic director Joe Piro, after the Maroon Raiders squared off with archrival Belleville in their annual Turkey Day showdown.

“Gosh, there was so much food there,” Vick said. “And

there were a lot of people there. I never forgot that. It was a great day.”

“He said something at practice that he wasn’t going home to Alabama for Thanksgiving,” Piro said. “I said, ‘Well, now you’re coming to my home.’”

Vick went back home for a while, but returned to Nutley to join DiGregorio’s coaching staff in 2009. A year later, the 2010 season, was a magical year in the history of Nutley football. The Maroon Raiders made it all the way to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III championship game at MetLife Stadium, the first year of the high school state championships in the new facility.

Vick was in charge of advanced scouting for that team.

“I remember Coach D telling me that I had to go to Teaneck,” Vick said. “I said,

‘What is a Teaneck?’ I had all the directions written out and I still got lost. I knew then I wasn’t in Alabama any more.”

Coaching football at a small school in Tuscaloosa is a lot different than coaching in Nutley. For one, Vick’s coaching staff consisted of three people.

“It was really great coaching in my hometown,” Vick said. “I knew everyone and everyone knew me. But coaching football is different in the South because I had to take care of the field.”

That’s right – Vick rode the lawnmower to make sure the grass was cut before game time. And Vick also had to line the field.

“That’s what coaches do,” Vick said. “We got there early in the morning and work together to get the field ready for kickoff Friday night. It formed

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a tight bond between the coaches and the players. We talked about life and such. To this day, I have close relationships with a lot of those guys.”

Vick took a job at that church in Bloomfield, doing community outreach. He wasn’t about to get rich quick, but he had a job and he was coaching football. While he was working at the church, Vick got his Master’s degree and was fortunate enough to get a job in the Nutley school system.

With that, the soon-to-be 50-year-old Vick was not going to coach football again in Alabama. Instead of “Roll Tide,” he was now part of Raider Nation.

Since 2009, Vick has served as an assistant football coach, junior varsity basketball coach and assistant baseball coach at his adopted hometown.

“I’ve only coached at two schools,” Vick said. “Tuscaloosa Christian and Nutley.”

Last week, the Nutley Board of Education accepted the recommendation of Piro, who wanted Vick to be the one to replace the recently retired DiGregorio.

Vick gladly accepted the

position and began the hard work of trying to replace DiGregorio, who stepped down after leading the Maroon Raiders to a perfect 6-0 record in 2020 – the first undefeated season in 81 years – and the New Jersey Super Football Conference-Freedom White Division championship.

“Having the support of Coach D means so much to me,” said Vick, who stepped in for DiGregorio in 2019 while the Nutley native was undergoing cancer treatments. “He’s basically a legend here. He’s one of the most respected guys in all of New Jersey football.

He’s been a great mentor to me.”

DiGregorio, who is undergoing further chemotherapy to combat pancreatic cancer, wrote a glowing letter of recommendation to the Board of Education on Vick’s behalf.

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“I think I’m a good enough There are the little things player to play at a very high that need to be ironed out.” level,” Sowe said. “Whether It helps that Wolyniec my career brings me here played the same position as with the Red Bulls or someSowe for a decade with the where else, I don’t know yet.

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I just want to take advantage “I think this year sets up of every minute of this opwell for him,” said Wolyniec, portunity I have. If I’m given who is still ranked in the an opportunity to play elsetop five in matches played where, I’d have to consider it. in the history of the MetRight now, I think I’m still a roStars/Red Bulls franchise. little bit under the radar.”

“I think the closer to goal Sowe said that he has we can find him, the better. major motivation to move He still strikes the ball well up the ladder in professional with both feet and has good soccer. finishing ability. He has good “I always wanted to be able size and power. I envision to give my parents a debt him with the ability to attack free life,” Sowe said. “One of the goal. We do have some my biggest motivations was flexibility with him. We can to take care of my parents, maneuver him around a little. to give them a home they But he has a good soccer IQ deserve.” and can thrive in different Sowe’s mother Amie is spots. I definitely can see so important to Sowe that his endless potential. He has he wears uniform No. 67 in the weapons. He just needs a honor of his mother, who little consistency. I mean, it was born in 1967. wasn’t that long ago, he was The Sowe family remains playing in high school.” in Harrison. Omar’s older No truer words were said. brother, Modou, a standout In 2018, Sowe was named at Harrison as well and a the New Jersey Player of former All-State defender, the Year by the New Jersey still plays a little and resides Soccer Coaches Association. these days in Oregon, but the Less than a year later, he was

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“I think he’s close. I hesitate to put a time frame on his development and of course, things change in pro soccer. He’s had some bumps in the road, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he played in the MLS.” For now, Sowe will remain a mainstay with Red Bulls II and point toward the future.

“I think we’re all hungry,” Sowe said. “I think we all want to be seen and recognized. I’m just excited to get this season started. I’ve lost all the jitters about being a pro. Now, it’s all just excitement. It’s just a matter of staying fit and hoping my teammates can give me the opportunity to find the back of the net.”

Chances are that will happen a lot for Sowe in 2021.

The Red Bulls II will face the Charleston Battery Friday night at the Montclair State University Soccer Park, where Red Bulls II play their home games. Some fans are Photo courtesy of the New York Red Bulls allowed to attend the game, Harrison native Omar Sowe is having a ball playing for the New York Red but check with the Red Bulls’ Bulls II of the United Soccer League with the aspirations of moving up the ticket office to see about availability. soccer chain in the future. younger brother, Moustapha, has signed a national letter of intent to play at American University in the fall, after playing two seasons with the Blue Tide.

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With DiGregorio, Vick took a group of Nutley football players to Tuscaloosa to help in any way possible, like clearing debris and painting fire hydrants for the fire department to easily find water.

“When I got there, I could recognize my hometown,” Vick said. “But we formed a real good bond. Coach D and his son Eric came down. We had about 15 guys who were with us and they still talk about it as the greatest trip they were ever on. We worked from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. The people of Tuscaloosa were so good to our players and fed them well. They all learned a little bit about Southern cooking. I was able to gain some trust from the parents because of that trip.”

“For a while, the people of

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“That was really something special.”

Because of that trip, Vick was able to form a group called Huddles-A Fellowship of Christian Athletes that has regular weekly meetings outside of school. Because of the COVID-19 restrictions, the meetings had been virtual for the past year, but last week, they had their first in-person meeting – also ironically held on April 27.

“It was really a special day,” Vick said.

In 2012 and 2013, Vick helped to organize trips to Tuscaloosa to work with Habitat for Humanity, the volunteer group that helps to build homes for the needy. In Alabama, it meant the families ravaged by the tornado.

Vick and the group of football players from Nutley helped to build some homes there.

“It’s cool to know people

are living in homes that we helped to build,” Vick said.

“Coach (Nick) Saban came over and talked to our kids. He said to them, ‘If you’re going to be a leader, then you have to be a servant.’ Players like D.J. Fluker and A.J. McCarron came over and also talked to the kids. It was pretty cool.”

Vick was an assistant coach under DiGregorio for two seasons and DiGregorio stepped down to spend more time with his football playing sons, Vick remained on with head coach Tom Basile for five years.

In 2017, DiGregorio decided to return as head coach. Two years later, DiGregorio was diagnosed with cancer and he entrusted his program to Vick.

“It was hard to put into words how I felt,” Vick said.

“You hear the ‘C’ word and then hear pancreatic cancer and fear the worst. I think we’ve become closer friends since then. That season, we must have spoken four times a day. We spoke every single day. I just wanted to manage

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And DiGregorio did come back to coach the Maroon Raiders for one final season, a magical undefeated championship year.

“I knew he’d be back,” Vick said. “I’m always going to lean on him for advice. One thing about Coach D that I admire is that there’s no one I’d rather have in my corner. He’ll stand up like a brick wall. His entire life has been about others.

We’re good friends. He’s eaten my mother’s biscuits and gravy.”

So now it’s Vick’s baby.

“I kind of feel like Ray Perkins did, replacing a legend like Bear Bryant (at Alabama),” Vick said. “I’m following a legend. Last season was just incredible. We went from not knowing whether we would play and whether our coach would be there to winning a championship.

That group of seniors we had didn’t want to talk about not having a season. The fact the way it all turned out, all the great memories, just makes us appreciate it more. I think we also appreciated Coach D more because he was here. We appreciated his leadership.

This is why we love sports and what makes sports great.

When we’re playing, nothing else matters. That’s special.

The town is special, especially when we’re winning. Years like that just don’t happen

often.”

Piro just thought that the hiring of Vick was a total nobrainer.

“He checks a lot of boxes,” Piro said. “He’s a teacher in the building. He started in the mailroom and gone to the board room, so he’s a good example for our student-athletes. He’s proven to everyone that he wants to be part of the culture here. He’s a gentleman who is truly committed to the kids. He has a compassionate heart and a passionate heart. Much like Coach D, he just brings so much to the table other than football. He’s the kind of person you want representative of your program. This is a hire I’m really excited about. I look forward to working with him and I know he’s going to be around long after I’m gone. He’s such a great guy and I know he’s going to have such great success.”

Vick said that he has received encouraging words from several alumni and current players since the recommendation was made official.

“But it’s time to get working,” Vick said. “We have to see if we can get into the weight room. I want to build a relationship with the youth programs. We have some work to do. Coach D left the program in good shape. I can’t imagine doing anything else, helping to build men for others.”

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Obituaries and most enjoyed the relationships he made as a true There “community-policing officer,” was nothinteracting with all of the kids, ing more business owners and commuimportant nity members alike on Davis to Robert Avenue during the latter part DiGenova, of his career.

88, of Brick, To his friends and family, formerly of he was recognized as one of Kearny, than the most generous people that being with we’ve all known in so many his family, so it was only natudifferent ways. To those who ral that after living a good life knew him well or only knew that he died peacefully in his him for a short time, his family sleep surrounded by his family heard on so many occasions on April 25, 2021. that he was a “great guy” and Known affectionately a “special man” who had the throughout his life as “Dee ability to connect and enjoy Gee,” he was born and raised the company of everyone he in his beloved town of Kearny, met. He enjoyed watching the before making Brick his home Yankees and Giants and as a with his wife of 56 years, lifelong Giants season ticket Anne, much later in his life. holder — dating back to the Bob lived a full, fun and Polo Grounds — he especially interesting life and enjoyed enjoyed each Giants Super telling stories about his friends Bowl win. from Kearny related to their There was never a moshared enjoyment of watching ment of doubt throughout the the live entertainment of their lives of his wife, children and time and the many sporting grandchildren that more than events that he participated in. anything else they were loved He was a humble man who and he just wanted to spend enjoyed talking about all the as much time as he could with great athletes of his youth and his family. the teams that he played on.

Robert is survived by his He was a great all-around loving wife, Anne (nee Watathlete in his own right, earnson) DiGenova, his children ing the distinction of playing Robert DiGenova Jr and his on a State Championship team wife Susan, Kara Boyko and and being an All-State soccer her husband Richard, and player at Kearny High School, his grandchildren, Bobby where he was a runner-up for DiGenova, Christie DiGenova the prestigious Coggin Award and Richie Boyko, all of Midfor the best player in the state dletown; his favorite cousin, as a steadfast defender.

Elvira Larsen of Toms River; He was also a member of the and many nieces and nephews 1950 Harrison Boys Club that from the Nicosia, Massaro, won the United States Soccer Eckert and Shaw families.

Federation National ChampiHe is predeceased by his onship and later went on to be beautiful granddaughter, inducted into the Kearny High Danielle Boyko, his parents, School Hall of Fame as an AllMildred and Vincent, his sisAround Best Athlete. ters Margaret DiGenova and He served his country as a Bernadine Nicosia, and many member of the US Army in of his dear friends and family the Korean War and always who meant so much to him enjoyed telling his story about during his life. the visit from Marilynn MonVisiting was Wednesday, roe.

April 28, at the O’Brien FuBob was a Kearny police neral Home, Brick. A prayer officer for over 25 years who service took place Thursday, loved and cared for the people April 29, at O’Brien Funeral of Kearny before retiring in Home. Burial was in St. Ca1988 and enjoying a nice long tharine’s Cemetery, Sea Girt. retirement. He was known as In lieu of flowers, donations a “cop’s cop” by fellow officers may be made to The Leuke-

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Mr. Dischler served in the Army from 1955-1957, He was a VP of Banking for the Trust Company of New Jersey. After retirement, he enjoyed driving the North Arlington senior bus for 20 years.

Beloved husband of Anne (nee Boghi), he was the loving father to Mathew and his fiance Ana. He was the brother of Paul, James and the late Thomas Dischler.

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Steven Ksyniak, 66, of Kearny, died at home on April 28, 2021.

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Born in Kearny, Joan was a lifelong resident.

A graduate of the College of Elizabeth College, she was a longtime member of its Alumni Association. She worked as an accountant for many years until her retirement. Joan was a dedicated member of the St. Stephen’s Senior Citizens Club and the St. Stephen’s Rosary Society. She also belonged to the Benstead Senior Center in Kearny.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021 The daughter of the late Thomas and Gertrude (nee Davin) Lewis, Joan is survived by several loving nieces, nephews and cousins.

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ROBERT E. MURRAY

Robert E. Murray, 67, of Roxbury, a Kearny native and retired Kearny firefigher, died after a herculean battle with melanoma on Sunday, April 25,2021.

He was born and raised in Kearny before moving to West Orange and finally settling in Roxbury.

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He was predeceased by his loving parents, Wilbert Robert and Irene (Fadeski). He is survived by his wife, Josephine (Fasulo), his sisters Loretta O’Neill and Irene Brooks, his children Robert Edward II (Danielle), Marguerita and Alexandra; his granddaughter Ava Michelina; his beloved dog Brandy; and many loving nieces and nephews.

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Continued from Page 8 Morocho was later released to a family member.

On April 25 at 3:29 a.m., Officer Jean-Paul Duran and Sgt. Pat Becker responded to the Quick Mart at 314 Belleville Turnpike on a report of a robbery. Upon arrival, Officer Duran was told that 20 minutes earlier, a man passed a note to the store clerk demanding Newport Cigarettes and cash.

The man held a pistol-shaped object wrapped inside of a bandana and threatened to shoot the clerk. The robber made off on foot with about 10 boxes of cigarettes and around $300 cash.

Dets. Jonathan Dowie and David Bush conducted a thorough follow-up investigation in which they identified the robbery suspect as Christopher Ochoa, 24, of Kearny.

On April 26, the detectives applied to Hon. Patrick Arre, J.S.C., for arrest and search warrants for Ochoa and his home and they were granted.

On the morning of April 28, detectives teamed up

with the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team and arrested Ochoa at his Beech Street home.

Officers Kyle Plaugic and Anthony Oliveira transported Ochoa to the police station reporting he was uncooperative, kicking at the police car’s doors and windows several times.

Ochoa was booked for robbery in the first degree.

He was remanded to the Hudson County Jail, South Kearny.

On April 26 at 7:10 p.m., Sgt. Mike Gonzalez and Dets. Mike Andrews and Tim Castle, arrested Michael Alves, 49, of Kearny, on the 700 block of Schuyler Avenue, after having surveilled him allegedly purchasing drugs in Newark and bringing them back to town.

At the time of arrest, detectives recovered from Alves’ jacket pocket five vials of cocaine and two vials of a heroin/fentanyl mixture.

Alves was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled-dangerous substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

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he Belleville Mayor and Township Council will resume in-person meetings beginning in May. Councilmembers Vinny Cozzarelli, Naomy De Peña, John Notari, Steve Rovell and Marie Strumolo-Burke; Deputy Mayor Thomas Graziano; and Mayor Michael Melham voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 21-111, which calls for their meetings to take place in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

The vote at the April 27 meeting comes after Gov. Philip D. Murphy signed Executive Order 230 on March 11, which expanded indoor and outdoor capacity for venues such as casinos and college athletic events, but specifically exempted proceedings of local government for capacity limits and gatherings.

Belleville’s in-person meetings will resume with the combined council conference and regular public meeting on May 11 at 6 p.m.

However, members of the public and coun-

cilmembers will still have the option of participating via telephone.

The mayor and council met regularly in Town Hall chambers on the second floor until March 2020, when Murphy issued a series of executive orders aimed at limiting indoor gatherings in response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Municipalities across New Jersey quickly moved to host their meetings telephonically or via teleconference technology such as Zoom.

Murphy cited the widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine as a major reason he is relaxing many restrictions.

“I think there is a feeling that we communicate better, are more productive and serve the residents of Belleville best when we are all in the same room,” Melham said. “This is not to say that we won’t continue to exercise caution.

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Auteri: Duo arrested on meth, porn charges

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months-long investigation by the Lyndhurst Police Department’s Detective Bureau has led to a significant amount of crystal meth being taken off Lyndhurst’s streets, and also led to the arrest of two men who also had other drugs and child porn in their possession, the bureau’s commander Det. Lt. Vincent Auteri said.

Auteri says the Lyndhurst PD had gotten tips warning them of “suspicious activity” ongoing on Riverside Avenue.

After investigating and applying for and getting a search warrant for the location, Auteri says 10 ounces of crystal meth (an

Galloway unusually high amount of the drug for a Northeast bust), 2 pounds of GHB — or the “date-rape drug” — prescription-legend drugs, $300 in cash and child pornography were recovered in the one-family home.

Arrested April 28 were John Galloway, 44, and Hector Veloz, 34, both of

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Galloway was charged with possession of meth, possession of paraphernalia (syringes) and possession of The Queen of Peace child pornography.

Knights of Columbus host Veloz was charged with a takeaway Salisbury possession and distribution steak dinner complete of meth, over 5 grams, with mashed potatoes, possession of GHB, intent to corn, salad and dessert on distribute GHB, two counts of Tuesday, May 18, from 5:30 CDS possession with intent to Veloz to 6:30 p.m. distribute within 500 feet of a The cost is $15 for adults park, four counts possession and $10 for kids 6 to 11. to this location after we had of prescription-legend drugs Reservations are learned of a neighborhood and possession of drug required and must be made report over some concerns of paraphernalia.

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She also discusses how was slated for They are his friends. the role of Carol Brady on “The Brady He makes you feel that way too.

Bunch” and how both she and Lesley When we first got to know each Ann Warren were to appear in a series other about two years ago, we phoned created by Walt Disney before his death. each other regularly and unfortunately, There were a lot of near misses in her life gets in the way and the calls life but by missing those roles, she was slowed. I am so happy to reconnect able to go on and do so much more and with Michael and his fans sure do love was not pigeonholed into one character. when he comes on ARS. Bulifant is as kind as she appeared The switchboard lit up and it made to be in her roles and her selflessness me even happier for him to hear how of being involved in helping people much fans love him. with dyslexia and abused children His book is available on Amazon just makes me love her even more. and you may also join his fan club on For more information go to www.

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