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NA Knights hosting Holy Thursday blood drive

The Queen of Peace Knights of Columbus sponsor a blood drive on Holy Thursday, April 14, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Columbian Club Hall, 194 River Road, North Arlington.

All donors must weigh at least 110 lbs., eat a meal before donating, bring an ID and drink plenty of water before and after donating.

The wearing of masks is optional.

It is strongly recommended anyone wishing to donate blood make an appointment ahead of time by calling (877) 258-4825 or by going online to www.donor.cbsblood.org/ donor/schedules/drive_schedule/541715. For more information, visit www.vitalant.org.

Sign-ups underway for Harrison Rec baseball

Harrison Little League

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registration continues through March 31. Parents who wish to sign their children up may do so at Harrison.recdesk.com. You’ll need to set up an account first. Fees are $25 for tee-ball, $30 for minor league and $45 for Little League. Tee ball is for kids 5-6; minors for kids 7-8 and LL for kids 9-13.

The leagues are for Harrison and East Newark children only. No metal spikes or cleats are used. Parents must provide their children with their own sneakers or rubber spikes and gloves.

For more information, call Larry Kelly at Harrison Rec at (973) 268-2469.

Elks hosting Music Through the Ages fundraiser March 26

The North Central District of the Elks’ Special Children’s and Veterans Committees host a Music Through the Ages fundraiser Saturday, March 26, from 6:30 p.m. at the North Arlington Elks Lodge. Appetizers will be served with a cash bar. The cost is $25. Every 20 minutes, a new year or genre of music will be played. One person per table wins a door prize. For information, see a lodge chair or send an email to chrisscc1050@gmail. com. Payments may be made through Venmo, Zelle or checks.

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Also present that day, original copies of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation, as written by President Abraham Lincoln.

None of this happens without Bunch’s expertise and experience as a museum curator throughout his life.

And to think, it all started in Belleville.

“Belleville taught me how to straddle many worlds,” the secretary said. “But I had to learn, because I still cursed in Sicilian. That ability made me think about how I bring people together. How does the work I do help people grapple with race, but how do I bring people together? That day, the opening of the museum, was America at its best. Suddenly you have Republicans, Democrats, African American and non-African Americans, all kinds of people coming together to celebrate the Smithsonian, the opening of a (new) museum. That, to me, is what always gives me hope about America. …And that comes out of Belleville. You either despair or find hope — and I always want to find hope.”

And with all that hope and all he’s accomplished in his storied career, Bunch remains extremely humbled and gives all the credit to his dad, his grandpa and the others he’s encountered. To this day, he says his dad’s former students reach out to him to thank him for his father — who, by the way, taught for 40+ years in Lincoln Park, not in Belleville, because he says at the time, Black teachers were not hired in Belleville.

And to any young person, who may read this and be struggling, it brought back a day when a classmate told him he’d never make it to college because he was Black.

“I wrote that down on a piece of paper and kept it in my wallet all through graduate school,” he says. Instead of letting challenges bring you down, use those moments to inspire you to achieve your goals, he says. And, remember:

“I am not a big deal,” Bunch says. “Just a kid from Belleville who made it to the big city.”

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The “trigger mechanism” for helping assess that impact fee is likely to factor in the volume and weight of truck traffic ultimately passing through Lyndhurst, Ceberio added.

All the properties involved in new transactions have gone through various stages of environmental testing, Ceberio said. All have some elements of contamination, mostly of “historical fill” and “some toxins,” he added, “but, so far, nothing to scare off developers.”

A commercial property in the borough now up for sale is the New North Arlington Bowl at 200 Schuyler Ave., Ceberio said.

Also, the borough governing body voted March 10 to designate the old Hughes auto sales property and adjacent land bounded by Sherman, Canterbury and Schuyler avenues as a “noncondemnation redevelopment area.” Mayor Daniel H. Pronti said no one has yet come forward with a proposed use for the site, but he said the borough is taking care to discourage any type of “Taj Mahal” type of construction.

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