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About a decade ago, the Harri son chapter of the Knights of Columbus, Council No. 402, made a decision to sell its property on Frank E. Rodgers Boule vard North. The council’s member ship was dwindling. Having a largescale “home” just wasn’t viable. And Grand Knight Thomas K. Dolaghan, a retired Harrison Fire Department chief, made a promise to the-late Mayor Raymond J. McDonough he would see the building’s sale to fruition. And that’s just what the retired chiefThedid.building has since been sold — taken over by the local Portuguese Club — and now that the building’s been completely paid off, Dolaghan and the rest of the remaining Knights from the council — includ ing Faithful Advocate (lawyer) Al Cifelli — realized something: They had to disburse the proceeds from the sale no more than 10 years after the sale became final. With that day approach See KofC, Page 19
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By Kevin A. Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com story and photos by kevin a. canessa jr. In thinking in terms of the Passaic River, finding adjectives that are positive in nature to describe it is not an easy task. In fact, it’s likely — literally — no one has ever said it’s a beautiful body of water — and actually meant it. But about a mile north of the entrance to South SEE ‘BOAT HOUSE’ ON PAGE 8
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As a member of WNBC’s executive leadership team, she will report to Eric Lerner, WNBC’s president and general manager beginning Wednesday, Sept.Oliva-Pinto7. will continue NBC 4 New York’s close col laboration with sister station Telemundo 47/WNJU. She joins WNBC after serving in marketing leader ship roles at NBCUniversal Local. There, she was in-house marketing counsel to NBC/ Telemundo owned stations’ Creative Services Directors and led the marketing efforts for key division-wide community and corporate social respon sibility initiatives including Project Innovation and Clear TheSheShelters.joinedthe NBCUniver sal’s local division in 2017 from WABC-TV, where she worked as a marketing producer. Before WABC-TV, Oliva-Pin to worked at Warner Brothers TV Distribution’s affiliate marketing team supporting the “Anderson Live” and “Bethen ny” shows. Before this, she worked at local stations FOX5/ My 9 New York and WFOR CBS 4/UPN33 Miami in pro motion roles with increasing responsibility. She began her career at WBFS-TV as a promo coordinator.
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Flora Encarnacao, who is starting her first year as superintendent of schools, said the idea for the app surfaced back in May and June during discussions involving thensuperintendent Patricia Blood and other administrators as a strategy
After reviewing the product’s capability and conferring with vendor representatives, “we liked what we saw,” Encarnacao said, “and felt it was the best course of action for the district and for parents since it’s a much easier and quicker way for them to access information.” Ultimately, Encarnacao said, the decision was made to go with a product offered by Apptegy, a software firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, which will also take over operation of the district website from the prior provider, Blackboard, to enhance its design and to make sure it’s more user-friendly.” “Our central office staff has been instrumental in setting up the connection between Apptegy and the district and our building principals and their staff have been trained in the use of the app,” the superintendent said. The district can deploy the app to post news of schoolrelated events, programs and the like in hopes of “increasing family involvement” in their children’s school activities, she said.Atthe same time, Encarnacao said, the district can arrange to share these postings via feeds to social media “it’s all synched together” as another way of getting the word out to the school community about any new programs and services or updates on new district policies.Onthe app, there are also important documents, calendars, supply lists, resources for parents and students, items for faculty and staff, menus, handbooks and flyers among others. A full district staff list is available and by clicking on a name, it allows the user to either press call to ring the staffer, or to press email to send a message. Push notifications are also available, which will allow alerts to be sent out without texting or Currently,emailing.thedistrict is making parents aware of the app via a posting on its website and parents “are starting to respond” to that invitation,
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The Kearny Board of Education is deploying a new vehicle to update parents on the latest news involving the school district. It’s the Kearny Schools’ mobile app, which may be downloaded onto either an iPhone or Android phone.
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ith a new budget in hand, a new teachers’ contract locked in through June 2024 and special state aid expanding learning programs, the North Arlington Board of Education is ready to tackle improvements to electronic and capital infrastructure. Its operating budget is fixed at about $40.6 million, up 2% over last year’s total of nearly $39 million, provides teachers with an annual 3.13% bump in salaries for three years, retroactive to 202021, Superintendent Stephen Yurchak said. The new teachers’ contract is structured to “focus primarily on entry-level steps within the (teacher salary) guide in hopes of attracting and retaining quality teachers” and will cost about $260,000 for each of the three years, Yurchak said. Yurchak said the district got $1.1 million in Preschool Expansion Aid that “will now allow for 78 preschoolage children, age 4, to attend school (full-day for free,” with the ultimate goal being to accommodate the current ages 3 and 4 preschool universe of 270Thechildren.stateis also providing a $69,000 Middle Grades Career Awareness & Exploration grant to “promote entrepreneurship and career exploration,” featuring development of a school store, at Veterans Middle School, he said. This summer, Yurchak said the district embarked on physical upgrades to various school facilities and is setting in motion plans for more. Veterans Middle School Ron Leir For The
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It was the second of 10 events for high school stu dents through the 2022-23 school year and the first to be in-person.Lucasshared stories from his playing days and detailed how he developed an addic tion to opioids and achieved recovery, while also urging students to stay educated and informed about the risks of prescription opioids. “Sports injuries happen in high school, so make sure to ask the questions about what you are being prescribed for pain and if there are alterna tives,” Lucas said. “Opioids are addictive and can affect everyone. It doesn’t matter who you are. If you are strug gling, there are always people you can ask for help.” Football took its toll on Lucas, whose career was cut short having sustained nu merous injuries and having undergone more than a dozen surgeries during and after his playing career. He became dependent on prescription opioids and has been open about his addiction and re covery in an effort to help others who have struggled with addiction and to prevent young athletes from going down the path to addiction. Student athletes have an elevated risk of opioid use as sports injuries send more than 2.6 million children to emergency rooms every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion.The mission of this conver sation is to educate student athletes on the risks of pre scription opioids, as well as the importance of taking care of themselves physically and mentally.AMonitoring the Future survey also found adolescent participants in high-injury sports had 50% higher odds of non-medical use of pre scription opioids than adoles cents who did not participate in these types of sports. In 2021, more than 3,000 people in New Jersey died of drug overdoses, a majority of which involved some form of opioid.InHudson County alone, there were 517 year.Januarypectedopioidadministrationsnaloxonetoreverseoverdosesand84susoverdosedeathsfromthroughJunethat
Now the head football coach at Harrison HS and the director of the Harrison Housing Authority, a position his own dad once held, Lucas has been very open about his addiction to pain killers, which he started taking after he had numerous surgeries (more on that later.) It got so bad for him, did his addiction, he estimates he was taking a staggering 1,400+ narcotic pain killers a month — just to exist. On Tuesday, Aug. 30, stu dent athletes at Harrison HS received an education on the risks of prescription opioids from Lucas, a talk that was part of the Knock Out Opioid Abuse initiative, a program created by the Partnership for a Drug-Free (PDFNJ) and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, in col laboration with the New Jer sey State Interscholastic Ath letic Association (NJSIAA).
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LaClair: People have been concocting stories for centuries — it’s nothing new
Suicide ... never the answer, no matter how bad it might get Man depression sucks. When I first realized I was too often too sad, it was 1989, the latter part of my freshman year of high school at St. Peter’s Prep. From time to time it would come out of nowhere — and would be so overwhelming, getting out of bed was nearly impossible.Onweekends, I would throw the cover over my head to block the sunlight and then just stay there for hours on end, only to go to the loo or to eat (eating often wasn’t an option, either — the desire to do absolutely nothing was that great.)
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To the Editor: You make an essential point in your commentary, “No, you don’t have the right to your own facts...” However, Alex Jones is a drop of water in our ocean of humanPeoplefantasizing.havebeen making up stories about nearly everything throughout history. One prominent example is theology. Stories about gods have sprung up all over the world, throughout history, reflecting the time and place of their origins. Yet in many cultures, including our own, one of these stories is treated as though it was a fact. Other cultures treat their stories as they were factual. When the people train generations of their children to think this way, problems inevitably follow. Very few people seem to appreciate the far-reaching and long-lasting effects this has had. Will we ever take a closer, harder and more honest look at ourselves? We could build societies and a world that would be far better than the ones we have built; but I see no evidence of it happening yet.It’s not the politicians’ fault; it’s ours. So while I am all for bankrupting Alex Jones, putting him in his place will not change much. Change is up to us, and it will not be easy or comfortable to do.
I say no — it’s never an option to die, especially in 2022. There are people out there who not only can, but will help. There are medications designed to control even the thought of wanting to die. Maybe that wasn’t the case in 1989, or even 2005. But there is help out there — help I’d even be willing to offer if someone reading this right now was in need. Text me, call, email — whatever it takes. Also recall, 988 has been designated a 3-digit code to dial if you’re in immediate need. But most of all, remember, you are not alone, you are not unique, but you can get out of this rut if you’re reading this and are thinking, “that’s me.” There are so many examples of rebounding from depression. And there’s no reason why, if you, too, are suffering, you can’t be the next example of beating it.
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Ultimately, I did a lot better starting in my senior year in 1992 — and it lasted, for the most part, until around Sept. 11, 2001, when the events of that day did a number on me. But those years in the late 80s and early 90s were absolutely brutal. And I just wondered if it would ever go away. Truth is, though it did “disappear” for a while, it probably always was present, I just didn’t notice it as much. Because when I was finally diagnosed in 2005, it was biological depression, something in my makeup that caused me to feel so crappy so often. It would be something that required medicine — Cymbalta was my saving grace, though it might not be for everyone — and to this day, it still works. Depression cannot disappear, as one uncle of mine once told me, by simply “sucking it up and being a man.” If only it were that easy. So why bring any of this up on an ordinary weekday in the first week of September? Well, far too often of late, I’m seeing on TV, social media (especially) and elsewhere stories of people taking their own lives. Many times, it’s police officers who find their only way to escape mental trauma is to die.
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To the Editor: Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, in sending busloads of illegal migrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., is in the right church, but wrong pew. Even though Mayor Eric Adams, D-N.Y., is bellowing like a stuck pig over a few hundred migrants, they constitute just a drop in the bucket in a city with as large a population as New York City.
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I would suggest sending them to Delaware, the home state of our president, preferably Rehoboth Beach, where President Biden seems to spend as much time as he does in the White House where he is shielded from any questions concerning our southern border. I’m sure the residents of Delaware would soon demand answers from Biden as their state feels the economic impact of these new arrivals, as to just why he has allowed 2 million migrants to enter our country so far this Uncomfortableyear. as Biden’s Rehoboth Beach bike rides may become, he can still hunker down in his beach vacation home surrounded by a $500,000 wall. Paid for with our tax dollars. Armand Rose North Arlington
I would skip homework (though depression didn’t always lead to that — laziness did.) I would not watch Devils games or Mets games, two of the most important things in my life back then (and to a degree, still now.) I couldn’t care less if the phone rang, if mom called me out of my room, if we were supposed to go anywhere. I would just sit there, deal with it, suffer in the worst, most isolated silence I’ve ever experienced.
Remember, this was 1989. Depression? What the hell was that? I never told my mother, my grandmother, my aunts or uncles, cousins, teachers, administrators, the Jesuits at Prep. I especially never said a word to my friends, because I didn’t really understand what was happening at the time. If I couldn’t understand it, how would anyone else, especially a fellow teen?
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On Aug 15 at 8:07 a.m., a citizen called police reporting a man exited a car on Brighton Avenue that did not belong to him, and then tried to enter a home. The man left a pair of sneakers behind near the alleyway of the home he tried to enter. Officers ultimately located him, 27-year-old Ryan J. Mallon, of Kearny, and learned he actually lived at the home he tried to enter. But they also found cause to believe he had caught some winks inside a neighbor’s car withoutMallonpermission.wascharged with burglary and later released with a summons. On Aug. 15 at 5:05 p.m., Officers Luis Moran, Jason Rodrigues and Sgt. Phil Finch responded to a rear-end-type vehicle crash near 850 Newark Turnpike. The driver, who was rearended, was transported to St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark complaining of neck and back pain. When officers interviewed George H. Kluwe, 48, of Toms River, the driver who allegedly committed the rearending, they learned Kluwe did not seem to understand what happened or that he had been in a crash. This, in part, led to administration of field-sobriety tests, which KluweOfficersfailed.arrested Kluwe finding during the incidental search he possessed 10 bags of heroin stamped “Black Ops,” two used heroin bags and seven vials of cocaine. Kluwe was charged with assault by auto, two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession of drug paraphernalia, DWI, operating a vehicle while in possession of CDS, reckless driving and careless driving. (Editor’s note: And after all that), Kluwe was later released with summonses. On Aug. 17, Det. Jonathan Dowie arrested Reinel Garaymora, 32, of Bergenfield, when he turned himself in at police headquarters. Garaymora had been charged with assault by auto, endangering others and reckless driving, related to a motor vehicle crash on Aug. 3 at 9:48 p.m. in which he was a driver. Officer Derek Hemphill investigated the crash, which occurred at the intersection of Truck Routes 1&9 and Hackensack Avenue. The investigation showed that Garaymora, who was operating a box truck, made a U-turn at the intersection to avoid waiting for a raised bridge. While executing the U-turn, Garaymora’s truck allegedly struck a motorcyclist who was also stopped in bridge traffic. The motorcyclist, a 43-year-old Bayonne man was transported by EMS to University Hospital. He sustained serious injuries, including a fractured neck and orbit, arm and arterial injuries.Garaymora was released with summonses after his booking. On Aug. 21 at 1:41 a.m., Officers Jose Castillo and Thomas Collins were dispatched to a domestic dispute outside a private home. There, they encountered a 34-year-old Kearny man with a torn shirt who told officers he had an altercation with his co-parent while dropping off theirThedaughter.co-parent, a 33-yearold Kearny woman, reportedly fell on the sidewalk and was dragged by the man. This allegedly left abrasions to the woman’s arm and abrasions to the daughter’s face. Officers arrested the man on a charge of simple assault. He was later released with a summons. Officers also referred the matter to the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency for further investigation. On Aug. 22 at 1 p.m., Officers Ryan Stickno and Mat Lopez traveled to the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, and arrested Summer A. Singleton, 26, of North Brunswick, on a charge of theft of moveable property. The arrest stemmed from the June 7 theft of a Chevrolet Suburban. An employee of Cali Carting told Officer Bryan San Martin he reported for work at about 3 a.m., June 7. The employee allegedly left his Chevrolet Suburban running with the keys in it while he checked in at the office. Upon returning to the parking lot, the employee saw his Suburban being driven away. The Suburban was recovered abandoned on Broadway in Newark on June 9. Dets. Frank West and Jordenson Jean investigated the theft. Det. West recovered latent fingerprint and document evidence from inside the Suburban, which was linked to Singleton. Det. Jean secured video surveillance footage of the suspect’s travels immediately prior to the theft. Following Singleton’s arrest and transfer to Kearny, she was lodged in the Hudson County Jail.
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The majority of the first floor of the building is a storage area for boats. It’s an enormous amount of square footage — and combined with the old storage facility, which also got a major facelift — there’s enough room to store 100+ boats, all out of sight from the public and away from wouldbeThethieves.second floor, though, is the most impressive part of the building.Halfof it is a (thereusingtocubbiesnumerousThere’sareaccessibleportionmeet,Bergenplace16,bepoint,Commissionershethere’sforsaysspacetrainingstoandformulti-purposewide-openspace,ideallocalrowing,community,environmentalgroupshostmeetings,classesandyearroundButthatisn’tjustforcrew.Tanellithespacemayalsobeusedmeetings,shows,etc.—apermitprocess—andsaystheBoardofCountywill,atsomeconductameetingthere.Whileitwon’tnecessarilyaplacetothrowasweetper-se,itwillcertainlybeawhereresidentsofSouthmaycongregate,toetc.Theotherhalfoftheupperincludesnumerousrestrooms,whichequippedwithshowers.aroomthatcontainslockersandopen-airforteamsandvisitorsstoretheirthingswhilsttheplace.There’sanaudio-visualroomareTVsinthelarge
And because of their foresight, something remarkable, something very ”beautiful,” is here in our midst — right on the Passaicrarely-called-“beautiful”River.
multi-purpose space). And there is also space for storage for the parks department. In the front of the building is an elevator, so the entire building is accessible to just about anyone. And the front and rear foyers to the building include two unique tiled mosaics, each with a crew them.
In all, the place is everything anyone in crew would envy. And it allows an extremely easy boat launch just yards away on that Passaic River.
None of this is possible without the forward-thinking of Tedesco and Tanelli, and Bergen County Parks Director James Koth, though there are plenty of others who were involved.
The Observer | www.theobserver.com8 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Bergen County, in North Arlington (on the border with Lyndhurst), sits a sparkling new boat house that will be used for crew teams — mainly North Arlington High School — and other club teams. It sits just off the Passaic River. The views for spectators of the sport are nothing short of amazing. And when it is officially opened Thursday, Sept. 8, it instantly becomes one the crown jewels of the Bergen County parks system — and certainly of Riverside Park which traverses North Arlington and Lyndhurst. The Observer was given access to the beautiful new building — notice we just used the word “beautiful” without hesitation? — thanks to County Commissioner Steven A. Tanelli, a North Arlington resident and former borough councilman. We were joined by Derek Sands, the communications director for Bergen County Executive James Tedesco. The CE will be on hand, with other dignitaries, at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 8, to cut a ribbon to officially open the place. If you’re a rower or want to get an idea of what the place looks like, you really should go to the cutting ceremony yourself to get a better send of just how majestic this place is. The ceremony is open to the public. But in the interim, we’ll give you a little sneak-peek.
“The new boat house is a beautiful, useful addition to our (often forgotten) Riverside County Park,” North Arlington Mayor Daniel H. Pronti said.
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New division will allow KHS football team to play easier schedule Kearny has yet to play its first football game in its new division - the North Jersey Super Football Con ference Ivy White Division - but head coach Stephen Andrew has already noticed a significant change within and around the program. For the first time in years, the Kardinals have a schedule that allows them to be competitive and potentially have a winning season. That promise as compared to previous sea sons where Kearny knew it would be outmatched by its opponents have brought improved participation and improved confidence from those“It’sinvolved.aloteasier to recruit kids to (play football) because of that exact sentiment,” said Andrews, Kearny graduate now enter ing his fifth season as head coach. I think there was a sense of fear of having to go up against a Union City, going up against a Hudson Catholic and I think that kept us from getting our numbers up. Our numbers have been really good this year.“They’re self-motivat ed because they truly do believe that this can be one of the most successful years that we’ve ever had as a program.”Withaveteran group returning to go with this much more manageable schedule, such optimism is certainly understandable andThewarranted.Kardinals welcome back senior Chris Carson at quarterback, who threw for more than 650 yards a sea son ago in his first year of football. After completing a full offseason program, Andrews is confident there will be a significant differ ence in Carson’s play. “He knows the offense better than anyone. He’s a leader. He’s just a good football player,” Andrews said. ““He’s become a dif ferent person through the last six months. He could throw maybe 40 yards last year and now he’s throw ing about 55. He’s added about 15 yards to his throws just working mainly on leg strength. I’m very interest ed in seeing how he does thisFreshmanyear.” Jonas Ruiz will serve as Carson’s backup.
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Joe Piro expects this year’s Nutley team to once again be competitive and continue its run of success ful seasons. Unfortunately for this group, that contin ued success will once again have to come in the face of personal adversity. Less than two weeks be fore the season opener, head coach J.D. Vick had to take a leave of absence for person al Inreasons.Vick’s absence, Piro, the Maroon Raiders’ long time athletic director has returned to the sidelines as interim coach with offen sive coordinator Chris Helm in charge of the offense and defensive coordinator Jeff Martin running the defense. For the players, it will be the third different head coach in three years due to extenuating circumstances. Longtime head coach Steve
DiGregorio retired after the 2020 season due to a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, which claimed his life last October at the age of 60. Vick, who served as acting coach in 2019 when this group of seniors were freshmen, was then promot ed to the head job following DiGregorio retirement. Last year, under Vick, Nutley was 6-3 and qualified
Photo courtesy Brian Clark Nutley captains Anthony Pinal (55, holding the trophy), Brandon Lucia (4, standing), Mitch Mainiero (5, bottom left), Vincenzo Rizzuto (2, bottom right).
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Kearny also returns run ning backs Gabe Ferreira and Adonis Chong, both senior three-year starters on offense. Both seniors en ter the season with the am bitious goal of each running for 1,000 yards this fall. With so much experience in the backfield, Andrews has changed the Kardi nals offensive scheme to a triple-option spread in the mold of the offense run by Coastal Carolina in order to take full advantage of the skills of Chong and Ferreira as well as Carson.
“With those two guys, this is their third year of starting together at running back,” said Andrews. “I think it’s going to be really hard to stop a backfield that has as much chemistry and experience as these guys.”
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“The first thing I said to them is that the true meas ure of a man is how you battle adversity because you’re always going to face it,” said Piro before Thurs day night’s 20-7 victory over rival Bloomfield in the annual Mayor’s Trophy Game. “These kids are very resilient and what they’ve managed to accomplish given the current and past circumstances is truly, truly amazing.”
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Senior Mike Zitola and Javier LaBeach will also get some carries, as well as doeverything captain Brandon Lucia, who is considered the top senior in The Ob server area by The McCar thy“(Brandon)Report. can do a lot of different things, he’s a very talented athlete,” said Piro. “He knows the game, he’s a good leader. I can’t say enough good things about the young man.” Lucia is the top returning receiver and he’ll be joined on the outside by senior captain Vincenzo Rizzuto, who caught a 30-yard TD vs. Bloomfield, and junior Joseph Volpe. Twin broth ers Justin and Joseph Cifelli will also be in the mix. Senior captain Anthony Pinal is a returning starter at left tackle and anchors the offensive line. William Jennings is a returning starter at center on the line, which also includes Nich olas Della Luna, Nicholas Conca, Richard Nguyen and sophomore Damiano Farro. Pinal, an all-league selec tion on defense last season, is back at tackle along with Della Luna and Gerard Russo. LaBeach returns to start at defensive end, while Nguyen and Conca will also be asked to contribute on the defensive line. Zitola is a three-year starter at linebacker where Jennings should also see time.Lucia, who had an in terception on Thursday, is back and should be one of North Jersey’s best safeties. Mainiero returns at corner back opposite junior Nathan Arroyo. Volpe and both Joseph and Justin Cifel li will also see time in the secondary.Nutleylooks to continue its winning ways next Friday when it hosts Montclair. The Maroon Raiders then travel to Millburn on Sept. 16. 9 Kearny Avenue • Kearny, NJ 07032 Office: (201) 991-5719 Cell: (201) 602-7222
Clark Mohrbutter could also see some time at quar terback as well. Helping Bello in the back field is Mitchell Mainiero at running back. Mainiero, one of four senior captains, was part of a rotation at the position a year ago, but is primed for a much bigger role this season as he ran for 106 yards on Thursday.
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Senior Nick Bello takes over as quarterback, fol lowing the graduation of Matthew Harbison, who is now at TCNJ. Bello has impressed early on with his grasp of the offense and on Thursday threw for a touch down and ran for a score. “He’s been growing into the position and he’s doing a very nice job for us,” Piro said. “It’s tough to replace Matt Harbison, who was a two-year starter, but Nick knows the offense, he knows what the expecta tions are and he’s been do ing an excellent job. We’re looking forward to seeing him succeed and grow as the season progresses.”
Kearny opens the season on Friday, Sept. 9 at home against fellow Hudson County foe Memorial of West New York. The Kardinals then travel to Jersey City that follow ing Thursday to play Ferris. Kearny will also host neigh boring rival Newark East Side on Oct. 7 in what has become a bit of a rivalry in recent years.With all the pieces to suc ceed finally in place, there’s another thing that surrounds the Kardinals for the first time in a long time - expectations. “For me, the expectations are up. We gotta win some games here,” Andrews said. “The whole plan is to win games to help recruit, to help get more football in this community. You have to win to do “It’sthat.abig year for me, it’s a big year for them. Our expec tations are up. We’ve worked so hard so I’m expecting really good things this year and so are they.”
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Martinez and Ruiz are able to spread the field while prom ising freshman Julian Franco gives Kearny a big target with a huge upside.Yasser Jalil is the tight also blessed with a group of linemen that is the biggest and deepest unit he’s ever had at Kearny. Three starters return on the offen sive line with senior Steven Barreira back at left tackle and juniors Joseph Carbajal and Jayden Martinez return at the guard spots. Michael Charney, a senior who missed all of last season is at center and senior Andrew Dos Santos will be the right tackle and started some games at the position late last season. The depth continues on the defensive side of the ball where freshman Ethan Sanchez takes one tackle spot while sophomore Brian Villatoro is the nose guard. Barreira will also see time inside, while Dos Santos, Chase Negron, Jalil and Zahir Aquino, a first-year junior will also see time on the line.
Photo by Jason Bernstein Standing left to right: Adonis Chong, Chris Carson, Ethan Sanchez, Michael Charney, Andrew Dos Santos, head coach Stephen Andrews, Yasser Jalil, Jayden Martinez, Ameer Mills and Bryan Villatoro.
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According to Frank DeMaio, who is the Superintendent of Recreation in Nutley and a former member of the Nutley Board of Education, the process of adding lights began when the town approved new turf at Tangora. When the old turf was removed and ground was broken on the new turf area, the required underground equipment needed to support permanent light stands was installed. From there, the permanent light fixtures were installed then the lights themselves.
“It is tough to let go of that. But I have a very funny feeling that this new vibe is going to be the vibe,” Piro said. “It will be the new norm and it’s going to be even better than those Saturday afternoons once we all get used to it.”
Both DeMaio and Piro believe the biggest benefit will come to the many local restaurants and shops on Franklin Ave. thanks to increased traffic in the downtown area on game nights.
Thursday marked the beginning of a new era for Nutley Football and the famous Park Oval in downtown as for the first time the Maroon Raiders played a football game under the permanent lights at Tangora Field when they took on rival Bloomfield.Aspartof the festivities, Nutley honored its 1992 state championship football team on the 30th anniversary of its title. More than 20 members of that squad, including head coach Rich SanFilippo were on hand to be recognized before the Raiders’ 20-7 victory over Bloomfield in the annual Mayor’s Trophy Game. All four of Nutley’s home football games are set to be held at 6:30 p.m. under the lights this season. “It is going to be one of those iconic moments in time where 25, 30 years from now you say where were you when they played the first night football game at the oval,” Nutley athletic director Joe Piro said earlier this week before Thursday’s game.
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“It was nice to finally have the support to get the new field, the new lights,” said DeMaio, who was also the starting quarterback on the ‘92 team. “I think it’s a tremendous addition to our (recreation) system. (Having lights) basically gives you another field in town.” Following the completion of the lights, Nutley’s boys lacrosse played some night games this past spring. In addition, both the boys and girls soccer teams will play select home night games at Tangora Field, the first coming on Sept. 8 when girls soccer hosts Newark Academy at 6:30 p.m.Besides being the main field for various Nutley high school athletic teams, the Park Oval is used for various other community events throughout the year.
Piro also cited Friday night games also leading to increased attendance among students as a benefit of the move to Friday nights. With its downtown location and picturesque spots, Saturday afternoon games at Park Oval have long been considered one of the best venues for high school football in New Jersey. As the longtime athletic director and a former player and coach at Nutley, Piro knows it will take some time to adjust to no longer having those Saturday afternoon games, but is confident that this change will prove beneficial, not just for athletics, but for the community as a whole.
“This was something that was needed for more than just football, more than just baseball,” said DeMaio. “There’s going to be events at the oval where the lights are going to come in handy for. This is more than just a sports thing, it’s a community wide thing. “To have the lights on a field like the oval in the middle of town where people can come eat dinner and go to restaurants beforehand, go to restaurants after the game, I think it helps the small business part of our community. This is larger than sports having the lights now.”
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Another high school project –renovations to four science labs (two biology, one chemistry and one physics) – is anticipated for later this school year. The renovations – replacement and upgrade of HVAC and exhaust throughout the school’s science wing –figure to cost $2 million.
The lab revamping, Yurchak said, “has been part of the district’s long range facility plan for upward of 20 years since the science labs are in desperate need of upgrades” and can now be undertaken because “a large portion of the project” will be underwritten by “the one-time use of (federal) ARP ESSER (American Rescue Plan Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Funding” which provides aid for improving school ventilation. Yurchak said the district will apply part of its capital reserves to pay for the balance. Washington and Roosevelt elementary schools are due, later this school year, for HVAC upgrades and new gym floors and Veterans Middle School will get a new gym ceiling.
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The Parish Communities of Holy Cross in Harrison and St. Anthony’s in East Newark are hosting a joint raffle that could literally make you rich. To benefits the parishes, there will be two raffles. In one, the grand prize is an astounding $100,000 in cash. The other nets one winner $25,000, another $10,000, two winners get $5,000, 15 winners take home $1,000 and 80 winners walk away with $500. The drawing was postponed from June 13 and will instead go off Sat urday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m., at Holy Cross Church. Only 4,000 tickets will be accepted, so that means your odds of winning are 1 in 40. Winners will be contacted by phone and email and do not need to be pres ent the day of the drawing. Each ticket costs $100. The sales deadline is Dec. 8. To purchase tickets, send checks made out to Holy Cross Church to 16 Church Square, Harrison, N.J. 07029, to the attention of Mega Bucks Raffle. Entry forms may be found at www. theobserver.com. Or, call (973) 4845678.Once payment is received, your tickets will be sent to you by U.S. Mail.
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The West Hudson Arts & Theater Company (WHATCo) partners with the Harrison-East Newark Elks to co-host a first-time fundraising event — “Spa ghetti and Showtunes” — at the Harri son-East Newark Elks, 406 Harrison Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. “We are helping WHATCo raise funds so they can continue their mission to bring live theater, unique perfor mances and arts education to our West Hudson community,” Harrison Council man Larry Bennett, also an Elks trustee, said.Proceeds will go directly to buy much-needed upgraded lighting and sound equipment and supplies for WHATCo’s arts-education program. “‘Spaghetti and Showtunes’ will be filled with a delicious food, great company and live performances of some of your favorite showtunes,” WHATCo President Brandi-Leigh Miller said. “During the evening, WHATCo will also be announcing some exciting initiatives and what we have planned for our up coming 2022-2023 season.” Individual tickets are now available for $30 by visiting www.whatco.org/ tickets or by calling (201) 540-WHAT. The last day to purchase is Sept. 5. Tick ets will not be available at the door.
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ing, Dolaghan and company has since given out more than $520,000 to the town’s Catholic Churches (the Knights are a Catholic organization and as such, the churches they were to donate to were also Catholic), St. Anthony’s in East Newark, a local para-olympian and to the Harrison Library Museum, which will now host artifacts of the council, which, though it no longer has a meeting space of its own, will continue to function as an active K of C council. The Observer sat down with Dolaghan Tuesday, Aug. 30, and he explained where the money went, including a recent $10,000 donation to Our Lady of Czestochowa Church (not the first they were beneficiaries thereof.)Andlet’s face it — a lot of people and parishes were made very happy with the inordinate amount of mon ey they received … and it all came at a time when church and Mass atten dance has been severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “With Mass attendance down, we felt it was important to disburse the money to the local churches — since the collections at church haven’t been as strong as they’ve been in the past,” a beaming Dolaghan said. “Be cause of our donations, the churches were able to do so many things they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to do. And we’re very proud of that.” Aside from OLC, Holy Cross Church was also a beneficiary (and the aforementioned St. Anthony’s.) Of the disbursements, $10,000 went to make a new floor at the Harrison museum. Another $10,000 went to a Kearny man who partici pates in the Para Olympics. But there’s more. “At St. Anthony’s, we put in new boilers for the church and the rec tory,” Dolaghan said. “We also paid for an altar that was in a convent in Kentucky, which ran about $43,000 to get the altar from there, back to New Jersey, lifted into the church.” Significant cash was given to OLC to put a new roof on the church, install new interior doors to the church and more. Holy Cross re ceived cash to purchase new win dows, to paint the interior of the church and to renovate what had be come a dilapidated, almost unusable kitchen in the rectory. There were other funds given, too, for general use as the churches. What’s most remarkable about all of this is that all the work done at the churches would likely have required major capital campaigns that, in the time of a pandemic, are virtually impossible to pull off. In stead, three local churches have had upgrades that would otherwise have been pipe dreams. And it was Dolaghan & the Knights who made it all possible. “I made that promise to Raymond (McDonough) and I saw it through,” Dolaghan said. “Now I think it’s time for someone else to take over as the grand knight. My term ends Dec. 31, 2022, so I think I will leave it there and then to someone new to carry on.”And we’d venture to say those shoes are going to be very hard to fill, no matter who takes over.
The Knights of Columbus donated its last $10,000 to OLC church recently at their annual parish picnic. Seen here are, from left, Mayor James A. Fife, Councilman Larry Bennett, Zenon Boryzewski, the Rev. Pawel Molewski, Tom Dolaghan and Zig Pollack.
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