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Olivia Grace Javier turned 1 with a party to celebrate. She is the daughter of Stephanie See page LaSpada Javier, formerly of 13 River Vale, and Daniel Javier. See page 38
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Planners field critical letters from residents, BY THOMAS CLANCEY OF PASCACK PRESS chief police
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN The Emerson Planning Board five to four to accept a suppleOFvoted PASCACK PRESS
mental redevelopment plan on Dec. 4 after more than twomembers months ofare Planning Board holding hearings, listening to testilikely to vote Wednesday, Dec. 1 mony and hearing from concerned 44-unit onproperty whether to approve owners. Before theavote of apartment and two approval, a complex petition containing 1,200sinsignatures opposing gle-family homes theoffplanofwasVan submittedAvenue to the board. Emburgh following severThe process will now shift back al tohearings questions were the mayorwhere and council who will raised board on members andofresmake by a decision what portion idents tenant fireby safety, the planabout to accept. Prepared Burgis Associates of Westwood, the supcongestion, pedestrian safetraffic was the primary ty,plemental nearby plan homeownersʼ privacy piece of testimony in the hearings
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DECEMBER 8, 2008
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WESTWOOD REGIONAL
9U team bests River Vale for title
5-4 vote a ʻvictory for volunteerismʼ or a risk of undue influence
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
The Westwood Regional Board of Education voted, 5-4, to allow its members to also serve as officers in volunteer parent organizations — such as PTOs, PSOs, clubs, Little League and Boy/Girl scouts — by nixing a policy prohibition on such dual public service. Voting to approve the change at the Nov. 18 meeting were BREAKING BOE President Frank • Judge orders recount in Romano III, Westwood Thomas Snee, Council race Michelle — Page 6 Sembler, Stacey Price and Michael Pontillo. Opposed were Vice President Joseph Abou-Daoud, Roberta Hanlon, Andrew Gerstmayr, and and the Warriors would add Siegel, Christian Churchill, ONGRATULATIONS TO the Maureen Colombo. 9U Woodcliff Lake five, for a final score of 6–2. Austin Teitelbaum, Chase Apparently the policy was The ParkWarriors Ridge Owls beat the Emerson Cavaliers 29-14 in the high schoolTeitelbaum, football season finale on Nov. 29. Action The Warriors ended Cole Rothstein, baseball amended “years ago,” noted one from the game included, shown above, Parkseason Ridge’s with Kevin nine Hwang sprinting forTukhin, a first down with Oliveri, Emerson’s Richard wins Joesph Sam team, which on Sunday, their trustee, to prevent board members McKenna (11) in close pursuit. Demetre Keenan, Anthony Nov. 14 played River Vale in and a single loss. See page 28 for more information from also serving as officers on Assistant coach Michael Fiorentino, and Jackson the championship game at parent-teacher organizations, HILLSDALE home and came out on top. Fiorentino told Pascack Heath. PSOs, and other volunteer groups Head coach is TJ It was an exciting game Press on Nov. 23 that the and possibly exerting indirect with River Vale earning a team has become a family, Churchill. Assistant coaches influence or pressure on the Jason Teitelbaum, run in the first inning. The and that River Vale was an are administration when making poliMichael Fiorentino, and andcyrequireforce all season. responded withcomplexities a impressive Warriors BY SONIA KINZLER The regulations next week, Dec. 9. At that meetrelating to COAH decisions or funding decisions Warriors are on Jakeing, Foster, CORRESPONDENT the councilDoug will beSiegel. consider- ments have been changing, Council (the New Jersey run of their own. River Vale when dealing with such groups. to Reiter. number of resolutions per- —according Affordable Housing) at the Dec. 2 ing aJake Sebastian Carballo, Staff report Hillsdaleʼs would scoreCOAH one requiremore run “When I was elected to the PHOTO BY TOM MOORHEAD
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ments have been reduced from 89 council meeting. She said that she would be to 35. WARRIORS PHOTO VIA MICHAEL FIORENTINO Borough Planner Caroline talking briefly this week and Reiter discussed this and other would go into more depth the
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taining to COAH. The deadline for Hillsdale and other towns to submit COAH applications is Dec. 31, 2008.
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Jacob and Ida Steinman were wed in 1870 and B ck in time... came to America with their daughters in the 1890s. By 1900 they were Westwood’s first This day in 1976 was big for River Vale’s ambulance corps. Jewish family. Kristin Beuscher reports. See page 4
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