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West Bergen Tea Party Presents Bergen County Administrator Edward Trawinski

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West Bergen Tea Party Presents Bergen County Administrator Edward Trawinski

 “Bumping Rights” Civil Service Reform

Join us 7 pm, Tuesday, September 10 ,  At the Larkin House , 380 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff   (1/4 mile North of Stop & Shop on the right)

Prior to accepting his current position as Bergen County Administrator in January of 2011, Ed Trawinski was a partner with the law firm Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP, a preeminent regional law firm located in Florham Park which celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2012.  He is a past member of the firm’s management committee.  His practice centered on all types of real estate, land use and corporate transactions, financing, construction, environmental matters and leasing.  He served as a Bergen County Condemnation Commissioner.  Mr. Trawinski, a licensed, instrument-rated pilot, also practiced in the area of aviation regulatory law.

Mr. Trawinski joined the Kean Administration in 1988 as Assistant State Commerce Commissioner.  While in Trenton, he directed programs designed to promote job growth and economic development and supervised the overall administration of the Department of Commerce and its offices of Economic Research, Division of Development for Small, Women and Minority Owned Business and Legislative Liaison.  Mr. Trawinski served as the lead negotiator for New Jersey’s team for entities moving into the NJ waterfront development areas and chaired or served on numerous commissions, boards and authorities to help promote the economic development of New Jersey small business and enterprise zones.  He served as special counsel to the Peapack Gladstone Land Use Board, counsel to the Boonton and Hasbrouck Heights Planning Boards, special counsel to the Teaneck Planning Board and counsel to the NJ Managed District Association and the Passaic River Coalition.  He served as an Assistant Counsel to the NJ Planning Officials.  Mr. Trawinski has also published and lectured extensively on corporate and land use topics.

Committed to community and political activities, Mr. Trawinski has served as a Fair Lawn Council member and Mayor, and currently serves as Deputy Mayor.  He is a Trustee of St. Anne’s Church and is a member of the parish finance council.  He is also a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award from the New Jersey Department of Commerce Division for the Development of Women, Minority Owned, and Small Businesses.  He is a founding member and past Chairman of the Morris County Economic Development Corporation, where he served on the Board of Directors.  He currently serves as a member of Bergen County Economic Development Commission and on various boards and authorities as the County Executive’s Designee.

Mr. Trawinski is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey and before the United States Tax Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.  He is a member of the Bergen and New Jersey State Bar Associations.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts in history from Fordham University, Mr. Trawinski received his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law in 1974 and a Masters of Law in Taxation from NYU Graduate Law School in 1979.  A lifelong resident of Bergen County, Mr. Trawinski is the father of three children and proud grandparent of four grandchildren.  He and his wife Diane reside in Fair Lawn.

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North Jersey ambulance corps face volunteer crunch

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North Jersey ambulance corps face volunteer crunch
Sunday, August 25, 2013    Last updated: Sunday August 25, 2013, 9:44 AM
BY  REBECCA BAKER
STAFF WRITER
The Record

North Jersey ambulance corps’ struggles to fill their volunteer ranks were made painfully clear recently when a critically injured elderly woman had to wait a half-hour for a Moonachie ambulance to arrive because there were none available in her hometown of Hasbrouck Heights.

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Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps members Emely Santana of Teaneck and Pete Philomey of Edgewater, on duty.

Police and paramedics cared for the woman until the ambulance arrived. But Hasbrouck Heights Fire Chief Richard Giarratana said the borough was stymied because its ambulance corps is down to just five volunteers, none of whom were available when the woman fell in the morning.

“You know,” he said, “we try.”

It has been a daunting task for volunteer ambulance squads to find dedicated people willing to go through hundreds of hours of training to work dozens of hours a week caring for the sick and injured for no pay. It has become worse in recent years, as the rising cost of living in North Jersey has drained the pool of prospective volunteers while private ambulance companies have lured trained emergency medical technicians away with the promise of a paycheck.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/220977221_LOCAL_ISSUE__AMBULANCE_CORPS__CHALLENGES_A_call_for_volunteers.html#sthash.hgI9mSo3.dpuf

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Road Warrior: Our dangerous crosswalks

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Road Warrior: Our dangerous crosswalks
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
By JOHN CICHOWSKI
ROAD WARRIOR COLUMNIST

A pedestrian killed in an April hit-and-run on Williams Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights. A pregnant mother knocked down by a car while pushing a stroller on Godwin Avenue in Ridgewood a few weeks later. And a month after that, a woman injured by a car turning onto Bridge Plaza North – the 19th pedestrian struck in Fort Lee this year.

No wonder Marliese Daglian is becoming more and more reluctant to walk across streets, even in Tenafly, the hometown she loves – even in places designed for safe walking, such as the crossing at the blinking light at Riveredge Road and Railroad Avenue or the marked crosswalk at Knickerbocker Road and Crabtree Lane.

“Even when crossing with lights in designated crosswalks, I don’t feel safe once I’ve entered the intersection,” said Marliese, who walks with friends to stay fit. “When cars to the left stop to let me pass, those coming from the right step on the gas to make it past me while I’m stuck in the center of the crossing.”

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NhN annual meeting Two years and counting

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NhN annual meeting Two years and counting

Tomorrow on Friday 1.25.13 Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA is celebrating its 2nd

Anniversary themed “Two Years and Counting…” and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hasbrouck Heights Hilton.

Founded by John R. Fugazzie in the River Edge Library in Bergen County on 1.27.11, it has
rapidly grown to 26 weekly meetings in 8 NJ counties and now in Boston Public Library.

This free all volunteer led job-search support and networking organization that has aided in
finding over 232 jobs for out-of-work professionals.

It is hard to believe it is now a year since the NhN’s first anniversary which we held in Ridgewood Library Auditorium. Last year we had 200 people attend our first ever full membership group meeting at the Ridgewood library which we named “One Year and Counting…” at that time we had 320 members and 37 success stories… Now here in January 2013 we have over 1200 members and 232 success stories… John R. Fugazzie

Hilton Hasbrouck Heights – Meadowlands

650 Terrace Avenue I Hasbrouck Heights NJ 07604 I USA

Donations to make this meeting possible were from “Friends of NhN”

Bergen County United Way, Marian Gruber, Park Ridge Rotary Club, and Minuteman Press of
Ho-Ho-Kus.

The powerful program of guest speakers is listed on our site:

https://www.neighbors-helping-neighbors.com/two-years-and-counting.html

Seats are still available and you can register on home page of site www.nhnusa.org

Annual meeting is free to attend as all our weekly meetings in local libraries are.

Find more information nd helpful tips and links on www.nhnusa.org

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Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

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Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

It is hard to believe it is now a year since the NhN’s first anniversary which we held in Ridgewood Library Auditorium.

Last year we had 200+ people attend our first ever group meeting which we organized for our First Anniversary which we named One Year and Counting… at that time we had 320 members and 37 success stories…

Now here in January 2013 we have over 1150+ members and 225 success stories…
We have put together a powerful list of speakers and will be holding our meeting this year on:

Friday  Jan 25th 2013

10:00 am – 2:00 pm with a networking break to program form 12-1pm

(a food Concession will be available)

Sorry about any confusion due to the venue last minute change !

Eventbrite Invitation will be required to be admitted as seating is limited to 500 and please do not order a seat unless you know you will come, as we have a large number of members and friends of NhN who want to attend this event.

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HILTON HASBROUCK HEIGHTS – MEADOWLANDS

650 Terrace Avenue  I  Hasbrouck Heights NJ 07604  I  USA

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Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA is a f ree volunteer job search support and n etworking g ro up that I founded in Jan 2011 when i was out of work lo oking for a job. Three months into starting this meeting group in my local library in River Edge , I landed a job with A&P HQ running their dairy and frozen d epa rtments. After continuing to lead the group for six months I be gan to get local public ity and requests to bring our very successful conce pt to other libr ar ies. Now two years later we have 26 librarys with programs and have just opened up our first NhN ch apter outside of NJ in the Central Boston Public Library .

www.nhnusa.org

We have 1100 members in 8 N J count ies and have had 225 success stories of members we have helped land a job in just two years.

I and the group have been recognized by Bergen County Freeholders, The State of NJ Deparment of Labor and the White House Faith-ba sed Neighborhood P artnership. The USA Today i s currently fo llowing me and our group and d oing a fe ature story on NhN, that will be published last week in Jan uary.

As we h a ve zero funding we depend on generosity to help us continue offering th is free se rvice which is sorely needed, all the people who speak the venues we g et all are donated.  I am looking for sponsors to pay for a light l unch we are looking to serve at the break during our annual meeting. As time is r apidly approaching I would a sk that if you are interested in sponsoring or co-spon s oring it we would give your company or organ i zation full publicy to helping our group of job seekers.

Guest Speaker List – Venue is tenta tive and may be moved to another here in Bergen County.

https://www.neighbors-helping-neighbors.com/two-years-and-counting.html

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>St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Extra Train Service to/from New York Saturday, March 17

>St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Extra Train Service to/from New York Saturday, March 17, 2012
March 12, 2012

On Saturday, March 17, NJ TRANSIT will provide additional train service to/from New York on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line, Morris & Essex Lines and Port Jervis Line trains to accommodate customers traveling for the 251st New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Also bus route No. 163 Local & Turnpike Express (Ridgewood-New York) — Additional Turnpike Express (T) service inbound from Paramus (Arcola) via Hackensack from 8:55 a.m. until 10:15 a.m.;
— Additional local service inbound from Hackensack (Summit Avenue and Essex Street) from 9:20 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. operating via the Boulevard in Hasbrouck Heights;
— Additional local service outbound from NY-PABT to Paramus (Arcola) operating via the Boulevard in Hasbrouck Heights and Hackensack from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m.

NJ Transit has offered these travel tips for Saturday:

Ticketing — To speed your return, purchase round-trip tickets at the start of your trip from bus operators inbound to New York or at ticket vending machines where available. Bus customers departing Port Authority Bus Terminal are reminded that tickets must be purchased before boarding the bus.

Allow Extra Travel Time — Traffic congestion during the morning peak period and late morning hours may affect bus travel times to New York City. Customers should plan accordingly.

Plan Ahead — Extra service will operate a few minutes ahead of regularly scheduled trips on the routes listed above. Customers should arrive at their boarding location 10 minutes earlier than the departure time.

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>Payouts for unused sick days vary in North Jersey towns

>Payouts for unused sick days vary in North Jersey towns


Here’s a breakdown of data provided by Christie’s office for the obligation in each town in Bergen County:

Allendale – no obligation

Alpine – total obligation, $850,523.00; obligation per taxpayer, $1,169.46

Bergenfield – total obligation, $701,579.00; obligation per taxpayer, $83.44

Bogota – total obligation, $398,360.00; obligation per taxpayer, $162.76

Carlstadt – no obligation

Cliffside Park – total obligation, $100,000.00; obligation per taxpayer, $13.27

Closter – total obligation, $1,704,092.00; obligation per taxpayer, $549.02

Cresskill – total obligation, $319,192.00; obligation per taxpayer, $107.24

East Rutherford – total obligation, $1,101,518.00; obligation per taxpayer, $172.98

Edgewater – total obligation, $1,480,618.00; obligation per taxpayer, $266.69

Elmwood – total obligation, $2,004,685.00; obligation per taxpayer, $324.27

Emerson – total obligation, $400,926.00; obligation per taxpayer, $148.38

Englewood – total obligation, $5,353,655.00; obligation per taxpayer, $576.40

Englewood Cliffs – total obligation, $2,150,583.00; obligation per taxpayer, $793.98

Demarest – no obligation

Dumont – no obligation

Fair Lawn – total obligation, $1,635,758.00; obligation per taxpayer, $132.70

Fairview – total obligation, $1,473,045.00; obligation per taxpayer, $444.53

Fort Lee – total obligation, $9,225,587.00; obligation per taxpayer, $706.40

Franklin Lakes – no obligation

Garfield – total obligation, $2,692,885.00; obligation per taxpayer, $373.63

Glen Rock – total obligation, $1,004,087.00; obligation per taxpayer, $238.49

Hackensack – total obligation, $18,875,368.00; obligation per taxpayer, $1,030.51

Harrington Park – total obligation, $594,486.00; obligation per taxpayer, $356.08

Hasbrouck Heights – total obligation, $237,175.00; obligation per taxpayer, $55.77

Haworth – total obligation, $489,559.00; obligation per taxpayer, $370.61

Hillsdale – total obligation, $201,417.78; obligation per taxpayer, $56.48

Ho-Ho-Kus – total obligation, $1,283,024.58; obligation per taxpayer, $847.04

Leonia – total obligation, $551,626.93; obligation per taxpayer, $195.06

Little Ferry – total obligation, $227,896.00; obligation per taxpayer, $66.81

Lodi – no obligation

Lyndhurst – no obligation

Mahwah – total obligation, $2,033,561.94; obligation per taxpayer, $175.99

Maywood – total obligation, $140,840.00; obligation per taxpayer, $40.81

Midland Park – no obligation

Montvale – total obligation, $468,626.00; obligation per taxpayer, $129.63

Moonachie – total obligation, $552,913.00; obligation per taxpayer, $272.68

New Milford – total obligation, $2,738,820.00; obligation per taxpayer, $578.04

North Arlington – total obligation, $80,000.00; obligation per taxpayer, $17.53

Northvale – total obligation, $847,361.00; obligation per taxpayer, $402.78

Norwood – total obligation, $282,132.00; obligation per taxpayer, $135.63

Oakland – no obligation

Old Tappan – no obligation

Oradell – no obligation

Palisades Park – total obligation, $1,591,795.00; obligation per taxpayer, $328.29

Paramus – total obligation, $575,800.00; obligation per taxpayer, $38.45

Park Ridge – total obligation, $772,804.00; obligation per taxpayer, $230.36

Ramsey – total obligation, $2,425,192.27; obligation per taxpayer, $373.12

Ridgefield – no obligation

Ridgefield Park – total obligation, $678,973.00; obligation per taxpayer, $157.71

Ridgewood – total obligation, $7,203,566.23; obligation per taxpayer, $861.41

River Edge – total obligation, $733,050.20; obligation per taxpayer, $197.51

River Vale – total obligation, $1.00; obligation per taxpayer, $0.00

Rochelle Park – no obligation

Rockleigh – no obligation

Rutherford – total obligation, $3,620,854.00; obligation per taxpayer, $569.54

 Saddle Brook – total obligation, $1,295,495.00; obligation per taxpayer, $202.96

Saddle River – total obligation, $412,800.00; obligation per taxpayer, $318.05

South Hackensack – total obligation, $539,525.00; obligation per taxpayer, $320.47

Teaneck – total obligation, $4,379,922.16; obligation per taxpayer, $335.08

Tenafly – no obligation

Teterboro – total obligation, $94,299.77; obligation per taxpayer, $42.01

Upper Saddle River – total obligation, $986,895.00; obligation per taxpayer, $338.73

Waldwick – total obligation, $1,214,624.00; obligation per taxpayer, $324.61

Wallington – no obligation

Washington – total obligation, $567,071.00; obligation per taxpayer, $162.59

Westwood – – total obligation, $1,060,665.00; obligation per taxpayer, $247.79

Woodcliff Lake – no obligation

Wood-Ridge – total obligation, $1,417,724.00; obligation per taxpayer, $425.22

Wyckoff – no obligation

https://blog.northjersey.com/thesource/1768/payouts-for-unused-sick-days-vary-in-north-jersey-towns/

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>"one shot to get the Bond issue done. Funding at the state level is going to get worse not better. If we miss this we’re screwed".

>Go ahead and split the fields from the additions, upgrades and renovations. Cost for the fields is just under $5 million bucks. The State of NJ has agreed to pay $2.1 million specifically for the field upgrades. So for that portion of the project we are getting 42% of it paid for by the State and end up with up to par facilities that will require far less maintenance. My guess is when intelligent people look at the math and see they are getting significant upgrades to embarassingly bad facilities for less than 60 cents on the dollar they will find that attractive. Combine that with the sheer numbers of students, both boys and girls involved in athletics at RHS as well as the reality that one of the things that has been demonstrated time and time again in this town is that the sports groups raise significant amounts of money to support the athletic programs and they get things done. So my money says that part would get passed if it was on its own.

There is going to be one shot to get the Bond issue done. Funding at the state level is going to get worse not better. If we miss this we’re screwed. I know it is a lot of money, in fact it is a ridiculous amount of money. But, the reality is we have facilities that are old and getting older. We’ve had BOE after BOE who defered maintenance and capital projects and when the funding formula in Trenton changed (capping yearly budget increases) along with the Democratically controlled government mandating program after program with no funding we got caught in the perfect storm.

I was at back to school night last night also. There are definitely areas of that HS that aren’t perfect. Next time you see Jack Lorenz ask him about his maintenance and repair budget. Ask him about how long it takes to get someone over to fix something. Ask him about the broken cable in Gym I where the backboard is chained to the roof support so it doesn’t come down and kill someone. Ask him about having running water in the ceilings and walls before the repairs on the roof were started. Ask him what it is like to try and keep a building that size, that old, and filled with that many kids all day long clean and neat with a underpaid transient custodial and maintenance staff. It is a big old building and it costs money to upgrade and repair it. It is that simple.

The HS “Stadium” (what a joke) gets used maybe a dozen times a year between football and lacrosse. The track team doesn’t even have home track meets because the track is so substandard. The Ridgewood Relays (one of the top running events in the spring) are run at Ramsey HS!!!!! Think about that for a second. Our track teams host their signature event at Ramsey HS. Does Ramsey play their football games at Ridgewood? No, they have a beautiful field and track, as does; Lodi, Hasbrouck Heights and Lyndhurst, All towns we aspire to be. Our kids deserve the same.

Go to a meeting and listen to Dan and some of the BOE members outline the plans. Ask questions and learn. You may still not be in favor of it but at least you will understand it. Do not just look at $48 Million dollars (Which is really more like $35 million when the state money gets credited) and say it is too much money. It is a lot of money, no doubt about it, but it is money that is needed and it gets a lot of things fixed and upgraded, many of them things that should have been done gradually a long time ago but weren’t.

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>Graydon Pool: other swim clubs have lost substantial numbers of members this year.

>“This article on Declining enrollments strain finances, in many north Jersey swim clubs, shows how pools have lost memberships this year at accelerated rates due to the slumping economy. Even as the pro RPP tout they joined neighboring pools, those pools show declining membership percent losses also: Paramus 10% loss, Westwood 25% loss, Washington Twnshp 10% loss. Towns are holding off on expensive repairs. One would think, how can Ridgewood possibly think of a $10Million Bond?”

Swim clubs in deep
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Last updated: Sunday September 6, 2009, 9:39 AM
BY DEENA YELLIN
The Record
STAFF WRITER

https://www.northjersey.com/recreation/Swim_clubs_in_deep.html

In a slumping economy, many North Jersey swim clubs have just about managed to stay afloat.

With summer unofficially ending this weekend, swim clubs in Ridgewood, Paramus, Fairfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Bogota, Westwood, Ringwood and Washington Township report they have lost substantial numbers of members this year.


Many of the clubs are holding off on expensive repairs. Others are allowing residents of other towns to join as associate members or to use the pool for daily fees, an unthinkable concept in richer times.

One economist was not surprised.

“The consumer is retrenching sharply because of lost home equity, financial investment losses, excessive debt and job losses or fear of job losses,” said James Hughes, dean of the Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. “Discretionary spending has been curtailed as households try to rebuild their balance sheets. Swim clubs are a discretionary spending item.”

At the Highlands Natural Pool in Ringwood, Treasurer Helene Wittmershaus attributed the decline from 102 to 76 member families to this year’s inclement weather as well as the harsh economic climate. “We are trying to come up with ways to entice people to join,” she said.

Closter dropped the price of its membership. Demarest is considering merging its pool with Closter, and Haworth has allowed the town to take over the club’s operation. Several clubs said they advertised this year for the first time to appeal to a crowd that’s not buying.

“Up until this year, we’ve had a waiting list every year for the past 20 years,” said John Casella, president of the Hasbrouck Heights Swim Club. “The pool needs to upgrade some of its equipment, but its revenue stream has been lowered,” he said.

The Hasbrouck Heights Swim Club charter does not permit members from out of town, but this year, the club issued guest passes for families with friends and relatives in town on a one-time basis, said Casella. Several other North Jersey swim clubs also said they loosened their normally tight membership restrictions this year to make ends meet.

Bogota’s pool, for example, which lost about 30 member families this year, opened its membership to the public for the first time, said pool manager Jeff Clark. “We’re all pitching in to have special events to do fund-raising activities. We’re reaching out to neighboring communities. We hope to appeal to more people.”

Not all pools are suffering. Hillsdale, Wayne and Fair Lawn said their numbers are similar to last year’s. Cresskill gained members. “We’re getting more members because it’s cheaper to join the swim club than to go away on vacation,” said Matt Bickford, assistant manager at the Cresskill club.

Others are not as lucky. At Graydon Pool in Ridgewood, where membership is down 31 percent from last year, spokeswoman Nancy Bigos said, “This is the lowest membership we’ve had in years. It’s hard to pay expenses.”

Demarest’s pool has seen a lot of turnover, as has the town: Many high-powered executives who lost their jobs sold their homes and moved out. “We’re doing better than most of the other pools, but if we don’t get a surge in the next few years, it will be hard to keep up the pool,” said assistant manager Mike Pasciuto. “The costs of chlorine and cleaning supplies have gone up. There’s been talk about merging the Demarest and Closter pools together, but neither town wants to give up their facility.”

Some say that the declining membership has been a steady trend over the past few years. In Washington Township, membership has gone down every year for the past few years by about 15 families, while five to 10 new families join, said board Co-president Scott Davies. But this year was markedly worse because of the economy. The club lost 25 families this year, and no new families came in.

“A lot of swim clubs are having difficulties,” he said. “We had a greater number of people resign this year than in the past with the economy,” he said. “If residents lost their jobs, they will curtail in whatever way they can.”

In an effort to cut costs, the board members pitched in by volunteering at the club on weekends, maintaining the grounds and painting the pool. The club renegotiated insurance and landscaper contracts to save money. And now, the club is more aggressively seeking members, said Davies. “We’re reaching out to other communities. We’re advertising. It’s definitely tougher this year than in the past.”

Westwood has watched membership decline and expenses go up over the past few years. The club, which lost 30 families this year, had a potential buyer, but the board members wanted to hold on to their beloved club.

“We’ve had financial problems,” said Marge Guitella, the board president. “We had to take out a loan to replace a pump, but we are reluctant to raise dues. We don’t want to lose our club. We will advertise, we’re inviting other towns to come, we’re offering discounts, and we’re thinking of lowering our dues. High dues are driving out members in this economy. We are working hard to get through this season.”

E-mail: yellin@northjersey.com

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>ALL-BERGEN Boys Outdoor Track

>All-area teams (High school Boys Outdoor Track news)
by THE STAR-LEDGER
Saturday June 13, 2009, 9:06 PM
ALL-BERGEN

FIRST TEAM
100-Raldaine McDonald, Englewood
200-Marvin Whilby, Don Bosco Prep
400-Corey Caidenhead, Bergenfield
800-Hayden Duffy, Emerson Boro
1,600-Rob Molke, Don Bosco Prep
3,200-Leighton Spencer, Don Bosco Prep
HH-Brandon Hambric, Teaneck
IH-Mark Filandro, Indian Hills
HJ-Tommy DeVita, Ridgewood
LJ-Ackeme Brown, Englewood
TJ-Conroy Walker, Hackensack
SP-Eric Van Dunk, Mahwah
DIS-Tomasz Dlugozima, Wallington
JAV-Kevin Steimle, Mahwah
PV-Greg Hoffman, Park Ridge
4×400-Bergen Catholic

SECOND TEAM
100-Max Whitt, Ridgewood
200-Kevin Condal, Hasbrouck Heights
400-Jake Hubschman, Demarest
800-Justin Hodge, Teaneck
1,600-Dayne Mosconi, Tenafly
3,200-Taro Shigenobu, Ridgewood
HH-Daniel Chediak, Fort Lee
IH-Ryan McVeigh, River Dell
HJ-Julius DeFreese, Mahwah
LJ-Corey Crawford, Indian Hills
TJ-Greg Hazell, Don Bosco Prep
SP-Patrick Thomas, Lodi
DIS-Matt Krzysik, Indian Hills
JAV-Kaleb Zuidema, Midland Park
PV-Scott Weismiller, Don Bosco Prep
4×400-Teaneck

THIRD TEAM
100-Max Whitt, Ridgewood
200-Casey Pleasants, Teaneck
400-Elvis Cake, Lodi
800-Taylor Trumbetti, Pascack Hills
1,600-Tommy Gaidus, Northern Highlands
3,200-Patrick Rono, Lyndhurst
HH-Joe Vargas, Paramus
IH-InSoo Hwang, Ridgewood
HJ-Michael McNicholas, Bergen Catholic
LJ-Kelly Davis, Manchester Reg.
TJ-Bryan Rodgers, Englewood
SP-Patrick Cole, Hasbrouck Heights
DIS-Marquise Wright, Paramus Catholic
JAV-Tyler Potterton, Demarest
PV-Julio Alorro, Cresskill
4×400-Englewood

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$6M to help towns keep pedestrians safe

>THE RECORD
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By Karen Rouse

Five Bergen County municipalities will get a share of $6 million in state grants to keep pedestrians safe as they walk to school or public transportation.

Governor Corzine and the state Department of Transportation on Monday announced $4 million in “Safe Routes to School” grants and $2 million in “Safe Streets to Transit” grants.

New Jersey’s Safe Routes to School Program supports projects that encourage safe walking and bicycling to school. It also promotes pedestrian safety awareness among motorists and schoolchildren and aims to reduce traffic jams and air pollution.

The 2008 Safe Routes to School initiative will support projects in 33 municipalities ranging from $8,000 to $300,000.

The North Jersey municipalities include:
* Demarest, $150,000
* Fort Lee, $184,000
* Hasbrouck Heights, $23,000
* Ridgewood, $42,000

The Safe Streets to Transit program helps counties and municipalities improve access to mass transit facilities, such as bus stops and train stations. Grants are going to 15 municipalities to install and upgrade sidewalks and pedestrian barriers, and improve lighting and drainage on roads.

In Bergen County, Edgewater was awarded a $70,000 Safe Streets to Transit grant.

“These programs are critical components of New Jersey’s five year pedestrian safety program,” Corzine said.

“Providing kids and commuters with safe facilities to walk and ride their bikes can encourage mass transit use, improve quality of life and prevent childhood obesity.”

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Top Village Managers Still Commuting In Taxpayer Fueled, 4WD SUVs

>Despite skyrocketing gas prices, Village Manager Jim Ten Hoeve and Director of Operations Frank Moritz are still commuting back and forth to Village Hall, from their respective out-of-town homes, in Village owned & maintained SUVs.

Ten Hoeve, who lives in Hawthorne, is assigned an unmarked, black Dodge Durango 4WD (EPA rated at 12 mpg city driving).

Moritz, who also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Ridgewood Water, commutes to Ridgewood from his home in Hasbrouck Heights. His assigned municipal vehicle is a white, unmarked Ford Explorer 4WD (EPA rated at 13 mpg city driving).

Although unmarked, both vehicles do have state issued “Municipal Government” license plates.

Many North Jersey communities are being forced to increase their fuel budgets by tens of thousands of dollars as a result of rapidly rising fuel costs.

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>Local woman works to Support our Troops

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Well, to celebrate my fourth week out there at the Armory, I finally put my thoughts on paper. However, I had to cut a lot as most papers only print 400 words and this is a thousand. When it is so cold and windy out there, my thoughts go out to our brave men and women who experience this and worse on a daily basis. Just let me know if you find this in one of your local papers. Did anything come out from the reporter that was there that day?

Hope you are feeling well. Oh yeah, they no longer park in the Armory parking lot

Linda

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Dear Editor;

On March 3rd, I had the high honor to be invited as a CERT member (Citizens Emergency Response Team) to help load donated food and personal supplies to supplement the daily needs of military families whose spouses have been deployed from our National Reservist Armory in Teaneck. This event, organized by two Hasbrouck Heights residents- Tim Moots and Tom Meli in conjunction with the VFW Post 4591 and many other local volunteer organizations, was able to deliver over 500 bags of food and supplies to the sacrificial families of our brave men and women.

While there, I was told by one of the volunteers that every Wednesday from 4-6pm protesters rally at the Teaneck Armory on Liberty and Teaneck Rd. I was so outraged. I thought “I have to go protect my troops”. That Wednesday, I took my big “Thank You” sign that I usually use for Memorial Day parades and went out there to say “Thank you!” for their service and that I support our troops.

Slowly, protesters gathered. They stood on the corner, clanging bells and screaming at passing cars, “Support our Troops! Bring them home NOW!” “No more body bags”, holding signs that read “No blood for oil” and “Abort Bush” and proudly counting the dead.

I stood about 25 feet away with my back to them and facing the Armory, holding my “Thank You!” sign over my head for 2 hours.

As I silently stood in the freezing cold, they heckled me, ridiculed me and my family, demanding to know if my daughters have enlisted, etc., and even used profanities at me (You dumb s@#t!) When I responded, “Well, that is a fine way for a ‘gentleman’ to address a lady” His response was “You

f@#*@#g a – – hole!” I was flabbergasted! This is advertised as a “peace” rally?? These were senior citizens looking like aging hippies. These are the people that Congressman Rothman and other elected officials listen to??? Some men held a banner reading “www.veteransforpeace.org”. They were so cruel and hateful. Passengers leaving the buses look down, afraid they will be approached. I spoke with a lady who sounded like she was from Haiti or the Caribbean. She said that a woman from the group had shoved a paper in her face while she was waiting for her bus. The woman demanded to know if she knows what is going on in Iraq. When the lady timidly told her “no”, she said the protester cursed at her.

That day, a small old woman was waving a paper in my face demanding to know if I heard “what the generals were saying”. I tried to ignore her persistence and finally said, “I am sorry. I do not read propaganda”. She angrily stomped away hurling insults.

Here I am, an old woman, standing silently, supporting my troops, holding a “Thank You ” sign for the personnel and families coming in and out of the Armory to see, and these anti-Americans are cursing, threatening and harassing me. How do you think the children and mommies felt as they get out of their cars to go to the commissary, etc., while their brave husbands fight for our freedom, to hear the hatred spewing out of the mouths of these antagonists.

When a Reservist from the Armory came to politely request that they stay on the corner and off state-owned property they demanded to know “have you ever served!?”. When he flashed his card they demanded to know if he went to Iraq. He politely told them he had just returned. They shouted, “Well, go back!” They yell that want our ‘troops home now’ ??????

When 3 police cars came, these ‘peace activists’ verbally attacked them about their freedom of speech and screamed, demanding to know if these officers had served in the military. The police were so reserved, polite and professional, responding to complaints that they were creating a threatening environment. Isn’t this revealing their true intent to demoralize our troops and the American people?

Their actions and those politicians, such as Cong. Rothman, who support them are simply emboldening the terrorists and distributing doubt and hate through the media who blindly support these activists, holding a deaf ear to those who so support a war on terror being fought on distant shores. When I told a vet I would rather have them fight over there than here, he scoffed, saying, “they don’t have two nickels to come over here.” 9/11 anyone? There was so much more that happened. I am still in shock!

My experience going there every Wednesday dramatically exposes their intent. On the organizers’ website, https://www.unitedforpeace.org/ which also organizes those other anti-war rallies in NYC, I found their national sponsors. Here’s a few:

Young Communist League (YCL) – Uptown Chapter, Democratic Socialists of America, Pagans for Peace, Punks For Peace, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) – NY, Cabbies Against Bush, Communist Party USA, Forum of Indian Leftists – NY, House of The Goddess (HotGoddess) Center for Pagan Wombyn, International Socialist Organization (ISO) – NYC, Palestine Activist Forum of NY, KickBush.

These are wolves in sheep’s clothing. I was crying half the time to know that my precious troops have suffered this abuse in silence.

As I was putting my signs away in my car, I felt fearful as of those men came to their car parked behind mine. I was ignoring them but was prepared for confrontation. They did not recognize me. One, who was wearing our precious flag over his nasty self like a cape, was told by his friend, “Nice flag”. The guy said “yeah, it is. I’m trying to find a good one I can burn”.

Now they taunt me by my first name. I can take it. It gives me more purpose and helps take a bite out of the wet and cold. I needed that.

-“Linda”