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53-year-old PA Man Arrested for the Sexual Assault of a Pre-teen in Haworth

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Haworth NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 53-year-old ANDREW WOLKE of Easton, PA on charges of aggravated sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck and the Haworth Police Department under the direction of Chief Michael Gracey.

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Haworth Municipal Library is hosting a one man show of works by Ridgewood Art Institutes Joel Mitnick

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Haworth NJ, the Haworth Municipal Library is hosting a one man show of works by Ridgewood Art Institutes Joel Mitnick.

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School Bond Referendums Go Down in Flames in Bergen

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East Rutherford NJ, voters turned down a $55 million school referendum for Becton Regional High School, which would have cost the typical taxpayer $176.17 annually in East Rutherford and $171.80 in Carlstadt.
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2 Ridgewood Seniors at Bergen County Academies Named Society of Science Regeneron Scholars

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Seven seniors from Bergen County Academies, Haworth, Franklin Lakes Woodcliff lake, Maywood ,Park Ridge and Ridgewood 

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WASHINGTON DC, Society for Science (the Society) today announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000 each. 

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CSX railroad to discuss pedestrian tunnels with Haworth after Congressman Scott Garrett’s Inspection

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015, 10:44 PM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015, 10:45 PM
BY SCOTT FALLON
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

HAWORTH — CSX engineers will meet this month with town officials to discuss the condition of two pedestrian tunnels under the company’s rail line that have become a concern now that millions of gallons of crude oil pass through the town on trains, Mayor John Smart said Friday.

Smart had been trying for months to get inspection reports on the condition of the Crocker Place and Park Street Playground tunnels, but a federal loophole in railroad regulations prevented him from getting any meaningful information. Smart said he recently secured a meeting with CSX executives and hopes to meet with them regularly.

Officials from Teaneck to Harrington Park have often complained that CSX, which operates the largest rail system in the eastern U.S., has been slow to address local concerns since railroads are regulated almost exclusively by the federal government.

Bogota officials famously issued a summons in 1999 to a CSX train for disturbing the peace by idling noisily even though railroads are exempt from municipal ordinances under federal interstate commerce law.

They say Florida-based CSX should be more responsive especially now that 15 to 30 trains, each carrying as much as 3.6 million gallons of volatile Bakken crude oil, pass through 11 towns each week on the company’s River Line. The oil has been involved in several fiery derailments across North America in recent years.

In Bergen County, the trains pass thousands of homes and businesses on their way to a Philadelphia refinery. They cross dozens of small bridges, some of which appear pristine and others that are heavily rusted with cracked foundations.

Among them are the two pedestrian tunnels in Haworth, one of which has cracked and crumbling concrete just under the railbed, and the other near the playground.

Smart was unable to get inspection reports because railroads are not required to submit them to their primary regulator, the Federal Railroad Administration, unless the FRA asks for them.

A spokesman for CSX said this summer that the tunnels were inspected in January and deemed safe, but would not make inspection reports public.

“Those tracks are inspected visually several times weekly, and are subjected several times annually to internal, ultrasound inspections and examination with a geometry car that measures physical characteristics to affirm compliance with engineering specifications,” Rob Doolittle, a CSX spokesman, said this week.

On Friday, Rep. Scott Garrett toured the Haworth site as well as a section of the rail line that goes over the Oradell Reservoir. Last month, Garrett called on the FRA to obtain inspection reports on all spans through the region and share them with local officials. He said Friday he is still waiting for them.

“I want to see what [CSX] thinks of the chipping concrete here,” the Wantage Republican said. “Is it something that lasts six months, six years? I’m no expert. That’s why we need those reports.”

 

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