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Cranford Pop. Could Rise8 Percent With Proposed Apts.

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

CRANFORD — Hartz MountainIndustries proposes to increase thetownship’s population by 8 percent,according to its application to build905 apartments at 750 Walnut Avenue.

Originally scheduled to be heard bythe planning board June 7, Hartz Moun-tain has requested to move its hearingto Wednesday, July 5. Hartz Mountainwants to rezone the commercial prop-erty to build the apartments, alongwith two swimming pools with twoclubhouses. Deputy Mayor PatrickGiblin told The Westfield Leader andThe Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, “I

suspect it [the application] will takeseveral meetings.”

The Leader/Times filed an OpenPublic Records Act (OPRA) request,and subsequently reviewed the trafficstudy, architectural plans and site plansfor the property. Photos of those canbe found at http://www.goleader.com/news/

Hartz Mountain is proposing a two-phase build out of the property, withfive apartment buildings in total, withphase 1 being built by 2019 and phase2 by 2021. The triangular shaped prop-erty abuts the Hyatt Hills Golf Com-plex to the west, the NJ Transit rail tothe north, and comes to a point atRaritan Road to the south, and frontsWalnut Avenue on the east.

Two of the five apartment buildingswould be four stories, measuring 54feet, eight inches high, while three ofthe buildings would be five stories,consisting of four floors of apartmentsover a surface-level garage, measur-ing 66 feet, eight inches high.

In addition to the apartment build-ings, the site would include two pools,two clubhouses, parking, new drive-ways and a new traffic light at Walnutand Behnert Place.

The plan estimates the 905 unitswould add 1,846 people to the popula-tion, increasing the population by 8percent. As per the 2010 United StatesCensus, the township’s population was22,625, according to Wikipedia. Sincethe 2010 U.S. Census, some addi-tional 600 units have either come on

board or are proposed: Riverfront atCranford Station, Woodmont Station,the proposed Birchwood Avenue de-velopment, and a development onWalnut Avenue off of South Avenueand another on Centennial Avenueapproved this year.

The proposed plan would allocate15 percent of the 905 units for afford-able housing. Market-rate units wouldbe a mix of one- and two-bedroomapartments, and affordable-housingunits would be a mix of one-, two- andthree-bedroom apartments. Of themarket-rate units, 380 would be one-bedroom and 386 would be two-bed-room. Of the affordable-housing units,28 would be one-bedroom, 82 wouldbe two-bedroom, and 29 would bethree-bedroom. The two clubhouseswould measure 8,200 and 5,500 squarefeet.

Parking would include 1,723 spaceswithin two garages as well as surfaceparking.

The traffic study by Langan Engi-neering and Environmental Services,Inc. says the redevelopment “will notsignificantly alter surrounding areatraffic operations.”

Hartz Mountain also is seeking tomake the 30.5-acre parcel an area inneed of redevelopment, which couldallow for tax breaks to the developer.Hartz Mountain cites that it meets twocriteria for such a designation.

Since Bank of America has vacatedthe premises, and LabCorps intends to

Kristan McAliney for The Westfield LeaderSPRING HOCKEY CLASSIC... Westfield's Finest defeated Westfield's Bravest, 4-3, with over $10,000 being donated inmemory to the family of Westfield Firefighter Michael A. Lanza, who passed away suddenly earlier this year. The fundraiserwas held at Union Sports Arena on Route 22.

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Ord. On UnsatisfactoryRatings to Remain Intact

Courtesy of Bonnie StewartA MEMORABLE EVENING...Westfield High School students attended a pre-prom party Saturday night prior to their senior prom at Pines Manor in Edison.

By MICHAEL BONACCORSOSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD — The board ofhealth on Monday agreed to keep atown ordinance “suggesting” restau-rants with an unsatisfactory rating“voluntarily” cease operations untilthe issue is resolved. At its previousmeeting in May, the board discussedpassing an ordinance allowing townhealth officers to immediately closea food establishment deemed unsat-isfactory.

“If a restaurant’s conditions posedan immediate danger to the public, ahealth officer should be able to im-mediately close the business, elimi-nating the risk,” Health Board mem-ber Dr. Lawrence D. Budnick said.

Health Officer Megan Avallonesaid the town attorney advised thattown ordinances legal purviewshould follow punishment paths setby state statute.

“In my 20 years [on the board],only one establishment continuedoperation after being told not to. Inaddition to our health officers, thepower of the press, fines, and publicopinion will continue as an effectivepolicing mechanism,” Dr. Budnicksaid.

“Through hefty fines and a motionin Superior Court, the business canbe forced to close. The situation isnot as straightforward as a townhealth officer deciding on site. How-ever, it is the legal path for the town,”Ms. Avallone said.

In other business, Westfield healthofficers received a complaint claim-ing a caterpillar was found in a bottleof green sauce. The complaintprompted an investigation.

“QDOBA, in Westfield, has al-ways abided regulations and has re-ceived reputable ratings by our in-spection standards. The bottle was

purchased from a third-party vendorand is not specific to this particularestablishment. The situation couldhave happened anywhere. A one-in-a-million-type thing. The restaurantwas thoroughly inspected after thecomplaint was filed and was in properstanding,” Principal Health Inspec-tor Helen Mendez said.

At its August meeting the boardwill discuss an establishment onCumberland Street and South Av-enue that sells kitchen furnishingsupplies.

“The storefront has a functioningkitchen and has doubled as kitchenfor three potential businesses. Theboard has not licensed any food es-tablishments for this location,prompting concerns with zoning andhealth standards,” Ms. Mendez said.

“We must be able to hold a busi-ness or businesses accountable forstandards in their operation. Toomany businesses operating simulta-neously may pose risks to patronsand be unmanageable from a liabil-ity standpoint,” Ms. Avallone said.

“Two businesses, maybe. Threebusinesses with one refrigerator andlittle storage space are often hecticand unmanageable,” Ms. Mendezsaid.

The three businesses are a mealprep service, a dining club, and aninstructional cooking class for babyfood.

“We should reexamine in what ca-pacity and when these businessesplan to operate at this location. Un-registered operations are not accept-able and there may even be zoningviolations at play,” Health BoardPresident Thomas K. O’Neill said.

Health educator Linda Brown hasbeen hired to assist in public rela-tions and community outreach on

Susan M. Dougherty for The Westfield LeaderALL ABOARD…Little children get a thrill at Holy Trinity Greek OrthodoxChurch’s Greek Fest on Friday night. The four-day festival had something foreveryone – live Greek music and dancing, drinks, authentic food, and familytogetherness.

Kristan McAliney for The Westfield LeaderGARWOOD ROCKS!...Clouds did not deter crowds at the Garwood Rocks!street fair on Sunday. Great music and great vibes created a day of fun for all whoattended.

Downtown, Parking Changes;Chief Spirit Officer Named

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD — Fifteen recom-mendations of 50 that the DowntownTask Force had made in its report tothe mayor and council will be imple-mented shortly after the council unani-mously adopted ordinances Tuesdaythat would allow for changes to thetown code and land use. The councilalso introduced an ordinance tochange the code to allow additionalfree parking downtown, changing theparking fee hours from 9 a.m. to 7p.m. to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, and adding threeexpress 15-minute parking spaces, aparklet and another night owl lot.

The amendments to the Land Use

Ordinance include, Councilman SamDella Fera said, adding permitteduses, expanding the definition of re-tail services to allow retro gamerooms, and paint and sip establish-ments, allowing office use on theground level on North Avenue andSouth Avenue, allowing use of base-ment space for functions that are aux-iliary to the use provided on the groundlevel, allowing use of a space on atemporary basis, allowing shared useof one tenant space, and allowingwalk-up windows for pizzerias andice cream shops. It also removes stairtowers and elevator bulkheads, aswell as decorative architectural fea-tures, from the calculation of build-ing height. Some signage policy also

is to be amended in the Land UseOrdinance.

A-frame sidewalk signs will nowbe allowed, even though some retail-ers currently use them, per an amendedordinance that will specify the di-mensions and placement of the signson the sidewalk.

The time allotted for paying theparking meters is to be shortened to10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday throughSaturday, per the introduction of anamended ordinance, CouncilmanKeith Loughlin said. The ordinanceamendment also will allow parklets,with a pilot parklet to be placed on thesidewalk near the curb near Theresa’sRestaurant on Elm Street. A parkletcan be used by purveyors of the res-taurant, as well as purveyors of thedowntown. “If successful, more willbe introduced,” Mr. Loughlin said.Also, Lot 5 would be designated as anight owl lot, and permits can beobtained from the police departmentwhen the ordinance is adopted in twoweeks.

Three express spaces will be cre-ated downtown, with a focus onQuimby Street as the Downtown TaskForce recommended, Town Admin-istrator Jim Gildea said. The policedepartment will designate the expressspaces, which will allow shoppers topark for 15 minutes for free to pick upa meal or make a quick store visit.

Summit has been successful withthose express spaces, Mr. Loughlinsaid. Those designated spaces will bemarked with a sign, and meters willremain with the 15-minute push but-ton, he said.

There additionally is a bid requestout now for the replacement of thestick meters in the town with newstick meters that would serve twospaces, thereby reducing the numberof meter poles by half, Mr. Gildeatold The Westfield Leader. This was

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Property Tax RevaluationOrdered For Mountainside

By KATE BROWNESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

MOUNTAINSIDE — Mountain-side Tax Assessor Michael Frangelloattended Tuesday’s borough councilwork meeting to discuss the variousadministrative tasks that will need tobe completed now that the UnionCounty Board of Taxation has issued aNotice of Reevaluation to Mountain-side.

The order requires the communityto complete its property value reevalu-ation by 2020. Mr. Frangello explainedthat it will be necessary to revise theofficial tax maps to include easements,new developments and street addressesand retain a state-approved vendor.

The property tax reassessment pro-gram requires a municipality to ap-praise all real property in the commu-nity according to its “full and fairvalue.” The state defines “full and fairvalue” as the price which the tax asses-sor believes a property would sell foron October 1 of the pretax year.Mountainside’s last tax assessment wasconducted in 1986 and its current taxratio is approximately 27 percent. New

Jersey’s guidelines indicate that a re-assessment is required if the tax ratiofalls below 85 percent.

According to the Union County TaxAuthority website, the purpose of aproperty tax revaluation is to bring allproperties to 100 percent of their cur-rent true-market value. Property taxrevaluation is aimed at insuring that allproperty owners pay a fair and equi-table portion of county taxes by allo-cating the municipality’s real prop-erty-tax burden among taxpayers basedon updated, real-time property values.

Mr. Frangello estimated that the costof the reassessment would likely be$300,000. The process involves hir-ing a state-approved vendor to inspectthe interiors and exteriors of residen-tial and commercial properties. After atypical reassessment taxes increase forabout one-third of the properties, taxesdecrease for another third, and taxesstay the same for the remaining third.

In other business, the council dis-cussed the need to create additionalparking for Mountainside commuters.According to Borough Administrator

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BIRTHDAY CRUISE...Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Joyanne L. Schoeman of Westfieldcelebrated Dr. Schoeman’s 75th birthday on May 27 at a circa 1750 building whereCharles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Emily Bronte and Lady Byron once stayed. Thebuilding is now known as Number 61 Guest House and Tea Room and is located inthe historic English North Sea town of Tynemouth, where Holland America Line’sZuiderdam made a call. Mrs. Schoeman treated her husband to this cruise for hisbirthday. The cruise also included Copenhagen, Norway’s Kristiansand, Oslo,Stavanger and its Norwegian Petroleum Museum, stupendous fjords, and Bergen,and Scotland’s Shetland Islands, Isle of Skye, Invergordon and Edinburgh. Thecouple brought a copy of The Westfield Leader along for the trip.

LEADER IN GERMANY...Fontaine Gatti of Mountainside visits Traube Tonbach,Germany, May 5 and 6, with Richard Rader of Cranford, where they stayed at thehotel by the same name. They are standing while holding The Westfield Leader infront of the oldest part of the hotel, dating to the 1700s. The hotel is located in theBlack Forest section of southern Germany.

BY SHANNA C. KELLYSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD — The planningboard, in addressing downtown va-cancies that have been the subject ofa task force established by MayorAndy Skibitsky, on Monday revieweda draft of a town ordinance to amendparts of the Land Use Ordinance andmotioned to recommend the changesin a written response to the towncouncil.

“The report makes over 50 recom-mendations for changes,” said Plan-ning Board member Sam Della Fera,a member of the town council.

The ordinance presented to theboard included 15 of the potentialamendments, all of which will striveto maintain the character of down-town Westfield and its shopping anddining attractions. The aim of theamendments is to keep Westfield upto date and competitive, officials said.

“These are important changes,nothing that throws open the doorwith material changes to Westfield,”Mr. Della Fera said.

Some of the potential changes thatthe ordinance includes involve signregulations, streamlining the approvalprocess, parking waiver changes, al-lowing tenants to share space, allow-ing pop-ups, allowing different kindsof tenants such as a retro arcade, aPaint & Sip or a tutoring center andmore.

“The intent there is to get spacesfilled quickly,” Town Planner DonaldSammet said.

Additional proposed ordinances tobe discussed in the future includechanges in parking enforcement hoursand changing to double-headed park-ing meters that would accept multipleways to pay such as coins, creditcards, pay-by-app and more to de-crease the space meters take up andmake it less of a hassle for parkers.

In other business, it was announcedthe application of William and JillKelly of 1127 Prospect Street hadbeen withdrawn.

The board then approved a newapplication to demolish an existing

structure at 609 Drake Place to subdi-vide the lot for two new single-familyhomes.

The applicant provided two pro-fessional architect witnesses to relaythat the architectural plan conformsto the code and complies with regula-tions and requirements. The houseswill not look alike and each lot will be50 feet in front, consistent with theother houses on the street: a subdivi-sion to conform.

Christina M. Hinke for The Westfield LeaderIN OBSERVANCE...The Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Color Guard per-forms at last week’s Memorial Day Service at the Cranford Community Center.The township’s Memorial Day Parade was cancelled due to rain.

Courtesy of Lucy DumancicLOOKING SPIFFY...These guys atended a pre-prom party prior to the WestfieldHigh School senior prom Saturday night at Pines Manor in Edison.

Murphy, Guadagno WinPrimaries for Governor

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

REGION — With just 13 percentturnout statewide, New Jersey voters,in Tuesday’s state Primary Election,chose former Ambassador to Ger-many and ex-Goldman Sachs execu-tive Phil Murphy and LieutenantGovernor Kim Guadagno as theDemocratic and Republican Partynominees, respectively, for governorin the fall General Election.

Only 732,574 of the state’s5,688,002 registered voters, accord-ing to the state’s Division of Elec-tions, took part in the election, thisnewspaper calculated.

Mr. Murphy easily captured hisparty’s nomination with 48 percent ofthe vote, or 237,949 votes, over formerU.S. Treasury undersecretary JimJohnson, 22 percent and 108,222 tal-lies, and Assemblyman JohnWisniewski of Middlesex County, 22percent and 107,107 votes. State Sena-tor Ray Lesniak of Elizabeth placed adistant fourth, garnering just 5 per-cent of the vote with 23,899 tallies.Former firefighter William Brennanand Tenafly Councilman Mark Zinnafinished with 2 and 1 percent of thevote, respectively.

Lt. Gov. Guadagno defeated As-semblyman Jack Ciattarelli ofSomerset County, 47 percent to 31percent, or 112,377 to 74,665 votes,to win the GOP nod to replace herboss, Governor Chris Christie. Alsoin the GOP race were businessmanHirsh Singh, who garnered 10 per-cent of the vote with 23,524 votes;businessman Joseph Rullo, 6.5 per-cent and 15,564 tallies, and Nutley

township commissioner StevenRogers, 6 percent and 14,031 votes.

Mr. Ciattarelli won Union Countyover the lieutenant governor by around200 votes, 3,540 to 3,345 tallies, or41 to 39 percent. Mr. Murphy won thecounty with over 50 percent of thevote over Mr. Johnson, 18,331 votesto 9,081 votes. Mr. Johnson had 25percent of the vote. Longtime Sen.Lesniak had only 9 percent of the voteor 3,192 tallies in his home county.

At the county level, in the sheriff’srace, former Hillside police officerand current Kenilworth councilmanPeter Corvelli easily defeated retiredUnion County sheriff’s captain GailSmith Alexander, 81 percent to 19percent, or 22,463 to 5,136 votes. Hewill face Republican Marc Krauss,who was unchallenged in the Repub-lican Primary, in the General Elec-tion. Sheriff Joseph Cryan did notseek reelection, instead opting to runfor the state Senate in the 20th Legis-lative District being vacated by Mr.Lesniak. Mr. Cryan was not opposedin the Primary.

Tuesday also was the deadline forindependent candidates to file for stateand local offices. Filing for governorare: Seth Kaper-Dale, Green Party;Peter J. Rohrman, Libertarian Party;Matthew Riccard, Put NJ 1st; GinaGenovese, Reduce Property Taxes;and Vincent Ross, We The People.

In addition, Sumantha Prasad ofPlainfield filed for State Assembly inthe 22nd Legislative District underthe slogan Pushing Us Forward, alongwith Onel Martinez of Linden, whofiled under the slogan RememberThose Forgotten.

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RevaluationJames Debbie, Mountainside rents 64parking spaces at the library and Bor-ough Hall to Mountainside residents,which is insufficient to meet the de-mand. Mr. Debbie advised the publicthat the residents of Hickory Lane haverecently submitted a petition asking thecouncil to amend the 2006 parkingordinance to include a four-hour park-ing limit since the area has becomeoverrun with commuters parking theircars. Mayor Paul Mirabelli stated thatinvestigating possible sites for addi-tional parking was a priority and askedfor an update at the next meeting.

Councilwoman Deanna Andre pro-vided an update on the plan to use aportion of the recently obtained grantfrom the Union County Board of Cho-sen Freeholders to replace the carpetin the community room, fitness room,senior lounge and game room withsound-absorbing cushion flooring thatis more durable, adaptable, and easierand less expensive to maintain thantraditional carpeting.

The mayor reminded the public thatthe Mountainside Community Poolwill open this Saturday, June 10. Thepool facility includes a 50-meter Olym-pic pool, diving tank, zero-depth wad-ing pool, two water slides, basketballcourts, baby changing area, men’s andwomen’s locker rooms, snack bar, pic-nic grove, benches and grassy areasfor sunbathing.

The council’s next meeting will beon Tuesday, June 20.

a recommendation made by theDowntown Task Force to allow formore walking space. The metersticks also would handle paymentby coin, a pay card, and credit card(current meters do not accept creditcards). Pay stations were discussed,but long lines downtown on the side-walk to make a payment and issueswith insufficient direct sunlight forthe solar operation were some nega-tives the Downtown Task Force hadspecified, Mr. Gildea told TheLeader.

As part of Mayor AndySkibitsky’s initiative to boost theeconomy, he has signed on GoodHousekeeping executive editorMeaghan Murphy as the Chief SpiritOfficer (CSO) of Westfield. Ms.Murphy kicked off the WestfieldFirst presentation by inviting co-owner Bill Curtis of the FarmhouseStore and Laura Condon, owner ofJersey Boutique Spa, to come to thedais to speak about their businesses.

Bestfield is a new phrase Ms.Murphy coined because she said inWestfield, “we want to be the bestversion we can be.” She went as faras to having the Farmhouse Storecreate linens with Bestfield printedacross the front. She also has cre-ated social media accounts forBestfield. “This a place to pump thepositivity...and celebrate the goodthings about this awesome town welive in,” Ms. Murphy said of herBestfield social media accounts.

As CSO, Ms. Murphy is lookingfor ways to do events that will in-crease sales for local businesses.Last week, she arranged an event atPoe Yoga that included a book sign-ing by Kate Parker, who grew up intown; an Athleta Girl trunk showthat sold out, and a gelato tastingfrom a local shop. The Towne BookStore sold out of books Ms. Parkerhad signed. As part of her role as

health-related issues. She has 10 yearsexperience in consulting, teaching,and the non-profit sector. “Linda willassist with the website, making sureupdated pertinent health-related in-formation and programming is avail-able to residents,” Ms. Avallone said.

CSO, Ms. Murphy specifically men-tioned she wants to hold “inspiringevents for our girls.”

In other business, road improve-ments are to begin on 24 roads afterthe low bid of $1,286,477, submit-ted by Fischer Contracting, was ac-cepted by the council. Two otherroads will be paved after additionalsurveying is performed, since resi-dents had requested curbing be partof the job, Councilman Della Ferasaid.

A portion of Boulevard is to bepaved from Park Drive to Washing-ton Street. The low bid came in at$322,355. Also, the paving fromWashington to Grove Street wasapproved. The work is to be partlyfunded with grant money. The townhad received Transportation TrustFund grant money last year that willgo towards the project, andWestfield recently received a$100,000 grant from the county forpaving of the roadway.

The purchase of a front-end loaderfor the Department of Public Workswas approved for $239,584 as partof the capital improvement plan.

The Downtown Westfield Corpo-ration is considering closingQuimby Street for an additionalnight or two this summer during itsSweet Sounds Downtown, Mr.Gildea said during the conferencesession held before the official meet-ing. There was “favorable feedback”from the businesses, Mr. Della Ferasaid, regarding closing of the streetduring the jazz festival’s last nightof the summer.

Resident Tom Harrington had sug-gested the town council investigatebuying property on the corner ofMountain Avenue and East BroadStreet that is operated by Verizonfor landline phone service to thetown. He said phone companies areeliminating wired phones, a moveAT&T has proposed. Mr. Harringtontold The Leader the land could beserved well by having it developedfor retail, residential and parking.

The town’s hearing before StateSuperior Court Assignment JudgeKaren Cassidy for its fair share hous-ing plan has been adjourned to Mon-day, August 4, Town AttorneyRussell Finestein told The Leader.

A tax appeal settlement wasgranted to 325 North Avenue, ownedby True Associates. The settlementis for the years 2013 to 2017,amounting to approximately$50,000 over the five-year period,Mr. Finestein told The Leader.

close its lab facilities there, Hartz sug-gests that retrofitting a lab for anotheruse would be costly for a new tenant,and the office building once occupiedby Bank of America is out of date, hasan odd, outdated layout, and is notlocated centrally to walkable mixed-use locations and transit preferred to-day for office space.

Originally, Hartz Mountain had at-tempted to rezone Hyatt Hills, butClark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso saidClark would only use that property forrecreation use, as it is currently zoned,Mayor Bonaccorso stated in his af-fordable-housing presentation onMarch 29.

750 Walnut Avenue is currentlyowned by H-Cranford Conduit LTDPartnership, which purchased it in1996, and pays over $1 million inproperty taxes on the site. State

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Population Increaserecords show that H-CranfordConduit’s Principal is H-Cranford II,Inc. H-Cranford II’s state filings showthat Vincent Rubino, Frank Roscittand Phillip Patton are the listed Prin-cipals. Another registered corpora-tion, H-Cranford Limited Partnership,shows Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.and H-Cranford, Inc. as its Princi-pals. Hartz Mountain Industries isregistered with the State of New Jer-sey as a Foreign Profit Corporationand lists President Gus Milano alongwith Vice Presidents Frank Roscittand Curtis Schwartz as Principals.All five related companies registeredwith the state are deliverable to PhillipPatton, Esq. at the same address inSeacaucus. Hartz Mountain Indus-tries is also listed with the associatedname Meadowlands Mall atSeacaucus.

Paul Lachenauer for The Westfield LeaderAND THEIR OFF...The Centennial Village Velocity 5K race was held Sundaymorning. The event was organized by the Centennial Village Group, which worksto revitalize and beautify Cranford’s Centennial Avenue business district.

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Cranford Population Could Rise8 Percent With Proposed Apts.

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

FANWOOD — The boroughcouncil delayed its vote to adopt the2017 municipal budget Monday be-cause the spending plan has not yetbeen approved by the state.

The council had held its publichearing for the 2017 budget lastmonth and introduced the budget inmid-April with a tax levy of$6,143,966, which represents a 2.4-percent increase over last year’s taxlevy.

The council did vote to amend thebudget Monday at a special meetingto add grants into the budget, but theaction would not affect the levy, ChiefFinancial Officer Fred Tompkinssaid.

The budget includes exclusions

outside the state cap: an increase inhealthcare costs of $4,581 and anincrease in pensions of $8,770.

The council also voted to approvesix resolutions at the special meet-ing. Two temporary positions weregranted for the building department.The appointment of a temporarysubcode official was extended untilthe borough hires a new official sincethe previous official has retired. Also,an electrical subcode official andtemporary construction official wereappointed.

The council voted to approve tak-ing down wood banner poles down-town on Martine Avenue and replac-ing them will steel banner polespainted a green color.

A resolution in support of the ParisClimate Accord was passed.

“Representatives from 196 nationsmade a historic pact on December12, 2015, in Paris to adopt greenenergy sources, cut down on climatechange emissions and limit the riseof global temperatures — while alsocooperating to cope with the impactof unavoidable climate change,” ac-cording to npr.org in its descriptionof the Accord.

Resident Michael Lewis in publiccomments suggested the boroughpass other symbolic resolutions thatwould directly affect borough resi-dents, such as equalized school dis-trict funding. He said this would“affect my ability to stay here; cli-mate change, not so much.”

A change order for a contract forroad improvements on South Av-enue between Second Avenue andMartine Avenue was approved. Thecontractor will perform sewer repairwithin the road cavity overnight thismonth, “because there is an issuewith our sewer lines,” Mayor Col-leen Mahr said. There is an approveddetour from the state that will becommunicated to the residents, Bor-ough Engineer AntoniosPanagopoulos said.

Resident Marina Dugan inquiredabout the stop signs on North Av-enue, referring to the new stop signsat Sheelens Crossing and North Av-enue that the council voted to ap-prove by a 3-to-2 vote in Decemberof last year. The stop signs did nothave support from Police Chief Ri-chard Trigo.

Councilman Jack Molenaar re-sponded to Ms. Dugan, saying thesigns are “creating a safe place forpedestrians since one did not existbefore.”

In the agenda setting meeting, Bor-ough Clerk Eleanor McGovern saidtwo pocket liquor license renewals,one owned by Sheelen’s Crossingand another owned by the formerSun Tavern, were approved by thestate.

Liz Jeffrey, the borough’s eco-nomic development liaison, gave anupdate on various projects. The Sta-tion Square groundbreaking mayoccur later this month, Ms. Jeffreysaid. Nineteen parking spaces in theadjacent parking lot will be lost dur-ing construction.

Upon completion, Station Squarewill have 28 market-rate units andseven affordable-housing units.

Also, construction is expected atthe Ponzio Tract that sits in the same

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

CRANFORD — Hartz MountainIndustries proposes to increase thetownship’s population by 8 percent,according to its application to build905 apartments at 750 Walnut Av-enue.

Originally scheduled to be heardby the planning board June 7, HartzMountain has requested to move itshearing to Wednesday, July 5. HartzMountain wants to rezone the com-mercial property to build the apart-ments, along with two swimmingpools with two clubhouses. DeputyMayor Patrick Giblin told The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Times, “I suspect it[the application] will take severalmeetings.”

The Times filed an Open PublicRecords Act (OPRA) request, andsubsequently reviewed the trafficstudy, architectural plans and siteplans for the property. Photos of thosecan be found at http://www.goleader.com/news/

Hartz Mountain is proposing a two-phase build out of the property, withfive apartment buildings in total, withphase 1 being built by 2019 and phase2 by 2021. The triangular shapedproperty abuts the Hyatt Hills Golf

Complex to the west, the NJ Transitrail to the north, and comes to a pointat Raritan Road to the south, andfronts Walnut Avenue on the east.

Two of the five apartment build-ings would be four stories, measuring54 feet, eight inches high, while threeof the buildings would be five stories,consisting of four floors of apart-ments over a surface-level garage,measuring 66 feet, eight inches high.

In addition to the apartment build-ings, the site would include two pools,two clubhouses, parking, new drive-ways and a new traffic light at Walnutand Behnert Place.

The plan estimates the 905 unitswould add 1,846 people to the popu-lation, increasing the population by 8percent. As per the 2010 United StatesCensus, the township’s populationwas 22,625, according to Wikipedia.Since the 2010 U.S. Census, someadditional 600 units have either comeon board or are proposed: Riverfrontat Cranford Station, Woodmont Sta-tion, the proposed Birchwood Av-enue development, and a develop-ment on Walnut Avenue off of SouthAvenue and another on CentennialAvenue approved this year.

The proposed plan would allocate15 percent of the 905 units for afford-able housing. Market-rate units wouldbe a mix of one- and two-bedroomapartments, and affordable-housingunits would be a mix of one-, two- andthree-bedroom apartments. Of themarket-rate units, 380 would be one-bedroom and 386 would be two-bed-room. Of the affordable-housing units,28 would be one-bedroom, 82 would

be two-bedroom, and 29 would bethree-bedroom. The two clubhouseswould measure 8,200 and 5,500square feet.

Parking would include 1,723 spaceswithin two garages as well as surfaceparking.

The traffic study by Langan Engi-neering and Environmental Services,Inc. says the redevelopment “will notsignificantly alter surrounding areatraffic operations.”

Hartz Mountain also is seeking tomake the 30.5-acre parcel an area inneed of redevelopment, which couldallow for tax breaks to the developer.Hartz Mountain cites that it meetstwo criteria for such a designation.

Since Bank of America has va-cated the premises, and LabCorpsintends to close its lab facilitiesthere, Hartz suggests that retrofit-ting a lab for another use would becostly for a new tenant, and theoffice building once occupied byBank of America is out of date, hasan odd, outdated layout, and is notlocated centrally to walkable mixed-use locations and transit preferredtoday for office space.

Originally, Hartz Mountain had at-tempted to rezone Hyatt Hills, butClark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso saidClark would only use that propertyfor recreation use, as it is currentlyzoned, Mayor Bonaccorso stated inhis affordable-housing presentationon March 29.

750 Walnut Avenue is currentlyowned by H-Cranford Conduit LTDPartnership, which purchased it inBy FRED T. ROSSI

Specially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

SCOTCH PLAINS — Those bil-lions and billions of stars out there —along with the moon and the planets —will be just a bit more visible to sky-watchers and amateur astronomers inScotch Plains and Fanwood thanks totwo new telescopes that have beendonated to the two towns’ libraries.

Cardholders at the Scotch Plainsand Fanwood libraries will be able toborrow the telescopes — one at eachlibrary — for up to one week, takethem home and point them at thenight sky to view the moon’s cratersand some of the planets in the solarsystem as well as stars that are manylight years from Earth.

“It’s a great opportunity to put ascientific instrument in the hands ofpeople who might not have access,”Scotch Plains Library DirectorMichelle Willis told The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Times this week. Thetelescope-lending program got un-derway last week, and will be done ona first-come, first-served basis. Shesaid she believes that the neighboringlibraries are the only ones in the stateto have such a program.

The impetus for the program camefrom Wayne Zuhl, a member of theFanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club,who heard about a similar programamong most public libraries in NewHampshire and thought it would be agood idea locally. The two OrionStarblast Telescopes were purchasedand then donated to the two librariesby the Rotary Club and modified foreasy usage by members of AmateurAstronomers Inc., the astronomy clublocated at the William Miller SperryObservatory at Union County Col-lege in Cranford. The telescopes comewith a user manual, constellationguide, moon map and a headlamp.

The telescope can be checked outby a Scotch Plains or Fanwood resi-dent cardholder who is 18 years ofage or older; the cardholder mustpresent current identification andproof of address and sign a new lend-ing policy agreement each time thetelescope is borrowed.

Saying that she is “really excited”by the telescope-lending program,Mrs. Willis hopes that if the programproves to be popular, additional tele-scopes can be secured for lending tothe public.

By FRED T. ROSSISpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoningboard of adjustment last week ap-proved plans by New Jersey AmericanWater to replace its booster pump sta-tion building on Glenside Avenue.

New Jersey American’s attorney,Frank Tedesco, said the building —which is located on the east side ofGlenside Avenue about 1,000 feet northof Route 22 — is in “serious disrepair”while Brian Slota, a project managerfor the water company, told the boardat the June 1 hearing that the existingfacility is “a pretty critical station forus” in pumping water to the north upthe hill to homes in the WatchungReservation and east all the way to theBaltusrol Country Club in Springfield.

Plans call for a prefabricated single-story brick structure with a flat roof toreplace the existing two-story facility,which houses pumps in a basementand on the ground floor. JosephBongiovanni, an engineer for the wa-ter utility, said the new building, likethe existing one, will be situated near

a stream that runs along Route 22, butis not in a wetlands area or a floodplain. A paved driveway will replacethe current gravel driveway and anemergency generator will be placedinside the building. Jim Dowling, aprofessional planner, said there shouldnot be any significant or noticeablechange to the site, calling the newbuilding an “in-kind replacement.”

In other business, the board alsoapproved the Jewish CommunityCenter’s (JCC) request to place sev-eral tents on its property for use duringits summer day camp program thatstarts at the end of this month. Thepermission will be effective throughthe 2019 day camp sessions. SamuelManigault was given approval to con-struct a 16-foot by 16-foot woodendeck at the rear of his house at 1156Washington Avenue.

The board plans to hold a specialmeeting later this month —June 22 or28, although the date has yet to befinalized at this time — to hear threecell tower applications submitted byT-Mobile.

Kristan McAliney for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesSPRING HOCKEY CLASSIC... Westfield's Finest defeated Westfield's Bravest, 4-3, with over $10,000 being donated inmemory to the family of Westfield Firefighter Michael A. Lanza, who passed away suddenly earlier this year. The fundraiserwas held at Union Sports Arena on Route 22. Firefighter Lanza, a resident of Scotch Plains, left behind a wife and two children.

Courtesy of Wayne ZuhlSTAR SEARCH... The Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club has donated twotelescopes to the Scotch Plains and Fanwood libraries for lending to residents.

Christina M. Hinke for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesSTATION SQUARE UPDATE...Liz Jeffrey, the borough’s economic develop-ment liaison, seated at desk, goes over plans for Station Square during Monday’sFanwood Borough Council meeting.

Kristan McAliney for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesSCORING ATTEMPT...The Westfield Fire Department defends their goal againstthe Westfield Police Department during a scoring attempt at a Saturday fundraiserheld at Union Sports Arena on Route 22. The WPD edged WFD, 4-3. The eventraised over $10,000 for the family of late Westfield Firefighter Michael A. Lanza,a Scotch Plains resident, who passed away suddenly earlier this year.

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Pop. Risearea. This lot is to have a mixed-usebuilding with commercial space onthe ground level and three residen-tial units above.

“There is going to be a lot ofactivity on that corner,” Mayor Mahrsaid. She is drafting a letter to sendto landlords and merchants that willnotify them of the work that will beongoing in the area.

Lightbridge Academy expects toopen its doors in October at theformer Sun Tavern site at 15 SouthAvenue, Ms. Jeffrey said. Originallyplanning to open in August, “theyhad a delayed review,” she said.Demolition has begun inside.

Young’s Paint at 1 South Avenuehas been contracted for sale to adeveloper, Empire Properties, Ms.Jeffrey said, but there has been “titleissues” holding up the transfer. Em-pire plans to build residential unitswith retail below.

Mayor Mahr commented abouthaving roads paved curb to curb af-ter American Water Company hasdug up the roadways. She said theyhave only agreed to pave half thewidth of roadways.

1996, and is billed over $1 million inproperty taxes on the site. Staterecords show that H-CranfordConduit’s Principal is H-Cranford II,Inc. H-Cranford II’s state filings showthat Vincent Rubino, Frank Roscittand Phillip Patton are the listed Prin-cipals. Another registered corpora-tion, H-Cranford Limited Partnership,shows Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.and H-Cranford, Inc. as its Princi-pals. Hartz Mountain Industries isregistered with the State of New Jer-sey as a Foreign Profit Corporationand lists President Gus Milano alongwith Vice Presidents Frank Roscittand Curtis Schwartz as Principals.All five related companies registeredwith the state are deliverable to PhillipPatton, Esq. at the same address inSeacaucus. Hartz Mountain Indus-tries is also listed with the associatedname Meadowlands Mall atSeacaucus.

BIRTHDAY CRUISE...Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Joyanne L. Schoeman of Westfieldcelebrated Dr. Schoeman’s 75th birthday on May 27 at a circa 1750 building whereCharles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Emily Bronte and Lady Byron once stayed. Thebuilding is now known as Number 61 Guest House and Tea Room and is located inthe historic English North Sea town of Tynemouth, where Holland America Line’sZuiderdam made a call. Mrs. Schoeman treated her husband to this cruise for hisbirthday. The cruise also included Copenhagen, Norway’s Kristiansand, Oslo,Stavanger and its Norwegian Petroleum Museum, stupendous fjords, and Bergen,and Scotland’s Shetland Islands, Isle of Skye, Invergordon and Edinburgh. Thecouple brought a copy of The Westfield Leader along for the trip.

LEADER IN GERMANY...Fontaine Gatti of Mountainside visits Traube Tonbach,Germany, May 5 and 6, with Richard Rader of Cranford, where they stayed at thehotel by the same name. They are standing while holding The Westfield Leader infront of the oldest part of the hotel, dating to the 1700s. The hotel is located in theBlack Forest section of southern Germany.

Ord. On UnsatisfactoryRatings to Remain Intact

By MICHAEL BONACCORSOSpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

WESTFIELD — The board ofhealth on Monday agreed to keep atown ordinance “suggesting” restau-rants with an unsatisfactory rating“voluntarily” cease operations untilthe issue is resolved. At its previousmeeting in May, the board discussedpassing an ordinance allowing townhealth officers to immediately close afood establishment deemed unsatis-factory.

“If a restaurant’s conditions posedan immediate danger to the public, ahealth officer should be able to im-mediately close the business, elimi-nating the risk,” Health Board mem-ber Dr. Lawrence D. Budnick said.

Health Officer Megan Avallone saidthe town attorney advised that townordinances legal purview should fol-low punishment paths set by statestatute.

“In my 20 years [on the board],only one establishment continuedoperation after being told not to. Inaddition to our health officers, thepower of the press, fines, and publicopinion will continue as an effectivepolicing mechanism,” Dr. Budnicksaid.

“Through hefty fines and a motionin Superior Court, the business can beforced to close. The situation is not asstraightforward as a town health of-ficer deciding on site. However, it isthe legal path for the town,” Ms.Avallone said.

In other business, Westfield healthofficers received a complaint claim-ing a caterpillar was found in a bottleof green sauce. The complaintprompted an investigation.

“QDOBA, in Westfield, has alwaysabided regulations and has receivedreputable ratings by our inspectionstandards. The bottle was purchasedfrom a third-party vendor and is notspecific to this particular establish-ment. The situation could have hap-pened anywhere. A one-in-a-million-type thing. The restaurant was thor-oughly inspected after the complaintwas filed and was in proper stand-ing,” Principal Health Inspector HelenMendez said.

At its August meeting the boardwill discuss an establishment onCumberland Street and South Avenuethat sells kitchen furnishing supplies.

“The storefront has a functioningkitchen and has doubled as kitchenfor three potential businesses. Theboard has not licensed any food es-tablishments for this location, prompt-ing concerns with zoning and healthstandards,” Ms. Mendez said.

“We must be able to hold a busi-ness or businesses accountable forstandards in their operation. Too manybusinesses operating simultaneouslymay pose risks to patrons and beunmanageable from a liability stand-point,” Ms. Avallone said.

“Two businesses, maybe. Threebusinesses with one refrigerator andlittle storage space are often hectic andunmanageable,” Ms. Mendez said.

The three businesses are a meal prepservice, a dining club, and an instruc-tional cooking class for baby food.

“We should reexamine in what ca-pacity and when these businesses planto operate at this location. Unregis-tered operations are not acceptableand there may even be zoning viola-tions at play,” Health Board Presi-dent Thomas K. O’Neill said.

Health educator Linda Brown hasbeen hired to assist in public relationsand community outreach on health-related issues. She has 10 years expe-rience in consulting, teaching, andthe non-profit sector. “Linda will as-sist with the website, making sureupdated pertinent health-related in-formation and programming is avail-able to residents,” Ms. Avallone said.

Planning Bd. RecommendsChanges to Land Use Ord.

BY SHANNA C. KELLYSpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

WESTFIELD — The planningboard, in addressing downtown va-cancies that have been the subject ofa task force established by MayorAndy Skibitsky, on Monday revieweda draft of a town ordinance to amendparts of the Land Use Ordinance andmotioned to recommend the changesin a written response to the towncouncil.

“The report makes over 50 recom-mendations for changes,” said Plan-ning Board member Sam Della Fera,a member of the town council.

The ordinance presented to the

board included 15 of the potentialamendments, all of which will striveto maintain the character of down-town Westfield and its shopping anddining attractions. The aim of theamendments is to keep Westfield upto date and competitive, officials said.

“These are important changes,nothing that throws open the doorwith material changes to Westfield,”Mr. Della Fera said.

Some of the potential changes thatthe ordinance includes involve signregulations, streamlining the approvalprocess, parking waiver changes, al-lowing tenants to share space, allowingpop-ups, allowing different kinds oftenants such as a retro arcade, a Paint &Sip or a tutoring center and more.

“The intent there is to get spacesfilled quickly,” Town Planner DonaldSammet said.

Additional proposed ordinances tobe discussed in the future includechanges in parking enforcement hoursand changing to double-headed park-ing meters that would accept multipleways to pay such as coins, creditcards, pay-by-app and more to de-crease the space meters take up andmake it less of a hassle for parkers.

In other business, it was announcedthe application of William and JillKelly of 1127 Prospect Street hadbeen withdrawn.

The board then approved a newapplication to demolish an existingstructure at 609 Drake Place to subdi-vide the lot for two new single-familyhomes.

The applicant provided two pro-fessional architect witnesses to relaythat the architectural plan conformsto the code and complies with regula-tions and requirements. The houseswill not look alike and each lot will be50 feet in front, consistent with theother houses on the street: a subdivi-sion to conform.

Murphy, Guadagno WinPrimaries for Governor

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

REGION — With just 13 percentturnout statewide, New Jersey voters,in Tuesday’s state Primary Election,chose former Ambassador to Ger-many and ex-Goldman Sachs execu-tive Phil Murphy and LieutenantGovernor Kim Guadagno as theDemocratic and Republican Partynominees, respectively, for governorin the fall General Election.

Only 732,574 of the state’s5,688,002 registered voters, accord-ing to the state’s Division of Elec-tions, took part in the election, thisnewspaper calculated.

Mr. Murphy easily captured hisparty’s nomination with 48 percent ofthe vote, or 237,949 votes, over formerU.S. Treasury undersecretary JimJohnson, 22 percent and 108,222 tal-lies, and Assemblyman JohnWisniewski of Middlesex County, 22percent and 107,107 votes. State Sena-tor Ray Lesniak of Elizabeth placed adistant fourth, garnering just 5 per-cent of the vote with 23,899 tallies.Former firefighter William Brennanand Tenafly Councilman Mark Zinnafinished with 2 and 1 percent of thevote, respectively.

Lt. Gov. Guadagno defeated As-semblyman Jack Ciattarelli ofSomerset County, 47 percent to 31percent, or 112,377 to 74,665 votes,to win the GOP nod to replace herboss, Governor Chris Christie. Alsoin the GOP race were businessmanHirsh Singh, who garnered 10 per-cent of the vote with 23,524 votes;businessman Joseph Rullo, 6.5 per-cent and 15,564 tallies, and Nutley

township commissioner StevenRogers, 6 percent and 14,031 votes.

Mr. Ciattarelli won Union Countyover the lieutenant governor by around200 votes, 3,540 to 3,345 tallies, or41 to 39 percent. Mr. Murphy won thecounty with over 50 percent of thevote over Mr. Johnson, 18,331 votesto 9,081 votes. Mr. Johnson had 25percent of the vote. Longtime Sen.Lesniak had only 9 percent of the voteor 3,192 tallies in his home county.

At the county level, in the sheriff’srace, former Hillside police officerand current Kenilworth councilmanPeter Corvelli easily defeated retiredUnion County sheriff’s captain GailSmith Alexander, 81 percent to 19percent, or 22,463 to 5,136 votes. Hewill face Republican Marc Krauss,who was unchallenged in the Repub-lican Primary, in the General Elec-tion. Sheriff Joseph Cryan did notseek reelection, instead opting to runfor the state Senate in the 20th Legis-lative District being vacated by Mr.Lesniak. Mr. Cryan was not opposedin the Primary.

Tuesday also was the deadline forindependent candidates to file for stateand local offices. Filing for governorare: Seth Kaper-Dale, Green Party;Peter J. Rohrman, Libertarian Party;Matthew Riccard, Put NJ 1st; GinaGenovese, Reduce Property Taxes;and Vincent Ross, We The People.

In addition, Sumantha Prasad ofPlainfield filed for State Assembly inthe 22nd Legislative District underthe slogan Pushing Us Forward, alongwith Onel Martinez of Linden, whofiled under the slogan RememberThose Forgotten.

Westfield Creates NewChief Spirit Officer

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

WESTFIELD — Fifteen recom-mendations of 50 that the Down-town Task Force had made in itsreport to the mayor and council willbe implemented shortly after thecouncil unanimously adopted ordi-nances Tuesday that would allow forchanges to the town code and landuse. The council also introduced anordinance to change the code to al-low additional free parking down-town, changing the parking fee hoursfrom 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Monday through Saturday, andadding three express 15-minute park-ing spaces, a parklet and anothernight owl lot.

The amendments to the Land UseOrdinance include, Councilman SamDella Fera said, adding permitteduses, expanding the definition of re-tail services to allow retro gamerooms, and paint and sip establish-ments, allowing office use on theground level on North Avenue andSouth Avenue, allowing use of base-ment space for functions that areauxiliary to the use provided on theground level, allowing use of a spaceon a temporary basis, allowing shareduse of one tenant space, and allow-ing walk-up windows for pizzeriasand ice cream shops. It also removesstair towers and elevator bulkheads,as well as decorative architecturalfeatures, from the calculation ofbuilding height. Some signage policyalso is to be amended in the LandUse Ordinance.

A-frame sidewalk signs will nowbe allowed, even though some retail-ers currently use them, per anamended ordinance that will specifythe dimensions and placement of thesigns on the sidewalk.

The time allotted for paying theparking meters is to be shortened to10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday throughSaturday, per the introduction of anamended ordinance, CouncilmanKeith Loughlin said. The ordinanceamendment also will allow parklets,with a pilot parklet to be placed onthe sidewalk near the curb nearTheresa’s Restaurant on Elm Street.A parklet can be used by purveyorsof the restaurant, as well as purvey-ors of the downtown. “If successful,more will be introduced,” Mr.Loughlin said. Also, Lot 5 would bedesignated as a night owl lot, andpermits can be obtained from thepolice department when the ordi-nance is adopted in two weeks.

Three express spaces will be cre-ated downtown, with a focus onQuimby Street as the Downtown TaskForce recommended, Town Admin-istrator Jim Gildea said. The policedepartment will designate the expressspaces, which will allow shoppers topark for 15 minutes for free to pick upa meal or make a quick store visit.

Summit has been successful withthose express spaces, Mr. Loughlinsaid. Those designated spaces willbe marked with a sign, and meterswill remain with the 15-minute pushbutton, he said.

There additionally is a bid requestout now for the replacement of thestick meters in the town with newstick meters that would serve twospaces, thereby reducing the numberof meter poles by half, Mr. Gildeatold The Scotch Plains-FanwoodTimes. This was a recommendationmade by the Downtown Task Forceto allow for more walking space.The meter sticks also would handlepayment by coin, a pay card, andcredit card (current meters do notaccept credit cards). Pay stationswere discussed, but long lines down-town on the sidewalk to make a pay-ment and issues with insufficient di-rect sunlight for the solar operationwere some negatives the DowntownTask Force had specified, Mr. Gildeatold The Times.

As part of Mayor Andy Skibitsky’sinitiative to boost the economy, hehas signed on Good Housekeepingexecutive editor Meaghan Murphyas the Chief Spirit Officer (CSO) ofWestfield. Ms. Murphy kicked offthe Westfield First presentation byinviting co-owner Bill Curtis of theFarmhouse Store and Laura Condon,owner of Jersey Boutique Spa, tocome to the dais to speak about theirbusinesses.

Bestfield is a new phrase Ms.Murphy coined because she said inWestfield, “we want to be the bestversion we can be.” She went as faras to having the Farmhouse Storecreate linens with Bestfield printedacross the front. She also has createdsocial media accounts for Bestfield.“This a place to pump thepositivity...and celebrate the goodthings about this awesome town welive in,” Ms. Murphy said of herBestfield social media accounts.

As CSO, Ms. Murphy is lookingfor ways to do events that will in-crease sales for local businesses. Lastweek, she arranged an event at PoeYoga that included a book signingby Kate Parker, who grew up intown; an Athleta Girl trunk show thatsold out, and a gelato tasting from alocal shop. The Towne Book Storesold out of books Ms. Parker hadsigned. As part of her role as CSO,Ms. Murphy specifically mentionedshe wants to hold “inspiring eventsfor our girls.”

In other business, road improve-ments are to begin on 24 roads afterthe low bid of $1,286,477, submittedby Fischer Contracting, was acceptedby the council. Two other roads willbe paved after additional surveying isperformed, since residents had re-quested curbing be part of the job,Councilman Della Fera said.

A portion of Boulevard is to bepaved from Park Drive to Washing-ton Street. The low bid came in at$322,355. Also, the paving fromWashington to Grove Street was ap-proved. The work is to be partlyfunded with grant money. The townhad received Transportation TrustFund grant money last year that willgo towards the project, and Westfieldrecently received a $100,000 grantfrom the county for paving of theroadway.

The purchase of a front-end loaderfor the Department of Public Workswas approved for $239,584 as partof the capital improvement plan.

The Downtown Westfield Corpo-ration is considering closing QuimbyStreet for an additional night or twothis summer during its Sweet SoundsDowntown, Mr. Gildea said duringthe conference session held beforethe official meeting. There was “fa-vorable feedback” from the busi-nesses, Mr. Della Fera said, regard-ing closing of the street during thejazz festival’s last night of the sum-mer.

Resident Tom Harrington had sug-gested the town council investigatebuying property on the corner ofMountain Avenue and East BroadStreet that is operated by Verizon forlandline phone service to the town.He said phone companies are elimi-nating wired phones, a move AT&Thas proposed. Mr. Harrington toldThe Times the land could be servedwell by having it developed for re-tail, residential and parking.

The town’s hearing before StateSuperior Court Assignment JudgeKaren Cassidy for its fair share hous-ing plan has been adjourned to Mon-day, August 4, Town Attorney RussellFinestein told The Times.

A tax appeal settlement wasgranted to 325 North Avenue, ownedby True Associates. The settlementis for the years 2013 to 2017, amount-ing to approximately $50,000 overthe five-year period, Mr. Finesteintold The Times.

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PROUD WEST POINT GRADUATE...Cadet Steven Thomas Pedersen, left, theson of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pedersen of Scotch Plains, graduated from the U.S.Military Academy on May 27. Cadet Pedersen is a 2013 Scotch Plains-FanwoodHigh School graduate. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies ininternational relations and counterterrorism. He was commissioned as a secondlieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Field Artillery branch and will report to the82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., for his first assignment. Pictured atright is Command Sergeant Major Thomas Decker, retired from the New JerseyNational Guard and also a retired New Jersey State Trooper.

Panel Approves Muñoz BillFor Meningitis Vaccines

TRENTON – An Assembly panelhas advanced a bill, by a 9-2-1 vote,which would require New Jersey four-year universities to follow the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) immunization recommen-dation for students to receive a vac-cine for Meningitis.

“Meningitis is a potentially deadlydisease that can easily spread amongpeople living in close proximity, likecollege dorms,” said AssemblywomanNancy Muñoz (R-21st, Summit), whosponsored the bill. “Since there aredifferent strains, it’s important forstudents to receive both vaccines. TheCDC is the lead agency for trackingcommunicable diseases and updatingrecommendations. It makes absolutesense to follow its guidelines to betterprotect students and others.”

Last year, two undergraduates con-

tracted meningitis B at Rutgers Uni-versity. Seven students and a visitorwere infected at Princeton Univer-sity in 2013 and 2014. The visitor, aDrexel student, died. New Jersey isone of 36 states that require collegestudents be inoculated with theAWCY vaccine, which has beenavailable since the 1980s. Meningi-tis B vaccines have only been avail-able since late 2014.

Meningitis is a rare but potentiallylife-threatening disease that inflamesthe protective membranes surround-ing the brain and spinal cord. It isspread through saliva by kissing,sharing eating utensils, coughing orsneezing. It can progress quickly,causing death within 48 hours, andcan lead to permanent brain damage,loss of limbs and hearing, and haveother long-term effects.

Dealing In Stolen Pets WouldBe Illegal Under Scutari BillTRENTON – Legislation spon-

sored by Senator Nick Scutari (D-22nd, Linden) that would create aspecific crime for dealing in stolenpets was approved last week by theSenate Budget and AppropriationsCommittee. Current law addressesdealing in stolen property but doesnot specifically address the addedharm when the crime involves a do-mestic animal.

The bill, S-332, was introduced inresponse to recent reports about therise in a trend known as “dog flip-ping,” when dogs are stolen and thenlisted for sale online through suchsites as Craigslist for a profit. Theissue was featured in an ABC Newssegment, and has been covered byother news agencies.

“Losing a pet is devastating for theowner, not to mention the traumaticeffect this has on the animals whenthey are taken away from theircaregivers, and sometimes placed indangerous and harmful situations,”said Senator Scutari. “Creating seri-ous consequences for those who stealand then deal in stolen pets will hope-fully deter individuals from commit-ting these crimes and hold them ac-countable for their actions.”

A person would be guilty of deal-ing in stolen pets if he or she “trafficsin, or initiates, organizes, plans, fi-nances, directs, manages or super-vises trafficking in stolen propertyconsisting of a domestic companionanimal,” according to the bill.

Unlike the existing crime of deal-ing in stolen property, which can begraded as a disorderly persons of-fense up to a second-degree crimebased on the value of the propertyinvolved, dealing in stolen pets wouldbe a crime of the third degree underthe proposed bill. Punishment for athird-degree crime could include aterm of imprisonment of three to fiveyears, a fine of up to $15,000, or both.

“People are stealing pets, especiallydogs, for a variety of reasons, includ-ing breeding, selling, or using themfor illegal purposes like dog fight-ing,” added Senator Scutari. “This isa very serious offense and the lawmust make clear that it is unaccept-able and that those who perpetratethis crime will face severe penalties.”

Under current law, theft of a do-mestic companion animal is also acrime of the third degree.

The committee approved the billby a vote of 13-to-0. It next heads tothe full Senate for consideration.

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Bill Providing TrainingIn Domestic Violence

Cases AdvancesTRENTON – Legislation spon-

sored by Assemblywoman NancyMuñoz (R-21st, Summit) requiringstringent domestic violence trainingfor law enforcement officers and as-sistant county prosecutors has beenunanimously approved by the Assem-bly Appropriations Committee.

“Common sense dictates that theprofessionals who handle such casesbe well equipped to help those whohave already suffered so much,” Asw.Muñoz said. “Unfortunately, the dam-age can be compounded by the treat-ment of people who try to help. Spe-cialized training will improve com-munications and understanding be-tween police, prosecutors and do-mestic violence victims.”

The bill, A-4040, would require in-person, instructor-led training everythree years instead of the currentonline training requirement. The Di-vision of Criminal Justice would de-velop and approve a training courseand curriculum on the handling, in-vestigation and response proceduresfor reports of domestic violence andabuse of the elderly and disabled.

Law enforcement agencies wouldalso be required to establish domesticcrisis teams, which may include so-cial workers, clergy, other trainedcounselors, and licensed marriage andfamily therapists.

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

COUNTY – The Union CountyFreeholders are expected to vote to-night, June 8, to approve the 2017road resurfacing contract of $8.2 mil-lion, of which $4.2 million will befunded out of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Transportation’s 2016 trans-portation grant program.

According to a county press re-lease, 21 miles of county roads willbe repaved this summer in 15 of thecounty’s 21 municipalities. The con-tractor to receive the contract is P&AConstruction of Colonia.

The roads scheduled for resurfac-ing in 2017 include: Berkeley Heights/Summit, Glenside Avenue from Val-ley Road to Baltusrol Avenue; Berke-ley Heights, Valley Road fromGlenside Avenue to the SomersetCounty line; Clark/Cranford, WalnutAvenue from South Avenue to ValleyRoad; Mountainside, Summit Lanefrom Summit Road to W.R. TracyDrive; Scotch Plains, Mountain Av-enue and Willow Avenue from Route22, and Raritan Road from Lake Av-enue to Terrill Road; Summit, PassaicAvenue from Constantine Place toRiver Road, and Westfield/Clark,Central Avenue from South Avenuein Westfield to Barnes & Noble inClark.

Also on last Thursday’s meetingagenda for review were five resolu-tions to appropriate $100,000 in totalfees for attorneys to represent DianaYoust, director of the Union CountyJuvenile Detention Center, and FrankGuzzo, director of human services, inlawsuits filed by Hannah Burton, Jes-sica Lederman, Kyriaki Mourtoglouand Corrina Stoker, teachers at UnionCounty Educational Services Com-mission (UCESC) Hillcrest AcademyNorth. UCESC provides services toinmates at the detention center inLinden. The resolutions appropriate$80,000 to the law firm of Palumbo,

Renaud & DeAppolonio LLC ofCranford and $20,000 to the firm ofKologi Simitz of Linden.

At the start of the meeting, resolu-tions were presented to representa-tives of the Moms Demand Action forGun Sense in America declaring June2 as Gun Violence Awareness Day inUnion County and to members of thePortuguese Day Parade Committeein recognition of the 39th annual Eliza-beth Portuguese Day Parade, whichwas held this past Sunday.

Freeholder Al Mirabella said MomsDemand Action for Gun Sense inAmerica is “one of the biggest anti-gun violence groups in the entire Stateof New Jersey.”

Jennifer Gilman of Moms DemandAction for Gun Sense in America saidGun Violence Awareness Day wasstarted in 2013 after a 15-year-oldgirl from Chicago, Hadiya Pendleton,“was shot dead” one week after read-ing a poem at President BarackObama’s inauguration.

“This Wear Orange June 2nd move-ment originated there,” she said, as itrepresents the color hunters wear tobe seen so as not to be shot.

Ms. Gilman said Moms DemandAction for Gun Sense in America is anational organization that was startedthe day after a gunman killed 26people, including 20 children, atSandy Hook Elementary School inNewtown, Conn., on December 14,2012.

“It’s based off the philosophy ofMothers Against Drunk Driving(MADD), where our goal is simplyto reduce gun violence,” Ms. Gilmansaid, noting that 91 people a day arekilled by gun violence and 33,000deaths a year occur as a result ofguns. “As an organization we sup-port the Second Amendment, butwe support common-sense gun re-forms so we can reduce this epi-demic that is very much present inour country.”

Recycling EventsComing Up In June

UNION COUNTY — UnionCounty has announced that severalfree recycling events are coming upin June.

The county will host three mobilepaper shredding events this month.They are as follows: Saturday, June 3,at Union County College, 1033Springfield Avenue, Cranford;Wednesday, June 7, Clark PublicWorks, 315 Westfield Avenue, andSaturday, June 17, Union CountyVocational-Technical Schools, 1776Raritan Road, Scotch Plains. Allevents will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.or until the truck is filled. Residentscan bring up to four bags of confiden-tial documents for shredding.

On Saturday, June 10, there will bea household hazardous waste pro-gram at Union County College. Theevent will be held from 9 a.m. to 2p.m.. Items for drop off include oldpesticides and herbicides, pool chemi-cals, gasoline, oil-based paints, deckstain, fluorescent bulbs and propanetanks.

Union County’s scrap metal recy-cling program also continues in June.The events are the first Thursday andThird Saturday of each month soThursday, June 1 and Saturday, June17.

There are two locations in UnionCounty for residents to drop off theirmetal for recycling, one in Cranfordand Rahway. All locations will beopen from 9 a.m. to noon. Residentscan drop off old appliances, micro-waves, air conditioners, and metallawn furniture to name a few.

Please visit www.ucnj.org/recy-cling for more information or direc-tions.

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Susan Myrill Dougherty for The Westfield Leader and The TimesMEET AND GREET…At Monday night’s Union County Republican Committeefundraiser at the Stage House Tavern on Route 22 in Mountainside, a meet andgreet afforded photo ops for all. Pictured, from left to right, are: AssemblyMinority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-21st, Westfield), Springfield Mayor DianeStampoulos, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr, Congressman LeonardLance and Springfield Committeewoman Geri Ann Bujnowski.

Bio-Blitz 2017 at WarinancoOn June 16 And June 17

COUNTY – Union County’s an-nual Bio-Blitz wildlife survey is backwith fun for the whole family and afull slate of hands-on nature activitieson Friday evening, June 16 and allday Saturday, June 17 at UnionCounty’s Warinanco Park in Roselle.

Bio-Blitz 2017 begins at 5 p.m. onFriday. Public activities continue afterdark, until 11:30 p.m., and then resumefrom 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Visitors can come to the “Bio-Blitz Central” staging area in thenewly opened Warinanco Park SportsCenter (formerly the Ice SkatingCenter) to view exhibits, engage inon-going activities and gather forscheduled activities. All activitiesare free. Participants in scheduledactivities are requested to sign up atthe information table when they ar-rive.

Friday’s field activities include theOwl Prowl and Star Watch, along withscouting for wild edibles and trappingnight-time moths and other insects.

This year Bio-Blitz includes the“Going Batty over Bats” field activ-ity, in which participants can try theirhand at spotting bats with the help ofan acoustic monitor.

Saturday’s lineup begins with anearly morning bird walk, and contin-ues non-stop with more than a dozenscheduled programs exploring fields,

gardens, ponds and streams.Participants can join specialists from

the U.S. Department of Agricultureand other scientists to examine trailcameras and track stations for signs ofmammal activity in the park, followalong with the fish team to see howelectro-fishing and seining are used tosurvey aquatic life, and look for turtle,frogs, toads, tadpoles and more.

From 9 to 9:45 on Saturday morn-ing, garden enthusiasts can tour theformal Chatfield Garden and learnhow it was transformed from tulipbeds into a welcoming habitat forpollinators. The hawks and owls pro-gram is also featured on Saturday,including live “ambassadors” fromthe Avian Wildlife Center. Ongoingexhibits and activities at Bio-BlitzCentral continue through Saturdayincluding the hands-on junior natu-ralist area, live fish and insect exhib-its, and prize drawings.

Union County has held a Bio-Blitz in various parts of its parksystem every year since 2005. Theevent is designed to engage thepublic in nature conservation whileproviding researchers with valu-able information about biodiversityin urban and suburban communi-ties.

For a complete schedule and moredetails visit ucnj.org/bio-blitz.

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Scutari Announces HearingOn Rec. Marijuana Bill

TRENTON – Senate JudiciaryChairman Nicholas P. Scutari (D-22nd, Linden) has announced that thecommittee will hold a public hearingin June on his legislation to legalizethe possession and personal use ofsmall amounts of marijuana in NewJersey for those who are age 21 andolder.

“Now is the time to begin shapingNew Jersey’s recreational marijuanaprogram. We will have a new gover-nor next year and we should be pre-pared to move forward with a pro-gram that ends the prohibition onmarijuana and that treats our resi-dents fairly and humanely. While thereare models in other states that havealready legalized cannabis, this legis-lation represents a starting point forcreating the best recreational mari-juana program for New Jersey,” Sena-tor Scutari said.

Eight states have legalized recre-ational marijuana and public supportfor the effort is at a record high, with60 percent of people in the UnitedStates favoring legal recreationalmarijuana. Senator Scutari introduced

a bill, S-3195, on May 18 to establisha legal recreational marijuana pro-gram in New Jersey.

“We know that legalizing marijuanawill result in hundreds of millions ofdollars in tax revenue, the creation ofthousands of jobs and a substantialincrease in economic activity. It willalso mean savings for law enforce-ment, safer streets, and importantly, afairer way of treating our residents,”Sen. Scutari said. “The benefits areclear, but as part of our work towardslegalization, we want to have a robustdialogue with legislators, stakehold-ers and the public about creating amarijuana program that is best suitedfor our state. This hearing will pro-vide for that.”

Senator Scutari said he expects tohear from a range of stakeholders,including industry experts, medicalprofessionals, and law enforcement,as well as members of the public.

The Senate Judiciary Committeehearing on the legislation will be heldat 11 a.m. Monday, June 19, in Com-mittee Room 4 of the Statehouse An-nex, Trenton, NJ.

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James DeSarno to BeParade Grand Marshal

WESTFIELD — The WestfieldChapter of UNICO National andthe Westfield Italian American Clubhave announced that James DeSarnowill serve as the grand marshal ofthe Columbus Day Parade. Mr.DeSarno is assistant principal ofWestfield High School and the headfootball coach.

Coach DeSarno has led Westfield tonine playoff appearances, three leaguetitles and two state championships in2015 and 2016, when the team had twoundefeated seasons. He previouslycoached at Linden and Newark schools.Mr. DeSarno graduated from MontclairState University and received a master’sdegree from Kean University. He ismarried with three children.

The Columbus Day Parade willbe held on Sunday, October 8, be-ginning at 10 a.m. Additional de-tails will be provided in September.

Rec. Panel Discusses SummerPrograms, Opening of Pool

By KATE BROWNESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD — Members of theWestfield Recreation Commission onMonday night focused on the upcom-ing summer pool and camp season.

The meeting was chaired by GaryFox and began with a report on Me-morial Pool’s June 3 opening dayfrom Recreation Director BruceKaufmann. Mr. Kaufmann explainedthat the preliminary figures suggestthe pool will continue to be finan-cially self-supporting since member-ship fees, swim team registration andswim lesson signups are “on track.”Mr. Kaufmann also encouragedskilled swimmers in the communityto apply to work as lifeguards at thepool this summer as there are stillopenings available. In addition, henoted there may be a misperceptionamong new residents that pool mem-bership is difficult to obtain. He en-couraged newcomers in the area tovisit the recreation departmentwebsite or stop by the office to obtainan application.

According to Mr. Kaufmann, therecreation department will offer morethan three dozen enrichment programsand camps this summer including pro-grams in tennis, golf, Lego engineer-ing, fencing, wrestling and severalmusic programs. In addition, the sum-mer playground program will beginon Wednesday, June 28, and runthrough Tuesday, August 8. The pro-gram, which operates out of the localelementary schools, is for children inkindergarten through eighth grade.

Frank Arena, who is the towncouncil’s liaison to the commission,

advised that the council’s financepolicy committee intends to schedulea meeting to discuss the field up-grades and other improvements atTamaques Park. If the funds for theproject are included in the 2018 bud-get it is possible that the preliminarysite preparation work could begin atthe end of the 2018 fall sports seasonand construction by the spring of 2019.

Commission members conducteda lengthy discussion of the bids thatwere received for the installation of athree-bay bathroom facility at Me-morial Field. The bids, which rangedfrom $454,000 to $639,000, weresignificantly higher than expected socommission members discussed vari-ous alternative designs and optionsand agreed to consider the issue againat their July meeting.

In other business, several commis-sion members noted they had receivedpositive feedback from residents re-garding the new building façade atMemorial Pool, the planters whichthe Department of Public Works hasinstalled at the West Broad Streetentrance, the upgraded comfort sta-tions at Memorial Field, and the re-cently completed Fun Run, whichraised more than $7,000. However,residents also have complained aboutthe poor condition of the SycamorePark playground and the failure toreseed the areas near the shuffle boardcourts at Tamaques Park. Mr.Kaufmann promised to raise theseissues with the Department of PublicWorks

The recreation commission’s nextmeeting will be held on Monday, July3.

Wenzhou-Kean UniversityGraduates 217 at CeremonyWENZHOU, CHINA – Wenzhou-

Kean University (WKU) in Wenzhou,China held its second commencementon Saturday conferring bachelor’s de-grees on 217 graduates at the WenzhouGrand Theater. A partnership betweenKean University in Union, New Jerseyand Wenzhou University in Wenzhou,China, WKU is the only public Ameri-can university in China.

Kean President Dawood Farahi,Ph.D., told the graduates that theircommencement is special for theUnited States and China.

“It shows what can be accomplishedwhen we work together toward thesame goal of developing world-class,global citizens,” Mr. Farahi said. “To-day, you are living proof that there areno borders in higher education — infact, your accomplishment proves thathigher education is a great interna-tional equalizer.”

Nearly 70 percent of the WKUClass of 2017 are pursuing graduatedegrees in the fall, and nearly half ofthem heading overseas for their stud-ies – at Kean University in Union,and other institutions such as BrownUniversity, Johns Hopkins Univer-sity, University of Pennsylvania, Co-lumbia University, London School ofEconomics and Political Science andHong Kong Polytechnic University.Nearly a third of the graduates havebeen hired at some of the top compa-nies in China, including the Bank ofChina, Bank of Ningbo, AgriculturalBank of China, Faurecia Group, andGrant Thornton LLP.

Economist Lin Jianhai, Ph.D., sec-retary general of the International Mon-etary Fund, was the keynote speaker.

The commencement ceremony fea-tured renditions of the United Statesand China national anthems, a tradi-tional Chinese music performance,as well as performances from studentchoral and dance groups.

Wenzhou-Kean University, locatedon a 500-acre campus in the foothillsof Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province,welcomed its first cohort of studentsin 2012 and graduated its inauguralclass in 2016. WKU offers an Ameri-can university education to Chinese,international and visiting Kean USA

students. All classes are taught exclu-sively in English.

Wenzhou-Kean University wasborne out of a 2006 “sister city” meet-ing between Mr. Farahi and thePeople’s Republic of China Presi-dent Xi Jinping, who was governor ofZhejiang Province at the time. To-gether, they developed a plan to cre-ate an American-style university inWenzhou for Chinese and interna-tional students seeking a western edu-cation, while offering Kean USA stu-dents an opportunity to gain a globalperspective through study abroad inChina at no additional cost.

Nearly 1,600 undergraduate stu-dents attend Wenzhou-Kean Univer-sity, and enrollment is projected to be3,500 by 2020. WKU offers academicprograms in the natural and physicalsciences, computer science, business,English and graphic design on a cam-pus that continues to expand. A newGlobal Business School academicbuilding is expected to open in fall2017, and new buildings for MichaelGraves College and a student learn-ing and activity center are scheduledto open in early 2019.

Radest, Park Issue StatementsOn Summit Officer’s DeathSUMMIT – Mayor Nora Radest

and Acting Union County ProsecutorGrace Park this week released state-ments following the death of SummitPolice Officer Matthew Tarentinoin acar accident on Route 78 on his wayto work.

“Over the past two days, it was anhonor to attend the wake and Mass ofChristian Burial for Detective Mat-thew Tarentino, both as mayor and asa friend. Words cannot express ourloss. My heart is full of sorrow, but isalso overwhelmed with pride in theway the Summit community has gath-ered together to support his wife andchildren.

“As of the morning of June 6, thePAL YouCaring fund has raised over$500,000 to help provide for thefuture financial security of Detec-tive Tarentino’s family. I know whata special place Summit is, and sodid Matt. This tangible expressionof our sense of connection and

shared responsibility for one an-other is exactly what he exempli-fied in his lifetime. Thank you toeveryone who has offered supportto the Tarentino family, and to Matt’sfellow Summit police officers,”Mayor Radest.

“We, the law enforcement commu-nity here in Union County, have beengrieving the loss of DetectiveTarentino this past week. During histime of service, he was an extraordi-nary officer who made an impact inSummit through his significant com-munity policing efforts,” acting UnionCounty Prosecutor Park said. “Be-cause of his deep commitment to hisfamily, his community, and his faith,he was loved, admired, and respectedby many.

“We extend our deepest sympa-thies and condolences to his friendsand family, and his colleagues at theSummit Police Department, in thistime of shared grief.”

County Clerk Warns ofWire Fraud on Mortgages

COUNTY – Union County ClerkJoanne Rajoppi has alerted UnionCounty residents and businesses tobe aware of mortgage wire transferfraud, a trending fraud victimizingprospective homeowners, in whichfunds are steered from legitimate ac-counts to unauthorized ones.

“June is National Home OwnershipMonth, but unfortunately many pro-spective buyers are being defraudedby a vicious scam,” Ms. Rajoppi said.

Mortgage wire transfer fraud fallsinto the FBI category of “BusinessEmail Compromise” schemes, a cat-egory that has been growing by leapsand bounds, according to the county

clerk’s office press release. Since2013, American homeowners havebeen defrauded in an amount exceed-ing $748 million. The tactics can vary,but the central theme is consistent.The fraudster, posing as the title com-pany, notifies the buyer by email thatthere has been a change in the instruc-tions for the wire transfer.

Typically, the fraudulent email ad-dress closely mimics the address ofthe legitimate title company. Some-times the only difference is one letter.If the unwary recipient complies withthe instructions, the money ends up ina “staged” account – often an over-seas one – set up by the fraudster.

Battle of Short HillsRe-Enactment on June 24-25

Oak Ridge Park, on Oak Ridge Roadin Clark.

The Battle of Short Hills 240thAnniversary is sponsored by the Free-holder Board. It is a project of theBrigade of the American Revolution,a living history non-profit associa-tion.

BAR is dedicated to bridging thecenturies with an immersive experi-ence that helps modern audiencesunderstand the myriad of forces atwork in the lives of ordinary men andwomen, in and out of battle throughthe long years of war.

The event will be held both daysfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A completeschedule of events is availableonline at ucnj.org/parks-recre-ation.

For many more details visit theBattle of Short Hills on Facebook,facebook.com/BoSH2017. More in-formation about BAR is availableonline at brigade.org.

CLARK – On Saturday and Sun-day, June 24 and 25, Union County’sOak Ridge Park will burst into ac-tion as hundreds of men, womenand children gather to commemo-rate the 240th anniversary of theBattle of Short Hills, immersing on-lookers in historically accurate camplife, drills, cookery, music, mus-ketry, cannon fire and of course,running battles as the ContinentalArmy and local militia team up tofight off a superior British force.

All ages are invited to participatein a schedule of public activities inthe camp before the battles begin, andfollow along from a safe distance asthe action unfolds.

The rain-or-shine event is free ofcharge and free parking is available.Visitors are advised to bring water,sun protection and a portable chair orblanket, as the event is staged in openfields.

Access is via the main entrance of

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Stu Carey Has Made A DifferenceIn More Lives Than You Will Ever No

There Are Many Differences BetweenThe U.S. And The Danube

Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolPrincipal Stu Carey is set to retire inJune at the end of this current schoolyear. A retirement ceremony was heldon May 23 in Kenilworth that in-cluded facility, friends, and family.Many current and former colleaguesfrom Edison Intermediate School,Roosevelt Intermediate School,Westfield High School, former ath-letes, and Stu’s family from Virginiawere in attendance.

“Mr. Carey,” as he is still affection-ately and respectfully known to many,is retiring after 48years in theWestfield school district. Arriving inWestfield in 1969 fromCharlottesville, Va. Stu began his ca-reer during turbulent times in ourcountry still prevalent due to the on-going Vietnam War. Several peopleaddressed the group and spoke aboutStu’s career as an educator, adminis-trator, his devotion to his work, thechildren under his charge, and mostimportantly, his positive impact onkids which undoubtedly reached tensof thousands of children. Stu’s olderbrother spoke about their childhood

growing up together in the south andsome of the hardships they had toovercome as a family. The commondenominator being faith, family andeducation.

Stu’s inspiration and leadership,without question, set the bar high forhow countless people perceived andevaluated other teachers and coaches.Stu’s philosophy was always to puthis students first and keep them histop priority, then others, then himself.He continually instilled this belief toall of his facility and staff membersthroughout the years. Stu believed ina bottom up approach to managingthe children and he remained activelyinvolved with his students both on anindividual and collective basis. A per-son is extremely lucky when a mancomes through their life that makes adifference and Mr. Carey was thatperson to more people than we willever know.

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This is not about political parties.It’s about the differences between usand the Europeans that live along theDanube Rivers. Last week we re-turned from cruising from Budapestto Nuremberg. The trip has causedme to think about or differences andsimilarities.

Smoking. This was the most obvi-ous issue. We have cut way back onsmoking, but many Europeans con-tinue to “light up.” It’s very weird tobe sitting at a café and having peoplesmoking around you. And there’snothing you can do about it.

Heft. That’s a nice way of sayingwe’re bigger in girth than them. I’mnot sure why that is, other that we eatmore that them.

Squirrels. You’re laughing, right? Ididn’t see one squirrel on our trip.They don’t have all the nut trees thatwe have. In fact, we saw almost nowildlife along the 550 miles of riverwe cruised! I saw only a couple ofpeople fishing. I didn’t see one egretor heron. On a few occasions, whiledocked, I could smell sewerage. I didsome research and learned that thereis indeed pollution from industry,agriculture and sewerage. They arestarting to clean things up. I don’t likegovernment controls, but without DEPregulations, we might be in the sameboat (that’s a cruise joke).

History. Fagettaboutit! They havelots and we don’t. We are still a veryyoung country. Here, something fromthe Revolution is considered “old.”Over there, something from the 1700sis almost considered “current events.”Some of the towns we toured hadbuildings from 1100! They were cleanand painted in pastel colors. By theway, those colors are controlled bylocal government historic agenciesand the color indicates the originalinhabitants profession. We ate in a

restaurant that began their business inthe 800s.

Demeanor. They seem much calmerthan us. Even their dogs are calmerthan ours! There were some placeswhere people had dogs off leash. Ididn’t hear one growl and maybe onlya couple of playful barks.

We never saw groups of people thatwere trying to be louder than the next,no matter what their ages. It was morepeaceful.

Beer. Or bier. We were taking awalking tour of a town that we weredocked at. We had a local as a guide.It was around 9:30 a.m. and as wewalked past a business that sold sand-wiches and beer, and the imbibinghad already begun. One person on thetour commented “it’s a little early forthat, isn’t it?” Our guide said, “Oh no,that’s what we do. It’s a breakfastbeer.” I like that town.

There was another small town thatwe visited and it was located justupstream of the very beautiful Danubenarrows. There was a “beer garden,”as they call it. Families were eatingand drinking beer under the shade ofa large chestnut tree.

I’m not sure what any of thesedifferences mean, but maybe we canall learn some things from one an-other. Both “us and them” do somethings better than the other.

Why can’t Republicans and Demo-crats see their common good ideasand enhance them and get rid of thebad ideas. Sorry, I said this was notabout political parties. My bad.

To remedy this situation, I proposethat, for our Senators and Represen-tatives, we build a national beer gar-den with alternating red and bluechairs. If they hoist brews togethermaybe they’ll learn to work together.

Dean TalcottFanwood

Russell Graham Has My SupportFor Garwood Borough Council

I write this letter in support ofRussell Graham for Garwood Bor-ough Council.

As a former member of theGarwood Board of Education serv-ing for 12 and a half years (nine yearsas president), I first met Mr. Grahamwhen he came forward to apply forthe vacant position on the board inOctober 2008. Mr. Graham was inter-viewed and selected to fill the unex-pired term from a pool of four eligibleand qualified applicants. In April of2009, he was elected by the commu-nity to serve a three-year term.

In the years that I served on theBoard of Education with Mr. Gra-ham, I had the opportunity to witnessfirst-hand the many contributions hemade. His astute business acumenand sound judgment were crucial to

the board. He served as our Buildingand Grounds chairman, a member ofthe Negotiation Committee and asliaison to the governing body. Addi-tionally, Mr. Graham’s willingness toassist on several of the other variouscommittees, as needed, was invalu-able. He consistently provided prag-matic insights and meaningful inputin all the board’s deliberations anddecisions.

Russell Graham served theGarwood Board of Education and hiscommunity with dedication, integrityand distinction. I wholeheartedly sup-port his willingness to continue serv-ing his community and I know hiscommon sense approach would be avaluable asset to the governing body.

Adele C. LewisGarwood

Democrats Already Lining UpFor 2018 Election Against Lance

Griffin ‘Stunt’ Regarding TrumpIsn’t Just Defiant, But Deplorable

For the second straight year, a Democrat, or inthis case, Democrats, are chomping at the bit ofrunning for an elective office they think is in thebag. Last year, it was the New Jersey gubernatorialrace, and now it is the 7th Congressional Districtseat in 2018.

In the summer of 2016, in the middle of the twonational political conventions to find a new occu-pant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington,D.C., Phil Murphy decided to run ads for governorunder the slogan, “I’ll Have Your Back.” He wantedto get in the race early to clear the field of Democratsin the 2017 Primary for governor, which was still ayear away at the time.

Now it is Democrats who are launching cam-paigns to challenge five-term Republican Congress-man Leonard Lance, believing that the low pollnumbers of President Donald Trump and GovernorChris Christie, both Republicans, will practicallygive them the Congressional seat which has beenRepublican since the 1960s.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) nowlists accounts for Democrats Lisa Mandelblatt ofWestfield, Scott Salmon of Scotch Plains and LindaWeber of Berkeley Heights in addition to PeterJacob of Union, who was the party’s nominee in

2016 and who said he plans to run again next year.And of course Mr. Lance has faced a Primary chal-

lenge every year since he was first elected to Congressin 2008, most significantly from David Larsen, whohas run in every Congressional Primary since 2010.

Also, Democrats have opened FEC accountsagainst Republican incumbents Tom MacArthur inthe 3rd District (one challenger), in the 4th Districtof Congressman Chris Smith (two challengers), andin the 11th District of Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen(two challengers). The only New Jersey Democrat toface a challenge thus far is Congressman WilliamPascrell in the 9th District, where he has a 2018Democratic Primary Election opponent. Rep. FrankLoBiondo is the only Republican in New Jersey notto have an opponent in next year’s General Election.New Jersey has 12 Congressional Districts.

In our view, some of the candidates will drop out ofthe race before they get to the Primary due to lack offunds or a change in Mr. Trump’s poll numbers. AlsoGovernor Christie will no longer be a factor in the race.

We look forward to seeing how all this will playout as Democrats try to turn the 2018 mid-termCongressional elections into an opportunity to gainmajorities back in the House and Senate. Time willtell if they are successful.

Our kudos to those elected officials and others —from both sides of the political aisle and various othercircles — who publicly condemned Kathy Griffin’s“stunt” last week in which she was photographed hold-ing up the effigy of a beheaded and bloodied PresidentDonald Trump.

While the comedienne has long been known for herraunchy repertoire and provocative remarks, her displayreferencing President Trump can only be described asdespicable and dangerous. She subsequently apologized,then suddenly portrayed herself as a bullied victim, leavingmany feeling this was more an awakening of career jeop-ardy than conscience.

She experienced backlash immediately in the wake ofher action. Since the grotesque image was released, CNNhas fired Ms. Griffin from the New Year’s Eve programshe co-hosted with Anderson Cooper on the network for adecade. Additionally, she has lost an endorsement dealand several scheduled performing gigs.

United States Presidents for years have providedregular fodder for comedians, and President Trump hasbeen a particular target of the entertainment commu-nity. Besides calls for impeachment, celebrities haveparodied and excoriated him at nearly every turn,sometimes with vulgarities, all of which are permittedunder the First Amendment. Nevertheless, the displayby Ms. Griffin and photographer-cohort Tyler Shields,while also considered free expression, falls within adarkly different category.

For one, the disrespect shown to the office of thePresident itself, the nation and the people who elect ourcommanders in chief through the democratic processAmericans fought and died for, is unprecedented.

Second, the likeness of a decapitated head mirrors real-life photos of gruesome executions carried out by ISIS andother terror factions. In seeking a way to channel theiranimosity toward President Trump, did Ms. Griffin and Mr.Shields ever consider the wounds their photo — reaching aworldwide audience via the Internet — would reopen forthe loved ones of soldiers, journalists and others barbari-cally killed in such a manner?

Finally, we fear Ms. Griffin’s notoriety and the graphicdepiction of a Presidential execution could inspire a poten-tial assassin, especially one with a celebrity fixation and/oremotionally disturbed. We felt similar concerns in Januarywhen pop icon Madonna said during the Women’s Marchon Washington that her anger over President Trump’s wincaused her to imagine “blowing up the White House.”Although her remarks were not meant literally, her highprofile, like that of other celebrities, has the capacity toinfluence people who look up to them.

Like everyone else, Ms. Griffin and Mr. Shields are freeto disagree with President Trump, to protest his policies orto cast their disapproval in the voting booth come 2020. Instaging this self-serving publicity stunt, however, neitherof them seems to have considered the impact their actionscould have on already-suffering families or further tragicconsequences that might occur.

2017 Saint Patrick’sScholars AnnouncedNEW YORK, NY – The New York

City St. Patrick’s Day Parade ispleased to announce the winners ofthe “Saint Patrick’s Scholars” 2017College and High School scholarshipcontest.

The High School awardees are: FirstPlace – Declan Cole, Second Place –Gavin Cogan, and Third Place – LiamMurphy.

The awardees in the College contestare: First Place – Maureen DunphyBrady, Second Place- Thomas McNulty,and Third Place – Paul Li.

The scholarship program is held an-nually in memory of two outstandingpast Parade leaders, Francis P. Beirneand Margaret O’Rourke. Applicantsare required to research Irish and IrishAmerican historical topics and submitan essay.

The essay is reviewed by a panel ofjudges who are representative of theparade’s main marching groups: theAncient Order of Hibernians, the La-dies Ancient Order of Hibernians, theUnited Irish Counties and the GrandCouncil of United Emerald Societ-ies.

“We thank the panel of judges whogave up their time to review the re-search papers and especially thank allof the applicants for their submissions,”said Catherine Tully Muscente, co-chairwoman of the program. “Thescholarship program is important as itengages young individuals who are in-terested in Irish heritage; they will bethe future leaders of the parade and insociety.”

The Saint Patrick’s Scholars pro-gram is sponsored by the St. Patrick’sDay Foundation which established aninitial $30,000 fund to continue thisimportant program.

“We are delighted with the results ofthe contest. The winners are represen-tative of all of the marching groups thatparticipate in the parade,” said HilaryBeirne, co-chair of the program andchairman/co-founder of the Founda-tion. “We look forward to sponsoringthe program again next year and aregrateful for support of the affiliatedorganizations, the schools and collegeswho encourage students to submit re-search papers.”

The High School RecipientsFirst Place: Declan Coles of Garden

City, NY, attending Xavier High School.His father is a member of the IrishAmerican Society of Nassau, Suffolkand Queens.

Second Place: Gavin Cogan ofWestfield, NJ, attending Westfield HighSchool. His uncle is a faculty memberat Molloy College.

Third Place: Liam Murphy ofMountainside, NJ, attending SetonHall Preparatory School. His grandfa-ther is a member of the Knights ofColumbus Pipes and Drums 126.

The New York City St. Patrick’s DayParade, which began in 1762, marchesup Fifth Avenue every year on March17 in honor of St. Patrick, the PatronSaint of Ireland and of the Archdioceseof New York.

Answers to last week’s arcane words.1. Madid – Wet; moist2. Poort – A mountain pass3. Hin – A Hebrew measure of liquids

holding about six quarts4. Popliteal – The part of the leg behind

the knee

Below are four arcane words, eachwith four definitions – only one is cor-rect. The others are made up. Are yousharp enough to discern this deception ofdiction?

If you can guess one correctly – goodguess. If you get two – well-read indi-vidual. If you get three – word expert. Ifyou get all four – You must have a lot offree time!

All words and correct definitionscome from the board game DictionDeception.

SCREE1. The decay of teeth or bones2. A pebble; a stone3. Turmoil4. A meteorite containing nothing but

ironWALM

1. To infect2. Well-formed3. To bubble or boil4. Peaceful; friendly

SECK1. Barren; unprofitable2. Of little or no consequence3. A little shoot; a twig4. Hives

WHELK1. A young female swine2. An old work horse3. To shackle, to chain4. A pimple

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Why Is County PDLooking for Bikers?

Should the Union County Policefocus on: A. ISIS terrorists; B. TheOpioid epidemic; C. Mountain bikes?

On a day when ISIS killed six Lon-doners, there were five marked UnionCounty police cars looking for non-existent mountain bikers in theWatchung Rservation.

Please tell me that the politiciansdirecting the Chief of Union CountyPolice have a clue what their priori-ties should be.

Tom GockelWestfield

Their Cookie IsA Fortune

A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, June 8, 2017 Page 5

Letters to the EditorHas Garwood Planning Board Lost

Any Sense Of Critical Thinking?

Thanks to All Who Helped WithCranford Memorial Day Ceremony

A President Is Under ConstitutionalDuty to Protect Our National Interest

The American People Must All ComeTogether And Reject This Hateful Act

Decision Not to Allow Mountain BikesIs A Win for Endangered Species

In the June 1 edition, I read thearticle about a couple of our GarwoodPlanning Board members grousingabout what Councilwoman Cuccarosaid about them from her chair. Thankyou, Councilwoman Cuccaro. I amglad that the planning board finallygot the rebuke they deserve. As aresident that observes the planningboard’s actions, I have constantly saidthere is no critical thinking to whatthey do.

The latest is the fence ordinancewhere the council sent it the planningboard and the planning board sent itback with a letter saying they do notsupport it. Any reasons or sugges-tions? None whatsoever, like a kid infront of a plate of peas, they just don’tlike it. Where’s the critical thinking?And planning board memberVillaggio states about the fence ordi-nance, “Without any reason this ordi-nance comes about.” Villaggio at-tends all the council meetings as aresident. In fact, many on the boardare in tune to what goes on. One boardmember actually was a councilman inthe past that created the ordinance ofwhich we got sued. The board cer-tainly was fully aware that there wasa lawsuit against the borough regard-ing the fence ordinance that cost theresidents thousands of dollars. How-ever, the planning board never evenmentioned it during their delibera-tion and denial of amendment. Fail-ure of critical thinking again.

It goes beyond this recent action.Some quotes from some of theirmouths (and one quote is actuallyfrom the board chair!): “There is notraffic problems in this area;” “I wouldhave liked to see even higher density”(this during voting for a project thathas a density of 60 units per acre,where our zoning has 15 max); “As ahomeowner, I have a vested interest”(he immediately votes for a project tohave 300 rental units that have noownership nor vested interest.) Duh.

It was noted that Councilwoman

Cuccaro served on the planning boardin the past. I had also served with her.We were both not reappointed. Why?With two other residents, we endedup suing the planning board when anapplicant came in front of them withsix major variances and instead ofgrilling him about the variances, theboard basically just liked what theysaw and approved it, and all in onenight no less. It should be noted thatthe applicant is friends with many ofthem. In fact, member Villaggio had aconflict of interest from the past sincethe applicant held fundraisers at hishouse for Villaggio when she ran forcouncil. She ignored that grievousconflict and voted anyway. BTW,Councilwoman Cuccaro, myself andthe two other residents won the law-suit and then the applicant’s appeal.

Separately, they are good people,but when you get them together theyturn cliquish, losing any sense of criti-cal thinking as shown in the manyexamples above and they becomeclueless and damaging to our bor-ough. As a board, hundreds of resi-dents that turned out against a recentapplication cannot trust their judg-ment. The recent application was forheavy 60 units per acre density andmajor changes to our borough infra-structure, demographics and popula-tion and what did they talk aboutbefore voting? Whether the color ofmullions should be brown or white.Yes, there are about four to five goodpeople on the planning board servingthe residents properly, but they areoverwhelmed by the yahoos who thinkthey imperialistically know what ourBorough of Garwood needs, but with-out using that special rationale called“critical thinking.” I call on MayorLombardo to disband the present plan-ning board due to they lost focus onthe town they live in. Re-create it toinclude people that actually care andshow critical thought.

Bruce PatersonGarwood

This letter comes with sincerethanks to all who participated in hon-oring the men and women who losttheir lives while defending ourcountry’s freedom. The Township ofCranford has 86 residents who havegiven their life for our freedom, and Iam proud to say, each and every oneof these residents were recognizedthis year once again, as a flag withtheir names on a ribbon for each sol-dier stood proudly at the ceremony.

The Memorial Day Committeemembers: Master of Ceremonies Bar-bara Bilger, Mark Dingelstedt, JerryDobbins, Elizabeth Mathieu, HeinzRicken, Chris Sands and DonSweeney.

VFW Post 335: Commander JayBoxwell, Grand Marshal Peter Klein,and all of the members of Cranford’sVFW Post 335.

Volunteers of the Recreation andParks Advisory Board: Don Barone,Carolyn Capone-Pugliese, MaritaDow, Chairwoman Martha Garcia andWally Shackell.

Mayor and Township Committee:Mayor Thomas Hannen, Jr., DeputyMayor Pat Giblin, Commissioner AnnDooley, Commissioner MaryO’Connor and Commissioner AndisKalnins.

Clergy Council: specifically Rev-erend Andrew Kruger and ReverendCameron Overbey.

The Recreation and Parks Staff:Bill Babkowski, Lori Donnelly, GerryFedorchak and Patty Kozlowski.

Cranford Police Department,Cranford Fire Department, CranfordFirst Aid Squad, Cranford Depart-ment of Public Works, CranfordBoard of Education, TV 35, GreenThumb Garden Club of Cranford,Cranford Boy Scouts and Girls Scoutsand many more.

An extended thanks for the effortsof many other individuals who par-ticipated and volunteered their timeand energy which made our Memo-rial Day ceremony a success.

Stephen Robertazzi, Dir.Cranford Recreation

President Trump in the Rose Gar-den on June 1 spoke words not usu-ally spoken by United States presi-dents in recent times.

“I was elected to represent thecitizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris…AsPresident, I have one obligation, andthat obligation is to the Americanpeople…It is time to put Youngstown,Ohio, Detroit, Mich., and Pittsburgh,Pa. — along with many, many otherlocations in our great country — be-fore Paris, France.”

President Washington in his fare-well address advised the United Statesto “steer clear of permanent allianceswith any portion of the foreign world.”

President Jefferson asserted in hisfirst inaugural address that the UnitedStates is for “peace, commerce, andfriendship with all nations, entanglingalliances with none.”

The United States today cannot beisolationist given its enormous eco-nomic and military power. Still caremust be taken that the United Statesnot enter into agreements counter toits best interest seven thoughglobalism is de rigueur nowadays.

Take trade agreements, for ex-ample. Supermarket and departmentstore shelves stuffed with importedproducts. Steel, aluminum, textile, andfurniture mills shuttered because ofcheap and often illegal subsidizedforeign imports. Glass from a Chi-nese company and steel from a Lux-embourg headquartered company forFreedom Tower. The Rust Belt, in-cluding Akron, Gary, and Young-stown. The United States is presentlysuffering a trade deficit of well overone-half trillion dollars.

A central factor in these depress-ing facts is the naive view of so manyAmerican diplomats and trade nego-tiators that internationalism mattersmore than the American worker andAmerican communities.

There must be caution regarding

any international agreement, howeverwell intentioned it may be. For inter-national affairs has traditionally beenabout real politik. What matters is acountry’s national interest and notsome vague international preceptsabout something or other.

The Paris Climate Accord, for ex-ample, is a chimera behind whichlurks stark nationalism. On the onehand, it asks the signatories to keepthe Earth’s climate from warmingmore than 2 degrees Celsius. On theother hand, it leaves each signatoryfree to do as it wishes with no en-forcement mechanism to ensure com-pliance with the 2 degree Celsiustarget.

A United States President is underthe constitutional duty to protect thenational interest. This means at timesgoing against the international tideand even public sentiment. This is notisolationism, but realism.

We must wait for history to judgethe merits of President Trump exitingthe Paris Climate Accord. It is not forus in these emotionally charged timesto render a final judgment whateverthe many talking heads on televisionmay have to say. Nor for critics ofPresident Trump not accepting thedefeat of their presidential candidate.Nor for allies angered by his demandthat they cut their trade surplus withthe United States and pay their man-dated share of NATO defense fund-ing.

Nor is it wise even in a democracyfor foreign policy to be conducted bythe public or by politicians. Nor bypeople unskilled in negotiating deals.

Stephen SchoemanWestfield

ISIS again recruits from across thesea. In a most recent event, ISIS hasrecruited from the entertainment field,the Hollywood connection. Theirpawn one, Ms. Kathy Griffin, whowith a grin on face held in her handthe severed head of President DonaldTrump. How repulsive is this act todepict such hate and violence.

Kathy Griffin must really endearherself to the ISIS protocol. I hopeyou, the public, have not forgottenthe many televised beheadings ofAmerican journalists and citizens.This act is a result of the hate frenzy

that has whipped around news media,Democratic Party and their WestCoast connection. They have usedthese court jesters such as Kathy Grif-fin, Bill Maher and Stephen Colbert.So now there is no limit to your hatredof this president and our democraticway of life.

We the American people of com-mon sense Democrat, Republican, In-dependent, White, Black, Jew Gen-tile, Muslim must all come togetherin unity and reject this hateful act.

Walter SosnoskyKenilworth

Union County Freeholders Vote toPreserve the Watchung Reservation

We are grateful to Union CountyChairman Bruce H. Bergen, Vice-Chairman Sergio Granados and Free-holders Bette Jane Kowalski, LindaCarter and Vernell Wright for theirpatience and attention to the compli-cated and controversial issue of al-lowing mountain bikes in theWatchung Reservation. We are par-ticularly thankful to Chairman Bergenfor his leadership in disapproving ofthe provisions of the Trails MasterPlan concerning mountain bikes.

We are confident that, by not al-lowing the introduction of a moun-tain-bike course, and by not compro-mising in the effort to maintain thenatural and historic character of theWatchung Reservation, the Freehold-ers made a good decision for UnionCounty’s half million residents andfor future generations.

The reservation is a heavily usedresource in one of the most denselypopulated counties in the entire coun-try. As Chairman Bergen explained,the existing 47 miles of trails in the2,100- acre reservation is far denserthan other local mountain bike desti-nations. (Lewis Morris Park in Mor-ris County is about the same size, buthas a quarter the trails that WatchungReservation has.)

The Chairman also recognized the

potential for environmental degrada-tion stating “mountain biking will infact do environmental damage to thepark, which could be rather substan-tial.”

According to the Watchung Reser-vation Trails Master Plan, the major-ity of the reservation has been desig-nated a Rank 3 state threatened habi-tat. The approximately 40 acres of thesouth west corner of the reservationwhere the bulk of the proposed moun-tain-bike course had been proposedis home to threatened and endan-gered plants and animals that includea federally protected species. It is a“Natural Heritage Priority” site witha biodiversity rank of B2 – “verysignificant on a global level.” It is theone area of the reservation that shouldbe off limits to any type of distur-bance. The Freeholders’ vote affirmsthat the fragile ecosystem of theWatchung Reservation must not becompromised.

This decision is a win for threat-ened and endangered species, wilder-ness, and historic preservation. UnionCounty’s most precious natural assethas been saved for posterity thanks tothe sound reasoning, judgment anddedication to good stewardship ofthese Freeholders.

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As of December 31, 2016 therewere 5,836,592 registered voters inNew Jersey including 2,520,657 un-affiliated; 2,081,625 Democrats and1,215,93 Republicans. There were atotal of 331,071 registered voters inUnion County including 147,428Democrats; 134,109 unaffiliated and48,484 Republicans.

The largest contingent of votershas 0 elected officials. The NJ Senatehas 40 Senators, who are elected in a"2-4-4" cycle, representing districtswith average populations of 210,359(2000 figures). There are 24 DemSenators, 16 GOP Senators and zero(0) Unaffiliated.

The NJ Assembly has 80 members.Two members are elected from eachof New Jersey's 40 legislative dis-tricts for a term of two years, eachrepresenting districts with averagepopulations of 210,359.; 52 are Dems;28 are GOP; zero (0) Unaffiliated.Local Officials Terms Up In 2017State Senate and Assembly (all are upstatewide)State Senate District 21: Election inNov to pit incumbent Thomas Kean,Jr. (R), Westfield; Jill Lazare (D),SummitState Assembly District 21: Elec-tion in Nov to pit incumbents (R) JonBramnick, Westfield and NancyMunoz, Summit versus David Barnett(D), Springfield; Lacey Rzeszowski(D), Summit

State Senate District 22: Election inNov to pit incumbent (D) NicholasScutari versus (R) Joseph Bonilla (R),ClarkState Assembly District 22: (D) JerryGreen, Plainfield; James Kennedy,Rahway; Election in Nov. to pit bestMr. Green and Mr. Kennedy versus(R) Richard Fortunato, Scotch Plainsand John Quattrocchi, ClarkUnion County Freeholders: (Votefor 3, each 3 yrs.) DEM Angel Estrada,Eliz.; Christopher Hudak, Linden;Angela Garretson, Hillside; R PatriciaQuattrocchi, Clark; P. Mark Martini,Westfield, Peter Lijoi, SummitUnion County Sheriff: DEM PeterCorvelli, Kenilworth; DEM GailSmith Alexander, Plainfield; GOPMarc Krauss, SpringfieldWestfield Town: incumbent MayorAndrew Skibitsky (R) seeks re-elec-tion challenged by newcomer, may-oral candidate Michelle Brindle (D)Westfield Council (4 seats are up)

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REMEMBERING AUNT BETTY...Lisa Kane, Chapter Registrar of the WestfieldDaughters of the American Revolution (DAR), places flowers on the gravesite ofElizabeth “Aunt Betty” Frazee. Aunt Betty is known for her encounter withGeneral Charles Cornwallis and his British troops. Cornwallis demanded breadthat Betty was baking. Betty is said to have replied, “Sir, I give you this breadthrough fear, not in love.” Evidently impressed by her courage, Cornwallis is saidto have stated, “Not a man in my command shall touch a single loaf.” A MemorialDay tradition, the Westfield DAR places flowers on Aunt Betty’s final restingplace to honor her memory and in remembrance of her bravery.

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Library Events to FeatureMusic, Meditation, Author

MOUNTAINSIDE — TheMountainside Public Library hasscheduled additional activities forthe month of June.

Mountainside favorite Skip Ungarwill present a lecture with musicentitled “More Great BroadwayComposers” this Saturday, June 10,at 2 p.m. Mr. Ungar will highlightcomposers Frank Loesser (Guys andDolls), Leonard Bernstein (WestSide Story), Meredith Wilson (TheMusic Man), Jule Styne (FunnyGirl), Burton Lane (Finian’s Rain-bow) and Charles Strouse (Bye, ByeBirdie), among others.

“Guided Meditation for InnerPeace” will be offered on Thurs-day, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. Eachmonth Sally Younghans leads par-ticipants in exploring the mosttalked-about, evidence-basedmeditation techniques for innerpeace, overall well-being and stressreduction. This month’s topic willbe a guided meditation techniquefor anchoring thoughts.

“Author Visit: Michael StephenDaigle” will be featured on Satur-day, June 17, at 1 p.m. Mr. Daiglehails from New England, but haslived most of his life in New Jer-sey. He is the author of the FrankNagler Mysteries, three books in a

series where a pattern becomesevident.

The stories have evil, a city insocial and at times deliberate eco-nomic chaos, terrorism, death, asense of hopelessness among thecitizenry, streets filled with pro-testors, plus empty, broken build-ings and piles of debris left by aterrible storm and ignored by anuncaring city government. The sto-ries all have a troubled hero —Detective Frank Nagler. Mr. Daiglewill read selected passages fromall three mysteries.

To register for these programs, visitthe library or call (908) 233-0116. TheMountainside Public Library is lo-cated at 1 Constitution Plaza.

Old Guard to Hear AboutEducating Afghan Girls

Leo Motiuk

SUMMIT — Leo Motiuk, formerspecial counsel with the Windels,Marx law firm, will speak to theSummit Area OldGuard at its Tuesday,June 13 meeting. Hewill tell attendeesabout the “AfghanGirls Financial Assis-tance Fund (AGFAF).”

Between continuingcivil war and threatsposed by the Taliban,women face much dif-ficulty obtaining aneducation in Afghani-stan. When the newschool year starts inAfghanistan, 3.7 mil-lion boys and girls will not be inattendance because of increased vio-lence and poverty. The total number— roughly one in three school-ageAfghan children — is expected togrow as violence between Afghanforces and the Taliban intensifies,and Pakistan forces Afghan refu-gees to return home.

The consequences fall particu-larly on young women. To theTaliban, women have always beensecond-class citizens. They aretreated as possessions, and “honorkillings” of young girls who refuseto comply still take place. Youngwomen who pursue their educationdo so at great risk to their own andtheir families’ lives.

Mr. Motiuk will discuss the haz-ards for women pursuing an educa-tion in Afghanistan and what someAmericans are doing to help young

Afghans pursue their hoped-forschooling in the United States. Todate, they have assisted 39 Afghans

(including one male) bypartnering with stu-dents, their families inAfghanistan, host fami-lies in the United Statesand secondary schoolsand colleges. Drew Uni-versity and Rutgers par-ticipate in the program.

One of their scholars,Roya Mahboob, wasnamed one of Timemagazine’s 100 most in-fluential people. Theyhave raised more than$1.2 million and gener-

ated $8 million in educationalscholarships. The only requirementis that applicants must commit toworking for gender equality andimproving life back in Afghani-stan.

All active men age 50-plus areinvited to attend the Tuesday morn-ing meetings of the Summit AreaOld Guard. Meetings are held at theNew Providence Municipal Center,located at 360 Elkwood Avenue,New Providence. A coffee hourstarts at 9:15 a.m., followed by a 10a.m. business meeting brightenedby singing and humor. Guest speak-ers begin their talk at 10:30 a.m.

Old Guard members participate insports, bridge, hikes, trips, plays,concerts and other cultural events.For more information, call JimHewitt at (908) 233-5507 or log ontothe website summitoldguard.org.

Hypertension ClinicTo Be Held at LibrarySCOTCH PLAINS — The town-

ship nurse will be available at theScotch Plains Public Library for bloodpressure checks on Tuesday, June 13,from 10 a.m. until noon. No registra-tion is required. The Scotch PlainsPublic Library is located at 1927Bartle Avenue, one block from ParkAvenue, in the center of the township.

John G. Sully, 94, Was Beloved Father,Grandfather and Great-Grandfather

John G. Sully

John George Sully of Westfield,N.J., passed away at his home onSaturday, May 20. Bornon July 6, 1922, in New-ark, N.J., he was the onlychild of Katharine andGeorge Sully. On Janu-ary 26, 1946, he marriedPatricia Stevens inSouthington, Conn. Shepredeceased him in 2014.

He was a graduate ofThe LawrencevilleSchool and earned aBachelor of Arts atPrinceton University,where he played varsityhockey and baseball. Heserved in World War II in the 414thInfantry 104th Division in Rhineland,Ardennes, and Central Europe, andwas awarded three Purple Hearts andtwo Bronze Stars. He fought in theBattle of the Bulge.

He was co-founder of the WestfieldGrasshopper and Hedgehopper base-ball league for 8- and 9-year-olds.

Jack spent his entire working ca-reer at Continental Insurance Com-pany in New York, San Francisco,and Piscataway, N.J.

He was a major sports fan and en-

joyed working in the yard at his homesin Westfield, N.J. andBrewster, Mass. He was alongtime member of EchoLake Country Club and theFirst CongregationalChurch, where he helpedwrite the church history andserved as moderator.

He leaves behind adaughter, Jacquelyn Jennett(Jim) of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.;a son, John Sully (Jayne) ofOrleans, Mass.; two grand-daughters, Heather Jennettand Brooke Jennett Koch(Robert), and three great-grandsons, Rowan James

Sponberg, Hayden Patrick Sponbergand Alden James Koch.

A memorial service will be held atthe First Congregational Church onSaturday, June 10, at 3:30 p.m. Ar-rangements are by Gray Funeral Di-rectors of Westfield, N.J.

Memorial contributions may bemade to the First CongregationalChurch, 125 Elmer Street, Westfield,N.J. 07090.

To leave condolences, please go tograyfuneralhomes.com.

June 8, 2017

Fred C. Meyer, 65, Was Family Man,AT&T Retiree, Enjoyed Fishing

Fred C. Meyer

Fred C. Meyer, 65, of ScotchPlains, N.J. and Sag Harbor, N.Y.,passed away on Wednesday, May31, 2017, after battling pancreaticcancer for 19 months.

A celebration of his lifewill be held at Stage HouseTavern, US Route 22 East,Mountainside, N.J., onSaturday, June 10, 2017,from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Hisremains will be interred inOakland Cemetery in SagHarbor, N.Y., at a laterdate. For further informa-tion or to send a condo-lence, please visitwww.bradleyfuneralhomes.com.

Born in Paterson, N.J.,the son of Fred and ReginaMeyer, Fred was raised inWyckoff and Sag Harbor. He gradu-ated from Ramapo Indian Hills Re-gional High School District. Hegraduated from Rutgers Universityand Miles College School of Law.He also had lived in Birmingham,Ala., Stamford, Conn., andPiscataway, N.J., before moving toScotch Plains in 1983.

Fred worked as a contract negotia-tor and retired in 2016 from AT&T inBedminster, N.J.

Fred was proud to learn he was a

local landmark when he heard some-one describe him while giving direc-tions based on “the man that’s alwayspainting that house.” When he wasn’t

painting, he also lovedto go fishing.

Fred was the belovedhusband of Barbara C.Cronenberger. He wasthe loving father of An-drea C. Meyer andJared P. Meyer. He alsois survived by his dearsister, Regina M. DiTuri; her husband,Pierino, and their sixdaughters, Tonia, Lina(Pat), Laura, Anna,Tina (Tom) andCatherine. Addition-ally, he is survived by

his sister-in-law, Ann Sisko (Zoltan),and nephew, Alex Sisko, along withmany other loving relatives.

In lieu of flowers, donations inFred’s memory may be made to Pan-creatic Cancer Action Network(https://www.pancan.org/; JohnJermain Memorial Library (https://www.johnjermain.org/donate.html orPeconic Land Trust (https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/peconiclandtrust.

June 8, 2017

MOUNTAINSIDE — TheMountainside Public Library, lo-cated at 1 Constitution Plaza, in-vites the community to make read-ing fun and interesting this sum-mer by joining one of its summerreading programs. This summer’stheme is “Build a Better World.”

Beginning Monday, June 19, par-ticipants may stop in at the library,register and receive their readinglog. As the summer progresses, theywill track the Story Times they haveattended or the books they haveread. Prizes will be awarded whenSummer Reading ends in August.

The festivities will kick off June19 with a “Bash the Trash” concertand related activities. Bash theTrash has been building, perform-ing and educating with musical in-struments made from recycled andreused materials for more than 25years. The ensemble of music andteaching artists demonstrates howscience can transform even the sim-plest materials into cool-soundinginstruments, and how people canmake their own.

There will be three workshops,each lasting 45 minutes. At 11 a.m.,“Preschool Storytelling” will dem-onstrate how sound works by mak-ing instruments from trash and thenturning a favorite story into a musi-cal performance. At 2 p.m., “SoundSustainability,” for ages 5 to 12, willlink science, the environment andresponsible stewardship of the Earth.During “Instrument Building,” at 3p.m., for ages 8 to 12, youngsterswill create their own unique instru-

ment from recyclable materials.Story Times will be held on Tues-

days, June 27 through July 25. Theyinclude Cuddle Story Time forWalkers (up to 23 months), 10 to10:30 a.m.; Cuddle Story Time forBabies in Arms, 10:40 to 11 a.m.,and Preschool Stories and Crafts(ages 3 to 5), 2 to 2:45 p.m.

On Wednesdays, June 28 throughJuly 26, Family Story Time for allages will take place from 10 to10:45 a.m.

On Thursdays, June 29 throughJuly 27, there will be Toddler StoryTime, for 2-year-olds, from 10 to10:30 a.m., and K-2 Stories andCrafts, for kindergarteners to sec-ond grade, from 2 to 2:45 p.m.

Summer Book DiscussionGroups will be as follows: Wednes-day, June 28 to July 26, at 12:30p.m., for third and fourth graders;2 p.m., for fifth and sixth graders,and 3:30 p.m., for seventh andeighth graders. “Moonshot,” “I AmMalala” and “Duke” are among thetitles to be read this summer. Thereis a limit of 10 students per group.Spaces are still available. Inter-ested persons are asked to call thelibrary to register.

There will be a wrap-up partyand movie on Tuesday, August 8,at 2 p.m. All those who have reador attended story times and/or pro-grams are welcome to attend.

All programs are free, but regis-tration is required for all events ex-cept for Story Times. To register,call the library at (908) 233-0115.All Mountainside and MURAL li-brary card holders are welcome. Foradditional details, contact ElizabethPerrin, Youth Services coordinator,at eperrin@mountainsidelibrary.org.

Summer Reading is sponsoredby the Friends of the MountainsidePublic Library.

Borough Library to LaunchSummer Reading Programs

Marion D. Wetzel

Marion D. Wetzel, 91, Enjoyed Travel;Active With Y, College Women, LibraryThe Westfield Starbucks lost a loyal

customer on Saturday, May 27, 2017,when Marion Daisy Wetzel died athome at the age of 91 after a shortillness.

Marion Crook was born on May 25,1926 in Coney Island,N.Y., where her parents,Irving and FlorenceCrook, raised Marion andher older brother, Rob-ert. Marion was just 15when America enteredWorld War II. Marion’slife revolved around thewar: performing in USOshows, going to USOsponsored dances, anddelivering coffee to thesoldiers who kept watchalong the shoreline forGerman U-Boats. Thefamily’s apartment wasknown as “Crook’s Inn,” because sol-diers could get a cup of coffee therenight and day.

After the war ended, she went towork at New York Mutual Life andmade her way up the clerical ranks.Then one evening at a rooftop dancein Manhattan, she met Charles “Pete”Wetzel. Within a year they marriedand eventually had three daughters,Dorothy Lee, Diane Reeve and Flo-rence Frances. The family moved fromQueens Village, N.Y., to Westfield in1965. They became members of ThePresbyterian Church in Westfieldshortly after their move to Westfield.

A self reported “indifferent” stu-dent during high school, Marion laterwent on to get an Associate’s degreefrom Union County College and aBachelor of Science in Accountingfrom Rutgers School of Business inthe early ’80s. She took a job doingexpatriate taxes at Coopers &Lybrand, and she proudly did herown taxes until the age of 90.

What most people remember aboutMarion was her love of travel. Herwanderlust started in childhood, whenshe and her mother would board busesand travel around New York Citywith no particular destination. As ayoung woman she traveled in war-torn Europe and experienced Cuba in

its heyday. Marion climbed inside theGreat Pyramid of Giza, camped outwith the Pygmies in Africa, and washeld up at gunpoint in Uganda. Sheinfected her whole family with thetravel bug, including her beloved

grandchildren who trav-eled with her to Ber-muda, the Bahamas,Alaska, France, Egyptand Africa.

Marion was an enthu-siastic member of theWestfield YMCA, in-cluding the Y’s monthlybook club. She also wasa member of the Col-lege Women’s Club ofWestfield and theFriends of the WestfieldMemorial Library.

Marion is survived byher daughters Dorothy

Wetzel of Millburn, N.J. and Flo-rence of Westfield, N.J.; her grand-children, Alexander Charles and FloraJane Wetzel Sugarman; her son-in-law, Dan Sugarman, as well as hertwo nieces, Jeri Hamrick Salter ofRound Rock, Tex. and MelindaHamrick of Powhatan, Va. Marionalso is deeply mourned by her silkyterrier, Lucky, and tuxedo cat, Mooch.

Her husband, Charles ArthurWetzel; daughter, Diane ReeveWetzel; her brother, Robert LeeCrook, and her parents, Florence andIrving Crook, predeceased her.

Marion lived a long, wonderful lifeand was not afraid of death, oftensaying, “Soon I will be going on thegreatest trip of my life.” Her friendsand family just hope there is a Starbucksup in heaven waiting for her.

Arrangements are by Gray FuneralDirectors of Westfield. For onlinecondolences, visitgrayfuneralhomes.com.

A memorial service will be held atThe Presbyterian Church in Westfieldat noon on Sunday, June 18. In lieu offlowers, the family asks that dona-tions be made to: Karma Cat and ZenDog Rescue Society, P.O. Box 242,East Brunswick, N.J. 08816, (732)568-4694, karmacatzendog.org.

June 8, 2017

Adult Coloring, Sal Chiarelli,‘Casablanca’ Due at Library

Sal Chiarelli

WESTFIELD — The WestfieldMemorial Library, located at 550East Broad Street, has announcedthe dates and details for programstaking place at the library over threeconsecutive days.

On Tuesday, June 13, the librarywill present another ofits popular two-hourcoloring workshops foradults at 10 a.m. Thecoloring patterns the li-brary will provide aregeometric, intricate anddesigned to appeal toadults. All other mate-rials, as well as coffeeand tea, will be pro-vided. The next color-ing workshops for thesummer will take placeon Tuesday, July 11, andTuesday, August 8, at10 a.m. These programs are freeand open to the public. Registrationis not required.

Tenor Sal Chiarelli will return tothe library on Wednesday, June 14,at 7 p.m. He will sing popular, tra-ditional and classical Italian/Nea-politan songs, and music from Ital-ian opera, musical theater and Ital-ian/American love ballads.

Mr. Chiarelli sings in English,Italian and in an authentic Neapoli-tan dialect. Some of the songs forwhich he is known are “O sole mio,”“Parlami d’amore Mariu (Tell MeThat You Love Me Tonight),” “BeMy Love,” “Vicino Mare (I HaveBut One Heart),” “Maria Mari!(Way Marie),” “That’s Amore” and“Torna a Surriento (Come Back toSorrento).”

A native of New York City, hewas vocally trained in both Italyand New York City for the operastage. He has been heard on televi-sion and radio as well as on theopera stages of both North Americaand Europe. He has performed as a

soloist on satellite television reach-ing 75 countries around the world.To register for this event, visit theWestfield Memorial Librarywebsite, wmlnj.org, and click onthe Calendar tab or call (908) 789-4090.

Raconteur Radio willpresent the memorabledrama “Casablanca” asa radio performance onThursday, June 15, at 7p.m. In the classic filmstarring HumphreyBogart and IngridBergman, all the char-acters, scenes and dia-logue came together ina popular nightclub setin Casablanca of 1941.Audience membersmust register for thisprogram by visiting

wmlnj.org and clicking on the Calen-dar tab, or by calling (908) 789-4090.

Westfield Memorial Libraryhours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mon-day through Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Thelibrary is closed on Sundays for thesummer.

For more information about libraryprograms and services, call (908)789-4090, visit wmlnj.org and signup for the monthly e-newsletter, “Li-brary Loop,” or stop by the libraryfor a copy of its award-winning, quar-terly newsletter, “Take Note.”

Cranford West SetTo Open For SeasonCRANFORD — The Cranford

Recreation and Parks Department hasannounced that Cranford West willreopen Friday, June 30,, through Tues-day, July 4, for the weekend (two-night minimum on holiday weekends).

Cranford West is a rustic-style camplocated in Hope, N.J. Cranford resi-dents have the opportunity to unwindand enjoy fishing, boating, hiking, pic-nicking and the local scenery and at-tractions the area has to offer.

Reservations will be accepted be-ginning on Friday, June 16, at 9 a.m.,for the Fourth of July weekend. Res-ervations will continue for otherweekends in July through Labor Dayweekend, two weeks prior to theweekend requested.

The Cranford Community Center,located at 220 Walnut Avenue, is opento take reservations Mondays throughThursdays, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fri-days, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Satur-days (in June) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Cabin and tent sites are $25 pernight. Residents must be at least 21years old and show proof of residency.

Garwood SeniorsPlan Casino Trip

GARWOOD — The Garwood Se-nior Citizen Club has planned a trip toResorts Casino in Atlantic City forMonday, June 26. The bus will leaveat 10 a.m. sharp from the GarwoodFire House, located at 415 SouthAvenue, Garwood.

The cost is $25 per person. All willreceive a generous slot return. Inter-ested persons are asked to make theirreservation as soon as possible bycalling Shirley at (908) 377-5456 orJennie at (908) 789-0778.

Library Posts DateFor Anime Club

SCOTCH PLAINS — Local youthare invited to join the teen librariansand the ever-expanding membershipof the Teen Anime Club for moreconversation and activities on Mon-day, June 19, at 7 p.m., at the ScotchPlains Public Library.

Participants will meet downstairsto watch the widely-acclaimed animeseries Your Lie in April, discuss fa-vorite titles and make a craft. Snackswill be served. Registration is re-quired. This club is for teens in grades6 to 12 only.

To register, visit scotlib.org, e-maillibrary@scotlib.org, call (908) 322-5007, extension no. 204, or stop bythe library Reference Desk.

The Scotch Plains Public Libraryis located at 1927 Bartle Avenue, oneblock from Park Avenue, in the centerof the township.

Leone Vierschilling, 99, Was Mother,Grandmother and Active Volunteer

Leone Vierschilling, 99, passedaway peacefully on Sunday, June4, 2017, at Clark Nursing and Re-habilitation Center in Clark. Bornin Southington, Conn., she hadlived in Hillside, Union and mostrecently Clark.

Leone worked for many years asa purchasing agent with CarpenterTechnology in Union before retir-ing. Upon retiring, she volunteeredat Elizabeth General Hospital, nowTrinitas. She was always activelyinvolved wherever she was, andwas even elected president of theresidents at Clark Nursing and Re-habilitation, where she had beenfor the last 10 years.

She was predeceased by her firsthusband, Walter Vierschilling, Sr.,and her second husband, AlbertVierschilling, as well as by her long-time companion, Bill Toby, and hersister, Shirley Whiteman. She is sur-vived by her two sons, Walter and

his wife, Dorris, of Hackettstownand James and his wife, Barbara, ofFanwood. She also is survived byher grandchildren, Robert, Joe, Tho-mas, Jennifer, Scott, Dawn andChristopher, and by her great-grand-children, Keegan, Jaydin, Henry,Cottler, Alexa, Riley, Casey, Pauland James.

Visitation will be on Friday, June9, from 4 to 7 p.m., at MemorialFuneral Home, 155 South Avenue,Fanwood. A funeral service will beheld at the funeral home on Satur-day, June 10, at 10 a.m. Intermentwill follow at Hollywood Memo-rial Park in Union.

In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made to The Residents’ Fund atClark Nursing and RehabilitationCenter, 1213 Westfield Avenue, Clark,N.J. 07066. For additional informa-tion or to express condolences, pleasevisit www.fanwoodmemorial.com.

June 8, 2017

NEW MEMBER...During a recentmeeting of the Woman’s Club ofWestfield (WCW), Mary Ann Sepeof Westfield was welcomed into theclub as a member. Ms. Sepe is aretired teacher, having taught in theWestfield school system. The WCWoffers women a wide range of activi-ties and the opportunity to make newfriends. For more new WCW mem-bership information, write to: TheWoman’s Club of Westfield,Mountainside Post Office, Box 1157,Mountainside, N.J. 07092.

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Community Invited to AttendFree Juneteenth Festivities

SCOTCH PLAINS — All mem-bers of the community are invited toenjoy music, food and fellowshipduring a free Juneteenth program tobe held on Monday, June 19, at 6:30p.m., at the Willow Grove Presbyte-rian Church. The church is located at1961 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains.

Juneteenth is the oldest and themost popular annual national cel-ebration of African-American eman-cipation from slavery. It marks theday, June 19, 1865, when news fi-nally came to Texas that the CivilWar had ended and all slaves werenow freed, fully two-and-a-half yearsafter President Abraham Lincoln’sEmancipation Proclamation.

Thanks to sponsorship by SocialJustice Matters, Inc. (SJM) and theScotch Plains Public Library, partici-pation by students from YMCAAchievers and the Black Student Union(BSU) of Scotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool, and the hospitality of the Wil-low Grove Presbyterian Church, at-tendees will hear music by profes-sional pianists Gil Chapman and FredFischer on keyboards, with vocal ac-companiment by Lauren Scales andStephen Fuller, respectively. A sing-along will follow the performances.Teens from Y Achievers will providecontext and an overview of theJuneteenth celebration, its importanceto the Black community, and its rel-evance to modern-day America.

BSU students will present“Freedom’s Song: A Musical Jour-ney from Negro Spirituals to HipHop,” examining the role musicplayed and continues to play in the

march toward freedom.After a 90-minute program, the

celebration will move outdoors, whereparticipants will enjoy free refresh-ments, including Kona ice, participa-tory art with artist Mansa K. Mussa,and games organized by the Y Achiev-ers and the BSU of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.

Community Juneteenth has beensupported through a grant to the Friendsof the Scotch Plains Public Libraryfrom Investors Foundation and by SJMthrough fund-raising efforts at Mara’sCafé and Bakery in Fanwood.

This program is offered to the publicas the finale event to the Voices from theMargins: Connecting our Stories grantproject awarded to the Scotch PlainsPublic Library, Social Justice Matters,Inc. and the Center for Holocaust, Hu-man Rights and Genocide Education(Chhange) at Brookdale CommunityCollege. Voices from the Margins: Con-necting our Stories was made possiblein part by a grant from the New JerseyCouncil for the Humanities, a statepartner of the National Endowment forthe Humanities. Any views, findings,conclusions or recommendations ex-pressed in this series do not necessarilyrepresent those of the National Endow-ment for the Humanities or the NewJersey Council for the Humanities.

Advance registration is recom-mended. Interested persons are askedto register at scotlib.org/event/juneteenth/. For more information,contact the Adult Services librariansat the Scotch Plains Public Library atlibrary@scotlib.org or (908) 322-5007, extension no. 204.

Wine Tasting Event SundayTo Benefit Center For HopeWESTFIELD — The Center for

Hope Hospice and Palliative Carewill hold its annual Wine Tastingand Silent Auction this Sunday, June11, from 1 to 4 p.m. It will be hostedat 16 Prospect Wine Bar & Bistro,located at 16 Prospect Street,Westfield.

In gratitude for the care theirmother received when she was ill,owners Chris and Tim Boyle havebeen generous supporters of the Cen-ter and its Auxiliary for many years.

The event is planned and spon-sored by the Center’s Auxiliary and

is one of the organization’s majoryearly fundraisers. Proceeds willbenefit the Center’s Charitable CareProgram, which enables everyonewho needs hospice or palliative careto receive it, regardless of their abil-ity to pay. The program has grownto provide nearly $3 million in char-ity care a year at Father HudsonHouse in Elizabeth. The Center forHope Hospice also operates Peggy’sHouse in Scotch Plains.

Tickets for the wine tasting eventare $50 and may be tax-deductible.To make a reservation, call HelgaThomas at (908) 889-6287 or visitthe Center’s website at cfhh.org/2017-wine-tasting.html.

For more information about hos-pice and palliative care offered atthe Center for Hope Hospice or tomake a donation online, visitcfhh.org or call (908) 889-7780.

Holy Trinity Seniors’Luncheon Is MondayWESTFIELD — The Holy Trinity

Senior Social Club will meet on Mon-day, June 12, at 12:30 p.m., for theclub’s end-of-the-year luncheon inthe Parish Center. The Parish Centeris located on Westfield Avenue adja-cent to the Holy Trinity Roman Catho-lic Church.

The club’s next meeting will be onMonday, September 11, at 1:30 p.m.

The club expressed appreciation toall of those who have provided re-freshments for its meetings; to TerryPoplasky and others who serve andarrange the refreshments, and to cus-todian Tom Saba. Additionally, theclub thanks members for their contin-ued support of the food pantry, whichbenefits people in need.

Peter M. Kalellis

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Prayer toThe Blessed Virgin

(Never known to fail)Oh most beautiful Flower of

Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine,Splendor of Heaven, BlessedMother of the Son of God, Im-maculate Virgin, assist me in mynecessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, helpme! Show me herein you are mymother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother ofGod, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech you from thebottom of my heart to succor me inthis necessity. There are none whocan withstand your power. Showme herein you are my mother. OhMary, conceived without sin, prayfor us who have recourse to thee.Holy Mother, I place this cause inyour hands (3x).

Holy Spirit, You who solve allproblems, light all roads so that Imay attain my goal. You who gaveme the divine gift to forgive andforget all evil against me and that inall instances in my life You are withme. I want in this short prayer tothank You as I confirm once againthat I never want to be separatedfrom You in eternal glory. Thankyou for your mercy towards meand mine. Amen.

Say this prayer on three con-secutive days. Publish this prayerafter the favor is granted.

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Union County Torah CenterTo Celebrate 20 Years

Isaac Heller Helaine Heller

WESTFIELD — The UnionCounty Torah Center, located inWestfield, will hold a Gala TributeDinner on Tuesday, June 13, at theCrystal Plaza in Livingston to cel-ebrate its 20-year anni-versary. The center willhonor Helaine Hellerand her late husband,Isaac (Ike) of blessedmemory, along with Dr.Andrew Andonov, fortheir exceptional sup-port to the center.

The evening will fea-ture “Marc Salem’sMind Games.” MarcSalem is one of the mostsought-after lecturersand entertainers in theworld. With sophisti-cated humor and dra-matic impact, he will lead attendeesthrough the incredible potential andamazing possibilities of the mind.

A student of the human mind formore than 30 years and one of theworld’s foremost authorities on non-verbal communication, Mr. Salemholds advanced degrees from theUniversity of Pennsylvania and NewYork University. For nearly two de-cades he has served on the facultyof several major universities, with amajor focus on how the mind cre-ates reality and meaning.

Using psychological techniques,a sharp eye, a quick wit and decadesof training, Mr. Salem engages theaudience in a series of mesmerizingand mystifying mind games. The

tools of the psychologist, the skillsof the advertiser and the audiencemanagement of the conjuror are allelements of his arsenal.

His show, “Mind Games,” con-cluded a run on Broad-way and he has per-formed two extendedruns off-Broadway – allof which received bothcritical and popular ac-claim. He recently com-pleted a yearlong worldtour performing to sell-out audiences. Mr. Sa-lem has been featuredon shows with RegisPhilbin, Montel Will-iams, Maury Povich andon CNN, among doz-ens of others, and hashad two network spe-

cials. He is a regular analyst on CourtTV. Mr. Salem was the subject of aMike Wallace profile on “60 Min-utes,” available on the CBS newssite.

Since its inception in 1997 underthe direction of Rabbi Levi andShternie Block, the Union CountyTorah Center has touched countlesslives through its multifaceted edu-cational, outreach and social ser-vice programs.

Members of the community areinvited to share in the joyous fes-tivities on June 13. For more infor-mation and to respond, go to theUnion County Torah Center website,torahcenter.org, or call the center at(908) 789-5252.

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Church Plans ForumOn Mental Health

WESTFIELD — The First BaptistChurch of Westfield, located at 170Elm Street, Westfield, will hold aMental Health Awareness Seminar onSunday, June 25, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Information will be available atthis event on common mental healthillnesses, family dynamics and re-sources in the area. Pre-registration isnot required but preferred. To regis-ter, call (908) 233-2278.

‘Big Band’ ConcertTo Benefit Imagine

NEW PROVIDENCE — A 16-piece “524 South Street Big Band”concert will take place this Sunday,June 11, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the FaithLutheran Church. The church is lo-cated at 524 South Street, New Provi-dence. Proceeds will benefit Imag-ine, A Center for Coping with Loss.

The concert is geared to all agesand will be free to attend with dona-tions accepted at the door. For moreinformation, call the Faith LutheranChurch at (908) 464-5177.

Imagine is a free, year-round griefsupport center for children, teens andadults. For more information aboutImagine, call (908) 264-3100 or visitimaginenj.org.

ive solutions. For clients who arehaving financial difficulties we areable to provide a sliding scale pay-ment. Phone number: (908) 232-6118or E-mail: kalellis717@verizon.net.

IMAGINE HONOREES...Maryann Gingrich, Erin Pettit and Stacy Weinman,all of Westfield, pictured left to right, receive Certificates of Appreciationfrom Stu Arnold, Imagine Board chairman, at Imagine’s Annual Public BoardMeeting on May 3 at its new center in Mountainside. The three women wererecognized for their outstanding contributions as board members in helpingwith the creation of Imagine into the organization it is today. Imagine providesfree, year-round grief support services for children, teens, young adults andtheir parents or guardians, who are coping with loss due to death. For moreinformation, call Imagine at (908) 264-3100 or visit imaginenj.org.

Page 8 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION

PUBLIC NOTICESCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD

BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (hereinafterreferred to as the “Board”) in accordancewith N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-4.5 at the Boardoffices located at Evergreen Avenue andCedar Street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey07076, from interested vendors for Ath-letic Reconditioning (herein referred toas the “Vendor”) in accordance with theBid Requests prepared by the Board.

A copy of the Bid Requests may beinspected and picked up at the Boardoffices between the hours of 8:30AM and4:00PM, except Saturdays, Sundays andholidays. Further information may be ob-tained by calling Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,School Business Administrator/Board Sec-retary at (908) 232-6161 ext. 4013. BidRequests may also be e-mailed to inter-ested providers upon request.

All vendors submitting bids must useand complete all forms in the manner des-ignated and include all information requiredin the Bid Requests. The Board assumesno responsibility for bids mailed or misdi-rected in delivery. No bid may be with-drawn for a period of sixty (60) days afterthe date set for the opening thereof.

Pursuant to P.L. 2004, c. 57, all bidsmust be accompanied by a New JerseyBusiness Registration Certificate (BRC)issued by the New Jersey Department ofTreasury, Division of Revenue. All ven-dors are required to comply with the re-quirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127, “LawAgainst Discrimination” and the Affirma-tive Action statutes and regulations,N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C.17:27-1.1 et seq.

Bids must be submitted to the ScotchPlains-Fanwood Board of Education nolater than 1:30PM on Wednesday, June21, 2017.

1. Submit two (2) copies of the com-pleted bid package, one (1) with originalsignatures and one (1) copy in an enve-lope addressed to:

Office of the Business Administrator/Board Secretary

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Edu-cation

Evergreen Avenue and Cedar StreetScotch Plains, New Jersey 07076ATTENTION: Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,

Business Administrator/Board Secretary2. Plainly identify on the outside of the

sealed envelope “Reconditioning BID June17.”

3. A Bid Bond or Certified Check for tenpercent (10%) of the bid amount mustaccompany the Bid, but not in excess of$20,000.

All bids will be opened and read publiclyat that time by the School Business Admin-istrator/Board Secretary, or her designee.

The Board reserves the right to rejectany or all bids and waive any informality inthe process if it is in the best interest of theBoard. No proposal may be deemed ac-cepted until the adoption of a formal reso-lution by the Board.

By order of the Scotch Plains-FanwoodBoard of Education in the County of Union,New Jersey.

Deborah S. SaridakiBusiness Administrator

Board Secretary1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $67.83

PUBLIC NOTICESCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD

BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (hereinafterreferred to as the “Board”) in accordancewith N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-4.5 at the Boardoffices located at Evergreen Avenue andCedar Street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey07076, from interested vendors (hereinreferred to as the “Vendor”) for StageLighting Components and Installationin accordance with the Bid Specificationsprepared by the Board.

A copy of the Bid Requests may beinspected and picked up at the Boardoffices between the hours of 8:30AM and4:00PM, except Saturdays, Sundays andholidays. Further information may be ob-tained by calling Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,School Business Administrator/Board Sec-retary at (908) 232-6161 ext. 4013. BidRequests may also be e-mailed to inter-ested providers upon request.

All vendors submitting bids must useand complete all forms in the manner des-ignated and include all information requiredin the Bid Requests. The Board assumesno responsibility for bids mailed or misdi-rected in delivery. No bid may be with-drawn for a period of sixty (60) days afterthe date set for the opening thereof.

There will be a Pre-Bid Meeting in theAuditorium of Terrill Middle School, 1301Terrill Road, Scotch Plains, New Jersey onWednesday, June 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.Attendance at the Pre-Bid Meeting isstrongly encouraged, but not mandatory.

Pursuant to P.L. 2004, c. 57, all bidsmust be accompanied by a New JerseyBusiness Registration Certificate (BRC)issued by the New Jersey Department ofTreasury, Division of Revenue. All ven-dors are required to comply with the re-quirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127, “LawAgainst Discrimination” and the Affirma-tive Action statutes and regulations,N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C.17:27-1.1 et seq.

Bids must be submitted to the ScotchPlains-Fanwood Board of Education nolater than 10:30AM on Tuesday, June27, 2017.

1. Submit two (2) copies of the com-pleted bid package, one (1) with originalsignatures and one (1) copy in an enve-lope addressed to:

Office of the Business Administrator/Board Secretary

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Edu-cation

Evergreen Avenue and Cedar StreetScotch Plains, New Jersey 07076ATTENTION: Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,

Business Administrator/Board Secretary2. Plainly identify on the outside of the

sealed envelope which the you are sub-mitting: “Stage Lighting Componentsand Installation Bid”.

3. A Bid Bond or Certified Check for tenpercent (10%) of the bid amount mustaccompany the Bid, but not in excess of$20,000.

All bids will be opened and read publiclyat that time by the School Business Admin-istrator/Board Secretary, or her designee.

The Board reserves the right to rejectany or all bids and waive any informality inthe process if it is in the best interest of theBoard. No proposal may be deemed ac-cepted until the adoption of a formal reso-lution by the Board.

By order of the Scotch Plains-FanwoodBoard of Education in the County of Union,New Jersey.

Deborah S. SaridakiBusiness Administrator

Board Secretary1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $74.46

PUBLIC NOTICESCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD

BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (hereinafterreferred to as the “Board”) in accordancewith N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-4.5 at the Boardoffices located at Evergreen Avenue andCedar Street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey07076, from interested vendors (hereinreferred to as the “Vendor”) for StageSound Components and Installation inaccordance with the Bid Specificationsprepared by the Board.

A copy of the Bid Requests may beinspected and picked up at the Boardoffices between the hours of 8:30AM and4:00PM, except Saturdays, Sundays andholidays. Further information may be ob-tained by calling Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,School Business Administrator/Board Sec-retary at (908) 232-6161 ext. 4013. BidRequests may also be e-mailed to inter-ested providers upon request.

All vendors submitting bids must useand complete all forms in the manner des-ignated and include all information requiredin the Bid Requests. The Board assumesno responsibility for bids mailed or misdi-rected in delivery. No bid may be with-drawn for a period of sixty (60) days afterthe date set for the opening thereof.

There will be a Pre-Bid Meeting in theAuditorium of Terrill Middle School, 1301Terrill Road, Scotch Plains, New Jersey onWednesday, June 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.Attendance at the Pre-Bid Meeting isstrongly encouraged, but not mandatory.

Pursuant to P.L. 2004, c. 57, all bidsmust be accompanied by a New JerseyBusiness Registration Certificate (BRC)issued by the New Jersey Department ofTreasury, Division of Revenue. All ven-dors are required to comply with the re-quirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127, “LawAgainst Discrimination” and the Affirma-tive Action statutes and regulations,N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C.17:27-1.1 et seq.

Bids must be submitted to the ScotchPlains-Fanwood Board of Education nolater than 10:00AM on Tuesday, June27, 2017.

1. Submit two (2) copies of the com-pleted bid package, one (1) with originalsignatures and one (1) copy in an enve-lope addressed to:

Office of the Business Administrator/Board Secretary

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Edu-cation

Evergreen Avenue and Cedar StreetScotch Plains, New Jersey 07076ATTENTION: Ms. Deborah S. Saridaki,

Business Administrator/Board Secretary2. Plainly identify on the outside of the

sealed envelope which the you are sub-mitting: “Stage Sound Components andInstallation Bid”.

3. A Bid Bond or Certified Check for tenpercent (10%) of the bid amount mustaccompany the Bid, but not in excess of$20,000.

All bids will be opened and read publiclyat that time by the School Business Admin-istrator/Board Secretary, or her designee.

The Board reserves the right to rejectany or all bids and waive any informality inthe process if it is in the best interest of theBoard. No proposal may be deemed ac-cepted until the adoption of a formal reso-lution by the Board.

By order of the Scotch Plains-FanwoodBoard of Education in the County of Union,New Jersey.

Deborah S. SaridakiBusiness Administrator

Board Secretary1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $74.46

PUBLIC NOTICESUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

CHANCERY DIVISIONUNION COUNTY

DOCKET NO. F-005507-17FILE NO. 23269-17

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT

(L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:MICHAEL FLICEK; MRS.MICHAEL FLICEK, WIFE OFMICHAEL FLICEK; NEW JER-SEY MORTGAGE & INVEST-MENT CORP;

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ANDREQUIRED to serve upon PELLEGRINOAND FELDSTEIN, LLC, plaintiff’s attor-neys, whose address is 290 Route 46West, Denville, New Jersey, an Answer tothe Complaint filed in a Civil Action, inwhich FWDSL & ASSOCIATES LP is theplaintiff and MICHAEL FLICEK, ET ALS;are defendants, pending in the SuperiorCourt of New Jersey, Chancery Division,UNION County and bearing Docket No. F-005507-17 within thirty-five (35) days afterJune 8, 2017 exclusive of such date. If youfail to answer or appear in accordance withRule 4:4-6, Judgment by Default may berendered against you for relief demandedin the Complaint. You shall file your An-swer and Proof of Service in duplicate withthe Clerk of the Superior Court of NewJersey, Hughes Justice Complex - CN971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, in accor-dance with the Rules of Civil Practice andProcedure.

You are further advised that if you areunable to obtain an attorney you may com-municate with the Lawyer Referral Serviceof the County of Venue and that if youcannot afford an attorney, you may com-municate with the Legal Services Office ofthe County of Venue. The telephone num-ber of such agencies are as follows: Law-yer Referral Service 908-353-4715 - LegalServices Office 908-354-4340.

THE ACTION has been instituted for thepurpose of foreclosing the following taxsale certificate:

1. A certain tax certificate 2013-0205,sold on 5/17/2013, dated 5/17/2013, andwas recorded on 6/10/2013 in Book 13595at Page 332, made by RICHARDLORENTZEN, Collector of Taxes ofRAHWAY, and State of New Jersey toFWDSL & ASSOCIATES LP and subse-quently assigned to plaintiff, FWDSL &ASSOCIATES LP. This covers real estatelocated in RAHWAY, County of UNION,and State of New Jersey, known as LOT 15BLOCK 385 as shown on the Tax Assess-ment Map and Tax Map duplicate ofRAHWAY and concerns premises com-monly known as 1937 RUTHERFORDSTREET, RAHWAY, New Jersey.

YOU, MICHAEL FLICEK, are made partydefendant to the above foreclosure actionbecause you are the owner of a propertywhich is the subject of the above entitledaction.

YOU, MRS. MICHAEL FLICEK, WIFEOF MICHAEL FLICEK, are made partydefendant to the above foreclosure actionbecause plaintiff has been unable to deter-mine whether defendant MICHAEL FLICEKis married, and if married, the name ofMICHAEL FLICEK’s spouse. If MICHAELFLICEK is married, the plaintiff joins MRS.MICHAEL FLICEK, WIFE OF MICHAELFLICEK as a defendant for any posses-sory or marital rights you may have.

YOU, NEW JERSEY MORTGAGE &INVESTMENT CORP, are made partydefendant to the above foreclosure actionbecause on November 18, 1960, MichaelDeery, executed a mortgage to New Jer-sey Mortgage & Investment Corp. in theamount of $1,555.92, which mortgage wasrecorded on November 29, 1960 in theUNION County Clerk’s/Register’s Office inMortgage Book 2412 at page 627. Saidmortgage is subordinate to the Plaintiff’slien.DATED: June 2, 2017

Michelle M. Smith, ClerkSuperior Court of New Jersey

PELLEGRINO & FELDSTEIN, L.L.C.Denville Law Center290 Route 46 WestDenville, New Jersey 07834(973) 586-23001 T - 6/8/17, The Leader Fee: $83.64

PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF WESTFIELD

Public Notice is hereby given that anordinance of which the following is a copywas introduced, read and passed on firstreading by the Council of the Town ofWestfield at a meeting held June 6, 2017and that the said Council will further con-sider the same for final passage on the20th day of June , 2017, at 8:00 p.m., or assoon thereafter as said matter can bereached, in the Council Chambers, Mu-nicipal Building, 425 East Broad Street,Westfield, New Jersey, at which time andplace any person who may be interestedtherein will be given an opportunity to beheard concerning said ordinance.

Claire J. GrayTown Clerk

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 2084

AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDTHE CODE OF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD, CHAPTER 13

BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Councilof the Town of Westfield in the County ofUnion as follows:

SECTION I. Chapter 13, “Motor Vehiclesand Traffic” of the “Code of the Town ofWestfield” is hereby amended and supple-mented as set forth below:

1. Paragraph (b) of Section 13-23 “Fif-teen minute zones – Unmetered and me-tered.” shall be amended by adding thefollowing paragraph (b):

(b) Metered.Within the Central Business District, only

in those spots designated by The WestfieldPolice Department as fifteen-minute ex-press spaces, and identified as such withappropriate signage.

2. Paragraph (d) of Section 13-28. Park-ing lot no. 1. is amended to read asfollows:

(d) Hours of enforcement shall be Mon-day through Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M.

3. Paragraph (c) of Section 13-29. Park-ing lot no. 2. is amended to read asfollows:

(c) Hours of enforcement shall be Mon-day through Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M.

4. Paragraph (d) of Section 13-31. Park-ing lot no. 4.is amended to read as fol-lows:

(d) Hours of enforcement shall be Mon-day through Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M.

5. Paragraph (c) of Section 13-32. Park-ing lot no. 5. is amended to read asfollows:

(c) Hours of enforcement shall be Mon-day through Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M.

6. Section 13-32. Parking lot no. 5shall be amended by adding the followingparagraph (d):

(d) Night Hours.(1) Parking lot no. 5 is hereby desig-

nated as a “night hours” parking lot forresidents of the Town of Westfield CentralBusiness District (“CBD”) who have beenissued permits as set forth below. “Nighthours” is defined as the hours of 4:30 P.M.to 9:00 A.M. seven days per week.

(2) Residents who reside within the CBD(hereinafter sometimes referred to as“CBDR”) or owners of residential propertyin the CBD shall be entitled to purchase apermit allowing CBD residents or tenants

of CBD property owners to park in parkinglot no. 5 between the hours of 4:30 P.M. to9:00 A.M. seven days per week. Permitsshall be issued by the Town of WestfieldPolice Department to individuals residingin the Town of Westfield within the CBD orowners of property within the CBD basedupon adequate proof of residence and/orownership, in such form as shall be ac-ceptable to the Police Department of theTown of Westfield.

(3) The quantity of night hours parkingpermits to be sold shall be determined bythe Town of Westfield Police Departmenttaking into account the need to accommo-date adequate parking for CBDR duringthe night hours.

(4) The Westfield Police Department shalldesignate the number and location of park-ing spaces to be used by holders of nighthours parking permits.

(5) Only holders of properly displayednight hours parking permits may park inthose parking spaces designated for useby night hours permit holders during nighthours.

(6) The night hours parking permit to beissued by the Town of Westfield shall beaffixed to a location specified by a noticedelivered to the permit holder at the timethe permit holder is issued the permit andshall be clearly visible at all times duringwhich the vehicle is parked in night hoursdesignated spaces located in parking lotno. 5.

(7) The cost for a night hours parkingpermit for CBDR residents shall be onehundred twenty dollars for an annual per-mit and sixty dollars for a six-month permit.

(8) Parking in spaces designated for useby night hours permit holders without anight hours permit properly displayed be-tween the hours of 4:30 P.M. to 9:00 A.M.seven days per week is a violation of thischapter.

7. Paragraph (c) of Section 13-34. Park-ing lot no. 7. is amended to read asfollows:

(c) Hours of enforcement shall be Mon-day through Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M.

8. Paragraph (a) of Section 13-35.1 Allnight parking. is amended to read asfollows:

(a) Holders of night hours parking per-mits may park all night in the spaces des-ignated by the Westfield Police Depart-ment in lots 4, 5 and 8; and

9. Paragraph (a) of Section 13-37.Hours and days when meters operate.is amended to read as follows:

(a) In two hour parking meter zonesbetween the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 6:00P.M., Monday through Saturday exceptholidays.

SECTION II. All ordinances or parts ofordinances in conflict or inconsistent withany part of the terms of this ordinance arehereby repealed to the extent that they arein such conflict or inconsistent.

SECTION III. In the event any section,part or provision of this ordinance shall beheld unconstitutional or invalid by any court,such holding shall not affect the validity ofthis ordinance as a whole, or any partthereof other than the part so held uncon-stitutional or invalid.

SECTION IV. This ordinance shall takeeffect after passage and publication, assoon as, and in the manner permitted bylaw.1 T - 6/8/17, The Leader Fee: $131.58

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICEBOROUGH OF FANWOOD

PLANNNG BOARD

Notice is hereby given that the PLAN-NING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OFFANWOOD, after public hearing on May24, 2017 granted approval to KimberlyBeck for set back and coverage variancesrelated to the removal of an existing ga-rage and its replacement abutting thehouse. The property is located at 95 FarleyAvenue, Fanwood, being Block 58 and Lot123.

Documents pertaining to this applicationare available for public inspection at Bor-ough Hall during normal business hours.

Ms. Kimberly Beck95 Farley Avenue

Fanwood, New Jersey 070231 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $17.34

PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF CRANFORD

PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In accordance with the ordinances of theTownship of Cranford, and the statutes ofthe State of New Jersey, Notice is herebyserved upon you that an application fordevelopment, Application No. PBA-16-009 to be located in Zone R-8 on thepremises known as: 4-8 Riverside Drive,Cranford, New Jersey 07016, Block 266,Lot No. 1 has been submitted by River-side Condominium Association, Inc.

The proposed development involves andrequires the granting of relief from thefollowing requirements of the ordinance soas to permit: Amended Site Plan Approval,together with such other additional relief orvariances that may be required by theBoard.

The Planning Board will conduct a pub-lic hearing on this matter on Wednesday,June 21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in Room 107of the Cranford Township Municipal Build-ing, 8 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NewJersey. Any person or persons affected bythis application will have an opportunity topresent any objections to the proposeddevelopment. The Board does, however,have the right to exclude repetitious testi-mony.

All documents relating to this applicationmay be inspected by the public Mondaythrough Friday between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the Planning/ZoningDepartment, Cranford Township Munici-pal Building, 8 Springfield Avenue,Cranford, New Jersey.

By: Richard D. Huxford, Esq.Triarsi Betancourt Wukovits & Dugan, LLC

Attorney for Applicant1 T - 6/8/17, The Leader Fee: $36.21

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the ZoningBoard of Adjustment of the Township ofScotch Plains will hold a Special Meetingon June 22, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., MunicipalBuilding, 430 Park Avenue, First FloorCouncil Chambers to hear the applicationof T-Mobile Northeast LLC, for propertylocated at 1600 Raritan Road, Block 14201,Lot 2, R-1 Zone. The aforementioned prop-erty is in the R-1 Single Family ResidentialZone which does not permit cell towers.Applicant proposes to install six (6) wire-less communications antenna on an exist-ing transmission tower, construct a 15 feet6 inches x 23 feet support area with equip-ment building at the base of the tower, aswell as place ancillary equipment at groundlevel, contrary to the following Zoning Or-dinances:

Section 23-3.5, R-1 Single FamilyResidential Zone:

a. Permitted Primary Uses1. One-family dwellingsUse Variance for cellular equipment not

permitted in a residential zoneSection 23-3.4A, Para. A, R-1 Zone,

Schedule of Lot, Yard and BuildingRegulations:

Column 13 Building Height (ft.), MaxAllowed: 35 feet, Proposed: 158 +/- feet byplan

Section 23-2.3, Regulations Appli-cable to All Zones:

o. Fences may be erected, installed,altered or reconstructed to a height ofnominally four feet above ground levelwhen located in a front yard area, or to aheight of nominally six feet above groundlevel if located elsewhere on the lot, except

that in no case shall any fence be higherthan nominally four feet above groundlevel when located beyond a projection ofany front building line of any adjacentimproved lots or the setback line of anyunimproved lots. Fences may be installedwith an air space at the bottom to preventdecay and deterioration which fence shallnot exceed four feet three inches and sixfeet three inches. This paragraph shall notapply to fences erected for tennis courtsnor fences associated with the protectionof any utility company property where theutility may be subject to danger or harmfrom outside sources. Utilities shall bedefined under this section as electric, tele-phone, including cell sites, water, sewer,gas, video, radio transmission, and thelike.

Max Allowed: 4 feet in a front yard area;6 feet elsewhere on the lot, Proposed: 7feet.

Applicant also seeks to place a 15 feet 6inches x 23 feet support area with equip-ment building and ancillary equipment onthe site.

The Applicant is also requesting any andall variances deemed to be necessary atthe time of the hearing, including any otherwaivers, exceptions, interpretations andother relief necessary to allow Applicant’sproposed use of the property.

All interested persons may be presentand be heard. The file pertaining to thisapplication is in the Office of the ZoningBoard of Adjustment and available for pub-lic inspection during regular office hours(Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.).

Shannon RapantSecretary to the Board

1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $67.32

Blood Drives to BeHeld During June

AREA — New Jersey Blood Ser-vices has announced the dates andlocations for multiple blood drives itwill host at area locations this month.The schedule is as follows:

Cranford — Saturday, June 10, 10a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Saint MichaelSchool, 100 Alden Street, and Thurs-day, June 15, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., atAll State Legal, 1 Commerce Drive.Every donor at both events will re-ceive a $15-off Jiffy Lube coupon.

Elizabeth — Thursday, June 15, 2to 8 p.m., at The Mills at Jersey Gar-dens. Donors will receive a $10 AMCmovie gift card.

Westfield — Sunday, June 18, 10a.m. to 4 p.m., at Westfield RescueSquad, 335 Watterson Street. All do-nors will receive a $15-off Jiffy Lubecoupon.

To make an appointment for any ofthese blood drives, call 1-(800) 933-2566. Walk-ins also will be welcome.

WESTFIELDTuesday, May 23, Bryan S. Cabral,

20, of Linden was arrested on chargesof possession of less than 50 grams ofsuspected marijuana and possessionof drug paraphernalia pursuant to amotor vehicle stop on the 700 blockof Central Avenue. He was transportedto police headquarters, processed andreleased on a summons.

Tuesday, May 23, William Tho-mas, 24, of Scotch Plains was ar-rested on an outstanding traffic war-rant from Scotch Plains for $100 pur-suant to a motor vehicle stop at WestNorth Avenue and Edgewood Avenue.He was processed and posted bail.

Tuesday, May 23, Sheara Coates,26, of Orange was arrested on anoutstanding traffic warrant from Or-ange for $89 pursuant to a motorvehicle stop at Mountain Avenue andDriftway Place. Coates was processedand posted bail.

Wednesday, May 24, DaiJohnMcLaurin, 23, of Berkeley Heightswas arrested on charges of posses-sion of a controlled dangerous sub-stance (CDS)/less than 50 grams ofsuspected marijuana and possessionof drug paraphernalia pursuant to amotor vehicle stop in the area ofMountain Avenue and Driftway Place.He was transported to police head-quarters, processed and released on asummons pending a court date.

Thursday, May 25, Carlos Roche-Davilla, 24, of Plainfield was arrestedon charges of possession of CDS/lessthan 50 grams of suspected marijuanaand possession of drug paraphernaliapursuant to a motor vehicle stop in thearea of Cardinal Drive and SpringfieldAvenue. He was transported to police

headquarters and processed. While atpolice headquarters Roche-Davillawas arrested on an active traffic war-rant from South Plainfield. He wasreleased after posting $160 bail on thewarrant and by Westfield on a sum-mons pending a court date.

Thursday, May 25, a resident of the800 block of Winyah Avenue reporteda theft from her motor vehicle thatoccurred between midnight and 7 a.m.The suspect stole a reported $500 incash from the vehicle.

Thursday, May 25, a resident of the800 block of Winyah Avenue reportedbeing the victim of a motor vehicletheft. The vehicle was stolen from thedriveway of the residence betweenmidnight and 6 a.m.

Thursday, May 25, a resident of the400 block of Alden Avenue reporteda motor vehicle burglary that occurredbetween 7:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. Anunknown suspect ransacked the ve-hicle and a cell phone car charger wasstolen. The vehicle was unlocked atthe time of the incident.

Thursday, May 25, ChristopherCandelario, 31, of Elizabeth was ar-rested and charged with possessionof less than 50 grams of suspectedmarijuana pursuant to a motor ve-hicle stop in the area of North EuclidAvenue and Park Drive. He was trans-ported to police headquarters, pro-cessed and released with a summons.

Thursday, May 25, a resident ofScudder Road reported a theft fromher unlocked motor vehicle between10:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. The vehiclewas parked in the victim’s drivewayat the time of the incident. The inte-rior of the vehicle was ransacked anda pack of gum was stolen.

Friday, May 26, Isaiah Carter, 20,of Roselle was arrested pursuant to a

motor vehicle stop at Sussex Streetand Central Avenue on two activewarrants from Roselle, including acriminal warrant and a traffic war-rant, totaling $389 bail. He was trans-ported to police headquarters and re-leased on his own recognizance.

Saturday, May 27, Roman Buchak,32, of Westfield was arrested on anactive traffic warrant from FranklinBorough for $200 following a motorvehicle stop at Summit and West SouthAvenues. He was transported to po-lice headquarters, where he was pro-cessed and released after posting bail.

Saturday, May 27, SamuelSouthwood, 27, of Mountainside wasarrested on an outstanding criminalwarrant from Edison for $2,500 pur-suant to a motor vehicle stop in thearea of Summit Court near SummitAvenue. He was transported to policeheadquarters, where he was processedand released after posting bail.

Sunday, May 28, Monique E.Garnere, 48, of South Bound Brookwas arrested on an active traffic war-rant from South Plainfield for $1,000pursuant to an investigation on the400 block of East North Avenue. Shewas transported to police headquar-ters, processed and released on herown recognizance.

Monday, May 29, Lisa M. Krasky,53, of Dunellen was arrested on anoutstanding traffic warrant fromMiddlesex Borough for $350 pursu-ant to a motor vehicle stop in the areaof West Broad Street and RahwayAvenue. She was transported to police

headquarters, processed and releasedwith having posted the full bail amount.

CRANFORDTuesday, May 23, Jonathan

Liebowitz, 28, of Spotswood was ar-rested on charges of possession of ahypodermic syringe and possession ofparaphernalia after a 2009 Toyota wasstopped at the intersection of EastNorth Avenue and the Garden StateParkway 137 Southbound ramp for aseat belt violation. Following an in-vestigation at the scene, police locateda hypodermic syringe and a glass pipe,commonly used to inhale narcotics,inside the vehicle. Liebowitz was ar-rested, processed and released pend-ing a Municipal Court appearance. Healso was issued a motor vehicle sum-mons for failure to wear a seat belt.

Tuesday, May 23, Guy Knapp, 27,of Matawan and Dinessa Gehring, 24,of Parlin were arrested on charges ofpossession of a controlled dangeroussubstance (CDS)/heroin, possessionof a hypodermic syringe and posses-sion of paraphernalia, as well as con-tempt of court, after a 2006 Dodge wasstopped southbound on the GardenState Parkway for a lane violation.Following an investigation at the scene,police located multiple hypodermicsyringes inside the vehicle. While plac-ing the driver, Knapp, under arrest, itwas determined that he was in posses-sion of heroin. The passenger, Gehring,

was arrested on an active warrant.While being taken into custody, it wasdetermined that Gehring also was inpossession of heroin. Both Gehringand Knapp were processed at Cranfordpolice headquarters and given Supe-rior Court appearances. Knapp wasissued motor vehicle summonses fordriving with a suspended license, care-less driving and possessing a CDS in amotor vehicle.

Tuesday, May 23, Sir Blanks, 22,of Rahway was arrested and chargedwith obstructing the administrationof law and hindering apprehensionafter a 2010 Mitsubishi was stoppedat the intersection of East North Av-enue and the Garden State Parkway137 Northbound ramp for a seat beltviolation. While on scene a passen-ger, Blanks, began ingesting raw mari-juana. Police instructed Blanks to spitthe marijuana out, but Blanks failedto comply. Blanks was arrested, pro-cessed and released pending a Mu-nicipal Court appearance. Blanks wasissued a motor vehicle summons forfailure to wear a seat belt. The driverwas issued a motor vehicle summonsfor delaying traffic.

Wednesday, May 24, HenryValderrama, 19, of Linden was ar-rested on charges of possession of lessthan 50 grams of suspected marijuanaand possession of paraphernalia aftera 2007 Volkswagen was stopped at theintersection of Raritan Road andMohican Place for a seat belt viola-tion. Following an investigation at thescene, police located marijuana insidethe vehicle. The driver, Valderrama,was arrested, processed and releasedpending a Municipal Court appear-ance. Valderrama and a passenger wereissued motor vehicle summonses forfailing to wear a seat belt.

Wednesday, May 24, Donald Hill,37, of East Orange was arrested oncharges of possession of less than 50grams of suspected marijuana andpossession of paraphernalia after a2000 Honda was stopped at the inter-section of East North Avenue andGarden State Parkway 137 North-bound for a seat belt violation. Fol-lowing an investigation at the scene,police located marijuana inside thevehicle. A passenger, Hill, was ar-rested, processed and released pend-ing a Municipal Court appearance.He was issued a motor vehicle sum-mons for failure to wear a seat belt.

Wednesday, May 24, DanielMarrero, 43, of Jersey City was ar-rested on charges of possession ofCDS (cocaine), possession of a hypo-dermic syringe and possession ofparaphernalia after a 2000 Buick wasstopped at the intersection of RaritanRoad and the Garden State Parkway136 Southbound ramp for an equip-ment violation. Following an investi-gation at the scene, police locatedcrack cocaine and a hypodermic sy-

ringe inside the vehicle. A passenger,Marrero, was arrested, processed andreleased pending a Superior Courtappearance. The driver was issuedmotor vehicle summonses for failureto maintain lamps and failure to ex-hibit documents.

Friday, May 26, RubenMaldonado, 27, of Easton, Pa. wasarrested on charges of possession ofprescription analog (Tramadol) andpossession of paraphernalia after a2007 Cadillac was stopped at theintersection of East North Avenueand the Garden State Parkway 137Northbound ramp for a seat belt vio-lation. Following an investigation atthe scene, police located Tramadolinside the vehicle. Maldonado wasarrested, processed and releasedpending a Municipal Court appear-ance. Maldonado was issued motorvehicle summonses for failure towear a seat belt and possessing aCDS inside a vehicle.

Saturday, May 27, MatthewDiMarco, 29, of Cranford was arrestedon charges of possession of a CDS(heroin), possession of a hypodermicsyringe and possession of parapherna-lia, as well as contempt of court, afterpatrol units responded to ArlingtonRoad on a report of a suspicious per-son. Police located the individual,DiMarco, sitting on a retaining wall ofan Arlington Road residence. Follow-ing an investigation at the scene, po-lice located heroin and a hypodermicsyringe on DiMarco. Furthermore, itwas discovered that DiMarco had nu-merous arrest warrants out of Essexand Union Counties. He was arrestedand released pending a Superior Courtappearance. DiMarco was released onhis own recognizance on the activewarrants.

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Grade 8Distinguished Honor Roll

Kristen L. Adams, Chloe A. Alce,Kyra H. Antonello, Mia Aponte,Kotey Ashie, Lydia K. Baik, LindseyBartley, Zachary J. Billotto, AbigailBinaday, Erika Bretz, Luke Checchio,Emma Chichester, Haley Cino,Abigail Conklin, John Michael S.Cristobal, Vincent Cucci, AmitDeshpande, Dennis Gannon, HannahKriney, Rebecca H. Lancaster, JolieLubalin, Natalie Mikula, Brendan T.Mullany, Sabrina Ngu, JaydenNyamiaka, Ethan Pawelec, Cory A.Phillips, Faith Price, David E. Riedell,Hadley G. Rose, Chloe D. Rousseau,Jessica Schramm, Alessandra Serio,Sukriti Srinivasa, Alexa P.Vierschilling, Andrew Villardi,Hayden C. Widder, Zackery Wong,Justin Zimmerman

Grade 8Honor Roll

Sohaila Abdelkader, Grace Abdy,Andrew C. Acosta, Thomas Agueros,Akinbusola A. Akinwunmi, Adam Ali,Maya Ardila, Kayla R. Avila, ElenaA. Balecha, Anjila Banks, Ethan H.Berkman, Kristian A. Borysiak, Ben-jamin Brenner, Lauren Brenner,Nicole T. Britt, Marissa M. Burton,Sydney Byers, Olivia Calcaterra,Hunter C. Cardenas, GabrielCarrascoso, Kaelie Chung, Christo-pher Ciccarello, Eric Cunningham,Meredith Czurlanis, Joseph Decker,Rhythm A. Desai, Jonathan Dionisio,Shannon A. Downey, Ryan Duthie,Melissa E. Falk, Colin Fanning, DavidFarin, Alexander Joseph Fazzino,Mary Katherine Fazzino, LenoreFerguson, Besnik Ferizi, DanielFerrone, Owen Ferrone, Olivia Fiore,Claire K. Fisher, Jacob Fleischer,Olivia Fletcher, Monica C. Forman,Joseph M. Gale, Jade Glassman,Chloe Hahn, Paul Michael Harris,Ava Hausle, Elisa Jo Herstatt, RyenHoover, Seth Jahnke, Sean Kennedy,Ibraheem Khan, Shruti Khandelwal,Paul Koizumi, Shelby Kumpf, SeanLage, Megan Lahetta, Sophia Lama,Maura Leahy, Cynthia Y. Liang, NoahLievre, Joseph Linder, DallasLorenzetti, Isabella R. Lyons, AlexaMach, Lucas Mackey, Jordan N.Matty, William Mauer, PatriciaMcHugh, Kali A. McKinney, HadleyK. Moran, Sabrina Negley, BrendanOng, Kaitlyn S. Otero, EliasPahountis, Max Perone, Roman F.Perrelli, Emma Philip, Ryan Price,

Honor RollPark Middle School - 3rd Marking Period

Hana Ramjohn, Kaitlyn Reilly, SaraiReuben, Brian Roessle, AmandaRossi, Emma Route, NicolasRuggiero, Gianna Salgado, CassandraB. Salot, William Schetelich, EricaSchindler, Paul A. Schiumo, SimoneSchomberg, Daniel J. Sicinski, Mar-garet M. Smith, Samantha Sosnowski,Sydney L. Sprechman, Madison-Anne C. StaRosa, Nicholas Susino,Nicholas Tittanegro, Justin Tran,Benjamin T. Tucker, Jamie Valian,Tyler Ventura, Daniel F. Villacreses-Montoya, Thomas Von Oehsen, Ca-dence Weiss, Jonathan M. Wiener,Quinn Williamson, Taylor G. Winslow

Grade 7Distinguished Honor Roll

Kaitlyn Acevedo, Joseph M.Baldwin, Rachel Barattucci, ThomasJ. Baylock, Joseph Berry, MoumitBhattacharjee, Stephanie V. Brown,Camila Cabrera, Kelly Chesky, ZoeChrisostomides, Isabella G. Cukrow,Luka Culjak, Lila Dasi, Ashley S.DeFrancesco, Jake M. DeGaetano,Eve Delaney, Julia DeVizio,Francesca DiLollo, Isabella DiLollo,Lily J. Dimon, Robert Dobies, TerenceM. Downey, Riley Dwyer, LindsayEdelman, Alexa Fazio, Emily Friscia,Charles Garrett, Evan Gomillion,Thomas Granville, Natalie Green,Lauren Hahn, Gisele Herb, ChloeHowell, Julia Jackson, Quinn Jack-son, Benjamin R. Jiras, Nina Johnson,Sherin Kachroo, Maeve Kahora,Francesca Kastanos, Zoe S. Kekelis,Grace Kennedy, Alyona Kladova,Taylor Klein, Richa Kulkarni, RicaBriana T. Lopez, Jackson Lubalin,Marlaina Martucci, Gianna N.Mavilla, Connor P. McCreesh,Nirayka Monga, Jazlyn Navarro,Therese C. Nitro, Christian L.Normant, Alessia Novello, SophiaNovello, Andrew Perper, ErikaPowell, Grace Rehrer, Conor Reilly,Maggie Richter, Aidan Robertson,Julia Rosen, Emilia Saccento, JakeSchunke, Benjamin Seidenberg,Amelia Sherman, Benedetto Skirde,Joshua Sokolsky, Anna Szczuka, Ja-son Tannenbaum, Aidan RobertTrenery, Jason Trivisonno, MorganTsin, Emily Walsh, Alyssa Warbeck,Stella Whitefield, Dorothy Wilson,Kerrin Wojcik, Emily Wyrwa, EmilyYang, Katarina Zikas

Grade 7Honor Roll

Anas Abdelkader, RamyAlhamrawy, Aliyah Lanashia Adkins,

Robert Chase Alber, Ryan Au, Mat-thew Elias Bender, Ava Berry, MourikBhattacharjee, Aiden Birnbaum,Jordynn Blackwell, Benjamin T. Briel,Bridget Carter, Ciro O. Casimiro,Hannah Citarella, Benjamin Cohen,Kaelin Cunningham, MeghanDanielovich, Brenna R. DeProspero,Abigail Earp, Jack A. Eckstine, LiamFerguson, Olivia Fleischer, JoshuaFriedson, Katelyn H. Gaulin, AliciaGoff, David L. Green, Michael C.Hagopian, Zachary Harmer, EmilyHayeck, Marian Henry, KatherineHochman, Robert A. Hochstaedt, EliB. Horgan, Briajohnae Jones,Brendan Michael Karyczak, MeganKaulfers, Yatharth Kaushik, CeceliaKelly, Ryan Koehler, Ethan Koseoglu,Jonathan I. Kother, Erica Lee, MelanieL. Lowell, Zachary Mawby, WilburAlbert May, Marin B. McAlindin,Madalyn F. McEvoy, KaitlynMohabir, Kenneth Nelson, IhorNikolin, Emma Nitti, Nkem Okorie,Olivia Ong, Giacomo Pares, Eliza-beth Parvin, Charlotte Pollack, Tho-mas Ricci, Jackson Riedell, GiannaRiefler, Kayleigh Robinson,Samantha R. Ruane, Thomas Savoca,Andrew Seith, Aditya Sharma, DanteSilva, Marisa Singh, Natalie Skolar,Alexander Smith, Nicholas Solimeno,Connor Spellman, John Stellakis,Marcos J. Trujillo, Aaron Tsvayberg,John T. Vangeli, Jaine Williams, JuliaZambrio, Anthony T. Zhang, DavidZhurbinsky, Thomas A. Ziegler

Grade 6Distinguished Honor Roll

Amanda Abdelmalak, Hasan Ali,Naa Dei Ashie, Alyssa Rae Barbossa,Andrew Bartley, Grace Beirne, RileyBhatia, Elisa R. Bianco, Ava C.Billotto, Aaron Binaday, Isabella A.Blake, Lily Camacho, OrenciaCasimiro, Nicholas Champagne, Hel-ena Chan, Cara Checchio, Kendall A.Chiang, Samuel Chichester, ZacharyChung, Alexa Chuy, Piper Conklin,Mia Cutaia, Syona Dalvi, RushilParesh Damania, Disha Debnath,Ivana Delgado-Arvelo, MadisonDiaz, Madeline Disalvo, OliviaEckstine, Olivia A. Encarnacion,Carter Fallon, Emma Wei-Xin Fang,Matthew Fela, Sean Ferrone, LilyFriebely, Emmet Fynes, Sophia Gallo,Grace E. Germinder, Ella J. Goldstein,Jessica Gui, Paige Hagman, LeahHerb, Maximilian Ho, Emily E.Homer, Luke Kalafat, Justin H.Koizumi, Khan Lagemann, Lucia C.Laumbach, Gavin Lesnevich, AllisonLesser, Alina G. Lessing, Ava Mach,Shehzad Madraswalla, Mikayla Mari,Dylan Mathew, Kaelan A. Mattos,Ella Mauer, Nicholas A. Mendolia,Thomas Metzger, MeaganMigliaccio, Danielle Most, AliciaMurphy, Matthew J. Murray, JessicaNavarro, Boi Nhien Nguyen Tran,

Emma Nobile, Sarah M. Paolella,Nefeli Pappas, Dylan Patel, Jay Patel,Ella E. Platts, Zoe Quraishi, KatherineRamalho, Vikram Ravishankar, PeterReilly, Jordana Reisberg, KadyRettino, Morgan Ritter, CatherineRodrigues, Emma Schramm, AsmitaSharma, Mireille Silva, Jay LandonSlack, Andrew K. Smith, DominicSouza, Gianna M. Tucker, Alicia AlbaValenciano, Bianca L. Valente,Jayleen Velez, Ketevan Vepkhvadze,Lauren Verrastro, Gabriella N. Virga,Sophie E. White, Margaret C.Whitney, Georgia Williamson, DylanYoung, Andy Zhu, Mattingly Zullo

Grade 6Honor Roll

Jason Abate, Melania Acampora,Abigail Balagot, Ryan J.Baumgartner, Stephan C.Baumgartner, Sofia Berkman, JenaiM. Berry, Kylie Byers, RyanCaponigro, Claire E. Cassidy, RyanCawley, Louis N. Cerchio,Alexandra Chouinard, Samuel E.Cohen, Davyd Dasi, Brianna G.Davey, Joseph W. DeSantis, TheresaR. DeVall, Matthew Dolowy, JuliaM. Encarnacion, Jack Fallo, ShaylinM. Farley, Roman Fiore, SenaForson, Senyo Forson, MaxwellFountain, Thomas Gain, SiennaGarcia, Meghan Daniella Garrido,Esmeralda Gonzalez, Zachary Gray,Braden Griffith, Michael N. Grill,Camila A. Hernandez, CameronHoover, Kevin Indoe, AidanKeough, Matthew Laurenzano,Veronica Legerme, Wesley Lewis,John Paul Lopez, Austin Lorenzetti,Breogan Louro, Kamil AlbertoMartinez, Marco Martoccia,Julianna Mayer, Morgan McArdle,Sean McCarthy, Isabel H. McEvoy,Amaya Miller, Patrick Mitchell,Jada Montgomery, Ava Niemczyk,Alden Nyamiaka, Daniel O’Brien,Katelyn Oser, Abimbola M.Oyerogba, Timothy W. Paprocki,Emily M. Pizha, Zachary Redling,Alexandra Reinemann, Luke SanJuan, Steven Shawkan, Safiya Syed,Elizabeth Tedesco, AnthonyTittanegro, Raymond Tran, IsabelleM. Verrico, Riley Vierschilling,Morgan L. Virgil, Maya B. Viscardi-Carelse, Nathan Ward, Elijah Ware,Ethan A. White, Keith Yeager

Photo Courtesy of Adam PassLOOKING DAPPER...Westfield High School students gathered on Saturdayevening before departing for prom.

ITHACA, N.Y. – Over 50 studentsfrom the Ithaca College School ofHealth Science and Human Perfor-mance were inducted into one of threedifferent honor societies.

The first of these societies, Rho PhiLambda, is a national honorary soci-ety that is open to all recreation andleisure studies majors that have anaccumulative grade point average ofat least 3.0, a departmental gradepoint average of 3.5 and have demon-strated leadership ability and service

to the community.Pi Theta Epsilon supports the prac-

tice of occupational sciences and thepractice of authentic occupationaltherapy by promoting research, lead-ership and scholarly activities by itsmembers.

Charly Solomon of Westfield wasinducted into the Rho Phi LambdaHonor Society.

Emily McLane of Westfield wasinducted into the Pi Theta Honor So-ciety.

Harvin of Cranford InductedInto Biology Honor Society

Champlain CollegeTells Spring Dean's List

BURLINGTON, V.T. – The fol-lowing students have been named tothe Champlain College Dean's Listfor achieving a grade point average of3.5 or higher in the spring 2017 se-mester.

Harold Hodges of Westfield.Anthony Vultaggio of Cranford

majoring in Marketing.Andrew Rimpici of Scotch Plains,

majoring in Game Programming.

SCRANTON, Penn. – EmilyHarvin of Cranford was among TheUniversity of Scranton students in-ducted into the national honor societyfor biology (Beta Beta Beta). Forinduction into the honor society, stu-

dents must have completed at leastthree biology courses, maintained atleast a 3.0 grade point average inbiology, and be in good academicstanding at the University. The honorsociety encourages undergraduatebiological research through presen-tations at conventions, publication inthe journal BIOS, and research/travelgrants. The University's chapter ofthe honor society was established in1994.

Emily is a junior majoring in biol-ogy at the Jesuit university.

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Cranford Curbs Chatham, 5-3For Sectional Baseball Crown

LAWRENCE, RINALDI, ROMANO, HOWELL LED ON ‘O’

Blue Devils Had TurnaroundSoftball Season; Finished 17-6

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Turn around quickly and in a bigway would definitely describe thisyear’s Westfield High School softballteam that returned pretty much thesame starters that it had last year whenit had 14 losses. This year’s BlueDevils, however, came in with muchmore confidence and it paid off whenthey advanced to the semifinal roundof the Union County Tournament(UCT), received the fourth seed in theNorth Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tour-nament and finished the season with a17-6 record.

The Blue Devils also recorded sev-eral key wins this season, which in-cludes a pair over AL Johnson, thefirst being a 7-5 victory that featured

home runs by three sophomoresGenevieve Howell, Julia Romanoand Erica Lawrence, and a triple bysenior Danielle Rinaldi. The secondcame in Crusader territory with a 6-3 decision. The Blue Devils alsodefeated Chatham, 9-8, Summit, 4-3, and rival Cranford in their secondmeeting, 6-3.

The Blue Devils’ first loss was toCranford, 8-2, at home in early April.They also lost twice to UCT cham-pion Governor Livingston, 4-3, and5-2. The Blue Devils lost to the Cru-saders in the UCT semis, dropped a 4-3 squeaker to Old Bridge then com-pleted their season with a 3-1 loss toJP Stevens in the section quarterfinals.

“Overall, we are really happy withthe progress we made this season.

The core of our team is the same as itwas last year but they came backstronger this season, with more deter-mination to be successful. We arereally proud of their achievements,”Blue Devil Head Coach CaitlinMacDonald expressed.

The Blue Devils should be proud oftheir team batting average (BA) of.332 that featured 15 round trippersbut especially their defense with the“Dirty Duo”, Rinaldi at third base andRomano at shortstop, along withLawrence behind the plate, juniorJordan Sacher in centerfield, juniorNatalie Patterson at first and seniorLauren Fernandez in leftfield.

Rinaldi, as the leadoff hitter, knewhow to get action started and recorded

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Sectional championship appear-ances have been the norm for thethird-seeded Cranford High SchoolCougars, who made their seventhstraight trip, this time against the top-seeded Chatham Cougars witnessedby a massive crown of, Yes! Cougarfans, who aligned along the entire

third base line and around the outfieldfence into right-centerfield at Chathamon June 2.

The Cranford Cougars plated all oftheir runs within the first three innings,starting pitcher Gordon Graceffo sur-vived a tough third inning and was laterrelieved in the seventh inning by sopho-more Kevin Donovan, who retired allthree Chatham Cougars he faced to earn

Cranford the North Jersey, Section 2,Group 3 championship with a 5-3 vic-tory. It was the fifth title in that span ofseven appearances and the 12th sec-tional championship since 1997

In his six innings on the mound,Graceffo yielded three of his six hits,along with his only walk and hit bat-ter, in the third inning where Chatham

WARREN, YAREM, CANAVAN, GEISSEL LED CHARGE

Raider Nine Handled RoughSchedule, Finish Season, 17-10

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Senior leadership helped guide theway for this season’s Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball teamto navigate through a very ruggedschedule, advance to the UnionCounty Tournament (UCT) semifi-nals and the North Jersey, Section 2,Group 4 quarterfinals and to finishwith a 17-10 record. The Raiders re-corded some key victories, such as a9-3 win over Westfield, a 3-2 winover Watchung Hills and a 6-0 winover Hunterdon Central but did expe-rience a pair of heartbreaking, 3-2,setbacks to the Cranford Cougars, thesecond one being in the UCT semis.

Offensively and defensively theRaiders were led by “The Two Petes”— seniors Warren and Yarem — and

senior centerfielder Jake Canavan.Warren, the glove man at shortstop,vacuumed up almost anything thatcame his way and at the plate, he ledthe team with a .374 batting average(BA) going 34-for-91 with fourdoubles and two triple, 19 RBI and 17runs scored. Once on base, Warrenstole 11 bases.

“Peter Warren was a leader in everysense. He’s one of the best infieldersI’ve coached, and a very well-roundedplayer,” Raider Head Coach JoeHiggins expressed.

Speaking of vacuum, Yarem be-hind the plate scooped up almost ev-erything that darted near him and hispitchers were very grateful for that.Additionally, very few opponentswould dare attempting to swipe sec-ond because the Pete-to-Pete combi-

nation was just too dangerous.“Peter Yarem was a steady pres-

ence behind the plate. Teams rarelyran against us, and a lot of that had todo with knowing he was back there,”Coach Higgins pointed out.

Offensively, Yarem, who will playat Susquehanna University next year,batted behind Warren and the pair hada great plan. Warren would steal sec-ond then Yarem would slap an RBIsingle to right field. Yarem also had19 RBI but due to his ability to stealbases (12 of them) was second on theteam with 23 runs scored. Yarem fin-ished with a .314 BA (27-for-86) withfive doubles and a triple.

Canavan was definitely the oneperson who made opposing teamsshudder once he got on base. As the

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ABOUT TO STOMP ON HOME PLATE...Blue Devil sophomore Julia Romano jumps on home plate after blasting a homerun during a home game against the ALJ Crusaders. The Blue Devils had a turnaround season to finish 17-6.

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Devil’s Den

By BRUCE JOHNSONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

One Final JourneyDown Memory Lane

There have been 58 graduationclasses at WHS since Hob Johnsonmoved his family north fromMonmouth County in August 1959.He didn’t want to commute to his newjob as assistant sports editor of theElizabeth Daily Journal.

There have been thousands of ath-letes, teams and coaches. And sinceWHS has won more state champion-ships – team and individual – inGroups 4 and 3, i.e., the big boys, thatmeans there have been an awful lot ofquality athletes, teams and coaches.

So far 158 of them have been in-ducted into the Westfield Athletic Hallof Fame since its first biennial class in1994. And there are at least another158 who people think should havealready been inducted.

Readers of the Devil’s Den shouldknow that the Class of 1963 had theall-time best single-year winning per-centage, capturing 87.9 percent of its132 contests (116 wins, 16 losses).And that the Class of 1970 had themost state championships (20), indi-vidual and team. Those will both beschool records for quite a while.

The 1960s and 1970s were a Goldentime for WHS sports as the townblossomed in post-war growth. The’60s had a 10-year winning percent-age of 78.3 (winning nearly four ofevery five games) with 88 state team/individual champions. That was fol-lowed by the 1970’s 74.2 win per-centage and 87 state champions. AndWHS athletics hasn’t slowed downmuch, winning 70 percent of the timeover the past 38 years, with 158 statechamps!

Here is the decade breakdown ofWHS’s state champions and all-sportswinning percentage (2010s includesthe 2016-17 year):

Decade Titles Win percent1930s 21 511940s 19 561950s 22 651960s 88 791970s 87 741980s 56 70 1990s 41 71 2000s 34 67 2010s 27 68MOST ATHLETIC CLASS

Pinning down which graduatingclass had the best athletes is not aseasy, since every class since 1960 hashad its share of great athletes, andeveryone thinks their class was thebest. After much consideration, here’sour list of the top Devil’s Dozen (13)senior classes – based on schoolrecords set, all-state selections,county, sectional or state champion-ships won, professional sports careersand Hall of Fame inductees.

1962: David Coleman, Jim Kovacs,Dick Myers, Greg Weiss; BobAdelaar, Bill Bryant, Clark Byam,Ken Cornell, Ed Galauski, BobHoffman, Bill Lewis, Jerry Post, DaveRichardson, Don Tokash, DwightWinn.

1965: Rudy Brown, Greg Chlan,Chip Demarest, Bob Felter, PeterHeesch, Steve McCoy, DavePerkowski; Charlie Clark, JimDeichert, Terry Gass, Phil Grant, JerryHendershott, Steve Hoppin, BillMammen, Pete Mavraganis, JimMinno, Nick Delmonico, TomQuimby, Ken Robinson, GreggSmolenski, Bruce Wallace, SteveWright.

1970: Gordon Clark, Frank Jack-son, Steve Schmitt; Rick Adelaar, TomFennell, Greg Gerber, Scott Gillin,Dick Haney, Dave Harvey, J.J.Kalbacher, Scott Loveland, SkeeterMacCloskey, Steve Mease, PeterMeyers, Jon Perkowski, DrewRuotolo, Eric Van Leuven.

1972: John Kerr, Ed Morton, KurtStiefken, Steve Tebbetts, Joe Wilson;Tom Betz, Bob Byrne, Bruce Cant,Lou Case, Neil Chamberlin, PeteDemarest, Scott Eichhorn, Dave Gray,Tom Jackson, Ted Kamins, SeanKelly, Phil Light, Penny Meiklejohn,Tom Pfeiffer, Don Reiter, Bob

The author’s senior picture on page179 of the 1963 Weather Vane.

Shahnazarian.1978: Jackie Booth, Owen Brand,

Paul Healy, Frank Kelly, K.C.Knobloch, Lora Masters, RickSampson, Butch Woolfolk; Rich Bag-ger, Neil Banta, Brian Betz, AndyBiederman, Maura Clancey,Annemarie Cosenza, Trip Davis,Ralph DiIorio, Jim Hoblitzell, JohnIglar, Ron Posyton, Barb Quackenbos,Bob Seemon, Teresa Tiller, JimTinnesz, Dave Tomalonis, ChuckWhedon, Doug Yearley.

1983: Kathy Federici, KevinMcGorty, Noreen Morris; RogerBrewster, Pat Burgdorf, Matt Cordes,Ro Fusaro, Tim Gaffney, GregGleason, Ron Johnson, Greg Kasko,Kevin Lasher, John McElroy, ChrisNolan, Hank Prybylski, Fran Schmidt,Steve Scioscia, Kelly Scott, GaryShendell, Nikhil Singh, Tom Snyder,Sally Stokes, Alicia Sugrue.

1987: Andrew Cary, Mike Drury;Rich Andrews, Anthony Coleman,Tim Coultas, Elizabeth Cummings,Chris Freer, Rob Gladden, MelissaHorner, Jeff Hurley, Andy Kendeigh,Dave Lavender, Steve Locker, ChrisMasterson, Chuck Mueller, ToddPrybylski, Allison Scott, BradShapiro, Joy Shields, Mary Tweedie,Mike Varano, Paul Wampler, TimYockel.

1988: Dave Brown, Lynne Cassidy,Joe Deer, Clint Factor, KrissyJeremiah, Gregg Schmalz; RogerAlbertson, Christina Caroe, Jill Dame,Ron Dau, Paul Emanuel, BrendanFlaherty, Maureen Hanna, KerryHertell, Laura Kocaj, Mike Linenberg,Chris McFadden, Dennis McGorty,Colin McLane, Chris Miller, JimMozoki, Craig Russell, Jeff Sherman,Rob Shovlin, Jen Stagaard, KevinStock, Karen Voorhees, Aaron We-ber, Max Wunderle.

1995: Mike Abeles, Stephen Cheek,Jen Schwarzenbek; FrankDiGiovanni, Suzy Folger, AndrewHughes, Ed Joffe, Ted Kilcommons,Brandi Kovac, Liz Kozub, ErwynLyght, Joanna McGonigle, JohnO’Brien, Megan O’Brien, Lisa Olden,Dave Schaller, Rob Schundler, JillSmith, Laura Todd, Lexi Tourtellotte,Brooke Wiley.

1997: Matt Elmuccio, MeganSheehy, Amy Williams; Rachel andBecca Brendler, Kelly Burns, KevinDowling, Derek Fisher, MattHammond, Steve Kapuscinski, Su-san Kozub, Mike Krug, Dan Matro,Colin McGee, Molly Phelan, TimRomano, Bob Schultz, Ryan Stefiuk,Ryan Stotler, Jason Yarusi, KrisZadourian.

1999: Liz McKeon; Sarah Burnett,Seth Burstein, Brandon Doerr, ToddDowling, Julie Elmuccio, LaurieHogan, Liza Iannuzzi, Ron Kashlak,Gordon Kaslusky, Matt Krug, TomLangton, Gabe Perez, Susan Phillips,

Jay Pollack, Megan Shutts, OnurTezucar, Lamont Turner, LizaYannuzzi.

2002: Matt Andzel, Dan Caprario,Erin Cockren, Jay Cook, JackieCusimano, Kevin Cutro, Matt Daly,Dan DeSerio, Tara Dowling, RobFreundlich, Terence Jenkins, MorganLang, Caitlin MacDonald, GriffinMaloney, Jimmy McKeon, BrittanyMiller, Kristen Pollock, CristinaPopola, Devin Power, Diano Reavis,Adam Yoffie.

2008: Jim Bender, Claire Bennett,Adam Bergo, Mike Cappiello,Stephanie Cortinhal, John Dugan,Caroline Fallon, Matt Green, Bran-don Heroux, Alexi Kuska, Erin Miller,Manny Mills, Ravi Netravali, ScottNewman, Greg O’Brien, Justin Olsen,Corrine Parkinson, Paige Roudebush,Ryan Scanlon, Dan Selert, KevinShallcross, Evan Shapiro, AlexTarlow, Joe Vall-Llobera, TomWansaw.

And the Den’s pick is … 1988 ...but it was tough to not pick 1978 …1972 … 1965 … 2002 ...

THIS AND THATConnor Scanlon’s eight pitching

victories this spring were the most bya Blue Devil pitcher since 1995, whenKris Williams (10) and Steve Cheek(9) led the baseball team to a 27-3season. The single-season schoolrecord is 12 by Donnie “Big D” Ander-son in 1966.

Connor also became the winningestScanlon brother, with a 10-1 careermark, passing brothers Aiden, 8-4,and Ryan, 6-0.

After losing to top-ranked Mont-gomery in the state Group 4 semifi-nals, senior Noah Reich reflected onwhat it’s meant to play for the power-house WHS tennis teams: “I’ll mostlyremember our battles against the topteams in the state, whether we won orlost. Against Montgomery, we allfought to the end and brought out thebest of each other, even in defeat.”

NO MORE SONGSWHS sports and its athletes and

coaches have always been importantto me – way too important my dadused to say. But watching WHS sports,keeping records for WHS sports andreporting about WHS sports has beenmy identity for most of my “adult”life. It’s who I am.

This is the 500th Devil’s Den sinceThe Westfield Leader sports editorDave Corbin hired me back in 2004.(The number of articles is higher ifyou include the bylines of J.B.Raymond, my alter-ego.)

The first Devil’s Den appeared onNov. 4, 2004. The final Devil’s Denappears today.

In between were 498 wildly eclec-tic weekly diversions – rating WHS’sbest athletes, games, and athletic eras;NJ’s best hot dogs and hamburgers;the best movies ever and best musicaleras; No. 1: Dylan or the Beatles?,WHS’s best A(delaar) to Z(orge); theclassic “Freedom of Speech: TheNewest ‘Extreme’ Sport” Den ofMarch 23, 2006; APBA or Strat-O-Matic?; WHS’s sports family trees;Most Memorable Moments; Who’sComing to Dinner?; Journeys into thePast; the Curse of ’37; WHS’s BestAthletes by Decade; Blue Devils Jeop-ardy; the Way Back Machine; theHistory of all WHS sports; the BrieBowl; WHS’s Mount Rushmore; thefictitious Plainfield Teachers Collegefootball team and star Johnny Chung;some tearful obituaries (see WaltClarkson, Gary Kehler, Paul Jackson,Matt Cahill in particular); the all-timeWHS football and basketball teams;winningest wrestling families; the all-Brew Crew baseball team, etc. Basi-cally whatever struck my fancy at anygiven moment.

While trying to bridge WHS’sscruffy, old-school athletic past withits shiny, new-school present has attimes been daunting, writing the Denhas been arguably the high point ofmy life.

Dave and Horace Corbin, thankyou for letting me join your Leaderteam. The Den gave me an opportu-nity to write about so many amazingkids, coaches, parents, fans and, insome cases, entire families.

Saying au revoir is never easy.Always remember, as the J. Geils

Band sang, “The good times are for-ever, but the last time is today.”

CADET FINISHES 3RD IN 110H, SCOTTI 7TH SHOT PUT

Mozie Wins Discus, 3rd in ShotAt Group Track Championship

Blue Devils Had Turnaround Softball SeasonCONTINUED FROM PAGE 11

a .367 BA (29-for-79), which includedseven doubles, a team-leading sixtriples, and one home run. Rinaldialso received 10 walks, was hit-by-a-pitch four times, swiped five bases,had 18 RBI and scored a team-lead-ing 27 times. After every game,Rinaldi would leave the field with adirty uniform.

Fernandez, who made a number offine catches in leftfield, came throughwell at the plate with a .268 BA (15-

for-56) with one home run, 13 runsscored, 10 RBI, four walks and a pairof stolen bases. Seniors NicolinaAlbano, Casey Popowski and PaigeVenturino also received some play-ing time.

“All of our seniors contributed toour team this season in their own way.They led by example, all representinga different contribution to the team.Danielle Rinaldi played the best sea-son of her career this year. She led thisteam in every way possible towardsuccess,” Coach MacDonald said.

Sacher finished with a .328 BA(22-for-67), which included sixdoubles, two triples and a home run.She also received 10 free passes (2via hit batter), scored 15 times andknocked in 18 runs. Junior secondbaseman Ally Gulla added some dingwith the bat and finished with a .333BA, which included 21 singles andfive doubles, 20 runs scored, nineRBI and seven walks. Patterson fin-ished with a .278 BA with 20 hits,including a double and a triple, eightwalks, nine RBI and 15 runs scored.

Lawrence recorded the team’s high-est BA at .455 (35-for-77), whichincluded nine doubles, four triplesand three home runs. She had 20 RBI(2nd on team), scored 25 runs, re-ceived seven free passes (1 hit batter)and struck out the least of all starters(4). Howell was second on the teamwith a .403 BA (31-for-77) with ninedoubles, a triple and two home runs.She led the team with 21 RBI andscored 19 times.

Romano recorded a .398 BA (33-for-83) and provided the “big bang”with eight doubles, two triples and ateam-leading six home runs. Romanoled the team with six stolen bases, had17 RBI, received seven free passes (2hit-by-pitch) and was second on theteam with 26 runs scored. LikeRinaldi, she too always walked offthe field with a dirty uniform.

Another member of that sopho-more group, designated player RachelRothenberg, had a .240 BA with 12hits, including two doubles and a homerun, 15 RBI, nine runs scored andseven free passes (2 hit-by-pitch).

On the mound, junior BridgetHyland in 128.1 innings, yielded 38free passes, struck out 91 and fin-ished with a 14-6 record. SophomoreLauren Sullivan in 24.1 innings, struckout five, walked 13 and finished witha 3-0 record.

“Next year, we will have almosteveryone returning again. Hopefullywe can take an even bigger step to-ward success next season,” CoachMacDonald said.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool senior Izu Mozie took firstplace in the discus event and third inthe shot put at the Group 4 boys track& field championships held at EggHarbor Township on June 2-3.Cranford Cougar Josiah Cadet placedthird in the 110-hurdles and fifth inthe 400-hurdles, and Cougar BriannaScotti placed seventh in the shot put atthe Group 3 meet at Columbus, N.J.All three advanced to the Meet ofChampions (MOC).

In Group 4, Mozie tossed the dis-cus 171-5 and the shot put 51-5.25.Although not finishing in the top-8,Blue Devils Emma Jackler, MiaMelao, Jessica Stern and DevynHeinzerling finished 11th in the 4x800with a time of 9:42.7 and RaidersMaddy Bord, Sara Greene, LizzieLey and Amanda Logie finished 19that 10:01.

Blue Devils Sam Stravach took 11thin the javelin with a toss of 110-7 andKeren Moncayo took 14th at 106-7.Raider Madeline Weber took 19th at

100-0. Moncayo took 16th in the dis-cus at 98-2 and Weber was 18th at 92-4. Weber was 17th in the shot put witha shove of 34-6.25. Melao was 18th inthe 1,600 with a time of 5:26.92.

Blue Devil Phil Dwyer placed 11thin the long jump with a distance of 21-5 and Jacob Triarsi, JamesMcCutcheon, Spencer Weigand andGabe Givelber finished 12th in the4x800 at 8:07. Weigand finished 10thin the 800 at 1:55.81 and Raider NigelNelson tied for 12th in the high jumpwith a height of 6-2. Blue DevilCameron McLaughlin took 16th inthe 400-hurdles at 56.44.

Blue Devils Dan Audino, RobBrown, Dwyer and Jack Neiswenterfinished 15th in the 4x100 at 43.74.Raider Colin Sullivan finished 15thin the 1,600 at 4:25.72 and Triarsiwas 19th at 4:32.59. Raider BenFleischer crossed 17th in the 3,200 at9:42.52 and Blue Devil Ian Humphreytook 20th in the javelin with a toss of136-8.

In Group 3, Cadet crossed third in

the 110-hurdles at 14.81 and fifth inthe 400-hurdles at a personal-best54.39. Cougar Trey Pascual tied forninth in the pole vault with a height of12-6. Summit’s Dorian Jackson tookfifth in the long jump with a distanceof 22-1.75 and Chris Heckelman tooksixth in the 1,600 at 4:20. Summit’sJack Bunting finished 10th in the 400at 49.57.

For the girls, Scotti took seventh inthe shot put with a shove of 38-6.5and Christina Barlik took ninth at 37-2.5. Cougars Lindsay Aschmies, BellaDeSimome, Grace DiGiovanni andJulia Kelly finished 13th in the 4x800at 10:06.34. Summit had several quali-fiers for the MOC beginning withClaudia Piron, Ici Sadler, EmmaOsborne and Jackie Kohaut finishingsecond in the 4x100 at 47.63. Osbornetook fourth in the 400 at 56.76, Sadlertook fourth in the 100 at 12.4 andClaudia Piron was sixth at 12.46.Claudia and Sophia Piron, Kohautand Gisselle Giron took seventh inthe 4x400 at 3:58.29.

PUBLIC NOTICESUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

CHANCERY DIVISIONUNION COUNTY

DOCKET NO. F-001006-17FILE NO. 22751-16

NOTICE TO REDEEM

TTLBL, LLC; PLAINTIFF VS.LINDA GIBBONS VERWEY,EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATEOF ROBERT T. SPEIDEN;FRANCIS ANTHONYMCGLYNN; MRS. FRANCISANTHONY MCGLYNN, WIFEOF FRANCIS ANTHONYMCGLYNN; STATE OF NEWJERSEY; DEFENDANT(S)

TO: FRANCIS ANTHONY MCGLYNN;MRS. FRANCIS ANTHONY MCGLYNN,WIFE OF FRANCIS ANTHONYMCGLYNN

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an ordermade on June 2, 2017, the Superior CourtFixed July 17, 2017 between the hours ofnine o’clock in the forenoon and four o’clockin the afternoon, prevailing time, at theoffice of the Tax Collector of PLAINFIELD,located at 515 WATCHUNG AVENUE,PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07060 as thetime and place when and where you maypay to the plaintiff the amount so found duefor principal and interest on its certificate oftax sale as follows:

LOT 3 BLOCK 908 on the tax duplicateof PLAINFIELD. Total amount required toredeem tax sale certificate no. 140780 is$59,155.52, together with interest fromMay 15, 2017 and costs of $1,165.00.

And that unless, at the same time andplace, you or one of you redeem by payingthe aforesaid sum so found due to plaintiff,then you, and each of you shall be de-barred and foreclosed of and from all rightand equity of redemption of, in and to thelands and premises above set out anddescribed in the complaint and every partthereof, and that the plaintiff be vested withan absolute and indefeasible estate ofinheritance in fee simple in said lands andpremises.

Anything to the contrary notwithstand-ing, redemption shall be permitted up untilthe entry of final judgment including thewhole of the last date upon which judg-ment is entered.

Michael G. Pellegrino, Esq.Attorney for Plaintiff

PELLEGRINO & FELDSTEIN, L.L.C.290 Route 46 WestDenville, New Jersey 07834(973) 586-23001 T - 6/8/17, The Leader Fee: $51.51

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICEBOROUGH OF FANWOOD

NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY FOR NONPAYMENT OF TAXES,ASSESSMENTS AND/OR OTHER MUNICIPAL LIENS

Public notice is hereby given that I, Colleen M. Huehn, Collector of Taxes of the Boroughof Fanwood, County of Union will sell at public auction on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 inthe Mayor and Council chambers at the Borough Municipal Building, 75 North MartineAvenue, Fanwood, New Jersey at 9:00 o’clock in the morning or at such later time andplace to which said sale may be adjourned, all of the several lots and parcels of landassessed to the respective persons whose names are set opposite each respectiveparcel as the owner thereof for the total amount of municipal liens chargeable against saidlands respectively, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-1, et seq. as computed to the 21STday of June 2017.

Take further notice that the hereinafter described lands will be sold for the amount ofmunicipal liens chargeable against each parcel of said land assessed as one parcel,together with interest and costs to the date of the sale. Said lands will be sold at the lowestrate of interest bid, not to exceed 18%. Payment for said parcels shall be made prior tothe conclusion of the sale in the form of cash, certified check or money order or othermethod previously approved by the Tax Collector or the property will be resold. Propertiesfor which there are no other purchasers shall be struck off and sold to the Borough ofFanwood at an interest rate of 18%.

At any time before the sale I will accept payment of the amount due on any property withinterest and costs. Payments must be in the form of cash, certified check or money order.

Industrial properties may be subject to the Spill Compensation and Control Act(N.J.S.A. 58-10-23.11 et seq.), the Water Pollution Control Act (N.J.S.A. 58-:10A-1 etseq.) and the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6 et seq.) In addition, themunicipality is precluded from issuing a tax sale certificate to any prospective purchaserwho is or may be in any way connected to the prior owner or operator of the site.

In the event that the owner of the property is on Active Duty in the Military Service, theTax Collector should be notified immediately.

The lands to be sold are described in accordance with the last tax duplicate as follows:

BLK LOT OWNER NAME PROPERTY LOCATION TOTAL24 9.01 FELA,DEBRA 167 Pleasant Avenue 13,233.5526 6.01 ESTATE OF FRANK SHERRIFFO Midway Avenue 111.5428 5 HERRMANN,JOHN ET ALL 168 Midway Avenue 1,531.8449 6.01 SCHMIEDE, MARTIN & LIESELOTTE 351 Terrill Road 6,879.2786 4 MILEWITS, MARTIN M 71 Second Street 2,306.86102 26 SIG59ED LLC 1 Pandick Court 5,358.50116 59 CURRY,FRANCES WATSON 11 Roosevelt Avenue 3,271.51121 1 MINDO, JEFFREY A & CYNTHIA 56 Trenton Avenue 393.64

Colleen M. HuehnCollector of Taxes

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PUBLIC NOTICESUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

CHANCERY DIVISIONUNION COUNTY

DOCKET NO. F-007472-17FILE NO. 23376-17

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT

(L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:THE CENTRAL BUILDINGAND LOAN ASSOCIATION OFPLAINFIELD; EASTERNAMERICAN MORTGAGE CO.;ALBERTO OJEDA;

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ANDREQUIRED to serve upon PELLEGRINOAND FELDSTEIN, LLC, plaintiff’s attor-neys, whose address is 290 Route 46West, Denville, New Jersey, an Answer tothe Complaint filed in a Civil Action, inwhich US BANK C/F TOWER DBW IV2014-1 is the plaintiff and CARLOSACOSTA, ET ALS; are defendants, pend-ing in the Superior Court of New Jersey,Chancery Division, UNION County andbearing Docket No. F-007472-17 withinthirty-five (35) days after June 8, 2017exclusive of such date. If you fail to answeror appear in accordance with Rule 4:4-6,Judgment by Default may be renderedagainst you for relief demanded in theComplaint. You shall file your Answer andProof of Service in duplicate with the Clerkof the Superior Court of New Jersey,Hughes Justice Complex - CN 971, Tren-ton, New Jersey 08625, in accordancewith the Rules of Civil Practice and Proce-dure.

You are further advised that if you areunable to obtain an attorney you may com-municate with the Lawyer Referral Serviceof the County of Venue and that if youcannot afford an attorney, you may com-municate with the Legal Services Office ofthe County of Venue. The telephone num-ber of such agencies are as follows: Law-yer Referral Service 908-353-4715 - LegalServices Office 908-354-4340.

THE ACTION has been instituted for thepurpose of foreclosing the following taxsale certificate:

1. A certain tax certificate 14-0286, soldon 10/9/2014, dated 10/15/2014, and wasrecorded on 12/12/2014 in Book 13856 atPage 260, made by DAVID MARSHALL,Collector of Taxes of PLAINFIELD, andState of New Jersey to US BANK C/FTOWER DBW IV 2014-1 and subsequentlyassigned to plaintiff, US BANK C/F TOWERDBW IV 2014-1. This covers real estatelocated in PLAINFIELD, County of UNION,

and State of New Jersey, known as LOT15.01 BLOCK 339 as shown on the TaxAssessment Map and Tax Map duplicateof PLAINFIELD and concerns premisescommonly known as 812-18 GEORGESTREET, PLAINFIELD, New Jersey.

YOU, THE CENTRAL BUILDING ANDLOAN ASSOCIATION OF PLAINFIELD,are made party defendant to the aboveforeclosure action because on August 1,1929, Dominic Colucci and Mary Colucci,his wife, executed a mortgage to The Cen-tral Building and Loan Association ofPlainfield in the amount of $1,700.00, whichmortgage was recorded on August 21,1929 in the UNION County Clerk’s/Register’s Office in Mortgage Book 994 atpage 37. Said mortgage is subordinate tothe Plaintiff’s lien.

YOU, EASTERN AMERICAN MORT-GAGE CO., are made party defendant tothe above foreclosure action because onSeptember 25, 2006, Carlos Acosta, ex-ecuted a mortgage to Eastern AmericanMortgage Co. in the amount of$222,000.00, which mortgage was re-corded on October 2, 2006 in the UNIONCounty Clerk’s/Register’s Office in Mort-gage Book 11873 at page 836. Said mort-gage is subordinate to the Plaintiff’s lien.

AND you, EASTERN AMERICANMORTGAGE CO., are further made partydefendant to the above foreclosure actionbecause on September 25, 2006, CarlosAcosta, executed a mortgage to EasternAmerican Mortgage Co. in the amount of$55,500.00, which mortgage was recordedon October 2, 2006 in the UNION CountyClerk’s/Register’s Office in Mortgage Book11873 at page 853. Said mortgage is sub-ordinate to the Plaintiff’s lien.

YOU, ALBERTO OJEDA, are made partydefendant to the above foreclosure actionbecause on November 21, 2007, a judg-ment was entered in the Superior Court ofNew Jersey, Hudson County, by AlbertoOjeda against Carlos Cabrera-Acosta dis-closing a debt in the amount of $15,000.00,plus costs. Said judgment was entered asJudgment No. J-293269-2007. Said judg-ment is subordinate to the Plaintiff’s lien.DATED: June 2, 2017

Michelle M. Smith, ClerkSuperior Court of New Jersey

PELLEGRINO & FELDSTEIN, L.L.C.Denville Law Center290 Route 46 WestDenville, New Jersey 07834(973) 586-23001 T - 6/8/17, The Leader Fee: $97.92

PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED that at the Zon-ing Board of Adjustment meeting of theTownship of Scotch Plains held on June 1,2017, the Board memorialized the follow-ing Resolutions:

Mike Buteas, 412 Forest Road, Block1501, Lot 16, was approved to convert anattached garage area to a family room andto construct a detached one car garage atthe property.

Aaron and SusanLisa Kessler, 21Allenby Lane, Block 14901, Lot 26, wasapproved to construct a covered porch(as part of a rear addition that also housesa recreation room) at the aforementionedproperty.

A copy of said Resolutions has beenfiled in the office of the Board and/or theoffice of the municipal clerk and is avail-able for public inspection during regularbusiness hours.

Shannon RapantSecretary to the Zoning Board

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PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF CRANFORD

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In accordance with the ordinances of theTownship of Cranford and the statutes ofthe State of New Jersey, Notice is herebyserved that an application for develop-ment, Application No. ZBA-17-006 to belocated in Neighborhood CommercialDistrict on the premises known as the 496Centennial Avenue, Cranford, New Jer-sey 07016, Block No. 594, Lot No. 8, hasbeen submitted by Emanuel Nimrud of12 Hickory Street, Cranford, New Jer-sey 07016.

The application is for a mixed use struc-ture consisting of two (2) bedroom apart-ments, two (2) one bedroom apartmentsand one store. Eleven parking spaces areprovided. Variances are requested for use,front yard, side yard, parking distance fromresidential zone and for loading zone. Ex-isting non-conforming conditions includeminimum lot area and minimum lot width.

Applicant also requests any other vari-ances, waivers or relief that the Board mayrequire.

The Zoning Board will conduct a publichearing on this matter on June 19, 2017 at8:15 p.m., in Room 107 of the CranfordTownship Municipal Building, 8 Spring-field Avenue, Cranford, New Jersey07016. Any person or persons affected bythis application will have an opportunity topresent any objections to the proposeddevelopment. The Board does, however,have the right to exclude repetitious testi-mony.

All documents relating to this applicationmay be inspected by the public Mondaythrough Friday between the hours of 8:30a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the Zoning/Plan-ning Department, Cranford TownshipMunicipal Building, 8 Springfield Av-enue, Cranford, New Jersey 07016.

Gary S. Goodman, Esq.23 North Avenue East

Cranford, New Jersey 07016Attorney for: Emanuel Nimrud

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PUBLIC NOTICESCOTCH PLAIND-FANWOOD

BOARD OF EDUCATIONUNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealedproposals will be received by the ScotchPlains-Fanwood Board of Education, UnionCounty, New Jersey, for

LEASE PURCHASE FINANCING

The official bid opening will be held at theBusiness Administrator’s office of theScotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Educa-tion, Evergreen Avenue and Cedar Street,Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076, at 1PM, prevailing time, Wednesday, June 21,2017, at which time they will be publiclyopened and read aloud. The bids must beclearly marked on the envelope “Tax-Ex-empt Lease Purchase Bid,” and must con-tain, inter alia, the name and address of thebidder, and the date and hour of bid open-ing.

Bidders are required to comply with allrequirements of the Public Schools Con-tracts Law, NJSA 18A:18-1, et seq., P.L.1975, c.127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27) and with allother Federal Laws and New Jersey Stat-utes not specified herein.

Bid Specifications can be obtained bycontacting Phoenix Advisors, LLC (609)291-0130. Bids must be on the proposalform and in the manner designated in thebid specifications. No bid may be with-drawn for a period ending thirty (30) daysafter the bid opening. Faxed bids will notbe accepted.

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board ofEducation reserves the right to reject anyand all bids or to waive any informalities inthe bidding if it is in the best interest of theBoard of Education to do so.

By Order of Scotch Plains-FanwoodBoard of Education.

Deborah SaridakiBusiness Administrator

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BAROFF WALK-OFF 3-RUN DOUBLE; SERRETTI TRIPLES

Highlanders Nip Tigers, 6-5,For Sectional Baseball Crown

By ALEX LOWESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Governor Livingston captured theNJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2Championship in Berkeley Heightson June 2 in a stunning, come-from-behind, 6-5 victory over second-seeded South Plainfield. Trailing 5-3,senior Dan Baroff delivered a game-winning, two-out, three-run doublethat set the Highlanders into a fren-zied celebration as Dan Serretticrossed home plate with the decidingrun.

“Before Dan Baroff even hit theball, I had made up my mind that I wasgoing to score somehow,” saidSerretti, who had been intentionallywalked to load the bases momentsearlier. “I didn’t care where the balllanded. If it found grass, I just knew Iwas going to score. I think everyone

on our team had that kind of attitudegoing into the final at-bats in thatinning. I mean, it was the bottom ofour order that came through for us tostart the rally. Will Jennings and JackPedini with the leadoff singles put usin a position to get the tying run onbase. Without them, we are not able towin this game.”

Indeed, South Plainfield starterBilly Keane had confounded High-lander batters for much of the game.The hard-throwing lefty allowed tworuns in the bottom of the first inning.The first came on Serretti’s titanictriple to the base of the centerfieldfence that scored Tyler McCullough,who had reached on a throwing error.Then Stephen Reid drove home an-other run with an RBI single givingGL a 2-1 lead. But after that, Keanesettled in and threw four straight score-

less innings.South Plainfield regained the lead,

3-2, when Dylan O’Connor launcheda two-run homer into the tress overthe leftfield fence in the third inningagainst GL starter Vin Doren.

Things got worse for GL in thesixth inning when South Plainfieldtacked on two more runs for a 5-2lead. The rally got started on a contro-versial play in which leadoff batterRob Gonzalez lifted a fly ball toleftfield that McCullough squeezedin his glove before the ball poppedout as he went to transfer it to histhrowing hand. After a long consulta-tion, the umpires ruled that the runnerwas safe at second base. GL HeadCoach Chris Roof argued the call tono avail.

South Plainfield got runners to the

OBLACHINSKI 4-4, HR, 2B; GRACEFFO RULES MOUND

Cougars Sink Red Bank, 7-1,In North 2, Semifinal Baseball

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Early scoring seemed to boost theconfidence level of starting pitcherGordon Graceffo and his teammatesduring the North Jersey, Section 2,Group 3 semifinal game between the15th-seeded Red Bank Regional Bucsand the third-seeded Cranford Cou-gars at Memorial Field in Cranford onMay 30. After Graceffo got ticked for

a run in the top of the first inning, theCougars answered with three runs inthe lower half of the inning then it wassmooth sailing afterwards en route toa 7-1 victory.

“We did a nice job of situationalhitting today. We were able to get runsearly in the game and they were play-ing catch up to us. And that was key,”Cougar Head Coach DennisMcCaffery said.

Graceffo gave up three of his fourhits in that first inning but when hewalked off the mound after four in-nings, he yielded no walks, while re-cording four strikeouts. KevinMcAleavey pitched the final threeinnings and permitted just one hit anda walk, while striking out one. Of thefive hits the 11-12 Bucs had, JohnJuco had a pair of doubles and theironly RBI. Aidan Kelly singled andscored the run. Will Grant and MattSantos both singled.

“I just had to go out and throwstrikes and have the team make playsbehind me. I went out in the firstinning. They got a couple of hits offme then when we came out got a

couple of hits, got a couple of runs, Isettled down,” Graceffo explained.

“You pitch seven innings, you onlyhave one walk that’s good pitchingand that’s what we want to make surewe do. Give them only three outs, noextra base runners and really try andplay fundamental baseball this timeof the year,” Coach McCaffery em-phasized.

Offensive support arrived immedi-

ately and consistently from Cougarleadoff batter Brian Oblachinski, whowent 4-for-4, including a solo homerun and a double. Oblachinski scoredtwice, swiped a pair of bases andfinished with two RBI.

On his home run, Oblachinski re-called. “It was a first-pitch fastball. Itwas up high. I didn’t know it was gonebut when I was at second base, I knewit was gone.”

Batting in the No. 2 spot, RyanBakie reached base his first three at-bats with a single, a walk and a hit-by-pitch and he made the Bucs pay withthree stolen bases and two runs scored.

“I was definitely more effective on

the bases than I was at the plate today.Coach Mac had a lot of schemes to-day, a lot of first and second delays.We had a couple of bunts here andthere and I feel we did a great job ofmoving men around the bases andpushing runs across,” Bakie said.

“We were confident. They got onerun in the first then we answered rightback in the bottom of the first. Oncewe had that we were confident and we

had Gordon on the mound. When youare up in a high school baseball game,it’s hard to lose,” Oblachinski said.

Mike Meola singled, scored onceand had two RBI. Jim Shriner rappedan RBI double and scored, walkedonce and was hit-by-a-pitch. TomArmstrong and Tyler Szczech bothhad a single and an RBI, Matt Perinosingled and Pat Connelly walkedtwice, stole a base and scored once.

Both teams made some fine playsin the field but Szczech at second

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PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the ZoningBoard of Adjustment of the Township ofScotch Plains public hearing scheduledfor July 6, 2017 will begin at 7:00 pm., atthe Municipal Building, 430 Park Avenue,First Floor Council Chambers. All inter-ested persons may be present and beheard.

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CENTRAL JERSEY, GROUP 2 CHAMPS...The Governor Livingston Highlanders show proof that they defeated the SouthPlainfield Tigers, 6-5, for the Central Jersey, Group 2 title at Berkeley Heights on June 2.

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Cranford Curbs Chatham, 5-3, for Section TitleCONTINUED FROM PAGE 11

scored all of its runs but he quicklyrecovered to allow just a ground singlein the fifth and another single in thesixth. With the pressure on, Donovanhad to face the top of Chatham’slineup, struck out the first batter andgot some great defense from JimmyShriner, who snagged a long fly ballin right, and centerfielder Ryan Bakie,who chased down a dangerous shotnear the fence to end the game.

“It started with Gordon. Gordondid a great job. He had command ofthree pitches. He was throwing afastball, an off speed and a changeupand he really battled. He had oneinning where he had to work throughbut after that, he threw strikes andgave us a chance to win. And Kevincame in and did a great job for theseventh inning,” Cranford HeadCoach Dennis McCaffery said.

“Coach Mac told me I was in relief, soI had to stay ready and I was,” com-mented Donovan, who added, “I wasn’texecuting my curveball on the first twoguys but I had faith in the guys behind meand not too many centerfielders makethat play but Ryan is really fast. Shrinermade a nice play too.”

“Ryan and Jimmy cover a lot ofground out there. Bakie got a greatjump on that ball. It was well hit. Bothkids played a great game,” CoachMcCaffery added.

As in 20-7 Cranford’s semifinalwin over Red Bank Regional, the 1-2batters in the lineup, Brian Oblichinskiand Bakie, who both added stolenbases, inflicted the majority of theoffensive damage, along with TomArmstrong (single, RBI, run scored)and sophomore Tyler Szczech, whorapped a two-run single. Oblachinskipoked a first-pitch single in the first

inning, stole second and scored onBakie’s lined single to right.

“I was back in the count, 1 and 2. Iwas expecting a curveball. I waitedfor it to break and I took it to right,”Bakie described.

Oblachinski also sparked a four-runthird inning when his leadoff grounderbaffled the second baseman. Bakiewhacked a long double to right-centerthen Oblachinski scored his secondrun when Shriner punched an RBIsingle to center. Mike Meola, drew hissecond walk of the game to load thebases and Armstrong’s grounder tosecond scored Bakie. Szczech steppedup and slashed his two-run single downthe right field line.

“I got on first with a base hit overshortstop then Bakie got on with abase hit. Once we got on, we getaround the bases, we score. The guysbehind us, the 3-4 and 5 hitters usu-ally get RBI’s. In the beginning, yougot to get runs, you got to get runs,”Oblachinski expressed.

On his double in the third inning,Bakie explained, “Obo [Oblachinski]got on with a base hit to start it up andI got a dead-red fastball first pitch. Iknew it was coming, so I had myhands back ready and barreled it up.”

Chatham (18-7) definitely added athreat in the third and it began withsingles by Clay Delsandro and JackLamar. Delsandro scored when SeanLee’s infield chopper was mishandled.Jim Cunningham’s grounder to thirdended in a force out at home then MattDevlin (2-for-3) drilled a two-runsingle to left. After Graceffo hit thenext batter, he struck out the next thengot the final batter to line out toArmstrong at first.

Devlin, who relieved startingpitcher Cunningham to start the fourthinning, held Cranford to just one single(Mike McGee), while walking none

for the remainder of the game butGraceffo’s and Donovan’s strongmound presence answered the call.

“Chatham is well coached, they arewell schooled and it was a very diffi-cult game to win. It was great to comeout on top,” Coach McCaffery said.

Most members of the Cranford team’schampionship dreams go all the wayback to their youth baseball days.

“Definitely the feeling you want tohave when you are little is to come outand win a sectional championship andkeep going,” Oblachinski said.

“Oh yea! Since I was little Cranfordbaseball has always had a lot of suc-cess behind coach Mac. He’s really aphenomenal coach. He really knowshow to get things done come late inthe season,” Bakie said.

“My team when I was young, weweren’t that good but the three of us,Jimmy Shriner, Meola and me playedand it feels good,” Donovan said.

For Oblachinski, Bakie and the se-niors, it was their third sectional finalsappearance and second for Donovan.

“It feels good! I was on one lastyear too and it never gets old and Iwant more,” said Donovan, who wason the bottom of the victory pile afterthe game.

“Like ‘Donnie’ [Donovan] says, itnever gets old. It’s a great feeling,”Bakie expressed.

Oblachinski added, “We are hereevery year. I love it! It’s great! Sevenin a row! Winning the tournamentfeels awesome.”

But the season is not over yet asCranford needs to face 22-4 PascackValley in the Group 3 semi on June 6then hopefully the winner betweenHighland and Allentown this Satur-day, June 10.

“I don’t think anybody on this teamwants the season to end. Our ultimategoal is always the state championshipand we better take it one game at atime and play the semifinal,” Donovancautioned.

“It’s a one loss elimination tourna-ment and you got to win to survive.Every game is big come the end of theseason deep in May,” Bakie said.

“We are going to have a huge practiceon Saturday. It’s a six-round fight. Weare down four and we have two more togo to be on top,” Oblachinski expressed.

Cranford beat Pascack Valley, 3-2Cranford 104 000 0 5Chatham 003 000 0 3

Highlanders Nip Tigers for Section Crown, 6-5CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

corners with one out after a walk wasissued to Jean Sapini. Then the Tigersput on a textbook clinic demonstra-tion of bunting prowess. Jared Marksdropped down a perfectly-placedsqueeze bunt single down the firstbase line that scored the runner fromthird. Connor Adams did the samething down the third base line with abunt so perfect that a throw was nevereven attempted leaving the bases full.Then Mike Marrero bunted the ballout in front of the plate forcing GLreliever Sean Savage to get the sureout at first but scoring another runfrom third base. Savage stopped thebleeding by fanning the next batterfor the third out.

“It just shows you what this team isabout and has always been about thisseason,” said Coach Roof. “They hadto deal with a lot of adversity in thatinning, from the call on the fly ball toSouth Plainfield just laying down thesebeautiful bunts one after the other, butthey never stopped battling. Theyfought their way through it and out ofit. Savage showed real grit and deter-mination there because things weregoing wrong and it would have beeneasy to become rattled.”

Down 5-2, GL scratched out a runin the sixth. Reid rapped a leadoffsingle and Baroff singled to right field.Drew Compton hit into a 6-4-3 doubleplay, leaving Reid at third. NickCocchia lifted a soft RBI single overthe second baseman’s glove to cut thedeficit to 5-3. D.J. Gonnelli was re-tired on a fly ball to end the inning.

Heading into the bottom of the sev-enth there was little reason to think thatGL could mount a rally against Keane.But Jennings and pinch hitter JackPedini quickly tapped back-to-back

singles. McCullough gave SouthPlainfield a dose of its own medicinewhen he laid down a sacrifice bunt thatmoved runners to second and third.With the tying run at second and thegame-winning run at the plate, TigerHead Coach Anthony Guida opted towalk Serretti to load the bases.

With Serretti representing the win-ning run now at first base, Reid, whohad three hits on the day, came up tobat and popped out to second base forthe second out, leaving the game inthe hands of Baroff. After taking acouple of pitches, Baroff drove a pitchinto the right centerfield gap scoringJennings from third and the tying runfrom second. The only question atthis point was whether or not Serretticould make it all the way around fromfirst base for the winner.

“As a senior and a co-captain, Iwanted the at-bat in this situation,”said Baroff. “I wouldn’t have wantedanybody else to have that responsibil-ity. I was just trying to stay aliveagainst him. I tried to take it pitch-by-pitch. He threw one over the outside

part of the plate and I sat back on itand went the other way with it thenafter I made contact, everything wasjust a race to the bag while watchingto see if the runners could get aroundthe bases and score.”

Serretti flew around second andheaded for third as the Tiger out-fielder attempted to cut off the ball. Aslight bobble by Dylan O’Connor ashe attempted to pick the ball up cleanlywas all Serretti needed to make hismad dash for the plate a success. Justlike that, the Highlanders had gonefrom teetering on the brink of defeatto snatching a sectional title awayfrom the Tigers.

“This is who we are,” said Serretti.“We never give up. We never stopfighting. The guys on this team haveeach other’s back and now we arechampions.”

Baroff had two hits and three RBI.Reid went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Sav-age got the win, pitching two inningsand striking out three batters.South Plainfield 102 002 0 5Gov. Livingston 200 001 3 6

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001785

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-022326-16

Plaintiff: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.VS.Defendant: SARAH BUENAVENTURA; MAT-

THEW D. AGNESESale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 03/21/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Four HundredSeventeen Thousand One Hundred Four and22/100*** $417,104.22.

Property to be sold is located in the TOWN-SHIP of CLARK, County of UNION, State of NewJersey.

Premises commonly known as: 8 RIDGEVIEWTERRACE, CLARK, NEW JERSEY 07066-1902.

BEING KNOWN as LOT 19, BLOCK 192 onthe official Tax Map of the TOWNSHIP of CLARK.

Dimensions: 100.00 Feet X 55.00 Feet X106.48 Feet X 55.51 Feet.

Nearest Cross Street: Glenwood Terrace.Total Upset: ***Four Hundred Twenty-Nine

Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Four and 56/100***$429,154.56 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens orother charges, and any such taxes, charges,liens, insurance premiums or other advancesmade by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interestedparties are to conduct and rely upon their ownindependent investigation to ascertain whetheror not any outstanding interest remain of recordand/or have priority over the lien being fore-closed and, if so the current amount due thereon.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only areturn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shallhave no further recourse against the Mortgagor,the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:PHELAN HALLINAN, DIAMOND & JONES, PC400 FELLOWSHIP ROADSUITE 100MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 813-55004 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $191.76

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001808

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-032355-16

Plaintiff: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.VS.DefendantHENRY M. AARON AND GLORIA

L. AARON, HUSBAND AND WIFESale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 03/20/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Seventy-FourThousand Five Hundred Twenty-Seven and 03/100*** $74,527.03.

The property to be sold is located in the CITYOF SUMMIT in the County of UNION, and theState of New Jersey.

Tax Lot 1, Block 5204 f/k/a Lot 25.B, Block96.H.

Commonly Known as 2 Windsor Road, Sum-mit, New Jersey 07901.

Dimensions of the Lot are (Approximately)160.02 x 82 x 160.02 x 82.

Nearest Cross Street: Situated on the Westside of Windsor Road, near the North side ofAshland Road.

SUBJECT TO SUBORDINATE MORTGAGE- AMOUNT OF $60,000.00 recorded January 13,2000 in Mortgage Book 7541 at Page 344 held byFirst Union National Bank.

Total Upset: ***Seventy-Seven ThousandEight Hundred Twenty-Nine and 47/100***$77,829.47 together with lawful interest and costs.

The sale is subject to any unpaid taxes andassessments, tax, water, and sewer liens andother municipal assessments. The amount duecan be obtained from the local taxing authority.Pursuant to NJSA 46:8B-21 the sale may also besubject to the limited lien priority of any Condo-minium/Homeowner Association liens which mayexist.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:SHAPIRO & DENARDO, LLC - ATTORNEYS14000 COMMERCE PARKWAYSUITE BMOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 793-30804 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $189.72

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001819

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-018029

Plaintiff: BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLCVS.Defendant: ANDY T. LE AND LINH N. LE, HIS

WIFESale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 03/28/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Two HundredTwenty Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Threeand 97/100*** $220,923.97.

The property to be sold is located in the TOWN-SHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS in the County ofUNION, and the State of New Jersey.

Tax Lot 9, Block 302 f/k/a Lot 19, Block 28.Commonly known as 524 Farley Avenue,

Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076.Dimensions of the Lot are (Approximately)

50.02 x 132.98 x 50 x 131.72.Nearest Cross Street: Situated on the South-

westerly right-of-way line of Farley Avenue,285.60 feet from the Southeasterly right-of-wayline of East 2nd Street.

Total Upset: ***Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thou-sand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight and 63/100***$226,538.63 together with lawful interest andcosts.

The sale is subject to any unpaid taxes andassessments, tax, water, and sewer liens andother municipal assessments. The amount duecan be obtained from the local taxing authority.Pursuant to NJSA 46:8B-21 the sale may also besubject to the limited lien priority of any Condo-minium/Homeowner Association liens which mayexist.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:SHAPIRO & DENARDO, LLC - ATTORNEYS14000 COMMERCE PARKWAYSUITE BMOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 793-30804 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $181.56

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001817

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-029308-16

Plaintiff: THE CIANCIULLI FAMILY, LLCVS.Defendant: 383 SOUTH AVE LIMITED LI-

ABILITY COMPANY; BAYBERRY CULINARYCONSULTANTS, LLC; BRIAN J. WALTER;MAGYAR BANK

Sale Date: 06/28/2017Writ of Execution: 03/22/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Four HundredThirty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Nine and10/100*** $434,409.10.

The property to be sold is located in the Bor-ough of Fanwood, in the County of Union, andthe State of New Jersey.

Commonly known as: 383 South Avenue,Fanwood, New Jersey 07023.

Tax Lot No. 5, in Block No. 69.COMMERCIAL PROPERTYDimensions of Lot (Approximately) 177 feet

wide by 239 feet long (IRREGULAR).Nearest Cross Street: Old South Avenue.Please include the following exceptions in the

sale notice:A. Tax Sale Certificate #201602, FWDSL &

ASSOCIATES, $47,644.79 (OPEN PLUS IN-TEREST AND PENALTY AFTER 06/16/16).

B. 2nd qtr. Taxes open, $4,368.68 (OPENPLUS INTEREST AND PENALTY AFTER 05/01/2017).

C. SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, MU-NICIPAL LIENS OR OTHER CHARGES, ANDANY SUCH TAXES, CHARGES, LIENS, IN-SURANCE PREMIUMS OR OTHER AD-VANCES MADE BY PLAINTIFF PRIOR TO THISSALE. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE TOCONDUCT AND RELY UPON THEIR OWNINDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO ASCER-TAIN WHETHER OR NOT ANY OUTSTAND-ING INTEREST REMAIN OF RECORD AND/OR HAVE PRIORITY OVER THE LIEN BEINGFORECLOSED AND, IF SO THE CURRENTAMOUNT DUE THEREON.

D. SUBJECT TO PRIOR MORTGAGES ANDJUDGMENTS (IF ANY).

Total Upset: ***Four Hundred Forty-Nine Thou-sand Seven Hundred Thirteen and 30/100***$449,713.30 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:FRANK J. MARTONE, P.C.1455 BROAD STREETBLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07003(973) 473-30004 T - 06/01, 06/08, 06/15& 06/22/17 Fee: $212.16

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001626

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-020990-16

Plaintiff: VENTURES TRUST 2013-I-H-R BYMCM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, ITSTRUSTEEU.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., ASTRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPA-TION TRUST

VS.Defendant: IVONNE BESSIL, MORTGAGE

ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR EAST COAST MORT-GAGE CORP AND PARKWAY VILLAGE CON-DOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.

Sale Date: 06/14/2017Writ of Execution: 01/31/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Three HundredTen Thousand Four Hundred Two and 10/100***$310,402.10.

PROPERTY TO BE SOLD IS LOCATED IN:Township of Cranford, County of Union, in theState of New Jersey.

PREMISES COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 10bParkway Village, Cranford, New Jersey 07016.

TAX LOT #1, Block # 332, Qual.: C010B.APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS: Unknown.NEAREST CROSS STREET: Unknown.Taxes: Current through 1st Quarter of 2017**Plus interest on these figures through date of

payoff and any and all subsequent taxes, waterand sewer amounts.

Total Upset: ***Three Hundred Nineteen Thou-sand Three Hundred Seventy-Two and 21/100***$319,372.21 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:STERN & EISENBERG, PC1040 NORTH KINGS HIGHWAYSUITE 407CHERRY HILL NEW JERSEY 08034(609) 397-92004 T - 05/18, 05/25, 06/01& 06/08/17 Fee: $179.52

50+ A DIVISION (May31)TEAM W L TDeegan Roofing 8 0Linwood Inn 5 3 1Contact Lens & Vision 5 4 1Joe Max Telecom 3 7

50+ B DIVISIONTEAM W L TRiverside Inn 8 1Roselle American Legion 9 2Cranford VFW 5 3 1Top Line 5 4 1National Energy Network 4 7

50+ C DIVISIONTEAM W LLinda’s Driftwood Bar & Grill 6 5Waxtel Const/Bad Brains 2 810th St. Live Bar & Grill 2 9AJ Jersey 1 10

Roselle AL 21, 10th Street Bar 1Jim Bean blasted 2 home runs for

the Legion, while Jim McCullough,Gene Antonucci and Rich Chaparraleach added 3 hits. Jeff Baier and MikeMcGuire had several fine fieldingplays in support of pitcher Rich Vella.Cranford VFW 12, Linda’s II 10

Cranford scored 5 in the first. Rob-ert LaConti (3 hits) and Carl Gamba,Dave Pringle, Bob Ghiretti and PeteKatula (2 hits each), along with re-liever Mark McGlynn (recorded final9 outs, including game-endingstrikeout tying runs on base) led theVFW.Linda’s II 17, Bad Brains 5

Home runs by Kevin Carroll andRoy Melvin helped pace Linda’s tothe victory. Ken Zeidner (2 hits, HR),Keith Johnson (2 hits, 2 RBI, keydouble), Jose Santana (2 hits) and JoeKennedy (triple) led Bad Brains.Contact 14, National Energy 13

Down 11-2, the Lensmen still saw aclear path to victory. Matt Kasper andJimmy Jimenez (3 hits each), BigAnthony Miccio (key bases-loadeddouble) and Tim Walsh (game winnerin the bottom of the seventh with atremendous blast over a pulled inoutfield) led Contact. Mike Kovach(4-for-4, 5 RBI), Dave Grandmaison(4 hits), and Bruce Crawford andAngie Melillo (3 hits, 2 RBI each_ ledthe Energizers.Top Line 22, AJ Jersey 4

The Appliance Makers got top-shelf

hitting from Bobby D’Meo and RayDiMaggio (5 hits each), rookie JoeApruzzese (3 hits), and DiMaggio,D’Meo and Greg Hartnett with 5 RBIapiece.Linda’s Bar II 20, Bad Brains 12

Doc Black (4 hits), Mike Smith andRoy Melvin (3 hits each), and HRsfrom Bob Pells and Willie Shumatesparked Linda’s. Jose Cortes (4 hits,2B, 3RBI), Keith McDede (4 hits),Chris Johnson (3 hits, 2 RBI), RamonMartinez, Ken Zeidner and Joe Kenny(2 hits each) and Fred Marchev (2B,walk , 2 RBI) led the Brains.10th St. Bar 20, AJ Jersey 11

For AJ, Dave Rizzo had 4 hits,Mike Rosenberg and Glen Jones eachhad 3 hits, and Chuck Serafin blasteda 2 run homer.Riverside 16, National Energy 9

Joe Hrubash and Tom Wolansky (3hits apiece), Paul Newton (3 RBI) andRich Conklin (2 RBI) led the Barmen.Dave Grandmaison (1st-inning HR)and Kevin Walsh paced the NEN hit-ters, each with 3 hits and 3 RBI.Contact Lens 22, JoeMax 21

Peter Byer (4-for-4), Matt Kasper(3 hits, 3B) and Jimmy Jimenez (overfence HR), tremendous defense andhitting from Dr. Joe DeRosa led Con-tact but Tim Walsh tied the game inthe bottom of the seventh with a bases-loaded single and Dave Rothenbergwon it with a walk off missile tocenter. Tom Ulichny and Rob Stratton(both perfect at plate), and Pat Nigro,Dave Eckert, Pete Costello and BruceEvans sparked the Telecom attack.Roselle AL 18, Top Line 5

Harry Streep (superb pitching),Dave Wayman, Rich Chapparo andHarold Zayas (each with 2 doubles, 3RBI), and Gene Antonucci, MikeMcGuire and Bill Dugan, along withskillful defense from Bob Glassmanand Ed Kushner led Roselle. The TopLiners had Bobby D’Meo, Dave Balland Darryl Dye with 3 hits each.Deegan Roofing 21, Linwood Inn 2

Deeganator pitcher Peter Appolitoscattered a handful of hits and haderrorless defense as outfielders SteveBarba, Ricky McMahon and CharlieCollins all made extra base hit savingcatches, and Kevin Spellman single-handedly thwarted any effort at a finalinning comeback with some nifty playat the hot corner. Ricky McMahon(double, triple), Farlan Alusik (twotriples) and Nick Russo with threehits each, and Charlie Collins (2 HRs)led the 23-hit bombardment.

60+ A DIVISION (May 31)TEAM W LCreative Industries I 6 3Awnings Galore II 5 3Kilkenny House 5 5Liberty Lighting 3 6

60+ B DIVISIONTEAM W LDeBellis Associates 5 1American Legion 7 3Cranford VFW II 5 3Avengers 3 5Creative Industries Too 0 10

Liberty Lighting 13, Kilkenny 12Trailing by 2 in 7th, Liberty’s Mike

Guatta singled, Willie Jackson joltedan RBI triple and Harry Sempleblasted a two-run homer then BernieBurkhardt, Steve Pietrucha, PaulSouthwick and Tom MacDermanttook over on defense to hold on forthe win.Creative I 11, Awnings II 10

Tied 6-6 until the 5th, Tom Straniero(3H) hit a massive 2-run triple andJoe Massimino singled in Straniero totake the lead. Wally Dusko’s (3H, 2R,3RBI) two-run triple brought the ty-ing run to the plate with one out in thebottom of the 7th but two long fly outsstymied Awnings’ hopes. Creator RickWilson (3-for-3) supported the mas-terful pitching of manager TomLombardi. All three of Awnings’ losseswere to Creative I.Creative I 14, Liberty Lighting 11

Down 5-0 in the bottom of the first,Creator Joe Massimino whacked a 2-run HR. With two outs and no one onin the third, Creative scored 8 runs.Creators Tom Lombardi and DanaKimmel who were both 3-for-3.

For LLG, Mike Guatta, Don Miller,Willie Jackson, Harry Semple, AllenBetau, Jeff Maglietta and BernieBurkhardt each had two hits.

SOCCER CHAMPS...Westfield’S FC Premier Forest soccer team, led by CoachDan Severn, won the 41st Annual Memorial Day Soccer Tournament (U13 level)in Needham, Mass. Pictured are: front Row; Michael Blake, Matt Lynch, AndrewLopes, Daniel Nigro, Anthony Buoscio, David Schuster, Daniel Riccardi, CharlieIannuzzi and Peter Bennett; back row, Coach Dan Severn, Jason Trivisonno, OliKruczkowski, John Philippakos, Ryan Friedberg, Matias Arbelaez, MatthewParrish, Conor Daly, Seth Seiden and Evan Tompkins.

Union County Senior 50+Softball League Standings:

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DIVING BACK TO FIRST...Cranford Cougar Brian Oblachinski dives back to first to avoid being picked off as ChathamCougar first baseman Andrew Bergman awaits the throw. See more photos at www.goleader.com Ballyhoo Sports.

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SPECIAL DELIVERY...Cranford Cougar pitcher Gordon Graceffo

Union County Senior 60+Softball League Standings:

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Cougars Sink Red Bank, 7-1, in Baseball SemisCONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

made a pair of fine backhand grabs,pulled off a slick push pass toArmstrong at first for an out and wasinvolved in seven putouts.

“Tyler made some good plays rightfrom the first ball that was hit todayand he was able to make some niceplays throughout the game. That defi-nitely helped us throughout the game,”Coach McCaffery said.

“Young kid! He didn’t start at thebeginning of the season. He came inand is doing a great job, making greatplays, diving. He’s really keeping usin games with runners in scoring po-sition and when a guy hits a groundball that should go through, Tylermakes the play and ends the inning,”Oblachinski added.

Armstrong snared a difficult popupat the screen in foul territory andBakie hauled in a deep shot tocenterfield. Red Bank Regionalcenterfielder Kelly made a diving,sliding snag to rob Shriner of a hit.

“The scouting report said this teamcould hit a little bit. Fast pitchersagainst good hitters the ball is goingto go pretty far and I was lucky enoughto have that line drive come right atme,” Bakie said on his snag.

In the Bucs’ first after Szczech madehis first fine backhand scoop that heconverted for the first out, Kelly

yanked a single to right, Santospunched a single to center and Jucobanged an RBI double to right.Oblachinski led off the Cranford firstwith a single into right then stole hisfirst base. Bakie sizzled a single pastshort. Meola’s groundout to shortscored Oblachinski and Armstrong’sgroundout to second scored Bakie.Szczech stepped up and dropped anRBI single over first.

The 19-7 Cougars added a run in thesecond. Connelly walked, skipped tosecond on a balk, stole third and scoredon Oblachinski’s single to right. In themeantime, Graceffo retired all threeBucs in the second and all three in thethird then after ceding a leadoff ground-rule double to Juco in the fourth, he gotthe next three Bankers out.

The Cougars added three runs ofconfidence in the fourth and it beganwith a big bang, Oblachinski’s solohomer over the leftfield fence. Bakietook a bang to the back, stole secondand scored on Shriner’s RBI doubleto right. After strutting to third onanother balk call, Shriner scored onMeola’s hopping single over first.

McAleavey relieved in the fifth,allowed one walk, then yielded a singlein the sixth but permitted nothing inthe seventh.

The Cougars were to face the win-

ner between top-seeded Chatham andfourth-seeded Middletown South onJune 2. If the lower seed won, Cranfordwould have hosted but if Chathamwon, then it would be a trip up the road.

“Obviously both teams are good.We would like to play here but we willplay wherever we need to play,”Graceffo said.

“We were at the section final lastyear and making a return this year.Both teams are good. We are going iswith high confidence and I hope weget a good win,” Bakie said.

“It doesn’t really matter where weplay. I would love to play here, homefield but it doesn’t matter,”Oblachinski said.

“You don’t get to the sectional fi-nals early June in the early spring.That comes from these kids dedicat-ing their summer, their winter, theirfall and making year-around efforts,not only for baseball but for all thesports. It’s good that this time of yearyou are still playing and you playwherever you end up and we are for-tunate that we are still alive,” CoachMcCaffery said.

Chatham did end up winning, 8-1,so the game was to be played inChatham.Red Bank 100 000 0 1Cranford 310 300 x 7

leadoff hitter, Canavan, who had sevenRBI, led the team in stolen bases with20 and runs scored with 24. He went30-for-80 for a .353 BA, drew ninewalks and was hit-by-a-pitch four times.

“Jake Canavan proved to be an indis-pensable part of our lineup. He couldget on base at any time, and his speedgave us a spark,” Coach Higgins said.

Senior right fielder ColinMcAlindin was quite productive atthe plate with 16 RBI and 13 runsscored. He went 22-for75 with fivedoubles and stole eight bases.

“Colin McAlindin is a player whoseleadership will be missed. He broughta great combination of intensity, per-sonality, hard work, and respect that

set a great example for his team-mates,” Coach Higgins said.

Senior first baseman Matt Fox (22-for-77) .286 BA led the team with 20RBI while scoring 13 runs. He also drew12 walks and was hit four times. Seniorthird baseman George Mueller struckout only four times — the least of thestarting lineup — scored nine runs, hadnine RBI and finished with a .200 BA.

Senior Spencer Vaughn rapped 12hits, including a pair of doubles, fin-ished with a .231 BA, knocked in fiveruns, scored 10 times and stole sixbases. Senior Ryan Yawger had a.286 BA, scored five runs and hadthree RBI. Junior Sam Schetelich (13-for-51) for a .255 BA had four doubles

and both team’s home runs, whileadding 12 RBI and 10 runs scored.

Junior Patrick Downey went 16-for-57 (.281 BA) with two doubles,two triples, six RBI and nine runsscored. He also swiped seven bases.Sophomore Jonathan Ramos finishedwith a .333 BA with nine hits, sevenruns scored and four RBI. Sopho-more Mike Dieu had a .273 BA withsix hits, six runs scored and an RBI.

On the mound, senior TimmyGeissel was the ace, who recorded a1.39 ERA in 60.1 innings. He walkedonly 18 while recording 54 strikeoutsand finished with a 6-4 record. Geisselwas selected for the NJ State SeniorAll-Star Game and will play at St.John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

Sophomore pitcher Danny Wilkinsonin 49 innings, had a 1.31 ERA, walked22, struck out 46 and finished with a 4-3 record. Wilkinson was selected forthe Union-Essex Underclassman All-Star Game and the Garden State Under-classman All-Star game.

“Timmy and Danny were as good a1-2 punch on the mound that we’vehad in my 15 years here. We played avery tough schedule this year, andtheir won-loss records reflect that.We knew, though, going into everygame, that we could win with them onthe mound,” Coach Higgins said.

Junior Nick McCormack also sawplenty of action on the mound with 23innings and finished with a 4-1 record(3.65 ERA), which included 11 walksand 14 strikeouts. Senior relieverMarc Occhipinti in 15.2 innings,walked nine, struck out five and fin-ished 0-1 with a 2.23 ERA.

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SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001812

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-001442-16

Plaintiff: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLONFKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE(CWABS 2007-SEAl)

VS.Defendant: WELLESLEY H. PIKAART;;

SHEILA M. PIKAART; CAPITAL ONE BANK;OVERLOOK HOSPITAL; STATE OF NEW JER-SEY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 01/18/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Eight HundredSixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Eightand 37/100*** $865,858.37.

MUNICIPALITY: Town of Westfield.COUNTY AND STATE: County of Union, State

of New Jersey.STREET AND STREET NUMBER: 530 Wells

Street.TAX LOT AND BLOCK NUMBERS: Lot: 25;

Block: 3403.DIMENSIONS:56 x 122NEAREST CROSS STREET: Coolidge Street.Beginning at a point on the southwesterly

street line of Wells Street (66 feet wide) distantsoutheasterly along the same 127.00 feet formits intersection with the southeasterly street lineof Coolidge Street (66 feet wide).

Pursuant to a tax search of 01/25/2017: 2017Quarter 1 Taxes: $4,045.00 open, due on 02/01/2017; 2017 Quarter 2 Taxes: $4,044.99 open,due on 05/01/2017; Sewer acet #: 5425 0 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017 $165.00 open.

(This concise description does not constitute alegal description.)

Total Upset: ***Eight Hundred Eighty-SevenThousand Five Hundred Seventy-Three and 31/100*** $887,573.31 together with lawful interestand costs.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:FRENKEL LAMBERT WEJSS WEISMAN &GORDON, LLP80 MAIN STREETSUITE 460WEST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07052(973) 325-88004 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $195.84

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001839

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-014886-16

Plaintiff: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLONAS TRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC., AL-TERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-45T1, MORT-GAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SE-RIES 200645T1

VS.Defendant: RAFAEL PICADO; MARIA

PICADO; ANGEL B. PALACIO; SENDY PICADO;STATE OF NEW JERSEY; PNC BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION AND TRIARSIBETANCOURT & WUKOVITS

Sale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 01/27/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Nine HundredOne Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Nine and01/100*** $901,749.01.

All that certain land and premises situate, lyingand being in the Township of Cranford, County ofUnion, and State of New Jersey:

Street: 56 Johnson Avenue Cranford, NewJersey 07016.

Nearest Cross Street: Elise Street.Tax Lot and Block No.: Lot 58, Block 403.Dimensions (approximately): 0.1722 AcrePrior Mortgages/Liens Not Extinguished By

The Sale Are: 1. Delinquent taxes and/or taxliens.

As the above description does not constitute afull legal description, said full legal description isannexed to that certain deed recorded in theOffice of the Clerk of Union County in Deed Book6624, Page 0462, et seq., New Jersey, and theWrit of Execution on file with the Sheriff of UnionCounty.

Total Upset: ***Nine Hundred Twenty-TwoThousand Two Hundred Seventy-One and 29/100*** $922,271.29 together with lawful interestand costs.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:MATELEMAN, WEINROTH & MILLER, P.C.401 ROUTE 70 EASTSUITE 100CHERRY HILL NEW JERSEY 08034(856) 429-55074 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $195.84

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001712

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-004568-16

Plaintiff: M&T BANK, SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO HUSDON CITY SAVINGS BANK

VS.Defendant: VERONICA H. HONG; SEONG

SAM HONG; THE PROVIDENT BANKSale Date: 06/21/2017Writ of Execution: 03/09/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Five HundredThirteen Thousand Two and 39/100***$513,002.39.

Property to be sold is located in the TOWN ofWESTFIELD, County of UNION, State of NewJersey.

Premises commonly known as: 1231 RAHWAYAVENUE, WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07090-3637.

BEING KNOWN as LOT 17, BLOCK 5112 onthe official Tax Map of the TOWN of WESTFIELD.

Dimensions: 110.00 Feet X 96.00 Feet X110.00 Feet X 96.00 Feet.

Nearest Cross Street: Montauk DriveTotal Upset: ***Five Hundred Twenty-Five

Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen and 52/100***$525,616.52 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens orother charges, and any such taxes, charges,liens, insurance premiums or other advancesmade by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interestedparties are to conduct and rely upon their ownindependent investigation to ascertain whetheror not any outstanding interest remain of recordand/or have priority over the lien being fore-closed and, if so the current amount due thereon.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only areturn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shallhave no further recourse against the Mortgagor,the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:PHELAN HALLINAN, DIAMOND & JONES, PC400 FELLOWSHIP ROADSUITE 100MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 813-55004 T - 05/25, 06/01, 06/08& 06/15/15 Fee: $195.84

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001625

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-024842-16

Plaintiff: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION

VS.Defendant: PHYUCIA FLAGG, ADMINISTRA-

TRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JUDY P. MONROEJOHNSON; PHYLICIA FLAGG; STATE OF NEWJERSEY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;AMOS FINANCIAL LLC; FORD MOTOR CREDITLLC; EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL;CITIBANK, N.A.

Sale Date: 06/14/2017Writ of Execution: 01/31/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Two HundredTwenty Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Threeand 41/100*** $220,433.41.

The property to be sold is located in the TOWNOF WESTFIELD, County of Union and State ofNew Jersey.

It is commonly known as 311 WINDSOR AV-ENUE, WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07090.

It is known and designated as Block 4004, Lot18.

The dimensions are approximately 26 feet X132 feet.

Nearest cross street: Grandview AvenuePrior lien(s): NONETotal Upset: ***Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thou-

sand Nine Hundred Sixty-Three and 12/100***$226,963.12 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens orother charges, and any such taxes, charges,liens, insurance premiums or other advancesmade by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interestedparties are to conduct and rely upon their ownindependent investigation to ascertain whetheror not any outstanding interest remain of recordand/or have priority over the lien being fore-closed and, if so the current amount due thereon.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:STERN, LAVINTHAL & FRANKENBERG, LLC105 EISENHOWER PARKWAYSUITE 302ROSELAND, NEW JERSEY 07068(973) 797-11004 T - 05/18, 05/25, 06/01& 06/08/17 Fee: $195.84

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001621

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-64178-09

Plaintiff: VENTURES TRUST 2013-I-H-R BYMCM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, ITS TRUSTEE

VS.Defendant: RAE MARIE MITROW; AND MAT-

THEW M1TROW JP MORGAN CHASE BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale Date: 06/14/2017Writ of Execution: 01/22/2016By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Two Million SixHundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five HundredSixty-Five and 31/100*** $2,622,565.31.

All that certain land and premises situated inthe Town of Westfield, County of Union, State ofNew Jersey, being more particularly describedas follows:

Lot: 32; Block: 201 on the Tax Map of the Townof Westfield.

Nearest Cross Street: Prospect Street.Approximate Dimensions: 520 feet x 115 feet

x 520 feet x 115 feet.Being more commonly known as: 112

Brightwood Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey07090.

Pursuant to municipal tax search dated Octo-ber 24, 2016:

Subject to: 2016 4th quarter taxes due 11/10/2016, $6,816.14 and 2017 1st quarter taxes due2/10/2017, $6,681.46.

Total Upset: ***Two Million Seven HundredThirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Threeand 48/100*** $2,731,483.48 together with law-ful interest and costs.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:HILL WALLACK LLP21 ROSZEL ROADPRINCETON NEW JERSEY 08540(609) 924-08084 T - 05/18, 05/25, 06/01& 06/08/17 Fee: $177.48

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001662

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-016981-16

Plaintiff: MTGLQ INVESTORS, LPVS.Defendant: DAVID SCHERZER AND TARA

SCHERZRE, H/WSale Date: 06/21/2017Writ of Execution: 01/12/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Five HundredFifty-One Thousand Five Hundred Three and 15/100*** $551,503.15.

The property to be sold is located in Townshipof Scotch Plains in the County of Union, andState of New Jersey.

Commonly known as 183 Mountainview Av-enue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076.

Tax Lot No. 3, Block 3901.Dimensions of Lot: (Approximately) 50 feet

wide by 100 feet long.Nearest Cross Street: Mountain AvenueTotal Upset: ***Five Hundred Sixty-Six Thou-

sand Nine Hundred Thirty-Five and 65/100***$566,935.65 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:KML LAW GROUP, P.C.216 HADDON AVENUESUITE 406WESTMONT NEW JERSEY 08108(215) 627-13224 T - 05/25, 06/01, 06/08& 06/15/15 Fee: $155.04

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001739

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-037911-15

Plaintiff: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUNDSOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST,NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FORPRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST

VS.Defendant: JODI A. FRANKEL A/K/A JODI A.

STEWART; MICHAEL MADSEN; BANK OFAMERICA, N.A.

Sale Date: 06/28/2017Writ of Execution: 03/17/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Three HundredEighty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Five and 76/100*** $383,235.76.

Property to be sold is located in the TOWN-SHIP of SCOTCH PLAINS, County of UNION,State of New Jersey.

Premises commonly known as: 2093 WESTBROAD STREET, SCOTCH PLAINS TOWN-SHIP, NEW JERSEY 07076-4751.

BEING KNOWN as LOT 44, BLOCK 9701 011the official Tax Map of the TOWNSHIP ofSCOTCH PLAINS.

Dimensions: 179.99 Feet X 10.37 Feet X 18.00Feet X 192.92 Feet X 76.39 Feet.

Nearest Cross Street: White Oak Road.Total Upset: ***Three Hundred Ninety-Seven

Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Six and 37/100***$397,186.37 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens orother charges, and any such taxes, charges,liens, insurance premiums or other advancesmade by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interestedparties are to conduct and rely upon their ownindependent investigation to ascertain whetheror not any outstanding interest remain of recordand/or have priority over the lien being fore-closed and, if so the current amount due thereon.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only areturn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shallhave no further recourse against the Mortgagor,the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:PHELAN HALLINAN, DIAMOND & JONES, PC400 FELLOWSHIP ROADSUITE 100MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 813-55004 T - 06/01, 06/08, 06/15& 06/22/17 Fee: $206.04

CLASSIFIEDS

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-17001848

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-22167-16

Plaintiff: U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A. ASTRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPA-TION TRUST

VS.Defendant: MELANIE FRANKOLA; EDWARD

J FRANKOLA, WIFE AND HUSBANDSale Date: 07/05/2017Writ of Execution: 03/09/2017By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the Union County Administration Build-ing, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Eliza-beth, New Jersey on Wednesday, at two o’clockin the afternoon of said day. All successful bid-ders must have 20% of their bid available in cashor certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Five Hundred TenThousand Six Hundred Seventy-Nine and 77/100*** $510,679.77.

The property to be sold is located in the TOWNof WESTFIELD, County of UNION and State ofNew Jersey.

Commonly known as: 779 LAMBERTS MILLROAD, WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07090.

Tax Lot No. 44 in Block No. 4401.Dimension of Lot Approximately: 120 x 150.Nearest Cross Street: RADLEY ROAD.BEGINNING at a point in the Northeasterly

side of Lamberts Mill Road distant Southeasterly213.77 feet from the intersection cf said side ofLamberts Mill Road with the Southeasterly sideof Radley Road, if both streets were prolonged totheir intersection, running; thence

PRIOR LIENS /ENCUMBRANCESSEWER OPEN:$165.00.TOTAL AS OF April 6, 2017: $165.00.Total Upset: ***Five Hundred Twenty-Two

Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy and 33/100***$522,870.33 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Joseph CryanSheriff

Attorney:FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD, PC7 CENTURY DRIVESUITE 201PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054(973) 538-47004 T - 06/08, 06/15, 06/22& 06/29/17 Fee: $179.52

FRONT DESK COORDINATOR• Manage office supplies includingordering, receiving, stocking,distribution, and inventory• Perform ad-hoc clerical dutiessuch as filing, photocopying, datainput, preparing packages &returns, ordering lunch formeetings, etc.• Daily monitoring and upkeep ofoffice kitchen area includingemptying & filling the dishwasherdaily• Weekly purchase andmaintenance of flowerarrangements in the main lobbyand restroomsQualifications:• Naturally friendly and cheerfuldemeanor – a must have!• Great verbal communicationsskills• Extremely reliable sticking to awork schedule• Self-starter that takes initiativewhen things are slow• Ability to be proactive andresourceful• Organized and neat• Proficient with basic officeprograms such as MicrosoftOutlook, Word, Excel• Preferred experience withanswering a phone & receptionisttype roles

Our beautiful and fun Westfieldoffice is looking for a full-time,team player that has a can-doattitude, to manage our front deskoperations. The right individual isnaturally friendly and enthusiasticwith a high-energy level. A teamplayer who believes that no taskis too big or too small is the bestmatch for this busy design-buildcompany. Our company cultureis to work hard and have fun.This position is availableimmediately. Please contactSuzanne @ REDCOM Design &Construction, (908) 233-4030.We offer 2 weeks of paid vacation,paid sick time and floatingholidays. After a 60-day trialperiod we offer a comprehensivehealth benefits package and aSimple IRA program, withcompany contributions. Thisposition has a salary range of$30-$35,000/year.Responsibilities:• Answer, screen and forwardphone calls while providing basiccompany information• Greet and direct visitors• Pick up PO Box mail at the postoffice; sort mail and handledeliveries & couriers

MOUNTAINSIDE APT 4 RENT

First Floor Apt in 2 Family home.7 Rooms Updated Hwd Floor/Tile.3 Bed / 1 Full Bath / LR / KIT / DR/Access to Laundry Rm /Sunroom/Private Lg Yard. $2250/mo.Utilities incl. except Electric. SmallPets Ok. No broker Fee.Please call Anna (908) 462 2987.

HOUSE CONTENTS SALE

Fri and Sat, June 9 & 108am to 4pm

534 East Broad StWestfield

FREELANCERS WANTEDStrong, detail-oriented writerswith professional demeanorneeded to cover localgovernment meetings. Must beable to meet deadlines, knowhow to write a lead, and takean active interest in their beatsin order to develop newsstories. Please emailresume and clips to:

editor@goleader.com

FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Body By Jake FIRMFLEX TotalBody Trainer. Complete WorkoutExercise Machine. Space SavingDesign. Padded Bench.Adjustable Height and Resistence.Perfect For Home or Dorm!Excellent Condition, $60.

Call (908) 654-6091

EXPERT MATH TUTOR

AP-certified, veteran HS math tu-tor specializing in calculus andprecalculus. Master's, very expe-rienced, patient, excellent results.Please call Mel: (732) 603-9521

SUMMER RENTAL SEASIDE PK

3BR house in beautiful SeasidePk. Sleeps 6. 4 Beach Badges,Outdoor shower, central AC, gasgrill and more. One blk to beach.House across from marina.Available June ($1600 per week)& July 1-8 and July 8-15 ($1975.00per week). For more info call

(908) 358-2625

CLEANING LADY

Cleaning lady with experienceand good references. Pleasecall Maria and leave message.

(201) 955-0406

WF Area ‘Y’ Flyers CompeteAt Striders, Hunterdon Meets

The Flyers Track Club competedon May 7 at the New Jersey Stridersmeet in Fairlawn and on May 21 at theHunterdon Lion’s Skylands meet. Atthe Striders meet, the Flyers recorded24 top-3 finishes and at the Hunterdonmeet they recorded 30 top-three fin-ishes.

FIRST IN DIVISION:Girls (9-10): Madeline Bonn –

Turbo Javelin (Hunterdon); MychaelaFields – 200m dash, 400m dash andlong jump (Hunterdon); Alexis Ray –100m dash (Hunterdon); DalilaScouloukas – high jump (Striders)

Girls (11-12): Alexandra Bonn –long jump and high jump (Hunterdon),80m hurdles (Striders and Hunterdon);

Elizabeth Koizumi – 1,500m racewalk (Hunterdon)

Girls (15-16): Caroline Collins –3,000m run (Striders)

Boys (8U): Reean Dias – 1,500mrun (Striders)

Boys (11-12): Gabe Jackson – turbojavelin (Hunterdon and Striders); Jus-tin Koizumi – shot put (Hunterdon);Eamon Mason, David Sanchez, An-drew Vilarin and Orlando Guzman4x400m relay (Hunterdon); EamonMason – 1,500m run and 3,000m run(Striders); Damian Scouloukas –longjump (Hunterdon) 80m hurdles(Hunterdon and Striders)

Boys (13-15): Paul Koizumi –1,500m race walk (Hunterdon), Wil-liam McGlynn – 1,500m run and3,000m run (Striders), Barney Veres– 200m dash (Hunterdon) and 100mhurdles (Striders)

The Westfield Area “Y” FlyersTrack Club is a USATF certified clubthat serves over 700 athletes through-out the year. For more information,please contact the club at:www.yflyerstrackclub.com, or con-tact Paul Garwood at (908) 233-2700x256 or pgarwood@westfieldynj.org.

HAPPY VOLLEY CHAMPS...The Central Jersey Heat National Orange 16s wonthe championship in the Silver bracket at Happy Volley in Penn State Universityover Memorial Day weekend. Pictured, left to right, are: bottom row; JackieShrubsall (Linden), Rebecca Dunaief (Westfield), Calista Xirouhakis (SouthAmboy) and Emma Mihalo (South Amboy); top row, Cararose Coppola(Kenilworth), Ciara Johnson (Edison), Elizabeth Gillespie (Staten Island), HaleyKravitz (Old Bridge), Jenna Mikolay (Parlin) and Coach Shannel Zeeman.

Three happy Westfield “Y” Flyers display their medals.

GARAGE SALE

Saturday, June 10, 9am-2pm249 South Scotch Plains Ave

WestfieldFurniture, Household ItemsRaindate: Sunday June 11

CRANFORD MOVING SALE

30 WINDSOR PLACESAT 6/10 - SUN 6/11

10am to 3pmAsian Dining Room & Accessories,Bedroom Furniture, Women'sClothes, Shoes, CostumeJewelry, Linens, HolidayDecorations, Dolls and more.

Pics: DovetailsUSA.com

PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the ZoningBoard of Adjustment of the Township ofScotch Plains will hold a Special Meetingon June 22, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., MunicipalBuilding, 430 Park Avenue, First FloorCouncil Chambers to hear the applicationof T-Mobile Northeast LLC, for propertylocated at 1551 Cooper Road, Block 12001,Lot 18, R-1 Zone. The aforementionedproperty is in the R-1 Single Family Resi-dential Zone which does not permit celltowers. Applicant proposes to install six (6)wireless communications antenna on anexisting transmission tower, construct an18 feet x 44 feet support area with equip-ment building at the base of the tower, aswell as place ancillary equipment at groundlevel, contrary to the following Zoning Or-dinances:

Section 23-3.5, R-1 Single FamilyResidential Zone:

a. Permitted Primary Uses1. One-family dwellingsUse Variance for cellular equipment not

permitted in a residential zoneSection 23-3.4A, Para. A, R-1 Zone,

Schedule of Lot, Yard and BuildingRegulations:

Column 13 Building Height (feet), MaxAllowed: 35 feet, Proposed: 165 feet.

Section 23-2.3, Regulations Appli-cable to All Zones:

o. Fences may be erected, installed,altered or reconstructed to a height ofnominally four feet above ground levelwhen located in a front yard area, or to aheight of nominally six feet above groundlevel if located elsewhere on the lot, exceptthat in no case shall any fence be higherthan nominally four feet above groundlevel when located beyond a projection ofany front building line of any adjacentimproved lots or the setback line of anyunimproved lots. Fences may be installedwith an air space at the bottom to preventdecay and deterioration which fence shallnot exceed four feet three inches and sixfeet three inches. This paragraph shall notapply to fences erected for tennis courtsnor fences associated with the protectionof any utility company property where theutility may be subject to danger or harmfrom outside sources. Utilities shall bedefined under this section as electric, tele-phone, including cell sites, water, sewer,gas, video, radio transmission, and thelike.

Max Allowed: 4 feet in a front yard area;6 feet elsewhere on the lot, Proposed: 7feet.

Applicant also seeks to place an 18 feetx 44 feet support area with equipmentbuilding and ancillary equipment on thesite.

The Applicant is also requesting any andall variances deemed to be necessary atthe time of the hearing, including any otherwaivers, exceptions, interpretations andother relief necessary to allow Applicant’sproposed use of the property.

All interested persons may be presentand be heard. The file pertaining to thisapplication is in the Office of the ZoningBoard of Adjustment and available for pub-lic inspection during regular office hours(Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.).

Shannon RapantSecretary to the Board

1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $66.81

PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the ZoningBoard of Adjustment of the Township ofScotch Plains will hold a Special Meetingon June 22, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., MunicipalBuilding, 430 Park Avenue, First FloorCouncil Chambers to hear the applicationof T-Mobile Northeast LLC, for propertylocated at 1515 Front Street, Block 101,Lot 7, B-1 Zone. The aforementionedproperty is in the B-1 Business & Multi-Family Zone which does not permit celltowers. Applicant proposes to install six (6)wireless communications antenna on anexisting transmission tower, construct a 41feet 6 inches x 75 feet 6 inches supportarea with equipment building at the base ofthe tower, as well as place ancillary equip-ment at ground level, contrary to the fol-lowing Zoning Ordinances:

Section 23-3.9, B-1 Business & Multi-Family Zone:

a. Permitted Primary Uses1. One-family dwellings2. Business and professional offices and

uses3. Municipal parks, playgrounds, build-

ings and uses deemed appropriate andnecessary by the Township Council

4. Townhouse developments at a den-sity of not over 12 bedrooms/acre, includ-ing recreation and parking facilities for theexclusive use of residents and their guests.

5. Garden apartments at a density of notover 12 bedrooms/acre, including recre-ation and parking facilities for the exclu-sive use of residents and their guests.

Use Variance for cellular equipment notpermitted in the B-1 Business & Multi-Family Zone

Section 23-3.4A, Para. I, B-1 Busi-ness & Multi-Family Zone, Schedule ofLot, Yard and Building Requirements:

Column 13 Building Height (feet), MaxAllowed: 35 feet, Proposed: 165 feet.

Section 23-2.3, Regulations Appli-cable to All Zones:

o. Fences may be erected, installed,altered or reconstructed to a height ofnominally four feet above ground levelwhen located in a front yard area, or to aheight of nominally six feet above groundlevel if located elsewhere on the lot, exceptthat in no case shall any fence be higherthan nominally four feet above groundlevel when located beyond a projection ofany front building line of any adjacentimproved lots or the setback line of anyunimproved lots. Fences may be installedwith an air space at the bottom to preventdecay and deterioration which fence shallnot exceed four feet three inches and sixfeet three inches. This paragraph shall notapply to fences erected for tennis courtsnor fences associated with the protectionof any utility company property where theutility may be subject to danger or harmfrom outside sources. Utilities shall bedefined under this section as electric, tele-phone, including cell sites, water, sewer,gas, video, radio transmission, and thelike.

Max Allowed: 4 feet in a front yard area;6 feet elsewhere on the lot, Proposed: 7feet.

Applicant also seeks to place a 41 feet 6inches x 75 feet 6 inches support area withequipment building and ancillary equip-ment on the site.

The Applicant is also requesting any andall variances deemed to be necessary atthe time of the hearing, including any otherwaivers, exceptions, interpretations andother relief necessary to allow Applicant’sproposed use of the property.

All interested persons may be presentand be heard. The file pertaining to this

application is in the Office of the ZoningBoard of Adjustment and available for pub-lic inspection during regular office hours(Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.).

Shannon RapantSecretary to the Board

1 T - 6/8/17, The Times Fee: $78.03

ADMIN ASST/SECRETARY

Part-time, flexible hours, 1 to 3days per week, 5-7 hours per day.Good phone and computer skillsrequired. Seeking cheerful,energetic person for very friendlyManagement Consultant office indowntown Cranford. Perfect forformer Executive Secretary. $19-$21/hour. Email resume andinformative cover letter toJPM@jerseyprofessionalmgt.comor call (908) 276-2777.

Program to HighlightVeterans’ Benefits

CRANFORD — Frank Quadrino,community outreach manager for theVeterans Administration (VA) NewJersey Health Care System, willpresent a program on veterans’ ben-efits on Friday, June 23, at 2 p.m. Itwill take place at the Cranford Com-munity Center, located at 220 WalnutAvenue, Cranford.

Mr. Quadrino will talk about diag-nostic, treatment, preventative andother health care services available toeligible veterans enrolled for VAhealthcare benefits; eligibility factors,including minimum duty requirements,theater of combat and financial means,and local VA health centers and com-munity-based outreach centers.

Admission to the program is freeand all are welcome. The Friends ofthe Cranford Public Library will spon-sor this event.

HOME HEALTH AIDE

Certified Aide seeks position tocare for sick or elderly 5 to 7 dayslive in or out. Good References.(973) 763-1438 or (201) 407-1903

A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, June 8, 2017 Page 17

Photo courtesy of Frank MurphyREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD...The Holy Trinity School class of 1977held their 40th reunion. The group went on a tour of the school, attended a massand held a dinner. I hope all is well with you. I promised to send you somephotographs from our little reunion. Considering there were only 37 graduatesfrom that 8th grade class, we had a decent turn out. Not all were at the school forthe tour, but more arrived at the 12 pm mass, then later at Charlie Brown's. I wasparticularly happy being able to bring my five year old son Atticus with me,showing him where I went to school. Organizer Frank Murphy’s son Atticus alsoattended.

WAX ON...Seventy-five fourth-graders at McKinley Elementary School inWestfield recently took part in the school’s annual Wax Museum event. The themeof the exhibit was “Trailblazers.” Each student chose a trailblazer or innovatorfrom the world of business, science, entertainment or the arts to research, and wastasked with assembling a costume, creating a display, and developing a speech topresent in front of an audience of parents, teachers and students at the event.Pictured here, fourth-grader Kavi Agnihotri presents his speech as scientificinventor Benjamin Franklin.

National Honor SocietyInducts 202 WHS Students

College Woman’s ClubAwards Scholarships

WESTFIELD – In recognition ofacademic excellence, leadership, ser-vice and character, 190 juniors and12 seniors from Westfield HighSchool were inducted into the Na-tional Honor Society (NHS) on April27. Principal Derrick Nelson awardedthe students with certificates and ScottRutherford, NHS Advisor, presentedNHS pins and charms.

NHS officers at Westfield HighSchool; Spencer Fishman, MichaelHauge, Julia Mazzucco, Nick Nolan,and Cameron Scalera; announced thenewly inducted members who in-cluded the following members of thejunior class: Jason Alvarez, LeahAndrews, Yara Assadi, Marlo Avidon,Yallen Bai, Harrison Bailey, LeeBeauchamp, Thomas Beck, CharlesBillek, Michael Birle, Niklas Birse,Emily Bloomfield, Emily Boll,Natalie Bond, Nicholas Bond,Stephanie Borr, Daniel Bracco,Hannah Brogan, Allison Bronander,Chloe Brown, Tess Brown, JulianBryen, Julia Buoscio, Ryan Burns,Joshua Camacho, AlexanderCampbell, Matthew Canabarro,Michael Canabarro, Grace Cash,Matthew Cetlin, Jessica Chicola, RyanChirichella, Julia Clifford, AndrewCohen, William Collum, ZacharyComposto, Emma Conlon, EveCrandall, Colin Daniel, MadelineDavis, Jacob Dayon, Andrew Dazzo,John Devanney, Steven DiMaria,Nicole Dispenza, Jack Dobosiewicz,Matthew Doyle, Paige Dumont,McKenna Edmondson, Shea Elliott,Katharine Encinas, Emma Escaldi,Robert Faktor, Emily Finn, Sarah Fox,Lindsay Freidenrich, Chelsea Frisch,Jessica Fritz, Samantha Fritz, GretaFrontero, Lindsey Garnhart, AshleyGigon, Fiona Gillespie, KathrynGonzalez, Inna Gorelik, JosephineGreenwood, Evan Gruters, AlexandraGulla, Annie Harrington, EricaHayden, Kaeley Hazard, Rachael He,Tyler Hoffmann, Ally Hornstein,Yenteen Hu, Kyle Huber, RussellHughes, Claire Hunter, BridgetHyland, Jiana Ingrassia, Aryeh Iosif,Sara Isser, Emma Jackler, AndrewJohnson-Milstein, BenjaminKevelson, Humaira Khan,Mohammad Sa'id Kharboutli, AnaMaria Kobori, Kylinn Kraemer, JuliaKuhn, Isabel Lee, Ava Lehavi, MarissaLehmberg, Jake Lerie, Marisa Li,Jordan Lipkind, Elena Lisci, JasonLittle, William Magnanini, EthanManning, Joshua Markowitz, AnnaMasciandaro, Nadia Matin, AllisonMattessich, Julian Mazzola, TimothyMcAuliffe, Emilia McCormack,Melina McDevitt, Olivia McElheny,Madison McKenna, Mia Melao,Joshua Mendelson, Noelle Mesbah,Matthew Meusel, Kenneth Meyer,

Laura Meyer, Marissa Millwater,Matthew Mineo, Morgan Miovski,Benjamin Mizrach, Catherine Moore,Peter Morariu, Catherine Moriarty,Olivia Morrison, Haley Mykytka,Juliette Naeveke, Mark Natiello,Christopher O'Connor, ThomasOmberg, Drew Ortiz, MichaelPaglialunga, Ryan Palmer, SydneyPaoletti, Leigh Papadopoulos, Madi-son Pena, Alex Pinkowski, ClairePrevoznak, Dean Pucciarelli, RyanQin, William Rackear, Allison Rever,Brendan Riccardi, Kayla Rinn, LucilleRitter, Emma Rogers, Linzy Rosen,Abby Rothenberg, Damien Ruparel,Casey Ryan, Jordan Sacher, ClaraSaint-Denis, Lauren Sgro, LindseySharlow, Daniel Shenker, JessicaShih, Isabella Silber, Jonathan Silva,Andrew Smith, Mackenzie Smith,Daniel Sokolin, Luke Spellman,Charles Spinardi, David Sprung,Caroline Stockwell, Timothy Storms,Joshua Stryker, Graham Studwell,Stefan Sujanthakumar, SydneySwingle, Jacob Tananbaum, RollinsTerry, Nathalie Tucker, Kayla Tupper,Saranya Turimella, Erica Varga,Adriana Vergara, Matthew Viscido,Danielle Vo, Julia Vricella-Stokes,Sarah Ward, Steven Warren, SarahWasserman, Eli Weaver, NicholasWeiner, Julia Whitman, JacobWornow, Tyler Wright, Junlin Yi,Sophia Yodice and KimberlyZimmermann.

Members of the Westfield HighSchool senior class who were inductedthis year include: Nina Alameno,Daniel Audino, Sara Hipschman, LilaHutchins, Madelyn Jacobs, ChristianPanarese, Emma Pettit, HannahPrieto, Charlotte Seltzer, DanielVergilis, Peter Walter, Keelyn Weber.

New officers elected for next yearare Natalie Bond, Matthew Cetlin,Fiona Gillespie, William Rackear,Daniel Shenker.

Music for the evening’s programwas provided by Michael Hauge, TonyPeer, Lucy Ritter, Catherine Moore,and Josh Markowitz.

The characteristics associated withmembership in the NHS student ex-cellence in the areas of scholarship,leadership, service, and character –have been a hallmark of the organiza-tion since its beginning in 1921.

OFF TO COLLEGE...The Woman’s Club of Westfield awarded scholarships onMay 23. Pictured from left to right are: Annmarie Puleio, College Woman’s ClubScholarship Chair, Alessandra Sabba, Emmy Liederman, Katie Sullivan, AvaCarey, Leigh Scarano, Donna Hornish, Assistant Chair. Seated are: KaterinaTruch and Danielle Rinaldi.

WESTFIELD – The CollegeWoman’s Club (CWC) of Westfieldcelebrated its 100th anniversary andawarded $60,000. in Scholarships at its100th Annual Meeting on May 23 atEcho Lake Country Club. The awardswere made to seven young women fromWestfield to help them pursue theircollege education. The recipients wereselected based on academic achieve-ment, community service, and finan-cial need.

The Gaile Boothe Scholarship, TheMarge McCornack Scholarship, andthe past Presidents Scholarship wereawarded along with the CollegeWoman’s Club of Westfield Scholar-ships. A Scholarship in memory of Johnand Katharine Jaruzelski was presentedby Jenny Jaruzelski, a past president ofthe club. According to ScholarshipChairperson, Annmarie Puleio, “Weaward these Scholarships in the spirit ofour Founders Mabel Sturgis, Wellesley1902 and Helen Welch, Vassar 1914and thanks to the enduring commit-ment and generosity of our members tofurther the education of women. Webegin our second 100 years by award-ing a record $60,000. in Scholarships tocontinue this legacy.”

The 2017 scholarship recipients are:Ava Carey received The John and

Katharine Jaruzelski Scholarship. Avahas pursued a rigorous schedule of hon-ors and AP courses while working andvolunteering. She has volunteered atSunrise Assisted Living, OverlookHospital, and Imagine – a center forCoping with Loss where she facilitatessupport groups for children who havelost a sibling or parent. In addition toacademic demands and volunteer com-mitments, Ava works after school as apart-time nanny. Ava has also worked atBaron’s Drug store as a pharmacy clerk.

Ava will attend the University ofWisconsin to study Public Health.

Emmy Liederman, a recipient of aCollege Woman’s Club of WestfieldScholarship, is an outstanding studentcarrying a high GPA with a rigorousschedule including AP and honorsclasses. Emmy is the editor-in-chief ofthe Hi’s Eye, the Westfield High School(WHS) award winning weekly news-paper. This prestigious position entailsmany long hours of work and dedica-tion, yet Emmy still finds time to devoteto the WHS Community Service Club.She has been an active member duringall four years of high school, serving aspresident this year. Her signature con-tribution to the club is serving as theorganizer of monthly activities for thesenior residents of Brighton Gardens.

Emmy plans to pursue a career injournalism at The College of New Jer-sey.

Danielle Rinaldi, the recipient of aCollege Woman’s Club of WestfieldScholarship, has spent four years bal-ancing academics, sports and commu-nity activities. With a course load of APand honors courses, she has earned ahigh GPA. Danielle captains theWestfield High School basketball teamand competes on the nationally com-petitive AAU team. In the Spring, sheplays High School softball and is a fouryear starter, All County ConferencePlayer and Captain. She coaches the St.Helen’s basketball and softball teams.She is President of the Spanish Club,tutors in math and science and is atransition leader at the High School.Last year she helped with the WestfieldPal coat drive collecting coats, hats,gloves and scarves to donate to a home-less shelter in Elizabeth. She will attendBoston College as a premed major.

Alessandra Sabba is the recipient ofThe Marge McCornack Scholarshipand a College Woman’s Club ofWestfield Scholarship. Alessandra isfluent in three languages and is thePresident of both the French and Italianclubs. She was inducted into the ItalianNational Honor Society. She volun-teers with the Foreign Language Aware-ness Group helping teaching youngerstudents French. Ali is a peer minister atSt. Helen’s Church where she has vol-unteered at Sister Pat’s Cancer Campand also discovered her skills as a DJ/MC from running many of St. Helen’steen nights. She started her own DJ/MCbusiness where she keeps busy on manyweekend nights working Bar/BatMitzvah’s and kids parties. Ali alsopaints and builds sets for the WestfieldHigh School theatre department. Sheplans on working at a stage theatrecamp this summer as an assistant direc-tor.

Ali will be attending Arcadia Univer-sity in the fall where she plans to majorin International Diplomacy.

Leigh Scarano is the recipient of the

Gaile K. Boothe Scholarship. Leigh’sparticipated in volleyball throughouthigh school as a player and also as teamcaptain. She was named first team allconference and second team all countyas a sophomore. For the past four years,she has been involved with a fundraisercalled “Pink Out” to support the SusanG. Komen Foundation. Leigh has bal-anced her athletics with academics. Shehas a solid academic record at WestfieldHigh School holding down a challeng-ing course load. Leigh works at camps,babysits and coaches volleyball. Thissummer Leigh plans on coaching at avolleyball camp.

Leigh will major in Education at TheUniversity of Scranton where she hasbeen recruited to play Volleyball.

Kathleen Sullivan is awarded a Col-lege Woman’s Club of Westfield Schol-arship and a Past Presidents Scholar-ship. Katie balances academics, highschool activities and community ser-vice. She is the Vice President of theWestfield High School Student Coun-cil. Katie helped start and this yearserved as the director of a whiffle balltournament that serves as a majorfundraiser for Sister Pat’s Camp forchildren with cancer. Katie has workedat the camp as a counselor for the pastseveral years and she will volunteeragain this summer. She has served as aPeer Minister at St. Helen’s Church forthe past two years as well as starting andcoaching a cheerleading group at thechurch. This summer Katie will alsowork as a counselor at the WestfieldRecreation Camp and babysit.

Kathleen will attend Sacred HeartUniversity where she will major in So-cial Work.

Katerina Truch is the recipient of aCollege Woman’s Club of WestfieldScholarship. Katie has been interestedin the sciences from a very young age.She participates in the Law ExplorersPost 629 where she is club secretary.Katie has also been on the WestfieldFencing Club for two years and hasbeen a community service volunteer at“Let’s Go Help Somebody” in Newark.She has been an active participant in theAnimation Club. This summer she willcontinue to work at Walgreens.

She will attend the University of theSciences in Philadelphia to major inPharmaceutical Sciences.

The College Woman’s Club ofWestfield is proud to acknowledge thisoutstanding group of young women.Applications for the scholarship are avail-able through local high school guidancedepartments in February each year, andare evaluated by a committee of CWCmembers each spring. Funds for thescholarships come from annual dona-tions and legacies from our members.

The CWC is celebrating its centen-nial this year. To learn how to join tosupport young women and to partici-pate in the many social activities of theCWC contactcwc.westfield@gmail.com or visitwww.cwclubwestfield.org for an appli-cation.

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Area Residents Graduatefrom Marist College

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The fol-lowing residents graduated fromMarist College the weekend of May19.

Drew Palumbo of Westfield re-ceived a Bachelor of Science degreein Business Administration.

Olivia Spiridigliozzi of Westfieldreceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inPsychology.

Catherine Sabatino of Westfieldreceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inPsychology - Special Education.

Liam Collins of Westfield receiveda Bachelor of Science degree in Busi-ness Administration.

Danielle Cristiano of Westfield re-ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inEducational Psychology - ChildhoodStudies.

Kevin Dingelstedt of Cranford re-ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inMedia Studies - Film and Television.

Jessica Murray of Westfield re-ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inPsychology - Special Education.

Slattery Inducted IntoHonor Soc. at Scranton

SCRANTON, Penn. – CaitlinSlattery of Cranford was among TheUniversity of Scranton students in-ducted into the honor society for en-trepreneurship (Sigma Nu Tau). Thehonor society is open to entrepre-neurship majors and minors who haveachieved junior class standing, havea GPA of at least 3.2 and strong entre-preneurial spirit, honor and integrity.The University's chapter of the honorsociety was established in 2017.

Ms. Slattery is a senior majoring inmarketing at the Jesuit university.

Champlain CollegeGraduates Class of ‘17

BURLINGTON, V.T. – ChamplainCollege's 139th Commencement washeld at Edmunds Field in Burlington,Vt on Saturday, May 13. A total of516 undergraduates received theirassociate and bachelor's degrees dur-ing the ceremony led by PresidentDonald J. Laackman. The TodayShow's Al Roker received an honor-ary degree and was the commence-ment speaker. For more informationabout the 2017 Commencement, clickhere.

Students who received their de-grees from Champlain College in-clude:

Rebecca Gagnon of Garwood re-ceived a BS in Computer Foren. andDig. Inves.

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Evergreen Elementary BringsBall in the House to Community

SCOTCH PLAINS – Ball in theHouse, an a capella singing group,performed a two act program for mem-bers of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood(SPF) community in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS) Au-ditorium the evening of May 16. Therewere approximately 500 attendees atthe event. Evergreen ElementarySchool organized and sponsored thesinging group to not only perform forthe SPF Community but to performwith the Fourth Grade class of Ever-green School as well as the SPFHSSensations singing group.

Ball in the House is made up of fivemale vocalists, each with a differentexpertise and each with different mu-sical backgrounds. Some are classi-cally trained, some came to singinglater in life, some very early on, one isa beat-boxer, and one of the membersserved in the U.S. Air Force for manyyears. The talented members of Ball inthe House are Wallace Thomas, BenDetty, Montario “Monty” Hill, Dave

Guisti, Jon Ryan.The group wowed the audience with

hits touching upon eclectic musicalgenres such as 70’s disco, 80’s R&B,and popular radio hits from today.Most notable, was an emotionallycharged rendition of John Lennon’s“Imagine” (which received a standingovation from the audience) and a rous-ing round of Stevie Wonder’s “SignedSealed and Delivered” expertly per-formed by Ball in the House and theimpressive SPFHS Sensations.Evergreen’s Fourth Grade studentsgave a memorable performance bysinging covers of The Temptations’sweet “My Girl” and a lively versionof Pharrell Williams “Happy” withBall in the House as well.

The event’s organizer, TaraBozetarnik shared that the members ofthe Boston-based singing group are“…such talented and upstanding menwho poured so much [positive energy]into our children…enough to carry thatmemory for a life time. My hope is that

last night changed something in eachindividual child. Whether it was to finda new talent deep within, or a newfriendship made, I pray that each onewill be catapulted into their true destinywith a supernatural confidence and joy.”Mrs. Bozetarnik is also Chair of theCultural Arts Committee, which is un-der the umbrella of the Evergreen PTA,and is responsible for coordinating andbringing assemblies to the Evergreenstudents. Mrs. Kelly Doran, EvergreenPTA President, and Mrs. Bozetarnikhave worked since November 2016 tomake it possible for Ball in the House toperform for the community.

Evergreen School would also like tothank the following local organiza-tions for their generous donations andsponsorship towards the show andschool: American Legion Post 328,Clark Ball-Kirch Post 265, AmericaLegion North Plainfield CommunityPost 209, American Legion, ScotchPlains and the Italian-American Clubof Scotch Plains.

RAHWAY – On Saturday, July 15,the Union County Performing ArtsCenter (UCPAC) will reclaim its repu-tation as a movie theater, which goes asfar back as its founding in 1928 when itsaw the invention of "talkies," by show-ing the classic 1975 film Jaws on thebig screen. The tickets will be $2 perperson, the same price they were whenthe film opened 42 years ago. Fans oldand new will be able to enjoy the cin-ema experience of the film in a theaterripe with 1920s and '30s era ornamen-tation. This showing is only the first inthe UCPAC's upcoming "Movies onthe Main Stage" series, which will see

several other nostalgic films screened.Jaws, starring Roy Scheider, Robert

Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, followsthe story of Amity Island, a resort whosewaters are tormented by a great whiteshark. Swimmers are consistently at-tacked and lives are lost, forcing theneed for someone to take care of thecreature once and for all. Police ChiefMartin Brody (Scheider), shark hunterQuint (Shaw) and oceanographer MattHooper (Dreyfuss) head out on a vesseltogether with that very purpose: usingtheir combined expertise to find theshark and put an end to its killing. Thejourney they take, as well as the events

leading up to it, are packed with old-school special effects that are still jar-ring to this day. While rated PG at thetime, Jaws would most likely receive aPG-13 rating today.

Tickets for Jaws can be purchasedonline at ucpac.org, over the phone bycalling (732) 499-8226 or in person atthe box office. Box office hours areTuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5p.m., with extended hours of 11 a.m. to8 p.m. on Thursdays. (During July thereare no Saturday hours.) UCPAC is lo-cated in downtown Rahway at 1601Irving Street and is easily accessible tomajor roads and public transportation.

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By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Sectional championship ap-pearances have been the normfor the third-seeded CranfordHigh School Cougars, who madetheir seventh straight trip, thistime against the top-seededChatham Cougars witnessed bya massive crown of, Yes! Cougarfans, who aligned along the en-tire third base line and aroundthe outfield fence into right-centerfield at Chatham on June2.

The Cranford Cougars platedall of their runs within the first

three innings, starting pitcherGordon Graceffo survived a toughthird inning and was later re-lieved in the seventh inning bysophomore Kevin Donovan, whoretired all three Chatham Cou-gars he faced to earn Cranfordthe North Jersey, Section 2, Group3 championship with a 5-3 vic-tory. It was the fifth title in thatspan of seven appearances andthe 12th sectional championshipsince 1997

In his six innings on the mound,Graceffo yielded three of his sixhits, along with his only walk andhit batter, in the third inning

where Chatham scored all of itsruns but he quickly recovered toallow just a ground single in thefifth and another single in thesixth. With the pressure on,Donovan had to face the top ofChatham’s lineup, struck out thefirst batter and got some greatdefense from Jimmy Shriner, whosnagged a long fly ball in right,and centerfielder Ryan Bakie, whochased down a dangerous shotnear the fence to end the game.

“It started with Gordon. Gor-don did a great job. He had com-mand of three pitches. He wasthrowing a fastball, an off speedand a changeup and he reallybattled. He had one inning wherehe had to work through but afterthat, he threw strikes and gave

us a chance to win. And Kevincame in and did a great job forthe seventh inning,” CranfordHead Coach Dennis McCafferysaid.

“Coach Mac told me I was inrelief, so I had to stay ready andI was,” commented Donovan,who added, “I wasn’t executing

my curveball on the first twoguys but I had faith in the guysbehind me and not too manycenterfielders make that play butRyan is really fast. Shriner madea nice play too.”

“Ryan and Jimmy cover a lot ofground out there. Bakie got agreat jump on that ball. It waswell hit. Both kids played a greatgame,” Coach McCaffery added.

As in 20-7 Cranford’s semifinalwin over Red Bank Regional, the1-2 batters in the lineup, BrianOblichinski and Bakie, who bothadded stolen bases, inflicted themajority of the offensive dam-age, along with Tom Armstrong(single, RBI, run scored) andsophomore Tyler Szczech, whorapped a two-run single.Oblachinski poked a first-pitchsingle in the first inning, stole

BAKIE 2B, 1B, RBI, RUN; ‘OBO’ 2 RUNS; SZCZECH 2 RBI; ARMSTRONG RBI, SHRINER RBI

Cranford Curbs Chatham, 5-3 for Section Baseball Crown

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second and scored on Bakie’slined single to right.

“I was back in the count, 1 and2. I was expecting a curveball. Iwaited for it to break and I tookit to right,” Bakie described.

Oblachinski also sparked a four-run third inning when his leadoffgrounder baffled the secondbaseman. Bakie whacked a longdouble to right-center thenOblachinski scored his secondrun when Shriner punched anRBI single to center. Mike Meola,drew his second walk of the gameto load the bases and Armstrong’sgrounder to second scored Bakie.Szczech stepped up and slashedhis two-run single down the rightfield line.

“I got on first with a base hitover shortstop then Bakie got onwith a base hit. Once we got on,we get around the bases, wescore. The guys behind us, the 3-4 and 5 hitters usually get RBI’s.In the beginning, you got to getruns, you got to get runs,”Oblachinski expressed.

On his double in the third in-ning, Bakie explained, “Obo

[Oblachinski] got on with a basehit to start it up and I got a dead-red fastball first pitch. I knew itwas coming, so I had my handsback ready and barreled it up.”

Chatham (18-7) definitelyadded a threat in the third and itbegan with singles by ClayDelsandro and Jack Lamar.Delsandro scored when SeanLee’s infield chopper was mis-handled. Jim Cunningham’sgrounder to third ended in a forceout at home then Matt Devlin (2-for-3) drilled a two-run single toleft. After Graceffo hit the nextbatter, he struck out the nextthen got the final batter to lineout to Armstrong at first.

Devlin, who relieved startingpitcher Cunningham to start thefourth inning, held Cranford tojust one single (Mike McGee),while walking none for the re-mainder of the game butGraceffo’s and Donovan’s strongmound presence answered thecall.

“Chatham is well coached, theyare well schooled and it was avery difficult game to win. It wasgreat to come out on top,” CoachMcCaffery said.

Most members of the Cranfordteam’s championship dreams goall the way back to their youth

baseball days.“Definitely the feeling you want

to have when you are little is tocome out and win a sectionalchampionship and keep going,”Oblachinski said.

“Oh yea! Since I was littleCranford baseball has always had

a lot of success behind coachMac. He’s really a phenomenalcoach. He really knows how toget things done come late in theseason,” Bakie said.

“My team when I was young,we weren’t that good but thethree of us, Jimmy Shriner, Meolaand me played and it feels good,”Donovan said.

For Oblachinski, Bakie and theseniors, it was their third sec-tional finals appearance and sec-ond for Donovan.

“It feels good! I was on one lastyear too and it never gets old andI want more,” said Donovan, whowas on the bottom of the victorypile after the game.

“Like ‘Donnie’ [Donovan] says,it never gets old. It’s a greatfeeling,” Bakie expressed.

Oblachinski added, “We arehere every year. I love it! It’sgreat! Seven in a row! Winningthe tournament feels awesome.”

But the season is not over yet asCranford needs to face 22-4Pascack Valley in the Group 3semi on June 6 then hopefully thewinner between Highland and

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Allentown this Saturday, June 10.“I don’t think anybody on this

team want the season to end.Our ultimate goal is always the

state championship and we bet-ter take it one game at a timeand play the semifinal,” Donovancautioned.

“It’s a one loss elimination tour-nament and you got to win tosurvive. Every game is big comethe end of the season deep in

May,” Bakie said.“We are going to have a huge

practice on Saturday. It’s a six-round fight. We are down four

and we have two more to go to beon top,” Oblachinski expressed.Cranford 104 000 0 5Chatham 003 000 0 3

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Cranford Cougars Curb Chatham Cougars, 5-3, for North 2, Group 3 Baseball Crown

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Westfield Blue Devils Had Turnaround Softball Season; Finished with a 17-6 Record

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Cranford Pop. Could Rise8 Percent With Proposed Apts.

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

CRANFORD — Hartz MountainIndustries proposes to increasethe township’s population by 8percent, according to its applica-tion to build 905 apartments at750 Walnut Avenue.

Originally scheduled to be heardby the planning board June 7,Hartz Mountain has requested tomove its hearing to Wednesday,July 5. Hartz Mountain wants torezone the commercial propertyto build the apartments, alongwith two swimming pools withtwo clubhouses. Deputy MayorPatrick Giblin told The WestfieldLeader and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, “I suspect it [theapplication] will take severalmeetings.”

The Leader/Times filed an OpenPublic Records Act (OPRA) re-

quest, and subsequently re-viewed the traffic study, archi-tectural plans and site plans forthe property. Photos of those canbe found at http://www.goleader.com/news/

Hartz Mountain is proposing atwo-phase build out of the prop-erty, with five apartment build-ings in total, with phase 1 beingbuilt by 2019 and phase 2 by2021. The triangular shapedproperty abuts the Hyatt HillsGolf Complex to the west, the NJTransit rail to the north, andcomes to a point at Raritan Roadto the south, and fronts WalnutAvenue on the east.

Two of the five apartment build-ings would be four stories, mea-suring 54 feet, eight inches high,while three of the buildings wouldbe five stories, consisting of fourfloors of apartments over a sur-

face-level garage, measuring 66feet, eight inches high.

In addition to the apartmentbuildings, the site would includetwo pools, two clubhouses, park-ing, new driveways and a newtraffic light at Walnut and BehnertPlace.

The plan estimates the 905 unitswould add 1,846 people to thepopulation, increasing the popu-lation by 8 percent. As per the2010 United States Census, thetownship’s population was22,625, according to Wikipedia.Since the 2010 U.S. Census, someadditional 600 units have eithercome on board or are proposed:Riverfront at Cranford Station,Woodmont Station, the proposedBirchwood Avenue development,and a development on WalnutAvenue off of South Avenue andanother on Centennial Avenueapproved this year.

The proposed plan would allo-cate 15 percent of the 905 unitsfor affordable housing. Market-rate units would be a mix of one-and two-bedroom apartments,and affordable-housing unitswould be a mix of one-, two- andthree-bedroom apartments. Ofthe market-rate units, 380 wouldbe one-bedroom and 386 wouldbe two-bedroom. Of the afford-able-housing units, 28 would beone-bedroom, 82 would be two-bedroom, and 29 would be three-bedroom. The two clubhouseswould measure 8,200 and 5,500square feet.

Parking would include 1,723spaces within two garages aswell as surface parking.

The traffic study by Langan En-gineering and Environmental Ser-vices, Inc. says the redevelop-ment “will not significantly altersurrounding area traffic opera-

Kristan McAliney for The Westfield LeaderGARWOOD ROCKS!...Clouds did not deter crowds at the Garwood Rocks!street fair on Sunday. Great music and great vibes created a day of fun for all whoattended.

Paul Lachenauer for The Westfield LeaderAND THEY’RE OFF...The Centennial Village Velocity 5K race was heldSunday morning. The event was organized by the Centennial Village Group,which works to revitalize and beautify Cranford’s Centennial Avenue busi-ness district. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Christina M. Hinke for The Westfield LeaderIN OBSERVANCE...The Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Color Guard per-forms at last week’s Memorial Day Service at the Cranford Community Center.The township’s Memorial Day Parade was cancelled due to rain.

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Program to HighlightVeterans’ Benefits

CRANFORD — Frank Quadrino,community outreach manager forthe Veterans Administration (VA)New Jersey Health Care System,will present a program on veter-ans’ benefits on Friday, June 23,at 2 p.m. It will take place at theCranford Community Center, lo-cated at 220 Walnut Avenue,Cranford.

Mr. Quadrino will talk aboutdiagnostic, treatment, preven-tative and other health care ser-vices available to eligible veter-ans enrolled for VA healthcarebenefits; eligibility factors, in-cluding minimum duty require-ments, theater of combat andfinancial means, and local VAhealth centers and community-based outreach centers.

Admission to the program isfree and all are welcome. TheFriends of the Cranford PublicLibrary will sponsor this event.

Slattery Inducted IntoHonor Soc. at ScrantonSCRANTON, Penn. – Caitlin

Slattery of Cranford was amongThe University of Scranton stu-dents inducted into the honorsociety for entrepreneurship(Sigma Nu Tau). The honor soci-ety is open to entrepreneurshipmajors and minors who haveachieved junior class standing,have a GPA of at least 3.2 andstrong entrepreneurial spirit,honor and integrity. TheUniversity's chapter of the honorsociety was established in 2017.

Ms. Slattery is a senior major-ing in marketing at the Jesuituniversity.

Champlain CollegeGraduates Class of ‘17BURLINGTON, V.T. – Champlain

College's 139th Commencementwas held at Edmunds Field inBurlington, Vt on Saturday, May13. A total of 516 undergradu-ates received their associate andbachelor's degrees during theceremony led by President DonaldJ. Laackman. The Today Show'sAl Roker received an honorarydegree and was the commence-ment speaker. For more infor-mation about the 2017 Com-mencement, click here.

Students who received their de-grees from Champlain Collegeinclude:

Rebecca Gagnon of Garwoodreceived a BS in Computer Foren.and Dig. Inves.

LEADER IN GERMANY...Fontaine Gatti of Mountainside visits Traube Tonbach, Germany, May 5 and 6, with RichardRader of Cranford, where they stayed at the hotel by the same name. They are standing while holding The Westfield Leaderin front of the oldest part of the hotel, dating to the 1700s. The hotel is located in the Black Forest section of southernGermany.

tions.”Hartz Mountain also is seeking

to make the 30.5-acre parcel anarea in need of redevelopment,which could allow for tax breaksto the developer. Hartz Mountaincites that it meets two criteria forsuch a designation.

Since Bank of America has va-cated the premises, and LabCorpsintends to close its lab facilitiesthere, Hartz suggests that retro-fitting a lab for another use wouldbe costly for a new tenant, andthe office building once occupiedby Bank of America is out of date,has an odd, outdated layout, andis not located centrally towalkable mixed-use locations andtransit preferred today for officespace.

Originally, Hartz Mountain hadattempted to rezone Hyatt Hills,but Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorsosaid Clark would only use thatproperty for recreation use, as it

is currently zoned, MayorBonaccorso stated in his afford-able-housing presentation onMarch 29.

750 Walnut Avenue is currentlyowned by H-Cranford ConduitLTD Partnership, which pur-chased it in 1996, and pays over$1 million in property taxes onthe site. State records show thatH-Cranford Conduit’s Principalis H-Cranford II, Inc. H-Cran-ford II’s state filings show thatVincent Rubino, Frank Roscittand Phillip Patton are the listedPrincipals. Another registeredcorporation, H-Cranford LimitedPartnership, shows Hartz Moun-tain Industries, Inc. and H-Cran-ford, Inc. as its Principals. HartzMountain Industries is registeredwith the State of New Jersey asa Foreign Profit Corporation andlists President Gus Milano alongwith Vice Presidents FrankRoscitt and Curtis Schwartz asPrincipals. All five related com-panies registered with the stateare deliverable to Phillip Patton,Esq. at the same address inSeacaucus. Hartz Mountain In-dustries is also listed with theassociated name MeadowlandsMall at Seacaucus.

CRANFORD — The CranfordRecreation and Parks Departmenthas announced that CranfordWest will reopen Friday, June30,, through Tuesday, July 4, forthe weekend (two-night minimumon holiday weekends).

Cranford West is a rustic-stylecamp located in Hope, N.J.Cranford residents have the op-portunity to unwind and enjoyfishing, boating, hiking, picnick-ing and the local scenery andattractions the area has to offer.

Reservations will be acceptedbeginning on Friday, June 16, at9 a.m., for the Fourth of July

weekend. Reservations will con-tinue for other weekends in Julythrough Labor Day weekend, twoweeks prior to the weekend re-quested.

The Cranford Community Cen-ter, located at 220 Walnut Av-enue, is open to take reserva-tions Mondays through Thurs-days, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fri-days, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., andSaturdays (in June) from 9:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cabin and tentsites are $25 per night. Resi-dents must be at least 21 yearsold and show proof of residency.

Cranford Recreation to OpenCranford West for Season

CF Pop.Could Rise 8 Percent

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Russell Graham Has My SupportFor Garwood Borough Council

I write this letter in support ofRussell Graham for Garwood Bor-ough Council.

As a former member of theGarwood Board of Educationserving for 12 and a half years(nine years as president), I firstmet Mr. Graham when he cameforward to apply for the vacantposition on the board in October2008. Mr. Graham was inter-viewed and selected to fill theunexpired term from a pool offour eligible and qualified appli-cants. In April of 2009, he waselected by the community toserve a three-year term.

In the years that I served onthe Board of Education with Mr.Graham, I had the opportunity towitness first-hand the many con-tributions he made. His astutebusiness acumen and sound judg-

ment were crucial to the board.He served as our Building andGrounds chairman, a member ofthe Negotiation Committee andas liaison to the governing body.Additionally, Mr. Graham’s will-ingness to assist on several ofthe other various committees, asneeded, was invaluable. He con-sistently provided pragmatic in-sights and meaningful input in allthe board’s deliberations anddecisions.

Russell Graham served theGarwood Board of Education andhis community with dedication,integrity and distinction. I whole-heartedly support his willingnessto continue serving his commu-nity and I know his common senseapproach would be a valuableasset to the governing body.

Adele C. LewisGarwood

Local Letters to the Editor

Has Garwood Planning Board LostAny Sense Of Critical Thinking?

In the June 1 edition, I read thearticle about a couple of ourGarwood Planning Board mem-bers grousing about what Coun-cilwoman Cuccaro said aboutthem from her chair. Thank you,Councilwoman Cuccaro. I am gladthat the planning board finallygot the rebuke they deserve. Asa resident that observes the plan-ning board’s actions, I have con-stantly said there is no criticalthinking to what they do.

The latest is the fence ordi-nance where the council sent itthe planning board and the plan-ning board sent it back with aletter saying they do not sup-port it. Any reasons or sugges-tions? None whatsoever, like a

kid in front of a plate of peas,they just don’t like it. Where’sthe critical thinking? And plan-ning board member Villaggiostates about the fence ordinance,“Without any reason this ordi-nance comes about.” Villaggioattends all the council meetingsas a resident. In fact, many onthe board are in tune to whatgoes on. One board memberactually was a councilman in thepast that created the ordinanceof which we got sued. The boardcertainly was fully aware thatthere was a lawsuit against theborough regarding the fenceordinance that cost the residentsthousands of dollars. However,the planning board never even

mentioned it during their delib-eration and denial of amend-ment. Failure of critical thinkingagain.

It goes beyond this recent ac-tion. Some quotes from some oftheir mouths (and one quote isactually from the board chair!):“There is no traffic problems inthis area;” “I would have liked tosee even higher density” (thisduring voting for a project thathas a density of 60 units peracre, where our zoning has 15max); “As a homeowner, I havea vested interest” (he immedi-ately votes for a project to have300 rental units that have noownership nor vested interest.)Duh.

It was noted that CouncilwomanCuccaro served on the planningboard in the past. I had also

served with her. We were bothnot reappointed. Why? With twoother residents, we ended upsuing the planning board whenan applicant came in front ofthem with six major variancesand instead of grilling him aboutthe variances, the board basi-cally just liked what they sawand approved it, and all in onenight no less. It should be notedthat the applicant is friends withmany of them. In fact, memberVillaggio had a conflict of interestfrom the past since the applicantheld fundraisers at his house forVillaggio when she ran for coun-cil. She ignored that grievousconflict and voted anyway. BTW,Councilwoman Cuccaro, myselfand the two other residents wonthe lawsuit and then theapplicant’s appeal.

Separately, they are goodpeople, but when you get themtogether they turn cliquish, los-ing any sense of critical thinkingas shown in the many examplesabove and they become cluelessand damaging to our borough.As a board, hundreds of resi-dents that turned out against arecent application cannot trusttheir judgment. The recent ap-plication was for heavy 60 unitsper acre density and majorchanges to our borough infra-structure, demographics andpopulation and what did theytalk about before voting?Whether the color of mullionsshould be brown or white. Yes,there are about four to five goodpeople on the planning boardserving the residents properly,but they are overwhelmed by theyahoos who think they imperial-istically know what our Boroughof Garwood needs, but withoutusing that special rationale called“critical thinking.” I call on MayorLombardo to disband the presentplanning board due to they lostfocus on the town they live in.Re-create it to include peoplethat actually care and show criti-cal thought.

Bruce PatersonGarwood

Thanks to All Who Helped WithCranford Memorial Day Ceremony

This letter comes with sincerethanks to all who participated inhonoring the men and womenwho lost their lives while defend-ing our country’s freedom. TheTownship of Cranford has 86 resi-dents who have given their lifefor our freedom, and I am proudto say, each and every one ofthese residents were recognizedthis year once again, as a flagwith their names on a ribbon foreach soldier stood proudly at theceremony.

The Memorial Day Committeemembers: Master of CeremoniesBarbara Bilger, Mark Dingelstedt,Jerry Dobbins, Elizabeth Mathieu,Heinz Ricken, Chris Sands andDon Sweeney.

VFW Post 335: Commander JayBoxwell, Grand Marshal PeterKlein, and all of the members ofCranford’s VFW Post 335.

Volunteers of the Recreationand Parks Advisory Board: DonBarone, Carolyn Capone-Pugliese, Marita Dow, Chair-woman Martha Garcia and WallyShackell.

Mayor and Township Commit-tee: Mayor Thomas Hannen, Jr.,Deputy Mayor Pat Giblin, Com-missioner Ann Dooley, Commis-sioner Mary O’Connor and Com-missioner Andis Kalnins.

Clergy Council: specifically Rev-erend Andrew Kruger and Rever-end Cameron Overbey.

The Recreation and Parks Staff:Bill Babkowski, Lori Donnelly,Gerry Fedorchak and PattyKozlowski.

Cranford Police Department,Cranford Fire Department,Cranford First Aid Squad,Cranford Department of PublicWorks, Cranford Board of Educa-tion, TV 35, Green Thumb Gar-den Club of Cranford, CranfordBoy Scouts and Girls Scouts andmany more.

An extended thanks for the ef-forts of many other individualswho participated and volunteeredtheir time and energy which madeour Memorial Day ceremony asuccess.

Stephen Robertazzi, Dir.Cranford Recreation

Garwood SeniorsPlan Casino Trip

GARWOOD — The Garwood Se-nior Citizen Club has planned atrip to Resorts Casino in AtlanticCity for Monday, June 26. Thebus will leave at 10 a.m. sharpfrom the Garwood Fire House,located at 415 South Avenue,Garwood.

The cost is $25 per person. Allwill receive a generous slot re-turn. Interested persons areasked to make their reservationas soon as possible by callingShirley at (908) 377-5456 orJennie at (908) 789-0778.

Probitas Verus Honos

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Having a Wonderful TimeAt the Westfield H.S. Prom