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Edgewater’s Monthly Community NewspaperVolume XXV, No. 4 April 2012

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Daibes saves the day for Edgewater school bus costs Fred Daibes hands a check for $66,000 to Board of Education President Tom Quinton with Borough Councilman Kevin Doran at right. Full story on Page 9

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Edgewater’s Good News Monthly Community Newspaper Volume XXIV, No. 6 June 2011

FounderMaria Estela de [email protected]

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ChairmanSergio Fernández de Có[email protected]

CTOChristopher [email protected]

The EDGEWATER RESIDENTIAL is published monthly and provided to the residents of Edge-water. Those who wish to volunteer are welcome in this major effort to publish a community pa-per. Financial contributions are also welcome. All rights reserve. No part of this newspaper may be reproduced without the express written consent of the Edgewater Residential.All correspondence, including ads, contributions, and requests for subscriptions, should be directed to the publisher at Edgewater Residential.Interested in writing for the EDGEWATER RESIDEN TIAL? Drop us a note at [email protected] with your contact information and the best way to reach you.


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From the desk of Gregory S. Franz - Borough Administrator

Independence Day Celebration – The Edgewater Mayor and Council along with the Recreation Department are proud to present fireworks at Veterans Field on Friday, July 1 with a rain date of Monday July 5. Veterans Field will open to the public at 6:00 p.m. for children’s entertainment and activities, music, and food. The event is free except for the cost of refreshments. Bring a blanket and chair and watch the spectacular show produced by the Serpico Family of Newton, New Jersey’s International Fireworks Company since 1906, overlooking the George Washington Bridge and New York City skyline. The Edgewater trolley bus will operate along River Road and Undercliff Avenue between 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. so leave your car at home and walk and ride to the event. Inflatable rides, face painting, clowns, balloon toss are all available for the children, no alcoholic beverages permitted.

Route 5 Rock Stabilization Project – The New Jersey Department of Transportation will be performing a rock slope stabilization project along New Jersey Route 5 in Edgewater. This project calls for the removal and stabilization of rock along the cliff face. The work calls for approximately 28 days of full closure of Route 5 to perform the most dangerous work first. The borough requested that this work not commence until school ends in June so school transportation is not effected. At the conclusion of the 28 day closure, Route 5 will be open to east bound traffic only during working hours and during morning and afternoon peak hours, bi-directional traffic will be permitted. The Edgewater Police along with the Cliffside Park and Fort Lee Police Departments will work collectively in an attempt to keep traffic flowing and provide ample signage.

Borough Hall Moving Day – The Edgewater Police and Municipal offices are tentatively scheduled to move into the new Borough Hall at 55 River Road the weekend of June 17. Borough offices will be closed Friday, June 17 and Monday, June 20 and will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 21 so that Borough staff can close down the old facility and prepare to open the new facility. We ask for residents’ cooperation if we do not respond in a timely manner during this period. Staff will be onsite and email and telephones should be operational by Saturday, June 18; however, we may be distracted in attempting to organize the offices and files. The Police Department should be operational in the new facility by Sunday, June 19; however, residents should not see any interruption in emergency service during this transition.

Crossing Guards NeededThe Edgewater Police Department is in need of crossing guards for the 2011-2012 school year.

Edgewater residents 18 and older can apply by filling out an application in the office of the Borough Administrator of Borough Hall. A valid New Jersey Drivers License is preferred. Standard back-

ground checks are performed and guards need to report to posts by 6:45 a.m. and again by 2:00 p.m.

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SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION – As the community is aware of the closure of Veterans Field due to soil contamination, the borough has decided NOT to schedule summer camp activities at the Community Center due to the scheduled rehabilitation and restoration project that will result in heavy equipment being used throughout the site of Veterans Field. As an alternative, a modified camp will be held utilizing the Eleanor Van Gelder School. Due to the alternate site, some programs will have to be modified or eliminated such as before and after camp, as well as some traditional programs that have used Veterans Field as the venue. As with previous camp registrations, registration is based on first come, first serve with a waiting list that will be generated for openings that may occur. Edgewater has facilitated a partnership with the Borough of Leonia so that Edgewater children can register for the Leonia camp program as well as utilize the Leonia Pool, several camp options exist with different pricing

established by the Borough of Leonia. Leonia Registration will be held April 2 to April 30th with the Leonia Recreation Department. Contact the Leonia Recreation Department Director, Barbara Davidson at 201-592-5783 or e-mail [email protected]. Registration information for the modified Edgewater Summer Camp program will be provided through the Eleanor Van Gelder School. Registration will take place on Saturday, May 5 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Edgewater Community Center, 1167 River Road. Space is limited and acceptance is based on first come, first serve. It is highly recommended that residents seek alternative programs such as the Leonia program so that you are aware of as many options as possible. In order to provide a fulfilling and safe environment, especially this year due to the circumstances, the Edgewater program must be limited and modified.

2012 MUNICIPAL BUDGETThe Governing Body introduced

the 2012 Municipal Budget on March 19 that will result in an average $168.00 increase from 2011 in the amount of money tax payers pay for the municipal portion of their tax bill. Remember, when you receive your tax bill, it includes three taxing entities, municipal, schools, and county. The municipal portion is only approximately 45% of the total bill. The 2012 municipal budget resulted in a $1,238,144 appropriation increase from 2011. Total appropriations in 2011 were $22,818,220 and in 2012, they will be $24,056,364 or a 5.15% increase. The tax levy, or the amount to be raised by taxes in 2011 was $18,216,763 and in 2012 the levy will be $19,224,227 or a 5.53% increase. The main contributing factor to this increase in the levy is the inability to generate enough revenues other than taxes, to cover expenses. The main appropriation increases were debt service, the amount of money owed as a result of borrowing for capital projects $354,006, street lighting, $42,000, and health benefits $617,755. The Mayor and

Council are aggressively looking at health care options to reduce this cost. The more revenues Edgewater receives, the less of a levy, or the amount we need to assess directly to the property owner. Edgewater was fortunate enough to receive state fiscal aid in the amount of $750,731, the same amount as last year, this money will go directly to tax relief, or less the amount needed to raise in taxes. To counter the trend of lost revenues identified a few years ago, we initiated the collection of two new sources of revenue, ambulance billing and sewer fees. The revenue projections for both billings are $186,000 and $150,000 respectively which could decrease the overall tax levy. In 2010, the municipal tax rate was .582 and in 2011, the rate was .698, and 2012 the introduced rate will be .700. On the typical residential assessment of $433,000, the average amount of municipal taxes to be paid will be $3,202. A public hearing is set for April 16 whereby the 2012 municipal budget will tentatively be adopted as introduced.

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By Bob BatchOne of the biggest topics last month was the re-turn of Mad Men, a show about people working in advertising back in the 1960’s when the prov-erse power of creating desire for products began to tighten its grip on our culture. Strange, the things we are nostalgic for, huh?!

I haven’t actually watched the show, but luckily I actually remember the ‘60’s. So, whenever any one of these media versions come along I can ref-erence my own recollections of what it was like and fill in the rest by imagining what aspects of that time would appeal most to viewers today. I am guessing the abundance of cocktails, covert affairs, and money and power are making a lot of people long for the good old days when we were dreaming of two cars in every garage and white picket fences around our yard –and all that.

The way I remember it though the young gen-eration was rebelling against all of that stuff by using drugs instead of cocktails, having free sex without ‘hang-ups’, and dreaming of a Utopian society where everyone would have everything they needed. Needless to say, that didn’t work out so well. Hey, maybe that’s why we’re so nos-talgic for the lifestyle we rejected back then.

Anyway, all this looking back, whether it’s to the cool psychedelic swinging ‘60’s or the conven-tional suit and tie boardroom drama are idealiza-tions of what life was like. When you actually lived it you weren’t thinking,’ this is the coolest era ever!’ I’m still wondering why I didn’t have a high school experience like ‘Happy Days’. I know there were malt shops and some people had hot rods, but all the non stop fun and cool-

ness must have been at some secret location only certain people new about.

A lot of people hit the open road on motorcycles following the trail blazed by ‘Easy Rider’- search-ing for coolness and independence. More often than not though, the bikes would break down or you’d get caught in a rainstorm that would take all the magic out of the experience.

It’s easy to look back at a time of our choosing and remember only a small portion of it with a disproportionate fondness. It’s also a good thing to forget all the day to day mundane events and the awkward empty times which dominates so much of life.

In the last month or so I’ve been to events at the Legion Hall and Holy Rosary here in town. Those are two places I remember from the late 50’s and 60’s that haven’t changed very much at all. In fact, they are probably the last two places left in Edgewater that haven’t changed!

Back in the good old days, at least the way I remember it, the American Legion ran annual shows where members performed and everyone in town partied- skipping the light fantastic! Ev-erybody had their wedding reception there, and every Election Day there was a free party for everybody! The Church Hall had talent shows and Christmas parties. I remember the St. Pat-rick’s Day party being packed with people and everyone singing along to ‘When Irish Eyes Are Smiling’.

It was a time when people knew how to dance and they would take to the floor to do Fox Trots,

Waltzes, Jitterbugs and whatever all those other steps were. I still see people dance like that at some events but it is becoming a rare sight.

Maybe it’s my imagination but it seems that both the Legion and The Church Hall have gotten smaller over time. These places that once ap-peared so grand and spacious to me have now diminished over the years. Some of it is prob-ably seeing through the eyes of age, but maybe my generation, the kids of all those dancers and revelers that never took up those traditions, make them seem so.

This is only a theory of mine, but a lot of the problem seems to have started when Mr. Zanetti, the gym teacher at GW School, tried to teach us Square Dancing. From there it all went down hill. Most of the guys of my generation spent years standing around at dances refusing to participate, for reasons none of us really understood. Even today, most Edgewater guys only dance when their wives insist on it, and only slow dance which you can fake your way through.

By the way though, it seems like the generation that followed mine has taken up dancing again, although not the kind our parents did. The new dances have to be suited to texting while you are moving around the dance floor.

Maybe all this is a matter of my perception, and people are having just as good a time as they ever were back when Edgewater had its glory days, but in a different way. In my mind though, that time and those places back in the 60’s were the epitome of community and excitement. At least that’s the way I saw it.

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Pet Valu, a specialty retailer of pet food, treats, toys and accessories, opened a store in Edgewa-ter on Saturday, March 24, in the Marketplace at 725 River Road with the participation of three pet adoption agencies that drew a large crowd throughout the day.A warm early spring day was perfect for the dis-play of adoptable cats and dogs in cages on the sidewalk in front of the store. Some were on leashes held by volunteers. The partici-pating organizations were North Shore Animal League, RLC Rescue of Jersey City and CLAWS of Closter.Business was brisk inside of the store as visitors perused a line of holistic and organic pet food as well as an ex-tensive line of accessories. Operator of the new store is Steve Marella who said he was pleased with the turnout.The Edgewater store is the 23rd to open in New Jersey with shops that include loca-tions in Dumont, Pompton

Lakes and Wyckoff. Pet Valu was formed in Can-ada in 1976 and now has 300 store located across Canada and more than 70 in the United States. The stores in the U.S. are concentrated in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.The pet adoption folks will be back April 14-15 for Pet Appreciation Week.

Pet Valu Store opens with emphasis on adoptions Wine TastingA wine tasting of exotic wines from around the coun-try will be held to raise funds for the 21st Edgewater Arts & Music Festival. The event will be held Friday, April 20 at Flemings Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar at City Place in Edgewater. It will run from 6:30-8:30 PM and is hosted by Buddy Chick, Fleming’s Partner and Manager. Tickets are $40 per person and, in ad-dition to the wine, Flemings will offer a variety of hors’doeuvers to compliment the wines. All proceeds benefit the Edgewater Arts Council. The Edgewater Arts & Music Festival, sponsored by the Edgewater Arts Council, will be held Sunday, September 9, 2012 at Old River Road and Thompson Lane. Last year, nearly 50 artists competed for the $3,000 in juried art prizes. Lynne Grasz, Edgewater Arts Council President, expects this year’s event to surpass all attendance records with more artists and musicians than ever. A School Corner will highlight artwork from local area students and will encourage young people to par-ticipate in the arts. School children from Eleanor Van Gelder school will perform musical selections from the main stage area. Professional musicians will per-form all day from the main stage providing a variety of music. Larry Lipsen is Music Director, and each year he coordinates a musical event that attracts peo-ple from all over the Gold Coast area.For further information,visit www.edgewaterarts.com

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Juvenile Calendar of Events:2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 Monday & Thursday; 6:00-8:00 PM “SAT Prep’ Classes with Sylvan Learning Center!”: Gr. 10 & 11: There is a fee of $40 per week for this class. Enrollment is manda-tory, so please call the library at 201-224-6144 to do so and make an investment in the future of your child!

2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Monday; 3:30: “Art with Liza”: Gr. K-3: Join art-teacher Liza E. as she guides students through myriad art projects and provides instruction on techniques! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to enroll your child in this popular arts & crafts program!

2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Monday; 4:30: “Art with Liza”: Gr. 4+: Art with Liza for grades 4-6. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to enroll your child in this popular arts & crafts program!3 Tuesday, 4:00 PM: “Tuesday @ The Movies: Chip-Wrecked” Gr. K-3: Pizza provided, please call the library at 201-224-6144 to enroll.

4, 11, 18, 25 Wednesday; 11:30 & 12:15: “Babies’ Lapsit Storytime” Ages Up to 18 Mos.: Enrollment is mandatory and limited to Edge-water residents only, please. Contact the library at 201-224-6144 to register your child for this fabulous, weekly, Mommy/Daddy/Care-giver n’ Me-time!

4, 11, 18, 25 Wednesday; 4:00 PM: “Chess Club”: Ages 7+: Enroll-ment for Spring session is closed, enrollment for Summer Session will begin the last week of April.

4, 11, 18, 25 Wednesday; 5:00 PM: “Guitar with Tom”: Gr. : Tom Gayle provides “intermediate” instruction for youngsters eager to learn how to play “the axe!” Please call the library at 201-224-6144 and enroll your child. Due to the nature of the program, enrollment is

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5, 12, 19, 26 Thursday, 10:30& 11:30 AM: “Mother Goose Group Storytime” Ages 18 Mos+: Enrollment is mandatory and limited to Edgewater residents only, please. “MGG” Storytime is comprised of stories, sing-along, puppets, shakers and more! A delightful 40 minutes for caregiver and toddler. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

5, 12, 19, 26 Thursday, 4:00 PM: “Starter Chess Club”: Ages 5&6: Enrollment for Spring session is closed, enrollment for Summer Ses-sion will begin the last week of April.

5, 12, 19, 26 Thursday, 5:00 PM: “Beginning Guitar with Joe”: Gr. 4+: Joe Licitra provides younger students with instruction. Learn notes, chords, and more. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to register.

13, 20, 27 Friday, 10:30 & 11:30 AM: “Storytime Yoga!” Adra Lemos seamlessly blends storytime with simple Yoga poses. The result is a program that is good… and good for ya’! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 and reserve your space at this popular initiative. NOTE: The 10:30 slot is for children Ages 14 Mos-2 ½ years, 11:30 is for children ages 2 ½ and up.

13, 27 Friday, 3:00 PM: “Tiny Hands Art Class” Ages 15 Mos+: Susan Price runs a wonderfully imaginative entry-level Arts & Crafts class for toddlers and the caregivers who belong to them! Come get craft, with Sue! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to register.13, 20, 27 Friday, 4:00 PM: “Wee Read” Gr. 2-4: This is your first book discussion group! Fun and pizza provided! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 in order to enroll.

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Have you ever had bad dreams that can be truly frightening nightmares or feel that you are being tired down to your bed by restrains?If you have terrible nightmares, we can con-clude that in most cases you are stressed out and it attracts a bad spiritual influence. Also if you cannot sleep well, your mind that has some negative thoughts like worries, anxiet-ies, and fears for your future so on attracts negative energy. Remedies for Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Restraints Breathing MethodsBreathing methods offer good approach. If you cannot move and there is nothing you can do about it, in order to regain your own spirit, you should try catching your breath.As you are lying down, try to breathe from the lower stomach area below the belly but-ton. The idea is to provide your body with fresh oxygen. Try breathing in, and if you are able to repeat this deep respiration several times over, strangely enough you will find that the evil spirits have parted from you. One of the secrets of this breathing method is that as you breathe, light will enter your body. When that happens, the negative influ-ences that are holding you down will let go. At that moment, you will be free. This is how to escape through the breathing method.

Positive Thinking and Self-ReflectionAnother method is to change your perspec-tive into a positive one. The fact that spiritual influence can approach you is evidence that the wavelengths given off by your mind and the wavelengths of the negative energy are the same, so in this case you should reverse the situation. You must eliminate any think-ing about negative things and look towards the light. Think only about wonderful, posi-tive things within your mind. This is another method for dealing with this threat.

Another strategy is to practice self-reflec-tion. Even if the weight on your chest pre-vents your body from moving and you can-not move your hands either, that does not mean that this restraint is extending into your head. Therefore, while lying down, engage in self-reflection. If you find yourself in such a situation, it means that as some point up to the prior day you have been having trouble with human relationships. In this situation, try thinking about the person with whom you get along the least, a person about whom you get along the least, a person about whom you think, “I can’t stand him”, or, “If only she wasn’t around.” If there is someone in your life who fits this description, then try think-ing of him or her and practice self-reflection, then try thinking of him or her and practice self-reflection. In any event, start with apolo-gizing to this person.

Giving ThanksNext, another method is giving thanks.One day is like a lifetime. If you live by this philosophy, then the end of each day corre-sponds to the end of your entire life. So you should give thanks by saying something like this: “It is my turn to leave this world. Now I can return to a pleasurable world. Looking back over my life on this earth, I can say that I truly had a good life. Thank you so much. Even if I should die here and now, I am sat-isfied.” By giving thanks like this, you will drive them away. This is another method for dealing with the problem. The next time you experience a bad dream, I suggest that you try our some of the methods explained above. Also before going to bed, if you practice breathing with positive thinking and self-reflection, and giving thanks would make you sleep well.

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The world beyond ours is in fact the real world, while this world is only temporary. This world exists as a place for people to undergo train-ing for their souls. In this sense, this world is not totally imaginary. This world is a place where the soul bor-rows the temporary form of flesh for the sake of self-expression. Be that as it may, a physical body must in-evitably enter the path of decline. Therefore, even if you pursue hap-piness in this world, that will not be a final form of happiness. It is important to pursue happiness that will continue from this world to the next. This is the happiness called “enlightenment”. For example, if we say that Shaky-amuni Buddha did not seek hap-piness for himself, that would not be true. In of the Buddhist sutras, Shakyamuni Buddha declares, “There is no man who has sought happiness more than I.” In fact, Shaykamuni Budda continuously searched for the happiness called enlightenment. In short, as long as people are attached to the bodily portion, or the temporary portion of this world, ultimate happiness can-not be achieved. This world is a world of flux in which all things are transient, and nothing is permanent. Human beings cannot remain young and beautiful forever. As we get older, our hair turns white, we get hunched over at the waist, and our faces become wrinkled. Eventually we become ill and die. Birth, aging, illness, and death were unavoidable

2,500 years ago and still is today. Modern day medicine is constantly striving to lengthen our life spans, yet they remain finite. Rather, we are probably now subject to sufferings, which were not around 2,500 years ago. Measures taken in terminal medical treatment are characterized by requiring many tubes to be stuck into patients’ bodies – this is called the “spaghetti syndrome”, and I be-lieve a life passed under such con-ditions can only be one of suffering. In that sense we can say that new forms of suffering have arisen for the sake of lengthening life spans. That is because medicine itself does not recognize the world after death, and it considers life in this world to be all that we have. As far as life in this world is con-cerned, it is important to live, as hap-pily as possible, but after passing a certain point, we should be willing to wind things up. After all, this world is nothing more than a stop on the way to the next world. For example, even if elementary school was a supremely happy world for us, we cannot remain a primary school stu-dent forever. Although at the time we might have cried while saying, “I don’t want to say goodbye to my friends”, we will have to part with dear friends as we move on up to middle school, and then eventually high school, and to college. Although partings can be bitter, if we do not experience them, we are not able to develop to the next step. Human beings living on this earth

must all pass through the gateway of death and experience separa-tions from family and friends. Then, in accordance with our achieve-ments in this world, we will go to the next world, a place where our comrades will be. It is similar to the way in which we progress through junior high school, high school and finally college, based on our individ-ual academic abilities. Accordingly, it will not do good to regret separa-tions. To the end, it is best to have ingrained the feeling that all things are transient.”- Extra commentary by Minister Quan:“This article was not meant to de-press you or encourage anyone to be nihilistic or pessimistic in any way. It’s good to know the truth about the afterlife so that you don’t have such a strong fear of death and therefore can be more relaxed and calm. It’s just simply the truth that you can use and accept as a fact of life so that you can live with more courage, dig-nity, and serenity. The information in this article should actually make you less anxious, alleviate some of your worries and make you more grate-ful for your life and not take things for granted. Just try your best to live the most satisfying, meaningful, and productive life you can, no matter what you are going through now.In other words, make all the efforts you can to be happy and at the same time, bring happiness to as many other people as possible while you are still alive everyday in this world

without blaming other people or the environment for your failures or dis-appointments. Just show the best of yourself to others while doing all you can to improve yourself and your life without making any excuses. Always look for infinite possibilities and encourage yourself to do good things every day.Be honest, be brave, be sincere, be wise, be positive, be productive, be considerate, be compassionate, and be strong.” This article is an excerpt from the book ‘Healing Yourself’ by Master Ryuho Okawa, who is the founder and leader of Happy Science, a new global spiritual movement based on universal truth. He is a Guinness Book of World Record holder, and bestselling author of over 800 books with 100 million copies sold world-wide in 20+ languages. He has giv-en more than 1,600 lectures to live audiences of 50,000+.

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By Douglas E. HallAfter a tumultuous Board of Education meeting on Thursday, March 22, where par-ents were up in arms over the prospect of the elimination of what is know as courtesy busing, and being told they would have to pay as much as $800 per child to transport their children to school who live less than two miles from the school, local developer Fred Daibes stepped in and donated $66,000 to continue what has been up to now free school bus service to students for at least the coming 2012-2013 school year.Faced with strong opposition from parents objecting to the elimination of courtesy bus-ing, trustees offered to cut new charges for this bus service to $400 and offered dis-counts beyond that amount to parents with more than one child in school. But the par-ents at the school board meeting were not in the mood for deal making. They were informed that the board could not come up with the additional $66,000 to offer free courtesy busing for the next school year. The meeting ended with that stalemate.It was at that point and over the next few days that Mr. Daibes approached the school board and made his offer to at least for the next school year, solve the problem. Like angels who save Broadway shows with fi-nancing, Mr. Daibes became the angel who saved courtesy busing in Edgewater. He simply wrote a check to the Board of Educa-tion for $66,000. This is not the only exam-ple of Mr. Daibes’ generosity to the people of Edgewater. Over the years, Mr. Diabes has provided funding for the town’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display and fencing for the annual Edgewater Arts Festival. Courtesy busing has become a traditional perk in many school districts, but it is not called courtesy for nothing. It began years ago as a courtesy. There is no law or mandate that it must be offered. State regulations re-quire that students, who live more than two miles from a school, must have transporta-tion provided by the school district, which usually is done with school buses. In the case of Edgewater, busing both that which is mandated and that which falls into the cour-tesy category has been provided by the Leo-nia school system, which provides busing to for grades 7 through 12 to Leonia schools as part of the send-receive arrangement Edge-water pays to maintain with Leonia.But in the economic difficulties and tightened budgets over recent years, courtesy business has been eliminated and/or cut back in many school districts, both across the county and the state. Long range, the prognosis is that courtesy business is on the way out. Some parents at the recent Board of Educa-tion meeting reasoned that courtesy busi-ness is cheaper than hiring additional school crossing guards. First of all, the school board

does not hire nor employ school crossing guards. They are borough employees. Su-perintendent of Schools Dr. Lorraine Cella, who expressed gratitude to Mr. Daibes’ do-nation, explains that the crossing guard is-sue is one that is discussed between school and borough officials during the summer to access how many school guards are needed and where they are needed.Since the coming school year will mark the opening of the new George Washington School on River Road, it may be the case that additional school guards will be needed regardless of the final disposition of cour-tesy busing in this district. There may also be needed additional sidewalks here and there For example on the east side of Route 5 between the stretch of the stare highway from Undercliff Avenue at the Point to the resumption of the northern portion of Under-cliff at the hairpin curve, a sidewalk would make walking along Route 5 safer.The gift from Mr. Daibes gives the Board of Education a year of breathing room to con-vince parents that courtesy business cannot be offered for the 2013-2014 school year. School trustees cannot count on the generos-ity of Mr. Daibes or any other public spirited resident to continue indefinitely into the fu-ture.

Daibes saves the Day for Edgewater School Bus costs Honored for Work with PetsColleen Ofeldt, a college student and assistant to Jeff Vido at Jeff’s Fast Frame shop in the Market Place (725 River Road) was honored Thursday at the third annual Salute to Pets and Heroes din-ner the Florentine Gardens in River Vale. Ms. Ofeldt, who lives in Sad-dle Brook, was cited for her vol-unteer work with START (Save the A n i m a l s R e s c u e Team) II. That includ-ed cleaning cages; using her artistic skills for flyers, knit-ted catnip items, and handmade handicrafts for fundrais-ing, as well as selling Dogfest and Pets & He-roes 50/50 raffle tickets on behalf of START II. She describes herself as “a cog in a well-oiled machine where many work together to make ex-traordinary things happen.”

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Mass Schedule: Monday thru Friday 8:00am in the Parish Center Chapel on Edgewater Place. Saturdays at 5:30pm in the Church. Sundays at 8:00am and 11:00am in the Church. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 4:30pm in the Church or by appointment.

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Palm Sunday-April 1stPalm distributed at 5:00PM & 8:00AM Masses10:30 AM-Gathering in Church HallFor Procession to 11:00AM MassHoly Thursday-April 5th9:00Am Morning Prayer7:30PM-Mass of the Lord’s SupperExposition of he Blessed SacramentGood Friday-April 6th9:00AM Morning Prayer3:00PM Remembrance or the Lord’s PassionCommunion Servics7:00PM Station of the CrossHoly Saturday-April 7th9:00AM Morning Prayer7:00PM Easter Vigil LituryEaster Sunday-April 8th8:00 AM & 11:00AM Celebration of the Eucharist

We are a people with open arms to warmly receive you into the community. There are programs, ministries, clubs and continuing education for the young through the more mature. We are a people and place to meet God, be loved,

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10 Tuesday, 4:00 PM: “Cupcake Wars” Gr. 2+: Do you think YOU have what it takes to be the next great baker? Well, we won’t find out be-cause nobody is baking anything in the library. HOWEVER, you WILL have the opportunity to decorate and customize pre-made cupcakes and they will be judged… and devoured! Enrollment is limited and mandatory. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to do so.

17 Tuesday, 4:00 PM: “Beading with Sue”: Gr. 1+: Make beautiful handmade jewelry for gifts or to wear yourself! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.Loud and Incredibly Close” Adults only, please: Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

Library Events continued from page 5 23, 30 Monday, 11:00 AM: “Learn Chinese, with Ying!” Ages 3-6: A wonderful opportunity to teach children the Chinese language and cul-ture! Due to the nature of the program, seating is limited to just 8 stu-dents. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your spots!

24 Tuesday, 4:00 PM: “The MiddleGround Book-Club” Gr. 4-6: This new book club, designed for children in grades 4, 5 and 6, will be lead by Susan Price. Fun, games and pizza! Please reserve your space in this new program by calling the library at 201-224-6144.28 Saturday, 10:30 AM: “Open Chess Tournament” Open to all: Tro-phies awarded, pizza will be served. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to pre-register.ADULT CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES3, 10, 17 Tuesday, 6:45-8:30 PM: “Who Am I, Anyway?” Art-Therapy with Certified Art Therapist Bonnie Gabriel: Join Bonnie as she guides attendees on a fascinating exploration of self-discovery; Who was I before children, who am I now, and how do I reconcile what was with what is? Registration for this VERY special 3 week workshop is man-datory, please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

4 Wednesday, 7:00 PM: “Chinese Cultural Presentation by Shen Yun Performing Arts” Adults only, please. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

7, 14, 21, 28 Saturday, 2:00-3:30 PM: “Knitting Toys, with Tamara!” Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

7, 14, 21, 28 Saturday, 4-5:00 PM: “Adult Guitar Lessons with Tom” Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

11 Wednesday, 7-8:00 PM: “Getting Started…Again! Weight Loss: Presented by Holy Name Hospital: Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

25 Wednesday, 7-9:00 PM: “Wednesday @ The Movies: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” Adults only, please: Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space.

Easter: Come see what all the fuss is about!Palm Sunday Blessing of Palms April 1, 8 am and 10 am, procession at 10 am.Palms are a sign of our trust in God’s healing presence in the best and worst of times.

Maundy Thursday, April 5, 6:30 “Everything you wanted to know about Holy Week” informal discussion over supper at the Rectory; Eu-charist at 8:30.

Good Friday, April 6 – How is God present when all is lost? Noon, Good Friday liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer;

7:30 pm, Living Stations of the Cross with the Park Players

Easter Sunday, April 8, 8 am and 10 am “Through the tomb to new life”

Earth Day Outdoor Eucharist Sunday April 22, with public clean up project after


Veteran’s Field UpdateOn Tuesday, February 21, 2012, a

Community Information Meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. at the Edgewater Community Center. Residents were provided a presentation about the type of contaminants found in the soil of Veteran’s Field and the recommended method of remediation. Ronald Dooney, Jr., the Borough’s Licensed Site Remediation Specialist of TERMS Environmental Consultants provided this presentation. Five (5) areas have been identified as areas that polychlorinated biphenyls or commonly known as PCB’s exist beyond the residential standard of 0.20 parts per million of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection standards. In these areas, soil will be removed and replaced with clean fill. When this is completed, approximately two (2) feet of clean fill will be used to cap the entire facility, essentially raising the existing grade. This cap will create a protective barrier between the existing soil and the new clean fill that the public will then be permitted to utilize. Concerns of some residents were the creation of dust during the remediation process. Mr. Dooney addressed this by stating their will be a safety plan in place whereby if weather conditions create this situation, monitors will signal a work stoppage. Also, what is important to remember is that the only soil being removed is that within the five (5) areas of highest concentrations. The majority of the remediation calls for capping the existing surface with certified clean fill. The same contaminants have been found in all of the samples taken from all areas of the facility. The material found by the river is the same material found by River Road. The disturbance of heavily contaminated soil is minimal based on the size of the facility, 27.58 acres. Stephanie Santos of Neglia Engineering Associates presented the restoration phase of the project, the phase that will restore the facility to the way it was and even better with some improved features. The Borough will utilize its Veterans Field Master Plan which was developed several years ago to improve and upgrade the facility with properly placed baseball and softball diamonds along with a soccer field. The impervious areas such as the existing basketball and tennis courts, the walkway, and community center will remain intact and undisturbed. Many residents had concerns about the placement of the proposed dog run on the south east portion of the facility. Designers will reevaluate this proposal and consider moving or eliminating this feature. Based on the remediation and the master plan upgrades, the estimated cost of this project is between $8 and $10 million, of which approximately $1,721,240.62 already exists in New Jersey Green Acres and Bergen County Open Space funding awarded to the Borough. The estimated completion date whereby the facility can be reopened to the public is the spring of 2013. As always, the Borough will continue to provide information on the status of the remediation on a regular basis.

GPS Feature Added To Ferry Shuttle Bus

The Borough of Edgewater and New York Waterway are pleased to announce that New York Waterway will be installing global positioning systems in the Edgewater Ferry Buses so that users can log onto the New York Waterway electronic device application and see the exact location of your Edgewater Ferry bus. Remain in the comfort of your home until it is time to walk to your ferry shuttle bus stop. This service is being provided to residents compliments of New York Waterway. The application is currently available for download from New York Waterway and provides information on New York Waterway Manhattan buses; the Edgewater capability will be available in a few weeks, log onto www.edgewaternj.org or www.nywaterway.com.

EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS - The Borough’s Shade Tree Committee, a volunteer committee of residents who work toward the education and preservation of our environment and trees would like to remind residents that Monday, April 22 is Earth Day and Friday, April 27 is Arbor Day. The committee works with the Edgewater Board of Education in creating a program at the Eleanor Van Gelder School to educate our children on the importance of our environment and trees. The committee would like to ask residents to do something special for our environment and community by perhaps creating a garden or planting a tree on your property.

ANNUAL TOWN WIDE CLEAN-UP - The Borough of Edgewater invites residents to participate in the annual cemetery clean-up to be held on Saturday, May 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Please contact the Department of Public Works for details at 201-943-1700 ext. 5000. Be part of this hidden historic treasure of Edgewater and assist your neighbors in maintaining Edgewater’s past by sprucing up our own historic cemetery that dates back to 1795 and is the burial location of Edgewater’s Native American Princess Go-Won-Go-Mohawk.

The annual town wide clean-up and clean-out has been scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Residents are urged to place bulky waste items such as furniture, toys, computer equipment and general household items, yard waste such as tree and shrub branches, cut and bundled, and any unwanted items. The Public Works Department does separate the items, so all items are recycled appropriately. The only items NOT collected are batteries, paint cans, household hazardous waste, propane tanks, and tires. These items are recycled by the Bergen County Utilities Authority at locations throughout Bergen County.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL – The Bergen County Utilities Authority is sponsoring its annual hazardous waste disposal program at three locations county wide. The following items are acceptable and will be accepted for disposal: aerosol cans, paints, pesticides, solvents, and many items commonly found in the home that cannot be disposed in regular trash. For event details and information call 201-807-5825 or log onto www.bcua.org. All events are open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. rain or shine at the following locations and dates:

Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus

Sunday, April 15Sunday, June 10Sunday, October 14Bergen County Utilities Authority, Empire

Blvd. MoonachieSaturday, July 21Campgaw Reservation, 200 Campgaw

Road, MahwahSaturday, May 19Saturday, September 8Saturday, November 17

ELECTRONICS, TIRES, AND DOCUMENT SHREDDING RECYCLING – The Bergen County Utilities Authority will be sponsoring a recycling event for computers, electronics, tires, and the shredding of paper documents. For event details call 201-807-5825 or log onto www.bcua.org, all events will be from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. rain or shine at the following locations:

Bergen County Community Services, 327 E. Ridgewood Ave, Paramus

Sunday, April 29Saturday, August 18Campgaw Reservation, 200 Campgaw

Road, MahwahSaturday, June 23Saturday, November 3

New York City IronmanThe famous ironman competition is

coming to the New York area on August 11, 2012. The competition will have parts in New Jersey starting in the Palisades Interstate Park at Ross Dock underneath the George Washington Bridge and utilizing Hudson Terrace in Fort Lee. New York Waterway will be providing ferry service for competitors via the Edgewater Landing. Hudson Terrace in Fort Lee will be closed to traffic and residents are encouraged to utilize New Jersey Route 5. More information will be provided before the competition date.

Formula 1 RacingFormula One racing will be coming to New

Jersey in the summer of 2013. The race will take place along the streets of Weehawken and the area of Port Imperial. As with the Macy’s fireworks show, this event will create traffic issues. As event details become available, we will distribute the information accordingly.

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