May 7, 2009 Newsstand 75¢ The Home-Delivered 53¢ www.theitemonline.com Serving our Community mmunitySince 1888 Item Test results in Fishing derby Grand jury to consider Residents enjoy casting evidence in fatal crash. their vote for trout. of Millburn and Short Hills See A3 See B6 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SMART LITTLE SINGERS VISIT BAUER CENTER Town examines unsafe crossings By Erin Patricia Griffiths Avenue and Cypress Street. of The Item According to Baer, some of the suggestions for traffic calming mea- With spring in full swing and sures and pedestrian safety include summer fast approaching, many installing speed tables, better sig- area residents are taking advantage nage, and creating bump outs on of the parks and recreational facil- the sidewalks to shorten a pedes- ities in the township. trian’s path from one corner to But some have expressed con- another while also giving a larger cern about the safety of the streets area to stand while waiting to surrounding these areas, raising cross. The permitting of right hand issues of pedestrian accessibility turns at some intersections is also with Township Committee mem- being re-evaluated. bers and the police department. The public safety committee has Attention is already being given been consulting with the police to traffic and pedestrian issues in department to determine which town, according to Township safety measures would yield the Committee Member Daniel Baer. best results. Baer and Deputy Mayor Tom Baer said that there is a meeting McDermott spoke about some of scheduled this week with several the ideas and concerns discussed vendors for such projects and also by the public safety committee at a meeting of the traffic safety com- the April 21 Township Committee mittee scheduled for today. meeting. The projects will be a cost to the “For the five years I’ve been on town, but Baer said the committee the committee, I’ve been very will look at these costs with Town- involved in traffic and pedestrian ship Administrator Tim Gordon. safety in town. I feel it has always The projects will also need been a priority,” said Baer in a approval from the township com- phone interview Monday. mittee. Baer said that he has been “Some of the things are relative- working with the traffic safety ly inexpensive, but will produce committee, as well as the police great benefits,” said Baer. He also department, fire department and said that the township would look department of public works, to to apply for and use grant money identify the issues in town and try to fund many of these projects, not- to address as many of them as pos- ing that they are “investigationing sible. all options.” Several intersections have been According to Baer, some of the highlighted as a priority in discus- areas would fall under the Safe sions, such as Main Street and Routes to School programs for eli- Ridgewood Road, Whittingham gibility for funding. In addition, STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY TRUMBORE Terrace and Ridgewood Road, and money may be available through all streets surrounding Taylor Park. the New Jersey Department of Neighborhood House students in Jane Drew’s 3-year-old class entertain the Friday Friends women’s group last week at the Some other streets for the commit- Transportation as well as local aid Bauer Community Center in Taylor Park. Telling the ladies that they know their ABCs are, from left, Lauren Crespi, Ava Wolfe, tee’s consideration include Glen programs. Will Kernan, Leah Riso, Emma Cosereanu, Owen Masters and Aidan Tolchin. SCHOOL VIOLENCE MHS students answer complaints in court By Harry Trumbore The minister and his son were parking lot fight and struck him in of The Item both charged with aggravated the eyes with his fingers. Brender, assault, among other charges, fol- Barnes-George claims, threw her Two Millburn High School stu- lowing the parking lot fight. A Mill- son to the ground during the fight dents accused of assaulting anoth- burn High School student, who the following day. er student before or during an school officials said intervened in The complaint against Miller altercation in the school parking the fight as a “Good Samaritan,” claims he put the boy in a choke- lot in January pleaded not guilty in was hospitalized and released that hold and threw him to the ground municipal court Tuesday. evening. during the fight. Their hearings, however, will The Georges, who are African- The complaints charge the three take place outside the township, American, claim their sons have with simple assault, a disorderly according to court officials. been the target of racial harass- persons charge. The two students, Adam Bren- ment at the school and that after- Shaughnessy said there is a con- der and Roger McGlynn, both 18 noon were chased into the parking flict with the court, necessitating a years old, responded in court to lot by as many as a dozen white move for the three hearings to complaints filed by Brenda Barnes- students. another municipal court in Essex George, the mother of a 15-year- A grand jury dismissed the County. She said she would not old student involved in the attack. charges against the minister and know the new location or dates for Neither Brender nor McGlynn his son on April 21. any future hearings for at least a have been charged with any The Georges’ 15-year-old son, week. wrongdoing by law enforcement whose name has not been released Sources told The Item of Mill- officials. by authorities, was also arrested burn and Short Hills Tuesday at An adult, Jerome Miller, who following the Jan. 9 altercation. least one of the three men charged also was the subject of a similar After being suspended from school, had a prior legal relationship with complaint by Barnes-George did the son was the subject of a closed the township’s municipal prosecu- not appear in court Tuesday. hearing by the Board of Education tor, Peter Fico. According to Court Administra- in February and was subsequently The student injured in the Jan. 9 tor Kathleen Shaughnessy, Miller expelled from Millburn High fracas, Alex Smith, 18, is also the has a week to answer the com- School. He is currently being subject of complaints by Barnes- STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY TRUMBORE plaint. home-schooled, according to his George for simple assault and bias Barnes-George is the wife of the family. intimidation. However, Smith Following Tuesday’s municipal court hearings for two Millburn High School students charged Rev. Darryl George, 58, who along Barnes-George’s complaint did not appear in court today. with assault in connection a fight January in the school parking lot, Rev Conrad Tillard, left, with his 19-year-old son, was states that McGlynn attacked the speaks on behalf of township residents Rev. 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It was Stolen brand name tags of The Item Township police responded to unknown whether there was addi- Police responded to The Mall at Kings Super Market on Route 124 tional merchandise still in the sus- Short Hills Saturday evening on a A loss prevention agent repre- on a report of adult shoplifting Fri- pect’s handbag when she left. report of an adult female shoplift- senting Cartier at The Mall at Short day at approximately 2:06 p.m. ing. Hills contacted police this past Upon arriving at the store, the False identification Blomingdale’s store security offi- week to report the theft of a pair of officer was met by the manager Police charged Rosalind Ram- cers met the township officer when diamond stud earrings valued at and assistant manager and told seur, 44, of Newark with shoplift- arriving on the scene and reported $26,400.