M init-ed Why do . people «till cheer for Ollie North? From the witnesa box under eeth he confessed to destfoylng the financial accounts for huge amounts of money tinder h is control. There id only one rea­ son why a fiduciary would do that. He will not get the benefit of the doubt here. G lean sw eep for ‘P rotect With the commission race focus­ Although the board is non­ clean sweep. John Gagliardi, current Incumbent John DiLascio, current lagher beat the former mayor by 62 the campaign. ing on condominium construction partisan, there were three teams tun­ mayor came in with 2,961 votes. finance commissioner, headed the votes Lyndhurst First received $16,423 and the first municipal tax hike in ning in the 14-way race for the five Incumbent Louis Slellato, high man, Integrity and Efficiency team. He Angelo Bove ran alone under the in contributions spending much o f it •* garnered 3,538; Paul Haggerty, received 1,6?0 votes. His teammates banner Man with a Heart. But voters on fliers, signs and advertisements. four-year terms. When the final five yean, voters went Ip the polls to 2,964; and Frank Bianchi, 2,647. failed to do as well. didn’t show as much heart as he Contributions to Protect Lynd­ returns were in, it was the Protect decide who they wanted represent­ Peter Russo, from Lyndhurst First Commissioner James Guida of would have liked to have seen. He hurst came to about $12,900 while Lyndhurst from Overdevelopment ing them on the board of team was fifth high on the ballot with the Lyndhurst First team tallied only trailed badly. But he had the excuse Integrity and Efficiency claimed slate that was carried to victory in a commissioners. 1,964 votes. 1,533. Team member William Gal­ of spending far less than his rivals in $7,256 in contributions. Charges and counter charges flew back and forth between the three School trustee to resign teams as the campaign heated up in the final weeks. While all voiced By Amy Divine rehired in the near future. “I cannot board’s personnel committee which objection to “ dirty mudslmging” , most were guilty at one point or Ronald Bogle, recently elected tell who w ill be rehired at this time,” w ill meet in the near future. another of doing the very thing they President of the Board of Education, said board administrator/ secretary Lee Pacifico, of the Taxpayers announced at the meeting Monday Joseph Abate. Association said after the hirings claimed to deplore. night that he w ill resign from the Superintendent G . Donald Travi- were announced that she “ and the The answer to who will be mayor Board because he is moving to Sus­ sano said the early rehiring notices citizens of Lyndhurst were out­ is pretty much known. were due to the fact that the commis­ raged” because current expense part sex County with his fam ily. H is w ife The mayor is selected by the sioners had not cut the schco! of the budget had been defeated by Denise is a teacher in Lyndhurst board from its membership, and ear­ budget. The board o f commissioners voters in April. schools. He said he w ill make formal ly on the Protect Lyndhurst tgam had met the previous week to con­ Those rehired Monday are high PROTECT LYNDHURST team of John Gagliardi, Frank announcements next' week. said that Commission Slellato would sider where they might cut the $ 12.6 school principal James Corino, and Bianchi, Paul Haggerty and Louis Stellato have reason to be given the nod. At the meeting 20 of the 38 budget but the concensus was that Lincoln School principal Nicholas c e le b r a t e . employees who had received notice education might suffer if cuts were DeGregorio, 10 teachers and seven that they might not be rehired, were made. fulltime and one parttime secretary. rehired by the board. The remaining Board personnel said that further Rehired teachers are John Blevis, Program provides peace of mind number were told they may be hirings will be discussed by the I Continued on Page 41 By John Radick gerty and Louis Slellato, Jr. A corol­ ing such a program and have ini­ On the last day before the election lary aim of the noon meeting was to tiated preliminary discussions to Ratables are on rise of the board of commissioners, the introduce to the gathered assembly move toward providing such a ser­ senior citizens of Lyndhurst were of senior citizens the work of a medi­ vice for their senior people. Two large building projects that already successful in Florida and located at the intersection of Polito treated to a noon-time sitdown lunc­ cal entrepreneur who has for the past “Essentially,” he said, “the prog­ w ill increase Lyndhurst tax ratables California, w ill be a unique experi­ Road and Route 3. heon at S t Michael’s Church Hall, five months been directing a health ram ties into Medicare but elimi­ by $65 million along Polito Road are ence for local diners. It w ill provide The 16-acre site, west of Route 17 with the compliments of the four program for senior citizens in Lodi, a nates the 20 percent share of billing proceeding rapidly. The Cooper a large interior space where mediev­ and south o f Route 3 in the western candidates who have pooled their program, it was said, that provides normally passed on for payment by Ridge Center and the Medival Times al jousting on real horses w ill take sector of the Meadowlands, is just experience, funds and dedication all needed medical and surgical ben­ the patients. We have doctors Resturant have reached the steel place. Food w ill be served without minutes away from The Meadow­ under the name Together to Protect efits, plus hospitalization when already committed to this program skeletpm stage and w ill be soon knives and forks and people w ill eat lands Sports Complex and ¿'Jew Lyndhurst From Overdevelopment:' required, at no cost to seniors. who represent every existing medi­ doaed ha. - York CWy «ir«« Lincoln Trnmet The luncheon served to wind up Dr. Kenneth Conte, said that sev­ cal discipline and specializations. The Medievcl Times restaurant. The Cooper Ridge Center it (he campaign activities for John eral towns, “Including Fairfield and These experienced doctors can test According to- Michael McNally, Garfield, were interested in launch- (Contmued on Page 4 J vice president of planning,t he pro­ Gagliardi, Frank Bianchi, Paul Hag- ject has been divided into two phases, each utilizing half of the site. School Watch The first phase should be completed by early 1990, he added. Phase One construction w ill con­ lowing the death of my husband. I By Annie Rowe sist of a luxurious 250-room Compri must confess I didn’t give much There is no policy concerning the Hotel, 22,000 square feet of retail thought at the time to how the deci­ appointment to dfc Board o f Educa­ space, which w ill include restaurants sion was arrived a t I do know, that tion i f a vacancy occurs due to death and.a. branch of a bank, and a there wasn’t the sham of the Board or resignation. Surely the time has 237,000-square-foot office building. requesting the public to submit come for a written policy to be Phase Two construction w ill include resumes; and, then without inter­ a second office building and addi­ established! viewing the applicants, named an I was appointed to the Board fol­ tional retail space. interim Board member. Plans also call for incorporating That was, however, the procedure an elegant landscaped plaza and followed to fill the last vacancy on fountain, high-speed elevator ser­ the Board. A former Board member vice and tinted, double-glazed glass who had chosen not to seek re- for energy-efficieny. Load-bearing election was appointed. I f in the very capacities of floors have been near future it is necessary to fill a designed to accommodate concen­ vacancy there should be a formal trated computer installations. Park­ policy. Specifically, the person with ing for up to 2,000 cars w ill be avail­ the next highestvotes on the ballot in able on the grade level and in adjoin­ the last School Board election ing, enclosed parking structures. should be appointed. ‘Copper Ridge Center is the per­ I f the democratic process is simp­ fect example of what mixed-used ly ignored, with vacancies timed, development is all about,” said and prior School Board members re­ R A Y E R N S T p o ints to one of the three 6,000-gallon gasoline tanks dug up from under his service station at Notes McNally. Tenants will be able to appointed, then change the rules 731 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, by Exxon excavatin g cre w s. T h e ta n k s, originally installed in 1939, were removed enjoy the finest office complexes, an altogether if we are to have an a fte r Exxo n canceled its gasoline distribution contract The station continues today purely as a source o f high- from appointed Board. extremely convenient location and a quality. auto repair. * * • • % host of firet-class amenities.” The Academic Award dinner held the past May 4th was a great success. It was a By Patricia Guida ■pleasure to see well-dressed, well- Attorney plays ‘fast and loose’ behaved students. Credit must be waited and waited yet O’Gorman clients' legal and any other expenses Avenue, paid $ 100 for over the quo­ given to teachers and parents who The bilure of an attorney to appear in Lyndhurst Municipal did not appear.