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Family news Scouts visit Gone to the Page 5 food pantry dogs! Page 7 Page 12 THE COMMERCIAL Heafcer 25 cents Established 1922 OF LYNDHURST THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2003 State and county races are decided Commissioners to meet Nov. 10; SOUTH BERGEN I offices closed Nov. 11 Sarlo for Senate, Scalera The LyndhurM Hoard ol Commissioners' regular month- and DiGaetano for Assembly Candidate No. of Votes ly meeting will he held on Monday. Nov. H) at 7 p.m. Senate All municipal offices in the John Kelly (R) 10,600 Township ol Lyndhurst will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. II. in •Paul Sarlo (D) 12,284 observance ol Veterans Day. Assembly Attention residents: *Paul DiGaetano (R) 12,076 cooperation asked Richard DiLascio (R) 10,546 He advised thai rehabilitation Imre Karaszegi (D) 10,413 of the township's bulk water *Fred Scalera (D) 11,216 pits will begin on Thursday. Nov. 6. and will continue for Freeholders approximately one week. Residents may experience dis- Joel Brizzi (R) 78,481 colored water, low water pres- District 36 chooses Dems, DiGaetano - Paul Sarlo (left), who also serves as Mayor of •James M. Carroll (D) 80,813 sure or temporary loss ol water. Anthony Cassano (R) 78,665 Every effort will be made to Wood-Ridge and Carlstadt Borough Engineer, will continue to represent District 36 as its keep any inconvenience to a Democratic State Senator, fighting off a challenge from former Republican Assemblyman •Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D) 81,187 minimum. Your cooperation and John Kelly of Nutley. Sarlo's running mate, Assemblyman and Nutley Deputy Fire Chief Fred Tomas Padilla (D) 79,340 patience in this matter is greatly Scalera (center), will serve his first full term with the New Jersey General Assembly, and •Elizabeth "Lisa" Randall (R) 80,848 appreciated. Assembly Minority Leader Paul DiGaetano (right), a Republican construction executive lately of Nutley, formerly of Passaic, will return for a fourth term. Democratic contender Imre County Clerk LHS Band sponsors Karaszegi of Passaic, former City Manager and past Passaic Valley Water Commissioner, Linda Baer (D) 73,609 outdoor flea market now an attorney in private practice, failed to win a seat in his first bid for public office. •Kathleen Donovan (R) 87,444 The Lyndhurst High School Republican contender Richard DiLascio of Lyndhurst, a former school board member and Band will sponsor an outdoor founding member of the Lyndhurst Education Foundation, was also unsuccessful in attaining 'Unofficial winners flea market and collectible show Results based on election numbers available at ress time. on Sunday. Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to 5 a state-level office. p.m.. in the NJ Transit Lot. New York Avenue. T.yndhurst (in ShopRite parking lot). There will be an array of Huttle, Carroll, Randall win; Donovan re-elected new merchandise, crafts, col- lectibles anil a special Bergen voters split tickets - garayc/tag sale section. For Democratic Freeholder information, call 201-997-9535. Chairwoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (left), a funeral director Atlantic City trip, with a long list of civic com- senior brunch/buffet mitments, will return for a The Lyndhurst Department of Parks and Recreation second term, joined by run- announced thai (here will be an ning mate James Carroll Atlantic City bus trip to (second from left), a Verizon Showboat Casino on Friday. employee and current Mayor Nov. 21. Tickets are $15. with of Demarest. He keeps his a coin return of SI4. and are on sale at the parks department. seat by a very close margin Buses will leave promptly against former Republican Freeholder Anthony Cassano, a real estate executive from Leonia. Republican Elizabeth "Lisa" Randall (second from right), a for- from the Town Hal! Park at 8 mer Assemblywoman from Westwood, will join the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders for her first term. Democratic Freeholder Tomas Padilla, a a.m. This trip is open to any Hackensack Police Officer, failed to keep his seat. Republican Joel Brizzi, an East Rutherford business owner and Councilman, was unsuccessful in his first township resident 21 years of bid for county-level office. Republican County Clerk Kathleen "Kathe" Donovan (right) of Lyndhurst, a former Port Authority chair, will return for a fourth term, age and older. The department will also having bested Administrative Law Judge Linda Baer. host a brunch/buffet for all township senior citizens on Sunday. Nov. 23. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. at the Senior Citizen Regional equipment co-op will help towns, NJMC says Center on Cleveland Avenue. removal equipment for years. It's a For information or to sign By Midwife Rosa Rayback waste to lay out that kind of money up. call the parks department at NEWS EDITOR for a piece of equipment you only 201-804-2482. use once or twice a year, just to AREA - On display in the have it taking up space in your Subscribe now Meadowlands Environment Center yard," added Commissioner Kaiser, parking lot before the Oct. 23 the former mayor of North for $10 a year meeting of the New Jersey Arlington. (Out of state, $12). Meadowlands Commission The regional cooperative will (NJMC) was a Vactor truck, a soon include a "sewer-cam" truck - Call (201) 438-8700 $200,000 piece of equipment the a $175,000 piece of equipment that NJMC has purchased as the first sends a camera into sewer lines to offering in its new Regional locate damaged areas or illegal tie- Equipment Cooperative. ins. This truck may be kept in 'To hire that truck for six hours Lyndhurst; Commissioner Michael it's $1,000, plus the operator," said Gonnelli, who is the head of the Kaiser. "Most councils would have Sccaucus DPW. has also offered to to tell their DPW heads to find keep and maintain it at his munici- another way to get it done." pality's yard. The Hackensack Meadowlands The Vactor truck is capable of Municipal Committee will be sending a high-pressure water jet involved in managing the coopera- deep into clogged sewer lines to tive, in terms of scheduling and loosen up debris, such as leaves - a other logistics, Ceberio said. major problem for some of the In the past, if the NJMC had a area's tree-lined communities. The surplus in its budget, the money truck then has a powerful vacuum would be rolled over into the fol- £ ht Commercial Itabn with a 25-foot tube that can clear lowing year's operating budget. Published at the debris out of the line, quickly The past couple of years, the 251 Ridge Road • Lyndhurst and efficiently. NJMC has been using surplus Periodical Postage Paid at "We're getting the Cadillac of funds to try to help the municipali- Vactor trucks," said NJMC public Rutherford, NJ 07070 ties out "We already have the legal information officer Christopher infrastructure with our municipali- Gale. ties, so mat it's a natural extension Subscription $10 "Any of the 14 towns will be to help them regionally," Ceberio able to sign it out when they need said. In the past year, the NJMC Published Weekly it. They normally wouldn't be able has given out $3.6 million worth of PtwtobyJc*rmto«W!nghau8 USPS 125-620 to afford such equipment, so they'd grants so they can purchase equip- Lyndhurst township representatives receive $170,000 vactor truck from the New Jersey have to hire a contractor, which can ment. "We're really trying to Meadowlands Commission. Pictured from left to right 2 unidentified DPW employees, NJMC be costly and they might have to strengthen this partnership. It's wait awhile," said Ceberio. such a change from that us-and- Cimmissioner, Arieen Walther, NJMC Commissioner, Leonard Kaiser, NJMC Exeutive address changes to "A lot of the local communities them mentality - we've really Director, Robert Ceberio, Lyndhurst Mayor, James Guida, NJMC Commissioner, Michael 251 Ridge Road have sharing agreements. North established our credibility with our Gonnelli, NJMC Commissioner, Eleanore Nissley, Lyndhurst Commissioner, Thomas Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Arlington and Lyndhurst have been towns, and proven our willingness Graffam, Lyndhurst Superintendent of Public Works, Matthew Ruzzo, 2 unidentified DPW sharing wood chipping and stump to be in a partnership with them." employees. FOR ADVERTISING INQUIRIES, CALL: (201) 310-5161 OR E-MAIL: [email protected] * THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2003 NAPD thinks accused sex offender had habit Benefit dinner By Michelle Rosa Raybeck LYNDHURST - A benefit din- NEWS EDITOR ner will be held for Lynclhurst resi- dent Scotl Garbe. a 14-year-old recently diagnosed with leukemia, NORTH ARLINGTON - A on Saturday, Nov. 15. from 7:30 self-employed painter v..^ being p.m. to 11:30 p.m., al the Graycliff held in Bergen County Jail on Manor in Moonachie. $25,000 bail alter being charged Donation is $49.50 for adults; with criminal sexual conlacl and $34.50 for children Beer, wine stalking on Oct. 29 and soda will be included. "Officers responded to the 400 Deadline for ticket sales is Nov. block of Ridge Road on a report ol 10. a man standing outside his car. The event will be hosted by completely nude, at 2:52 p.m.. |iisl Friends of Scott Garbe. For tickets as kids were getting out "I school." and information, contact Anthony recounted Capt. Louis (ihione Un- Aceste at 201-452-3001; Ryan person in question was back inside McMullen al 201-852-4360; Frank his blue 19X5 Chevy Asm. Van Schrimp at 201-896-3917; or Chris when police arrived, but he still Dimler at 201 -206-6250 Scott Garbe had his pants around his knees and was "touching himself." Ghionc said.