County concert series continues Gary U.S. Bonds will play at Echo Lake Park Wednesday in Mountainside . Page 12 LINDEN, N.J WWW.LOCALSOURCE.COM 75 CENTS VOL. 89 NO. 34 THURSDAY Teacher AUGUST 31, 2006 Candidate to Senator’s district staff surprised available next week appeal decision U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s with room district staff will be at the Cranford By Dan Burns lots. Many who registered for an Community Center, 220 Walnut Staff Writer absentee ballot thought they were only Ave., Cranford, on Sept. 7 from 11 Discovery Channel ROSELLE — Superior Court registering to vote, according to a.m. to 3 p.m. to speak with and Judge John Malone upheld the results Dansereau. assist local residents. arranges makeover of the 5th Ward Borough Council Karasick submitted sworn testimo­ For more information, call By Kitty Wilder Democratic primary in a written ruling ny from several voters who received Menendez’s Newark district office Managing Editor on Aug. 23. absentee ballots from members of the at 973-645-3030. RAHWAY — When science Malone rejected defeated 5th Ward Bullock campaign, most notably teacher Brad Edwards left his middle candidate Christine Dansereau’s peti­ Councilman at Large Jamel Holley. school classroom for summer break, Department to dispose tion to disqualify several absentee bal­ Those witnesses stated they didn’t of unclaimed bikes he thought he detected a new cough. lots due to alleged voter fraud. The understand they were receiving an Administrators had told him they The Rahway Police Department evidence provided by Dansereau’s absentee ballot and would be preclud­ found asbestos in his room and will dispose of bicycles that have attorney, Ira Karasick, wasn’t specific ed from voting in person on election Edwards was just about convinced he come into police custody on Sept. enough to prove absentee ballots were day because of that. was sick because of it. 23. misused during the election, according Records from the Union County He knew his room would face The department is required to to Malone. Board of Elections show Holley deliv­ some repairs during the summer and keep unclaimed bikes for a period of “Other than identifying two voters ered 62 absentee ballots to voters in that he wasn’t allowed to go inside. six months prior to disposal. who may not have been residents of the 2nd and 5th wards in the weeks What he didn’t know was that it If your bike has been lost or Roselle, but who may have voted, it is prior to the election. State law permits was all a lie. stolen within the last year and you not at all clear what it is that the peti­ anyone to apply for an absentee ballot, Crews worked on Edwards’ class­ would like to see if they department tioner contends is the violation of the even if they will not be away during room this summer, but not for the has it, call the Traffic Bureau at 732­ election laws which forms the basis of the election. nightmare job of remediating 827-2075. the claim,” Malone stated. Malone ruled that even if voters asbestos. They were creating Karasick disagrees with Malone’s were confused by the absentee ballot Edwards’ dream classroom, courtesy assessment. He believes the petition process, there is no evidence any of Seminar planned at ‘Y’ of The Discovery Channel. Dr. Jeffery L. Segal will lead a was “more than satisfactory and con­ the absentee votes received by Bul­ On Monday, expecting to return to tained everything, legally, it needed to lock are illegal. The arguments Kara- presentation titled “The five com­ his same old room for the first time contain.” sick made were too general to satisfy mon female pelvic disorders that since June, Edwards walked into the can be treated” at the Rahway Karasick filed an emergent appeal the requirements for altering the surprise of his career — a new high­ of Judge Malone’s decision on Aug. results of the election, according to Branch of the YMCA on Sept. 13 tech classroom, equipped with top-of- from 7 to 8 p.m. 24. The appeal will be heard by Appel­ Malone. the-line teaching tools. late Division judges Rudy B. Coleman “General statements of illegality Segal is the director at the Center Suddenly, he joked, his “cough” for Urogynecology of St. Barnabas and John Holston Jr. are insufficient to satisfy the require­ had disappeared. The judges agreed to hear the mat­ ments of the statute setting forth the Medical Center. The center offers As he flipped on his light switch to comprehensive evaluation and treat­ ter quickly, because of time con­ grounds for an election contest,” Mal­ find camera crews and about 40 visi­ straints posed by the November Gen­ one said. “In this case, the petitioner ment of a variety of therapies, pelvic tors waiting to welcome him, Edwards floor rehabilitations, medications Photo By Sean Havey eral Election, according to Karasick. provides exhibits attached to the peti­ stood wide-eyed and speechless. Brad Edwards, a science teacher at Rahway Middle He and Bullock’s attorney, Allan Roth, tion, including certifications which are and minimally invasive surgeries. Crews took advantage of his shock Many problems considered a School, admires his new classroom with student teacher had until yesterday at noon to submit convoluted, contradictory and confus­ to explain the room’s special features. Lisa Corona. Edwards was awarded his ‘dream class­ documents relating to the case to both ing.” normal part of aging are not. By Replacing a chalk board was a properly diagnosing and treating room’ on Monday, courtesy of The Discovery Channel. judges. Roth called Malone’s decision SMART board — an interactive white- disorders, the goal is to return the Dansereau’s petition alleged 5th “right on point.” He believes individual to the previous lifestyle board with a touch-sensitive display The board was accompanied by 25 Other teaching-friendly perks Ward voters were coerced into voting Dansereau and Mayor Garrett Smith, once enjoyed. that connects a computer and digital new lap top computers and micro­ include multi-media curriculum tools, for the eventual winner of the election, who supported Dansereau in the This lecture is free and open to projector to show computer images. scopes — enough for each student. See CLASSROOM, Page 8 Rosemarie Bullock, via absentee bal­ See ELECTION, Page 2 the public. Send an RSVP to Mike Johnson at 732-388-0057, ext. 218. Offices closed Library likely to Memories at Madden Field The offices of this newspaper will be closed Sept. 4 in observance of Labor Day. We will reopen Sept. move downtown 5. The newspaper will be published By Dan Burns building, as was originally planned. Thursday, Sept. 7. Staff Writer Gregorio believes the centraliza­ The deadlines for the Sept. 7 edi­ LINDEN — The newly completed tion of the two attractions would tion are as follows: Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade on attract more people to the Wood • Lifestyle, including church and North Wood Avenue may be the next Avenue shopping area. club news, etc. — Friday, noon. home of the Linden Free Public “More people could make use of it. • Legal advertising — Friday, Library. And the more people see it, the more noon. The Linden library board approved prominent it is, the better for our • Letters to the editor — Friday, 9 an engineering study of the parking lot downtown,” Gregorio said. a.m. area behind the promenade at its Though it has the support of the • What’s Going On — Friday, 4 August meeting. If the grounds prove library board, relocating the library is p.m. suitable for a building, construction of far from a done deal. Linden doesn’t • Display ads — Friday, noon. a new library there would take the own all of the land where the proposed • Sports news — Friday, noon. place of the board’s old plan to expand library location sits, so it would • General news — Friday, 5 p.m. the existing library, according to appoint the Union County Improve­ • Classified advertising — Fri­ Mayor John Gregorio, a library board ment Authority to procure the land. day, 3 p.m. member. Those discussions between Linden “It looks like the board has made and the Union County Improvement m n i x H n s up its mind to move the library behind Authority have already begun, accord­ the new park,” Gregorio said. ing to general counsel for the Union Speak Out Gregorio believes the library County Improvement Authority, would complement the promenade Jonathan Williams. Would you like to see the nicely. Landscaped walkways would Current plans for the library call for Linden Library connect the park with the library and the Union County Improvement move downtown? make it accessible from both Wood Authority to purchase the necessary Photo By Sean Havey Avenue and Blancke Street, according land, for new lighting and landscaping Deborah Thomas, widow of the Rev. Gerald V. Thomas, speaks about her late husband’s to Gregorio. to be installed and for the library to love of coaching during a memorial dedication at Madden Field last week. The Rev. • Yes The library would be placed at the face out at an angle toward Blancke Thomas volunteered with Rahway’s Pop Warner program for more than 25 years. • No back of the park instead of an office See BOARD, Page 6 ✓ ote Online at Rahway principal to become assistant superintendent By Kitty Wilder In 1984, Yergalonis returned to his Rahway at a number of national as an instructional leader in the district. 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