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Wood-Ridqe • Caristadt • East Rutherford • Rutherford • Lyndhurst • North Arlington 9 ■ • ---------- ——;---- -— i Thursday, S ep te m b e r Established Ì 894 COMMUNITY BRIEFS down to be self-sufficient as a Fucci departm ent, as a city," said NIOR R e p o r t e r Russo, no stranger to flooding after wading across Route 17 UTHERFORD — “T h e LPL collecting for on Aug. 14 to rescue three they’ll be facing w ill be motorists trapped in their cars. hurricane victims erable,” said Police Russo added that as waters LYNDHURST — The lief Steven Nienstedt on the recede, the officers will be Lyndhurst Public Library is oyment of Sergeant John dealing largely with security collecting donations for the sso and Officer .Alford issues. American Red Cross erson III to New Orleans “Being police officers, H urricane 2005 R e lie f for the >t. 7. “But these are two of we’re trained in a full range of victims of Hurricane Katrina. inest.” problems with looters,” he Collection containers are ienstedt and Mayor located at every desk on all dette McPherson select- said. ‘This is one of the things we three floors of the library. the officers the morning of signed up for, the opportunity Call Donna Romeo at 201- >t. 6 from a long list of to help,” added Anderson, 804-2486 for more informa- >artment volunteers. who is on the Youth Advisory \ey thanked their families Council and is a School »porting them undertak- Resource Officer in le mission. NA w ill remember Rutherford. le two will be deployed to The officers will be tragedy of 9/11 le 2nd District of New deployed for 14 days, plus an N O R TH ARLINGTON — ns, setting up an emer­ additional two days travel To remember the tragedy of gency command precinct with time, at the end of which they Photo by Jeft Fucci Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor »liters, G P S systems and will be refreshed by another all those Who lost their lives at ier personnel sent by the Rutherford Police Sergeant John Russo and Officer Alford Anderson prepare to be sent by Chief unit sent by the BCOEM. the World Trade Center in jen County’ Office of Steven Nienstedt to the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management for deployment to New New York City, the 9/11 Orleans the morning of Sept. 7. Nienstedt noted that the support of the officers' families was key in emergency Management. Please see N EW ORLKANS Memorial at the Skyline e’re bringing enough on Page 6 their stepping forward to volunteer. Soccer Field will be open to the public on Sunday, Sept. 1 1 , from 8 a.m. to dusk. The Borough of North Arlington joins the rest of the Politicians taking world in paving tribute and offering its thanks to tiie brave men and women of the it to the streets police . departments, fire departments and emegency around 1:30 p.m. with a less By Ondy Capitani squads. formal agenda, choosing E d it o r - i n -C h ie f instead to walk the streets, shake hands and talk to citi­ Caristadt Adult RUTHERFORD — The zens one-on-one. politicians were out in full Corzine said he’s not rest­ Health Clinic set force to mark the annual kick- ing on his high poll numbers CARLSTADT — The off of the political season at of the summer, because “the Caristadt Board of Health Rutherford’s 30th annual only poll that matters is the announced health services Labor Day Street Fair. one on election day.” are available to Caristadt resi­ Gubernatorial GOP candi­ Regarding the issues, he dents. The Caristadt Adult date Doug Forrester was the said property taxes will be Health Clinic will be held in first to arrive with a 10 a.m. addressed, as will other afford­ the First Presbyterian swarm of supporters chanting, ability issues such as health Church, 457 Division Ave., on “W e love you Doug,” as he care, college and retirement. Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 11 roused the crowd with his More immediate, he touched a.m. to 1 p.m. *Take Back New Jersey" cam­ on gas and the price disparities For information, call the paign. among stations. board of health at 201-939- Photo by JoAnn MeHdinghaus “We’ve had deal-making in “The FTC has to do an 2856. New Jersey, not policy-mak­ immediate review of the dis­ ngressman Steve Rothman (D-9) and Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-36) agree that bipartisan politicians ing,” he said. parities ... it strikes me that HMMC meeting a» levels of government must join together to fight the FAA. Romman went as far as to say he A solution to stop runaway someone is benefiting from declare war wilh the FAA if they tried to cutfederal funding if the Port Authorilv of N Y and property taxes -— 50 percent the crisis. It’s a bigger study scheduled Sept. 12 implemented the necessary changes. These strong remarks followed the Sept. 2 crashot a higher than the national aver­ than just looking at the local LYNDHURST — The V|e-engine Cessna plane, which went down around 9 p.m., a quarter-mile east ot Teterboro age — is a big part of his cam­ gas companies,” he said. Hackensack Meadowlands rport, killing pilot Karen Hunter and sending the injured passenger to Hackensack University paign. His pledge is to cut “There’s something wrong Municipal Committee will Medical Center. The plane crashed into a U.S. Post Office annex on Huyler Street in South property tax bills by 30 percent hold its next regular meeting ckensack. It was reportedly on its way to Caldwell Airport, about 15 miles west of where it in three years. Please see ST R U T S Democratic challenger U.S. on Monday, Sept. 12 at 7 shed, when the pilot decided to land at Teterboro due to engine problems. on Page 6 Sen. Jon Corzine stopped by p.m., at the Environmental - C in d y C ap ita n i Center, located at Two DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst. See Page 4 for more community news ... oonachie Ave. driving WR to action INSIDE shortcut around the said. “We’re going to do as e ff Fucci Hasbrouck Heights portion of much as we can to put an end N io R R e p o r t e r Route 17, which Rutigliano to truck traffic avoiding Route said truck drivers avoid for a 17.” OOD-RIDGE — Already series of lights that slow them Borough Administrator rious to local motorists down. Nick Fargo said a request to or its long red lights, "They’ve got their own traf­ the county for a Moonachie nachie Avenue faces a fic concerts down there,” Ke Avenue ordinance will be disr rowing problem of truck traf- said, adding that drivers seek cussed this month in an effort lat officials aim to correct as many other ways as possible to prevent trucks from gaining lis fall. to get to Routes 80,46, and the access to local roads during ccording to Police Chief rest of 17. school and rush hours. >h Rutigliano, heavy vol- Rutigliano’s main concern The trucks, he said, only j* JLeafcsr on the county road is pri- is that trucks driving up make commuting more diffi­ ly the result of tractor- Published Weekly Moonachie Avenue make cult. ers diverted from Liberty 251 Ridge Road rights onto Hackensack “You get two 1 ^wheelers at et in little Ferry. Lyndhurst, N J 07071 Street, proceeding past the a light and that’» it, it goes the request of that bor- Wood-Ridge Senior Center, from red to green to red For advertising rat»«, h, the Bergen County public library, high school and again,” Fargo said. p leas* ca ll 201-310-5161. holders passed an ordi- two ends of a business district He added that the county ce several years ago limit- in an effort to shave a few min­ For editoria!, dassifieds, trucks on the road to 10 utes o ff their trip«. & legal notice«, please is unless they are making “It’s a busy street, it’s a com­ i»h she bought at i«e Labor call 201U3M700. deliveries. munity for us," Rutigliano www.LeaderNewspapers.net he result was. one less C 2003 UadUr Nmnpam UC ËL THE LEADER THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8 .2 0 0 5 Undercover LPD officer nabs online sex predator on young people. E-mails were exchanged one count second degree told him I wasn’t allowed to gation not jeopardized. 8y Cindy Capitani “I got hit on right away. I According to the Bergen EonoR-m-Crau over the course of a couple of attempted sexual assault, one take public transportation.” didn’t have to say anything. days, and the officer and his count second degree luring The officer went through County Prosecutor’s O ffice He initiated everything,” the “date" agreed to meet near Computer Crime Task Force, LYNDHURST _ A and one count third degree two weeks of training to learn officer said, noting that when Medieval Times on Polito endangering the welfare of a how to slip into a chat room as computer-facilitated crimes Lyndhurst . Police Officer he first entered Yahoo’s gener­ Avenue. “He gave me his minor. He was remanded to a teenage girl. He also learned are on the rise. Recent statis­ found oui what it was like to al New Jersey chat room on phone number ... an under­ the Bergen County Jail on how to interact with potential tics provided the LPD indicate be 15 again.

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