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Legion of Honor Medal given to Joseph Bariletto By Jennifer Rubino France during this time are eligible to Staff Writer receive the Knight rank Legion of Honor At the age of 98, Joseph Bariletto of Medal. The medal is not meant to be worn Cranford received France’s highest military and is only a keepsake for the recipient, honor for his service during World War II. however the medal comes with a red ribbon The presentation was made on Tuesday, which is to be worn on a jacket pocket.” July n , at the Kenilworth VFW. Bariletto “I would like to thank the people of was awarded the Legion of Honor Medal France for their recognition,” Bariletto said for helping to liberate France. The ceremo at the event. “They treated us like kings ny was attended by family and friends. Bar while we were there, and they were very iletto humbly accepted the award present appreciative of us. I would also like to ed by the French Consulate. thank my family for being here today.” “It feels good to receive such an honor,” Bariletto was bom in 1919 in Newark Bariletto told LocalSource in an interview and currently lives at the Cranford Rehab at the event. “I helped give people their and Nursing Assisted Living Facility. He is freedom.” the father of Steve, Gary and Debbie, and Claire Voisin and Ann-Claire Legeingre, has a total of 16 grandchildren and great of .the French Consulate, presented the grandchildren. He was married for 69 award to Bariletto on behalf of French years to his wife, Columbia, an executive President Emmanuel Macron and thanked secretary. She went by the nickname him for his service. The Legion of Honor “Gem,” from the lyric “Columbia the gem of medal was established in 1802 by the ocean.” She passed away in 2013 at the Napoleon Bonaparte, and the order is age of 90. divided into five ranks of increasing dis “At the age of 21, (Bariletto) was induct tinction: Knight, Officer, Commander, ed into the Army on April 8,1941, after he Grand Officer and Grand Cross. received a letter on his birthday from Pres “Only 80 to 100 veterans receive the ident Roosevelt,” son Steve Bariletto told award annually and they must have served Photo Courtesy of Steve Bariletto LocalSource in a July 3 email. “After com in France between the years of 1943 and Ann-Claire Legeingre presents Joseph Bariletto with the Legion of Honor pleting a training program at Camp Wheel 1945,” Voisin told LocalSource at the event. Medal for his service during World War II. er, Georgia, he was transferred to the 28th “It’s my job to determine if someone is eli Infantry Division, tilth Infantry Regiment gible to receive the award. It’s very difficult soil during this time, especially if they typically reserved for the French, foreign- at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. In to prove that someone fought on French served in the Navy. Although the award is ers who risked their lives to help liberate See LEGION, Page 8 Centuries-old wine discovered at Liberty Hall Museum By Elana Knopp According to William Schroh Jr., director of museum cases of the 1796 Madeira behind a plywood and plaster Staff Writer operations at Liberty Hall, the discovery was quite a sur prohibition-era wall in the cellar. Museum staffers then Union’s Liberty Hall Museum was recently catapulted prise. cataloged the bottles of Madeira as they were discovered. into the spotlight after several cases of wine, almost as old “Every year for the past few years, we choose a room to Some of the bottles found in the stash were created for as the United States itself, were discovered in the museum’s paint and restore,” Schroh told LocalSource in a recent the personal use of Robert Lenox, a well-known wine mer wine cellar. phone interview. “Last year’s project was the wine cellar. chant and one of the wealthiest men in New York City dur Two cases of Madeira, from 1796, along with 42 demi We removed all the shelves and wine cases.” ing the late 18th and early 19th centuries. johns — narrow-necked bottles used for holding several Schroh said that the yearlong project included the repair Madeira wine hails from the Madeira Islands, off the gallons of liquid and typically enclosed in wicker covers — of shelving that had been touching the dirt. coast of Portugal, and is produced in a variety of styles, circa 1820, were discovered during a museum restoration “The shelves were disintegrating and needed to be including as dry and sweet wines. project in December. On the Fourth of July the museum repaired,” Schroh said. Discovered in 1419, Madeira wine dates back to the Age highlighted the wine as part of its collection. Schroh said that during the process they discovered the See CENTURIES-OLD, Page 6 Carlos F. Arias, CLTC, CRPC® Balance your priorities today for a m ore Private Wealth Advisor confident tomorrow. Ameriprise Be Brilliant' Business Financial Advisor Financial ARIAS & PARTNERS Retirement Income Wealth Preservation Strategies Strategies 123 N. Union Ave, Suite 306A WEALTH ADVISORS Cranford, NJ 07016 A private wealth advisory practice ofAmeriprise Small Business Tax Planning Strategies Financial Services, Inc. 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Commuters spoke too soon Thursday, July 13, when asked about how the Amtrak repairs were affecting them. Supplemental buses were scheduled to depart from Rail road Avenue at the train station every half an hour from 7 to 9 a.m. which was appre ciated by commuters until they discovered the 8:30 a.m. bus left the station 20 min utes early that day because it was full. “This totally screws me now,” Grant Esposito, of Summit, told LocalSource in an-interview. “I guess I was a little too cau tiously optimistic when I said the buses were working well. I usually take the train to Penn Station and it’s a lot more conven ient. The commute is longer when taking the bus, but fortunately there hasn’t been much traffic getting into the tunnel.” Managers from NJ Transit were on site but refused to comment on the situation to LocalSource as passengers discovered the 8:30 a.m.bus had departed early. Passen gers were informed that the next bus would leave at 9:05 a.m. and that the 8:30 a.m. bus had already departed more than Photos by Jennifer Rubino 20 minutes early due to a high volume of Left, additional buses are scheduled to depart from the Summit Train Station every half hour from 7 to 9 a.m. Top right, passengers, but not until 8:25 a.m., after the 8:30 a.m. bus left more than 20 minutes early due to a high volume of passengers, and passengers climbed aboard most commuters had already climbed what they believed to be the 8:30 a.m. bus only to discover it would not leave until 9:05 a.m. Bottom right, a sign leads aboard what they believed to be the 8:30 commuters to the new bus stop at the Summit Train Station. a.m. bus. “My commute is completely different Commuters agreed that the commute Coacher, of Gillette, told LocalSource in an informed commuters from Summit and now,” Mike Movsovich of Chatham told home was usually more affected, but get interview. “I’ve been taking the bus into Maplewood that no additional p.m bus LocalSource in an interview. “I’ve never ting into the city on time was just as diffi the city and a combination of trains to service would be available and suggested taken a bus into the city; I always took the cult that morning, as they frantically come home. Getting home is harder. They that commuters travel to Hoboken to train. It’s a challenge to get home because searched to find the fastest way to get to have busloads of people at Port Authority. access westbound Morristown and Essex the bus service is limited at Port Authority. their destinations in the city. Commuters I take the train to Newark and get a ride Line trains, or board regularly scheduled I don’t get home until seven or eight at agreed that they’ve encountered more from there to come home. I usually take buses from Port Authority. night. I have a 10 a.m. meeting this morn challenges on the ride home from the city the Gladstone Line directly to Penn Sta NJ Transit will post updates as they ing that I’m going to miss now, due to this than on the way there.