Author Says Every 'Orting Suspicious Or Fraudulent Activities, and How to Avoid Be- Coming a Victim of Fraud

Price: 500 *i The Berkeley Heights Q M. ti VOLUME 115, No. 12 February 7, 2004 Newsbriefs ., Investigator addresses club NEW PROVIDENCE — Police Plains "had been on 78 West, rolled tially ejected. He was not wearing a dead at the scene, officials said. Wachenfeld and Barry since 1996, say alcohol and failure to wear a seat his vehicle over and it righted it- seatbelt." The officer said it ap- Capt. Catallo said Mr. Leonardo was Mi-. Leonardo became a partner in NEW PROVIDENCE - At r belt were the "factors that led to the self." According to witnesses, the peared as though Mr. Leonardo, an the sole occupant of the vehicle. 2001. Previously he had clerked for :45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, the severity" of a fatal crash in the bor- attorney in Newark, was heading the firm and had been a judicial law •Jew Providence Democratic front left tire on the 2003 GMC En- Mr. Leonardo was born in Fall ough on Jan. 23. Authorities said home. clerk for the Honorable Lawrence !lub will meet to hear from voy went flat, but Mr. Leonardo River. Mass., and had lived in Wash- that with the return to them of the Weiss. Superior Court of New Jer- Alyson Cook, an investigator with continued to operate the SUV. Wit- According to New Providence ington, D.C.. West Orange and Lin- necessary reports, the investigation sey. Mr. Leonardo was a member of the Elder Fraud Investigations nesses told authorities he left the law enforcement officials, who are den before moving to Scotch Plains into the incident is concluded. the Union County and the New Jer- Unit of the Division of Consumer highway at Exit 43, Diamond Hill working with their counterparts in three years ago. He was a 1992 grad- sey State bar associations. Affairs for the state of New Jer- According to Capt. E.J. Catallo Road, continued to drive and then Scotch Plains, at approximately 3:21 uate of Georgetown University in sey. The meeting is open to the of the New Providence Police De- lost "the rest of the wheel," the po- p.m. on Friday. Jan. 23, Mr. Leonar- Washington and a member of the Surviving him are his wife, Kim- jublic. partment, the motorist killed in a lice captain said. do was headed north on Union Av- school's Alumni Rugby Association. berly (nee Bobish), who is due to rollover crash on Union Avenue had, enue when his vehicle apparently He earned a law degree from the Se- give birth to a son in June; a son. Ms..Cook regularly meets with moments earlier, survived an earlier Driver 'partially ejected' overturned a second time and he suf- ton Hall University School of Law Robert L.; a daughter, Rhiannon R.: Ider citizens around New Jersey rollover on Interstate 78. fered fatal head injuries. Police said in 1995. his mother, Alcina (nee Aguiar); a o speak about home repair fraud, According to Capt. Catallo, "Then the vehicle rolled over," he was killed "instantly." brother. Luiz jr.; and two sisters, Jemarketing fraud, financial and An attorney with the Newark Robert Leonardo, 33, of Scotch Capt. Catallo said, "and he was par- Mr. Leonardo was pronounced Suzanne Thibert and Maria Pacheco. iecurities fraud and fraud in the firm of Tompkins, McGuire, urea of health and insurance. She will also speak about new scams and frauds, the importance of re- Author says every 'Orting suspicious or fraudulent activities, and how to avoid be- coming a victim of fraud. She ByLIZKEILL another treat — a cake-like choco- will welcome questions from the late base with a topping of marsh- audience. SUMMIT - "Memoirs of a Home mallows and nutmeats. The club will also discuss the Cook," published by homemaker, Reading through her book, a upcoming primary election and wife and mother Amy Currie, is cen- reader can picture the Currie fami- the presidential elections in No- tered on the idea that"every great ly's life in Summit, with trips to the ember. recipe has a story. seasonal farmers' market on Sun- The Democratic Club meets in Interviewed in her sunny, state- days and neighborhood barbecues in the New Providence Municipal of-the-art Summit kitchen, she said, the summer. A hot apple cider recipe :omplex, 360 Elkwood Aye., sec- "This is my domain."She explained is based on the one served each year ond floor conference room. Re- how she loves to cook and how the at the Summit Historical Society's freshments will be served. cookbook came into being. "I got Carter House on the day of the For information, call 665- thinking about my children," she Reeves-Reed Arboretum December 2034, 665.1511 or 464-5961. said of her twins, Jimmy and Catie, house tour. who are eight, and William, six. "I It all centers, Ms. Currie said, on wrote this book and told these sto- family, memories and fun. For in- PAL sponsors ries so they would have something stance, she said, her sour cream to look back on when they're older. chocolate cake was the birthday baseball teams Summit is such a great town, and I cake served over the years when her wanted them to remember the posi- husband was growing up. Now, it's BERKELEY HEIGHTS' - tive things from childhood. This is the birthday cake for her own young Baseball players in grades one really for my kids." family. "Everybody should have that through eight can register for the Ms. Currie grew up in a suburb of in their life," she said of such family Berkeley Heights Police Athletic Philadelphia, Villanova, where she traditions. The apple dumpling story eague in-town baseball program spent one day a week at her grand- originated in Pittsburgh, with its that opens on Saturday, April 17. mother's house. "My grandmother Pennsylvania Dutch/German influ- CHECKING OUT.THEIR AFTER SCHOOL SNACKS - Amy Currie, mother and writer, Players will find registration was a non-stop talker," she said, ence. treats Catie, Jimmy and William to her recipe for volcano cupcakes. Ms. Currie has writ- brms for this program at the "and I would sit in the kitchen and Ms. Currie's book is self-pub- tea "Memoirs of a Home Cook," with its theme that every recipe has a story. The cook- Berkeley Heights Police Station. watch her cook." lished, she said, by First Books, and book is available in Summit at The Tea Shop and The Cheese Shop. Completed forms are due back to Some of the recipes come from is available on Amazon.com. Ms. the Police Station by Friday, Feb. that source, but in each case, Ms. Currie herself is no stranger to the band, Jim, has been supportive and lemon chicken cutlet on the menu at she said her volume's simple format. 27.. Currie. has added her own touches, publishing world. She worked in patient in trying out her recipes. He Rao's Restaurant in New York, but "It's not a glossy coffee table book." as well as her own sense of history. New York for 10 years in sales, also edits her work. her version, she said, "has a fraction Last week, she held a book signing Providing a taste-test, Ms. Currie mostly with Redbook, Cosmopoli- "I'll ask him to make a compari- of the olive oil. It's very hard to at a friend's home "and the line was Board of Health served a lunch of potato leek soup, tan and Parenting magazines. son of three different quiches, and write the perfect recipe. Ovens differ out the door," she said. meets in March green salad and tomato tail. "That's When she decided to leave her he never knows what to expect at the by five degrees. I test my recipes to "Memoirs of a Home Cook" may one of my specialties," she said of publishing job, she said she knew end of the day," she said. "Then I'll death." A cook has to be careful also be purchased at Barnes & No- the tart, "and it's only four ingredi- she needed to channel her energy. grill him on which one he likes and about ingredients, too, she said. If ble and in two Summit stores, The NEW PROVIDENCE — The ents: tomatoes, Gruyere cheese, dry And so.. .the cookbook was born. why." the baking soda used is old, cookies Teapot on Springfield Avenue and borough's board of health has set mustard and basil, then baked in a "I believed in myself and that 1 She said there is no copyright on might not rise. The Cheese Shop on Union Place. its meeting dates for the coming pie crust, either homemade or pur- could do it," she said of the two-year recipes, and some she has adopted "This is a real working cook-' "The response has been great," Ms. year. chased." Her volcano brownies were process. Ms. Currie said her hus- from other" sources. She liked a book, designed for busy women," Currie said. Meetings are held at the Mu- nicipal Center, 360 Elkwood Ave., and will take place at 7:30 p.m. on W March 11, May 13, Sept. 9 and Nov. 4. In addition, there will be a joint meeting of the health boards of New Providence, Berkeley Heights and Summit on Wednes- day, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in Summit. Club meets weekly in New Providence NEW PROVIDENCE - Frank University, and now serves on advi- Chamber event Lombardi, chief engineer of the Port sory boards of Manhattan College, Authority of New York and New Columbia University and the Sal- features speaker Jersey, will present an inside report vadori Educational Center at City on the rebuilding of the World Trade College of New York.

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