<p>Town Hall Tidbits</p><p>The Police Department offers several free-of- Civil Unions in Glen Ridge charge services that could make your summer Several Civil Union ceremonies have already been vacation even safer: performed in the borough. According to one observer, "the process is a lot like marriage without the rice." Those wishing to enter into a Child Fingerprinting between 9:00am and Civil Union must be of the same sex, at least 18 2:00pm at the Glen Ridge Arts Festival on May years of age, and not party to another civil union, 12th domestic partnership, or marriage. The first step is to obtain an application from the Registrar, Infant and Child Car Seat Installation by Elaine Bertram, in room 102 of the Municipal appointment at 973-748-4116. Detective Edward Building; the application fee is $28. There is a 72- Johnson or Officer Charles Roberts will be hour waiting period before the license is issued. delighted to not only install the seat properly, but An additional fee of $100 is charged to those who demonstrate the proper technique for safe usage. choose to have the ceremony finalized by the mayor in the courtroom. Crime Prevention Survey by appointment at 973-748-4116. Certified officers will do a complete security analysis of your home and County Clerk Outreach Office make appropriate recommendations. The Essex County Clerk will have an Outreach Office at the Glen Ridge Public Library, from 9:30am to 12:30pm, on two Saturdays, May 19th and June 16th, and the first and second Tuesdays All The News That's Fit To Chew of each month from 2:00pm to 8:00pm at the Glen Ridge has gone to the dogs, as it were. Municipal Building for passport applications and There are 560 dogs licensed in the borough. That Notary Public oaths. For additional information, means almost a third of the households in town call the Clerk's office at 973-621-4920. Forms and are be-dogged. The most popular breed is, of a complete Outreach Schedule are also posted on course, the Labrador. the webpage, www.essexclerk.com.</p><p>Page 8</p>