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The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES
Freeholders Mull Funds For
Jail Food Contract, Parks
By BRIAN TRUSDELL
Specially Written for The Westfield Leader
and Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times
ELIZABETH – Union County department heads asked the Board of
Chosen Freeholders at its November
5 meeting to approve a variety of
spending projects, including four
alone that totaled more than $5 million.
The quartet includes extending the
food services contract at the county
jail, replacing an elevator at the county
justice complex, as well as two site
remediation service contracts for numerous parks and other facilities, including Lenape Park in Cranford.
The division chiefs also asked for
numerous other approvals, from
$3,218.80 for Catholic religious services and counseling for the 2016
calendar year at the Union County
Jail in Elizabeth to more than $1
million to replace cart paths at Galloping Hill Golf Course in
Kenilworth.
The freeholders reviewed 63 different resolutions at the agenda session, many of which likely will be
acted upon at tonight’s regular meeting.
Among the requests was $3.3 million for a contract with Pravco Inc. of
Rahway for “roof and elevator replacement” constituting phase three
of the Union County Justice Complex renovations.
Another appeal was for $1.4 million to extend the food contract with
Aramark Correctional Services of
Atlanta for the county jail for one
year beginning tomorrow, Friday,
November 13. When asked by Freeholder Christopher Hudak, acting
corrections department head George
Blaskewicz said the amount was
smaller than the previous year, due to
a smaller inmate population, but could
not say by how much.
He promised to have the numbers
by tonight’s meeting.
Besides the elevator contract, the
department of engineering, public
works and facilities management
asked for an additional $350,275 for
a contract with Matrix New World
Engineering of Florham Park. The
project, which began in 2013, is for
site remediation at numerous facilities, including the Ashbrook Country
Club and the Union County maintenance yard in Scotch Plains,
Watchung
Reservation
in
Mountainside, Houdaille Quarry in
Springfield and Galloping Hill Golf
Course. The new funds would bring
the contract with Matrix to $746,470.
The engineering department also
sought $157,740 more for its contract with CME Associates of
Monmouth Junction, which has been
determining the level of contamination at the closed Lenape Park Trap
and Skeet range. Besides lead pellets
from the expelled shotgun shells,
Engineering Department Director
Joseph Graziano noted that the area
is suspected to contain storage tanks.
But Freeholder Angel Estrada
questioned if the additional investigation meant that the county may
have to remediate the soil in the area.
He said he believed that the county
had avoided that possibility when it
reached an agreement with the federal Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) that if it closed the
site, no further action would be
needed.
County Counsel Robert Barry interjected, saying the agreement was
with the EPA, but did not include the
state Department of Environmental
Protection.
Mr. Graziano seemed to satisfy
Mr. Estrada by saying that if there
was no migration of the contamination beyond the original area in question, the agreement with the EPA
should stand.
The other million-dollar item requested included repaving approximately seven miles of cart paths at
Galloping Hill, Parks and Recreation
Director Ronald Zuber said.
A smaller project that received
considerable explanation was a request for $325,000 for the
prosecutor’s office from forfeiture
funds to install software from SHI of
Somerset that would streamline paperwork for criminal prosecutions.
First Assistant Prosecutor Thomas
Isenhour explained at length the hours
of work required to input arrest reports from the various municipalities
and also the hours required for research with the current system.
The software would allow the
prosecutor’s office to outfit each
municipal police department in the
county to enter the required information into a computer from the beginning and the prosecutor’s office to
build and maintain a case file throughout, thus eliminating countless hours
of work duplication.
He said it would require an estimated $40,000 per year to maintain
but that this amount also would come
from forfeiture funds.
NORTH NJ CHAMPS...The Cranford U14 travel baseball team, pictured, left to
right, are: front row; Coach Rich Meola, Joey Casazza, Hunter Goff, Jake Van
Dam, Mike Meola, Jack McAleavey, Kevin Donovan, Isaiah Glover and Danny
Swanson; back row, Coach Scott Swanson, Jimmy Shriner, Sean Petrucci,
Deandre Fieldhouse, Dylan Budnik, John Marchese and Coach James Shriner.
Not pictured Coach Steve Casazza.
district finals held in Millburn.
Cranford also enjoyed success out of
state by participating in the “Elite Championship” tournament in Allentown,
Pa. where they advanced to the final
game. During that tournament, the team
displayed true grit by playing six games
in two days and recording a 4-2 record.
Cranford made the finals by going
3-0 during the one day, single elimination, playoff round. Cranford’s
overall record was 26-9.
WF Girls ‘Blue’ Team Tops
Hunterdon County ‘Y’
The Westfield Area “Y” Devilfish
girls “blue” swim team defeated the
Hunterdon County “Y” on October
24 in their first dual meet of the
season.
8U: Molly Baker and Astrid
Wunderle finished 1-3 in the 25-free.
Shae Trenery, Baker and Kathryn
Williamson finished 1-2-3 in the 25back. Catherine Ritter and Madelyn
Lee finished 1-2 in the 25-breast as
Lee and Trenery went 1-3 in the 25fly.
9-10: Clare Logan, Katherine
Riordan and Neve Ferreira swept the
50-free. Logan, Riordan and Julia
Schneider swept the 50-back. Emily
Constable and Clara Yu went 1-2 in
the 50-breast, while Emma Brown
and Schneider went 1-2 in the 50-fly.
Yu and Constable finished 1-3 in the
100IM.
11-12: Isabelle Gauthier and Vivian
Jeckell finished 1-3 in the 50-free.
Natalie Lee and Maggie Burke went
1-2 in the 50-back as Sofia Leonetti,
Gianna Sandull and Gauthier swept
the 50-breast. Bridget Thomas,
Jeckell and Erin McKinney swept the
50-fly. Lee, Sandull and Thomas also
swept in the 100IM with Lee setting
a new Devilfish team record with her
time of 1:06.45.
13-14: Tori Sandull, Emilia
McCormack and Mary Weber
touched 1-2-3 in the 100-free. Julia
McGann and Weber touched 1-3 in
the 100-back. Alyssa Corvelli and
Sandull finished 1-2 in the 100-breast.
Tess Deyerle, Abigael McKinney and
McCormack swept the 100-fly.
Corvelli and McGann went 2-3 in the
200IM.
15-18: Emma Conlon and Caroline
Basil finished 1-2 in the 100-free.
Basil and Muriel Maloney finished
1-2 in the 200-back. Audrey Picut,
Aidan Donahue and Gwyn Devin
swept the 200-breast. Maddie
Reynolds, Conlon and Picut swept
the 200-fly as Devin, Emily Oster
and Donahue swept the 200IM.
For more information regarding
the Devilfish, please contact Brian
Guidera, Head Coach and Director
of Competitive Aquatics, (908) 2332700
x
263
or
[email protected].
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Cranford Alliance Seeks Help
For Zero-Tolerance Message
By CHRISTINA M. HINKE
Specially Written for The Westfield Leader
and Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times
Ani Kavafian and Carter Brey
Chamber Music Concert Set
For Thanksgiving Weekend
Mostly Music will provide another
extraordinary musical experience on
Sunday, November 29, capping the
Thanksgiving feast with spiritual delight. Ani and Ida Kavafian, highly
acclaimed violinists, will join Carter
Brey, the principal cellist of the New
York Philharmonic, and Jonathan
Feldman, world renowned pianist, in
a concert featuring both traditional
and contemporary classical music.
The concerts will be held at 2:30
p.m. at the Morrow Memorial Church,
600 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood,
and at 7:30 p.m. at Temple EmanuEl, 756 East Broad Street, Westfield.
The musicians will perform the Bach
Trio Sonata BWV 1038, the Brahms B
Major Piano Trio, the Martinu Sonata
for 2 Violins and Piano, and the
Najarian A Tale for Violins.
Bohuslav Martinu, a Czech national, was a prolific composer who
wrote music for various groups of
instruments, as well as the voice and
ballet, beginning at age 12 until his
death in 1959. He wrote the Sonata in
1932 while residing in Paris.
Kristaphor Najarian, a young
American of Armenian heritage, is a
concert violinist who also composes
various types of music ranging from
classical, to rock and jazz. He wrote
A Tale for Violins to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the 1915
Armenian genocide for the Kavafian
sisters, who played the world premiere on December 30, 2014, in Los
Angeles.
As always the musicians will discuss the composers and the compositions prior to their performance, the
intermissions offer the audience an
opportunity to visit in a friendly setting, and free parking is available in
both locations.
Tickets are available at the door:
$30 for adults, $25 for seniors, and
youth up to the age of 21 are free.
Everyone is encouraged to bring their
family and friends.
Remaining concerts of the 20152016 season will be on December 13,
February 14 and March 6. For directions and more information, visit
mostlymusic.org or call (973) 7620108.
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WF-SPF 8U Slammers Win
Fall Baseball Championship
The 8U Westfield-SPF Slammers
team won the 8U USABL Fall Baseball Championship with an 11-8 victory over the South Plainfield Tigers
on November 7, at Booth Field in
Scotch Plains. The Slammers finished
the season with an 8-1-2 record. The
team was formed of kids from that are
typically major rivals from Westfield
and SPF.
After the Tigers scored twice in the
first, the Slammers answered with
four runs. Bobby Christensen walked,
CJ Bates singled and AJ Saccento
walked to load the bases for Liam
Garrett (Westfield) who laced a tworun double to get things started.
Domenic Erbafina’s three-run blast
in the second inning elevated the lead
to 9-2 lead after two frames. Aaron
Ives helped the Slammers at the plate
with three RBI.
W-SPF made some key defensive
stops, including Brody Henderson’s
popup catch in shallow RF or Tyler
George’s strong throw from 3B to
deflate a Tiger rally in the fifth.
Pitchers Garrett and Drew Pravlik
combined to yield only five runs over
five innings. Bates closed the sixth
inning after a shaky start with the
Tigers narrowing the lead to 11-8.
Two of the last three Tigers struck out
to end the game.
The Slammers roster consisted of
Raiders: Bobby Christensen,
Domenic Erbafina, Tyler George, CJ
Bates and AJ Saccento. Blue Devils:
Liam Garrett, Luke Bracco, Aaron
Ives, Drew Pravlik, Brendan Kelly,
Jake Alfano, Brody Henderson,
Brendan O’Connor and Grant Como.
Cranford U14 Baseballers Win
North NJ Babe Ruth Crown
This summer, the Cranford boys
travel U14 baseball team won the
Northern New Jersey Babe Ruth state
championship. The team went undefeated during the state championship
series with a record of 4-0. Cranford
defeated Branchburg (the defending
champions) in a tense finale, 8-6,
played in Jersey City.
The team had qualified for the state
tournament by shutting out their
yearly nemesis, Millburn, 3-0, in the
Thursday, November 12, 2015
SLAMMERS 8U BASEBALL TEAM: Pictured, left to right, are: bottom row;
Aaron Ives, Jake Alfano, Brody Henderson, Bobby Christensen, Brendan
O’Connor and Coaches Dan Ives and Chris Bates; top row, Domenic Erbafina,
Liam Garrett, Tyler George, Brendan Kelly, AJ Saccento, CJ Bates, Drew
Pravlik and Grant Como. (Not pictured Luke Bracco and Coach Joe Alfano).
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
BOROUGH OF FANWOOD, UNION COUNTY
PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with N.J.S.A, 30:10A-1, the Borough of
Fanwood will offer the following unclaimed vehicles for sale at public auction. Auction to
take place on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM (preview 9:00 AM) at Church
Auto Body, 183 South Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey 07023.
YEAR
2007
1989
MAKE
Hyundai
Homemade
VIN NO.
5NMSH73E27H009679
1142596338
MINIMUM BID
$6238.20
$9277.70
1. Said sale shall be conducted by the Borough Clerk or by any person so designated
by her.
2. Said property is being sold “as is”.
3. Payment is to be made in cash or certified check.
4. All prospective purchasers are put on notice to personally inspect the property at the
Church Auto Body, 183 South Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey, 07023 on Thursday
November 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM.
5. At the time of said sale, the purchaser shall deposit the entire purchase price with the
Borough Clerk. If the purchaser fails to take title and possession within ten (10) days of
the date of purchase, the governing body of the Borough of Fanwood may declare the
contract of sale to be terminated and may retain all monies paid there under as liquidated
damages, and the Borough may resell said property or pursue such other and further legal
and equitable remedies as it may have. If the purchaser fails to take title or possession
within said ten (10) days, purchaser will be liable for reasonable storage fees.
6. If the title to this property shall prove to be unmarketable, the liability of the Borough
shall be limited to the repayment of the amount of any sums paid by said purchaser to the
Borough without any further costs, expense, damage, claim against or liability upon the
Borough.
7. The Borough of Fanwood reserves the right to reject all bids and shall not be obligated
to accept any bids.
8. All prospective purchasers are put on notice that no employee, agent, officer, body
or subordinate body has any authority to waive, modify or amend any of the within
conditions of Sale.
Eleanor McGovern
Borough Clerk
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CRANFORD — The Cranford
Municipal Alliance sought the township committee’s help to better “infuse” its “In Our Town, 21 Means 21”
zero-tolerance for underage drinking
message Monday.
Municipal Alliance Chairperson
William Ilaria told the committee at
its agenda meeting that a root cause
of alcohol abuse among Cranford
youth is parents allowing children to
drink in their own homes, with the
justification that they are being monitored.
However, Mr. Ilaria said parents
need to have a zero-tolerance policy.
Sports injuries, he claimed, also can
be triggered by delayed reactions that
are caused by alcohol being consumer by up to 48 hours prior to the
sporting event.
In his report, Mr. Ilaria said 48
percent of Cranford High School students think occasional to frequent
drinking is okay and that Cranford
ranks second in hospital drug admissions among Union County towns
with average incomes more than
$100,000.
Aside from those rankings, the
alliance’s programs aimed at helping
Cranford kids remain alcohol-free
have made a difference.
“Cranford has been singled out as
a model town,” Mr. Ilaria said.
“The School Resource Officer in
the township is one of the best decisions we have ever made…I know he
is making a difference. We have to
continue to fund that program,” Mr.
Ilaria said.
The Cranford Cookout, that had its
inaugural event in June and asked
participants to sign waivers stating
their commitment not to supply alcohol to those underage, was “a huge
success,” he said.
The “21 Means 21” message to
parents is disbursed throughout all
the schools. “We are starting with
kindergarten parents,” he said.
The alliance will be placing permanent signage throughout the town
with its “21 means 21” message.
The alliance receives funding from
the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA) which
Cranford matches for a total budget
of $38,200.
In other matters, Township Administrator Terence Wall told the com-
mittee that the North Avenue Pedestrian Project in and around the train
station is to be completed by Thanksgiving.
The delivery of a traffic light has
been delayed and could push the
project past that deadline. Alden Street
cannot open until the light is installed
and working, but Mr. Wall said the
township is communicating with the
contractor to understand the deadlines.
Part of the project involves a newly
installed island. Traffic safety issues
were brought up by Commissioners
Tom Hannen and Patrick Giblin, who
said trucks have been driving over
the curb on the island while negotiating the area.
“The curb is already wearing away,”
Mr. Hannen said.
Township Engineer Carl O’Brien
said he would like to see how traffic
moves after the barriers are removed
because the barriers do cause the
road to be narrower.
Once they are removed and the job
is complete, the road would be the
standard width, he said: 14½-to-15
feet wide.
“I don’t have a concern with the
way it is designed and approved,”
Mr. O’Brien said.
Mr. Hannen also said he was concerned with fire trucks not being able
to pass traffic on North Avenue heading toward Walnut Avenue due to the
island.
Zoning and planning board administrator Ruthanne Della Serra announced her resignation as of December 2016. Zoning Officer Robert
Hudak asked the committee to replace her position with a combined
assistant zoning officer-board administrator position.
The Mayors Council Rahway River
Watershed Flood Control, a group of
officials from municipalities located
along the waterway and its tributaries, has asked the township to commit $100,000 for surveying to denote
the right of ways in the river throughout the township, Mayor Andis
Kalnins said.
He recommended the committee
to approve the funding. He said about
200 properties would be impacted by
the easements. This is in addition to
the $20,000 the township pays yearly.
He also noted that two of the 11
municipalities in the council have
opted out of their commitment to
funding.
Stalking, Sexual Assuault
Bills Signed By Christie
TRENTON — Those who repeatedly violate a stalking restraining order face increased jail time under a
measure sponsored by Aswm. Nancy
Munoz (R-21, Summit) and signed
into law by Gov. Chris Christie on
Monday.
The new law upgrades repeat violations from a fourth-degree crime to
third degree and increases the fines to
a maximum $15,000.
It was one of two Ms. Munozsponsored bills to be signed by Gov.
Christie on Monday.
The other allowed sexual assault
victims to obtain temporary orders of
protection without filing criminal
charges. It prohibits the alleged offender from having any contact or
communication, including personal,
written, telephone or via electronic
device, with victims and their family
members, employers, and employees. It also prohibits stalking, following or harassing, including cyberharassing.
The repeat stalking bill was initiated by Ms. Munoz after the 23-yearold daughter of the assemblywoman’s
dentist, Dr. Roger Kriete, was
hounded by a man who walked into
the store where she was a clerk.
The woman quit the job, transferred to a college out of state but
continued to be pursued for a year.
The suspect was arrested again in
New Jersey, made bail, located her
again and was arrested once more.
“Restraining orders often aren’t
enough of a deterrent for stalkers.
Regardless of their motivation, the
goal is the same – to instill constant
PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS
CITIZEN INPUT FOR
REVENUE BLOCK GRANT
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the HUD Revenue
Sharing Block Grant, Year 42 funding on
Friday, November 20, 2015 in Room 202,
430 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, New
Jersey at 10:00 AM.
The Township of Scotch Plains will look
to set their funding priori-ties and seek
input from the residents of Scotch Plains to
see how the county allocation should be
spent.
The hearing will be chaired by the
Township’s official delegates to the Revenue Sharing Committee and/or the
Township’s Grant Project Manager. Nineteen towns in Union County are involved,
and all projects must have a 2/3 majority of
the total committee membership approval
in order to become reality.
Application for projects will be available
at Township Hall and include complete
instructions concerning’ project eligibility.
Projects funded throughout the 19 member municipalities include: housing, rehabilitation, neighborhood preservation, code
enforcement, senior citizen facilities, child
care facilities, and various social service
programs.
TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS
Alexander Mirabella
Municipal Manager
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fear in their victims,” Ms. Muñoz
said. “They are also at an increased
risk of being attacked or killed. In
addition to the threat of physical harm,
the psychological trauma is devastating.
“These criminals will no longer
receive a slap on the wrist. Instead
they’re going to face several years in
prison.”
The new stalking law allows judges
to order global position satellite
(GPS) tracking of anyone convicted
of a second stalking offense. Should
the stalker get within a certain distance of the protected person, an alert
would be issued to the victim’s
smartphone.
Probitas Verus Honos
PUBLIC NOTICE
SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
CHANCERY DIVISION
UNION COUNTY
DOCKET NO. F-04957-15
FILE NO. 19655-14
NOTICE TO REDEEM
PRO CAPITAL I LLC BY ITS
CUSTODIAN, US BANK;
PLAINTIFF VS. THOMAS R.
WATKINS;
KARL
FRIEDRICHS; AMERICAN
EXPRESS
CENTURION
BANK; ANNA M BROWN;
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO.;
NEW CENTURY FINANCIAL
SERVICES; DEFENDANT(S)
TO: KARL FRIEDRICHS; ANNA M
BROWN;
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an order
made on October 27, 2015, the Superior
Court Fixed December 11, 2015 between
the hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon
and four o’clock in the afternoon, prevailing time, at the office of the Tax Collector of
ROSELLE, located at 210 CHESTNUT
STREET, ROSELLE, NEW JERSEY
07203 as the time and place when and
where you may pay to the plaintiff the
amount so found due for principal and
interest on its certificate of tax sale as
follows:
LOT 7 BLOCK 4002 on the tax duplicate
of ROSELLE. Total amount required to
redeem tax sale certificate no. 12-056 is
$45,749.55, together with interest from
September 30, 2015 and costs of
$1,383.54.
And that unless, at the same time and
place, you or one of you redeem by paying
the aforesaid sum so found due to plaintiff,
then you, and each of you shall be debarred and foreclosed of and from all right
and equity of redemption of, in and to the
lands and premises above set out and
described in the complaint and every part
thereof, and that the plaintiff be vested with
an absolute and indefeasible estate of
inheritance in fee simple in said lands and
premises.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, redemption shall be permitted up until
the entry of final judgment including the
whole of the last date upon which judgment is entered.
Michael G. Pellegrino, Esq.
Attorney for Plaintiff
PELLEGRINO & FELDSTEIN, L.L.C.
290 Route 46 West
Denville, New Jersey 07834
(973) 586-2300
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