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By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Giant steps up the rung of suc-cess were made by this year’sCranford High School wrestlingteam. Instead of finishing sec-ond or third in major tourna-ments, for instance the UnionCounty Tournament (UCT), theCougars, not only captured thetitle, but also claimed four indi-vidual champions. Additionallythe Cougars won their confer-ence, claimed their secondstraight District 11 title and quali-fied 10 matmen for the Region 3

Tournament.The Cougars kicked off their

season by placing second andclaiming three individual cham-pions — Gavin Murray, AnthonyCapece, Vince Concina — at theTunkhannock Kiwanis Tourna-ment featuring 26 teams inTunkhannock, Pa. on December29-30. The Cougars also ad-vanced to the finals of the Cen-tral Jersey, Group 3 champion-ships, dropping a very narrow,25-24, decision to South Plainfieldto finish with a 16-4 record.

“This year the team did get

over the hump and get the tour-nament wins that we worked sohard for. We have to continue toclimb the ladder of success andstay hungry for more,” CougarHead Coach Pat Gorman said.“This year has been a lot of funwith this group of wrestlers, it isalways sad to see the seniors go,but I know they all have more toaccomplish in their roads ahead.”

Last year, the Cougars quali-fied three wrestlers (Murray, TomDiGiovanni, Niko Cappello) forthe NJSIAA Tournament in Atlan-tic City. This year, sophomoreChris Scorese (126-lbs) joinedthe trio.

Murray, a senior and three-timestate qualifier and Region 3 cham-pion in 2014 who placed second at

AC in the 138-lb class last year,won his second UCT title and Out-standing Wrestler (OW) Award,his third District 11 title and placedsecond in Region 3 at 152-lbs toqualify for another trip to AC wherehe placed fifth. He finished 39-4 toelevate his career record to 144-18 and to become the Cougars’winningest wrestler.

“Gavin had a great career atCranford, and I am proud to havebeen in his corner throughout allof it,” Coach Gorman said. “I toldGavin the other day that this pro-gram is taking off and he is one ofthe pioneers, no one can denythat. He not only was successfulon the mat, but he has developedinto a great young man, and man-aged to wrestle himself to a schol-arship at Purdue University.”

Cappello, a junior, took top hon-

ors in the UCT at 182-lbs in addi-tion to grabbing his third districttitle and went on to win the Re-gion 3 title and place seventh atAC, finishing with a 35-6 record.

“Niko had a great year, and hebounced right back at AC towrestle all the way back to aplace. That shows a lot of charac-ter and determination. Niko willbe looked up to next year in theroom and I am looking forward tothe off-season with him,” CoachGorman said.

DiGiovanni, a sophomore com-peting at 120-lbs, won his sec-ond UCT and District 11 titlesand placed third in Region 3 totake a second trip to AC where hewon his first bout and finishedwith a 32-10 record. Scoresewon his second district title and

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first UCT title with the OW Awardand placed second in the regionto make the trip to AC where hewon a bout and finished with a34-7 record.

“Two Sophomores also wrestledin AC and that says a lot aboutthis program, and how it is grow-ing and will be doing so for yearsto come. Chris Scorese now hasa win under his belt at the statelevel and that should give him abig boost of confidence, TomDiGiovanni now has qualifiedtwice in two years for AC, andalthough he hasn’t placed, I thinkhe has two years on the podiumcoming his way if he continues toput in the time that he does,”Coach Gorman said.

Capece, a sophomore, placedsecond in the UCT and first in thedistrict at 106-lbs and finished23-11. Concina, a sophomore,took third in the UCT and first inthe district at 132-lbs and fin-ished 27-9. Junior Dave Buschplaced third in the UCT and sec-ond in the district at 138-lbs tofinish with a 23-11 record.

Sophomore Brian McGovern

placed second in the UCT andsecond in the district at 145-lbsand finished with a 27-12 record.Junior Andrew Tompkins placedsecond in the UCT and second inthe district at 160-lbs and fin-ished 25-11. Freshman DylanBudnik gained a lot of experiencecompeting at 170-lbs and fin-ished with a strong effort in thedistrict. Senior Nick Ballas placedfifth in the UCT at 195-lbs andfinished 22-14. Sophomore AlexEsposito finished 7-18 at 220-lbsand junior Kevin Doran placedthird in the district at 285-lbsand finished 10-15.

The Cougars are expecting tohave a fine influx of freshmenadded to their lineup next year,so Coach Gorman said, “Sectionaltitle will be in our sights as will berepeating as county, conferenceand district champs. I think wecan climb the rankings in theregion and I am driving this teamto be a top-20 in the state. I amgoing to again beef up the sched-ule, it has proven to get my guysbattle tested and ready for therun in the post season.”

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Cougar Matmen Won Union County Tournament, District 11 Tourney, Finished 16-4



Westfield Blue Devils Boys Finished 13-11 in Very Competitive Basketball Season



Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider Wrestlers Had More Balance, Finished Season 15-11



Cranford Introduces $35.67 MBudget at 1.4-Percent Increase

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

CRANFORD — The townshipcommittee passed unanimouslyTuesday at its official meetingthe introduction of the 2015 bud-get totaling $35.67 million. Tax-payers will see a 1.4-percentjump, or $33.56, for the averageassessed home in Cranford of$181,600. The tax base in-creased, in large part due to twonew developments — Riverfrontand 555 South Avenue — whichhelped to alleviate tax hikes,Mayor Andis Kalnins said.

The budget includes the hiringof two new police officers andtwo new firefighters.

2014 municipal debt is $43.4million, up from $38.1 million in2011. 2014 debt service pay-ments are $4 million, up from$3.1 million in 2011.

A resolution was approved, 4 to1, for a change order to PaleyConstruction Company, which is

doing construction work on thefirst floor of the municipal build-ing. The change order includesthe addition of a renovation to abathroom in the mayor’s office.Commissioner Tom Hannen, Jr.opposed the resolution.

By resolution, Captain DeanRussamano of the Fire Depart-ment will receive a stipend whilehe takes on the role of ActingChief. Chief Leonard Dolan re-tired this month and the depart-ment is actively searching for hisreplacement.

There were two resolutionspassed that amend contracts inconnection with the home eleva-tion projects that FEMA hasfunded as a means to alleviateflood damage to homes. Theamendment was due to theproject taking longer than ex-pected, Mayor Kalnins told TheWestfield Leader.

The township received a$35,000 grant from Union County

for handicapped ramps, “whichis more than usual,” Commis-sioner Robert D’Ambola an-nounced.

Two ordinances were passed toremove the parking restrictionfrom 4:30 to 6 p.m. along NorthAvenue. This will help to allevi-ate some parking loss while con-struction takes place at the NorthAvenue Train Station, the com-mittee said. The township will goout to bid soon for the project toreshape the area on the north-erly side of the train station tomake it more pedestrian friendlyand ease traffic flow. Mr.D’Ambola said that the townshipis pursuing additional grantmoney for the project as well.

After the township committeeMonday held a vote to either cutdown or put into action methodsset forth in a report by a treeexpert to support the limbs andtrunk of “Old Peppy,” AdvisoryBoard member Tina Helmstetterpleaded the case once again tosave the historic tree. The com-mittee on Monday, with a splitvote, passed the movement toproceed in removing thePepperidge tree.

Commissioner Hannen reiter-ated that a black aluminum fencesurrounding the tree would keepthe area safe should the treecollapse. “Due to its age, it’spossible General Washingtonpassed by Old Peppy on his wayto Morristown during the Revolu-tionary War,” CommissionerHannen said. He also said hewould “have a difficult time sup-porting an ordinance,” referringto a tree ordinance the townshipis working on, that would pro-hibit residents from removingtrees on their property for safetypurposes if the township removesOld Peppy for safety reasons.

Clerk’s Office to Get FundsTo Purge, Maintain Records

By BRIAN TRUSDELLSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

GARWOOD – Council membershave agreed to shift $4,500 slatedfor the planning board to theborough clerk’s office to beginpurging and maintaining records,one of several long-term capitalprojects discussed March 19 at asecond council meeting on themunicipal budget.

The money was moved afterplanning board member andCouncil President Bill Nierstedtsaid at the initial hearing on March12 that he felt the expenditurefor the development oversightauthority was unnecessary. Af-

ter consulting with Steven Greet,Council Finance Chairman LouisPetruzzelli said the planningboard chairman agreed, and themoney was freed for other uses.

The decision leaves the 2015budget, still to be formally intro-duced, at $7.8 million, includinga tax hike of approximately $85for a home assessed at $100,000.Council members cut $21,000from the spending plan at theMarch 12 meeting, the biggestportion – $5,000 – coming frompolice overtime.

Borough Administrator Chris-tina Ariemma requested the fund-

Photo Courtesy of Garwood Councilwoman Ann TarantinoSENATORIAL VISIT... Employees of Penn Company of America in Garwoodon Tuesday greet Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), center, while he was thereto discuss his legislation that would reward companies that keep jobs in theUnited States. New York City reporters, however, were there to get the Senator’scomments on federal corruption charges he faces.

Menendez Responds toPending Fed. Charges

GARWOOD — U.S. Sen. RobertMenendez (D-N.J.) visited ThePen Company of America, a fac-tory in Garwood, on Tuesday tohighlight his legislation that isintended to reward companiesthat keep jobs in the U.S. How-ever, the 20 reporters, photog-raphers, and TV news cameraoperators were there to seek theSenator’s comments regardingpending federal corruptioncharges against him, NJ AdvanceMedia reported. The corruptioncharges are said to be focused onSen. Menendez’ relationship withfriend and campaign donorSalomon Melgen.

“I’ll say the same thing I saidtwo weeks ago when there was adifferent press report, and that isthat I have always acted appro-

priately and legally,” Sen.Menendez said, according to theNJ Advance Media report.

The New Jersey Law Journalhas reported that Sen. Menendezhas hired attorney Abbe Lowell,who represented former Demo-cratic vice-presidential nomineeJohn Edwards and former lobby-ist Jack Abramoff, to representhim.

Under Sen. Menendez legisla-tion, companies that do notoutsource jobs and hire veter-ans, could qualify for the AmericaStar program and use its logo asa "badge of honor" in marketingtheir products, NJ Advance Me-dia reported,

Attending the event wereGarwood Borough Council mem-bers Bill Nierstedt and AnnTarantino, State Senator RayLesniak (D-20th, Elizabeth),Union County Freeholder BruceBergen and Sheriff Joseph Cryan.

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Photo courtesy of Brian HortonFESTIVE AND FUN...Two-year-old Violet Ramos of Garwood works on herEaster egg Tuesday afternoon at Be Craftful on Martine Avenue. She has foureggs to pick from for Saturday's egg-decorating contest at Fanwood's annualEaster Egg Hunt at Forest Road Park.

Brian Trusdell for The Westfield LeaderTAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME… Garwood Mayor Charles Lombardo,center, presents a proclamation letter to council members Sara Todisco, left, andLou Petruzzelli, right, in honor of the Garwood Baseball League's opening dayon Saturday, April 11.

Commissioner D’Ambola andDeputy Mayor Lisa Adubato bothsaid the risk of the tree fallingdown and hitting a child is onethey are not willing to accept.

“I cannot place a dollar amounton the life of a child, or anyonefor that matter, when we caneliminate this risk altogether,”Mr. D’Ambola said.

Mr. D’Ambola added that theinsurance company would notcover a lawsuit should the treecause injury to a person.

“It is not a casual decision,”Deputy Mayor Adubato said. “Weare charged with looking out forthe welfare of all of our citizens.”

Mayor Kalnins announced thatmembers of the Mayors CouncilRahway River Flood Control trav-eled to Washington, D.C. to meet

with representatives in regardsto the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers’ study of the Rahway Riverflood control alternatives. Thecouncil asked representatives for“friendly pressure” of the ArmyCorps to complete the study andthen begin the flood mitigationwork. He said the representativeshave been receptive. He thankedU.S. Senators Bob Menendez andCory Booker and CongressmanLeonard Lance for their support.

During Ms. Adubato’s commis-sioner comments, she acknowl-edged the passing of her uncleJack, who she called “a proudIrish-American.”

“Our family has lost a patri-arch, and an amazing father,uncle and friend,” Ms. Adubatosaid.

ing for the records maintenance atlast Thursday’s meeting, hoping tobring in an intern during the sum-mer to begin sorting documentsfor destruction and digitization.

In other matters, the council

agreed to spend $59,000 to pur-chase a replacement for the po-lice/fire dispatch console($41,000) – parts of which dateback to 1983 – and a dictaphone($18,000) to record calls to the

emergency line.Using a capital bond for the

purchase was proposed but wasdeferred until the board couldget input from Mr. Nierstedt, whowas absent.

Additionally, the council agreedto have Borough Engineer DonGuarriello begin to seek estimatesfor sidewalk replacement in sev-eral areas to coincide with roadresurfacing and repair. The fi-nance committee has estimatedthe cost to be between $60,000and $80,000.

That expenditure would be paidfor with a bond, as would $27,000for a Ford Explorer sport-utilityvehicle to replace the 13-year-old model being used by the firesafety inspection officer. Thecouncil agreed to seek lease bidsfor the SUV after rejecting an-other request by the fire depart-ment to replace the 1997 ChevySuburban used by Fire ChiefMichael Tharaldsen.

The documentation issue ac-counted for the largest single partof the council’s approximate one-hour-and-15-minute discussion.

Ms. Ariemma noted how theborough’s records are becomingunmanageable, with the townrunning out of space to properlystore them. Some need to bepurged. Others need to be re-tained as required by state stat-ute, and others contain historicalvalue to the town.

“We have an actual book disin-tegrating,” she said. “It’s not theDeclaration of Independence, butyou’re required to preserve that.”

Furthermore, the borough isstill keeping its tax maps on pa-per, she said, which causes prob-lems when certain requests aremade, like designating distancesto determine compliance withlaws or ordinances.

“I have to use a protractor,”she explained. “It’s time to startlooking at tech a little moreclosely, and getting on boardwith neighboring towns.”

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Clerk’s Office to Get Funds, Purge, Maintain Records

Cranford Committee VotesTo Cut Down ‘Old Peppy’

By CHRISTINA M. HINKESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

CRANFORD — The townshipcommittee voted to remove “OldPeppy,” the 200-year-oldPepperidge tree in Lincoln Parklocated on Lincoln Avenue, atMonday’s workshop meeting. Thetownship committee has debatedthe fate of the Pepperidge treefor five years after tree limbs felland crushed a fence surroundingthe tree. Last year, CommissionerRobert D’Ambola recommendedthat “Old Peppy” be cut down.

The tree advisory board wasmostly in favor of taking the treedown, Mr. D’Ambola said.

“I’d like to see us do it quicklybefore they install the new play-ground,” Mr. D’Ambola said.

Bartlett Tree Service said it pre-sented a low risk, but would fail.The tree experts look at risk andconsequences, Commissioner

Mary O’Connor said.“The consequences stated in

the Bartlett report are severe,extreme injury or death,” Com-missioner O’Connor said. MaserConsulting, the engineering firmhired by the township, said in itsreport that the tree was a highrisk.

Tina Helmstetter, a member ofthe tree advisory board, said shewas in favor of saving the treeand said the recommendationsby Bartlett would preserve thetree. Various braces and cablesto secure the tree, and a wider,higher fence were proposed byBartlett, she said. She felt thatMaser Consulting did not havethe expertise in tree health tomake a proper assessment ofthe tree’s risk of failure.

Commissioner Tom Hannen, Jr.was against cutting down Old




BOE Hears PresentationOn Personalized Learning

By DELL SIMEONESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

CRANFORD – The board of edu-cation met on Monday eveningand honored Lisa Patella, an ac-tive board member, who recentlyresigned after six years. MichaelCaulfield, a former member, waswelcomed back to fulfill her un-expired term. The board alsoviewed a PowerPoint presenta-tion on personalized learningabout Rosemary Scholz’s fifthgraders at the Brookside PlaceElementary School.

Board President Mary Vendittipresented a certificate of appre-ciation and flowers to Ms. Pa-tella, saying, “It was an honor towork with you.” Superintendentof Schools Gayle Carrick echoedthat sentiment, saying, “It wasan honor to work with someonewho put her heart and soul intoeverything she did.” The boardgave Ms. Patella a standing ova-tion. After the meeting, Ms. Pa-tella said, “The reason for leav-ing was that life just got toohectic, but I’ll miss it.” Mr.Caulfield was then sworn in tofulfill her unexpired seat. Mr.Caulfield had previously servedon the board for 13 years.

Ms. Carrick then introducedRosemary Scholz, who is in

charge of the “personalized learn-ing” program. Ms. Scholz ex-plained that the program allowsfor a portion of each Friday after-noon for the students to exploreand work on their interests orpassions. “It is the passion thatcomes back to you through thestudents,” she said.

The students were at the meet-ing and several told the reasonsthat they liked being in the pro-gram and how much it means tothem. Brookside Place SchoolPrincipal Michael Klimko thankedthe board for its support. Hepraised Ms. Scholz for taking thelead in this project.

The PowerPoint presentationwas entitled “A Glance Into OurClassroom.” It showed studentsat work on projects they choseand designed themselves. Onestudent summed it up by saying,“Personalized learning has taughtus to think for ourselves and toexpand our horizons.” Ms. Scholzsaid. “It’s not that we didn’t havesome roadblocks, but studentslearned time management, alevel of research, to show evi-

Peppy, and was in favor of put-ting up a black aluminum fencearound the tree to keep out pe-destrians. CommissionerO’Connor said she would like toreview the tree experts’ reportsagain before deciding. MayorAndis Kalnins, Deputy Mayor LisaAdubato and Mr. D’Ambola votedto remove the tree.

The cost to remove the tree is$4,000.

Mr. D’Ambola had suggestedhaving the tree be carved anddisplayed at the park. The carv-ing would cost about $20,000.Other suggestions were a ga-zebo, a memorial plaque on thestump of the tree, or makingbenches out of the tree limbs.

The committee also votedagainst a stipend increase for thecommissioners. Currently, eachcommissioner receives $2,800.A proposal to increase that to$5,000 was brought to the table.“Increasing the salary opens theopportunity for more people topartake in township affairs,” saidMayor Kalnins, who said it wasrecommended to him as a way toattract more interest in publicoffice.

Deputy Mayor Adubato said shewould support the recommenda-tion. Commissioners D’Ambolaand Hannen voted against theincrease.

Detective Lieutenant Ed Dav-enport of the Cranford Police De-partment gave a presentation to

the committee on installing pe-destrian safety lighting along acrosswalk on Walnut Avenue nearthe Cranford Hotel. The cross-walk, he said, is dark and is ablind spot to vehicular traffic. Itis heavily used by commuters ofthe train station. The low-volt-age lights would be installed inthe street and activated by apush button. Police Chief JamesWozniak supported the project.Costs were not disclosed.

“That intersection…it’s an acci-dent waiting to happen,” Com-missioner O’Connor said.

During public comment, MattShaw of Woodbridge asked thecommittee the township’s inter-est in starting up a special-needsbaseball program. Mayor Kalninsrecommended Mr. Shaw talk withParks and Recreation DepartmentDirector Steve Robertazzi, or the

Cranford Committe Votes to Cut Down ‘Old Peppy’Cranford Baseball and SoftballLeague.

Mike Norman, a resident ofColby Lane, asked if the commit-tee had heard anything aboutrumors of the Union County Col-lege proposal of a smaller ath-letic field than what was pro-posed last year. Mayor Kalninssaid he met recently with Marga-ret McMenamin, president ofUnion County College, aboutprojects going on at the college.“She told me they weren’t plan-ning a field,” Mayor Kalnins said.

Mr. Norman said the area slot-ted for the field previously nowhas stakes with flags in theground.

Union County had offered OakRidge Park in Clark as a site forthe field, but to date there hasbeen no action taken by the col-lege.

Planning Bd. OKs AdditionFor PSE&G Substation

By DELL SIMEONESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

CRANFORD – The planningboard last Wednesday night ap-proved an amended final siteplan application for an additionto the PSE&G substation off ofSouth Avenue near the GardenState Parkway and the Conrailtracks.

Niall O’Brien, an attorney rep-resenting PSE&G, said therewould be upgrades and modifi-cations and an addition to theexisting substation on the nine-acre tract.

Raymond Tripodi, manager oftransmission permitting forPSE&G who is also a planner andan engineer, said a reactor tankfor the pump house, a combina-tion storage and maintenancebuilding and a distribution switch-ing station, which will be used to

transmit electricity from high-voltage lines, are included in theproject. He said the purpose is toimprove power for the New Jer-sey Turnpike and the GardenState Parkway as well as forCranford and the surroundingarea.

“The modifications are for safetyand compliance,” Mr. Tripodi said.The project, he added, will beoverseen by the Penn JerseyMaryland Operators, a regula-tory agency which overseespower in New Jersey and 12 otherstates. He said a shunt reactor isused as a shock absorber to seeif there is a fault in the under-ground line. He also said a tankwith mineral oil in it is used tocool and insulate the system. Hesaid the new building will be at-tached to a flat start generator

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CRANFORD — The CranfordPublic Library, located at 224Walnut Avenue, will host “StoryTime Yoga” featuring Lisa Ferraroon Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. be-ginning April 9 and continuingthrough May 28.

This eight-week story time willpromote literacy while gettingchildren up and moving. Chil-dren ages 2 to 5 will use props —like balls, scarves, pinwheels andpom-poms — to build strength,flexibility and self-confidence

through play. The program willmix poses, games, storytelling,art and music to teach childrenhow to release the “sillies” andfind the calm.

Registration is required and willbegin today, Thursday, March26. It may be done in person orby calling the library at (908)709-7272. Admission is free andall Cranford residents are wel-come. For a list of other upcom-ing programs, visit the librarywebpage at cranford.com.

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Local Letters to the Editor

Many very generous Garwood,Cranford, Westfield, Kenilworth,Plainfield, Summit andMountainside residents may recallback in 2003 when they so big-heartedly donated over $2,000 tosave and transplant a 20-foot tallwhite spruce tree from the LincolnSchool construction site to the St.Anne’s corner at Second Avenueand Cedar Street. I now wish toask those who contributed back in2003 for your thoughts on a newchapter in this community storybegun by Garwood’s 1991 fourthgrade class.

For those who are not aware,this tree was very unceremoni-ously destroyed during the newsenior building construction. Thiswas despite Garwood PlanningBoard and the approved rede-velopment plan requirements tosave the tree. The Westfield Se-nior Housing Corporation wasextremely professional and re-sponsible after this incident oc-curred, calling me and even com-ing to my house to apologize.They acknowledged theircontractor’s error, and neverwavered from their obligation tomake things right, and immedi-

ately agreed to plant a new treeof similar size. We recently dis-cussed the idea – suggested bymy wife Maria – to transform thecost of replacing the destroyedtree – about $5,000 – into theplanting of new street trees inthe Garwood Senior Citizen Hous-ing site neighborhood. Depend-ing on the size, type and speciesof tree selected, this could resultin anywhere from 15 to 50 newshade trees in the surroundingblocks.

I am asking for your opinion onthis endeavor, as you were a partof the initial tree preservationeffort. I think the idea of convert-ing the planting of one evergreentree in 1991 to 15 to 50 newtrees on our borough streets in2015 would make a greater long-term impact than one new treeon the senior site. What do youthink? I look forward to hearingfrom you. Thank you.

Bill NierstedtGarwood

Wouldn’t 50 New Trees Be Better Than One?dence to support their thesis,and to be a risk taker.”

“I’m so thankful that theyshared. There is a level of inter-dependence,” she said. “There isa 69-percent increase in studentengagement,” she added.

Some of the personal testimonyof the students was, “It’s won-derful that the students can goon their own to explore new top-ics.” “I really like it. I learned howto research and gather informa-tion.” “I’ve learned about WorldWar I and World War II.” SchoolLibrarian Arline McCloskey, whohelped the students with onlineresources, said, “I’m proud ofthe fifth graders.”

Wednesday Morning ClubPosts Upcoming Activities

CRANFORD — The next busi-ness meeting of the WednesdayMorning Club will be on Wednes-day, April 1, at 10 a.m. It willtake place at the Cranford Com-munity Center, located at 220Walnut Avenue. Guest speakerAngela Adams of Overlook Medi-cal Center will discuss “The chal-lenge of memory.” The board willmeet at 9:30 a.m.

The Public Affairs Departmentwill wind up its season with aluncheon/planning meeting onTuesday, April 14, at the home ofMarie Mastorakis at 12:30 p.m.Members are asked to bring ideasfor future programs and also tobring a sandwich to share.

On Tuesday, April 21, theAmerican Arts and Crafts De-partment will hold its planningmeeting at 10 a.m. at theCranford Community Center.

Fran Huckel will be the hostessfor the Literature Department

when it meets on Monday, April27, at 12:30 p.m. Members willdiscuss and decide which booksthey would like to review nextseason. They will bring sand-wiches to share.

“Rosie the Riveter” will be theguest speaker when the clubmeets on Wednesday, April 15,at Il Giardino, located at 103 MilnStreet, Cranford. Lunch will beserved at 1 p.m., with the guestspeaker featured at 2 p.m.

The Wednesday Morning Clubis geared toward maturewomen living in Union Countywho have recently retired orleft the workplace and are seek-ing new activities. Participantsget together several times amonth to exchange ideas andexplore areas of interest in thearts, literature and public af-fairs. For more information andto attend a meeting, call (908)272-8665.

Planning Board OKs Additionwhich can supply power. Headded it is not often used.

Mr. Tripodi said the pump houseis close to the Garden State Park-way, about 10.7 feet from theside yard, and other buildings are21 feet from the side yard. Headded that the project is for thehealth, safety and the public good.He said the project will bring noadditional traffic and have no im-pact on the surrounding residen-tial or commercial properties inthe area. Mr. O’Brien called it astraight forward application.

Mayor Andis Kalnins asked ifthe shunt reactor would be sur-rounded by a containing wall.The mayor asked if the storagebuilding and the gas generatorwould be enclosed, to which Mr.Tripodi responded that theywould be surrounded by an ex-isting fence. He also said theretaining wall is crumbling and itwill be replaced.

The board will meet next onWednesday, April 1, at 7:45 p.m.,at the municipal building, locatedat 8 Springfield Avenue.

BOE Hears Presentation on Personalized LearningMs. Sholz concluded by saying,

“They’re a wonderful group ofkids. This is one of those things.You are going to meet your stan-dards. You just have to havefaith in little people.” Superin-tendent Carrick commented,“Thank you so much. This was adream come true for me.”

In other business, BrianNiemsyk, president of theCranford Education Association,presented the board with a checkfor $1,500 for Project Gradua-tion. The board voted to accept agrant of $1,000 from the CranfordFund For Educational Excellenceto support the Livingston Av-enue School’s Guided Readingproject, which allows teachers tofocus attention on improving thereading skills of students whoneed additional help.

The board changed the openwork session meeting scheduledfor Monday, April 13, to Monday,April 20, at 8 p.m., at the LincolnSchool board conference roomon Centennial Avenue.

Rosary Altar SocietySchedules Meeting

GARWOOD — The next monthlymeeting of St. Anne’s RosaryAltar Society will be held on Thurs-day, April 9, at 7 p.m., at theKnights of Columbus Hall. Thehall is located at 37 South Av-enue, Garwood. Parking is avail-able behind the hall on WillowAvenue.

President Christine Guerrierowill welcome all members andcall for committee reports. Elec-tion of new officers for the 2015-2016 Rosary year also will takeplace. Refreshments will beserved during the meeting.

Jennie Browne has arrangedfor a trip to Taj Mahal in AtlanticCity on Sunday, April 26. Inter-ested persons are asked to callher at (908) 789-0778. The nextRosary Sunday is May 3, withrecitation of the Rosary at 7:40a.m., followed by Mass at 8a.m. All are encouraged to par-ticipate.

Rosary Altar SocietyPlans Taj Mahal TripGARWOOD — The Rosary Altar

Society of the Church of St. Annein Garwood has planned a trip toTaj Mahal in Atlantic City for Sun-day, April 26. The bus will leaveat 11:30 a.m. sharp from theChurch of St. Anne, located at325 Second Avenue, Garwood,and return at approximately 9:30p.m.

The cost is $30 per person witha generous slot return. Inter-ested persons are asked to maketheir reservations as soon aspossible by calling Jennie at (908)789-0778 or Eileen at (908) 789-0414.



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