Hillside police sergeants indicted for misconduct and extortion
Union County Grand Jury indicted two Hillside police sergeants Jerome Horning and Robert Hach on misconduct in office and extortion charges after a joint probe into $114 in shop thefts at Shop Rite Route 22. Horning suspended. Hach suspended. case awaiting court decision. Separate raids arrested 11 people from five counties on bookmaking conspiracy charges at 1 p.m. Saturday, including a Hillside firefighter.
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Hillside
Union County Grand Jury
George Shelbourne
Hillside Times
Jerome Horning
Robert Hach
Union County Prosecutor's Office
Shelbourne
Hach
Force
Horning
Hillside Police Department
James C. Sasso
Watchung
Hollywood Ave
Sidney Benson
Exeter Way
Thomas Hockey Robertozzi
Silver Ave
Ion
Witte
Katz
Carmen Dill
James Sasso
Sasso
Harold Wovsaniker
Wovsaniker
J. Arnold Witte
Mayor calls for confrontation over flood relief in Hillside
Mayor Vincent Baldassano blasts Union County Park Commission for inaction on floods and pushes for a regional flood control authority. He threatens dramatic action including dumping dirt on commissioners desks if progress stalls. Hillside officials cite debris in the Elizabeth River and welcome Schering Plough cleanup. meanwhile indictments loom in a separate coordinated police raid with over 100 officers.
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Vincent Baldassano
Union County Park Commission
Park Commissioners
Park Commission
Elizabeth River
J. Arnold Witte
Witte
Baldassano
Hillside Flood Relief Committee
Schering= Plough Company of
Union
Pligabeth
Burton Bergman
Gennaro
Messano
Conant St
Hollywood Ave
Mexander J. Menza
Board of Education
Residents Protest New Township Revaluations
Residents, including Mrs. Alice Anderson and Mrs. Helen Beattie, voiced anger at the township over new assessments submitted to the county. The mayor explained the assessor alone approves revaluations, despite political pressure to resist higher taxes. Appeals may be filed May 1 to August 15 with or without lawyers, as Katz defended the process after surveying 232 sales totaling about $8 million in township property.
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Alice Anderson
Conant St
Helen Beattie
Thomas St
Vincent, Baldassano
Katz
Union County Board of Taxation
J. Arnold Witte
Hillside arrests target conspiracy to commit bookmaking
Hillside Week Eleven reports multiple arrests by the Union County Prosecutor’s office and Hillside police. Fireman among the nine men charged with conspiracy to commit bookmaking. The investigation began in Hillside and touched several municipalities amid flooding debates.
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Hillside
Union County Prosecutor's Office
Tiilside
Hillside Police
Eee
Messano Heads Six War Board of Education Candidates
Gennaro Tiny Messano will lead a six candidate slate for three seats in the Board of Education election set for March 11. The filing deadline passed last Thursday, with ballots drawn Friday placing Messano at position one. Remaining candidates appear in order Anthony Dee Phil Nicolaus William Taergseh William Lange William Conway. Notably no women enter the race. Dennis Murphy initially planned to run but did not enter. Lange Conway and Taetzsch currently serve on the board with Lange as president.
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Gennaro Messano
Board of Education
Gennaro
Tiny) Messano
Anthony J. Dee
Phil Nicolaus
William Taergseh
William Lange
Robert Conway
Dennis Murphy
Firehouse Film Classics to Open Hillside Theatre Series
The Hillside Firehouse Theatre launches its Film Classics series on February 14 and 15 with a renowned film to be announced next week. Chairperson Nancy Light notes rising interest in early cinema and the Hillside Community Players’ aim to provide quality entertainment for the community.
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Hillside Firehouse Theatre
Nancy Light
Hillside
Hillside High students print decals for emergency use
Printing students at Hillside High School created decals to mark homes with disabled residents for fire crews. Under guidance from graphic arts teacher Louis Piccirillo and Fire Deputy Chief Peter Ferrigno, about five students worked over a month, despite injuries, to prepare roughly 200 decals. Contact the Fire Department at 926-5394 to obtain decals.
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Eee
Hillside High
Fire Department
Hillside High School
Louis Piccirillo
Peter Ferrigno
Doug Ferrigno
Ferrigno
Steve
Jutfilowski
Kyle Davis
Chris Wilkes
William Lomonaco
Hillside High Printing
Steve Butfilowski
Bill Lomonaco
Steve Butillowski
D. Stevens
New Board Budget Six Percent Hike
The board of education opened its budget for the 1975-76 year with a six percent increase. President Willian Lange said a public hearing will precede the March 11 election for voter approval. Because only half the budget is due in 1975, the tax year rise is about 4.2 percent, reflecting shifts in assessment figures.
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Sne Board of Education
Last Hight
Willian Lange
Lange
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Morris Place
Ralph Naples
Beverly Helbig
Donna
Anthony Naples
Mellasa Alello
Roseann Naples
Judy Naples
Gerald McDonald
Paul Sagal
Patricia Naples
Dom Naples
Bulletin
Richard Pizzi
Union Couity
Union County Organized Crime Strike Force
Edward Pietraak
Pizzi
Joel Dinar
Peter J. Cardilla
Nick Guida
al Norman
Elizabeth
William Frayley
Billy Golden
Monte Keskin
Michael Mazza
Dill
Dil
Township Committee
Samuel Katz
County Board of Taxation
Lange, Conway and
Taetzsch
Firehouse
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