Hillside News Briefs Include Meeting Vote and Local Incidents
The Hillside Pop Warner League will hold a general meeting on Thursday February 29 at 9 p.m. at the PAL Building with three board seats to be filled. A brush fire at Calvin Coolidge School and a series of incidents including a stolen car recovery and a missing license plate were logged, with arrests and medical checks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop Warner Football League
PAL
Rosemarie King
Leslie St
Hillside
Bloomfield
Hillside Police Fire Pay Gap Debate Ends In Unity
Township committee refuses differential pay between police and fire, approving a $700 raise for both departments. Commissioner Robert Diamond defends the move as fair and tax manageable, noting only four towns pay more. A referendum could settle parity, but officials urge neighborliness and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Diamond
Scotch Plains
Plainfield
Westfield
Springfield
Hillside
Solomon
PBA
Afl-Cio
Parity Pay Standoff Endures for Police and Firemen
Township Committee sticks to a $700 raise for both police and firemen to preserve parity after a two hour meeting and PBA protests. Police demand $1,000 more or a 32 hour week, while firemen defend equal pay citing dangers and longer, inflexible shifts. A private evaluation and studies on public safety integration are proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
PBA
Anthony Lordi
Lordi
Thomas Mateer
Mateer
High Winds Spark Small Fires and Smoke Incidents
A cold snap dropped temperatures from 24 degrees at 7 30 p m to nine degrees at 5 30 a m. High winds triggered alarms at Sinai Hebrew School and Youth Center To bia's Appliance Store Bristol-Myers Products Division and Center Bowl. A Lehigh Valley Railroad drill engine caused brush fires along the right of way but crews extinguished them. A defective oil burner filled 253 Williamson Ave home of Mr and Mrs Vito Robertozzi with smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinai Hebrew School and Youth Center
Tobia
Bristol- Myers Products Division
Center Bowl
Irvington
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Vito Robertozzi
Williamson Ave
Blood donors needed for 8 pints of B positive blood
Emergency blood request for a young Hillside woman facing heart surgery on March 19 at Beth Israel Hospital. The hospital requires 8 pints of B positive blood. Help by calling Flash Cleaners at MU 8 9646 to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Beth Israel Hospital
Two Injured In Williamson Clinton Crash
Police report two people injured in an accident at 3 17 p m Wednesday at Williamson Ave and Clinton Place. Ronald P Damione 26 of 266 Pomona Ave Newark a driver and Lucille Schaffer 44 of 53 Hansbury Ave Newark were hurt in a car operated by Estelle Gatov 65 of 310 Schley St Newark. Damione was southbound on Williamson Ave and Gatov eastbound on Clinton Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson Ave
Clinton Place
Ronald P. Damione
Pomona Ave
Newark
Lucille Schaffer
Hansbury Ave
Estelle Gatov
Schley St
Damione
Gatov
Bronze Star Awarded to Capt Carroccia for Vietnam Service
Capt Carroccia of the Army Medical Corps received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam from December 5 1966 to December 31 1967 while serving as battalion surgeon for the 2nd Battalion 4th Artillery 9th Infantry Division. He treated military and civilian patients amid the civic action program and is now at Fort Ord Army Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Place
Army Medical Corps
Vietnam
Carroccia
4Th Artillery
9Th Infantry Division
US Army
Fort Ord Army Hospital
California
Samuel Carroccia
Hillside High School
University of Rochester
Seton Hall Medical School
Kansas City, Mo
General Hospital and Medical Center
Hillside Presses for Stricter Water Pollution Law
Hillside representatives attend the State Assembly hearings on a stricter water pollution bill set at 299 and urge enactment. Albert Parsonnet requests that downstream Municipal Courts hear violations from other communities. Union County Park Commission notes rodent control along the Elizabeth River banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
State Assembly
Assembly
Albert S. Parsonnet
Hillside Board of Health
Board of Health
Parsonnet
Bernard B. Bernstein
John Link
Hillside Homeowners Association
Board of Health of
Parsonnel
Edmund Lafferty
Union County Park Commission
The
Park Commission
Elizabeth River
Hillside P B A Responds To Diamond On Police Pay
The Hillside P B A replies to Finance Commissioner Robert Diamond and refutes a single unit approach to police and fire pay. They demand an impartial survey by independent Township personnel to compare duties and conditions and argue for separate wage scales for police and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Diamond
Hillside P.B.A
Diamond
Hillside Times
Hillside P.E.A
P.B.A
Police Department
Fire Department
Hillside
Township awards 486000 garbage contract to Newark firm
The Township Committee awarded a three year garbage collection contract to Fereday and Meyer Co., Inc. of Newark for 486000 starting July 1, the lowest bid after evaluating one three and five year options. The committee also contracted Humane Animal Shelter of New Jersey in Lodi for stray dog pickup at 6000 annual cost, funded partly by dog license revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town.hip Committee
Fereday and Meyer Co., Inc
Commerce St
Newark
Newark Company
Board of Health
Humane Animal Stelter
New Jersey, Inc
Main St
Lodi
Union
Plainfield
Joy Ride Arrests After Midnight Crash at Police Headquarters
Three youths fled a stolen car after a late night crash outside Police Headquarters. Driver James Cosgrove 23 of Irvington faced multiple charges, with James Kubiak 18 of Harrison and a 17 year old Harrison juvenile also arrested. Cosgrove and Kubiak held without bail. juvenile released to parents. Car owned by Gail Childs of Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Messano
George Davies
Messeano
Detective Bureau
Gordon Milburn
Highland Ave
Belleview Ter
James Cosgrove
Orange Place
Irvington
James Kubiak
Warrent St. Harrison
Harrison
Cosgrove
Kubiak
Gail Childs
Harrison Ave
Meskin Resigns Hillside Planning Board Post for Ed Board Duties
Sanford A. Meskin newly elected president of the Hillside Board of Education says he resigns as attorney to the Hillside Planning Board to focus on duties as board president. He is a Newark native and veteran with a long record in local organizations and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford A. Meskin
Board of Education
Hillside Planning Board
Meskin
Board of Ed
Hillside Law
Goldhor and
Hillside Board of Education
Michael Meskin
Martin Lynch
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Policemen’s Benevolent Association
Bonnie Lee Blumenau
Rawood Furniture
Route 22
Fire Company 3
Calvin Coolidge School
Joseph Nascef
Magazine St
Hillside Ave
N. Broad St
Lawrence J. LA Cara
Bailey Ave
William Greenwood
S. 18Th St
Kenneth Collins
Maple Ave
Joseph Peyser
Wendel Body Co
Chestnut Ave
William Paton
Ee Cee
U.S. Army
United States
Republic of Vietnam
Eugene Carroccia
BBC Appliances
Liberty Avenue
Waverly
J. Lute Share
Richard A. Featherstone
Virginia St
Schleifer Rd
Angelo Marino
Joy Riders
Germany
Temple Shomrei Torah
Hillside Jaycees
Men's Progress Club
Hillside Lodge
B'nai B'rith
American Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
New Jersey Federation of Mens Clubs
King St
Mer Muriel Goldwater
Michael
A. P. Morris School
Marc
Saybrook School
Robert
Leslie
Newark State Teachers College
A.P. Morris Pta
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