Volunteers Near Finish of Conant Street Dike Project
Volunteers worked over the weekend and neared completion of the Conant Street dike with about three quarters built. A sudden Sunday rainstorm halted final finishing. Union County Park Commission and Lehigh Valley Railroad granted permission. materials and dirt donated by town residents and local firms.
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Conant St. Dike
Tom Mooney
Hillside Conservation Commission
Hillside Flood Relief Committees
Union County Park Commission
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Gennaro Messano
Board of Education
Mooney
Reserve Police
Boy Scouts
Trinity Church
Elizabeth
John St
Elizabeth River
Garrubbo Announces 20000 Nursing Home Study Fund
Assemblyman Joseph L. Garrubbo announces a 20000 appropriation approved by both houses and before Governor Byrne to finance the Nursing Home Study Commission. Funds will hire staff, audit facilities, expose mispractice, and coordinate with state departments to tighten Medicaid nursing home oversight and protect patient rights.
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Joseph L. Garrubbo
Nursing Home Study Commission
Byrne
Garrubbo
Public Advocate
Department of Public Advocate
Hillside approves new crossing guard and dispatcher posts
Township Committee approves the supervisor of school crossing guards and civilian police dispatcher posts over Republican objections citing economy. A senior citizens mini bus starts July 14. Volunteers nearly finished a Conant Street hike. Midnight the dog wowed crowds at Conant Park. State Budget cuts blamed for higher taxes and layoffs by State Senator Menza.
Mini bus service set to start July 14
Mayor announces the minibus for seniors and disabled will begin operation Monday July 14. The pilot program previously ran weekdays. now weekend service is added to shuttle seniors to the municipal pool. Routes are fixed, and rides are free. Drivers named Patsy De Rollo, Eileen Kehoe, and John Lucas will work up to 20 hours weekly at $3.50 per hour.
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Vincent Baldassano
Baldassano
Patsy de Rollo
Warwick Road
Eileen Kehoe
Prospect St
John Lucas
Grann St
Town ship panel creates new posts amid GOP objections
The Town ship Committee, with Democratic majority, approved new posts for supervisor of school crossing guards and civilian police dispatcher. Republicans warned of state aid losses and called one job a political payoff tied to Rita Loeb. Civil service rules on the crossing guards post were defended. dispatchers would free officers for street duty. The meeting also filled minor clerk posts opposed by Republicans and rejected Hillside districting with Newark.
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Witte
Burton Bergman
Rita Loeb
Civil Service
Bergman
Harold Worsaniker
Paul de Graw
Wovsaniker
Charlotte de Filippo
de Filippo
John Kulish
de Graw
Hillside
Newark
Sen. Menza
Byrne
State Assembly
Hollywood Ave
Albert Parsonnet
Albert
Frank Volturo
Arthur Seale
James Welsh
Lottery buyers seek R s W s 21 and instant cash
In Hill side buyers rush to purchase Instant Lottery tickets. Contestants rub squares with top prizes of 510,000 for 21 and 10,000 for spelling JERSEY. Stores report multiple 1,000 and 100 winners, weekly sales in thousands, and growing popularity.
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Hillside
Jersey
Nick Ferrara
Hillside Cut Rate
Hillside Ave
State Senator Says Budget Cuts Hit Hillside Hard
State Sen Alexander J Menza Democrat of Hillside warns that state budget cuts will raise property taxes and force massive layoffs citywide. He says 20,000 jobs could be lost if cuts persist and the income tax remains dead. Hillside would lose substantial funds without the tax, which he supported.
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Alexander J. Menza
Hillside
Menza
Midnight the Hillside police dog honors tragic heroism
Midnight, Hillside K 9 unit dog, chases not a criminal but Patrolman Matthew Benavitch of Elizabeth Police K 9 Corps. Public exhibition in Conant Park drew hundreds as Patrolman Donald Wolfe praised Midnight for courage in catching an alleged bicycle thief after a car strike. Wolfe, a psychology graduate, trained Midnight in a 14 week course. The dog lives with Wolfe and is treated as family. A second K 9 unit is planned.
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Midnight
Hillside
Matthew Benavitch
Elizabeth Police Partment
Elizabeth
Conant Park
Donald Wolfe
Wolfe
Bob Saboski
July 3 Meetings and Events Day Book
A dated schedule lists Old Guard at Presbyterian Church 10 a.m. Lions Club at College Inn 6 30 p.m. Sinai Men 8 p.m. Elks 8 p.m. July 5 Recycling behind Municipal Garage 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 7 Senior Citizens Elks 12 30 p.m. jund 1600 Schley St 8 p.m. Anonymous Municipal Building 8 p.m. Creative Arts Community Center 7 30 p.m. July 8 Rotary College Inn 12 15 p.m. Unico College Inn 7 p.m. Hillside Da a Club Walter O Krumblegel School 7 p.m. Lodge 241 F&AM 1444 North Broad St 7 30 p.m. July 9 Overeaters Anonymous Municipal Building 10 a.m. Planning Board Municipal Building basement conference room 7 p.m.
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Old Guard
Presbyterian Church
Lions Club
College Inn
Sinai
Elks
Senior Citizenss
Schley St
Anonymous
Creative Arts
Rotary
Unico
Hillside da
Walter O. Krumblegel
P.m
F&am
North Broad St
Municipal Building
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Public Works
Joseph Castelluccio
Gennaro
Tiny) Messano
Bob Sabuski
Conant St
Price Dog
J. Arnold Witte
Schering-Plough Corporation
Union
Schering
The
Park Commission
Phil Nicolaus
Shade Tree Commission
Shade Tree
Anthony Aullis
E. Thomas Lenz
Board of Health
Witte and
Helen A. Burkert
Alma Jean
Cars Lutz
Carl
Liberty Ave
Gales
Phil
Bloy St
Municipal
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