Hillside committee airs police contract offer after stalemate
The Hillside Township Committee voted 4 to 1 to publish its latest police contract proposal amid PBA inaction, with Mayor Wovsaniker urging legal counsel review. The plan outlines raises, extra days off, clothing allowances, and a 1975 76 benefits package, while a related budget debate over labor attorney fees continued.
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Police Department
PBA
Louis Santagata
Wovsaniker
Dorf
James Welsh
Vincent Baldassano
Welsh
Baldassano
Santagata
Parsonner
Board rehiring 21 teachers amid uncertain state funding
The Board of Education voted 6 to 2 to rehire 21 non tenured teachers for 1976-77 despite possible fall firing if state funds fail to arrive. Flannery and Parker opposed, Conway absent, Panarese supported arguing action safeguards children. Additional tie vote halted the rehiring of an elementary guidance counselor, revealing internal school politics over staffing and principal roles.
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Board of Education
Michael Flannery
Flannery
Robert Parker
Robert Conway
the Times
Tony Panarese
Panarese
Rose Stahnton
Trainor to Seek Committee Seat in Hillside
Loretta Andrukite Hillside Republican Chair announces Edward Trainor of Miriam Place as Republican Candidate for Township Committee. Screening Committee praised his integrity and town focus. Trainor, a 16 year Hillside resident, attended St Charles School and Weequahic High School and is a state certified real estate and insurance agent. Previously worked for Sealtest Company.
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Cate
New Jersey
Hillside
Loretta Andrukite
Hillside Republican
Edward Trainor
Miriam Place
Andrukite
Trainor
St. Charle’s Grammer School
Weequahic High School
Newark
Professional School of Business
Union
N. J
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Sealtest Company
Teenagers Arrested Over Drug Use In City
Six local teenagers including two 14 year old girls faced drug charges after friends found them unconscious at a Hillside area home. The girls were taken to Elizabeth General Hospital by Hillside Ambulance Squad. The group had used THC synthetic hashish. Three more minors were later arrested with THC in Conant Park. On May 1 a 20 year old was taken in an incoherent state from Sunset Lanes on Route 22 after consuming a large dose of angel dust.
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Elizabeth General Hospital
Hillside
Sunset Lanes
Route 22
Salie
Jack Wagner
Maintenance fiasco forces high school games to forfeit
Local uproar follows unplayable Kingston Field and Liberty Field after rain and poor upkeep. Coaches allege chronic maintenance failures. two games forfeited or shifted as district confronts staffing shortages and mismanagement.
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Joe Silver
Jack Wagner
Kingston
Morris Ave
Liberty Field
Terri Kostes
Clark
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