Hillside Fire and Police Debates Roar Over Staffing
Resident Sue Ann Ricci writes in protest letters criticizing police and fire staffing, deployment, and duties. She argues improper patrol allocations and claims comparison benefits favor firefighters. She notes EMTs on duty, cross deployments, and questions patrol car responses to ambulance calls. Dr. Margaret Dunn will speak on The Art of Listening at Hillside Public Library on November 5.
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Fire Prevention Bureau
Policewives
Hillside Times
PBA
Wovsaniker
Union County
Fire Department
Police Department
Hillside Public Library
Margaret Dunn
Dunn
Obituary of Mark Jarinalli Hillside Engineer and Civic Leader
Mark Jarinalli 79 of Hillside died last Wednesday in Elizabeth General Hospital. Born in Italy he moved to Elizabeth as a child and to Hillside 25 years ago. A Newark College of Engineering graduate he worked 30 years as a mechanical engineer for American Can Co retired 16 years ago then taught at Essex County Vocational Technical High School for 10 years and later was a consultant with Abbe Engineering Co Little Falls. He chaired Hillside Zoning Board past president of Italian American Civic Association Hillside received the Columbian Award. He was a past Civil Defense Unit director life member of the Elks Elizabeth and member of the Old Guard Hillside. Surviving are sister Miss Jennie Jannelli and brother Carmine.
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Mark Jarinalli
Hillside
Elizabeth General Hospital
Italy
Mr. Jannelli
Elizabeth
Newark College of Engineering
American Can Co
Essex County Vocational Technical High School
Newark
Auant Ratse Abbe Engineering Go
Little Falls
Jannelli
Italian American Civic Association
Civil Defense Unit
Elks Club
Old Guard
Jennie Jannelli
Carmine
John Smisko Jr 78 of 1242 Robert St dies in St Elizabeth
John Smisko Jr. 78, of 1242 Robert Street, died Thursday in St Elizabeth Hospital. A Newark native who lived in Hillside 80 years, he retired from Ford Motor Co Mahwah after 32 years on the assembly line. He served in World War I and was a member of Mahwah Local 906 United Auto Workers. Surviving sister Mary Hudak of Union. His mother Anna Smisko of 1242 Robert Street died Sept 26 at 98.
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Gin Smisko, Jr
Robert St
St Elizabeth Hospital
Newark
Hillside
Smisko
Mahwah
United Auto Workers
Mary Hudak
Union
Anna Smisko
John O'Neill obituary notice in St Elizabeths Hospital area
John O Neill 58 of 577 ters Mrs Geraldine M Ew Marvard Ave died Tuesday in St Elizabeths Hospital Elizabeth Survived by three sisters Rita K O Neill Patricia C Mullery and two brothers Arthur J George P and Paul J Funeral details to follow at local parish church funeral home records indicate major family names in this obit
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John H. O'Neill
Geraldine M. Ew- Marvard
Patricia C. Mullery
St. Elizabeth's
Rita K. O'Neill
Elizabeth
Arthur J
George P
Paul J
Hillside Letter Writers Clash Over Police and Fire Budgets
A Hillside resident defends the fire department’s broader duties and criticizes police funding and ticketing practices. The letter disputes Hillside Times editorials, cites shifts in fire service hours since 1950, and questions legalities of police compensation changes while stressing township safety and accountability.
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Police Department
Fire Department
Divid
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Sue Ann Ricci
The
Hillside Firemen's Wives
Sean
Hillside Elks Club
Orioles
Recreation Department
Laurie Peterpaul
Donna Wallraff
Lisa Horniacek
Anna Marie Guida
Nancy Kowlasky
Lori O'Neil
Mina Grillo
Deanna Davidson
Janice Searko
Diane Hunter
Donna Zwang
George MacDonald
Ruth Gibbs
Phillipsburg High School
Bud Foley
Gladys Gelman
Hillside Recreation Commission
Florence Mikulewicz
Shelly Spielholz
Cathy Wisnieski
Thersa Wallraff
Andrea Balum
Hillside Photo Service
Mark
John Smisko
John O'Neill
Demaco
Ana
Hillside Police Department
Rouse
Manly
Foetus 8
mMeone
TIMES
Bowen
Hillside Policewives Association
United Fund
United Way
Tuscan Dairy
Union Avenue
Union, N. J
Summit and Elizabeth Trust CO
Springfield Avenue
Summit
N. J
Eiser’s Inc
North Broad Street
N.J
Apex Signal Service S
Inisters
Houte
Michigan Avenue Union
American Can Company
N. Union Avenue
Hillside Pork Store
Bloy Street
Liberty Avenue
Hillside, N.J
Capital Fuel Service, Inc
Hillside Avenue
Hillside, N. J
Oakland
Tanky
Maxon Pontiac
Long Avenue
Prince Street
M Miller & Son
Liberty Ave
United Oil Company
Central Avenue
HESS/SCHUHMANN ASSOCIATES
Isurance Counsellors
Hillside Ave
HP Press Engraving Machine CO
Test-Rite Optical Company
Kruse Trucking Company
Ramsey Avenue
Otto's
Exxon Service
Liberty and
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