Plans Submitted for Huffman Koos, Car Crash, State Aid and Honoring "Mighty Joe" Top This Week's News

Development at Huffman Koos Just Around the Corner in River Edge

River Edge has waited just a little over four years for the 2008 approved Huffman Koos development project to begin. And now, the project is looking to finally begin once County Building officials sign off on a set of recently submitted plans.

Mayor Sandy Moscaritolo announced during Monday's council meeting that finalized plans have been submitted to the borough's building department for review and a developer's agreement is in the works.

A female driver had to be extricated from her minivan on Tuesday afternoon after passing out behind the wheel and crashing into a Rockland Coaches bus on Kinderkamack Road.

The accident, which occured around 12:20pm, stalled traffic on Kinderkamack Road from Oradell Avenue to Center Avenue as Oradell Police and Fire removed the driver through the rear of the minivan.

For over 15 years, Joseph Maugeri has been a familiar face outside of Cherry Hill School as the World War II veteran and VFW Commander continues to volunteer his time as a crossing guard.

Maugeri, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, was honored for his years of service as a crossing guard by the River Edge Board of Education Wednesday night.

For the third consecutive year, River Edge and Oradell will see no change in their municipal state aid amounts. At the same time, River Delland Oradell school districts state aid will remain flat while the River Edge school district is expected to see a $23,483 increase in their school aid.

Looking for additional shared services and already facing a lack of police dispatchers on staff, River Edge officials began discussing the possibility of utilizing the Bergen County system in Mahwah on Monday night.

The Public Safety Operation Center (PSOC) is capable of providing around the clock coverage of 911, police, fire and emergency medical services calls on a unified radio system through its 38 full-time and 10 per-diem employees.

The "Harlem Shake," a new dance craze sweeping across the Internet, has reached Oradell.

A YouTube video uploaded earlier this month shows a several Sigma Group employees in their Oradell office performing the "shake" decked up in NFL gear. In the short since it's been posted to YouTube it's received more than 14,719 hits.

 River Edge residents Wendy Rosenoff, her two daughters, and Gail & Charles Brunner, recently attended the Foward on Climate Rally in Washington, DC over Presidents Day Weekend.

The River Dell tri-district school systems are facing the deadline to submit the 2013-2014 budget to the county next week with uncertainty as to whether $85 billion in federal "sequestration" spending cuts will be stopped by Congress before Friday and how it will impact the district.

And so far, at least two out of the three districts have adopted a wait and see approach to what effects the sequestration budget cuts could bring.

George Washington, portrayed by Rodger Yaden, along with local townspeople celebrated the anniversary of his birthday with a country ball this past weekend at New Bridge Landing.

Eighteenth century dancing was featured in the Steuben House under Denise Piccino’s direction with Ridley & Anne Enslow providing musical accompaniment on fiddle and hammered dulcimer.

For the next several years, the Bergen County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, based out of Oradell, will be assisting homeowners in South Bergen to rebuild their homes that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. So far the organization has begun its efforts in Little Ferry and has already gained an added boost to their multi-year project.

This past week, Boiling Springs Savings Bank donated $5,000 to Habitat Bergen’s Sandy rehabilitation project "Repair. Rebuild. Restore." 

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