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home sales Recent contRibutoRs:
Total contributions in this listing: $18,375.28
EssEx county 23 Rose ave., $668,000, Jared B.
Root, Rachel L. Root (Thomas Miller)
Wilson Lee, Ann H. Lee (Chaskel
Ginsberg)
104 davenport ave., $195,000, Shi
Xiong Dong, Li Ping Jiang (Diorgiton Individual contributors:
BELLEviLLE 3 aspen drive, $1,060,000, Leon Silva)
CEDAR GRovE $10,000 Howard Kagan, New York
Roisenberg, Alla Roisenberg (Mark L. 73-75 Sunset ave., $100,000, Asher
342-348 washington ave., $5,000 Anonymous
30 the Glen, $530,000, Roy Targia, Cohen) Sussman (Federal National Mortgage
$410,000, Segundo Solano (Anthony
Rosangela Targia (Harold Roy 404 turlington Court building 23, Association) $565 Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Farranto)
Schroeder) $370,000, Chun Ding, Jiang Gu 7 elm St., $82,000, Kevin Merkel
102 Malone ave., $340,000, Chiffon $530 The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
53 devonshire Road, $330,000, (Winifred Stewart) (Federal National Mortgage
D. Brown (Estate of Antoinetta Association)
Emmanuel Tzouganos, Stavros $500 Robert Albano, Bridgewater
Esposito) mApLEwooD
Dukas (Laurie Pepe) 147 astor St., $290,000, Waseem $300 Lucinda Corson Nylen, Toms River
75 Liberty ave., $220,000, Barbara Bernard, S. Gill (Federal National
Semmel, Anne Semmel-Barilari 60 briarwood terrace, $340,000, 21 Park ave., $330,000, Hadassah
Mortgage Association) $230.78 Robert Donnenberg
(Estate of Rose Murphy) Timothy Keegan, Cienne Stutz Kotel (Alex P. Brusotti)
Keegan (Michael Remus) 64 Maplewood ave., $450,000, 41-51 wilson ave., unit 6-H, $150 Merck Partnership For Giving
146 Heckel St., $130,000, James $278,000, Paulo Bruno Barros,
George, Paula George (u.S. Bank, Daniel Reed, Kimberly Reed (Estate $100 Peter H. and F.P. Blechinger, Scotch Plains; Concernned (R) We Inc.;
EAST oRANGE Sandra Ares Martnez (Franz
N.A.) of Leander C. Brown) Craig Pollack, Secaucus; Lauren Von Dollen, Rockaway; Carolyn Buck,
Pelczmann)
30 boyden St., $78,000, Abdul-Wali 10 Henry Place, $154,900, Natale Springfield
BLoomfiELD Ahmad (Homesales Inc.) Diana Burrell (u.S. Bank, N.A.) 590 irvine turner blvd., $220,000,
Victor Villaverde (Glen N. Ford) $75 Levi Barnes; Enrique Bryan, Jr., Piscataway
40 Clark ave., $279,000, Mary 5 Little St., $250,000, Tawanna
Hester (NJ Wholesale Prop LLC) miLLBURN 83 Lang St., $425,000, Fernando $60 Michael P. Smith; Anonymous
Valentine, Shanie Israel (Dennis M.
Branco, Maria J. Branco (Henry $57 Aegis Foundation
Hultay) 43-45 Schuyler terrace, $280,000, 873 Ridgewood Road, $745,000,
Maulbeck)
22 Rowe St., $155,000, Carlos M. Harry Carrasquillo (Robert Tait) Madhav S. Gurijala, Sandra F. Gurijala $50 Maryellen Decoster, Hillsborough
(Joseph Cicenia) 281 verona ave., $267,500, Miguel
Velez, Virginia Castro (HSBC Bank
GLEN RiDGE Frias (Kirtiben A. Shah) $30 Gary D. and Linda M. Clevenger, Shawnee Mission, KS
uSA) 15 duncan St., $590,000, Michael
20 appleton Road, $565,000, Kevin Dolan, Dina Dolan (Scott J. Sheldon) 189 Sussex ave., $205,000, $27.50 John Alston
84 Lakewood terrace, $108,000,
T. Berman (Robert Kuneman) Christian G. Amarante, Angela D.
Michael Pratola (Mary Ellen 7 Rahway Road, $682,000, Feng $25 Pitney Bowes Employees Involvement Fund; Sabrina Williams-Dakers,
Amarante (Luz Quiroz)
O’Rourke) Zhang, Juan Yin (Seth A. Silverstein) East Orange; Seymour and Maxine Rubin, Monroe Township
iRviNGToN 104 new york ave., $145,000, Julio
102 Montgomery St. unit 2, Hernandez (Marco Ruiz) $20 Legail P. Morton, East Orange; East Orange; Katy Quillen, Maplewood
moNTCLAiR
$290,000, Phong The Bui (Vincent 138 Florence ave., $64,000, Yvane
Cappabianca) Charles (Deutsche Bank National 31 Park St., $352,500, Thomas M. 377 Hawthorne ave., $286,000, $5 Ceil P. Schnapik, South Orange
Trust Co.) Briody (David S. Bate) Lincoln Henry (Michael Sepe)
CALDwELL 362 Seymour ave., $185,400,
LiviNGSToN 103 Lorraine ave., $829,000,
Martin Vancol (Rodrigo Piveta)
63-65 Park ave., $300,000, Charles
Mooney (Jennifer N. Lawless) 287 e. northfield Road, $450,000,
Hui Wei, Hsi Ling Chiu (Estate of
Christian R. Thomas, Daniella Z.
Thomas (Gordon E. Fish) 45 Richelieu terrace, $125,000,
Martha J. Grundy (Trin-America
Fund and hike, make arts and crafts
101-105 Roseland ave., unit 1401, 515 upper Mountain ave., CONTINuED FROM PAGE 21 projects, have a campfire and
Anne B. McGovern) $549,000, Richard Kelsey, Suzanne 2000 Inc.)
$278,000, Kristin R. Gogerty (John C. camp out in a teepee village.
Elkas) 16 baldwin terrace, $630,000, Kelsey (Gordon Meacham) 272 Summer ave., $65,000, Carlos
Torres (Town Home Services LLC)
because it’ll give away my age. Snyder reassured parents that
48 S. Park St., unit 301, $570,000, But it’s a lot. It’s more than 30.” staff at the camp are carefully
WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATES Kathleen Kordowski (Herod urban
Renewal LLC)
105-107 Lyons ave., $70,000, Jody
Stringer (u.S. Bank, N.A.) Parents must take their chil-
dren for a checkup and have
screened.
“Your kids are in good hands,
Custom Drafted Estate Planning Documents 419 upper Mountain ave., 81-83 Girard Place, $164,800,
$525,000, Charles A. Gomez (John Lenny Johnson (Vaugh Reid) their doctor sign a medical I promise you that,” Snyder
To Fit Your Individual Needs. form. They also have to provide said. “They’ll have a great time,
F. Macleod) 88 11th ave. w, $363,000, Sabrina
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48 woodmont Road, $675,000,
Vincent James Love, Carla Dawn
R. Mixson (Victoria Realty Inc.)
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immunization records, insur-
I’ll promise you that much,
too. I love camp. If I could still
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Consultation Love (Jose L. Fuentes) ance information and a list of send myself to camp, I would
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With An Attorney 168 Montclair ave., $674,875, 1 Hamilton drive S, $1,295,000, allergies. go. I have my own kids now.
With An Cares
Who Attorney Nancy Bristow (Michael E. Cozine) Brian McCloskey, Jennifer McCloskey “Because if it’s not on here,” They’re young, but I can’t wait
Who Cares (1 Hamilton Drive South LLC)
375 Passaic Ave. • Suite 100
375 Passaic Ave.
Fairfield, NJ
100
NEwARk Snyder said, “I know how chil- until they’re old enough to go
Fairfield, NJ
375 Passaic Ave. • Suite 100
100 3 arbor Road, $1,050,000, Nilesh
375 Passaic Ave.
973-461-0002
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Fairfield, NJ dren can be and say, ‘Oh, I’m themselves.”
Fairfield, 16 ashby Lane, unit d., building Patel, Anjali Patel (Sergey Aleynikov)
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www.legaljones.com allergic to chicken.’ ‘What? If you have a child between 7
15, $175,100, Ping Peng (Aurora
Loan Services LLC)
NUTLEY You’re not allergic to chicken. and 12 years old who lives in
410-414 Highland ave. unit, 25 River Road, unit b21, $145,000, It doesn’t say it on your form.’ Newark, Irvington or East
SINGERS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, COMEDIANNES $265,000, Mark Covey (Christian L.
Segura)
Lina Ramirez (Esther Zenquis)
51 dodd St., $120,000, Ronald M.
Right? So, if they actually are
allergic to something, make
Orange, there’s still time to sign
up for Camp Tecumseh the week
and OTHER ARTISTS 240 Summer ave., $55,000,
Alejandro Reyes (Cynthia Hart)
Koch (Francine Koch)
SEE Homes, PAGe 26
sure it’s on here, because oth-
erwise they’re not going to
of July 20-26. The camp is free.
Call the Salvation Army at (973)
Open House Open Mic Sat 6/25/11 • 1Pm to 6Pm take their word for it.” 623-5959.
SHOWCASE YOUR TALENTS AND BE SEEN AT At the camp in Pittstown, Nic Corbett: (973) 392-7860 or
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the children will swim, boat ncorbett@starledger.com
Officers mostly to retirements, since
then, he said.
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“We were operating 30 per-
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cent below where we wanted
1028 Broad St. Newark, NJ 07102 respectively. to be” before the rehires, he did you know?
*Ariya Plaza is Available for Private Events* “I can’t say enough about said. • Spanish is the nation’s most commonly studied foreign
manpower,” Ramos said. “I An optimum police force, language, accounting for nearly 70 percent of secondary school
can’t stress it enough: The however, would number 240 enrollment
OUR 29TH YEAR! more cops we have on the
road, the less crime we will
officers, he said.
• Arabic accounts for just 0.6 percent of national foreign
Santiago, though, said he
have.” language enrollment in secondary schools
understands that economics
Smith, however, cautioned matter, that township resi- • On the campaign trail in 2008, then-presidential candidate
that the officers could once dents are maxed out by mu- Barack Obama said: “I don’t speak a foreign language. It’s
AA,A,B,C,D,DD,DDD,G,H again be shown the door later nicipal taxes. The challenge, embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak
this year, depending on the though, remains. English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go
town’s fiscal health and the “Are we going to maintain over to Europe and all we can say is “merci beaucoup,” right?”
outcome of negotiations with the gains that we made” he
the police union. • Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the
asked, “probably with less world, with just over 1 billion speakers.
Smith said that in light of
officers?”
WIZARD OF BRAS police layoffs in bordering • CIA Director Leon Panetta said in March 2010: “Strengthening
Despite that, the township
Newark and elsewhere, he is the CIA’s language capability is one of my top priorities. … We
has seen a significant de-
speaking with officials at the can’t succeed without it.”
crease in violent crime, which
Essex County Prosecutor’s
Office and the state Attorney is down about one-third — Julia Terruso
General’s Office in a bid to re- across the board since San-
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logical and tactical strategies
Santiago has instituted, in- Language Frank Belluscio, director of
communications for the New
cluding the rapid deployment CONTINuED FROM PAGE 21
Until the 31 officers were Jersey School Boards Asso-
brought back, the depart- of officers into neighborhoods scholarships, language certi- ciation, said one-third of New
ment’s uniformed personnel as crime patterns begin to es- fication and the appointment Jersey school districts have
numbered about one-third tablish themselves. of supervisors to oversee new had to scale back their world-
less than it did in summer “You can’t replace bodies,” programs. languages programs.
2009, when 191 officers were Santiago said. “Cops count.” In New Jersey, French and “As we know, there’s a criti-
on the force, Santiago said. Richard Khavkine: (973) Spanish are most widely of- cal need for the U.S. to be com-
The department has lost 392-1851 or rkhavkine@ fered in schools. Arabic and petitive in a world economy
about 30 cops due to attrition, starledger.com Chinese, cited as two of the and to give students the skills
most critical languages by fed- and knowledge they’ll need to
eral Education Secretary Arne succeed,” he said.
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