Week in Review

Scott Ganz's Death, Board Trustee Appointment Top This Week's News

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Fair Lawn native and army veteran Scott Ganz, 30, was discovered dead at his home in Orlando, Fla. this week. Regina Barrale, 44, was sworn in as a Saddle Brook Board of Education trustee Monday night. Council has elected to reallocate $80,000 in county grants originally intended for the construction of a skate park at the former Walsh Pool to a barrier-free playground at Berdan Grove. A Plaza Road resident allegedly stole from his roommate on multiple occasions and then adopted his roommate's identity to make credit card purchases, police said. Bruce Walker's tattoo parlor, which closed in Fair Lawn at the end of October, reopened Tuesday in Saddle Brook. Borough council agreed Tuesday to take the municipal building to a four-day per week…

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Should Council Have Redistributed Grants Slated for Skate Park? [Poll]

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Upon learning it had the county's blessing Tuesday, borough council agreed to take $80,000 in county grants initially intended for the creation of a skate park at Walsh Pool and transfer those promised funds to the construction of a barrier-free playground at Berdan Grove. The skate park, while not abandoned entirely, is firmly on hold until Fair Lawn All-Sports returns to the council with its plans for expanding the organization's footprint at the former Walsh Pool site. All-Sports' preliminary plans, which have not yet received council support, call for building a baseball and soccer field around the skate park. While several council members said they intend to honor their earlier commitment to relocate the skate park, some residents …

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Zak Koeske

12:20 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

@Jenne - The borough had been planning to go ahead with the skate park. They had a design and a timeline for construction and they filled the pool to begin that process. Then All Sports made a presentation about their plan for the space, and not long after that, the council learned the county would honor a transfer of the grant from the skate park to the ADA playground. They were given the …   more ›