Monday, November 26, 2012
Fair Lawn public school students will now be required to attend class during their scheduled winter recess week on Friday, Feb. 22, to make up for time lost because of Superstorm Sandy.
Fair Lawn public school students, who lost seven class days due to power outages following Superstorm Sandy, will have their weeklong winter recess shortened as a result. The district sent a letter home to parents last week informing them of the school calendar switch, which requires students to make up class on what had been the final day of winter recess, Friday, Feb. 22. "Since we had built in three emergency closing days into the 2012-2013 school calendar, and have to date used four of these closings, I have requested that the board of education allow me to immediately communicate the necessary changes to our school calendar so families can plan accordingly," Superintendent Bruce Watson's letter to parents reads. If circumstances force…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thirteen-year-old weather buff Daniel Mazover filmed a brief narrative film on Superstorm Sandy and its effects on Fair Lawn.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Daniel Mazover missed out on Irene last August and took only pictures during Snowtober a couple months later, so when he got word of Superstorm Sandy's North Jersey course a few weeks ago he wasn't about to let a little rain and some hurricane force winds keep him from filming his first weather documentary. The 13-year-old weather buff shot pre-storm interviews Sunday, filmed throughout the storm Monday afternoon -- even as he lost power in his own home -- and then circled back through Fair Lawn to capture the aftermath on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to filming scenes on the ground and in the car with the help of friends Jacob Chernavsky and Josh Zimmerman, Mazover even attached a Midland XTC Action Camera to the handlebars of his …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Live wires down around town continue to smoke and alarm residents, police said.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The nearly three-dozen power lines down around Fair Lawn are not only preventing borough workers from clearing tree-blocked roadways, they've also exposed live wires that continue to smoke and alarm residents, police said. Lt. Derek Bastinck said police don't have the manpower to stand guard at every live wire in town, but they have cordoned them off to ensure the public's safety. However, as the wires continue to glow and smoke like a slow fuse, Bastinck said police have received an abundance of calls from concerned residents who report them as small electrical fires. Bastinck said Tuesday that smoking wires on 26th Street, Morlot Avenue and Van Saun Place, and Plaza Road and Ramsey Terrace were "going pretty good" and have generated the …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Questions arise as to whether the BPU is already working on emergency response guidelines
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
By Tom Johnson, NJ Spotlight The legislature appears ready to overhaul how New Jersey’s four electric utilities respond to widespread power outages, such as those that occurred last summer when a hurricane made landfall in the state, leaving nearly 2 million customers without power. But not just yet. The Senate Economic Growth Committee yesterday held a bill (S-467) that would direct the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to establish a set of standards for emergency preparation and restoration of service, which every investor-owned utility must follow. State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), the chairman of the panel, said the committee deferred action on the bill at the request of the New Jersey Utilities Association, which noted that …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Unregistered home improvement contractors busted in undercover investigation, authorities said.
Joseph Dellasala, of Hackensack, was among eight unregistered home improvement contractors charged by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office as part of a multi-agency undercover investigation conducted on the heels of Tropical Storm Irene, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs said Wednesday. The following area contractors were charged: In addition to allegedly operating as unregistered home improvement contractors, the eight individuals charged criminally were identified as not having any business information on file with the state, according to a statement released by the NJDCA. In New Jersey, the fourth-degree charge carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in state prison and a criminal fine of up to $10,000. The investigation …
Monday, December 19, 2011
The shore received a lashing, but North Jersey took the brunt
Hurricane Irene would have been the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey in more than a century, had it actually been packing hurricane-strength winds at the time. But by the time Irene rolled ashore at Little Egg Inlet in southern Ocean County, its wind speed had already decreased to 69 m.p.h. – a full 5 m.p.h. short of hurricane strength – meaning it was actually just a tropical storm. The new findings were released Dec. 14 by the National Hurricane Center, the latest of equivalent post-mortems the agency has posted on every other storm of the 2011 hurricane season. Every year, the hurricane center releases "tropical cyclone reports" on each named storm after hurricane season ends Nov. 30. The report said a storm surge of 3 to …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Mulch, wood chips and firewood are available for free pick-up at the Recycling Center
The storm-downed trees and brush left by the destructive duo of Hurricane Irene and October's freak snowstorm this year have made for the greatest cleanup Fair Lawn's public works supervisor Ron Conte can remember in his 40 years working for the borough. Like many towns throughout Bergen County, Fair Lawn has accumulated more wood debris from the storms than it can reasonably use. "There's almost three times as much brush as we've ever had," Conte said. "We have a pile behind the Recycling Center that you can probably hide half the municipal building in." DPW workers, as they've done each year since 1988, have created separate piles at the Recycling Center for mulch, wood chips and firewood that residents can load up on for their personal …
Monday, October 24, 2011
Residents during public hearing on state's response to Irene also asked why power substations are located so close to rivers
Residents and officials from across Bergen County had a central message for NJ Board of Public Utilities representatives Monday – better communication is essential during future storms. The BPU public hearing, it’s sixth across the state since Hurricane Irene, was to solicit commentary and suggestions on the state’s preparedness and response to the storm, BPU President Lee Solomon, who led the hearing, said. “We want to know what went right and what went wrong,” so that the state can be better prepared should “anything like this ever occur again,” he said. Concerns voiced during the Monday afternoon public hearing at Ramapo College centralized on power outages during Hurricane Irene. Residents and officials alike said they were left in the…
Final of four state hearings at Ramapo College campus
The state Board of Public Utilities will hold a public hearing on New Jersey’s response to Hurricane Irene Monday at Ramapo College, according to a notice posted by the board at the end of September. The last of four public hearings held around the state this month, the hearing is happening in the Trustees Pavilion at Ramapo College beginning at 4 p.m. Residents are encouraged to attend the event to express their opinions. “The purpose of these hearings is to solicit public comments regarding the state of preparedness and responsiveness of the local electric distribution companies prior to, during and after Hurricane Irene,” according to the release. Those who cannot make it to the meeting can still submit written comments to the state …
Friday, September 9, 2011
Today's top Fair Lawn events and tips
"Five Things" is a daily Patch feature where we give you Fair Lawn's top five tips and events for each day of the week. Have a suggestion for a "Five Things" item? E-mail me at zak.koeske@patch.com 1) Memorial School students start school Friday at their respective locations. Busing will be to and from Memorial School, however. 2) Because sixth grade Memorial students will be at the Community Center Friday for class, it is closed to the public from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for privacy reasons. 3) The Passaic River at Little Falls remains above "major" flood state Friday and shouldn't dip below until Monday. Cresting point is predicted at 11.4 feet, early Saturday morning. That's down about a foot from yesterday's forecast. 4) The Amateur Radio …
David K
11:29 am on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Life is meant to be enjoyed. Granted a solid education is paramount but holding class for one day after 7 days off and before two more will not provide a sufficient learning environment. Classrooms need to recap where they left off before break and ultimately they will have to do that again Monday so why not just take the full break. The life lesson of Sandy and the impact of many of the families… more ›