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Inside:Borough News....................................3Bob Batch............................................4Library Events....................................5Health Center......................................8Douglas E. Hall....................................9Church Information..........................10 www.EdgewaterResidential.com

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Edgewater’s Good News Monthly Community Newspaper Volume XXIV, No. 6 June 2011

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Edgewater’s Good News Monthly Community Newspaper Volume XXIV, No. 6 June 2011

FounderMaria Estela de [email protected]

Senior Contributing EditorBob Batch ([email protected])

ChairmanSergio Fernández de Có[email protected]

CTOChristopher [email protected]

The EDGEWATER RESIDENTIAL is published monthly and provided to the residents of Edge-water. Those who wish to volunteer are welcome in this major effort to publish a community pa-per. Financial contributions are also welcome. All rights reserve. No part of this newspaper may be reproduced without the express written consent of the Edgewater Residential.All correspondence, including ads, contributions, and requests for subscriptions, should be directed to the publisher at Edgewater Residential.Interested in writing for the EDGEWATER RESIDEN TIAL? Drop us a note at [email protected] with your contact information and the best way to reach you.


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Edgewater“A Great Place to Live”

From the desk of Gregory S. Franz - Borough Administrator

Independence Day Celebration – The Edgewater Mayor and Council along with the Recreation Department are proud to present fireworks at Veterans Field on Friday, July 1 with a rain date of Monday July 5. Veterans Field will open to the public at 6:00 p.m. for children’s entertainment and activities, music, and food. The event is free except for the cost of refreshments. Bring a blanket and chair and watch the spectacular show produced by the Serpico Family of Newton, New Jersey’s International Fireworks Company since 1906, overlooking the George Washington Bridge and New York City skyline. The Edgewater trolley bus will operate along River Road and Undercliff Avenue between 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. so leave your car at home and walk and ride to the event. Inflatable rides, face painting, clowns, balloon toss are all available for the children, no alcoholic beverages permitted.

Route 5 Rock Stabilization Project – The New Jersey Department of Transportation will be performing a rock slope stabilization project along New Jersey Route 5 in Edgewater. This project calls for the removal and stabilization of rock along the cliff face. The work calls for approximately 28 days of full closure of Route 5 to perform the most dangerous work first. The borough requested that this work not commence until school ends in June so school transportation is not effected. At the conclusion of the 28 day closure, Route 5 will be open to east bound traffic only during working hours and during morning and afternoon peak hours, bi-directional traffic will be permitted. The Edgewater Police along with the Cliffside Park and Fort Lee Police Departments will work collectively in an attempt to keep traffic flowing and provide ample signage.

Borough Hall Moving Day – The Edgewater Police and Municipal offices are tentatively scheduled to move into the new Borough Hall at 55 River Road the weekend of June 17. Borough offices will be closed Friday, June 17 and Monday, June 20 and will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 21 so that Borough staff can close down the old facility and prepare to open the new facility. We ask for residents’ cooperation if we do not respond in a timely manner during this period. Staff will be onsite and email and telephones should be operational by Saturday, June 18; however, we may be distracted in attempting to organize the offices and files. The Police Department should be operational in the new facility by Sunday, June 19; however, residents should not see any interruption in emergency service during this transition.

Crossing Guards NeededThe Edgewater Police Department is in need of crossing guards for the 2011-2012 school year.

Edgewater residents 18 and older can apply by filling out an application in the office of the Borough Administrator of Borough Hall. A valid New Jersey Drivers License is preferred. Standard back-

ground checks are performed and guards need to report to posts by 6:45 a.m. and again by 2:00 p.m.

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VETERAN’S FIELD UPDATE

On Monday June 18, the Mayor and Council awarded the remediation and restoration of Veteran’s Field to Waterside Construction of Edgewater New Jersey for $7,069,075.88, additional bids were received in excess of $14,000,000. The work will commence on the five identified areas where soil is to be removed. Once this task is completed the contractor will move to the little league field to begin the remediation and restoration. Air monitoring equipment will be installed throughout the facility, noise and dust is expected and we will make every effort to minimize this inconvenience. We do recommend that you keep your windows closed during the normal work day of 7:00am to 5:00pm to mitigate noise and dust. The Community Center will remain open with modified traffic and parking, please be cautious of increased truck traffic.

On Tuesday, February 21, 2012, a Community Information Meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. at the Edgewater Community Center. Residents were provided a presentation about the type of contaminants found in the soil of Veteran’s Field and the recommended method of remediation. Ronald Dooney, Jr., the Borough’s Licensed Site Remediation Specialist of TERMS Environmental Consultants provided this presentation. Five (5) areas have been identified as areas that polychlorinated

biphenyls or commonly known as PCB’s exist beyond the residential standard of 0.20 parts per million of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection standards. In these areas, soil will be removed and replaced with clean fill. When this is completed, approximately two (2) feet of clean fill will be used to cap the entire facility, essentially raising the existing grade. This cap will create a protective barrier between the existing soil and the new clean fill that the public will then be permitted to utilize. Concerns of some residents were the creation of dust during the remediation process. Mr. Dooney addressed this by stating their will be a safety plan in place whereby if weather conditions create this situation, monitors will signal a work stoppage. Also, what is important to remember is that the only soil being removed is that within the five (5) areas of highest concentrations. The majority of the remediation calls for capping the existing surface with certified clean fill. The same contaminants have been found in all of the samples taken from all areas of the facility. The material found by the river is the same material found by River Road. The disturbance of heavily contaminated soil is minimal based on the size of the facility, 27.58 acres. Stephanie Santos of Neglia Engineering Associates presented the restoration phase of the project, the phase that will restore the facility to the way it was and even better with some improved features. The Borough will utilize its Veterans

Field Master Plan which was developed several years ago to improve and upgrade the facility with properly placed baseball and softball diamonds along with a soccer field. The impervious areas such as the existing basketball and tennis courts, the walkway, and community center will remain intact and undisturbed. Many residents had concerns about the placement of the proposed dog run on the south east portion of the facility. Designers will reevaluate this proposal and consider moving or eliminating this feature. Based on the remediation and the master plan upgrades, the estimated cost of this project is between $8 and $10 million, of which approximately $1,721,240.62 already exists in New Jersey Green Acres and Bergen County Open Space funding awarded to the Borough. The estimated completion date whereby the facility can be reopened to the public is the spring of 2013. Competitive Bids will tentatively be accepted by the borough on Friday June 1, 2012. This is the process whereby contractors submit a price for the remediation and restoration of Veteran’s Field according to the specifications prepared by the borough engineer. The successful bidder is determined by lowest price and other factors. On Thursday May 24, 2012, the Mayor and Council held a special meeting at the Community Center to have a public hearing on the proposed adoption of bond ordinance 1474-2012, a bond ordinance of the Borough of Edgewater in the County of Bergen, New

Jersey providing for various improvements to Veteran’s Field in and for the Borough of Edgewater and appropriating $9,700,000 therefore and providing for the issuance of 9,215,000 in bonds or notes of the Borough of Edgewater to finance the same. This is the funding ordinance that will be used to pay for the remediation and restoration of Veteran’s Field.

2012 MUNICIPAL BUDGET

The Governing Body introduced the 2012 Municipal Budget on March 19 that will result in an average $168.00 increase from 2011 in the amount of money tax payers pay for the municipal portion of their tax bill. However, on June 18, the Mayor and Council endorsed an amendment to the budget that will reduce this increase to about $135.00 per property owner. The Mayor and Council along with departments were able to reduce overall expenses but about $200,000. Remember, when you receive your tax bill, it includes three taxing entities, municipal, schools, and county. The municipal portion is only approximately 45% of the total bill. The 2012 municipal budget resulted in a $1,238,144 appropriation increase from 2011. Total appropriations in 2011 were $22,818,220 and in 2012, they will be $24,056,364 or a 5.15% increase. The tax levy, or the amount to be raised by taxes in 2011 was $18,216,763 and in 2012 the levy will be $19,224,227 or a 5.53% increase. The main contributing factor to this increase

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By Bob BatchWay back in the seventies there was a show called “The Six Million Dollar Man” about a guy rebuilt with robotic parts after a jet fighter accident. “We can make him better” was the famous line in the intro. These replacement parts turn him into what science fiction writers termed a cyborg, half man – half machine.

By today’s standards the special effects used dur-ing the superhuman activities performed by Steve Austin, the cyborg character, were cheesy. Nev-ertheless, at the time, that show helped innovate something which has become a staple of most ac-tion films since. The slo-mo action sequence!

In the case of the ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ slow motion was probably used to fill up as many min-utes as possible to stretch out the barely existent plot for the full hour the show was on. Somewhere along the way though, they realized that slow mo-tion made action in the story that was supposed to be happening at hyper-speed more palatable to the imagination if it was slowed down to a speed at which the brain could process it. If Austin were moving so fast you couldn’t see him, what fun would that be?

Before ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’, in old mov-ies especially, it was common to speed up the film during fight scenes, and car chases to make them more exciting. Naturally, if you look at them now, they look kind of goofy!

The first real slow motion photography I remem-ber was used for sports. The slow motion replay was the most exciting thing in sports as far as I was concerned. In sports like football or hockey, play-ers would be running around all over the place in real time, doing all sorts of stuff too fast for most

of us to follow. In slow motion it almost made sense. And what’s cooler than watching a player going up for a pass and being tackled in slo-mo? All those game winning catches and shots look better in slow motion!

Even baseball, slow as it is, with occasional bursts of energy, benefits from being slowed down on film. I could actually watch only the weekly high-lights of baseball in slow motion and be satisfied. It saves watching all those endless innings of the pitcher throwing the baseball to the catcher. One of the main qualifications of being a big league player besides hitting and catching is the ability to stay awake in the field during the entire game.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the main reason sports are so popular on TV, and in the whole culture, is because of slow motion replay and killer graphics! Think back, any of you who can remember, to the days of black and white 15 inch televisions when sporting events were broad-cast with one camera and two guys holding micro-phones. Only die-hard fans of the sport would be tuned in. Can you imagine the whole country hav-ing Super Bowl parties in front of barely visible games without instant replay?Besides all the movies and action shows like ‘The Matrix’, and those Kung Fu epics, slow motion

is invaluable for replaying crashes, explosions and physical harm to people in real life. There’s a show I’m mesmerized by, in spite of the guilt I feel about watching the misfortune of others, called ‘Destroyed In Seconds’ on which clips of all sorts of disasters are featured. They not only play the film of speed boats and racing cars being demolished in high-speed crashes, they slow down the video and reverse it over and over.

Strangely, even after watching some nut trying un-successfully to jump over 50 trucks on his motor-cycle and tumbling helplessly for a hundred feet in slow motion, both forward and in reverse, the event never loses its impact.

There’s something hugely appealing about being able to slow down a moment in time and watch it a way that we can’t during an actual event. It’s about as appealing as being able to go back and change the outcome! So many things go by so fast that we never get a chance to observe fully. You could be standing right near a car crash on the street and not even see what happened except for the loud noise and the aftermath. It all happens so quickly. Fortunately, we live in a new world now where there will soon be cameras watching everything we do all the time and we’ll be able to play ev-erything back in slo-mo. Remember that the next time you pick your nose or scratch yourself in a private place!

If everything better in slow motion, there are some advantages to certain things being in real time. For example, you can read through this article quickly and not have to go back and re-read slowly over and over. Some of the other things we might want to get through quickly are the coming election cy-cle and the summer TV season. Hit the fast- for-ward somebody!

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Have you ever had bad dreams that can be truly frightening nightmares or feel that you are being tired down to your bed by restrains?If you have terrible nightmares, we can con-clude that in most cases you are stressed out and it attracts a bad spiritual influence. Also if you cannot sleep well, your mind that has some negative thoughts like worries, anxiet-ies, and fears for your future so on attracts negative energy. Remedies for Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Restraints Breathing MethodsBreathing methods offer good approach. If you cannot move and there is nothing you can do about it, in order to regain your own spirit, you should try catching your breath.As you are lying down, try to breathe from the lower stomach area below the belly but-ton. The idea is to provide your body with fresh oxygen. Try breathing in, and if you are able to repeat this deep respiration several times over, strangely enough you will find that the evil spirits have parted from you. One of the secrets of this breathing method is that as you breathe, light will enter your body. When that happens, the negative influ-ences that are holding you down will let go. At that moment, you will be free. This is how to escape through the breathing method.

Positive Thinking and Self-ReflectionAnother method is to change your perspec-tive into a positive one. The fact that spiritual influence can approach you is evidence that the wavelengths given off by your mind and the wavelengths of the negative energy are the same, so in this case you should reverse the situation. You must eliminate any think-ing about negative things and look towards the light. Think only about wonderful, posi-tive things within your mind. This is another method for dealing with this threat.

Another strategy is to practice self-reflec-tion. Even if the weight on your chest pre-vents your body from moving and you can-not move your hands either, that does not mean that this restraint is extending into your head. Therefore, while lying down, engage in self-reflection. If you find yourself in such a situation, it means that as some point up to the prior day you have been having trouble with human relationships. In this situation, try thinking about the person with whom you get along the least, a person about whom you get along the least, a person about whom you think, “I can’t stand him”, or, “If only she wasn’t around.” If there is someone in your life who fits this description, then try think-ing of him or her and practice self-reflection, then try thinking of him or her and practice self-reflection. In any event, start with apolo-gizing to this person.

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Have you ever had bad dreams that can be truly frightening nightmares or feel that you are being tired down to your bed by restrains?If you have terrible nightmares, we can con-clude that in most cases you are stressed out and it attracts a bad spiritual influence. Also if you cannot sleep well, your mind that has some negative thoughts like worries, anxiet-ies, and fears for your future so on attracts negative energy. Remedies for Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Restraints Breathing MethodsBreathing methods offer good approach. If you cannot move and there is nothing you can do about it, in order to regain your own spirit, you should try catching your breath.As you are lying down, try to breathe from the lower stomach area below the belly but-ton. The idea is to provide your body with fresh oxygen. Try breathing in, and if you are able to repeat this deep respiration several times over, strangely enough you will find that the evil spirits have parted from you. One of the secrets of this breathing method is that as you breathe, light will enter your body. When that happens, the negative influ-ences that are holding you down will let go. At that moment, you will be free. This is how to escape through the breathing method.

Positive Thinking and Self-ReflectionAnother method is to change your perspec-tive into a positive one. The fact that spiritual influence can approach you is evidence that the wavelengths given off by your mind and the wavelengths of the negative energy are the same, so in this case you should reverse the situation. You must eliminate any think-ing about negative things and look towards the light. Think only about wonderful, posi-tive things within your mind. This is another method for dealing with this threat.

Another strategy is to practice self-reflec-tion. Even if the weight on your chest pre-vents your body from moving and you can-not move your hands either, that does not mean that this restraint is extending into your head. Therefore, while lying down, engage in self-reflection. If you find yourself in such a situation, it means that as some point up to the prior day you have been having trouble with human relationships. In this situation, try thinking about the person with whom you get along the least, a person about whom you get along the least, a person about whom you think, “I can’t stand him”, or, “If only she wasn’t around.” If there is someone in your life who fits this description, then try think-ing of him or her and practice self-reflection, then try thinking of him or her and practice self-reflection. In any event, start with apolo-gizing to this person.

Giving ThanksNext, another method is giving thanks.One day is like a lifetime. If you live by this philosophy, then the end of each day corre-sponds to the end of your entire life. So you should give thanks by saying something like this: “It is my turn to leave this world. Now I can return to a pleasurable world. Looking back over my life on this earth, I can say that I truly had a good life. Thank you so much. Even if I should die here and now, I am sat-isfied.” By giving thanks like this, you will drive them away. This is another method for dealing with the problem. The next time you experience a bad dream, I suggest that you try our some of the methods explained above. Also before going to bed, if you practice breathing with positive thinking and self-reflection, and giving thanks would make you sleep well.

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There are many cases in which the ways a person died in past lives will have consid-erable effect on the symptoms of illnesses that appear in this life.If the soul is stamped with ex-periences of deep injury and suffering because of illnesses or accidents that caused death in past lives, then the suffering will begin to show even though the person has a new body this time around. In many cas-es, the exterior portion of the spiritual body – the astral body, will undergo changes which will eventually manifest them-selves in the physical body.Example 1 of 6:People with Skin Diseases, Asthma or Bronchitis With skin diseases, there are of course cases in which al-lergies develop as a result of personal relations. As taught in Happy Science, if we trace back into the past lives of peo-ple with skin problems we find that there are also many cases in which they are connected to the way the person died in a past life. In the case of person who was burned to death, since the skin

will still strongly retain the sen-sation of being burned by fire, when that person is born into this life; corresponding birth-marks will sometimes appear. There are many other cases in which the connection mani-fests itself in various forms of skin disease or terrible skin al-lergies. Even if they died in the same situation of a fire, there are also people who painfully suf-focated to death because of the smoke. These people may suffer from asthma, bronchitis or some other form of disease of the respiratory system in this life. Through regressive hypnosis, people can find out how they had died in a past life and how it has manifested in this life-time. In many cases, these illnesses will be healed when the individuals realize this con-nection. This is truly a “scary” fact. Since the symptoms appear on the body because there is a cause in the mind, if the mind is corrected, then the outside too will be healed. In this way, it is true that people with linger-ing memories of their deaths in

a past life, who suffered ter-ribly and were enveloped by smoke, may have asthma in the present life.(Examples 2-6 will be contin-ued on the next issues)Written by Master Ryuho Oka-wa, founder & leader of Happy Sciencea new spiritual movement founded in Japan,1986.Center located at:725 River Rd. #200, Edgewa-ter Plaza bldg.Edgewater, NJ 07020tel: 201.313.0127email:[email protected] by appointment: 10am-

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By Douglas E. HallFor those who have passed the new construction on Riv-er Road at the corner of Archer Terrace, and wondered what it was, it is The Alexander, a luxury apartment complex of 10 stories in an open pentagon shape that will house 300 apartments when it is completed by the end of this year or early in 2013.Builder Fred Daibes, who named the building for his son, Alexander, estimates the building will have a grand opening in December or January. The structure lives up to the name of luxury with plans for amenities in-cluding on site hotel service, indoor and outdoor pools with private cabanas, state of the art fitness center, yoga and meditation space, all-inclusive spa facility, billiard and game room, screening room, business centers, and multi- purpose room.Mr. Daibes redeveloped and remediated the site, which once housed a chemical plant operated as Octagon Pro-cessing. While many residents remember the old Octa-gon plant, few would remember that the site was once the home of Henry Wissel, who was mayor of Edgewa-ter from 1914 to 1927 and then again from 1936 to 1953. Mayor Wissel sold the property to Archer Daniels Mid-land Corp. and moved to a house just off the corner of Undercliff and Hilliard Avenues. Archer Daniels Mid-land built a factory there to process flax oil.Mr. Daibes had originally planned to build two apart-ment towers of some 20 stories, but that plan was re-jected by the borough.

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By Douglas E. HallWork crews that have spent the past two months taking steps to prevent the Palisades from drop-ping large rocks and boulders on to the roadway of Route 5 in Edgewater, are nearing the end of their work. Workmen in the past few days of June have been rein-stalling the chain link fence along the affected portion of the high-way, which had been removed while slurry and heavy netting were applied to the façade of the Palisades.In this process we have lost much of the natural beauty of the Pali-sades, but we have gained, it is hoped, greater safety for those driving and walking along this

stretch of the state highway. It is fortunate that the heavy stone that fell in the past did not hit anyone or any vehicles.The $3.8 million project to stabi-lize loose rock on the Palisades covered a stretch of highway from the hairpin turn at the northern section of Undercliff Avenue to an area just short of the Fort Lee town line. This is the area of Route 5 that is bounded by steep cliffs on its western edge of the highway up to the top of the Palisades and Fort Lee. Beginning on May 1, the State Department of Transportation’s (DOT) contractor, Merco Inc., closed and detoured traffic on Route 5 westbound Monday thru

Friday, from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., for the construction activi-ties. Weekends were not affected. Motorists headed for Route 5 westbound during these hours have been detoured to River Road (or the northern portion of Un-dercliff Avenue if they drove up Route 5 to the barricade) north to Bruce Reynolds Boulevard west in Fort Lee to Martha Washington Way south to Route 67 (Palisades Avenue) south to the convergence with Route 5.All westbound large-truck traffic has been detoured since the start of construction and similar clo-sures were necessary for all traf-fic along Route 5 westbound at the onset of construction in late-

summer 2011. Route 5 eastbound traffic has been maintained. The westbound side of Route 5, leav-ing Edgewater until it reaches Fort Lee, is bordered by a steep rock cliff. The existing roadside rock outcrops consisted of loose rock that fell on to the roadway early in 2011, which prompted the DOT work. Because of the potential that more rock would drop on to the Route 5 mainline roadway, stabilization measures, including scaling of loose rock, installation of Shotcrete mortar, wire netting, and rock dowels and the removal of vegetation, were undertaken to help stabilize the rock slope and lessen the potential hazards of fall-ing rock, according to the DOT.

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Library Events continued from page 5 6, 20 Friday, 3:00 PM: “Tiny Hands Art Class” Ages 15 Mos+: Susan Price runs a wonderfully imaginative entry-level Arts & Crafts class for toddlers and the caregivers who belong to them! Come get crafty with Sue! Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to register. 6, 13, 20, 27 Friday, 4:00 PM: “Wee Read Book Club” Gr. 2-4: Designed to appeal to even the most reluctant young reader, Mrs. Faten Masri leads this fun and interactive “first book club!” Refreshments provided, please call the library at 201-224-6144 to enroll your child in this exceptionally popular and important initiative.6, 13, 20, 27 Friday, 5:00 PM: “Shivers: A Spine-Tingling Book Club!” Gr. 5+: For those of you who enjoy books containing ghosts, ghouls, vampires and The Undead? Jamey will be coordinating the new “Shivers” book club; frightfully fun! Due to the content of the titles to be discussed, any child enter-ing 5th grade and up may enroll. Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space!7 Saturday, 1:00 PM: “Summer Reading Kick-off Party w/Outdoor Con-cert & Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream Sundaes!” Open to EVERYONE (Edge-water Residents only, please): We are stoked to kick the 2012 Statewide Summer Reading Program, “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” off with music, courtesy of our friends Presley & Melody, ice-cream sundaes from Ben & Jerry’s @ Riverwalk, and much, much more. This is your opportunity to participate, either again or for the very first time, in an organized reading program. You will receive your summer reading log, in which you are to re-cord your reading accomplishments (pages or hours read, contingent upon grade), calendars, coupons and more! Please contact the library at 201-224-6144 to register11, 18, 25 Wednesday, 10:30 AM: “Baby-Sign Language” Ages 6 Mos-2 ½ years: The Edgewater Free Public Library is thrilled to welcome “Miss Fran” back to host an infant and toddler Baby-Sign initiative! A licensed Baby Sign language educator, Mrs. Fran Roesemann blends sing-along and sign lan-guage into a stimulating initiative wherein caregivers are taught the means to begin communicating with their infants. It’s as remarkable as it is special.

Please call the library at 201-224-6144 to reserve your space, which is lim-ited to just 25 spots.11, 18, 25 Wednesday, 4:00 PM: “Chess Club” Ages 7+: The new session of Chess club begins today!11, 18, 25 Wednesday, 5:00 PM: “Intermediate Guitar with Tom!” Gr. 6+: Instructor Tom Gayle leads this small but intrepid class of guitar players. Open to those with a basic knowledge of guitar and the ability to read simple sheet music. Participants must provide their own instruments.12, 19, 26 Thursday, 4:00 PM: “Starter Chess” Ages 5 & 6: New session be-gins today! Basic instruction and strategies coupled with game-play against other children with similar chess capabilities.12, 19, 26 Thursday, 5:00 PM “Beginner Guitar with Joe” Gr. 4+: New ses-sion begins today! Joe Licitra provides younger students with basic instruc-tion. Learn notes, chords, and more. Participants are expected to provide their own instruments.24 Tuesday, 6:00 PM: “Tuesday @ The Scary Movies: “Wrath of the Ti-tans” Gr. 6+: Due to the PG-13 rating, no child below grade 6 (entering) will be admitted to the program. Pizza and soda provided.Adult ProgrammingAdult Summer Reading Program: Read Between the Covers @ Your Li-brary!” Come and sign up for the summer-long reading program. All adult patrons are invited to join the library’s annual reading program. All that is re-quired is to read and come in to place your list on the library’s “Wall of Fame”! The closing celebration will be held on Wednesday, September 12th. Two Grand Prizes: Kindle Fire e-Readers Adult Movie Series: “21 Jump Street” Tuesday, July 3, 2012 7 to 9 PM The Edgewater Free Public Library is showing the newly-released movie “21 Jump Street” in the library meeting room. Summary: A pair of underachiev-ing cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. Please call the library at 201.224.6144 to register for this refreshing comedy!Computer Class: “Introduction to Word 2010” Monday evenings: July 9, 16, 23, 30 from 7 to 8:30 PM Library Assistant Kaosar Syed will welcome adult patrons in learning the updated version of Microsoft Word, its various applications and shortcuts in the 2010 version. Classes will be held in the library’s meeting room utilizing the library’s laptops. Registration is required and the class is limited to 7 participants at this time. Familiarity with using a laptop is required for this class. Refreshments will be served. Please call the library to register for this class.Healthy Eating Workshop Series:Simple Summer Suppers Tuesday, July 10 7 to 9 PM Summer Snacks & Finger Foods Tuesday, July 17 7 to 9 PM Salads, Dressings & Dips Tuesday, July 24 7 to 9 PM Delectable Desserts Tuesday, July 31 7 to 9 PMLocation: Edgewater Community Center River Road Holly Shelowitz, a Certi-fied Nutrition Counselor and Healthy Eating Educator, will show participants how to prepare some easy and simple dishes so we can all spend more time having fun outside! Of course --- participants will get to taste everything being prepared! Please register by calling the library at 201.224.6144.


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The Edgewater Arts Council celebrates its 21sth Annual Edgewater Arts & Music Fes-tival, to be held in Edgewater, NJ on Sunday, September 9, 2012. The day-long event is a FREE celebration of the arts and is open to the public from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. A “Call for Artists” is issued for those wish-ing to compete in the $3000 juried art com-petition in the categories of art, photography, fashion design and crafts. A $1000 “Best of Show” award is donated by the Edgewater Borough Council. Artists wishing to down-load an application should go to www.edge-waterarts.com

More than 3000 people are expected to attend this annual event, in the section of Edgewa-ter known as Shadyside at the intersections of Old River Road and Thompson Lane. In addition, visitors can also attend the 9th annual Ford Assembly Plant Car Show, sponsored by the Edgewater Cultural & His-toric Committee. Free parking and shuttle buses run all day from Edgewater Commons to the Festival. Art award winners will be announced from the main stage on Old River Road at 4:30 PM. Auto awards will be given at 3:30 PM at the Edgewater Commons.

21st Annual Edgewater Arts & Music Festival Offers Free Jazz in the Afternoon Plus $3000 Juried Art Competition and Vintage Car Show

Now that the summer is upon us, it is essential to know how to keep hydrat-ed. Proper hydration can be the differ-ence between your peak performance and wondering why your legs feel like they’re filled with lead. Dehydration / HydrationThere is a higher risk of dehydration due to the increased perspiration. Even mild dehydration can affect athletic performance. Left untreated, dehydra-tion increases the risk of other heat-re-lated illnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Signs and symptoms of dehydration:- Dry or sticky mouth- Thirst- Headache- Dizziness- Cramps- Excessive fatigueFinding the right amount of fluid to drink depends upon a variety of indi-vidual factors including the length and intensity of exercise. An easy way to check your hydration level is monitor-ing your urine. A large amount of light colored, diluted urine probably means you are hydrated; dark colored, concen-

trated urine probably means you are de-hydrated. Here are some guidelines for water intake over the course of game day.Hydration Before Exercise- Drink about 15-20 fl oz, 2-3 hours before exercise- Drink 8-10 fl oz 10-15 min be-fore exerciseHydration During Exercise- Drink 8-10 fl oz every 10-15 min

during exerciseHydration After ExerciseWeigh yourself before and after exer-cise and replace fluid losses.- Drink 20-24 fl oz water for every 1 lb lost.

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in the levy is the inability to generate enough revenues other than taxes, to cover expenses. The main appropriation increases were debt service, the amount of money owed as a result of borrowing for capital projects $354,006, street lighting, $42,000, and health benefits $617,755. The Mayor and Council are aggressively looking at health care options to reduce this cost. The more revenues Edgewater receives, the less of a levy, or the amount we need to assess directly to the property owner. Edgewater was fortunate enough to receive state fiscal aid in the amount of $750,731, the same amount as last year, this money will go directly to tax relief, or less the amount needed to raise in taxes. To counter the trend of lost revenues identified a few years ago, we initiated the collection of two new sources of revenue, ambulance billing and sewer fees. The revenue projections for both billings are $186,000 and $150,000 respectively which could decrease the overall tax levy. In 2010, the municipal tax rate was .582 and in 2011, the rate was .698, and 2012 the introduced rate will be .700. On the typical residential assessment of $433,000, the average amount of municipal taxes to be paid will be $3,202. A public hearing was held on April 16 permitting residents the opportunity to comment, the State of New Jersey did not complete the review of the budget by this date and the adoption had to be postponed. The finance committee of the council will continue to work with department heads in finding opportunities to reduce the overall tax levy by adoption and public hearing which is scheduled to be on July 16, 2012.

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