Roselle, NJ Roundup 2008 - Holiday

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The borough recentlyonnounced o series ofculturol events for 2009 thotwill reflect Roselle's growingd iversity.

The borough will kick offits yeor-long schedule ofevents by hosting o Dr.Mortin Luther King Jr. cele-brotion on Jonuory 19 from2 to 4 p.m. Officiols ore in

Privote vendo rs suchos Loteef Gloverprovide revenue forthe boroug h, o llowingit to fund communityevents o nd cu ltu ro Iprogromming. Herehe conducts o soleot the October 4Foir ond Festivol onChestnut Street.

the process of choosingguest speokers ond o loco-tion for the event.Events for the Fourth ofJuly, St. Potrick's D"y ondCinco de Moyo ore in theplqnning stoges. Other new

cu ltu ro I events o nd prog ro msfor loter in the yeor orebeing considered.

The Borough of Roselwill host its CInnuol , 'Christmos tree !ightingce!'emony on Decennber12 from 5 p.m. to7 p.m. ot Borough Holl,210 Chestnut Street.

Sonts Clous wil:l tokesome time out of his busioy-mCIking scheduie to

Imoke CI guest uppeor-once st the ceremony. A

.wide voriefy of outdooroctivities will be ovoiloblefor fsmllies to enjoy.

ln ihese difficult economic times, theBorough of Roselle is finding new, cost-effectivewoys to help its residents.The borough recently sponsored its Thonks-giving Community Outreoch Doy to help Rosellefomilies in need. On November 22, dozens ofresidents come to Borough Holl to receive oturkey, gift certificotes ond other food items.The borough focilitoted the food drive otno cost to toxpoyers. All items were donotedby locol businesses. Locol churches ond othercommunity orgonizotions were contocted toidentify fomilies in need. The Notionol Councilof N"gro Women (Roselle Chopter), theRoselle Colloborotive for Youth ond Fomilies

o nd other volu nteer g rou ps po rtnered withthe borough in this effort.

Volunteers distributed turkeys ond food bosketsto Roselle fomilies in need of Borough Holl onNovember 22. The borough focilitoted the food dof no cost to toxpoyers by collecting donotions froloco I businesses o nd po rtnering with volu nteerorgonizotions.

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Roselle children didn't spend theirsummer wotching television ondploying video gomes. They ployedkickboll, took doy trips, leorned mothlessons ond exponded their vocobu-lo ry of the second -o n n uo I Seven toSeven summer doy comp.

The Borough of Roselle combinedforces with the Boord of Educotionthis summer to offer the comp toRoselle children.The progrom, which wos feoturedon WABC-ry news, gove more thon400 Roselle children oges 7 to I B ostructured environment where theycould leorn ond ploy with their friends.Seeking to combine educotionolenrichment with troditionol summercomp fun, Comp Director AndreeoHorry offered children o voriety of octiv-ities including sporls, gomes, ods ondcrofts, group reoding ond swimming.The comp cost $75 for the firstchild ond $ZS for eoch odditionolchild. Moyor Gorrett Smith ond theBorough Council's gool in offeringthis progrom wos to give workingporents o ploce they could feel com-

fortoble leoving their childrenbetween7 o.m. ond 7 p.m.The comp wos conceived os oto occommodote porents who need o progrom thot begon eorlyenough for them to drop their chdren off prior to work ond stoyed

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Seven to Seven Comp Fun: GeroldHoirfton, 9, Germoin Crvz, 9, ond JoAlvo rez, 9, ploy o bosketboll shootinggqme of the Roselle Seven to Sevensummer comp cornivol on August 15counselor Ronold Bennett looks on. Tsix-week summer comp ond the corniwere sponsored by the Borough of Roond the Roselle Boord of Educotion.

The Rose/le Roundup is published byCommunicotions, lnc. under theof the moyor qnd council ofBorough of Roselle. lts purpose iskeep citizens informed of progromsevents the municipol governmentdeveloped to i-pi"uu-tne quolitylife in Roselle.The Rose//e Roundup is published

times o yeor ond .l0,000 copieseoch edition ore printed. Copies oreby *oil to every postolin the borough. Copies oreovoiloble ot Borough Holl ondRoselle Public Libror:y.Although greot core hos been tokenensure the occurocy of informotion,Borough of Roselle ossumes nofor errors or omissions.comments ond suggestions

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By Go rrett SmifhHoppy Holidoysond welcome toof the Rosel/e

This is ihe time of yeor when I liketoke o step bock ond express myfor my greot friends ondin the Roselle community.I spend o lot of time duringyeor focusing on whot is wrongour community - ond how to fix- I think it's i-portont to rememberis o lot thot is right with ourtoo. We hove mony thingsbe thonkful for in Roselle.Roselle is o community full of pos-people. We core obout eochwe core obout our childrenwe core obout our senior citi-Roselle residents ore tolented,people. We ore pos-obout politics ond we core

community issues. Mony of ourvolunteer for orgonizotionsto moking Roselle o bettersuch os the Senior Advisorythe Roselle ColloborotiveYouth ond Fomilies ond the PorentOrgonizotions in eoch of ourschools.Roselle is o beoutiful communitytree-lined streets thot o re theof mony other towns. We hove

Pork on our eost side,rich with folioge o fewogo ond will bloom with cher-blossoms this spring. Mony of thein our borough feoture lorgelots thot ollow homeownershove beo utif u I go rdens o nd well-lowns.Roselle is o community wherewont to invest. Even in creconomy, commerciol interest

in the borough is growihg, notdeclining. We hove redevelopmentproiects sloted thot will bring in newbusi nesses, revito lize neigh borhoods,increose tox revenue qnd creote iobs.

Don't get me wrong; we hove olong woy to go, but I om pleosedthot we ore ottrocting some positiveottention from members of the busi-ness community who ore givingRoselle o second look.

We should olso be thonkful for themony greot progroms we were obleto introduce or enhonce this yeor. Webrought bock the Seven to Seven pro-grom this summer ond exponded itto include five locotions.The populor progrom gove Rosellechildren o sofe ploce to ploy ondleorn during the summer. Meonwhile,it wos on ideol resource for workingporents who needed o progrom thotwould open before they went to workond remoin open lote.ln oddition, we greotly i-provedthe prog ro m ming o nd servicesoffered ot the Amolfe CommunityCenter on Shoffer AvenL,,e. The centeris now open five doys o week with o

sched u le f u ll of octivities, d iscussions,porties ond doy trips.I om immensely proud to represent

this town ond its wonderful citizens.While we count our blessings, weolso hove o keen eye on 2009.As the new yeor opprooches, I omworking with the Bonough Councilond the municipol workforce on onumber of importont initiotives toi.prove the quolity of life in Roselle

o nd sto bilize property tqxes.ln the lost issue of the RoselleRoundup, lwrote obout the impor-

tonce of shored services omongneighboring communities. A "shoreservi ce" is ony type of governmentfunction thot two or more municipoties ogree to shore. lt reduces costsos multiple porties shore the coststhe service.

ln my opinion, shored serviceso key to stobilizing property toxesRoselle, while ensuring we mointoiour own identity. I will continue toseorch for shored service opportunties in 20A9 thot con reduce thefinonciol burden on our residents.will olso look for opportunities toestoblish new tox revenue generoteby businesses or new property owners in 2A09, similor to the businesfriendly tox obotement policy theBorough Council possed this yeor.

We ore still in the morket to sellunder-used, borough-owned porcewhich currently generote no tox reenue. We will look to sell mony ofthese properties in 2009, especiollonce the reol estote morket picks uWe need to get these properties boon the tox rolls so they con generorecurring income for the borough.I would like to once ogoin wishevery Roselle resident o sofe ondhoppy holidoy seoson. I hope to s

you of one of our council meetingsin the future or of our tree lightingceremony on December 12 from,5 to 7 p.ffi., of Boroug h Ho ll.Let's oll work together to moke

Roselle on even better ploce to livein 2009. $llltoyor Smith csn be reschedsI 9O8- 259-3036 or stfil olo r@ bor,o u g h o-f rose I I e. Go

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The Borough Council recentlyon ordinonce thot communi-on importont messoge: Roselleserious obout growing its business

The council opproved two loxpockoges thot moke Rosellemore ottroctive destinotion for busi-engoging in property renovo-or new construction.Business owners who renovote ormore thon 30 percent of theirore eligible for o five-yeor

meoning the volue of theirwill not be re-ossessed forpurposes for five yeors.ln oddition, businesses engogingnew construction con now mokein lieu of toxes thot grodu-increose for five yeors, of whichthey will be poying the fulltox rote.

The plon is to encouroge businessinvestment in Roselle, resulting inmore iobs for residents ond more toxreven ue in the f utu re.

"We need to encouroge moreinvestment in the Roselle communityqnd one of the keys to doing thot isto moke sure we hove business-friendly policies in plo ce:' soid MoyorGorrett Smith. "This obotementollows us to reword business ownerswho ore willing to moke o significontinvestment in Roselle. This progromwill ultimotely help the toxpoyer byirnproving our commerciol bose."To quolify for the tox obotement,

businesses must meet one of the fol-lowing criterio:o Employ of leost 25 percent of theirworkforce from within Roselle. Employ of leost 25 percent of peo-ple living under the poverty line

. Employ of leost 25 percent opeople who were unemployefor of leost six months prior tbeing h ired.

Businesses estoblished prior to2001 founding of the Roselle UrbEnterprise Zone olso quolify."This is o positive step for bothUEZ ond the borough os o wholesoid Roselle UEZ Coordinotor HoWyott. "The obotement mokes Roon even more ottroctive ploce tobusiness, os it will ollow businesse

to retoin more of their profits ondreinvest them bock into the Roselcommu nity."Business owners must opply fothe obotement within 30 doys ofcompletion dote of their proiect toquolify. For more informotion, plecontoct the Roselle Urbon EnterprZone ot 908 -259 -300,| . #

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Shop for the HolidaysoselleBy Horry Wyott

Like monyAmericons, I omfeeling o little lessf ino ncio lly secu rethese doys. As theholidoy seoson

closer, Iondsplurging.

feel like I should besoving, not spendingBut we con't postpone the holidoyuntil o time thot is more con-for us. Try exploining thot tokids.

Whot we con do is moke suregetting the biggest bong forbuck; the best woy to do thot isshop locolly.I will be shopping in Roselle thisnot iust becousethe Urbon Enterprise Zonebut becouse I wont tomoney. I will sove on gos by

locolly ond on toxes byin stores with 3.5 percenttox. This will ollow me to pur-oll of the giffs I need ot greotond still hove some money leftto deposit into my bonk occount.ffie, the sovings reolly odd up.As you shop for gifts ond other holi-goodies, you will discover thotshopping districts hove every-you need. lf you're looking for

you con heod over to the

Rodio Shock, 711 E. First Ave. lf it'sgreot foshion you wont, Rene's FoshionDesign BoutiQUe, 1023 Chestnut St.,will hove whot you're looking for. Feellike munching on some Christmoscookies? Heod over to Pinho's Bokery,1027 Chestnut St., or Los AmericosBokery, 202 Chestnut St.

Of course, these ore iust o few ofthe businesses thot moke up Roselle'sdiverse business community. Fromthe stores on Chestnut Street ond St.Georges Avenue - ond from theRoselle Commons shopping moll onFirst Avenue to the Roselle ShoppingCenter on Roriton Rood - you're sureto find something for everyone onyour shopping list. lf you need to shipsome of those gifts to friends ond rel-otives, Roselle hos its own UPS StoreoI 579 Roriton Rood thot con occom-modote your needs.

Another reoson l'll be doing myholidoy shopping close to home isbecouse I enioy it more thon going too hectic regionol shopping moll. Whowonts to sit in troffic, pork in sectiondouble-Z ond woit on long lines topoy infloted prices? I prefer thehometown shopping experience. Ivisit my fovorite locol stores, I see myneighbors out ond obout, ond when Idecide thot l've hod enough shop-ping for one doy, l'm only five min-

Shop Locqlly: Shopping locolly is onethe best woys to sove money this holidseoson. UEZ Director Horry Wyott inviRoselle residents to locql businesses, sos Los Americos Bokery, 202 ChestnutStreet, thot offer offordoble woys to treyourself ond your fomily ond chorge o3.5 percent soles tox.utes from home. lt's holidoy shop-ping the woy it is meont to be.

I urge Roselle residents to ioin min shopping in our greot downtownond UEZ shopping districts this hodoy seoson. E*plore the mony shoresto u ro nts o nd boutiq ues we hovetown ond you're sure to find someterrific deo ls.

It's on eosy woy you con i-provour locol economy, support locolmerchonts ond sove some moneythe some time. -+"$

PR0GRAllt tuilD I(}R 1009 Continued from page 1Roselle will continue to host its sig-event next yeor, the Foir ondThe borough will host twoond Festivols, one in the springin the foll. Both events feo-re professiono I m usicio ns, to lented

loco I o rtists, inf lotoble rides for chil-d ren, internotiono I food vendors q ndoutdoor shopping.

Vendor fees from the Foir ondFestivol creote revenue thot offsets

the cost of other borough-sponsoreevents.

For more informotion on upcoming events sponsored by the borouco ll 908 -259 -303 6. ...I$s

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A 20-yeor Roselle police veteronond strong believer in community-oriented policing hos been nomedborough's Acting Chief of Police.

Moyor Gorrett Smith ond theRoselle Borough Council oppointedGerord J. Orlondo to the position on20.Orlondo joined the Roselle PoliceDeportment in l9BB ond performedmony different duties os he rosethe ronks. He hos potrolledneighborhood in Roselle, visited

school ond orgonized mony ofdeportment's community out-eoch progroms, such os the onnuolotionol Night Out Agoinst Crime.e wos promoted to sergeont in199 5 , lieuteno nt in 200,l o nd co p-in 2007 .

Orlondo hos worked os o DrugResisto nce Ed ucotion (D.A.R.E.)ond o community-orientedofficer. He is olso o groduote

of the New Jersey Associotionof Chiefs of Police Commondond Leodership Acodemy otWest Point.

'Acting Chief Orlondo hoso strong record of growththrough the deportment ondo progressive ottitude towordcommunity policin g:' MoyorSmith soid. "l believe he willbe successful of furtherstrengthening the relotionshipbetween the community ond thepolice deportment."Orlondo is pleosed thot he hosthe opportunity to leod the RosellePolice Deportment ond believes hecon work effectively with the rest ofthe deportment toword reducingcrime in the borough."l'm very pleosed with the workethic of our officers ond their com-mitment to keeping the communitysofe. They hove been o reol osset to

Chief of Folice:The Boreugh Ccunciloppointed Gerord J.Cnlandc Acting ChiefPclice in August. Orlcnwho ioined the deport-ment in .l988, is s fcrmCcmmunity OrientedPolicing potrolrnsn cndD.A.R.E. officer.

me:' Orlondo soid. "l look forwoto hoving o positive working reloship with them ond to serving thecommunity to the best of my obilCrlondo hos boosted crime pvention meosures, such os "porkwolk" neighborhood potrols, sincbeing nomed octing chief. The doto-doy operotions of the deportmhove run smoothly under his leodship, the moyor noted."l'm proud thot I hove been gthis opportunity to serve the residof Roselle," Orlondo soid. $ffffi i*ttj$.$ ttt$ AI BAflt I0 tfl{00['Itfi

The line stretched out the door ofHoll ond extended post thelot on August 29 os Roselleond their porents woited forZ2nd-onnuol Bock to School Jombegin.Fr,ee notebooks; pens, pencils,

books ond other school sup-were distr:ibuted to childr.ento the generosity of commer-ond privote donors.Moyor Gorrett Smith qnd the

Borough Council hosted thewhich ottrocted more thonRoselle students.

The Budding lvey Foundotion wos

on hond to give owoy- books in honorof its nomesCIke, the lote Leonord"Bud" Simmons, o long-time boroughresident who served o, o councilmonond wos the first Africon-Americonpolice officer in Roselle.Repr.esentotives from First BonkAmericono, 2U Chestnut Street,were oiso on hond to give out freepiggy bonks.

"Educotion is extremely importontto us qs o community, so we wCIntedto moke sure thot oll Roselle studentsstorted the school yeCIr off right witholl of the moteriols they need to besuccessful in the clossroo m:' MoyorSmith soid. lr+

Bqck To School: Psmelo Simmons lveco-founder of the Budding lvey Foundhonds o story book to Rohkeim Korngaof the Borough of Roselle's Bqck to ScJom on August 29. The Bsck to Schoowos q free school supply drive orgonizby the borough ond funded through pdonotions.

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ch;ldren up trt dnyus end""The cump ecses the burden 0$wcrking ptrrents #nd prCI-$omething csnstructive {or curpeople tc dc during the surn-months," Mayor Smith saiC.proud to ssy ihe comp directerthe stcff rnenrbers were sble tcsCI much by puttingo tnuly first-class progrom."

Sto{f members struck o bsNcRceploy time and leqrningEducotiono! activities werein fhe "Smsrt Center" through-the d*y, the hour sfter Iunchdevoted to quiet recding time.

The educotionol activities dove-perfectly with public educo-in the borough's school system,studies show sfudent reodingdrop two to three grode levelsthe summer months whenstop recding""We were delighted to offer theto Seven progrom to Rosellewho wsnt their children tophysicolly active ond mentollyduring the summer," saidWebster Jr., superin-of Roselle Public Schools.ofter study rhows thot chil-who porticipote in summerprogroms hove CInover other students inpursuit of ocodemic excellence."The progrom ron from July 7 tol5 ond culminoted in CIncornivol withgomes, octivities ond ponyComps were held of fivelocotions ond children weinto different oge groups.hired locsl certified teochersrun the comps ond Roselle highsnd college students to workthem. $

The Roselle Fire Deportmentrecently received o $30,000 grontfrom the U.S. Deportment ofHomelond Security for the purchoseof corbon monoxide ond smokedetectors. The g ro nt will o llow thedeportment to continue supplyingthese i*portont sofety devices to bor-ough residents - free of chorge.The fire d"portment hos delivered

ond instolled free corbon monoxideond smoke detectors to borough resi-dents for mony yeors, but the supplybegon running low lote lost yeor.Now thot it is replenished, residentswho wish to hove the detectorsinsto lled in their homes co n contoctthe fire deportment ot 908 -245-8600

ond osk for extension 3,l05 or 3.lSmoke detectors ond corbonmonoxide detectors should beinstolled on every floor of o homeThe botteries should be chonged

every six months ond the devicesthemselves should be reploced evfew yeors to ensure effectiveness.Studies show thot hoving o smokedetector con double your choncesescoping o fire sofely.

"We're proud to offer this freeservice to Roselle residents," soidDeputy Fire Chief Poul Mucho."Properly instolling smoke ond cormonoxide detectors in your homeone of the best woys to protect youself from the dongers of fi re." $

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The Roselle Fire Deportment orgonized cornivol gomes, distributed souveond set up its model fire sofety house ot the Borough of Roselle's OctoberFoir ond Festivol. The octivities coincided with Fire Prevention Week, o weefire deportments oround the country dedicote every yeor to fire sofety. *'

Fire Dog: Vince Concino, I l,ond Kyle Gregorio, -l0, ploy withSporky the Fire Dog ot the RoselleFoir ond Festivol on October 4.

Fire Hose Gqme: Coptoin PoKelleher helps o girl ot the RoFoir ond Festivol broce for impos she oims the hose of her to

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Of PtlBTI( ilOnlt' }{ffiIG'Wqste: Vegetotive wostehos ended. This meons there

be no more scheduled pick-upsgross debris, gorden debris,ond twigs this yeor. Propertyore required to store the leftwoste of o locotiontheir properties due to the limitedof spoce of the public workscility.

Bulk Trosh is picked upthe first ond third Wednesdoy ofmonth ot the curb. No bulkis to be ploced in cordboordor plostic bogs due to Union

County Utility Authority regulotions.Metqls: Metol ond white goods orepicked up on the lost Thursdoy ofeoch month by oppointment only.Pleose coll public works one week inodvonce to schedule o pick up.Recycling: Aluminum cons, plosticbottles ond gloss bottles for recyclingore picked up every other Fridoy.They con be co-mingled in the somecon. Newspoper, mixed poper, cord-boord, mogozines ond books orepicked up os well. They must be tiedin bundles. No plostic bogs pleose.

The remoining dotes for recycling2008 ore November 28, Decemb12 o nd Decem ber 26.Snow Removql: During snowstormPublic Works requests thot oll corsremoved from the street ond porkein drivewoys. This ensures publicworks employees con remove snofrom the streets properly.Ssnitory Sewer: lf you experienceo ny so n ito ry sewer probleffis, co llpublic works. lf it is ofter businesshours, pleose coll the Roselle PolicDeportment ot 908 -245-2000. $

The Deportment of Public Workspicking up leoves on Octoberond will continue until Jonuory.ore picked up by wordthe hours of 7:30 cr.m. ondp.m.

Superintendent of Public WorksWillisms osks thot residentsto the following procedures tothis yeor's ieof pick up seosonsmoothly:Pleose ploce bogs of the curb-side the night before o sched-uled pickup.Do not put out more thon l0bogs of once. There is o I 0-bog ond 50-pound-per-boglimit per residence.' Do not use plostic bogs. Thecomposting focility Roselle usesdoes not qccept them. PublicWorks encouroges biodegrod-oble bog usqge, but leoves willolso be picked up in sturdy 30-

go llon trosh ccl ns.' Do not roke leoves into stormdroins. Blocking o cotch bosincon couse poor run off ondflooding on streets. Pleose donot put oil, oil filters, trosh,chemicols, poper or ony othermoteriol into the sewers either,os it poses on environmentolth reot.

All londscopers ore required toremove sll of their customers' debris;no leoves ore to be blown into thestreet.

Residents who notice o blocked orbroken cotch bosin ore urged toimmediotely coll Public Works ot908 -245-2920.Public Works will be closed onNovember 27 ond 28 forThonksgiving. The first ond secondword pick ups will be mode onDecember I .Public Works will be doing every-

thing possible during the leof seosto help keep the town cleon. Theybe soving money on leof disposol,well. The Borough hos entered inUnion County Co-Op Progrom todispose of leoves of o cost of $1 pyord for loose leoves ond $Z peryord for compocted leoves.Controctors typicolly .horge $Z peyord for compocted leoves.

This will result in on estimotedsovings of obout $,l8,000 for Rostoxpoyers. $Holidoy 20


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More thon 50 guests hod o scorytime of the Senior AdvisoryHolloween Gome Doy.

The committee held the event otAmolfe Communityon October 17 . Senior citizensup os everything fromkisses to ostronouts. Monythe costumes were homemode,ing the costu me of the eventuo INqncy Cossidy. She glued feltmoons, stors ond cherries to odress ond spelled out the wordto moke o slot mochineme.

"My fovorite holidoy is Holloween,"soid. "You get dressed upyou get to be creotive."Cossidy wosn't the only personthe porty to wolk owoy with oDifferent gomes were ployeddoy ond one winnerchosen for eoch. Prizes werein bingo, tic-toc-toe, the

drop, pin the toil on theond other gomes of skill

Wilmo Alston disploys her winningcord during Roselle's SeniorGome Doy of the AnthonyCommunity Center on October 17.

ond chonce.Senior citizens celebroted theochievements of oll of the winnerswith coke ond cookies of the endof the porty. The community cen-ter even hired o fortune teller toentertoin guests."This is on event we knew the

seniors would enioy," soid FourthWord Councilwomon SomonthoDow, the Borough Council's lioi-son to the Senior AdvisoryCommittee. "We're fortunote thot,since the moyor estoblished theSenior Advisory Committee, Wehove mony more interesting octiv-ities for seniors coming out of thecommunity center."

The Senior Advisory Committeeis o group of 14 senior citizenswho meet regulorly to discussissues reloting to the senior com-munity. Moyor Gorrett Smithestoblished the committee in eorly2007 to open o direct line of com-municotion between the boroughgovernment ond Roselle's seniorcommunity. The group meets of theRoselle Fire Stotion, 725 ChestnutStreet, on the first Thursdoy of everymonth. Guests ore welcome.

Fortune Teller: ModomLo Bobs tells the fortuneJeon Tcylor, who dresseup os on ostronout forHolloween Gome Doy othe Anthony AmolfeCommunity Center onOctober 17 . The gomewos sponsored by theRoselle Senior AdvisoryCommittee ond theBorough of Roselle.

Jqckpot: Noncy Cossidy won first plocein the costume contest of Roselle's SeniorHolloween Gome Doy on October 'l Z wither homemode slot mochine costume.

The committee's next scheduledevent is the Holidoy Sing-o-long,which will toke ploce on Decembe19. For more informotion, contoccommunity center stoff of 908 -2467 17 . Tronsportotion to ond fromevent con be provided by collingleost o doy in odvonce. $

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filn AND ft'ilur tlJ}{ foR fAt{lilrtThe sun shined through eorlyclouds, children ron from

to octivity ond music loversthemselves in front of thethe Roselle Foir ond FestivolOctober 4.The festivo I included performo ncesAlvin Dorling ond Celebrotion,Morsholl, ond severol locolPerformers from Cirque du"Wintuk" roomed the festivolfrom I I o.m. to 12 noon, wolk-on stilts, ploying with guesls ond

their woy into the heorts ofond odults olike."The Foir ond Festivol wos onceo success," soid Moyor Gorrett"We were hoppy to see sofomilies come out ond enioyfood, rides ond free entertoin-

qnd

n getswith cr of Cirque du Soleil'sCost members were onto entertoin the crowd of theFoir ond Festivol ond promoteshory which is currently showingSqrore Gorden.

ment. Eoch yeor we continue toexpond the festivol ond next yeor willbe no exception."The Roselle Fire Deportmentbrought two fine trucks ond its firesofety demonstrotion house to thefestivol for Fire Prevention Week.They set up gomes ond tought firesofety lessons to the children. Thefestivol olso included o heolth foir,with medicol ond wellness informo-tion on o number of topics ovoiloble.

Vendors served o diverse orroy ofinternotionol cuisine to festivol-goers.Children's octivities ron non-stopthroughout the doy.Volunteers were out in full forceof the festivol, urging unregisteredpeople to sign up to vote. $

Alvin Dorling: NewJersey's own Alvin Dorlingond Celebrotion wos thefeotured performer of theRoselle Fo ir o nd Festivo Ion October 4.

Voler Registrqlion: Fifth Word CouncilwomonChristine Donsereou converses with Roselleresident Coro Poden of the voter regisfrotionbooth ot the Roselle Foir ond Festivol onOctober 4, while Fourth Word CouncilwomonSomontho Dow looks on.

One of Roselle's greotest feotis its beoutiful, tree-lined streets.

The Roselle Shode Treei.llCommission is working to keepthot woy.

The cornmission plonts newtrees, mointoins existing ones snoversees the removol ond replqcment of oll trees on public londRoselle, including ihe specebetween the sidewolk ond the son o property lot. lt is the orgontion to contoct if you notice o trein the borough thot you think mbe deod or pose o sofety probleIt is qlso the orgonizotion to conif you would like to request o treor o seedling for your property.

The commission consists of fivvolunteers who ore oppointed bymoyor for five-yeor terms. lt is curently engoged in o number of ninitiotives, including: hiring o controctor for borough tree services,working closely with PSE&G toreduce tree domoge from wire pring, ond educoting citizens oboutimportonce of trees through rneepresentotions qnd school visits.

"Roselle's tree- lined streets clwhot drow residents here,'n soidShode Tree Commission ChoirmBryon Prewitt. "There is evidencethot the presence of trees lowerscrime ond thot people tend to stlonger ond spend more in tree-filled business districts. With theproper londscoping, o tree conos much os $20,000 to the voluof your property."

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Borough Business: THS Computers OwnerVillo discusses his lotest products with UrbonZone Coordinotor Horry Wyott.

Teq Lody (Above): JooDeViono shows off hehomemode teobog cotu me d u ring Roselle'sSenior Holloween GomDoy on October 17.Sireel Fqir Fqmily (LJohn Miller, AndrewAmoker, Drew AmokeLeonie Miller ond ToreAmoker hove some futhe Roselle Foir ondFestivol on October 4.

ilmr:ffr:ci*# fr*,"* f#g# fPeople of oll oges ere invited to ioin their friendsond neighbors for the festive occqsion."There's no ploce quite like Roselle for the holidoyespeciolly during our onnuol tr:ee lighting celebnotioftsoid Moyor Gqrrett Smith. "Qur cozy downtown comeolive with lights, decorotions ond festivities. We invite

you ond your fomily tc come celebrote the holidoy seson with us." ,,,'Produced by Joffe Communicotions o www.ioffecom.co

Colling All Men(Above): Fothersond sons (frontrow) pose withschool officio lsond Moyor GorrettSmith (bock row)of WoshingtonSchool during the"Colling All Men"wo lk to school.

SSSSs$ $Ss'S$S$ $RNS,SS*s*sssGSs=SThe Roselle Police Deporfment is stepping up itsenforcement ogoinst drunk driving during the holidoyseoson. The d"portment will commission o DWI ToskForce from November 26 - the doy before Thonksgiving- through New Yeor's Doy. Additionol potrols will be onduty every night, of vorious locotions throughout the bor-ough. This speciol squod will observe troffic closely in oneffort to curtoil drunk driving ond other hozordous troffic

violotions. The tosk force is funded by gronts through theNew Jersey Division of Highwoy Troffic Sofety.

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