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NORTHJERSEY.COM SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2020 3L Saturday, September 12 Haledon Borough Hall 510 Belmont Avenue, Haledon, NJ Saturday, November 21 Paterson Museum 2 Market Street, Paterson, NJ 9:00 am to 1:00 pm or until truck is full Rain or Shine What: Up to 6 worth of paper documents NEW: COVID-19! 1 person per car; Mask required; Obey 6 foot minimum social distancing. Shredding Recycling Services Provided by All-Shred of Paterson, NJ Another Program in Cooperation with the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders Want to Dispose of Your Documents Securely? SHRED IT FORGET IT WITH PASSAIC 2020 PAPER RECYCLING COLLECTION PROGRAM ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS: Old Checks, Tax Returns, Bank Statements, Utility Bills, Computer Printouts, Medical Information (no x-rays), Copy Paper (white and with color), Envelopes, Letterhead and Stationary, and any other personal documents. Staples accepted. must take back containers that documents were brought in. UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS: Metal Binders, Plastics, Overnight Shipping Envelopes (Fedex, UPS, Photographs, Carbon Paper, and any other non-paper item.

For further information, please call the Passaic County of Solid Waste Recycling Programs at (973) 305-5738 The Passaic County of Solid Waste Recycling Programs is now offering free on-site document destruction recycling services for Passaic County residents (proof of residency required) NR-USE0008128-01 RINGWOOD Borough who denied a license renewal for the Braen quarry of West Brook Road on Tuesday, are bracing for the company to appeal that decision. Borough said the company failed to install monitoring wells or alter its performance bond to adequately re- site reclamation costs. Council members had given representatives for Braen Van Orden Sand Gravel, also known as Saddle Mountain, three months to execute the tasks when grant- ing a temporary extension to the quar- operating permit in May. During a special hearing Tuesday night, Deputy Mayor John Speer recom- mended giving the company a 30-day stay to produce a cost analysis and an- other month to install the three wells. However, the rest of the council voted in favor of giving quarry 90 days to cease operations.

not happy with the said Mayor Linda Schaefer. been happy (with the quarry) for a long Council members said they were un- comfortable with the implica- tions of the bond proposal and the lack of water table mon- itoring to safeguard the private wells that serve six dozen area homes. The sentinel wells were negotiated during the 2016 license renewal and approved later that year, according to borough rep- resentatives. Carl Veith of Dale Road said the po- tential impact of quarry operations on private wells is of primary concern for area homeowners. Veith said a nearby pond dried up as the quarry expanded, though quarry representatives have de- nied a link to operations and allege no complaints from homeowners over wells.

Braen representatives have further denied an urgent need for perimeter wells to monitor the water table, but maintain plans exist and a willingness to proceed. Still, Scott Braen said Tuesday that the company would not install the wells before settling a disagreement with borough over the perfor- mance bond for site reclamation. A 2019 cost analysis from Braen consultant Dykstra Associates esti- mated site reclamation and revegeta- tion costs at nearly $4.5 million. Most of the cost, $3.5 million, was tied to the placement of at a cost of $1 per square yard. While Braen said they could provide and place the for the pro- jected cost, borough said they cannot rely on the company to do the work if the company defaults and the performance bond is triggered.

They called for the company to ad- just its estimates to the higher costs the borough would have to pay or prove the estimates market rates for the area. The last bond was set at $1.4 million, records show. last thing we want to do is leave our taxpayers on the hook for the Councilman Ryan Bolton said. Braen Stone Industries of Haledon has owned the site west of the Wa- naque Reservoir since 1990. Thus far, quarry operations have disturbed about 50 to 60 acres of the 95-acre quarry zone, according to Sean Isgan, a borough consultant from CME Engi- neering.

Roughly 31 million tons of extract- able rock remains, according to permit application. Due to the annual extraction limit, it was expect- ed to produce 1.2 million tons over the three-year permit period that was due to run through 2022, records show. The annual extraction limit of 413,000 tons was one of several regula- tions established during court cases stemming from disputes with quarry representatives, which Speer noted could continue after vote. Other decisions established a borough extraction fee and a quarry threshold. The Borough Council is expected to vote Sept.

15 to memorialize its Tues- day vote to deny the quarry license re- newal. The application can be resub- mitted at any time, said. Email: Twitter: Ringwood deny Braen quarry license David M. Zimmer NorthJersey.com USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY Edna Mae Acito was a woman ahead of her time. Like many women of the post-war era, she married at a young age and settled down to have a family.

Unlike many married women with children, however, she worked outside the home while raising her brood of nine. Acito supervised the clerical at Colum- bia University Presby- terian Medical emergency room for 40 years until retiring in 2000. She over- saw the clerks and registrars and man- aged all of the non-clin- ical responsibilities. When the Acitos moved from Man- hattan to Bogota in 1972, she kept the job despite the longer commute. really ran the said her daughter-in-law, Michele Acito.

The proudest legacy Acito left be- hind, however, was the family she cre- ated with Emil, her late husband of 49 years. She was a grandmother to 14 and a great-grandmother to 10. family and her dedication to her family was her biggest accom- Michele Acito said. own childhood had been with loss. One of her brothers died as a toddler, her mother died when she was 8 and another brother was killed in World War II.

knew that life was not easy, but she also knew that you took advantage of life every single day because it could end so Michele Acito said. was the kind of woman who never took anything for Acito was quick to smile and could have a conversation with anyone. Her early hardships made her a deeply un- derstanding person who could listen and not judge, Michele Acito said. She went to St. Joseph Church in Bogota ev- ery Sunday and enjoyed reading and do- ing crossword puzzles.

Two days before she died on April 4, Acito celebrated her 89th birthday at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck. A team of medical workers, including her daughter-in-law, sang outside a makeshift door made of plastic and a zipper. Michele Acito, who is the director of nursing at the hospital, fed her strawberry short- cake and held her hand. many other people were just so alone here, and I was able to sit with her and FaceTime and communicate with her Michele Acito said. felt very, very blessed and lucky to be Hospital manager Acito was ahead of her time Svetlana Shkolnikova NorthJersey.com USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY Acito Ronald Martino was a quiet man.

But what he lacked in words, he made up for in action. Martino believed in taking the ini- tiative. When he graduated from Bar- ringer High School in Newark in 1967, he signed up for the mili- tary. He served on the front lines during the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged as a specialist in the U.S. Army in 1972.

Then, when he returned to his New- ark home, he joined the Essex County Department, starting as a prison transport driver and retiring in 2005 as a detective. He lived the rest of his life in North Arlington, taking care of his mother, Helen, until her death in 2013. Martino, who died on May 17 at the age of 72, is remembered by his brother, Gary, and sister-in-law, Marci, as kind and easygoing. He loved visiting Atlantic City to take in the sights, see the shows and gamble. He often invited friends and family to come along, sometimes even paying for their trips like the time he treated a friend to see Enrique Iglesias.

Martino would also give away old cars to friends. brother was very generous. He believed that giving and helping people makes you feel said Gary, who owns a new Cadillac that Rocky gave him. Martino was also a music lover, col- lecting of his favorite artists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and the Four Seasons. And as a member of the Victory Club in Newark, he could be regularly seen playing cards and hanging out with friends.

Martino served in Vietnam, gave away cars to friends Mark Rotundo NorthJersey.com USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY Martino WAYNE The closing of Lord Taylor at Willowbrook Mall will leave a gaping void at one of the largest shop- ping centers. The department demise also may drift the mall into an uncertain fu- ture, as two of its anchors have closed in the past year. Sears shut down in Sep- tember. Lord Taylor, a storied Manhattan- based chain that sells designer clothing, handbags and shoes, announced on Thursday that it will go out of business after a 194-year run. Liquidation sales of on cer- tain merchandise, including dresses, jewelry and menswear, had already started at the Wayne location.

Its closing was publicized three weeks ago when the chain and its par- ent, Le Tote, for Chapter 11 bank- ruptcy protection, citing the coronavirus pandemic. Brooks Brothers, another retailer with 19th-century roots, also went bank- rupt during the virus outbreak. But, it was bailed out by a venture capital partially supported by Simon Property Group of Indianapolis, the biggest mall operator in the country. The Lord Tay- lor in Wayne was the only one in the state set to close until the chain said days later that its locations in Living- ston and Rockaway also would shutter. news means that the re- maining six stores in New Jersey, in- cluding two in Paramus at the Fash- ion Center and at Garden State Plaza will cease operations.

Closing dates have not been an- nounced. Lord Taylor will close 38 stores in 11 states and in Washington, D.C. Le Tote, a fashion startup from San Fran- cisco, bought it last August for $75 mil- lion. The store that opened 23 years ago in Wayne two left vacant by Steinbach, a now-defunct chain once headquartered in Asbury Park. The opening drew a protest of gar- ment workers, who accused the then-owner of stocking the store with clothing made in sweatshops.

But, the opening also was celebrat- ed for bringing the mall to maximum tenant occupancy a mark that seems unattainable in an age of online-shop- ping dominance. The mall has 148 lessees; its remain- ing anchor stores are and Email: Lord exit to leave hole in mall Philip DeVencentis NorthJersey.com USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY Bogota police found the body of a man along the bank of the Hackensack River Thursday. The man, Felix Enrique Martinez-Pe- rez, reported missing on Aug. 19, according to Detective Devin Rivera body was discov- ered by Patrolman Matthew Luciano, who noticed the smell of decay near the intersection of River Road and Bogota Gardens and Rivera. Rivera said he and Luciano checked the area near the railroad tracks and riverbank when they found the body just after 3 p.m.

Martinez-Perez was born in the Do- minican Republic and was living with his cousin in Bogota at the time of his death, authorities The Bergen County Medical Exam- will be conducting an au- topsy and authorities are still awaiting a cause of death. Email: Twitter: Body of missing man pulled from Hackensack River bank Kaitlyn Kanzler NorthJersey.com USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY LOVED AND LOST About the series To help memorialize these lives of those who died of COVID-19, The Record has joined with the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University to form a news cooperative that will work to profile as many peo- ple as possible who have been lost to the coronavirus. We are calling this continually updated series of portraits and We are asking relatives and friends of those who have been lost to reach out to us to help us memorialize them in print and online. These are not obituaries, but rather celebrations of those we have lost. If like us to profile your loved one, submit their name at LovedAndLostNJ- or contact us at dandlostnj.com.

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