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Saturday October 25, 2008
Boro has Busy Weekend Planned
Some noteworthy happenings are happening as October comes to a close.
This Saturday at 10 a.m., the annual Halloween Costume parade will start on Mt. Pleasant Avenue by Diane Grimes Park. Rain date is Oct. 26. The procession will end down the road at the American Legion Post 238, where a party will take place. The event is open to children from infants through fifth grade. The final date for registration is today. For further information, contact Francie Joseph-Keating, borough recreation clerk, at 973-345-8100.
The parade is sponsored by the Borough Council Committee on Recreation and Community Relations and American Legion Post 238 Ladies Auxiliary.
On Sunday at noon, a gazebo ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at Dowling Park, at Dowling Parkway and McBride Avenue.
“You’ll get to see firsthand the progress that is taking place at Dowling,” Mayor Pat Lepore said when announcing it at the Oct. 15 council meeting “You’ll get to see one of the prettiest gazebos in the northeast, so I’m told from the manufacturer.”
In other news, the Election Day absentee ballot deadline is Oct. 28. Applications can be picked up at town hall. Lepore said more people are using the mail-in votes for convenience’s sake. He said the advantages include avoiding poll lines, bad weather, as well as saving gas. Another plus is having more time to mull over the candidate choices and referendum questions.
Lepore said absentee ballot voters should exercise care, since the format is different than the traditional booth.
“Even though it’s a simple process, don’t expect your ballot to look like the graph on the machine. When people get the absentee ballot for the first time, they’re expecting a linear ballot and it’s not there. You’re not going to see a Democrat line. You’re not going to see a Republican line.”
Lepore said, with absentee ballots, all referendum questions are on the back. The mayor said this year, there are three propositions. One is a town name change proposal to Woodland Park. Councilman Dominick Di Domenico asked the public not to forget the matter.
“Whether you are for it or against it, remember that question is on the ballot, and vote your conscience.”
Di Domenico added the danger, especially on absentee ballots, is that citizens might accidentally overlook the question. The councilman said he does not want residents to regret missing the opportunity.
The other two public questions are from Trenton. The first would give people the right to approve or reject state bonds payable from state appropriations. The second would set the selection method of certain municipal judges by statute instead of by state constitution. Among those the change would affect are joint municipal court judges.
Reprinted with permission. (c)2008 Passaic Valley Today (Passaic Co., NJ) Tom Boud
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