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District tries out before, after care
(by Tony Gicas,
Staff Writer - Sept. 5, 2008)
CLIFTON – Thanks in part to poor weather conditions and unanticipated paperwork delays, the unveiling of the new $2 million elevated walkway at Clifton High School has been pushed back over a month from the first day of school to an Oct. 6 opening.
Ironically, the walkway, which was designed to alleviate overcrowding and reduce hallway traffic, may cause collateral damage in the form of parking availability. A host of vehicles used in the walkway’s construction are currently stationed in an adjacent parking lot and, as a result, a portion of student and faculty parking has been commandeered in the name of progress.
However, according to Lizz Gagnon, Clifton Board of Education commissioner, the majority of people effected by the parking issue are faculty members who willingly agreed to temporarily relocate their parking spaces until the walkway’s completion.
"It’s basically some staff members," Gagnon explained. "They’ve always been there for our children and for the long term. [Faculty] have been inconvenienced by the [hallway overcrowding] too so they understand the long-short of it. We did relocate the parking spots for them so we can deal with that right now and we’ll have our parking back again."
Though Gagnon said some parking has been lost because the contractors are "storing vehicles" there, she explained the school can "easily have trucks in and out for deliveries" and student drop-off should not be a problem in the meantime.
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Cablevision subscribers will need cable box to tune into school, Council meetings
(by Mollie Gray,
Staff Writer - Sept. 5, 2008)
CLIFTON – Cablevision subscribers who still use analog signals to watch television will soon need a box to tune into City Council and Board of Education meetings.
After Sept. 16, the cable conglomerate will no longer offer channels 76, 77 and 78 over an analog transmission. Those with analog sets will have to obtain a digital box from the company in order to continue viewing Public Education and Government (PEG) channels.
Cablevision attributes the switch to a major shift away from the analog viewing format.
"Cablevision has been leading the transition to digital television in a customer-friendly way, and more than 89 percent of our customers today have digital service, the highest rate of digital penetration in the nation," said company spokesperson Patrick MacElroy in an e-mailed statement.
"As public access shifts to digital, we have ensured that any analog customer who wants to continue to receive this programming can do so at no additional cost. We note that our phone company and satellite competitors either make a dramatically inferior commitment to PEG programming, or do not offer it at all," he added.
Residents who have no digital services were notified by mail last month about the conversion, MacElroy said.
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Wanted:
Class of 1973
alumni for fall
reunion
(by Helen Walters,
Staff Writer - Sept. 5, 2008)
CLIFTON — Tracking down a thousand people is no small task. The Alumni Committee of the Clifton High School Class of 1973 is taking a combination approach, from creative online searching to word-of-mouth.
The goal for their upcoming 35th class reunion in October is to get at least 250 people, or 25 percent of the graduating class, said committee head John Orlowsky. But they have to find them all first.
The Class of 1973 had an official list of 1,026 graduates. The current mailing list has about 800 names. About 200 reside somewhere outside the tri-state area, including Canada. One person, who had attended CHS as an exchange student from Chile, found out about the reunion through classmates.com.
At least 26 couples formed out of the graduating class, and are still married. Thirty-three people have been confirmed deceased.
The last class reunion, put together by a reunion company, was less than thrilling, Orlowsky said. So some members of the Class of 1973 decided they could do a better job on their own. Now the group is up to 15 people, who have been meeting every other month since February 2007.
Orlowsky said his expertise is in spreadsheets and databases. By sorting by married names and cross-referencing, he could find the names of married couples. Bruce Rissmiller, a postal employee from Pennsylvania, did more library research by going through obituaries for the names of alumni’s parents, he could find clues to their whereabouts. Their designated "foreign correspondent," an alumni living in New Mexico, is in charge of alumni living west of the Mississippi. Others might be found through work, school, a chance encounter while doing volunteer work, and lots of phone calls and mailings.
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First day of school blues
Photo/Courtesy of Clifton Schools
Wednesday was the first day of the new school year for Clifton students. Pictured above is teacher Mary Clare Kinder a she assures a reluctant Sebastian Vargas that kindergarten will be fun at School 9.
CHS walkway opening delayed
Photo/Pierfrancesco Baccaro
Clifton High School's walkway will be completed by Oct. 6, and until then teachers have agreed to park elsewhere on the campus.
Teacher parking moved until Oct. 6 date of completion
(by Tony Gicas,
Staff Writer - Sept. 5, 2008)
CLIFTON – Thanks in part to poor weather conditions and unanticipated paperwork delays, the unveiling of the new $2 million elevated walkway at Clifton High School has been pushed back over a month from the first day of school to an Oct. 6 opening.
Ironically, the walkway, which was designed to alleviate overcrowding and reduce hallway traffic, may cause collateral damage in the form of parking availability. A host of vehicles used in the walkway’s construction are currently stationed in an adjacent parking lot and, as a result, a portion of student and faculty parking has been commandeered in the name of progress.
However, according to Lizz Gagnon, Clifton Board of Education commissioner, the majority of people effected by the parking issue are faculty members who willingly agreed to temporarily relocate their parking spaces until the walkway’s completion.
"It’s basically some staff members," Gagnon explained. "They’ve always been there for our children and for the long term. [Faculty] have been inconvenienced by the [hallway overcrowding] too so they understand the long-short of it. We did relocate the parking spots for them so we can deal with that right now and we’ll have our parking back again."
Though Gagnon said some parking has been lost because the contractors are "storing vehicles" there, she explained the school can "easily have trucks in and out for deliveries" and student drop-off should not be a problem in the meantime.
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Zapiekanka, a true taste of Poland
Clifton eatery offers favorite Polish food
(by Anna Spiewak,
Correspondent - Sept. 5, 2008)
Clifton resident Michal Ledwozyw, 27, recently visited his hometown in Poland for the first time in three years. And the first thing he bought once he got there was a zapiekanka.
"The food reminds me of my college days when I used to stop by this booth in Rzeszow with friends and pick one up every day after class," he said.
Zapiekanki, an unfamiliar word to most Americans, will make every Polish-American’s mouth water at the mention of the word. Somewhat similar to the American version of a pizza but much less salty, zapiekanka (singular form) literally means baked, and is a popular Polish fast-food composed of a long baguette, sprinkled with chopped mushrooms, covered with cheese, and poured on top with ketchup, and additionally other toppings.
Ledwozyw said he thought how this food was very popular with the vast Polish population in New Jersey and yet, very few places made them.
When he got back home, he decided to open one up himself and make the Polish delicacy accessible to everyone. His father owns a few zapiekanka cafes and booths in Poland, and therefore taught him the basic tricks of the business before his son opened one up on Aug. 1. Today Ledwozyw and his wife Anna, 22, run a zapiekanka cafe on Clifton Avenue, across from the Board of Education building.
"I thought, why open up another pizzeria when there’s dozens of them in this area," he said. "Why not open up something new?"
Zapiekanky, the trademark spelling that Ledwozyw uses for business replaced a former pizzeria and now sells zapiekanki, hamburgers, fries, wings and combo meals that could be enjoyed as takeout, or under big parasols outside the store surrounded by a white picket fence, nostalgic of Polish cafes in cities such as Warsaw and Krakow.
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