Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-May 27, 2009 Issue

Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • May 27, 2009 Area Voters to endorse council candidates in June primary On June 2, registered Democrats and Republicans will have the opportunity to endorse their representatives to the local governing bodies. The winners will face off in the general election this November. A listing of the candidates follows. Allendale Incumbent Republican Council Members Jim Strauch and Elizabeth White will seek reelection to the Allendale Borough Council this year, with no challengers from either party registered at this time. Strauch, who operates an environmental window company, was almost elected on a write-in some years ago on his initiative to save as many trees as possible during development of Crestwood Park. He later won election as an endorsed Republican candidate. White joined Mayor Vince Barra and Councilman Robert Schoepflin in the struggle to prevent the development of Orchard Commons after Strauch started a campaign to raise funds by private donations. She recently participated in a council meeting as an image and voice on a computer screen when she was actually in Jamaica. Ho-Ho-Kus Republican incumbents Kevin Crossley and Doug Troast are seeking endorsement in Ho-Ho-Kus, where two seats are available on the borough council this year. Crossley has been involved with the Ho-Ho-Kus/Saddle River Athletic Association and the Recreation Committee for Ho-Ho-Kus. He has also served as vice president of softball operations, and as a coach for girls’ basketball and softball. He has served on several ministries in his church, and has chaired several fundraisers for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. He has been a council member since 2002. Crossley holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Nathaniel Hawthorne College in New Hampshire. He was elected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. He is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Club Agency Insurance Brokerage LLC of Garden City, NY. He holds New York State Agency and broker’s licenses for property, casualty, and life insurance, and serves as corporate secretary of Tri-County Independent Insurance Agents Association of Nassau, Queens, and Kings counties. Since 1988, he has been a member of the Nominating Committee for the Automobile Club of New York’s Board of Directors. Crossley and his wife, Patricia, have three daughters. Troast joined the council in 2000. He also served three years on the borough’s zoning board. He is chief executive officer of the John Troast Group, a construction and real estate development company. He served on former Governor Whitman’s Property Tax Commission and as a trustee of the New Jersey Organization for a Better State. He and his wife, Joanie, have three children. They are members of Saint Gabriel’s Church. Saddle River Two candidates are running in the Republican primary in Saddle River, where two three-year seats are available on the council. Incumbent Councilman John E. Murray and newcomer Bruce E. Walenczyk will seek voters’ endorsement. No Democrats filed for this year’s primary. Upper Saddle River Republicans Vincent Durante and Dr. Joanne Florio have filed for the two council seats. Incumbents Scott MacDowell and Barbara Ripston did not seek reelection this year. Durante, who was recently named to Ripston’s unexpired term, has over 25 years of professional and managerial experience in pharmaceutical and health and beauty products. He has also served on the local board of health and as a basketball coach for the recreation department. Dr. Florio, a lifetime borough resident, has been a practicing chiropractor and nutritionist since 1988. She is president/treasurer of Deer Creek Valley, Inc. and contributes to the sales and distribution of vitamin supplements and organically grown products. She is a member of the local board of health and is currently president of Saddle River Valley Junior Woman’s Club. Waldwick Republican council incumbents Anita Bozzo and Charles Farricker will seek their party’s endorsement, as they run unopposed in the June primary. Democrats Franklin Jaegge and John Patrick Hunter have filed for their party’s election, ensuring a contest between the two parties in the November election. Bozzo, a two-term councilwoman and chair of the Finance Committee, has been a Waldwick resident since 1990, and has been an active community volunteer for much of that time. Her activities have included service as: treasurer at Rainbow Corners Nursery School, group facilitator for the mother/infant classes at the Red Cross in Ridgewood, member of the Waldwick Board of Education’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee, coordinator of the Learning to Look program at Traphagan School, vice president of the Waldwick Junior School PSO, teacher for confirmation CCD classes at Saint Luke’s Church, president of the Waldwick Newcomers Club, photography chairperson for the Class of 2004 Graduation Ball Committee, and member of the Class of 2007 Graduation Ball Committee. The councilwoman is a reading teacher in Paterson. She has been teaching since 2000. Prior to that, she worked in the financial services industry for 20 years for major brokerage and insurance companies. She graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College in The Bronx, and obtained her master’s degree from William Paterson University in reading. (continued on page 18) �� Resin ��