Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-June 3, 2009 Issue

June 3, 2009 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 23 Mahwah Minutes Job search seminar offered The Mahwah Public Library will present “Job Search in the Age of the Internet: The 60 Second Elevator Speech” with Barbara Brandes, career counselor and executive coach, on Monday June 15 at 7 p.m. Unemployment is reaching a rate not seen for over two decades. Over the past 20 years, some elements of the job search process have changed. It is time to update job search skills. This 60-minute workshop will show how to prepare for that all-important “60 Second Elevator Speech.” Brandes specializes in career and executive coaching, and is dedicated to helping business professionals deﬁne their goals, develop career strategies, and take action for continued success. She currently is a School of Business career advisor at Monroe College, has been a career advisor at Yeshiva University, and Director of Career Counseling at Sarah Lawrence. She has been a career counselor for over 15 years. The workshop is free. No tickets are necessary. Seats are available on a “ﬁrst come” basis. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road. Call (201) 529-READ. Groups discuss ‘Bread Givers’ The Mahwah Public Library Morning Book Discussion Group will meet on June 15 at 10:30 a.m. and the Evening Book Discussion Group will meet June 24 at 7 p.m. to discuss Anzia Yezierska’s “Bread Givers.” A classic work of American literature ﬁrst published in 1925, the book is set during the 1920s on New York’s Lower East Side. It is the story of Sara Smolinsky’s struggle toward independence and self-fulﬁllment through education, work, and love. It is universal and resonates with a passionate intensity that modern readers can share. Both the morning and evening adult book discussion groups are looking for new members. Anyone interested can call or visit the library. The Mahwah Public Library is located at 100 Ridge Road. Call the library at (201) 529READ or visit the website at mahwah.bccls.org. Board of health to meet The Mahwah Board of Health will meet on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Mahwah Municipal Building at 475 Corporate Drive. Law Enforcement Torch Run set Each year, more than 2,700 dedicated Law Enforcement Ofﬁcers participate in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run. This celebrated 27-leg journey carries the Special Olympics New Jersey “Flame of Hope” a distance of nearly 900 miles throughout the Garden State to the Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, where it ignites the cauldron for the opening ceremony of the summer games. Mahwah PBA Local 143 is once again joining other law enforcement ofﬁcers statewide on Friday, June 12, and will again be starting leg 10a, which begins at the Mahwah Police Department on Franklin Turnpike at 6:30 a.m. and proceeds along Franklin Turnpike south to Shop-Rite in Ramsey. The route then continues to the Fairview Police Department 36 miles later where it meets leg 10b, which comes from Northvale. The Mahwah Police Department’s ofﬁcers and members of PBA Local 143 participate in several events each year to help raise awareness and funds for the New Jersey Special Olympics and its athletes. Some of those events include the Snow Bowl Flag Football Tournament, the Polar Bear Plunge, the Law Enforcement Plane Pull, and the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge Run/Walk. For more information visit the Mahwah PBA website at www.mahwahpba143.com or the New Jersey Special Olympics website at www.sonj.org or speak to a Mahwah Police ofﬁcer.If you would like to adopt-a-cop or make a donation to the Special Olympics, contact Sergeant Jeff Dino of the Mahwah Police Department. The community is invited to cheer the runners along the torch route on Franklin Turnpike on June 12. Hockey registration set The Mahwah Ice Hockey Association will hold in person registration for fall/winter 2009-2010 ice hockey on Thursday, June 4 at the Ramapo Ridge Clubhouse on Lydia Lane at 6:30 p.m. Forms can also be mailed to MIHA 115 Franklin Turnpike, PMB Suite 263, Mahwah, NJ 07430. MIHA is offering residents an early bird special; residents will save $50 if they register by June 19. The season runs from October 2009 through March 2010. All games and practices will be held at the Ice Vault in Wayne. Registration forms are available online at www. mahwahhockey.com. Call Tom Cowen at (201) 512-9892. �� (continued from page 5) make the signage more easily visible to motorists on Route 17. The board also found that the placement of the hotel on this site is unique because, although the hotel is located on Route 17, the access to the hotel is from Corporate Drive and the front lobby of the hotel is not located on either of these roadways but, rather, is oriented to the north. Therefore, the board found that signs conforming to the township’s ordinance would not be sufﬁcient to identify the hotel and that larger sign areas, as proposed by the applicant, are required on the north and south sides of the building to allow the site, and the primary access to the site, to be more easily identiﬁed by motorists traveling on Route 17. “The board is satisﬁed that, due to the location of the site along Route 17 and Corporate Drive, and the fact that it is surrounded by other similar commercial uses, granting the variances will have a minimal adverse aesthetic impact on the surrounding area,” the board’s resolution states. “The board therefore ﬁnds that the beneﬁts of granting the variances, enhanced safety on and around the site, will far outweigh any detriment to the public good.” As a condition of the approval, the applicant, OTO Development, LLC, must install an additional sign at the Corporate Drive entrance to the hotel to direct vehicles to the lobby. That sign must be approved by the township engineer. In September of 2008, the planning board granted subdivision approval to OTO Development to permit the subdivision of the Robbie’s Music Barn property into two lots. Robbie’s will remain on the northern lot and the new hotel will be constructed on the southern lot. Hotel signage �� Resin ��