Villadom Times Weekly Local Newspaper

March 31, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 13 Franklin Lakes Gated roads to be restricted to emergency vehicles by Frank J. McMahon The Franklin Lakes Borough Council has introduced an ordinance to restrict the use of two access roads to emergency vehicles only. One of those roads connects Iron Latch Road and Ridgeview Way, and the other connects Surrey Lane in Franklin Lakes to Dara Lane in Oakland. The ordinance identiﬁes emergency vehicles as police vehicles, ﬁre department vehicles, ambulances, department of public works vehicles, and vehicles used by members of the ﬁre department and ambulance corps that are responding to an emergency. Any resident who has a driveway that exits on an access road would be permitted to use that road. Others who violate the ordinance would, upon conviction, have to pay a ﬁne of not more than $200. The ordinance was drafted after a meeting that included residents of those two areas, the borough council’s Public Safety Committee, and the police chief and trafﬁc safety ofﬁcer. The session was held to permit discussion of a recent decision by the council to leave the two gates in those areas open in the interest of public safety. The meeting was scheduled after several residents of those areas attended council meetings in November and December and voiced their objections to the decision to open the gates. The meeting was intended to provide a forum where the reasons for the council’s action and the recommendation of Police Chief Irving Conklin could be openly discussed with the residents so some common understanding could be reached as to why the gates were not being left closed and locked, as they have been for years except in the winter months, but left open so emergency vehicles will not be delayed when traveling through the area. Both sides continued to express their reasons at the meeting for wanting the gates left open or closed, and Chief Conklin and Trafﬁc Safety Ofﬁcer Robert Lyon explained that the closed gates increase the time it takes police ofﬁcers to respond to an emergency on Ridge View Way or Surrey Lane. Councilman Steven Marcus told the residents the council felt the public safety issue was more signiﬁcant than the legitimate concerns of the neighborhood residents. (continued on page 23) Franklin Lakes Scribe Board of education to meet The Franklin Lakes Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, April 6 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at Franklin Avenue Middle School on Franklin Avenue. Adult computer classes offered This April, the Franklin Lakes Library will offer computer classes for adults. Google It! will meet April 14 at 11 a.m.; Blogging for Beginners will be held April 21 at 11 a.m.; and Google Earth will be in session on April 28 at 11 a.m. Registration is underway. Visit the adult reference desk at the library on DeKorte Drive or call (201) 891-2224 for more information. Children invited to read to dogs Local children are invited to sign up for the Paws for Reading program at the Franklin Lakes Library. Beginning and accomplished readers in grades one through six will read to well-behaved certiﬁed therapy dogs as a way to polish reading and public speaking skills. Children may read for a 10-minute period. Paws for Reading will be held April 8 and 22 and May 6, 13, and 20 from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Registration is required and has begun for Franklin Lakes residents. Non-residents may sign up beginning April 5. Call (201)-891-2224. Bigica named to Dean’s List Kaitlyn Bigica of Franklin Lakes has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the fall 2009 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must have a minimum average of 3.5. ‘Wacky Wednesdays’ coming soon This spring, enjoy Wacky Wednesdays at the Franklin Lakes Public Library. Children ages 2½ through six years of age are welcome to visit the children’s department in April and May to participate in crafts to make with an adult between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. No registration is required for this drop in activity. Call (201) 891-2224. Learn to conquer clutter Linda Ander will present “Conquer Clutter” on Wednesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. at the Franklin Lakes Public Library. Learn the beneﬁts of having less mess to reduce stress and how to stay a step ahead of clutter. Her program will focus on eliminating paper piles, and ﬁnding unused space. All are invited. The library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Deadline is Wednesday at noon. 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