Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • April 6, 2011 Franklin Lakes Twice-a-week garbage collections resume in borough by Frank J. McMahon The twice-a-week collection of garbage in Franklin Lakes has resumed and will continue through September. On April 1, the borough’s garbage collection company, Gaeta Recycling Company, began picking up twice a week for all residents. The two day a week collection started on April 1 for residents with a Tuesday and Friday collection schedule and on April 4 for residents with a Monday and Thursday collection schedule. During the months when there are two collection days, if the collection falls on a holiday, garbage will be collected on the next scheduled collection day. However, there will be no change in the recycling collection schedule. Mayor Frank Bivona advised that, according to the borough code, garbage cannot be brought to the curb earlier than 3 p.m. on the day preceding the collection date. Residents are encouraged to place trash at the curb the morning of the collection, but no later than 6 a.m. in order to keep neighborhoods clean and to avoid providing food that attracts bears. “Curbside garbage left overnight attracts bears and other wild animals,” Bivona cautioned. The collection of grass clippings; yard waste such as vegetation, plants, and flowers; tree limbs and twigs also began on April 4. Those items will be picked up on Monday for those on a Tuesday and Friday garbage collection schedule and on Tuesday for those on a Monday and Thursday garbage collection schedule. Bivona advised that grass and yard waste must be placed in brown recyclable bags or loose in a reusable sturdy container with no liner and tree limbs or twigs must be cut into three-foot by three-foot sections and bundled. He emphasized that yard waste in plastic bags or landscaping barrels, and tree limbs or twigs that are not cut into sections and bundled will not be picked up. The leaf compost facility located on DeKorte Drive across from the police station opened April 2 to receive leaves from residents only. No professional landscapers will be allowed to use this facility, Bivona advised, and the facility will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on weekends through May 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Sundays. Large items such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, basketball hoop poles, barbecue grills, bed frames, bicycles, boilers, filing cabinets, freezers, gutters, water heaters, lawn mowers, metal shelving, ovens, stoves, and ranges, radiators, snow blowers, and swing sets will be picked up curbside on the first Friday of every month provided the borough clerk’s office is called at (201) 891-0048, extension 1200, no later than 3:30 p.m. the day before to schedule a pickup. All appliance doors must be removed prior to pickup. The Wyckoff Family YMCA is Proud to Present Our Second Annual All local , businesses s and civic group s non profit welcome! day to Call to olved! get inv 1-2081 201-89 2011 (continued from page 3) the borough’s athletic teams. Professional basketball referees earn up to $60 per game, and non-professional basketball referees for grades three to eight, earn up to $15 per game based on a double header and $20 for a single game. Baseball umpires get up to $35 per game behind the plate and $25 in the field for pony league and senior girl’s softball; up to $30 and $20 respectively for Ramapo and intermediate girl’s softball and Tiny Tim; and up to $65 per game behind the plate or in the field for professional baseball/softball umpires. Football referees receive up to $65 per person per game and cheerleading coaches receive up to $9 per hour. Soccer referees receive from $20 to $65 per game depending on the division and lacrosse boys’ professional referees receive up to $70 per game. Girls’ lacrosse professional referees receive $60 per game and high school referees gat $25 per game; field lining employees receive $110 per field for initial lining for football, lacrosse, and soccer and up to $60 per field for regular lining for those sports and $10 per field for baseball; and up to $75 per session for recreation/senior citizen classes. Ordinance Saturday, June 11, noon - dusk at the Wyckoff Family YMCA Headline Concert: Family Fun & Entertainment All Day! ���������������������������������������� For more information log on to www.wyckoffymca.org “Friends of the Y ” Dinner Featuring the Eighth Annual William E. Boye Humanitarian Awards The Wyckoff Family YMCA is pleased to present the 29th Annual Call the Y at 201-891-2081 Our 2011 Honorees: Gary and Carol Flaker Jennifer Hoppe Lee Parker Bevinn Romaine Scott Woods Wednesday, May 4, 6:30pm At the Wyckoff Family YMCA Carl Pfeifer Performing Arts Center Ticket Price: $70 (continued from page 6) all kinds of crafts. It will be held at its usual location, McBride Field on Franklin Lake Road (across from Market Basket), in Franklin Lakes, on Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15 from 10 to 5. Admission is free; however a $2 donation per person is suggested. Please call Mary Ellen Marra of Premiere Productions LLC at (201) 857-3930 for a vendor application. We are in need of gently used clothes in the following sizes: girls 5-7 and 10-12; boys 12-14. Many of our families also need new sheets and towels of all sizes. We also need a few air conditioners with a minimum of 10,000 BTUs. Please contact us before bringing them to our Midland Park office. Thank you. We rely on our local community to help support our families. Many of them do not have the financial or emotional support to help them get through a major illness like cancer. Please remember: We do not charge anything for our services. We rely on you! Approximately 70 cents from every dollar you donate goes towards direct care for our families. If you have a few hours to spare, consider becoming a volunteer or just stop by and meet with us, take a look at our pantry, and see what ECF is all about. Volunteers are welcome to assist on Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. Call us at (201) 612-8118 before you stop by. Please do not leave items at the center without checking with us first. Our storage space is limited. The Northern Regional Center is located at 174 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Visit us online at: www.emmanuelcancer.org. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families! Emmanuel