November 23, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 19 Park Windmill Christmas Drop & Shop offered The Midland Park United Methodist Church is offering parents an opportunity to drop off their children, ages four through 12, at the church for an afternoon of Christmas fun on Saturday, Dec. 3 from noon to 5 p.m. so parents may spend the afternoon holiday shopping. While the parents are away, the children will enjoy movies, snacks, and crafts. The program is free. RSVP to (201) 445-3787 or mpum@verizon.net. The church is located at 269 Godwin Avenue. Toiletries collection under way A collection of toiletries for a shelter in Camden is under way at Winnie and Belle, 293 Godwin Avenue. Shop owner Mari Keat- ing Schofield chose this shelter for women because it is the only one in the city with shower facilities. The shop is open Tuesdays through Saturday from 10:30 to 5:30 p.m. For details, call (201) 389-3898 or email to winnieandbelle@gmail.com. Christmas Tree Sale announced Midland Park United Methodist Church will hold its Annual Christmas Tree Sale beginning Monday, Nov. 28 on the church grounds at 269 Godwin Avenue. The sale hours are weekdays from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stuffed animals being collected Midland Park Girl Scout Troop 470 is collecting Beanie Babies stuffed animals to use as packaging material in care packages destined for soldiers in Afghanistan. Soldiers distribute the toys to the children in area villages. The toys need not be new. The stuffed animals help with troop morale and establish a positive relationship between the soldiers and the children of Afghanistan. The toys may be dropped off at Midland Park High School, 250 Prospect Street and Highland School, 31 Highland Avenue, through Dec. 22. Firefighters collect for Toys for Tots The Midland Park Volunteer Fire Department is collecting for Toys of Tots this holiday season. Donations of new unwrapped toys may be dropped off at the firehouse on Witte Drive on Wednesdays between 7 and 9 p.m. or during regular business hours at: Legends Steakhouse, 118 Godwin Avenue; Rock Your Hair, 633 Godwin Avenue; and Parisi Sports Club, 156 Greenwood Avenue. The collection will run through Dec. 10. Firefighters will meet the train carrying Santa Claus and United States Marines at the Wortendyke Train Station on Dec. 10 to help with the collected toys destined for needy children. Register for recreation basketball Enrollment for Midland Park’s recreation basketball is open to all girls in kindergarten through grade nine, and boys in kindergarten through grade 12. The program is in need of coaches and volunteers to help with games, practices, and end of the year parties. To register or volunteer call (201) 2949610 or e-mail jerrymercadante@hotmail. com. Kaefer to perform concert Helga Kaefer, music director at the Church of God in Midland Park, will perform a concert on Saturday, Nov. 25 at the Fair Lawn Community Center in Fair Lawn. Kaefer will perform songs from her debut CD “Look Back.” Performing alongside her will be The 12 Miles to Hoboken band and a special guest appearance of New York singer/songwriter Edmerald Gan. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. The center is located at 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn. For more, information call (201) 6155814. Club opens model train display The Bergen County Model Railroad Club’s annual operating train display will be open for viewing at the Midland Park United Methodist Church, 269 Godwin Avenue in Midland Park, on Nov. 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 27 from 1 to 5 p.m. The donation is $5 for adults and $2 for children age three and up. Children under age two will be admitted free. Food will be available. Planning board hearing (continued from page 4) area, there are not even 38 spaces on the street within a reasonable distance from the restaurant. With a major parking variance needed, there needs to be a concern for already established businesses in this immediate area and whether vehicles would attempt to park in lots on these properties... if allowed within the variances requested, it may cause traffic safety and police department issues in this business area of the community.” Cascio pointed out that Aldo’s and Pane e Vino already operate in concert and that his plan would revitalize the vacant former Wyckoff Bakery and relieve the business community of a potential eyesore. Seven Wyckoff Planning Board member will hear the case. A number of board members have recused themselves from the case because Aldo’s has hosted Republican Party fundraisers. The recused members include Mayor Kevin Rooney, Township Committeeman Christopher De Phillips, and Wyckoff Planning Board members Drita McNamara, chair of the Republican County Committee, and Robert Kane, president of the Wyckoff Republican League. (continued from page 3) At that time, the property owners met with the township engineer and agreed with the budget and design of the project. After a contract was awarded for the project, a committee was appointed to determine the special property value assessment that would be imposed on the contiguous property owners in order to cover the cost of the project, which was bonded over a 15year period. In May 2006, the borough council unanimously voted to introduce a bond ordinance that added $40,000 to the $85,000 bond ordinance adopted in April 2005 to fund the paving and drainage improvements on Ryerson Road. The cost of the project was expected to be about $100,000, which was higher than originally estimated because the New Jersey Depart- Assessments ment of Environmental Protection insisted on a larger drainage pipe than originally planned. Nevertheless, the contiguous property owners agreed to pay the full cost of the project through their special assessments. The residents of that private road had contemplated the installation of a dry sewer in the roadbed in anticipation of the new active sewer line the Northwest Bergen Utilities Authority is planning to install on Pulis Avenue in the future. That potential sewer line is part of an agreement the borough reached with the NBCUA when it decided to join the authority in late 2005. The anticipated cost of $79,000 for the dry sewer line and the unknown timing of the installation of that active sewer line prompted those concerned to leave it out of the bond ordinance.