Area July 27, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 11 The municipal court case between the Allendale Community for Mature Living and some of the facility’s neighbors was dismissed without prejudice after Attorney Russell Huntington and Allendale Prosecutor Richard Rosa hammered out an agreement with neighbors who had charged the facility, through the police department and the zoning officer, with permitting a number of violations. After Municipal Court Judge Harry Norton Jr. dismissed the complaints, Rosa said the nursing home had ‘Allendale Community’ consents to new gate agreed in a closed negotiation to install a new electronic gate at the rear entrance so staff members will be able to enter and leave in their cars if they know the code, but outsiders making deliveries and other traffic would have to use the main entrance off Route 17, as provided in zoning agreements when the nursing home addition was constructed. “Mr. Rosa has treated us very fairly,” Huntington said as he was leaving the court. “The ordinance is not going to be changed in any way,” The Glen Rock Police Department is investigating the midnight theft of a truck loaded with an estimated $23,000 in wine from the Opici warehouse last week. The truck was recovered on Route 20 in Paterson near Eighth Street, stripped of its cargo. Police said the loss of wine, while impressive, pales beside the loss of an estimated $200,000 in wine from the same warehouse about 10 years ago. Surveillance cameras showed five men in dark clothing exiting a dark vehicle about 12:20 a.m. on July 19. The five thieves reportedly damaged the ignitions of several other trucks until they found one that started. The cam- Truck stolen with $23,000 in wine eras indicate that four trucks were tampered with before the thieves found one that would start, and that security seals on the trucks were broken, but there was no deliberate vandalism. The stolen truck pulled out about 1:30 a.m. based on video surveillance. The theft was reported at 5:57 a.m., when an employee discovered that the truck was missing. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office has joined in the investigation. No fingerprints appear to have been found at the scene of the crime. Police said that there were no known suspects at press time. J. KOSTER Prosecutor Rosa said. Judge Norton noted that this was the most recent of a number of complaints by neighbors and said he hoped there would be no recurrences, but the dismissal was the only action that took place in open court. The negotiations between the neighbors and the management, while visibly animated, took place in closed session. The Allendale Community for Mature Living complex includes facilities for independent residential living, assisted living, and a 150-bed nursing home. The facility has an excellent reputation for patient care, but a long record of reported violations of use of the rear entrance at Harreton Road for delivery services, not simply for emergency access as provided by local ordinance and in agreements that permitted the expansion of the complex. J. KOSTER