Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • April 11, 2012 Franklin Lakes Borough’s twice-a-week garbage collections resume by Frank J. McMahon Last week, Gaeta Recycling Co. began picking up garbage twice a week for all Franklin Lakes residents. The twice-a-week collections will continue through September. Collections began April 2 for residents with a Monday and Thursday collection schedule, and on April 3 for those residents with a Tuesday and Friday schedule. According to Gregory Hart, the borough administrator, during the months when there are two collection days, if the collection day falls on a holiday, garbage will be collected on the next scheduled collection day. There will be no change in the recycling collection schedule when a holiday falls on that day. If there is accumulated garbage before the pickup day, residents may use the borough dumpster available at the DPW during business hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hart advised that trash, garbage receptacles, and recycling containers should be placed at the curb no earlier than 3 p.m. the day prior to a collection. Homeowners living within black bear populated areas should place receptacles curbside as close to pickup time as possible and, if feasible, on the morning that garbage or recycling is scheduled for collection, but not later than 6 a.m. Residents must remove any litter or debris that falls out of the trash receptacles, and those trash receptacles must be removed from the front their homes no later than 7 p.m. on the collection day. Paper, including newspapers, magazines, and cardboard and commingled recyclable items are collected curbside every Wednesday on a bi-weekly schedule alternating between commingled items and paper products. Recycling containers should also be placed curbside no earlier than 3 p.m. the day prior to a collection and must removed from the front the home no later than 7 p.m. on the collection day. The collection of curbside yard waste, such as grass clippings, vegetation, plants and flowers, tree limbs, and twig collection also began last week. Yard waste should be placed at the curb the night before a scheduled pickup, but no leaves, dirt, rocks, trees, or tree stumps will be collected. Grass clippings and plant waste must be placed in brown recyclable bags or loose in a reusable sturdy container with no liner. Each brown bag or container cannot weigh over 50 pounds. Grass clippings or plant waste in plastic bags, landscaping barrels, or not in any container will not be col- The March 28 article about the sale of the High Mountain Golf Course incorrectly reported the decrease in membership at the club. Golf Club President David McBride clarified that membership has decreased by half over the past six years, from a maximum of 440 members to 200 at the present time. Correction lected. Residents may bring their leaves to the leaf compost facility on DeKorte Drive across street from the police station, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., but no professional landscapers are allowed to use this facility. Tree limbs or twigs need to be cut into three-foot by three-foot sections and bundled. Each bundle cannot weigh more than 50 pounds. Tree limbs or twigs left at the curb that are not cut into sections and bundled will not be picked up. In addition to the weekly collection schedules, the borough’s department of public works operates drop-off facilities for leaves, rechargeable batteries, and electronic waste including as old TVs and computers. The Bergen County Utilities Authority provides drop-off facilities for household hazardous waste and tires. Large items, such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, heaters, metal swing sets, basketball hoop poles, barbecue grills, bed frames, bicycles, boilers, filing cabinets, freezers, gutters, hot water heaters, lawn mowers, metal shelving, ovens, radiators, and snow blowers, will be picked up curbside on the first Friday of every month. Residents must call the borough clerk’s office at (201) 8910048, extension 1200, no later than 3 p.m. the day before the pickup is to occur. Doors must be removed from all appliances. Two file for council election (continued from page 4) by only $56, with no diminution of services.” Kahwaty added that the governing body is committed to regionalizing services with adjoining boroughs where it makes economic and practical sense. He pointed with pride to the Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve, which he said is becoming a substantial asset, not just for Franklin Lakes but for the entire area. He said the preserve will be a unique attribute for borough families in the years to come. He also emphasized that the council is taking a proactive approach to the Council on Affordable Housing obligations imposed on the borough and communities throughout the state by the New Jersey Supreme Court. “This is an artificial and unnecessary burden not of our making, and the mayor and council continue to explore all available options to minimize the impact of new housing in the future,” Kahwaty said, adding that no one should be under any illusion that COAH will not remain the same challenge for the community and the state. Lambrix said he is looking forward to serving on the council. “I feel very fortunate to have lived in Franklin Lakes for 20 years in this great community and this is an opportunity for me to continue my interest in serving the community,” Lambrix said. “I’m looking forward, hopefully, if I’m elected, to joining a mayor and council that is moving the borough in the right direction.” Lambrix’s three children are all graduates of the Franklin Avenue Middle School and Ramapo High School. He was appointed chairman of the Franklin Lakes Environmental Commission in 2007. He is an adjunct professor of management and communications in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he has taught graduate business administration courses and is teaching several undergraduate business courses. He has a degree in chemistry from Rutgers University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. Lambrix coaches for the recreation program. He was a member of the committee that analyzed the controversial split of the borough’s students between the two schools in the regional high school district. That situation, which was in effect in the 1990s, has since been reversed. Lambrix was a member of the Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education’s Horizon Project and Community Issues Committee. For 10 years, he helped write scripts and performed in the regional high school district’s FLOW Follies scholarship fundraising program. His last corporate position was as executive vice president of the Hawthorn Group, a Washington, D.C. public affairs company, where he led the firm’s energy and environmental practice. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of communications and public affairs for Union Camp Corporation, a company he joined in 1992 as vice president of communications. Before joining Union Camp, Lambrix spent 10 years with Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he was manager of external communications. Prior to his tenure at Phillips, Lambrix received a presidential appointment to the White House domestic policy staff as assistant director for energy and natural resources. While at the White House, he worked on numerous environmental and natural resources issues for the U.S. President. His 10 years of federal government experience also included many government assignments where he was involved in many legislative and executive branch activities. He also was the founding chairman of a Washington, D.C. industry group called the Global Climate Coalition. He currently serves on the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy of New Jersey.