February 22, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 15 Midland Park Midland Park has received an additional $10,000 for the Wortendyke Park lighting project, assuring the work will be able to be completed as planned. Borough gets extra funds for Wortendyke Park Midland Park Borough Clerk Administrator Addie Hanna said she was notified by the county that the project had been funded by the Bergen County Open Space, Recreation, Farmland, and Historic Preservation Trust Fund for $32,750, based on the original application, not $22,375 as originally stated. The funds will be matched dollar for dollar from the borough’s own open space fund. The project will include bringing in the electricity and installing electrical outlets and fixtures under the pavilion. Decorative light fixtures, similar to those along Central and Godwin avenues, will also be installed along the entire walking/bike path. The original plans had called for bollard lighting around the path, but the council vetoed that option. The pavilion provides sheltered space for family and neighborhood picnics, arts and crafts, and other recreational activities. Concerts and movie nights will now be an option as well, officials said. The lack of electricity at the 11-acre park has limited the property’s use since it was built. No evening activities could be planned there, and daytime activities that might have run into dusk or required a microphone had been curtailed. The pavilion was constructed with open space trust funds in 2004 at a cost of $100,000. The lighting represents the next phase. More than a decade ago, the borough targeted the park for improvement and began searching for outside sources of revenue to clean up the underused, overgrown property that abuts a residential zone. Federal Bikeway Grant funds covered the bike path, the bridge over the brook, the removal of dead wood, and seed for the area. New Jersey Transit’s construction of the park-and-ride facility off Central Avenue opened the playground area and associated parking. When the three new homes were built on Englishman Drive, the developer improved the access road, added parking spaces, and donated funds for the lighting, which will be applied to the new project. James DeLuca, Esq., right, swears in Midland Park’s newest councilman, Jack Considine, as his wife, Claudia, holds the Bible. Considine was selected to fill the unexpired term of Bud O’Hagan, who resigned to assume the mayor’s post last month. New councilman