March 28, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 5 Mahwah New garbage collection schedule to take effect April 1 by Frank J. McMahon The Mahwah Township Council has amended its contract with Suburban Disposal of Fairfield to provide twicea-week garbage pickups for six months of the year. The change will take effect April 1. The amended contract will provide for twice-a-week pickups from April through September and once-a-week pickups from October through March. During the six months when collections are made one day per week, the pickup will be the first day of the usual twice-a-week schedule. The previous contract called for once-a-week pickups from October through May and twice-a-week pickups from June through September. In January 2011, the council unanimously passed a reso- ‘Always Honor’ guitar on exhibit at museum Al Caiola Guitar great Al Caiola recently visited the Mahwah Museum and played “Always Honor,” a custom Gibson Les Paul model guitar made to honor the first responders of 9/11. The Gibson Showroom in New York has loaned the Mahwah Museum the special Les Paul model guitar that was made by Gibson as a special tribute to the 10th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. The guitar features a special etching designed by Gibson’s top craftsmen. The guitar will be on display at the museum through June 30, and will be played as part of the museum’s soldout series, “Play a Les Paul Guitar.” The museum’s exhibit, “Les Paul in Mahwah: A Tribute,” will continue until June 30 with replicas of Les Paul’s studio and workshop from the home in Mahwah where he lived for over 50 years. Audio visual, graphic materials, and other exhibits explain the contribution of Paul, the legendary inventor, sound specialist, and performer who invented the solid body electric guitar and multi-track recording. The Mahwah Museum, located at 201 Franklin Turnpike, is open Wednesdays and weekends from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.mahwahmuseum.org or call (201) 512-0099. lution to reduce the number of weekly collections of solid waste garbage from two pickups per week to one pickup per week from October through May. The aim was to save the township $67,000 a year over the life of the three-year contract it was awarding to Suburban Disposal. That agreement took effect March 1, 2011. Suburban was the low bidder of the eight waste disposal companies that submitted proposals, with a $2,262,000 bid. While the residential pickup schedule changed to once a week for eight months, the contract still included the pickup of dumpsters twice a week at condominiums and schools, and the pickup of residential bulk items once a week all year. The council’s decision to cut the pickup schedule for curbside solid waste was expected to help the township meet the two percent cap the state had placed on all municipal and school budgets. Brian Campion, the township’s business administrator, (continued on page 21)