April 17. 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 19 Volunteers ‘Team Up’ to gather almost 100 bags (continued from page 7) residents dropped off some 4,000 pounds of paper. The shredding on April 6 was estimated to have saved about 34 trees, since each ton of recycled paper represents 17 trees that are not cut down for pulp. About 150 residents and others turned out to receive refreshments, gloves, and bags at the second-floor courtroom in Wyckoff Town Hall shortly before 9 a.m. on April 6. The Wyckoff Environmental Commission issued each of the first 100 volunteers a knit cap with a “Keep Wyckoff Clean” logo. Volunteers at the gathering included Chairperson Harriet Shugarman and Environmental Commission members Peter Wiederhold, Randy Hoogerhedye, Cathy Runge, former Mayor Christopher DePhillips, Richard Bonsignorem, and liaison Frances Piscadlo. Members of the present Wyckoff Township Committee included Mayor Rudy Boonstra and Wyckoff Township Committeemen Douglas Christie, Haakon Jepsen, Kevin Rooney, and Brian Scanlan. Former Committeeman Thomas Madigan was one of the first to arrive and help organize the volunteers, and recent township committee candidate Eileen Avia, a teacher in the Wyckoff schools, displayed an exhibit to demonstrate how home composting can turn vegetable scraps into topsoil. Volunteer groups included contingents from the Christian Health Care Center, and from Boy Scout, Cub Scout, and Girl Scout troops. Partners in Pride, the Wyckoff group that first organized Team Up to Tidy Up more than 20 years ago, was also represented. Residents are urged to use reusable bags to dispose of cigarette butts at receptacles instead of littering the sidewalks and curbs, and use reusable drink containers. Those who can were urged to adopt a spot to keep clear of litter on a regular basis. Borough website (continued from page 11) content and ease of use. The research was part of an e-government project examining how New Jersey municipalities use their websites to inform citizens, provide services, and encourage public engagement. The project evaluated each of the 540 municipal websites based on 86 separate content items in four categories. They included information for citizens, citizen interaction, online government services, and social networking. “The Borough of Franklin Lakes, in addition to being recognized as having the second best overall website,” Hart said, “also received an award as one of the 10 best municipal websites for citizen interaction.” A congratulatory letter received by the borough explained that the borough’s website received high marks in nearly every category and was particularly noted for online access to citizen transactions. “It is gratifying to see our collective efforts recognized,” Hart said. “Our website work is all done ‘in-house’ and we take a lot of pride in the quality and content of our website. It starts with the mayor and the borough council’s support of all of our communications efforts and is continued by our Web team, all of whom have other primary responsibilities. That effort is augmented by volunteer interns, in particular, college interns from William Paterson University, who put in time, thought, and effort. It is a great team.” Visit the borough’s website at www. franklinlakes.org. Township Committeeman Brian Scanlan and former Township Committeeman Thomas Madigan and Environmental Chair Harriet Shugarman join other Team Up to Tidy Up volunteers, including Lisa, Lucas, and Alyssa Tragna, Joe Squillace, and Caitlin LoPilato for the distribution of supplies.