June 26, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Wyckoff Wanderings Basket full of fun Pascack Community Bank, located at 64 Crescent Avenue in Waldwick, announced the winner of its ‘Summer Fun’ gift basket that was given away at the Fourth Annual Wyckoff Day. Pascack Community Bank was one of over 100 vendors that participated in the day of family fun and entertainment. Pictured are basket winner Shirley Faber of Mahwah and PCB’s Waldwick Assistant Branch Manager Erica Victoria. The Wyckoff Board of Education recently hired a number of new teachers, extended one contract into the tenure track, and approved a 15 percent merit pay bonus to Superintendent of Schools Richard Kuder. The board of education voted last week to approve the appointment of Brielle Heitman, a grade three teacher at the Washington School with a BA at step 1 at a salary of $48,782. Whitney White was hired as a grade three leave replacement teacher with a BA at step 1 at a salary of $48,782. Kourtney Moscarello was hired as a grade four teacher at the Lincoln School with an MA at step 7 at $57,877. Dana Ragone was hired as a leave replacement science teacher at the Eisenhower Middle School with a BA at step one at a salary of $48,782. The board approved the tenure track appointment of Courtney Burns, a grade eight science teacher at the Eisenhower Middle School, with a BA at step two at a salary of $49,294. Gina Corral, a Spanish teacher, was hired for the Eisenhower School with a BA at step 1 at a salary of Superintendent receives bonus $48,782. Gail Niederman, the district’s occupational therapist, was reassigned at a salary of $85,831 pro-rated at 0.4 to provide services for preschool and kindergarten students during the 2013-14 school year. Daniel Dodd, a physical education leave replacement teacher, was hired for the Washington School with a BA at step 1 at $48,782. Jennifer Vernieri was advanced from part-time basic skills teacher (0.5) at the Lincoln School to grade two teacher at the Lincoln School with an MA at step 8, at $58,901. Maria LaPorta was appointed as a school psychologist at an MA, step 1, at a salary of $53,782. June Weissman was appointed director of the K-8 summer school at a stipend of $6,055. Nancy Williams will serve as nurse at a salary of $3,040; and Nancy Allen, Kristen Caputo, Michelle Consiglio, and Jessica DeBlasio will serve as teachers at $760 per session. The board voted Superintendent Kuder a merit pay bonus of $23,235 added to equal 15 percent of his base salary of $155,000. Vacation Bible School set Advent Lutheran Church in Wyckoff will host its Vacation Bible School July 8 through 12 at the church located at 777 Wyckoff Avenue. The program is open to children entering kindergarten through grade five and will meet from 9:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, e-mail Janet Tanis at wk407@verizon.net. Summer Reading Club begins Wyckoff children are invited to join the Wyckoff Library’s summer reading club “Dig into Reading.” Sign up in the Rizzo Children’s Library. Club participants may win prizes and attend special programs featuring music, ventriloquism, art workshops, origami, theater, food, games, crafts, Digeridoo, Bubblemania, and more. On July 3, the Amazing Mr. Fish will present “Math Plus Magic Equals Fun” at 2 p.m. In-person registration is required. For a full calendar of events, visit wyckofflibrary.org or call (201) 891-4866. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue. Swim team sets tryouts Swimmers who are interested in becoming part of the Wyckoff YMCA’s Sharks Swim Team are invited to the July tryouts. Swimmers must qualify for an age category as of Dec. 1, 2013 and are required to use a competitive dive and legal stroke and turns. On July 16, children ages 11 and 12 will tryout at 5 p.m. Swimmers must be able to swim 50 yards of the butterfly, backstroke and breast stroke, 100 yards of freestyle, and 100 yards of the individual medley (25 fly, 25 back, 25 breast, 25 free). Children 13 and up will participate in tryouts on July 17 at 5 p.m. The tryout will be run in a two-hour practice format. Tryouts will be July 23 for children eight and under and July 24 for children who are nine and 10. Both groups will begin at 5 p.m. Children age eight and under must demonstrate the ability to swim 25 yards of the butterfly, back, breast, and freestyle; nine and 10-year-olds must be able to swim 50 yards of each stroke plus 100 yards of the individual medley. Swimmers must be registered for tryouts by July 11. There is a $10 registration fee. Checks may be made payable to the Wyckoff Family YMCA, and mailed along with the registration forms to: Wyckoff Family YMCA Sharks Swim Team, 691 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481 by the registration deadline. The fee is waived for all current team members. There will be a $15 fee for late registrations. Tryout results will be posted at www.wyckoffymcasharks.com and outside of the swim team office by July 31 at 3 p.m. The Wyckoff Police Department recently traced a $26,850 home burglary committed in February to a suspect who is already lodged in Bergen County Jail for similar crimes. Earlier this year, Wyckoff Police Detective Sergeants Joseph Soto and Michael Musto participated in a task force with Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives and other municipal police agencies. The investigation led to the arrest and incarceration of a 26-year-old Teaneck man now in Bergen County Jail. Sergeant Soto then began working through the evidence of a Feb. 11 burglary in Wyckoff, in which a rear Detectives clear $26,850 burglary The Township of Wyckoff will resume twice-a-week curbside garbage pickups starting on July 1. That schedule will continue through Aug. 31. The garbage collection regulations allow the use of up to four containers per pickup. Containers are to be placed at the curb prior to 6 a.m. on the collection day, but not before 6 p.m. the night before the collection. Empty containers must be removed by 7 p.m. of the collection day. Construction materials and unusual items are not allowed on the curb and provisions must be made by the property owner to dispose of these items. Appliances and metal bulk items will also be treated Garbage pickup schedule to change door was forced open and $26,850 worth of jewelry, electronics, and gift cards were reported stolen. A search warrant issued against the Teaneck man’s home recovered some of the jewelry taken during the Wyckoff theft. Soto and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office were also able to track down the use of the stolen gift cards and the Teaneck man had used them to purchase clothing. The Teaneck man, already in jail, was charged with another count of burglary and theft and his bail was set at $75,000, and an additional detainer on him was referred to Bergen County Superior Court. separately from household garbage. These items may be brought to the Wyckoff Recycling Area on West Main Street, or arrangements may be made for a Wednesday pickup. These items, also known as “white goods,” include residential room air conditioners, dehumidifiers, stoves, and residential refrigerators and freezers with the doors removed for safety. Central air conditioning units must be disposed of through private arrangements. Other items for private disposal include air conditioner compressors, pool heaters, railroad ties, furnaces, toilets, sinks, tubs, swing (continued on page 20)