Waldwick December 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 7 Borough seeks bids for sandbar removal project It now looks as if the second phase of the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook cleanup project will get underway early in 2014. Waldwick Borough Administrator Gary Kratz said the state permits are expected before the end of the year, and the borough council last week authorized seeking bids for the project. The borough has received a grant from the Emer- gency Watershed Protection Program of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services program to fund the work, which is expected to cost about $100,000. The grant will cover 90 percent of the costs, with the rest coming from the borough’s capital improvement fund. The program pro- vides funding to municipal governments to address watershed impairments created by natural disasters that “pose imminent threats to lives and property.” Plans call for the removal of two large sandbars north of the Wyckoff Avenue Bridge in the area of the River- side Condominiums. The sandbars, which have built up over time, were exacerbated by hurricanes Sandy, which hit the area in October, 2012, and Irene in 2011. Kratz said that removing the sandbars would improve Kindergarten registration scheduled Registration for the Waldwick Public Schools’ Sep- tember 2014 full-day kindergarten program will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. at Julia A. Traphagen School at 153 Summit Avenue and Crescent School at 165 Crescent Avenue. To be eligible for the September class, children must be five years old on or before Oct. 1, 2014. Parents of private school kindergarten children who will be entering the public school’s first grade are also asked to register at this time. Parents or guardians must bring the following docu- mentation to register a child: the child’s birth certificate or other proof of age; a physical and eye examination completed after Sept. 1, 2013; and documentation of the month, day, and year of all required immunizations. Par- ents must also bring two documents to prove residency. (continued on page 15) the flow of water, which can otherwise back up and lead to flooding. Phase I of the project, completed earlier this year, included cleaning and de-snagging of the stream chan- nel at the flood-prone bridge and sandbar removal south of the bridge.