Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Waldwick Architect hired for gym, roofing projects The Waldwick Board of Education is going ahead with two capital projects and hopes to receive state funds to underwrite some of the costs. At its last meeting, the board authorized its architect, Di Cara/Rubino Architects, to prepare plans and specifica- tions for bidding to make improvements to the Waldwick High School gym and reroof the administration offices at Traphagen Elementary School. Di Cara/Rubino will also prepare the necessary grant applications to be submitted to the NJ State Department of Education and provide construction administration. Their fee for the gym project will be $9,500. The fee for the roof- ing job and one alternate will be $9,000, with an additional $7,000 if a third alternate is added. At Waldwick High School, plans are to replace the bleachers and refinish the gym floor. At Traphagen the base bid would be for replacing the board offices’ roof. The board would also bid an alternate to replace the roof over the canopy and the conference center. A third alternate would reroof the music/art room if an investigation deter- mines it to be necessary. The roofing and bleacher replacement projects may qualify for the NJDOT’s School Facilities Grant Program for Regular Operating Districts (RODs), a $455 million ini- tiative announced in May by the Christie administration. The grant program uses funds from previous bond issues to fund about 40 percent of renovation and construction proj- ects in school districts previously ineligible for such grants, which went to poorer districts. The deadline for submitting ROD applications is Sept. 4. When the ROD grant program was announced, School Business Administrator John Griffin tried to get the boiler replacement project at the middle school/high school com- plex, then already in the works, to be accepted as a quali- fied project. He was unsuccessful in getting retroactive eligibility. He said at the time that the project had to be completed over the summer months when school is not in session. It is due for completion in August. On June 20, Detective Sergeant Doug Moore arrested a 24-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with criminal sexual contact. The arrest was made after a female victim reported that she was inappropriately touched by one of her housemates. The defendant was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Officer Chris Goodell arrested a 20-year-old Allendale man on June 28. The man was charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to breath tests, and reckless driving. The arrest occurred on Franklin Turnpike after the defendant’s vehicle was stopped for an equipment viola- tion. On June 30, Officer Brian Finale arrested a 22-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with DWI, DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, reckless driving, and driving while suspended. The arrest was made following a motor vehicle stop on East Prospect Street. Sergeant Thomas Dowling arrested a Waldwick resi- dent, 60, on July 2. The man was charged with DWI after Dowling investigated a motor vehicle crash in a parking lot on Crescent Avenue. An Adams, Massachusetts resident, 31, was arrested for DWI, reckless driving, and unsafe lane change. Offi- cer Finale made the arrest July 6 following a multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 South near the Sheridan Avenue exit. On July 12, Officer Adam Garcia arrested a 19-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with DWI, refusal to submit to breath tests, and reckless driving. The defendant was arrested after his vehicle was stopped for a violation on Franklin Turnpike. On July 13, Officer Kyle Moore arrested a 25-year- old Ridgewood resident and charged her with DWI, DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and reckless driving. The arrest was made after Officer Moore observed the defendant’s vehicle exit the roadway and damage two prop- erties on Wyckoff Avenue. Borough Police Department Report Three arrests announced Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced the June 28 arrests of three Morristown men on aggra- vated sexual assault charges. The arrests came about as a result of an investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, under the direction of Chief Steven Cucciniello and the Waldwick Police Department, under the direction of Chief Mark Messner. On Friday, June 28, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Waldwick Police Department, with assistance from Morristown Police, arrested Emanuel Brice, Myron Damus, and Frank- lin Simmons after an alleged sexual assault involving a 24-year-old female they met at a bar in Teaneck in early June. Immediately following the sexual assault, the victim, who was later treated at Hackensack University Medical Center, contacted the Waldwick Police Department who then contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit. After a three week-long investiga- tion, the three men were arrested without incident at their respective homes. Each man was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first degree crime. Bail was set by Judge Edward A. Jerejian, J.S.C. at $250,000, no 10 percent option and no contact with the victim. The three men were subsequently remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail. Prosecutor Molinelli stated that the charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.