June 12, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 13 Area On June 4, registered voters cast their ballots in the Republican and Democratic primary elections. The winners, who include various local council candidates, will now appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. A summary of the council results follows. Allendale Allendale Planning Board member Carol Sheehan will contest an Allendale Borough Council seat with Allendale Planning Board member Steve Sasso and Council Member Ari Bernstein in the November election. Sheehan, a Democrat, received 40 votes and Sasso received 183, as did Bernstein, a two-term incumbent. Bernstein is an attorney with a practice in Franklin Lakes and is a graduate of Northern Highlands Regional High School. Sheehan is active in the Field of Dreams program at Northern Highlands. She is a 17-year resident and a member and secretary of the planning board. Sasso has an MBA in finance and works in a Fortune 20 company. He grew up in Bergen County and, after living in New York City, he returned to Allendale with his wife Rosa and son Robbie in 2006. He describes himself as a fiscal conservative and was appointed to the Allendale Planning Voters endorse council candidates in primary Board in 2009. Ho-Ho-Kus Ho-Ho-Kus voters cast 123 votes for Kevin Shea, who is managing director at Goldman Sachs, and 122 ballots for Phil Rorty, who is vice president of Global Crisis Management at Liberty International Underwriters in New York City. Both men are Republican council incumbents. The turnout was 32.6 percent. No Independents filed, and no write-ins candidates received enough votes to earn a place on the November ballot. Upper Saddle River Upper Saddle River’s Republican council candidates Dr. Jonathan Ditkoff and Dr. Thomas Hafner received 178 ballots and 181 ballots, respectively. The two GOP incumbents will be seeking second terms in the November election. There were no eligible write-in candidates, and no Independents filed by last week’s deadline. Dr. Hafner is a general dentist and has lived in Upper Saddle River for 45 years. Dr. Ditkoff has lived in Upper Saddle River for 14 years. He is a partner at The Eye Care Center of New Jersey. Waldwick Two Republicans and a Democrat will face off in November for the available council seats. No independents filed by the June 4 deadline. Republican incumbents Don Sciolaro and Gregor Bjork are being challenged by Andrew Frey, the sole Democrat. Bjork, who garnered 187 votes, was elected last year to fill Mayor Thomas Giordano’s unexpired term on the council and chairs the Public Works Committee. He previously served on the board of adjustment and the planning board. He is vice president of Bjork Builders, Ltd. of Midland Park Sciolaro, seeking his fourth term, received 194 votes. He chairs the council’s Financial and Administration Committee, and previously chaired the Public Safety Committee. He is Waldwick’s representative to the Bergen County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, serving as a Fund Commissioner. He has worked for non-profit business associations for over 20 years. Frey, a former police officer and professional firefighter, received 99 votes. He is a member of the Waldwick Volunteer Fire Department and is the fire official/arson investigator for the Hoboken Fire Department. He is pursuing a degree in criminal justice and expects to attend law school.