Waldwick May 22, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Lindbergh Parkway in Waldwick will be getting storm water drainage improvements with the help of a state grant. The borough has been awarded $150,000 from the NJ Department of Transportation Trust Fund to begin the long-awaited project. The entire job is estimated to cost $335,000. The borough council last week introduced a bond ordinance to raise the additional $185,000 needed to finance the work. The governing body planned for this expense when preparing its 2013 capital budget, contingent on the Borough get DOT grant for Lindbergh reconstruction grant approval. Plans call for the rehabilitation of the entire length of Lindbergh Parkway, from Crescent Avenue, easterly to its terminus. Included in the project, according to Borough Administrator Gary Kratz, would be connecting to the new system sump pumps from the houses that have them so as to comply with the borough ordinance banning sump pump discharge into the sanitary sewer system. Resident Frank McKenna, who lives on Lindbergh, asked whether curbs would be included as part of the Police Officer Michael Coletta has left his position with the Waldwick Police Department to work for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office. “He has done a great job for us since he started working here,” commented Mayor Tom Giordano. “He enjoyed being in Waldwick and was given an opportunity to better himself. I wish him good luck in his new endeavor and Patrolman Coletta leaves for new job thank him for protecting our residents.” Coletta had come to Waldwick in September, 2011, a veteran of the Maplewood and Paterson police departments and a graduate of the Essex County Police Academy. He held certifications as a Police Academy Instructor, School Resource Officer, Gang Awareness, (continued on page 25) rehabilitation. Part of the street now has curbs. Kratz said the borough engineer would be working on the exact scope of the project to determine how much could be done with the available funding.”We’ll have a wish list and what has to be done, get the numbers and then discuss what things we can do,” Kratz told McKenna. To try to remedy severe flooding in the area last year, the borough installed drainage and curbing from Brady Street to Veterans Park on the north side of Lindbergh and put in two additional catch basins at the Brady intersection . According to local history, Lindbergh Parkway was developed in the 1920s. It once had an island in the middle of the 50-ft. wide roadway which was used as a pedestrian walkway and as a spot for sunbathing. Former Councilwoman Anita Bozzo and Ron Porto were appointed to the Waldwick Library Board of Trustees last week. Bozzo will serve a full term, and Porto will fill an unexpired term. According to Councilman Don Sciolaro, Mayor Tom Giordano’s representative on the Library Board, the two new members are excited to be on the board and will be a great asset to the library. In making the appointments, Giordano said Bozzo had requested the appointment so she could continue her Bozzo, Porto named to Library Board involvement in the community in a different capacity. Bozzo stepped down in January after nine years on the council. Porto had offered the mayor to serve in any capacity where he could give back to the community. “When I asked him to serve on the Library Board, he was very happy to be a part of the board, and he looks forward to making a difference,” said Giordano, who noted that Porto is a regular library patron, visiting the facility as often as four times per week.