Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • December 4, 2013 Mahwah Museum sets visit from Santa & special hours Santa Claus will visit the Donald Cooper Model Railroad at the Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike, on Friday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. This visit is part of the Mahwah Museum’s holiday celebration, which fea- tures special hours on Friday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. now through Dec. 20. Children of all ages are invited to enjoy the model railroad and the museum’s ongoing exhibitsm the Neighborhoods of Mahwah: 1913-2013” and “Les Paul in Mahwah.” The Donald Cooper Model Railroad, donated by Mahwah resident Renee Darboe, includes many cars and locomotives from her late husband’s collection. The layout and scenery have been created by dedicated volunteers who work many hours each week to maintain the cars and the tracks, and keep the railroad in good condition. The model contains replicas of a street fair, a skateboard park, the Great Falls of Paterson, and a working subway system. This railroad even includes Thomas the Tank Engine. The regular hours for the Museum are on Wednesdays and weekends from 1to 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for non-members; children and museum members are admit- ted free of charge. Further information is available at (201) 512-0099 or at www. mahwahmuseum.org. The Mahwah Museum receives operat- ing support from the New Jersey Historical Commission in the Department of State. Above and right: Selected portions of the Donald Cooper Model Railroad exhibit. Crossroads case (continued from page 3) Road to the mall entrance at the northernmost portion of the site. An attorney for Suburban Propane, which has a loca- tion just north of the Leisure Lane entrances from Route 17, indicated at a previous planning board meeting that his client would be willing to sell his property to Crossroads. Jaworski said at the time that such a change would jeop- ardize his client’s application because a new application would have to be submitted under the current zoning of the property, which is for office buildings and not the retail zoning under which this application is being considered. If the Suburban Propane property were acquired by Crossroads after this application is approved, it would pro- vide a convenient access to the mall, observers noted. The planning board’s Dec. 2 meeting is expected to be devoted to testimony about the security to be provided on the site and the architecture of the buildings. Yet to be resolved is the plan to build an athletic field on land that is still contaminated, but would be covered with two feet of clean soil – a plan that many experts claim would prevent any contamination of the field.