Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • December 18, 2013 OEM deputy runs marathon Ramsey Office of Emergency Management Deputy Coordina- tor Glen Karpovich recently ran in the Marine Corps Mara- thon in Washington, DC. Over 30,000 runners competed in the MCM, which is the third largest marathon in the U.S. To honor those affected by last year’s Superstorm Sandy, Kar- povich wore a shirt that said JERSEY STRONG. He com- pleted the marathon in 4 hours and 15 minutes. Karpovich is pictured running past the U.S. Capitol at the 19th mile mark. (Photo courtesy of MarathonFOTO.) Monopoles (continued from page 3) determine if his client would seek any legal reaction. In September, the Mahwah Planning Board approved the location of a new monopole in the township based on plans by Internet Services Telco LLC (Telco) to construct an 80 foot high communi- cations tower with an associated equip- ment compound on a 1.1-acre irregularly shaped vacant lot where North Central Avenue meets Route 17 South. According to Lavigne, the mono- pole will contain four dish antennas for microwave data communications link- ing different data communications cen- ters, such as the ones in Secaucus and Weehawken and the one adjacent to this site, and a six-foot high equipment cabi- net will be located on a concrete slab that will be fenced. A natural buffer of trees surrounds that site, but Lavigne said landscap- ing would be provided that will include eight-foot high arborvitae around the compound. In addition, all the plans for the monopole location will be submitted for the approval of the township’s build- ing department. A professional planner advised the board at that meeting that he agrees with the township’s planner that the plans for the monopole comply with the condi- tional use standards of this B-40 business zone. He said the monopole is a passive use that will not create any traffic and that the canopy of trees on the site that are 50 to 65 feet high will obscure most of the monopole.