Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 13, 2014 Wyckoff Volunteers hope fireworks fundraiser will be successful by John Koster The Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department is adding a roster of on-site fun in the hopes that the Aug. 30 fireworks display and band concert will prove more successful than the fireworks fundraisers of the past few years. Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department Chief Lou Graglia noted that Wyckoff’s Labor Day fireworks display has been a tradition for 57 years. Fire Chief Lou Graglia “It was decided to perform them on Labor Day since many of the neighboring towns were doing their fireworks on July 4,” Chief Graglia said, noting that Ridgewood, Allendale, and Hawthorne all held their fireworks displays on Independence Day. “It has been a tradition ever since to celebrate the end of the summer.” The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. on Memorial Field behind Wyckoff Memorial Town Hall at 340 Franklin Avenue. The fireworks display will begin at 8:30 p.m. Township and fire department officials hope that residents and other guests will want to buy tickets to spend some late afternoon hours on the grounds. New features will include a DJ to promote dancing, activities for children, animal balloons, and food vendors. Child identification kits will be provided by New York Life. The decision for a longer day was a result of a particular issue: So many spectators now park at the Boulder Run (continued on page 23) Revised snow removal ordinance adopted The Wyckoff Township Committee has adopted an ordi- nance that will prevent residents or merchants from dump- ing their snow on other residents’ properties -- with one small revision suggested by Wyckoff Township Attorney Rob Landel. Landel suggested, to general approval, that the ordinance should reflect the right of property owners to move shoveled or plowed snow from a lot they own to another lot they own. The restriction against dumping snow on someone else’s property or public property remains in effect in the ordi- nance as adopted at last week’s public meeting. The newly-approved ordinance reads: “No individual, firm, corporation, or business entity shall transport snow to, or store snow on, property other than the property on which the snow originated. Notwithstanding the above, the Township of Wyckoff and all governmental agencies shall have the right to transport the snow removed from the public right of way.” In other business, the township committee also autho- rized a 10-day temporary sign request for the Wyckoff Family YMCA’s annual “Buddy Walk” that is scheduled for Sept. 27. Signs will be set up from Sept. 18 to 27 set 10 feet back from the curb. The committee also approved two temporary sign requests from the Christian Health Care Center for a tem- porary feather banner in front of Building 1 advertising “CHCC Family Fun Night and Classic Car Show” and a 10-day temporary sign request lasting until Aug. 16 at the main entrance of the CHCC to advertise the same event. J. KOSTER