June 11, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 FLOW Area MacKay unanimously confirmed as new superintendent by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School Board of Education has unanimously confirmed the appointment of Beverly MacKay as the district’s new superintendent. MacKay’s employment agreement has been approved by the executive county superintendent. She will replace Interim Superintendent Ernest Palestis, who has served the district since August 2013. MacKay has been the district’s director of curriculum and articulation since July 2008. Her responsibilities included, among other things, the oversight of all cur- riculum, analysis of high school test scores, articulation GOP voters endorse three incumbents Franklin Lakes Mayor Frank Bivona and incumbent Council Members Paulette Ramsey and Joseph Kelly have received the endorsements of the borough’s reg- istered Republican voters. The results from last week’s primary show that Bivona received 315 ballots in his bid for re-election to the mayor’s seat, while Ramsey earned 297 ballots and Kelly received 306 votes in their run for the two available council seats. All three candidates will be up for re-election on Nov. 4. No Democrats filed for their party’s primary this year, although three Democrats received write-in votes for the mayor’s post and four Democrats received write- in votes for the council seats. One Republican received a write-in vote for the mayor’s seat. However, none of the write-in candidates from either party received the required number of votes to appear on the November ballot. This fall, Bivona will be seeking his second four-year term as mayor after having served one year as a borough councilman. Ramsey will be seeking her seventh three- year term on the council, and Kelly will be seeking his second three-year term. with the K-8 sending districts, and implementation of a strong teacher evaluation model. She held the position of interim superintendent in the regional high school dis- trict from May 2013, when the school district’s previ- ous superintendent left, until August 2013, when Palestis began serving as interim superintendent. Her responsibilities as superintendent will include the complete oversight, leadership, and management of the district, including personnel, facilities, educational programs, budget, and community relations. Cherylin Roeser, the vice president of the Ramapo (continued on page 23)