Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • June 18, 2014 Midland Park Borough council appoints two new police officers Two new officers will join the Midland Park Police Department as of July 1, bring- ing the department to full force. Luke Rice of Englewood Cliffs and Travis White of Paramus were appointed last week to fill the vacancies on the 14- member force. They replace Lt. Bernard Vandenberg, who started his terminal leave last week and will officially retire on Oct. 31; and officer Matthew Lombardo, Basket fundraiser announced The Class of 2015 at Midland Park High School will host a basket fundraiser on Saturday, June 21 at the high school located at 250 Prospect Street. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 and includes a sheet of basket tickets. Admis- sion tickets must be purchased in advance; contact Christine Vajda at (201) 249-6588 or 2015mphs@gmail.com or send a check made payable to MPHS Grad Ball Class of 2015 and mail to: Class of 2015 Grad Ball, 250 Prospect Street, Midland Park, NJ 07423. Check should be made payable to “MPHS Grad Ball Class of 2015.” who resigned earlier this year to join the Mahwah Police Department after less than a year in Midland Park. Both officers will begin patrol duties following eight-weeks of field training, said Lt. Michael Powderley, since they are both police academy graduates through the alternate route program. Powderley said both men look forward to working in a small department where they can get to know the residents. Rice, 24, is a June graduate of the Cape May County Police Academy, graduating third in his class. He served four years as a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force, where he was an aircraft mechanic and also head trainee for the ceremonial honor guard. He is also a CrossFit instructor. White, 29, has been a member of the Guttenberg Police Department since June, 2011. He served as a court and dispatch officer in addition to patrol duties. He also served as a drill instructor for the Junior Police Academy and was on the Guttenberg Police Honor Guard. A graduate of the Essex County Police Academy in Cedar Grove and Bergen Community College, White was a Bergen County Special Services School District teacher’s aide from 2003-2006 and worked as a mall security guard for two years before attending the police academy.