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Helen (Petrochi) Ahern, 90, Garfield Resident
GARFIELD, N.J. -- Helen (Petrochi) Ahern -- a Garfield resident, formerly of Wood-Ridge -- died on Tuesday, April 26. She was 90.
She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Geleski and her husband Steve of Garfield. She was sister to the late Joseph, Andrew, Steve Petrochi, John Komar, Michael Petrowsky, Anna Veliky and Mary Moskaz. She was predeceased by her husband William, and her parents, Joseph and Anna.
Visiting hours will be from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, at the Santangelo Funeral Home, 300 N. Main St., in Lodi. The funeral will be at 8:30 a.m. on Friday at the funeral h…
Margaret L. Antczak, 91, Fair Lawn Resident
FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Margaret L. (Orzechowski) Antczak, of Fair Lawn, died on Monday, April 25. She was 91.
Born and raised in Jersey City, Antczak lived there until she moved to Fair Lawn 15 years ago. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony Church in Jersey City and a member of the Fair Lawn Senior Center.
She is survived by her daughters, Mary Bernadette Rizzo and her husband Frank, Diane Theresa Jambor and her husband George; daughter-in-law Ellen Antczak; grandchildren Frank Vincent Rizzo, Domenick J.P. Rizzo, Christopher Antczak, Edward Antczak, Elizabeth Margaret Jambor and Christopher …
Wayne School Board Approves Tuition-Based Full-Day Kindergarten
WAYNE, N.J. -- Full-day kindergarten will be an option for the upcoming school year, though for now it'll just be fee-based, The Record reported.
The Wayne Township Board of Education voted on it on Thursday, April 21. Changing it to a permanent program, funded by taxpayers, will be in a referendum this November, according to The Record. For now, the extra half-day will cost $250 a month.
Online registration, through the district website -- here -- will begin on Saturday, April 30, at 9 a.m., and close on Thursday, May 5, at 5 p.m. In the meantime, the brochure for the program is here.
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Musical Pasta Dinner Fundraiser Comes To Waldwick
WALDWICK, N.J. -- The Waldwick Music Parents Association is hosting a pasta dinner on Friday, April 29.
The menu is pasta with meatballs, pasta with a variety of homemade pasta sauces, salad, bread and homemade desserts. The Waldwick High School jazz band and other student musical groups will perform.
Advance tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for students and seniors. At the door, they're $14 and $12, respectively. To order tickets, email WHSMusicparents@gmail.com or call 201-251-8579.
The dinner will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Waldwick High School cafeteria, 155 Wyckoff Ave.
Hawthorne Summer Recreation Pre-Registration Begins Wednesday
HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Hawthorne Summer Rec pre-registration will begin soon, with the first date on Wednesday, April 27.
The pre-registration dates are Wednesday, April 27, Monday, May 9, Monday, May 23, Monday, June 6, Monday, June 13, and Tuesday, June 21. Each session will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Borough Hall lobby, 445 Lafayette Ave.
There are two Summer Rec sessions, for first- through eighth-grade Hawthorne kids: June 21 through July 8, and July 11-29.
The early-bird cost is $40 a week or $80 per whole session. Prices will increase after June 1, the last pre-registration date.
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