Senator Girgenti in the News
HERALD NEWS: Work begins on Roe Street Field
October 06, 2007
By HEATHER KAYS
HERALD NEWS
HALEDON — A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Saturday for renovations to the Roe Street field.
“It’s going to be pretty low key but it’s a big deal for the town since it’s our one and only park and field,” Mayor Domenick Stampone said Friday. “We’re very excited.”
For years borough officials have been trying to renovate the more than 60-year-old field, but it has never undergone extensive refurbishing. The 4.5-acre field is used for sports and recreation. After obtaining about $680,000 in state and county grants and applying for an additional $350,000, officials are finally able to move ahead with the project, which they hope will be completed by November.
“The whole project is scheduled to wrap up by Thanksgiving,” Stampone said.
Sen. John A. Girgenti, D-Hawthorne, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou, D-Paterson, county freeholders and officials from Haledon and the neighboring communities were invited to attend the ceremony to be held at noon at Roe Street and North 15th Street near the veterans monument.
This ceremony is more of a formality since work began on the field two weeks ago. The contract to do the renovations was awarded to Applied Landscape Technologies Inc. in Montville.
The project, which is expected to cost about $1 million, will include a new Little League field, a baseball field with dugouts, a soccer field, security fences, new irrigation system and a walking path to be built near the veterans field and Sept. 11 monuments.
Additional amenities have been put on hold because of lack of funds said Grace Lynch, principal of L+C Design of Secaucus, which handled the redesign of the field.
“We hope to have the money to put in the band shell for concerts,” Lynch said. “Even though it was in the contract, it has not been awarded yet due to budgetary restraints. There are some other, mostly architectural things, like roofs over dugouts that we would also like to get to.”
Reach Heather Kays at 973-569-7157 or kays@northjersey.com.
HERALD NEWS: State to Pay $392G for Tax Error
July 31, 2007
Residents in North Haledon, Haledon and Prospect Park can all sleep a little easier — at least for now.
The state has agreed to pay the $392,000 owed to North Haledon, which along with the other two boroughs, sends students to Manchester Regional High School, after the state Department of Education made a tax error in that amount.
“The state made the mistake,” said Andre Sayegh, chief of staff for Sen. John A. Girgenti, who spearheaded the effort to replace the missing money. “Now they are just atoning for it.”
But the three boroughs are still prepared to fight over how much money each should be contributing to the district.
OP-ED: Remember veterans - Spend a moment to recognize their sacrifice
May 25, 2007
Senator Girgenti reminds constituents of the sacrifices made by our veterans.