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Believe it or not, Cold weather is just around the corner! Time for your Heating System Tune-Up!

Whether you call it a 'Tune-Up', 'Seasonal Maintenance', 'Preventative Check-up, or 'Start Up Service' it's time to think about servicing your heating equipment to prepare it for the winter months ahead.

Before you know it, the leaves will turn into a vibrant beautiful masterpiece of autumn colors, and dance from the sky as the trees shed this colorful foliage reminding us that cooler weather is on it's way. In full d

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RANGERS UNITED

Nutley Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mauro Tucci talks during the organizational meeting of the Junior… Continue

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Nutley to hold second townwide garage sale

Mayor Joanne Cocchiola and the Greenutley Committee have announced that the second townwide garage sale will be held on Sept. 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is Sept. 26.
The garage sale is a Greenutley Initiative designed to raise awareness of the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.
“Over 100 households purchased permits and participated in the garage sale last year,” said Cocchiola. “We also had many individuals from neighboring communities visit our township to make… Continue

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Nutley prepares for solemn Sept. 11 memorial ceremony

The ninth anniversary of Sept. 11 will be honored with somber ceremonies in Nutley and Belleville on Saturday morning. The Nutley observance will be held in front of Town Hall on Kennedy Drive at 11:30 a.m.
The Belleville gathering will take place at 11 a.m. at the town’s 9-11 Memorial Park located at the corner of Franklin and Chestnut streets.
Nutley Public Safety Commissioner Al Petracco will oversee the town’s 9-11 ceremony for the third consecutive year.
“It’s a solemn occas

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Residents complain about frequency of Teterboro flights

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
Jim Riccio has a problem with airplanes.
The longtime Nutley resident does not have a fear of flying. He just doesn’t like having planes flying over his home on Margaret Avenue at all hours of the day and night.
“I have a right to complain,” he said at a meeting of the Nutley Board of Commissioners last month.
He called the noise from nearby Teterboro Airport “relentless” over the previous five or six months, and came to the commission

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Nutley students head back to school

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
The new school year opened in Belleville and Nutley this week as administrators and teachers have been preparing for the start since last month.
“Our teachers are enthusiastic about the start of the new year,” said Nutley Superintendent Joe Zarra early last week. “They’ve been in the classrooms, organizing and decorating.”
Orientation for new Nutley teachers was held last week while administrators gathered in meetings.
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NHS boys’ soccer team hopes to make noise in challenging SEC this season

By Joe Ragozzino
Sports editor
To fourth-year head coach Marcellino Marra, the Nutley High School boys’ varsity soccer team has the necessary senior experience that will prove vital in the daunting Super Essex Conference.
With the help of those seniors, the Raiders enjoyed a terrific… Continue

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NHS cross-country teams look to overcome obstacles

The Nutley High School cross-country teams face a challenging season.
The Raiders lost Pat Roche and Dana Principe to graduation. Both runners won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division boys’ and girls’ individual titles respectively.
“They will be almost impossible to replace,” said NHS head coach Gerald Ryan. “It is going to be tough to duplicate the success of last year.”
The girls’ team faces another challenge in which it was shifted into the highly-competitive SEC-American… Continue

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2010 High School Football: Nutley displaying hard work

By Joe Ragozzino
Sports editor
Nutley graduated 16 players from last year’s team that fell one game shy of reaching the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 championship game before finishing with an impressive 8-3 record.
Among the notable graduates were running back Ray Cetrulo… Continue

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September Specials

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A LONE RANGER

Gehrig Gucciardo, 11, reviews a pamphlet showing local wildlife during the first meeting of Detective Lt. S… Continue

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Dignitaries chosen for Columbus parade

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
The dignitaries for the 2010 Belleville and Nutley Columbus Day Parade are ready to serve at the annual autumn event that will take place next month in both towns.
The grand marshal of this year’s festivities on Oct. 10 will be recording star, actress and author Connie Francis, a Belleville native who was honored by the township in a gala weekend last year that included naming both the high school auditorium and a local street after her. All prof… Continue

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Nutley literally boils over after water main is fixed

By Patrick Bober, Managing Editor
Last week, a water emergency in Nutley brought unnecessary usage to a standstill and had residents boiling their water before drinking it.
In the middle of the day on Aug. 24, the main supplier for Nutley Township, the Passaic Valley Water Commission, experienced a water main break in one of their 51-inch pipes in Clifton. The result led to a host of problems for residents.
“The pressure was low,” said Public Works Commissioner Joseph Scarpe… Continue

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Zarra announces 2011 retirement as schools chief

By Roman J. Uschak
Staff Writer
Nutley Superintendent of Schools Joe Zarra has revealed that this school year will be his last in the position. The announcement of his retirement was made at the Aug. 23 meeting of the Nutley Board of Education.
“I’ve thought about it for a year,” said Zarra earlier this week. “I walked off of the Park Oval at this year’s high school graduation, and I was certain that I had one year left in me.”
His last scheduled day will be June 30, 2011. He sai… Continue

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NHS has major ImPACT to prevent concussions

By Joe Ragozzino
Sports editor
As another school year begins, high school teams are getting ready for their respective seasons, working hard to achieve their championship aspirations.
But lately, the issue of safety among athletes on the playing venue has been in the spotlight, particularly in contact sports.
Specifically, concussions have gained the attention of coaches, trainers, administrations and experts.
According to neuroscience researcher Mark Underwood, the… Continue

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Measure is introduced to combat athlete concussions

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8), the author of the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act, addressed student-athletes, coaches and athletic trainers at the Super Essex Conference Sportsmanship Summit at Bloomfield High School on Aug. 26, and spoke about protecting student-athletes from the dangers of sports-related concussions.
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 3.8 million concussions related to sports and recreation are estimated t

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NEED A BOOST?

Nick Pugliese and Joseph Drago of the Nutley Football Booster Club get the cheeseburgers cooking for the… Continue

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Nutley’s own nun rejoins St. Mary’s Hospital

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Three longtime ‘contributors’ honored for service to town

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
It was a night of farewells at the Nutley Board of Commissioners meeting on Aug. 17 as town officials and more than 40 members of the public gathered to celebrate the retirements of three key municipal contributors.
The commissioners honored William Eimer and Frank Ferry Jr. on their retirement from the Department of Public Works. The town’s governing body also paid tribute to Allen Alfano, the retiring president of the Nutley American Little Lea… Continue

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Grant-consulting services renewed by commissioners

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
The Nutley Board of Commissioners last week renewed their contract with Millennium Strategies LLC for grant-consulting services through Dec. 31.
“This is some of the best money we’ve ever spent,” said Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mauro Tucci at the board’s meeting on Aug. 17. “The return on the dollar has been unbelievable, and I’m very happy to vote for this.”
The commissioners entered into a contract with Caldwell-based Millennium on… Continue

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