Washington Middle School Science teacher Theresa Muth will not be returning next year due to action taken by the Harrison School District officials. Muth had satisfactory evaluations and no clue of the events that went down at the HBOE. |
By Celeste Regal
HARRISON – Judging by resident alarm through anonymous tips sent to The Observer office about an impeding Douglas hearing for a science teacher, some people in Harrison are tired of “business as usual,” a phrase used numerous times by townspeople. Washington Middle School teacher Theresa Muth was about to lose tenure two months before it would kick in. She was nearing her fourth year at the school but on May 6, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Frederick Confessore sent a letter to Muth stating he would not be recommending her reappointment for school year 2009-2010, even though on the books she has good reports. For the last two months, she has been caught in the web of confusion at the Harrison school district that is affecting her personally.
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Lyndhurst is increasing pay levels for township police but is also restructuring how it pays them.
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Atop the Kearny Police Station on Laurel Avenue a new WeatherBug Weather Station has recently been installed. The station is intended to work in tandem with the WeatherBug Weather Station above the Harrison Weather Center. The project was spearheaded by Kearny Sergeant John Manley of the Office of Emergency Management and is designed to enhance the efficiency of the mesonet existing within Hudson County.
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Lyndhurst is taking steps to make its public high school complex safer with help from Uncle Sam.
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With July upon us hot and heavy, summer (to those of us for whom it is not already here) is fast approaching, and just like in any other year, it is hard to wait for the lazy carefree days that accompany this season. Try to imagine it now— the soft, pleasant, almost melodic symphony of arcade games and carnival rides along the boardwalk drifting through the calm twilight just after the sun has set, while the sweet smell of cotton candy and funnel cakes mingles in the light air with the briny salt aroma of the sea… can nothing more beautifully capture the lighthearted aura of summertime? Yet for many, such a magical evening may be an unattainable goal. In the America we inhabit today, the so-called carefree days of summer may take a vacation themselves!
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