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2013 Reorganization

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Incumbents Return to River Edge Board of Ed

Colin Busteed, Gyuchang Sim and Wendy Walker all returned to their seats following an uncontested election

In the first-ever November Board of Education election, a small turnout and uncontested races led to the re-election of all River Edge trustees. Wendy Walker, Colin Busteed and Gyuchang Sim were all sworn in for the respective three year terms during Wednesday night's Board of Ed reorganization meeting at Roosevelt School. Walker, a former councilwoman and member of theRiver Edge Chamber of Commerce for her husband's business, Timothy J. Walker Plumbing and Heating, received the most votes of all incumbents with 1,645. Busteed, a director with UBS, garnered 1,323 followed by Sim with 1,024. Sim, a certified master automotive technician and owner of Highwood Auto Service in Englewood, was appointed to the Board of Ed in mid-August to fill …

2013 Brings New Borough Attorney, Public Defender to River Edge

The borough appointed two new faces to its legal team, while renewing all prior appointments

During the River Edge reorganization meeting on Jan. 1, the borough welcomed two new faces as Thomas Sarlo was appointed borough attorney and Jeffrey Carney as the new public defender. All other legal appointments remained the same for the new year. "I would like to welcome our new borough attorney Mr. Sarlo," Councilman Edward Mignone said. "And I want to thank someone that is not here, our former borough attorney Sam Cereste. Sam served this borough in many capacities over the years as borough attorney and planning board attorney. He is a consummate gentleman and he will be missed on this dais." This year's re-appointments included Prosecutor Gina Calogero, Labor Attorney Matthew Giacobbe, the auditing firm of Lerch, Vinci & Higgins, …

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