From NorthJersey.com:
Dumont GOP mounts aggressive campaign
Friday, August 22, 2008
BY SERDAR TUMGOREN
STAFF WRITER
DUMONT — Republicans hoping to rebuild their party and break Democrats’ monopoly on power are mounting their first aggressive political campaign in three years.
"We genuinely feel every town needs representation from both parties, because it provides checks and balances," said Matthew Kruger, one of three GOP candidates running for Borough Council on Nov. 4. "We are definitely trying to rebuild the party from the ground up, and this is hopefully a big step in that direction."
For the full story at the Record's web site at NorthJersey.com, click here.

Dumont's United States Congressman, Scott Garrett, will be appearing in our town tomorrow, Thursday, August 21, from 1:00PM to 3:00PM at Dumont Borough Hall.

There will be a Public Meeting (preceded by an Executive Meeting) of the Mayor & Council tonight, August 19, beginning at 6:00PM.

Thomas Roberts has been named as Dumont's interim Superintendent of Schools. For more information, click here.

Notice sent by the Borough Clerk on Friday, 8/1 at 2:43PM:
There will be a special meeting of the Governing Body of the Borough of Dumont held August 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM in the Council Chambers of Borough Hall. The subject matter includes budget amendment, personnel and other matters.

Dumont Online brings you video of this year's Memorial Day Parade. Shot near Prospect & McKinley, this 26-minute video contains the entire parade. If the video does not begin to stream automatically, please click the PLAY button below.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 10, will be a single-session day for students in grades Pre-K through Grade 8. Lunch will not be served and students will be dismissed at 12:30PM. Pre-K will be: AM session 8:30-10:30, and PM session 10:30-12:30. Students at the High School will follow the final exam schedule that was sent home to parents.

This coming Monday, June 9, at 7:30PM, the Zoning Board will be hearing the application of Village Square Madison Avenue, LLC for the development of the old Sunoco station property at the corner of East Madison Avenue and Brook Street. (You may have noticed that about two weeks ago, a hand car wash opened up at that location.)
According to the Public Notice, the applicant is apparently seeking approval for a 4-story mixed-use building, consisting of 7,641 square feet of retail space and 24 residential units. In connection with the application, the developer is seeking a height variance, with 42 feet proposed (rather than the required 28 feet) and possibly other variances.
One of the issues facing our town is the traffic backups on East Madison Avenue heading west toward Washington Avenue. Obviously, the proposed development at East Madison & Brook Street will have an impact upon both traffic and parking in our downtown area. All residents who are available should attend this meeting, to both be aware of what changes might be coming and how our downtown area may be affected, and to have the ability to express your interests and concerns.

The next regular monthly meeting of the Dumont Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday, May 29 at 8:45 a.m. at Dumont Borough Hall, 3rd Floor Meeting Room, 50 Washington Avenue, Dumont.
Scheduled Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Schlecht, AIA, from the architectural firm that will be performing the study for the Borough’s proposed streetscaping project affecting the downtown business district (Washington Avenue from Columbia to New York Avenue, Madison Avenue from Thompson to Veterans Plaza).
R.S.V.P. by calling 201-648-8448 or sending e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The next regular monthly meeting of the
Dumont Chamber of Commerce
will be held on
Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 8:45 a.m.
at Dumont Borough Hall
3rd Floor Meeting Room
50 Washington Avenue, Dumont

The early tallies for the Dumont School Board election are as follows, in order from highest to lowest number of votes:
Theresa Kelly: 717
Robert DeWald: 527
Rafael Tolentino: 524
Guy Finetto: 503
Harold Lonks: 265

The school budget was approved by a vote of 573 to 550.

Filings for the June Primary Election:
(Two three-year terms)
Carl Manna (D)
Marty Caspare (D)
Matthew Kruger (R)
Joseph Hakim (R)
(One-year unexpired term)
Rafael Riquelme (D)

Notification from SwiftReach, as of 2/1/08 @ 5:35PM: At approximately 3:25PM this afternoon, a suspicious item was found outside the music room at Dumont High School. The building was evacuated as a precaution, and the Dumont Police Department and the Dumont Fire Department were contacted. Upon investigation, it was determined that a science project done at the school was inadvertently left on top of a locker. The project posed no hazard, and the school was cleared for re-entry by 4:45PM. School will resume a normal schedule on Monday. All activities for this evening, however, have been cancelled, and will be rescheduled.

ORIGINAL TEXT: According to the SwiftReach notification system, at 3:25PM a suspicious item was found outside the music room at Dumont High School. Local authorities were called, and the building has been evacuated and the situation is being investigated. All night time activities at the High School have been cancelled.

From the Dumont Public Schools web site:
There was a bomb scare at Honiss School today at 2:20 p.m. The school was immediately evacuated, and the police were contacted. All the students were safe. The Bergen County Bomb Unit, using a bomb-sniffing dog, swept the building and declared that it was safe at 3:40 p.m. The District would like to thank the parents of Honiss School for their cooperation in picking up their children at Grant School. The District recognizes that many students left their winter coats and other belongings at the building. You may come to Honiss School between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. today, December 7th, to retrieve your child's belongings. The head custodian will let parents enter through the main door of the building. If you are unable to come between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. today, be assured that all classrooms will be locked throughout the weekend, and your child can retrieve his or her belongings on Monday morning (December 10).

BREAKING NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7:
MESSAGE FOR HONISS SCHOOL PARENTS
FROM SWIFTREACH NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
Bomb threat at Honiss School
According to the SwiftReach notification system, at 2:20PM this afternoon, a student walked into a bathroom at Honiss School, and there was a message that a bomb would go off at 2:30PM. The students were immediately evacuated, and the police were called. ALL STUDENTS ARE SAFE. Students in lower elementary school were to be transported to Grant School where they may be picked up.

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