Fair Lawn News

Spring 2003 Edition

Feature Articles

Weir Small Fair Lawn's Weir: Voted by Fair Lawn News readers as One of the Seven Wonders of Fair Lawn

Are You Thinking of Moving to Fair Lawn?

People and Activities

Letters To The Editor: The former school, competition, overnight parking, and appreciation.

500 More Fair Lawners with Unclaimed Money: Is your name on this list of residents and businesses who have unclaimed funds (bank accounts, paychecks, etc.)?

Senior's Society Page: Karin Hodos on activities at the Senior Center.

Police Blotter: Events recorded by the police. Fair Lawn News doesn't edit one word, no matter who gets caught.

Click Here to Get The Next Harry Potter book: Guaranteed to be the next best seller in Fair Lawn:

Sports and Recreation

Giants Jim Finn Fair Lawn Boy Joins the Giants: Picked last in the draft, now he's in the NFL.

Bastinck and Little League Coaches Little League Dads (and Moms): The coaches have to get ready, well before the little ones take the field.

Spring Tips

Seasons and Berries: Fair Lawn's favorite elf is so happy that Spring is here.

Yard Work and Your Back: Linda Rosen with a few exercise tips before you head out to the garden.

Spring Bicycling: Traffic Todd's tips on smart bicycling.

Spring Cleaning: Stacey Agin Murray on organizing your closet.

Fair Lawn Allergy Calendar: Wonder why you are starting to sniffle?

Chris Neidenberg Covers the Council

Grants: Lights, Emergencies, and Disabilities

Crime Prevention: Getting businesses involved.

Prescription Drug Plan: Discounts on prescription drugs for Fair Lawn residents.

Trash Dumping: Fair Lawn's new policy on dumping your trash and should we check who is using the facility?

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A Changing Fair Lawn

Talking With Mrs. Panella:

Fair Lawn News visits the high school principal and learns how the school's needs have changed.

Are Kids Different Today?: Radburn School's Mrs. Lustgarten on how things have changed for kids and their teachers, since she started 15 years ago.

40 Years Ago: In the Spring of 1963, a new library and shopping center were going up, Fair Lawn was known as the town "with all those clubs" and there were some great deals on homes, cars and apricot marble cakes.

School Budget

Explaining the Budget: The Fair Lawn Association for Responsible Education (FLARE) offers some basic info about school budgets.

Understanding The Choice On the Budget: Matt Greenfield offers a student's perspective.

Watch this space for breaking news about the School Budget.

The Schools

Report Cards: Our schools get report cards, too. These are from the state.

The Fair Lawn Marathon: It's not 26 miles, but it does last a whole weekend.

wpe2.jpg (23539 bytes) Marching Down Main Street: Fair Lawn's Marching Band and Color Guard join the Disney World parade.

The Whole State Is Watching Us

Three Friends Ready For A Fight: Matt Ahearn, Bob Gordon and Ed Trawinski are getting ready for a fall battle that will get lots of attention around the state.

Matt Ahearn (Green Party) Speaking Out: No other politician is speaking out like he is.

Bob Gordon (Democrat) Tells Why He's Running: Fair Lawn News asked the former Mayor why he's running for Assembly.

Ed Trawinski (Republican) Kicking Off Race: He and his running mate set their themes for the Fall.

For our next edition, we will ask all three candidates the same questions about important issues facing Fair Lawn and the state. (Note, all three candidates, listed in alphabetical order above, have long been close friends and important contributors to Fair Lawn News.)

Make sure you check out our two most popular features: the Discussion Forum, and the Events and Free Classifieds pages.

Business

Improving Broadway and Radburn: A new economic development committee, a special improvement district for Broadway and a committee to help Radburn.

River Road: The special improvement district is proud of its accomplishment.

DSL in Fair Lawn: Fred Holzsager on getting connected in the fast lane.

Why Will We Have Three Subways in Town?: What does their headquarters know?