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Police & Fire
UNICO, Others Clean Vandalized Columbus Statue, Mayor Vows To Find, Prosecute Those Responsible UNICO, Others Clean Vandalized Columbus Statue, Mayor Vows To Find, Prosecute Those Responsible
Unico, Others Clean Vandalized Columbus Statue, Mayor Vows To Find, Prosecute Those Responsible In what the president of UNICO called “lowlife cowardly acts,” vandals in Garfield defaced a Christopher Columbus statue and damaged a local elementary school named for the Italian explorer. Police were actively pursuing leads in finding those responsible for what Mayor Richard Rigoglioso called “hateful and disrespectful” acts, and said they’d be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law.” Meanwhile, members of the local UNICO chapter cleaned up both the statue, which was being protected by a tarp, and paving stones dedicated to deceased loved ones that had been spray-painted with hate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed 'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed
'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed "Columbus Day" isn’t getting changed to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in Glen Rock – not after an overflow group of Italian-Americans turned out in force to convince the Borough Council to vote down the move Wednesday night. The council nixed the name change by a 7-0 vote, ending what had been weeks of turmoil that opponents said was roiled by out-of-town activists. “We move on with a much better respect and understanding of all sides of the issue, including the significance of this holiday to our Italian-American residents and neighbors that often goes well beyond the man that it is named for,…

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by Jerry DeMarco