Week in Review: Dems on Toll Hikes, Police on Pedestrians, Council on Dogs

In Fort Lee Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and legislators from New Jersey’s 37th and 38th districts said the agency should delay further toll increases until it gets its finances in order and reforms its management practices.

Fort Lee police are once again urging caution after yet another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the borough last Friday afternoon, the second such incident to occur in a week, the third in two weeks and the fifth since February.

Officials estimate the cost of a 4,800-square-foot dog park near the Recreation Center at between $18,000 and $20,000, while some dog ownerssaid Thursday  they would rather be allowed to take their pets to existing parks.

The Fort Lee Mayor and Council tabled discussion of that possibility for Martha Washington Way at the governing body’s executive session Thursday, but the debate continued this week, at least on Patch.

The state’s "Clean Communities" grant funding will be used to hire kids this summer, likely resulting in cleaning up the borough’s parks, officials say.

Kenneth Edwards, the first athlete from Jamaica ever to qualify for the Olympics in Taekwondo, is training at Team USA Taekwondo with a training partner from Fort Lee who nearly qualified herself.

The Fort Lee Film Commission brought in a special guest from the renowned New York City company thanks to the efforts of a Fort Lee High School graduate, as drama department students prepare to perform the musical, “Mack & Mabel.”

Euwan Kim, a fourth grade student at , was named the winner for her grade level in the 2012 “Don’t Stand by for Bullying” contest sponsored by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

Bergen County Freeholder Joan Voss of Fort Lee discussed taxes, elections, the county budget and other issues last Wednesday at the , where she was invited by the United Homeowners of the Borough of Fort Lee to speak with residents about county services.

The Week in Review appears every Sunday on Fort Lee Patch.