Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich delivered his annual State of the Borough Address Thursday, discussing some of the highlights of 2012 and what residents can look forward to in 2013, including new ferry shuttle service.
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich says residents can expect further progress on Redevelopment Area 5 in 2013, better communications during emergencies like Superstorm Sandy, expanded ferry shuttle service after the Port Authority agreed to donate more buses and a Special Improvement District for the borough’s rapidly declining Main Street. The mayor made those remarks, among many others, during his annual State of the Borough Address at the Fort Lee Mayor and Council’s reorganization meeting Thursday. Among the highlights of 2012, Sokolich said, were the reelection of Councilmen Joseph Cervieri Jr. and Harvey Sohmer, the way Fort Lee’s emergency services performed throughout the year, the Fort Lee Police Department starting a new era while …
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich Thursday talked about two events—one tragic, and one a triumph—that he said “eclipsed” what would, in any other week, have been the biggest news in Fort Lee.
A period of a few days in Fort Lee that started with a tragic incident involving the death of a high school student turned a little brighter just days later as one family learned that their 15-year-old son would receive the heart transplant he so desperately needed. Johnny Damato was born with what his mother Rita Damato previously described as “an extremely rare congenital heart disease” called Corrected Transposition of the Great Vessels and needed a heart transplant. At Thursday’s Fort Lee Mayor and Council meeting, Mayor Mark Sokolich, with whom the youth has maintained a close relationship for years, said Johnny received that heart the previous day. “He got that phone call on Tuesday night at around seven o’clock that a heart became …
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The Thorn
12:46 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
Howard, tell me what politician ever tells the truth? They are all out for themselves and will say anything to get the most votes. JJC Realty or Cervieri might not directly have anything to do with Area 5 but any deals could go through a "friend" with a kickback behind closed doors. more ›