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The Modern, the first of two 47-story residential towers approved by Fort Lee officials despite strong community opposition. The first tenants are expected to move in next month. A 2-bedroom apartment with indoor parking for two cars goes for about $5,000 a month.
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By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
What a front page!
The ritualized brutality of two masturbatory Catholic high school football teams dominates Page 1 of The Record today -- for the third day in a row.
Bringing up the rear, below the fold, are perverted priests who make many readers glad they are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist -- anything but the Catholic parents of an abused boy (A-1).
The third major element is a boring Charles Stile column delving into Bergen County's politics and looking ahead to the next race for governor in 2016 (A-1).
Road kill
In Local, Road Warrior John Cichowski issues a rare report on Bergen County's antiquated road system that has absolutely nothing to do with commuting, traffic congestion and crowded mass transit.
His fist paragraph suggests the authorities should respond to complaints about drivers taking short cuts through quiet neighborhoods just like they do when a murder is reported (L-1).
Garrett must go
In Opinion, Columnist Brigid Harrison, who lost a house to Sandy, attacks Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, for sending out a campaign flier claiming he "worked to bring immediate relief to [Superstorm] Sandy victims" (O-2).
Of course, six days after the storm hit New Jersey on Oct. 28, 2012, Garret did no such thing, being the only member of the state's delegation who refused to sign a letter asking for federal disaster relief.
"You can't trust and respect someone who does one thing, and then claims to have done another because it is politically expedient," Harrison says.
Traveling music
Travel Editor Jill Schensul recently said she doesn't take free trips, but does negotiate a preferential "press rate."
"It's the way we have come up with to keep providing Record-generated stories, photos and insights rather than wire copy for our readers," Schensul told JimRomenesko.com, a prominent media blog.
But today and last Sunday, Schensul ran long wire-service travel stories in her 4-page section.
Today, the Los Angeles Times supplied nearly two full pages of text and photos about vacationing in Taos, New Mexico.
And on T-4, The Associated Press supplied a story on the Space Needle in Seattle.
Her sole contribution today is a long column on Paddington bears in London, whatever they are. (O-1).
Second look
On Saturday, a story on Thom Ammirato reported the former Hackensack city spokesman resigned as a communications consultant with the Bergen County Executive's Office (Saturday's Local front).
Hackensack reporter Todd South says Ammirato struck a deal with the Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating him.
Hackensack Scoop, a local blog, revealed the agreement on Friday.
Ammirato's $78,000-a-year contract with Hackensack was terminated on June 24.
He had been a consultant and spokesman for Citizens for Change, which swept the May 2013 municipal election.
The cash-strapped city will not be hiring another spokesman anytime soon, a City Council member said recently.
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