The Record, Bergen County, NJ

School Board Election Results ; Waldwick

WALDWICK Two incumbents and one former board member emerged victorious from a crowded Waldwick election that also saw the budget go down in defeat.

School Board Election Results ; Montvale

MONTVALE Residents narrowly approved the school board's proposed budget.

School Board Election Results ; Fort Lee

FORT LEE Incumbents prevailed in a large field of candidates and borough voters overwhelmingly approved next year's school budget by a ratio of more than 2-to-1.

School Board Election Results ; Lyndhurst

LYNDHURST Voters ousted the incumbents and defeated the $27 million budget, 1,037 to 893.

School Board Election Results ; Englewood

ENGLEWOOD A slate of three candidates who ran on a platform supporting the superintendent's vision for the district swept the school board elections.

School Board Election Results ; Hasbrouck Heights

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS Two incumbents were denied additional terms as voters seeking to overhaul the board elected three newcomers.

School Board Election Results ; New Milford

NEW MILFORD Challengers Geraldine Mechler, Lawrence Mintz, and John O'Malley were victorious in a race for three school board seats that featured two slates with contrasting views on last year's teacher layoffs and the district's criteria for selection of honor students.

School Board Election Results ; Franklin Lakes

FRANKLIN LAKES Two incumbents and two newcomers won seats on the school board and voters approved a $23 million budget.

Polls May Be Just Beginning of Budget Process ; Rejected School Plans Go Through Series of Cuts, Appeals

Across New Jersey on Tuesday, a fraction of the state's voters took part in an annual rite of spring - deciding the fate of 550 public school budgets with a combined property tax levy of more than $9.5 billion. Last year, 15 percent of registered voters approved 62 percent of school budgets statewide, the lowest approval rate since 1994. The percentage of passing budgets has been falling sharply since it peaked at 88 percent in 2000.

School Board Election Results ; Rochelle Park

ROCHELLE PARK Incumbent Frank Madden and Leonard D. LaBeur Jr., a former township committeeman and school board member, emerged from a field of four candidates to win election to the Board of Education.

School Board Election Results ; Uncontested Races

BUTLER - Two incumbents were returned to the school board Tuesday in an uncontested election. But a third, three-year seat, for which there were no candidates, remains open. Andrew Knapp, 64, is a retired salesman for Continental/Wonder Bread's Hostess Cake division. He has said he is pleased with the school board's work in recent years, particularly with upgrades financed last year by voters. Knapp and his wife, Veronica, and their three daughters all graduated from the Butler schools.

School Board Election Results ; Tenafly

TENAFLY Voters approved a $43.6 million spending plan for next year, returned two incumbents, and elected two newcomers who said a key priority for the Board of Education is the space needs of the middle and high schools.

School Board Election Results ; Paramus

PARAMUS The district's three incumbents were each reelected. Voters also approved a $61.4 million school budget.

School Board Election Results ; Bergenfield

BERGENFIELD The election was as much a referendum on whether to keep the schools' top official as it was a contest to fill a pair of three- year terms on the school board.

Clifton, Pompton Lakes Voters Ok Schools' 'Second Questions' ; West Milford, Hawthorne Reject Additional Funding

Voters in two school districts in Passaic County agreed to ante up some extra tax dollars for costs that officials said could not be squeezed into state-limited budgets for next year, while two other districts saw their proposals for additional funding turned down. Such proposals or "second questions" were on 75 ballots statewide, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. Districts have had a tough time selling the public on additional funding questions over recent years. Last ye...

School Board Election Results ; Ridgewood

RIDGEWOOD Five candidates wrestled for two three-year terms in one of the most competitive school board races in the county.

School Board Election Results ; Mahwah

MAHWAH Voters defeated the school budget for the first time in a decade and two incumbents appeared to have been reelected in a five-way race for three open school board seats that was too close to call.

School Board Election Results ; Glen Rock

GLEN ROCK In a hotly contested race for three seats, a combination of incumbents and newcomers won seats on the school board.

Norris Mcwhirter; Wrote the Book On Records

Norris McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records, final arbiter on everything from the fastest climb of Mount Everest to the world's longest hot dog, has died. He was 78. Mr. McWhirter suffered a heart attack Monday after playing tennis at his home in Wiltshire, southern England, a family spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Obituaries

ELIZABETH G. OSMANSKI ALESSIO, 83, of Woodcliff Lake, formerly of Fairview, died Monday. Before retiring 15 years ago, she worked for Lever Bros., Edgewater, in the packing and testing department. Arrangements: Konopka Funeral Home, North Bergen. NICHOLAS J. ARIEMMA, 85, of Manchester Township, formerly of West New York and Dumont, died Monday. Before retiring in 1978, he was a warehouse manager for Bullwinkel and Co., New York City, where he worked for 15 years. He was a Navy veteran of Worl...