Traffic

RESULTS OF THE 35th ANNUAL TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT’S

TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

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Press Release by Capt. Gregg Hackbarth – 6/25/2016

Photographs by P.O. William Jackson

Photographs edited by Lt. John Calamari

              The 35th annual Township of Washington Police Department’s Traffic Safety Poster Contest (TSPC) Ceremony was held on for Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 at the Senior Center in the municipal complex.  Fifty-three students were recipients of cash awards and certificates of achievement for their award winning posters.  A total of $2,600 in cash awards were distributed to the award winning artists from the Jessie George School, Washington School and Westwood Regional Middle School.  A total of 538 students from the three schools participated in this year’s program.  The traffic safety themes for this year’s TSPC were as follows:

For kindergarten through second grade:

“Pedestrian and Child Passenger Safety”

For third grade through fifth grade:

“Getting to School Safely”

For sixth grade:

“How to be a Good Passenger”

This year’s TSPC had five Grand Prize winners who received $150 checks for the best poster per grade grouping.  In addition, thirteen students received $75 checks for the best poster per grade per school and thirty-five students received $25 checks.  The $150 Grand Prize winning posters were drawn by the following students (their poster are displayed below as are the posters for best poster per grade per school):

GRAND PRIZE WINNING POSTERS – BEST POSTER PER GRADE GROUPING – $150 CHECK RECIPIENTS

Giulia R. – Kindergarten – Washington School

 Neomah S.  – Second Grade – Jessie George School

Kaitlyn L. – Third Grade – Jessie George School

Moira H. – Fourth Grade – Washington School

Brianna C. – Fifth Grade – Jessie George School

Best Posters Per Grade Per School – $75 Recipients

Nicholas Z. – Kindergarten – Jessie George School

Juliet M. – Kindergarten – Washington School

Anthony A. – First Grade – Jessie George School

Analia C. – First Grade – Washington School

Michael S. – Second Grade – Jessie George School

Aiden B. – Second Grade Washington School

Sean C. – Third Grade – Jessie George School

Mia K. – Third Grade – Washington School

Ava W. – Fourth Grade – Jessie George School

Keira D. – Fourth Grade – Washington School

Kirk S. – Fifth Grade – Jessie George School

Grace H. – Fifth Grade – Washington School

Salvatore P. – Sixth Grade – Westwood Regional Middle School

All 538 posters entered in the Township of Washington Police Department’s 35th Annual Traffic

Safety Poster Contest have been submitted to AAA for entry into AAA’s State Traffic Poster Program.

Our goal is to educate the children of this community about traffic and pedestrian safety.  We hope to

build lifelong safety habits at an early age.

              The following businesses, civic groups, emergency services and private citizens sponsored

$2,600 in cash awards for this year’s TSPC:

Grand Prize Sponsors ($150 Checks)

Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation – 3 full checks

Dolores and Donald Snyder – 2 full checks

Best Posters Per Grade Per School Sponsors 

($75 Checks)

Bacari Grill – 2 full checks and 1 check cosponsored

with Domino’s Pizza of Westwood

Twp. of Washington Police Department – 2 full checks and

1 check cosponsored with Knights of Columbus #5427

Tom Sawyer Diner – 2 full checks

Tumble In Cleaners – 1 full checks and 1 check cosponsored with Elephant Electric

Rocket Fizz – 1 full check

Certified Speedometer – 1 check cosponsored

with Councilman Tom Sears

Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation – 1 check cosponsored

with Carl Mittelhammer – Prime Solutions

$25 Check Sponsors

Mayor Janet Sobkowicz – 6 checks

Chief of Police Glenn Hooper – 4 checks

Jessie F. George School P.S.O. – 4 checks

JRL Associates – 4 checks

Pascack Valley PBA Local 206 – 4 checks

Washington School P.S.O. – 4 checks

Bergen Brookside Towing – 2 checks

Contemporary Woman’s Club of Washington Township – 2 checks

Highway Traffic Supply – 2 checks

$25 Check Sponsors (Continued)

Twp. Of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps –

2 checks

Rocket Fizz – 1 check

             Any business, civic group or private citizen that would like to be added to the sponsor list for the 36th Annual TSPC in 2016 should contact Captain Gregg Hackbarth at 201-664-1140 ext. 116 or may send an e-mail to Captain Hackbarth at [email protected].

Residential Speed Limit 25 Miles Per Hour

Unless otherwise designated by sign, the residential speed limit for all streets within the Township of Washington is 25 miles per hour. If there is no speed limit sign on a residential road you should assume the speed limit is 25 per hour. During the last several years the Police Department has performed a large number of speed surveys on residential streets within the Township. We have found that a large majority of the motoring public maintain speeds that our close to the speed limit. However, there are motorist who insist on traveling at speeds which we consider to be unsafe. On occasion, we find that these motorist live in on or within a few blocks of the road that they are speeding on. The Police Department will continue to perform speed surveys on our residential streets and violators will be prosecuted.

Overnight Parking

Local Ordinance 223-17 prohibits vehicles from parking on residential roads between the hours of 2 AM and 5 AM. the Police Department may grant permission for you to park your vehicle on the street if you have extenuating circumstances. No permission will be granted during extremely inclement weather such as s severe storm, a forecast of snow, or snow covered or icy roads.

Traffic Bureau – Township of Washington Police Department

For more info, e-mail us at: [email protected]