PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Bergen County quotes of the week
"I really want to play. It's my last year. And I just...If I can't play, what am I going to do?"
Dante Washington, deaf athlete at Hackensack High School, who is appealing a state rule that says he can't play for the football and baseball teams when he turns 19 years old
"As a cop, he was everything you could have asked for and more."
-Midland Park Police Chief Michael Powderley on officer Christopher Birch, who was killed July 6 in an ATV accident.
"Students who are without Internet access are at a significant disadvantage compared to their connected peers."
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco on his award of a $50,000 grant to Jersey On, a non-profit that aims to connect low-income families to the Internet.
"Over time, substitutes can be found for oil-based energy. There are no substitutes for water."
-Peggy Bost of Mahwah, objecting to the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline that would transport crude oil through northern New Jersey.
"I think those who spoke last night at the freeholder meeting aren't going to be happy until there are no gas stations in New Jersey."
-Paul Nathanson, spokesman for Pilgrim Pipeline Holdings.
"I was the first to respond, yet I couldn't wrap my head around it.
Chris worked out all the time. He ran eight miles a day. How could he be gone?'
Waldwick police Sgt. Bob Woessner on the death one year ago of Officer Christopher Goddell, who was killed after his vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer on Route 17.
