Ambassador Fined, Free Downtown Parking in Top Englewood News

Englewood BOE Appoints Assistant Superintendent

The Englewood Board of Education voted Thursday to appoint a new assistant superintendent.

Michele James, who has served as a principal and an assistant superintendent in Paterson, where she has worked throughout her entire career, was appointed by an 8-1 vote to serve in the role from Dec. 10, 2012 through June 30, 2013. James will be paid an annual salary of $145,000, which will be prorated.

The Bergen Performing Arts Center will host a Sandy relief concert next month featuring some of Broadway’s top performers with all of the proceeds going to three charities, the center announced.

The Englewood City Council voted Tuesday to waive downtown parking meter fees for nearly a two-week period during the rapidly approaching holiday shopping season.

The ambassador to the United States from the island nation of Mauritius was fined $5,000 Monday for underpaying a housekeeper hired to work at his former Englewood home, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.

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