District, homeowner reach compromise on window repair

rebecca greene/suburban news

Oak Place home damaged last year after home run ball flew over protective netting.

Waldwick Its not the whole enchilada, but its something.

On April 8, the Board of Education offered a resident $295 to repair a window broken by a baseball after wrangling over the cost for a year. The resident, Michele Dorn, 1 Oak Place, said the damages are closer to $800.

Dorn is no stranger to balls flying through her windows, but she knows its part of living just feet from the warning track of Waldwick High Schools baseball field.

Dorn, frustrated that her recent claim with the Board of Educations insurance company is in the appeal process and making no progress, appeared before the board on March 24 asking for assistance.

The baseball crashed through her window on April 29, 2013.

"So many balls come into my back yard that I cant allow my children to play outside when theres a game," she said.

With netting that extends to the height of her home, the board asked how the ball got to her window.

"The netting is sagging and falling down," she said. "Ive suffered damages from flying balls at least a half a dozen times in the past, but the board has always just paid."

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