Richard Vartan, who has served on the East Rutherford Board of Education in Bergen County for 33 years, was honored with a plaque marking his long tenure at the board’s Jan. 4 meeting. Pictured left to right: Bruce Young, vice president for county activities of the New Jersey School Boards Association; Richard Vartan; Giovanni Giancaspro, superintendent of the East Rutherford School District; and Erin Shemeley, president of the East Rutherford Board of Education.