Feb. 2026 ROMEO
July 19, 1999
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James A. Yachnik, 58, died Monday.
Born in Newark, he lived in North Arlington, before moving to Lincoln Park 26 years ago.
A graduate of Newark State College (Kean College) and Columbia University, Mr. Yachnik was director of continuing education and was adult high school principal for the Montville Township Board of Education.
Previously, he did consulting work for the West Milford Board of Education and worked in the same capacity for the Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education.
A member of the Adult Education Association of the United States and the New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning, he was a member of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators and Musicians Union Local 151, A.F.M.