Interim police chief Heidi Owen was formerly Green Rock's police chief. When the merger occurred, she and the former Colona police chief, Ray Kutzman, became captains while Robert Schroeder was brought in to chief. Chief Owen said of the move to captain from chief. These differences will take years of blending to overcome and new generations to forget who is from where. Mary Jo Retherford, 4th-Ward.
Most people agree time is the key to mending wounds and helping the newly formed city gel.
A Colona resident for 20 years, Ald. Novella Sconyers, 1st Ward, is optimistic aboutthe city's status. Jackie Lagare, a 26-year resident of Colona and a former Green Rock resident, said she hasn't heard many complaints about the merger. Ms. Lagare said. She helped bring the two together by being on the merger committee.