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Herald NEWS Hope Springs Eternal to Trim Tax Bite By C.M. MATTESSICH fewer appeals than expected. for Lower Township residents – who have until DI GESTS Present estimates are that about 2,500 ap- April 9 – and Middle Township residents, who COURT HOUSE — Early signs suggested peals will be fi led. have until April 19. that residents of recently revalued towns would Most property owners have a deadline of County Tax Administrator George R. Senior Groundbreaking fi le an unprecedented number of property tax April 2, at the close of business (4:30 p.m.), Brown III, noted that, while Middle Township NORTH CAPE MAY — Groundbreaking appeals with the county Board of Taxation, but to fi le appeals. residents originally were provided with a fi l- ceremonies are scheduled for tomorrow at offi cials say that, at least so far, they’re seeing Filing deadlines were extended, however, (Page A54 Please) 11 a.m. for a new senior housing project at 680 Townbank Road. The new 76-unit Haven House at St. John of God Senior Housing Development is co-sponsored by the Diocesan Housing Services Corporation of the Diocese of Camden, Inc. and St. John of God Roman Catholic Church. Rev. Monsignor It's John H. Burton, vicar general for the Diocese Inside. of Camden will preside at the groundbreak- ing ceremony. “Affordable housing is a basic human right,” stated Most Reverend Joseph It's Your A. Galante, Bishop of Camden in a release. Spring Funding for the $12.8-million project was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing Guide. & Urban Development with $10.9 million, New Jersey Department of Community Af- fairs with $1.125 million and the Federal Home Loan Bank with $770,000. Budget, Yes — Bond, No PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE SEAWAVE CORP. STONE HARBOR — Borough council Vol. 43 No. 13 Copyright 2007 Seawave Corp. All rights reserved. March 28, 2007 1508 Route 47, Rio Grande NJ 08242-1402 unanimously adopted a $10.9-million budget (Page A6 Please) County COOP College Trustees Will Test Roost Ready to Ratify In Main Library 4 Unions’ Pacts By CHRISTINE COTE By CHRISTINE COTE COURT HOUSE — Today, all those who COURT HOUSE — Next Monday might not receive a paycheck from the county college be the day to pick out or return library books, can feel a bit more comfortable than they have or seek a quiet moment in the periodical over the past nine months. reading room. Last evening, Atlantic Cape Community Some who typically work at the county’s College (ACCC) trustees were expected to administrative offi ces in Crest Haven will be ratify contracts with four different bargaining taking over the fi rst fl oor of the main library units of New Jersey Education Association that branch here in a one of the fi rst of its kind ex- represent administration, faculty and staff at ercises statewide, according to Lenora Bonin- all three campuses, to end negotiations that fante, county communications director. have kept union members working without a Only the second fl oor of the library will be contract since July 1, 2006. open to the public April 2 from 8:30 a.m. to Joseph Rossi, dean of labor relations and the 5:30 p.m., but library staff will be on hand campus here, told the Herald that he would be to bring materials up from the fi rst fl oor if presenting the tentative contracts to the board requested. Patrons will have complete access at its meeting at the Worthington Campus in to the fi rst fl oor during evening hours from Atlantic City. (Page A7 Please) He was optimistic it would ratify the terms Al Campbell that each union has accepted. Rabner Talks Ethics Second Annual Nun Plunge swimmers race toward chilly Cape May surf March 24 Check the Herald’s Web site: www.cape- to help raise funds for Our Lady Star of the Sea School, Cape May. All agreed on one maycountyherald.com, for confirmation of To County Offi cials thing: It was cold! last night’s vote. The contracts will be for four years, dating By C.M. MATTESSICH to July 2006 and ending June 30, 2010. The Vintage, Recycled Surfside Eatery last contracts also had four-year terms and CREST HAVEN — When it comes to eth- provided 4 percent annual pay increase gener- ics, it’s important to talk prevention as well ally, Rossi said. as enforcement, and one good approach is Will Open as Doo Wop Museum The new agreements include retroactive to “continue to shine the light” on processes base salary increases to July 1, 2006, for each intended to benefi t the public. By LAUREN SUIT The museum will be home to a neon “gar- group: That’s what state Attorney General Stu- den,” which will run along the sidewalk and (Page A8 Please) art Rabner told county department heads, WILDWOOD — The Surfside Restaurant entranceway, featuring salvaged signs from members of municipal zoning and planning came a long way from its original Ocean and motels and restaurants, long demolished. boards, and others March 21 at the county Pigeons’ Pecking Lavender roads site in Wildwood Crest, then Although the pinwheel-shaped building is administration building when, at the freehold- to a Vineland warehouse, fi nally, it will be the empty, save for construction equipment and an ers’ invitation, he spoke about “ethics and Gnaws at School new home of the city’s Doo Wop Museum and outline of blue neon, the Doo Wop Preservation government.” Amphitheater. League, which will be in charge of operating Rabner peppered his presentation with By LAUREN SUIT The museum, located across the street from the museum, has scheduled a grand opening various examples, beginning with a Hudson the Wildwoods Convention Center at Ocean for April 27. County offi cial whom he termed the “poster WILDWOOD — The battle to keep the fa- and Davis avenues, will house exhibits of the That date marks a little over a year since child for corruption.” çade of Wildwood High School clean is going doo wop era and the island’s tourism industry. city offi cials and members of the Fox family “Ironically,” said Rabner, “he had run as to the birds. Literally. It will also become an outdoor amphitheater grabbed shovels to ceremonially begin work Pigeons have taken to eating the exterior of someone who would reform and change gov- for concerts and events. ernment.” (Page A49 Please) the building, said Business Administrator and (Page A7 Please) Board Secretary Greg Rohrman. The amount of waste and their roosts are health concerns, Ugandan Children’s Plight Grips he added. During last summer, the school received a Lower Township Man’s Attention skim coat to protect the building from every- thing including leaks, pigeons and normal wear By CHRISTINE COTE her cancerous tumors were gone. and tear. In addition, the building also got a A successful businesswoman, along with fresh coat of paint. ERMA — He was interested in helping those her husband, in the Ugandan capital Kampala, That project’s cost: $245,600. less fortunate in India, but because of one she returned to Nantabulirwa, the small village No sooner than the paint dried, pigeons have woman he is now working to help her build a where she was raised, on a crusade to bring been relentless. school in Uganda. Christians, Muslims and Hindus together in On Monday, the school tried the latest ar- Bruce Tempest, who lives in a neighborhood love. (Page A8 Please) secluded from busy traffi c on Route 9, has not (See related video on the Herald Web given up on India; he just can’t say no to Annet site: www.capemaycountyherald.com) Section Spotlights Kayongo, since he met her here and then fi nally When she found they had no church to visited her in Africa last month. continue sharing her message, she and her On Deck: OD In 2001, she believed she was dying of liver husband decided to build one in that village, Wildwood Boat Show cancer and had just months to live. located about a half hour from Kampala, to and Fishing Expo. While in a hospital, she has said, after days share her mission of life and love. See Page B2-B6 of prayer by family and friends, she was visited This 30-by-60-foot stick “Believers Church,” by the Lord and was told that if she kept crying led to the building of a school, once she real- What are she was letting the devil win. ized that those who came for services included REU “cross-acceptance” That inspired her to start confessing life children, orphans living with guardians and land use issues? instead of death, Tempest said, and thinking with no means to get an education. See Real Estate Update. Al Campbell about what she still had left to do. Almost im- That is how her “New Hope for Africa” be- See Page A49 mediately, a follow-up examination revealed (Page A4 Please) N.J. 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