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Police Contracts Compared in WF, SP and Mountainside by LAUREN S First Landing on the Moon : July 20, 1969 (908) 232-4407 USPS 680020 Thursday, July 18, 2002 Published Every Thursday Since 1890 OUR 112th YEAR – ISSUE NO. 45-112 Periodical – Postage Paid at Westfield, N.J. www.goleader.com [email protected] FIFTY CENTS Police Contracts Compared In WF, SP and Mountainside By LAUREN S. PASS Plains and Mountainside have vol- $2,000 at the bottom of the pay scale Specially Written for The Westfield Leader unteer departments. to $8,000 at the top. The Scotch Plains Policeman’s Scotch Plains Police are paid the The Scotch Plains Police contract Benevolent Association (PBA) most of the three towns, and Westfield has salary ranges for the year 2002 agreed to a three-year contract with is paid the least, with differences of CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 the township in June, while Westfield is still in negotiations for its contract, which expired on December 31, 2001. Community Works to Assist Mountainside’s contract does not expire until December 31, 2002. Each of the towns is significantly Needy Woman In Westfield different in size and population. The By JENNIFER PINTO Barnet’s son. “I contacted the Salva- Township of Scotch Plains measures Specially Written for The Westfield Leader 9.6 square miles, with a population tion Army for the second time and 22,780 according to the 2000 census. Lillian Corsi, Westfield’s Director arranged the same accommodations The Town of Westfield measures 6.29 of Human Services, first heard about for Steven,” Ms. Corsi explained. square miles and has a population of Rose Grumet Barnet through local Through the Caring Neighbor Fund 29,460 according to the 2000 census. people in town. of Westfield, Ms. Barnet and her son The Borough of Mountainside tal- According to Ms. Corsi, Ms. Barnet received $558 in funds to stay at the lies 4.1 square miles and has a popu- was approaching local businesses and Salvation Army in Elizabeth for one lation of 6,657, according to the 1990 residents asking for help with shelter week. after being legally evicted from her Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader census. “The Caring Neighbor Fund is the NEW MAIN UNDERWAY…A crew installs a new, eight-inch gas main for Elizabethtown Gas Company along North Unlike Scotch Plains and apartment on Sussex Street in only source of revenue that I can tap Avenue to improve the company’s distribution system in that area. The 6,000 feet of new main, from Saint Paul Street Mountainside, Westfield has a paid Westfield. into without any additional burden to west to Dudley Avenue, will enable Elizabethtown Gas to create a “loop” in its system to reinforce its reliability. Work fire department; which has a budget Ms. Corsi met with Ms. Barnet on taxpayers. Every other option for is slated to be completed in early to mid-August and no traffic delays or diversions are expected. Skoda Contractors, Inc. of nearly $2.9 million. Both Scotch Monday, July 1, and evaluated her seeking funds would involve the is performing the actual installation. situation. Due to the fact that she was state,” said Ms. Corsi. over 65 and had no young children, “The Caring Neighbor Fund is a she was not eligible for Public Assis- fund that was established by my pre- tance Programs or for Temporary decessors over 40 years ago. We for- Westfield HS Construction Is In Full Gear; Assistance for Needy Families. mally named it the Caring Neighbor Ms. Corsi sought temporary hous- Fund in 1979”. ing for Ms. Barnet; “I made calls to According to Ms. Corsi, the fund Projects Expected to Continue Into April 2003 various organizations for help and I is for emergency use only. It is meant told her that I would look to solve the to solve initial problems, not long- By STEVEN KRAKAUER the remaining parts of construction.” and into the school year. WHS will will be a problem. immediate problem by finding her a term problems. The fund doesn’t have Specially Written for The Westfield Leader The diminishing parking situation add a third floor and expand the first “It was probably more of a dis- temporary place to stay.” the financial capacity to deal with The sight of large cranes carrying at the high school has been a major and second floors to incorporate new traction last year, with the work in “I contacted the Salvation Army in long-term problems. steel beams and the sound of ham- concern. Mr. Berman noted that the labs and science rooms. The expected the courtyard. Most of the Elizabeth and had made accommo- Ms Corsi stated that she uses the mering and heavy machinery has be- driveway off Trinity Place leading to completion date for the new wing is cinderblock will already be up and dations for one week at a cost of $42 fund for problems that can be imme- come a constant at Westfield High the main parking lot has been demol- April, 2003 and, according to Mr. some brick will be laid, so the work a night for Ms. Barnet.” diately solved, and then she makes School (WHS) since construction ished, and plans for a new driveway Berman, “everything is running on is mostly interior with very little That same afternoon, a Steven the best possible effort to find help began on a series of editions and are taking into account the need for time.” noise,” Mr. Berman said. Barnet visited Ms. Corsi. He is Ms. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 redevelopments last year. getting more spaces. Although the wing will continue According to School Board Secre- The touted new science wing will to be constructed during the school tary and Business Administrator be worked on throughout the summer year, Mr. Berman doesn’t think noise Robert Berman, everything is going Atlantic Ambulance Service Donates according to plan. Three major parts of the construc- tion are expected to be completed by New Defibrillator to Mountainside the time school resumes in September. The main Cafeteria will be ex- By MICHAEL POLLACK respond to emergencies. community.” panded on the first floor, and the art Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Richard Donovan, a representa- Mr. Donovan also explained the room on the second floor will be Mountainside’s Borough Council tive from Atlantic Ambulance Ser- technological merits and success sto- renovated. These are located on one meeting of Tuesday July 16 opened vice, told the council and audience ries of the device. “It’s a miracle of side of the central courtyard. with a presentation of a new, recently members, “The automatic external the new computer technology. It’s Across the opposite side of the donated, portable defibrillator from defibrillator (AED) is able to shock a able to interpret heart rhythms courtyard will be an expansion of the the Atlantic Ambulance Service. patient who has suffered from sud- through a computer, and it will not guidance office on the first floor, and For the past seven months, Atlan- den cardiac arrest.” fail. It’s safe technology and good a renovated faculty room on the sec- tic Ambulance Service has provided Mr. Donovan continued, “The technology. We’ve seen dramatic ond floor. Mountainside with emergency am- present standards state that this de- increases in the amount of people In the front of the school, on Dorian bulance care during the daytime hours vice should be applied within four to that have been saved in recent years.” Road, the gym storage area expan- when the borough’s rescue squad has eight minutes. It’s very important “I hope we never need it, but it’s sion is expected to be complete by the been understaffed and/or unable to that there be enough of these in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 beginning of the school year as well. Although a minor project, the foods room at WHS will be completely Whitaker, Fellow GOPs Challenge renovated and be ready for use when school commences in September. Dr. Robert Petix, WHS Principal, 9-0 Democratic Freeholder Board said, “I’m pleased so far, but I re- Steven Krakauer for The Westfield Leader main cautiously optimistic that we’ll INSIDE LOOKING OUT…Construction is ongoing throughout the summer at By FRED ROSSI by the Freeholders in recent times, Mr. Whitaker also spoke of the continue on schedule. It’s always a Westfield High School. The skeleton of the new three-story science wing is up Specially Written for The Westfield Leader concern that any one aspect can hold up on the side of the school near Trinity Place. “raises a lot of questions.” Freeholder Board’s more recent ad- Three seats on the Union County He said he is dis- mission that there may be plans to Board of Chosen Freeholders will turbed about the develop part of Summit property be at stake this November as Re- significant in- purchased with open space funds. Borough School District Prepares publicans try to gain a foothold on crease in the Mr. Whitaker, who was elected to a governing body that has been in county portion of the Fanwood Council in 1998 and Democratic hands since the mid- local property also owns a business newsletter pub- 1990s. taxes expected this lishing company in Fanwood, said he For Sept. Construction Deadline One local GOP candidate, Joel year as well as the continues, “to have deep reservations Whitaker, President of the use of county open about the so-called trash train. Why By TRACY EVANS dressing each child’s needs.” ence room and computer lab. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Fanwood Borough Council, said space funds to buy should New York City be dumping its Dr.
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