Fun on the Fourth the Black Family of Aberdeen Has a Special Reason to Celebrate This Fourth of July
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A GREATER MEDIA NEWSPAPER The Register SERVING EATONTOWN, FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER, RED BANK, RUMSON, SEA BRIGHT, SHREWSBURY AND TINTON FALLS JULY 3, 1991 25 CENTS VOL.113 NO. 40 Fun on the Fourth The Black family of Aberdeen has a special reason to _ celebrate this Fourth of July. > Gunnery Sgt. Edward Black, a member of the 6th Motor Transport Battalion in Red Bank who served in the Persian Gulf War, returned home on Mother's Day. His family (l-r), son Edward Jr., daughter Denise, Edward, wife Karen, and daughter Heather, look forward to a day filled with special activities. For the story, see Page 28. 2 JULY 3,1991, THE REGISTER THERE ARE HUNDRED*EDS OF GARDEN CENTERS I BROCK FARMS PB1OE POUCY but there's only ONE BROCK FARMS!!! 15!S2IS.i5555S I Sale price* «ftoctive thru 7/9/91/91. Not responsiblresponsiblee lor «*fN typograpncalerror* Wenwarvedthertj^iitoimwquaWWeerved the right to limit quantitiess. Or*1^ «_ I HOURS: MON ThrBWjfiUfc^JfctHgK;!u SAT. 9-7. 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SEEPAGES* To call The Register Advertising _ 747-0222 Circulation 747-0222 Classified 747-6565 News/Sports 747-0222 News releases or advertising copy may be mailed or brought to The Re- gister building at 766 Shrewsbury Avenue. Tinton Falls, NJ. 07724. Photograph by Rich Shuttz SIGN OF THE TIMES INDEX Zoe Mavridis and har chadran, Aaron Farber, 6, and Emily Farber, 3, study a sign posted in front of their Little Silver home THE ARTS 24 protesting the county freeholders' proposal to build an incinerator in Tinton Falls. Mavridis, along with two fellow borough AUTOMOTIVE 53-55 residents, formed an anti-incineration group called Taxpayers for Rational Resource Management For the story, see Page 12. CHECK IT OUT ' 30 CLASSED 41-52 CALENDAR _ 23 DINING 30 IN THE SPOTLIGHT 14 Will care facility ease housing shortage? ART KAMINS COLUMN It The Rev. Andrew L. Foster Jr.. president NEWS BRIEFS 15 of the Westside Ministerial Alliance, said ARA NUGENT It Red Bank officials that his group, in conjunction with the Na- "This really doesn't address OBITUARIES 35 tional Association for the Advancement of that problem (the shortage of OPINION 4 Colored People (NAACP). sued to prevent PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 31 split over proposal River Street School Associates from con- affordable housing for senior POLICE BEAT 36 structing condominiums on the same site citizens in the county). It's a PROPERTY LINES 40 for 252 units four years ago. His main concern, he said, is REAL ESTATE NEWS 40 that the facility address the need for low- care facility, but it's not really REGION ROUNDUP 20-21 and moderate income housing, as well as senior citizen housing. I think CHARLES RUBINSTEIN 26 minority housing. BILLSANDFORD 9 RED BANK — Local officials are split this addresses the problem a SOCIAL SCENE 22 over whether the construction of an elderly Se far, he said, his concerns have been little, but not fully. It's very SPORTS 37-30 care facility, proposed for the site of the answered to his satisfaction, noting that the LINDA McK STEWART 32 former River Street School, would ease the proposal calls for about a 40 percent minori- expensive, actually." YESTERYEAR 4 shortage of affordable housing for local low- ty population. and middle-income senior citizens. "As things stand." he said, "we won'rbe Pasquale "Pat" Menna A total of 252 units, bousing 33S seniors, watching it like a hawk." Red Bank Borough Councilman is proposed for the 2.2-acre site. The proposal has been deemed "techni- The Register A shortage of affordable housing for se- cally incomplete" by Borough Engineer nior citizens in Monmouth County will not Richard A. Kosenski. We're offering as an alternative a contribu- Founded in 1878 be eased much by the proposed facility, by John H. Cook and Henry Clay In a report. Kosenski said that the builder tion to a new rig." Because the facility according to Borough Councilman Pasquale must revise certain parts of the application would dominate the site, located between "Pat" Menna to the Planning Board before the project River and Catherine streets and Shrewsbury DAVID THALER "This really doesn't address that prob- receives an engineering review. He cited a and Bridge avenues, the application should lem." Menna said. "It's a care facility, but chart showing proposed and required park- be scrutinized, according to Menna. FRANK VJNCI it's not really senior citizen housing. I think ing, drainage, and a soils report "It's a site that is going to be utilized to its this addresses the problem a little, but not Kosenski's also requested that the builder (maximum) extent" Menna said, referring WILLIAM PETERSON fully. It's very expensive, actually " provide a more detailed written description to the high density. "I don't think any cor- of the proposed operations of the site in- ners should be cut." RICHARDM POLITY Bat Cynthia Webster, director of the Red Bank Senior Citizens Center, said the facili- cluding loading, traffic flow, hours of opera- The councilman also said the application ty would ease the area shortage of housing tion, number of employees, and other perti- contained no provision for "active recre- VINCEN7JJ3RASSIA nent items. ation." He said he hopes the Parks and Rec- that seniors on a fixed income can afford. reation Department and the director of the 'Even senior housing projects around the Menna explained that the builder's pro- Senior Citizens Center will help to take up area have two- to three-, and sometimes posal called for tenants with a mean age of that slack. 78. JUDITH McGEE FEENEY four- to five-year waiting lists," she said. Webster said that many Red Bank resi- "So there is a tremendous need." Because "a great many of the residents dents seek to move their elderly parents Local seniors commonly live on a month- will need ... medical and health care." Men- from outside the area, such as from New MARKR ROSMAN na said, the facility will therefore not cater I Editor/Sport* ly income of between $400 and $800. York City, into senior housing in the bo-_, Webster said, adding that the average one- to those ranging in age from about 5 5 to 60 rough. THE REGISTER (USPS 005-981 ISSW»8*«704| bedroom apartment in Red Bank rents for who seek a degree of "flexibility and mobili- "That's <HW of the things that we will be ts published weekly by Greater Monmxitti Publish about $650 per month. She stressed the ty" fighting with them against." Foster said, ex- ing Co 766 Shrewsbury Avenue Tmlon Fans NJ 07724 Subscription Price is $27 pet year Second need "not just for senior housing, but low- Another concern raised by Menna was the pressing the hope that the facility will cater Class postage pax) at Red Bank NJ 07701 income housing. The seniors are a prime expected increase in the use of Red Bank's largely to local residents.