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Queen Kupka See our big'Dine Out'section See the real New Jersey Cranford's Kupka leaps to Coupons, stories, photos, more one step at a time Union County gymnastics crown on 60 restaurants in four counties In this week's '• •- AA ii t ^^ Weekend Thursday, November 7,1991 Vol. 98, No, 45 A Forbes Newspaper 50 cents [,' CRANFORD • GARWOOD • KENILWORTH '•• p- ii Hoeffler's victory maintains Republicans' control By CHERYL MOULTON HEHL you voted for me, for the next three years I wi| represent you." , . ji The librarian THECHRONICLE Mr. Noirdstrom added, It is nice to have a cand£ Penny Brome has been the Republicans retained a 3-2 majority on the Township date everyone looks up to and respects." 5 Cranfort Library director for 17 Committee with Robert Hoeffler winning the lone gov- Immediately following, Democratic candidate No4 yearn and is retiring. Herauo- erning body seat over opponent Norman Albert by 601 man Albert entered GOP headquarters to concedfc cewbrfvea in town. Page A-S. votes in Tuesday's election. the race and offer his congratulations to Mr. Hoef- The election drew a response from 49 percent, or fler, saying, "Congratulations, Buddy." 1 6,397, of the township's 13,104 registered voters, down Although stunned and disappointed by the losi Celebrity flt)m a voter turnout last year of 62 percent Mr. Hoeffler Mr. Albert and Democratic supporters bolstered garnered 3,499 votes, or 55 percent, to Mr. Albert's 2,898, their candidate and each other at a post-electio^ cruise or 45 percent gathering at the Rustic Mill Restaurant Despite th|? Rxmer Cranford rtBldent loss, and early tallies indicating the GOP was in thj? Mr. Hoeffler took 26 districts out of 30 on his second 1 Bob Buontempo parflcJpated in try in two years for a three-year term. He will join lead, party members began speaking of next yeaj an awards ceremony and a Republicans Ed Robinson and Barbara Bilger on the and the possibility Mr. Albert would run once mord. cruise around New Yo* Har- five-member governing body, along'with Democrats Others said it took fellow Democrats Mr. AsV bor with First Lady Barbara Dan Aschenbach and Carolyn Vbllerp. Mr. Hoeffler will chenbach and Mrs. Vollero two tries before thefc Bush. Page A-3. take the seat held by Mayor Ed Force, who declined succeeded in gaming a governing body seat », running again after serving his third three-year term, Mr. Albert, carrying his six-month-old son on hii the last three as mayor. arm, he said he congratulated his opponent on his Veterans Day At a post-election party at Cortina Restaurant, GOP victory and thanked. the people who worked hari Renny Irteary, a senior U.S.. hairman Doug Nordstrom, declared: Mr.. Hoeffler the. during his campaign. He said he "would continue, t* Custom Inspector, speaks'at winner "before a crowd of more than 100 clapping and "do what he-can to make this a better place to live the annual Veterans Day cheering supporters, saying, "I want to turn this over to in," maintaining he needed time to speak with fairj- breakfast at the South Avenue the newest Republican commissioner, Bob Hoeffler." ily, friends, and fellow Democrats before making p post Sunday- Veterans Day Is Mr. Hoeffler raised his hands in victory shouting, "We commitment on next.year's race. He admitted he Monday and the' Crtnfod did it," in a booming voice, summoning his family to his was disappointed in the results, but he said he "hap side. On a more serious note, he said he had to thank gained a lot by meeting residents, and much fro* American Legion wffl sponsor a ihe experience of running." J {firmer at the Westwood .that many people but said, "Before that I have to thank my night Municipal offices wiS family, the people who have put up with me 24 hours a .Democratic municipal Chairman Fred Kessle): dosed along vrfth. the Com- day." said of the election results, "The frustration is thaj munity Center. There will be no Mr. Hoeffler attributed his winning to the hard work we were dragged down with the unhappiness at thfe of campaign and committee workers, and made special state level." When Mr. Kessler called in the Crarfr senior bus service. mention of "My buddy, my friend, Ed Force, who taught ford results to country representatives he said, "I me everything about Cranford," adding if "I did any- have bad news from Cranford," to which he wafe Food drive thing good at any debate it was because I had a good told, "There is bad news all over," in response to thfe professor." He ended his short speech saying; "Today ROBERT HOEFFLER (Please turn to page A-5) Watcftung CouncO Boy Scouts launch a "Scouting for Food" program to help the hungry. They'll distribute-Jood coflectton bags this weekend Cranford and pick up filled bags next weekend. DISTRICTS CANDIDATE 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. 30 TOTAL Senior news Township Committee CwfertJ Car Wash on South Norman Albert (b) 97 ibo 80 88 00 115 101 109 83 105 1Q9 80 128 119 77 100 71 63 105 Avenue has Introduced "Dis- a.ass count Days" tor fta service Robert Hoeffler (R) 101 60 182 121 100 127. 115 114 141 114 108 139 104 141 115 •I 06 136 128 112 121 152 153 103 87 106. 135 82 115 111 110 3.499 washes for senior citizens dp Tuesdays. The. seniors- nave a. bazaar and boutique Friday at 1&30 p.nt at the Community Fuel tank removal cost estimated at $.25 million Center. More details on senior activities on page A«. cation could take months. Thus the town- By CHERYL MOULTON HEHL Either way, said Township Administrator consuming. Ed Murphy, "this is going to cost us a for- The tanks affected by the new regulations, ship must incur the cost of hiring a consult- Entrepreneur THE CHHONICLE ' tune." Officials estimate the work could cost according to Assistant Township Engineer ant. A private lab will be needed to do tlte The township is going underground — to a quarter million dollars — $200,000 for re- Tom Walsh, could cost the township from soil and ground water sample analysis. A f^e Undaunted by the recession, remove fuel storage tanks on township prop- moval of tanks and $50,000 for two new $25,000 to $40,000 to remove, assuming there for a consultant was unknown at this junfc- Mate KeBey has launched a erty, that is — and it could be a costly ven- tanks. The-cost could rise if there is soil have been no spills or leaks from the tanks. ture. The township engineering department, new real estate fitVn on Atden ture. contamination. The potential cost for a tank with leakage is however, can handle most of the technical Street See business section, According to New Jersey Municipalities "unlimited," said Mr. Walsh. Tanks paired end-of-the-site restoration plan and specifi- PageB-7. In the past year the federal government tightened pollution standards on under- magazine, "50 percent of the state drinking up could save removal dollars for the town- cations. I ground storage tanks due to potential con- water comes from wells and aquifers which ship. At this point governing body members Rush soars tamination and pollution from hazardous face potential contamination from under- Another obstacle facing the township is were shocked and dismayed at the mount- chemicals. Small companies and mu- ground sources of pollution," such as under- the stipulation that a consultant or certified ing dollar figures to remove the tanks, with Uxal rx* air balloonist Tom _nicipalitiG$-will-bo-Gxposcd-to-more-pres5ure—ground- -stoFage—tanksr—Although—mu»- T>erscnner--be~ased in Uie reTrroval-of'the""Mayor a!d force quipping, •*WouldriTTt just -therftewr in the wake of new regulations, since they nicipalities have until early 1993 to comply tanks and subsequent testing of the soil for be easier to turn ourselves over to the state Mexfcan desert in a massive will have to comply with the regulations by with.Jttgulationsjhetechnicaland physical contamination.^ ground, water monitoring and say, "Here we are Mr. Florio, we sur- .|»ouphgmof_-J>a8oons.- See, removing the tanks" or "placmg monitoring removal of the tanks, subsequent testing of and water testing. No one in the township render.' Rot*! SalanfB photo on Page systems on them to ensure against leakage, the soil and water for contamination is time- currently is qualified to do this, and certifi- (Please turn to page A-5) Recycling Early Warning Test CurbsWa pickup of racy- New chapter dabtes wffl be made Wednes- day, Nov. 13. Place glass, alu- indicates improvement minum and newspapers at the curb. needed in writing skills Parade in the state took the test, the re- By CHERYL MOULTON HEHL sults of which are reportedback to Garwood had a big Hal' •THE CHRONICLE""; ' ' loween night Page A-6. districts in four-scale scores com- The results of a test taken by paring district to county, state, and eighth graders last March will help District Factor Groups (DPG), or Blood drive determine whether sufficient districts similar to Cranford in The Cranford Ska wifl have a progress is being made in master- socio-economic terms. blood drive Sunday, Nov. 1/, ing skills needed to graduate from The percentage of students in at the lodge from 9 am. to 1 high school. each proficiency level of writing, Students were tested in reading, when compared with DPG, shows p.m.