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Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •!• 94th Year, Issue 28 ©2003 August 1, 2003 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT 'It will Making one stop' says person mad By ROBIN BROOMAll By JIM STREIT NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Mayor NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER T'S NOT for planes, trains, I automobiles. It is for bikes, Excessive towing angers BOUT three years ago trikes, and Nikes. All 1. 7 · Godwin, ordinance in works Awhen I ditched my miles through wooded land, past "Passing Thoughts" three city parks, following Old By ROBIN BROOMAll column on the Opinion Page Newark, connecting the neigh­ (partly because I was tired of bors on the west with shopping NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER my family calling it "Passing on the east. ''IT will stop." That's what Gas") and moved "up front," The James F. Hall Trail was Newark Mayor Hal Godwin has I decided this weekly piece officially opened at a ribbon cut­ to say about the "very aggressive should be positive and, hope­ ting ceremony on Wednesday, Clockwise from top: Various checkpoints along the towing" and "exorbitant" fees being fully, thought-provoking. July 23 at Kells Park. trail will be marked with a poster and "Here you charged to unsuspecting visitors to the Some weeks, I'm successful, Under construction for nearly one year, are" map. Jeffrey Bahnson, 10, rides his unicycle Newark Shopping Center. others I'm not. but a vision for nearly 30 years, the trail is ov.er a balance beam. Lt. Gov. John Carney, At the Newark City Council meeting I have only the first for the city, connecting the Devon­ Charles Emerson, director of Dept. Parks and on Monday night, the mayor, coun­ veered off Binn neighborhoods at Apple Road, run­ Recreation, Allison cilmembers and one Main Street busi­ Swenson, and course a few ning alongside the Amtrak line, to nessperson expressed their concerns Delaware Technology Park at Library Ave. Mayor Hal Godwin times. There cut the ribbon to about the towing policy of First was that rant Mayor Hal Godwin was master of cere­ officially open the Washington Realty, owner of Newark about Sears, monies, welcoming the crowd for two rea­ trail. Kelsey Shopping Center. which drew as sons. Baldwin, 8, Jared In the mayor's words, as a result of many calls as "Welcome to the first trail dedication Baldwin, 3, Andrew "lack of cooperation" from the owner of any column today, Newark's first non-motorized trail," Baldwin, 6, and the shopping center, the Mayor, with the ever has. I cer- Streit Godwin said. "We also celebrate the life Erin Dooley, 5, try See COUNCIL, 20 .... tainly was not and vision of our former parks director Jim out the new bike positive about the Christina Hall." trail. Mayor Hal School Board's handling of "We see Jim Hall's vision in the 29 parks Godwin presided at the Fischer fiasco. and recreation areas around town," the the dedication. My goal is to write a col­ See TRAIL, 15 .... Unusual umn about which some may disagree but no one would be angry. This week, I run the risk of that happening. Saturday NE of the••• hats I wear is Othat of chair of the morning Downtown Newark Partnership board. And that hat blew off when my head No shopping allowed as exploded, gasping at the cost police search for gunman estimates to complete the CSX bridge mural project. By JIM STREIT One-hundred-thousand dol­ lars to paint a railroad trestle NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER at the entrance to Newark. ONCERN that a search for the Eee-gads!!! armed robber thought to be inside Since, I've learned this is C a Suburban Plaza supermarket a reasonable price tag. The might erupt into a gun battle, one that challenge is funding the proj­ ect. would put both police and citizens at risk, is what guided Newark police See UP FRONT, 18 .... Saturday morning. Minutes after 3 a.m., as the tapes later confirmed, a white male wearing cam­ ouflagued clothing confronted a clerk at the front of the store. Threatened with either a rifle or shotgun, the clerk emp­ tied his cash drawer. "The suspect was not' happy with the amount," Newark Police Department spokesman Sgt. Gerald Simpson said, 7 99462 00002 3 See EAHCH; 17 .... -, ' " PAGE 2 • NEWARK POST • AUGUST 1, 2003 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled Offices: The paper's offices are each week from the files of the NEWARK police said that TGIFriday's restaurant. located conveniently in tt\e Newark Police Department, New Motel clerk on Saturday, July 26, at The employee was not Robscott Building, 153 E. Castle County Police and the 11:33 p.m., two suspects mjured. Chestnut Hill Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the entered the Sleep Inn, 630 S. The suspects are described 19713. Office hours are 8:30 newspaper staff robbed College Ave., Newark, and as black males, 17 to 20 years­ a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. approached the employee at the old, five feet, seven inches to Phone: (302) 737-0724 at gunpoint counter. five feet, nine inches tall. Both One asked about the cost of were wearing black jeans and Facsimile: (302) 737-9019 a room. As the employee began black shirts. e-mail: [email protected] Robbery Saturday to access the computer, the sec- Persons with information To subscribe: Call 737-0724 or ond suspect produced a hand- about the crime are asked to 1-800-220-3311. Cost is night gun and demanded money. The ..call Newark police Det. Rubin. $15.95 per year to New Castle employee complied and the 366-7110, ext. 135 or anony­ County addresses. To begin a suspect suspects fled with the cash. mously to Crime Stoppers at 1- subscription, simply call. Police said they were last 800-TIP-3333. seen running toward the nearby To place a classified: Call 737- 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. nabbed To place a display ad: Call 737- 240 Chapman Road. a female robbery suspect. area on Elkton Road, towards 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. EWARK police are con­ On Thursday, July 24, at 10:50 Newark police reported that Elkton. p.m., police reported that two on Sunday, July 27, at just after 1 N tinuing their investigation A witness alerted the Cecil HE STAFF of the Newark Post is black males entered the hotel and p.m., a 17-year-old Northeast, County Sheriff's office and they Teager to assist readers and advertis­ of an armed robbery that occurred in the Pathmark parking displayed a handgun. One of the Md., female reported that she was were able to stop the suspect's ers. Reporters, writers, editors and sus-pects jumped over the sales seated in the passenger seat of a vehicle and recovered the stolen . salespeople can be contacted as listed: lot, located at 100 College Square vehicle driven by her boyfriend. Shopping Center in Newark. One counter and confronted the clerk. phone. James B. Streit, Jr. is the publisher The man removed an undisclosed They were stopped at a traffic Newark police have obtained of the Newark Post. He sets policies and arrest has been made. Last Saturday, July 26, at 5:40 amount of currency from the cash light at the intersection of Otts warrants charging Tonya M. manages all departments in the Newark drawer and both suspects fled on Chapel and Elkton roads when a office. Call him at 737-0724. p.m., two men, one, 22, of Morris, 32, of the unit block of foot, police said. vehicle pulled up next to their Clipper Court in Newark, with Marty Valania prepares the sports Newark, and the other, 19 of car. Police were told a female got pages of this newspaper. The sports Carneys Point, N.J., were robbed The suspects were described robbery second degree, offensive as black males, 15-19 years-old, that vehicle editor is seldom in the office. however, at gunpoint by two suspects in the out of and touching, and criminal mischief. he checks in frequently. Leave mes­ five feet, one inch to five feet, six approached the victim. sages for Marty at 1-800·220·3311. Pathmark parking lot. The victims told police that inches tall, with medium builds. The suspect, who was a Motorcyclist dies Kathy Burr is the office manager they were walking from their Anyone with information stranger to the victim, said she in crash with pole and editorial assistant who processes vehicle in the parking lot to the about this crime is asked to con- needed directions. The victim, most press releases. She prepares tact Delaware State Police Troop who was talking on her cell Pathmark when a man yelled out New Castle County Police are obituaries and People briefs. She is 2, 834-2620, ext. 4. phone at the time, asked the sus- one of the men's Qame. investigating a single-vehicle assisted by Ginni Buongiovanni. pect to wait a minute, police Contact them at 737-0724. Both victims then walked over fatal crash that occurred in Bear. to speak to the caller when a sec­ Quick action leads reported. On Saturday, July 26, at 8:20 Robin Broomall is a staff reporter. The suspect then assaulted the p.m., county police raced to the Reach her at 737-0724. ond man sitting in a parked vehi­ to arrest of robber cle displayed a handgun and victim in the head and took her area of the 3100 block of Old Phil Toman has been the paper's demanded money from both vic­ Quick action by a neighboring cell phone.

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