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USPS 680020 Published Every Thursday OUR 112th YEAR – ISSUE NO. 16-112 Periodical – Postage Paid at Westfield, N.J. Thursday, December 27, 2001 Since 1890 (908) 232-4407 FIFTY CENTS Sullivan, Weinstein Bid Fond Farewell to Colleagues

By NANCY CROSTA LANDALE plaque will be erected at a later sentiments, characterizing Mrs. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader date. Weinstein as a “true leader.” Westfield Town Council members In expressing appreciation on be- First Ward Councilman Peter Neil Sullivan and Janis Weinstein half of all present, Mayor Gregory Echausse complimented Mrs. presided at their final regular gov- McDermott remarked that Mrs. Weinstein for being “a fighter for erning body meetings last Tuesday Weinstein “brought tremendous what she believes in”, and Coun- night, both concluding years of ser- emotion to her job, to the benefit of cilman Salisbury expressed his vice after many and varied accom- the entire town.” gratification that even during dis- plishments for the collective benefit Second Ward Councilman Mat- agreements, Mrs. Weinstein main- of Westfield and its citizens. thew Albano noted Mrs. Weinstein’s tained the utmost honesty and in- Mrs. Weinstein, having lost her reputation as a “strong-willed, emo- tegrity. bid for reelection this fall to Demo- tional person who was a tremendous Mr. Sullivan’s seven-year tenure crat Susan Jacobson, most recently advocate not only to the fourth ward, on the council representing the third served the fourth ward since 1998. but to the entire town.” ward also ended on Tuesday, after having lost his bid for reelection this fall to Democrat Kevin Ingrid McKinley for The Westfield Leader Walsh. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!...Westfield Mayor Gregory S. McDermott cut the ceremonial red ribbon to officially Mr. Sullivan served mark the opening of the broadcasting studio for Westfield Community Television (WCT) also known as TV-36 at the as Acting Mayor this Municipal Building on April 24. Also pictured, left to right, are: TV-36 Advisory Board Chairman Phil Falcone, and past year and held a former Westfield mayors Thomas C. Jardim and Garland “Bud” Boothe. myriad of positions on several council com- mittees, including transportation, park- ing and traffic, which he chaired in 2001; public safety, and fi- nance. Recounting Mr. Sullivan’s many ac- complishments, Mayor McDermott noted Mr. Sullivan’s work to modernize equipment at the fire and police depart- ments; his work on the special improve- From the archives of The Westfield Leader ment district and to FOND FAREWELL…During their earlier years of service to the Town of Westfield, Council- renew the cable tele- woman Janis Fried Weinstein and Neil Sullivan participated in a spirited debate in Council vision franchise con- Chambers. tract; his initiatives to promptly notify citi- She also served on the council in Fourth Ward Councilman zens of tax overpayments and re- 1996. Lawrence Goldman noted that the quire immediate reimbursement; A resolution passed by her council cooperation between he and Mrs. his role as liaison to the Senior colleagues noted that Mrs. Weinstein Weinstein, despite their differing Citizens’ Housing Corporation, and was instrumental in initiating im- political parties, “set an example his efforts regarding placement of provements to the pond at Tamaques for the other council members now telecommunications towers, shade Ingrid McKinley for The Westfield Leader Park as well as the expansion project and in the future.” tree rezoning, and traffic calming. REELIN’ THEM IN…Crowds gathered at Mindowaskin Park in Westfield for the annual Fishing Derby, sponsored by that is about to begin at the Memorial Second Ward Councilman The Mayor remarked that Mr. the Westfield Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Local No. 90. The festivities were held for youngsters ages 14 and Pool complex. She served on several Raphael Betancourt echoed these CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 under. committees, including the personnel and public works. WESTFIELD 2001: A MONTH-TO-MONTH SYNOPSIS THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE LEADER After the terrorist attacks of Sep- tember 11, Mrs. Weinstein suggested that a memorial be erected on town property to honor Westfielders who New Year Rings In New Mayor, Town Attorney; Sealfons Closes; lost their lives in the tragedy. The land is in a small park to the left of an area known as The Plaza, near the First Union Bank where com- Police Begin Initiative to Combat Speeding; Alan Augustine Dies muters exit from the trains at North By PAUL J. PEYTON JANUARY as the new second ward councilman, named town public defender, replac- ation Commission, saying his pri- Avenue and East Broad Street. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Westfield ushered in the new year replacing veteran James Gruba who ing Michael Diamond. mary goal was to improve the quality The area has been electrified in Editor’s Note: The following is a with the changing of mayors and chose not to seek another term. Incumbents Carl Salisbury, first and condition of the town’s playing order to light an American flag that recap of news that was reported in town attorneys. Gregory McDermott Robert Cockren, the former Re- ward; Claire Lazarowitz, third ward, fields. has been hung from an existing pole. the first half of 2001 by The Westfield assumed the mayor’s chair, stressing publican chairman in town and a and Lawrence Goldman, began their Later in the month, the recreation Mrs. Weinstein donated the Ameri- Leader. The second half of the year a bi-partnership working relation- long-time board of adjustment attor- new terms. Peter Echausse was sworn commission approved a plan for a can flag flown from the pole. A will be published next week. ship that “encourages debates but ney, was named town attorney, re- in to replace Mr. McDermott as the four-man dedicated field mainte- respects differences.” placing William Jeremiah who had other first ward councilman. nance crew from the Department of Former town prosecutor Rafael served the previous two years. In Keith Hertell began his new role as Public Works. Betancourt joined the governing body addition, Christine Nugent was chairman of the Westfield Recre- Superintendent of Westfield pub- lic schools, Dr. William Foley, an- nounced that enrollment projections for the 2004-2005 school year put DiFrancesco’s Year As Governor student population around 5,800. After 20 years in town, Sealfons Young World on East Broad Street Ends Distinguished Political Career announced it was going out of busi- ness. By FRED ROSSI The town thought they had their guy in Tony Longo from Las Vegas Specially Written for The Westfield Leader 1991 elections, he was The New Year will ring in a num- as the new executive director for the chosen to serve as Downtown Westfield Corporation, ber of changes, both locally and in Senate President — the state government, but January 1 the managing entity for the special the first of his unprec- improvement district. He would later will also mark the end of the long edented five consecu- political career of Donald T. pull out of consideration following a tive terms in that post. death in his family. DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains, who While in the State has represented the area in the State Sherry Cronin, a member of the Legislature, Mr. DWC’s Board of Directors, was later Legislature for more than a quarter DiFrancesco had a of a century. named to fill the vacancy. Previous hand in enacting sev- Executive Director Michael LaPlace Since late January, Mr. eral pieces of legisla- DiFrancesco, 57, has served as Act- resigned in the fall of 2000 to take tion that foreshad- another position. ing Governor of New Jersey, a post owed similar efforts he assumed after the resignation of The town’s annual tribute to Dr. elsewhere in other Martin Luther King, Jr. was held at Governor Christine Whitman. The states and at the fed- State Constitution mandates that, in St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church eral level as well. He in town. the event of a vacancy in the backed the Cata- governor’s office, the State Senate Vincent Wilt was named chairman strophic Illness in of the board of adjustment. President, a post Mr. DiFrancesco Children Relief Fund, has held since 1992, becomes Acting Westfield and Mountainside’s state the KidCare subsi- Paul J. Peyton for The Westfield Leader senator for the past decade, Donald Governor until the next scheduled dized health insur- MR. ACTING GOVERNOR...Senate President Donald gubernatorial election. T. DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains is flanked by his wife, T. DiFrancesco, prepared to assume ance program and the the office of Acting Governor fol- Mr. DiFrancesco, a lawyer whose New Jersey Family Diane; three daughters, Marci, Marie and Traci family has been active in Scotch DiFrancesco, and son-in-law, Rob Ferris, during a lowing the resignation of Christine Leave Act of 1989. Whitman, who joined the Bush Ad- Plains political, business and civic He was also a major December 22, 2000 press conference in anticipation of affairs for several decades, served in his becoming Acting Governor. ministration as Environmental Pro- supporter of legisla- tection Agency Commissioner. the State Assembly from 1976 until tion restoring the property tax de- Although his tenure as Acting 1979, when he was elected to the FEBRUARY duction on the state income tax. Mr. Governor was a brief one, it was The town council began to hear the Amy Horowitz for The Westfield Leader State Senate. He served as Senate DiFrancesco also sponsored legisla- certainly not a dull 11-month-long Minority Leader from 1982 to 1984, makings of what would become a HAIL TO THE CHIEF…Westfield Police Chief Bernard Tracy, right, accepted tion that dedicated funding to pre- stewardship. Mr. DiFrancesco’s early strong opposition to a proposed park- a commendation from his friend, retired Police Officer Pat Gray. and when Republicans gained con- serve one million acres of open space weeks were somewhat turmoil-filled trol of the Legislature following the ing deck at Elm and Prospect Streets. in New Jersey. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 As Mr. DiFrancesco prepared to take office, it was announced that Vito Gagliardi would be the state’s new Education Commissioner. A resi- BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2002! dent of Scotch Plains, Mr. Gagliardi CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 8 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Westfield 2001: A Month-to Month Synopsis Sullivan, Through the Pages of The Westfield Leader Weinstein CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 had once taught in the Westfield tion of $1,464,067 for the tax levy to of Education with Ann Riegel named Sullivan’s “knowledge and history of school system. be presented before voters in April. vice president. Ginny Leiz, Lisa Al- the town was important to all of us” The Westfield school board was The Tenants Association of Duncan ter and Richard Solomon were sworn and that the council “will miss the presented with six alternatives rang- Hill Apartments on Central Avenue in as new members of the board. experience” that Mr. Sullivan brings. ing from $165,000 to $3.5 million to spoke of a significant rent increase MAY Councilman Albano noted that Mr. maintain the school’s 11 fields. accompanied by a drop in services The County of Union went before Sullivan put a “tremendous amount Westfield police began to probe a following the purchase of the 135- the Planning Board with plans for a of time into the job,” and, although burglary spree of 11 break-ins that apartment complex by Kushner Com- new Union County Police Headquar- he sometimes was misunderstood, included Boynton Court, Boynton panies of Florham Park in 1999. ters and Forensic Laboratory on North “there was no misunderstanding as Avenue, Leigh Drive, Pinegrove Av- Westfield resident Joseph M. Ave. in Westfield. to your commitment.” enue, Central Avenue, West Broad Licciardello, 55, was shot to death in Bruce Kaufmann was named as Councilman Goldman admired Street, Rahway Avenue and Frazee his Hillside roofing store during an the town’s new recreation director, Mr. Sullivan’s dedication and set- Court. armed robbery on March 24. His son, previously holding positions with ting of a high standard for anyone Mayor McDermott announced the Gregory, 28, was shot twice in the recreation departments in Summit to follow. First Ward Councilman beginning of a customer service track- shoulder, but survived. and Livingston. Carl Salisbury remarked that, “No ing system for potholes and street Gregory Tillman, 21, was arrested Acting Governor Donald T. one could doubt your love of repairs. March 27 in Atlantic City aboard a DiFrancesco approved legislation, Westfield, which was shown on a The recreation commission began Greyhound bus to Tennessee. He was which will enable towns like day-to-day basis.” discussions of initiating a new mem- charged with felony murder, robbery Westfield, with private garbage col- In responding to these remarks, bership card for pool members. The and with possession of an illegal lections which could restrict the times Mr. Sullivan noted that the person cards, similar to those issued by su- Tech Mach-U, semi-automatic pis- pickups can begin and end. truly to be honored is his “unbe- permarkets, were aimed at tracking tol. State Department of Transpor- lievable wife, Susan” as well as his utilization times for members. Accomplices Jeffrey Burgess, 30, tation officials announced the im- family, which has remained patient Board of Education incumbents and Robert Reese, 40, both of New- provement to the South Ave. traf- through his years of service and Darielle Walsh, the Board President, ark, were also charged in the crime. fic circle, a $2 million project, absence from many family events. along with Michael Kessler and Police arrested eight people on would begin by the fall of 2003. Mr. Sullivan also took the oppor- Eileen Satkin announced that we narcotics charges at a Windsor Av- The project is expected to take a tunity to reiterate three of his self- would not run for re-election. enue home. year to complete. termed “big ideas” expressed over The Westfield Police Department APRIL The council approved, on first read- the years: civic engagement, fair- launched a new program, S.O.S., Tom Kean Jr., won an election to ing, a $700,000 bond ordinance to ness, and “2020 vision.” also known as Safe Operating Speed, fill a State Assembly seat at a spe- fund the design, construction man- On the issue of civic engagement, to combat speeding in town thereby cially called meeting of the Union agement, and related professional Mr. Sullivan stressed each council reducing the amount of accidents, County Republican Committee. Mr. services for building multiple down- member’s need to ask him or herself: TALE OF TWO BRIDGES IN 2001...Although construction started much later, injuries and fatalities. the Hetfield Avenue Bridge in Scotch Plains, top, was totally completed in Kean won a first ballot, 209 to 40 town parking decks. “Should we be doing this and, if so, March of this year -- far ahead of the Crossway Place bridge in Westfield, MARCH victory, over Cranford Township Plans for a full-day curriculum at how can we make it better?” bottom. The plaque above reads, “Original bridge built by Central Railroad of Lisa Alter, Virginia (Ginny) Leiz, Committeeman Thomas Denny. the Union County Vocational and He emphasized that everyone New Jersey in 1887, Replacement Bridge built by NJ Transit in 1999.” Marcee Rogers, and Richard The Westfield Memorial Library Technical Schools was received with makes up the government — not just Solomon filed nominating petitions Board of Trustees began its first long- some concern among local school the council — and that the council, for the three open seats on the range planning process and sought officials. Vo-Tech officials an- “must restore a sense of ownership in Westfield Board of Education. input from users. nounced plans for a $12 million, government.” The Westfield Y announced it was The Town Council adopted an or- 80,000-square-foot addition. Vo- As for fairness, Mr. Sullivan cited Acting Governor DiFrancesco pulling out as the organizer of the dinance to create the position of park- Tech officials said a full-day pro- the need to have “better government Westfield First Night program. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing director. Later in the year the gram was necessary to keep the school for less money.” In this regard, he Westfield Recreation Director town was set to hire the head of a vibrant. noted that a property tax re-evalua- as he prepared to launch his cam- ing economy. Glenn Burrell and Program Coordi- Hartford, Conn. parking authority. The town council ratified a three- tion is long overdue in Westfield. paign to win election to a full four- There is little doubt, though, that nator Allison Halperin announced That individual pulled out of consid- year contract with Local 1040 of the With regard to “2020” vision, Mr. year term. Mr. DiFrancesco’s term as leader of they were leaving for positions in eration in July for the position, which Communication Workers of America. Sullivan encouraged the council to His nomination of Isabel Miranda New Jersey will forever be associ- Branchburg and Scotch Plains, re- includes a salary scale of between The union represents 35 civilian look not just to the present, but to- of Scotch Plains to be State Trea- ated with the terrorist attacks on the spectively. $60,000 and $85,000 annually. The municipal employees including the ward the year 2020. He character- surer fell apart after press reports World Trade Center on September Marcee Rogers dropped out of the town was set to make an offer to a deputy town clerk, purchasing agent ized his vision for government in surfaced concerning her earlier de- 11. In the early hours after the jets race for the Board of Education. candidate from Staten Island in De- and recreation office personnel. 2020 as customer-friendly and par- parture from a position with Citibank struck the twin towers, the Acting Former Mayor Thomas C. Jardim cember with a starting time by the Union members received a four per- ticipatory. and her plan to take a leave of ab- Governor declared a state of emer- and First Ward Councilman Carl end of January. cent increase over the length of the In closing, Mr. Sullivan expressed his hope sence, rather than resign, from her gency in the Garden State and began Salisbury, both Democrats, ques- Newly-released 2000 U.S. Census contract, which was retroactive to that the council will conduct its work with these present post with U.S. Trust Corp. of to arrange for medical and rescue tioned the legality of the re-appoint- information showed a 774-person or January 1. three points in mind, and “without the bickering, New Jersey if she were to assume the personnel to assist the teams in lower ment of Frederick Danser, 3rd as the 2.4 percent increase in the town’s Recreation Commission Chairman name-calling and divisions of the community.” Treasurer’s position. Manhattan. town’s labor attorney. population since 1990. Keith Hertell asked the commission In the open discussion portion of Then the Acting Governor had to That evening, he toured northern Mr. Jardim said the January ap- Elizabethtown Water petitioned the to consider constructing ball fields the meeting, two citizens raised con- deal with a spate of negative press New Jersey and visited Ellis Island, pointment should have been done by Board of Public Utilities for an 18 and Tamaques Park in Area 51, a six- cerns over plans by a cultural arts reports concerning his business and Liberty State Park and the Meadow- the Mayor or his designee, and not as percent rate hike. acre wood area located behind the organization to convert the audito- financial dealings in Scotch Plains lands, all of which were being used a resolution from the Finance Com- A newly approved map of the basketball courts off of Lamberts rium in the board of education build- during the time he served as Town- as staging areas for the wounded and mittee Chairman as occurred at the state’s 40 legislative districts places Mill Road. ing on Walnut and Elm Streets into a ship Attorney in the 1980s and 1990s. for emergency personnel. reorganization meeting. The council Westfield in the 21st District. The School officials announced that cultural arts center. Facing an increasingly competitive “These are trying times,” the Act- later corrected the vote with Acting new district encompasses parts of construction on a 55,000-square-foot John Tingley asked the council to GOP primary race against Jersey City ing Governor said that day in a call Mayor Neil Sullivan moving the ap- Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union addition to the science wing and disallow any plan for the conversion, mayor Bret Schundler, the Acting for calm and vigilance. “Now is the pointment. The three council Demo- Counties. Westfield, with over 29,000 other improvements at Westfield citing parking and traffic problems Governor stunned the state by with- time for us to be good neighbors, to crats abstained from the vote. residents, is the largest among the 16 High School was set to begin in and the overburdening of the already drawing from the race just days be- lend assistance as we are able to.” The town council introduced a towns in the new district. January, 2002 with completion by active neighborhood. fore he was scheduled to formally Soon after, the state created an Of- $24.8 million budget, which called Republican leaders, feeling the November, 2003. Harold Schliesske noted that, if kick off his campaign. fice of Recovery and Victim Assis- for a modest one- cent hike in the “unpacking” of largely African- Alan M. Augustine, the retired allowed, an arts center at that loca- After Mr. Schundler defeated tance, and the Acting Governor municipal tax rate. The tax hike, American districts was illegal and Assemblyman, died of colon cancer. tion would cause a significant change former Congressman Bob Franks in signed legislation speeding the dis- which averaged an increase of $18 fought the map in court. Their court He was remembered at a memorial to the use of the property as well as the primary, the Acting Governor, tribution of benefits to the families per household, followed the state case, which the party lost, forced a service at the Presbyterian Church in the entire neighborhood. citing “personal reasons,” declined of victims. legislators cut in the Police and delay in the primary election from Westfield. The service was attended While the Mayor noted that the to endorse the Republican guberna- Mr. DiFrancesco also established Firemen’s Retirement System. the first to the last Tuesday in June. by his family, elected and appointed matter currently is not before the torial candidate, who went on to lose a state Domestic Security Task Force Westfield saw a cut of $478,00 in its Former Westfield Mayor Thomas officials from the State Legislature council and that the property in ques- to Woodbridge Mayor James and proposed some new safeguards allocation to the fund. The govern- Jardim, former Congressional can- and the County of Union as well as tion belongs to the board of educa- McGreevey last month. including the use of digitized driver’s ing body had projected a three-cent didate J. Brooke Hern of New Provi- many of his constituents and friends tion and not the town, Town Attorney Mr. DiFrancesco dealt with a host licenses. In October, the Acting Gov- hike in the tax rate before the state’s dence announced their candidacies over the years. Robert Cockren clarified that any of issues as Acting Governor, includ- ernor was faced with another crisis: announcement. for the State Assembly. They joined Recreation Director Bruce such change in use “almost assur- ing the question of whether to build the anthrax scare in which a number The Federal Aviation Administra- Senate candidate Ellen Steinberg on Kaufmann announced the hiring of edly will require planning board or a new sports arena in downtown of letters bearing New Jersey post- tion held a meeting in Springfield to the Democratic ticket. Tracy Kastner as program director, board of adjustment approval based Newark to house the Nets basketball marks were received by various me- discuss the first phase of a major They would face Republican can- Tracy Fooster as recreation secre- on the nature of the use and other and Devils hockey teams; the future dia outlets and federal government metro-area airspace redesign plan. A didates, Assemblyman Richard Bag- tary, and Joanne Cuppari as secre- issues.” of the Meadowlands sports complex; officials. number of persons from the area ger for the Senate, Tom Kean Jr. and tary to the director. Mr. Cockren advised that any ap- the ongoing argument about the wis- All in all, it’s been a busy and spoke of their concerns that the FAA Dr. Eric Munoz for the Assembly. Bret Schundler defeated Bob plication to these boards must be dom of abolishing tolls on the Gar- sometimes frenetic end to Donald T. was not going to make noise mitiga- Assemblyman Joel Weingarten of Franks in the GOP Primary to face made on notice to everyone owning den State Parkway, and how to steer DiFrancesco’s long and accom- tion a priority in their plan. Millburn and Jeff Katz of Spring- Woodbidge Mayor Jim McGreevey property within 200 feet of the site. the state through a steadily weaken- plished career. Westfield resident Mary Routolo, field filed for the election but would in the race for Governor in Novem- Councilman Echausse underscored a member of the Union County Board later opt to pull out of the race. ber. the private property owners’ rights to On the Internet - www.goleader.com of Chosen Freeholders, was presented Acting Governor Donald T. A thunderstorm caused cancella- know the steps of the approval pro- with the Government Award from DiFrancesco shocked the political tion of graduation at Westfield High cess and encouraged the matter to be The Westfield Leader and The Times the New Jersey Advisory Commis- world when he pulled the plug on his School after the outdoor ceremony placed on the council’s agenda for sion on the Status of Women. She campaign for governor following had begun. After parents criticized discussion with the town attorney in received a similar award from the press accounts that questioned some school officials, students were in- early 2002. Union County Commission of the of his business dealings over the vited back for a second ceremony the Raising the recent decision to dis- Status of Women. years. Former Congressman Bob following week. play a crèche gifted to the town, Assemblyman Alan M. Augustine Franks, the U.S. GOP Senate candi- Legislation was signed into law by former Westfield Board of Educa- The Westfield Leader and announced his retirement due to ill- date in the 2000 General Election, Acting Governor Donald T. tion member Thomas Madaras ness. He had been in the Legislature was picked by party leaders to take DiFrancesco that changed the length thanked the council for supporting The Times of Scotch Plains - Fanwood for 10 years and served as a Union Mr. DiFrancesco’s place in the race of terms for Westfield mayor and the gift. Mr. Madaras stated that, County Freeholder, including as its against Jersey City Mayor Bret council members from two to three while the crèche was being erected, chairman, and was a mayor and coun- Schundler. years following the 2002 Elections several individuals and families com- are seeking a Senior News Editor cilman in his hometown of Scotch Officials helped cut the ribbon to with terms of four years beginning mented on how nice it was to see Plains. officially open the new TV-36 broad- with the 2003 Elections. Westfield being inclusive and re- to be part of our weekly community newspaper team. The Board of Education approved cast center at the Westfield Munici- Over 100 area residents held a spectful in its display. a $60,220,956 budget, which called pal Building. rally in opposition to plan for a 600- Thomas Borne, however, voiced for a base budget (or first question) Arlene Gardner was elected by her 800-stall parking deck at Elm and his objection to the council at “the Please contact Horace Corbin, Publisher of $59,859,635 and a second ques- colleagues as president of the Board Prospect Streets. display of religious and secular sym- [email protected] bols on public property.” Mr. Borne commented that, “This is no time to 908.232.4407 erode the Constitution. It was not SP Mayor Marks States 2002 Initiatives atheists who bombed the World Trade Center.” By FRED ROSSI money available for ball field develop- Turning to another matter, the Mayor Specially Written for The Times In other business, the council ap- ment. said he’d “love to see some actual physi- proved a resolution to continue the Hoping for “a quieter year in Scotch Looking ahead to the new year, when he cal work done in 2002” on the new ball Plains” than in the year now ending, will begin his third year as Mayor, Mr. fields being planned, specifically the appointment of Amalgamated Gen- Mayor Martin L. Marks said he is also Marks sees a big challenge coming in the expansion of fields at Park Middle School eral Agencies as the town’s risk man- looking forward to making further preparation of the 2002 municipal budget. and the new fields proposed for a site on ager for another year. progress in 2002 on a number of ongoing “It’s the most important thing we do Plainfield Avenue. According to Acting Town Ad- initiatives. for the taxpayers,” he said, adding that “Hopefully, later in the year, we’ll get ministrator James Gildea, approxi- Douglas M. Fasciale “This year was a year that Scotch the recession could have an effect on the the actual work started,” he remarked. mately $30,000 in savings will be Plains got a little bit more attention in level of state aid to municipalities, while The Mayor also said he’s looking realized with AGA’s offering of group the media than I’d like to have seen,” the falling interest rates could have a nega- forward to getting the so-called “Broad- insurance in a Point of Service rather Certified Civil Trial Attorney Mayor told The Times of Scotch Plains- tive effect on township investments. way project” off the ground. The Town- Fanwood in a Christmas Eve interview. than a HMO plan, as was done in the by the Supreme Court of New Jersey “Some sources of revenue that we’ve ship Council gave its initial approval to past. Specifically, he pointed to the em- counted on in past years may not be the project in November, when it passed bezzlement of township funds by former there,” he warned. The key, he said, is an ordinance rezoning the area where On another matter, the terms of the Treasurer William Polidore, whose seeing how large the township’s budget several dozen homes will be built in a town’s recycling contract awarded to Concentrating in personal injury scheduled sentencing last week was put surplus ends up being, so “we can see new age-restricted community near the Central Jersey Waste & Recycling, and malpractice cases. off until next month. how much we can offset any tax in- Scotch Hills Country Club. Inc. were changed slightly so that, In addition, the ascension of State crease.” The past year has also seen a number beginning on January 2, 2002, pick- Senate President Donald T. DiFrancesco Mayor Marks is looking for continued of new department heads at the Munici- ups will take place on Wednesdays to the governor’s office was “positive progress on the shared services concept pal Building, including Lori Majeski in and Fridays. Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP and exciting,” the Mayor said, but was that’s been implemented over the past the Finance Department, Ray Poerio in While pick-ups were to be on Attorneys At Law - A Full Service Firm soon followed by media reports ques- few years. the Recreation Department and Corinne Thursdays and Fridays, Mr. Gildea tioning some of his business and finan- “This is something that’s really caught Brown in the Tax Office. cial dealings in Scotch Plains, which led on,” he said. He told The Times he had said having pick-ups on two, non- And the new year will bring some big consecutive days would allow for a 40 Paterson Street 116 S. Euclid Avenue to Mr. DiFrancesco’s departure from the just signed a contract on behalf of the changes in the police department, as governor’s race. township to purchase land on Plainfield Chief Thomas O’Brien retires in March more effective “cure period” so that New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Westfield, NJ 07090 And there was the “somewhat rocky Avenue that will house the Public Works and Captain Joseph Protasiewicz leaves any problems incurred with the (732) 545-4717 (908) 232-9944 relationship” between the township and Department’s facilities. the force in January. Wednesday pick-up can be rectified Union County officials regarding the “It’s a larger facility and a larger “We’ll definitely be having some re- on Thursday, and problems incurred now-shelved plans to develop ball fields property,” he said, adding that there organization in the police department,” with the Friday pick-up can be recti- [email protected] in the Ashbrook Reservation; the Mayor could be some sharing of the new facili- the Mayor said, “and it’s going to take a fied on Saturdays. www.hoaglandlongo.com did credit the county for its new Field of ties with Fanwood and their joint board strong effort by (Township Manager) The current contract had all pick- Dreams program, which made grant of education. Tom Atkins to get that managed.” ups on Fridays. CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK USPS 485200 Published OUR 43RD YEAR – ISSUE NO. 52-43 Periodical – Postage Paid at Scotch Plains, N.J. Thursday, December 27, 2001 Every Thursday (908) 232-4407 FIFTY CENTS DiFrancesco’s Year As Governor Ends Distinguished Political Career

By FRED ROSSI Treasurer’s position. den State Parkway, and how to steer Specially Written for The Times Then the Acting Governor had to the state through a steadily weaken- The New Year will ring in a num- deal with a spate of negative press ing economy. ber of changes, both locally and in reports concerning his business and There is little doubt, though, that the state government, but January 1 financial dealings in Scotch Plains Mr. DiFrancesco’s term as leader of will also mark the end of the long during the time he served as Town- New Jersey will forever be associ- political career of Donald T. ship Attorney in the 1980s and 1990s. ated with the terrorist attacks on the DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains, who Facing an increasingly competitive World Trade Center on September has represented the area in the State GOP primary race against Jersey City 11. In the early hours after the jets Legislature for more than a quarter mayor Bret Schundler, the Acting struck the twin towers, the Acting of a century. Governor stunned the state by with- Governor declared a state of emer- Since late January, Mr. drawing from the race just days be- gency in the Garden State and began DiFrancesco, 57, has served as Act- fore he was scheduled to formally to arrange for medical and rescue ing Governor of New Jersey, a post kick off his campaign. personnel to assist the teams in lower he assumed after the resignation of After Mr. Schundler defeated Manhattan. Governor Christine Whitman. The former Congressman Bob Franks in That evening, he toured northern State Constitution mandates that, in the primary, the Acting Governor, New Jersey and visited Ellis Island, the event of a vacancy in the citing “personal reasons,” declined Liberty State Park and the Meadow- governor’s office, the State Senate to endorse the Republican guberna- lands, all of which were being used President, a post Mr. DiFrancesco torial candidate, who went on to lose as staging areas for the wounded and has held since 1992, becomes Acting to Woodbridge Mayor James for emergency personnel. Governor until the next scheduled McGreevey last month. “These are trying times,” the Act- gubernatorial election. Mr. DiFrancesco dealt with a host ing Governor said that day in a call Mr. DiFrancesco, a lawyer whose of issues as Acting Governor, includ- for calm and vigilance. “Now is the family has been active in Scotch ing the question of whether to build time for us to be good neighbors, to Plains political, business and civic a new sports arena in downtown lend assistance as we are able to.” affairs for several decades, served in Newark to house the Nets basketball Soon after, the state created an Of- the State Assembly from 1976 until and Devils hockey teams; the future fice of Recovery and Victim Assis- Paul J. Peyton for The Times 1979, when he was elected to the of the Meadowlands sports complex; tance, and the Acting Governor MR. ACTING GOVERNOR...Senate President Donald T. DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains is flanked by his wife, Diane; State Senate. He served as Senate the ongoing argument about the wis- signed legislation speeding the dis- three daughters, Marci, Marie and Traci DiFrancesco, and son-in-law, Rob Ferris, during a December 22, 2000 press Minority Leader from 1982 to 1984, dom of abolishing tolls on the Gar- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 conference in anticipation of his becoming Acting Governor. and when Republicans gained con- trol of the Legislature following the 1991 elections, he was chosen to serve as Senate President — the first Redevelopment Plan, Park and Streetscape Improvements; of his unprecedented five consecu- tive terms in that post. While in the State Legislature, Mr. DiFrancesco had a hand in enacting Emergency Response Successes Shaped Fanwood in ’2001 several pieces of legislation that fore- shadowed similar efforts elsewhere in Editor’s Note: The following is a M. Schurtz and Katherine Mitchell vice Electric and Gas (PSE&G) been installed. borough regulations regarding signs. backed their Republican colleagues’ other states and at the federal level as look back at the events, issues and power line property bordering South The Borough Council awarded a Officials authorized creation of a nomination of Mr. Whitaker to con- well. He backed the Catastrophic Ill- people that made news in the Bor- Avenue, to facilitate wireless com- contract in the amount of $38,900 to skate park for skateboarders and in- ness in Children Relief Fund, the ough of Fanwood from January tinue as Council President – a posi- munication for cellular telephone T & M Associates, a Middletown line skaters at LaGrande Park as an tion he was first named to in January KidCare subsidized health insurance through June of 2001. A summary of users. firm, to develop and oversee im- activity for youth. The concept had of 2000. program and the New Jersey Family the months of July through Decem- Nextel and Sprint had previously provements to the building and been proposed a year earlier by then Leave Act of 1989. He was also a ber will appear in next week’s edi- Governing body members tradi- been granted permission by the board grounds of Forest Road Park. eighth graders Zack Von Langen of tionally do not support the nomina- major supporter of legislation restor- tion. to install antennas on the 146-foot- Officials additionally received a Fanwood and Kevin Del Mauro of By SUZETTE F. STALKER tion of a member of the opposing high lattice structure. report prepared through the Local Scotch Plains during a meeting of the ing the property tax deduction on the Specially Written for The Times state income tax. Mr. DiFrancesco party for Council President. Mrs. Government Budget Review (LGBR) Fanwood Recreation Commission. Schurtz and Ms. Mitchell concurred, FEBRUARY also sponsored legislation that dedi- JANUARY program that had been implemented APRIL however, that Mr. Whitaker had dem- As part of an extensive streetscape by former Governor Christine cated funding to preserve one million With the ground still blanketed by program designed to lend the com- After approximately seven meet- acres of open space in New Jersey. onstrated strong leadership during Whitman in 1994. snow from a storm two days earlier, his inaugural term on the council. munity a Victorian ambiance and spur ings lasting several hours each, the Although his tenure as Acting Operated through the New Jersey Fanwood residents gathered at Bor- As the month progressed, officials economic growth, local officials and Department of the Treasury, the pro- governing body unveiled its 2001 Governor was a brief one, it was ough Hall to witness Councilman others active in the downtown rede- municipal budget of $5,975,220. The certainly not a dull 11-month-long reviewed budgetary requests from the gram assists local governments and Joel Whitaker and Councilwoman borough’s various municipal depart- velopment process welcomed the first spending plan, calling for a 2.3 per- stewardship. Mr. DiFrancesco’s early school boards in finding ways to save Carol Wood take their oaths of office ments, as preparation of the 2001 mu- “Fanwood” lamps to the intersection money and improve efficiency with- cent increase over the previous year’s weeks were somewhat turmoil-filled January 1 during the governing body’s of South and Martine Avenues. tab, was adopted on May 10. as he prepared to launch his cam- nicipal spending plan got underway. out compromising services to the pub- annual reorganization meeting. This year’s budget marked the de- Featuring a bishop’s crook with Two-term Councilwoman Karen paign to win election to a full four- lic. Fanwood was one of the communi- The Republicans captured two but of a Length of Service Awards scroll design, the light fixtures are ties that had requested a LGBR review. M. Schurtz announced she would not year term. open seats on the Borough Council modeled after lamps that adorned seek reelection in November, saying His nomination of Isabel Miranda Program (LOSAP) in Fanwood, the previous November, widening through which eligible fire depart- area train depots during the 19th MARCH she wanted to devote more time to of Scotch Plains to be State Trea- their party’s majority on the govern- ment and rescue squad personnel are century, including the historic In presenting her group’s final re- her family. The mother of three and surer fell apart after press reports ing body from 4-3 to 5-2. Mr. Fanwood train station. port to the governing body, Fanwood part-time teacher was elected in 1995 surfaced concerning her earlier de- provided with a pension. Voters en- Whitaker is currently in his second dorsed the program through a refer- They were acquired through a lease Long Range Planning Committee and reelected in 1998. parture from a position with Citibank term, while Mrs. Wood unseated endum the previous November. buy down agreement with PSE&G Chairwoman Donna Dolce high- Mrs. Schurtz, who served as Po- and her plan to take a leave of ab- Democratic Councilwoman Cynthia that resulted from the efforts of lighted the work she and her col- lice Commissioner and was instru- sence, rather than resign, from her The Fanwood Planning Board ap- Swindlehurst with her first-time win. proved an application by Voicestream Fanwood Downtown Revitalization leagues did over two years in devel- mental in bringing both the revised present post with U.S. Trust Corp. of In a break with political custom, Wireless to place nine antennas on a Coordinator Clayton S. Pierce. Most oping recommendations they hope land use ordinance and Carriage New Jersey if she were to assume the Democratic Councilwomen Karen transmission tower at the Public Ser- of the planned 61 lamps have since will serve as a guide for community House pocket park to fruition, among development over the next five to 10 other projects, was succeeded on the years. local Democratic ticket by newcomer The committee was one of several Michael Brennan. DiFrancesco’s Year as Acting Governor, Arrest that grew out of the Fanwood Com- Mr. Brennan and Councilwoman munity Assessment Committee that Mitchell faced Republicans Dr. was appointed in 1997 to develop Chester Lindsey, himself a former improvement strategies targeting ar- councilman, and David B. Trumpp Of Treasurer Highlighted 2001 in S. Plains eas considered pivotal to a success- for two vacancies on Fanwood’s gov- of Scotch Plains-Fanwood. ful future for the borough. erning body. By FRED ROSSI Marks as Scotch Plains’ first directly- tion or a tool to fight alcohol con- A Sign and Façade Committee, During the borough’s annual Ar- Specially Written for The Times JANUARY elected Mayor and running mate sumption. Editor’s Note: The first six months comprised of elected officials, retail bor Day observance, a new “Fanwood A year that would turn out to be a Paulette Coronato as a member of Scotch Plains Police Captain and non-retail merchants, residents Oak” made its debut at Carriage of 2001 appear below, while the re- memorable one for several reasons the township Council. Marshall Nelson, an African-Ameri- maining six months will be published and others, was charged with devel- House Park on Watson Road, oppo- began with the swearing-in on New The 2001 governing body began can who was the target of a reverse oping recommendations for a new site the Patricia M. Kuran Cultural in the January 3 edition of The Times the year with three Republicans and Year’s Day of Republican Martin L. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 sign ordinance to replace existing CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 two Democrats. Mr. Marks, who served as appointed Mayor in 2000, promised to continue trying to keep property taxes low as well as to ex- SP-F BOE Says SPFEA Determines pand on his “open government” theme and to make further progress on downtown development, parks and open space, and senior citizen How Pay Increases Are Distributed issues. By SUSAN M. DYCKMAN Mr. Porter replied that was the The overall percentage salary in- Council members faced their first Specially Written for The Times case. creases under the last SPF contract contentious issue in mid-month when In sharing information about the The salary guide for teachers de- were as follows: for the 1998-99 they held a spirited discussion on workings of the contract between the fines how they are paid, recognizing school year, 3.89 percent; for 1999- whether local police should be given Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of both work experience and higher 00, 3.72 percent; and for 2000-01, additional powers to control alcohol Education and Scotch Plains- education. 3.64 percent. While Mr. Porter did consumption by underage residents. Fanwood Education Association According to Mr. Porter, as a not get into details regarding current The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Munici- (SPFEA) at the December 20 board teacher progresses from her first year, negotiations, the approved 2001- pal Alliance Committee, a local group meeting, board member Lance Por- as she gains experience and pursues 2002 school budget allows for a 4 working to prevent substance abuse, ter explained it is the SPFEA that higher education, her salary increases percent increase in salaries. has pushed for enactment of an ordi- determines how pay increases will accordingly. Mr. Porter did not speak specifi- nance that would permit police offic- be distributed along the salary guide Mr. Porter reported the starting cally to how the benefits portion of ers to enter a private residence and once an overall percentage increase salary for Scotch Plains-Fanwood the contract works, though he did say take legal action if they witness the is agreed upon by both sides as part teachers in 2000-2001 was $36,645, the board is “not cutting benefits.” possession or consumption of alco- of the contract. compared to $35,300 in Bridgewater; “We are asking members to con- holic beverages by someone under Scotch Plains resident Margaret $36,500 in Chatham; $37,300 in tain costs so we can continue to pay 21 years of age. Council members Ames asked, “Does that mean the Cranford; $34,600 in Linden; salaries without cutting staff,” he debated the propriety of police offic- association could control starting $34,900 in Millburn; $33,700 in added. ers entering private residences, and salaries to be more attractive to new Plainfield; $33,900 in Roselle Park; It is the benefits piece of the con- whether it was a constitutional viola- teachers?” and $41,000 in Westfield. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

Cheri Rogowsky for The Times FOND REMEMBRANCE…On February of 2001, Linda and Alex Bromley sit in the PT Cruiser surprise gift from late Scotch Plains Councilman Tarquin Jay Bromley prior to his death. Mrs. Bromley and Alex celebrated the naming of BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR “Tarquin’s Alley,” located near Second Street and Park Avenue. CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 8 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Emergency Response Successes Arrest of Treasurer Shaped Fanwood in ’2001 Highlighted 2001 in SP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Arts Center. without sufficient consideration of racial discrimination lawsuit filed settled on former Congressman Bob The white oak continues the legacy the potential long-term impact on by four white police officers, filed Franks, who had narrowly lost a race of the original Fanwood Oak, which the business district and the overall his own countersuit against the four stood for more than 300 years on for the U.S. Senate in November, community. officers. The original suit had ac- 2000. Martine Avenue until it was lost to Slightly more than two weeks af- cused Captain Nelson of improperly Locally, township Democrats were disease in 1996. ter several defibrillator units were reprimanding the four white officers Other highlights of this busy month also scrambling late in the month to given to the Fanwood Police Depart- for their actions during an April 2000 find a candidate for township coun- included the council’s adoption of a ment for its patrol cars, Patrolmen traffic stop of a car occupied by four cil after Councilwoman Sharynn resolution endorsing a seven-year Michael Schilling and Russell J. African-American men. pact between Fanwood and NJ Tran- Porter announced she would not seek Yeager used one of the devices to Late in the month, Mayor Marks election to the remaining year of the sit for the borough to lease the former successfully resuscitate a 72-year- said he was interested in running for unexpired term she had been ap- site of Scotchwood Automotive, ad- old Westfield man who went into the State Assembly in November. jacent to the south side train station, pointed to fill. Party leaders said they cardiac arrest at a local restaurant. Raymond Poerio began his duties as expected to mount a write-in cam- for expanded commuter parking. The units, which use electronic the township’s new Director of Parks paign behind a single candidate in Finally, the Fanwood Planning impulses to restore an individual’s and Recreation. And as the month Board gave its nod for Sun Tavern, the June Primary Election. heartbeat to its normal rhythm, had drew to a close, State Senator Donald The four African-American men which opened nearly three years ago been donated by the Fanwood Volun- T. DiFrancesco (R, Scotch Plains) whose vehicle was stopped by four at the corner of South Avenue and teer Rescue Squad; by Walter Casky prepared to formally become Acting Terrill Road, to convert the white Scotch Plains police officers a of Graphic Research in Fanwood, Governor of New Jersey, succeeding year earlier led to competing law- establishment’s upper floor into a through funds raised by local mer- Governor Christine Whitman, who suits between the officers and their banquet room to accommodate large chants, and by Richard Davis and COOKIE CUTTERS…During December, students in the Pre-Kindergarten was resigning to become head of the parties. Title 1 classes at Brunner Elementary School and School One Elementary in superiors filed their own lawsuit, Lawrence Naldi of Merck & Com- federal Environmental Protection charging that they were the victims pany of Rahway/Linden. Scotch Plains baked gingerbread cookies, which were donated to the Interfaith MAY Council for the Homeless. Pictured, left to right, are: Mallory Cunningham, Agency. of racial profiling. The Fanwood Planning Board, JUNE A.J. Prusik, and Ally Cerini with their tray of delicious treats. FEBRUARY The township council approved a during a special meeting on May 16, Concurring with the Fanwood The State Division of Alcoholic $17.58 million budget for 2001, voted 8-to-1 in favor of recommend- Planning Board’s recommendation Beverage Control (ABC) issued an which translated into a 3.4 percent ing that the Borough Council desig- of a month earlier, the Borough Coun- SP-F BOE Says SPFEA Determines order reversing a decision by the increase in municipal government nate a 6.5-acre block of land as an cil unanimously approved designa- township council and allowing Club spending and a four-point hike in area in need of redevelopment in tion of a block of commercial land in How Pay Increases Are Distributed Malibu, the Terrill Road nightclub local property taxes. accordance with New Jersey’s local the downtown as an area in need of closed since January, 1999 after a Two days after the budget’s ap- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 fatal shooting in its parking lot, to redevelopment and housing law. redevelopment. tract that concerns Scotch Plains- At Terrill Middle and Coles proval, Township Finance Director Bordered by South, Martine and Commerce Bank appealed to the reopen, subject to its adherence to 14 William Polidore was arrested at the Fanwood High School teacher John Schools, site work for the multipur- conditions. LaGrande Avenues and by Second Planning Board for permission to Patterson, who spoke at the meeting. pose rooms and additional classrooms Scotch Plains Municipal Building Street, the commercial block is made mount a six-foot-high, internally-lit, Preliminary budget estimates and charged with embezzling more “I am hurt and confused because is underway. Specifications for work showed a hike of nearly 5 percent in up of 24 individual tax lots, includ- red “C” logo sign on the façade of its we still don’t have a contract. I am at Brunner, Evergreen and McGinn than $150,000 from township bank ing the long-vacant Dean Oil site. planned new branch at 580 and 590 municipal spending for 2001, with accounts. concerned with health benefits and I Schools are being reviewed by local much of the boost resulting from The board’s decision followed a North Avenue. don’t want to see them changed. We construction officials. Mr. DelSordi MAY report by Richard Preiss, whose plan- Commerce bank required several increased health insurance costs, a The Township Council began to are looking to maintain what we hopes the district can award bids for salary increase for the police depart- ning and real estate consultant firm variances, including one for internal have,” said the 36-year veteran these projects in March, 2002, with move forward on turning a three- performed studies of the block in illumination, which was not permit- ment and higher fees paid to the acre parcel of township-owned land teacher. work beginning in April. local sewerage authority. 2000 and again this year. Mr. Preiss ted under the borough code, and for Mr. Patterson said he supported In connection with the construc- on Plainfield Avenue into a park that stated all but seven of the 24 lots met the proposed height and square foot- The township council honored would include a baseball field and a the Middletown teachers in their re- tion projects, the board authorized Laura Swidersky on her retirement at least one of the statutory criteria age of the sign. The board’s decision cent strike, but does not want to see the January, 2002 sale of $15,100,000 soccer field. for designation as an area in need of on the application was rendered at its after nearly 40 years of service to the Former Municipal Court Judge what happened in that town happen in bonds. Nine million dollars in township’s recreation department. redevelopment. regular meeting in July. in Scotch Plains-Fanwood. He added, bonds have already been sold in con- Joseph P. Perfilio formally joined the The designation paved the way for Members of the Fanwood Volun- MARCH Superior Court of New Jersey in however, “I get the impression I am junction with the referendum ap- The township council passed a creation of a redevelopment plan for the teer Rescue Squad were honored with being pushed in that direction and I proved by voters in December 2000 Elizabeth. The township council area containing specific guidelines for the State of New Jersey Governor’s resolution urging the convening of a named Brian Levine as his replace- don’t like that feeling.” to fund renovations to SP-F’s eight state constitutional convention to improving the block, which would su- Volunteer Award for 2001, in the Though the latest three-year con- school buildings. The board is ea- ment on the local bench. persede the municipal zoning ordinance. category of public safety, for having reform the property tax system. A township resident was among tract (covering teachers, secretaries, gerly awaiting the state funds for Township Republicans chose Guy Officials maintained such a plan would saved the life of Jack Ruh after the aides and coaches) between the board these projects, which were promised those arrested and charged with steal- give the borough greater control over veteran firefighter suffered a heart Celentano as their candidate for town- ing computer software from Lucent and union expired June 30, 2001, the last year under the School Facilities ship council in November, and also how the block is developed. attack at fire headquarters the previ- terms and conditions of that agree- and Construction Financing Act. Technologies with the intent of sell- Landlords and tenants, however, ous December. selected former Mayor Gabe Spera ing it to China. ment are still in effect until a new Mr. DelSordi reported that the most to be the township’s candidate for expressed fears that the plan would Mr. Ruh, who was resuscitated contract is signed. The next negotiat- recent out-of-district placements of JUNE lead to longtime businesses being with one of the squad’s defibrillator the State Assembly at the Union Republican Guy Celentano for- ing session between the board and special education students, five of County GOP convention. Mr. Spera forced to relocate and possibly close units, was on hand for presentation SPFEA is scheduled for Wednesday, which were approved by the board mally won his party’s nomination for if faced with higher rents. of the award at a special ceremony at beat out long-time Township Coun- Township Council while Patricia January 23, 2002. on December 20, have put the cilman William F. McClintock and Some also felt the plan had been Drumthwacket, the governor’s man- Having agreed to enter the fact- district’s tuition account into a defi- Romano garnered enough write-in rushed through the approval process sion in Princeton, on June 15. incumbent Mayor Martin Marks. votes to gain the Democratic nomi- finding phase of the negotiations pro- cit position. Since the district is just Area commuters were forced to cess, the parties are awaiting the four months into the school year, it is nation. Jersey City Mayor Bret dig a bit deeper in their pockets as Schundler upset former Seventh Dis- availability of a fact finder to sched- likely that additional tuition expen- New York bridge and tunnel tolls ule their first meeting. ditures will be forthcoming. trict Congressman Bob Franks to Mayor Marks Hopes increased. win the GOP gubernatorial nomina- During his report, Mr. Porter item- The board approved the first read- The council introduced a 2001 ized the reasons why 35 staff mem- ing of a policy which amends the tion and the right to face Democrat municipal budget that called for a Jim McGreevey, the mayor of bers left the district during 2000-01: existing district policy to prohibit four-point increase in local property 16 retired; one accepted a position in smoking anywhere on school grounds Woodbridge, in November. For Progress in 2002 taxes. Former Assemblyman Alan Au- another district; three accepted ad- in accordance with a new state law. Scotch Plains, along with the rest ministrative posts; six moved; one Some board members questioned gustine, who also served as Mayor of of the area, waited three days for the Scotch Plains, died. gave no reason; five were not given how this policy would be enforced, arrival of the blizzard of the century On Various Initiatives re-employment offers; one reported particularly during outside sporting Ray Pardon, longtime head of the and an expected several feet of snow Scotch Plains Business and Profes- being dissatisfied with the district; events. In addition to posting signage, that would paralyze the region for By FRED ROSSI can offset any tax increase.” one entered private industry; and one it was suggested that announcements sional Association, announced he Specially Written for The Times Mayor Marks is looking for con- days. Instead, despite school clos- would leave his post when his cur- accepted a higher salary offer from be made over the public address sys- ings, days off from work and busy Hoping for “a quieter year in Scotch tinued progress on the shared ser- another district. tem, advising visitors of the no smok- rent term ends in the spring of 2002. Plains” than in the year now ending, vices concept that’s been imple- times at local grocery stores, the The state Department of Transpor- Fanwood resident Diane ing policy. storm left a mere dusting of snow on Mayor Martin L. Marks said he is mented over the past few years. Schweitzer, whose children attend The board passed a resolution hon- tation presented scaled-back plans for also looking forward to making fur- “This is something that’s really most lawns and some red-faced lessening traffic in and around the Brunner School, said she has been oring Acting Governor Donald T. weather forecasters scrambling to ther progress in 2002 on a number of caught on,” he said. He told The “impressed by the teachers’ efforts DiFrancesco as he retires from of- bridge connecting Park Avenue with ongoing initiatives. Times he had just signed a contract explain why. Bonnie Burn Road. Instead of a new and energies.” She stressed the im- fice, recognizing Scotch Plains’ “na- Late in the month, Assemblyman “This year was a year that Scotch on behalf of the township to pur- portance of the contract being settled tive son” and graduate of SPFHS for four-lane bridge, as initially put forth, Plains got a little bit more attention chase land on Plainfield Avenue that Alan Augustine retired, citing ill the state said it wanted to expand the as soon as possible. “This is one fight his many contributions to local health. in the media than I’d like to have will house the Public Works we have control over ending,” she schools and students, as well as the existing bridge while widening inter- seen,” the Mayor told The Times of Department’s facilities. APRIL sections on the north and south ends said. community and state. In a month when he was expected Scotch Plains-Fanwood in a Christ- “It’s a larger facility and a larger In other business, the board voted In reading the resolution, board of the bridge. Council members, with- mas Eve interview. property,” he said, adding that there to formally announce his candidacy out giving formal backing to the new unanimously to approve a new five- member Jessica Simpson recognized for Governor, Acting Governor Specifically, he pointed to the could be some sharing of the new year contract, carrying through to his “legislative, educational and fi- plan, seemed more favorably disposed embezzlement of township funds by facilities with Fanwood and their Donald T. DiFrancesco instead was to the revised proposal. June 30, 2006, for Superintendent nancial support” of the district, and hit with a barrage of newspaper ar- former Treasurer William Polidore, joint board of education. Dr. Carol B. Choye. Dr. Choye has extended to Governor DiFrancesco, The township zoning board of ad- whose scheduled sentencing last Turning to another matter, the ticles questioning some of his finan- justment approved plans to construct been in the district for eight years. “an open invitation to continue to cial and business dealings when he week was put off until next month. Mayor said he’d “love to see some Business Administrator Anthony participate in our schools and join us a 10,600-square-foot water park at In addition, the ascension of State actual physical work done in 2002” was Scotch Plains Township Attor- the Bowcraft Amusement Park on DelSordi reported that roof work and as we celebrate and appreciate the ney. Mr. DiFrancesco initially Senate President Donald T. on the new ball fields being planned, renovation of the Scotch Plains- many successes and fruits of his la- Route 22. The project will go forth DiFrancesco to the governor’s office specifically the expansion of fields blamed leaks to the media of some despite complaints from local resi- Fanwood High School auditorium is bors.” sensitive documents on his expected was “positive and exciting,” the at Park Middle School and the new complete. The field irrigation work, Prior to the business portion of the dents about potential noise and traf- Mayor said, but was soon followed fields proposed for a site on Plainfield Democratic opponent in the fall, fic problems. with the exception of the baseball board meeting, those in attendance Woodbridge Mayor James by media reports questioning some Avenue. field, is complete. Work on multi- enjoyed the music of the holiday With the summer driving season of his business and financial deal- “Hopefully, later in the year, we’ll McGreevey. Later in the month, just on the horizon, local consumers ex- purpose rooms at Park Middle School season and a stirring a cappella ren- days after the kick-off of his guber- ings in Scotch Plains, which led to get the actual work started,” he re- and School One are progressing. dition of “America the Beautiful.” perienced a 30 to 40 cent rise in Mr. DiFrancesco’s departure from marked. natorial campaign — one in which gasoline prices that sent prices at Teachers at Park will move down to Various selections were performed he would face Jersey City Mayor the governor’s race. The Mayor also said he’s looking the ground level as of Tuesday, Janu- by a brass ensemble, saxophone quar- local pumps to more than $1.50 per And there was the “somewhat forward to getting the so-called Bret Schundler in the June primary gallon, and close to $2 for a gallon of ary 2, 2002 so work can begin on the tet and 13-member chorus of SPFHS — the Acting Governor shocked the rocky relationship” between the “Broadway project” off the ground. first floor. students. premium. township and Union County officials The township council gave its initial political world by bowing out. Lori Majeski was appointed the regarding the now-shelved plans to approval to the project in November, Party leaders scrambled to find a new finance director for Scotch develop ball fields in the Ashbrook when it passed an ordinance rezon- candidate to their liking to take on Plains. Acting Governor DiFrancesco Mayor Schundler, and eventually Reservation; the Mayor did credit ing the area where several dozen CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the county for its new Field of Dreams homes will be built in a new age- tribution of benefits to the families anthrax scare in which a number of program, which made grant money restricted community near the Scotch of victims. letters bearing New Jersey postmarks available for ball field development. Hills Country Club. Mr. DiFrancesco also established a were received by various media outlets Looking ahead to the new year, The past year has also seen a num- state Domestic Security Task Force and federal government officials. when he will begin his third year as ber of new department heads at the and proposed some new safeguards All in all, it’s been a busy and Mayor, Mr. Marks sees a big chal- Municipal Building, including Lori including the use of digitized driver’s sometimes frenetic end to Donald T. lenge coming in the preparation of Majeski in the finance department, licenses. In October, the Acting Gover- DiFrancesco’s long and accom- the 2002 municipal budget. Ray Poerio in the recreation depart- nor was faced with another crisis: the plished career. “It’s the most important thing we ment and Corinne Brown in the tax do for the taxpayers,” he said, adding office. that the recession could have an ef- And the new year will bring some big fect on the level of state aid to mu- changes in the police department, as nicipalities, while falling interest Chief Thomas O’Brien retires in March rates could have a negative effect on and Captain Joseph Protasiewicz leaves township investments. the force in January. Douglas M. Fasciale “Some sources of revenue that “We’ll definitely be having some we’ve counted on in past years may reorganization in the police depart- Certified Civil Trial Attorney not be there,” he warned. The key, he ment,” the Mayor said, “and it’s go- said, is seeing how large the ing to take a strong effort by (Town- by the Supreme Court of New Jersey township’s budget surplus ends up ship Manager) Tom Atkins to get that being, so “we can see how much we managed.” Concentrating in personal injury and malpractice cases. The Westfield Leader and The Times of Scotch Plains - Fanwood Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP

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Peyton, for Nine Years of By HORACE R. CORBIN With Experience For the past eight years, the name Paul Peyton has been synonymous By FRED ROSSI with The Westfield Leader. He gave If there was ever a special epi- Excellence in Journalism and Friendship so much of himself to the paper, to sode of “Who Wants To Be A each of us and to the community. Millionaire,” where the questions Almost Everything I Learned About We know that he deserves his won- focused on the ins and outs of derful new opportunity, and we’re politics in Union County and, more proud and happy for him. Still, we specifically, Westfield, Paul Journalism I Learned From Paul can’t help but feel a little empty as Peyton, the departing editor of By MICHELLE H. Le POIDEVIN Before I met Paul, I had no inter- Paul goes. The Leader and The Times, would Way back in the day when re- est in anything political. Current Good luck Paul. We’ll miss you. be a shoe-in to win the big prize. sumes were done on a word proces- events bored me. I was never prop- We’ll do our best in carrying on to Paul has always amazed me with sor and not e-mailed, a timid De- erly versed on top issues facing the make you proud of having been a his knowledge of the issues, the cember graduate approached the nation or the world. But, talking to part of our team. personalities, the internal con- cluttered desk of Managing Editor Paul about such matters has broad- flicts, who’s in and who’s out, and Paul Peyton with her vitae, hoping ened my perspective and made me why somethings matter and others for “the big break” into the field of more attune to the world, nation and don’t in our area. journalism. communities we write about. And now he’ll get the chance to “Okay,” he said, filing the resume Even with such a wealth of knowl- Fourteen Years of put all of that knowledge to good into the papers on his desk, some- edge in the political arena, Paul still use in a new job that, judging from where behind a stockpile of aspirin had time to banter with me the morn- Friendship, Work everyone’s reaction, is about as bottles, “I’ll take a look at it.” ing after the Grammy Awards and close to a perfect fit as is possible. On the drive home, I didn’t hold the Emmys – even though we didn’t Experience Are Paul loves politics and he has much hope for a call from the very quite see eye to eye about Jennifer important-looking man, figuring he Lopez’ green dress that year. worked in communications for Almost everything I learned about Fond Memories years. Now, he will have the chance wouldn’t have much use for the skills Amy Horowitz for The Westfield Leader and The Times the “real world” of journalism came By SUZETTE F. STALKER to put those two passions together, of a kid out of college. But, when I returned to my house, from Paul and I’m proud to write Well, Paul, it looks as though we’re working for our three local state this headline before knowing the legislators – State Senator Rich- Editor Thanked for Instilling News my mother informed me, “Michelle, splitting up the act again, if only on a Paul Peyton just called and he end of his story: the job front. As friends, we’re right ard H. Bagger and Assemblymen “Paul Peyton Takes Political World Tom Kean, Jr. and Dr. Eric Munoz. wants you to come in for an inter- up there with Rocky and Bullwinkle, Sense, Confidence, Useful Advice view.” by Storm; Makes A&E Editor Proud in it for life. You’ll just be up the Not everyone is fortunate enough to Know Him.” to work at something they truly By DEBORAH MADISON dence in my abilities as a journalist Soon, he had assigned me to cover street, too, so I’m sure we’ll still be love, but Paul is one of those lucky I can finally say this without fear of than I had in myself. He shared with meetings for the municipal coun- making all the rounds – Vicki’s, the people. any reprisal, but I have a bone to pick me his immense wealth of knowledge cils, borough council, both boards WindMill, and anywhere a pot of After years on one side of the with Paul Peyton. The problem is that and skill, making my job much easier of education, heritage boards and coffee may be brewing. They haven’t press-politician fence, Paul will he has ruined my future career pros- in those early days and making me anything in between. I was tossed seen the last of us yet! now have the opportunity to see pects. I seriously doubt that I will ever look reasonably intelligent, not to into journalism headfirst, learning Starting out together more than 14 how things work on the other side. again work for anybody who is so mention phraseologically correct. about the finer points of politics and years ago as “cub reporters” at an- incredibly respectful, totally knowl- As he taught me the tricks of the writing which I never knew before. other newspaper, we teamed again 5½ And it will be to everyone’s ben- I wasn’t quite sure if I was doing efit – Mr. Bagger, Mr. Kean and edgeable, and utterly of good humor trade, never once did I feel his sugges- years ago when I joined you here at as my editor of the last three years. tions were critical or unfair, but al- it all correctly, but Paul helped me The Leader-Times. Dr. Munoz, as well as those of us hone my writing and cheered me on. here at The Leader and The Times, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and I ways imparted with the utmost pro- Throughout the years, your dedi- can’t imagine how I will enjoy work- fessional courtesy and consideration. Following the tragic death of Jeff cation, integrity and grace under pres- and other media outlets – to have Bauer, I decided to halt my someone like him, who under- ing for anyone else, as much as I have He cultivated me as a writer and for sure served as an inspiration to the rest this, I will be forever indebted to him freelancing work for The Westfield of us and helped us keep it all together, stands the media and also knows enjoyed working with Paul. Leader and The Times. But, in the how politics work, in his new post. Somehow, I will have to adjust, but and grateful. even during the toughest times. summer of 1998, Paul called to see Your passion for politics and in- I’ll always be grateful to Paul it won’t be easy…especially on my Paul’s dedication to quality and hard if I was interested in part-time work for hiring me three years ago and next editor. work enabled The Westfield Leader sightful takes on current events, al- at the office. Though the bumpy road ways reflected in your writing, kept us for giving me the chance to work Paul took me under his wing when and The Times to rise to its current of working at a newspaper has had at something I love. I was very green and had more confi- level of professional excellence, which in tune with our communities and its ups and downs, I’ve never regret- beyond. You helped give us a voice; afforded all of us who work here the ted taking that telephone call. opportunity to establish respected weren’t afraid to take a stand and Many deadlines and several local always went the extra mile (or two) to reputations in this field. and national milestones later, I have I will really miss the wit and humor ensure our newspapers were the best had the good fortune to lay out over they could be. that you always managed to integrate three years worth of front pages for into our daily assignments, Paul. (And Beyond all that, you gave of your- both newspapers with Paul. He has self on a personal level. Even on the after you leave, I am going to publish taught me how to determine lead all of those private jokes that we most hectic press days, you were stories, news value, and everything never too busy to help someone – shared.) else that is outlined in journalism Courtesy of Warren Victor But most of all, I will carry with me me included – untangle a complex textbooks, but never truly experi- issue and translate it into plain En- the journalistic integrity that you enced until a rookie enters a news- taught me as an integral part of this glish. I could never have written a room. budget story without you! Through job, not to mention how to avoid libel I will miss Paul’s ability to write “As a novice freelance reporter, I suits and the discretion to recognize found in Paul Peyton an open ear to your support and encouragement, to the exact space that is remaining you gave all our writers confidence when silence is golden. on a jump page, saving me oodles of story ideas and a willingness to give You will be dearly missed, but never me as many (or as few) assignments in their own abilities. time in reworking layout, and how Finally, it’s been fun. We’ve made forgotten. Thank you, Paul. You were many tightly-coiled telephone cords as my ever-changing schedule per- one heck of an editor. mitted. He has been a valuable sound- some great friends, had a lot of laughs he has gone through over the past and racked up more than a few adven- nine years. We never did get him ing board and counselor during my tures in downtown Westfield. And, that cordless phone! tenure with The Leader/The Times, like I said, it ain’t over yet. I’ll see you Who will joke with me, “Michelle, and I will miss his steady presence in around, and I’m sure you’ll see me, I bet you’ve already written the head- my work with the paper. “Paul, although we haven’t worked line for your stories,” when the pro- too – probably closing in on the near- together very long, you will be Congratulations and best of luck, est parking space. Got a quarter? cess is normally: story first, then Paul. The Republicans’ gain is the missed. Wishing you all the best in headline? Anyways, best of luck in your new your new endeavor.” paper’s loss.” position. I know you’ll do great. Stop Amy Horowitz Susan Dyckman by the newsroom when you can, and Freelancer The Leader/Times Christmas Party in 1997. Photographer I’ll see ya for lunch.

CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 3 Freeholder Board Wraps Up Year; Linda Stender Lauded for Efforts

By REBECCA TOKARZ become the central location of a pro- ployment for airline and ancillary Specially Written for The Leader and The Times gram that would provide employ- business workers impacted by the ELIZABETH — The Union ment, re-employment, assessment, World Trade Center collapse and its County Board of Chosen Freehold- training and ancillary services to repercussions. ers meeting December 20, its second those impacted by the tragedies. A portion of the $1 million would to last for the year, was filled with The $180,000 in leasing costs will cover the leasing cost of the RexPlex special presentations, the tying up of be covered in full by grant funds space. loose ends of business, and best provided by the National Emergency This is not only a training program wishes to one of its own. Grant given to the state by the federal for the county, Freeholder Holmes The Historical Society of Clark government’s Department of Labor said. It is a statewide program. “This honored Freeholder Linda d. Stender following the events of September 11, program will assist those who were of Fanwood for her continued efforts and later distributed to the counties. dislocated in Union, Essex, Hudson, to preserve the Homestead Farms/ Director of Human Services for and Sussex Counties. It is geared Oak Ridge Golf House. The presen- Union County, Frank Guzzo, in- toward helping these people find jobs tation was made as a way to recog- formed the board that all furnishings close to where they live,” he contin- nize Freeholder Stender for her dedi- would be provided by IKEA Furni- ued. HOLIDAY WELCOME…Residents of Boynton Gardens Senior Citizen Housing in Westfield prepare to welcome their cation and hard work for the county ture Company. Union County Col- The state is allowing Union County young pen pals from the L.A. Spencer School in Newark to a holiday party at the housing establishment on December 11. before she officially resigns from the lege also donated 40 computers as a to run the statewide program and this The seniors and students had an opportunity to get acquainted during the festivities, while they enjoyed refreshments and board. part of the package. should be considered an honor, Free- entertainment. Freeholder Stender, a former Mr. Guzzo said he hopes for ongo- holder Vice Chairman Lewis Mingo, Fanwood Mayor, is expected to re- ing participation by the college with Jr., said. sign soon from her elected seat on this program. “Our process is so effective that the Board of Chosen Freeholders, The second resolution works hand they allowed us to run the program Pen Pal Project Forges Friendships following her election this past No- in hand with leasing the space for the for the state,” he added. vember to the State Assembly. She training program. It authorized the will represent District 22, which in- county manager to accept $1 million cludes Fanwood and Scotch Plains, provided by the National Emergency See it all on the Web! Between Senior Citizens, Students taking office on Tuesday, January 8. Grants program to provide services Congratulations were in order for that address dislocation and re-em- www.goleader.com By MARYLOU MORANO Spencer School/Boynton Gardens “The Pen Pal Project shows the another member of the board as well, Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Pen Pal Project, gives the women the children how to interact with people WESTFIELD – Last year, a group as Chairman Alexander Mirabella opportunity to correspond with stu- outside of their neighborhoods,” said concluded his term as board Chair- of local women began using the long dents ranging in age from 11 to 14 Ms. Greenbaum. “It gives them an man for 2001. Those chairing the Ferguson Announces $250,000 lost art of letter writing to brighten who attend the L.A. Spencer School. opportunity to see a side of life out- the lives of some of Newark’s inner board hold terms of one year. The goals of the Pen Pal Project side of the world they live in.” Many of the speeches thanking city children. Grant to Union County College are many, explained Sharon “As for the senior women,” Ms. him for his service were delayed The women, all in their 70s, 80s Greenbaum, Director of Recreation Greenbaum continued, “they definitely and 90s, are residents of Boynton until the last meeting of the year. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fresh- mas H. Brown, stated that, “The col- for Westfield Senior Housing. Started see the value of the project. One woman Following the presentations, the Gardens, one of Westfield’s senior man Congressman Michael A. lege was extremely pleased to hear of mainly as a way to get the students to said that being a pen pal is the most board continued on with its usual Ferguson (R-7th) announced last this funding from Senator (Robert) citizen housing complexes. improve their writing skills, the pro- important thing she has ever done.” The endeavor, called the L.A. business, as the agenda was filled week that the House of Representa- Torricelli and Congressman Ferguson. gram has had other benefits as well. “In a small way, this is like a with 70 pending resolutions. tives had approved $250,000 to ex- “With these additional moneys, mentoring program,” continued Ms. Many of these involved 2002 bud- pand Union County College’s Com- we will be able to broaden the reach Greenbaum. “The young people getary matters that needed to be munity Learning Center initiative to of the Community Learning Net- thrive on the extra attention.” cleared up before the start of the new provide literacy and computer skills work beyond the existing sites in The Pen Pal Project can be cred- fiscal year. training programs for the unem- Elizabeth and Plainfield. This grant ited in part to the efforts of two L.A. A good portion of the resolutions ployed. will allow us to serve some of the Spencer teachers, Mindy Schwartz consisted of new contracts that would “This funding will help expand the 2,000 unemployed, underemployed and Taman Moncur. Ms. Schwartz is allow companies who already pro- Community Learning Network job- and non-English speaking individu- a Fanwood resident whose mother vide services to Runnells Special- training program to give students the als who are currently on the network’s resides at Boynton Gardens. ized Hospital of Union County in skills they need for the high-tech waiting list.” Over the course of the last year, the Berkeley Heights to continue to do jobs of the future,” Mr. Ferguson The House approved the $250,000 pen pals have come together at bar- so next year. The amounts are not to said. “This excellent program will education earmark for Union County becues and luncheons, both in New- exceed figures specified within the continue to grow and prepare unem- College in the final version of the ark and in Westfield. agreement written in the resolution. ployed New Jerseyans with the lit- $396 billion education spending bill, On December 11, the Newark stu- Other resolutions that were dis- eracy and computer skills they need H.R. 3061, which passed the House dents traveled to Westfield to attend cussed and later passed also involved to succeed.” 393-30. The Senate was expected to a holiday party at the senior housing agreements for contractors that would The college’s president, Dr. Tho- pass the non-controversial legislation. complex. For some of the pen pals, it improve various aspects of the was their first opportunity to meet county’s services in the departments one another. of human services, economic devel- The students received Christmas opment, operational services, public stockings that contained hand-made safety and parks and recreation. hats and other goodies. A pizza lunch There were two resolutions geared was donated in part by Buona Pizza toward assisting individuals whose • Life Insurance in Westfield. “Chips the Clown” do- employment status had been affected Art • Disability Insurance nated the entertainment, which in- by the events that occurred on Sep- • Long Term Care RESTORING ITS ORIGINAL LOOK…David Rogers ensures that the granite cluded magic tricks and a balloon tember 11. pieces of the new Mindowaskin Park overlook in Westfield will fit properly hat for every child. Ammermuller • Employee Benefits when installed. One of the resolutions would al- Harriett Harvey, one of the Boynton low the county to lease a 15,562- Gardens residents participating in square-foot space within the RexPlex “Helping People” 908.233.0920 the program, writes regularly to two center, located at 1001 Ikea Drive, Overlook Restoration Work girls, both 11 years old. Elizabeth. This space, which costs Mrs. Harvey, a school secretary be- $15,000 to lease per month, would fore her retirement, enjoys spending Underway at Mindowaskin time with children. She has been writ- ing to one of the young women since A WESTFIELD Restoration work is People interested in purchasing last year, but met her second pen pal for underway on the Mindowaskin Park items on the overlook are encour- the first time at the holiday party. overlook in Westfield. aged to act quickly. Granite pavers “Both of my girls are a great plea- The Town of Westfield has appro- for the overlook can be purchased for sure to be around,” said Mrs. Harvey priated funds to replace the disinte- $150 with engraving up to three lines of her two pen pals. grating concrete overlook structure. of 15 characters each. Larger donors Her first pen pal has repeatedly In addition, The Friends of can purchase plaques, benches, urns, turned to Mrs. Harvey for guidance Mindowaskin Park, a non-profit or- historic lights, or other items in the about family situations over the last ganization, founded in the early park by contacting Ms. Priest at (908) year. “Volunteering is my thing,” 1990s to revitalize and preserve the 233-8110. remarked Mrs. Harvey. park, has raised funds to upgrade the overlook from concrete to granite. Using plans and specifications from the 1930s design, David Rogers of the Friends of Mindowaskin Park, has prepared restoration specifica- tions that not only restore the origi- nal look of the structure but interlock Jim Hely the overlook structure. “Should the town ever need to work on the overlook in future years, parts may be taken out instead of See us in the Verizon Yellow Pages. needing to replace the entire struc- Only 1 of 40 lawyers is a ture,” Mr. Rogers said. Supreme Court Certified Trial Lawyer. Using historic photos of the over- INJURY CASES (908) 789-9000 look, the Friends of Mindowaskin Park have designed the overlook to the same look of the 1930s. They will also restore and install two historic lights, install granite benches, urns, pavers and plaques. Nancy Priest, President of The Friends of Mindowaskin Park, stated, “We have been fundraising for sev- eral years and are pleased that the restoration is finally underway. We still have some items that donors can purchase. It’s a great way to memo- rialize friends and family members on a town centerpiece.” CLEARANCE! Historical Society Schedules Meeting, Names 2002 Officers CRANFORD – The Union County Historical Society has revealed that its next meeting will be held on Sunday, February 3, at 2:30 p.m. at the Hanson House in Cranford. The FREE PHONE with case, program for the afternoon will be car charger & headset on a announced. new activation During the meeting, the names of high schools in Union County will be selected for the organization’s annual presentation of its history awards to six senior students in June. Historical Society officers recently elected for 2002 are as follows: Presi- Cellular Signal Plus Visit Our Website @ dent, Hazel Hardgrove; Vice-Presi- 132 E. Broad St. • Westfield, NJ 07090 www.cellsig.com dents, Lester Sargent, Lauren Yeats Phone: 908.789.5302 Fax: 908.789.5094 and Alan Zimmermann; Secretary, Jean-Rae Turner; Treasurer, We’re Now Open On Sundays, 12pm - 4pm Stephanie Laucius; Trustees for the Mon., Tues., Wed., & Fri., 9am - 6pm Class of 2004, Arnold H. McClow, Thurs., 9am - 8pm • Sat., 10am - 6pm Michael Yesenko, Lauren Yeats, Vincent Parlapiano and Lester Sargent. CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 4 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION THE TIMES Seven Governors From Union County The Westfield Leader of Scotch Plains – Fanwood — Established 1890 — — Established 1959— The Official Newspaper of the Town of Westfield Official Newspaper of the Borough of Fanwood and Hard Luck, Twists, Fate Followed Them and the County of Union the Township of Scotch Plains By WALTER E. BORIGHT one-year terms – a record for the state in Member of: Member of: chose Penningston over Ogden by a vote New Jersey Press Association New Jersey Press Association • National Newspaper Association Editor’s Note: The following is the both terms held and years served. He of 30-20. The final “best of three” con- National Newspaper Association Scotch Plains Business & Professional Association first half of a column on Union County’s died in office, however, on July 25, 1790 test took place in 1814. Pennington again Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce Fanwood Business & Professional Association seven governors. The second half will be and was succeeded by acting governor prevailed by a vote of 29-23. Elisha Lawrence of Monmouth County. Periodicals – Postage Paid at Westfield, New Jersey Periodicals – Postage Paid at Scotch Plains, New Jersey published next week. Ogden’s term as governor included Livingston and his wife, Susannah frequent clashes with his own Federal- P.O. Box 250 • 50 Elm Street P. O. Box 368 • 1906 Bartle Avenue * * * * * French, had 13 children. He served in the ist-controlled state legislature which was Westfield, N.J. 07091 Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 Hard luck and strange political twists first and second continental congresses opposed to the War of 1812. Ogden, it is Tele: (908) 232-4407 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.goleader.com • Fax: (908) 232-0473 of fate have been a part of the story about and also commanded militia in the Revo- reported, exerted great effort, although every one of the seven New Jersey gov- lutionary War. Livingston’s home while unsuccessfully, to enlist some support POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the offices of the newspapers at ernors from Union County. They en- governor was located on Morris Avenue from them for the war effort. P. O. Box 250, Westfield, New Jersey 07091 countered everything from death in of- across from Kean University near where After leaving office he was engaged fice, a prison sentence for debt, a the three Union County communities of in a number of business ventures includ- PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. governor’s resignation to circumvent a Elizabeth, Union, and Hillside converge. ing steam boating. He was a man of provision of the State Constitution, and Fred K. Lecomte It still stands today and serves as a considerable wealth but costly litigation Michelle H. LePoidevin Horace R. Corbin dead locked elections including even museum open to the public for a nominal SALES DIRECTOR over steam boating rights cost him dearly. A&E and EDUCATION PUBLISHER picking a governor by drawing lots. fee. It is known as Liberty Hall. Years later he was imprisoned in the Suzette F. Stalker David B. Corbin Michael Bartiromo The first governor from what is now Charles Clark, 1812 State of New York for his debts. His COMMUNITY ASSISTANT PUBLISHER & SPORTS MARKETING & PRODUCTION Union County when it was still a part of A war and a resultant resignation made Princeton classmate, Aaron Burr, had a Paul J. Peyton Karen M. Hinds Robert P. Connelly Essex County, was William Livingston. it possible for Westfielder Charles Clark law passed by the New York State Leg- BUSINESS and GOVERNMENT OFFICE MANAGER CLASSIFIEDS & LEGALS He first took office in 1776. The seventh to become governor, albeit an acting islature that prohibited the imprison- Union County governor is acting gover- governor. Joseph Bloomfield, a 10-term ment of Revolutionary War veterans for SUBSCRIPTION PRICE nor Donald T. DiFrancesco, he will be governor in the early 1800s, resigned as debt. Ogden was freed. He lived out his One-year – $24 • Two-year – $46 • Three-year – $66 • One-year college (September to May) – $16 stepping down on January 8, 2002. The governor about the time the War of 1812 years in Jersey City. five governors in between were Charles was declared in June of 1812 against the Ogden lived from 1756 to 1839. His Clark, an acting governor; Aaron Ogden; British. Bloomfield stepped down to family had been in the Elizabethtown Isaac Williamson; Foster M. Voorhees, accept President James Madison’s ap- area since at least 1664. His father be- an acting governor who became gover- pointment to command American troops fore him was active in colonial politics. Augmented By September 11, Year 2001 nor; and William N. Runyon. in the war. He fought in the American Revolution. Like Mr. DiFrancesco, four of these According to the State Constitution at He served in the state assembly and also seven governors were acting governors the time, the next in line to fill the in the United State Senate. He and his Was Highlighted By Numerous News Events who came to office when there was a governor’s post was the vice president of wife, Elizabeth Chitwood, had seven legitimate vacancy in the governor’s the legislative council – the legislative children: two daughters and five sons. It’s difficult, of course, to characterize the year now to surface questioning some of his actions in Scotch post due to an outright resignation of the body that was the forerunner to the New Isaac Williamson, 1817-1829 sitting governor before them. Voorhees Jersey State Senate. The president of the Isaac Williamson’s first election for ending, given that September 11 now seems to frame Plains. was the only one of the four acting council when Bloomfield resigned was governor in 1817 had a somewhat rocky everything in our world. Can the good things that did Days after his official campaign kickoff, the Act- governors to ever become a full-fledged Charles Clark who resided in the West beginning. When he last ran for office in happen be seen purely as good things, or must they ing Governor bowed out, leaving party regulars governor in his own right. Livingston, Fields of Elizabethtown. Today the town 1829 it was an even rockier finish, which Ogden, and Williamson never served as is known as Westfield. It is one of Union resulted in two elections for governor be tempered with a reference to the evil deeds of scrambling to find an alternative to Bret Schundler. acting governors. County’s 21 municipalities. being within about a one-week period. Of September 11? They soon settled on former Congressman Bob Until 1844, the elections for New Although the exact date when Clark his first election, one can easily say he The outpouring of support in recent weeks for local Franks, who was defeated in the June Primary by Mr. Jersey governor were conducted by mem- began serving as acting governor is un- became governor through the back door. bers of the two houses of the State Leg- clear, he served for a period of about five Williamson’s first election in 1817 charitable organizations is, of course, a direct result Schundler, who then went on to lose to Mr. McGreevey islature meeting in joint session. The months until October 27, 1812 at which came about when Governor Mahlon of the events in New York City. The challenge is to in November. elections generally took place in late time James Schureman of Middlesex Dickerson resigned mid-term in Febru- ensure that this backing continues so that, one day, Locally, it was a split decision for the two parties. October with the oath of office being County became vice president of the ary of 1817 to take a seat in the United administered shortly thereafter. Union legislative council. Schureman then States Senate. An election was promptly people’s generosity will be seen as a new paradigm Democrats gained control of the Westfield Town County broke away from Essex County served briefly as acting governor until held and Williamson was elected for the spawned by, but no longer framed by, the terrorist Council for the first time, while Republicans wid- in 1857. the newly elected governor, Aaron Ogden unexpired term. But it wasn’t easy. attacks. ened their council margin in Scotch Plains. Demo- William Livingston, 1776-1790 of Elizabethtown, took the oath of office Williamson failed to get a majority of William Livingston, the first New on November 3. the votes on the first ballot. He came up On a different level, the sense of national unity crats held on to their two seats on the Fanwood Jersey governor and the first from Union Clark lived from 1752 to 1821. He one vote short in a three-man race: 26- displayed in the face of the attacks — via flags and council, while maintaining their 9-0 majority on the County, experienced hard luck from the married Ann Yeomans and they had two 21-6. On the second ballot Williamson the like — should eventually, we’d hope, come to be county freeholder board. In the new 21st District, very outset. He was caught up in a dead sons, Samuel and Charles. A soldier in narrowly defeated Joseph McIlvaine, 29- locked election. He also had the unfortu- the Continental Army he served in the 26. After that cliff-hanger, elections went seen as the natural thing for patriotic people to do, in Republicans won all three races for State Senate and nate distinction of being the only New Westfield volunteer company known as smoothly for Williamson for nearly a times of both war and peace. Assembly, while next door, in the new 22nd District, Jersey governor to die in office. the New Jersey Greens during the Revo- dozen years until 1829. Perhaps the September 11 attacks forced many of it was a Democratic sweep. A New Yorker by birth, he lived from lutionary War. In addition to his service Elected 12 times, Williamson was 1723-1790. He moved to New Jersey in in the upper house of the state legisla- closing in on Governor Livingston’s us to refocus ourselves and concentrate on those Our area continued to make positive moves for- 1760, moving to Elizabethtown in 1772. ture, the legislative council, he also record-setting string of 14 terms as gov- aspects of life that are truly important: our family and ward. Westfield began tackling redevelopment of the His election as New Jersey’s first governor served in the New Jersey General As- ernor. Minutes of the State Legislature friends, our health and safety, and the general well- Central Avenue corridor on the south side of town. once it attained statehood, only came about sembly rising to the post of assembly indicate that Williamson had either no after he emerged victorious from a dead speaker. opponents or was unanimously elected being of our neighbors and communities. If some- Scotch Plains and Fanwood both made great strides locked election with Richard Stockton, a Aaron Ogden, 1812-1813 for all but his first and last elections. But thing good came out of the horrors of that September in improving the look of their central business dis- signer of the Declaration of Independence. Aaron Ogden’s elections for governor something happened on his way to pos- day, let it be this renewed emphasis on what truly tricts. Our schools continued to turn out well-rounded There were a series of problems sur- could possibly be compared to a world sibly setting a new record. rounding that first election in 1776 that championship, boxing match. Three Williamson found himself in political matters in life. kids who were involved in their communities. Our went beyond merely being a tied election. times state legislators voted in races that trouble later in his service as governor It was certainly an interesting year, even without towns’ street fairs this year were all well-attended Initially the Legislature was unable to pitted Ogden against William S. after he sided with the John Adams’ September 11. The nation ushered in a new Presidency and successful. Vito Gagliardi, Sr. of Scotch Plains meet due to a lack of a quorum. This Pennington. It was akin to the person faction of the divided Democratic-Re- delayed the election. When the two houses winning “the best out of three” becom- publican party. Not long after his deci- after a prolonged vote-counting process. The state was named state Education Commissioner under Mr. did meet on August 31 and voted, the ing the undisputed world champion. sion, the opposing wing of the party, that welcomed a new governor who resides in our area. DiFrancesco. And Westfield continued to serve as a results were an equal number of votes for Some years after completing his service loyal to Andrew Jackson, was in com- The economy fell into a recession, ending the sound stage of sorts for the NBC program “Ed”. each candidate. The dead lock was bro- as governor he ended up in a New York mand of the state legislature and wanted ken when a plan was devised to allow state prison for non-payment of debt. Williamson out as governor. When the longest economic expansion on record. Gas prices Our area lost a few good people this year. H. Livingston to become governor and for Ogden competed for governor in 1812, election of 1829 rolled around it could spiked in early summer before dropping in recent Emerson Thomas, former Westfield Mayor, died, as Stockton to become chief justice of the 1813, and 1814. He had been nominated be described as one of New Jersey’s weeks to their lowest levels in years. did former Assemblyman and Scotch Plains Mayor court system. They each were elected by by the Federalist Party at least one addi- most bizarre. That year the Legislature the Legislature to those posts but Stock- tional time but withdrew. Ogden bested ended up conducting two separate elec- For three days last winter, the region waited for a Alan Augustine. Our cultural world has a big void to ton, apparently still not happy with what Pennington by a vote of 30-22 in the first tions for governor within a one-week blizzard that never quite materialized. For the first fill with the recent death of Harry Devlin, and our transpired, turned down the post. race between them in 1812. In a return period. time since 1997, baseball’s champions weren’t named communities continue to mourn the losses of those Livingston went on to be elected 13 match the next year, the tables were On October 30, the Jacksonian-domi- more times – a total of 14 consecutive, turned on Ogden when state legislators nated legislature elected Garret D. Wall the Yankees. who perished in the World Trade Center, Pentagon in a vote of 39-15-2. Williamson received Politically, it was a topsy-turvy year. Christine and United Flight 93 attacks. 15 votes and a William Chetwood gar- Todd Whitman left the governorship to head the While it will be difficult to look back at 2001 nered two. But the fight wasn’t over. Within a few days Wall caused turmoil by federal Environmental Protection Agency and was without thinking of September 11, we should all take rejecting the opportunity to become gov- succeeded by State Senate President Donald T. comfort in the fact that, despite those tragic events, ernor. A second election became neces- DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains. He was revving up his our world survived and continues to move forward. sary. On November 6 Williamson faced off against Peter D. Vroom. Vroom over- campaign, first to face Jersey City Mayor Bret Hopefully, we will remain united and continue to whelmed Williamson by a vote of 42-13. Schundler in a GOP Primary and then Democrat Jim display the positive characteristics that mark us all as Born in Elizabethtown, Isaac McGreevey in November, when press reports began Americans. Williamson lived from 1767 to 1844. He and his wife, Anne Crossdale, had two sons, Benjamin and Isaac. Originally a Federalist, he was elected to the State General Assembly and later as governor as a Democratic-Republican. Thanks To All for Making Experience After leaving the governor’s post he went on to serve as mayor of Elizabeth and late as a member of the legislative council from Essex County. He turned With Leader And Times A Great One down an appointment to the State Su- mayors and 20 councilpersons since Next year begins a process of shifting preme Court and later served as a mem- By PAUL J. PEYTON May, 1994. from two-year terms to four years. The ber of the constitutional convention that Seven and a half years may not seem Many issues have been debated, ev- terms of the Mayor and council for the drafted New Jersey’s second constitu- like a long time, but in the news world, erything from the town sale of land, 2002 elections will be three years, with tion, the Constitution of 1844, but re- it’s pretty significant. known as the Lexington Heights devel- four years the norm in 2003. signed and died before it was completed. On the news front, a lot has taken opment off of Prospect Street, to the County government has seen a shift David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times place. During my time here, this news- approval of an exterior property mainte- from a 6-3 Republican majority in 1992 ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION...The Westfield Leader and The Times Politi- ABCDICTIONOPQRSTDECEPTIONUVWXYZ paper has had three publishers – Kurt nance code, to the early-morning gar- to 9-0 Democratic control the past four cal Editor Paul Peyton, left, converses with Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco and Jeffrey Bauer and Horace Corbin. bage pickups, to the current debate over years. Since July, 1992, there have been while another reporter jots down information after the Union County Repub- They took the lead in bringing The the display of religious symbols. nine freeholder chairmen and 24 mem- lican convention at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on March 24, 2001. Westfield Leader and The Times of Newspaper stories do have an impact bers of the freeholder board. DD Scotch Plains-Fanwood into the 21st on government. The Recreation Com- I became the managing editor of The DTM century. They have seen this paper mission a few years ago was set to de- Leader and The Times in 1994, follow- D through it all, from typewriters to com- velop a section of Brightwood Park, a ing a year-and-a-half stint as a freelance Letters to the Editor Diction Deception puters, to an electronic publication via natural sanctuary in town, for ball fields, writer, where I had the Westfield Plan- Below are four arcane words, each a portable document format (pdf) on the until we ran a story (which I authored). ning Board and Board of Adjustment with four definitions – only one is cor- Internet. The story got a number of residents in an beats, not to mention the county free- Westfields’ Love And Prayers Help rect. The others are made up. Are you The Corbin ownership took over a uproar, thus killing the plan. Wetlands holders. I have covered the Westfield sharp enough to discern this deception of “Leader family” that was in shock fol- was their way out. council since May, 1994. diction? lowing the March 4, 1996 murder in its There are those issues that won’t go Over the past few years, my emphasis With Anguish And Fear of Cancer If you can guess one correctly – good own offices of Jeff Bauer by his es- away: how to collect leaves in the most has been on political and government guess. If you get two – well-read indi- tranged wife, Meta Bauer, who killed effective manner, the policy of paving coverage, ensuring that all meetings, as In May our family was given the dev- your generosity of time and spirit was astating news that our teenage daughter appreciated. You took away a worri- vidual. If you get three – word expert. If herself right after delivering the fatal streets and replacement of curbs. well as election news, are covered. Elec- you get all four – You must have a lot of shots to Mr. Bauer. On the political front, in 1996, tion Night has always been a late one had cancer. While we worked through some fear we had. To those who tele- the anguish and fear, we felt the love and phoned, wrote cards, or dropped off little free time! Covering Westfield has been a fas- Westfielders elected the first Democrat around our Elm Street offices, but prob- All words and correct definitions cinating experience. Council meet- to the Mayor’s office in 85 years. In ably my favorite night of the year. prayers of the community of Westfield surprises, please know that each act of carrying us through the trials of the kindness had a direct impact on Angela’s come from the board game Diction ings, every Tuesday night (same Bat 2002, Democrats will take the majority My tenure with The Leader and The Deception. on the council for the first time in town Times has been a rewarding experience. moment. Though we had been told that psyche. time; same Bat channel) run late into Answers to last week’s arcane words. the evening. There have been three history. But now it is time to move on. I have we would “feel the prayers,” we had no Conquering cancer has a large mental accepted the position of Direc- idea of the power behind these words. component; you were part of the healing 1. Vire – An arrow that whirls as it flies tor of Communications for Over the year, there have been times process. To all of the Westfield teachers State Senator-elect Richard when we have felt overwhelmed, only to and administrators who have helped not 2. Inveigle – To entise or trick 3. Pedum – A pastoral staff Bagger and Assemblymen Tom have the weight lifted by angelic hands. only Angela but our whole family deal Kean, Jr., both of Westfield, There were moments when our feet barely with this challenge, your support has 4. Jactation – The act of bragging and Dr. Eric Muñoz of Sum- hit the pavement as they were carried played a large role in our ability to cope. TREGETOUR mit. I officially begin my new along by the force of prayer. As we face To all of Angela’s friends, thank you for 1. A valet; servant endeavor on Monday, January the holidays, we wanted to thank all who sticking by her side. 2. A merchant marine 6. I will still be on the “north have cared enough to pray for us. The The doctors have told us time and 3. A juggler or magician side” of Westfield; “203” in- prayers are felt and appreciated. again of the importance of peer support 4. A grave digger stead of “50” Elm Street. We also want to thank the many who to Angela’s healing. To the priests and DAHOON Thank you to all the offi- have helped us along the way. To those our friends at St. Helen’s, your love and 1. A dugout canoe cials in our coverage area and of you who have cared for our younger support have given us spiritual blessings 2. A small evergreen tree of the south- the many area residents who children, no words can express our grati- that have sustained us. To our special ern U.S. having white, soft, close-grained have helped make my experi- tude. We don’t know what we would friend who put us in touch with the wood ence at this newspaper a great have done without you. To those who wonderful doctors at Sloan Kettering, 3. A person with a mental deficiency; one. have fed and walked our dogs on our we will never be able to thank you enough. a moron Thanks also to the wonder- long days in the hospital, you gave us While we would never, ever choose 4. A hut or small dwelling of India ful staff, both past and present, peace of mind that every member of our this path, we do feel blessed. Cancer is INCICURABLE of The Leader and Times. They family was cared for. To those of you an opportunity to grow, and grow we 1. Incapable of being tamed have contributed greatly in who arranged the blood drive or gave have. One way we have grown is that we 2. Perplexing; unsolvable making this publication such a blood, you gave far more than you can have seen the best our world has to offer 3. Incapable of learning` strong, community-oriented comprehend. - in all of you. The community of 4. Unscrupulous newspaper. On those days when Angela received Westfield has been extraordinary. We CROMLECH So while it is not a goodbye blood, there was tremendous comfort are so lucky to live in a town where so 1. A grouchy old man; curmudgeon to Westfield, it is time for me knowing that the blood had been given many people care. Thank you from the 2. A slingshot to sign off as the senior editor with love to her. To our nurse friends, bottom of our hearts. 3. A prehistoric tomb consisting of a of this newspaper. Thanks for who came in the evenings to administer The Ricci Family large, flat stone laid across upright stones the memories. shots, you will never know how much Westfield 4. A three-sided cabin or hut CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 5 Union County Sues Lead Paint Industry Vote on Freeholder Redistricting Over Poisoning Hazards In Children ELIZABETH — Union County detection, medical monitoring and ment and education efforts.” For County Could Come Jan. 3 Freeholder Chairman Alexander preventative screening of all chil- The Union County litigation is the Mirabella today announced that the By PAUL J. PEYTON choose four of the nine members on Court, Deborah T. Poritz, would dren in the county. The county is also third suit of its kind in New Jersey, Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times County of Union has filed a lawsuit seeking the defendants to fund pro- and follows dozens of similar law- the county’s freeholder board at- choose a fifth commissioner. The against the lead paint industry, say- grams to provide public education suits filed across the country in the TRENTON – Union County Re- large. There are five freeholder dis- districts would have to be created ing it’s time to hold lead paint mak- relating to the continuing dangers past decade, including New York, publicans believe a bill to bring re- tricts containing one seat each. within 30 days of the effective bill. ers accountable for the “lives they poised by lead. California and Texas. districting to the county freeholder Freeholders are elected at-large in Assemblyman Kean said he an- ruined and the damage they have The defendants in the case are the Union County’s lawsuit is a public board may be their last chance to both Mercer and Union Counties. ticipates that Assemblyman Kelly’s caused.” Lead Industries Association, and 10 nuisance claim, which seeks to hold bring a two-party government to the Mercer County has seven seats, while bill will be voted on at the Thursday, The suit, filed in Union County Su- paint manufacturers, including the lead paint industry liable for board. Democrats have held all nine Union County has nine freeholder January 3 legislative session. The perior Court, seeks to recover the costs Dupont, American Cyanamid and cleaning up and for health costs borne seats on the board since 1998. seats. Freeholders in Union and Mer- bill needs to pass the Assembly and of responding, detecting and abating Sherwin-Williams. by taxpayers. The county’s lawsuit A bill, A-4053, sponsored by Essex cer all are currently elected to stag- Senate in separate votes. the presence of lead in public and Freeholder Nicholas P. Scutari said alleges that the paint manufacturers County Assemblyman John V. Kelly, gered, three-year terms. “I’m optimistic,” said Mr. Kean, private buildings and homes through- the lawsuit is the right thing to do, knew lead was a problem since 1904, was pulled from consideration by the Districts in each of the counties that the legislation will pass in both out the county. It also seeks payment especially for working families and but deliberately misled the public. Assembly on December 17 due to a would be created by commissions houses. for all present and future health costs children. “These manufacturers create and heavy agenda of bills in the current consisting of four members chosen Mr. Frigerio has indicated that incurred by county residents suffering “Through this litigation, we seek sell a dangerous product which hurts lame-duck session. The bill was re- by the Republican and Democratic Acting Governor Donald T. from exposure to lead paint. to gain new resources to detect and thousands of children each year,” leased from the Assembly Govern- chairpersons in each of those coun- DiFrancesco has promised to sign The county is seeking the defen- abate lead from children’s homes said Freeholder Mirabella. “We want ment Committee earlier this month. ties. the legislation if it reaches his desk dants to pay for preventative and preventing future childhood lead them to take responsibility for their Union County Republican Chair- If a tiebreaker is needed, Chief before he leaves office on Tuesday, educational measures including the poisoning,” Freeholder Scutari said. actions.” man Ronald Frigerio said he views Justice of the New Jersey Supreme January 8. creation of a fund for lead-poisoning “It will help our prevention, treat- According to county officials, lead the legislation as a last means of poisoning affects all ages, but the gaining representation for Republi- highest risk is to children under 6. It cans. He noted that GOP candidates can cause permanent damage to the have been losing by amounts rang- nervous system. It can lower intelli- ing between 10,000 and 20,000 votes Housing Boom Foreseen gence, impair cognitive function and countywide to Democrats in the free- increase hyperactivity and aggres- holder races. sion levels. “One-third of the partisan voters During Year 2002 According to county officials, are not being represented,” Mr. nearly 7,000 children throughout Frigerio explained, citing those per- Sales of existing homes will top buyers are not only interested in New Jersey last year had enough sons who are registered Democrats the 5 million mark nationally this the investment aspect, but are just lead in their blood to impair their and Republicans. year for the third consecutive time. as diligently considering the ability to think, concentrate and learn. While three bills have been cre- Despite the uncertainties of the lifestyle advantages of a commu- The county states that experts be- ated on the subject, Mr. Frigerio only economy, it is expected that 2002 views a bill sponsored by Assembly- will result in similar sales figures. lieve at least 30,000 more New Jer- Driving this continued housing phe- sey children under age 6 are also man Kelly as having a legitimate chance of passing and becoming law nomenon is a combination of low poisoned, but have never been tested. interest rates and pent up demand for Also, officials stated that nearly before the GOP loses the Governor’s office and majority in the Assembly ownership. one million children in the United “On the local level we have a States have been identified with high as of January 8. The Senate will be a 20-20 split between the two major similar picture,” according to lead levels in their blood. The county Barbara Callahan of the Westfield says that new research has found that political parties. Mr. Kelly’s bill, co-sponsored by Office of Coldwell Banker Resi- RIDING HIGH…Fontaine Gatti enjoys a ride atop an elephant during her not only are current treatments inef- dential Brokerage. “Even after the fective, but brain damage occurs at Assemblymen Richard H. Bagger, travels through India and Nepal. She will discuss her journey as guest speaker Eric Muñoz and Tom Kean, Jr., would events of September 11 and the for the First Wednesday Luncheon of the Westfield Historical Society at noon much lower exposure than ever decline of the stock market, pre- on January 2 at B.G. Fields Restaurant in Westfield. thought possible. impact Mercer, Union and Essex mium housing remains in high de- Counties. mand,” Callahan stated. Our office Book Discussion Set The bill would require a separate is still experiencing multiple offers Fontaine Gatti to Describe district for each freeholder, divided on properties and the number of At Fanwood Library by the number of residents in the people viewing our listings has not county. With Union County’s popu- decreased at all,” she said. Barbara Callahan, sales associate with FANWOOD – The Fanwood Me- lation of 540,000, that would mean While low interest rates have the Westfield office of Coldwell Travels to India and Nepal morial Library has invited members 60,000 constituents per freeholder, Banker, sees the housing market amaz- been a definite contributor in sus- ingly vibrant. WESTFIELD – Fontaine Gatti, a Scouts, Boy Scouts, Colonial of the public to participate in a book Assemblyman Kean explained. taining such a strong market, sim- travel counselor, travel writer and Questers, Union County Medical discussion on Thursday, January 10, “With a county as large and di- ply the fact that people want to lecturer, will present a slide and lec- Society, Toastmasters, the Plainfield at 7:30 p.m. at the library. verse as Union,” Mr. Kean said, the own a home or upgrade the one nity.” Barbara said. ture program about her journey Camera Club, Mountainside Twig Librarian Ruth Ahnert will lead a legislation would lead to a greatly they currently reside in has been a The Westfield office of Coldwell through India and Nepal at the First and the Rosary Society at Our Lady discussion of “Girl With A Pearl Ear- improved “representative govern- major factor. “The home owner- Banker Residential Brokerage has Wednesday Luncheon of the of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church ring,” written by Tracy Chevalier. ment” within the county. ship experience seems to have been the top Coldwell Banker office Westfield Historical Society at noon in Mountainside. To best participate, interested indi- Voters in Essex County currently taken on a greater importance to- in the NY metropolitan area for 16 on January 2 at B.G. Fields Restau- Mrs. Gatti currently serves on the viduals are encouraged to read the day than any time in my career. consecutive years. 2001 will be re- rant, located at 560 Springfield Ave. boards of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains book before the meeting date. Copies Neighborhoods, community ser- corded as the best year ever for the in Westfield. YMCA and the Youth and Family are available at the library, located at See it all on the Web! vices, schools, and recreation pro- office in residential home sales. You Mrs. Gatti, who has been in the Counseling Service. She is a Stephens North Avenue and Tillotson Road. grams are highly coveted features can reach Barbara at 908-301-2886 travel business for 30 years, is a Minister and Eucharistic Minister, For more information, please call www.goleader.com in today’s market. Prospective or at [email protected]. Trustee of the Westfield Historical as well as Vice-President of Widow- the library at (908) 322-6400. Society and directs the organization’s Widowers at Our Lady of Lourdes. field trips during the year. She additionally belongs to the NEW EXTENDED STUDIO She has traveled to various parts of French Club and Friends of the DWI, SPEEDING? the world and became a member of Westfield Symphony and is active the Circumnavigators Club five years with hospice. Mrs. Gatti recently ago when she circled the globe in one joined the Mountainside Rescue DRUG CHARGES? continuous trip. She is currently Squad and is currently pursuing her employed at American Express Emergency Medical Service train- NEW EXTENDED STUDIO We’ll Defend You In Court! Travel in Scotch Plains. ing. NEW PROGRAM A graduate of the University of Regular attendees of the First STARTS JAN. 7 Maryland School of Nursing, Mrs. Wednesday Luncheon will be con- Gatti worked in advertising part time tacted by a telephone committee of Call when her children were young and as the Historical Society to verify their Hatha & Ashtanga a substitute teacher in the Scotch reservations. YOGA (all levels) GARY J. GRABAS Plains-Fanwood school system. Space permitting, others are wel- 24 " CLASSES Back, breathing & Former Middlesex and Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Active in volunteer work, she has come to attend. Interested individu- PER WEEK rejuvenative classes served as an officer in the Fanwood- als are asked to call (908) 233-2930 SINCE 1988 Scotch Plains Newcomers Club, the before noon on Monday, December Yoga for kids (8 to 12) Jaycettes, the Garden Club, Girl 31, for seating information. 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There is non-residents. a one-time registration fee of $5, Karate — Session 2, Tuesdays, paid at the recreation office. The for ages 5 to 15. The class will be cost is $1.70 per game or $5.10 for offered at different times, at a cost three games. Shoes are included in of $30 for residents and $35 for the cost. non-residents. Shoestring Players, Saturday, Arts & Crafts, for children in February 9, an introductory work- grades 3 through 6, Tuesdays at shop that introduces kids to the joy various times. The cost is $25 for of performing. The program will be residents and $30 for non-residents. offered from 10 a.m. to noon for Children’s Bowling Program, children in grades 3 through 5, and Linden Lanes. A $10 registration 1 to 3 p.m. for those in grades 6 fee is included with this program. through 8. The program will be Also, there is a $6 fee to be paid offered at the Towne House in Green weekly at the bowling center. Forest Park at a cost of $25 for Bumper Bowling is available for residents and $30 for non-residents. Michael Thomas Carter and Miss Jodi Bertelson children 5 to 7 years old and regular Windham, Vt. Ski Trip-for teens bowling for those youngsters 5 to in Scotch Plains and Fanwood, 14 years old. March 1-3, 2002. Instrument Workshop, various The $375 per person fee includes Miss Jodi Bertelson classes and instruments will be of- two full days of skiing, lift tickets, fered for this program. all meals (except lunch at the lodge) Sketching, for fourth through and lodging. Registration is on a sixth graders, Fridays, 4 to 5 p.m., first-come, first-served basis with a To Wed Michael T. Carter Brunner Elementary School art maximum of 40 persons accepted Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bertelson of N.C., and teaches at Union Academy room. The cost is $30 for residents for the trip. Payment must be made Westfield have announced the en- Charter School in Indian Trail. and for $35 for non-residents. in full at the time of registration. Twirling, open to children aged 6 Joint Trips: Mountainside, New Thomas M. Pierce and Miss Michelle R. Beese gagement of their daughter, Miss The future bridegroom graduated Jodi Bertelson, to Michael Thomas from Severna Park High School in to 10 years. Beginner and interme- Providence and Scotch Plains have Carter of Indian Trail, N.C. He is the Maryland in 1994 and from Old diate classes will be offered at 4 and joined forces to sponsor several trips son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom Martin of Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Terrill in 2002. Miss Michelle Robin Beese Severna Park, Md. in 1999. He is also attending Wingate Middle School cafeteria. Vacation destinations will include The bride-to-be graduated from University, where he is a candidate Senior Aerobics, offered at the Long Island in the spring, Westfield High School in 1995 and for a master’s degree in business Towne House in Green Forest Park Gettysberg in the summer and Pi- from Dickinson College in Carlisle, administration. He is employed by on Mondays and Fridays from 11:30 geon Forge, Tenn. in the fall. Look Engaged to Thomas M. Pierce Pa., in 1999. She is currently pursu- Alltel Communications in Charlotte. a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for for details after the start of the new residents and $10 for non-residents. year. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Beese of Doris J. Pierce of Hilton Head Is- ing a master’s degree in education at A wedding is planned for Septem- Westfield have announced the en- land, S.C., and George E. Pierce, Sr. Wingate University in Charlotte, ber of 2002. gagement of their daughter, Miss of Princeton, both formerly of Michelle Robin Beese of Point Pleas- Westfield. ant Beach, to Thomas M. Pierce of The bride-elect is a graduate of Westfield. He is the son of Mrs. Westfield High School and the Catho- Westfield Recreation Events lic University of America in Wash- New Classes to Start Week Of days, 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. ington, D.C. She is employed as an This class uses exercise with Westfield Y Reveals oncology specialist with Hoffmann- January 7 Kids Club, Tuesdays, 9:30 to dance steps. The cost is $50 per LaRoche, Inc. person. Trips for Early 2002 Her fiancé is also a graduate of 11:30 a.m. Children and their parents will Children’s Instrument Workshop, WESTFIELD — The Westfield Y, Westfield High School and the Uni- Offered to Children in Pre-Kinder- Resolution or Resolve? How Have versity of Scranton in Scranton, Pa. participate in sing-a-longs, arts and located at 220 Clark Street, has an- crafts, free play, and much more. garten through Grade 6. nounced that two trips are scheduled He received his Master of Business Piano, strings, and a new orches- Our Lives Changed Since Sept. 11? Administration Degree from Kids Club is geared toward pre- for the beginning of the new year. school and kindergarten-aged chil- tra will be offered at a cost of $55. On Thursday, January 17, there Fordham University in New York By REV. DR. DARLA TURLINGTON living, a way informed by September dren. The cost is $50 per child. Events, Tickets, Trips 11, look like? will be a visit to the Newark Museum City and is a Senior Vice-President Mad Science Workshop, March The year-end turning of the calen- with GCI Group, a division of Grey Cardio Sculpt & Tone, Mondays You would wrestle with your un- to view the only East Coast stop for and Wednesdays, 9:30 to 10:15 25 to 29. dar has an interesting effect on most “Art and Home: Dutch Interiors in Global Group, in New York City. of us. It invites self-reflection, tak- derstanding of God and humanity a.m. This special workshop will be and seek answers to remaining ques- the Age of Rembrandt.” Miss Beese is the granddaughter held during the winter Westfield ing stock and making plans. That’s of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. This class is for all adults who tions, whatever they may be. Don’t Participants will be provided with want to get in shape and tone their public schools vacation week from why the tradition of New Year’s reso- a gourmet box lunch in the museum Cuccinello and the late Dr. and Mrs. lutions emerged. settle for not knowing, for being body. Moms can bring their infant 9 a.m. to noon. The fee is $100. unsure about divine providence and cafe, before taking guided tours of Norman C. Beese. Mr. Pierce is the Teen Programs Time itself allows a pause while grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. (in their infant seat) while they care; read religious books, visit reli- both the Dutch exhibit and another workout. The cost is $40 per per- Teen Center, Friday Nights, 8 we consider accomplishments and called “Picturing America.” The fee John J. Jordan and the late Mr. and failures and select those things that gious communities and find answers. son. p.m. to Midnight. You would regularly tell the people for this trip is $45. Mrs. Charles L. Pierce, Sr. This program, held in the com- will receive our attention for the The couple plans to be married in Rhythm Social Dancing, Tues- in your life that they matter to you. On Saturday, February 16, a trip is days Beginning the Week of Febru- munity room of the municipal build- immediate future. planned to the George Street Play- the fall of next year. Never in our lifetimes has such an Regularly, not just on their birth- ary 5. ing on East Broad Street, features days. Your routine would include house in New Brunswick, to see a This program will teach partici- music, movies, pool tables, video enterprise been more inviting. The matinee performance of Wendy tragedies of September 11 stand as a habitual statements of appreciation Caitlin Nicole pants the Salsa, Swing, Merengue, games, ping-pong, foosball, air and love. Wasserstein’s award-winning com- Cha-Cha, Hustle and more. The hockey, a big screen TV, refresh- backdrop to 2002, and to every year edy Sisters Rosensweig. to come. The entire populace seemed You would not let friends slip away Born to Millers class will be held from February 5 ments, a lounge area and special or acts of kindness wait, but would Lunch will not be provided, but to March 5 from 8 to 9 p.m. at a cost events. to take a collective breath and realize the Y can supply a list of area restau- Julie and John Miller of our values had gone awry. Suddenly, reach out to heal misunderstandings; of $65 per couple or $40 per indi- Night Place, Offered monthly to to say, “I’m sorry;” to offer forgive- rants. The fee for this trip is $55. Beechwood have announced the birth all intermediate school youths, from the things and people we value most of their daughter, Caitlin Nicole vidual. ness and to provide a pick-me-up. Y membership is not required for Arts and Crafts, Tuesdays, 4:30 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. were not taken for granted anymore. the trips. Transportation, bus driver Miller, on Friday, October 26, at Overnight, we realized that any You would watch the news and use to 5:15 p.m. Activities for Night Place include some discernment about its truth and gratuity and all entry fees are in- 11:36 a.m. at Overlook Hospital in disc jockey, food, games, movies moment may be our last chance to Summit. The class offers art instruction emphases. But more importantly, you cluded in the costs. Meals are in- using various forms of media to and dancing. The cost is $2 in ad- say, “I love you,” to give a hug, to cluded only where specified. Caitlin weighed 7 pounds and 7 make an apology, to set things right would respond compassionately to create many different projects. The vance and $3 at the door. Upcom- what is going on in the world. That To ensure a space, interested indi- ounces and measured 19¾ inches in ing dates include January 25, Feb- with God and neighbors. length at birth. cost is $30 per person. might mean praying for victims in viduals are encouraged to register in Dancercise, Tuesdays and Thurs- ruary 15, March 22, and May 17. So, how have you done so far person at the Y front desk. Payment The baby’s maternal grandparents living out of your new awareness? Is other places, or sending donations to in full is due upon registration and no are George and Jill Barbier of it already forgotten? Are you fixated areas facing disasters, or emailing your refunds will be issued unless a Fanwood. on the offense of the attackers, or congressional representatives about our person’s seat can be sold. For more Her paternal grandparents are sorrow of the survivors, and so avoid- role in international politics. information, please call the Y at (908) Mildred Miller of Scotch Plains and ing applying the lessons of history to You would continue to feel a swell 233-2700. the late John Miller. WHS Class of 1992 your own life? Have you overreacted of pride when you see the American and become paralyzed by insecurity flag, and perhaps continue to hang it Organizes Reunion or embittered by prejudice? Or have at your door or wear it on your lapel. WESTFIELD – The Class of 1992 you drawn the lesson into your heart But you would also exercise your from Westfield High School will and begun to live differently? If you citizenship by finding out about our celebrate its reunion on Saturday, have not begun yet, New Year’s is a nation’s policies, and wielding what May 4, 2002. For more information, good time to begin. influence you have to see that bias is please call (732) 617-1000. What would a different way of condemned, that the powerless are protected (from children in war zones to the elderly in the home down the street), and that United States money and power are used to bring about a Linda Bernot, PT, has been recognized throughout just peace wherever possible. the state and nation as a leader in Aquatic Physical If you are starting to feel weak Therapy. She currently is the Aquatic Coordinator at before this list, then it’s time to put ADVANCED Physical Therapy Associates located at aside resolutions and reach deeply Help Can’t Wait for resolve. Each of us is able to be all 210 North Avenue East in Cranford, NJ. we’re meant to be, as children of Call: 1-888-999-HELP (4357) God, as relatives, neighbors, friends, Linda worked with founders, David and Nancy One Call Does It All and as citizens of our country and our Tax Deductible • Free Towing world. Van Brunt, to establish an innovative Aquatic You are able. Reach deep inside Physical Therapy and Wellness program ten years Any Make / Any Model • Cars Trucks & Vans * Some restrictions apply yourself and find the resolve to be ago. This program has evolved into our cur- different, as different as our world rent state of the art warm water therapeutic pool has become. and spa rehabilitation. Many area residents have * * * * * Reverend Turlington is Senior Pas- experienced less pain and improved function Why should you plan tor of the First Baptist Church of with this program, greatly assisting those with Westfield, located at 170 Elm Street. arthritis, joint replacement, spinal stenosis, disc herniation and recovery from spinal injury. your own funeral? Story Time Programs Scheduled at Library Linda Bernot graduated Cum Laude from New York University in 1981. She is SCOTCH PLAINS – Registration one of four physical therapists nationwide, who developed a risk management and Forethought® funeral planning: for the Winter 2002 Story Time at the Scotch Plains Public Library will safety program for Aquatic Physical Therapy Professionals in 1994. This program Forethought funeral • Relieves your family of emotional burden begin on Tuesday, January 8, and is endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association and Linda continues to planning is funded through • Expresses your own wishes in your plans will continue until each class is full. lecture nationwide on topics of aquatic risk management and treatment to other policies from Forethought The maximum number per class is Life Insurance Company • Protects funeral costs from inflation professionals. 20 children. A sign-up sheet will be • Makes it easier for those you love available on the Children’s Room desk. ADVANCED Physical Therapy Associates is proud of Linda’s expertise Call for details today ... “Pre-School Story Time” will run and achievement. She, along with our staff of specialized physical and on Tuesdays, January 29 through while you’re thinking about it. March 5, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. or occupational therapists, provide comprehensive care for pediatrics, hand from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Children must be injuries, orthopedic, neurologic and Women’s health issues. three years old on or before the date
 of the first program.    Therapists like Linda are responsible for our reputation as one of the finest practices in “K-First Grade Story Time” will – Since 1897 – also run on Tuesdays from January the state. 29 through March 5, from 3:30 to 4 p.m. • FRED H. GRAY, JR. •WILLIAM A. DOYLE • PAULETTE CRABIEL WAHLER These programs are offered to • DALE SCHOUSTRA • DAVID J. CRABIEL Scotch Plains residents who are li- brary card holders. For further infor- Executive Administrator – William A. Doyle mation, please call the Children’s WESTFIELD: 318 East Broad St., Fred H. Gray, Jr. Mgr. • 233-0143 Room at the library, Monday through 210 North Avenue East, Cranford • 908-276-0237 CRANFORD: 12 Springfield Ave., Dale R. Schoustra, Mgr. • 276-0092 Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., at (908) 322-5007. CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 7 Concepts & Thought Westfield Teachers Participate In Special International Study WESTFIELD – Moira Abraham, lessons in their area of expertise. Union Catholic HS Tells Media Specialist in Roosevelt In- Ms. Abraham’s project will con- THE STUDENT VIEW termediate School and Linda Ulanet, nect New Jersey and New Zealand in English-as-a-Second Language a biodiversity loss. She also devel- The weekly column written by local high school students First, Second Honor Rolls teacher at Tamaques Elementary oped a storytelling unit that will be SCOTCH PLAINS – Union Catho- Nicole Barko Maureen Maggi School in Westfield, have received shared with Roosevelt School and Te lic High School in Scotch Plains has Kevin Bean Evan Magura 2001 Geraldine R. Dodge Founda- Awamuti, Hora Hora and Fairfield True Meaning of Christmas announced the names of students Lauren Biddulph Matthew McKen placed on the First Honor Roll and David Biggs Joseph Medway Second Honor Roll for the first se- Dana Boyer Jacqueline Monroy Should Be Kept in Focus mester of the academic year. Tadji Braxton Joanna Pappacoda By ADAM TURNER Nick. Yes, he did give gifts to the poor Sahmara Brown Jessica Remo Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times FIRST HONOR ROLL Tara Cannon Crystal Rodriguez on Christmas and, yes, that is relevant As I walk downtown, past the to our society today. But some people SENIOR CLASS- 52 Students Richard Cowley Ryan Schoendorf Christmas tree, past the Menorah Jason Davis Adrienne Slaten are letting that blind them and their Jennifer Albano Colleen Macaluso and then on past Footlocker, I can kids to what the day is all about. Lisa Augustyn Megan Mallon Marpessa Dominique Mary Solano smell it in the air. That crisp winters Nicholas Falzarano John Stewart It is about giving thanks for the Laura Boes Katherine Marshall wind that blows in your face and birth of Jesus Christ, the central fig- Margot Bordas Mohamed Mekkawy Chelsea Fuenzalida Damian Stewart makes you shiver. But no one minds LeighAnne Gallagher Sean Trenery ure in Christianity, who we worship Gladys Caliolio Scott Meurer because it’s that time of year. in church. It is about being around Amy Cron Lisa Mortkowitz Beena Jacob Nydia Williams Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Joanna Debowska Christine Neto family in friends and celebrating this SECOND HONOR ROLL whatever holiday residents celebrate joyous occasion. Nicholas Dolan Erin O’Grady JUNIOR CLASS- 55 Students in Westfield. And, yes, last but not least, it is Kimberly Drastura Jonathan Ortiz For many Westfielders, including about mimicking jolly old St. Nick Ann Marie Fedorochko Therese Palencia Richard Arena Jessica Kurylak myself, it is Christmas. Sleigh bells Malherbe Bernard Daniel Majcen and showing our love for others by Jennifer Filo Margaret Partyka are ringing, Rudolph is ready to roll giving them something. Robert Gegner Kristen Petela Jessica Bourne Stephanie Massaro at the front of the sleigh, with Santa Fatima Cardoso Christina Kiewlak I just want everyone to really re- Leanne Hade Kathryn Proctor himself sitting back ready to give member that December 25 is more Stephanie Heil Taras Puzyk Nuno Castainca Jeffrey Mercedat every kid a present and a stocking Gabrielle Conforti Kathryn Millard than what is tucked under the tree. Jennifer Holland Ashanti Rimes EXPERIENCE IN COSTA RICA…Linda Ulanet, a Tamaques Elementary filled with enough candy to make Every kid should still run downstairs Laura Hulnik Megan Rose Ray Crego Valerie Mitchell School teacher, is pictured at right behind a group of kindergarten students in Mr. Hershey jealous. Rosavida Cruz Margaret Monroe in the morning to see what Santa Leanne Kacsur Meredith Sacripanti Costa Rica. This is what our Christmas has brought them and wives should still Danielle Kavanaugh Luke Sangiamo Anthony D’Errico Matthew Montano tion grants. become. It is a season of giving, and Linda Dolansky Ashley Morgan Intermediate School in New Zealand. buy their husbands that sweater that Kim Kayser Randi Schroeder Ms. Abraham and Ms. Ulanet join She also provided the schools with receiving, giving a little bit more and may or may not fit. That’s a part of Romona Kersellius Amy Snyder Christopher Etzold Lisa Mruk an elite group of eight other teachers then receiving some more. Travis Fuchs Kathleen Murray cross-curricular activities in science, the tradition and without it Christ- Heather Kolar Teaira Staggers around the nation who received fel- art, drama and language arts. Basically, we have depleted the mas wouldn’t be as much fun. Andrea Lapinski Lindsay Touissant Nitin Gajera Zharina Opilac lowships to participate in academic meaning of one of the most important Paulisa Garcia Vincent Passafiume Ms. Ulanet’s grant enabled her to Let’s just keep it in perspective. Brandon Leonard John Varady and cultural exchange programs with attend the Hands Across the Water Christian days down to a big fat guy Remember what the day is about and Dorian Little Maria Varvara Kevin Gates Michael Puzyk international schools. dressed in red who gives our kids Pedro Gomes Thomas Ritter Teacher Exchange Program for two enjoy the company. It only comes John Losavio James Walsh For three weeks last summer, Ms. weeks last summer. She was one of presents, or for the “mature” ones it is once a year, right? Yavonia Wise Nelson Goncalves Kristen Rizzo Abraham visited New Zealand, while simply a day we must get every person Jacqline Gray Edwin Ruiz 10 teachers from New Jersey, Min- Sandra Zamora Ms. Ulanet’s assignment took her to nesota, Oregon and Virginia. we have ever breathed within three Stephanie Green Adam Rusnock Costa Rica. feet of some kind of gift or card. FIRST HONOR ROLL Angela Guiliano Katarzyna Sliwa “Being a participant in the Hands Local Pupils Placed Both teachers matched up with host Across the Water Teacher Exchange Why? Drop the newspaper right JUNIOR CLASS- 27 Students Wilson Guinto Lori Sobers families in which one person worked now and think of an answer. Okay, Jennifer Hano May Tanudtanud enabled me to immerse myself in a new On Johnson & Wales’ John Bialick Jaleah Hawkins in the field of education. Ms. Abraham culture, meet wonderful people and now pick it back up. Got your an- Lauren Bowe Sheri Jones Suzanne Hennessy Drew Terpenning and Ms. Ulanet observed classes in swer? Good! Most of you probably Fall Dean’s List Eugene Isidro Alex Vandenberg learn what it is like to be an educator in Tiffany Cates Amanda Kelly their host’s school and also presented another country,” she revealed. said: “Because it promotes giving to AREA – Johnson & Wales Univer- Lauren Chapnick Bridget Koza Kaitlyn Kavalus Michael Vogt others and is a nice time to get some- sity in Providence, R.I. has revealed Aleetha Clanton Bruno Lanfernini Karol Kiewlak Stephanie Williams thing for people you care about.” that residents from Berkeley Heights, Alison Clark Cara Latham Daniel Kruse Jade Williams That is all good and merry, and I’m Scotch Plains and Westfield have Elizabeth D’Antuono Hope Loeffler Caitlin Yergalonis all for that. After all, who doesn’t been named to the Dean’s List for the Jonathan DaSilva Michael Manganiello SECOND HONOR ROLL like a nice gift? But, where does this fall semester. Melissa DelaTorre Lindsey Mills all fit into the scheme of Christmas? Peter Pagano, who is majoring in Daniel Douress Deborah Oravez SOPHOMORE CLASS- 49 Students What I am starting to see around hotel restaurant institution manage- Mark Fernandes Grace Rocca Sabina Advani Eric Kratky me in the world is a pack of obsessed ment, and Charles DiStefano, who is Jillian-Aileen Flores Folusho Sodeke Stephen Babernitsh Ryan Leonard parents who rush out to the stores to majoring in hotel management, are Pietro Hanatzky Patrick Stahlberg Ryan Barotac Roberto Lleras get their kids the biggest, best, new- both Berkeley Heights residents Kathleen Walsh Christine Bowman Janelle Lloyd est and most expensive toy gun so placed on the list. Christopher Boyar Matthew Lubin FIRST HONOR ROLL they can push the button a couple of Scotch Plains resident Patrick Stevens Bueno Gwen McGuire times and then throw it in the chest to Dinsmore, who is majoring in ap- SOPHOMORE CLASS- 23 Students Kim Chervenyak Lauren Moore be used about as much as my calcu- plied computer science, was placed Kevin Bailey Tanya Martinez Evianna Cruz Elizabeth Morasso lus book now that I’m in college. We on the list. Amanda Ballate Kyle McPherson Jaclyn DeAngelis Chris Morency all know an un-used calculus book Westfield student Jeffrey Harris, a Lauren Body Kristine Mintel Kristina DeJesus Joseph Palinsky isn’t a good thing. management major, also received Robin Brumbaugh Brian Navoa Daniel DelGuercio Stephen Perlas I know the story of good old St. the honored distinction. Natalie Cortes Katherine Palitto Kevin DelMauro Gabriela Portovedo Elizabeth Deresz Kimberly Scutieri Richard Esposito Kristy Ries Alexandria Farawell Pamela Seiple Jaclyn Esteves Peter Rivera ABRAHAM EARNS GRANT…Moira Abraham, Media Specialist at Roosevelt Jennifer Hand Edward Shields Stephen Farawell David Roche Intermediate School in Westfield, received a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation grant, resulting in her study in New Zealand last summer. Christina Iafe Leah Spearman Fernando Gallego Chris Rodriguez Jennifer Kakaletris Edward Thornton Allison Gigantelli Kimberly Schurtz Kristine Manalo Joseph Torella Stacey Hagenbush Meghan Seamster Ashley Whitemore Jennifer Hanley Tara Sinnott DECA to Analyze State Nicole Hauck Karl Sison FIRST HONOR ROLL Lauren Huber Bryan Smith FRESHMAN CLASS- 46 Students Ashley Jefferson Anna Socha Of Economy Since 9-11 Kenneth Abel Melissa Malapit Sean Keane Geraldine Tandoc SCOTCH PLAINS – The Scotch to other students and business lead- JudyAnn Adan Mark Manuel Alexander Kopec Leonard Tate Plains-Fanwood High School DECA ers in our community.” Denise Aliparo Sophia Rose Mavroudas Julianne Tooker Chapter, an Association of Market- The project is part of the students’ Laura Cash Elizabeth McGonigle SECOND HONOR ROLL ing students, is planning a major effort to promote our free enterprise Joseph Cicchino Priya Mehta analysis of the state of the nation’s system, as well as perhaps a begin- Elizabeth Colombo Laura Mortkowitz FRESHMAN CLASS- 46 Students economy in the aftermath of the Sep- ning of their continued study of in- Christin Colucci Vincent Napolitano April Bacunawa Paul Goscicki tember 11 tragedy, the ongoing re- ternational business in their post sec- Megan Conheeney Patricia Niziolek Rolfis Baez Stephen Grabowski cession and the threat of terrorism. ondary education. ToniAnne Corsi Beverly Nwanna Kara Beaufort Stephanie Guterl As part of their study of economics Katherine Czado Stephanie Pego Amanda Bleka Christina Hinkle and the Free Enterprise System, the Westfield UNICO Kristin Davie Kelly Rapolas Beth Ann Bodek Oliver Joszt students will concentrate on the fu- PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE…The Tamaques Elementary School Par- Brian DeOliveira Cheryl Ritter Jessica Bonafide Natasha Larrinaga ture of the nation’s economy, with Presents Gifts ent Teacher Organization invited the Hampstead Players, a theatrical touring Raquel Dominguez Karen Rivera Danielle Chapla Jasmine Marshall emphasis on the global economy. company from New Hampshire, to perform Oliver! for all grades at the school Elizabeth Gabriel Gabriel Rojas Vanessa Cruz Stephanie Messercola To Youngsters on December 6. Pictured, left to right, are: top row, Tamaques School Principal In order to gain a better perspec- Michael Cullen, actors from Hampstead; bottom row, Kelsey Wilson, Leslie Leana Gonsalves Merissa Rose Dabes Das Melissa Mojar tive and understanding, the pupils WESTFIELD – The Westfield Holt, Michael Kaufhold and Kevin Machowitz. Monica Grabowski Rachel Rota Kevin Davis Erin O’Connor are planning to interview corporate Chapter of UNICO National recently Ewa Hausbrandt Oliver Solano Jessica DeOliveira Christian Onwuzurike executives from a variety of indus- presented Christmas gifts to the stu- Richard Hernandez Alison Steinbach Aniello DellaValle Vitaliy Patsay tries. dents of Kohler School in New Provi- Vaida JakimaviciuteRobert Tandoc Shreyans Desai Kyle Schoendorf Some of the corporations the stu- dence and the Murray Hill Child Lindsay Keogh Andrew Timmes Elyssa DiGiovanni Joseph Schuhrer dents will visit include J.P. Morgan Development Center. Dana Kinney Regina Topping Kristine Eppinger Christina Serrano Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank, Pfizer, Through the cooperation and ef- Darryl Jon Lasin Marybeth Tran LisaMarie Fedorocho Tiffany Shaw Inc., Microsoft, McKinsey & Co., forts of its members and the aid of the Karina Linares Mark Vislocky Jennifer Feeley Kyle Simons and Credit Suisse First Boston, Westfield community, more than Timeless answers Kimberly Feil Ashley Styranec SECOND HONOR ROLL among others. $500 in games and toys were do- Tara Feury Ann Jaclyn Te The three DECA Chairpersons, David nated. This marked the 10th year that SENIOR CLASS- 36 Students Jo-Arabelle Flores Grace Thomas Baumwoll, Adam Bendik, and Michael UNICO has participated in the Priscilla Abdala Richard Kazanowki Melissa Ford Joseph Varvara Hughes, will begin their study by trav- project. to life’s timely Kevin Apuzzio Julia Kocienski Kristy Glavasich Brian Vasquez eling to New York City to conduct some Membership is open to anyone of Katherine Babicz Suzanne LaTourette Louise Gonzalez Nichole Zoller of the interviews. They will also visit Italian heritage or his or her spouse. New Jersey corporations. For further information, please call “This is an important and exciting Charles Grillo at (908) 654-3717, See it all on the Web! www.goleader.com experience for us,” said Adam. “We send a fax to (908) 654-4305 or email questions. want to bring back what we learned mrb [email protected].

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By DAVID B. CORBIN 58-16. Juniors Ethan Powell and Joe DeCampo said, “I came out a little Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times DeCampo and sophomores Lee sluggish. Sometimes, I need a little Watching a Westfield High School Tomasso and Rob Mench were most jump-start to get going but then I hit wrestling match has been more satis- impressive and asserted their influ- my shot. After that I started looking fying as the skill levels have been ence by recording pins. for the cradle. He happened to step steadily increasing. On December DeCampo, who wrestled up at 119, up and it was there.” 19, the Blue Devils demonstrated spent little time on Tom Zaborsky as He added, “I’m hoping to get down their improvement and upped their he scored a double leg takedown and to 112 by the Westfield Tournament.” record to 2-1 by flattening Ridge, clamped him with a cradle in 1:10. At 140, Powell, who recently took first in his class at the Kearny Tour- nament, upped his record to 7-0 by crumbling Cory Condon in 3:15 with

a nearside cradle. Powell flattened David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times Condon with a lateral drop and a WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THE FALL...Raider Pat Romeo, top, puts Panther Alex Smith in plenty of trouble two-point near fall in the first period, with a leg scissors and an arm hook in the 135-lb. bout. Romeo won his bout by disqualification. then added an escape and a short arm drag to grab another takedown be- fore ending the bout. “I have been practicing different BACHI, SILBER, LOOMIS, ROMEO WIN KEY BOUTS kinds of throws over the summer. So I decided to hit him with it,” said Powell of his lateral drop. With reference to the arm drag and SP-F Raider Matmen Startle pin, he said, “I don’t usually do the arm drag, but it was right there. Then I was looking for a Turk and a cross face but he was bringing his head Roselle Park Panthers, 39-28 down to his knees, so I took out the Turk and put in the cradle.” David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times At 145, Tomasso slicked around By DAVID B. CORBIN Roselle Park. They are an outstand- crucial momentum swing occurred ATTEMPTING TO TURN WITH A TURK...Blue Devil Ethan Powell, top, uses Shane Sweeney with a takedown then Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times ing club. They are in good shape. at 135 in the bout with Panther Alex a Turk ride to turn Red Devil Cory Condon to his back. Powell won his 140-lb. cranked him up in 1:47 with an arm Dreams turned into reality for the They come after you. This was a Smith and Raider Pat Romeo. Smith bout via fall in 3:15. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School huge win for us.” caught Romeo off-guard and carried wrestling team when all 14 Raiders The Panthers jumped to a 3-0 lead a 5-0 lead into the third period, but stepped on the mat with positive when heavyweight Chris Romeo put Smith on his back nearly COPPA, HAUPTMANS, SWENSONS, CAMERON, LARKIN WIN intentions and startled perennial Bouthlouous won a 7-1 decision over the entire period with a grapevine Union County top dogs, Roselle Park, Andrew Loomis but the Raiders im- and a Jacob’s hook. Flagrant mis- 39-28, in Scotch Plains on Decem- mediately seized 18 team points with conduct on the part of Smith gave ber 19. Huge victories by sopho- falls at 103, 112 and 119. Derek Romeo the win and cost Roselle Park Devil Boys, Girls Use Depth; mores Charlie Bachi (160) and An- Francavilla pinned Brian Swick in two team points. drew Silber (171) shifted the scales 2:18 with a single grapevine and an “We can’t control what other people in the Raiders’ favor and a fall by arm hook, freshman Steve Mineo are going to do. It was an unfortunate junior Matt Loomis (215) made the wasted no time decking Tom Leary situation. Pat wrestled the whole six Stop Rival Raider Swimmers dream reality. with an Olympic arm bar in 1:32 and minutes and did a nice job. It wouldn’t “All 14 guys wrestled with heart,” Eric Connelly flattened John Gura have made a difference in the final expressed Raider Head Coach Dave with a pancake in 3:55. outcome,” explained Bello. By DAVID B. CORBIN first in eight events. Junior Ryan said Johnson. “They have about eight Bello. “I haven’t seen this much heart The Panthers narrowed the score At 140, Raider Lucas Francavilla Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Hauptman won the 100-yard butter- good swimmers but we have about from a Scotch Plains team in a lot of to 18-15 after recording a fall at 125 scored a takedown and a reversal to Depth proved to be the deciding fly with a time of 56.34 and the 100- 16 to 18 good swimmers.” years. That’s what it takes to beat and receiving a forfeit at 130 then a CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 factor in the outcome in both swim- yard backstroke at 57.14. Ryan teamed The Blue Devil boys, ranked fifth, ming meets between the Westfield with Steve Swenson, Mike Sheffield have high expectations this season High School and Scotch Plains- and Dave Hauptman to place first in but must face some of the state’s best SNYDER NETS 19; GREEN, JOHNSON SCORE IN 4TH Fanwood High School boys and girls the 200-medley relay with a time of teams, including third-ranked St. on December 18 in Westfield. The 1:42.7. He then anchored the 400- Joseph’s and 12th-ranked Shawnee, Blue Devil boys upped their record yard freestyle that included Steve, before competing in the state sec- to 4-0 while the girls improved to 3- Eric and Billy Swenson to win with a tional tournament that could end up Lady UC Viking Cagers Tip 1. The Raider boys slipped to 2-1 time of 3:35.26. in a showdown with No. 1 ranked while the girls evened at 1-1. Eric Swenson won the 200-yard Cherry Hill East. Depth was especially apparent in individual relay at 2:03.07 and the “Cherry Hill East is definitely the the boys’ meet where the Blue Devils 100-yard breaststroke at 1:04.17. best team in the state right now but Ridge Red Devils, 48-47 won, 93-77. The Raider boys won Steve Swenson won the 500-yard we expect to go in there to win it,” eight of the 11 events but the Blue freestyle at 5:12.1. Dave Hauptman said Johnson. “We set our goals high.” By DAVID B. CORBIN 14 of her 18 points, including three been out on her and we weren’t,” Devils took second and third in seven touched first in the 50-yard freestyle The Blue Devil girls gobbled up a Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times of them. Additionally, the Blue Dev- from three-point range, took a 25-19 said Matthews. with a time of 23.09. large majority of the second and Viking sophomore Lauren Huber lead by halftime. A big defensive change around in ils grabbed two of the top three spots “We have no weak swimmers,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 in two other events. tipped a jump shot by Kate Schwartz “We talked about her. There’s only second half by the Vikings was suc- Was Blue Devil boys’ coach Bruce and Stephanie Green followed with one three-pointer that I thought she cessful in shutting down Kelly but Johnson happy with the performance? two successful free throws in the should have gotten. We should have CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 “Very much so! We swam well. They waning seconds of the game to earn won most of the battles and we won the Union Catholic High School girls’ the war,” he said. basketball team a narrow, 48-47, vic- Of the three events that the Blue tory over Ridge on December 20 in Devils touched first, junior Zach Scotch Plains. Senior Amy Snyder Coppa had a finger in all of them. He netted 19 points to lead the Vikings. touched first in the 200-yard freestyle In past years, the Vikings have with a time of 1:51.49 and in the 100- built a reputation for their stubborn yard freestyle with a time of 49.95. defense and ability to prevent oppos- Coppa also joined sophomores Ryan ing teams from scoring more than 30 Bartholomew and Josh Schoenfeld points in a game. On December 18, and senior Devin Power to anchor the Vikings yielded 45 points in a the winning 200-yard freestyle re- loss to a strong Immaculata team and lay, finishing in a time of 1:36.29. barely squeezed past Ridge to give Seniors, captain Rob Freundlich and Head Coach Kathy Matthews career John Chiesa, had key second, third win number 502. place finishes, respectively, in the “I’m not happy with our defense. 200 individual medley. It’s given up too many points,” ex- Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The Times pressed Matthews. “I know that we Raiders with the last names of ei- SECOND IN THE 200 IM...Blue Devil Captain Rob Freundlich placed second ther Swenson or Hauptman placed in the 200-yard individual medley against the Raiders. are not as quick as we were last year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play position and play hard. We’ve been a WILLIAMS, BENDIK, BRENNAN SCORE 17 PTS. EACH little flat.” David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times The Red Devils with the sharp VIKING OFFENSIVE LEADER...Senior Amy Snyder led the Union Catholic shooting of Kathy Kelly, who fired in girls with 19 points against a tough Ridge team.

Raiders Surge in Third; Rout JAY COOK SIZZLES WITH 33-POINT PERFORMANCE N. Hunterdon Cagers, 75-59 Blue Devil Hoopmen Pummel By DAVID B. CORBIN December 20. In a game ruled by was especially apparent in the third Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times several point surges, the Raiders had quarter and his shooting ability came Seniors Steve Williams, Adam the most meaningful in the third alive in the fourth when he poured in Bendik and Mike Brennan ambushed quarter to take permanent control. nine points. Rival Cranford Cougars, 83-64 the boards and scored 17 points apiece Brennan, a 6’8” center with good “He was there. He was grabbing to lead the Scotch Plains-Fanwood outside shooting ability, pulled down rebounds and blocking shots,” said By STEVEN KRAKAUER Adam Turner, who finished with eight finished with 23 points and three High School boys’ basketball team 11 rebounds and batted away five Raider Head Coach Dan Doherty. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times points and three assists, tied the game assists, hit an early three-pointer to past visiting North Hunterdon on shots. His presence under the boards “Last year we had Andrew Feeley (at This is what high school sports at 23 when he came off the bench to try to sport some sort of a comeback. center), so he could shoot the outside are all about! Screaming fans, rival- score a quick four points. Westfield brought in their subs shots. But then at times, we will get ries that are so deep that the game The lead changed hands through- with two minutes remaining, and him out there to shoot some outside play of each team is raised to ac- out the second quarter, until Westfield they played well. Junior Bobby Wilt shots.” commodate the extreme electricity co-captain Dan DeSerio brought the scored three points. Bendik, a point guard, was the on the court. entire Westfield crowd to their feet The main factor for the Blue Devil’s offensive controlling factor in the This was the case when the with a rim-rocking dunk. DeSerio substantial victory was their assists. first half, setting the tempo and scor- Westfield High School boy cagers stole the ball, then brought the rock They had 24, to Cranford’s eight. ing 11 of his points. His three-pointer matched up against the Cranford to the other end of the court and “That’s what happens when you spurred a nine-point, first quarter run Cougars in Cranford on Friday, De- dropped a dunk over the head of play as a team,” said DeSerio. that put the Raiders ahead, 13-6. cember 21 and won convincingly, Cranford senior Hanif Davis. “I think DeSerio finished with seven points, Later in the quarter, he made two 83-64. the dunk as definitely a momentum- nine rebounds and four assists, Louis offensive rebounds in a row and The Blue Devils started slowly builder,” said DeSerio. Mercer had 11 points and three as- scored on both. By halftime, the and dug themselves a six-point hole Before halftime, Cougar senior Jon sists, Jim McKeon had seven points Raiders led 27-19. midway through the first quarter. Brown added to his point total by and four assists and Billy Schultz At the beginning of the season, Cougar Kasim Rajahn dropped in dropping his 11th point. Westfield, added had four assists. “He got off to a slow start. He was out five points in the first eight minutes. however, had established an unre- Cougar Mike Richardson had nine for a week of practice and had a Rajahn finished the game with 13 coverable advantage, leading 43-36 points and eight assists, Davis scored rough game opening night,” said points and three steals. at the half. They also out-rebounded 11 points and grabbed one board and Doherty. “I sat him down and talked Blue Devil Jay Cook. Cook scored Cranford 17-7 at halftime. Justin Haber had three points and to him. He really responded, took eight of his team’s first 17 points. Westfield overpowered the Cou- three rebounds. control of the team, got some big Cook in the first quarter and finished gars after the intermission, much to The victory boosted Westfield’s points early and settled things down with a monster game, scoring 33 the strong play of junior Eric Turner, record to 2-0. DeSerio commented, when it needed to be settled down. points and boarding 13 balls. He also who scored four points in the quarter “I think we sent a message that we’re David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times He did very well.” had two assists and two steals. to put Westfield ahead by 15 at its just a deeper and better team than RAIDER IN A LIONS’ DEN...Raider Steve Williams, No. 23, finds himself Williams and forward Anwar Cook added to his point total early conclusion. Turner finished with 14 Cranford.” amid a host of Lions in the second half. Williams did very well offensively with Montgomery, who scored 14 points, in the second quarter as he increased points, three assists and two blocks. Westfield 17 26 20 20 83 17 points. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 his free throw margin to 4-4. Senior In the fourth quarter, Brown, who Cranford 21 15 12 16 64 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 10 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Blue Devil Matmen Flatten Ridge Red Devils, 58-16 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 bar, half nelson. scoring four takedowns before stick- “He was pretty strong and I wasn’t ing him in 2:50 with a headlock. able to shoot under him. I was able to Westfield hosts the Blue Devil Invi- get behind him after warding off one tational tomorrow, beginning a 9 a.m. of his shots then I worked the bar WEIGHT BREAKDOWN: from there,” explained Tomasso. 103: — Mench (W) p. Bonnier, 3:20 “That’s one of my strengths.” 112: — Sam Kramer (W) md. Peres, 9-1 119: — DeCampo (W) p. T. Zaborsky, At 103, Mench bounced Red Devil 1:10 Julian Bonnier all over the mats, 125: — Jake Kramer (W) d. Sevits, 3-2 scoring a takedown, two reversals 130: — DelDuca (W) p. Huft, 1:22 135: — Greg Kivetz (W) won forfeit and two near falls before settling him 140: — Powell (W) p. Condon, 3:15 in 3:20 using a leg scissors with a 145: — Tomasso (W) p. Sweeney, 1:33 head smother. 152: — Tyler Zaborsky (R) p. Chris The match began at 215 where Johnson, 1:47 160: — Mike Schwartz (R) md. Gil David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times sophomore Nick Gismondi got the Arbitsman, 14-2 PUTTING AWAY A RED DEVIL...Blue Devil sophomore Lee Tomasso, top, at Blue Devils rolling with a fall over 171: — Chris Gismondi (W) d. Runyun, 145-lbs. pries Red Devil Shane Sweeney to his back in 1:47 using an arm bar and Cliff Meinweiser using an under- 13-9 a half nelson. See another picture on page 12. half nelson. Ridge received a forfeit 189: — Barbiere (W) p. Grimm, 2:50 David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times at heavyweight. At 112, Sam Kramer 215: — Nick Gismondi (W) p. Meinweiser, GETTING A LITTLE HIGH ON TOP...Raider Matt DeNichilo gets a little high 3:04 on Panther Jim Garrison in the 145-lb. bout. used a quarter nelson and spin be- Hwt: — Charlie Howlett (R) won forfeit hind maneuver to record three Union County High School takedowns and added three back points to claim a 9-1, majority deci- Area High School sion over Mike Peres. SP-F Raider Matmen Startle Boys Basketball Results: Blue Devil sophomore Jake Wrestling Results: Kramer set himself up nicely for DECEMBER 18: Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 9 11 13 8 41 future tournament seedings with an DECEMBER 19: Roselle Park Panthers, 39-28 Immaculata 60, Union Catholic 31 Hillside 5 19 11 10 45 impressive, 3-2, victory over a fine New Providence (3-1) 64, Chatham 15 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 KEY BOUTS: Nick Dolan pumped in 12 points Elizabeth 63, Union 53 wrestler, Kyle Sevits, at 125. After being reversed early in the second 112: — Jon Reedy (NP) tf. Andrew Adams, and John Losavio hit six for the The 14th-ranked Minutemen got 15-0, 3:40 defeat Nick Zangari, 4-0. Raider Matt to get my head straight. I was able to Vikings. period, Kramer turned the tables with 17 points and nine rebounds from North Plainfield 63, Plainfield 12 DeNichilo was rolling along come out and finish my moves to- Union Catholic 13 9 6 3 31 Rashad Robinson. The Farmers got one of his own then, in the third smoothly with a 6-4 lead over Jim night.” period, added an escape for the win. KEY BOUTS: Immaculata 15 15 18 12 60 16 points from Kevin Porter. 125: — Omar Carter (P) d. Andre Guild, 3-0 Garrison at 145 but got too high on “We have been working very hard Ridge 45, Governor Livingston 25 Tom DelDuca at 130 demonstrated 160: — Mike Stembridge (P) p. Ryan an attempted guillotine and, instead, to change his style a little bit,” said Union 9 7 16 21 53 his talent and gave Westfield a 31-6 Strasko, 2:33 Senior John Tully pushed in eight Elizabeth 15 17 15 16 63 became the victim. Bello of Loomis. “Everybody points for the Highlanders. lead by recording a fall in 1:22 over DECEMBER 21: After the Panthers crept back to knows he’s got the throws, so we Linden 61, M. X. Shabazz 46 Don Huff, using a cradle. Greg Kivetz Gov. Livingston 2 8 7 8 25 Parsippany Hills 46, Governor narrow the Raiders’ lead to 27-22, are just trying to mix it up,” Bello Don Busby led the Tigers with 20 received a forfeit at 135. Senior 171 pointed out. Ridge 11 14 13 7 45 points and 13 rebounds. Tony Wilson Livingston 15 Bachi found himself behind, 6-2, to pounder Chris Gismondi scored six KEY BOUTS: John Wright early in the second pe- The Raiders will compete in the DECEMBER 20: had 14 points. takedowns and an escape to decision 103: — Jack McNeil (PH) won forfeit John Goles Tournament tomorrow. Governor Livingston 51, A. L. 112: — Magoy Rizk (PH) tf. Mark riod but persisted to add a reversal in Linden (2-0) 16 15 16 14 61 Chris Runyun, 13-9. Mike Barbiere at that period and six more points in the Johnson 31 Shabazz (1-2) 6 12 13 15 46 189 made things grim for Tom Grimm, Vanderveer, 15-0, 4:59 WEIGHT BREAKDOWN: Doug Caruso netted 18 points and 119: — Joe Opromollo (PH) d. Ricky final period to pull out a 10-9 victory. 103: — D. Francavilla (SPF) p. Swick, Lecomte, 10-4 “Against Kearny, although I won, I 2:18 Jason Gionta scored 11 for the High- 125: — Tim Vanderveer (GL) d. Nik 112: — Mineo (SPF) p. Leary, 1:32 landers. Godhani, 11-9 didn’t wrestle too well. All week I was 119: — Connelly (SPF) p. Gora, 3:55 Union County High School 130: — Mike Fullowan (GL) d. Justin planning what I was going to do. I 125: — Dan Appello (RP) p. Ferrara, 1:41 A. L. Johnson 6 9 7 9 31 Altschul, 8-6 figured I was going to play conserva- 130: — Nick Panetta (RP) won forfeit Gov. Livingston 8 14 10 19 51 135: — Jacob Bitterman (PH) d. Justin tive and do moves that I knew. It turned 135: — Romeo (SPF) won by disqualifi- DECEMBER 21: Girls Basketball Results: Coughlin, 9-6 cation over Smith 140: — Dan Aguanno (PH) d. Eric out to work OK,” said Bachi. “All last 140: — L. Francavilla d. Zangari, 4-0 Hillside 45, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 41 year, I was fighting off my back, but I DECEMBER 18: Serrano, 5-2 145: — Garrison (RP) p. DeNichilo, 4:49 Mike Brennan laid in 18 points DECEMBER 21: 145: — Doogie Salam (PH) md. Greg didn’t give up. I just kept the same 152: — Ben Binko (RP) d. Pedro Coyt, and Anwar Montgomery scored 13 Immaculata 45, Union Catholic 32 Scotch Plains-Fanwood 64, Granholm, 14-5 work ethic. We condition a lot in the 8-4 for the Raiders. Corey West led the 4- Kenyall Johnson netted 11 points Watchung Hills 34 152: — Jon Regenye (GL) d. Mike 160: — Bachi (SPF) d. Wright, 10-9 Seminaris, 5-3 room. It’s all about the third period.” 171: — Silber (SPF) d. B. Appello, 6-4 0 Comets with 18 points. for the Vikings. Amy Snyder and The red-hot Raiders upped their Silber followed with a 6-4 deci- Lauren Huber each scored seven. 160: — Mike Madej (PH) p. Matt Sharkey, 189: — Shawn Kachnowski (RP) p. Mark record to 3-0 and freshman Hillary 1:00 sion over veteran Bob Appello. After Fabiano, 1:30 PUBLIC NOTICE Immaculata 10 7 15 13 45 Klimowicz sizzled with 14 points. 171: — John Hesse (PH) p. Marcello a scoreless first period, Silber oppor- 215: — M. Loomis (SPF) p. Lott, 1:28 Union Catholic 7 4 5 16 32 Cavallaro, 2:40 Hwt: — Chris Bouthlouous (RP) d. An- SHERIFF’S SALE Junior Lindsay Pennella burned the tunistically scored two reversals in Warriors with 12 points, Erin Gillooly 189: — Colin Price (GL) p. James Green, drew Loomis, 7-1 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, Ridge 45, Governor Livingston 40 2:46 the second period then added a CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, Katie Dotto poured in 13 points pushed in 10 and Kellie LaForge 215: — Ryan Tower (PH) md. Sean DOCKET NO. F-2082-01 takedown in the third to have his and Margaret Goodspeed netted 10 scored six. Coughlin, 13-4 hand raised by the referee. SPF Jr. Matmen Roll COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Hwt: — Ellis Swift (PH) p. Rob Hernandez, PLAINTIFF vs. JOSE E. ZIMMERER AND for the Highlanders. Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 17 15 17 15 64 1:24 “He beat me twice (last year),” Over Voorhees, 49-27 ABIGAIL ZIMMERER, H/W, DEFENDANT. Watchung Hills 4 10 13 7 34 Ridge 9 8 7 21 45 said Silber. “I have to win, I have to The Scotch Plains Fanwood P.A.L. CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, Gov. Livingston 8 8 12 12 40 Union 29, Elizabeth 27 New Providence 69, Roselle Catho- win. That’s all I said to myself. I DATED AUGUST 28, 2001 FOR SALE OF lic 3 Junior Raider wrestlers defeated MORTGAGED PREMISES. Latissa Watson netted 14 points never left go of his leg. I got four Voorhees, 49-27, on December 21 in DECEMBER 20: KEY BOUTS: By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- Governor Livingston 43, A. L. and Monique Blake had 12 for the 3- 103: — Ross Baldwin (NP) p Catherine points off him getting sloppy on top. Voorhees. Lead off wrestler Mike ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale Johnson 25 0 Farmers. Victoria Willaims scored Rubarski, 1:45 My conditioning was a lot better Colineri got the ball rolling with a by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- 112: — Jon Reedy (NP) p. Brian Murrillo, 1:31 win. After forfeiting several matches, ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Katie Dotto fired in 15 points and nine for 2-1 Elizabeth. than his. I work a lot on it every day.” 171: — Alex Pavlinov (NP) p. Chris Donet, “Charlie Bachi is the most im- and losing some tough decisions, the Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- Margaret Goodspeed scored 14. Elizabeth 7 2 11 7 27 0:18 sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF Union 6 12 7 4 29 proved wrestler. He was 0-17 before Junior Raiders went on to win the last JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the Gov. Livingston 9 13 8 13 43 Somerville 43, Union 27 eight matches. A. L. Johnson 4 4 6 11 25 M. X. Shabazz 59, Linden 27 he won a match last year. He is 2-0 afternoon of said day. All successful bid- KEY BOUTS: now. Andrew Silber avenged a loss 50 lb: Mike Colineri (SPF) d. Christian ders must have 20% of their bid available in The Lady Bulldogs ripped the Ti- 135: — Charles Mueller (U) d. Dan Okulicz, 3-0 cash or certified check at the conclusion of PUBLIC NOTICE gers with 18 points from Shahida Caufield, 7-6 against a senior from last year,” 53 lb: Chris Bonavito (V) p. Kevin the sales. FAIRVIEW CEMETERY pointed out Bello. “I’m proud of Lewis, 2:22 The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED Williams. Roselle Park 54, Rahway 12 ANNUAL MEETING them.” 57 lb: Brian Saxon (V) won by forfeit NINTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT-HUN- Shabazz 21 11 15 12 59 KEY BOUTS: Matt Loomis looked like a new 60 lb: Justin Skorets (V) won by forfeit DRED FORTEEN & 66/100 ($192,814.66). The Annual Meeting of the Lot Owners of Linden 7 6 3 11 27 130: — Nick Panetta (RP) d. Marcus 63 lb: Sean Cannon (SPF) p. Chris The property to be sold is located in the Fairview Cemetery will be held at the Cem- Glascow, 6-1 wrestler. Like a flash, he slicked a Clark, 0:25 City of Elizabeth in the County of Union, etery office, 1100 East Broad Street, 135: — Nick Zangari (RP) d. Sean Horton, quick duck under, spin-behind 67 lb: Mike Hafke (V) p. Deo Curry, and State of New Jersey Commonly known Westfield, New Jersey, Monday, January PUBLIC NOTICE 1-1, 2 OT takedown on Chris Lott. After letting 2:33 as 451 New York Avenue; Elizabeth, 28, 2002 at 8:00 P.M., for the election of four 140: — Rob Dent (RP) d. Mike Sinosian, 10-7 Lott up, he brought him back down 70 lb: Nick Bonavito (V) d. Damian New Jersey 07201; Tax Lot No. 749 in Trustees each for a term of three years, to SHERIFF’S SALE 160: — Dave Racelis (R) p. John Wright, 2:50 Garrett, 5-4 Block No. 6. succeed Arthur C. Fried, John Ricker, SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, Hwt: — Joe Giacobbe (R) p. Chris Lott, 4:41 with a low single then later added a 73 lb: Darell Linton (SPF) md. Tom Dimensions of Lot: (Approximately) 36 Charles E. Roberts, and Barbara CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, double leg takedown before turning Scheper, 9-0 feet wide by 110 feet long. Vincentsen, whose terms will then expire DOCKET NO. F-14629-99 PUBLIC NOTICE him with a half nelson in 1:28. 77 lb: Mark Rusin (SPF) p. Steven Nearest Cross Street: Elmora Avenue and for the transaction of such other busi- CITICORP MORTGAGE, INC., PLAIN- “I had a reality check on Friday,” Baker, 0:34 There is due approximately the sum of ness as may be presented at the meeting. TIFF vs. HUGO PADILLA & PILAR SHERIFF’S SALE 80 lb: Mike Ferrera (SPF) won by for- TWO-HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND Richard M. Ralph PADILLA, HIS WIFE; JOSE I. CABRERA, SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, Loomis said, referring to his 6-4 loss feit TWO-HUNDRED FORTY & 54/100 Secretary/Treasurer ET ALS., DEFENDANT. CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, to Kearny’s Vince Abbott on Decem- 85 lb: Mike Ridge (SPF) p. Zack ($204,240.54) together with lawful inter- 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $15.30 CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DOCKET NO. F-18614-00 ber 14. “I came to practice the next Evanko, 0:34 est and costs. DATED MARCH 07, 2001 FOR SALE OF SOVEREIGN BANK, PLAINTIFF vs. couple of days and worked very hard 90 lb: Daniel Gore (SPF) d. Brian There is a full legal description on file in PUBLIC NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES. HARRY ISAKSEN, DEFENDANT. Richards, 3-0 the Union County Sheriff’s Office. By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, 95 lb: Trevor Cannon (SPF) p. Bobby The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn SHERIFF’S SALE ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale DATED AUGUST 30, 2001 FOR SALE OF PUBLIC NOTICE Burd, 0:44 this sale. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- MORTGAGED PREMISES. 102 lb: Brandon Wergland (SPF) p. RALPH FROEHLICH CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- SHERIFF’S SALE Rob Spallone, 0:44 SHERIFF DOCKET NO. F-488-00 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, 110 lb: Joe Sette (SPF) d. Shane Clark, GOLDBECK, MC CAFFERTY & MC KEEVER BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, 4-1 ATTORNEYS CALIFORNIA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE UN- JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 DOCKET NO. F-6420-01 HWT: Kevin Handsman (SPF) v. Ken SENTRY OFFICE PLAZA, SUITE 420 DER THEPOOLING AND SERVICING afternoon of said day. All successful bid- Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- SALOMON BROTHERS REALTY Kaszyk (V), (no match) 216 Haddon Avenue AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 29, ders must have 20% of their bid available in sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF CORP., PLAINTIFF VS. LUCINDA In scrimmage action, Colineri, Westmont, New Jersey 08108 1998, DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY cash or certified check at the conclusion of JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the VARGES, ET AL., DEFENDANT. Handsman and Mark Fusillo were un- CH-756284 - (WL) LOAN AND TRUST 1998-2 C/O DELTA the sales. afternoon of said day. All successful bid- CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 FUNDING CORPORATION AS SERVIC- The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED ders must have 20% of their bid available in DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 FOR SALE able to walk away with a victory in & 01/10/02 Fee: $175.44 ING AGENT, PLAINTIFF vs. DEBORAH NINTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWENTY SIX cash or certified check at the conclusion of OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. several hard fought matches. Ferrera BLOW; FRANCES LESTER A/K/A MARY & 64/100 ($198,026.64). the sales. By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- and Sean Cannon each had a win. PUBLIC NOTICE LESTER, DEFENDANT. All that certain tract or parcel of land and The judgment amount is TWO-HUN- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, premises situate, lying and being in the DRED THIRTY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF’S SALE DATED DECEMBER 01, 2000 FOR SALE CITY of ELIZABETH, County of UNION HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT & 63/100 ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. and State of New Jersey. ($239,828.63). Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- SHERIFF’S SALE CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- Also known as Tax Lot 1008 W07 in Block All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, sey on WEDNESDAY THE 9TH DAY OF SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, DOCKET NO. F-4743-01 ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale 7 on the Tax Assessment map of the CITY with the building and improvements thereon JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND UR- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- of ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07202. erected, situate, lying and being in the City afternoon of said day. All successful bid- DOCKET NO. F-14203-00 BAN DEVELOPMENT OF WASHING- ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 More commonly known as 29 PALMER of Elizabeth, County of Union, State of New ders must have 20% of their bid available in COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., TON, DC, PLAINTIFF vs. ALBERTO Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY Jersey: cash or certified check at the conclusion of PLAINTIFF vs. KEIR BROOKS, ET AL., MORANTE, ET AL., DEFENDANT. sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF 07202. BEGINNING at a point in the Easterly the sales. DEFENDANT. CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the BEGINNING at a point in the northerly sideline of Westminster Avenue distant The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 FOR SALE afternoon of said day. All successful bid- side of Palmer Street distant along the same 285.65 feet Northerly from the intersection NINTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR-HUN- DATED MARCH 02, 2001 FOR SALE OF OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. ders must have 20% of their bid available in easterly 100 feet from the corner formed by of the same with the Northerly sideline of DRED & 75/100 ($191,400.75). MORTGAGED PREMISES. By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- cash or certified check at the conclusion of the intersection of the said northerly side of Parker Road and running; thence The mortgaged premises are described By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale the sales. Palmer Street with the easterly side of Sec- 1. Along the Easterly sideline of as follows: ALL THAT certain land and ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED ond Avenue; thence (1) North 14 degrees Westminster Avenue North 15 degrees 50 premises situated in the Municipality of Eliza- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIFTY ONE 48 minutes West and parallel with Second minutes East 62.5 feet to a point in same; beth, County of Union, State of New Jersey, ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- & 30/100 ($137,051.30). Avenue 92.75 feet; thence (2) North 73 thence and more particularly described as follows: Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF The property to be sold is located in the degrees 50 minutes East 27 feet; thence (3) 2. South 56 degrees 39 minutes East BEGINNING, AT A POINT-IN THE sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the City of Elizabeth, County of Union and State South 14 degrees 48 minutes East and 157.0 feet to a point; thence NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MARTIN JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. All successful bid- of New Jersey. parallel with the first course 93.39 feet to a 3. South 15 degrees 50 minutes West STREET DISTANT SOUTHEASTERLY afternoon of said day. All successful bid- ders must have 20% of their bid available in It is commonly known as 1076 point in the said northerly side of Palmer 62.5 feet to a point; thence ALONG THE SAME 125.00 FEET FROM ders must have 20% of their bid available in cash or certified check at the conclusion of LAFAYETTE STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW Street; thence (4) along the said northerly 4. North 56 degrees 39 minutes West THE INTERSECTION OF SAID LINE OF cash or certified check at the conclusion of the sales. JERSEY. line of Palmer Street, South 75 degrees 12 157.0 feet to a point in the Easterly sideline MARTIN STREET AND THE SOUTH- the sales. The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED It is known and designated as Block 9, Lot minutes West 27 feet to the point and place of Westminster Avenue, the point and place EASTERLY LINE OF SMITH STREET; The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND SEVEN-HUNDRED 928. of BEGINNING. of BEGINNING. RUNNING THENCE: EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND TWO-HUN- THIRTY NINE & 19/100 ($110,739.19). The dimensions are 30 feet wide by 126.50 BEING also known as 29 Palmer Street, This description was drawn in accordance (1) NORTH 29 DEGREES 26 MINUTES DRED SIXTEEN & 51/100 ($186,216.51). CONCISE STATEMENT OF DESCRIP- feet long. Elizabeth, New Jersey and Tax Account No. with a survey made by Gregory Prochoren, EAST 100.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE CONCISE STATEMENT OF DESCRIP- TION OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD Nearest cross street: Situate on the south- 07-1008, on the Tax Rolls of the City of L.S., dated November 18, 1987. (2) SOUTH 64 DEGREES 06 MINUTES TION OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD MUNICIPALITY: Elizabeth westerly line of Lafayette Street, 441.65 feet Elizabeth, New Jersey. KNOWN AS Lot 1804 in Block 11 on the EAST 25.01 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE MUNICIPALITY: Elizabeth COUNTY: UNION STATE OF NEW from the northwesterly line of Catherine BEING so much of Lot 17 and 2 feet off Tax Map of the City of Elizabeth, Union (3) SOUTH 29 DEGREES 26 MINUTES COUNTY: UNION STATE OF NEW JERSEY Street. the Westerly side of Lot 16 as laid down on County, New Jersey. WEST 102.88 FEET TO A POINT IN SAID JERSEY STREET & STREET NO: 622 Madison Prior lien(s): The total amount due as of the “Map of Block “A” of lots late of John COMMONLY KNOWN AS 525 NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MARTIN STREET & STREET NO: 571 Walnut Avenue 11/10/00 for property taxes and unpaid wa- Peters in the City of Elizabeth”, and re- Westminster Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jer- STREET; THENCE Street TAX BLOCK AND LOT: ter/sewer charges is in the aggregate sum corded in Book 11 of Deeds for Union County, sey. (4) ALONG THE SAME NORTH 57 TAX BLOCK AND LOT: BLOCK: 12 LOT: 647 of $2,965.07. Subject to unpaid taxes and page 550, as is embraced in the above BEING the same premises conveyed to DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 25.00 BLOCK: 12 LOT: 1390 DIMENSIONS OF LOT: 25 feet x 145 other municipal liens. Amount due is avail- description, with a gore on Palmer Street, the mortgagors herein by deed from Edna FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF DIMENTIONS OF LOT: 140 feet X 28.33 feet able in the Sheriff’s office or from plaintiff’s directly in front of said lots. M. Nicolini, unmarried dated January 14, BEGINNING. feet. NEAREST CROSS STREET: 250 feet attorneys upon written request to plaintiff s THE above description is drawn in accor- 1988, recorded January 26, 1988 in the BEING COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 857 NEAREST CROSS STREET: 352.17 from Fairmount Avenue. attorneys. dance with a survey made by Victor Vinegra, Union County Clerk’s Office in Deed Book Martin Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey feet from Fairmount Avenue. There is due approximately the sum of There is due approximately the sum of dated September 8, 1987. 3538 page 0749. Block 7 Lot 899 Tax map of Elizabeth There is due approximately the sum of ONE-HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOU- There is due approximately the sum of There is due approximately the sum of There is due approximately the sum of TWO-HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND THREE-HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT & SAND THREE-HUNDRED NINTY TWO-HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN TWO-HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOU- TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND SIX- SEVEN-HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN & 66/100 ($116,338.66) together with law- SEVEN & 67/100 ($153,397.67) together THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED EIGHTY SAND TWO-HUNDRED THIRTY & 54/ HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX & 37/100 43/100 ($203,747.43) together with law- ful interest and costs. with lawful interest and costs. & 13/100 ($237,580.13) together with 100 ($256,230.54) together with lawful ($200,686.37) together with lawful inter- ful interest and costs. There is a full legal description on file in There is a full legal description on file in lawful interest and costs. interest and costs. est and costs. There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. There is a full legal description on file in There is a full legal description on file in There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn the Union County Sheriff’s Office. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale. this sale. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale. RALPH FROEHLICH RALPH FROEHLICH this sale. this sale. this sale. RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF SHERIFF RALPH FROEHLICH RALPH FROEHLICH RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF WILLIAM M. E. POWERS JR. STERN, LAVINTHAL, FRANKENBERG, SHERIFF SHERIFF SHERIFF WILLIAM M. E. POWERS JR. CHARTERED NORGAARD & KAPNICK, LLP FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD, P.C. MCOMBER & MCOMBER WILLIAM M. E. POWERS JR. CHARTERED 737 Stokes Road SUITE 300 SUITE 201 COUNSELLORS AT LAW CHARTERED 737 Stokes Road PO Box 1088 293 Eisenhower Parkway 7 Century Drive 54 Shrewsbury Avenue 737 Stokes Road PO Box 1088 Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962 Livingston, New Jersey 07039-1711 Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962 Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962 CH-756286 - (WL) CH-756292 - (WL) CH-755922 - (WL) CH-756289 - (WL) CH-756269 (WL) CH-755863 - (WL) 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/13, 12/20, 12/2701 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 & 01/10/02 Fee: $191.76 & 01/10/02 Fee: $238.68 & 01/10/02 Fee: $275.40 & 01/10/02 Fee: $261.12 & 01/03/02 Fee: $232.56 & 01/10/02 Fee: $187.68 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 11 Devil Boys, Girls Use Depth; Stop Rival Raider Swimmers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 third places and touched first in five Blue Devil freshman Neda Simaika of the 11 events, including touching touched first in the 50-yard freestyle first in all three relays, to win con- at 27.07 and teamed with Selert, vincingly, 104-66. Winchester and Fowler to win the Blue Devil freshman Amanda 400-yard freestyle relay with a time Dickson won the 100-yard breast- of 4:03.52. stroke with a time of 1:12.5 and Raider sophomore Morgan Larkin teamed with freshman Kristen Selert touched first in the 100-yard butter- and Lauren Winchester and sopho- fly with a time of 1:05.54 and also more Kelli Layton to take first in the won the 100-yard backstroke at 200-yard freestyle relay at 1:48.06. 1:08.93. Freshman Amanda Cameron The foursome of Dickson, senior took first in the 200-yard individual

Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The Times Alexa Vantosky and juniors Becky medley at 2:20.57 and the 500-yard RAIDER TRIPLE WINNER...Raider Eric Swenson won the 100-yard breast- Fallon and Suzanna Fowler com- freestyle at 5:44. Pam Cameron won stroke, the 200-yard individual medley and swam on the winning 400-yard bined to win the 200-yard medley the 200-yard freestyle with a time of freestyle relay. relay in 2:01.13. 2:10.56 and Julia Sheffield won the David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times 100-yard freestyle in 58.57. DEFINITELY THE RIGHT “STUFF”...Raider center Mike Brennan, No. 5, On December 13, the Blue Devils, completes a stuff that spurs a 14-point rally in the third quarter against North swimming without four of their top Hunterdon. G.L. Matmen Lose Opener swimmers, edged Bishop Ahr, 86- 84. Were the Blue Devils in full force against the Raiders? “Yes! Pretty much!” said Blue Devil Head Coach Raiders Surge in Third; Rout Win Three at Pingry Quad Martha Heintzelman. “It was a very good meet.” By FRED LECOMTE Later I took him down and just held Tim raised his record at 4-0. The Westfield boys and girls will N. Hunterdon Cagers, 75-59 Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times on. I’m happy my first match of the “I felt good today and I just wanted host Cranford on January 3 and the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Winning the season opener would season is over.” to do my best,” said Mark. “I was Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys and girls have been outstanding, but it was not Junior Mike Fullowan won his 130- able to use a few fireman’s carries will host Linden on the same day. complemented each other very well. final quarter, both teams went on a to be as a strong and mature (5-0) lb. match in a thriller using strength and worked several other moves.” Montgomery had seven assists, five scoring rampage that resulted in a Parsipanny Hills dominated, 46-15, to his advantage for an 8-6 decision. Sophomore Rick Lecomte at 119 in the second half, and his favorite Raider nine-point run followed by a on December 21 in Berkeley Heights. Senior Jon Regenye at 152 won a picked up three wins – silencing two target was Williams, who laid in 13 Lion 12-point run, then finished by Despite the loss, Governor Livingston tough 5-3 decision. of his opponents with pins at 1:27 Viking Cagers Tip of his points during the half. another Raider nine-point run. Lions High School students and alumni “With a new coach, our team used and 0:46. Fullowan registered three “Anwar is a great passer. I some- Justin Roznowsky, who totaled 13 welcomed new wrestling Head Coach several different moves, and that’s pins, Price (189) brutalized his three Ridge, 48-47 times get on him because he looks to points, and Joe Ricco, who totaled pass too much,” commented Doherty. Richard Iacono and assistant Coach hard to do well so early in the sea- opponents, needing just 2:12, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 14 points, scored nine each in the Christopher Brodeur and the High- son,” noted Regenye. “Despite the Regenye at 152 registered two falls “They have been playing together quarter and Chad Hegstrom netted lander wrestling team, a team still score, I think it was a success. Every- and Marcello Cavallero grabbed three Ridge forward Kate Schwartz came since they were very young.” six of his 17 points. considered young but respected. one gave it their all, and it showed we victories. Eric Serrano (140) had two alive, hitting jumpers and rolling in After a key time out called by “This was a big game for us. With “Simply put, I’m not disappointed all will improve.” victories. It took 215 lb. Shawn layups, and scored 13 of her 19 points. Doherty midway through the third our conference, we had to get a little with our effort,” said coach Iacono. Junior Colin Price (189) attacked Coughlin a combined 3:24 to smother “She really hurt us today. She was quarter, Brennan stuffed the ball, Mont- roll early. We didn’t last year,” said “Those who know me, know me to his opponent with a vengeance and all three of his foes. Junior heavy- doing turn around jump shots, she gomery followed with a three-pointer Doherty. be honest when I say that. We had put him asleep in 2:46. weight Rob Hernandez recorded two did some nice things,” said Matthews and the Raiders were off to a 14-point The 1-1 Raiders will be competing some good individual performances, “We showed a lot of heart and a quick falls. of Schwartz. run that put them ahead, 45-29. in the Rahway Tournament this week- but we just need to learn become desire to learn,” said coach Iacono. “I played football and I heard the However, the Vikings took control “We have a senior team and I end. patient with our learning.” “As they gain confidence, become team needed a heavyweight,” noted of the boards, especially with the expected them to come out ready to North Hunterdon 11 8 12 28 59 Although winning by fall, junior more physical and their skills come Hernandez. “I wanted to get in shape help of senior Stephanie Green, and go. But they came out in a little funk Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 19 8 22 26 75 Tim Vanderveer (125) had a rough into play, we will become a very and they have good coaches here, so outscored the Red Devils 17-8 in the and didn’t build the lead up the way start, trailing 7-0 in the first period. different team. We set goals and goals I learned a lot in just two weeks. third quarter to grab a 36-33 lead. we should have, so I called them in PUBLIC NOTICE set the outcome. They will be fine.” Yesterday, I was nervous, but today I Snyder, who scored 11 points in the and told the seniors to take control,” Vanderveer immediately retaliated SHERIFF’S SALE with a reversal and a takedown then On December 22, the Highlanders used a couple of moves I learned, first half, again led the charge with explained Doherty. “Are they going to do it their way or are they going to SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, tied the score at 8-8 before prying his visited Pingry and came home with found out they worked and tried them eight points. CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, opponent to his back for the win. victories over Red Bank (54-25), again.” During half time, “I told them do it my way? They went out and DOCKET NO. F-3943-01 “I was a little tired coming out and Rutgers Prep (60-3) and Pingry (54- ‘you are not getting on the boards, took it to them.” IRWIN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, With the score 49-31 entering the PLAINTIFF VS. EDDIE J. JONES, ET AL., he made some nice moves, so before 22). Freshman Mark Vanderveer SPF Jr. Matmen Top you are not getting second shots,” DEFENDANT. (112) and his 125 lb. brother, Tim Matthews explained. I knew it I was down 5-0. I had to get North Plainfield, 48-18 PUBLIC NOTICE CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, tough and let it all go with a couple both recorded three wins. Mark high- The Red Devil defense clamped DATED AUGUST 20, 2001 FOR SALE OF The Scotch Plains Fanwood P.A.L. of high crotches, a bar and a reverse. lighted his day with two falls while up on Snyder in the fourth quarter, SHERIFF’S SALE MORTGAGED PREMISES. Junior Raider wrestlers soundly defeated but Green and Kenyall Johnson, who SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- North Plainfield, 48-18, on December CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, ecution to me directed I shall expose for 12 in Scotch Plains. both finished with 10 points, each DOCKET NO. F-4615-01. sale by public vendue, at the Union County Leading the way Dio Curry, Daniel netted six points and, with the Vi- BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE, Administration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Lady Blue Devil Cagers Top Gore and Brandon Wergland, each who kings leading 46-45 with 0:47 left, PLAINTIFF VS. STEPHANIE STANLEY, Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- ET AL., DEFENDANT. sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF recorded first period falls. Mike Colineri Huber made her key tip of the shot by JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the won his varsity match by a 15-0 techni- Schwartz. With less than 20 seconds CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, High’ Park, Fall to Cougars DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 FOR SALE afternoon of said day. All successful bid- cal fall, and a second exhibition match. remaining, Green was fouled then OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. ders must have 20% of their bid available in 10-0. cash or certified check at the conclusion of her six points. hit both of her free throws, forcing By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- The Westfield High School girls Jawan Gaines won a, 12-0, major de- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale the sales. McMahon scored six points to lead Ridge to look for three points. They The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED basketball team overwhelmed visit- cision. Damian Garret, Darell Linton, made just two. by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- ing Highland Park, 56-37, on De- the third quarter and Passananti nailed Trevor Cannon and Joe Sette also re- ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE- “We’re rebuilding. We are trying Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- HUNDRED NINTY FOUR & 34/100 cember 20 to even its record to 1-1 two three-pointers in the final quar- corded wins. Linton’s match was a hard ($174,194.34). ter. Corrie McIntyre led Highland fought 9-2 decision. to find an identity,” said Matthews. sey on WEDNESDAY THE 9TH DAY OF but fell to visiting rival Cranford, 59- JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the COMMON STREET ADDRESS: 900 Park with 12 points and Lisa Feinberg Scotch Plains lost only two matches, “I saw three kids step up today. I Anna Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey 41, on December 21. Senior Tri- both by a slim margin. 53 lb. Raider thought Amy, Kenyall and Stephanie afternoon of said day. All successful bid- Captain Jackie Cusimano found mark sank 10. ders must have 20% of their bid available in TAX LOT AND BLOCK: Lot 126, Block 8 Mike Lewis fought hard in only his stepped up today. Stephanie got some cash or certified check at the conclusion of DIMENSIONS: Approximately 25 feet x in the second quarter against High- Against Cranford, the Blue Devils 115 feet had a big 15-5 second quarter to take second career match to lose, 10-9, at the big rebounds. She’s a competitor. the sales. land Park, scoring 12 of her game- Varsity level. He won an exhibition match The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED NO. OF FEET TO NEAREST INTER- a 26-24 lead at the half but the Cou- Lisa (Mortkowitz) came in and gave SECTION: At the intersection of Anna Street high 19 points. Cusimano also led and pinned his opponent 47 seconds into me clutch defense. We are trying to TWENTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN- the Blue Devils with 16 points and gars, led by Melissa Montalvo (14 the second period. Mike Ferrera lost 1-1 HUNDRED FIFTY & 04/100 ($122,750.04). and Henry Street. find where our leadership is going to MUNICIPALITY: Elizabeth City UNPAID REAL ESTATE TAXES AND five assists against the Cougars. points) and Jillian Murray (12 Points) in double overtime by criteria. OTHER MUNICIPAL CHARGES INCLUD- outscored them 35-15 in the second In exhibition action, rookies Thomas come from.” COUNTY: UNION STATE OF NEW Against Highland Park, Westfield JERSEY ING WATER AND SEWER IN THE AP- half. Blue Devil Passananti fired in Bell and Deven Foskey both won their Matthews added, “I think this team PROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $0 hit six from three-point range and is capable of scoring more points STREET & STREET NO: 906 Grove sophomore Ali McMahon, who fin- 15 points, including two from three- first match as a Junior Raider. Street There is due approximately the sum of Head Coach Mike Ridge, Steve Can- than last year’s team if it gets all of its TAX BLOCK AND LOT: ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOU- ished with 13 points, got the Blue point range. Infantino netted five SAND FIVE-HUNDRED THREE & 53/100 points, McMahon put in four and non, and Kevin Morrison led the SPFPAL engines running. But we’ve got to BLOCK: 6 LOT: 457 Devils on a 14-6 roll with seven Wrestlers. Further information on the get our defense better. We can’t give DIMENSIONS OF LOT: 100 feet x 16.04 ($185,503.53) together with lawful interest points, including a three pointer. Tri- Suanne Hutchinson added one point. SPFPAL Junior Raider Wrestling pro- feet and costs. up 40 points a game.” NEAREST CROSS STREET: 67.0 feet There is a full legal description on file in Captain Dana Passananti, who to- Highland Park 6 8 12 11 37 gram can be obtained on the web at the Union County Sheriff’s Office. taled 11 points, added five in the Westfield 14 17 13 12 56 www.spfwrestling.org. Ridge 9 16 8 14 47 from Washington Avenue Union Catholic 9 10 17 12 48 There is due approximately the sum of The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn quarter. Cusimano banged in two of Cranford 12 5 18 17 59 ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY NINE this sale. her three, three-pointers in the sec- Westfield 11 15 9 6 41 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE THOUSAND EIGHT & 44/100 RALPH FROEHLICH ($129,008.44) together with lawful inter- SHERIFF ond quarter as the Blue Devils FARR BURKE GAMBACORTA & outscored Highland Park, 17-8, to PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE est and costs. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, There is a full legal description on file in WRIGHT ATTORNEYS AT LAW take a 31-14 lead at the half. Also SHERIFF’S SALE CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, the Union County Sheriff’s Office. during the quarter, Tri-Captain Nicole SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, DOCKET NO. F-15841-00 DOCKET NO. F-11163-99 The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn 211 Benigno Boulevard, Ste. 201 CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, BENEFICIAL NEW JERSEY, INC. D/B/A SOVEREIGN BANK OF NEW JERSEY, this sale. PO Box 788 Infantino added three of her five Bellmawr, New Jersey 08099-0788 points and Carrie Rock put in two of DOCKET NO. F-4419-00 BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO., PLAIN- FSB, PLAINTIFF vs. HARRY ISAKSEN RALPH FROEHLICH U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TIFF vs. HORACE THOMPSON, ET ALS., AND JOSEF HUDAK, DEFENDANT. SHERIFF CH-756264 (WL) 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 TR U/A DTD 3/1/99, PLAINTIFF VS. DEFENDANT. CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, WILLIAM M. E. POWERS JR. & 12/27/01 Fee: $191.76 PUBLIC NOTICE EDUARDO STALLINGS AND YOLANDE CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 FOR SALE CHARTERED L. JENNINGS, DEFENDANT. DATED JUNE 01, 2001 FOR SALE OF OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. 737 Stokes Road SHERIFF’S SALE CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, MORTGAGED PREMISES. By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, DATED JULY 19, 2001 FOR SALE OF By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale CH-756273 (WL) CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, MORTGAGED PREMISES. ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- 4 T - 12/13, 12/20, 12/27/01 SHERIFF’S SALE DOCKET NO. F-8185-01 By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 & 1/03/02 Fee: $177.48 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, CHASE MANHATTAN SERVICES, ecution to me directed I shall expose for ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, INC., A DELAWARE CORP., PLAINTIFF sale by public vendue, at the Union County Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF PUBLIC NOTICE DOCKET NO. F-8414-99 vs. CARLOS E. BUITRAGO, ET ALS., Administration Building, 1st Floor, 10 sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the FT MORTGAGE COMPANIES, PLAIN- DEFENDANT. Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. All successful bid- SHERIFF’S SALE TIFF vs. PABLO MELENDEZ, ET AL., CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF afternoon of said day. All successful bid- ders must have 20% of their bid available in SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT. DATED AUGUST 23, 2001 FOR SALE OF JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the ders must have 20% of their bid available in cash or certified check at the conclusion of CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, MORTGAGED PREMISES. afternoon of said day. All successful bid- cash or certified check at the conclusion of the sales. DOCKET NO. F-16355-99 DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 FOR SALE By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- ders must have 20% of their bid available in the sales. The judgment amount is TWO-HUN- MIDFIRST BANK, STATE SAVINGS OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale cash or certified check at the conclusion of The judgment amount is TWENTY DRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE- BANK, PLAINTIFF vs. LEWIS V. PALMER, By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- the sales. THOUSAND FOUR-HUNDRED NINE- HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT & 95/100 DEFENDANT. ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED TEEN & 67/100 ($20,419.67). ($276,528.95). CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE-HUN- All that certain tract of land, including any Beginning at the point of intersection of DATED AUGUST 15, 2001 FOR SALE OF ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF DRED FOUR & 36/100 ($154,504.36). improvements, lying and being in Union the easterly sideline of Chilton Street with MORTGAGED PREMISES. Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the The property to be sold is located in the County, New Jersey being commonly known the northerly sideline of Westfield Avenue, By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF afternoon of said day. All successful bid- City of Elizabeth, County of Union and State as 215 Catherine Street, Elizabeth, New and running; thence ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the ders must have 20% of their bid available in of New Jersey. Jersey and described as Lot 381 Ward 8 of 1. North 12 degrees 59 minutes West, by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- afternoon of said day. All successful bid- cash or certified check at the conclusion of It is commonly known as 674 Jefferson the Tax Map of Elizabeth City, being more along the easterly sideline of Chilton Street, ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 ders must have 20% of their bid available in the sales. Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey assessed particularly described as follows: a distance of 111.98 feet to a point; thence Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- cash or certified check at the conclusion of The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED as 672 Jefferson Avenue, Elizabeth, New BEGINNING at a point in the easterly line 2. North 73 degrees 12 minutes 45 sec- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF the sales. FORTY THOUSAND FOUR-HUNDRED Jersey. of Catherine Street distant northerly 185 onds East, a distance of 54.11 feet to a JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED FORTY FOUR & 08/100 ($140,444.08). It is known and designated as Block 12, feet from the corner formed by intersection point; thence afternoon of said day. All successful bid- FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONE-HUNDRED All that certain land and premises situated Lot 413. of Catherine Street with the nonherly line of 3. North 88 degrees 01 minutes East, a ders must have 20% of their bid available in NINTY SIX & 73/100 ($115,196.73). in the City of Elizabeth, County of Union, The dimensions are unavailable. East Grand Street; thence running along distance of 70.52 feet to a point; thence cash or certified check at the conclusion of Property to be sold is located in the City State of New Jersey, being more particularly Nearest cross street: Situate on the north- said line of Catherine Street North 48 de- 4. South 02 degrees 00 minutes East, a the sales. of Elizabeth, County of Union and State described as follows: westerly line of Jefferson Avenue, 30.00 grees 32.25 feet; thence easterly at right distance of 123.71 feet to a point on the The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED of New Jersey Lot: 1041 W13; Block: 13 feet from the southwesterly line of Louisa angles with said line of Catherine Street 123 northerly sideline of Westfield Avenue; FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE- Premises commonly known as 501 West on the Tax Map of the City of Elizabeth Street. feet; thence southerly parallel with said line thence HUNDRED FORTY NINE & 53/100 End Avenue, Elizabeth New Jersey 07202 Nearest Cross Street: Magic Avenue Prior lien(s): Tax Sale Cert. #006466 sold of Catherine Street 31.10 feet; thence North 5. South 88 degrees 01 minutes West, ($148,349.53). BEING KNOWN as LOT 13, BLOCK Approximate Dimensions: 35.00 feet x 4/10/00 to JNH Funding corp. in the original 42 degrees 13 minutes West 123 feet to the along the northerly sideline of Westfield The property to be sold is located in the 1514, on the official Tax Map of the City of 209.00 feet x 35.00 feet x 209.00 feet amount of $1,044.24. Tax Sale Cert. place of beginning. Avenue, a distance of 101.50 feet to the City of Elizabeth in the County of Union, and Elizabeth Being more commonly known as: 241- #006879 sold 6/11/01 to CT/MD Sass in the Being lot nmnber 12 and a strip of land point and place of Beginning. the State of New Jersey. Dimensions: 128.54 feet X 34.18 feet X 243 Orchard Street, Elizabeth, New Jer- original amount of $4,492.56. The total 2.25 feet in width front and rear off the Being known as Block 13 in Lot 1574 on Commonly known as: 913 Emma Street, 119.63 feet X 33.00 feet. sey 07208 amount due as of 9/28/01 for property taxes southerly side of lot number 13 in block H as the tax map of the City of Elizabeth. Elizabeth, New Jersey Nearest Cross Street: Pennington Av- Pursuant to a municipal tax search and lien payoff is in the aggregate sum of said lots and block are laid down and desig- Being also known as 157-165 Westfield Tax Lot No. 549 in Block No. 8. enue dated 8.24.01 $11,060.01. Subject to unpaid taxes and nated on “A Map of the Real Estate late of Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Dimensions of Lot: (Approximately) 100.00 The Sheriff hereby reserves the right Subject to: 3rd quarter 2001 taxes municipal liens. Amount due will be an- the Stephen P. Brittan, deceased”. now on The above description was drawn in ac- feet wide by 33.33 feet long. to adjourn this sale without further no- $879.13 due 9.10.01, 4th quarter $879.12 nounced at the Sheriff’s Sale or is available file in the office of the Registers of Union cordance with a survey prepared by William Nearest Cross Street: Situate at a point in tice by publication. due 11.1.01; water to 6.16.01 $93.37 open upon written request to plaintiff’s attorneys. County. N. Fritzinger, 888P.L.S. dated June 16, the northeasterly line of Emma Street, 150.00 Subject to unpaid taxes, assessments, & penalty There is due approximately the sum of There is due approximately the sum of 1990. feet northwesterly from its intersection with water and sewer liens There is due approximately the sum of ONE-HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOU- TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO- There is due approximately the sum of the northwesterly line of Henry Street. There is due approximately the sum of ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND SAND SEVEN-HUNDRED SEVENTY HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR & 70/100 TWO-HUNDRED NINTY THOUSAND There is due approximately the sum of ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOU- EIGHT-HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE & 76/ THREE & 56/100 ($165,773.56) together ($22,274.70) together with lawful inter- ONE-HUNDRED FORTY & 96/100 ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOU- SAND TWENTY ONE & 06/100 100 ($150,885.76) together with lawful in- with lawful interest and costs. est and costs. ($290,140.96) together with lawful inter- SAND ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE ($122,021.06) together with lawful interest terest and costs. There is a full legal description on file in There is a full legal description on file in est and costs. & 32/100 ($157,185.32) together with and costs. There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. There is a full legal description on file in lawful interest and costs. There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn the Union County Sheriff’s Office. There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale. this sale. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale. RALPH FROEHLICH RALPH FROEHLICH this sale. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale. RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF SHERIFF RALPH FROEHLICH this sale. RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF STERN, LAVINTHAL, FRANKENBERG, MC CABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. SHERIFF RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF HILL WALLACK NORGAARD & KAPNICK, LLP LAW OFFICES MCOMBER & MCOMBER SHERIFF FEDERMAN AND PHELAN, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 300 SUITE 600 COUNSELLORS AT LAW CARKHUFF & RADMIN, PC - ESQS. Suite 505 Sentry Office Plaza 202 Carnegie Center 293 Eisenhower Parkway 216 Haddon Avenue 54 Shrewsbury Avenue 598-600 Somerset Street 216 Haddon Avenue Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5226 Livingston, New Jersey 07039-1711 Westmont, New Jersey 08108 Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 North Plainfield, New Jersey 07060 Westmont, New Jersey 08108 CH-756257 (WL) CH-756261 (WL) CH-756293 - (WL) CH-756291 - (WL) CH-756290 - (WL) CH-756259 (WL) 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 & 12/27/01 Fee: $204.00 & 12/27/01 Fee: $228.48 & 01/10/02 Fee: $234.60 & 01/10/02 Fee: $234.60 & 01/10/02 Fee: $181.56 & 12/27/01 Fee: $197.88 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 12 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION CLASSIFIED ADS Prudential Associates Receive Community Champion Awards EXPERIENCED NANNY HELP WANTED Young, loving, experienced, en- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED WESTFIELD — Barbara while Ms. Houston received $250 ergetic, outgoing European nanny Westfield Volunteer Rescue Rothman and Bernadette Houston of for the Junior League of Elizabeth seeks live-in/out position. Excel- Squad seeks persons willing to Westfield, sales associates for Pru- and Plainfield, New Jersey, Inc. Ms. lent references available, valid train as Emergency Medical dential Real Estate Affiliates in East Fumosa has received $1,000 for the drivers license. Technicians. No prior exp. Brunswick, and Barbara Fumosa of Area 5, New Jersey Special Olym- PLEASE CALL (908) 875-6447 needed. Valid NJ Driv. Lic., req., Scotch Plains, a systems manager pics, Inc. min. 4 hrs/wk. We offer 24 hr. for Prudential Institution in Iselin, The Prudential Community Cham- coverage. Wkday 9am - 1 pm or have received Prudential Commu- pions Awards Program, administered HOUSE SALE 1-5pm slots are perfect for par- nity Champions Rising Star Awards. by the company’s Local Initiatives Ms. Rothman received $250 for Division, recognized 892 Prudential 633 Prospect Street, ents of school children. Childcare reimbursement available! the Center for Women & Families employees, and retirees who excelled Westfield, 9 - 4 PM in volunteer commitment, leadership Saturday, January 5, 2002 Seeks trainees as Dispatchers. Min. and service in their communities. Oak Bedroom Set, Grandfa- 2 hrs./wk. All training provided. Cuccaro Named The Prudential Foundation is pro- ther Clock, Sofas, Refrigera- Call the Recruiting Team at viding more than $639,000 in grants tor, Small Rugs, Chairs (908) 233-2500 for details Top Listing Agent to the organizations in which these David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times PUTTING AWAY A RED DEVIL...Blue Devil junior Joe DeCampo, top, and Much Much More! associates volunteer. clamps Tom Zaborsky in a cradle and begins to rock him on his back. DeCampo CLEANING SERVICE For Burgdorff ERA As vice president of the board of won his 119-lb. bout via fall in 1:10. WESTFIELD – Ileen Cuccaro, directors, Ms. Rothman, donates an APARTMENT FOR RENT IRMA’S CLEANING SERVICE new to the Westfield office of average of 10 hours per month to the Westfield CBD, 2nd Floor, 5 FREE ESTIMATES Burgdorff ERA Realtors, has been Center for Women and Families. She honored as listing agent of the month organizes volunteers placing them in St. Helen’s Lady Cagers Win Rooms, 2 Bed & Deck, Completely (201) 997-6345 Remodeled W/D, Dishwasher. for October 2001 with four listings. areas they wish to donate their time $1695 mo. Ms. Cuccaro has received many and talent. Five to Boost Record to 13-2 908-232-2232 Ask for Dave #1 CLEANING LADY $75 + awards and has been a member in the Ms. Houston devotes an average Occupied/Empty Dwellings, Move New Jersey Association of Realtors of 15 hours per month to the Junior St. Helen’s CYO girl’s Grade 5-6 had five assists and two points. CHILDCARE PROVIDER In/Out, Sp. Projects, Baseboards, Million Dollar Sales Club and was League of Elizabeth and Plainfield. basketball team of Westfield won five Slodyczka had 14 points, 12, and awarded the Bronze Level in 1996, As a volunteer, she helped establish Mature woman wanted to help Wind/Sash/Storms - Inside only, games over the weekend to improve eight. Closet Cleanout, Removal, etc. 1997 and 1999 and the Silver Level a scholarship fund to assist female their overall record to 13-2. St. Helen’s beat St. Theresa’s of with transportation needs of in 1998 and 2000. She has been a seniors who show exemplary volun- children and to provide general Seasonal/Party Clean Up. Com- First, St. Helen’s defeated the Summit, 46-4. Alli MacDonald had panion for Elderly.(908) 226-0738 New Jersey real estate professional teer performance. She also staffed a Clark, 31-7. Erin Miller and Stephanie seven points and 10 rebounds while household assistance. for five years in Garwood and is a medical day care center for physi- Slodyczka each had 10 points and Elizabeth Harbaugh had four points, 3 - 6 pm, Mon - Fri member of the Garwood Planning cally and mentally challenged pre- Danielle Infantino chipped in eight. 12 rebounds and three blocked shots. Call 908-233-8418 www.goleader.com Board. school children and developed a rec- Allison Oberlander had three steals Annie DePalmer played well. In the “Ileen has been a wonderful addi- reation and social program for a se- and four rebounds. final game, St. Helen’s beat archrival PUBLIC NOTICE tion to our office this year and has nior day care center primarily for Next, St. Helen’s defeated St. PUBLIC NOTICE IHM of Scotch Plains, 23-14, in a UNION COUNTY BOARD taken advantage of our cutting edge Alzheimer patients. Joseph’s, 48-3, exhibiting an intense hard-fought contest. Krissy Wendel OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS UNION COUNTY BOARD training and focus sessions to help The mission of the Center for defense. Fifth graders Kate Sheridan pulled down 12 rebounds. Miller fired NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS clients and expand her own produc- Women and Families is to provide an and Cassie Simcox tallied six and in nine points, Infantino had eight Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Public Notice is hereby given that the Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 tion,” said Judy Sagan, Vice Presi- alternative to traditional mental four points, respectively. Nina Brown- and Slodyczka had four pts, 12 re- health services by offering short- stone helped St. Helen’s to get off to bounds and six blocked shots. Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Public Notice is hereby given that the dent and Manager of the Westfield a fast start. St. Helen’s also beat IHM ers has awarded a contract without com- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- office. term, inexpensive one-on-one coun- Driscoll had five steals, three assists petitive bidding as a professional service or ers has awarded a contract without com- seling, free legal consultants and help of Scotch Plains, 40-6. Rose Driscoll and caused numerous turnovers. extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- petitive bidding as a professional service or ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- PUBLIC NOTICE referrals to men, women and fami- tract and the resolution authorizing it is ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- lies confronting transitional or de- available for public inspection in the Office tract and the resolution authorizing it is UNION COUNTY BOARD velopmental challenges. Hye-Young Choi of the Clerk of the Board. available for public inspection in the Office OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS RESOLUTION NO. 1242-2001 of the Clerk of the Board. NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD AWARDED TO: Hersh Tower Corp., c/o RESOLUTION NO. 1220-2001 Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 PUBLIC NOTICE ACHS Management Corporation, 1407 AWARDED TO: US Food Service, Inc., Public Notice is hereby given that the Broadway, Suite 3200, New York, New York 300 Berkeley Drive, Swedesboro, New Jer- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- TOWN OF WESTFIELD SERVICES: For rental of the Eastern sey ers has awarded a contract without com- BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Center of the Division of Workforce Devel- SERVICES: To provide comprehensive petitive bidding as a professional service or The Board of Adjustment of the Town of opment Operations of the Union County food procurement and inventory manage- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Westfield, New Jersey will meet on Monday Department of Human Services, 125 Broad ment system at Runnells Specialized Hos- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- January 14, 2002 in the Council Chambers Street, 4th Floor, Elizabeth, New Jersey. pital. tract and the resolution authorizing it is at the Municipal Building, 425 East Broad PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 available for public inspection in the Office Street, Westfield, New Jersey at 7:30 p.m. COST: Not to exceed $62,100 COST: $741,000 of the Clerk of the Board. to hear and consider the following appeals M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich RESOLUTION NO. 1247-2001 for variance from the requirements of the Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board AWARDED TO: O’Brien & Gere Engi- Westfield Land Use Ordinance: 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $24.48 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 neering, Inc., 1777 Sentry Parkway West, 1. Raymond T. and Maryann Gwyneed Hall, Suite 302, Blue Bell, Penn- Pietruszki, 314 Washington Street sylvania seeking permission to erect a build- SERVICES: For the purpose of redesign- ing addition contrary to the require- ing the Nomahegan Park Dam replacement ments of Section 11.09 E.6. and BERNARDSVILLE, NJ project and bid phase services for the 11.09 E.10. of the Land Use Ordi- Nomahegan Rahway Park and Jackson nance. Minimum interior side yard Pond Dams. proposed 5.5 feet. Ordinance re- COST: $23,000 quires 100 feet. Maximum building M. Elizabeth Genievich coverage proposed of 20.7%. Ordi- Clerk of the Board nance allows 20%. 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $23.97 2. Needle Point Homes L.L.C./ Town of Westfield, 112 and 116 Madison There is no better time than the Holidays to express my PUBLIC NOTICE Avenue Lots 36 & 37, Block 101 seeking permission to erect a new appreciation for your business and friendship. Helping fami- UNION COUNTY BOARD home contrary to the requirements OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS of Section 11.08 E.5. of the Land lies find and aquire the home of their dreams has always NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Use Ordinance. Applicant proposes been, and will continue to be, the most satisfying aspect of my Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 a minimum front yard setback of 35 Public Notice is hereby given that the feet. Ordinance requires 40 feet. service to each of you. Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- 3. Julie Stewart, 113 Central Avenue ers has awarded a contract without com- seeking permission to use space petitive bidding as a professional service or on the second level of a building in At a time when so much has been changed by the events extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- the Central Business District for we all witnessed, it is reassuring to know that our commu- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- educational use (computer enrich- tract and the resolution authorizing it is ment for children) and erect an aw- nity remains strong, united and a wonderful place to live. available for public inspection in the Office ning with signage at street level GRACIOUS NEW of the Clerk of the Board. entrance contrary to the require- RESOLUTION NO. 1233-2001 ments of Section 11.25 A & D, AWARDED TO: Developmental Direc- 16.01 and 16.04H of Land Use Or- May the spirit of the season fill your heart with peace and joy! COUNTRY MANOR HOME tions, LLC, 428 Rosehill Place, Elizabeth, dinance. Ordinance does not per- New Jersey mit educational use in the Central Builder of over 25 Manor Homes offers the ultimate in SERVICES: For the purpose of adminis- Business District and signage other luxurious living. Master Suite + 5 BRs, 4 fireplaces, tering the HUD Section 8 Housing Assis- than in the windows on the 2nd level Hye-Young Choi tance Payments Program on behalf of 18 is permitted. 8,000 sq ft. Inlaid floors, special trim, stunning archi- municipalities that participate in the Section Documentation of the above is on file in tectural features. Pristine 6+ wooded acres with 8 Housing Assistance Program as requested the Office of the Town Engineer, 959 North pond and stream on Bernardsville Mountain, adjacent by Union County Economic Development Avenue West, Westfield, New Jersey and COLDWELL BANKER Department. may be seen Monday through Friday, 8:30 RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE to Jockey Hollow State Park. Offered at $2.5 mil. PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Don’t miss this rare opportunity! COST: $173,870 or the amount approved Any interested party may appear at the Westfield Office • 209 Central Avenue by the County of Union to administer 371 hearing, either in person, or by their attor- (908) 233-5555 ext. 165 Contact Brian Jannone Vouchers contingent upon the HUD/Union ney, and be given an opportunity to be heard (908) 301-2015 - Direct County Contract. with respect to this application. [email protected] Prudential New Jersey Properties M. Elizabeth Genievich Colleen Mayer, Secretary (908) 658-4300, ext. 312 Clerk of the Board Board of Adjustment 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $27.54 1 T –12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $49.47

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Coldwell Banker Schlott Realtors, 209 Cen- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, ColdwellBanker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- tral Avenue, Westfield, has announced the Westfield, has announced the listing and sale Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing enue, Westfield, has announced the listing listing and sale of this home located at 937 of this home located at 1025 Nicholas Avenue, of this home located at 388 Parkview Drive, and sale of this home located at 194 Hidden and sale of this home located at 585 Trinity Oakwood Place, Plainfield. The property Union. The property was listed by Rosanne Scotch Plains. The property was listed by Su- Hollow Court, Edison. The property was Place, Westfield. The property was listed was listed by John DeMarco & Adah Levin DeLorenzo and negotiation of the sale was by san D’Arecca and negotiation of the sale was listed by Joan Kylish and negotiation of the by Bobbee Mulvee and negotiation of the and negotiations of the sale was by John Janice Tittel. by Susan Checchio. sale was by Kathy Shea. sale was by Sue Checchio. DeMarco.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and sale of this home located at 735 Fairacres of 1010 Raritan Road, Cranford. The property sale of this home located at 148 Greenwood of this home located at 6 Clinton Lane, Scotch sale of this home located at 10 Wedgewood Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed was listed and sold by Susan D’Arecca. Road, Mountainside. The property was listed Plains. The property was listed and sold by Pat Way, Scotch Plains. The property was listed by Frank Isoldi and negotiation of the sale by Hye-Young Choi and negotiation of the sale Glaydura. by Rosanne DeLorenzo and negotiation of sale was by Carla Capuano. was by Ruth Tate. was by Betty Lynch.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue Westfield, has announced the listing enue Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and sale of this home located at 525 Bradford sale of this home located at 136 Coriell Av- and sale of this home located at 224 Lyon sale of this home located at 253 Prospect sale of this home located at 2225 Coles Av- Avenue, Westfield. The proprety was listed enue, Fanwood. The property was listed by Lane, Westfield. The property was listed Street, Westfield. The property was listed enue, Scotch Plains. The property was listed by Sally Calder and negotiation of the sale Margaret Maguire and negotiation of the sale by Kathy Shea and negotiation of the sale and sold by Ann Allen. by Elvira Ardrey and negotiation of the sale was by James Fawcett. was by Kim Haley. was by Mary Rovito. was by Nancy Bregman

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Westfield, announces the listing and sale of this enue, Westfield, announces the listing and Westfield, announces the listing and sale of this enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and home located at 27 Laurel Place, Fanwood. The sale of this home located at 55 Hill Hollow home located at 121 Garden Street, Cranford. sale of this home located at 39 Woodbrook sale of this home located at 1170 Cooper property was listed by John Aslanian and nego- Road, Watchung. The property was listed The property was listed by Tom Bianco and Circle, Westfield. The property was listed Road, Scotch Plains. The property was listed tiation of the sale was by Carol Lyons. and sold by Reva Berger. negotiation of the sale was by Anne Kelly. by Eileen Burlinson. by Hye-Young Choi and negotiation of the sale was by Kay Gragnano.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and Westfield, has announced the listing and sale Westfield, has announced the listing and sale of this home located at 795 Knollwood Ter- sale of this home located at 776 Clarence sale of this home located at 227 Prospect of this home located at 237 South Fork Road, of this home located at 1002 Columbus Av- race, Westfield. The property was listed by Street, Westfield. The property was listed Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed Mountainside. The property was listed and sold enue, Westfield. The property was listed and Hye-Young Choi and negotiation of the sale by Bob Devlin and negotiation of the sale was by Kay Gragnano and negotiation of the sale by Kay Gragnano. sold by Kim Haley. was by Kimberly Haley. by Hye-Young Choi. was by Dario Muscaritolo.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, enue, Westfield, have announced the listing enue, Westfield, have announced the listing enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and Westfield, has announced the listing and sale and sale of this home located at 720 Saunders and sale of this home located at 318 Roger sale of this home located at 127 Washington sale of this home located at 421 Woodland of 236 West Fourth Avenue, Roselle. The prop- Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed erty was listed and sold by John Papa. by Harriet Lifson and negotiation of the sale by Betty Lynch and negotiation of the sale and sold by Carol Lyons. by Mary McEnerney and negotiation of the was by Dennis Devine. was by Karleen Burns. sale was by Betty Lynch.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing enue, Westfield, has announced the listing enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and of 136 Tillotson Road, Fanwood. The property and sale of this home located at 38 Poplar and sale of this home located at 712 Hyslip sale of this home located at 211 Byrd Av- sale of this home located at 806 Shadowlawn was listed by Fran Perla and negotiation of the Place, Fanwood. The property was listed Avenue, Westfield. The property was listed enue, Scotch Plains. The property was listed Drive, Westfield. The property was listed by sale was by Diane Pellino. by Kathy Shea and negotiation of the sale by Ruth Tate and negotiation of the sale was by Vivian Young and negotiation of the sale John Wiley and negotiation of the sale was was by Mary McEnerney. by Kay Gragnano. was by James Fawcett. by Betty Lynch.

Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- Coldwell Banker Realtor, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker, 209 Central Avenue, Coldwell Banker Realtors, 209 Central Av- enue, Westfield, has announced the listing enue, Westfield, has announced the listing Westfield, has announced the listing and sale Westfield, has announced the listing and sale enue, Westfield, has announced the listing and and sale of this home located at 1400 and sale of this home located at 645 Chest- of this home located at 9 Holly Street, Cranford. of this home located at 2385 Lake Park Ter- sale of this home located at 5 Burnham Vil- Randolph Road, Plainfield. The property nut Street, Cranford. The property was The property was listed by Kathy Shea and ne- race, Scotch Plains. The property was listed lage, Scotch Plains. The property was listed was listed by John DeMarco and negotiation listed by Karleen Burns and negotiation of gotiation of the sale was by Janice Tittel. by Pat Glaydura and negotiation of the sale and sold by Reva Berger. of the sale was by Margaret Maguire. the sale was by Jayne Bernstein. was by Dario Muscaritolo. Westfield Office Coldwell Banker Mortgage Services 209 Central Avenue • (908) 233-5555 1-888-317-5416 ©2001 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Corporation. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Office Independently Owned and Operated CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 14 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Elizabeth McNamara, 83, Exec. Secretary Peter Supko, 92, Retired Electrician; To Runnells Specialized Hospital President – Obituaries – Had Served With U.S. Marine Corps Elizabeth Crosby McNamara, 83, and a member of the Scotch Plains Ruth Paul Miller, 90, Had Been Active Peter Supko, 92, of Cheesequake Tekla Donchak Supko; two sons, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, Senior Citizens. Village in Matawan died on Monday, Michael Supko of Belmar and Peter December 17, at Muhlenberg Re- She was predeceased by her hus- With Westfield PTA and Chansonettes December 17, at the Bayshore Com- Supko of Kensington, Md.; a daugh- gional Medical Center in Plainfield. band, Elwood Joseph McNamara, in munity Hospital in Holmdel. ter, Irene Supko of Scotch Plains; a Born in Bayonne, she had lived 1986. Ruth Paul Miller, 90, a former ating with honors from Connecticut Born in Frackville, Pa., he had sister, Helen Chavin of Freehold, there before moving to Scotch Plains Surviving are two sons, Thomas J. Westfield resident, died on Saturday, College for Women, now Connecti- been a resident of South Plainfield and three grandchildren. in 1950. McNamara of Canton, Mass. and June 23, at the Webster Assisted Liv- cut College, in 1932. for 50 years prior to moving to Funeral services were held on Mrs. McNamara had been the ex- James R. McNamara of Scotch ing Center, Kendal, in Lexington, Va. Mrs. Miller had worked in Man- Cheesequake Village two years ago. Thursday, December 20, in the ecutive secretary to the President of Plains; two brothers, Arthur Crosby Born on August 8, 1910 in Albany, hattan, teaching the Gregg shorthand Mr. Supko had been employed as Brunswick Memorial Home in East Runnells Specialized Hospital of and Thomas Crosby; a sister, Frances N.Y., to Adella Ives and Edward Paul, method for secretaries for several an electrician for Westinghouse in Brunswick. A Divine Liturgy fol- Union County in Berkeley Heights Micalleff, and five grandchildren. she had lived in Hartford, Conn., years. She later worked in the Hillside before retiring in 1976. lowed at the Nativity of Our Lord prior to retiring. The funeral was held on Friday, Westfield, Murrysville, Pa., Green Franklin High School library and He was a communicant of the Church in East Brunswick. Inter- She had also formerly been em- December 21, from the Memorial Valley, Ariz., and Richmond, Va., be- office in Murrysville. Nativity of Our Lord Byzantine ment took place at Forest Green Park ployed with Western Electric in Jer- Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in fore moving to the Webster Assisted While living in Westfield, she was Catholic Church in East Brunswick. Cemetery in Marlboro. sey City; as a waitress for 15 years at Fanwood. A Mass followed at St. Living Center in September of 2000. active with the local Parent-Teacher He was a private in the United Memorial contributions may be Wieland’s Steakhouse in Bartholomew the Apostle Church, She attended primary and second- Association and served as a Den States Marine Corps before being made to the National Parkinson’s Mountainside, which later became with interment at Fairview Cemetery ary schools in Hartford, including Mother for Cub Scouts. As a member honorably discharged in 1934. Mr. Foundation, 1501 North West 9th L’Affaire, and as a clerk with the in Westfield. Weaver High School, before gradu- of the women’s group the Supko had been stationed in South Avenue, Bob Hope Road, Miami, Scotch Plains Police Department. Memorial contributions may be Chansonettes, she sang at fundraising America and the Caribbean. Fla. 33130. Mrs. McNamara was a parishioner made to the American Heart Asso- Mary Genovese, 101 banquets. Surviving are his wife of 66 years, December 27, 2001 of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Ro- ciation, 2550 U.S. Highway 1, North Mary Genovese, 101, of North She was predeceased by her hus- man Catholic Church in Scotch Plains Brunswick 08902-4301. Plainfield died on Monday, Decem- band, Donald Spieske Miller, in 1967. December 27, 2001 Frank J. Dundon, 84, Police Lieutenant; ber 17, at Genesis Eldercare in The couple was married in 1938. Plainfield. Surviving are a daughter, Pamela Active With Barbershop Singing Group Laurino Cicchino, 88, Was Foreman Born and raised in Scotch Plains, Rickett of Chester, Va.; a son, Nicho- she had lived in North Plainfield for las Miller of Acton, Mass., and five Frank J. Dundon, 84, of Scotch Dundon; two daughters, Margaret For Construction Firm in Kenilworth 65 years. grandchildren. Plains died on Monday, December Lyman of Manalapan and Joanne Laurino Cicchino, 88, of Westfield Gemma Vacca Cicchino; a daughter, She was predeceased by her hus- Memorial services were held at 17, at his home. Dundon of Somerset; two sons, died Wednesday, December 19, at Maria Vacca of Westfield; three band, Harry Genovese, in 1962, and both the Webster Assisted Living Born in Jersey City, he had lived Stephen Dundon of San Jose, Calif. his home. grandchildren and eight great-grand- by a sister, Lena Wells, in 2000. Center and at the Presbyterian Cem- there prior to moving to Scotch Plains and Michael Dundon of Jersey City; Born in Castelpetroso, Italy, he children. Surviving are a brother, Michael etery in Murrysville. in 1969. a sister, Julia Donigan of Wayne; five came to Newark in 1954 and had also The funeral took place from the Osnato of Toms River. Arrangements were handled by the A police lieutenant, he had served grandchildren and a great-grandson. lived in Union before relocating to Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Fu- Services were held on Thursday, Hart Funeral Home in Murrysville. for 30 years with the Jersey City A Mass of Christian Burial was Westfield 26 years ago. neral Home in Westfield. A Mass December 20, at the Scarpa Funeral Memorial contributions may be Police Department before retiring in offered on Friday, December 21, at Mr. Cicchino had been a foreman followed at St. Helen’s Roman Catho- Home in North Plainfield. Interment made to the Christian Children’s 1978. St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church. for Ralph Barone & Sons Construc- lic Church in Westfield. Interment took place at Hillside Cemetery in Fund, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, A United States Army veteran of Interment took place at Fairview Scotch Plains. Richmond, Va. 23294. World War II, he was a Sergeant with Cemetery in Westfield. tion Company in Kenilworth, where was at Hollywood Memorial Park in December 27, 2001 December 27, 2001 he was employed for 28 years before Union. Troop B of the 117th Cavalry in Arrangements were under the di- prior to retiring in 1979. December 27, 2001 Southern France, Central Europe and rection of the Dooley Funeral Home, Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Kenneth D. Matula, 67, Vice Principal; the Rhineland. 218 North Avenue, West, in Cranford. Anna B. Lacz, 87 Mr. Dundon was a member of the December 27, 2001 Anna Blanch Lacz, 87, of Served in Air Force During Peacetime Rahway Valley Jerseyaires Chapter William Patrick, 86 Mountainside died on Tuesday, De- of the Society for the Preservation Bella P. Klein William Patrick, 86, of Tucson, cember 18, in the Ashbrook Nursing Kenneth D. Matula, 67, of Scotch tory and received a master’s degree in and Encouragement of Barbershop Bella P. Klein of Orlando, Fla., Ariz., died there on Tuesday, De- and Rehabilitation Center in Scotch Plains died on Sunday, December administration from Montclair State Quartet Singing in America. died on Sunday, December 16, in the cember 11, at his home. Plains. 16, at Muhlenberg Regional Medical College in Upper Montclair in 1964. He was also a member of the Old Orlando Regional Medical Center in Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., he had Born in Pennsylvania, she had lived Center in Plainfield. Mr. Matula was a member of Toast- Guard, the Merrymen, the 117th Orlando. lived in Westfield and Fanwood for in Newark, Irvington and Roselle Born in Newark, he was a resident masters of Westfield and the New Cavalry Association and Martin Born in Newark, she had lived in many years before moving to Tucson prior to moving to Mountainside two of Scotch Plains for 41 years. Jersey Principals Association. Wallberg Post No. 3 of the American Westfield before relocating to Or- last year. years ago. Mr. Matula had been employed as Surviving are his wife, Aurora Legion, all of Westfield, and a com- lando two years ago. Mr. Patrick, a carpenter, had owned She was predeceased by her hus- a Vice Principal by the Carteret Board Bellomo Matula; two sons, Leonard municant of St. Bartholomew the Mrs. Klein had been a home study and operated a contracting business band, Bruno Lacz. of Education for 33 years, including R. Matula and Frank R. Matula; a Apostle Roman Catholic Church in teacher for the Westfield Board of in the Union County area for many Surviving is a sister, Stella Lacz. 18 years at Carteret High School and daughter, Delia L. Luewan; a brother, Scotch Plains. Education for many years prior to years. He was a member of the Re- A Mass was offered on Saturday, 15 years with elementary schools, Richard Matula, and a grandchild. He was predeceased by a son, Kevin retiring. tired Carpenters Union. December 22, at St. Joseph Roman retiring in September of 2000. Ear- Services were held on Friday, De- Dundon, in 1990. She earned a bachelor’s degree from He served as a Sergeant in the Catholic Church in Roselle, follow- lier in his career, he had taught his- cember 21, at the Dooley Funeral Surviving are his wife, Helen A. Newark Teachers College in Union. United States Army Signal Corps ing the funeral from the Krowicki tory at Union High School for eight Home, 218 North Avenue, West, in She was a member of the Westfield during World War II. McCracken Funeral Home in Lin- years. Cranford. Froma Charles, 74 Chapter of Hadassah. Surviving are a daughter, Virginia den. Interment was at the Good Shep- He served with the United States Memorial contributions may be Froma Bears Charles, 74, of Scotch She was predeceased by a son, Patrick; a son, Robert Patrick, and herd Mausoleum of St. Gertrude’s Air Force during peacetime. made to the American Diabetes or Plains died on Tuesday, December Steven R. Klein. two grandchildren. Cemetery in Colonia. He graduated from Rutgers Uni- Cystic Fibrosis Association. 18, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Surviving are her husband, Ben- December 27, 2001 December 27, 2001 versity in 1957 with a degree in his- December 27, 2001 Born in New Brunswick, she had jamin N. Klein; a son, Robert A. lived in Plainfield for most of her Klein of Potomac, Md.; a daughter, PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE life before relocating to Scotch Marilyn Klein of Orlando; five grand- Plains in 1986. children and a great-grandchild. THE SCOTCH PLAINS – FANWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION, order of “The Scotch Plains – Fanwood Board of Education” in the amount of $302,340 IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, NEW JERSEY drawn upon a bank or trust company, and such check must be enclosed with the proposal Mrs. Charles was employed as a Funeral services were conducted mathematics teacher at Plainfield NOTICE OF SALE OF $15,117,000 for Bonds. When the successful bidder has been ascertained, all such deposits will be on Wednesday, December 19, in the SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS promptly returned to the persons making the same, except the check of the successful bidder High School for 27 years and was King Solomon Cemetery in Clifton. (the “Deposit”) which will be applied in part payment for the Bonds or to secure the Board also an adjunct professor of math- Arrangements were handled by the SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the Secretary of the Scotch Plains – Fanwood of Education from any loss resulting from the failure of the successful bidder to comply with Board of Education (the “Board of Education”), a school district of the State of New Jersey terms of its bid. No interest will be allowed on the Deposit. Award of the Bonds to the ematics at Kean University in Union. Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union. situate in the County of Union (the “School District”), in the Board of Education Offices, successful bidder, or rejection of all bids, is expected to be made within two hours after She graduated as valedictorian of December 27, 2001 Evergreen Avenue and Cedar Street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, on Thursday, January 10, opening of the bids, but the successful bidder may not withdraw its proposal for Bonds until New Brunswick High School and 2002, until 11:00 A.M. at which time they will be publicly opened and announced, for the after 3:30 P.M. of the day of such bid-opening and then only if such award has not been made earned her master’s degree in Span- Mary F. Cahalan, 90 purchase of the following issue of bonds of said School District (the “Bonds”) due (subject prior to the withdrawal. to prior redemption) on July 15 as follows: The Bonds will be delivered to the successful bidder at the expense of the Board of ish, English and Mathematics from Mary F. Cahalan, 90, of Scotch Year Principal Amount Year Principal Amount Education at the offices of DTC in New York, New York and payment for the Bonds will be Douglas College, graduating with Plains died on Thursday, December 2003 $755,850 2013 $755,850 made on or about January 24, 2002 at the offices of the Board of Education’s bond counsel, honors. 20, at the Ashbrook Nursing and 2004 $755,850 2014 $755,850 McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, New Jersey, or at such other place as may be agreed She was a volunteer for CON- Rehabilitation Center in Scotch 2005 $755,850 2015 $755,850 upon with the successful bidder. The Bonds will be delivered to DTC in single denominations 2006 $755,850 2016 $755,850 for each maturity of the Bonds. PAYMENT FOR THE BONDS AT THE TIME OF TACT We Care, a crisis hotline for Plains. 2007 $755,850 2017 $755,850 ORIGINAL ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY THEREOF SHALL BE MADE BY THE SUC- people seeking someone with whom Born in Brooklyn, she had lived in 2008 $755,850 2018 $755,850 CESSFUL BIDDER IN IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FUNDS. they can talk. Mrs. Charles also re- Millburn before moving to Scotch 2009 $755,850 2019 $755,850 Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked on the outside “Proposal cently completed an expedition to Plains 10 years ago. 2010 $755,850 2020 $755,850 for Bonds” and must contain the certified, cashier’s or treasurer’s check referred to in the 2011 $755,850 2021 $755,850 second preceding paragraph. If mailed, proposals for Bonds should be addressed to or in the Costa Rican Rainforest. Miss Cahalan had been employed 2012 $755,850 2022 $755,850 care of the undersigned at The Scotch Plains – Fanwood Board of Education, Evergreen She was predeceased by her hus- as an office manager at the George F. The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form and when issued, will be registered in the Avenue and Cedar Street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076. The Board of Education takes band, Monroe M. Charles, in 1983, White Insurance Company in name of and held by Cede & Co., as the registered owner thereof and nominee for The no responsibility for any proposals for Bonds not received by the undersigned prior to the bid and by a son, David Charles, in 1985. Millburn for 35 years prior to retiring Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), an automated depository for opening time. securities and clearinghouse for securities transactions. If the Bonds qualify for issuance of any policy of municipal bond insurance or commitment Surviving are another son, Dr. Ri- 25 years ago. Purchases of the Bonds will be made in book-entry form (without certificates) in the therefor at the option of a bidder, any purchase of such insurance or commitment therefor chard Charles of Denver, Colo.; two She was a member of the Friday denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple of $850 in excess thereof. It shall be shall be at the sole option and expense of the bidder and any increased cost of issuance of daughters, Sandra Charles-Malul of Friends of St. Rose of Lima Roman the obligation of the successful bidder to furnish to DTC the underwriter’s questionnaire and the Bonds resulting by reason of such insurance, unless otherwise paid, shall be paid by Denver and Deborah Charles of Catholic Church in Short Hills. the denominations of the Bonds not less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the delivery of such bidder. Any failure of the Bonds to be so insured or of any such policy of insurance to the Bonds and to furnish to Bond Counsel, referenced below, the initial public offering prices be issued shall not in any way relieve the purchaser of its contractual obligations arising from Springfield, and six grandchildren. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Alice of the Bonds not less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to delivery of the Bonds. the acceptance of its proposal for the purchase of the Bonds. Funeral services were held on Cahalan, and several nieces and In the event that either DTC determines not to continue to act as securities depository for It is anticipated that CUSIP identification numbers will be printed on the Bonds, but neither Thursday, December 20, at the nephews. the Bonds or the Board of Education determines that it is in the best interest of the beneficial the failure to print such number on any Bond nor any error with respect thereto shall constitute Higgins Home for Funerals in A Mass was offered on Monday, owners of the Bonds that they be able to obtain bond certificates, the Board of Education will cause for the failure or refusal of the successful bidder to accept delivery of and pay for the appoint a paying agent and will issue and deliver replacement Bonds in the form of fully Bonds. The CUSIP Service Bureau charge for the assignment of CUSIP numbers on the Watchung. Interment took place in December 24, at Holy Spirit Roman registered certificates. Bonds shall be the responsibility of and shall be paid for by the successful bidder. Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge. Catholic Church in Union. Interment The Bonds will be dated January 1, 2002, and will bear interest at the rate or rates per On or prior to the delivery of the Bonds and as a condition precedent to the delivery of the Memorial donations may be made took place at Hollywood Memorial annum specified by the successful bidder therefor in accordance herewith. The Bonds will Bonds by the Board of Education, the successful bidder shall furnish to the Board of to Herzl Theodor Jewish Day School, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Principal of the Bonds will be Park Mausoleum in Union. Education a certificate acceptable to Bond Counsel which sets forth the prices at which the December 27, 2001 payable at the administration office of the Board of Education in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. successful bidder reasonably expected, at the time the successful bidder agreed to 2450 S. Wabash Street, Denver, Colo. Interest on the Bonds will be payable semi annually on the 15th day of January and July in each purchase the Bonds, based upon then prevailing market conditions, each maturity of the 80231. year until maturity, commencing on July 15, 2002, by check or draft mailed on such interest Bonds would be sold to the public (excluding bond houses, brokers or similar persons or December 27, 2001 Thomas W. Shurina, 51 payment date to the owners thereof registered as such as of each next preceding January organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters or wholesalers), and certifying that (i) Thomas W. Shurina, 51, of 1 and July 1 on the registration books maintained by the Board of Education. Interest on the each maturity of the Bonds has been the subject of a bona fide initial offering to the public PUBLIC NOTICE Bonds shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day calendar Mountainside died on Sunday, De- (excluding bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity SHERIFF’S SALE months. cember 16, at his home. of underwriters or wholesalers) at the price indicated for such maturity, and (ii) the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, The Bonds maturing prior to July 15, 2013 are not subject to redemption prior to their stated successful bidder had no reason to believe that any maturity of the Bonds would be sold to CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, Born in Orange, he was a resident maturities. The Bonds maturing on or after July 15, 2013 are subject to redemption prior to the public (excluding bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the DOCKET NO. F-16992-00 of Mountainside since 1954. maturity at the option of the Board of Education, in whole at any time, or in part in inverse order capacity of underwriters or wholesalers) at prices greater than the price indicated for such CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE of their maturity, on July 15, 2012 or on any interest payment date thereafter. The Bonds Mr. Shurina was employed as a bio- maturity. In the event that the Bonds shall be held by the successful bidder for investment CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF vs. MELVIN subject to redemption shall be redeemed at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus medical technician at Trinitas Hospi- and not to be offered for resale to the public, the successful bidder shall specify on such SILVA, ET ALS., DEFENDANT. accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. certificate the purchase price being paid by the successful bidder to the Board of Education CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, tal in Elizabeth for the past 16 years. If notice of redemption has been given by mail, the Bonds or the portion thereof called for for each such maturity, which purchase price shall be at least equal to the fair market value DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2001 FOR SALE He was a Staff Sergeant in the redemption shall be due and payable on the date fixed for redemption at the redemption price, price of such maturity or maturities on the date of sale to the successful bidder. OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Payment shall be made upon United States Army National Guard The obligations hereunder to pay for and to accept delivery of the Bonds shall be By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- surrender of the Bonds redeemed. for 23 years. conditioned on the availability and the delivery at the time of delivery of the Bonds of the ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale If less than all of the Bonds outstanding of any maturity shall be called for redemption, such approving opinion of the law firm of McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, New Jersey, which by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- He was predeceased by his father, Bonds to be so redeemed shall be selected by the Board of Education by lot. will be furnished without cost to the successful bidder, substantially in the form set forth in ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 William J. Shurina. In the event of any redemption, notice thereof shall be mailed by first class mail, postage the Official Statement distributed in preliminary form in connection with the sale of the Bonds. Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- prepaid, to the registered owner of any Bonds to be redeemed at the address shown on the Surviving are his mother, Estelle Such opinion shall state to the effect that the Bonds are valid and legally binding obligations sey on WEDNESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF registration books of the Board of Education not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty J. Shurina of Mountainside, and a of the Board of Education and that all the taxable real property in the School District will be JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the (60) days prior to the redemption date; provided, however, that failure to mail or receive such subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes, without limitation as to rate or amount, to pay the Bonds afternoon of said day. All successful bid- brother, William R. Shurina of notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption. and the interest thereon. The opinion of said law firm will also address the exclusion from ders must have 20% of their bid available in Bridgewater. If notice of redemption has been given by mail, the Bonds or the portion thereof called for gross income of interest on the Bonds for Federal income tax purposes under the existing cash or certified check at the conclusion of redemption shall be due and payable on the date fixed for redemption at the redemption price, A Funeral Mass was held on law. The obligations hereunder to pay for and to accept delivery of the Bonds shall be further the sales. together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Payment shall be made upon Wednesday, December 19, at the Our conditioned on the availability and delivery to the successful bidder, at the time of delivery of The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED surrender of the Bonds redeemed. the Bonds, of certificates, in form satisfactory to McCarter & English, LLP (i) evidencing the NINTY THOUSAND TWO-HUNDRED Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic The Bonds have been designated by the Board of Education as “Qualified Tax-Exempt proper execution and delivery of the Bonds; (ii) evidencing the receipt of payment therefor; FIVE & 01/100 ($190,205.01). Church in Mountainside. Interment Obligations” for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as (iii) setting forth the facts necessary to conclude that interest on the Bonds will be excluded Property to be sold is located in the City amended (the “Code”). The Board of Education intends that, by such designation, of the was private. from gross income under section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; of Elizabeth, County of Union and State Bonds, the Bonds will not be subject to Section 265(b)(1) of the Code, which relates to the Arrangements were under the di- and (iv) to the effect that there is no litigation pending or (to the knowledge of the signer or of New Jersey. complete disallowance of deductions for interest expense of certain financial institutions that signers thereof) threatened affecting the validity of the Bonds. Premises commonly known as 1025 rection of the Higgins and Bonner is allocable to interest on certain tax-exempt obligations acquired by a financial institution The Board of Education has issued an Official Statement with respect to the sale of the Louisa Street, Elizabeth NJ 07207 Echo Lake Funeral Home in after August 7, 1986. The interest expense of certain financial institutions allocable to Bonds in preliminary form (the “Preliminary Official Statement”). The Board of Education, BEING KNOWN as LOT #8-1154, Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations is subject to Sections 291(a)(3) and 291(e)(1)(B) of the Westfield. by accepting the Proposal for Bonds submitted by the successful bidder, (a) certifies to the BLOCK 8, on the official Tax Map of the Code, relating to the nondeductibility of 20% of the interest expense allocable to such tax- December 27, 2001 successful bidder as of the date of acceptance of such Proposal for Bonds, that the City of Elizabeth exempt obligations. Preliminary Official Statement furnished prior to the date of such acceptance has been Dimensions: 100. 00 feet x 30.00 feet x Each Proposal for Bonds must specify the rate or rates of interest per annum that the PUBLIC NOTICE “deemed final” as of its date by the Board of Education within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 100.00 feet x 30.00 feet. Bonds are to bear, in a multiple of 1/8 or 1/20 of 1%. The interest payable with respect to promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 15c2-12”), except for certain Nearest Cross Street: Jackson Avenue UNION COUNTY BOARD each Bond on any one date will be evidenced by a single rate of interest. Not more than one omissions permitted thereunder and except for changes permitted by other applicable law; The Sheriff hereby reserves the right OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS rate may be named for Bonds of the same maturity. There is no limitation on the number of (b) agrees to provide the successful bidder, in order to permit the successful bidder to comply to adjourn this sale without further no- NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD rates that may be named. If more than one rate of interest is named, no interest rate named with Rule 15c2-12, with up to seventy-five (75) copies of the final Official Statement adopted tice by publication. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 for any maturity may be less than the interest rate named for any prior maturity. Each by the Board of Education in connection with the sale by the Board of Education of the Bonds Subject to unpaid taxes, assessments, Public Notice is hereby given that the Proposal for Bonds submitted must be for all of the Bonds offered and the purchase price within the period of time allowed under Rule 15c2-12, at the sole cost and expense of the water and sewer liens Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- specified must not be less than $15,117,000 nor more than $15,118,000. The Bonds will Board of Education, with any additional copies which the successful bidder shall reasonably There is due approximately the sum of ers has awarded a contract without com- be awarded to the bidder on whose bid the total loan may be made at the lowest net interest request to be provided at the sole cost and expense of the successful bidder; and (c) agrees TWO-HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND petitive bidding as a professional service or cost. Such net interest cost shall be computed, as to each bid, by adding to the total principal to deliver on the closing date a Continuing Disclosure Certificate to be dated as of the closing SIX-HUNDRED FORTY TWO & 57/100 extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- amount of Bonds bid for (which shall be all of the Bonds offered), the total interest cost to date pursuant to which the Board of Education shall agree to provide at the times and to the ($209,642.57) together with lawful inter- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- maturity in accordance with such bid and by deducting therefrom the amount of premium, information repositories and other persons described in Rule 15c2-12 the financial or est and costs. tract and the resolution authorizing it is if any, bid, which premium shall not exceed $1,000. No Proposal for Bonds shall be operating data required to be disclosed on a continual basis pursuant to Rule 15c2-12. The There is a full legal description on file in available for public inspection in the Office considered which offers to pay an amount less than the principal amount of Bonds offered successful bidder, by executing such Proposal for Bonds, agrees to provide one copy of the the Union County Sheriff’s Office. of the Clerk of the Board. for sale or under which the total loan is made at an interest cost higher than the lowest net final Official Statement to at least one “nationally recognized municipal securities information The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn RESOLUTION NO. 1252-2001 interest cost to the Board of Education under any legally acceptable Proposal for Bonds. The repository” within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 (a “Repository”) upon receipt of the final this sale. AWARDED TO: Reginald Sconiers, PO bidder to which the Bonds are awarded (in the manner specified above) is herein referred Official Statement from the Board of Education and two copies of the final Official Statement RALPH FROEHLICH Box 5699, Hillside, New Jersey to as the “successful bidder”. The successful bidder must also pay an amount equal to the (with any required forms) to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) or its SHERIFF SERVICES: To serve as Union County interest on the Bonds accrued to the date of payment of the purchase price. designee pursuant to MSRB Rule G-36 no later than ten business days following the date FEDERMAN AND PHELAN, P.C. Morgue Assistant, pickup and transfer bod- The right is reserved to reject all bids, and any bid not complying with the terms of this notice of acceptance of its bid. The successful bidder shall notify the Board of Education of (i) the SUITE 505 SENTRY OFFICE PLAZA ies of deceased persons. will be rejected. The Board of Education reserves the right to (i) reject any or all proposals date which is the “end of the underwriting period” within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 and 216 Haddon Avenue PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 for Bonds, (ii) so far as permitted by law, waive any irregularity or informality in any or all (ii) the date on which the final Official Statement is filed with a Repository. Westmont, New Jersey 08108 COST: $30,000 proposals for Bonds and (iii) generally take such action as it deems will best serve the public Anthony Del Sordi CH-755881 - (WL) M. Elizabeth Genievich interest. Board Secretary 4 T - 12/20/01, 12/27/01, 01/03/02 Clerk of the Board Each bidder is required to deposit a certified, cashier’s or treasurer’s check payable to the 1 T – 12/27/01, The Times Fee: $336.60 & 01/10/02 Fee: $193.80 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 15 Temple to Hold Programs On Jewish Short Stories

WESTFIELD — Rabbi Renee Yochanan,” by Nomi Eve. Edelman, Assistant Rabbi of Temple These stories explore themes of Emanu-El in Westfield, will discuss orthodoxy and modernism, sexual- modern Jewish short stories on three ity and modesty, conventional and Thursdays next month, from 7:30 to unconventional marriages, and life 8:45 p.m. The topics will be as fol- and death. lows: This program will be offered free January 3 – “Skipping the Punch,” of charge. Temple Emanu-El is lo- by Phillip Roth. cated at 756 East Broad Street. For January 10 – “The 27th Man,” by additional information regarding this Nathan Englander. program, please call Carolyn Shane January 24 – “Esther and at (908) 232-6770. HELPING THE HOMELESS…Brownie Troop No. 76 of Franklin Elementary School in Westfield recently made 205 sandwiches for the homeless as a Thanksgiving project. The sandwiches, along with apples and oranges, were delivered to a shelter in the Elizabeth area. Pictured, left to right, are: Julia Congregants Pledge to Read Harbough, Charlotte Lorentzen, Rachel Gross, Caroline Kupfer, Melissa BELLES OF THE BALL…Laura Pregenzer, far right, the daughter of Dr. and Morawski, Emma Franks, Sarah Crawford, Nikki Kole, Charlotte Murtishaw, Mrs. Gerard Pregenzer and a senior at Westfield High School, was among the Amanda Minken and Gaby Gold. Entire Bible During 2002 Flower Girls honored for their academic records plus school and community involvement during the Somerset Medical Center Auxiliary’s December 1 WESTFIELD — Hundreds of into the English language, may be Charity Ball at the Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster. The other members of The Presbyterian too antiquated for modern readers. Flower Girls, pictured from left, are: Jamie Osinski of Somerville; Leigh Cohen JCC Reveals Open House Church in Westfield, both young- “Bible literacy is a goal we al- of Branchburg; Katherine Mueller of Bridgewater and Sandra Tillack of sters and adults, have signed pledges ways strive for,” said the Reverend Branchburg. to read the entire Bible in the year Dr. William Ross Forbes, Senior For Nursery School Jan. 7 2002. Pastor of The Presbyterian Church PUBLIC NOTICE The yearlong program, chaired in Westfield. SCOTCH PLAINS – The Jewish Nursery School year will begin on www.goleader.com TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS by Sally Rand, will be launched “It is wonderful that for the entire Community Center (JCC) of Central Tuesday, January 22. Families wish- ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT with a kickoff luncheon at the year our congregation is coming New Jersey Nursery School, Wilf ing to bring their children to visit the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on church, located at 140 Mountain Jewish Community Campus, located JCC Nursery School on an alternate together to support this challenge,” PUBLIC NOTICE JANUARY 10, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. in the Avenue, on Sunday, January 6. he added. at 1391 Martine Avenue in Scotch date are asked to call Ms. Bennett to UNION COUNTY BOARD Municipal Building, 430 Park Avenue, Scotch “The Year of the Bible” origi- Plains, New Jersey, the Scotch Plains Zon- Plains, will sponsor an Open House arrange a daytime tour. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS nated with Dr. James E. Davison, PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD ing Board of Adjustment will hold a public for new families on Monday, Janu- Families expecting to enroll their Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 hearing to consider the following appeal: who developed the one-year Bible- UNION COUNTY BOARD ary 7, at 7 p.m. children in the JCC Nursery School Public Notice is hereby given that the Steven and Marianne Luongo for a reading program for the Westminster OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Variance to permit the construction of a Registration is preferred, although or Kindergarten must be members of NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, ers has awarded a contract without com- mudroom in the rear portion of the existing not required. Individuals may regis- the JCC. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Pa. Churches throughout the United petitive bidding as a professional service or garage at the property located at 1636 King Public Notice is hereby given that the ter by calling Susan Bennett, Early extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Street (Block 11501, Lot 11), Scotch States have adopted its concept, ac- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Childhood Director, at (908) 889- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- Plains, from the following section of the PUBLIC NOTICE cording to a spokeswoman for the ers has awarded a contract without com- tract and the resolution authorizing it is Zoning Ordinance: 8800, extension no. 204. petitive bidding as a professional service or UNION COUNTY BOARD church. available for public inspection in the Office Section 23-2.31.4 whereby minimum size Parents interested in the JCC Nurs- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Dr. Davison’s book, “The Year of of the Clerk of the Board. required for an enclosed private garage is ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ery School for the 2002-2003 school NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD RESOLUTION NO. 1231-2001 12 feet by 20 feet; proposed size: 11’7” by 19 the Bible,” lays out a day-by-day tract and the resolution authorizing it is year are invited to attend the event. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 AWARDED TO: CME Associates, 3141 feet. reading plan of two chapters from available for public inspection in the Office Public Notice is hereby given that the Bordentown Avenue, Parlin, New Jersey All interested persons may be present Youngsters turning 2, 3 or 4 years old of the Clerk of the Board. Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- the Old Testament, plus a third chap- SERVICES: To provide professional ar- and be heard. before Tuesday, October 1, are eli- RESOLUTION NO. 1253-2001 ers has awarded a contract without com- ter from either the New Testament or chitectural and engineering services for The file pertaining to this application is in AWARDED TO: Funeral Service of New gible to enroll for the 2002 school petitive bidding as a professional service or improvements to the Union Avenue/Route the Office of the Zoning Board of Adjust- Book of Psalms. The book also con- Jersey Inc., 1070 North Broad Street, Hill- year. extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- 22 and Raritan Road/Vocational High School ment, 430 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, Scotch tains commentary about the major side, New Jersey ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- little league fields in Scotch Plains, New Plains, and is available for public inspection Visitors will have an opportunity SERVICES: To serve as Union County tract and the resolution authorizing it is Biblical stories and themes which Jersey. during regular office hours. to visit the classrooms to learn about Morgue and pickup and transport bodies od available for public inspection in the Office the reader encounters each month. COST: $78,000 Linda M. Lies deceased persons from place of death to the JCC’s Nursery School program of the Clerk of the Board. M. Elizabeth Genievich Secretary to the Dr. Davison recommends that par- morgue for purpose of examination and to and Ms. Bennett will be available to RESOLUTION NO. 1226-2001 Clerk of the Board Zoning Board of Adjustment ticipants follow one of the Revised University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey. answer questions about the Nursery AWARDED TO: Associated Attending 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 Township of Scotch Plains Standard Versions of the Bible pub- PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 1 T – 12/27/01, The Times Fee: $27.03 School and Early Childhood Pro- Psychiatrists SERVICES: To provide professional psy- lished in recent years, adding that COST: $60,000 grams. M. Elizabeth Genievich chiatric services to the patients/residents of the King James Version, while con- PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE A tour of the JCC facility, includ- Runnells Specialized Hospital. Clerk of the Board sidered to be a beautiful translation 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $24.48 ing the Nursery School wing, will PERIOD: 2/1/02 - 1/31/03 UNION COUNTY BOARD SHERIFF’S SALE conclude the evening’s activities. COST: $500 per weekend, $77 for one OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, emergency on site visit per weekend, for a PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, Registration for the 2002-2003 total not to exceed $30,004. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 DOCKET NO. F-1287-01 UNION COUNTY BOARD M. Elizabeth Genievich UNION COUNTY BOARD Public Notice is hereby given that the HOMESIDE LENDING, INC., PLAIN- OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Clerk of the Board OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS TIFF vs. CYNTHIA GARCIA AND MR. NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD ers has awarded a contract without com- PUBLIC NOTICE 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD GARCIA, HER HUSBAND; ET ALS., DE- Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 petitive bidding as a professional service or FENDANT. UNION COUNTY BOARD Public Notice is hereby given that the extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Public Notice is hereby given that the CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS PUBLIC NOTICE Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- DATED JUNE 05, 2001 FOR SALE OF NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD ers has awarded a contract without com- ers has awarded a contract without com- tract and the resolution authorizing it is MORTGAGED PREMISES. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 UNION COUNTY BOARD petitive bidding as a professional service or available for public inspection in the Office petitive bidding as a professional service or By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- Public Notice is hereby given that the OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- of the Clerk of the Board. extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- RESOLUTION NO. 1245-2001 by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- ers has awarded a contract without com- Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 tract and the resolution authorizing it is AWARDED TO: RexPlex (NJ) LLC, 1001 tract and the resolution authorizing it is ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 petitive bidding as a professional service or Public Notice is hereby given that the available for public inspection in the Office Ikea Drive, Elizabeth, New Jersey available for public inspection in the Office Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- of the Clerk of the Board. of the Clerk of the Board. SERVICES: For providing employment, sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ers has awarded a contract without com- RESOLUTION NO. 1221-2001 re-employment, assessing, training and RESOLUTION NO. 1260-2001 JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the tract and the resolution authorizing it is petitive bidding as a professional service or AWARDED TO: Amerikem Laboratories, ancillary services to those persons laid off or AWARDED TO: Joann Habermann, M.D., afternoon of said day. All successful bid- available for public inspection in the Office extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- 136 Arlington Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jer- 55 East 93rd Street, 5D, New York, New unemployed as a result of events of Sep- ders must have 20% of their bid available in of the Clerk of the Board. ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- sey tember 11, 2001. York cash or certified check at the conclusion of RESOLUTION NO. 1261-2001 tract and the resolution authorizing it is SERVICES: To provide cleaning prod- PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 SERVICES: To perform autopsies and/ the sales. AWARDED TO: Leonard Zaretski, M.D., available for public inspection in the Office ucts for the dietary department at Runnells or external examinations during vacation, COST: $180,000 The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED 160 Hillside Drive, Horth Haledon, New of the Clerk of the Board. Specialized Hospital. M. Elizabeth Genievich holidays and weekends. EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO-HUN- Jersey RESOLUTION NO. 1222-2001 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 Clerk of the Board PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 DRED NINTY & 26/100 ($184,290.26). SERVICES: To perform autopsies and/ AWARDED TO: Chioce Rehab, Inc., PO COST: $22,000 COST: $8,000 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 The property to be sold is located in the or external examinations during vacation, Box 310, Marlton, New Jersey M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich CITY of ELIZABETH in the County of holidays and weekends. SERVICES: To provide physical therapy Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board UNION, and the State of New Jersey. PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 services for the residents/patients of 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 PUBLIC NOTICE COST: $45,000 Runnells Specialized Hospital. 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 LOT 311 QUAL. W03, BLOCK 3 COM- MONLY KNOWN AS 450 EAST JERSEY M. Elizabeth Genievich PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 PUBLIC NOTICE UNION COUNTY BOARD Clerk of the Board COST: $175,500 PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY M. Elizabeth Genievich NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD 07206 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 UNION COUNTY BOARD Clerk of the Board Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Dimensions of the Lot are (Approximately) UNION COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 Public Notice is hereby given that the 100 feet wide by 25 feet long. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD PUBLIC NOTICE Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Nearest Cross Street: Situated on the NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 ers has awarded a contract without com- SOUTHWESTERLY side of EAST JER- UNION COUNTY BOARD PUBLIC NOTICE Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Public Notice is hereby given that the petitive bidding as a professional service or SEY STREET, 150 feet from the SOUTH- OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Public Notice is hereby given that the Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- EASTERLY side of FIFTH STREET NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD UNION COUNTY BOARD Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- ers has awarded a contract without com- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- There is due approximately the sum of Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS ers has awarded a contract without com- petitive bidding as a professional service or tract and the resolution authorizing it is ONE-HUNDRED NINTY SEVEN THOU- Public Notice is hereby given that the NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD petitive bidding as a professional service or extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- available for public inspection in the Office SAND NINE-HUNDRED FORTY FOUR & Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- of the Clerk of the Board. 78/100 ($197,944.78) together with lawful ers has awarded a contract without com- Public Notice is hereby given that the ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- tract and the resolution authorizing it is RESOLUTION NO. 1259-2001 interest and costs. petitive bidding as a professional service or Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- tract and the resolution authorizing it is available for public inspection in the Office AWARDED TO: Regional Medical Exam- There is a full legal description on file in extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- ers has awarded a contract without com- available for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk of the Board. iners Office, 325 Norfolk Street, Newark, the Union County Sheriff’s Office. ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- petitive bidding as a professional service or of the Clerk of the Board. RESOLUTION NO. 1219-2001 New Jersey The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn tract and the resolution authorizing it is extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- RESOLUTION NO. 1248-2001 AWARDED TO: Penn Jersey Paper Com- SERVICES: To perform autopsies at the this sale. available for public inspection in the Office ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- AWARDED TO: Keller & Kirkpatrick, Inc., pany, 2801 Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Regional Medical Examiner’s decomposi- RALPH FROEHLICH of the Clerk of the Board. tract and the resolution authorizing it is 900 Lanidex Plaza, Parsippany, New Jer- Pennsylvania tion room during regular business hours at SHERIFF RESOLUTION NO. 1256-2001 available for public inspection in the Office sey SERVICES: To provide disposable pa- $225 per case for a maximum of 10 cases SHAPIRO & DIAZ, LLP AWARDED TO: Lorraine Thomas, 291 of the Clerk of the Board. SERVICE: For the designing of intersec- per products and small wares for the dietary per annum. SUITE J Ridgewood Avenue, Newark, New Jersey RESOLUTION NO. 1232-2001 tion upgrades for 5 intersections in Roselle department at Runnells Specialized Hospi- PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 406 Lippincott Drive SERVICES: To transcribe autopsies at AWARDED TO: EKA Associates, P.A. Park and Union. tal. COST: $2,750 Marlton, New Jersey 08053 $40 per case and external exams at $10 per 2060 Route 22 East, Scotch Plains, New COST: $130,464 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 M. Elizabeth Genievich CH-756080 (WL) case. Jersey M. Elizabeth Genievich COST: $62,500 Clerk of the Board 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 SERVICES: To verify control points for Clerk of the Board M. Elizabeth Genievich 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $23.97 & 12/27/01 Fee: $187.68 COST: $2,000 Phase II of the GIS Project in Elizabeth, 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 Clerk of the Board M. Elizabeth Genievich Linden and Rahway. 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 PUBLIC NOTICE Clerk of the Board COST: $13,950 M. Elizabeth Genievich PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 UNION COUNTY BOARD Clerk of the Board PUBLIC NOTICE UNION COUNTY BOARD SHERIFF’S SALE OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS UNION COUNTY BOARD SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 UNION COUNTY BOARD PUBLIC NOTICE Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD DOCKET NO. F-20539-00 Public Notice is hereby given that the OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Public Notice is hereby given that the Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 EQUITY ONE, INC., PLAINTIFF vs. Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Public Notice is hereby given that the SAMUEL D. LOFTON, SARAH E. ers has awarded a contract without com- PLANNING BOARD Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 ers has awarded a contract without com- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- LOFTON, AND TMS MORTGAGE INC. petitive bidding as a professional service or Public Notice is hereby given that the PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Decem- petitive bidding as a professional service or ers has awarded a contract without com- DBA THE MONEY STORE, DEFENDANT. extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- ber 17, 2001, the Planning Board of the extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- petitive bidding as a professional service or CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ers has awarded a contract without com- Township of Scotch Plains adopted a Reso- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- DATED APRIL 17, 2001 FOR SALE OF tract and the resolution authorizing it is petitive bidding as a professional service or lution memorializing the actions taken by the tract and the resolution authorizing it is ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- MORTGAGED PREMISES. available for public inspection in the Office extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Board on December 3, 2001 approving the available for public inspection in the Office tract and the resolution authorizing it is By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- of the Clerk of the Board. ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- application of K. Hovnanian at Scotch Plains, of the Clerk of the Board. available for public inspection in the Office ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale RESOLUTION NO.1262-2001 tract and the resolution authorizing it is Inc. ("Hovnanian") for a tract of land consist- RESOLUTION NO.1246-2001 of the Clerk of the Board. by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- AWARDED TO: University of Medicine available for public inspection in the Office ing of approximately 7.71 +/- acres located AWARDED TO: O’Brien & Gere Engi- RESOLUTION NO. 1254-2001 ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School, of the Clerk of the Board. at 175 Union Avenue and identified as Block neering, Inc., 1777 Sentry Parkway West, AWARDED TO: Junaid R. Shaikh, M.D., Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New RESOLUTION NO. 1258-2001 4901, Lot 3 on the tax map of Scotch Plains. Gwyneed Hall, Suite 302, Blue Bell, Penn- 90 Changebridge Road, Montville, New Jer- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF Jersey AWARDED TO: Douglas C. Miller, MD, The property is in the ML-2 zone. The Reso- sylvania sey JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the SERVICES: To serve as County Morgue 97 Dead Tree Road, Belle Meade, New lution memorializes the grant of preliminary SERVICES: For the purpose of develop- SERVICES: Designated Forensic Pa- afternoon of said day. All successful bid- for performance of autopsies at their facili- Jersey and final site plan approval with conditions ing Operation and Maintenance (O&M) thologist, to perform autopsies and/or exter- ders must have 20% of their bid available in ties in the Pathology Department Level C SERVICES: Neuropathologist Consult- for a 100-unit townhome complex, including Manuals for 10 County Dams and to prepare nal examinations during vacation, holidays cash or certified check at the conclusion of Autopsy room. ant, to provide brain examinations in difficult 84 market units and 16 low and moderate Emergency Action Plans (EAP) for Bryant and/or weekends. the sales. PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 cases. income units and variances for garages (no Park and Lake Surprise Dams. PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 The judgment amount is SEVENTY FIVE COST: $60,000 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 garages in the low and moderate income COST: $55,000 COST: $16,000 THOUSAND THREE-HUNDRED FIFTY M. Elizabeth Genievich COST: $5,000 units and garages substantially less than M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich TWO & 51/100 ($75,352.51). Clerk of the Board M. Elizabeth Genievich 240 sq. feet in the market units). The ap- Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board The property to be sold is located in the 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $23.97 Clerk of the Board proval is subject to conditions including that 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $23.97 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 City of Elizabeth, County of Union and State 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.93 Hovnanian develop emergency management of New Jersey, also known as 1016 Anna PUBLIC NOTICE procedures as required by the Township PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey. PUBLIC NOTICE engineer and Police Department for inclu- BEING Lot 149, Block 8 on the City of UNION COUNTY BOARD sion in the Township's Emergency Opera- UNION COUNTY BOARD UNION COUNTY BOARD Elizabeth Tax Map. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS UNION COUNTY BOARD tion Plan to address the site specific re- OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Dimensions: (Approximately) 28 feet by NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS quirements in the event of off-tract flooding. NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD 115 feet. Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Such measures may include "Shelter in Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Nearest cross street: located approxi- Public Notice is hereby given that the Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Place" educational material and procedures Public Notice is hereby given that the Public Notice is hereby given that the mately 375 feet from the intersection of Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Public Notice is hereby given that the for the condominium association to follow, Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Anna Street and Catherine Street. ers has awarded a contract without com- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- traffic and pedestrian warning signs, an ers has awarded a contract without com- ers has awarded a contract without com- There is due approximately the sum of petitive bidding as a professional service or ers has awarded a contract without com- emergency traffic gate or similar type of petitive bidding as a professional service or petitive bidding as a professional service or EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN-HUN- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- petitive bidding as a professional service or traffic and pedestrian control measure, and extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- DRED SEVENTY TWO & 28/100 ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- a telephone alerting system. Hovnanian shall ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ($81,772.28) together with lawful interest tract and the resolution authorizing it is ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- be responsible to pay the cost of any tele- tract and the resolution authorizing it is tract and the resolution authorizing it is and costs. available for public inspection in the Office tract and the resolution authorizing it is phone alerting system and the condominium available for public inspection in the Office available for public inspection in the Office There is a full legal description on file in of the Clerk of the Board. available for public inspection in the Office association will defray the cost of police or of the Clerk of the Board. of the Clerk of the Board. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. RESOLUTION NO.1263-2001 of the Clerk of the Board. emergency personnel required to control RESOLUTION NO. 1217-2001 RESOLUTION NO. 1225-2001 The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn AWARDED TO: Sexual Assualt Nurse RESOLUTION NO. 1255-2001 access into and out of the development AWARDED TO: Jack Gold Surgical Ap- AWARDED TO: Park Professional Den- this sale. Examiners (list available upon request) AWARDED TO: Anne M. Caccamo, 16 when required by off-tract flooding. pliances, Inc., 1030 Highway 10, Randolph, tal Lab, 567 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, RALPH FROEHLICH SERVICES: A professional services Longhill Road, Randolph, New Jersey THE RESOLUTION is filed in the Office New Jersey New Jersey SHERIFF agreement to serve as independent con- SERVICES: To transcribe autopsies at of the Secretary of the Planning Board in SERVICES: To provide prosthetic and SERVICES: To provide dental laboratory DILWORTH PAXSON LLP tractors for the Union County SART/SANE $40 per case and external exams at $10 per Scotch Plains Municipal Building, 430 Park orthotic services for the patients at Runnells services for the patients/residents of LAW OFFICES Program. To implement a Sexual Assualt case. Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey and is Specialized Hospital. Runnells Specialized Hospital. Liberty View - Suite 700 Response Team in Union County. PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 available for public inspection during regu- PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 7/31/02 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 PO Box 2570 PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 COST: $3,500 lar office hours. COST: $30,000 COST: $10,000 Cherry Hill, New Jersey08034 COST: $89,833 M. Elizabeth Genievich Francine Chesler M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich CH-755956 (WL) M. Elizabeth Genievich Clerk of the Board Attorney for Applicant Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 Clerk of the Board 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 1 T – 12/27/01, The Times Fee: $42.33 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 & 12/27/01 Fee: $185.64 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 16 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Fine, Performing Arts Mothers and More to Hold Are Offered to Youth WESTFIELD – Rutgers Coop- Meeting to Plan Activities erative Extension of Union County has announced that its 4-H Fine CRANFORD – On Wednesday, mation, please call Jan at (732) 381- Art and Performing Arts Club is January 2, the Union County Chap- 3199 or Heidi at (908) 810-7165. open to all youngsters in third ter of Mothers and More will hold a through 12th grades in Union meeting to brainstorm new ideas for County. activities in 2002. Church Plans Series Individuals interested in draw- The meeting will take place at ing, painting, dance, writing sto- 7:30 p.m. at Hanson House, located On Divorce Recovery ries and poetry, or performing in at 38 Springfield Avenue in WESTFIELD — The First United plays, are invited to participate. Cranford. Methodist Church in Westfield will The Fine Arts Club meets on the Evening discussion topics, guest present “Rebuilding: A Divorce Re- second Saturday morning of each speakers, special events and outings covery Workshop,” on six consecu- month during the school year. Club for mothers and their children will tive Wednesday evenings beginning meetings are easily accessible and be discussed and debated. January 9, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. are located in Westfield. All 4-H All current and prospective new Area residents who currently are club leaders are carefully screened members are invited to present their or recently have been in the process before they participate as a volun- ideas and local guidebooks to help of divorce are invited to attend. teer. plan upcoming events. The Reverend Dr. Dan Bottorff, a For more information about the Mothers and More is an interna- licensed marriage and family thera- Fine Arts Club, please call 4-H tional, not-for-profit organization for pist with over 15 years of experi- Agent James Nichnadowicz at mothers who have altered their ca- ence, will be the facilitator. He is (908) 654-9854 or e-mail: reer paths in order to care for their also the Associate Minister for Pas- [email protected]. toral Care and Nurture for the church. LUNCHEON VISIT…The Mid-Day Fellowship group of the Fanwood Presbyterian Church recently was treated to a children at home. The Rutgers Cooperative Ex- The Union County chapter holds A $30 contribution is suggested tension 4-H Program of Union presentation by representatives of Children’s Specialized Hospital at the group’s Christmas luncheon at the Afton restaurant in Florham Park. Pictured, left to right, are: Jim Grover, Fellowship spokesman; Brucie Talcott, a church meetings on the first and third for the complete series. Financial County is fully insured and is af- member who also serves on the hospital’s Board of Trustees; Rex Riley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wednesdays of each month at the assistance and childcare are avail- filiated with Rutgers University Children’s Specialized; Judy Wussler, a church member and Coordinator of the hospital’s School Programs, and Phil Hanson House. able upon request. and the County of Union. Salerno, Executive Director of the Children’s Specialized Hospital’s Foundation. Chapter activities include weekly First United Methodist is located Rutgers Cooperative Extension playgroups, mom-and-tot outings, at 1 East Broad Street. For more provides information and educa- mom’s night out and a variety of information and to register for the tional services to all people with- Power Wheelchairs special interest clubs. New members seminar, please call the church office out regard to sex, race, color, na- are always welcome. For more infor- at (908) 233-4211. tional origin, disability or handi- Are Made Available Cat Adoption Events Slated cap, or age. AREA – Miracle on Wheels makes available Power (electric) Wheel- Saturday at Two Locations PUBLIC NOTICE chairs to non-ambulatory senior citi- zens, age 65 and older, usually at no AREA – People for Animals, a who is about two to three years old SHERIFF’S SALE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, out-of-pocket expense if they qualify. nonprofit animal welfare organiza- and has a shiny steel gray coat and CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, No deposit is required. tion serving New Jersey, will spon- green eyes. DOCKET NO. F-11056-99 The electric wheelchairs are pro- sor a cat and kitten adoption event Abandoned by her owners at a COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., vided to those who can not walk and on Saturday, December 29, from riding stable and rescued by a PLAINTIFF vs. WILLIAM P. BARBA & MILUSKA BARBA, H/W; GLADYS NIEVES can not self-propel a manual wheel- noon to 4 p.m. People for Animals volunteer, & MR. NIEVES, DEFENDANT. chair in their home or independent The program will take place at Olympia is spayed, current with CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, living quarters and who meet the the Bridgewater PETsMART store her vaccinations and has tested DATED JANUARY 10, 2001 FOR SALE additional qualifications of the pro- in the Promenade Mall at the inter- negative to FIV and feline leuke- OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- gram. section of Routes 28 and 287, and mia. She is described as being a ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale This service may also be available at the Watchung PETsMART store little shy of other cats and that it by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- to the permanently disabled of any in the Watchung Square Mall at would be best if she were the only ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 age. For more information on this 1515 Route 22. pet. Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF program, please call (800) 749-8778 Among the many pets available To adopt, or for further informa- JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the or visit www.durablemedical.com. for adoption will be “Olympia,” tion, please call (908) 688-1073 afternoon of said day. All successful bid- and press 1 for dog adoption and 8 ders must have 20% of their bid available in for cat adoption. Other pets avail- cash or certified check at the conclusion of PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE the sales. able for adoption may be seen at TOWN OF WESTFIELD SHERIFF’S SALE The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED www.pfa.petfinder.org. I, BERNARD A. HEENEY, TOWN SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO-HUN- CLERK OF THE TOWN OF WESTFIELD, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, DRED SEVENTY FIVE & 32/100 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE AT- DOCKET NO. F-8393-01 PUBLIC NOTICE ($117,275.32). TACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, ET ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of SHERIFF’S SALE CLEANUP CREW…Members of Cub Scout Pack 34, Den 4 from Evergreen COPY OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTED ALS., PLAINTIFF vs. IGNACIO RAMOS land and premises situate, lying and being in SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AND MRS. IGNACIO RAMOS, H/W, DE- Elementary School in Scotch Plains recently donned rubber gloves and, with the City of Elizabeth, County of Union and CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, WESTFIELD AT A MEETING HELD DE- FENDANT. garbage bags, took a hike around Surprise Lake in the Watchung Reservation State of New Jersey, being more particularly DOCKET NO. F-15918-98 CEMBER 18, 2001. CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, to clean up garbage as a community service project. Pictured, clockwise from described as follows: ACCUBANC MORTGAGE CORPORA- IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 FOR SALE left, are: Jose Sanchez, Bryan Canfield, Danny Michalak, Justin Rosado, BEGINNING at a point in the westerly TION, PLAINTIFF vs. CLAUDIA CURY N/ HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AF- OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. sideline of Grier Avenue therein distant K/A CLAUDIA AFONSO, ET AL, DEFEN- Matthew Jegede, Robert Bunnell, Victor Zanowicz, Luke Vuono, David Michalak, FIXED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- 162.92 feet from the corner formed by the DANT. Andrew Jacobs and Joey McQuiod. WESTFIELD THIS 19TH DAY OF DE- ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale intersection of the westerly sideline of Grier CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, CEMBER 2001. by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- Avenue with the northerly sideline of Sum- DATED AUGUST 27, 2001 FOR SALE OF BERNARD A. HEENEY ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE mer Street; thence MORTGAGED PREMISES. TOWN CLERK Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- 1) North 79 degrees 41 minutes West, By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE 200 feet to a point; thence RESOLUTION ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, 2) North 10 degrees 19 minutes East, 40 by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE afternoon of said day. All successful bid- CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, feet to a point; thence ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 ders must have 20% of their bid available in DOCKET NO. F-8587-98 DOCKET NO. F-4206-01 3) South 79 degrees 41 minutes East, DECEMBER 18, 2001 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- cash or certified check at the conclusion of EMC MORTGAGE, PLAINTIFF vs. THO- M & T MORTGAGE CORPORATION, 200 feet to a point in the westerly line of Grier sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF WHEREAS, pursuant to NJSA 58:11-64 the sales. MAS C. CHAMBERS, DECEASED, HIS PLAINTIFF vs. JORGE G. SUAREZ, DE- Avenue; thence JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the et. seq. requires that public sewer collection The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED HEIRS, ET ALS., DEFENDANT. FENDANT. 4) Along the same 10 degrees 19 minutes afternoon of said day. All successful bid- systems are required to have licensed sewer TEN THOUSAND THREE-HUNDRED CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, West, 40 feet to the point and place of ders must have 20% of their bid available in operators; and FOURTEEN & 80/100 ($110,314.80). DATED AUGUST 29, 2001 FOR SALE OF DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 FOR SALE BEGINNING. cash or certified check at the conclusion of WHEREAS, an operator with a C-3 li- The property to be sold is located in the MORTGAGED PREMISES. OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. Known and designated as Block 4 Lot 742 the sales. cense is required for the Town of Westfield’s CITY of ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- on the Official Tax Map of the City of Eliza- The judgment amount is TWO-HUN- public sewer collection system, and 07206, County of UNION and Sate of New ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale beth, Union County, New Jersey DRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT- WHEREAS, Killam Associates submit- Jersey. by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- Commonly known as 551 Grier Avenue, HUNDRED THIRTY THREE & 33/100 ted a proposal dated December 6, 2001 to Commonly known as: 148 MAGNOLIA ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202 ($231,833.33). provide such services, and AVENUE, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- THIS IS A PURCHASE MONEY FIRST CONCISE DESCRIPTION WHEREAS, Killam Associates has pro- 07206 sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF MORTGAGE Municipality: Elizabeth posed to provide the aforementioned ser- Tax Lot No. 336 in Block No. 1 JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the There is due approximately the sum of Street Address: 594 Madison Avenue, vices for a fee of $7,500.00, and Dimension of Lot: approximately 25.00 afternoon of said day. All successful bid- afternoon of said day. All successful bid- ONE-HUNDRED THIRTY NINE THOU- Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208 WHEREAS, the Town Administrator has feet wide by 100.00 feet long ders must have 20% of their bid available in ders must have 20% of their bid available in SAND NINE-HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE Tax Lot: 642 reviewed the foresaid proposal and recom- Nearest Cross Street: Second Street cash or certified check at the conclusion of cash or certified check at the conclusion of & 37/100 ($139,981.37) together with Tax Block: 12 mends that a professional services contract Situated at a point on the southwesterly the sales. the sales. lawful interest and costs. Approximate dimensions: 33.00 feet X for aforesaid services as outlined in the sideline of Magnolia Avenue distance ap- The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED There is a full legal description on file in 110.00 feet X 33.00 feet X 110.00 feet proposal dated December 6, 2001 be proximately 175.00 feet southeasterly from FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX-HUN- TWENTY THOUSAND TWO-HUNDRED the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Nearest cross street: Fairmont Avenue awarded to Killam Associates for the above its intersection with the southeasterly side- DRED TWENTY EIGHT & 03/100 SEVENTY EIGHT & 02/100 ($120,278.02). The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn There is due approximately the sum of stated fee of $7,500.00, line of Second Street. ($157,628.03). LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ELIZA- this sale. TWO-HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOU- NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED There is due approximately the sum of CONCISE DESCRIPTION BETH, COUNTY OF UNION AND STATE RALPH FROEHLICH SAND EIGHT-HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE by the Town Council of the Town of Westfield ONE-HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOU- Municipality: Elizabeth OF NEW JERSEY SHERIFF & 29/100 ($252,889.29) together with that the aforementioned contract for profes- SAND SEVEN-HUNDRED TWENTY Street Address: 457 Walnut Street, Eliza- PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1018 FLORA STERN, LAVINTHAL, FRANKENBERG, lawful interest and costs. sional services required for the Sanitary FIVE & 94/100 ($117,725.94) together beth, New Jersey 07201 STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY NORGAARD & KAPNICK, LLP There is a full legal description on file in Sewer Collection System be awarded to with lawful interest and costs. Tax Lot: 1363 W12 07207 Suite 300 the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Killam Associates, 27 Bleeker Street, There is a full legal description on file in Tax Block: 12 TAX LOT NO. 727 BLOCK NO. 8 293 Eisenhower Parkway The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn Millburn, New Jersey, in the amount of the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Approximate dimensions: 187.22 feet X DIMENSIONS: 100.00 FEET X 25.00 Livingston, New Jersey 07039-1711 this sale. $7,500.00, and The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn 50.59 feet X 194.92 feet X 50.00 feet FEET X 100.00 FEET X 25.00 FEET CH-755792 - (WL) RALPH FROEHLICH BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the this sale. Nearest cross street: Mary Street NEAREST CROSS STREET: NEW 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 SHERIFF fees for this work be charged to Account No. RALPH FROEHLICH There is due approximately the sum of JERSEY STATE HIGHWAY ROUTE 25 &1/17/02 Fee: $240.72 PLUESE, ETTIN, BECKER & Account No. 100-205, and SHERIFF ONE-HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOU- There is due approximately the sum of SALTZMAN BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD, P.C. SAND SIX-HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN A DIV. OF KATZ, ETTIN, LEVINE, copy of this resolution shall be published in Suite 201 & 03/100 ($167,675.03) together with THOUSAND FOUR-HUNDRED PUBLIC NOTICE 905 North Kings Highway THE WESTFIELD LEADER as a Public 7 Century Drive lawful interest and costs. EIGHTY ONE & 53/100 ($127,481.53) Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 SHERIFF’S SALE Notice of action taken in accordance with Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 There is a full legal description on file in together with lawful interest and costs. CH-756298 - (WL) SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, NJSA 40:11-5. CH-756296 - (WL) the Union County Sheriff’s Office. There is a full legal description on file in 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $48.45 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn the Union County Sheriff’s Office. &1/17/02 Fee: $181.56 DOCKET NO. F-7649-00 &1/17/02 Fee: $197.88 this sale. The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE PUBLIC NOTICE RALPH FROEHLICH this sale. CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF vs. LENIN PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF RALPH FROEHLICH JUNIOR RAMIREZ MOREL & MRS. LENIN SHERIFF’S SALE PLUESE, ETTIN, BECKER & SHERIFF JR. RAMIREZ MORAL, H/W, DEFEN- SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, TOWN OF WESTFIELD TOWN OF WESTFIELD SALTZMAN SPEAR AND HOFFMAN, P.A. DANT. CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, I, BERNARD A. HEENEY, TOWN I, BERNARD A. HEENEY, TOWN A DIV. OF KATZ, ETTIN, LEVINE, LAW OFFICES CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DOCKET NO. F-12661-00 CLERK OF THE TOWN OF WESTFIELD, CLERK OF THE TOWN OF WESTFIELD, 905 North Kings Highway Suite 210 DATED JULY 31, 2001 FOR SALE OF UNION COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE AT- HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE AT- Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 1020 North Kings Highway MORTGAGED PREMISES. PLAINTIFF vs. SANTA VIZCIANO, DE- TACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT TACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT CH-756301 - (WL) Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- FENDANT. COPY OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTED COPY OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTED 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 CH-756307 - (WL) ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF &1/17/02 Fee: $177.48 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- DATED OCTOBER 30, 2000 FOR SALE WESTFIELD AT A MEETING HELD DE- WESTFIELD AT A MEETING HELD DE- &1/17/02 Fee: $181.56 ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 OF MORTGAGED PREMISES. CEMBER 18, 2001. CEMBER 18, 2001. PUBLIC NOTICE Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex- IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE TOWN OF WESTFIELD PUBLIC NOTICE sey on WEDNESDAY THE 23RD DAY OF ecution to me directed I shall expose for sale HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AF- HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AF- I, BERNARD A. HEENEY, TOWN JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the by public vendue, at the Union County Ad- FIXED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF FIXED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF CLERK OF THE TOWN OF WESTFIELD, UNION COUNTY BOARD afternoon of said day. All successful bid- ministration Building, 1st Floor, 10 WESTFIELD THIS 19TH DAY OF DE- WESTFIELD THIS 19TH DAY OF DE- HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE AT- OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS ders must have 20% of their bid available in Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jer- CEMBER 2001. CEMBER 2001. TACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD cash or certified check at the conclusion of sey on WEDNESDAY THE 2ND DAY OF BERNARD A. HEENEY BERNARD A. HEENEY COPY OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTED Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 the sales. JANUARY A.D., 2002 at two o’clock in the TOWN CLERK TOWN CLERK BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF Public Notice is hereby given that the The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED afternoon of said day. All successful bid- RESOLUTION RESOLUTION WESTFIELD AT A MEETING HELD DE- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE-HUN- ders must have 20% of their bid available in CEMBER 18, 2001. ers has awarded a contract without com- DRED ELEVEN & 48/100 ($121,511.48). cash or certified check at the conclusion of FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE petitive bidding as a professional service or REAL ESTATE TAX DISCLOSURE the sales. DECEMBER 18, 2001 DECEMBER 18, 2001 HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AF- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- If designated below, there are liens in the The judgment amount is ONE-HUNDRED FIXED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- estimated sum as specified below. Plaintiff TWELVE THOUSAND EIGHT-HUN- RESOLVED, there exists a need for the WHEREAS, the Town of Westfield has WESTFIELD THIS 19TH DAY OF DE- tract and the resolution authorizing it is advises that the municipal tax office should DRED FORTY EIGHT & 15/100 Annual Audit of the accounts of the Town of resolved to join both the Suburban Joint CEMBER 2001. available for public inspection in the Office be contacted to obtain any additional tax ($112,848.15). Westfield, and Insurance Fund and the Municipal Excess BERNARD A. HEENEY of the Clerk of the Board. amounts that may be due. The property to be sold is located in ELIZA- WHEREAS, the Local Public Contracts Liability Joint Insurance Fund, following a TOWN CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 1223-2001 1. Taxes: Current BETH, in the County of UNION, and the Law, (NJSA 40A: 11-1 et seq) authorizes detailed analysis; and AWARDED TO: Interstaff, Inc., 5200 San 2. Water & Sewer: $4,965.66 plus inter- State of New Jersey. the letting of contracts for professional ser- WHEREAS, the Bylaws of said Funds RESOLUTION Felipe, Houston, Texas est Commonly known as: 215 REID STREET, vices without competitive bidding; require that each Municipality appoint a Risk LAWS AND RULES COMMITTEE SERVICES: To provide physical therapy CONCISE DESCRIPTION ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07201 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED Management Consultant to perform various services for the residents/patients at 1. The property to be sold is commonly Tax Lot No. ACCT#1495, in Block No. that: professional services as detailed in the By- DECEMBER 18, 2001 Runnells Specialized Hospital. known as: 520 E. Jersey Street Elizabeth, WARD: 8 1. The firm of Suplee, Clooney & Com- laws; and RESOLVED, that the Organization meet- PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 New Jersey 07206. Dimensions of Lot (Approximately) 31 pany, Registered Municipal Accoun- WHEREAS, the Bylaws indicate a mini- ing of the Town Council of the Town of COST: $286,650 2. Tax Block No.: Ward: 3 Lot No.: Acct#: feet wide by 100 feet long. IRREGULAR tants and Certified Public Accoun- mum fee equal to six per cent (6%) of the Westfield will be held on Wednesday, Janu- M. Elizabeth Genievich 323.A Nearest Cross Street: Situate on the tants, be engaged to make the statu- Municipal Assessment which expenditure ary 2, 2002 at 7:00 pm. Clerk of the Board 3. Dimensions of lot: 1.19 x 6.00 x 1.50 x SOUTHEASTERLY side of REID STREET, tory audit of the accounts of the represents reasonable compensation for 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.95 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 63.30 x 22.59 distant 175 feet from the NORTHEAST- Town of Westfield for the year end- the services required and was included in 4. Nearest cross street: 5th Street ERLY side of EAST GRAND STREET. ing December 31, 2002, in accor- the cost considered by the Mayor and Coun- There is due approximately the sum of There is due approximately the sum of dance with the regulations of the cil; and PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE ONE-HUNDRED THIRTY TWO THOU- ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOU- Division of Local Government Ser- WHEREAS, the Town of Westfield solic- SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SAND SIX-HUNDRED FORTY FIVE & SAND FIFTY SEVEN & 38/100 vices, Department of Community ited requests for proposals for this work in BOARD OF EDUCATION 94/100 ($132,645.94) together with law- ($126,057.38) together with lawful inter- Affairs of the State of New Jersey accordance with G.O. 1753 of the Town of ful interest and costs. est and costs. for a fee of $45,950.00. Westfield; NOTICE OF AWARD There is a full legal description on file in There is a full legal description on file in 2. This contract is awarded without NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES the Union County Sheriff’s Office. the Union County Sheriff’s Office. competitive bidding as a “Profes- that the Town of Westfield does hereby The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of education has awarded the following contracts for The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn sional Service” under the provisions appoint Amalgamated General Agencies Professional services pursuant to 18A:18A.5.a(1). The resolution of award and the contracts this sale. this sale. of the Local Public Contracts Law, (AGA) as its Risk Management Consultant are available for public inspection at the Office of the Board of Education located at Evergreen RALPH FROEHLICH RALPH FROEHLICH NJSA 40A:11-5(1) because NJSA for the year 2001 in accordance with the Avenue and Cedar Street, Scotch Plains from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday though Friday: SHERIFF SHERIFF 40A:4-11 exempts from public bid- Fund’s Bylaws; and HUBSCHMAN & ROMAN FRANK J MARTONE, P.C. ding any work performed pursuant BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Name Service Contract Period Contract Amount ATTORNEYS AT LAW COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW to NJSA 40A:5-4. Mayor and Town Clerk are hereby autho- Potter Architects Architectural Services Term of Project $1,225,000 318 Bergen Boulevard 4 Brighton Road 3. A copy of this resolution shall be rized and directed to execute the Risk Man- Faridy Veisz Fraytak Architectural Services Term of Project $ 695,000 Palisades Park, New Jersey 07650 Clifton, New Jersey 07012 published in The Westfield Leader agement Consultant’s Agreement and to Environmental Remediation Asbestos Consultant 3/1/01-8/1/01 $ 41,825 CH-756299 - (WL) CH-755654 (WL) as public notice of the action taken in cause a notice of this decision to be pub- Anthony Del Sordi 4 T - 12/27/01, 1/3/02,1/10/02 4 T - 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 accordance with NJSA 40A:11-5. lished according to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Business Administrator/Secretary &1/17/02 Fee: $206.04 & 12/27/01 Fee: $187.68 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $46.41 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $46.41 1 T – 12/27/01, The Times Fee: $30.60 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, December 27, 2001 Page 17

Artist of Home Fires: Prose, Art, Essays on Operation Enduring Freedom the Week How A Nation Longs For the Normalcy That Led Up to Dread of September 11 By FRED ROSSI of the transition from peace to war, Specially Written for The from selfishness to selflessness, from Westfield Leader and The Times superficiality to at least an attempt SCOTCH not to be so. PLAINS -- Remem- Looking back, the hours that led ber when our world was Monday, September 10, into the fol- normal? When life was consumed lowing morning were so incredibly with pressing matters like money normal and unassuming that it seems and celebrities and elbowing ahead almost odd, in retrospect, that no one of the other guy to get a better seat, sensed the lurking threat that was a better job, more visibility, more hiding amongst us. power? That warm and rainy Monday Much of the old ways ended be- evening, a group from Elizabethtown fore the work day began on that Water Company was to appear at a Tuesday morning back in Septem- forum in Scotch Plains to explain to ber, but I can still remember the calm residents their plans to upgrade wa- ter delivery in coming years. I told The Westfield Leader and ™ The Times of Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chevy Chase POPCORN that I’d cover it for that week’s issue. Chevy Chase The representatives from the wa- The Man Who Wasn’t ter company began their presenta- (1943- ) tion at dusk before a crowd of 15 or 20 people in the Council Chambers There: Is All That in the Scotch Plains Municipal Build- By MICHELLE H. Le POIDEVIN Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times One Popcorn, Poor • Two Popcorns, Fair • Three Popcorns, Good • Four Popcorns, Excellent ing. Mayor Martin L. Marks first gave One of the forefathers of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), New By MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER “No, but I know where I can get it.” a few welcoming remarks. Seated York City-born Cornelius Crane 3 ½ popcorns “Silent partner.” Just the sound of it fits near the back of the room, I was next Chase, or Chevy Chase, is the man right into the barber’s strange way of to Councilwoman Paulette Coronato, The Man Who Wasn’t There is again seeing things. His sudden anxiousness to and we chatted a bit about what we’d who confronted a squirrel trapped proof positive of their genius. The in his Christmas tree in National better himself without doing all the home- done during the just-ended summer. wackier the Brothers Coen get, the work will inevitably effect both sinner I exchanged a few jokes with two Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation more profound they are. The more (1989) and he’s the very same and saint, friend and foe. women seated in the row in front experimental they become, the more Hence it does behoove you to know wisenheimer who had grumpy Aunt erudite are their discoveries. of me. They attend each and every Edna (now deceased) strapped to who the other players are in this council meeting and are two of the While conventional wisdom would abstract chess game rife with deceit, the hood of the station wagon in suggest that the filmmaking brothers most well-briefed and well-read National Lampoon’s Vacation conspiracy and, yes, even murder. people I have ever seen when it comes might become a bit more conserva- For starters, there’s Doris, Ed’s (1983). to the minutiae of state and local tive following all their success (Fargo, wife, neatly portrayed by Francis Who can forget his tirade when, Brother, Where Art Thou? etc.), re- government and regulations. after driving across country and McDormand. A bookkeeper at fash- markably un-jaded they continue ionable Nirdlinger’s Department The water company’s surprisingly battling all odds, his character, their stimulating exploration into the interesting presentation lasted about The Serenity of Pre-September 11 Clark W. Griswold, discovers his store, she has high hopes of becom- manifold possibilities of motion pic- ing comptroller. That is, if her boss, 40 minutes and was followed by destination – “Walley World” is ture art. questions from the residents. When hard not to be in good spirits on such closed to visitors? Chase has made Big Dave, played by James don’t even know what happened to But this go-round it is a subtle Gandolfini, is successful in expand- the queries became repetitive, I de- a nice morning. my notes and I never wrote any ar- a career out of representing the insanity that creeps up and makes The cided to escape. It was pushing 9 modern man…okay, the modern ing the family operation he married Of course, a couple of less-than- ticle about it for the newspaper. It Man Who Wasn’t There much more p.m. jester. into with a new venture of his very excellent drivers ruined a perfect ride, was weeks before I gave a thought to esoteric and philosophical than it ap- own. His retail dream will be called I whispered goodbye to Mrs. but overall, it was an effortless trip. I As he so eloquently put it in his pears at first blush. Gary Condit, Mariah Carey or any SNL “Weekend Update” skit, Dave’s Annex. Coronato, said I’d see her the follow- had some time to daydream a bit. other celebrity who seemed to domi- A black and white foray into the A glad-handing braggart and self- ing night at the council’s regularly Work was busy, the fall election “Good Evening, I’m Chevy Chase shadowy, smart-mouthed and cynical nate the news in recent months. and you’re not.” And, we know featured tycoon, he is Ed’s antithesis. scheduled meeting and then slipped campaign was just beginning, my Instead, I worried about the next no man’s land that is film noir, the So the unspoken rumor that Doris and out the back door. better than to argue with the man beautifully photographed movie man- beloved Mets were somehow still in shoe to drop. I wondered what next who has made our bellies ache and Big Dave may be more than just boss Outside, I saw that the rain had the running despite the lateness of week would be like, and what might ages an homage to the genre while and employee makes complete dra- double over in sheer hysterical stopped. The roads were still wet, but the baseball season, and winter — happen in the interim. For weeks, I remaining refreshingly speculative and matic sense. laughter. sure of its own terms. I was able to roll my window down as my least favorite time of year — was carefully watched every jet passing SNL producer Lorne Michaels Another whose life will become I steered my car onto Park Avenue still far off. Supplying the coup de gras for the swept up in the frenzy once Ed trips overhead. originally tapped Chase, who was character-driven tale of ambition, and flipped the radio to the I felt bad that my son part of the infamous “Not Ready into motion what will become a Rube Yankee game, just in time to social class and confused passions Goldberg-like series of social cata- would be growing up in a for Prime Time Players” bunch of are several excellent acting perfor- hear that the game had been drastically different world comedians, as a writer for the show. clysms is Frank, Ed’s annoyingly mances, each unique and contribu- chatty brother-in-law. Played splen- postponed due to the rain. than I had and hoped his But, Chase, who later adopted ad- tive to the overall texture and atmo- I flipped through the sta- world would not be filled diction problems similar to his co- didly by Michael Badalucco, he is sphere of the picture. tions, found some music and with fear and paranoia and star John Belushi, convinced the common man personified and Stunning in the title role is Billy Bob quite happy about it. drove home, thinking per- suspicion and sadness. Michaels to give him a shot at Thornton as Ed Crane, a barber in 1949 haps about some of the burn- “Weekend Update.” Equally affected is the haunting Ann In the months since Santa Rosa, Calif., and the narrator of Nirdlinger (Katherine Borowitz), who ing issues of the day: the September 11, we’ve all Before his stint on SNL, he was a the tale. If William Hurt’s disassociated previous week’s television student at Bard College, where he gives the film just a dash of that early been educated on matters travel writer in The Accidental Tourist interview with Gary Condit, earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree 1950s space invader/communist scare many of us never dreamed (1988) was neurotic, then Thornton’s aura when, out of the blue, she informs the nervous breakdown of in English. After graduation, Chase far more detached barber would be his we’d be tackling: the dif- dabbled in some odd jobs – truck Ed that husband Big Dave was once Mariah Carey, how long to- ferences between inhala- quietly psychotic cousin. kidnapped by extraterrestrials during a morrow night’s back-to- driving, bartending, tennis player, Laconic, eerily undefined and non- tion and skin anthrax; the and finally settled on writing com- camping trip. school night at my son’s kin- geography of Afghani- committal, were it not for his chain- We wonder long after the closing dergarten would last, the edy for his paycheck. smoking you wouldn’t even know stan; the intricacies of Some of his quips have been seen credits just how to swallow this oddball marriage of Billy politics in Saudi Arabia, that Ed was there. From Ed’s point of information...one of only two indi- in copy for the Smothers Brothers, Bob Thornton and Angelina Egypt and Pakistan; war view, much of the jabber surrounding gestible loose ends in a work other- National Lampoon and Mad maga- him is just so much cacophonous din. Jolie; who was more talented, strategies; the pros and zines. But, Chase soon discovered wise strung tight to perfection. Britney or Christina; and What’s frightening is that, for the Then there’s Birdy (Scarlett cons of federal control of that performing comedy was a time being, we are inclined to agree, whether the driver in front of airport security; the ar- richer experience altogether. Johansson), the teenaged daughter me at the moment was plan- and thus oddly share in his secret of local lawyer Walter Abundas in chitecture of caves; the “Channel One,” a New York- conceit. ning to drive the speed limit life and times of Osama based comedy program, which whose piano-playing Ed finds so- But ah, still water does indeed run lace; we, on the other hand, are dis- the entire way down South bin Laden; and whether transformed into the film Groove deep...or at least a little deeper than Avenue or whether she would racial profiling is all right Tube, gave Chase his first crack at comforted by the potentially taboo we had originally thought. Of late in speed it up a bit, since I was when it comes to national comedic performance before Lorne arrangement and grow wary that their a funk about his station in life, seem- motivations will unravel something in a hurry. security. Michaels came along. ingly doomed to an eternity of cut- I probably got to sleep that Many of you are probably down the line. Life has returned to nor- ting endless supplies of hair in his Finally, spouting the latest Ger- Monday evening around mal in many respects. wondering how “Chevy” came brother-in-law’s barber shop, Ed lets midnight, just about the time out of “Cornelius Crane.” His man philosophy while profiting from We’re not holed up in our show a glimpse of ambition when a that, several miles to the east, The Day the World Changed grandmother renamed him af- the inextricable reapings of these homes. People go to large fast-talking entrepreneur (Jon Polito) human foibles that beckon him from a rental car was pulling up to ter a very rich community in sidles into his chair. gatherings like football Maryland. Sacramento is hotshot lawyer Freddy the Marriott Hotel at Newark Air- Sure, the economy was no longer games. New York City is still acces- Announcing himself as Creighton Riedenschneider. port. running on all cylinders, but as I Tolliver, he doffs his hairpiece, asks sible. People get on airplanes. There is An egotistical elitist who during a Apparently, a few men of Middle crossed over Route 22, I had little of something besides all this to watch on for a trim of his surviving locks, and pre-trial tutorial matter-of-factly re- Eastern descent got out, went inside See it all on the Web! begins his lamentation. It seems he concern on my mind. Later, I would television. People can laugh and even minds Ed, “Remember, you’re only and checked in for the night. If one wonder whether the flight path of make some jokes about all of this. traveled to Santa Rosa to meet with a a barber, I’m an attorney,” the legal www.goleader.com has an early morning flight at New- planes departing from Newark Air- But as much as things seem to have potential partner for his dry-cleaning dandy is expertly fashioned by Tony business, a nascent yet financially ark, the Marriott is certainly the most port that morning would have taken returned to normal, I’d give anything Shalhoub. convenient place to stay overnight. passenger jets anywhere within my promising venture that he is certain Now, hopefully from this descrip- for a return to the true normalcy of PUBLIC NOTICE will net him, and whoever goes in The following morning, I woke up view as I headed north on Mountain September 10. tion your enjoyment will be en- at 6 a.m. and saw that the previous UNION COUNTY BOARD with him, a sure fortune. hanced by knowing nothing and yet Avenue. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Alas, the would-be investor backed day’s lousy weather had disappeared. I wondered further whether I would NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD everything about Joel and Ethan out. Pity. All it would take to be a silent Coen’s latest contribution to the cin- September 11, the radio weatherman have noticed the plane containing Youth Art Month to Prove Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 said, would be a perfectly lovely day, those men who had stayed at the Public Notice is hereby given that the partner in this wave of the future is ema craft. Impact of Arts in Education Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- $10,000. with a crisp morning followed by Newark Marriott the previous night. Because aside from the aforemen- WESTFIELD – Fine Arts Super- ers has awarded a contract without com- It’s at this point where the movie- tioned loose ends and a climax that sunny skies and temperatures in the I arrived at the office shortly be- petitive bidding as a professional service or visor for the Westfield Public goer must be told very little more doesn’t quite do justice to the cre- low 80s. fore 8:30 and settled in my office to extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- Schools, Linda M. King, has re- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- about the plot. Because in trademark ativity that preceded it, The Man A few hundred miles to the north- read the newspaper. Not much news tract and the resolution authorizing it is fashion, loaded with irony, wit and Who Wasn’t There is really where east, a group of men were arriving at these days. Some Gary Condit stuff. vealed that Youth Art Month in available for public inspection in the Office whimsical comeuppance, the Coens Logan Airport in Boston to catch Westfield will take place in conjunc- of the Clerk of the Board. it’s at. Perhaps something about the upcom- once again embark to illustrate the flights to the West Coast while two ing Anne Heche interview on the tion with National Youth Art Month RESOLUTION NO. 1218-2001 kinetic effect of human desire. That is, * * * * * AWARDED TO: John F. Olsen, III, 42 The Man Who Wasn’t There, rated hundred miles to the southwest, an- Barbara Walters show. Mets and Yan- during March, 2002. Laurel Way, Madison, New Jersey the chain-reaction, seemingly with a other group was checking in at Dulles kees news in the sports section. I The event will heighten the aware- SERVICE: To act as Director of the Physi- R, is a U.S.A. Films release directed life of its own, that’s put in motion Airport outside Washington, D.C. raced through most of the paper in ness of the importance of the arts in cal Therapy Department at Runnells Spe- whenever some covetous mortal seeks by Joel Coen and stars Billy Bob cialized Hospital. Thornton, Frances McDormand and for a cross-country flight. about 15 minutes and was just about education, stated Ms. King, while PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 a larger portion of the pie than may be I drove to the grocery store at 7 his share. Tony Shalhoub. Running time: 116 to read an article about the life of a the community focuses on the fine COST: $107,250 a.m. to get some muffins and a news- M. Elizabeth Genievich So suffice it to note that when Tolliver minutes. fiction writer. work of the district’s art students as Clerk of the Board asks him if he has $10,000, Ed replies, paper. Already, it was a gorgeous Before I started, though, a col- they patronize Westfield’s downtown 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 PUBLIC NOTICE day. Unbeknownst to any of us in the league poked his head in my door to stores. check-out line at the Elm Street gro- tell me that a plane had crashed into District art teachers will select PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE UNION COUNTY BOARD cery store, those same men who had OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS the World Trade Center, and the world student works of art to display in UNION COUNTY BOARD UNION COUNTY BOARD NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD checked into the Marriott last night was changed forever. shop windows, according to Ms. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 were now en route to Terminal A at The previous night’s water com- King. The Fine Arts Department will NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD Public Notice is hereby given that the Newark Airport to catch a flight to pany presentation was forgotten. I Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Date Adopted: December 20, 2001 Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- provide easels and set-up. Public Notice is hereby given that the Public Notice is hereby given that the ers has awarded a contract without com- the West Coast. Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- Union County Board of Chosen Freehold- petitive bidding as a professional service or I got my five-year-old son ready ers has awarded a contract without com- ers has awarded a contract without com- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- for the day, and we left the house at petitive bidding as a professional service or petitive bidding as a professional service or ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursu- tract and the resolution authorizing it is 8 a.m. and drove over to his school, ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- ant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). This con- available for public inspection in the Office where he was set for his fifth day of tract and the resolution authorizing it is tract and the resolution authorizing it is of the Clerk of the Board. kindergarten. As we were walking to available for public inspection in the Office available for public inspection in the Office RESOLUTION NO. 1250-2001 of the Clerk of the Board. of the Clerk of the Board. AWARDED TO: Union County College, the front door, I remarked to him that RESOLUTION NO. 1257-2001 RESOLUTION NO. 1249-2001 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, New “today is going to be a beautiful AWARDED TO: Ira Titunik, DDS, 115 AWARDED TO: Schoor DePalma, Jus- Jersey day.” East 56th Street, New York, New York tin Corporate Center, 200 State Highway SERVICES: To provide employee effec- SERVICES: To provide consultation in Nine, PO Box 900, Manalapan, New Jersey tiveness training for Union County employ- Inside his classroom, I kissed him identification of charred remains. SERVICES: For designing intersection ees. goodbye and returned to my car for PERIOD: 1/1/02 - 12/31/02 upgrades for 4 intersections in Roselle. PERIOD: 12/21/01 - 12/31/02 my 15-minute ride to my office in COST: $1,500 COST: $180,582 COST: $75,000 Springfield. The radio was on, M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich M. Elizabeth Genievich Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board Clerk of the Board Howard Stern was cracking me up, 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $20.40 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $21.42 1 T – 12/27/01, The Leader Fee: $22.44 my windows were down and it was CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK Page 18 Thursday, December 27, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION THE MUSIC CORNER WITH DAVID PALLADINO Pipes of Christmas Offer Unique Seasonal Concert

By DAVID PALLADINO “O Holy Night,” and, of course, Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times “Amazing Grace,” among others. SUMMIT — Commander Robert The Highland Bagpipes, and the Currie of Summit, who serves as the Scottish tartan, both outlawed in Chief and Clan Commander of the Scotland at one time, provided a ancient and noble Scottish Clan special aspect to the concert. Musi- Currie has assembled some of the cians and concertgoers alike were finest musicians to offer what is the clad in the colors of their clans. The most unique Christmas concert of Pipes blended beautifully and ma- the holiday season. jestically with the organ and brass New York City Opera, Metropoli- choirs to present a unique sound of tan Opera and Chicago Lyric opera power and glory nowhere else to be baritone Mark Delavan was on hand found. recently at Central Presbyterian One of the distinct highlights was Church in Summit for two Christ- in fact, hearing The Solid Brass mas concerts featuring Celtic and ensemble made up of musicians who

Ingrid McKinley for The Westfield Leader and The Times A Picture in Poetry Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, The sled and traveller stopped, the courier’s feet Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields, Delated, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed Hides hill and woods, the river, and the heaven, In a tumultuous privacy of storm. And veils the farmhouse at the garden’s end. “The Snow-Storm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Get Outta The House By CAROL F. DAVIS WWestfieldestfield NativeNative GaltGalt PensPens FourtFourthh Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Local First Night Celebrations Teaneck Cedar Lane in Teaneck is the ThrillerThriller,, ‘Bazaar‘Bazaar ofof tthehe Dead’Dead’ place to be if you are into The Lion King. Three cast members By MARYLOU MORANO tivity for six and a half years...I got a inspirations together and you get ‘Ba- from the Broadway play will per- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times glimpse of how people react when a zaar of the Dead’” form excerpts as part of the Afro- WESTFIELD — Fritz Galt, a loved one is taken into captivity.” A full time writer, Galt spends sev- Caribbean Spirit Ensemble. First Westfield author of international spy “Secondly, I was inspired by the eral hours a day, everyday, at his com- Night’s theme is “Unite to Cel- thrillers, recently released his fourth thought that espionage is not limited puter in an office in the family apart- ebrate the Rhythm of Life,” with book, “Bazaar of the Dead.” ment in Beijing. He also the focus on percussion acts. Like the three spy thrillers previ- takes extensive notes while * * * * * ously released by Galt, “Bazaar of traveling; they are then in- Ridgewood the Dead” features spy hero Mick corporated into the stories For a night of comedy, music, Pierce, and his wife, Natalie. he writes. dancing, drama and trolley rides, In a dual setting of the high-tech “Bazaar of the Dead is a families, couples, children, se- environment of the United States tightly plotted and very at- niors and singles will enjoy this Ridgewood event. Entertainment National Laboratories and the Euro- mospheric book,” the au- will include a group performing pean organization for nuclear re- thor continued. “Reading the “Music and Dance of Burma” search, CERN in Switzerland, Pierce it brings back many memo- and Russian folk dancing by the Courtesy of Commander Robert Currie finds himself in a murder investiga- ries of visits to Switzer- Koslov International Youth En- tion that uncovers an attempt on the land and Morocco, two semble. Also appearing will be traditional Christmas works. regularly perform with the major President’s life. countries where I feel like the All Star Jazz Band. A portion Traditional works with new, fresh opera houses and symphonies in “Bazaar of the Dead,” a 440-page I am both in the vortex of of the proceeds from your $10 arrangements included “Joy to the New York and New Jersey. paperback, travels the globe from international events, and admission will be donated to the World,” “O Come, O Come Special selections from Burns and victims of September 11. The fun Emmanuel,” “Lo, How A Rose E’er other Celtic sources where read by the White House and national labo- just happy to sit back and ratories in New York and Tennessee, enjoy the pace.” starts at 7:30 p.m., with a special Blooming,” “Lament for the Lost,” Evan Thomson Cattanach, Frederick teen venue at the Knights of Co- “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye C. Clark and the most charming of to sweeping Swiss vistas to the dusty When asked if a fifth lumbus. Faithful,” among several others. narrators, Susan Porterfield Currie. camel markets of Morocco. spy thriller involving Pipe Major Kevin R. The concert was a testa- Galt has lived abroad for over a Mick and Natalie is in the * * * * * Manasquan Blandford of ment to the talent of local decade with his wife, a Foreign Ser- works, Mr. Galt said, “I Redlands, Calif. individuals such as Rob- This quaint town offers a trol- vice Officer and the couple’s two haven’t decided yet. The ley to transport you from event to served as the bind- ert Currie, who devote children, but the family makes growth of the characters ing element of event, all indoors. They limit the untold hours in the Westfield his permanent residence. Mick and Natalie Pierce the evening. He spirit of sale of buttons, so there are never Formerly a technical writer, Galt is far from complete, so currently serves volunteerism and any lines. Festivities start at 4:30 as Pipe Major of enthusiasm for the combines his experience in the sci- my bet is we’ll hear about p.m., with a pet parade and con- the R.P. importance of heri- ence and computer field with his in- their lives and times test. Other events include com- Blandford & tage. depth knowledge of foreign cultures again.” edy, opera, 50s music, a barber- Sons Pipe Band In addition to his and world affairs. to the world of politics,” he added. shop quartet and swing dancing. in Redlands. He responsibilities to His previous books have been set “Many high-tech industries engage By the way, there will be a special performance for the kids. has recorded sev- Clan Currie, Com- in such diverse places as Yugoslavia, in industrial espionage and I ratcheted eral CD’s includ- mander Currie has Greece, the Far East, and various it up a notch and recreated a scenario * * * * * ing “A Selection served three New countries around the Indian Ocean, for industrial terrorism. Put the two Red Bank of Hymns for What a great place to celebrate! Jersey Governors on including Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bagpipe” and The Clan Currie Badge the Ethnic Advisory Besides the variety of events, you “Organ and the Council for the State “Two things inspired me to write can enjoy dinner in one of the Pipes of Christmas - of New Jersey and pres- ‘Bazaar of the Dead’”, said Galt in an Don’t Forget to Get downtown restaurants, sip java at A Selection of ently serves on the Board interview from Beijing, China, where a local coffee house, or stop in for Carols for Bagpipe and of Directors for Save Ellis he currently resides with his family. THE BEST TICKET a drink with the locals. The festivi- Organ.” Island — a foundation formed to “A good family friend was taken ties include the Z-Zuma drum- A number of other fantastic solo- preserve and rehabilitate the aban- hostage in Iran and lived there in cap- IN TOWN! mers, the Shrewsbury Chorale, jazz ists were also on hand, including doned buildings on the south side of The Westfield Young Artists’ musician Al Wright and Frank Brian Holleran on Irish Ulleann Pipes the island. Cooperative Theatre, Inc. and Valentino with his Dreamcatchers. (Irish version of the bagpipes), Jef- He was named as one of the Out- Coming In Future The Westfield Symphony Or- * * * * * frey H. Rickard on organ, piano and standing Ethnic Leaders of New Jer- chestra, two arts powerhouses, Newark harpsichord, Susie Petrov on piano, sey and just this past September, Editions of A&E: will present a phenomenal trib- Fritz Galt All along Raymond Boulevard, Margaret Winter on flute, and Arthur ute to the music and legend of served as the Honorary Chieftain of • Millicent K. Brody interviews between Broad Street and Penn Sta- Peters on Highland Snare Drum. the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Richard Rodgers on New Year’s tion, people will be celebrating with Princeton native and baritone Westfield resident Christa Clarke Eve at The Presbyterian Church “I never know what I’m going to Blairgowrie, Scotland. about her position at the multi-ethnic performances and tast- Mark Delavan brought power, maj- in Westfield. Tickets for the fam- write about next, but I’m sure I have For information on future con- Neuberger Museum of Art in ing food from many cultures — all esty and spark to the concert. High- certs or Currie, please e-mail Com- ily-oriented concert, entitled many books in my future. My books culminating in a grand display of lighting a rich, full baritone voice, New York. “Richard Rodgers: A Centen- mander Currie at • Kerrianne Spellman Cort come to me as my life changes. With fireworks. Included in the ever-evolv- Delavan offered “A Welsh Lullaby,” nial Celebration of His Mu- [email protected]. offers “My Take on It.” my wife in the United States State ing schedule of entertainers are sic,” are available at The Department, my whole family moves Omega (an R&B recording artist), • Michelle H. LePoidevin will Westfield Leader office and will speak with Mountainside artist to another country every three to four Sistersin Harmony (dueling divas in Sashimi Sushi also be available at the door Bronna Butler about her uplift- years. With new places come new dinner-wear) and Will Vega and that evening. For more infor- Friends (a master percussionist). ing oil painting which has helped mation, please call (908) 233- issues and new ideas for stories,” families victimized by the attacks 3200 or (908) 232-9400. Galt explained. * * * * * Hon Bang Sushi on the World Trade Center. For more information on Galt, his Other sites in this area include: New Year’s Celebration books and his characters, Mick and Bridgewater-Raritan-Somerville, Natalie Pierce, visit his website at Medford, Ocean City (Toms River DELICIOUS SUSHI & SAVORY ROLLS and Seaside Heights), and www.spythrillers.com. “Bazaar of the Rutheford. Be sure to call ahead FREE CALIFORNIA ROLL WITH DINNER SPECIAL Dead” is published by Writers Club of time to secure your buttons and • Sushi (Nigri) Press. All of Galt’s books are available decide on your own schedule of at local bookstores as well as online at fun! Oh, and Happy New Year!! • Vegetable Roll amazon.com, bn.com and borders.com. • Roll or Hand Roll g with u • Chef Special Roll Come sin s! • Bento Special Oratorio Singers of Westfield • Tempura Special Trent Johnson, Director Sunny, David & Andy • Sashimi Bento “We Do The Extra To Make Your • Udon Requiem Meal Enjoyable & Tasty” Gabriel Fauré Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Sushi Set Catering For All Your Rehearsals begin Holiday Needs! • Sashimi Set Monday, January 7 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Concert is Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 3 P.M. 515 SOUTH AVENUE, WESTFIELD (TAKE THE CIRCLE AND LOOK FOR THE GREEN AWNING NEXT TO PAN AMERICAN DRY CLEANERS) First United Methodist Church, One East Broad Street, Westfield Call Trent Johnson at (908) 233-4211 for information or come to a rehearsal! 908 . 232 . 1188 Open Daily 10 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. This arts program is made possible in part by a HEART GRANT (History, Education, Arts—Reaching Thousands) from the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders. 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