Plans Unveiled for New Fanwood Municipal Bldg
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SCOTCH PLAINS FANWOOD VOLUME 28 NUMBER 19 SCOTCH FLAINS'FANWOQD THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978 20 CENTS Plans unveiled for new Fanwood municipal Bldg Architect Richard Berry's plan for a new Fanwood Municipal Building Architect Richard Berry of Fanwood ap- administration area in the main portion of facilities, i.e. storage areas, closets, etc. and up-to-date in nature, Berry said, in- peared at the Fanwood florough Council the building. As explained by Berry, the building is eluding an operations center, two jail cells, agenda-setting session Monday night, to The total budgetary figure for the building designed to provide for future expansion. He an identification laboratory and dark room present initial drawings of a proposed Fan- is $462,000-5320,000 for construction, noted that the building as designed for the and a criminal investigation department. wood Municipal Building. Residential in 5100,000 for site work, and S42.000 for con- present, does not include a Council Cham- character, the building would be located on tingency. ber, nor is the fire company provided for. The administration area will include of- the site of the old Slocum House. Land and The police department would occupy 2,992 When Council decides to proceed with a fices for the Borough Administrator-Clerk, the old Slocum home were purchased by the square feet. Another 2,016 square feet would Council Chamber, a wing identical to that for Tax Collector, Tax Assessor, Construction borough two years ago. The home was recen- be set aside for administration. A third major the police department could be built on the Official and a Violations Bureau. A clerical tly demolished to make way for a new square-footage area would be occupied by a, left side of the building, to complement the toffice, workroom and record vault are also municipal facility. multi-purpose center of 2,000 square feet, right-hand wing. Eventually, the fire com- •provided for in the administrative unit. The facility designed by Berry is com- with 580,000 for this area funded by a pany could be housed in an addition to the rear of the building, built into the slope, parable to a one-story residential structure. It H.U.D. Community Development grant. A ground-floor space with a separate en- allowing vehicle access from the bottom features a police wing to the right, and an The final 992 square feet is used for common trance from the rear provides for the multi- level. purpose center funded by H.U.D. It will add Attention: The police facility is completely modern room for community activities. Motorists using Raritan Road Experimental crosswalk signs Shortly, the portion of Raritan Road, bet- 1. Woodland Ave. & Rahway Rd.(Plfd.) placed in Fanwood ween Rahway Road and the Edison Border, 2. Raritan Road & Terrill Rd, stand by the motorist. Citizens are en- will be reconstructed. Due to the reconstruc- 3. Rahway Road & Inman Ave. (Edison) The Department of Motor Vehicles, Office couraged to visit both sign locations and to tion, the roadway will be closed to all but 4. Raritan Road & Inman Ave. (Edison) of Highway Safety, selected Fanwood as one communicate their opinions to Officer Rose local traffic. After the intersection is constructed, con- of the municipalities which will be used to at Fanwood Police headquarters either struction will begin on the remaining road- test the worthiness of an experimental During the time that the Rahway Road- through the mail or by phone. The signs will way. At that time, only Raritan Road from pedestrian crosswalk sign. The signs were Raritan Road intersection is constructed, developed in a cooperative effort by the Office remain in place until September, 1978. Rahway Road to Inman Avenue will be traffic will be detoured at the following of Highway Safety and the New Jersey Police closed to local traffic. locations: Traffic Officers Association. There are tsvo different signs In Fanwood. One is on South Avenue near Marline Avenue facing west- bound traffic. The other is on Marline L.V.W. surveys Board, Councils Avenue near LaGrande Avenue for north- bound traffic. The signs are intended to alert "Could communication be improved bet; liason committee to report to the boards and motorists to the pedestrian's right of way ween the Board of Education and the Town councils on subjects of mutual concern. It is while they are in the crosswalk. Crosswalk; Council?", this was a question that concer- hoped that this would promote a more signs now in use merely indicate the presence' ned the Westfield Area League of Women organized and Immediate form of com- of the crosswalk but do not inform the. Voters this past year. A questionnaire was communlcation between the two bodies. motorist of what is expected at the crosswalk. sent out to all the members of the Boards of Continued On Page 24 Education and the Town Councils of West- Fanwood Chief Parent! said the word and field, Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Ap- pictorial messages on the signs will aid the proximately 2/3 of those questioned respon- Index motorist in identifying the crosswalk as well ded. CLASSIFIED... 25 as alerting drivers to watch for pedestrians EDITORIAL.. .^ • 4 and yield to them if they are in the crosswalk. In compiling the survey responses, the The sign would be especially beneficial at in- League found a diversity of answers and at- ENTERTAINMENT. 12 LEGALS.......... ..-.19 tersections where Right Turn on Red is per- titudes. While there were similarities in each mined. town, some problems were unique. Answers REAL ESTATE J. 21 rmnged from negative to positive on the need RELIGIOUS SERVICES 15 Officer Thomas Rose of the Fanwood- for mutual communication. SERVICES..... -. 24 Police Department will soon be conducting a One of the positive suggestions coming out SOCIALTIMES.... •••• 8 survey at the sign locations to determine . of. thi survey was the need for a citizens SPORTS.... ..17 which of the two is easiest to read and under- Experimental crosswalk : v 2,..THE-.TIMES:MAY J1; 1978'' -' Rossi receives DiFrancesco hears Rotary donates C.B. Radio life membership testimony on flood bill to Fanwood Police Dept. Assemblyman Donald potential disaster. The Rotary Club of Fan- Club member who suggested DiFrancesco (R-Union, Citizens and elected of- wood-Scotch Plains donated the donation; said he an- Morris) served on the Assem- ficials from the affected areas a C.B. radio to the Fanwood ticipates citizens would use bly Energy and Natural of Union, Middlesex and Police Department which is the C.B. tp report such things Resources Committee panel Somerset Counties appeared being used to monitor chan- as auto accidents, vehicles that heard public testimony before the panel to.provide nel/, broken down or blocking on legislation proposing the testimony on the flooding Tom Guglielmo,"- Rotary traffic, any criminal activity, establishment of hood con- issue. Club President said, "We at or even to ask directions. trol authorities for the Green Rotary recognize the impor- • Chief Parent! suggests any Brook and Rahway River tance of citizens being able to calls to the police be made on sub-basins. DiFrancesco noted that the communicate with the police Channel 9. In cases of traditional approach to flood during time's of emergency. emergency the police will The public hearing was problems in this state has We are pleased that we could, remain on channel 9. For held May 3 in the Scotch been a "piecemeal and inef- donate the C.B. Radio "to the •non-emergency messages, the Plains Municipal Building. fective" one. Fanwood Police as one of our police will ask the caller to Community Service projects move to another channel and As sponsor of the Green "Before we can hope for for such a vital and worth- continue the conversation. Brook Flood Control while project," Authority Act currently being solutions, we must have a Police monitoring Channel considered by the central organizational body The police. will monitor 9 is becoming commonplace Legislature, DiFrancesco ex- in each flood region," channel 9 on a 24 hour basis, in the state of New Jersey. pressed his concern that "a DiFrancesco noted, "the bills citizens may call to report any Fanwood joining the network comprehensive system of we are discussing today matters simply by giving their completes the C.B. Com- flood control management" would set up these bodies for call letters or "handle" to the munications link between be established in Nesv jersey, two very troublesome areas, Fanwood Police or Fanwood and with input from local Smokey. The police will Route 78 and the Garden "We cannot afford further residents and officials, we respond to either. State Parkway, an often' loss of life and property from hope to have a strong, William Mathews, Rotary traveled corridor. the continual flooding that workable program of flood occurs in this area," said control," DiFrancesco in opening At the 42nd annual P.B.A. Ball held at Snuffy's, Anthony remarks.,"We have over $3.7 DiFrancesco announced "Tony" Rossi was presented by the Scotch Plains Police an billion worth of property in the that the official record will be Honorary Silver Life membership card In the P.B.A, Mr. Green Brook basin which is held open for two %veeks Rossi was honored for his long and loyal support of the Scotch regularly threatened by flood following the hearing so that Plains Police Department, Pictured left to righti Chief waters, and the heavy con- further written testimony can Michael Rossi, Tony Rossi, Vice President Ed Blake and Dance centration of population and be submitted by interested Chairman Dave Palentchar, investment make any flood a parties, Police Week begins May 14 President Carter has men and women in this those interested citizens who Saturday, May 20, 1978 from proclaimed the week of May nation who are engaged in wish to come to Headquar- 10 am to 12 noon by calling 14th to May 20th, 1978 to be police work for the protec- ters.