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Serving South Brunswick Township TWO SEr’T,nMC 1 ° VOL. XIII, NO. 25 ’ BRUNSWICK, KENDALL PARK, NEW JERSEY, 08824, THURSDAY, JUNIE 22, 1972 TEN CENTS A COPY - S3.00 A YE'Ar :,0 ii 4 UNSW I CH PUB LtORARV % nOii-tHT 0 ROSS ’ - MUM iC I PAL BLOG . KINGSTON LANE ' Student WONUOUTH JCT NJ 00850 The South Brunswick Township the land of the wrecks before- ■ that by- accepting the Dayton forward.- looking move on the Miss Ramage Committee voted its approval beginning work on the project. Square townhouses, the township part of the township.” he told his Tuesday night, June 20, of a A major, part of the com­ would make it easier to reject fellow com mitteemen,, Mr. Leads Fight variance that will allow the mittee’s motivation in granting later requests for them. Savage. Mr. Molnar, and \a construction of a 232-townhouse the ordinance appeared to be its Committeeman Edward handful of local residents at the development half a mile from the strong desire to see the junkyard Visiriski praised the-project as meeting. Against Rule village qf Dayton on the 75-acre removed. Several of the1 com­ the only South Brunswick Committeeman Hans Ruesch- site of Schwartz’s junkyard, a mitteemen have referred to it as development “that hasn’t mann declined to vote because field of rusting automobile hulks. “an eyesore.” received any opposition.’! '■Mr. Molnar is a very fine friend The Viking Press, the official One of the developers of the The committee also stipulated., .Mayor..Richard Jlnicki,—whor of mine.”—i._1-------^ student newspaper at South project, David Savage of Prin­ that the developers dedicate land like Mr. Vislnskl, is .-a n aytnn-----Mg—Molnur- -told- the" com- f Brunswick High School, reap- ceton. predicted that Dayton will for the construction.of Route 522, - -residentr- said ~that “variance mitteemen: "All this talk about ' —peered this-week-after-a-five- become—the . center - of South" budd two lanes (of that highway isn't a dirty word.” He com- variances is absolutely not valid,, month silence caused by a Brunswick.Township and that the - where-it crosses their property,-- - mented that variances-allow the"Tl don’t care if youSoneTrorirday '" ' dispute over the'publication of . townhouse complex, dubbed and also set aside one acre, of the committee to “ weigh each today, you will.need variances.” political advertisements. Dayton Square, will play an township's choice, for a future situation on its own merit.’’ “Whatever I’ve done in the ■ Its reappearance — in the form A T CLOSE of school board meeting Monday, June 19, officials discuss use of studont labor to build important roll in the develop­ firehouse. Approval of the Dayton Square township, I’m proud of. it,” he of a eight-page edition published ment of the eastern side of the relocatable classroom at the Crossroads School. Standing from left are James Wachtel, Milton Cobert, Under the ordinance, no trees variance is “ a tremendous,, added. June 15 - was the result of u town. can be removed without the policy statement adopted May 15 ’■ board secretary, Marvin Schlaffer and David Daniels. Seated are the Rev. H. Eugene Speckman, board Mr. Savage was one of the approval of the South Brunswick by the South Brunswick Board of president, Mrs. Barbara Hansen and Cyril Collins (back to camera). ^.principals in the development of Planning Board, and a natural Education and accepted by the Kendall Park. His partner in buffer must be maintained. Citizens’ Planning Group striking students. Dayton Square' is Alexander The overall density of the The student journalists, tinder Molnar of Raymond Road, development must not exceed 4.5 Started To Advise, Educate the leadership of Viking Press Kingston. Mr. Molnar, who has per acre. The original Savage- Editor Trilla Ramage, refused to Students To Build Classroom large land holdings throughout Moinar proposal called for a Its first’ job will be to continue publishing the paper South Brunswick, developed the Christening themselves the density of about 12 units per acre. establish exactly what kind of when they were forbidden to Kingston Garden Apartments. This factor, coupled with other South Brunswick Citizens for accept an .advertisement in Planning, a handful of local development the current zoning The committee made several lesser factors, was the basis for ordinance... andm aster plan ■_ support__of the school_board, At Crossroads, Board Decides ■ stipulations - in -granting the th e - Zoning—Board of Ad­ residents, met recently, to worry candidacy of Eugene Glazer, who through some of the planning (which differ significantly) Would variance. While.the original justment’s decision to reject the produce, and then to make won a seat in the Feb. 8 election. The South Brunswick Board of students should begin work July “Obviously there was no in­ Savage-Moinar proposal called developer's first application. - problems besetting the township. A state-wide statute bans the Education dealt. Monday night, tention to advise the D u b lic vvhat for 414 units, including garden The new organization, a recommendations, for their 10-on the structure -at—a-sub— The vote on the variance product of the township-wide revision based on input from dissemination of political June 19. with a number of issues- stantial savings of the $27,000 set the plan was,” he said. “I think apartments'and 30 single-family stirred some controversy material in the public schools. ’ from adopting a plan to allow all'of the evidence indicates that dwellings, the committee lorum on planning held May 30, citizens and planning experts. ' aside for it. .among the committeemen. hopes to become an unofficial The group said it forsees public Even with the statute still in students to build a relocatable LeRoy Alston, director of the it was not going to be made granted approval to only the 232 Joseph Spataro, who has gone on effect, the students indicated that classroom at the Crossroads public." townhouses plus a commercial advisory board to the Planning indifference to planning as one of South Brunswick High School record as favoring the preser­ Board and Township Committee, its chief obstacles. Jack Stein, a they feel they have won a major School, to dealing with angry Career Development Center, Mr. Alston said the plans were area along Route 522. This vation of the rural character of victory for freedom of the press criticism of its, policy on hearing kept quiet for the behefit of a commercial'area, the members the two local bodies responsible former chairman of the South '. strongly endorsed the project. He the township, was highly critical for making decision about the Brunswick Planning Board, said . with the establishment of a new' comments front the public. said it would “offer the students a local building union, which has stipulated, must not exceed five of the granting of the variance. censorship policy. , Faced with stringent state given . its permission for the acres. i future development, of South that the best way to generate realistic exposure to the world” He said he does “not believe Brunswick. participation would be to . “We got the most freedom of building requirements that would and culled the project “a project but would not like to see They also required that the that this township should grant the press that you can get out of a have prevented a professional student labor become a common junkyard license used by the Sch­ Its establishment .is an “propose a 3000-unit develop­ beautiful idea.” variances for developments. outgrowth of the mounting citizen ment near some people.” He , high school....I’m very giad we construction company from While agreeing that the project practice. v wartz brothers must be Developers will end up doing the did it.” Miss Ramage com­ completing a badly- needed A woman in the small relinquished ■ and that the concern, expressed at the May 30 added: "You get people out was potentially “beautiful,” Dr, planning, not the planning board session, about the quickening because they are. against mented this week. relocatable classroom at the Mcreld Keys, a local resident and audience, Mrs. Joyce Sigle, told automobile hulks must be and the township committee.” Along with two other students, middle school, the board voted to the school board that she would removed before construction can pace of planning and building something rather than for board meeting gadfly, said he Committeeman Robert going on in South Brunswick and something." the New Jersey Student Union, have the work done over the was very disturbed that the have voted against the begin. Nicholas, though “against this and local supporters of Senator summer by a crew of 60 local relocatable classroom if she had Mr. Savage and Mr. Molnar Middlesex County. The township Mr. Stein, who works for the hoard had decided to use students variance business," called the now has about 14,000 inhabitants Berg Agency, the largest real George McGovern, Miss Ramage students. A - contract for the to erect the classroom without known students were going to expressed doubt that they could Dayton Square variance “a very plans to file Suit against the State reasonably be expected to clear and its 40 square miles are still estate brokers in New Jersey, • relocatable was rescinded. The first publicizing its plans. (See CLASSROOM, Page 3-A) special case.” He said he could mostly undeveloped, but the warned the group that South Department of Education in an not allow his “personal of fort to have the statute over­ population is expected to swell Brunswick will be “inundated abhorrence of variances” to several fold within the next 30 with lawsuits against which we turned. prevent him from voting the- Under the new policy, “an years and the lMn.d..to see ex-" - cannot defend." Claiming that he .

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