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IN THIS ISSUE Living I With Style SERVING ABERDEEN,HAZLET, KEYPORT AND MATAWAN Page 33 APRIL 19, 1995 40 CENTS VOLUME 25, NUMBER 16 K id s p a in t M agic B u s River Plaza School anniversaries of Earth Day and the establishment of Poricy pupils create art to Park. The festival, dubbed protect the Earth Earth’s Well Fair, will take place, rain or shine, from noon BY KEVIN FRIEDUNDER to 6 p.m. on April 22. “The children will remember Staff Writer painting that bus for the rest of their lives,” said River Plaza f you liked the P a rtrid g e Principal Diane Lenartowicz. F a m ily bus, make sure to “They had such a wonderful f I stop by and have a look at tim e.” the school bus painted by sec The idea to paint the bus ond-graders at M iddletown’s came not from the popular River Plaza School. Partridge Family series, but The students in Rosemary from a children’s book series M ilevoi’s class painted faces c a lle d The Magic School Bus. and conservation slogans on the In the series, which was created school bus as part of an envi by Joanna Cole, children learn M ichelle Thom pson, Rhode Island, holds her son, Jason , 8, up to w elcom e his father at Friday’s ronmental awareness program. about environmental issues hom ecom ing of the U SS Detroit at the Naval W eapons Station Earle pier in Leonardo. After six The bus, which was donated while traveling from place to :30 a.m . to the ch eers of about 800 m onths at sea, the com bat support ship returned hom e at about 9 by Murphy Bus Service of place on the magic bus. w aiting fam ily m em bers. (Photo by Rich Schultz) Tinton Falls, will be on display Lenartowicz said the River a t th e Plaza children are also creating dual a videotape, with the help of c e le b r a students from Middletown High ‘Hom ebuyers’ rob w om an tio n o f th e 2 5 th Continued on page 51 _________ BY LAUREN )AEGER_________ to the full finished basement. WANTED There, the resident was bound to a bench- Staff Writer press and gagged with clear, packing tape and olice are searching for two people who was told “she would be killed if she told the held up a Keyport woman inside her police,” according to Wheeler. P home on Gull Way. Afterward, the couple ransacked the house The robbers gained entrance by pretending to and left. be interested homebuyers, police said. The woman is described as about 5 feet 6 The holdup took place around 3:30 p.m. inches tall, 115 pounds, with a thin build, with Saturday. straight, long brown hair and a raspy voice. She The address is an older ranch house tucked has a bump on her nose and wore two earrings in inside the 23-unit condominium complex near each ear. The victim said she looked to be about the senior citizen building on Beers Street. 25 years old. It is being shown for sale by Flo Crawford of The man was described as about 30 years ERA Advantage Realty, Route 35 in Keyport, old, standing about 5 feet 11 inches tall, about who said that the house was originally the only 160 pounds, with straight blonde hair and a mus home on the property before the land was sold tache. He wore a dark denim jacket and white and the condos were built. sneakers. It has been on the market since January, and The victim was not discovered until roughly is priced at $139,000. three hours later, at about 6 p.m., when her hus According to Detective Sgt. Steve Wheeler, a band arrived home. He freed her from the work man and a woman, posing as a couple, rang the bench and dialed 911, Wheeler said. doorbell of the home which was marked “for Because of the alleged threat, the residents sale” by a sign posted outside. The couple was are in hiding, he said. not accompanied by a real estate agent. According to Wheeler, it is not yet known After touring the home with the resident, the what was taken from the house besides a gold River Plaza School second-grader Matt woman who pretended to be interested in buying bracelet, and it is not known what kind of car Feeney puts the finishing touches on the USHttN w re m s the home held out a small, black revolver-type they fled in. Also, Wheeler said, there were no M agic Bus created by the students in m i " ' . handgun. Rosem ary M ilevoi’s class. Continued on page 51 Then, the “interested buyers" led the resident (Photo by Rich Schultz) 2 APRIL 19, 1995, THE INDEPENDENT Wonderlawn CONTROLLED RELEASE Scotts FRO M THE LAWN 15000 Sq. 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