Westfield Board of Edu- Cation Plans to Accept the 1994- 95 Audit and Discuss the Special Education Plans for 199G-99 at Its Meeting Next Week
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-ju;t. Page A-8. To subscribe, call (800) 300-9321 TheWsstfield Record Vol. 7, No. 45 Thursday, November 16, 1995 A Forbes Newspaper 50 cents Briefs Plans discussion ShopRite's back in town The Westfield Board of Edu- cation plans to accept the 1994- 95 audit and discuss the Special Education Plans for 199G-99 at its meeting next week. The Planning Board OKs mart in special 4-0-2 vote board meets 8 p.m. Tuesday in the board room at 302 Elm By KEVIN COLUOAN and Marilyn Shields voted in favor board rejected 5-1 in April. As be- about increased traffic, Village Su- controlled escrow account. What is Street. of the settlement. Dr. Carol Molnar fore, the bulk of the supermarket permarkets has also pledged up to not used for traffic improvement THE RECORD and Town Engineer Kenneth building resides in Westfield and $210,000 to rework intersections will be returned to the developer. Prodded by the threat of a $2.3 Marsh abstained. * pinking falls in Garwood. Signifi- clogged by supermarket-goers. The Village Supermarkets will not fx? Harley show million lawsuit and the prospect of The public will have its say at cant changes are limited to: traffic flow improvements, how- liable for improvements in excess Westfield native Scott Jacobs an all-Garwood ShopRite and hearings scheduled to begin Nov. • The ShopRite building is ever, will not be attempted until of $210,000. is back in town this weekend to wooed by the promise of parking 28. The hearings may last one moved slightly eastward to allow Village Supermarkets is able to While these changes address display his internationally rec- and traffic improvements, the evening or continue Nov. 2'.i and for a larger truck entrance and conduct new traffic studies one several deficiencies the Planning ognized paintings of Harley- Westfield Planning Board reversed indefinitely "until wo are finished." docking area at its western rear. year after the ShopRite opens for Board cited in denying the original Davidson motorcycles 2-8 p.m. itself Monday night and reached a said Planning Board Attorney Wi) • The enlarged truck area, which business. ShopRite proposal, many other's re- Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday tentative agreement to allow Vil- liarn Jeremiah. will allow for more maneuverabili- The funds will be held in a town- (Please turn to page A-2) at Reflections on Canvas, 227 lage Supermarkets to build a The original proposal snaked ty, is more generously landscaped. Elmer St. 58,000-square-foot ShopRite in through 2'/a years of hearings. • The parking lot is mildJy re- Mr. Jacob is the only artist in town. The new ShopRite plans, on file configured, reducing the number the world officially licensed to Planning Board members Betty in the Planning Board office, are of spaces from 312 to 303. Boro plan in the wings use the Harloy-Davidson trade- List, Robert Newell, Mark Boyd strikingly similar to those the To overcome Westfield's qualms mark. Collector prints and By KEVIN COLUGAN heard testimony from the project's architect last week and Village Su- plates, posters, puzzles and THE RECORD permarkets was scheduled to more will be available. A Ilarlcy Even if a public outcry were to present its second and final wit- contest will also be conducted, ness at a Dec. 13 meeting. The weather permitting. prompt the Westfield Planning Board to make another about-face board would have voted on the 58,000-square-foot supermarket as and again oppose the ShopRite su- early as Dec. 27. Pizza chef permarket, the mart seems des- Television show host chef The swift clip of the amended tined to set up shop on North Av- application — a departure from the Car] Oshinsky, "The Pizza enue — if not in Westfield, then glacial drill of the original two- Gourmet," appears 1-3 p.m. less than 60 feet across the town town proposal — was further- aided Sunday at Classic Recipes line. by the near collapse of two legal Cooking School/Kitchen Before reaching a tentative challenges from Westfield resi- Shoppe, 401 West Broad St. agreement with the board Monday dents. Chef Oshinsky will show view- to build the supermarket primarily Attorneys representing Dr. Ulf ers, step by step, how to bring in Westfield, the developer was and Maryannc Dolling of b'-Jl pizza into their home in a very making strides toward approval for Fourth Ave. and Shirley Ann Fon- intimate way — from their own an all-Garwood alternative. tana of 423 Tremont Avc. oven instead of a cardboard The Garwood Planning Board (Please turn to page A-2) box. Gill Classic Recipes, 232- 5445, for reservations. Cost is $30 per person. Development is looming Singles support By KEVIN COLUGAN shared a parking lot with Plaza Properties. Visions, a support group for THK JIECORD separated, divorced and wid- The developer turned to the east, owed individuals, meets 7 p.m. If Village Supermarkets does end however, after the Westfield Plan- the second and fourth Sundays AUGUSTO r MFNEZES/THE RECORD up building a ShopRite in Gar- ning Board rejected the ap- of the month. The group meets wood, its interest in Westfield plication. If Westfield fails to re- A somber salute won't go away. The developer will verse itself find the Garwood Plan- for dinner at Windsor Diner, ning Board approves the amended 1030 Raritan Road in Clark Westfleld VFW Post Commander Lawrence Smith and Ken Nouhauser, senior vice com- seek to build a 20,000-square-foot mander, salute the American flag in memory of lost soldirrs i i:i 1 a.m. Saturday. mini-mall on the Westfield side of plans. Village Supermarkets will Nov. 26, the property it is obligated to buy. seek to leapfrog Plaza Propel ties — The planned mini-mail is similar and possibly some of its tenant? — Coats needed "~To'~"tne'Plaza Properties devel- over into Westfield. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman opment on North Avenue which "We've talked about relocating and the American Association will be razed to make room for the people (from Plaza Properties) Westfielder freed by Turks there," said Mr. Sauro of Retired Persons (AARP) New 58,000-square-foot supermarket, Jersey State Office ask mem- said Village Supermarkets General Though site plans for the mint By KEVIN COUJGAN Journalists Avner Jilii'M- (old 7Vic CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, Council Frank Sauro. mall ha*ve been drawn up. Village bers of the Westfield Area Record Ms. "Marcus was charged the honorary chairman of the com- Chapter of the AARP to donate THE RECORD "It will be a retail center a little Supermarkets has yet to present with stirring up racial animosities mit In', traveled to Turkey to dis- bit larger than Plaza Properties," them to the Westfield Planning used or outgrown coats for The Reuters journalist and West- after she factually repoiled Ihe cuss the matter with Ms. Marcus Board for approval. men, women or children. Chap- said Mr. Sauro. The existing center field High School graduate charged Turkish military had for ceil Kurd- and Tin key Prime Minister Tansu is less than 15,000 square feet. "We're going to hold off and see ter President Owen McWilliams by the Turkish government with ish refugees from their homes and Ciller. Village Supermarkets originally how other matters play out Ix'fore has olTered to collect the cloth- inciting racial hatred for a news destroyed their villages. The -tory. With the charges behind her, Ms. planned to build a ShopRite strad- we file the mall application," said ing at his 50" Westbrook Road story that appeared in a pro- headlined "The Army's Target: Marcus will continue covering Tur- dling the Westfield/Garwood border the attorney before his company home. Kurdish newspaper has been Kurdish Villages," rnii in do Turk kkey. "There has been no revocation at the site currently housing the and the Westfield board reached a cleared of all criminal charges. ish newspaper-(1.-;)(ir f'//.c l.> I .-Jo <>l her press credentials," said Dr. Westfield Lumber & Home Center. tentative agreement for approving Paws and claws A three-member tribunal dis- vember. Marcus. "She already told me she's That supermarket would have a two-town mart Monday night. Environmentalist Robert missed the case against Aliza Mar- "The Turkish govei ni-ient ion starting her next assignment which Sikora presents a hands-on pro- cus, 33, last week for lack of evi- tincly censors local jotirj i;i!'.-t:-," ic(|uiie:; some travel in Turkey. dence and criminal intent. The said Mr. .libron. "They didn't teal She's tight back to work." gram on animal feet 10:30 a.m. 1 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday lit Sto- court took less than 10 minutes to ize they were uppir'i: Ihe ant' Ms. Marcus graduated from rytime on Elm. Children will reach its decision. when they chaiged a Keuteis ie WHS in 198U. While a student she porter." was an editor of the high school's see mounts of animal feet and "Clearly we are all joyful, happy and relieved," said her father. Dr. Human rights group;;. Senator weekly nowspajxM", the Hi's Eye. create wildlife scenes using rep- WHS Assistant Principal Frank X. lica feet and ink stamps. There Mati Marcus of Scotch Plains, the Frank I .^ui ten berg, Representative morning after the decision. "She Robert Menendez and the I'mn- Scott, a former teacher, remem- is a $2 registration charge for was very happy." mittee to Protcit Journalists put bered Ms. Marcus as "a very in- materials and space is limited. Research Director of the New pressure on tlie Turkish ^ovvrii quiring, sharp, direct individual" Call 232-1434 for information.