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-.'■V t, rt ^ f"i 1*^ - » ^ - ■■ M<f j y -i’^f - _ ““ f •»,* fc > h 1 ^ ■* ,a jersey shore ay, October 23, 2003 In this Week's Issue Spring Lake Kitchen Tour This Weekend Neptune Candidates to Address Residents in OG Meet the Wall Township Candidates ‘Frankenstein’ Conies to Manasquan Creative Loafing - Theatre, Flea Markets, Antique Shows & more A Special Section Devoted to Beautiful Weddings Delicious Cakes • Wedding Must-Haves • Romantic Honeymoon Spots • Destination Weddings The Best Gifts for the Bride and Groom Rehearsal Dinner locations and much more Wall Township Knights were the victors, 42-0, again Monmouth Regional for Wall’s Homecoming Da football game this past Saturday. Wall High Schooll also named their JHomecoming King and Queen] during the weekend’s festivities, seniors Micfeel Shanklin and Xiaozhi Chen. Photo; Wall Home coming Queen Michaela Shanklin and King Xiaozhi Chen. Horses join the Wall Homecoming Parade for the first time in history ...see page 14.___________ '2 s: Neptune Kwasi Mayweather. Neptune class Homecoming floats went back in time with ...a Winner I nostalgic themes like the Class of Neptune Fliers were victorious over Pinelands 2004’s 50’s style High School, 34-28, for the Homecoming Day 2003 ‘Woolley’s football game held Saturday, October 18. Homecom Drive-In” float ing Queen and King, seniors Samantha Alamo and shown above. Civil War Re-enactment Coming to OQ November 7&8 (I to r); United States Colored Troops Civil War re-enactors Sergeant Rashid Khan, and civilians Teretha Jones, Neptune; Malcolm Jones, 10, Neptune; Rosalie “Isis Ra” McNair, Neptune; Ishmael Muhammad, Eat- ontown; Evelyn White, Neptune; and Actor Robert Pastorelli (Eldin Bernecky, the “Murphy Brown Show") stopped by his favorite Laranah Phipps, Asbury Park, dur ing a living history exhibit held at Sun OG Restaurant. The Raspberry Cafe, this past weekend to sample some of Chef Toni’s set Park in Asbury Park Saturday. Scallops! Robert is owner Gwen Pastorelli’s brother. The Raspberry Cafe is located on For information on Ocean Grove's Main Avenue in Ocean Grove. Watch for Robert on an upcoming episode of CBS’s ‘Hack. ’ weekend event, see page 9______ Vol. CXXIX No. 43 Township of Neptune USPS 402420 50 cents "■...at the jersey shore, reaching our neighbors in Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Bay Head, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Manasquan, Neptune, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, Oct 23, ’ 0 3 Point Pleasant Beach, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt, Tinton Falls, Wall Township, & Surrounding Communities Since 1875 V129, No 43 Wall Board Carnes Hearing on Drive-In Movies Qolub May Seek Appeal on W oodlands Suit Wall Board of Adjustment will carry their hearing on Wall Speedway’s proposal to con By Alesha Williams struct a drive-in movie theatre to December 17, following a continuance on the hearing for the Michael Golub last week said he and other Neptune Township residents may seek an appeal application last week. of the Superior Court decision that denied a reversal of the planning board approval of the Wood The theatre’s 80-feet-high, 30-feet-wide movie screen would stand approximately 18 to 20 feet off the ground, in the speedway parking lot, according to Speedway owner Timothy lands at Neptune. Shinn. Shinn said that the Speedway would partner with Tandem Media, LLC, of Summit, New Golub said that he hopes that township residents who oppose the development will be willing Jersey, to operate the facility, the Wall Drive-In Theatre, if approved. to help fund taking the case to appellate court in Trenton. The theatre, which would feature “first run family movies,” would handle up to 650 cars. ‘We met with a number of citizens and they are all so far in favor of going ahead with the appeal,” said Golub, ‘The question now is to get a little more organized and to see whether people will put their money where their mouth is. A considerable amount of money and legwork by Charlie and I went into this. This appeal process would probably need as much if not more.” ATTENTION Golub and township resident Charles DeMaria tiled suit against the township planning board lU and developer JEB Brook LLC in January in an attempt to stop construction on the 192-unit West g H Bangs Avenue development. Golub, president of the Keep Neptune Green Team and Republican (U NEPTUNE PROPERTY OWNERS s: candidate for township committee, along with area residents have said they fear the project will contribute to overdevelopment, excess traffic and other problems at the site. DO YOU SUPPORT A NEW DIRECTION FOR CODE In the suit, Golub cited a number of procedural errors he and DeMaria believed were commit ENFORCEMENT? ted by the Planning Board during the September 2002 hearing. Several of those errors were confirmed by Superior Court Judge Robert O’Hagan. ‘The errors committed by the Planning Board, among others alleged, included a failure to ladanza & Golub BELIEVE the Code Enforcement Department should swear in certain witnesses as well as frequent and rather confusing changes of the rules as the AGGRESSIVELY and UNIFORMLY enforce the Township’s hearing progressed,” Judge O’Hagan wrote in his decision, “...the procedures followed by the board at the hearings were, at best, problematic.’’ Ordinances EQUALLY in every section of town. Although Golub had also charged that all objectors had not been permitted to speak during the hearing, O’Hagan ruled that “the Board allowed very significant time, often beyond three minutes or five minutes as the case might be, for both comment and cross-examination by objectors.” VOTE lADANZA & GOLUB While the judge noted other errors that he believed had been made by the board during the ...Continued on page 17 “A NEW DIRECTION FOR NEPTUNE” Cheerleaders FOR NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE Come to the NOVEMBER 4,2003 Rescue PAID FOR BY lADANZA-GOLUB - 2003- A.F. SCHNEIDER - TREASURER - 115 GREEN GROVE ROAD, NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY 07753 For seven cheerleaders from Ace’s ShoreCheer Elite of Ocean Township, collecting over 1,000 pounds of food and The WARD ROOM relief items for the victims of Hurricane Isabel was the easy Your Pendleton Store part. Confronting the massive devastation caused by the hur Join the fun on October 30th ricane head-on brought them right into the center of a situa We’re celebrating our 30th year and tion much more serious than Pendleton Woolen Mills 140th year! anyone had expected. The seven teens from several of our local communi Now showing our complete fall and holiday fashions for ties began collecting food items, clothing and toys for Missy 8-18, Petite 6-16, Plus 14W - 24W. those who lost everything in the path of Hurricane Isabel days Please enter our drawing on October 30th for a chance (two winners!) before the storm even made to win a $200 Gift Certificate - no purchase necessary land anticipating that wherever it hit, the need to help would be Ace’s ShoreCheer Elae Cheerleaders in front of homes destroyed there. Some of the girls even by Hunicane Isabel in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. enlisted the help of their THE WARD ROOM schools, including Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Neptune City and Wall High School. The girls had put in a full day of school and most cheered at Friday night football games. But 10 South Street, Manasquan instead of heading for the comforts of home late that night, they headed for Ace Gymnastics for a 732-223-1010 10:30 p.m. departure for their over 1,000 mile trip of love and caring. The girls drove all night and into the morning. They had already gone over twenty-four hours without or with very little sleep and a Monday - Saturday 10 - 5:30; Friday until 8 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 most exhausting and physical day was still ahead of them. »WO«««O«««MC«CM»OM9M««M0O««O«WOM««OO9eO9O«««OM< It was shortly before 10 a.m. when the group arrived at the North Carolina Community of Lewiston in Bertie County, one of the hardest hit areas. What the girls encountered was not what they had expected. The damage was much more severe than had been reported on TV> Lewiston, like so many other small all SALE... inland communities, had received substantial damage and two weeks after the storm and still without electricity, their food supply Ends October 31,2003 ...Continued on page 19 Portraits a t The Corner Joint 440 Main Street Avon-By-the-Sea OaaA’ Now for the Holidays 732-493-0322 Misner Chiropractic WALK-IN HEALTH CENTER Why wait when you are in p a in ! o / n t B e » 732-775-5050 Thousands of Fabrics...Many styles to Family care, sports, auto choose from f U . : , s t e e I and personal injuries Dr. Kim berly Misner Medicare, Medicaid and Most Insurance accepted Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-1 & 3 - 7:30 At the Intersection of Arnold & Bay Avenues in the ^ of Point Pleasant Beach at Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon 649 Arnold Avenue • (732) 295-9243 • Open 7 Days 185 W. Syivania Avenue, Neptune City >■Q SRCC to Petition for Upgraded Q m Protection at Shark River Brook By Alesha Williams The Shark River Cleanup Coalition Inc. (SRCC) announced it intends to petition Gov ernor McGreevey and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to upgrade the water quality protection status of the Shark River Brook. SRCC President Brian Hegarty appealed to several area towns requesting support of a Category 1 designation for the brook. Category 1 designation is “the highest form of water quality protection that the state can offer,” according to the DEP.