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A G R E A T Bulk Rate MATAWAN FREE PUB LIB I U.S. Postage Paid 165 MAIN ST Greater Media Newspapers BAYSHORE MATAWAN, NJ 07747 MARCH 1, 1989 25 CENTS VOLUME 19 NUMBER 9 v First iji ; T sign I of spring Despite the snowfall, spring was on the mind of area residents who went maple-sugaring Sunday at the Kateri Environmental Education Center, Wickatunk. Blanche Brown (r), a naturalist at the center, shows parents and children the finer points of drawing sap from a maple tree. The group planned to boil the sap into sweet syrup. For more on coming events at the center, see Page 18. r" s T C'°S h0wy ««»**, S c ^ ° ° h a \\ and a 00,cutfS » a '* 01: , 'aC'"ounced W'° nda'^ See P»9e ^ 2 MARCH 1, 1989, THE INDEPENDENT S te in b a c h THE FAMILY CLOTHING STORE STOREWIDE SALE P NOW THRU SATURDAY, MARCH 4th Entire stock of Entire stock of coordinates knit shirts for misses, petites & wom en & s w e a t e r s for men 300/0off 25% • ALFRED DUMNER off • CRICKET LAME • A R R O W • FIRE ISLANDER • GULF TRADER • D E V O N • JOHN WEITZ • LE F O L IO • P U R IT A N Reg. S16-S69 Reg. S20-S45 sale 11.20-48.30 sale si 5-33.75 Entire stock of misses’ blouses and Entire stock of men’s sportcoats and suit career pants from Orare, I.C. Isaacs, separates, as well as men’s & young men’s 3 0 % Impressions, Oonnkenny, Elies Belles. 2 5 0/8h dress slacks from many famous makers. 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Assorted styles 2 5 % boys B-20. 2 5 0/&tf and colors. • WOODBRIDGE CENTER • WILLOWBROOK SHOPPING CENTER • BERGEN MALL m • RED BANK • BRICK TOWN • SEAVIEW SQ. MALL • MANALAPAN MALL THE INDEPENDENT, MARCH 1, 1989 3 i i INSIDE STORY Tradition ends i , Malayan Junior Women's ■ luh is jm n j up us monthly r&cy- lru«.l j I thi- Strathmore shop- SFE PAGE 13 Road repair slated Matawan Borough is seeking funds tor a $4.12 million project to repair local streets. SEE PAGE 15 Budget prepared I he keyport Borough Council i ntioduee its budget Yuesdav. SEE PAGE 1 6 Heritage recalled Photograph by Martin Petterchak KEYPORT WATERFRONT CONDOS I>resM_d like their forebears. v suidcnts at Strathmore Elemen- Leonardo Favela of Matawan, construction supervisor at Harbor-View at Keyport, a 24-unit condominum development on First a • School last week got back to their Street, sorts material for later use. The one- to three-bedroom units at the borough’s first waterfront condominimum site range root- a ih- school's annual Heritage in price from $198,500 to $379,900. The units, nine of which have already been sold, are expected to be completed in May. SEEPAGE 18 Mayors outline plan to use closed school T a x p a y e r s r e b e l sale would benefit the board by giving it bers are fairly split. Besides Kisenwether. \ Monmouth Counts organization, Joint committee needed money: the borough which does not board members Michael Kidzus, William r.. p(>' aN>ut a New York law that have room for all its facilities at its present Martin and Robert Hesse, the three Mat ■ .ises taxes on New Jersey com suggests disposing Borough Hall on Main Street, and the resi awan members on the board, disagree with muters. plans to light back in a way dents of both towns, who do not have a the committee's report and oppose selling hat a ill force financially troubled recreation center. the facilities. \ York to sit up and take notice. of two properties The Y .M .C .A . has already shown an in Board member J. Douglas Scott said he By Jonathan R. Friedman fE PAGES 2 8 - 2 9 terest in moving to the site, the proposal was unsure which building should be closed. said, and can use the existing gymnasium However. Hesse is not running for reelc- ABERDEEN — Matawan Borough may and adjacent offices. In addition, the asso tion and therefore will not be on the board buy the closed Broad Street Elementary ciation may install a full-size swimming when it makes its decision. I O sail The Independent School and convert it into a new borough pool at the site. This will be the second time the board hall and a recreation facility. Advertising 5 4 2 -4 0 0 0 The proposed recreation facility would be will decide the fate of the Broad Street prop u rco .ation .2 5 4 -7 0 0 0 That idea was proposed by M ay o r Burton run jointly by the two municipalities and erties. Morachnick and Matawan Mayor Rohert Classified 5 4 2 -4 0 0 0 open to residents of both. In 1986, the board voted 5-4 to s e ll the Shuey at a joint meeting of the Matawan- Editorial. 5 4 2 -4 0 0 0 Board members in general said they liked buildings for $ 8 2 6,0 0 0 but the move was Aberdeen Board of Education and the coun Sports......... 2 5 4 -7 0 0 0 the idea and that if the board decided to sell overturned in court because the board failed cils of both municipalities. the school, they would endorse .the mayor's to follow proper procedures in making the ^ess releases and advertising copy Under the plan, the borough would pur plan of action. However, many were still sale. Tiay be brought to The Ind epen den t chase the school and adjacent administra unsure whether they wanted to sell the Since then, the buildings have remained . ‘fice at 1 Register Plaza, tion building, both of which have been school at all. idle. closed for several years, move all borough 5h rew sbury During the discussion o f the report, seve Last summer, the Matawan Borough offices into the school, sell the administra ral board members suggested that the dis Council toured the administration building tion building, lease part o f the school to the trict close the Cliffwood School building with the prospect o f using it for a new Bo local Y.M.C.A.. and establish a recreation and reopen the Broad Street school. rough Hall, but decided it had deteriorated INDEX facility. Reading from a report by board-hired ar too much. Shuey declined to comment on how chitects o f Fred H. Thomas Associates. A few weeks later, board member M i «IME 31 much the borough would offer for the facili Princeton, board member Ardis Kisenweth- chael Kidzus suggested that the borough 38-47 ties and how it would come up with the er argued that it would cost $50,000 less to council move to split the school district and 37 money. reopen the Broad Street School than to fix use the Broad Street facilites as a basis for 12 “I'm not talking numbers and dollars un up the old building at Cliffwood. its own district. 4-5 less the board is prepared to sit down," and “And Broad Street already has a gymnasi In response, Shuey created the committee 32 negotiate, he said. um. cafeteria and library," she added. Clif to address problems facing the district, espe 4 The plan was unveiled after the three gov fwood has none o f these but has an all-pur cially what to do with the Broad Street prop 33 erning bodies discussed a report by the Joint pose room instead. erties. 36-37 Committee for School Improvement, a Board President Dr. Richard Brown said When Hesse asked if the com m ittee had 24-27 body appointed by the mayors, which rec the board would decide whether to sell the considered the issue o f a split in the district, ommended that the board dispose o f the school after board elections in April.