N.B. Rezoning Debate Shifts to DKM Site Wheels to Work Bus Service
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Community Guide Beloved leader This handy pull-out section can be used Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam mourners throughout the year return to South Brunswick Tuesday Page 3 Sentinel Serving North and South Brunswick UME 7, NUMBER 42 N.B. rezoning debate shifts to DKM site is scheduled for Sept. 6, Mayor Council replaces David Spaulding said. pending ordinance Although Spaulding noted that the council would defeat the earli- with 2 new ones er ordinance that would have BY CRAIG YETSKO made way for a proposed shop- Staff Writer ping center — North Brunswick Marketplace (Woodmont Mall) — he debate over rezoning in at the General Automotive site, North Brunswick is now residents still wanted to have their T focused on the 55-acre voices heard. Route 1 DKM property. A few in attendance held signs At Monday's meeting, amid a that showed the No. 18 in a circle standing-room-only crowd of with a slash through it, making about 200, the Township Council the point that they do not want to unanimously introduced two re- see Route 1 become another zoning ordinances and trashed an Route 18, while others wore shirts earlier one. that displayed a Web site address, One of the new ordinances www.dontclogRoutel.com, and would change the zoning designa- the phrase "Got balance?" tion of the 18-acre former General Opponents of the Gateway Automotive site at the Route 1- Centre plan at the DKM site are 130 circle from industrial to mid- concerned about traffic, quality- rise office research use. of-life issues and possible damage The earlier ordinance, which to the Lawrence Brook Residents of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick gather to look at a single-engine Piper generated stiff opposition from Watershed. They want the council plane that flipped over after making an emergency landing in their neighborhood. See page 4. the public, would have rezoned to deliberate more carefully and to that tract for commercial use, evaluate all the issues. paving the way for a 124,729,000- Ron Perl, co-chairman of the square-foot shopping center. newly formed North Brunswick Wheels to Work bus service The other new ordinance Civic Association, led off the would rezone the 55-acre DKM nearly three hours of response property between Milltown Road from the public, stating his oppo- and the DeVry Institute from mid- sition to the proposed Berman stops fuel S.B. council debate rise office research to commercial development on the DKM proper- use, the same as the earlier ordi- ty- Mayor fears provement Board. "If it takes one car off the nance would have done. Perl noted that he read Township Manager Matt road, I see it as a positive," R. Berman Development Co. Berman's traffic study and found low-wage workers Watkins said the program would Gambatese said. of Trenton wants to build a that traffic would be worse with a would be abused shuttle low-wage workers from Van Hessen said the program 485,000-square-foot retail com- commercial site. An office com- the Hamilton Township train sta- would help businesses in the plex called the Gateway Centre on plex would generate about 7,700 tion up the Route 130 corridor to township find workers. BV CHARLESJ/^ KIM South Brunswick's Forsgate "Signs [advertising available the DKM tract. weekday and 1,700 Saturday Staff Writer Last month, the Planning trips, compared to 21,000 week- Technical Center, stopping at var- employment] are all over. We Board voted unanimously to sup- day and 24,200 Saturday trips for he South Brunswick Town- ious employment centers along should be saying thank you," Van port the office research use for the a commercial center, he said. ship Council is debating the way. Hessen said. General Automotive site and "That's a big difference," Perl T whether to authorize bus "We currently have very limit- Luciano said the township voted 7-2 for the commercial said. stops for a Mercer County Wheels ed bus service," he said. should seek the advice of Alimo designation at the DKM site. Gus Kuhlman, former Planning to Work shuttle bus service in the Watkins said the plan does not Associates, a consultant who is A public hearing on the new township. require the township to provide preparing the township's master any funding, but would require plan circulation study, to see if ordinances and a vote on adoption Continued on page 16 "This is the epitome of poor governing. I will go house to the township to place some signs the program would hurt the town- house to fight this," a visibly frus- and designate bus stops. ship. Index Quote of the week: trated Mayor Debra Johnson said Any bus stops in the township "We have very few commuter Classified 29 after debating the issue for some must be approved by ordinance, vans coming from Mercer Coun- Editorials 12 45 minutes. according to Watkins. The police ty," Luciano said. Entertainment 20 "Enough is enough, and more would be too much." Johnson and Councilman are currently reviewing those pro- The township has been crack- Letters 12 Edmund Luciano said they are posed stops. ing down on commuter van safe- Marketplace 27 opposed to having the service "We're not funding this in any ty since a crash between two vans Milestones 14 Gus Kuhlman North Brunswick bring low-wage workers into the way," Watkins said. on Herrod Boulevard in 1996. Obituaries 21 township from Mercer County. Council members Ted Van Several surprise police inspec- Police Beat 22 Cover story The program, called Wheels Hessen, Carol Barrett and Deputy tions in that area have generated Sports • 24 to Work, is being proposed by the Mayor Frank Gambatese said Continued on page 23 L Visit Greater Media Newspapers' Web site www.gmnews.com Mercer County Workforce Im- they support the program. , 2 SEfMTlNEL, AUGUST 10, 2000 tt's Easy to Enjoy Tha 2000 Beat the Heat Advertisers: A Casola Al-Bee Dinettes All Star Sportswear ' A M Production's Count Basie Shows witti Arlo Print and Copy Service Artisan Construction The Art Room Aurora Environments! 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They came Aug. 2 for his burial and returned Tuesday for the unveiling of his headstone. They came to the township to bid farewell to Grand Rabbi Shiomo Halberstam, 92, the leader of the Bobov Hasidic sect in Brooklyn, N.Y. "He was very much a father figure," Isaac Stralberg, 33, of Brooklyn said at Tuesday's headstone unveiling at Washington Cemetery on Deans Rhode Hall Road.