Back to the Farm Herald NEWS Local Produce Helps ‘Slow Food’ Win Fans DI GESTS By JACK FICHTER It is the opposite of highly processed fast food Piazza di Spagna. that may have been trucked thousands of miles The NJ Slow Food Convivium (Latin for ban- CAPE MAY — Here’s an idea: let’s eat food to your local store and may be the result geneti- quet or feast) is forming in Cape May. It held Wanted: Christmas Stories that is grown locally, food that is good for the cally altered food that has been heavily sprayed its third organizational meeting Nov. 9 at the RIO GRANDE — Have you a favorite people that grow it and good for the people with pesticides. Church of the Advent Parish Hall. A covered recollection of Christmas that you want to who eat it. The Slow Food movement was founded in dish meal was served featuring locally grown, share with other Herald readers? Is there a There is a name for a movement of people 1986 by Carlo Petrini in response to McDon- artisan, organic and/or heritage seed foods. poem you penned about Christmas Eve that worldwide who share these goals: Slow Food. alds opening a restaurant in Rome’s historic (Page A4 Please) was never published? Have you an ador- able photo of children or grandchildren that everyone should see? We want to print those types of stories and more in the Herald’s popular Christmas edition. The publication will be distributed Dec. 23, a day earlier than usual, in order to afford ample time to enjoy those special articles before Dec. 25. Deadline for all submissions will be Dec. 10. E-mail items to: [email protected] (Page A4 Please) Today’s Select Spout Off To the spouter who spoke about the annoy- ing rooster on Breakwater Road: I agree with you. Something should be done about it. They annoy me to no end. —Cape May (ED. NOTE: Time for roast rooster?) PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE SEAWAVE CORP. Vol. 44 No. 46 Copyright 2008 Seawave Corp. All rights reserved. November 12, 2008 1508 Route 47, Rio Grande NJ 08242-1402 Turn to Page A18 for more Spout Offs or log onto www.CapeMayCountyHerald.com to see them all! MUA Asks Hike Whopping 78% To Dump, Flush Head to Polls, As Income Dips GOP Wins Cape By LESLIE TRULUCK By AL CAMPBELL SWAINTON –– For the fi rst time in 14 years, Cape May County Municipal Utilities COURT HOUSE — Over 78 percent, or Authority’s Budget Review Committee an- 50,942, of Cape May County’s 65,070 voters nounced tipping fees and user rates will in- cast ballots in the Nov. 4 election, according crease for Solid Waste and Wastewater pro- to unoffi cial numbers from the County Clerk’s grams at its meeting Nov. 5. Offi ce. The proposed 2009 budget would result in a In this Republican county, Sen. John Mc- 3.7 percent tipping fee increase for the disposal Cain outpolled Democrat President-elect Barack of solid waste collected by municipalities and Obama, 27,159 to 22,1691. Perennial candi- commercial sources. date Ralph Nader won 345 votes from among The budget resolution, passed at fi rst read- local voters. ing, states solid waste quantities vary from Along similar lines, Republican U.S. Senate 10,682 tons in February to 21,357 tons in candidate Dick Zimmer outpolled victorious August “as a result of the county’s signifi cant Democrat Frank Lautenberg here, 23,605 to variation in population.” 20,195. The incumbent’s difference was made Board members noted a decrease in the up in Democratic strongholds in North Jersey, local construction industry and therefore a where the party’s clout held sway. Jack Fichter decrease in construction and demolition waste Cape May celebrated Veterans Day yesterday at the Spanish American War Monument on Democrat David Kurkowski, the Cape May at the landfi ll. Columbia Avenue with children from Star of the Sea and Maud Abrams schools. West Cape councilmember who challenged Republican If approved, disposal fees will increase $2.25 May Mayor Pam Kaithern attended, center, as did Coast Guard TRACEN Commanding Of- incumbent U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo for the per ton from $60.75 to $63. The proposed fi cer Cari B. Thomas, right. See story of how others said thanks to veterans, page A8. Second District seat, received 14,700 votes, budget also refl ects an increase in construction and garnered just 495 votes in his hometown. and demolition waste disposal fee from $68.35 LoBiondo received 752 in Cape May City. to $69 per ton, an increase of 65 cents. Constitution Party’s congressional candidate, Five Mile Beach Vets Envision Wall Despite the increase, the authority board Peter F. Boyce received 385 votes here. Other members noted the county has the second (Page A13 Please) As Memorial to Vietnam Comrades (Page A4 Please) By LAUREN SUIT “Greg made the fi rst call to try and get the Middle Appoints wall here,” said DePrinzio. “I just wish he was Wildwood Will WILDWOOD — Vince DePrinzio, treasurer here, because this was his dream.” of the Vietnam Veterans of America Wildwood DePrinzio said that his cousin started think- Do Its Best, Try Three to Top Jobs Chapter 955, is working with his chapter and ing about the possibility of a permanent wall By AL CAMPBELL American Legion and VFW posts to bring a after the success of the “The Wall That Heals,” permanent Vietnam Veterans Memorial to a half-scale replica of the original Vietnam Flood Mitigation COURT HOUSE — Middle Township Busi- Wildwood. Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that ness Administrator James Alexis “will be pass- The endeavor holds personal signifi cance traveled to the city in July. By LAUREN SUIT ing the baton off in two or three months,” to to DePrinzio, because it was his cousin, Greg “The volunteers at The Wall were just so im- his replacement Mark Mallett. Mazzotta’s, dream to have an enduring memo- pressed and so moved with how many people WILDWOOD — Many residents in this The announcement was made Monday at rial in the city. Mazzotta, former president of came out to see the wall, especially being in a city are used to packing knee-high galoshes 8:30 a.m. by Mayor F. Nathan Doughty at a the local VVA chapter, passed away in Septem- tourist area,” said DePrinzio. in order to maneuver through high water and press conference in the municipal meeting ber of this year. (Page A6 Please) moving cars to higher ground before the fl ood room. Department heads attended the event sirens sound. which included the announcement of Kimberly Villas Water Lines Can Use Fed Funds; While city offi cials contend that they can’t Tomkinson as municipal clerk and Donald fi ght Mother Nature, they are trying to make Arndt as construction offi cial. life a little drier for those living on streets that Mandatory Hookup Law Resurfaces can resemble a canal in Venice during a full (Page A5 Please) moon or high tide. By JACK FICHTER all the mains in that area,” he said. “It is all part of living on an island,” said Ecker said USDA is waiting for the town- Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. at an informal meet- VILLAS — Lower Township Municipal Utili- ship to pass a mandatory water connection ing at City Hall Nov. 6. “But we’ve made a ties Authority (MUA) has scaled back plans for ordinance before fi nal approval is received the capacity of a new water tower behind the for the Millman Water Tower. The ordinance (Page A6 Please) Millman Center making an extra $300,000 to would require homeowners to connect to mu- $400,000 available to install additional water nicipal water when water mains are installed Gho^f[^k*+&*1%+))1 mains in Villas. in their streets. It's Inside. At a Nov. 5 MUA Commissioner’s meeting, “That was one of the conditions of approval Board Engineer Mathew Ecker said the size for bidding that project,” said Ecker. of the proposed Millman Water Tower will He said the MUA also needed to get the Dining, be reduced from 1 million gallons to 500,000 deed for the property where the tower would gallons. be located from the township. Entertainment, “We already cleared with USDA that if we Ecker said he would seek a waiver from did that, we could take that money and use it USDA for the mandatory connection ordinance Shopping , to do more water infrastructure,” he said. since building the tower would “not create a lot 7-Weeks For more events see What’s On Deck calendar B16 -18 of WWeeklyeekly FFeatureseatures Christmas TTHEHE GGRIDRID ....................................................... B16 Fishing Restaurants Fishing Line .........................................B19 & 20 feature their Antiques ....................B10 Dining ......... B12-14 Ecker said he was evaluating areas where of opportunities for new connections.” holiday dining specials wwww.CapeMayCountyHerald.comww.CapeMa He said only about 16 new connections yCountyHerald.c Al Campbell water mains could be installed. He said, prelim- and More... om Middle Township Business Administrator inarily, the project would involve connections would be associated with the project. James Alexis, left, and Mark Mallett, who in the Jacksonville and Miami avenues area. Resident Frank Saracco said if one looked at will succeed him after retirement. “The goal eventually is to infi ll and complete (Page A5 Please) Index...See Page A3 A2 www.CapeMayCountyHerald.com Herald Newspapers November 12 2008 Free Turkey or Ham for Thanksgiving $ OF RIO GRANDE Spend 300.00 from Sunday, October 19 thru ShopRite Thursday, November 27, 2008 to qualify.