M an Dies After Fall Inside Well Assembly Takes on School-To-Work
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Holiday Wishes Rockets fall in final Hanukkah traditions Area schoolchildren share Manasquan beats Raritan A large menorah will once again their holiday visions 28-14 for CJ II title light Route 34 in Aberdeen Page 35 Page 52 ______ Serving Aberdeen, Hazlet, Holmdel, Keyport, Matawan and Middletown DECEMBER 9, 1998 40 cents VOLUME 28, NUMBER 49 M an dies after fa ll in s id e w e ll Lincroft resident was replacing pump when platform broke BY LINDA D eNICOLA________ lived alone, could not be Staff Writer reached between last Wednesday evening and Lincroft man lost his Friday night. life in a tragic accident They knew that Leonard A on Friday while had been working on his well, installing a new pump in a but50- he was separated from his foot well on his property. wife and did not five with his Charles Leonard, 47, of two children, a 19-year-old 1249 W . Front St., between daughter and a 16-year-old Merion and Leedsville drives, son, so they did not know fell from a small platform that what had happened to him. was about 20 feet into the The family called police at well. 9:41 p.m. on Friday night. Police believe the platform Police searched the house and broke, causing Leonard to fall went out to the well and found to the bottom which contained a ladder down to the platform. 17 feet of water. The Special Services Unit of Leonard’s body was taken the Middletown Fire to the Monmouth County Department was called, along Medical Examiner’s Office. with the Air Unit, Lincroft Details about funeral arrange Fire Company and the ments were not available Lincroft First Aid Squad. Monday. Altogether, there were about According to Detective 30 to 35 rescue workers On the Alexander Wanless, 10, a student at the Perna Dance Center, Hazlet, serves as the celebrated lead rein Sgt. Joseph Capriotti, neigh scene. deer in Hazlet’s annual Holiday Parade Saturday. More pictures, page 18. bors and family grew con Augusto F. Menezes/Greater Media cerned when Leonard, who Continued on page 19 Assembly takes on school-to-work Opposition mounting sity and nature of any career program for their own school district. against career education requirements Related story, page 7 BY MARY DEMPSEY ________ “The school-to-work proposal would Staff Writer limit students’ choices too early in their lives and impose job specific skills train pposition by state school boards ing on the educational system at the has prompted the Assembly to expense of instructional time in academic O take aim at eliminating proposed subjects,” it states. school-to-work requirements. The resolution, AR146, is sponsored The resolution, introduced Friday, by Assemblymen E. Scott Garrett (R- Teammates raise Malcolm Postell on their shoulders after Keyport beat Shore “urges that school-to-work provisions be 24th) and Guy F. Talarico (R-38th). Local Regional 6-3 to win the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I title. For the story, see page 52. eliminated and that local boards of educa Assembly members Joseph Azzolina, (R- tion be permitted to determine the neces Augusto F. 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Closed Sunday. INDEPENDENT, DECEMBER 9, 1998 3 I n d e x : Amanda Vega, Middletown, shares the role of Clara in an upcoming performance of The Nutcracker. Page 34 HOLIDAY CHEER — Matawan High School seniors bring good cheer to downtown Matawan Friday, painting seasonal scenes on store windows. Jackie Pollack/Greater Media • Classifieds..........Page 61 • Editorials ..........Page 48 • Entertainment.. .Page 34 3 die camping off Sandy Hook • Letters................Page 48 BY LINDA D eNICOLA_____ _____________ fishing for crabs on Saturday and had not • Marketplace . .Page 57 Staff Writer returned as expected on Sunday. They were co-workers from the Easton • Milestones.......... Page 32 MIDDLETOWN — Three Pennsyl area, 75 miles west of Sandy Hook, who • Obituaries.......... Page 50 vania fishermen were found dead in a tent had gone on an overnight fishing trip. on an island near Sandy Hook at about A relative, Minh Giang, called park • Police Beat..........Page 51 12:18 p.m. Monday. rangers on Monday at 6:51 a.m. to report • Sports ................Page 52 They apparently died from carbon that the men were missing and were dri monoxide poisoning after setting up a ving a red Nissan Sentra with Pennsyl •Yesteryear ..........Page47 table-top charcoal grill inside their tent for vania plates. Giang also said that the miss warmth. ing men had a boat with no motor and A fourth man was found wandering might be camping on a small island near Phone numbers: incoherently around the campsite on Sandy Hook. Skeleton H ill Island, a small island on the A park ranger searched the park for the Editorial 254-7000 Ext. 8226 bay side of Sandy Hook by Spermacetti vehicle but was unable to find it. FAX 254-0486 Cove. He was being treated for poisoning At 11 a.m.