21 % Population Drop Believed Inaccurate
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PtlJaeckel fatally New bus shelters CRANFORD (N.J."') CHRONICLE 21 % Population Drop injured. cable TV coming to Garwood. coming . • Kenilworth's Joanne Schrnidt studies 'Belle'. .page 14 UJ ~ brook '. > page 14 Thursday, August U, 1980 Believed Inaccurate ntcle 14 save the borough from 12! to 15 tax points ByANNESHUHAN VOL. 88 No. 33 Published Every Thursday Thursday, August 21,1980 Serving Cranford, Kenilworth and Garwood USPS 136 800 Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 20 CENTS KENILWORTH - The borough has annually. A large drop in population, registered a population decrease, such as the one Kenilworth has apparently experienced since the 1970 estimated at 21.3 percent, according to • ..- -• ' . • . ' "* "* preliminary Census reports received census, would sharply cut its revenue Council To Confront here. „ sharing allocation dnd reduce its Livio Mancino, mayor, called the eligibility for certain federal program's. news "devastating" and said he thinks The preliminary count is a In Our New scheme for park here -the figures may be inaccurate. • mechanism through which the Census Westfield On Chestnut "I don't want 16 press the panic Bureau is trying to insure an accurate „ By D.I . BKNTLEY She will be arranging for the police count. Counts are being challenged in a . .GARWOOD-- A number of residents button," he said at Tuesday's borough department to count the cars using council.meeting. But he urged residents number o? places, especially lafgercities from streets surrounding Chestnut Chestnut Street between 7 and 9 a.m., where large declines are being Town who may not have done so to^fill out Street are "furious" with Westfield'i since those are the times that would registered. One of the goals at this stage proposal to close ""Chestnut Street, Census forms which are available at effect school children. ~public places including the post office. is to insure that everybody gets counted. plan unveiled according to Georgiana Gurrjeri, Council unanimously passed an ROfSLMIKSIEWICZ, 17, does squat exercise with a 225-pound bar bell —A~ Democratic candidate ft>r counciiwoman. —' • By not being counted, he said, "they are Blaze called entire 2.1 acre site would total 134. Dick ordiance to issue $61,000 in bonds for the during weight training and conditioning program run byRecreation denying us what we rightly deserve.". freeholder, Herman. Schreiber, this By STUART AWBREY A recently published article has improvement of East Street from South Department. Photos by Theo Robinson. week escalated the issue to the county Salway, cOmmitteeman, said this would indicated that Westfield will be closing Avenue to Myrtle Avenue.. Mancino was advised that- under the level by calling for a county-wide Census Tie developer who proposes to' make more parking available for off the street permanently in order to The borough will be. reimbursed for preliminary count the borough has 7,200 review.' committee. He says Union 'suspicious' rehabilitate Cleveland School has shoppers especially on Thursday nights add parking facilities and an addition to, the funds by the state, but are issuing residents, down from the 9,165 tabulated County has been under counted. Pago 11. expanded his plan to include and Saturdays, which are busy times Gumpert Field; which borders Chestnut in the 1970 decennial census. The construction of a building Tor "retail downtown.' ' them under the early action program so average number of people per household A Census estimated in 1977 showed Police and fire officials are Street. • ' - '" that work can commence immediately Kenilworth with a decline of 517 ---4-1 investigating origins of a fire that purposes on the portion of the property The tentative plan calls for entrances is at;"2$6pwhlch is also^a decline. fronting North Union Avenue. and exits on Miln, and possible __£lurritiri,_wJio_aJsoJs-enraged-about- instead-of- waiting-for~the~state checkr~ Mancino also questioned the per residents between 1970 and 1977, or 5.5 damaged the Hair Connection at 111 the" proposal, reported that she has Nicholas McKluskey was appointed a percent, which 'was about average for N. Union Ave. late Saturday night. The' new structure would cover 7,700 .i combinations Of entrances and exits on received numerous calls from angry household figure. : North Union and Alden offlhe SordilJ fireman with the full approval of Mancino estimated that federal funds this part of Uniqn County. Cranford firemen extinguished the square feet and businesses housed there residents who feel that the street closing council. McKluskey, who is over 40, is a fire within five minutes after it was would have openings to both North property,.which is being purchased by will cause hazardous traffic conditions former 20year veteran with the Liberty reported by a passerby at 11:07 p.m. Union and parking in and arouncj the the township;. fe- on" Walnut Strteet and Fourth Avenue. Hose Co. and was chief of the A rear storage area at the beauty rehabilitated school behind it. Henry Dreyer Jr^mayor, announced They noted, that closing Chestnut would' department for four years. Residents Petition Against shop was burned and there were This space, combined with 8,000 totheTownship Committee Tuesday that entail diverting traffic to those streets Fire Chief Henry Piekarski Jr. signs of fire toward the front, said square feet.contemplated for retail use the developer, who is not yet publicly which are used by Garwood school submitted McKluskey's name on behalf Chief Leonard Dolan. There was on the first floor of the revamped identified, had presented the proposal to children. of the fire department, noting that since heavy smoke damage next door at schoolhouse, would add 15,700 square him this week. Dreyer said the plan "is John J. McCarthy, mayor, reported the new fireman works nights, he will be Liquor Licenses Too Close Demer's Florists and smoke and feet of retail area. much more acceptable than the original that the-plan has "been on Westfield's • available for duty during the day. The heat damage. to upstairs offices. The additional structure generally- proposal. It is pretty much in line with ByANNESHUHAN he wants to, Mancino said council will Dolan called the fire "suspicious." the master plan." books for fivt> years and is one of various fire department has been looking for . KENILWORTH- Nearly 300 residents only do what is good for the total follows one of the suggestions for the site plans under consideration in connection men to fill daytime shifts. community. Residents of the area The investigation, is being handled in the master plan. In addition to retail Barbara Brande, committeewoman have sigrjed, petitions urging the by the arson unit of-the prosecutor's who with Dreyer had advocated a with a Green Acres project," Piekarski afso noted that McKluskey introduction and adoption of an , surrounding Fellner's were virtually expansion, which is one of'the major Dominic Carrera, Councilman, is a member of the fire brigade at Merck unanimous in their opposition to another office and" the Cranford detective themes of the town's plan, the development that related to the general ordinance to prohibit the^ranting of a bureau. needs of the town, said, "I like this suggested setting Up a meeting with wher he is employed, and with his;past liquor license within 200 feet of an license in their neighborhood at the time rehabilitated school would under the Westfield officials and. registering developer's plan contain about 16,000 better. We're getting_Jh^re^ experience will be a valuable asset to existing lice.nse. of Gagliota's first application. Mrs. r Garwood"s complaints. He said he was ' the force. squarefeet in the upper floors for off ices* -•"ca'lletl ir 'deTrnifeTy~workable," Joanne Dillon, Faitoute Avenue," Dillon said Tuesday that the a tP surprised that the neighboring'town had The two council women issued .neighborJioo'd doesnlt,-.Wiuxt,.another or apastments:— »a«a^ll5!5SS55SS*;^""" . The. 'township -, is preparing not contacted Garwood and advised warnings to residents at the Tuesday • ' tavern,1 but needs instead a small retail, The proposed one-story structure specifications. for . a sale that would meetirig;:~boris MaTffiT^r em I rided to the borough council Tuesday. Last There's something special in this fronting North Union would provide contain minimum standards-. The week, council received 47 names on a food market. • She ' said many week's paper: a "Back to School and .. xiie""inay6r'...-Baid'' tha"t' since the residents that repair and replacement of. neighborhood residents, particularly retail space rpughly^equivalent to two ...minimum-sale- price is $200;000and the-v problem is of major concern to sidewalks is • up to homeowners. She similar"request.' ••. --,•>-— .----—- College supplement. School calen- stores the size of'Brown's Country Store site would be put up for bid, Officials, Livio Mancino, mayor, said the senior citizens, do not have cars and_ dars, . the football schedule, teacher §<-* Garwood, a letter will be directed to the warned that because she has received so must ridea bus to the Boulevard to buy rtext door.-;-•-----<' --- ».•-•-• >-" said the latest '"proposal"'required no matterof such an 'ordinance had been rosters, program changes and new zoning variances. Westfield governingbody "to find out many.- complaints regarding—poor groceries.' ... .-.'„_.,,..,„ v .•. Estimated parking spates on the **)!ow serious their intent is bn this sidewalks, the borough will be enforcing DOUG SADLQN, 17, skips, rope,, left, as does Bobby Taylor, 6, discussed by the council in work session offerings in schools are listed. -the ordinance-more stringently in the youngest participant in program. He's the son; of Bob Taylor, recrea- Monday" It \vas decided to shelve it at Advertisements carry information ,... porpusal.'J if... it-is--a—serious least until September, whilfffega] advice about schools arid .goods and ser- consideration, Garwood Would ask for a ..future.