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Weekend fe 'Be our guest!' Indulge your 'air guitar' '91 football,preview at dinner, theater... fantasies in our cover story has sehedLHes, stars Details in 'Weekend Plus' Pull-out section inside SERVING CRANFORD, GARWOOD and KENILWORTH A Forbes Newspaper USPS 136 800,Second Class , Vol. 98 No. 37 Published Every Thursday Thursday, September 12,1991 Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 50 CENTS Costanzo parole delayed pending approval of another residency plan No new date has been set yet for releasing Neil But on his third attempt the parole board found he Costanzo from prison pending state review of a new met the state's conditions for release which included parole plan. whether or not he would repeat his crime and de- Costanzo, 31, was to be released Tuesday from the cided last month to release him from prison. Albert C. Wagner Correctional Facility, Burlington The decision was disappointing to both the family -County^but^previously-^nnounoed-pla^ er of Michelle DeMarzo to live with his brother in whho headehddd thth e investigatioi n at the time, the De- Stanton were dropped in the face of stiff opposition Marzo family and the Union County Prosecutor's Of- by members of that Hunterdon County community. fice had opposed the release. At the time, assistant, State parole board executive director Robert Egles prosecutor Richard Rodbart^ questioned, some of the said yesterday that the board will have to review a findings made byCp'stanzo'sestate examiners. * new parole plan that considers where he will,live and work. If necessary, the state will assist Costanzo Egles said it was extremely unlikely Costanzo in finding a place to live. would return to Cranford. Once the parole plan is Even if the state accepts a new community loca- complete and accepted, the board will notify au- tion plan, the review process still will take some thorities in the community where he will be living as time since part of his condition for parole requires well as the Union County Prosecutor's office. It is daily participation in the Intensive.Surveillance and board policy not to reveal where an inmate will be Supervision Program (ISSP). Because of the limited living to protect his privacy, Egles said. number of cases handled by the program, there is In addition to the ISSP, the parole conditions out- currently a waiting list in many counties, Egles said. lined, for Costanzo forbid him from having contact Costanzo was convicted of the 1978 mjjrder of his with relatives of the DeMarzo family. Patric De- former girlfriend, Cranford High School senior Mich- Marzo, 68, Michelle's father, has been hospitalized elle DeMarzo, and sentenced to serve up to 35 years for nervous breakdowns several times since the mur- in state prison. der and suffered a stroke two weeks ago. Because of the brutality of the murder, Cranford Since his time in prison, Costanzo has earned an police, the Union County Prosecutor's Office and associates degree in liberal arts and has taken an hundreds of residents who signed petitions fought advanced computer course. Through the prison's vo- hard against his release from prison the two previ- cational program, Costanzo also has become a certi- ous times he became eligible for parole. fied stone mason. Resident receives treatments after exposure to rabid raccoon's fluids bies despite the lapse in re- bies can be transmitted through By Cheryl Moulton immunization. The township re- the sajiya of contaminated ani- quires all dogs and cats be im- mals up to two hours after con- A Norman Place, resident is re- munized and licensed. tact According to state health of- ficials the- threat of rabies to treatment shots after contact with Gacden State Kennels, the town- household pets increases as the the saliva of a raccoon that later ship contracted animal control disease continues to spread tested positive for rabies. service, removed the animal from through the state's wildlife. Near- the scene and Hehl delivered the Pholo by. Goorgo Pacclollo Although the 49-year-old resi- ly 90 percent of the state cases of brain to the state Department of rabies have been in raccoons. IT'S THE SEASON: Cranford High School Cougar running back Nick Lettierf takes a hand-off dent was not bitten by the rac- Health in Trenton for testing last coon, circumstances surrounding Wild animals, such as raccoons, during football practice. Varsity season opens for the Cougars with an away game Sept. 28 at Thursday morning. On Friday test foxes, skunks and ground hogs, Shabazz in Newark. the animal's death, led to contact results revealed the animal to be with saliva and biood from the are most likely to be infected but rabid and the resident was noti- do not always display signs of the contaminated animal via a domes- fied of his options. illness. Some symptoms may be tic pet lack of coordination, staggering The rabies preventative series, walk, fearlessness or tame behav- Four-year-old Santa Clans lawsuit On Sept 4 the resident's pet while recommended by the health boxer was put in the yard on a ior or aggressive behavior. Also department under certain human noted was the appearance of noc- dog "run." At 6 a.m. the dog began exposure circumstances, is not a 10-minute fight with the rac- turnal animals in the daylight mutually dismissed on eve of trial mandatory. On Friday evening the hours displaying the above symp- coon, subsequently killing the ani- resident opted to began the series glory that she has always had in Meanwhile, Chamber of Com- mal. The resident, who had sev- toms. By Cheryl Moulton , the past" of five inoculations at Overlook Cats, which are nocturnal, have merce president Paul LaCorte, eral cuts on his hands prior to the Hospital. After nearly four years of wait- Smith, however, countered this who was mayor during the brou- incident, touched the hide of the the greatest chance of coming in ing, a dozen township volunteers in a letter to the Chronicle saying haha, said, "The chamber is re- boxer immediately after the inci- Rabies is an infectious disease contact with animals such as rac- breathed a sigh of relief this week "Haven't they read the letters to lieved that this case has been dis- dent The hide of the pet was cov- caused by a virus and transmitted coons which may be infected with when a lawsuit brought against the Chronicle or heard the people missed. We never doubted for a ered with blood and saliva from through the saliva of a rabid ani- the disease. Cats not immunized them by a disgruntled resident at the township meetings? Aren't moment this would be dismissed. the infected raccoon, which po- mal. The symptoms in humans in- can carry rabies to humans was dismissed prior to trial "by those citizens given any credit by We would hope all the volunteers tentially put the man in contact clude a burning or tingling sensa- through a bite or scratch or 9 through saliva entering a wound. mutual agreement." them " view this as closed. We look for- with the rabies virus. tion, excess saliva, intermittent Although many have forgotten The sponsors sought to end to ward to working with all the vol- mental derangement, convulsions This was the sixth confirmed the 1987 Holiday Extravaganza, end the controversy over the ex- unteers at future Chamber events, While the boxer had received and hydrophia (fear of water). Ra- case of rabies in Cranford,' the the dozen volunteers, including travaganza, ultimately disinviting the Smiths included." rabies preventative shots over an bies is always fatal in humans. second where human exposure one "voluptuous" Mrs. Santa Spuds MacKenzie and resorting to LaCorte added, "Cases of this eight-year period, the latest im- required preventative treatment Police officer Francis Hanley, Claus, have not been able to for- a traditional Mrs. Santa Claus, nature always manage to find munization lapsed in May. Ac- Previously the township health get some kind of an attorney to clog cording to township health officer department alerted residents to who was bitten by a kitten after it even suggesting the event itself be had been in a fight with a rabid Controversy erupted when the scaled down. But the Township the legal system. We would hope Warren Hehl, the consistent im- the danger of touching the hide of this is just another example of munization record of the dog domestic pets after confrontation raccoon, received the series of 1987 holiday show scheduled Committee made no move to limit five shots in July. Spuds MacKenzie, a large parade the size of the event and sup- why not to bring a lawsuit." would provide protection fVom ra- with a wild or stray animal. Ra- with floats, a stage show empha- ported it by a 4 to 0 vote. It pro- sizing musical presentations, a ceeded. tree lighting and a "voluptuous" Although the fete took place Mrs. Santa Claus raised the eye- .minus a "voluptuous^—Mrs. Claus Master plan indicates mixed use for Hyatt site brows and ire of a township resi- and Spuds'~and was over the night dent and his wife, the owner of a of Nov. 22, 1987, rancor persisted. dance studio in town. A lawsuit was brought by the Clark Planning Board meeting in an attempt struction continues on the former Beecham By Cheryl Moulton to block zoning for a mall or low income hous- property located here. Now owned by Hartz Cindy Smith, owner of Cindy Smiths agjiLns.Lthe 12 volunteers who were named as defendants. and Donald Pizzi Jr. ing. Mountain, the 37 acres will be the new home Smith Dance Studio on Orange for Summit Trust Bank computer facilities.