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IT 0320 Pg A1 Yellow Red Blue Black Volume 116 Number 12 THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003 75 Cents 75 cents Officials debate sidewalk use in general, taking an “if it ain’t By Dan Salerno broke, don’t fix it” position and for The Item opting for the path of least legis- Discussion continued at Tues- lation. day’s Township Committee “We have a totally different meeting over the proposed philosophy in crafting legisla- amendment to Millburn’s “side- tion, Mr. Mayor,” McNett told walk café” ordinance, as Com- McDermott on Tuesday night. mittee members disagreed over The Committee also changed a particulars of language and insti- paragraph referring to the tuted last minute changes, neces- amount of space a sidewalk café sitating a new public hearing is permitted to take up. The orig- before the governing body can inal language of the paragraph reads that no furniture or equip- give the ordinance a final ap- ment shall go beyond the width proval. of the corresponding storefront, Chief among the included unless approval to do so is grant- changes to the ordinance amend- ed by the Township Committee Staff photos/Alan Leon ment was a new paragraph rec- and the zoning officer. On the WATCHING CLOSELY—Bernie Grieco, above, of Bernie’s Auto on Millburn Avenue, hails flood guard walls being cons- ommended by the township’s recommendation of township tructed. Robert Grossman, owner of Syd’s at the Millburn Mall, worries the Vauxhall Road Bridge repair work will cost him health officer, which would Business Administrator Timothy business, as the bridge will be closed to traffic that brings in customers. outlaw the cooking, preparation Gordon, the amendment was or storage of food outside. changed to allow café furniture Committee member Mary to exceed the storefront only if McNett felt the addition was a the adjoining storefront that is case of needless overlegislation. encroached upon files for its own “We’re putting stuff in there sidewalk café permit. just for the sake of having it in The Committee did loosen its there,” said McNett. “None of bureaucratic belt somewhat, the sidewalk cafés has ever axing a paragraph in the ordi- cooked outside before.” nance that would make it illegal Mayor Thomas C. McDermott to serve food outdoors during in- disagreed with McNett, saying clement weather. According to he didn’t see the harm in approv- McNett, this is an area where the ing the health officer’s recom- common sense of the store mendation. “Just because no one owners and their patrons should has ever tried to cook outside it be allowed to govern their ac- doesn’t mean it won’t happen,” tions. said McDermott. “Why should The motion to include the pro- we wait until someone does it posed changes in the amendment before we tell them they can’t?” passed three to two, with McNett McNett has said at previous and Committee member Linda meetings that she disagrees with Seelbach dissenting. The Com- the entire ordinance amendment Continued on Page 39 Vehicular homicide trial set for Monday in Newark The trial of a Summit man ing Millburn Avenue on his bike charged with vehicular homi- at the intersection with Short cide in the death of a 14-year- Hills Avenue at 4:30 p.m. when old township youth two years McGloin’s vehicle reportedly hit ago, is set to begin Monday in the boy. Newark. Kevin was transported to Mor- Eugene T. McGloin, 50, will ristown Memorial Hospital, Flood remediation work resumes be tried in Essex County Supe- where he died the following day. rior Court, Room No. 1002 in He had been a student at The phase, the road will be closed for the flooding that has plagued the Through the N.J. State Infra- the New Courts Building. Ac- Children’s Institute, a school in By Alicia Zadrozny three months. And accordingly, area for years. structure Trust Fund, the town- cording to Charlotte Smith, Verona for children with special for The Item the counties will warn motorists In the past few years, the coun- ship received a 0 percent interest spokesman for the Essex needs and developmental disor- Robbins pulling worms from ahead of time and post alternate ties cleared catch basins along loan for half of the cost and a 4 County Prosecutor’s Office, ders. the ground and blooming crocus- routes, said Levecchi. Millburn Avenue, raised its percent loan for the remainder. McGloin is due to appear McGloin entered a plea of not es will not be the only signs of “There will be a series of signs bridge and installed a power Curtailing the flooding comes before Judge Michael Petrolle guilty to the charge during a July spring next month. along the [road] so people who drain on adjacent Cypress Street. not a moment too soon for busi- at 9 a.m. 18, 2001 arraignment in Newark Essex and Union counties are use the bridge will be notified The township also had a part in ness owners continually hit. McGloin was indicted by a before Superior Court Judge ready to begin construction on ahead of time,” said Levecchi. the remediation, with a $21 mil- The date is still etched on grand jury in June 2001 and Harold Fullilove. the elevation of the Vauxhall The construction is part of the lion construction project that Bernie Grieco’s mind. It was charged with second degree ve- If convicted, the Summit resi- Road Bridge the first week of $3.5 million project to channel built floodwalls along Ridge- Sept. 16, 1999 when Hurricane hicular homicide in the death of dent faces a prison sentence of April, said Phil Levecchi, Essex the East Branch of the Rahway wood Road and an earthen dam Floyd caused water to rush into Kevin Trautner on Jan. 31, five to 10 years, according to an County director of public works. River between Millburn Avenue outfitted with a drainage pump Grieco’s auto repair and sales 2001. Essex County Prosecutor’s During the first construction and Vauxhall Road and resolve near Haran Circle. Continued on Page 39 At the time, Kevin was cross- Office spokesman. Reprieve seen for arts cuts lion deficit. The cut to arts fund- attend shows for free. By Alicia Zadrozny ing fueled a public outcry from State Sen. Thomas H. Kean Jr. for The Item arts advocates and local repre- is still preparing for a fight in Local arts advocates are not sentatives. Trenton. Kean, who sits on the putting down their placards just Angelo Del Rossi, executive Senate Budget Appropriations yet. producer of the Paper Mill Play- Committee, outlined his plans to Despite Gov. James Mc- house, jumped on the cause after protest the cuts at a forum in his Greevey’s recently stated inten- learning the theater would lose Westfield office last week which, tion to restore some of the $18 $1 million in grants. Since then, he said, 100 concerned con- million he cut from the state arts the Paper Mill staff has entreated stituents attended. He plans on budget, arts advocates want to audience members before shows rallying his colleagues in the keep the pressure on until the to contact McGreevey and local Legislature and educate residents final budget is struck June 30. legislators on their behalf. Fliers on how to communicate their op- According to Micah Rasmussen, listing how to contact these key position. a McGreevey spokesman, the people were inserted into pro- “This is a bad cut. The budget undisclosed amount of money to grams. is not only numbers and figures. be returned to arts funding still Del Rossi plans on rallying It’s a philosophical document of would not come from the budget. with local officials and other arts where we want to be 20 years Instead, Rasmussen said, the organizations at a demonstration from now,” Kean said. governor is looking at alternative in Trenton on May 15. Along with the cuts would funding sources. Rasmussen “We just can’t allow this to come the abolishment of the would not elaborate further. happen,” Del Rossi said. New Jersey State Council on the “It’s an attempt on the part of If funding is not restored, he Arts, the organization that prof- the governor to try to bridge the said, the Paper Mill would be fers the grants to individual arts funding,” Rasmussen said. “The forced to cut back on extra pro- organizations through state fund- inability to rely on [state] fund- grams, such as offering sign lan- ing. Kean feared that without the ing also has not changed.” guage interpreters and audio de- council in place, any future Staff photo/Alan Leon Last month, McGreevey out- scriptions for the blind as well an grants given out would be sub- STANDING FIRM—Angelo Del Rossi, executive director of the Paper Mill Playhouse, remains lined his plans to cut the budget adopt-a-school program, where ject to partisan decisions. adamant about fighting to see state funds reinstated to arts organizations, despite the state’s three elementary schools a year in order to make up for a $5 bil- Continued on Page 39 budgetary woes. Please recycle. At least 15% recycled paper. Inside : Book honors son. See Page 3. MHS grappler second in state. Story, Page 21. Classified 35-37 Editorial 4 Public Notices 38 Obituaries 6 Social 7, 8 Coming events 4 Entertainment 9 Movies 9 Religious news 6 Sports 21-24 IT 0320 Pg A2 Yellow Red Blue Black Page 2 THE ITEM of Millburn and Short Hills Thursday, March 20, 2003 Turkish food expert promotes native cuisine Ed foundation plans gredients, good recipes and your By Alicia Zadrozny passion.