Before Winter Arrives Halloween Parade on Sunday," Said Carol Houck, by MARY E
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•!• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •:• 85th Year, Issue 41 @199s November 3, 1995 Newark, Del. • 50e Concrete to be poured· BWARK CELEBRATED l:laUoween in style this week with a parade and trick or treating on Main Street. '"We were thrilled with the turnout at the before winter arrives Halloween Parade on Sunday," said Carol Houck, By MARY E. PETZAK u es. coordinator for Newark Parks and Recreation. You ng would not comment on rumor th at a Brew "Over ~ ,500 people participated and we esti NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Pub mi ght be pa rt of th e plans but stated th at he expect mate 5,000 to 7,000 people watched." eel "all the (co mm ercia l) leases to be clone by next Following hi s successful presentation at the last week." Houck said the recreation department has been Newark city council meetin g, developer Gibbons Young getting a lot of calls from people who said how According to the developer , the new two-story said he and hi s panner, Richard Handloff, are movi ng building will have five 1500-1700 square-foot retail much they enjoyed the parade. ''The weath ahead as qui ckly as poss ibl e with the new Traders All ey --~ uit e . '' fronting on Main Street. Four . mailer , uite of complex on Main Stree t. er and everything was perfect," said Houck. about 400 square feet each will fro nt on a new sidewalk On Monday night, Main Street was a,live • "We hope to have all th e concrete work cl one before facing the ex i 'ling Trader' · Alley building. with every conceivable Halloween fantasy cold weather se ts in ," he sa id . "We can work throu gh th e winter as long as the co ncrete is done and it"s under roor:· Eig ht two-beclr om apartment are pl anned for the as parents and children descended on local second fl oor. The 750 sq uare-foo t suite. will ha ve cathe Subdivision and rezonin g for a 17.582 square-foot dral cei lings and skylights in their living rooms. businesses for the annual Trick-or-Treat building together wi th parking lot were approved at the Main Street. The new parking lot wi ll have entrance on both Oct. 23 meeting. Main Street and Delaware Avenue. Cole VanGlider of Newark Camera The planned complex will include new and existin g Young said th e developers still plan to have th e com building at the site with co mm ercia l and resid entia l admired "quite a few good costumes." He plex ready by April 1996. added, "It was bigger than last year. We gave away all the candy we had." Marilyn Dickey of spider rings and they lasted to 7: Wet paint good sign at Chrysler bigger every year." that time the old paint shop can be build the new hop. ''We're enclos Some of the business owners. ~pJ."e costume.;; also ...1 By MARY E. PETZAK 'witched ove r and rt'furbis he I I<'' a ing the mr housing on the roof to wa.." dressed up as a gorillSt" said We.s Single~on at NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER new use- pm.si bly for trim.'' eliminate dirt in the paint powder Happy Harry's. "There were lots and lots of kids. I saw ccordin !! to Walker, under lhc system. and to protect the wo rkers a lot of Power Rangers. It was a great time." The Chrysler Assembl y plant in system now"being u. e<.l in the old when they have to go up th ere,' ' said Newark has no plans to close soon. paint shop. hrysler h a~ been able to Walker. "It also makes th e roof line According to Deirdre Peake·, economic development Th at's th e mes. age between the director for the Newark Business Association, ·'reduce hazardou s airborn e chemi more attracti ve." lines in their recent goun dbreaking cal. (outside th e plant ) by 95 per A cording to Walke r. only the everyone was happy with the event. "We think it for a new paint faci lity. cent and VOCs or volati le orga nic four Chrys ler ite at Bel•vedere, was the largest crowd ever," she said. "Based "It' co tin g an arm and a leg," said chemicals ( in ~ ide the plant) by 30 Sterling Heights and St. Louis on the treats handed out we estimate over Roger Walker, faci lili es manager for per ent." orth and So ULh have the new paint Chrysler. ''but we have no choice.'' 2,000 children." " '·Once the n ·w pai nt faci lity is ~ y s tem. hut eve ntu all y more plants Walker expl ain ed that under fed finished and the new system is in will have to switch . "It was fantastic," said Richard Handloff, area eral standard s for air emi ss ions. the place, the VOCs wi ll be redu ced 100 "All plan ts, even those in Mexico developer and co-owner of the National 5 & 10. plant wo uld not be ab le to meet percent. No more probl em," . aid , nd Canacl , that handle the same "It is always great to see so many people from requirements for air quality p rmits Wa lker. mod ls will have to go to the sys Newark coming down to Main Street." in 1997 with the present pai nt shop. Prese ntl y solve nt-based paints tem:· ' aid Walker. "We have to go to a whole new . y~ whi ch cau. e the YO s are used in the Site preparntion for the 800,000 Prize winners at the Halloween Parade ~re: tem ," Walker ex pl ained. Floats-1st, Shao Lin San Kung Fu Schoof; irid, A plant hut soon water-based paint '~ill square-foot facili ty has started and Walker ,sa id the old paint . hop be u 'ed v·ith a solve nt-base topcont. the shell i~ e peeled LO he complet Cut Above Hair Salon; 3rd, Cub was not bi g enough for th e the ''After 2002, we~' ill use a warer ed in the spring of 1996. "We won't Scout Pack #2. equipment in the new system and basc topcoat as well:· sa id Walker. be ready to launch it until the sum th e "downtime would be prohibi See HAU.OWEEN, SA. "The intere~ting th ing is, water-base mer of 1997. th ough,' ' aid Waker. tive" in any renovation . topcoats give a better luster to the ·There's . ti II a lot more to do after "We've been promi sed a new car fini sh. lt"s a wi n-wtn situation ." (the ~he ll) and we need to put in the model line and the pl ant wi ll have to Chrysler had to ohtai n a hetght equipment.'' be down fo r that, said Walker. ''A t vari ance from the city uf Newark to Lumbrook lot owner loses out The "req ue t for ubdi vision of II Orchard Avenue in pre~en t ed with the petition and it wa unclear whether the Lumbrook ecti on of Newark fell before i nten~e MutTay now represented Walton who will benefit from opposition from neighbors at Newark 's co un cil meet in g any subclivi. ion. on Oct. 23 . According to Murray, although there were no pre enl " Lot in th i. area are mu ch lnrger than th is lot wo uld plans to bu ild , the owner wan ted to reorient the site so be," sa id John Wertman. owner of the adjoini ng proper th at a in gle-famil y home could be built on a new lot ty. "What would be built on a lot like thi . ? . Wh y \vas facin g Woodlawn Aven ue in Lum brook. Zonin g in thi s (property) bought \lj)d wh y i th ere such a hurry to Lu mhrook requires a minimum lot area uf 9000 squ are subdivide?" fee t and a lot wid th of 75 feet. The applicati on for subdi vision was presented by Beca LJse of th e po ' itioning of a garage on the exi ting William Mu rray on behalf of the estate of J. Reese lot on Orchard Avenu e. th new lot an not have suffi Sheat al though the property has now been sold to Max cient building spa e unless it i rea li gned in a modifiep· Walton. Walt on was not menti oned in th e documents E ARK POST ST. F PHOTOS See ORCHARD ROAD, 3A ..... a G E • HART ' Locals turn Halloween THis WEEK around In news Contents In news Practicall y everyone likes to NEWS 1-16A dres ' up and act sill y on Halloween, even long after our POLICE 2A trick-or-treat days are past. 1rrrLE SISTERS OF UCCLOOKS For the staff at Oncology are Q.PINION &A on Main Street, the holiday pre LIFESTYLE BA sented an opportunity to do both THE POOR TOWARD and also funhered their goal of ARTS 9A "making a , igni fica nt difference GIVE TO DIVERSIONS 10A in people's live . .'' --- MOVING "We wanted to participate in OBITUARIES 12·13A national ''Make a Difference It's hard to say who enjoyed Reverse Trick or Treating more lall Saturday.< Left to right are clinical specialist Mary Zimny, clinical coordinator OTHERS. SPORTS DAY. Day," said Meg Maylcy.