IN THIS ISSUE IN THE NEWS H o l m d e l s c h o o l v o t e SERVING ABERDEEN, HAZLET, KEYPORT AND MATAWAN Page 29 Page 20 OCTOBER 11, 1995_________________________________ 40 CENTS VOLUME 25, NUMBER 41 P o lice fo rc e g e t s i t s w i n g _______ BY MARILYN PUFF_______ court administration offices, which have been moved adjacent to the court room. Staff Writer The police portion of the wing also C ulminating three years of plan­ includes a new and separate officer-in- ning, the Middletown Township charge or shift commander/line-up Committee on Tuesday was room, adjacent to the cell block, plus a scheduled to dedicate a new public safe­ new female officers’ locker room. ty wing at town hall. It represents the “most significant “It’s like a dream come true,” and “it change in 20 years” at the municipal is going to help operations tremen­ building, Fowlie said. dously,” Police Chief William Fowlie The entire wing is connected through said Friday at Mayor Joan Smith’s a new interior corridor to the front of the monthly press conference, where the court room, enabling the municipal dedication was announced. court judge to go directly into the court The dedication was held at the open­ room without having to pass in front o f ing of the committee’s 8 p.m. workshop jail cells. There is also a small confer­ meeting. ence room for attorneys and their The centerpiece of the approximately clients. 1,200-square-foot area — which in­ It brings “to fruition” a plan set in cludes a 600-square-foot addition at the motion in 1992 to address “problems of rear of the Kings Highway building — radio deficiencies, space limitations and is a state-of-the-art police radio dispatch modern communications needs,” said center. Mayor Smith. The new digital radio system was The changes are based on the rec­ slated to be up and running Tuesday. ommendations of a public safety com­ Amanda Mackenzie, 21 months, drove all the way out from Staten Island with her The reconfigured and expanded munications task force, which included family this past rainy Saturday in order to find the perfect pumpkin at Casola wing, which is located along the center Fowlie and others concerned with police Farms, Route 34, in Holmdel. (Photo by Rich Schultz) of the building, between the court room communications. and former court offices, will also house Continued on page 10 Patchy pum pkin crop is reported ________ BY LAUREN JAEGER________ according to Scott Zisko, the owner. But a person expecting a colossal Staff Writer pumpkin may leave in disappointment. B ecause of the drought, the plump “The average pumpkin is about 15 to 18 orange squash that whisper in pounds this year, but they were 20 to 25 silence “Halloween is lurking pounds last year. We only have about 70 around the corner” are more expensive this percent of our crop,” Zisko said. “But I year and quite a bit smaller in size. kept the prices the same as last year.” W hile pumpkins are still plentiful, the The pumpkin patch is planted in the crop has been down by about 20 percent middle of June, using seeds. They are because of the drought, much to the cha­ ready in the first week o f September. grin of local produce vendors. Pumpkins, once picked, last for months, The local vendors, however, expect according to Zisko. crowds to clamor for pumpkins, as they However, one must be careful not to have in the past. break o ff the stems, or they will slowly get T Z Greens, un Route 35 in Holmdel, mushy and deteriorate. has pumpkins and at the same price as last Frank Lucarelii, owner o f Dearborn year — 39 cents a pound. Farms, Route 35 in Holmdel, said his In addition, on weekends, for $1 a per­ pumpkins are 39 cents a pound this year, Marty Williams looks to shake a tackier in Matawan High School’s 21-10 win son, people can walk through the haunted which is a dime more than last year. over Freehold Borough High School on Saturday. greenhouse and get the scare of their lives, Continued on page 6 (Photo by Rich Schultz) INDEPENDENT, OCTOBER 11, 1995 TO o n s e l e c t NURSERY STOCK From Our Nursery ORNAMENTAL 50% 0F1 5 FT. 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