Spend a Buck to face six challengers in Haskell, 1B The Register Vol. 107 No. 332 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER...SINCE 1878 THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1985 ?5 CENTS INSIDE Marlu-Twitchell plot thickens LIFESTYLE developers has accused the county of using "The Sanctuary." tion to act on the developers' application to ly LISA fl MUSE the condemnation action as a "trial tactic" The county took the property under their begin work on "The Sanctuary " The Register to reduce the value of the'propery. right of "eminent domain. where a Until yesterday's condemnation actbn, FREEHOLD - Holmdel will ask a The struggle over the ownership of the government authority can condemn the the township Planning Board had planned to Superior Court judge to sort out what it 366-acre Marlu-Twitchell tract has placed property and post the fair market value for grant the developers the final approval to should do about the controversial Holmdel the township in the middle of the fight the property develop "The Sanctuary" into a 43-lot Golf and Country Club between the county and the developers. subdivision with 44 luxury homes On Tuesday, the county posted $4 68 The township, as well as the developers, The board delayed action for a week, until "We don't want to make any mistakes, ' were named as defendants in the condemna- said Township Attorney S. Thomas Gagliano million and took title to 77 acres of the it could determine who actually held title to peninsula section of the tract that juts into tion action. Gagliano said Holmdel would the property. The developers have claimed yesterday "The only proper thing to do is file a counterclaim either today or tomor- ask the court for guidance ' the reservoir, or $61,000 an acre The that the county does not own the property, developers. Ronald Acquaviva and Frank row, asking the court to decide whether the Meanwhile, the attorney representing the since several procedural errors were made DeMisa, have dubbed the section of land as township Planning Board has the jurisdic- See FARM, Page 4A 1 lth county fair opens Rumson Mayor wary of county's intentions By LISA R. KRUSE The Register RUMSON — Despite assurances from the freeholders. Mayor Charles Paterno is Viet Nam urging residents of this communitv to When World War II soldiers returned help flatten any hidden plans to widen home, they look their children to John Rumson Road Wayne movies The veterans wanted "We just want to make sure that the their sons — future soldiers ol the county planning board knows we are on to Vietnam War — to identify with the their plans. Paterno said last night 'Even though they said they changed fearless, Indian-lighting cowboys. their minds, we have heard that they still That image, and memories of the big plan to widen the road, only not as much parades honoring their fathers' We just don't think the plan is dead " bravery, became intertwined with the In a letter, addressed to each borough youngsters' sense of patriotism, resident. Paterno warns that the borough lostering the idea that fighting for has not received any written assurances one's country was a noble thing to do from the county that its plans to widen Rumson Road — also known as county 13A Route 520 - to 120 feet have ended He urged each resident to mail an enclosed post card to Freeholder Director Thomas WORLD J Lynch and voice their opposition Last month, the county announced, as Heroic welcome part a! its revision of the county highway Shouting "God is great." 100 system, plans to widen certain county Lebanese prsoners treed by Israel roads to 120 feet It was designed, county return officials said, to help ease traffic conges- home in four white school buses to a tion toward the resort shore towns heroes' welcome See ROAD. Page 4A Mayor Charles F. Paterno 7A NATION Poisoned land New federal funding For almost 75 years, townspeople paid little attention to the Baird & McGuire plant perched on a rise of the Cochato River wetlands Now residents stop at the 7-acre site to means cleaner water gape at 'round-the-clock guards in white protective suits and respirators with money to establish a revolving loan 7A If GAYLE I. RABIN program The fund would allow the state The Register to either supplement municipal grants WASHINGTON - The New Jersey with a loan, or loan money to communities LOCAL congressman who sponsored the $21 not receiving grants billion, nine year renewal of the Clean Brown described the act as very Acquittal Water Act. passed in the House on positive " He said he's particularly Attorney John "Jack" Russell was THE neatSTER/CAKOLINE E. COUKJ Tuesday, says he's pleased with the pleased with provisions that weaken New acquitted by a Superior Court |ury of GETTING READY - Members of the Child Evangelism Fellowship of outcome. York City's authority to dump sewage into theft charges stemming from the sale Monmouth County put the finishing touches "on their booth at the County Fair The measure, sponsored by Rep James waters off the Jersey coast of American Telephone and which begins today. From left, Vincent A. Pagllano, Colts Neck, his daughter J Howard. D-N J . provides the state with One provision limits the amount of raw Telegraph stock Sara, 8, and John Green, 14 of Brown's Mills. $875 million to construct sewage treat- sewage New York can discharge into the ment plants and clean up waterways ocean if it fails to open its North River 3A As a resident of the New Jersey Shore. sewage treatment plant by Aug I. 1986. traditional all-day-and-evening outdoor and its Red Hook plant a year later I»TB LOW eveatt that made last years fair such a I am especially aware of the need to Postponement Tht Register prevent any degradation. Howard said Another program would provide $40 million to clean up the New York-New The Borough Council postpones A team of more than 40 organiieri has This bill makes significant changes to REEHOLD TOWNSHIP - The 11th the federal water pollution program that Jersey Harbor area voting on a $200,000 bond ordinance annual Monmoulh County Fair, which bean working almost since the teats went to repair the aging clock tower atop will make it more responsive to the needs The idea is to have New York and New organizers promise will be the "bett down at the end of test year's fair to make of pollution control." Jersey together take a look at the major the historic municipal building, 51 ever," begins'in earnest with open this year's event a big splash. Scores of F Out of the $675 million, the federal sources of pollution in the area and then Monmouth St , until its Aug 14 ceremonies 11 a.m. tht* morning at East county Park Systems workers have been come up with solutions. " Brown said meeting. Freehold Park. working overtime all week, putting their government will fund 55 percent of the cost of building sewage treatment plants Both provisions, said Brown, "send a bocks into their work to make sure 3A But a sneak preview yesterday of some in New Jersey municipalities strong message to New York that Con- of the events that will be featured at the ready to go run and on time The state has over 200 projects at an gress means business four-day fair showed that, with the Pair organisers and other county em- estimated cost of $2 5 billion waiting for The bill also provides $8 million to STATE cooperation of the weather, county reti- ployees will stay bvty all weekend. remove silt and stumps from Deal Lake denta can look forward to the kind of such funding said Ken Brown, See FAIR, Psge'A spokesperson for Clean Water Action, an The project requires the I'S En- 'Superfund' environmental group vironmental Protection Agency to report AUS District Court judge rules that In addition, the act provides the state See WATER. Page 4A municipalities — and not just state and federal governments — may sue companies for damaging the environment under the federal Friends share the 'secret' "Superfund" hazardous waste cleanup law. 5A sorrow of mental illness mouth County. Family and Friends ly TED LOUD members meet twice a month to share The Register their anger, their guilt, their confusion, INDEX RED BANK — They have names like their progress and their setbacks. Fred and George, Connie and Beth In addition to struggling with their They live in communities all over relatives' mental problems, members Monmouth County in homes just like of the group are often stung by the BRIDGE IN their neighbors'. There is nothing statements and actions of community BUSINESS N remarkable about the way they look, members who seem to fear and shun all CLASSIFIED KM dress or talk. Yet they all have one mental patients COMICS 81 thing in common that draws them Most of the area's mental patients CROSSWORD U together while it separates them from who require intensive care usually ENTERTAINMENT M most of their acquaintances spend time in Marlboro Psychiatric HOROSCOPE l« The disturbing "secret" they share is Hospital, the state's facility for Mon- LIFESTYLE 13* mental illness — not their own. but that mouth and surrounding counties. Be- OBITUARIES 11* of a family member or a very close cause Marlboro is part of the state OPINION 10* friend psychiatric system, it houses those SPORTS IB They are members of Family and people acquitted for crimes - often TELEVISION 61 Friends for Mental Health, a self-help violent ones — by reason of insanity YOUR TOWN 1ZA and support group for area residents who are hospitalized on judges' orders.