matawan f r e e pub LIBRARY ind 165 MAIN ST — HATAWAN, NJ 07747 i e g W o o d s t o c k SERVING ABERDEEN,HAZLET, KEYPORT AND MATAWAN Page 10 AUGUST 24, 1994 40 CENTS VOLUME 24, NUMBER 34 H unting photographic memories BY CANDY TRUNZO Staff W riter n her mind’s eye, Miriam Romais saw blurred images of Brazil, where she spent six years of her childhood. But through the lens of her camera, she has cap­ Itured sharp portraits of the land and its people and brought them back to the United States to share. The Middletown photographer, now 27, was 8 years old when her Brazilian-born parents returned to their homeland. They moved back to the United States when she was 14, but Romais “yearned to go back,” to be part of her culture. Romais has traveled to Brazil three times since she graduated with a degree in fine arts from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The result of her last journey, a four-month long motorcycle trip through the Amazon, is a photographic portrait of the people and places of the Amazon Basin. Her work is currently being5 exhibited in a show titled “Amazonia and the Brazilian Northeast” at the New York City headquarters of Zepter Interna­ tional, a cookware manufacturer, located at 747 Third Ave. Her works were on display last year at the Middletown Township Library. Another series of her photographs, titled “Pernambuco/Paraiba Sugar,” depicting, in stark Middletown photographer Miriam Romais captured the simplicity of the dwellings set against the lushness of the Continued on page 4 forest along the Amazon River during her four-month odyssey to Brazil. (Photo by Miriam Romais) Sea cops snare illegal traw lers BY MARILYN DUFF rested. The arrests all took place about 1 a.m. Staff W riter Otter trawling is a civil violation, tter” trawling — though comparable to a minor parking ticket, illegal inside a two-mile according to Chicketano. “O ocean limit along the But there’s a catch. Jersey Shore — has been going on in The penalties can be as much as Raritan Bay for years. $3,000 to $4,000. Typically, in recent years, there has And this year, “to slow them down been one arrest a year, according to Lt. and deter them,” Chicketano said they Mark Chicketano of the Marine En­ are starting to impound the fishermen’s forcement Unit of the state Division of gear, which is worth about $2,000 to Fish, Game and Wildlife, Port Republic, $3,000. near Atlantic City. If the fishermen are convicted, they That was until Aug. 10, when Chick­ won’t get the gear back, said Chicke­ etano and a team of officers, armed with a tano. high-tech, night-vision telescope and According to research fishery biolo­ assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard and state gist Clyde L. MacKenzie Jr., in his au­ police, snared three allegedly illegal thoritative 1992 history of Raritan Bay Liz Westbo, owner of Tiffany Stained Glass, Matawan, not only sells stained glass, trawlers, all captained by local fishermen fisheries, the “otter” in otter trawl is ac­ she creates it. Westbo owns one of two stained glass galleries in Matawan. See out of Belford Harbor. story, page 3. (Photo by Rich Schultz) tually a misnomer for “auto.” . - On Aug. 18, a fourth captain was ar­ Continued on page 5 it s that time of year again look for the special Back to School supplement inside your paper this week. 2 AUGUST 24,1994, THE INDEPENDENT Do you plan to purchase or lease a Deposit the entry form (at right) at any dealers listed Greater Media Newspapers vehicle in the next 12 months? below or mail the form to Win A Car Contest, Win A Car Contest Registration Form NO Greater Media Newspapers, 25 Kilmer Drive, PO Box 423, Morganville, NJ 07751. Entry coupons will appear each week, for 15 weeks, in all of Greater Name- New Used Media Newspapers' publications ...News Transcript, □ Sentinel, Suburban, The Examiner, Middletown Address- Car Truck Independent, Bayshore Independent, Monroe □ Sentinel, North Brunswick Sentinel, and South [MiniMinivan Brunswick Sentinel. What make vehicle are you The Grand Prize WINNER'S NAME will be drawn interested in? on November 16th and announced on November Phone 23rd. No Purchase Necessary. ONLY ONE Grand Contest Rules: No purchase necessary. All employees of Greater Media and participating About how much do you plan to spend? Prize will be Awarded. Hurry to your favorite automotive dealerships, their ad agencies and their immediate families are not eligible to $10,000 $15,000-20,000under participate in this contest. You must be 18 years or older to enter. *AII taxes must be paid participating deafer and drop off your coupon! Enter by the grand prize winner. $10,000-15,000 Over $20,000 as ' ■" STOP IN TO ONE OF THESE PARTICIPATING DEALERS AND DROP YOUR ENTRY FORM IN TO WIN! AUTOPLEX Jeep • Eagle • Chrysler • Plymouth 400 Rt. 18, E. Brunswick 254-2300 BUHLER Chrysler • Plymouth Rt. 35, (Pky. exit 117) Hazlet 204-5000 FRYSTOCK jeep • Eagle 1305 St. George Ave., Colonia/Woodbridge 300-1200 A U AMERICAN CHEVROLET 1255 Route 35, Middletown 671-0200 SANSONE Rt. 66 Auto Galleria, Neptune 022-1050 LAFF1N Chevrolet • Olds • Geo Main & Water St., So. River 254-2120 LARSON FORD "Since 1956" Rt. 88, Lakewood 363-0100 SOUTH RIVER DODGE 164 Prospect St., So. River 230-0400 PINE DELT NISSAN 370 Broad St., Keyport 204-1323 WOODBRIDGE DODGE Truck & RV Center 450 King George Rd., Woodbridge 020-1220 RASSAS PONTIAC 395 Broad St., Red Bank 741-5100 ACADEMY HONDA 1101 Route 9. Old Bridge 721-3333 TOMS FORD 200 Hwy. 35, Keyport 264-1600 ACME NISSAN 2050 Route 130, So. Brunswick 021-0300 SATURN OF FREEHOLD 4039 Rt. 9, Freehold 303-0700 TARZY BUICK • PONTIAC 1120 Route 18, East Brunswick 257-6050 WHELAN PONTIAC •Buick* GMC Trucks Rt. 9 & Craig Rd., Freehold11-800-374-0217 FUTURE CHEVROLET • Geo Rt. 34, (At So,. Atlantic Ave.) Aberdeen RYAN OLDSMOBILE “ AURORA” 260 Amboy Avenue, Metuchen 540-1234 MARL00R0 CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH 42 North Main St., (Rt, 9) Marlboro 462-1330 OASIS FORD Route 9 South at Hwy. 18,Old Bridge 591-1111 RUHLER Dodge 131 East Newman Springs Rd., Redbank 747-0040 MALOUF Buick • Pontiac • GMC Truck RT. 1, North Brunswick 021-5400 STRAUB LINCOLN • MERCURY 400 Route 35, Keyport 264-0500 MALOUF Lincoln • Mercury • Hyundai RT. 1, North Brunswick 021-1100 STRAUB BUICK • JEEP • EAGLE 400 Route 35, Keyport 264-4000 MALOUF Ford • Ford Trucks RT. 1, North Brunswick 240-0000 REMSEN DODGE Route 35 & Holmdel Rd., Hazlet 730-4010 THE INDEPENDENT, AUGUST 24,1994 3 THIS ISSUE: As a charity fund-raiser, the Far View Manor in Holmdel will be turned into a designer showhouse, featuring some 50 interior designers, artists and landscape architects. Page 16 REGULAR FEATURES COLORFUL CRAFT — Patti Burns (right) teachers Phyllis Conover some of the finer points of working with • Calendar Page 32 stained glass. • Classifieds Page 41 (Photo By Rich Schultz) • Editorials Page 30 * Letters Page 30 • Milestones Page 34 • Obituaries Page 36 A stained (glass) reputation • Sports Page 38 • Police Beat Page 35 BY LAUREN JAEGER beeswax is clamped around the panes of classes at Tiffany Stained Glass about • Property Lines Page 37 glass, forming the design. “Many of his three years ago. • Yesteryear Page 27 Staff Writer lamps were made in South Amboy by He has since made several jewelry MATAWAN — About 18 years ago, Polish immigrants.” boxes for his wife, Fran, and lampshades there was only one book of patterns writ­ One of his designs, the dragonfly, is and sun-catchers. ten for stained glass artists. still being copied today by many stained Droyan, too, has gone on to sell sev­ Today, in Matawan alone, there are glass artists. The design shows a large, eral of his pieces. Phone numbers; two stained glass shops and one of them multi-paneled winged dragonfly in an “You don’t have to be an artist, but Editorial 'l . i;? has three shelves of books with stained Art Nouveau style. you do have to be dexterous,” said Jim 254-7000 Ext. 226 glass patterns. Burns said that the art died down for a Wallace, who runs Matawan Stained FAX 254-0486 The two shops, Tiffany Stained Glass while, and then came back full-force in Glass with his wife, Paula. Circulation at 136 Main Street and Matawan Stained the 1960’s, especially in California. By “You’ve got to enjoy it,” he added, 254-1755 Glass at 77-A Main Street, have staff the 1970’s and 80’s, the craze came to noting that a lamp takes approximately Display Advertising artists that create custom-made stained the East Coast, she said. 40 hours to make. 972-6740 Ext. 220 glass lamps, windows, cabinets and other Burns began teaching at Tiffany Wallace noted that he is mostly self­ FAX 254-0256 items. • Stained Glass when the store was new taught, although he did get a lot of tips Classified 1-800-660-4ADS Tiffany’s also specializes in teaching and went by the former name, Studio J. from his shop’s former owner, George Classified FAX 432-0016 the art of stained glass and antique One of her best students was Liz Westbo, Pastrick. restoration. who bought the shop about five years “I just hung around and watched According to Patti Burns, the chief ago. him,” Wallace said. | -- BAYSHORE . artist at Tiffany’s, the art form is histori-' In August, there are classes on mak­ Wallace has owned the store for three cal and beautiful to look at, but it is also ing stained glass night lights, flower years and in that time constructed more Independent easy to do, despite the appearance of pots, bird houses, lawn ornaments, kalei­ than 1,000 windows and 500 lamps.