? l ] Z l n t F r e e ■ N .j. 07? Residents miss chance to recover jew«?i., By Judith McGee Feeney The residents will get no compensation for Osterman has been charged with posses­ the township, and in Marlboro. Middletown, HAZLET their loss, he said. sion of stolen property and will have a pre­ Hazlet and Matawan. Township residents whose jewelry was “I wasn't aware of any delay (in notifying liminary hearing soon in Hazlet Municipal Police arrested Brown. the driver, and among the stolen merchandise found in a re­ Hazlet),” Middletown Capt. William Halliday Court, Halliday said. Lavery, his passenger. All three were cent raid of the Jersey Coin and Stamp said. “They were with us when we made the charged with breaking and entery and posses­ Police were led to Jersey Coin and Stamp Exchange lost the chance to have them re­ search. Everybody else seems to have gotten sion of stolen property, including a citizens’ Exchange, located m the K-Mart Shopping turned. because Middletown police did not im ­ the word. We had people lined up out the back band radio and a radio-tape cassette player. Plaza, by the arrest of three men in Holmdel mediately tell their Hazlet counterparts that door to look at the display” Fennen was also charged w'lth possession of on Sept. 5. the items were available for identification, Items taken m the Sept. 9 raid at Jersey narcotics, and Lavery with possession of a Lt. Thomas Johnson said yesterday. Coin and at the home of its owner. Al Oster- Jewelry valued at more than $25,000 was folding hunting knife. man of 182 Riverbrook Ave., Middletown, recovered when Holmdel police arrested Police said the trio may be responsible for "If they had told us earlier about the were displayed at Middletown headquar­ Richard Fennen, 27, of Center Street, and 15 burglaries in Holmdel during daylight display,” Johnson said, “ we could have sent ters—Sept. 10-13, H a llid a y said. Christopher Lavery, 38. of Terrance Place, hours on a daily basis. people down right away.” Photographs were taken of all the items, so both of Keansburg, and Charles Brown, 40. of “We talked to them, and the Middletown Jewelry and silver belonging to three or they could be identified by other robbery vic­ N ew Y o rk. police talked to them," Brennan said. “One four Hazlet residents had already been re­ tim s. ' Fennen was apprehended about 11 a.m. car­ indicated he was at Jersey Com and Stamp turned to Jersey Coin and Stamp and Among the many people from a three- rying a pouch in a wooded area near Van when another one sold some things. Apparent­ scrapped by the time the residents went to county area who inspected the items, four Schoick Road, approximately 15 minutes ly they got a satisfactory price.” Middletown to identify them, Johnson said. Middletown residents identified 19 pieces of after a robbery was reported at a Middletown The Middletown department obtained a Photographs were used to identify the jewelry and silverware and a iarge vase, home on that road, police said. search warrant and raided the exchange with jewelry that had been returned to Jersey which had been stolen from their homes. While driving Fennen to headquarters, the aid of the Hazlet police, Halliday said. Coin . By law, Johnson said, police may keep Residents of Holmdel and other communi­ police saw a white station wagon on . Fennen and Lavery have been released items taken in a raid for only a short time, ties also identified their possessions, Halliday Crawfords Corner Road that fit descriptions from the County Jail on $15,000 bail each, unless they are identified as stolen. said. by people who live near burglarized homes in Brennan said, but Brown is still being held M edal for valor THE Keyport Councilman Richard Poling last night presented Ptl. David Visconi with the Police Department's Medal of Valor for helping save the life of Ptl. Harry Kownacki, who was shot last month by a robbery suspect. Visconi fatally shot Kownacki’s assailant. (Photo by Mike S ta rk ) Board again urged to hire In d e p e n d e n t high school disciplinarian ^ ' i t f t ☆ ^ "^ie Week,y Newspaper Vol. 10 No. 47 Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1980 20 Cents By Judith McGee Feeney around the cafeteria yelling and cursing at KEYPORT everyone. When I told him to stop, he broke a The Board of Education will vote again Oct. table and put his fist through a window. How 1 on whether to have an assistant principal at am I supposed to handle that?” the high school. Teachers discipline students in their class­ Last week, the board discussed the position rooms, Keyport Teachers Assn. President with approximately 125 people at a public Russ Pampel said, but they cannot leave a Property m aintenance code m eeting. class to go with a child. All of the residents, teachers, and students “Bad kids in a class steal time, steal who addressed the board spoke in favor of knowledge, and steal skill,” Ms. Nagrosky retaining the post, which was created last said. “Sometimes, they have to be removed.” January to improve discipline at the school. “ I am sending my children to be taught by The post has been vacant since July, when the teachers,” said Marie Cottrell, a parent. Dwight Pfennig was promoted to vice “There is a different type of people in the draw s protests in Keyport principal, replacing Edward MacNamara, schools now,” Zampelle said. “They have who resigned to become a principal in another many more problems. When we got Dwight By Barbara W. Prabhu Building Dept, would make a determination. district. Pfennig last year, the morale of the teachers penalties for violations, are not spelled out. ings before the property is sold. KEYPORT Donald Nuss, S. Main Street, called the After Thursday’s meeting, four of the five went sky-high and we had time to look for Councilman Harry Aumack said the bor­ Several residents last night objected to a "If I judge the feelings of the members of federal and state funds and improve pro­ code “ totally obnoxious,” and charged that it ough now ow'ns “ one of the worst p roperties in board members who had voted not to appoint the council correctly,” Bergen said after the proposed property maintenance code at a “encroaches on the constitutional rights of town, the former Poling property on Fulton Thomas Kerrigan to the position, said their g ra m s .” meeting, “ I believe a decision will be made to Borough Council meeting. the residents.” Street," which the borough acquired through opinions had not changed. “We are being gypped,” a student said, demolish the structures before the sale, Charles Patterson, 66 Monroe St., called Bergen said the purpose of the code is to set foreclosure earlier this year. Only board members Roy Cadoo and Jay ’’because teachers have to spend time rather than wait until next year, when the unreasonable a requirement that residents standards for private and commercial pro­ Baker said they were unsure of how they will disciplining other kids.” The council then approved, a resolution keep the exterior of their homes painted. perty maintenance in the borough and new owner will have to do it." vote Oct. 1. A suggestion by board member Howard providing for the sale of the property at public “Some people in Keyport don’t even have provide penalties for violations. A public hearing on property maintenance Baker was absent during the August vote, Ruth to move Superintendent of Schools auction. the price of a gallon of paint,” he said. “Our ultimate goal,” Bergen said, “is to code is scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 7. and Cadoo has been among the most vocal Douglas Fredericks’s office from the Central According to the resolution, bids on the Patterson also asked who would decide have someone driving through town say, ‘This property will be received on Oct. 21, with the members opposing the position. school to the high school, would have “no In other business, the council agreed to whether material in a resident’s yard is is a nice little town, I wouldn’t mind living closing to be held on Dec. 23. Also included is “This is the first I ’ve heard of more than 100 effect,” Pampel said. prepay $241,000 worth of bond anticipation “discarded, useless, unusable, unused, or here some day.’ ” a provision requiring the new property owner problem students,” Cadoo said. “It scares Ruth had suggested the move so that notes on which the borough is paying a 10.9 worthless,” creating a violation of the Patterson said that many of the standards lo demolish the existing structures within 30 me^ One more administrator won't change another administrator would be “more percent interest rates. New notes will be pur­ proposed code. set in the code are contained in existing days of the closing. this. I think we need more than an assistant visible” in the high school. chased at an 8.25 percent interest rate. Mayor Richard Berger, said that, in mosi borough ■'ordinance^ which are not enforced. principal.” ‘The superintendent’s office is swamped Aumack said the vacant structures arc a circumstances it is obvious whether items in Bergen said that when the need arises to Sandra Sigel, a truant officer at the school, with paperwork, also,” Pampel said. fire hazard. "This will save the borough about $1,500 a a yard have been discarded or are to be used.