m X M atawan Jo in t Free Public Lib rary h 165 M ain Street M atawan, N. J. 07747 J ^ L ■ V o l. 14 N o .37 Wednesday, August 1,1984 2 5 C e n t s Wrong turn sends vehicle onto abandoned street Man killed, 4 hurt as van crashes HAZLET Gail Demnicki, 20, remains in critical con­ onto Line Road, apparently heading toward to prevent further accidents at Line Road’s Police are still investigating an accident dition. She is. in the hospital’s intensive care R oute 35, police said. intersection with Lloyd Road. Line Road is a boundary between Aberdeen and Hazlet. on Line Road early Saturday in which a 22- unit. To return to Middletown, said Sgt. year-old man was killed and his four passen­ Renee Andersen, 20, was in fair condition Rudolph Cherney, who is investigating the Sgt. Cherney and Lt. Frank Cherney of the gers were injured, one critically. yesterday, hospital officials said, and Chris accident, Schnoor then should have followed Aberdeen Police Dept, have suggested post­ A van driven by Todd Schnoor, Collins Heiant, 22, and Laurie Caneal, 20, were in a bend on Line Road leading into Lloyd ing a “curve” sign addition to marking Avenue, Middletown, crashed into a mound satisfactory condition. Road. Instead, he continued to follow Line pavements on Line Road. Also, a reflective of dirt at 4:32 a.m. on an abandoned section Although Becker declined to reveal Road until he straddled a mound of dirt five metal barricade, they said, should be erect­ of Line Road. Schnoor’s blood alcohol level, police said it feet above the level of the pavement. ed across the side of the roadway with a Schnoor was pronounced dead at Bay­ may be just below .10, the legal limit in­ large, illuminated “arrow-type information shore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He dicating intoxication. Cherney said he does not know why the sign” on top. died of a cerebral hemorrhage and frac­ Becker said he screened the blood for mound of dirt was on the road. But the road < tures of the skull and facial bones, accord­ alcohol content as “protocol,” but that the has not been used since the Garden State They also recommended that Jersey Cen­ ing to Stanley Becker, county medical ex­ state toxicology laboratory will perform the Parkway was reconstructed, he said. The tral Power and Light Co. install two orange am in er. final tests and release the exact alcohol road previously connected Lloyd and Line sodium street lights, one on each side, to il­ The four passengers, all Middletown resi­ level. roads, he said. luminate the roadway. The street lights dents and all in their early 20’s, were admit­ Schnoor and his four companions left a Hazlet and Aberdeen police have recom­ would be placed about 500 feet east of Lloyd ted to the hospital. friend’s house on Bethany Road and turned mended several measures to local officials Road, Lt. Cherney said. C ouncil m oving ahead w ith shore protection project K eyport dredging now set to begin H earing set fo r A ug. 16 on bond issue M onday, official says - UNION BEACH tial engineering work on a one-mile stone from th e A rm y C orps of E n g in eers, $750,000 KEYPORT The Borough Council will hold a public sea wall plan he developed. from the DEP, and $230,00 from the county. Dredging of the borough’s harbor will of­ hearing Aug. 16 on a $90,250 bond issue to Broberg’s plan had been opposed in Broberg’s plan calls for the construction ficially begin Monday, according to Thomas fund preliminary work on a $2.25 million previous meetings by Councilmen Lee Bern­ of a one-mile stone sea wall from Florence Clark, chief of navigation at the Army Corps shore protection plan. stein, John Keating, and Frank DiCicca. But Avenue to Conoskonk Point in two phases. A of Engineers. The council has agreed to allow Borough DiCicca changed his vote last week. 400-ft. groin would extend from each point. Dikes made from bulldozed earth to sur­ Engineer Edward G. Broberg to begin ini- Keating offered an alternative proposal, But the state and federal officials will round the dumping area will be constructed calling for a sea wall 400 feet off shore. render a final decision whether the shore first, he said. The Army Corps of Engineers, the Dept, protection plan will be a stone sea wall or a The actual renmoval of spoils will begin A berdeen approves of Environmental Protection, and Broberg wooden bulkhead, Broberg said. Aug. 30, according to plans from the dredg­ all agreed that Keating’s proposal would Some sections of the beach would have to ing contractor, Gibson, Cushman Dredging be filled. library project provide more shore protection. But the state Corp., Bayshore, N.Y., Clark said. and federal officials rejected the plan as too Broberg has incorporated aspects of Keat­ The dredging, which will deepen the chan­ expensive, estimating it would cost about ing’s plan for a third or fourth phase. The nel, will be finished in two months, Christo­ for 1985 start four to five times more than Broberg’s plan. groin w ould be extended an additional 800 to pher Kirk, a representative of the contrac­ By Robin Sidel They also indicated that Keating’s plan 1,000 feet at a later date to create a future tor, said. ABERDEEN would not be eligible for dredging permits mooring area and a boat dock, Broberg Originally, the work was supposed to be­ After a lengthy discussion, the Township because of environmental reasons. said. gin last Monday, but due to administrative Council agreed last night to draft a resolu­ The borough’s share of the overall cost for Both Keating and Bernstein have argued paperwork, the contractor delayed the pro­ tion supporting a proposed addition to the the project would be $95,000, according to that Broberg’s plan is simply for “beach­ ject, Clark said. Matawan-Aberdeen Library. Borough Attorney Robert B. Thaler. front improvement,” which would benefit The Army Corps of Engineers is supervis­ The library has asked the township to ap­ The council excepts to receive $1,150,000 only a few beachfront property owners. ing the project. p ro p ria te $158,000 for th e expansion, w hich is expected to cost $348,700. The council last month postponed a vote on a resolution, because the funds were not allocated in the 1984 municipal budget. Mayor Burton Morachnick and other councilmen questioned the township’s com­ mitment if the price for construction is found to be higher than expected. “ How can th e council give $158,000 and keep it there?” Morachnick asked. “ W hat’s to in su re th a t $158,000 is enough to do the project?” Councilman Robert Devino added. Township Attorney Norman Kauff ag reed . “Once you commit yourself, you are com­ mitted to the whole project,” he said. Township Manager Mark Coren sug­ gested that the township support the expan­ sion project but require the library to receive bids from contractors to obtain a firm cost estimate. In addition, funds for the library expan­ sion will be allocated in the 1985 municipal budget, he said. “The library will be given priority in 1985,” Coren said. The council agreed that the money could not be allocated in 1984. “Anything is possible,” Coren said. “We can always go and borrow money, but soon­ er or later, the bills will have to be paid.” “To come in the last hour of the year and have the budget squeezed ruins our entire program,” Councilman Theodore A. Fitch said. The plan to be developed will be self- liquidating, Coren said. S o a p b o x d e r b y After the library receives the bids, Coren said, a final decision will be made on exactly Firemen release cars driven by Danny Regan (77) and his brother, Derby on Front Street. 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