SERVING CRANFORD, QARWOOD *nd KENILWORTH Vol. 94 No. 13 Published Every Thursday Thursday, April 2,1987 USPS 136 800 Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 30 CENTS In brief! Miss Tall New Jersey Town rejection ofPittsfield School election Tuesday's school election in home affirmed by court I Cranford may be a yawtter with I only three people seeking the The Township Committee's rever- peal to the Township Feller's decision this week. "We felt three open seats on the Board of sal of variances granted by the Zon- thus sidestepping the usual appeal the Board of Adjustment overreach- I Education in the first un- ing Board of Adjustment for a sub- route to the Superior Court ed its authority:" I contested school election in the fcv? 1 division at Pittsfield and Eastman After bearing the appeal in Feller said his search of the record town's history. The major Item streets has been upheld by a Superior December 1965 the governing body of the hearings revealed no "special | on the ballot is the school budget Court Judge. voted 3-1 to overturn the zoning reason" that would advance the land . of $17.68 million which will riase Ruling on an appeal of the govern- panel. That was believed to have use law and that "pride" and a I taxes by 24 points: Polls will be ing body's decision, Judge Milton A. been the first such hearing and rever- "quality dwelling" didn't qualify as | open from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A Feller found that the applicants had sal in the local government's history. such reasons. "A property owner is , report about last Thursday's can- not demonstrated any special It was the last one, too. The Township not entitled to a variance to expand a ' didates night is on page 2. reasons for constructing a new home. Committee . subsequently changed nonconforming ujse in order to He also agreed with the Township the zoning law to take itself out of the enhance the value of his property," Committee's Judgment that the ap- appellate process altogether. the judge wrote. Teen conflicts plicants, Mario and Franceses Fer- The decision against the variances As for negative criteria. Feller The Cranford High School PTA reira, had failed to show that the hinged primarily on concerns about made this observation:. "The is sponsoring a workshop at 7:45 variance they sought could be density of land use. Township Committee found, and this p.m. today in the school cafeteria granted without substantial detri- In appealing it in January 1986, the court agrees, that plaintiffs also fail- on the conflicts of the teen-age ment to the public good or the intent Ferreiras included Krause/wbo lives ed to show that the variance could be years and the impact on the fami- of the loning law. across Eastman from them, as a granted without substantial detri- ly. T^ speaker is Ronald1 Feller also faulted the Zoning defendant along with the governing ment to the public good or the intent Gaetano, director of the alcohol Board for making a "fatal mistake" body. "I'm sure the neighborhood and purpose of the zone plan and-or- I and drug abuse program at Union' in its proceedings by rendering a will be relieved," Krause said about dinance." Hospital. The public is invited. decision "without making proper fin- dings of fact" (See related story J The decision marked a second con- earlier their effort to create a subdivi- Judge: .zoneJboard Clock watchers get to "i sion- which would enable them to [forward'—three weeks- earlier | lease the existing dwelling they own than in the past as .Daylight Sav- at 10-12 PTflBReToHand builtflT neUT erred iii resolution ing Time goes into effect at 1a.m.' single family house for themselves. this Sunday rather than the last | They won the first round by gaining approvals from the Zoning Board. In The Cranford Zoning Board of because it was unaware that the Sunday in April, CnngreM voted, Adjustment was criticized by applicants had to meet the the change last year. a rare proceeding, the Township Committee reversed the board. The Judge Milton Feller in his deci- "special reasons" or positive Ferreiras appealed the reversal. sion on the Pittsfield subdivision criteria as defined by the law. He upon retiring Saturday night. Feller upheld the reversal in a writ- appeal. said the board felt the Ferreiras -mm? ten opinion this week. He said the ap- After ruling that the plaintiffs needed only to show negative plicants had met neither the positive in the appeal failed to show proof criteria-that a variance will Garwood nor the negative criteria needed to of special reasons why they neither cause detriment to the obtain a use variance. should receive a variance, the public good nor substantially im- The Democrats announced The Zoning Board approved a use judge said that "equally impor- pair the zone plan and scheme of } their candidates for the Borough variance for the non-conforming tant is the fatal mistake made by the community. The-board's con- 2<rtlt»cii election. The Health house in the R-l zone plus four dimen- the Board of Adjustment in its clusions must also be supported - [Day testing program will take sional variances in May 1985. resolution. The board in this case by credible evidence in the place April 11...One-third of the rendered a decision without mak- record. Feller said. [ roof of Si: Paul's Church blew off Five families unhappy with what • ..i- .•••">•* they perceived as an over intense use ing proper findings of fact." In the judge's determination, [Tuesday. Page 19. of Land challenged the ruling. One In his view, the board in its 1985 the applicant's inability to meet dissident, Frank krause of"20"P"il£~ decision in favor of the F«rreira the special reasons requirement sfield, activated an obscure option in subdivision application erred doomed the appeal. Scott moves in the zoning law that permitted an ap- The r.e. Scott Mortgaggg e Co., nty ofncaa from Elizabeth to the Plazl a 340 new I building on North Avenue East. tv program bearing his name IRowe nominate Accident victim Jonathan Kwitny of Cranford is Kwitny launched the pilot series Jersey Network decided this week to Jeannine Rowe of Cranford has j hosting a new television program with a discussion of the African Na- broadcast The Kwitny Report which been nominated by the county] that carries his name. It's called tional Congress. The" host told his means viewers in this area will have Republican Party to fill an ex awarded $230,000 "The Kwitny Report" options to pick it up on UHF via chan- panel at the. .start that discussion ^ired term on ttar^BowT " The public affairs program is pro- would begin with a premise that nels 31, 50 or 58, and on New Jersey Chosen Freeholders. Page 5. A former resident has received Mrs. Pearson,-who was 67 at the time of the accident, had both duced by WNYC-TV in New York and apartheid is indefensible and the Network's channel on Suburban $230,000 in settlement of injuries, x is broadcast Wednesday evenings at she sustained when a Depart- of her kneecaps broken when the future of South Africa would be the Cablevision. Starting June 7, NJN auxiliary vehicle crashed into the Xpm. over their UHF ChanrieTSl It subject. His guests included a will broadcast it at noon Sundays ment of Public Works air com- wiu soon be available fpr viewing on AIDS impact pressor broke loose from the front of her car on North Ave. E spokesman for the ANC and a with rebroadcasts at 10 p.m. Sunday opposite Trinity Church when she New Jersey Network stations via representative fronvthe conservative nights. truck that was towing it. and - UHF and cable. No cases of AIDS have been) \crashed into her car. was enroute to work at the cour- Heritage Foundation which is wary Kwitny's books include "The Foun- reported in Cranford yet, but the, thouse July 13, 1983 from her Kwitny is an investigative jour- of the organization*photograph on tain Pen Conspiracy," "The Muilen- disease looms as an issue for the! ^Catherine Eearson, who was a home on North Ave. W. She also nalist and author who has written ex- Page 5). dore Murder Case," and "Endless future, the township health of- CraWord resident and deputy had a neck injury, face cuts and a tensively on domestic and interna- Upcoming new programs will deal Enemies," plus a novel, ficer reports. Page 16. county clerk at the time of the ac- contusion. Her Cadillac was tional affairs. His half-hour show is with El Salvador, the "Star Wars" "Shakedown." cident nearly four years ago, is demolished. providing what the producers call an controversy, "The Press Under WNYC-TV, an anomaly among - "alternative approach" to existing receiving 1223,000 in an out-of- * Mrs. Pearson was hospitalized Seige" and a special report on AIDS. television stations in that it is owned court settlement from the public affairs talk shows. He's mix- WNYC-TV programming has been by New York City, has a commercial -'" Tish season for a total of six months. She had ing documentary segments and township government and $5,000 to give up driving and requires dropped from Suburban Cablevlsion license and is a member of the public The fishing season debuts, from the manufacturer of the penetrating interviews with guests in favor of a shopping list but-is still television system, has received the use of a cane.