SPORTS [ Eatontown, NJ. rwmrcww L e a r n i n g m a t a w a n f r e e p u b l i b r a r y 165 MAIN ST MATAWAN, NJ 07747 SERVING ABERDEEN,HAZLET, KEYPORT AND MATAWAN Page 51 JULY 21, 1993_________________________________________ 25 CENTS________________________________VOLUME 23, NUMBER 29 E very d e ta il tells a sto ry BYStaff MARILYN Writer DUFF FOCUS: Landm ark preservation Stories on page 6 t’s a painstaking job, identifying, I evaluating and recording historic buildings. ust ask Marie Davenport, a member of Middletown’s Landmark Commission, who is completing survey work on an ex­ panded Navesink Historic District. It's also a labor of love done by volun­ teers. The commission, established by ordi­ nance in 1974, is in the process of re-es­ tablishing and modifying boundaries of five historic districts, under a new land­ marks ordinance adopted in 1988. The 1974 law had been challenged in court by a developer, and found to be too vague. The new law requires that historic districts and properties be documented thoroughly. The boundaries and details in the cur­ rent survey are anything but vague, and the work is taking years. Two of the dis­ tricts have been completed, and the pro­ cess is ongoing. Davenport, a student of architecture RECORDING HISTORY — Middletown resident and Landmarks Commission member Marie Davenport studies and former researcher for Fortune maga­ an architectural detail on the old Navesink Country Store and Deli. She is completing a new survey of the zine, hopes to complete the Navesink sur­ Navesink Historic District, which will include about 130 sites. (Photo by Rich Schultz) vey before the end of the year. After it is approved by the commission, a public has been written is not necessarily accu­ mission member, who lives not in tax records are another very good source, hearing will be held. Then it will be up to rate; researching deeds; checking early tax Navesink, but on Red Hill Road in Mid­ because the assessed value will indicate the Township Committee to adopt it. records; talking to people; looking at the dletown Village. where a building existed on the property. Survey work includes researching local buildings; and generally becoming one Where there’ s a question, the deed histories, keeping in mind that a lot that with the area, explained the 10-year com­ must be checked, said Davenport. Early Continued on page 6 Two suspects charged in ‘pigeon drop’ _____________ BY MARILYN DUFF_____________ they can work out details with an attorney. that the bag belonged to a terrorist group, police said. Once they get the good-faith money in hand, they They pretended they had found the bag, Lake said, Staff Writer split, leaving the victim with little faith in his fellow and convinced the elderly man that he would share in its man and out a bundle. $150,000 contents if he would give them $2,500 in Two suspects were arrested at about 5 p.m. July 7 on good-faith money. All he had to do was go to his bank l called a “pigeon drop,” according to police charges that they attempted such a scam in the parking while they called a lawyer and worked out the arrange­ And it works this way. The bad guys approach a vul- lot of the Middletown Shopping Center, Route 35 and ments, Lake said. nerable-looking stranger, claiming to have found a bag New Monmouth Road. The victim was somewhat confused, the detective full of money or other valuables. According to Middletown Detective Lt. Timothy said, and an astute person who observed what was hap­ They tell the stranger they’ll split the contents with Lake, two well-dressed, middle-aged men approached an pening notified police, who came to the shopping center. him, but first he has to put up some good-faith money so elderly man in the parking lot and showed him a bag that appeared to be full of cash and jewelry. The men implied Continued on page 7 inside this issue: M onm outh County Fair Days 2 JULY 21, 1993, THE INDEPENDENT < e o u r p S S S f i n r * e j e c t s fISS S A T ., J U L Y 2 4 th 10 am to 3 pm only 2 5 , 3 3 Over 2000 Trees & Evergreens M ust Be m m S o l d ! 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' People who live around Northland Edward Mueller of Hazlet, Park fear that when the renovation begins, who celebrated his 101st birth­ children who now use Cambridge Park for soccer practice might want to use their day this month, recalls a quiet park instead. “rough and tough life.” But township officials insist that the Page 10 residents have nothing to worry about. The work at Cambridge Park will be com­ pleted by the time soccer season begins, they said. REGULAR FEATURES Cambridge Park’s restoration is part of a $97,000 parks improvement plan ap­ proved last year by the Aberdeen t." *.'/ r / . - • Calendar Page 30 Township Council. vv-t y . r . Under the plan, all of the fencing and • Classifieds Page 55 •,p: ■* , . • Editorials Page 28 backstops of Aberdeen’s major parks will be replaced. Drainage at Cambridge Park PLAYGROUND FUN — Adam Morsy, 3, waves to a friend as he rides a • In the Spotlight Page 12 will be improved, and the fields will be truck on a spring at Northland Park, Aberdeen.