• News • Arts • Entertainment • Classified • Real Estate Union County • Automotive WOHRALL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2000 - SECTION B http://www.localaource.com Debts paid Neighbors keep an and owed eye on trash plan k Kind sang "Con* (in With Me," Sfnator-cltct and Sum- By Mark Hry mendous opposition bee; sident Jon Cor/.ine hosted a Regional Editor lines are near gas lines and the mile- you party at (he annual I'Tiion County's neighbors ure long train would wreak havoc on ue oi Municipalities event keeping iin eye on ihe proposal before traffic, affecting railroad crossings wluy fvoning. My quick ctiti- the Board of Chosen Freeholders to Many of ihe resident in attendance pui (he trowj at 1.200 by 11 construct a transfer station in Linden during the Nov 8 meeting when the One Union Ctiumy aitcndue to handle New Vurk City's household Union County Utilities Authority "was just like a waste, Representatives from Mid- Board of Commissioners gave it.s n hail t dlesex and Somerset counties are approval were residents Middlesex expected to attend a public hearing trCor/m is hucomc and final vote on the transfer station Transporting the trash by rail viu WII lor his financial largess, I during ihe freeholder board's Nov. .10 Albany would be mofe expensive, hut this event as polite thank you meeting at 7 p.m. in the Administra- Crabiel said, "Let New York City pay iH, rather than a continual ion. tion Building, Elizabeihtown Piaza. for it." *ty prediction is thai he will locus Elizabeth. If the Union County tree- "It's not particularly efficient in m I|K details and complexities of holder board approves the plan, the terms of moving the trash," said winMituimniiftlK Senate with Ihe proposal would ihen need certified' Kathryn Forsyth, a spokeswoman for arnc tiitcnsity he did in becoming lion from the Department of Environ- BFI, of using an alternate route mental Protection. through Albany, Using rail lines he politics isoverforCoiYiite.tlic Browning Ferris Industries hai through Middlesex and Somerset .ile JS a senator has begun Packing the turkeys and canned goods for this year's annual food drive for the needy counties is "the most natural route" families of crime victims are, from left, Sgt. Abdel Antisrson of the Union County Prose- applied to the county to include the construction of the transfer station in for the trash irain to travel. Forsylh cutor's Office Save A Life Today program in Plalnfieid, Prosecutor Thomas Manahan, said. and Elaine O'Neal, coordinator of the office Victim Witness Advocacy Unit. the solid waste management plan, BFI Left Out is looking for a 20-year contract to The train does not have to stop take New York City's household since it is a "unit tram." one which By Frank Capece trash, With the closure of the Fresh carries only one commodity and does Employees continue 'labor of Kills landfill in Staten Island expected not have to pick up other items along The government Cor/ine wtl at the end of 2001. New York must the way. In addition, unit trains get n ot is Mill dependent on find a new home for its garbage, special priority when traveling the rail >ndu vote Bui while the 1 love' to benefit less fortunate Under BFI's plan, the trash would be lines, she said, angling continues in I1 members often realize that families already hit hy violent Some call it ihi' ultimate ''labor of love" while others say shipped to Linden'sTrcmley Point by Once the trash is loaded on the Beach, I was more intrigued by Ihe crime have other needs than emotional support "We like it's just a nice way of saying thank you for the blessings barge and then be transferred to rail train, the railroad company will deter- ting palterns in Miami. With to bring them, besides the services we provide, J small thai we havt at Thanksgiving time, cars before being shipped to landfills mine the most effneent way to go, lie nonce, a }X.000 Hip of nega- measure of holiday cheer." liither way, it's a nice tradition of giving again as Union in southern and western states, according to Forsyth. •c votes in icrms of ihe Dcmt^ County employees teamed up with ihe county's juvenile Among the families selected this year mdmk that ot <i us compared iu four years agi1 officers and employees from the Union County Prosecu- BFI officials expect the transfer The Somerset freeholders also have single Plainfield mother wilh several small children, an station to be in operation within three ik plate It is a turnaround thai tor's Office Victim Witness Unit to make sure that families Elizabeth family where (he child is a child abuse victim not made their position official, but will probably cost Democrats the in need have a nice meal this year at Thanksgiving. years, allowing 18 months to obtain Freeholder Director Rick Fontana and a Linden home that was the scene of domestic violence necessary permits and another 18 While House, More than 50 food baskets, stuffed with canned goods, where there is very little to put on die table tomorrow. said they are keeping a close eye on The irony for me was the same turkeys and all the trimmings, were packed at the county months for construction. A vote from the situation, The governing body Once again, said Executive Assistant Prosecutor Robert the New York City Council is 'eekend Democrats were scram- courthouse complex in Elizabeth for delivery yesterday as Q'Leary, one of the largest contributions came from the there is concerned about the proposal bling for votes from hanging chads pan of an annual drive that began in 1081. expected by ihe end of the month, since the rait lines traverse Somerset Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from Troop 2 ^ and Pack 2* ai Middlesex County Freeholder on ballots, Parade magazine did •We have been calling it Counting Your Blessings' and Saint Genevive's Church in Elizabeth. County. profile on "one of the most criti it is all possible because of Boy Scouts who collect food, Director David Crabiel would prefer Fontana expected the Somerset cized Attorney Generals in U.f county employees who drop off cans around the court- "We want to thank Scoutmaster Dan Dernier and ihe the Hash take an alternate route, not freeholders to discuss the topic during History." Janet Reno. The criticism house and Ihe juvenile officers donating turkeys," and Pro- boys who went out this weekend and collected the bags, through Middlesex County, but via their meeting lut night. Although where greater than the Cuban secutor Thomas Manahan. "Sometimes il can nuke us all boxes and cans for the families as well as all the county Albany, NY, Although the board has Somerset had asked Union to keep community of Miami. feel a little bit be Her about ourselves." employees who pulled through again." he said. "They not taken a position officially on Ihe them notified of the situation, Foatana While little Elian Gonzalez is The 19th annual food drive for families of crime victims should feel good about what they've done io help others in proposal, Crabicl said there is a con- had hoped to receive more details on >ack mime where in Cuba and for- winds up when police officers and other members of the need- sensus among board members for an the project rather than simply meeting gotten by the United Stales Union County Juvenile Officers Association and DARE Others who pitched in include retired prosecutor's office alternate route. notices. viewing public, the connection officers drop off more than 2,400 pounds of food to fami- Detectives James McCauley and Sal Spuzzio, Petro Plas- There are two or three possible The facility is expected to receive the anti-Democrat vole surge is lies selected from (he files of crime victims. tics, and the students from the McGinn School of Scotch routes through Middlesex County, between 6,000 and 7,000 tons of New Plains. easily explained by Reno decisions Elaine O'Neal, coordinator of the unit, said her staff however, Crabiel said there is tre- See VOTE, Page B2 in the matter and her constant justi fication of the rule of law. Well the Miami community also prac- ticed the rule of law in the process Union County towns get $3 million for road improvements of voting. Gov. Christine Whitman and Transportation funds the basic resurfacing and reconstruction construction up front, then seek reimbursem Cranford, Linden Place, Reconstruct, As a result, we face Supreme Commissioner James Weinstein last week projects, This type of work also keeps the eco- from Ibe state. $250,000. announced (he award of more than 565 million nomy strong by generating the greatest num- Court nominees of George W, "This affords municipalities the ability to • Elizabeth, South Front Street, section two, to munictpalittet across the slate for local itreet bers of construction and related jobs, We esti- Bush. A painful thought that (he have Ihe money in hand to begin the project, reconstruct. $292,000; repair and resurfacing project!, including mate (hat every $100 million invested in road break in io the little bungalow in rather than having to go out and borrow and pay • Fanwood, Old South Avenue West, recon- S3.607 million for (owns in Union County. The projects results in 3,800 construction jobs," Miami to snatch the child, has had those associated costs. It's another way to help struct, $120,000. amount represents a portion of the $ 150 million Weinstein said.