Herald & Lantern 25 November 81

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will l** located between Corsons Jnlet and the southern border of Upper Township while four will be placed in Sea Isle City between 67th and 7B Sts Sand pumped from tjoth Corsons.an^J Townsends inlets will He used to furnish the beaches once the groins are in place Riled Over Rails Congressman William ^lughes charged last week that N.J. Transit Corp. is actively involved in a deliberate effort to halt £ill commuter rail service alon£ the Cape May and Ocean City branches of, thd Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lihe.’* S s contends that he came to his ‘ >ns based on recent nrent* A recent investment ;-prepared by fhe corporation to encourage investors to invest ISL is geared toward the Atlantic City branch of the line, and does little to promote investment in Cape May County, the Ocean City congressman said. Mr. Hughes is demanding that commuter rail service to the county be continued at least to June of 1982. In the meantime, rail service is halted awaiting line repairs. Some belieiie the service won’t be resumed. ' Sex Murder Plea COURT HOUSE - The last of the defendants in the bizarre murder of Josephine Trombetta pleaded guilty last Friday in Superior Court here to charges of murder, kidnapping, aggravated Sexual assault, Vobbery and aggravated assault. .Curt Smith, 20, of Rt. 9 Swainton, was scheduled to go on trial for the murder of the 29-year-old South Dennis >voman the. second week of January. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE James A. O'Neill has tentatively set Smith’s sentencing for Jan. 11. Reports indicate that the defendant may be sentenced to no more than life impriaionment with a mandatory 25 years th bd served before eligible for parole. Tbfe most he could receive is life imprisidnment with mandatory 55 years to be served before being eligible for parole. Eye Administrator WILDWOOD - Wildwood Charter Commission members ware told Thursday by heads of the local Dept of Revenue and Finance that a city administrator is needed to oversee city operations. According to Commission chairman Victor Di Sylvester, both city tax assessor Andre Souchak and treasurer Steve Ritchie indicated during a meeting with the Commissioners that they strongly support fhe concept of a city administrator. BOTH OFFICIALS WERE on hand for the Comniission's third meeting to discuss thdir role and responsibilities under the city’s present commission form of government. fhe Charter Commissibq wds scheduled to meet yesterday morning interview the final two department heads under the Dept, of Revenue and Finance.

■■ Union or No Vote COURT HOUSE - 142 technical employees at Burdette Tomlin Hospital, including licensed practical nurses and. laboratory and X-ray technicians, have the chance Nov. 25 to vote whether they want to be represented by Cape I>ocal 1983 of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades or have no union at all, ; In last month s balloting, there was no clear majority expressed among those voting for representatioan by the trades . union or state nurses association, although more voted for the union. The Wednesday balloting is a runoff Beach Fee Battle WILDWOOD CREST , Borough Coinmission Friday approved an ordinance that for the first time will establish a % 1>each fee in WiJdwood Community Under the new ordinance, beach tags will cost $fc.50 a week and 16 a season ($3 if purchased before the season). And'earlier ^his week, the Borough Clerk was to determine if the signatures are valid on a citizen's group petition opposing the fees and requesting the adop- . lion of their own ordinance banning pay beaches. . If 273 of the 295 signatures are’ • • validated, the petition is binding and the Commissioners must either pass the requested ordinance or submit it to the voters for a binding vote. However, since the Commission's ordinance was introduced before the citizens proposal was filed, the matter may end up in litigation. Suspicious Fire AVALON — Following several false fire alarms earlier at the Windward Harbor condominium complex, 8th Ave. and Dune Dr., a three-alarm blaze broke out . early last Wednesday morning 150 fireffghters from Avalon, Sea Isle City and Stone Harbor for six hours fought the blaze that has been clascified as suspicious. No one was staying in the six-unit building and no injuries were reported. The fire is still under investigation by the local and Cape May County arson squads. Big Street Project CAPE MAY r- A large scale $102,000 street repair program is finally off and running here. * Last Monday City Council approved a 178,000 capital improvements expenditure for the project which city manager Fred Coldren calls the most aggressive street repair program in decent memory. The City plans to spend $82,000 to pave parts of 20 streets, and will direct about $20,000 toward an effort to patch streets and eliminate existing potholes. Carpool Lot Due MARMORA — The new park and ride commuter lot at Vernon Rd. and the Garden State Pkwy. here is expected to open next Wed., Dec. I. Located on land owned by the parkway authority, the 63-car lot is designed to service commuters who park along Roosevelt Blvd , near the Parkway’s southbound exit 25 ramp, and carpool to work. '

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A Vote for the ‘harden ’ State

TRENTON State Secretary of Agriculture Phillip Alampi said voters revealed their strong commitment to New Jersey agriculture when-they approved the 1981 Farmland Preservation Bond Act on

Nov. 3.

The $50 million bond issue, designed to save the state's prime farmland for agricultural purposes, scored an impressive endorsement from the state's voters, with 61 percent in favor of farmland preser-

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• IN APPHOVING the farmland bond, the voters have signaled a strong

commitment to the state legislature and to the new governor that they want farming to stay in New Jersey," said Alampi in a news release. "They have ’ told us they want to keep the Harden in ther Garden

State."

Statewide tallies showed pluralities in all 21 enun ties, prompting Save Open Space Committee chairman Charles Maier to note that "New Jersey voters are interested in agriculture in this state PASSAGE OF the bond is the first step in a voluntary, locally-initiated program that allows the state

to provide matching grants at the county or local levels for the purchase of farmland development easements and for prevention of farmland losses from soil erosion or drainage and irrigation

problems.

The voters’.mandate now permits the slate to begin work on enabling legislation and gives the state agricultural department the ability to offer guidance to counties and municipalities eager to establish their farmland preservation programs

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