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News—^ Week's fop Stories Costly Storm COURT HOUSE - Last Thursday's storm caused Cape May County “in excess of $30 million in damages," according to Lyndon H. Simmerman, county Emergency Management Coordinator. Near hurricane force winds and tides nine feel above mean low water struck barrier islands from the Atlantic and the bays. Residents of some communities praised early warnings; others complained of little warning. A wind change from northeast to northwest lessened the storm's impact.

Party Outfoxed? ATLANTIC CITY — Superior Court Judge Michael Connor is scheduled to bear arguments tomorrow on count/ Sheriff Beech Fox’s legal move to block the county GOP leadership from listing candidates in the regular Republican column on the June primary election ballot. Fox, who is seeking a sixth term against Ocean City Patrolman James Pious is, won an injunction last week, preventing the GOP Executive Committee from meeting then to select party primary favorites.

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OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jack Bittner said he agreed with the Citizens' Committee for Responsive Government endorsements last week of incumbent City Coundl President Jack Jones and three challengers in the eight-way race (Page 24 Please)

Ponderosa Restaurants principals recently approached the Middle Township Sewerage Commission to seek permission to connect a proposed restaurant behind the Murphy Mart in the Court House Village Plaza. “I turned 'em down,” said Michael Vistenzo of the commission, who’s juggling requests from a half-dozen people who want into the lOO.OOO-ga'llon-per-day capacity plant.

One Did Without Asking The 'Middle Township Sewage Treatment plant apparently is treating about 1,600 gallons a day that nobody knows about.

Dori. Word HY LAND — This recently cleared path leads from Romney East subdivision in Court House to the rear of the HLLand Motor Inn.

The Hy-Land Motor Inn on the Garden State Parkway at Hereford Avenue reportedly was connected to the plant recently without permission from the township sewerage ■ treatment commission. Thomas J. Repici owns the motel. He refused to discuss the issue with the Herald. Repici is one of the partners in Romney Associates, which received permission Feb. 2 to connect a 19-bome subdivision to the sewage line. It's called Romney East and it's located on portions of Crest Road and East Romney Place. An inspection of the site shows the ground has been dug up from the home sites east to the rear of the 32-unit motel. Contractor F. Wayne Shawl of Palermo, who laid the sewer lines, told the Herald Monday that his work included a six-inch sewer line to the motel. It’s working as far as be knows, be said. * MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Sewerage Commission member Michael Vistenzo said that was news to him and he'd be “pissed off’ if it were true. Commission secretary Helen Westcott (Page 23 Please)

'T’ve got a lot of people that would like to hook up," be added. Vistenzo said Ponderosa gave him some numbers “I didnH like.” So, be called Berlin, NJ., where there is a Ponderosa and checked its figures. He found a flow of 10,000 to 12,000 gallons a day. “That was too much because of what we have already obligated.” be said. Obligated? “Nothing's really obligated," corrected Vistenzo, “but we did have the nursing home (Court House Convalescent Center) and the shopping center (Jamesway Plaza) and some homes and things.” VISTENZO SAID be has had requests . from Mr. Donut aqd Cape Shore Orthopaedic Associates. The latter “had raw sewage flowing out of his yard last summer,” he said. "The overflow was sudsy water from our clothes washer," said Dr. James N. Judson, owner of the building. “It has beta corrected and we’ve had no problem since.” ^ He would like to be connected, though, and be said he has a permanent staff of six persons, patients, two whirlpools in physical therapy- and “three or four washer loads.” Vistenzo said connections to Mr. Donut and Shore Orthopaedic would be easy if a line were run from the nursing home and shopping center. “But I’ve backed off,” be said. “I want to make sure what we're doing is within * our parameters.” BURKE MOTORS also made a formal request last November to hook up on Magnolia Drive where it owns seven acres and could put an auto dealership. Vistenzo said he-didn’t think that proposal was still alive, but Ray M. Burke III said the agency “is definitely moving." plans one Chevrolet dealership and one Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealership, and ‘Sroukl possibly put one there " The firm's (Page 23 Please)

By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE - Application to connect a proposed 120-bed nursing home to the Middle Township Sewage Treatment Plant has been put on hold The township sewerage commission had approved the hook-up last Sept. 1. but that . expired March 17 Michael Vistenzo of the commission said its application and Haft of the Jamesway Pfat*a — they would nave shared the same line \ wiU await “further research into the whole thing in general ” The sewage treatment plant's capacity 'has been a controversial question for some time IN THE MEANTIME, the partnership that owns the property on which the Court House Convalescent Center would be built has. in effect, removed John Vinci, formal MUA chairman under indictment for alleged kickbacks A March 12 letter to the commission from Court House attorney Frederick W. Schmidt Jr. said ownership of the eightacre tract on Magnolia Drive behind the new Cape Mity County Savings & Loan building had been "transferred" to Holly ’ Associates. Holly, said the letter, is a partnership ~ consisting of Schmidt and three Avalon Real Estate Realtors: William H Tozour Jr , David J. Kerr and Thomas Repici. the broker in Die sale of ^ acres to Hospicomm Inc. of Philadelphia, the proposed nursinfe home owner. It s operating under the name “Court- House Associates.” SCHMIDT REFUSED to accept phone calls from the Herald and declined to see a reporter who visited his office Repici said be had "no comment whatsoever on the whole thing ” Kerr was on vacation and Tozour did not return phone calls. Vinci referred questions to his attorney. Arthur Goldstein . who did not returr. phone calls: RECORDS in the Cape May County Court House show that Magnolia sold the parcel to Holly for $180,000 in a deed transfer recorded last Thursday Magnolia purchased the parcel from Dennar Inc. of Cape May on June 3. 1983. for $167,000. Hospicomm s purchase contract for Jbr 2 Vi acres depends on necessary pernits, including tbe sewage treatucfit connection. Hospicomm President Eugene Mayer told the Herald this -week that Schmidt told him “the plant has the capacity anc there shouldn't be any problem. (Page 23 Please)--, *

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