22 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 7 August '85

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Digest • Page 19 Please) Sourdough BURLEIGH A wholesale baker operating in a highway retail business zone .< B-3> will petition Middle Township zoners tomorrow for a variance to re mam. John Bauman. owner of the Golden ('rust on Oyster Koad. has been baking bread there for several months, much to the chagrin of neighbor Bernice Phillips She has complained about the smell and noise. Fined $200 WILDWOOD Harry Pine, a former city trash truck driver, was fined $2oo plus costs for throwing tw*o metal safe wheels at his supervisor. Jerome Brown Pine said he threw the wheels, the second of which hit Brown in the back of the head, to defend himself from his boss, who was allegedly carrying a bat The incident occurred at 26th Street and New Jersey Avenue on July 15. Sou- Tourism Alliance ATLANTIC CITY The Southern Kegion Tourism Alliance was formed last week by casino and non-casino representatives of Atlantic. Cape May. and Cumberland counties. The coalition will feature a comprehensive effort to promote the counties as a whole, rather than separate entities. Wildwood Mayor Victor I)i Sylvester will respresent this county on the alliance. Charged in False Alarm i NORTH WILDWOOD - Joseph (I Floodv of East Norris Avenue, was charged last week with reporting a false fire alarm at 123 W llth Ave . according to Detective George Greenland Floody is free on his own recognizance. If convicted, he faces up to 18 months in prison. $7,500 in fines, or both. >

Lines to Be Checked OCEAN CITY — A cable company is t checking customer s lines for grounding. ' Cable-entertainment is responding to a recent change in state law which requires that lines are grounded to protect sets from an electrical storm or a voltage surge Between 25 and 30 percent of the ,n cable system is not grounded, according to a company estimate. School Board Vacancy AVALON — The Board of Education is looking to fill the seat vacated by Nancy Hudanich who July 10 for personal reasons. The board has 60 days fftim then to fill the post Interested parties, who must be two-year borough residents, can write to board secretary Hilda Kloster man. care of Avalon Elementarv School. j 3200. Ocean Dr.. 08202. Open, Pending Appeal WILDWOOD — An Atlantic Avenue bar and restaurant stayed open last weekend pending an appeal of a city council decision to revoke its liquor license. Joseph Ponzio. owner of Nino's Lucky Club and Italian Restaurant, lost his license after council, which issues city liquor licenses, ruled that Ponzio and his son assaulted two state Alcohol Beverage Control inspectors inside the bar June 14. Ponzio contended the inspectors were intoxicated and attacked him. Study on Plane Death ERMA — The county prosecutor s office will probe the death of Keith Flanagan. 15. who fell 100 feet from an airplane advertising banner July 4 He was working for Astro Aerial Ads Inc of Atlantic City when his foot got caught in the cable of a banner he was preparing for pickup at the county airport here County Prosecutor John Corino is waiting for the state Attorney General's Office, which declined action on the case, to turn over files on the mishap 1

They Want to Be Heard AVALON — Borough council is considering decibel and "acceptable noise" levels for its noise ordinance that was •s challenged in Superior Court by three Pennsylvanians last week. Delaware County. Pa., residents John F Patola. Samuel A Pickard and John McNichol . contend that the ordinance is "unconstitutionally vague" and enforced by "subjective feelings" of police. Each of the men were cited for violating the ordinance while vacationing. here, according to their attorney. Vincent Simone. Principal Named WILDWOOD — THe Board of Education last week named Dennis Anderson a; principal of the Glenwood Avenue Elementary School. Anderson, the forme . vice principal of Wildwood High School, will replace Kathleen Lynch, who moved from the area, "The school has 360 students and a staff of about 35. $60,000 Question COURT HOUSE — Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital said last week it never received a $60,000 part it ordered and paid for The crystal for a gamma camera was supposed to be delivered as part of a shipment received several weeks ago. The hospital is at odds with a trucking company it declined to name, which said it delivered the crystal. A gamma camera is used as a diagnostic tool in nuclear medicine. The hospital since has ordered, paid for. and received another crystal. Decision on Vacation SEA ISLE CITY — Superior Court Judge Philip Gruccio last w«k decided to wait until he returns from vacation to name this city's solicitor He ruled in June the city breached its contract with Michael Testa when it replaced him with Dennis Quinn in May Gruccio decided that Testa is entitled to his old job. damages, or both Attorneys for Testa and the city could not reach an out-of court settlement last week, so Gruccio must decide when he returns Monday Aramingo Hearing Set STRATHMERE — A five-day hearing . to decide the future of Aramingo Water Co will begin in Trenton on Sept. 30. it was announced Monday At stake are responsibility for operation, renovation, and r-ate structure for the utility that serves this Upper Township resort Either a private concern, the township or Sea Isle City will be assigned those duties. Care Home Gets Loan OCEAN VIEW — The Lutheran Home was granted a $2.6 million state loan Friday to build an addition, a spokesman for Rep. William Hughes said. The 23.000-square-foot addition will house 60 skilled beds and 24 day care beds The loan is being made by the Farmers' Home Association, which has financed previous improvements at the home, according to the spokesman.

Fined for Shutdown AVALON — The State Department of Environmental Protection has fined the borough $2,500 for shutting down part of its Ocean Drive se\ver treatment plant last winter According to DEP officials, the borough turned off a flow -equlizat ion tank, which controls effulent flow through the plant, to save money between y December and March, the tank was put back into operation after the shutoff was discovered in March and the borough paid the fine two weeks ago Police Promoted STONE HARBOR — The police department last week announced three promotions'. including the naming of a perma nent chief. James R. Sweitzer. who has ier served as acting police chief, was granted permanent status by borough of■d ficials. Detective Sgt. Anthony E. Solis .was promoted to lieutenant and Patrolman Joseph Borger was promoted to detective. Fined in Dumping m BURLEIGH — A Local greenhouse employe was the first person found guilty last week under Middle Township's tougher dumping ordinance. Stephen A. Fanelli was fined $50 plus court costs for i leaving trash at Thompson's Pit on Indian Trail Road Municipal Judge Robert a Taylor also ordered Fanelli to serve 10 days' community service, picking up roadside trash. A spokesman for Garden Green House in North Wildwood said Fanelli was not dumping its trash, but 1 had borrowed a greenhouse truck for personal reasons Coverup Ordered WOODBINE — The county Municipal Utilities Authority last week promised area residents that it will require waste haulers to cover open truck loads. MUA officials said they will, after one warning, turn away trucks that arrive at the coun- , ty landfill here with uncovered trash. The MUA responded to, complaints from the Ocean View Civic Association, which said garbage and debris sometimes falls from open trucks. The MUA said is expected to adopt the regulation at today s meeting, effective tomorrow Beach - Repair $ TRENTON — The county will receive $262,360 in beach-protection funds from a $10 8-million appropriations bill signed last week by Gov. Thomas Kean The funds will be used to repair bulkheads in Stone Harbor ($225,000 of the $300,000 total cost); and to provide matching funds to attract federal aid for dune pro tection projects in Ocean City ($15,000). Avalon ($15,000). Corson's Inlet State Park ($7,000). and Cape May Point ($360). No Film at 11 SWAINTON — The power of television proved it was vulnerable to the power of electricity, as WMGM-TV here was one of 2,000 Atlantic Electric customers which tost electricity during a violent thunderstorm last Wednesday Also affected were parts of Burleigh, Clermont, Denntsville, Ocean View, and Sea Isle City. Schellenger's Landing also briefly lost electricity, according to Lower TOwnshiD police. p

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