in Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 20 November '85

- /JB^news DIGEST /^7 // ,/ The Week's. II II II Top Stories ( From Page 1 > Thorofarein Lower Township, and Cape May Harfior. U.S. Rep. William Hughes <D • NJ) expects the $lf*$17-miHion Cape May beach project to survive budgetcutting attempts, but he was not optimistic about restoration of Lower's South Cape meadows. "Frankly, we're gong to have some problems with the appropriation for that." said Hughes. Bus Sto/i Added VILLAS — This Lower Township community will be added to New JerseyTransit's (NJT) Cape Mav-to-Atlantic City bus route, which will be synchronized to meet casino worker's shifts. NJT will discontinue the little-used Cape May-Philadelphia commuter run. Service to the Villas will begin Jan. 4. Pfeiffer Resigns WILDWOOD - City Business Administrator and Public Safety Director Marc Pfeiffer resigned Monday, effective Jan 17 Mayor Victor DiSvlvester blamed the move on non-cooperation of City Council Pfeiffer. who held the $40JW0-a -year job for less than two years, often sided with DiSyivester in disputes with Council President Edward Herman. Herman has conceded "some problems with the business administration." Recall Petitions Filed AVALON ^ Borough Clerk Dorothy Brennan re^uved a 440- name petition Thursday, demanding the recall of Mayor Kachael Sloan If the clerk vcrifys enough signatures (401 > by Monday, the mayor must decide by next Friday if she'll resign or run in a recall election sometime between Jan. 15 and Feb. 28. It looks like Sloan will run to dispute former Councilman James Busha's contentions that she should be recalled for imposing a 1983 building moratorium when the resort sewer plant was polluting the backhay. for building beach bulkheads in the 1985 tourist season, etc. Win Confirmed, But ... DENNISVILLE - A recount here reaffirmed Republican Harry L Creamer's four-vote victory over Democrat JR Wayne Tozer'in the Dennis Township Committee race But Tozer has filed an election challenge, alleging four counts of campaign misconduct. He contends one or more of the registration checkers violated regulations, illegal votes were received from 12 residents of a senior citizen's home, legal votes were rejected and that Creamer offered or gave a voter a reward for voting for him l)EP Refutes Report NORTH WILDWOOD Engineers who investigated last summer's beach closings for this city said dredging in Hereford Inlet by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP> and heavy rainfall were the main sources of pollution not the city's sewage treatment 1 • plant. But Bernard Moore. DEP chief of coastal engineering, said the dredging did not disturb contaminated soil, just sand from eroding beaches in Stone Harbor and Avalon The heavy rainfall has not responded \ I Williams Meeting Dec. 9 SWAINTON — Remedial action at the Williams' toxic waste dump on Siegtown | Road will be discussed during a 7 p.m , public meeting Dec. 9 at Middle < Township Elementary School No. 3 ( auditorium. 211 S. Main St. (Route 9). t Court House. That's according to a press r release from the state Department of Environmental Protection, which has t begun a feasibility study of how to clean t up the contaminated property. (

2 Dead, 3 Injured WILDWOOD — John Tice, 17, of Cape May, and James R. Costello, of Philadelphia, were killed in a Nov. 12 two-vehicle crash at Park Boulevard and Burk Avenue that left three others injured: Tice's passenger. Chris Elia, 16. of Erma, driver William Logan. 25. of Court House and his other passenger besides Costello. Richard Bain, 23. of Wildwood. Resort police tailed Logan's vehicle after an alleged fight at Rio Grande Avenue. The compact car ran a stop sign, crashed into Tice's pickup, flipped several times and caught fire. Tice was thrown from the truck, which smashed against a utility pole. Pier Replacement WILDWOOD CREST - Borough commissioners are planning to obtain funding and hire an architect to build a proposed $2 million community center approved by voter referendum Nov. 5. The building would replace the Crest Pier. Atlantic Avenue between Heather and Crocus roads, which has been deemed "structurally unsafe." Voters approved the referendum by a margin of 1.049 to 439. Stabbing Probe COURT HOUSE - An argument between Timothy Brown. 28. and Andrew Easley. both of Goshen-Swainton Road, at Easley 's home Saturday night is believed to be drug-related. Middle Township patrolman Gregg Taylor said. Brown suffered a cut to his jugular vein and damage to his vocal chords. He alleges Easley stabbed him. a charge Easley denies Taylor said a third person may have been involved and an investigation continues. More Spot Checks? SOMERS POINT - Sobriety checkpoints here were declared constitutional by Superior Court Judge Paul R, Porreca last week, a decision that could affect statewide drunken driving cases and result in more roadside checks Porreca ruled on motions filed for four men who sought to have their cases dismissed. Atlantic County Assistant Prosecutor Steven Janosko said •he rulings can be cited as law and couki affect municipal courts statewide. - Projects Funded NORTH WILDWOOD - A $95,000 park surrounding the renovated Hereford Inlet lighthouse and a modified pedestrian mall on New Jersey Avenue, from Second to Spruce avenues, got the go-ahead from City Council last week The "Lighthouse Square" project will be funded in January by a $900,000 bond issue The park will be the focal point for the mall, which will allow for one-way traffic but could be closed during peak times Dog killer Sought DIAS CREEK - Residents David and Cindy Seitz are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot their German Shepherd with an arrow Nov 7 The dog was struck in the shoulder and was destroyed due to the severity of the wound Middle Township investigating Police Officer Anthony Saduk and veterinarian Dr George Belloff both said I the shooting was intentional Sand Removal Bid COURT HOUSE — County Freeholders j voted 4-1 last Tuesday to accept a $57,945 from Earthwork Associates for removal of sand on Ocean Drive from Sea Isle City to Strathmere. Director Gerald M Thornton dissented, saying the county has spent millions of dollars in \ past years on sand removal and that a permanent solution is needed. James S. Jr.. agreed with his premise, said sand deposited by Hurricane Gloria poses a threat to motorists.

Marshland Purchase MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP - The state Department of Environmental Protection paid Ezra and Blanche Cox I $35,025 for a 583-acre marshland with 4,000 feet of frontage on the Delaware Bay at Moore's Beach in neighboring Cumberland County last week. It was the first purchase made with $600,000 the state has received from the sale of waterfowj starqps and prints, a program started in 1984 to raise money for and maintain sanctuaries for migratory birds. Grant Hikes Pay ERMA — County Fare-Free Transportation Director Mary Rowe has more than one reason to be thankful for a $175,000 state grant that makes possible extension of the county door-to-door "escort service." It also brought her a $2,156 wage hike, to $27.000-a-year. retroactive to July 1. that's on top of the regular $1,184 (5 percent) increase Rowe got last Jan. 1. The two increases total $3,340 or 14 percent. Freeholder Herbert Frederick, who heads Transportation, said Rowe did not get an "incentive" raise in January because this one was anticipated. And he said the higher share of Rowe's salary from state funds reduced the county's percentage Pier Extension Sought WILDWOOD CREST — Members of the Fishing Club here have applied to the Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits to build a 200-foot extension on their pier into the Atlantic Ocean. Club members estimate the cost at $100,000, which will be paid from increased membership fees and fundraisers. During extreme low tide, the water depth at the end of the pier is less than two feet, vice president Charles MacDonald said. Agriculture Board COURT HOUSE — County Freeholders unanimously voted to create a county Agricultural Development Board last Tuesday. According to state Secretary of Agriculture Arthur R. Brown. Jr., the board will make funds available to farmers who want to participate in soil and water conservation projects and to the county to purchase development easements to preserve farmland. The long-term effect. Brown said, will be more land available for young farmers to get established Prior Arrests COURT HOUSE - James T Smith. 33 of Villas, was out on bail for a Middle Township robbery charge when arrested for a Nov 2 bank robbery in Egg Harbor Township, police said Saturday Prior to his arrest for allegedly taking cash from Ihe Horizon Marine National Bank. Smith was charged with the robbery of B & J's Deli. Route 9. on June 27. He remains in Atlantic County jail on $25,000 cash bail e

Advisors Appointed SEA ISLE CITY — Herman Fehrle, John Donnelly and Randolph E. Wise were recently appointed to the Citizens e Advisory Committee here by Mayor Michael J. McHale. The committee advises him and fellow commissioners on city problems and suggests solutions to them. 3-2 on Chamber HQ i VILLAS — Lower Township's Council voted 3-2 Monday night, directing the municipal managdl* to draft an ordinance and lease, allowing the county to acquire the local Chamber of Commerce building for 99 years at a dollar a year Deputy Mayor Peggie Bieberbach and Councilman Joseph Lonergan opposed those instructions. Mayor Robert Fothergill, Councilmen Robert Conroy a and David F. Brand Jr. voted for them at the urging of chamber president Stu Millard and county Freeholder-Director Gerald M. Thornton. Council must still consider the lease and ordinance at a public hearing. Christmas Display Hit ERMA — "It's just a sin. The man spends a lot of time just getting these things ready for people to see," Lower Township Detective Danny Strickland said Thursday of vandalism at businessman Louis Lambert's "A Thousand Summers' estate on Tabernacle Road. Sometime between Nov. 8 and Nov. 11, Strickland reported. i vandals damaged Lambert's well-known Christmas display and stole items from some exhibits. That occurred the same weekend that more than a dozen residents of Bayshore West. North Cape May, found their tires slashed. 'Since Day One' VILLAS — Lower Township MUA members voted unanimously last week to triple and quadruple fees for new water line connections. Charges for connecting a single-family home in a subdivision jump from $100-$500. Those for a home outside a subdivision on a township road rise from $250-$800. while fees for connecting a non-subdivision home on a county road increase from $250-$1,000. The increases are supposed to put the MUA's water system in the black next year. This year, it's $130,000 in the red and has been that way "since day one," according to Township Manager James R. Stump, MUA executive director. 'Misty' Cleared Too CAPE MAY — City Municipal Court Judge P Martin Way III found Lower Township Councilman Joseph Lonergan not guilty last week of charges he trespassed Oct. 24 at Ros-Len Construction's North Cape May building site and allowed his dog. Misty, to defecate there Lonergan has been unofficially inspecting the Margaret Street property where Jerry and Leonard Licatra of Ros-Len have been building a house. They filed the complaint against him after he complained about how the house was being built

\iiwv ily " • ■Aft t vUSI P work on a sand fencing project at 57th Street beach. Project is designed to help build dunes along ^hf">nt. Left u, rjght are: Brian Haefeli, Josephine Ramsey Jan Stevens. Don McDermott. Sally Woodruff, and Shirley Burns. Anyone wishing to ' volunteer for the project is asked to call City Hall at 2S3-M«i