Herald - Lantern Dispatch 26 March '86 47

(From page 1) an electric sander from the Community Meat Market, which opened one month before the March 5 burglarly. The thief, or thieves, entered through a side window, according to owner Bob DeCecco. Detective Berdell Schubert said the case is still under investigation and that police have no suspects. Hospicomm a No-Show COURT HOUSE — Representatives of Hospicomm, owners of the Court House Convalescent Center, failed to appear as requested at last Tuesday's meeting of the Middle Township Sewage Commission. The commission questions discrepancies between the facility's design flow and discharge permits for its septic system and requests a copy of its sewer extension permit, which is needed for the nursing home to connect to the Municipal Utilities Authority Seven Mile Beach Middle Region treatment plant. Lawsuit Over Test Burn CAPE MAY — Chemical Waste Management Inc., which seeks to incinerate toxic waste in a test burn off the coast here, has filed a federal lawsuit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency that challenges the authority of individual states to regulate ocean incineration. New Jersey approved the burn, with the conditions that the company not load, transport, or burn wastes from April 1 to Oct. 31 and that the state has 60 days to test the contents of the incineration ship before it goes to sea. Cicala to Be Evicted? NORTH WILDWOOD - Boardwalk merchant John Cicala was notified last week he is in default of his 20-year lease on the city-owned 22nd Avenue pier and may be evicted. Cicala's lease called for him to build 19,000 square feet of new commercial space by March 15, which he hasn't. His attorney, Louis Hornstine of Wildwood, said the moratorium on sewer hookups prevents Cicala from proceeding. Hornstine said financial backing has been obtained, and Cicala will begin work as soon as the moratorium ends or is modified. Cicala has a clam bar and outdoor grill on the pier and his "Seaport Village" was to conta|n a restaurant and 40 boutiques. BT Drops Court Case COURT HOUSE — Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital continues to restrict Dr. Vinyak Sabnis' operating privileges, but has dropped its Superior Court request to have his record reviewed by an independent medical examiner. Burdette's medical staff apparently will decide whether the matter should be discussed in a full hearing before its Board of Governors. The hospital charges that Sabnis' surgical technique was faulty during aFeb. 4 gallbladder operation. Takes the Oath COURT HOUSE - Joseph Visalli, former municipal court judge in Wildwood, West Wildwood and North Wildwood and assistant prosecutor with the county Prosecutor's office, was sworn in Friday as the state's newest Superior Court Judge. He fills the Family Division judgeship vacated when Charles W. Sandman died last August.

Upper Okays Recycling TUCKAHOE — Upper Township Committee last week unanimously voted to join the county Municipal Utilities Authority's (MUA) $900,000 mandatory recycling program if several conditions are met, including: the MUA shortens the five-year time commitment, it looks into alternative technology and the landfill tipping fee is reduced from $26 to $10 per ton. Upper's approval may give the MUA the required number of 12 participants. Shore Funding Delay? AVALON — A $10-million beachfill project here and in Stone Harbor may be delayed until next spring because a $12-million funding bill is being held up in the Assembly. According to Assemblyman Guy F. Muziani, some Republicans are refusing to release their $ll-million appropriations package until they are assured of an annual shore protection funding source. Muziani said Republican legislators from Cape May and Cumberland counties support the bill. Upper Selling Lots TUCKAHOE — Nineteen undersized lots in eight locations in Upper Township will be auctioned April 14 at 4 p.m. Township Committee will review each bid and owners of adjacent property will have first shot at the parcels. Ten percent of the bid should be paid as a deposit to the township April 14 and the remainder paid within 30 days. A list of the lots can be obtained from Township Clerk Barbara Camp. I Beach Aid Coming TRENTON — Ten county loctions will receive dune restoration funds from a $2 million special federal appropriation approved after a March 1984 storm. The areas will receive 80 percent federal money. 15 percent state money and contribute five percent local cash. The federal grants, which must still be approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are: Ocean City, $65,000; Cape May, $95,000; Sea Isle City, $33,000; Avalon, $34,000; Stone Harbor, $48,000; North Wildwood, $64,000; Cape May Point, $5,000; Corson's Inlet State Park, $10,000; and Higbee Beach, $5,000. Going West TUCKAHOE — Upper Township Committee last week introduced an amendment to a 1962 dune line ordinance that exempts a Strathmere lot owned by Herbert S. Lusting of Wynnewood, Pa. Lusting is suing the township. Holly Shore Real Estate, Realtor Betty Disher, Beach Abstract Associates, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and the sellers of the property, Donald C. and Elizabeth R. Bergus, claiming he has been denied "reasonable or beneficial use and enjoyment of his property." Lusting claims he found out he can't build on his lot because it's east of the dune line and in an area where the ordinance prohibits building, after he purchased the land. Critical , But Stable OCEAN CITY - John Williams. 39, of the 2300 block of Bay Avenue, was listed in critical but stable condition at Shore Memorial Hospital ifter his truck plunged off the Ship Channel Bridge Saturday night. Williams managed to climb out of the broken rear window of his pickup, along with his dog. He was traveling out of Ocean City when his truck veered to the right, hit a guardrail at the base of the bridge, crossed four lanes of traffic and vaulted over a bulkhead and into the water. Ocean City Patrblman Scott Adams was expected to file charges against Williams on Monday.

Blaze Guts Bungalow NORTH DENNIS — A vacant bungalow on Route 47 here, about a mile north of Washington Avenue, was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. State Police Trooper B. Lloyd said Robert Ross, 5168 i Ocean Drive, Avalon, is the owner of record. Dennisville, Belleplain and Ocean > View volunteer fire companies responded to a 8:45 a.m. call and extinguished the fire by 10 a.m. The caijse of fire is under investigation, Lloyd said. Raid Nets Drugs , Guns OCEAN VIEW - Michael A. DiMeglio. 35, of the 700 block of Bay Avenue, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, possession of stolen property, possession of an illegal weapon and possession of weapons by a convicted felon after a police raid netted quantities of methamphetamine, a loaded shotgun, a loaded ,22-caliber rifel, a .32-calibre handgun, a blackjack and several television cable converters. His wife, Beverly DiMeglio, 34, of the 1400 block of West Avenue, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Charged With Assault WILDWOOD — Police here charged Francis Pecoraro, 21, of the 300 block of W. 17th Avenue, North Wildwood, with aggravated assault for allegedly striking James E. McVey, 28, of the 1200 block of Emerson Avenue, North Cape May, with a bottle in the Ship 'n Shore Bar on Montgomery Avenue last Thursday. McVey suffered a severe cut and was taken to Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital. Pecoraro is being held in county jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail. Rape Suspect Indicted CAPE MAY — Michael McCullough, a 28-year old handyman whose address is listed as both Stone Harbor and Villas, was charged last Thursday with kidnapping, attempted aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, robbery, terrioristic threats, burglary, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a weapon and aggravated assault for allegedly binding, gagging and attempting to rape a 32 -year-old woman after entering ner Washington Street Mall apartment through a bedroom window Feb. 18. He is being held in Cape May County jail in lieu of $35,000 cash bail. Washington Not Fit? OCEAN CITY — Superior Court Judge Manuel Greenberg last week declared William Washington, 63. of West Avenue here, incompetent to stand trial on charges he stabbed Lee Burgess, 55, of Atlantic City, to death April 28, 1984 Court testimony by psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Erskine said Washington could not understand and cooperate with his ff

defense counsel in preparing his case. Burgess was Washington's former girlfriend's boyfriend. City Scraps Well CAPE MAY — City officials halve a ban doned plans to drill a fourth weir in Lower Township at a location north of the Cape May Canal, City Manager Fred Coldren reports. Calling plans for the well, "kaput," Coldren said the $2,000 the city spent to purchase an option on the well site "was well worth it." since it has led an agreement between the two , municipalities to cooperate in the search * for additional sources of water. The city currently draw* water from three wells in Lower and sought an additional source to compensate for increasing salt water intrusion into underground aquifers Lawsuit Against Lower? COURT HOUSE - The freeholders ^ may pursue legal action against Lower Township Council for voting against transferring title of the old municipal hall in Cold Spring. Council voted weeks after the landmark moved to the county-owned Historic Cold Spring Village not to pass an ordinance that would pay $5,000 to the movers and convey the title to the coun ty. The county "will continue to work in a professional manner in reference to this project," Freeholder Herbert C. Frederick said in a prepared statement. "I believe the mayor and council in Lower Township realize the ethical and legal remifications if they continue to act in this irresponsible manner." ApathyAn Action ERMA — Five members of the publicwere present last Thursday when Lower Cape May Regional School Board approved a 1986-87 budget of $7,083,624, $95,183 C higher than last year. But taxpayers will ^Tiave another shot at the budget when $5,033,237. the amount which will be raised through local taxes, is on April 15 school elections ballot. Both the regional and Cape May City school boards were criticized by Cape May City Manager Fred Coldren for holding budget hearings on the same night. Sandman Boulevard COLD SPRING — Lower Township Council last week unanimously approved a resolution to change Ferry RoaaLincoln Boulevard to Charles W Sand man Boulevard in honor of the late Superior "Court judge. The vote ends a dispute between council and residents of Lincoln Boulevard, who claimed they would undergo a complicated address change. The boulevard will lead to the current Consolidated School, which will be renamed The Charles W Sandman School., 1 ^ .

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