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B2 Asbury Park Press Oct. 12, 1982 Asbury Park Oct. 12, 1982 B3 Northern Monmouth 4 i on month liM'fiilteOTWw ad vet Keyport mayor puts hope in park Community Widespread I'elp in sale of school ii'. it? it. M.

Tonight Crafts, furniture and baked goods will be among the items sold. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities will be available for children. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP St.

Clement's Episcopal Church Thrift Shoppe, Route 36 and Church Street, in the Belford section, will have a clown By SUSAN DE SANTIS Press Staff Writer KEYPORT Mayor Richard W. Bergen Jr. doesn't want to pave paradise and pat up a parking lot. Instead, he hopes replacing a parking lot with a waterfront park will preserve this town's seaworthy character. The borough is applying for $250,000 in state Green Acres funds for a park on American Legion Drive.

Officials have all but been assured the money will be available if the town contributes $250,000 of its own funds. "We're trying to get out of the doldrums and change the borough's image, and it's working," the mayor said. The park would include a tot lot, concession stand, bandshell and restrooms. Concerts would be held in the park during the summer. Bergen envisions an about-face for the waterfront and business district.

Businesses on West Front Street would have the opportunity to attract customers from the park through their back doors on American Legion Drive. This could increase business and eventually attract more business to the borough, Bergen reasons. The mayor and the all-Democratic council have instructed both the borough attorney and engineer to begin the time- and balloons at the shop from 10 a.m. consuming application procedure for funds from the state Green Acres program. But if three Republicans are elected to the council in November, the waterfront project may take a different twist.

"I'm in favor of blacktopping the parking lot. If we open up that boat ramp, we would be making moiey off that and we would need parking for that," said Frank "Dick" Currier, Republican candidate for mayor. The second phase of the waterfront plan calls for fixing a boat ramp and repairing the bulkhead. Shore protection funds may be available for that phase of the project, Bergen said. For the project to be a success, recreational boaters must have access to Raritan Bay, the mayor said.

The harbor now is too shallow during low tides for pleasure boating. But that problem will be alleviated. Rep. James J. Howard, announced last week that the Army Corps of Engineers had appropriated money for the dredging of the harbor.

The dredging may be completed by summer. Bergen hopes that, once the waterfront project is completed, developers will take an interest in Keyport. He feels the waterfront is the one large, undeveloped piece of prime real estate in the borough. "Once we have something to offer, we can begin to meet with potential developers," he said. The borough now has its Public Works garage next to First Street on prime waterfront property.

The garage could be moved if a developer becomes interested in the property. The mayor said it is important that Keyport rediscover its past without moving backwards. "I'm very nostalgic about my early days in Keyport, but you can't go back in time," Bergen said. "The world has changed, and everything has changed with it, including Keyport." Driver has rude awakening, police report LONG BRANCH In an effort to attract as many bidders as possible, the Board of Education is advertising the sale of the Broadway School in several local, New York and Philadelphia newspapers. The board wil) open bids for the school, closed since June 1981, at 2 p.m.

Nov. 12. The minimum hid is $125,000. The sale of the school has been advertised in The New York Times and the Star-Ledger of Newark, said Jeffrey Graber, director of communications for the school's district. A notice of the sale will also appear in The Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer and several local newspapers, Graber said.

The hoard ordered the Broadway School closed because it said the 92-year-old building would be too expensive to renovate, costing as much as $500,000 to bring the school up to state standards. Graber said he is working with Barry Kamm. city communications director, in a "cooperative venture" between the city and the school board. The city and the board will work together to try to attract the type of business which would most benefit the city, Graber said. Mayor Philip D.

Huhn has said the city would lie willing to work with the buyer of the school to try to secure funding from the federal Urban Development Action Grant program to develop the school. Graber said the $125,000 minimum bid is 'extremely fair because that's prime real estate." Walker Appraisal Associates, a Shrewsbury appraisal firm, came up with the minimum bid price, he said. Eatontown Senior Citizen Housing 7 p.m., The Meadowbrook, 55 Wyckoff Road. Eatontown Sewerage Authority, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Union Beach Borough Council, 8 p.m., Borough Hall.

Sea Bright Planning Board, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional Board of Education, 7:55 p.m., Broad Street Administrative Building. Fair Haven Council, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Fair Haven Planning Board, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Union Beach Board of Education, 8 p.m., board offices.

Hazlet Township Board of Education, 8 p.m., board offices. Hazlet Township Committee, 8 p.m., Township Hall. Keansburg Board of Education, 8 p.m., board offices. Middletown Township Housing Authority, 8 p.m., Township Hall. Atlantic Highlands Council, 8 p.m., Borough Hall.

Middletown Township Committee, 8 p.m., Township Hall. Keyport Borough Council, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Red Bank Board of Education, 8 p.m., board offices. Tinton Falls Borough Council, 8:15 p.m., Borough Hall. Graber said the district has not received any bids yet, but has received 12 inquiries about the sale.

The school is on 1.68 acres on the south side of Broadway and the east side of Pearl Street. It is in a commercial zone in the uptown Broadway business district. The building, with more than 27,000 square feet, is a 2y2-story stone brick masonry building, containing 11 classrooms, various smaller rooms, an auditorium and kitchen facilities. In a brochure being distributed to bidders, the board is stressing the school's "excellent location," accessibility to rail, bus, road and air facilities and its "easy access to the metropolitan area." The property to be sold includes -the building, the property and all items installed in the school, including the radiators, the boiler and other fixtures. Among items not included in the sale are desks, chairs, tables and other furniture and fire and burglar alarms.

Any bid must be accompanied by a certified or bank check in the amount of 10 percent of the bid. Within three days after the board accepts the bid, the successful bidder must sign a contract. The total payment must be made in no later than 60 days. If any question exists as far as title to the property, the purchaser may be given 90 days to pay the total cost, under a resolution passed by the board. The board can accept any or all bids.

Those wishing to inspect the property may call the business manager's office for an appointment. ''l? LAKEWOOD Truck driver David McCraken escaped injury early yesterday when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and drove into Lake Carasaljo, police said. The incident happened about 1:15 a.m. on South Lane Drive, near Route 9, police said, adding that the truck was pulled from lake yesterday afternoon. McCracken's address wasn't available.

Police are investigating. Officials oppose early retirement plan 'mrtmsemmasmamammmm The public is invited to attend caucus sessions, but public participation generally is not allowed. HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP A request by the township police department to change its retirement system a move township officials say would cost about $500,000 in retroactive payments drew opposition from the Township Committee last night. The department has submitted a petition to appear on the ballot next month asking voter approval of the transfer from the state Public Employees Retirement System, which covers all municipal employees, to the state Police and Firemen's Retirement System. The system provides for early retirement at age 45 after 25 years of service, and offers a pension that is 60 percent of the total pay, Mayor James M.

Cox said. The current plan offers 45 percent, he said. If approved, the change would cost the township $489,575 in payments dating back to the time each officer joined the force, said John J. Coughlin, township administrator. In addition, the township's regular annual contribution to the pension fund would increase from 1 to about 15 percent, or $74,083 yearly.

And, payment of the retroactive liability in 28 annual installments at 8 percent interest the plan the committee favors over a lump sum payment would bring the total to $1,053,000, officials said. The committee last night approved by four votes the protracted payment. Com-mitteewoman Elaine M. Frey abstained because her son-in-law is a member of the police force. A lump sum payment would "put a healthy dent" in the surplus account, said John P.

Wadington, township The committee also voted to authorize S. Thomas Gagliano, township attorney, to find a way the committee can legally express its opposition to the issue that will be on the ballot. "If we make the facts known in a clear and concise way to the public and they see what it's going to cost, I think that will be enough." Cox said. He estimated the move could add nearly 2 cents to the municipal tax rate. "I'm not so sure the system is a bad system," he said.

"The problem I have is that I was of the belief the police department was going to help defray the extraordinarily large cost by negotiating on reduced salary increases over the next couple of years." The department, by a sum margin, voted against the reduced increases, he said. "Anything which encourages early, well-paid retirement, particularly in the public sector, is a bad policy," said Committeeman Ernest N. Cote. No representatives of the local Patrolman's Benevolent Association attended the meeting. An officer on duty last night, who declined to identify himself, refused to comment on the matter.

In other business, the committee, voting 4 to 1, appropriated $8,000 for the West Keansburg Water Co. to relocate a water line in the Hillview section. Cote cast the negative vote, expressing uncertainty on the legality of awarding the contract without seeking bids. He pointed to a pending lawsuit against the township involving the unadvertised award of a bid to a utility company. The committee voted to defer action on a proposed, $9,000 commercial exercise center, planned as part of a fitness trail for a park to be constructed on Middle Road.

Cote, who has opposed the expenditure, said he has been told the township could obtain the needed materials for about $1,200 and have the road department build the equipment. In another matter, the committee authorized Gagliano to represent the township Oct. 18 at a hearing before the Middle-town Township Board of Adjustment on a planned adult community off Redhill Road. Wadington said the project would aggravate traffic in the area, which abuts the township. Asbury Park Press 125,0011.

The Broadway School, Long Branch, which the city Board of Educati AUTOMATIC DRIP Interlaken fzl 7 COFFEEMAKER Bfc.k7 Wake up to fresh-brewed coffee. Automatically starts brewing at the time you select. 2-10 cups. Lets you make coffee in your sleep. ii INTERLAKEN The Borough Council adopted an ordinance appropriating $50,000 and authorizing the issue of $47,500 in bonds for repairs to sections of Buttermere Avenue, Rona Street and other roads.

The ordinance provides funds for a project estimated at $42,800 by William Birdsall, borough engineer. The difference between that figure and the appropriation covers engineer's fees and other costs, Mayor Edwin Ambler said, adding that the borough is not obligated to spend $50,000. Portions of Barra and Staffa streets also will beepaired. In a related matter, the council vatiM to reject all four bids received on the project, after learning thai the lowest bid exceeded Birdsall's estimate by $4,000. Birdsall had explained that specifies tions calling for work to be completed within 45 days were considered too tight a schedule by contractors.

The council will read wl ise for bids to be received by Oct. 25. New specifications will require work to be completed no later than May 15. That gives contractors more leeway in scheduling woik, Ambler said. In other business, Councilman William jbieszcyk said vA h-jUj Quiig-1 be introduced said.

a request by nween cm m. to (i a.m. under age 18. every year at Seriously, comedy's offered at a college to 2 p.m. Saturday to celebrate its third anniversary.

The shop has clothing for men, women and children, books, household items, jewelry, plants and Halloween costumes. Fall and winter hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP The Red Oak Cooperative Nursery School will have its fifth annual crafts expo from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Saturday at the township railroad station on Church Street. Crafts, baked goods, refreshments, painted pumpkins and raffle tickets for a custom-made colonial (tollhouse worth more than $200 will be among the items sold. Proceeds will benefit the school's scholarship and supplies funds. HAZLET TOWNSHIP The township Environmental Commission wil sponsor a walk through the Natco Pine Barrens at 2 p.m.

Saturday, rain or shine. Parking will be at the rear of Lillian Drive School. No pre-registration is required. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP A flea market, crafts and bake sale will from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday at the Middletown Village School, Kings Highway. RED BANK The Riverview Hospital Stroke Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the fifth floor solarium of the hospital's East Wing. A representative of the Internal. Revenue Service in Newark will discuss tax deductions available to stroke victims.

The club is a social and educational support group for former stroke victims, their families and friends. Information is available from Ruth Levine, 7 Woodford Lane, Mana-lapan Township. HOLDMEL TOWNSHIP Robert Simms, executive and artistic director of the Academy of the Garden State Theatre, will present an "Introduction to Acting" lecture and demonstration at 8 p.m. tonight at the Holmdel High School auditorium. Simms has acted in more than 200 television shows and stage roles.

He has produced and directed productions at numerous theaters in New Jersey and New York. The program is sponsored by the Holmdel Theatre Guild. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Boy Scout Troop 110 will have its second annual garage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lincroft Elementary School, Newman Springs Road.

Donations will be accepted until Thursday. Proceeds will be used for supplies and activities. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Composer-pianist John Musto will present a recital of classical and blues music at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College. The program will include works by Beethoven, Debussy and Copland.

Tickets are $4 for students and senior citizens, and $3 for Brookdale students. Advance reservations may be made through the box office at the college. RED BANK The borough Halloween parade and carnival committee is seeking volunteers to help plan and run the event, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 31.

Those interested in assisting may contact the Parks and Recreation Department, 209 Shrewsbury Ave. EDITOR'S NOTE: Organizations interested In submitting Items for the Community column may obtain a free copy of the Asbury Park Press publicity guide, "How to Write a Press Release' by sending the name and address of the organization to Community, Panorama Desk, Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 07712. 3894 700 OUR PRICE REBATE DIRECT FROM G.E "I became intrigued with children's ability to appreciate the absurd. There's a potential for the use of comedy to stimulate learning and to capture people's attention," Tomasulo said.

Board of education splits kiiK i SMBL K- iiJfl Kit 9 eft 3J94 His course will include tips on how to the par- a reat use comic relief during business presenta YOUR COST 8279-079 I ise it hi' could ask personnel com: PHONE SHOP (201) 842-3676 I pi SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS An unex I pected increase in student enrollment has prompted the Board of Education to split both kindergarten and the seventh grade 1 into two classes, returning to the way it had been prior to the start of this school 1 year. At a special meeting last night, the board decided that it would be in the best interest of the students to return to having two classes for both grades. Starting Oct. 18, there will be two kindergarten sessions 8:30 to 11 a.m., and 11:50 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Edward A. Adamo, superintendent of schools, said parents would be notified about which session their child would be in. Pupils will exchange sessions at the start of the second semester. Last April, the board d-xided to eliminate a kindergarten class as a bugetary move, but because of this year's ment of 29 pupils, found it necessary to return to having two classes. In July, faced with a $125,000 unlock in state minimum aid funds, the board decided to merge the seventh-grade classes.

Board President bene L. Koch said this year's seventh-grade enrollment of 32 pupils was a few more tiiao had' been pected at the lime the board dropped the second class. An exact date for the formation ot the new seventh-grade class will be later. In other matters, the board' accepted with regret, the resignation of Patsy music teacher. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Comedy writers, performers and business people will be able to improve their use of comic delivery and timing at a workshop entitled, "Have You Heard the One About Dr.

Dan Tomasulo, a Brookdale Community College psychology instructor, will lead the six-week "mini course" beginning 8 p.m. Thursday. Tomasulo, who also works as a stand-up comedian in New York, said the two-hour classes will focus on developing a comic idea and will include constructive criticism by participants. Many times business people begin speeches with a joke that doesn't quite tie in with the speech, Tomasulo said. The course is designed to help people organize the presentation of comedy in writing, performing and speaking, he said.

Tomasulo left a full-time career as a comedian about four years ago to complete studies for his doctorate in intellectual development of children. His thesis that children's recognition of nonsense or absurdity precedes and aids their understanding of reality was presented to the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery in California earlier this year. Ik." fM wn hair and a torn mm Kj We welcome rJ MasterCard and Visa. RED BANK The Department of Speech and Hearing at Riverview Hospital is organizing two groups to help stroke victims overcome difficulties with speech. There will be a group for individuals with dysarthria, or slurred speech, and another for persons with aphasia, the partial loss of speech.

The groups will meet at 11 a.m. Thursdays under the direction of a speech pathologist. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Brookdale Community College will offer a four-hour training program for food service workers from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 21.

A second section is scheduled for 8 to 10 p.m. Nov. 17 and 24. Topics include basic mircobiology, food preparation, personal hygiene, equipment sanitization and storage, insect and rodent control, garbage storage and disposal, first aid for choking and the inspection process. A certificate and training manual will be issued to all participants.

The registration fee of $9 may be mailed to Community Services, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft 07738. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Arthur Macy Cox, author and foreign affairs consultant, will speak at Brookdale Community College at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Performing Arts Center. Cox, the author of "Russian Roulette: the Superpower Game," is on the board of directors of the American Committee on East-West Accord. He has been a consultant to the United Nations and the U.S.

Arms Control Agency, and was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1952 to 1961. During World War he served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Secret Intelligence Branch. He was also a member of the Psychological Strategy Board during the Truman Administration. Admission to the lecture is free. HAZLET TOWNSHIP The Hazlet Democratic Club will sponsor a free concert by the Happy Days String Band at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Veterans Memorial Park, Union Avenue. Picnic areas are available, and refreshments will be sold at the park. Spectatators may bring lawn chairs. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP The Westminster Presbyterian Church, 94 Tindall Road, will have its fourth annual "Family-A-Fair" bazaar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday at the church. was a tions as well as discussions of comedy as an art form, Tomasulo said. To illustrate the development of a comic idea, Tomasulo suggested imagining a road sign stating, "Dip In Road." "What does the sign mean? Are we expected to bring along a bag of chips, stop the car and go searching for some chives and sour cream? "We intend to take the comic premise and flush it out, forcing it into as many avenues as possible," Tomasulo said. Once the material has been identified, course participants will use "brainstorming" and feedback sessions to discover the best uses and timing for an idea, he said. By continuing his performances in New York, Tomasulo said he will be able to lead the course "from the heart," not just from the head.

Information on registering for the course is available from Brookdale's Community Services department. he ftoul Shrewsbury Plus, Shrewsbury, J. 07701 Open Tua. Sat. 104.

10-9. Sun. 12-5 older model lj ill pi ues Comrouni Allen Jones, 5 (right), Eatontown, helps prove theory held by Dan Tomasulo (left), of Brookdale College, that humor stimulates children's thinking. Tonight 101 lbs. Matawan awaits NJ Transit move on station The public invited to atte sessions, but public participaticr is not allowed Asbury Park Planning Board, 5 p.m.

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can ttuitituily soyU I was (tie lastssl simplest. 1 I wos never hungry and Ml! great throughout the prog-Lj ram. The weight loss wasi way ever lost weight1 nebois Slmpson MATAWAN Municipal officials can't determine the future of the borough's former train station until NJ Transit Corp. makes final a lease agreement on the building, Councilwoman Virginia Christinat says. Ms.

Christinat said the borough must close the deal with NJ Transit, which owns the structure, before subleasing the Victorian-style station. NJ Transit officials plan to build a new WAIX TOWNSHIP -bord, 17, Windfield Drive, of Eagle Scout with the All Troop 82. For his Eagle service station east of the former building to complement electrification of the North Jersey Coast Line southward to the borough. Michael Piperno, borough administrator, said municipal officials want to sublease the old station to finance the upkeep of about 500 commuter parking spaces in the municipality. The Borough Council's railroad committee Ms.

Christinat, Robert J. Strang and Harry P. Lequier is reviewing nine last ana easy1 recommend the program ve tried every diet and proposals from prospective tenants who want to rent the station, Piperno said. Borough officials approved the leasing move about one month ago. Ms.

Christinat said she didn't know when NJ Transit officials will act. Piperno said the borough would pay $1 annually under the five-year lease arrangement. He said NJ Transit officials have offered to repair the station's electrical and heating systems for the building's tenant. Proposals for the station include: a cluster of Victorian-style boutiques. a restaurant with railroad motif, an art and antique center.

a shop with vending machines, newspapers and a snack bar. Piperno said borough officials cannot make a profit on subleasing the building, but are permitted to accumulate a 10 percent reserve fund for station repairs. Jeff Falduto Una Park. organized and directed the distribution of ohiid weight loss program that came along with me same result slow loss last gaining it pack not at Fast weight loss and you don't gain It back! 36 IPs gone! 1 1 Connie Thorpe I Brielle Borough Council caucus, 7 p.m., regular meeting, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Wall Township Board of Education, 8 p.m., intermediate school.

0 Ocean Township Council caucus. 7 p.m., township library. Ocean Township Sewerage Authority caucus, 5:30 p.m., regular meeting, 6:30 5 p.m., 224 Roosevelt Ave. Bradley Beach Board of Commissioners 5 caucus, 1 p.m., regular meeting, 2 p.m., Borough Hall. Jj Allenhurst Board of Commissioners, 8 p.m., Borough Hall.

jS Spring Lake Heights Borough Council caucus, 7 p.m., regular meeting, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. 3 rescue stickers throughout the South Wall fire district. Mjkfi; 1 WWfc. Volunteers under his Harbor commission shows plans for new bulkhead leadership visited more IA a lifelime solution for a lifetime problem! While you're losing all those extra pounas, we'll be teaching you all the secrets -lor modification which will make it possible for you to stay slim for the rest of your than 1,700 homes and delivered more than 400 window stickers to help firemen locate 'm Deal Board of Commissioners, S3 p.m., small children in THIS WfcEK X.Borough Hall. OFF ALL PROGRAMS Neptune City Council, 7:30 p.m.

Bor- Nestle blaze traced to a defective valve ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS The Harbor Commission has prepared preliminary drawings for the installation of a new bulkhead. Commission Chairwoman Florence Black said the drawings must be approved by the Coastal Engineering division of the state Department of Environmental Protection. The commission received tentative DEP approval to go ahead with the drawings early last month. Mrs. Black also said various state and federal permits must be issued before actual work on the bulkhead can begin.

The new bulkhead will be placed about 16 inches in front of the existing 40-year-old timber bulkhead, but will consist of heavier timbers, piling and sheeting. The old bulkhead will serve as additional reinforcement, she said. "Hopefully, it will last another 40 years," Mrs. Black said. Mrs.

Black said she has enjoyed a productive relationship with engineers in the coastal engineering department. "I've kept after them for about a year and a half on this project but they have been very responsive to the commission in terms of telling us what we had to do to meet the necessary requirements," Mrs. Black said. Although no figure has been set on the total cost of the project, Mrs. Black said estimates made about three years ago indicated the installation of a new bulkhead would cost about $900,000.

The project is to be 75 percent funded by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and 25 percent funded by the commission. Once the necessary permits and approvals for the work are given, Mrs. Black said contracts for the work could be awarded by Dec. 15. NO DRUGS NO EXERCISE NO GUESSING THE WORK YOU LOSE 3 TO 7 LBS.

PER WEEK IcRE IS NO EASIER, FASTER OR SAFER WAY TO LOSE THOSE EXTRA POUNDS! CALL NOW OR JUST DROP IN FOR FREE INFORMATION of emergency. He was the 1879 re- i cipient of the Troop 82 yGUIBORB William Stemmennann Memorial Awar outstanding advancement, leadership service to troop and community, He also rifle marksman of the week at fi burg Scout Reservation last year He joined Troop 82 in 1976 followilpj years with the Cub Scout Pack 182. Richard, a senior at Wall Hih Scho oust' ik FREEHOLD A small fire last night at the Nestle Jerseyville Avenue, was traced to a faulty valve on a kerosene line. Hank Stryker, 2nd assistant fire chief for the Freehold Borough Fire Department, said the alarm was sounded at 8:52 p.m. and the fire was doused quickly.

The fire was confined to a small por tion of the boiler complex, part of a Ave story building at the plant, he said. The only real damage was the valve, on a line feeding kerosene into a boiler, Stryker said. The plant's own fire department put out the fire with the borough's men and equipment backing them up, Stryker said. is HI1 Budget cuts threaten to close teen-age drug center trell. the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert G.

CP Probe in sex assault continues Our name says it all! ough Hall. Manasquan Borough Council, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. Long Branch Sewerage Authority, 1:30 p.m., Joline Ave. Monmouth Beach Board of Commissioners, 8:30 p.m., municipal building West Long Branch Planning Board, 8 jj.m., Borough Hall. Brielle Planning Board, 8 p.m., Borough Hall.

Belmar Board of Commissioners, 8 p.m., Borough Hall. Neptune City Board of Education, 8 p.m., elementary school. Spring Lake Planning Board, 8 p.m., -Borough Hall. Manasquan Board of Education, 8 p.m., elementary school. West Long Branch Board of Education caucus, 8 p.m., superintendent's office, Frank Antonides School.

Oceanport Board of Education, ,8 p.m., Maple Place School library. IttlCX WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS ft Cottrell is the scoutmaster, ctf Troop 8j, MANASQUAN The Manafiq Preservation Association, in comujv with the Manasquan Woman 's Club, wl its annual borough candidates' forum to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Women's i Main St. Admission is free. of St aw' eon the FORT LEE 1580 Lemoliw Ave 592-1722 mm 2005 Rt.

22W. B51-G250 LONG BRANCH The vocational director of the state-run Chelsea School believes the only hope of keeping the school open is emergency funding from the Kean administration. Joseph Wilberscheid, the vocational director, said unless funding is provided the icility will close Friday. The school, which specializes in the treatment and education of adolescents with drug problems, is one of many state programs being cut by the administration so the state can cut its deficit. Wilberscheid said the students left the school Sept.

17 by edict of the Department of Health but staff members have been EATONTOWN 142 Hwy. 35 SUITE 4 (Actons From Burger King) Moot Major Credit Cerda Accepted trying since August to obtain the money needed to save the program. "There is the possibility the (Kean) administration will postpone layoffs of the staff through tax legislation monies," Wilberscheid said. "I think that's the only thing that will make it possible for school to stay open even temporarily." Wilberscheid also said Assemblyman Richard Van Wagner, D-Monmouth, has promised to introduce a bill providing funding for the school. Van Wagner was not available for comment last night concerning the bill's details.

The Legislature doesn't resume session until next Monday and Wilberscheid sees mm no clear indication the school will remain open. Wilberscheid said any solution including that one is still "very much up in the air." His main concern is the students' future. "They have been placed back into regular schools and the environments that got them into trouble in the first place." The school has served as a residential facility and includes a full high school, with vocational and college-oriented programs, as well as counseling. Youngsters at the school were sent there by law enforcement officials or by school boards which could no longer cope with them, Wilberscheid said. Dr.

Allen Koplin, the acting commissioner of health, said the school became a "lower priority" item after state budget cuts. "This school was an experiment and we couldn't develop any medical proof that it was successful, so it was reluctantly sacrificed," he said. While school records showed that only $200,000 of the school's $865,000 budget was to come from the Department of Health, Koplin put the department's projected contribution at $580,000. Charles Currie, the school's director, said the school had expected to handle 45 to 50 youngsters this semester. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS Police have released further information concerning the description of a suspect wanted in connection with an incident of aggravated sexual assault and armed robbery Oct.

3. The suspect is a black male between 23 and 25 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin build. He had an Afro hairstyle, a thin moustache and long sideburns. He was wearing maroon corduroy pants and a brown waist-length jacket. Police said he was one of two passengers in a two-door dark car driven by a white male.

The car was described as being Chevy Nova-size in fairly good condition with a quiet-running motor and wide lmmmmm''1 i unraised tires. The car also had out-of-state license plates with a white background. The car had been parked in the Hubbard's Store parking lot, First and Garfield avenues. The black male was let out of the car and the two white males drove away. The black man was seen talking to a 14-year-old girl between 9 and 10 p.m.

that night. Police urge anyone with information about the teen-ager with whom the man was talking or the vehicle to notify them. Identities of persons offering information on the incident will be kept confidential. i tt, ft Rt. 46 West NANUET 58 E.

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