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W14 Daily Record, Northwest N.J., Wednesday, September 8, 1982 Sussex judge void leaves gap in justice system gene Dingman murder trial is he expected to sit on the bench in Newton. He said there were no available Morris County judges to be spared. "I know it's inconvenient to the lawyers and the constituents in Sussex County to have to come to Morristown, but there's nothing I can do," said Muir. Honig said some attorneys might try 1 to have their cases moved to other counties, if possible, to speed the process. But, he said, most likely, the cases will sit on the shelf and collect tJust while lawyers attend to out-of-county cases.

"The problem is one for the citizens, not for the lawyers," said Honig. "We have plenty to keep us busy. They will be delayed." By LAWRENCE RAGONESE Staff Writer NEWTON It's the public, not the lawyers, who will be hurt by the state's failure to appoint a replacement for Superior Court Judge James Quinn, who retired last week, say Sussex County attorneys. Members of the Sussex County Bar Association, after an unsatisfying meeting with Sussex and Morris County Assignment Judge Robert Muir Jr. last week, said the already-serious backlog of court cases in the county would get even worse without judicial relief.

"The citizens of this county will be out of access to justice for most of the rest of this year," said Franklin attorney Em Several political sources have said the county could be without a new judge until next January. Judge Weber, who normally handles criminal and matrimonial cases, will be required to handle all matters Including criminal, civil, juvenile and matrimonial cases and district court, pertaining to civil matters of under $500. "I don't know how he'll do It; he'll have to do the best he can," said Muir. The court system in Sussex County, especially the civil court system, is backlogged with cases filed in 1980 just now reaching trial. Muir said he will handle all emergent matters and civil motions from Sussex County in Morristown.

Only for the Eu manuel Honig, past president of the Sussex County and State Bar associations. "No cases will be tried here except for criminal matters and even those will be superseded by juvenile cases and other emergent cases." In an effort to pressure the state into action, the Bar Association passed a resolution demanding emergency action be taken regarding a replacement. That action could include transferring a judge from another county to Sussex on a temporary basis or using a retired judge for a temporary period. The Bar Association will send a delegation to Trenton to personally make its plea for quick action in filling the vacancy to Supreme Court Chief Justice Rob ert Wilentz and Gov. Thomas H.

Kean. Quinn's retirement will leave the county without a presiding Superior Court Judge until Sept. 13, when vacationing Judge Frederic G. Weber returns to the bench to handle the county by himself. A new judge would have to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate.

Included in the appointment process would be time-consuming reviews of the nominee by the state and county bar associations and a background check by the State Police. The new judge probably would require time to wrap up his own business prior to stepping up to the bench. MM MM IT 4 1 in Staff Photo By JOHN BELL School throws open doors The new Wallkill Valley Regional High School, in Hardyston, opened its doors for the first time yesterday. It was estimated at least 500 students showed up at the new building. Above, Conrad Wachter (right), who'll be teaching a computer class, gets acquainted with his students.

In photo at right, students admire the school's spacious gymnasium. I Rockaway Twp. adopts monitoring well measure for industry ery of volatile organic chemicals in ground water at Picatinny Arsenal, a gasoline leak from a Shell station on Green Pond Road which required the installation of a carbon filter for the township water supply and pollution of the ground water at Lake Telemark with toxic, synthetic, organic chemicals. ing lab. If test results show ground water contamination at an unsafe level by state standards, the owner or operator of the establishment would have to take immediate steps to contain the pollution source.

Some of the pollution problems the township has experienced in the last few years are the discov applicants who proposed industrial or non-residential uses that may result in any ground water contamination to install monitoring wells. The township attorney, however, will report back to the council next Tuesday on what the township can do about abandoned properties with pollution prob lems. The ordinance, as adopted, requires the owner or operator of the development to implement a ground water monitoring program capable of determining the impact of the proposed use on the quality of the ground water underlying the facility. "We have been hit right, left and center with ground water pollution," said Stephen Stoldt, of the township environmental commission. "The township is a whole series of time bombs.

It's our duty to maintain an accountability to the residents." The monitoring wells would have to be sampled and analyzed semi-annually by a certified test By MICHELE MITKOWSKI Staff Writer ROCKAWAY TWP. Before it is granted a township building or zoning permit here, industry will have to put in monitoring wells so water pollution can be detected before it spreads. The township council last night adopted an ordinance requiring Jailbreak indictments handed up GOP candidates launch drive ty and sentenced to state prison prior to being transferred to Sussex County to face burglary charges in Newton. Corrections Officers Howard Drake III and Jeffrey Graeber, both of Newton, who were on duty in the recreation area at the time of the escape, were fired. Graeber is Considering contesting that action.

County Administrator Donald Welcome and Warden Joseph Diemar were reprimanded for failing to install razor ribbon, a sharp-cutting wire, around the recreation area wall that could have prevented the of the local board of adjustment. Their Democratic opponents are Councilman Jon Huston, Emily Codella, Stephen O'Mara and Joe Clark. Other major points in the Republican campaign will be to attract quality tax rat-ables to the township; to protect the local zoning ordinance for balanced township growth; to continue the growth reconstruction and repaying program and to try to complete the Jackson Brook sewer interceptor project. Because the question of whether the township should build a library is up for referendum in November, the candidates said they will not take a position on this issue. said he broke into a Pine Street home here on July 28 and stole a motorcycle.

The pair broke out of the jail on Aug. 15 by scaling an outside recreation area wall and jumping to freedom. They were recaptured within 15 hours. At the time of the jailbreak, Reynolds was being held on a charge of attempted murder, in connection with the June 4 knife slashing of a Newton woman. He faces a prison sentence for the escape even if he is found innocent of the attempted murder charge.

Kuczynski had been convicted of criminal offenses in Somerset Coun RANDOLPH TWP. Since summer is unofficially over now, the Republican candidates for the township council kicked off their campaign last night. Running as a team, the four candidates said they thought the primary issue in the campaign would be taxes. At a news conference at Senatore's restaurant here, the candidates said their campaign would be based on a platform of responsible government for the township and on the records of the Republican-controlled council of the past few years. The four Republican candidates are incumbents Albert Enoch and Geroge Szat-kowski; and Michael Babyak, a former councilman, and John Fjnnerin, chairman By LAWRENCE RAGONESE Staff Writer NEWTON The two men who escaped from the Sussex County Jail last month face three to five years in state prison after having been indicted on charges relating to the escape by a Sussex County grand jury.

Both Daniel Reynolds, 19, of Newton, and Robert Kuczynski, 18, of Hampton Township, were charged with one count of unlawfully removing themselves from official detention in the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility. Kuczynski was also named in a separate and unrelated indictment on burglary and theft charges. Police Montville official claims board against Rt. 287 leg MONTVILLE TWP. Town Eckhardt noted that many of tn22A WHAT'S GOOD FOR ME IN 83? the people in Washington, D.C., working on the project have been doing so for many years and are unwilling to compromise.

"Unfortunately, what happens today, people in Washington are on important projects so long, they became blinded," he said, adding that the officials come to the point where a project "must be finished." Committeeman Richard Stein questioned the government's logic in its recent decision to approve the environmental impact statement for the mountain route. ship committee chairman Frederick Eckhardt last night said the committee is still "adamantly opposed" to the proposed "mountain route" completion of Route 287. Responding to a question from Judy Baum, of the Citizens Against 287, Eckhardt said the township will remain opposed to the mountain route even if other affected municipalities approve the plan. Members of the committee had met with federal highway administration officials on Aug. 17 to discuss Route 287's completion.

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"We're not too far apart," board President Michael Romano said last night. The district's 23 teachers went back to school yesterday without a contract. The teachers declared the negotiations at an impasse two months ago, and a mediator from 1 lations Commission was brought in, Romano said. The two sides met with the mediator last week and will meet with him again tomorrow, he said. A Sept.

30 meeting also has been scheduled, but it man not be necessary, he said. Romano declined to discuss details of the negotiations. The teachers' representatives could not be reached for comment last night. For furlhw Womwtton on OPEN HOUSE or rtgMratton Staff Photo By ROBERT S. TOWNSEND 1 i 9 FALL PRACTICE Debbie Cuenin, a freshman, leans on a blocking slecC and watches her boyfriend practice with the Dover High football team rv: yesterday.

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