The Ocean Star from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey • 1

Easter Promenade winner Future Edisons in Bay Head uiii mimlumwiij.i jpi i iinmpi -or Invention convention draws Arielle Stankiewicz takes home a first-place award students' attention 1 Ar-H U.S. POSTAGE PAID PT. PLEASANT, NJ PERMIT N0.521 ZIP CODE 08742 Friday May 1, 1998 50 Cents Bay Head Mantoloking Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Beach Officials, residents file suit to save ER t) it J1 Bay Head Environemntal Commission studies beaches, page 12. Mantoloking Popaca sworn in to another BOE term, page 3. Point Pleasant Three seek two seats in Nov.

election, page 8. Point Pleasant Beach Borough seeks fi Js to buy Risdens Beach, p. 7 Bay Head Historical Society withdraws from museum plan, p. 13 Point Pleasant Board of Education earns honors for offering quality education, p.11. By Janine Bilotti A lawsuit has been filed by the Point Pleasant Council and a Citizens Action Committee to declare a public hearing in which a health board approved a plan to replace the emergency room at Point Pleasant Hospital with a 24-hour urgent care center null and void.

The suit is scheduled to be heard in court on May 18. The matter will be heard at 9 a.m. before Superior Court Judge William H. Huber at the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River. The complaints were filed against South Central Health Planning Council Local Advisory Board No.

3 (LAB) in an effort to invalidate actions taken at an April 7 public meeting during which the advisory board supported the Meridian Health System's proposal to change Point Pleasant Hospital from an acute care facility to a rehabilitative and long term care facility. The LAB also supported consolidating the emergency room at Point Hospital with the Brick Hospital in Brick Township. Meridian Health System owns both Point Pleasant Hospital and Brick Hospital, as well as Jersey Shore Medical Center. Neptune, and Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. LAB subsequently makes a recommendation to the state planning board whether to approve or deny the SEE SUIT, PAGE 20 Point Pleasant Beach warns summer visitors A STAR IS BORN Point Pleasant Beach residents David and Cassle Palmer get a sneak preview of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Star while relaxing on the boardwalk.

The Ocean Star, published weekly on Friday, will report all the local news from the northern Ocean County communities of Bay Head, Point Pleasant, Point Pleasant Beach and Mantoloking. Mike Jones Photo Baseball Gulls near top of division, page 21 Softball Point Boro Panthers stop Rumson, page 21 Track Point Boro track results, page 25 Petracco Bay Head victory reversed County board of elections returns Burcz to seat The finer points regarding issuing the permits has not yet been hammered out by the council. "I don't know what form they will use." Mayor Daniel ilennrssy Among the options discussed were issuing cards to residents whose applications were approved Another idea was lo issue stickers thai could be posted on the ir victual's cars Mayor Daniel Hcnncssy strongly supported Ihc art. ended ordinance. hich he has called "long needed and overdue The mayor cited the existence of "animal nouses' as -me of the primary mouses for the ordinance The council 'las nicknamed summer rentals with numerous tenants and a penchant (or loud parties and rody behavior animal houses They have also earned the wrath of the council SEE WARNS.

PACE 17 By Anne Lundrrgan The council voted unanimously to approve an amended version of an ordinance banning parking on front lawns throughout the borough The amended version allows residents to apply for permits granting them coemptions from the ordinance, if they qualify To be eligible for a permit. Ihc resident must have a physical hardship (hat makes it necessary for (hem to park on ihcir front lawn Such hardships include physical handicaps, pregnancy, or temporary disability Other esceplions include unusually shaped properties or lack of off-street parking Residents who wish to seek the borough's permission lo patk on their fnnl lawns muvl apply ft a pet-mil Borough Administrator Robert Meany and Police Chief Joseph Lynch will be accepting those applications swearing in of Mrs Burcr be postponed It turned out that this request was unnecessary, because the board of education had not issued proper notice of the mcciing in a newspaper A meeting musi be advertised in a newspaper, or the board would have violated ihc state "sunshine law Therefore, the rc-organuation meeting of the board was postponed until May 5 According lo Mr Petracco's attorney. Diana Atdcrwn. he intends to challenge ihc certification of the SEE REVERSED PACE 2 Board of Ejection released their official voting results. Mrs.

Burc; was declared ihc winner. According to the county election figures. Mrs. Burc received 45 votes and Mr Petracco had a total of J4 votes The county board of election decided not to award Mr Petracco 12 of the wntc in votes for him bctauve his name was misspelled Mr Petracco is in the process of challenging the county's decision to not include those votes This Tuesday. Mr Petracco appeared in court before Superior Court Judjrc William Huber.

to request that the By Anne Lundrrgan Thiv year's school hoard race hav been a roller cmvtcr ndc for both board incumbent Roberta Burt and wnie tn candidate Chnvtophcf Petracco Mr Petracco wav declared the winner after the unofficial vote tally was tabulated by local cleclion officials He beat out the board incumbent by five votcv According to that vote tally. Mr Petracco received 50 ntc in votes compared with Mr Burc'i 45 machine registered votcv Board member Mary Glass as re elected lo the Naid with 71 mathinc votes However, vshen the (kean County A brief note from the publisher By Jamrs M. Manser Wc arc proud lo prevent Ihc inaugural edition of The (hran Suit to the residents of Ba Head. Maniolokinf. lotni Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach Wc believe the residents of the communities verve will be well informed by Jhr (ham Suit in the areas of municipal government, (including planning and onmg i.

education, sport and recreation, pervonal milestones such as hulhv. deathv. wedding, engagements, raduaiiis. and professional achievements. and.

polite actmtv Jhr (hran Slat is a paid meekly community ncpapcr that will he published even nday The paper will be available on more than 50 area newsstands lot VV pet copy Annual subscriptions ate available for $20 a vcar (Kean County and $29 per vcar outvide Ocean County Subscriber receive then newspaper by mail The (Kean Star is publuhed by CoaM Star. Inc Manawjuan Wc also publish Ike Caait Slat. hith hav been publishing weekly vime 1 877 This edition it our Matting point and readers can especl improvement a be ome more familiar with the area Our naff hav been working for a month to themvelvci tth the communities. Nit need your help The Oean Star office located at 24 Hy 15 North. Pomi Pleasant Beach Out phone number i would love hear fnwn vou Mantoloking eagerly awaits beach replenishment project tint Wfuuwwwu 1 -1 Tnff a lafn i iii I iiiiitf iHn-itfo iffl imff iff 1 1 -f' Jjiw.u jiuHi ii nwnmimii mtfii i ill protection requires 100 fool wide beaches and dunes that are 100 feet wide and 22 lo 24 feet high In 1997.

Mantoloking beaches overall lost 117,157 cubic yards of sand, with most of the sand lost in the Utter part of ihc year, according to an annual report prepared by The Richard Suxkton College of New Jcmey Coastal Resean Center By November, a V0 fool wide hnm present in lanuary at Cartigan Avenue disappeared, a 50 foot berm adjacent lo 1 04 1 Ocean Avenue disappeared, the beach adjacent to Princeton Avenue SCE PROJECT, PAGE 17 By Janiisf Bilotti A beach replenishment project like Ihc one completed last summer in M'mmouth County, hopefully will some day become a realiiy in Ocean County. Mantoloking officials vaid Mantoloking. like other shore towns in Ocean County, has csperienced a large loss of sand from sis two mile long beach in IW. and Mayor Robert A Roman is a strong advocate of shore protection thmvifh sand replacement "The best protection is lo have estremely wide beaches and wide and high dunes." Mayor Roman said TV Mae mandated minimum for norm Th south ond of Mantoloking bch how tlgni of roion courtciy of ttormy winter. OmM'i MT lrxnfirt atnllnf etVM Mm rf -rma' all swfM'i Odat 4 tnc A dnil rMTiK maimnf ytf1 ftalarMl at Sf Mb t' Mmtwti rf3rHfi- To a-mr Itts latvmi VrrtJ Mhn tHy 4mm Mrth at XI Mil I RfvMnn trqmrt4 4-47no (an pr A m-iff Km A 4mmi daily) rf rtnafe 210 rirtoat Ad A M4tmi (Iktwt CHitdtai 7'2 2 712 (Vjra ttauaf Afftt FaMn af fttf Ilra4 Ic Cream man 2nd 410 Mai Awe p7sr4 ystt tlnat tt-fiSvili, Kljtwlm tr enhwate IVaat eB I2J 372 farNtV'tthitl AI Hoftit MHitMKt Nftw.

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