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PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF’S SALE

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F430100.

SUMMIT BANK, PLAINTIFF vs. JOSE MENESES AND SOCORRO MENESES, HIS WIFE, ERT AL, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DATED JUNE 13, 2000 FOR SALE OF MORTGAGED PREMISES.

By virtue of the abovestated writ of execution to me directed I shall expose for sale by public vendue, at the Union County, Administration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabeth Town Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey on WEDNESDAY THE 30TH DAY OF AUGUST A. D., 2000 at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. All successful bidders must have 20% of their bid available in cash or certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is ONEHUNDRED THIRTY TWO THOUSAND FOURHUNDRED THIRTY ONE & 47/ 100 ($ 132,431.47).

The property to be sold is located in the city of ELIZABETH, in the County of UNION, and the State of New Jersey.

Commonly known as; 630632 CLEVELAND AVENUE, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07208. Tax Lot No. 292 in Block No. 10. Dimensions of Lot (Approximately) 40 feet wide by 100 feet long.

Nearest Cross Street: Situate on the southwesterly side of Cleveland Avenue, distant 328 feet from the northwesterly side of Elmora Avenue.

There is due approximately the sum of ONEHUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED EIGHT & 51/ 100 ($ 138,308.51) together with lawful interest and costs.

There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale.

RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF FRANK J. MARTONE, P. C. 4 Brighton Road Clifton, New Jersey 07012 CH755389 (WL) 4 T 8/ 3, 8/ 10, 8/ 17 & 8/ 24/ 00 Fee: $185.64

PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF’S SALE

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F463898.

THE SUMMIT TRUST COMPANY, PLAINTIFF vs. THOMAS C. ROBINSON, ET ALS, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1998 FOR SALE OF MORTGAGED PREMISES.

By virtue of the abovestated writ of execution to me directed I shall expose for sale by public vendue, at the Union County Administration Building, 1st Floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey on WEDNESDAY THE 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER A. D., 2000 at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. All successful bidders must have 20% of their bid available in cash or certified check at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR & 01/ 100 ($ 28,024.01).

MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ELIZABETH.

COUNTY AND STATE: COUNTY OF UNION; STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

STREET AND STREET NUMBER: 31 Lyon Place, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202.

TAX LOT AND BLOCK NUMBERS: LOT NO. 586, BLOCK NO. 6.

DIMENSIONS: Approximately 129.00 feet x 23.00 feet x 77.36 feet x 51.90 feet.

NEAREST CROSS STREET: Murray Street.

There is due approximately the sum of THIRTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHTHUNDRED TWENTY SIX & 39/ 100 ($ 33,826.39) together with lawful interest and costs.

There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale.

RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF HACK, PIRO, O’DAY, MERKLINGER, WALLACE & MCKENNA, Attorneys 30 Columbia Turnpike P. O. Box 941 Florham Park, New Jersey 079320941 CH754228 (WL) 4 T 8/ 17, 8/ 24, 8/ 31 & 9/ 7/ 00 Fee: $183.60

Letters to the Editor

tity opened a fraudulent credit account and made off with approximately $17,000 in unauthorized charges since January.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

· A resident of Warren Street reported the theft of jewelry valued at approximately $300. There was no sign of forced entry to the home.

· A resident of Clydesdale Road reported that a hubcap was stolen from a parked vehicle overnight.

· Someone reported the theft of $120 in cash from a register at a business in the 300 block of Park Avenue. Police said there were no signs of forced entry.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11

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SCOTCH PLAINS POLICE BLOTTER

· An employee of a Terrill Road restaurant reported that $1,600 in cash was missing from inside an office. It is believed the funds were removed sometime overnight. The point of entry into the building was unknown at press time.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12

· Someone reported the theft of a pocketbook from a locked vehicle at a Park Avenue restaurant. Police said entry was gained by breaking out a window.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

· A Farley Avenue resident reported a piece of jewelry missing from storage boxes being moved into the residence sometime around August 2.

Why Are Town, BOE Trying to Ram Through Arts Facility Proposal?

It is amazing that, although the platter is full at the Westfield Board of Education and Westfield Town Council with so many pressing issues, there is a seemingly dedicated effort to ram through a nebulous plan for an arts facility.

The Board of Education apparently never told the other town groups that there is a threeanda half year ongoing effort to consolidate two surplus properties in which there are no Westfield students. The renovation work that needs to be done at 302 Elm Street is beyond the scope of public funds, even with donations and grant money.

It should be done properly by a private developer and we have complete confidence in the Westfield Planning and Zoning Boards that it will be done well.

The ruse of using grant money only obligates future public expenditures. The Board of Education apparently believes this will excuse their holding on to an expensive white elephant which

drains needed money away from classrooms. The socalled grant end foundation money is the camel’s nose under the tent. The proposed sale of 302 Elm Street never included the parkland across the street. Since February 1997, in repeated discussions and letters, it was clearly stated that lot 11 be excluded. Its best use is the current one green space.

Where is the role of the voters in Westfield? Don’t the citizens have a voice? What about the views of the neighborhood and parking requirements? Wouldn’t all this elaborate and comprehensive planning and coordination be better spent on much more pressing issues like Board sponsored and funded field trips, elementary lunchroom facilities, renovated science labs and school buildings and additional needed classrooms?

Joanne Hone Westfield Parking? Retail Boosterism?

Westfielders Should Say ‘No’

Retailers must beat last year’s numbers for traffic, sales per square foot, and net profits to survive. Their bottom line is enhanced by motivating commercial real estate vendors to finance accessible, convenient, free parking to attract more and more vehicular traffic. The mall operators have an incentive to make these investments because their rental revenue is directly related to the retailers’ revenue.

We, the people of Westfield, have no incentive to support this type of growth. We do not financially benefit from it. For us, NEW PARKING = NEW TAXES.

The Downtown Westfield Corporation is trying to sell the residential taxpayers on their growth plan to attract more vehicular traffic to the center of Colonial Westfield. Broad Street, Central Avenue, South Avenue, Rahway Avenue and Lawrence Avenue are to become major access arteries from Route 22 and the Garden State Parkway through our residential communities.

If the DWC’s dreams come true, there will be huge, virtually free parking decks at the terminus of our streets. All of these grand improvements will be funded by the residential taxpayer, of course. Their new growth will be our new taxes.

Now is the time for us to stand up and be counted. We do not want to turn Colonial Westfield into a regional mall. We do not want more vehicular traffic clogging our streets. We do not want multilevel mall parking. And most of all, we do not want to increase our residential real estate taxes.

We want to reserve our future tax dollars for better education systems and municipal services that benefit the residential taxpayers directly. In the decades ahead, Westfield will be facing huge capital demands to add, upgrade or replace schools, parks, pools, senior housing, aging residential streets and storm sewers.

A financial commitment to turn our downtown area into a regional mall today will diminish our ability to fund the essential programs we will really need in the near future.

Brendan P. Culligan Westfield

Letters to the Editor

Friends Group Presents Gifts To Scotch Plains Library

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Friends of the Scotch Plains Public Library, which spearheads fundraisers to provide the library with additional sources of revenue, recently presented several gifts to the library.

Ted Czarnomski, President of the Friends, revealed that proceeds from several of the group’s recent programs and membership drives were turned over to the library for the following purchases:

A new 3foot by 4foot reversible chalkboard for the children’s section of the library.

A cash donation toward the Children’s Summer Reading Program Party. These funds were earmarked for refreshments and some incentive

books to be given as prizes to some of the participants in the program.

A donation of $750 was given toward a classical compact disc collection for the adult section of the library.

The first program on the Friends’ 20002001 agenda will be a silkflower arranging demonstration featuring Nancy Connor of Nancy Connor Designs.

Further details about this free program will be announced soon, according to Mr. Czarnomski. All area residents are invited to attend.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Friends of the Scotch Plains Public Library may pick up an application at the library, located at 1927 Bartle Avenue.