Riverside Signal | 1 June 2012 |
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Blue Line Emergency Lighting, Toms River, provided lighting and radio equipment. Local Businesses continued from page 3 personal vehicle involved. “It also makes it easier to make multiple calls as the chief can handle one call and I can handle the other, plus in summertime around here, at 5 o’clock traffic on Route 9, nobody’s moving over for a blue light on my Ford Focus,” the assistant chief continued. “It just makes response time quicker, plus there’s now the radio capability in here to communicate with South Jersey Net, which is the Monoc [rescue response] helicopter, which I didn’t have before in my personal vehicle.” The refurbished vehicle is a deep red color to match the apparatus
of the fire company and carries a blue light bar, communications equipment, and various decals and emblems. Asst. Chief Risk thanked the borough for getting the truck from the county, Jim Sobieski of Beachwood Auto Body for providing time and material to paint it, Frank Melillo of Blue Line Emergency Lighting in Toms River for the lighting and radio work, and Ian MacKenzie Smith of Stuck Up Stickers in South Toms River for decaling and detailing work at “a very reduced price where basically we just paid for the materials and he donated his time for it.” “This wouldn’t have been feasible without their help,” he added.
Beachwood Library Book and Bake Sale: The Friends of the Beachwood Library held another successful book and bake sale at the historic summer bungalow-turned-lending-library on Beachwood Boulevard on Saturday, May 12th. All Photos: Erik Weber/Riverside Signal
Asst. Fire Chief Robert Risk thanked Beachwood and Pine Beach Auto Body proprietor Jim Sobieski for his business’s contribution of painting the new department vehicle.
Ian MacKenzie Smith of Stuck-Up Stickers, South Toms River, used his expertise to masterfully design, fabricate and apply the proper decals to the vehicle.
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