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Vol. 3 - No. 29
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Acme Store In Barnegat Expected To Open February, Official Says
–Photo by Daniel Nee The signs are up for Acme in Barnegat at the long-vacant Genuardi’s site, planned to open in February. By Daniel Nee ship] that its anticipating opening is in early The Genuardi’s space, once the anchor BARNEGAT – After years of vacancy, the February,” said Commiteeman Albert Bille. store in the Barnegat Village Square shopformer Genuardi’s store in Barnegat will Acme, he said, has had its application to ping center on West Bay Avenue, has been reopen as an Acme in February, according open reviewed by the township’s zoning, vacant since it closed in late 2012. The cloto one local official. building and plumbing inspectors, and work sure left Barnegat without any supermarket “The contractor has informed [the town- on a rooftop HVAC unit is underway. (Acme - See Page 4)
Suspension Of LBI Replenishment Project Draws Criticism From State, Local Officials
By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – Work on an island-wide beach replenishment project has been stopped in its tracks following a decision by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to halt operations so its dredge boats could be moved to other projects. The decision by the company to stop work on the Long Beach Island beach replen-
ishment and dune building project until sometime in the spring has drawn harsh criticism by state and local officials, who say the project’s completion is central to protecting the island from storm damage during the spring nor’easter and 2016 hurricane seasons. “By suspending its Long Beach Island (Replenishment - See Page 12)
January 9, 2016
Barnegat Holds Off On Revision To Secondhand Dealer Regulations
By Daniel Nee BARNEGAT – Following a protest by several antique and consignment shop owners at a recent meeting of the township committee, Barnegat officials agreed to hold off on a revision to its secondhand dealer ordinance that the business owners claim would be a hardship. In July 2015, the committee revised its secondhand dealer ordinance to exempt antique shops and used clothing stores from numerous requirements aimed at helping police track down those suspected of turning in stolen items for cash. The business owners said their merchandise – antiques and used children’s clothes – were not the types of goods stolen by thieves or drug addicts to be turned in. Additionally, since hundreds of articles of clothing or estate items can be turned in during a single day, there would be no conceivable way to catalog and photograph each, as the ordinance requires, the business owners said. The ordinance, as revised, would require all businesses that purchase secondhand goods to photograph the seller, each individual item and transmit the photographs and identification information on each seller (Secondhand - See Page 4)
FREEHOLDER LACEY RESIGNS
By Catherine Galioto OCEAN COUNTY – Freeholder Jim Lacey submitted a letter of resignation on December 31, creating a vacancy for the county board of freeholders that the county party chairman said would be filled within 35 days after a county convention is called. Lacey, of Brick, had served as a freeholder since 1993. His term was to end January 2017. Freeholder Director John Bartlett announced Lacey’s resignation December 31 from the five-member, all-Republican board of chosen freeholders. The freeholders
meeting after this announcement, the annual reorganization meeting, was January 6, after presstime. For updates to this story, visit micromediapubs.com. According to a report in the Asbury Park Press, the Lacey vacancy would be filled by a convention of the county Republican party, called by party chairman George Gilmore, who told the Press that Virginia Haines was the likely frontrunner to fill the vacancy. Lacey, who was also serving on the (Resignation - See Page 4)