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Vol. 4 - No. 9
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For Pedestrian Sa�ety, ‘HAWK’ Comin� To The Resc�e In LBI
By Daniel Nee LONG BEACH ISLAND – There’s a new eye in the sky helping to protect pedestrians on one of Long Beach Island oft-traversed intersection between two towns, and it’s called a HAWK. HAWK, an acronym for High-Intensity Active Crosswalk, (Pedestrian - See Page 4)
By Daniel Nee LACEY – Federal officials, in a quarterly report released recently on the Oyster Green Generating Station, said they will use their discretion and not further scrutinize the plant following an incident which garnered a minor safety violation, known as a white finding. The Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission issued its quarterly report on the plant August 3. In the report, the federal agency detailed the “white” finding – spurred by an incident of “low safety significance,” the agency said – which involved a failed electrical relay for one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators. (Oyster Creek - See Page 5)
Barnegat Working Through ‘Growing Pains’ With New Police Dispatch Setup
By Daniel Nee we did was – when we BARNEGAT – Town- changed dispatchers – that ship off icials are still was co-incident with us adjusting to the township taking on the Spillman sysc om m it t e e’s d e ci sio n tem, which we were going earlier this year to hand to do anyway.” over the reigns of its poThe Spillman system is lice dispatch services to a modern dispatching and the Ocean County Sher- infor mation source for iff’s Department. officers that provides inThe issues, Mayor John depth information on calls, Novak said, history “Those software the are mainly of calls to functionality related to the a p a r t ic u tow nship’s deficiencies are lar address si mult ane being addressed.” op ra r ft ri co uml aar ous switch to the sher- –Mayor John Novak phone numiff’s office and to new ber. The database-driven software, which has come software allows officers with some limitations that to cross reference inforare now being addressed. mation to provide a better “There were some grow- understanding of who and ing pains initially, on both what they are dealing with sides,” said Novak, speak- on a given call, officials ing to a question from a have said. member of the public at But with any new softa recent committee meet- ware system, there have ing. “Unfortunately, what (Dispatch - See Page 4)
–Photos by Daniel Nee Some of the higher-tech elements of new crosswalks installed on Long Beach Island recently.
Oyster Creek Won’t Receive Extra Scrutiny For ‘White’ Finding
August 20, 2016
Enforcement Detail Returns To Busy County Road
By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – A year after officials hailed an enforcement detail on a major, accident-prone county road as a success, law enforcement agencies announced they will refocus their efforts on the roadway. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office will renew its detail along Route 539, which traverses the western portion of Ocean County,
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from Little Egg Harbor Township through Plumsted. “Last year’s initiative concluded with over 600 vehicle stops and zero fatalities for the 32 day effort,” said Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato. “The great news is that we have continued to see zero fatalities to date. We want to not only celebrate that success, but use the detail to educate drivers (Road - See Page 5)
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