Vol. 4 - No. 28
I N T HIS W EEK ’ S E DITION
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–Photos by Chris Lundy (Above) Mayor Peter Curatolo gets sworn in by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3rd ) at the Lacey Township re-organization meeting as his family looks on. (Right) Commit teeman Steven Kennis gets sworn in by MacArthur at the Lacey Township meeting. By Chris Lundy LACEY – The Lacey Township Committee swore in a new mayor and deputy mayor, and assigned professional duties during its re-organization meeting on New Year’s Day. Lacey has a five-member committee, and they choose which of
them becomes mayor for a one-year term. Committeeman Peter Curatolo will perform his first year as mayor. “It’s a great honor and I’m humbled,” he said. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3 rd ) was on hand to swear in the new mayor. He also swore in Committeeman Nich-
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| January 7, 2017
Energy Aggregate Earns Lacey Savings
By Chris Lundy LACEY – Residents will see a 13 percent reduction in the cost of their electricity, although the cost of delivering that electricity will be unchanged. Electricity and the wires to conduct it are two separate things. The wires, and the personnel who maintain them, are all run by Jersey Central Power and Light. Currently, Lacey also gets its elect r icit y from JCP&L. That is about to change. Electricity is produced by many different companies and all flow into
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the same grid. Therefore, it does not matter whether your electricity comes from JCP&L or another company. Thus, several towns banded together to form an energy aggregate in order to determine what company had the best deal for the cost of electricity. Stafford Township took the lead on this project, and hired a consultant to find the best deal. Several other municipalities joined to increase their buying power and maybe get a better group rate. In essence, (Energy - See Page 5)
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olas Juliano as deputy mayor. Curatolo and Committeeman Steven Kennis were sworn into their three-year terms as committee members, after winning last year’s election. The committee members thanked MacArthur for taking time out of his schedule to be in Lacey
on New Year’s. Curatolo, 47, works as the director of the I nt ox icat e d D r ive r Resource Center for t h e O c e a n C ou nt y Health Depar tment. He thanked his wife and family for their support. In response to being (Lacey - See Page 4)
By Courtney McCann OCEAN COUNTY – Most lost and founds are for mittens, sweaters and the occasional hat or scarf. At the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library, the lost and found is home to all of the odds and ends that borrowers leave in books as makeshift bookmarks, rather than dog-earing the pages of the latest James Patterson or Nora Roberts. That includes what appear to be treasured family moments, in photographs left between pages. “Sometimes it’s a piece of yarn or string,” said Rachael Lavoie-Dohn, chief librarian of the Toms River branch. “Maybe an expired plane ticket.” In July, a table was set up in the lobby with (Treasures - See Page 5)
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