Vol.4 - No. 36
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| March 4, 2017
Irish Roots Celebrated In Stafford Stafford Of�icials Weighing Community Center
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 8-13.
Letters To The Editor
–Photo by Chris Lundy Tim Hart was among residents adding to the community center discussions at the Stafford township council meeting.
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From Your Government Officials Page 7.
Doctor Izzy “Healthy Hearing Calls For A Healthy Diet”
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Dear Pharmacist Page 17.
Inside The Law “Seeking Customers Who’ve Bought From These Websites”
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Dear Joel “Get Over It”
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Classified Ads Page 21.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
–Photos by Catherine Galioto Amergael’s Celebrate Irish Arts in the Ocean Acres Community Center February 25 featured live music, speakers and many vendors. (Top right) Learning how to tie a Celtic knot at the library’s table at the festival. By Catherine Galioto STAFFORD – The songs and stories reflect the personal history: an Irish experience shared with a packed community center in Ocean Acres. “Ireland and Italy, Jerusalem and Germany ...” goes the song McNally’s Rows Of Flats, one of many songs sung by performers at
Amergael’s annual Irish festival in the Ocean Acres Community Center on February 25. “… A paradise for cats; Jumbled up together, in snow or rainy weather, They represent the tenants in McNally’s row of flats.” The event, called Celebrate Irish Arts, featured (Celebrated - See Page 5)
Route 72 Project Progresses Slowly
By Chris Lundy STAFFORD – The state is in the process of acquiring land for a road project designed to clean up the intersection and driveways of Route 72 and East Road, officials said. The purpose of the project is to clean up some of the intersections to make traffic flow better and more safely. Among
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the changes fi rst proposed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 2015: Eliminate nine driveways to six commercial properties and replace them with three shared driveways. Replace the existing Route 72 westbound to East Road jughandle (on a sign as Doc Cramer Boulevard) with a new reverse
loop jughandle which connects to a realigned Martin Truex Jr. Boulevard on the south side to Route 72. Construct a new intersection with a traffic signal along Route 72 and a newly constructed extension of Doc Cramer Boulevard. The extension will provide a double left turn exit onto Route (Project - See Page 15)
By Chris Lundy STAFFORD – Officials re-affi rmed their commitment to wait and see if another community center is needed during the last Township Council meeting. Beach Haven West resident Bob McManus spoke about how things have changed in his
neighborhood since he purchased his house. He looked at the amenities in the development, like the lagoons, pool, and community center. They were all selling points for him. Now, the pool and community center are gone and the lagoons have (Center - See Page 4)
County Buys Land For Preservation
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY - The Ocean County Freeholders want to purchase two tracts of land in Little Egg Harbor and Waretown with the intention of keeping it free of development. The parcels total about 40 acres and $595,000. The first parcel is in Little Egg Harbor. It’s identified as Block 126, Lots 10, 11, and parts of 8.01. It will cost $440,000. There is a small portion of it that fronts onto Thomas Avenue, but most of it is in a wooded area.
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