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Good Farm Project Cost Rises Again Due to No Electricity, Severe Erosion All While Fire Officials Plead for Funding to Purchase Needed Equipment By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

S O U T H A M P T O N — T h e fi r s t phase of a municipal project to install recreational facilities on the Good Farm in Southampton Township has run amuck, all while the township’s fire companies plead for financial assistance. Officials last week went on the

record that “in retrospect” they should have budgeted for and installed riprap stabilization and storm drainage piping during the project’s initial phase to prevent soil erosion at the site, and that they are having “afterthoughts” about not placing fencing around the perimeter of a pond that was designed to hold a depth of six to eight feet of water.

Recent heavy rain has now filled the pond with water, causing safety concerns, and eroded part of the site’s soil. The latter, according to Rakesh Darji, an engineer with Environmental Resolutions, has caused Burlington County, which provided the municipality with $842,000 in grant funding toward Phase One, to call for the See CLIMBING/ Page 22

PEMBERTON—Last Friday night, July 19, was violent and chaotic in the Sunbury Village section of Pemberton Township. A pair of shootings—with a connection between the two incidents not being ruled out by authorities—left an unidentified 20-yearold man injured and another man, Witney Rivera, 41, of 183 Kinsley Road, dead. No arrests have been made in connection to the first shooting of the 20-year-old man, according to Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Joel Bewley on Tuesday. Rivera, who the state Attorney General’s Office said was reported by civilian witnesses to be armed with a long scythe during an altercation in Sunbury Village, was fatally shot by a Pemberton Borough Police Department officer responding to reports of the altercation shortly after the first shooting. The borough is within a minute of Sunbury Village and commonly shares its resources with the township. The police involved shooting is now under investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office, pursuant to a new law enacted in January 2019, Senate Bill 1036, which requires that office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity, or See SHOOTINGS/ Page 25

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SOUTHAMPTON—New Jersey municipalities have long been required to each have an Office of Emergency Management to coordinate local operations in cases of emergencies and disasters. T he municipal Office of Emergency M a n a ge m e nt i s a l s o r e sp o n sible fo r t h e d eve l o p m e n t , c o o r d i n a t i o n a n d implementation of plans and projects directed at protecting the lives and properties of residents in the event of a catastrophic emergency. But in Southampton Township, a physical office for emergency management doesn’t currently exist, according to Emergency Management Coordinator William Casian, who spoke to this newspaper at length following backlash against him and Mayor James F. Young Sr. over accounts that the two could not be reached during the initial hours of a flood emergency on June 20, and that the town did not follow through on flood mitigation initiatives since the last major flood to strike here in 2011. Casian, who said he is now entering his fifth month on the job, told this newspaper after last week’s July 16 Southampton Township Committee meeting that he is trying to get a physical emergency management office

established for the town with a population of over 10,000 people, “build the organization,” and “getting ready to put together a decent Emergency Operations Center (EOC)” for the township. Casian, who was a bioterrorism planner in Florida before moving to Southampton, said that since being appointed to the Southampton emergency management post, he has been “sharing rooms where space is available” in the Southampton Township Municipal Building to carry out his responsibilities. In comparison, neighboring Tabernacle Township, which has less than 7,000 residents and no retirement community within it like Southampton, has a separate Public Safety Building with an emergency management office that includes an EOC, bunkers, locker rooms and training rooms. “ We a r e ju s t slowly b u i ld i ng t h e organization and trying to make things happen,” said Casian, who added that Tow nsh ip Ad m i n ist rator K at h le en D. Hoffman is working to establish an emergency management office at the new Southampton Township Department of Public Works building off Buddtown Road. “My idea of an EOC is different than the way they have been doing it here in Jersey. When I was commander for emergency support functions in Florida, we had 12 to 14 people in a room

with phones and command gear.” Hoffman later told this newspaper that the emergency management office will not be relocated to the public works building and that there has been a change of plans, though Casian appeared to be oblivious to it. She told this newspaper that with municipal court services being relocated to Mansfield, she will have the emergency management office established in the Southa mpton Township Municipal Building where the court administration offices are located. Roads began flooding from back building thunderstorms during the early evening hours on June 19 and there was widespread concern, and warnings, that the floodwaters would eventually head toward the Rancocas Creek. Casian, when asked why he wasn’t at town hall well before the early morning June 20 flood emergency in Ewansville when the floodwaters reached the Rancocas Creek and inundated homes, called it a “good question,” but indicated his presence may not have made much of a difference given that it is questionable whether he has adequate manpower to operate an EOC. “If an EOC is open, do we have the people to do an acceptable job?” he asked. “We are still trying to put something together that is a workable EOC.” The emergency management coordinator,

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Controversy Erupts Over a Bridge That Doesn’t Exist After Sinkhole Forces Closure of Southampton Road and Sheds Light on Another One Involving Tort Claim By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

SOU T H A M P T ON —A n expa nd i ng sin k hole has led to t he closu re of a Southampton Township roadway, and is fueling claims of “mismanagement” at the hands of municipal officials after several residents contend the sinkhole went “unfixed for months” and that the initial explanation provided to the public for the road closure was “a lie.” The circumstances surrounding the road closure and controversy are bizarre. Hillards Bridge Road was closed between Red Lion and Eayrestown roads on July 12. In a Nixle emergency notification sent to residents, municipal officials wrote a “bridge was out” on Hillards Bridge Road forcing the emergency closure. Shortly thereafter, Christine Bohm and Sylvia Teahan, two Democrats running for Southampton Township Committee, posted on Facebook that “the bridge had an orange cone on it for months in hopes it would fix it.” “The township could have made repairs to it to keep it from collapsing, but the ‘not my job’ attitude is making it now a county responsibility at a higher cost and another inconvenience to our residents,” the candidates alleged. Additionally, around the same time of the Facebook posting which urged voters “to stop this behavior,” rumors began circulating in town that the bridge was closed after Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman went to check on a washout at the site and watched it move up and down as vehicles went over it.

However, as it turns out, there is no br idge between the concrete ba r r iers blocking Hillards Bridge Road to thru traffic. Rather, there is a culvert to allow water from a tributary of Little Creek to pass underneath the road. Guardrails are placed on both sides of the culvert. “There are sinkholes and washouts on both sides of the road where it is closed,” said Hoffman in an interview after a July 16 Southampton Township Committee, at which the issue was never raised. “There is a 48-inch pipe that runs underneath the road.” The township administrator contended there was no bridge and no bridge collapse. “Go out there and check it out for yourself,” she said. “It is not accurate. It certainly was not to that severity (a bridge collapse).” I n act ua lity, there a re a couple of washouts along the shoulder of the road, and currently only one sinkhole. Hoffman, when asked for an estimated repair date for the sinkhole, replied on July 21 that she was waiting to hear from the township engineer. “He has to obtain emergency proposals,” she said. In a second, July 20 Facebook posting from Bohm and Teahan, who are challenging Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Rossell and Committeeman Michael Mikulski in hopes of becoming the first-ever Democrats to be elected to the township committee, the two women claimed that residents were told a lie when officials wrote in the Nixle message that a bridge was out. “Southampton residents: you have been

lied to,” the candidates wrote. “Hilliards Bridge Road is closed because of a sinkhole. The bridge is not out.” Bohm and Teahan, in the same posting, also doubled down on their claim that the sinkhole had been present for months. “There is also pending litigation by a resident over this issue,” the candidates wrote. “The township has been aware of this problem for months and refused to repair the sinkhole when it was manageable. Now it will cost the taxpayers more to repair it, plus the court costs. Yet another example of them wasting your money!” A Google maps street view, taken in July 2014, reveals that the washout and sinkhole problem at the site of the culvert has actually been ongoing since at least the image was taken. In the 2014 image, numerous areas along the shoulder of road are filled with patch with clear signs that the asphalt had previously washed away. The image also shows the beginnings of sinking ground and a cone placed on the very spot where a sinkhole has now appeared this year, with aerial footage taken by this newspaper Sunday finding the cone lying down. “We have had several sinkholes out there,” said Hoffman in a second interview on July 24. “One of our public works employees let me know about it (the latest one) last week. Apparently, the cone was there from times before. Nobody bothered to pick it up.” When told of the Democratic candidates’ allegations that the sinkhole had pending litigation over it, Hoffman said that they were mistaken and actually referring to

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WOODLAND—An early morning headon collision last Saturday, near milepost 4.8 on Route 72 in Woodland Township, has claimed two lives. Preliminary information released by the New Jersey State Police Monday indicates that the collision, which was reported at 5:18 a.m., occurred when a Chevy Equinox being driven by Priscilla Broadard, 71, of Bear, DE, crossed into the westbound lane of the state highway and struck a Chevy Cruze being operated by Sean Brown, 34, of Barnegat. “Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene,” said Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. W hat caused the Equinox to cross into oncoming traffic “remains under investigation,” Peele told this newspaper. Route 72, between Savoy Boulevard and County Route 563, a stretch of roadway that has seen numerous deadly crashes over the past two years, was closed for almost five See OFFICER/ Page 25

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Fire at Troubled Auto Salvage Yard Completely Destroys Two Buildings By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

SOUTHAMPTON—An auto salvage yard and recycling center in Southampton Township that has been at the center of controversy for the past eight years was the site of a destructive blaze early Wednesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to New Road, near Falcon Drive, at around 3:06 a.m. for an “unknown type” of fire behind a residence, according to Vincent Fire Company Chief Barry Pratt. The fire chief, first to ar rive on scene, discovered that the flames were coming from Allied Recycling at 440 New Road. He said a 40 ft. by 40 ft. garage, construction trailer, and several vehicles within proximity to the buildings were on fire. “The assignment was upgraded to a structure fire, along with requests for the all-hands and a water tender strike team due to the limited water supply in this area,” Pratt said. Firefighters, he said, had to utilize a winch on the front bumper of one of their fire trucks to “open up access” to the blaze since a parked vehicle on the property was blocking access to the flames. A five-inch water supply line was laid down so that firefighters from both the Vincent Fire Company and Hampton L a kes Volu nt e er Fi r e Compa ny, Southampton’s fire companies, could battle the one-alarm blaze. Pratt said that firefighting operations, however, had to be halted due to powerlines that fell on the involved buildings. “Due to power lines falling on the

involved buildings, operations were at a halt until the electric company secured the power, but all the while firefighters were able to contain the fire from spreading any further,” he said. Pratt added that once electricity was shutoff to the parcel, firefighters were able to bring the fire under control utilizing multiple hand lines and assistance from mutual aid agencies. “The buildings were completely destroyed,” he said. “We used an excavator to pull it apart and extinguish all of the fire still burning under the pile of rubble.” The blaze is under investigation by the Burlington County Fire Marshal’s Office and the New Jersey State Fire Investigator Team. Pratt told this newspaper that “whole bunch of investigators” descended on the scene during the daylight hours of Wednesday and are “not ruling out anything” as far as the cause of the fire. “They are digging pretty deep into it given the history of the place,” he said. “They want to make sure they rule out arson.” Residents from the area often attend Southampton Township Committee meetings to express concerns to the governing body about speeding vehicles coming and going from the yard, soil contamination at the yard and truck noise emanating from the yard. T he proper ty owner received a Notice of Violation on July 13, 2016 regarding a pile of 25,000 scrap tires on the lot, and neighbors have alleged little work has been done to resolve the pile. Given the pile, and a blaze in 2017 at Allied’s Springfield Township

yard, residents had been vocal that they feared a fire would start in the Southampton location. The neighborhood is surrounded by trees, prompting concerns that any blaze could have the potential to become a forest fire. D u r i ng a Ju ne Sout ha mpton Township Committee meeting, the governing body heard complaints from several residents who contended they were very upset and frightened after hearing loud explosions coming from the auto salvage yard for two days. “My brother was up a couple weeks ago from Florida, and we were sitting in the backroom of my home, trying to have a conversation and he thought a bomb went of f,” sa id resident William Topham. “It actually shook the house and it is not the first time it has happened. I got so upset, I walked outside to see what was going on and I saw a large machine with a four jawclamshell-set of jaws ripping apart a building—like a prefabricated, metal building. It was ripping it, tearing it and dropping it. This went on from 9 a.m. to noon, stopped for lunch, and then continued afterwards.” T h e S o u t h a m p t o n To w n s h i p Zoning Board had previously taken Allied Recycling to Superior Court over their activities, and Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman, when asked on July 24 what the judge decided, replied that it was ruled “it is an auto salvage yard and recycling yard.”

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PEMBERTON—A squall-line of severe thunderstorms that initiated over northern Virginia and moved nor theast th rough Maryland and Delaware and into central and southern New Jersey on Monday, caused widespread power outages statewide, with several of those outages in the Pines, after the system turned into a bow-echo producing wind gusts of over 70 mph. Hardest hit in our area was the northern part of Medford Township, the northern half of Southampton Township and the northeast corner of Pemberton Township, according to officials. More than 40,000 Public Service Electric and Gas customers lost power at the height of the storm in Burlington County, with more than 10,000 Jersey Central Power and Light customers left in the dark countywide as well. Over 300,000 customers were left in the dark statewide by 8 p.m. as the bow-echo did not dissipate until reaching Long Island. “Basically, there was a very warm, humid and unstable air mass ahead of an approaching cold front, and a very dynamic, upper level system for this particular this time of the year,” said Meteorologist Alex Staarmann with the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Mount Holly. “The resulting dynamics of that upper level system, along with the cold front combined with the unstable air, basically resulted in the development of a line of severe thunderstorms.” Accord i ng to t he Nat iona l Weat her Services’ online weather school, a rain cooled downdraft from a thunderstorm reaches the earth’s surface and spreads horizontally. This downdraft marks the dissipation stage of a thunderstorm cell. The cooler, more dense air hugs the surface as it spreads, forcing lighter warm-moist air up into the atmosphere. The boundary between the rain-cooled air and warm-moist air is called a gust front. Air forced up by the gust front begins the next new thunderstorm cell formation. As this new cell matures, the rain it produces reinforces the pool of rain-cooled air allowing the gust front to maintain its strength. As the cold pool increases in size, it induces an inflow of air on the trailing side of the thunderstorm complex. This causes an updraft to tilt toward the trailing edge. Ti lt i ng of t h e u p d r a f t a l lows t h e cumulonimbus clouds of a thunderstorm to expand further, increasing the aerial coverage of rain, which, in turn, further adds to the cold pool of air under the thunderstorm and thereby strengthens the gust front causing it to bow out. The bowing of the gust front forces more warm moist air up, creating new thunderstorm cells and the process repeats. The additional rain reinforces the cold pool and strengthens the rear inflow of air, with the thunderstorm complex reach ing a sem i-steady state condition. At this point there is a pronounced bow in the storms and a bow-echo is formed. “The squall line did kind of surge out in classic type of bow signature, especially when it got to New Jersey,” said Staarmann, who said the squall line formed into a bow-echo Monday. “That is when it started showing that classic bowing on radar.” In Wrightstown, a 76-mph wind gust was measured as a result of the bow-echo. The evolution of the thunderstor ms, Staarmann said, was not quite what the National Weather Service expected. “About a few days before the event, it appeared more like a widespread flash flooding type of event with a marginal severe weather risk,” he said. “But then a day or two before the event, and especially the day of, it became much more apparent that it was

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Celebrate 75th Birthday of Smokey Bear With Big Bash at Liberty State Park The New Jersey Forest Fire Service will fete the nation’s most famous bear on Aug. 10 with a daylong celebration to teach children and remind the public of the many ways they can help prevent wildfires. This year marks the 75th birthday of Smokey Bear, whose motto “Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires,” resonates strongly in New Jersey. The Forest Fire Service has a day of family oriented celebratory activities planned, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, at Liberty State Park. A parking fee of $7 per carload will be charged. Children’s activities are free. New Jersey is recognized as a global leader on many fronts, including wildfire prevention. As our Forest Fire Service works year-round to keep our communities safe, it is also important for the public to recognize their role in helping to prevent wildfires. Celebrating Smokey Bear and his message is a great way for the public to work with us, and to be good stewards in protecting our environment. Smokey Bear will arrive by helicopter to join his celebration, which will feature marching bands, a disc jockey, petting zoo and multiple bounce houses for children, and various fire apparatus such as fire trucks, plows and more. His official birthday is Aug. 9. Some indoor activities will be offered

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In these divided times, elections can be especially partisan, both at a national and local level. However, there is something most Americans have in common, regardless of political affiliation, and that is our love of animals. That is why it is refreshing to be able to support a candidate for state Assembly like Gina LaPlaca, who has made animal rescue part of her life work. LaPlaca has been fostering cats and kittens since her days in law school, when she was a volunteer for the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City Animals. More recently, she adopted two rescue cats and raised money for Camden Companions Animal Rescue. Then, after moving to Burlington County, LaPlaca became a devoted supporter of the Burlington County Animal Shelter. She volunteered at the shelter’s events like this week’s “Sips and Tips for Tails.”

I know that if LaPlaca is elected as an 8th Legislative District assemblywoman in November, along with her running mate Mark Natale, they will enthusiastically support animal welfare organizations and use their position to help to educate people about the importance of socialization, fostering and openminded adoption of rescue animals. LaPlaca is also determined to strengthen laws dealing with animal abuse. I am the owner of two rescue cats and am also about to foster a dog for the first time, so animal rescue is important to me, as it is to many like-minded residents of the 8th Legislative District. I am proud that LaPlaca had pledged to focus on issues that unite her constituents, rather than those that divide them. Anna M. Evans Hainesport, New Jersey

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Got Patriotic Employer Protection Act Passed Through Committee: Kim’s bill to help small business owners who employ reservists better handle the issues faced during an active duty deployment was passed through the House Small Business Committee. The bipartisan bill, which was endorsed by the American Legion, will now go to the full House for a vote. Testified to Call on Congress to Honor Gold Star Families: The congressman testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources to call on Congress to pass his bipartisan bill to allow Gold Star Families the time to complete a memorial in Washington, D.C. Helped Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Fix the National Flood Insurance Program: With communities in Burlington and Ocean counties still recovering from recent flooding and the effects of Superstorm Sandy, Kim joined a bipartisan coalition this week to introduce legislation that would make commonsense reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. Announced His Eighth Town Hall: As part of his monthly series to hear directly from people of Burlington and Ocean counties, Kim announced his July town hall, which will be his eighth this year. Kim will host the town hall in Riverside on July 30 at 6 p.m. Voted for a Higher Minimum Wage: After more than a decade since the federal minimum wage was last raised, Kim voted to raise the minimum wage to help working families deal with what he believes is an affordability crisis that is preventing them from affording basic necessities. The above feature is prepared by Third Congressional District Rep. Andy Kim’s Communications Director, Anthony DeAngelo, to give readers a summary of the congressman’s activities and voting record of the past week.

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“What does one do when one can no longer manage a household?” she asked. “Is assisted living the best choice, or just downsizing to a more manageable home?” If one falls terminally ill, one has the right to refuse further treatment or seek out hospice care, she said. Amorosia noted that if someone is admitted into hospice care, many benefits are available, and that such care is normally covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance. “They will provide a hospital bed and all the medications and care involved,” she said. “A registered nurse will coordinate all of one’s care needs. Home health aides will visit the home and provide needed services. A social worker will be available to discuss the emotional challenges and assist with access to other community services.” Amorosia added that hospice care is a way to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. “One’s final days can be lived with the support of caring individuals,” she said. Amorosia pointed out that seniors in failing health may want to contact Clare Medical, located in Mount Holly, if they are searching for convenient, non-urgent care as the practice makes house calls. The Burlington County Office on Aging is available to provide assistance with these important decisions; further information is also available at the Senior Center.

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PEMBERTON—Residents of Pemberton Township were urged last week to carry out preplanning for their end-of-life care and death to remove the burden of worry from their families when the time comes. The thought of losing a loved one is not pleasant, and consequently many put off planning for the eventuality of death. Linda Amorosia, a representative from Lighthouse Hospice, stressed during a recent Pemberton Township Senior Center presentation that one should have a talk with their family members and review their own wishes or preferences for end-of-life care before something happens to them. “It is often too late to declare your medical wishes once you have suffered something debilitating like a stroke,” she contended, while advising locals to have an advanced directive or a power of attorney in place. “If one cannot make decisions, one would be at the mercy of the system in appointing a trusted loved one to act on one’s behalf.” Gina-Marie Mecholsky, a representative from A Place for Mom, a privately held, for-profit senior care referral service, also spoke during the presentation, pointing out that part of the family end-of-life discussion should touch upon living arrangements.

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ur lii v e s s h o uld be f i l l e d with joy if we truly believe the message of the Gospels. That is, if we believe that God loves us, despite all of the siins we have committed, and willl commit, an nd that he has saved us and promised us e terr n a l l i f e in n hee a vee n , we should have a joy that overflows. There is often no reason to be unhappy, and the negative emotions of sadness and anger keep us from a life of joy. Joy is a gift from God, and joyfulness correllates very closely with holiness. Holy men and women of all fa ith hs almost always exude a sublime joyfulnesss . Ev en in their quiet moments, you c a n s enss e that t h e s e people are happy. Saints are not dour souls. Sorrow that leadds to reppentancce for sii n s c o m m itt t e d , h o wever, is not necessarily a

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bad thing, but the holy joy that comes from a devout life is the state of body, mind and soul that we should strivve for. When you find yoursellf in a melanchooly fi state, turn to prayer and ask God for delliverance, as the psalmiist advises: “My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.” (Psalm 119:28 NIV) The solace that we find in prayyer, in reading God’s word, and in singing hymns will often deliver us from that dark niigh ht off the soul that every saint and sinner occasionally experiences. Finally, don’tt be too haard on yourrself when you’re feeling down. The guilty feelings that often come witth anxiety and depression separate us from the joyful love of God. Be joyful an nd knoow that you aree lovved. –Christoph her Sim mon

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Gadolinium MRI Contrast Dye Accumulates in the Brain Gadolinium is a silvery-white heavy metal that is injected into the body through a vein. It is also a contrast dye. Sometimes it is referred to as contrast media. The dye helps the radiologist see inside you. Gadolinium is like a flashlight in your body. MRIs that require gadolinium can be ordered for many reasons including to search for migraines, coronary artery disease, stroke evaluation, brain tumors, infections and cysts/tumors. Thousands of shots of gadolinium dye are administered to people each day. Side effects may or may not occur. If they do, they are generally very mild ones such as a headache, dizziness, pain at the injection site, prickling or a burning sensation on the skin. Sometimes the dye can cause nausea. These issues settle down within 24 hours as your body eliminates the drug from your kidneys. It helps if you take an analgesic and some detoxification supplements like glutathione, catalase and R-lipoic acid. Gadolinium is in the news because the popular dye appears to be retained in the brain, raising safety concerns, especially for people who have multiple MRIs per year. More specifically, there has been a study regarding patients who have MS (multiple sclerosis) and these patients were tracked for five years starting from their diagnosis. Over the five years, the researchers found that a by-product of gadolinium, called “gadodiamide,” does in fact accumulate in the brain. About nine percent of MS patients who received five doses or less of the dye did have accumulation in their dentate nucleus, which is involved in voluntary motor function and cognition. What is the clinical impact of this? No one is certain yet. The findings were published in a medical

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journal called Neurology, July 2019. The study is causing controversy in the MS community for good reason. MRIs are needed and useful, but the contrast dye might be harmful if used over and over. Should MS patients get MRIs, and if so, is there another contrast dye to use? Is the dye necessary at all? Are all the MRIs necessary? Is the disease progression causing the brain to hold more, or is it ‘sticking’ to everyone’s brain that gets injected with it? No one knows these answers. There are more questions than answers as of this writing. The study did not find any clear correlation between deposition of the dye in the brain and disability. Radiologists nationwide must be beside themselves because the dye allows them to provide more accurate results for you. If, for example, the doctor needs to locate an aneurysm, do you really reject to the contrast dye? Since the relationship of gadolinium with disease severity remains unclear, talk to your doctor about whether or not the radiologist needs the contrast dye. Sometimes they can see certain areas without it. If you have a history of kidney compromise, let them know at the imaging center. Every now and then, there is an extremely dangerous kidney complication, or life-threatening allergic reaction, but predicting who has a high risk for these problems is almost impossible.

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You Just Need to be Comfortable Although I never think of myself as a vain person, I do care about how I look to others. Following in my mother’s footsteps, I’ve always styled my hair every day, dressed as best as possible for any occasion and wouldn’t even think of walking to the mailbox when my face isn’t done. That being said, I am starting to let things slide as I age. Sadly, I have reached a point in my life where being comfortable is more important than fashion or presentation. Just la st we ek I act u a l ly chose a lightweight roomy cotton pair of “Mom” shorts over a stylish pair of bejeweled jean capris. I must admit that I have let my hair styling go a bit too. Oh sure, I still gussie it up for Saturday nights and Sunday morning mass. But these days I think nothing of doing a “wash and wear” when I am going to be spending the day in the home office. Apparently, the biggest way that I have let my appearances slide, as of late, is with my personal fan. If you have not heard, I am about to put you into the know. Genius companies have devised—and mass-produced—a small battery-operated fan that you hang from your neck by a cord and it blows cool air up at your face at any and all times. That is right folks, you heard it right here. As someone who spends a lot of time in un-air-conditioned environments, it is nothing short of a gift from God. Personally, I don’t feel that my personal fan is a fashion faux pas. In fact, I have one in purple and another in fashion pink. Since I like to tie the look into my attire (heaven forbid it clashes with my Mom shorts), I am considering adding more colors to my personal fan inventory. At five-dollars a pop, I can do so without taking the wind out of my financial sails! Yet it would seem the fashion jury is still out when it comes to this device, and its presentation under the scrutiny of the public eye. In fact, it would seem that some folks are simply not a fan.

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Pardon the pun. Most folks look at my fan and say nothing, but there are a few who inquire if it is some sort of monitor, locating device or an oversized Life Alert. Our four sons simply remark that it makes me look like a noob. No one is really sure what a noob is, but we can safely assume that it is not a complement. Just last week at our antique shop, a man looked at the device hanging from my neck and asked, “Do you get lost a lot?” Even I had to chuckle at that one. I think I will start changing things up a bit and tell folks that it is my personal UFO monitoring system, or that it is a device that I am using to control the robots back at the house. Maybe I will go a little crazy and ask people, “Well, how are you staying in touch with the Pentagon?” They can say what they will but I am not giving up the fan anytime soon. I am sure I will continue to apply my makeup and style my hair until I am no longer able to hold a mascara wand. But when it comes to choosing between looks and comfort, I am at the age where I will choose the latter. It is just like I told the gentleman who jokingly looked at my personal fan and asked if I get lost a lot, “It is better to be cool than to look cool.” Lori Clinch was born and raised in North Platte, Nebraska, a hotbed of material for writers whose passion it is to make people laugh. She is the mother of four sons and the author of the book “Are We There Yet?”

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site to be stabilized. Additionally, the township is now involved in a dispute with Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) over no electricity service at the site, forcing Darji, in response to a question from the public, to admit that he agreed with the premise that ground should have never been broken without it. The Southampton Township Committee, after hearing on July 16 about the recent issues, approved a $79,082 change order to allow the project contractor, Command Co., Inc., to purchase the riprap and piping for the site, and to lease a generator for it. The change order was recommended by Darji. However, the township committee held off on purchasing fencing for the pond due to the absence of Committeeman Michael Mikulski and Mayor James F. Young Sr., with Committeeman Bill Raftery contending that the full committee should be present to decide that matter. The $79,082 increase will now result in Phase One potentially costing $1,248,181, with the township’s total contribution toward it potentially $406,181. One caveat is that if power can be established on the site sooner, the township may not have to spend the full $24,452 allocated in the change order for the generator lease. Phase One, billed in 2016 as a $1 million expenditure without reliance on Southampton tax dollars, then as an $840,000 expenditure in June 2018, was narrowly approved by a 3-2 township committee vote in August 2018 with a project cost of $1,092,000, with $250,000 in Southampton revenues anticipated to be dedicated towards it. In March, the township committee voted 4-1 to approve another change order increasing the contract amount for Phase One by $77,099 for

the moving of six telephone poles and widening a nearby roadway. The total change orders to date equates to a 14.3 percent increase in Phase One spending. Five concept plans were created for the Good Farm Recreation Complex, near the intersection of Red Lion and Church roads, by Environmental Resolutions Inc., an engineering firm working on behalf of Southampton, since 2012. The latest overall concept plan calls for the construction of four multipurpose fields, five ball fields, bocce courts, a sledding hill, a skating pond, a comfort station with a concession area, several picnic pavilions, an amphitheater, a boardwalk, two field sheds and an irrigation pump house on the farm. The first phase, as approved on Aug. 21 of last year, involves construction of just one multipurpose field, a six-foot-wide asphalt walking path circling the field and an asphalt drive with a stone parking lot. However, Mikulski said earlier this year that Phase One may consist of additional fields, claiming money was saved involving the relocation of telephone poles on and around the property. However, his comments about potential savings was later revealed to be incorrect. Installation of an “extensive” stormwater ma nagement system a nd elect r ica l infrastructure, as well as grading and earthwork for future multi-purpose fields, was said to be part of the project’s first phase, when Darji presented the project’s concept plans to the public preceding the August 2018 township committee vote. “Portions of the site need to be stabilized with riprap and construction of storm pipe conduits,” said Darji on July 16. “We originally had these items to be eventually constructed in the project through future phases. We did not have it as a proposed part of this project, really as a cost saving measure, knowing it would be constructed in the future phases. It appears that with all of the rainfall we have had in the last couple of months, stabilizing it has been

a challenge.” He said a $15,720 estimate was received for the riprap, and a $39,910 estimate was received for the piping, amounts reflected in the latest change order. The generator, he said, is necessary to operate an irrigation system to prevent grass planted for the recreational fields from dying and setting the project back potentially up to six months. He claimed that he and other town officials had been in communication with PSE&G for “quite some time” to get electricity to the site, but that it “doesn’t seem like it is going to be there in the foreseeable future.” “The athletic field has been constructed and seeded,” he said. “There is grass growing on the field. It is actually pretty well grown and been mowed several times. We are in the middle of summer now. We need to get the irrigation system activated. So, we did get a price from our contractor to bring a generator on to the site and operate the irrigation system so that the grass doesn’t die and put the project back another growing cycle, and prolong the actual process of the project, along with the time table when we can actually use the site.” He noted a 50-kilowatt diesel generator is required to power the irrigation system. “The initial charge is $10,000 for mobilization and the first month’s rent,” Darji said. Raftery, expressing displeasure with the cost, facetiously asked Darji if he could mobilize the generator on the Good Farm, to which the engineer responded that he couldn’t, while Committeeman Ronald Heston said he believed PSE&G should pay the bill for the generator and asked if officials contacted the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities about the matter. “It is due to their inaction that has created the problem (with no electricity to run the irrigation system),” Heston contended. “They knew many, many months ago that these poles had to be moved and they agreed to move them. They have done nothing. So, they have created a problem for the contractor and now

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the contractor will probably come after us for not watering his grass.” Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman claimed that the issues with PSE&G stemmed from the company’s “really not having a government relations manager for Burlington County” and disorganization within the company. “Mike Coyle, a regional affairs manager for PSE&G, got moved to another county,” she contended. “But also, in dealing with PSE&G, you have a lineman, a pole mover, and each one says, ‘Well I don’t do that. You have the wrong department. Well, I don’t do that. You have the wrong department.’ They shift you around until you are ready to rip your hair off.” Hoffman said that the municipality was addressing PSE&G through Township Solicitor George Morris, and that he will be approaching the Board of Public Utilities and Governor Phil Murphy’s Office, with Darji adding, “Anybody who will listen.” “He is being very generous with the utility company,” said Morris of Darji’s aforementioned comments regarding PSE&G. “You are not throwing them under the bus, but they really need to be in this situation. They have really caused an enormous delay by not coming out and doing their job. I want to make sure the governing body is aware of it.” Raftery contended that the township committee doesn’t have much of a choice and that it “either irrigates the lawn (recreational field) or it is shot.” “The grass needs to be watered and we basically need to do something to get the grass watered,” said Darji, despite frequent rains impacting the township all summer long. “As far as follow up action, after the fact, we can certainly discuss that. But right now, we are relying on rain. We really have no way of watering that grass and it is already showing signs of stress.” See CLIMBING/ Page 23

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The committee approved the latest change order with a 3-0 vote. PSE&G said that it could not immediately return requests for comment on this story due to ongoing restoration efforts related to recent excessive heat and severe thunderstorms. Not in the change order, however, was Darji’s July 16 request for $28,845 to purchase a “split rail, three-rail-PVC fence with mesh” to put around the pond, also referred to as a drainage basin by the engineer. “The fourth item, we contemplated in the past, but it was omitted due to budgetary reasons,” Darji said. “We are asking for the committee’s reconsideration for a fence around the drainage basin. The drainage basin is constructed; it is there and on site. It is a permanent pond, which it is designed to be. We had some concerns expressed by members of the township asking for the possibility of a fence constructed around the basin.” Raftery, who asked Darji for the depth of the drainage basin and expressed disbelief when he heard that it was designed to serve as a pond, called the $28,845 projection “a lot of money to fence something that is an afterthought,” which drew a rebuke from Hoffman. “This is going to be a family project for the entire community,” she said. “As deep as it is, God forbid we open ourselves up to somebody wondering off, away from their parent—even though it is their responsibility to watch their children, it doesn’t always happen that way. In a split second, they are gone.” Raftery, who replied that he was aware of the potential for a drowning, asked Hoffman if the township’s insurance company made a recommendation on the matter. She replied that the Burlington County Joint Insurance Fund (JIF) recommended a fence be installed and that “it weighs very heavily” against the town if one isn’t. “We just didn’t pay any attention to it initially, the recommendation?” Raftery asked the administrator. The question forced Hoffman to also admit it was an “afterthought,” though Darji noted that he did seek alternate bids on it previously. “The idea of fencing a pond is a two-sided discussion—a two sides of the coin kind of discussion,” he said. “There are folks who think that you have to fence in the pond to keep folks from getting in.” Hoffman later told this newspaper that she was one of the folks who thinks a fence is needed. “Yes, I do!” she told this newspaper. “Look at what happened to the little two-year-old boy in Mobile Estates who wondered off and was found dead in a pond.” Heston, meanwhile, expressed that he was struggling with the proposed height of the fence, contending that it needed to be much taller due to the depth of the water. However, he said he also recognized that a taller fence will cost more money. Darji warned that a taller fence will affect the project’s aesthetics. “I understand the importance of the fencing, I truly do,” Raftery said. “But I think it is something the full committee needs to address and we need to give it some thought. I don’t know that it is imperative that we do it today.” The fence item was put off until Mikulski and Young return, presumably next month, unless a special meeting is scheduled. Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Rossell, at the start of the July 16 meeting, said that Mikulski (one of the project’s main proponents) was attending to “personal business” and “out of the area.” She also said that Young (who has expressed opposition to the Good Farm project because he believes it is costing too much money) was “under the weather.” This is the third township committee meeting that Young has missed this year due to illness—his absences from municipal meetings are very unusual. His latest

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM absence comes at a time in which he is facing backlash for being asleep during the initial hours of a flood emergency in June. The postponement of the fencing expenditure drew questions from resident Lawrence England, who inquired if the township would be held responsible should a young child wander into the pond between meetings and get hurt. “T he townsh ip hasn’t accepted t he construction yet,” replied Heston, while Morris said, “We are responsible for everybody on all township property.” England also questioned officials about how they planned to secure the generator. Heston replied that was his question, which he did put to Darji when he initially made the request, who responded that it would be up to the project contractor. Three other residents spoke out during the latest meeting about the Good Farm, and all of them claimed that runoff from the project site had possibly contributed to some of the June flooding in nearby Vincentown Village. Among these residents was Christine Bohm, who called on the committee to halt any further asphalt operations on the Good Farm until permeable asphalt solutions could be looked into to stop water from rushing towards what she described as a “little valley.” Bohm is running as a Democrat for Southampton Township Committee with running mate Sylvia Teahan, who was also attending the meeting. Given the recent dysfunction in town hall and committee infighting, as described by Hoffman, the two women are hoping to unseat Republicans Mikulski and Rossell in November. If they are successful in their bid, they would become the first-ever Democrats to be elected to the township committee, according to Luke Bohm, their campaign spokesman. “Instead of coming to us at this meeting and saying, ‘A fence is needed around this.’ and ‘This is something we need to take care of, but this is PSE&G’s problem.’—this is something that should have been taken care of before ground broke, quite frankly,” Christine Bohm contended. Darji immediately replied, “I agree.” Thomas Bohm, after his wife spoke, accused Darji of running a “bait and switch operation” and said he was shocked to see such “bad project management.” “In my job, I am running half billion-dollar projects,” he said. “Hearing the engineer talk about a bait and switch project schedule, where he took the fence out because he wanted it to be under budget, and then now coming back wanting the fence back in after receiving the full contract...in my business, that means I am looking for a new job.” Darji, in a later interview, pushed back against the bait and switch allegation, saying the fence is a “matter of preference” and that he gains no benefit by putting it back in Phase One. He also stressed he proposed the fence at the July 16 meeting because “some residents expressed concerns” about the pond. The increased spending for the recreation project comes at a time in which the township’s fire companies are pleading with the township committee for financial assistance to help purchase needed equipment, including new fire trucks. The township committee faced harsh criticism, following the latest change order, for prioritizing the needs of the recreation project over the local fire companies. As this newspaper reported last month, the Vincent Fire Company did not have a boat to conduct necessary floodwater rescues in Ewansville during the June flood. This newspaper has since learned that two firefighters had to wade through chest-deep floodwaters to rescue families until a swift water rescue team from Burlington Township arrived in the municipality. Additionally, the Pine Barrens Tribune has learned that Vincent Fire Company Chief Barry Pratt requested funding for a boat prior to the latest meeting and provided $5,000 to $10,000 estimates to

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Aerial views of a recreation project site at the Good Farm showing severe erosion. Hoffman. The township committee did not discuss Pratt’s request during the latest meeting, nor take action on it. “In regards to that equipment that is needed, I think $7,000 is in no comparison to a drainage basin and grass, which you probably don’t need right now because we have a whole bunch of other issues,” Thomas Bohm said. “I would propose you take a look at that, talk to your chief, and find out what equipment the firefighters need to handle these situations.” Pratt, who spoke to the township committee following the Bohm family, appeared to be frustrated that the boat did not take priority over the Good Farm. He had only planned to say four sentences, written on a piece of paper, summarizing the number of the calls the entity responded to for the month of June, but he decided to speak out about how the firefighters from his company dangerously waded through June floodwaters to rescue families and were in need of a boat. “We didn’t have a boat,” he said. “We don’t have a boat. Buying a boat is expensive and we have a very small budget. At a prior meeting, I talked about our budget. In 1983, we got $23,000 from the township and now, 37 years later, we only get $18,000 more. A boat costs up to $10,000. This is not really good on our budget, or feasible for us to spend this kind of money. That is three sets of turnout gear our firefighters need to wear per year. Each set is $3,000. That stuff is not cheap nowadays.” After the meeting concluded, this newspaper asked Rossell if the township committee planned to purchase the Vincent Fire Company

a boat. “I am sure I will mention it to the mayor,” she said. “I will talk to him tomorrow since it was mentioned here.” However, the interview was interrupted by Hoffman, who proclaimed, “It will be ordered tomorrow!” and that the committee didn’t need to take action on the request because it fell under a threshold requiring their involvement. When the administrator was asked why she didn’t announce the purchase during the meeting, and about the committee appearing oblivious to such intentions, she said that “Mikulski and Young are not here.” and, “There are a lot of things the others on the committee are not aware of.” A few days after the meeting, Hoffman sent correspondence to this newspaper claiming that a boat had been purchased for $6,628. Pratt learned from this newspaper of Hoffman’s intent to purchase the boat and was quite elated (and relieved). “Well, we will have a boat,” he said. “It is nice they are supporting the needs of the fire company.” However, the chief noted that the township committee needs to come to the table to talk about both his company, and the Hampton Lakes Fire Company, needing new fire trucks. Firefighter Joe Collis, a spokesman for the Hampton Lakes Fire Company, made clear at the meeting, after hearing about the latest change order, that firefighters are looking for the township committee’s aid. “I was looking out there, have those bright red trucks (new fire trucks) pulled up?” he asked the township committee.

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while the decedent is in custody. T he shoot ings were fol lowed by a t ense st a ndof f b et we en resident s of the neighborhood and police, in which helicopter footage from WPVI-TV (6 ABC) showed officers being pushed and shoved. Eyewitness accounts from the ground also indicate that bottles were being thrown at police during the standoff. According to a press release issued by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities received the first report about the initial shooting, which is believed to have occurred on Kinsley Road, shortly after 9 p.m. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David Jantas, in the press release, said it was subsequently determined that the 20-year-old man had been taken by an acquaintance to the Capital Health Emergency Room at Deborah Heart and Lung Center. He was later transported and admitted to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, where he was listed in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The investigation into the initial shooting is being conducted by detectives from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office a nd t he Pember ton Townsh ip Pol ice Department. “The identity of the 20-year-old man is not being released at this time,” said Bewley Tuesday. “No arrests have been made in that shooting.” According to a press release issued by the state Attorney General’s Office regarding the second shooting, the altercation the borough police officer was responding to occurred near Rivera’s Kinsley Road residence and was “between Rivera and other individuals.” Rivera, after being shot, was transported to Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m. “The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time,” said the state Attorney General’s Office in a press release. Despite rumors on local social media pages about the incidents, particularly the latter one, fueled by the fact that not many official, preliminary details about the police involved shooting had been released more than 96 hours later by the state, Sharon Lauchaire, a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General’s Office, doubled down in an email that her agency would not be releasing further information at this time. Follow up phone calls and emails placed by this newspaper this week to the state Attorney General’s Office, seeking a timeline of when additional information would be released, were not returned as of press time. However, one eyewitness to the policeinvolved shooting, Sennasha Kinlaw, who lives next door to Rivera’s residence, came to the defense of the borough police officer in a Tuesday interview with this newspaper, noting repeatedly that she can’t stand the police, but that “the cop came out and did his job.” Kinlaw has spoken on the record to another media outlet as well. She told this newspaper that those criticizing the police “must go back to the beginning try and understand how someone in the hood died,” claiming the incident intertwined with another earlier in the evening. “You can’t blame the cop,” she said. Kinlaw said that Rivera was at home, minding his own business, when his wife (whom she claimed he was in the middle of a divorce with) and twin sister pulled up to his property, asking for help in transporting

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM a person who got shot to the hospital. “Witney did not want no one (sic) on his property,” Kinlaw said. “He had a restraining order against his wife. He kept screaming that to her and her sister. Witney said, ‘Why are you doing this in front of my house? Why are you in my yard, coming down in a car.’” Soon, Kinlaw said, it escalated from there, with a crowd of people gathering in front of Rivera’s home as he continued fighting with his wife and sister. Rivera, she said, was “snuck” by a person. “The wife and him were fighting with a gentleman,” said Kinlaw, noting that a bottle was also thrown amid the chaos and hit a person in the head. The Pemberton Borough Police officer arrived in the midst of the altercation, she said. “The cop showed up, but did not draw his weapon,” Kinlaw said. “He was trying to talk some sense into him.” But Rivera, she claimed, would not follow the officer’s orders and carried on with the dispute, and went to his truck. “The cop was saying ‘Cut it out, cut it out,’” Kinlaw said. “Everybody is screaming and hollering at that point, telling Witney to stop fighting. He picked up a little knife (from his truck), and had the curved cutting knife in one hand, and then he reached over with his right hand to get a big knife, a heavy-duty rake gardening tool, metal pitch fork-like (the long scythe).” The borough police officer, she said, was standing in the middle of the street, with his gun not drawn at that point, and again “begged” Rivera to stop. “‘Stop! Drop your weapon,’” Kinlaw recalled the officer saying. But Rivera, she said, “proceeded to cut those boys heads off (those involved in the altercation) with the big pitch fork knife (long scythe).” Kinlaw said that is when the borough police officer opened fire, first “firing a warning shot in the sky.” But Rivera, she said, still would not drop the weapons. That is when the borough police officer, she contended, shot Rivera in the leg. “Witney would (still) not stop,” Kinlaw said. “So, the cop shot him in the back.” At that point, Kinlaw said Rivera “still didn’t go down” and “went to raise the pitchfork-like object (long scythe) higher.” “His adrenaline was so strong that he was not stopping,” she said. “It would have taken a dump truck or bullet to stop Witney. He fell after the third time (being shot).” Kinlaw said the third bullet landed near Rivera’s shoulder area. “It happened so fast, there was no other action he could take,” Kinlaw said. “F*** no, he couldn’t, and I can’t stand the police. I am sorry, that cop did his job. If that is not put out there, you are going to have holy hell out here.” Kinlaw claimed that 200 to 300 people by that point had converged on the area and were going to “pound and go hound” the police officer and she put herself in a position to protect him. “They were going to mob him,” she said. “The cop rolled Witney over to see if Witney was still breathing. He did not stand over him and keep shooting. He really had no time to stand there to protect himself.” Kinlaw said she was already receiving death threats for speaking out and defending the police officer, and that her home had already been shot at, but that “the hood” has to take responsibility for the death of Rivera, especially since it “let someone in the community who was not supposed to be there.” “I do not like police officers, and I am not fond of them, but the hood has to take responsibility,” she said. “It was not the cop who had him killed—the hood killed him. The community has to clean itself up.” Kinlaw said that the shooting of Rivera

“unfortunately happened to a good, good man,” but that the cop came out to the neighborhood because he was called in. “Unfortunately, a good man died,” she said. “You cannot blame a cop to get a lawsuit. This man came out to protect to serve and he did that, however I am not going to lie. If I lie, this is going to start a whole big commotion. That is not right to get a cop in trouble over something he didn’t do. The hood needs to clean itself up before blaming anyone.” Kinlaw, who specifically noted that she had a “history” searchable on Google, described to this newspaper that both borough and township officers are lenient in her neighborhood and she was speaking out afraid that there would be dark times ahead should the truth not be told. “These cops are like fathers, mothers and sisters,” she said. “They play with us. They are trying to get paid off of this. These are some good cops from borough to township.” Ot her accounts of what happened, repor ted by other media outlets, also describe a chaotic and fastmoving scene, with one eyewitness saying there was so much commotion, people couldn’t hear what was being said. Sunbury Village has had a history of violent incidents, including a string of deadly shootings in 2017. Richard Gober, a major owner there, who owned 50 homes at the time, launched a movement that yea r urging townsh ip officials to install surveillance cameras in the neighborhood in a bid to reduce crime. Jantas, a few months later, spoke before council. In part, Jantas made the point that Gober, not taxpayers, should invest in the security of his properties. Other officials agreed and cameras were never installed. However, the township did work to boost up street lighting in the area. “Needless to say, after being involved in Sunbury Village for over 50 years, it is simply a travesty that I cannot get the elected officials to simply seek the funding to install the needed surveillance cameras in Sunbury Village,” Gober told this newspaper after the July 19 incident. “I started lobbying for that two years ago. I never, ever, asked the township to pay for them. I begged them to reach out and try and get a grant to possibly accomplish this, but no, they choose to bury their heads in the sand.” Gober, who contended he was “very, very sad” to hear about the pair of shootings in Sunbury Village, claimed that 95 percent of the crime in the neighborhood is petty crime that could be stopped if there were surveillance cameras. “Unfortunately, many, but not all, of the elected officials simply look down their noses at the residents of Sunbury Village,” Gober contended. “Their attitude for years remains, ‘Just keep those people over there.’” The landlord said that the crime and lack of township assistance recently caused him to sell 42 of the 50 homes he owned in the neighborhood. “I tel l ever yone t hat sel l i ng t hese properties is the dumbest thing financially that I have ever done in my entire life,” Gober said. “However, it will be the smartest thing that I have ever done to have a life. However, I did keep eight homes so that I can stay involved in Sunbury Village. I am no longer going to ask (for surveillance cameras); I am now going to demand that they do that.” Pember ton Townsh ip Mayor David Patriarca and Pemberton Borough Mayor Harold Griffin did not return requests for a statement about the shootings. Jantas did not return messages seeking comment on this story. Pemberton Borough Police Chief Edward Hunter said he could not speak about the investigation at the direction of state Attorney General’s Office, and that elected officials were given the same directive.

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(Continued from Page 9) P SE &G s a id it h a d 1,9 0 0 d a m a ge assessment evaluators, line workers and tree trimming contractors working to restore power in its service territory, with JCP&L noting on its social media page that it had an “army of 3,500 men and women working 24/7 to restore service.” To handle the influx of outside workers and help make the restoration process more efficient, JCP&L had set up two staging areas, one in Monmouth County and one in Ocean County. A JCP&L mobile command center was also set up to direct the outside workers to where they are most needed. In addition, helicopters and aerial drones were used by JCP&L to inspect damaged power lines and other equipment. Full restoration of the utilities’ customers was not expected to be completed until Saturday due to the extent of the damage. “Our crews are working around the clock to restore customers who lost power due to Monday night’s severe thunderstorms,” said Jim Fakult, president of JCP&L. “The high winds resulted in significant treerelated damage to our system, including broken poles and downed wires that needed to be replaced. We will continue to deploy additional resources as necessary until all customers have had service restored.”

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since left.” “They are no longer around,” he said, acknowledging that Southampton has not held a required annual table top exercise in a very longtime because of the defunct LEPC. “We are hoping to rebuild this within the next 30 or 60 days.” Casian described that is was difficult to find personnel, because a lot of people work during the day and “do this part-time,” like him. In his case, Casian said his regular job caused him to be “on call” during the night of the flood because “he had other things to do.” When asked what is the township to do without these critical necessities and legal requirements in place should another emergency arise while the organization is being built, the emergency management coordinator replied, “communicate a lot better.” “We will plan to com municate with different organizations,” Casian said.

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(Continued from Page 6) hours due to the collision. Brown, a New Jersey Department of Corrections police officer, was on his way to his post at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Crosswicks when the crash happened, according to a Facebook posting by NJ PBA Local 105. “He lost his life leaving behind a wife and three children,” said the PBA in posting that is part of a memorial fund it had established through GoFundMe on behalf of the Brown family. “Officer Brown was a role model to many, as well as a union representative helping many officers in his distinguished 11 years of service. He will be missed by all.” Broadard’s Facebook page, last updated in 2010, listed her at the time as an employee of Delaware. She also mentioned in postings that she was the grandmother to two grandchildren.

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An aerial view of a section of Hillards Bridge Road closed to thru traffic due to washouts and a sinkhole.

in the township the previous night, Hoffman said that she had coordinating tree removal operations because Ryan Hagerthey, who was selected by the Southampton Township Committee in May to permanently fill the post of Southampton Township public works director, was on vacation. She notably called him the “acting supervisor” when referencing him. When asked why she was just calling him a “supervisor,” Hoffman said “he hasn’t taken classes” to be a director. “He hasn’t even gone to school for the position,” she said. “I don’t even want to go there. That is whole another story. Call the mayor.” Mayor James F. Young Sr. has been “under the weather” and did not attend the July Southampton Township Committee meeting. H a ge r t h ey wa s a p p oi nt e d by t h e committee to fill the position vacated in December 2018 when Charles “Chuck” Oatman retired after more than two decades of service to Southampton Township. Hoffman blamed Oatman for not removing the cone from the sinkhole that has formed on Hillards Bridge Road. “Our prior director never picked it up and didn’t tell anybody else to pick it up,” she said. When told of the Google 2014 image showing the cone in the exact same spot of the present-day sinkhole on Hillards Bridge Road, Hoffman denied it was placed there because of the beginnings of sinking ground. Hoffman said she did find it was accurate to report that the circumstances surrounding the road closure and controversy are bizarre. “I agree with you, it is crazy,” she said.

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