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TABERNACLE —A GOP primary election held last month in Tabernacle Township, for two open seats on the Tab er na cle Tow nsh ip Com m it t e e, has proven that every vote, and due diligence, matters. Nancy McGinnis, who was the coowner of Nixon’s General Store in town for 35 years with her husband, Jack, until

selling the business last June, has defeated 18-year Committeeman Joseph Yates IV in an incredible comeback win of sorts. “On Election Night, I had a 37-vote lead, and by morning, with mail-in ballots received thus far counted, I was losing by four votes,” McGinnis said. “After the 48hour deadline passed for mail-in ballots postmarked by election day, I was losing by one vote. At the behest of my family, friends, and supporters I asked for a

recount that took place on June 26.” The new vote tally following the recount indicated 355 votes were cast for Robert Sunbury Jr., Tabernacle’s emergency management coordinator, 297 votes were cast for Nancy McGinnis and 296 votes were cast for Yates. The recount was ordered on June 24 by Superior Court Assignment Judge Ronald Bookbinder, just days before his retirement See MIRACLE/ Page 23

SOU T H A M P TON —A Sout ha mpton Township committeeman’s efforts to have the municipality’s nitrate dilution ordinance revised to “exclude properties in commercial and/or business and industrial zones,” so that commercial businesses won’t potentially face excessive septic system expenses when looking to establish or expand facilities in town, led to a “loud” and sometimes personal, public dispute last month. Ultimately, the Southampton Township Committee passed a motion, 4-1, directing its attorney to draft an ordinance that would exclude such properties from the existing law, also commonly referred to as the High-Quality Groundwater Act. Committeeman Bill Raftery, who during the June 18 committee meeting called on the committee to simply pass a motion to amend the nitrate dilution ordinance after having some debate, said that the law is one of several that is “handicapping” the development of commercial properties in Southampton. He contended that exempting commercial real estate from the nitrate requirements would provide for “an opportunity” for the town “to raise revenue.” After explaining that the municipality has not raised taxes for two years in a row, maintains a balanced budget this year and “enjoys a significant surplus,” Raftery said that it was time for the committee to address the “income end of what a township does” and increase its See NITRATE/ Page 22

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Pinelands Water and Wastewater Customers in Southampton Face Substantial Rate Hikes By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

SOU T H A M P TON — P i nela nd s Wat er Company and Pinelands Wastewater Company, both part of the Middlesex Water family of companies, are proposing substantial rate hikes for its customers in Southampton Township. Pinelands Water Company, which serves the LeisureTowne and Hampton Lakes section of Southampton, is requesting an overall increase in water revenues of $189,104, or approximately 22.49 percent above the adjusted annual pro forma revenues for twelve months ending Sept. 30. A residential water customer with a 5/8” meter, using 17,204 gallons of water per quarter, would see their bill increase from $81.97 to $100.54 per quarter. Pinelands Wastewater Company, which serves the Vincentown section of Southampton, along with LeisureTowne and Hampton Lakes, is requesting an overall increase in wastewater revenues of $482,969, or approximately 39.22 percent above the adjusted annual pro forma revenues for twelve months ending Sept. 30. A residential wastewater customer sending 17,204 gallons of wastewater per quarter would see their bill increase from $165.10 to $229.84 per quarter. “The increase is necessary to ensure the continual provision of safe, adequate and proper service to customers of Pinelands Water and

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PEMBERTON—A Pemberton Township man has been displaced from his doublewide mobile home after it caught fire and sustained major damage last month. Firefighters were called to the Bellaire Mobile Home Park, in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, around 1:05 p.m. on June 23. It was there that they found flames shooting up from a mobile home at 3631 Waymouth Road. “The guys did a great job knocking the fire down, we were on it quick,” said Pemberton Township Fire Chief Craig Augustoni of the firefighters’ response to the blaze. “They got in there to attack the blaze and the guy (the homeowner) was very grateful. I am just glad there were no injuries.” Ronald D. Smith, owner of the home, was not at home at the time of the blaze, according to Augustoni. “He has been displaced and is now living with a relative,” the fire chief said. Augustoni added that the fire, which caused “major damage to the home,” was not considered suspicious and is under investigation by the Burlington County and state fire marshals.

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PEMBERTON—A Pemberton Township woman who initially refused rescue last month, according to fire officials, from the second-floor balcony of a burning apartment building has died. Kathryn Broda, 68, according to Pemberton Township Fire Chief Craig Augustoni, passed away on June 29, three days after the June 26 blaze. The inferno, which affected Building A of the Golden Terrace Apartment complex at 555 Lakehurst Road, started around 3:27 p.m. on June 26, the fire chief said. “When arriving on location, I could see heavy fire conditions out of the backside of the apartment,” Augustoni said. According to a press release issued by the Pemberton Township Volunteer Fire Company, Augustoni, the first firefighter to arrive at the scene, immediately confirmed that the woman was on the balcony. The fire chief, according to the release, worked with responding Virtua first aid squad members and Pemberton Township Police Department officers to commandeer a ladder from a nearby work site and put it against the balcony in an attempt to rescue Broda. “We got reports of an occupant of Apartment Two, in Building A, trapped on the balcony,” Augustoni later told this newspaper. “Several attempts were made to get her to come down a workman’s ladder commandeered before firetrucks

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An apartment building damaged by flames on June 26. arrived, but she failed to come off the balcony.” The fire chief added that Broda, who was not injured by that point of the blaze, firmly told him that she was “not climbing down any ladder.” The blaze quickly spread to neighboring Apartments One and Three. Firefighters from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL), part of mutual aid that reported to the scene, “got a (fire truck) ladder up to Broda” and provided her with “instructions on how to descend” over the deck railing. However, Augustoni said Broda was disoriented by that point in the fire. He added

that the woman rushed toward the ladder in a panicked state when she observed flames break through one of the balcony’s walls. As she attempted to navigate the ladder, it is believed that she passed out from the extreme heat generated by the inferno, causing her to fall backwards to the ground, he said. Two JBMDL firefighters on the ladder “lost their flight” due to Broda’s impact on the ladder and fell to the ground. Augustoni said one of the firefighters attempting a rescue suffered minor back injuries from the fall and was treated for those injuries. Broda, who suffered third degree burns See APARTMENT/ Page 20

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TABERNACLE—A majority of members serving on the Tabernacle Township Committee are questioning the legitimacy of Robert C. Sunbury Jr., one of two winners of a recently held GOP primary election for township committee and Tabernacle’s emergency management coordinator, retaining his emergency management position should he win a seat on the governing body in November’s General Election. Committeemen Joseph Yates IV and Stephen Lee IV first inquired about the legitimacy of Sunbury retaining his Tabernacle Office of Emergency Management position, should he serve on the committee, during a June 24 Tabernacle Township Committee meeting. The meeting was held two days before a recount showed that Sunbury and resident Nancy McGinnis defeated Yates. With no Democrats, as of press time, declaring their candidacy for township committee, it would appear that Nancy McGinnis and Sunbury have a decided advantage to win November’s General Election, barring a write-in campaign. “I would like to make a motion to begin a search process for a new emergency management coordinator, irrespective of any legal opinion, in the assumption that Bob Sunbury will win the general election in November,” Lee said. “I think that these two positions need to be separate. I clearly believe

he can do both jobs, but I do not believe that that is in the best interest of the taxpayers.” The motion passed 4-1, with Mayor Joseph Barton voting in opposition. “Mr. Sunbury (whose OEM coordinator term runs until May 2021) is still the OEM Coordinator until he steps down,” said Barton during a June 25 interview with this newspaper. “That is the reason I voted against the motion to advertise the position he currently holds. I don’t see the reason to rush it. It would be more appropriate to deal with this after the general election, which would give us the rest of November and December to see what Mr. Sunbury’s intentions are.” Barton seemed to be caught off guard by Lee’s motion, saying that he would have preferred to first discuss the matter in a workshop session. “Also, there are statutorial questions about whether (Sunbury) can serve in both positions that need to be defined,” the mayor said. “Can he legally serve in both of those positions? If he can, then at that point of time, it should be Mr. Sunbury’s decision whether he wants to serve in both positions and not the committee’s decision.” According to state law, the mayor of a municipality has the responsibility to appoint an emergency management coordinator from among the residents of the municipality for a three-year term. Only the governor may remove any municipal emergency management coordinator at any time for cause. Sunbury could not be immediately reached for comment. Place Your Ad

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Special Education Administrator Chosen to Replace Pinelands Regional School Board Member Who Quit

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—The Pinelands Regional Board of Education has selected veteran educator and Little Egg Harbor Township resident Andrew J. Barchetto to replace 15-year board member Jeffrey Bonicky, who abruptly resigned at its May 25 meeting. Barchetto, 41, who has spent two decades as an educator and currently serves as supervisor of special education for Oakcrest High School, which is part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District in Atlantic County, was chosen by a five-member majority from a field of five candidates interviewed for the vacancy by Board President Susan Ernst during the board’s regular session on June 19. He will be officially sworn in at the board’s next regular meeting on July 24, after being fingerprinted and completing necessary paperwork, and serve out the remainder of Bonicky’s unexpired term that ends in December, at which point an election will take place to fill the seat, according to Ernst. The board president thanked all the applicants, whom she described as having come in with “great resumes and reference letters.” But what may have given Barchetto the edge was his expertise in special education, along with his experience in program-building that included having developed a life-skills program for students with significant disabilities while teaching at Hammonton High School that he said has become a model for others such programs in Atlantic County school districts. Having served temporary on the Little Egg Harbor School Board from May through November of 2016, Barchetto indicated, had helped to familiarize him with the kinds of financial responsibilities and constraints that

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school boards and administrators regularly face. In response to the questions put to him by Ernst, he emphasized what he believes is the importance of serving as an advocate for both the school district the people it serves, and helping to establish a better sense of trust between the two by translating board policies and communicating to the public “what’s happening and why it’s happening to a certain extent,” recognizing that board members are not at liberty to share all privileged information discussed in executive sessions. By the same token, he said he would like to see members of the community and business leaders offer the perspectives and insights they have gained from their “real world experience” as opposed to an educator’s outlook. Barchetto made a particular point of the advantage his understanding of specialeducation requirements as dictated by state law would give the board, since it is an area that entails “a little bit of a learning curve.” Acquiring this kind of specialized knowledge base, he noted, is something that takes considerable time, since it involves “a lot of homework,” preparation and reading of “the latest updates and board presentations.” In describing what motivated him to want to take on the often challenging job of serving on the Pinelands Regional Board, Barchetto told the Pine Barrens Tribune in a subsequent phone interview that as the father of five children, the oldest of whom is now entering seventh grade in the district, he wanted “to make sure they’re going into the best learning environment possible” and appreciated the opportunity to help in creating it. When asked by this newspaper what he hopes to accomplish there, however, Barchetto said

that he wanted to get a “consensus on board goals and the needs of the district” before determining that. The meeting, which counting executive sessions lasted nearly five hours, also included the acceptance of Junior High School Assistant Principal Thomas Denning’s resignation, effective July 1, which Superintendent Dr. Melissa Cooley noted will now mean the district has 2.5 fewer administrators. She proposed this deficiency now be addressed by combining the assistant principal’s job with that of a supervisor charged with monitoring teachers’ performance, and to have that individual work primarily out of the high school, but also be charged with sharing responsibilities at the junior high in terms of teacher observations, evaluations and crisis management. The superintendent suggested that her proposal be discussed at a board retreat this month, and if approved, be placed on the agenda for the July 24 meeting. Noting that renovations to the high school were proceeding on schedule, Ernst reported that “unless something opens up in the walls that we are totally unaware of, we are on track to open on time.” Further work, however, according to McCooley, will necessitate the holding of district summer programs at the George Mitchell Elementary School and board meetings in the Frog Pond Elementary School multi-purpose room, both in Little Egg Harbor. In discussing the school district’s progress in achieving its goals, McCooley noted that chronic absenteeism had gone down dramatically in the past year, from 25 to seven percent. “That is an enormous gain, and something the board should be proud of,” she declared. Two members of the junior high school

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(Re: Southampton OEM Coordinator, Mayor Take Heat for Their Initial Response to Major Flood) The mayor and township OEM coordinator not being involved is inexcusable… especially the OEM coordinator as that is what he was hired to do. This total lack of response placed not only the towns first responders lives at risk, but its residents as well. Fire the emergency manager and hire me, Will Ham. I promise to be proactive and accountable. ~Will Ham

(Re: Southampton OEM Coordinator, Mayor Take Heat for Their Initial Response to Major Flood) How is this possible? I live in Lumberton Township and I was getting Nixle alerts from five different police departments for three days straight. How could they not know what was going on? ~Matt Kausch

(Re: Southampton OEM Coordinator, Mayor Take Heat for Their Initial Response to Major Flood) Changes are desperately needed. ~Valerie Penz-Tulay

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It’s 3 a.m. Do You Want Someone Answering the Phone? “It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there is a phone in the White House and its ringing. Something is happening in the world. Your vote will decide who answers that call. Whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military, someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world. It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?” T h o s e a r e t h e wo r d s f r o m a campaign commercial during the 2008 presidential primary race. As we repor t e d la st we ek , Southa mpton Townsh ip off icia ls were seemingly unprepared for the flood that happened late on June 19 into June 20. S o u t h a m p t o n To w n s h i p ’s Emergency Management Coordinator was repor tedly unreachable for a wh ile a nd had not activated t he municipality’s Office of Emergency Ma nagement despite hou rs of heavy rain, according to Township Administrator Kathleen D. Hoffman, prompting the local fire chief to order evacuations and desperately seek out assistance, such as transportation, all while Hoffman tried to contact PSE&G to shut off power in the area of downed wires hampering rescue

efforts. Then, there was the fact that no one went and got the mayor out of bed. “I had tr ied to call him on his landline, as well as at his business, but I didn’t try his cellphone because he always tells me that he leaves his cellphone in the car,” said Hoffman of her effor ts to reach the mayor during the height of flood rescues, after being awakened by the local fire chief. “That actually isn’t the case, he uses the cellphone as his ala r m clock. But he also said he doesn’t hear his phone because he has a hearing problem.” With the recent local affairs in mind, we ask: It’s 3 a.m. There is a phone in the Southampton Township Municipal Building and its ringing. A flash flood is happening. Your voices will decide if someone answers that call. Whether it’s someone who already knows emergency management, has an evacuation plan in place, someone tested and ready to lead rescues and emergency evacuations. It’s 3 a.m. Do you want someone answering the phone at town hall?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Bass River Officials Engage in Dirty Politics In a recent article, (Bass River Drops Volunteer EMS in Favor of Using Commercial Firm, Pine Barrens Tribune: June 22, 2019), statistics provided by Bass River Township’s mayor and deputy mayor about the Great Bay Regional EMS Squad 85 are wrong. Talk to Great Bay officials and get the numbers right from their CAD system! The ambulance squad was never called or sent a letter infor m ing them of the special meeting to decide their fate, let alone the residents. This is dirty politics! It has been smoke and mirrors in town for many years! When you ask questions at Bass River Township Board of Commissioners meetings, the response from our officials is “We’ll get back to you.” and they never do, or they dance around the question posed to them. It is a shame when the township’s fire

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company has to go and ask other fire companies if they have air packs because the municipality doesn’t have money to buy them. This is a neglect of duty by the township officials to protect the residents and plan, especia lly since t hey k new a yea r in advance that the fire company was going to need air packs. When I asked officials about taking money from “Capital Expenditures,” I was told, “We don’t have any.” So, the next time the newspaper talks to township officials, talk to the residents as well so that you get the true facts! The residents will tell the newspaper the truth, which is not what the town officials want the residents to hear! We have no service. We have no trash pickup. We use the New Jersey State Police. What happens when someone gets a bill from ambulance squad and a donation request

from fire company? They are going to pay the ambulance squad because they think that their taxes take care of the fire company’s needs. $40,000 a year in support is nowhere near enough for a fire company to work with. The board keeps passing the buck on to the residents of the town and gives nothing back. The state keeps cutting aid and grants. There is no help, and we are not the only town going through this. We have been the forgotten town of Burlington County for years. So, there is enough blame to go around, but it starts at the township level. The board was elected to lookout for the taxpayers and it seems that is not the case in Bass River Township. Kevin Foder Bass River, New Jersey

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Supported Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act: With a humanitarian crisis on the Southern Border reaching critical levels, Kim voted with Democrats and Republicans to provide funding to address the immediate needs of children and families. This bill provides $4.5 billion in FY2019 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal departments and agencies for humanitarian assistance and security to respond to migrants attempting to enter the U.S. at the southern border. Called on Key House Committee to Fix the SALT Deduction: Kim testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, calling for action to restore the full SALT deduction and provide tax fairness to middle class families. Won Additional Funding for Small Business Owners: An amendment authored by Kim was passed by the House, providing additional funding for training for small business owners and veteran entrepreneurs. A n nou nced Mobi le O f fice Hour s: The congressman’s team will be available throughout Burlington and Ocean Counties to help with casework issues with federal agencies. Announced Local Winner of Congressional Art Competition: Ariel Etzel, a 12th grade student from Point Pleasant Borough High School in Point Pleasant, is the Congressional Art Competition winner from the Third Congressional District. Her artwork is on display at the U.S. Capitol. The above feature is prepared by Third Congressional District Rep. Andy Kim’s Communications Director, Anthony DeAngelo, to give readers a summary of his past week’s activities and voting record.

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PEMBERTON—Some 40 local seniors went on an excursion last week to the Pines Dinner Theatre in Allentown, Pa. to see the musical, “Rock Around the Clock.” There was a three-piece live band, just like there was in the 1960s. Last week’s show was a real “blast from the past,” a most high-energy review of all the great rock and roll sounds of the 1950s and 60s. The dinner theatre, a rather unique venue that takes on the appearance of a small, neighborhood restaurant with a small, inconspicuous sign, was the perfect venue for this show featuring a neighborhood “malt shop” and a local gang rocking, rolling and singing. The establishment was also the perfect venue for a little dancing in the aisles, or certainly a lot of toe-tapping. The show brought back memories for the seniors of their teenage years. Pines Dinner Theatre is owned and operated by Oliver Blatt, who also serves as its technical director and producer. His multi-talented wife, Amber Blatt, teaches high school-level dramatic arts. She played a key role in this production. Some of their relatives also take part in the

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Grilling Lettuce Can Make You Sleepy A lot of people barbecue this time of the year and some of you may consider throwing lettuce on the grill. Know that some forms of lettuce can be grilled, while others should not be grilled. Wild lettuce, known as Lactusa virosa, grows all over the world and contains “lactucarium,” a milky substance that can cause sedative and psychoactive effects, such as hallucinations. Wild lettuce has bright green leaves, which secrete the lactucarium. This compound resembles opium, a mild analgesic. In the early 1900’s, extracts of this species were used for whooping cough. Therefore, this type should not be grilled. On the other hand, Iceberg lettuce and Romaine lettuce are not psychoactive forms of the vegetable and can be grilled. Food Science and Biotechnology has an article entitled, “Sleep-Inducing Effect of Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) Varieties on PentobarbitalInduced Sleep.” The scientists investigated the sleep-inducing effect of Romaine lettuce on mice put to sleep by pentobarbital, an anesthetic and anti-seizure drug. Since Romaine lettuce has a higher content of a compound called “lactucin,” it made them sleep longer than they would have normally. They tested the seed extract and the leaves themselves, along with the seeds, were stronger. Lactucin is part of the aforementioned bigger compound, lactucarium, so Romaine lettuce actually does have some sedating characteristics. Iceberg lettuce didn’t make anyone snooze, although it is fabulous for lettuce wraps! Romaine lettuce, one of the two types of lettuces that can be grilled, is what I recommend you grill. I am not recommending this form of lettuce because it causes drowsiness (trust me it is not even remotely close to an Ambien!). Rather, I

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Please Don’t Mess with Lori’s Perfect Pens I inherited my love for a good pen from my Father. He stored writing utensils beside his recliner and on the visor in his car. He kept no less than Lori Clinch two of them in his shirt pocket at all times. COLUMNIST These weren’t your average pens. These were pens that wrote nice, glided across the paper and fit well in your hand. Loving pens, as he did, Dad never passed up the opportunity to utilize his good pens. employees wouldn’t walk off with them. He loved making lists, writing his name “Did Pat have respect for my ownership of on his stuff and drawing spiders on his these new pens?” you might ask. grandchildrens’ belongings. Knowing that he would most likely use the Once, he even wrote, “Pop was here” on the utensil to pen a thought and then leave it on his drywall of our new home, and while my husband tailgate, did he respect the quality of the pen wasn’t amused, I couldn’t help but smile. and its more than average expense? I too have a love for good pens and I despise Well, that is going to be a “no.” nothing more than reaching into a drawer In our home office, Pat has a drawer full of during an important phone call and pulling pens. Although they aren’t the quality of my out one that won’t write. new foundpens, they do work. They do their That being said, you can imagine my bliss last bidding, leave their mark, and at the end of the winter when I opened a new pack of gel-pens day, have fulfilled their purpose. and found them to be perfect writing utensils. Yet, as I approached my desk last week, I This brand of pens flowed, wrote nicely and noticed that all of my pens were gone. So, was didn’t smudge. It did all but bring home the the pen that I use for pricing in the back room, bacon and fry it up in a pan. as well as the pen that I had carefully labeled, Now, I am a giving person. In fact, I feel that “Lori’s,” gone? I am generous to a fault. When doling things No sir. out, I always take the least desirable item. If you After diligent searching, I found one of them have yourself five cheese burgers, I’ll take the on Pat’s desk, two in the cup holder of his pickup burnt or the tattered one. When picking comfy truck and “Lori’s pen” (this is where I shudder chairs in the living room when the family is to think) on his workbench amidst his hammers home, I’ll sit on a bar stool if I have to (that is and wrenches. where the real sacrifice is made). “But they write so nice!” Pat exclaimed when Yessir, I’d be a shoe in for heaven if it was I confronted him. not for one thing—that darn pen. So, I did as any loving wife would do and It is not that I don’t want to share a pack of gave Pat his own pens to do with as he pleased. new pens with my beloved spouse, Pat. It is just The very next day I found Lori’s pen back that I was sure that he wouldn’t respect the pens. on his workbench. Would he appreciate that the pens write “But you keep you pens handier,” was his smoothly, along with the fact that they don’t defense. smudge? Most importantly, would he appreciate I guess I will have to break down and buy the fact that they cost a dollar each? the poor man his own box of pens and place Throw a few of those pens on the floor of the them within arm’s length of everything that he work truck every month and take that expense does. It’ll be expensive to be sure, but at least times twelve, Pat. we can write the expense off. Knowingly being selfish, I hid the pens. I put them in little drawers that I was sure Pat had forgotten about. I slipped them in cubbies Lori Clinch was born and raised in North Platte, where they were out of sight, and at the antique Nebraska, a hotbed of material for writers whose passion shop, I put them in a place where he never looks it is to make people laugh. She is the mother of four sons and clearly marked them, “Lori’s pens” so the and the author of the book “Are We There Yet?” © 2019 LORI CLINCH

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to more than 30 percent of her body, was transported by ground to Lourdes Emergency Room at Deborah Hospital (prior to the Capital Health July 1 takeover), before being flown to Temple University Hospital, where she later died. Augustoni confirmed her death Sunday. Two other occupants of Apartment 2, who both self-extricated themselves from the burning building, Elizabeth Johnson, 50, daughter of Broda, and Johnson’s 11-year-old child, were taken to Lourdes Emergency Room at Deborah Hospital and then transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Johnson, who suffered second-degree burns

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3,200 Jersey Central Power and Light customers in Pemberton Township lost power by Saturday evening, according to Augustoni. He said the power outages peaked at around 8:52 p.m. when the utility company had to terminate electricity to several areas to make repairs to damaged circuits. “1,700 customers had their power knocked out by storm itself, but they had to cut wires to do pole work,” Augustoni said. 1,496 customers were still without electricity late Sunday morning, with the final customers not restored until around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. The long duration power outages prompted the utility to offer free water and ice to its customers at the Browns Mills Acme store. Augustoni said Pemberton Township’s

identifying these individuals, who comprise an estimated 20 percent of the student population, but by placing them in appropriate classes in which their progress can be monitored so they can receive additional academic and behavioral interventions. On a somewhat related topic raised in a letter from a reporter for an area newspaper—that of “sexting,” in which students use cell phones to post lewd pictures of classmates on social media, an incident of which at the junior high was recently reported to local authorities— Ernst pointed out that “there are no policies” on how to deal with the problem, either in the Pinelands district or on a statewide basis, with only one district, that of Jersey City, having attempted to create one.

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She then suggested that the board assemble whatever information is currently available and perhaps try to develop such a policy at its upcoming retreat. During the public comment period, Howard Hilgendorff, a retired Pinelands Regional High School Spanish teacher and senior adviser, paid tribute to Clement Crea, the district’s former school superintendent who died in Arizona in April. The former superintendent was accorded a moment of silence at a subsequent board meeting. Noting that Crea had hired him 37 years ago, Hilgendorff suggested that “a more permanent way of memorializing him” would be to name the administration building after him when the high school reopens. Ernst, who thanked Hilgendorff for coming to the meeting, said the board would discuss his proposal, and said of Crea that “those of us who were here at the time know what a special man he really was.”

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(Continued from Page 1) ratables through commercial development so that it can pay for anticipated expenses down the road. “That (having a balanced budget and not raising taxes for two years in a row) doesn’t mean that for the next two or three years we are going to be able to do the same,” Raftery said. “We face a tremendous amount of expenses, to include fire equipment, roads and equipment for our Department of Public Works.” Mayor James F. Young Sr. immediately voiced his objections to changing the ordinance, telling Raftery that the Southampton Township Environmental Commission put a lot of work into the ordinance that “protects the township from the overdevelopment of residential areas.” “There are different places where you can put commercial buildings in our township,” Young said. “But the idea is our township is beautiful the way it is. I think if you asked anybody, they would agree. What do you want to overpopulate it for?” Raftery replied that he “didn’t want to get the hackles of the mayor’s hair up” and was merely suggesting that the committee can try to raise the money needed for future expenses by easing the nitrate dilution ordinance as it applies to commercially zoned properties only. “We can borrow the money and fund that obligation or we can try and raise the money,” he said. Young, who has served as mayor of the municipality for 25 years, responded that Southampton has been “operating perfectly for 175 years,” which led Raftery to exclaim “Oh my God!” from his seat on the committee dais. “To me, by amending this ordinance, you are looking for trouble,” Young said. As Young continued to exclaim that, “Our nitrate ordinance is here to protect our residents.” Raftery, in response, contended that maybe the committee “should look at putting sewers in the township” if it “really wanted to protect the water quality.” “Sewers bring in homes,” Young said. “Homes bring in children. Children bring taxes.” Young asked Raftery to tell the committee how much revenue is generated when someone puts up a $500,000 building, to which the committeeman replied, “You have been the mayor for 25 years—you tell me.” “We only get a portion,” Young said. “How are you going to balance your budget that way? You are going to have to buy fire equipment to just service these (new) people.” Committeeman Ronald Heston, in a tense exchange with Raftery, said that he wasn’t against growth and “would certainly look at” expanding the sewer system, but that the demographics of the town and its limited population are not attractive to the commercial industry. He also discussed at length how a chemical plant in Bristol, Pa. was prompting concerns that its incinerator might pollute the Delaware River and said that “locally, we have the Rancocas Creek” that can be polluted.

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM “I think what you need to do is say we have it (the nitrate dilution ordinance) here for a reason and the reason is to protect our residents,” Heston said. “…The reason is to protect our waterways we enjoy. We just had a 700-acre cranberry bog return to its natural state of swampland to purify water and bring in wildlife. I don’t know that we want to jeopardize that standard for an industrial building that could pollute because somebody doesn’t wish to spend the money necessary to meet that standard.” The squabble turned into a full-fledge quarrel as Heston accused Raftery of having an ulterior motive behind wanting to change the township’s nitrate dilution ordinance “put into place to protect the drinking waters of Southampton Township.” “To change the ordinance to satisfy a commercial need, because an individual did not wish to do what the engineer wanted him to do in the first place, and because that person wound up spending tens of thousands of dollars fighting the engineer to get the ordinance changed, (I think is wrong),” Heston said. “I don’t think we should be doing this to satisfy an individual, who if he would have listened to the engineer, (wouldn’t have had to spend a lot of money).” Raftery, as he dismissed the charge made against him, said that he “could care less about that individual.” “I am talking about the future of this township,” he said. “I am not talking about one individual who is afraid to spend an extra $50,000. So, let’s be clear on that.” Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman, who last week described to this newspaper that she was caught in the middle of committee infighting and was “neutral,” said that she thought Heston was referring to a warehouse application made by UConn to the Southampton Township Planning Board. Heston did not return messages seeking comment on this story. Committeeman Michael Mikulski, at the township committee meeting, told his colleagues that he thought the debate was premature considering that no draft law was in front of them. He then questioned Township Solicitor George Morris about whether a municipality can set different nitrate standards for commercial and residential zones. “You can have standards that are different in residential zones, commercial zones, or even two different standards in residential zones, all depending on what the interest of the township is,” said Morris, who agreed that the committee was having the “debate in abstract.” Mikulski also asked Morris to address whether easing restrictions on commercial properties would lead to “backdoor residential developments.” The township solicitor replied that he is “a lawyer,” so he had to reply that “it is not likely.” Young, as he continued to express opposition to revisiting the ordinance, suggested that a special meeting be held and advertised so that the “people from the township” can give their opinion on what the committee “should and should not do.” He also called on the committee

to get the input of the Southampton Township Environmental Commission before racking up a bill with Morris, despite the fact that Hoffman later told this newspaper that the commission had not yet reorganized for the year when asked for the name of its chairperson. “Jim, I know you want to do everything possible to fort my initiative,” Raftery said. “But with that said, if you want to hold special meetings, knock yourself out. I think it is something that everyone in this township should be involved in. Guess what, if I am in the minority, I will be the first one to say, ‘Raftery, shame on you for trying to raise revenue for the town.’” Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Rossel, when asked by the mayor whether she had anything to say on the subject, replied that she had met a couple months ago with Joseph Springer, who served on the environmental commission from 1990 to 2010 and was one of the nitrate dilution ordinance’s original crafters. This statement was preceded by remarks from Mikulski where he described that a business owner recently came to him with a complaint that he could not afford to build a conference room and additional office space due to the nitrate dilution ordinance. The mayor had replied to Mikulski that nobody came to him with concerns. “The (township) attorney will give me a swift kick, but it is obvious there has been discussion amongst other committee members, and the mayor, and I have been excluded from it,” said Heston, appearing to suggest that his colleagues were in violation of the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), requiring that any discussion with a majority of governing body members be advertised and part of a government meeting. Heston’s suggestion led to a shouting match between Heston and Raftery, an incident which Hoffman later characterized as “loud” discussion. “I 100 percent object to that!” Raftery shouted. “(When there is) anything you don’t think of, (you feel) other people conspire against you. What the heck is wrong with you?” When Heston demanded to know, “Where did all of this come from?” and why was Rossel conversing with Springer without his knowledge, Young acknowledged that he asked the deputy mayor to converse with the former environmental commission chairman. “I spoke to Springer months ago when this came up; because I needed information and the mayor suggested I talk to Joe,” Rossel said. The mayor’s admission forced Heston to “sincerely apologize” twice for his remarks, later described by Hoffman as very serious. “He was accusing the three of them violating OPMA,” the administrator told this newspaper. “He thought the three of them had discussion about it. To make that statement, that is a pretty serious statement.” She stopped just short, however, of saying that she would pursue an investigation into a possible OPMA violation. “I wish it were sincere,” said Raftery of Heston’s apology during the committee meeting, still raising his voice. “It was uncalled for. You jumped to conclusions. I hope you don’t jump

Saturday, July 6, 2019 to conclusions about the proposed ordinance you are talking about and give it intelligent thought. That is really what I hope.” Heston, Milkulski, Rossel and Raftery voted to pass the motion, while Young cast the lone dissenting vote. In a June 29 interview with this newspaper, Springer said Southampton’s nitrate dilution ordinance requires those engaging in new development in the municipality, outside of the area designated as Pinelands by the Pinelands Commission, to use a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Nitrate Dilution model to determine if the improvements will cause parcel nitrates to exceed an acceptable state standard, in most cases 3.2 milligrams per liter. If parcel nitrates exceed the standard, one must improve their septic system, and for commercial development, a nitrate processing system usually has to be installed to meet the requirement. Raftery, in his back and forth with the mayor, said that all of the 40 other Burlington County municipalities follow a weaker standard accepted by the county. Springer contended that the committeeman does not quite understand the issue, explaining that the other county municipalities have elected to not adopt the state’s non-mandatory standard and that the county plays no part in setting nitrate standards. He added that only ten percent of Southampton falls outside of the Pinelands and that the rest of the municipality is subjected to the Pinelands Commission’s mandatory 3.2 milligrams per liter nitrate standard. He added that several other municipalities in the county have all of their land within the Pinelands, so they would be automatically subjected to the stricter standard without having passed any ordinance. Areas that are not considered Pinelands, and are not regulated by the state standard, are subjected to a federal nitrate standard of 10 milligrams per liter, which would, in most cases, not require many septic system improvements before development can move forward, Springer said. “I know things haven’t been this way, or have been a certain way for a number of years,” said Raftery during the committee meeting. “Change is what this world is about. You either grab change, march to it and make it your ally, or you bury your head in the sand and wait until something clobbers you over the head and makes you change. I am saying let’s get out in front of this mayor.” Springer told this newspaper that the township committee would have to also change the “conservation element” of the master plan and redo its Vision 2030 development plan should it wish to proceed with easing the nitrate dilution ordinance. “If this Vision is not considered in an attempt to bypass the work and engineering that has gone before it, then it is the same as telling the many citizens, businesses, volunteers, and public officials involved that their work, and all that money spent meant nothing,” Springer wrote to Rossel. “Do we need to call those many authors together again?”

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from the bench. “The day before the recount, I was notified by the Superior Count of Burlington County that one of the provisional ballots not counted may have actually qualified to be counted,” Nancy McGinnis said. “Without objection from all three candidates, the court ordered the ballot should be counted, which then put me in a tie. On the morning of June 26, the machines were rechecked and the machine count stayed the same. However, mail-in ballots counted on Election Day by machine were counted by hand. The final, official tally put me ahead by one vote.” Burlington County Clerk Joanne Schwartz certified the results as official shortly after the court-ordered recount. “I really, really appreciate each and every person who came out to vote for me,” said Nancy McGinnis by phone the day after she was declared the winner. “At first, I was disappointed when I saw that I was losing after the mail-in ballots were counted. But my family said that it was only a difference of one vote, so it should be rechecked.” In fact, Nancy McGinnis, in a previous interview with this newspaper, had offered her congratulations to Yates shortly after the veteran committeeman pulled ahead of her by a handful of votes. This was despite the fact that the race was deemed undecided by political observers. Jack McGinnis, also Nancy McGinnis’ campaign manager, maintained after her remarks to this newspaper that his wife wasn’t conceding the race and that she was “waiting for the final count.” “I want to reach out to the business community and support them and also try to look at the Route 206 corridor,” said Nancy McGinnis in the interview with this

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WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM newspaper following the recount. “There is a lot of potential for more businesses to come in there and that will bring the ratables that will keep our property taxes down. “I also want to try and get the Tabernacle Inn (a restaurant and bar which has been closed for a couple of years) sold, instead of it just continuing to sit there and rotting away. I also want to get Murphy’s Market (located on Medford Lakes-Tabernacle Road) approval to put a sign on Route 206. They’ve been trying to get a sign there for forever to increase their visibility from the highway corridor.” Yates could not be reached for comment on this story after the recount. However, two nights earlier, prior to a June 24 Tabernacle Township Committee meeting, he seemed to take the possibility of losing the primary in stride. “If it turns out that I lose, it is no hard feelings,” Yates said. “I have served for 18 years.” Committeeman Stephen Lee IV has chosen to step aside from the committee at the end of the year and Nancy McGinnis and Sunbury are running in November to fill this seat as well. With no Democrats, as of press time, declaring their candidacy for township committee, it would appear that Nancy McGinnis and Sunbury have a decided advantage to win November’s General Election, barring a write-in campaign. Both candidates would be newcomers if elected to the governing body. “I want to thank Joe Yates for all he has done for Tabernacle,” Nancy McGinnis said. “Joe has always been involved with helping the residents of Tabernacle. Besides his years of service on the committee, Joe was a volunteer coach. Joe coached some of my children in baseball. Joe is a good neighbor, always there to lend a helping hand when needed. I am proud to call Joe my friend and want to personally thank him for all his contributions to making Tabernacle such a great community.”

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