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DAMAGING DERECHO
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Rare, Intense and Long-lived Thunderstorm Complex Causes Significant Tree Damage Leading to Power Loss By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON—An intense line of arching thunderstorms that initiated June 3 in the vicinity of Erie, Pennsylvania and developed its shape from wind momentum pushing for ward, rapidly progressed southeastward Wednesday over a matter of just hours at speeds topping 100 mph, sweeping through the Pines during the early afternoon hours, producing widespread and significant wind damage. With the swath of concentrated wind damage spread out over 250 miles across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service forecast office in Mount Holly, in conjunction with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, concluded the event was a derecho—with the last one affecting New Jersey in 2012. “It is a very rare, very specific event,” said Jonathan O’Brien, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, noting that such intense thunderstorm complexes, such as the one that came through Wednesday, have a “comma head that gets a cavity” and “bows out in front.” By definition, if the swath of wind damage extends for more than 250 miles, includes wind gusts of at least 58 mph along most of its length, and also includes several, wellseparated 75 mph or greater gusts, then the event may be classified as a derecho, according to a website posting from the Storm Prediction Center.
A 72-mph wind gust was observed in Waretown, while a 92-mph wind gust was reported in Surf City. Philadelphia International Airport reported a 68-mph wind gust. The Pine Barrens falls inbetween these observation stations. The highest observed wind gust in Burlington County, according to O’Brien, was reported in Jacksonville (67 mph). The damage seen June 3 from the derecho resulted in widespread power outages, with some areas not expected to see full restoration until sometime over the weekend. A second severe thunderstorm cluster, that included a supercell thunderstorm, prompted the National Weather Service to issue a tornado warning for several counties, including west-central Burlington County, and produced additional damage during the late evening hours of June 3 in the southern portions of the area. However, O’Brien told this newspaper that while the weather bureau is still evaluating storm reports it has received, so far, there has “been no indication that a tornado touched down.” Some of the most significant damage, locally, from the derecho that happened earlier in the day occurred in the vicinity of Ridge and New roads and along Route 70 in Southampton Township. Several tree branches fell on a home in the 100 block of Ridge Road, ripping off part of its side. A neighboring home’s front yard was littered with downed tree branches,
including one that blocked driveway access to the home. Downed wires forced the closure of New Road. According to a Hampton Lakes fire policeman directing traffic in the vicinity at midafternoon, one set of downed wires was still live and burning the asphalt. He warned locals accessing their homes to not drive past cones set up on the roadway. This newspaper found several locations of felled trees and branches on New Road, and in developments off the road. According to the National Weather Service, multiple trees were also downed by the storm in Southampton near the intersection of Route 70 and Old Red Lion Road, and trees were also uprooted near Route 70 and Huntington Drive. Route 206 was closed in Southampton between Route 38 and South Pemberton Road due to fallen power poles. Power poles were also toppled on Eayrestown Road. Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes and Pemberton also reported that numerous trees were felled in the municipalities from the storm. Trees also blocked Route 9 for a time in Southern Ocean County and southeastern Burlington County. “We had some tremendously powerful thunderstorms move across the state yesterday,” said Democratic Governor Phil Murphy during a June 4, 1 p.m. press briefing. “It had more intensity in See DERECHO/ Page 9
TRENTON– It is no secret that nursing homes, or “post-acute care settings” as they are referred to in New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) parlance, have become the prime breeding grounds for the COVID-19 infection among both their patients and staff, accounting for roughly half of the nearly 12,000 Coronavirus deaths that have occurred so far in the state. But just how ill-prepared the NJDOH was to cope with the emergency created by the Coronavirus pandemic where nursing homes were concerned has suddenly come into the spotlight with the release this past week of two distinctly different documents. One is a letter purportedly written by department insiders to state Senate leaders revealing their unsuccessful attempts to oppose a decision made in March to release hospital patients testing positive into the care of nursing homes, and the other is a report from a major health consulting firm that was commissioned by the agency itself, entitled “Recommendations to Strengthen the Resilience of New Jersey’s Nursing Homes in the Wake of COVID-19.” The report, released June 3 by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, was compiled by Manatt Health to “undertake a rapid assessment of the state’s COVID-19 response” with emphasis on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing home residents and staff. Manatt was assigned the task of providing the state with a set of actionable recommendations aimed at improving the quality, resilience and safety of the state’s long-term care (LTC) delivery system now and for the future following a threeweek review in May. The anonymous writers of the denunciatory letter, which was addressed to Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senate Republican leader Tom Kean Jr., and the Bipartisan Review and Recovery Committee to Investigate COVID-related crises, claimed to represent divergent political perspectives. The writers identified themselves mostly as “members of the Democratic Party who have decided to blow the whistle on this tragedy, despite our personal politics.” T he fou r-page missive charges that “leadership failures” on the part of state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli “led to See HEALTH/ Page 6
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New Lisbon Residents Make Plea for Help After Word Spreads of Plan to Move Them, State Contends Scenario ‘Not Happening’ By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
WOODLAND—Reports that a decision had been made late last week by the CEO of the New Lisbon Developmental Center, Dave Thomas, to move 23 longtime residents of Juniper Cottage to Locust and Yucca cottages created a stir at the state-run facility that began Saturday, May 30 and lasted through Monday, June 1. The Pine Barrens Tribune, while that stir was taking place, received numerous telephone calls last weekend about the matter, including from the developmentally disabled residents of Juniper Cottage, who desperately pleaded for help from this newspaper. The callers contended that Juniper Cottage has been the only one to be unaffected by a Coronavirus outbreak at New Lisbon, somet h i ng t h is newspap e r cou ld not independently confirm. As this newspaper previously reported, however, New Lisbon has been besieged by Coronavirus, that as of press time, infected 194 of its residents and 129 of its staffers (a total of 323 cases). 10 of those residents have since died from the virus, and one staffer has also passed away from it, according to a report issued May 31 by the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services (NJDHS). “I Live at New Lisbon,” said Joe, who contended to be one of the residents. “As of Monday morning (June 1), they are coming in and removing individuals from Juniper Cottage … Juniper Cottage has been cleared from COVID-19 through this whole outbreak.
… Now they are taking non-infected people and putting them in infected units. And they are taking infected people and putting them in Juniper Cottage. “This is violating our rights, something needs to be done, and I’m calling the news to get this reported. Put this out there. We have been keeping this unit clean; we haven’t had any outbreaks; our guys in Juniper Cottage have been clean from COVID; we are negative. Now you are putting us in a positive unit and taking positive people and putting them in a negative unit. This is not right.” Other developmentally disabled residents, who called from phone numbers that came up on Caller ID as “New Lisbon Developmental Center” and “NJ State of Human Services,” weren’t as articulate due to the nature of their disabilities, but declared “I am supposed to be moving tomorrow, but I do not want to move from the cleanest spot.” and “I do not want to move from this building at all.” A sister to a Juniper Cottage resident, who asked that her name be withheld from publication, told this newspaper May 31 that some, but not all, parents and guardians of those living in Juniper Cottage were informed by a social worker May 29 that the residents would be moved on June 1. The guardian contended that she was one of the individuals who did not receive a notification, but heard reports that two buses would be assisting in the relocation of the residents. “Some families were informed Friday, I was not,” she said. “I don’t know how they pick and See HELP/ Page 11
Woodland Considers Prohibiting Parking Alongside Road Near Franklin Preserve By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
WOODLAND—Parking alongside County Route 532, in the vicinity of Chatsworth Lake and Franklin Parker Preserve, may soon be prohibited—at least to some extent. The Woodland Township Committee, during its May 27 meeting, introduced an ordinance that, according to a draft document posted on the municipality’s website, would establish a “no parking zone” between mile markers 14 and 15 on County Route 532. That document states that the no parking zone” would apply to both the eastbound and westbound sides of the roadway. However, as the township committee introduced the ordinance, Mayor William “Billy” DeGroff indicated that the township would attempt to be measured before it would apply ever y si ngle one of t he regulations, should they pass following a scheduled June 23 public hearing on the matter. “This would only be (in effect) when the (no parking) signs are up,” the mayor contended. “As of right now, it can be either side of the road at any time. But as of right now, it would be the lake side (of the road), and if need be, we will sign the other side of the road.” The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, which hit suburban and urban areas particularly hard, has led droves of people to seek rural destinations for outdoor recreation. Additionally, record unemployment and mandated non-essential business closures have further contributed to a spike in outdoor recreation in rural areas. Since the May 2 reopening of state parks and forests after a temporary closure due to
the Coronavirus pandemic, Franklin Parker Preserve has been packed on most good weather days. DeGroff previously told this newspaper that he had not seen such crowds at Franklin Parker Preserve, outside of the annual Chatsworth Cranberry Festival held every third weekend in October. DeGroff said that people have been parking their vehicles alongside County Route 532 when the parking lot for the preserve becomes filled, and those who parked on the lake side of the roadway were then walking across the road to get to the preserve without any type of traffic control in place. The parking lot is located on a sharp bend off County Route 532. The proposed ordinance notes that the township committee has determined that “the safety of the motoring public and protection of adjacent property” requires the establishment of a no parking zone on this particular part of County Route 532. Another introduced ordinance at the latest committee meeting would vacate a portion of Giles Avenue, a township paper street. According to the draft document posted on the municipality’s website, the township has determined that the portion that would be vacated is not necessary for ingress or egress to any lands, or to facilitate the flow of traffic. A third ordinance that was introduced by the township committee would amend an existing, “old” ordinance “on the books” from 1998 that regulates resource extraction. Tow n sh ip Cle r k M a r ya l ic e Br ow n said the amendment was requested by Clayton Sand Company, which operates See PARKING/ Page 12
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‘Oversight’ Blamed for Memorial Day Wreath Not Being Put Out, Mayor Apologizes to Town Officials Also Catch Flack for Flying Torn Flags By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
WOODLAND—Mayor William “Billy” DeG roff, of Woodland Tow nship, has publicly apologized for what he contended was an “oversight” that resulted in Woodland Tow nship not displaying a t raditional wreath in observance of Memorial Day on May 25. Memorial Day is a day on which those who died in active military service are remembered. “Every Memorial Day, I walk up to the township building and pay tribute to those who died,” said resident Ken Bowker, also a local-disabled Vietnam veteran. “It means a lot to me.” Bowker described during the Woodland Township Committee’s May 27 meeting, held virtually due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, that he arrived at the township building/memorial on Memorial Day to find the wreath missing, and that a Killed in Action (KIA) flag used to celebrate the life of a fallen soldier “was all torn to shreds at the end,” while the township’s American flag was “ripped to shreds.” “I need an answer as to why the wreath was not there,” Bowker said. “And I would like to have the flags replaced.” Township Clerk Maryalice Brown said that the flags were torn when Democratic Governor Phil Murphy recently requested that flags be placed at Half-Staff (in honor of the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day). That order was issued by the governor on May 8. “They got caught in the tree,” she said. Brown contended that she needs to order a new American flag, and that she has been working with the county to obtain a new KIA flag since the county issues KIA flags. According to Federal law, the American flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. “Do we know why the wreath wasn’t put up
there?” DeGroff asked. Woodland Township closed the municipal building on March 23 “to help ensure the health, safety and welfare of our residents and small township staff,” according to the municipality’s website, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. “It was probably because nobody was in the building to put the wreath up,” said Township Deputy Clerk Karen Winks. DeGroff repeated the reason given as if he believed it was true, and called it an “oversight I guess you can say.” “Yeah…(taking a long pause) … yeah,” replied Bowker with disappointment and shock detectable in his voice. “If someone called and left a message, somebody probably would have got it and gotten it out there that day,” Winks said. Bowker contended that he felt it was not his job to do that, and in doing so, misidentified the gender of who said the remark to him, attributable to audio issues experienced during the virtual meeting. “This isn’t ‘sir;’ this is Karen,” Winks said. “And maybe its not your job to do it, but it would be nice to take the time to do it being you are so concerned about it. Right now, I think people are concerned about what is going on with this COVID-19 and everything. Not to be ignorant, you know…” DeGroff quickly interjected and declared “we are not going to have a discussion on the phone about this.” “You want to blame somebody Mr. Bowker, blame me,” DeGroff said. “But it was an oversight and we will try to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Bowker thanked DeGroff for his response. “Thank you for your service, also,” said the mayor to Bowker. The mayor, during later remarks, apologized to the public for the missing wreath. “I do apologize for not getting the wreath up at the memorial,” DeGroff said.
Woodland’s Third Quarter Tax Bills Will Be Estimated in Historic First By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
WOODLAND—Residents of Woodland Township, for the first time ever, according to Township Clerk Maryalice Brown, will be receiving estimated third-quarter tax bills. “This is a new one for Woodland Township this year,” Brown said. “This is the first year we are going to have to do estimated third-quarter tax bills, (and its) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the state has not approved our budget.” A resolut ion later approved by the t ow n sh ip c om m it t e e aut hor i z i ng t he issuance of estimated tax bills for the third quarter notes that the Coronavirus outbreak has “delayed the adoption” of the State Fiscal Year 2021 budget to Sept. 30 and the Division of Local Government Services “cannot certify” allocations to municipal budgets until state aid appropriations are known. “We haven’t introduced our budget yet because of all of this (the pandemic),” Rosmando said. “I am hoping we can next month, but until we know the amount of state aid that we are going to get, we can’t introduce the budget.” Other area towns have introduced, or finalized budgets. Rosmando, in response to a question from Mayor William “Billy” DeGroff, explained “it was recommended” that the township not introduce a budget
until “we know how much state aid we are going to get,” and that state aid, in Woodland’s case, “constitutes most of our budget or money.” Brown contended that since the state has not approved the municipal budget, the county cannot certify the township tax levy, “which means we have to estimate our tax levy.” “Without an adopted 2020 municipal budget, and without a 2020 certified tax rate, the tax collector cannot process the final 2020 tax levy,” notes the resolution. “The Division of Local Government Services ‘strongly recommends’ … that municipalities prepare to issue estimated property tax bills for 2020.” Brown said that the municipality took the 2019 tax levy, adjusted with ratables, and produced three different figures for an estimated tax levy, 95 percent, 102 percent and 105 percent, for consideration, “which are the percentages given by statute.” “Ms. (Kathy) Rosmando (municipal chief financial officer) and I discussed this,” Brown said. “We are suggesting the 102 percent since it is right in the middle—we are not underbilling or overbilling.” The township committee unanimously decided to go with 102 percent as the estimated tax levy. “Third quarter taxes will be due Aug. 1, with a grace period of Aug. 10, unless the governor does some sort of executive order, which he has not done,” Brown said.
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Man Gets 20 Years for Sexual Assault of Minor PEMBERTON—A 41-year-old Pemberton Township man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young girl last year. Erick Gentner, of the Browns Mills section of the township, must serve all 20 years of his prison term before becoming eligible for parole. The sentence was handed down May 28 by Judge Gerard H. Breland. The proceeding was conducted through videoconferencing. Upon being released, Gentner will be subjected to parole supervision for life, and also be placed on the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry. In November, Gentner pled guilty to first-degree aggravated sexual assault and fourth-degree attempted aggravated assault
on law enforcement. “Gentner was acquainted with his victim,” said Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. “Further details about the sexual assault a re bei ng w it h held in an effort to protect the identity of the victim.” GENTNER Coffina added that the victim in this case was “extremely courageous” by coming forward to report the abuse. “It is our strong hope that her actions have empowered her to move forward and lead a happy life,” the prosecutor said.
Buzby-Cope to Remain Bass River Mayor, Bourguignon Is Named as Deputy Mayor By Andy Milone Staff Writer
BASS RIVER—Deborah Buzby-Cope, reelected to the Bass River Township Board of Commissioners last month, will continue her reign as mayor of Bass River Township, while the township has a new deputy mayor. Buzby-Cope, it was decided during a June 1 reorganization meeting of the board following the May 12 election, will serve as township mayor for another four years, a post she has held for the last 12 years. Commissioner Louis Bourguignon, also re-elected to the board last month, will step into the deputy mayor role for the first time under a unanimous agreement arrived at by the commissioners during the June 1 meeting. Bourguignon will replace Commissioner Nicholas Capriglione as deputy mayor, the latter having served in the post for the past eight years. Capriglione was also re-elected to the board last month, but of the three incumbents that ran in last month’s election, he had the lowest vote tally. Bourguignon, Capriglione and Buzby-Cope were chosen by voters May 12 from a field of seven candidates to serve additional four-year terms on the board. Each commissioner also took a new oath of office at the June 1 meeting. Buzby-Cope, who in 2015 was chose New Jersey Mayor of the Year, was given the mayoral nomination by her peers without discussion. She proceeded to nominate Bourguignon, who she said appeared to be the choice of her fellow townspeople for the deputy mayor post. “I will go with (who) the town voted in, taking the results of how they felt as it came in,” Buzby-Cope said. “And that would be Louis Bourguignon as deputy mayor.” All three commissioners have served together on the board for the past eight years. “I think we make a phenomenal team,
“said Buzby-Cope after thanking voters for continuing to support the trio. “We get a lot done. We work together well. And, I am looking forward to the next four years.” According to an official statement of election results read by the Municipal Clerk Amanda Somes, Buzby-Cope and Bourguignon led all candidates with 306 and 236 votes, respectively. Capriglione narrowly landed the third seat with 184 votes, followed by Karl Swanseen with 176, Kevin Foder with 65, Carol Bitzberger with 65 and Brenda Percy with 46. Buzby-Cope will remain in charge of the Department of Revenue and Finance, while Bourguignon will continue directing the Department of Public Works and Property. Capriglione will remain head of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety. C a p r ig l io n e , h owe ve r, t r a n sfe r r e d responsibilities for the construction office, zoning office and code enforcement to Bourguignon. In a regular meeting that followed the reorganization one, the commissioners passed a resolution authorizing the submission of a Fiscal Year 2020 New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) grant application for the second phase of an Amasa Landing Road repaving project. According to the resolution, Phase II covers the repaving of Amasa Landing Road from its intersection with Cramer Road to its intersection with Route 9. The dollar amount involved has not been determined yet, Somes noted. Another resolution passed at the meeting authorized the township to enter into a fiveyear extension of an expired shared-services agreement for public-works equipment and services with the Borough of Tuckerton. “The Bass River Township Board of
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(Continued from Page 1) preventable deaths,” that her decisions spelled “willful neglect in hearing and responding to our concerns.” It also asked for her resignation. The anonymous letter writers also call for investigations of Carole Johnson, Commissioner of Human Services, “for possibly influencing the acquisition of a contractor in a corrupt manner (based on her personal relationships with the individuals who secured the contract),” and of State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan. The writers allege Callahan, also the state emergency management director, “failed to respond to legitimate concerns raised about long-term care facilities getting their fair share of personal protective equipment (PPE).” The letter also warns the recipients to be wary of the Manett Report’s recommendations, contending that such self-commissioned investigations by the governor “have usually led to broad findings about how “the system” has failed all of us—but never individuals on his team.” “We now all have the benefit of hindsight to realize that the horrific outcomes in New Jersey nursing homes and other institutions—by far the worst in the nation per capita—weren’t due only to baseline infrastructure problems, as the governor and his consultants may have you believe,” the anonymous NJDOH staffers allege. “It was also neglect and malfeasance on the part of our Commissioner of Health.” Persichilli’s decision to allow for “Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Post-Acute Care Settings” was spelled out in a nowcontroversial March 31 letter to nursing home and comprehensive rehabilitation hospital administrators, directors of nursing, and hospital discharge planners. A key phrase in that correspondence specified that “No
Saturday, June 6, 2020 patient/resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the post-acute care setting solely based on a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19.” While the NJDOH commissioner also ordered that “persons under investigation for COVID-19 who have undergone testing in the hospital shall not be discharged until results are available,” she prohibited post-acute care facilities “from requiring a hospitalized patient/ resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.” In their letter to state Senate leaders, the anonymous whistleblowers claim that they had repeatedly raised red flags about that course of action, only to be systematically ignored and excluded from meetings and discussions related to the decision-making process, and to be told to avoid putting any such concerns into email. “To summarize the failures with collective input: a number of us advocated for a more fair allocation of both PPE and test kits to be dedicated to long term care centers starting toward the end of March,” their letter asserts, noting that they “were all alarmed by the terrible outcomes” at nursing homes in both the states of Washington and New York. “(We) clamored for more testing for nursing homes as a general matter, so that long-term care facilities could begin cohorting residents (that is, grouping people potentially exposed to a contagious disease such as the Coronavirus) and dedicating specific staff to serve those residents, to minimize spread,” the anonymous writers noted. “We said that without having that critical testing information, and the PPE to be able to protect staff, nursing home residents would face devastating outcomes.” When asked via email for a response to the whistleblower letter on Thursday morning, NJDOH Director of Communications Donna Leusner replied, “The Department of Health has no comment.” Murphy, when asked about See HEALTH/ Page 8
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Medford Considers Temporarily Relaxing Laws to Allow for More Outdoor Dining By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
M E DFOR D — O f fic i a l s i n Me d fo r d Township plan to decide during a special meeting scheduled for June 9 whether or not to relax some regulations to allow Medford restaurants to legally offer outdoor dining in their parking lots during the length of an executive order issued by Democratic Governor Murphy earlier this week that still prohibits restaurants from offering indoor dining due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, but will allow them to offer in-person, outdoor dining beginning June 15. “Most of our restaurants don’t have an official place for outdoor seating,” said Mayor “Charles” Chuck Watson, who proposed temporarily relaxing some township regulations to assist restaurants in town. “I would like us to pass a resolution, similar to the one sent out in Stafford Township, that allows them to use some of their property—we are not going into public rights-of-way as we don’t have that ability here—or some of their parking lots (for outdoor dining).”
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Watson said that under his plan, restaurant owners would need to “put forth an application” to the Medford Township Zoning Board. “You don’t need a variance,” he said. “You don’t need to go before the zoning board as you normally would have to for this.” He said the application would call for a sketch of the outdoor dining area to be submitted, in which the township’s zoning officer, police department and fire chief could review for safety purposes. He said officials would look for blocked fire hydrants or an “overwhelming” situation. “Clearly, this would be for the duration of these restrictions that the governor has on us,” Watson said. “We could have it end at a date, and/or when the governor allows restaurants to be allowed back to fully-functioning.” Another consideration, he said, was to expire the resolution on Sept. 1 or Nov. 1, and extend as necessary. Council will decide at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. “We want to help local businesses struggling right now the best that we can, and this is a good way to start,” Watson said.
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(Continued from Page 6) Commissioners recognizes the need to provide the residents of the township with appropriate cost-savings measures and the need to take advantage of opportunities to provide cost savings in the administration of local government services for the benefit of all residents,” the resolution notes. Under the agreement, the Tucker ton public-works superintendent will provide the township with a voucher for payment for any requested services or equipment. Payment will be made by Bass River after approval by the commissioners at a regular township meeting. Bass River will reimburse Tuckerton for the use of its laborer at a rate of $12 per hour, the use of its equipment including, but not limited, to the use of a Vacuum Truck at a rate of $15 per hour and the disposal of material at a rate of $88 per yard, according to the resolution. In other business, the board introduced an ordinance authorizing a new five-year lease agreement with property owner Leslie Lustbader for the use of a parking lot on North Maple Avenue, across the street from the municipal building. The previous lease had expired. According to Solicitor JoAnne O’Connor, the proposed agreement would provide Lustbader with $2,500 per year for its duration, and the township also will pay the real estate taxes on the property. “The Township of Bass River wishes to continue to provide the community with the aforementioned parking facility to access t he tow nsh ip build i ng a nd park,” according to the ordinance, that will be up for possible final adoption during a public hearing scheduled for
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Numerous tree branches, including a large one, block access to a home off Ridge Road in Southampton Township. “More than 50 percent of customers experiencing outages have been restored,” she said as of 11:30 a.m. June 4, though she was concerned that additional severe weather forecast through the weekend could hamper restoration efforts. PSE&G, she added, is opening drive-through comfort stations where customers of the
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territory. “Our crews continue to work safely to restore service to approximately about 7,000 JCP&L customers who remain out of service following yesterday’s storms, which were accompanied by wind gusts of over 70 mph resulting in numerous downed trees and power lines,” said Cole at about 1:30 p.m. on June 4. “About 3,000 customers are still out of service in the Burlington County area, with Pemberton Township hardest hit (1,900 still out). We estimate the majority of customers will see service restored by 6 p.m. Friday.” Atlantic City Electric had over 15,000 individual addresses without power at one point on June 3 throughout its footprint. Frank Tedesco, a spokesman for Atlantic City Electric, told this newspaper around 1:30 p.m. on June 4 that some 330 of the utility’s Burlington County customers remained without service as of that time. “The derecho brought heavy rain with strong winds, including gusts more than 70 mph in some areas, resulting in downed trees and tree limbs, damaging electric equipment and causing outages for customers,” Tedesco said. “A second round of severe storms yesterday evening caused further damage to the local energy grid and additional power outages. “Based on the current damage, we expect to restore service for the majority of these customers by midnight tonight, and the remaining customers by 3 p.m. tomorrow. Many of the remaining outages impact small numbers of customers. Each of these jobs require the work of a crew, with some requiring multiple crews to restore service, in many cases for a single customer.” Murphy said he spoke to a friend of his in Mount Laurel and who told him that she went into her basement and that it was the first time she could remember going there during a storm “in either a long time or ever.” “So, it was pretty nasty,” the governor said.
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is setup, and the way they work their staff, it is just a vicious cycle—it will keep cycling through the facility until we get a vaccine or something.” Woodland Township Mayor William “Billy” DeGroff, during that same meeting, contended that he thought Thomas “was trying to cover his butt because he let the ball slip up there with this outbreak.” DeGroff, in a later May 5 interview with this newspaper, said he regretted making the comment, and that it was a “kind of an off-thewall comment” on his part. The sister to the Juniper Cottage resident called this newspaper again on June 1, just prior to this newspaper receiving a reply from Hester, contending that she had just received a call from both her brother’s social worker, and her brother’s case worker, informing her that the “moves are cancelled for the time being.”
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Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Company Chief Shawn Viscardi. “Basically, what happened, is the ambulance was on its way to the hospital to be disinfected over COVID-19, after a call, and on County Route 563, a turkey ran into the side of it, blowing out the window and messing up the a-post, and the door. It also ripped the mirror off the side of the truck.” Woodland Township Chief Financial Officer Kathy Rosmando said that the township’s insurance company provided $1,330.45 toward the repair. “The difference between that and the bill the township covered,” she said. were calling all the families and letting them know (it had been cancelled).” Donna Leusner, director of communications for the NJDOH, when asked if the move was planned by the state health department, referred this newspaper to Hester, of NJDHS, “which has authority over the New Lisbon Developmental Center.” In doing so, she copied her response to Democratic Governor Phil Murphy’s deputy press secretary, Alexandra Altman. “The center is always evaluating how best to continue to cohort residents as part of its ongoing efforts to protect resident and staff health and safety, while also ensuring services meet individual need,” Hester said.
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