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27-Year-Old Shot and Killed While Riding Inside Vehicle on Kinsley Road in Sunbury

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Vehicle Gunfire Incident is Latest One to Occur in Pemberton Area, But Nothing Yet Shows Connection

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

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Pemberton Residents, ‘In Several Areas of the Community,’ Facing Financial Hardships, Are Allegedly Using Portable Generators to Power Their Homes Due to Electric Shutoffs as Temporary Moratorium on Disconnects Doesn’t Apply to Any Made Before March 16

‘Day-After-Day’ Use of Generators Results in Noise, Odor and Safety Concerns

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Several homeowners in Pemberton Township are purportedly facing such severe financial hardships recently, they are turning to the use of portable generators as a primary source of electricity, unable to afford electricity from Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), the major utility that provides electric service to most properties here.

The financial hardships apparently started before the Coronavirus pandemic’s social distancing measures and impact on the economy, and therefore, a temporary moratorium on utility shutoffs ordered by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has done little to address the issue occurring locally.

The increasing use of generators “in several areas of the community” for nonweather-related emergencies is “negatively affecting multiple residents” quality-oflife and creating potential safety issues, according to Mayor David Patriarca.

Mu n icipal of ficials, accordi ng to Patriarca, at the behest of the concerned residents, are now exploring their options to resolve the situation, including amending existing noise and zoning ordinances.

“I need your help,” said James Gray, a resident of the 400 block of Tulip Street, where one of several homes being powered by a generator is located, to Pemberton Township Council during its Oct. 21 meeting. “Our whole community needs your help.”

Gray asserted that his Tulip Street neighbor has been running a portable generator “all hours of the day and night; day-after-day” since February “as a as a primary source of electricity.”

“The sound goes around to the whole area of the community,” he said, contending the generator is parked right alongside his house.

“That is not even taking into consideration the CO2 gases (it is releasing).”

Gray contended that the Tulip Street matter has been in the court system, but the individual using the generator has been able to side-step a court order allowing its use only from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and has since not shown up for a scheduled

PEMBERTON—A 27-year-old man was fatally shot while riding inside a vehicle during the early morning hours of Nov. 3 in the Sunbury Village section of Pemberton Township.

According to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King, Shaimere Turner, 27, was struck by gunshots just after 4 a.m. when the vehicle was in the 100 block of Kinsley Road.

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Woodland Land Use Board Gives Its OK for Cell Tower in Downtown Chatsworth

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND —A proposed 120 -foot cellphone tower slated to be erected “right behind” the Woodland Township Volunteer Fire and EMS Company’s firehouse in the Chatsworth section of the municipality has been approved by the Woodland Township Land Use Board, following the issuance of a Certificate of Approval from the Pinelands Commission.

The land use board gave its OK for the project to proceed during two recent meetings, despite a petition (signed by mostly residents who live in the proposed site’s vicinity) objecting to the cellphone tower’s placement, but “supporting

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More Than 200 Inmates, 10 Staffers Affected

by Latest COVID Outbreak at Fort Dix Prison, Which Federal Official Says Is Under Control Meanwhile, N.J. Frees a Couple Thousand Prisoners Under New State Law Aimed at Preventing Spread

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

FORT DIX—A new outbreak of COVID-19 at the low-security Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, the nation’s largest federal prison in the number of inmates it can accommodate, has resulted in a federal district judge ordering government officials to clarify what they are doing to protect inmates from the spread of the potentially lethal virus.

The Nov. 3 order from Camden U.S. District Court Judge Noel Hillman came in response to a petition filed by Robert Edward Whiteside, an inmate at the prison seeking compassionate release, who said he suffered from pre-existing health problems and alleged that the growing contagion at the facility had followed the transfer of a group of prisoners there from the Elkton Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Ohio federal facility, a known hotspot for the pandemic.

According to the docket, the judge’s ruling directed officials in charge of the prison to respond to the petitioner’s letter within seven days, and that their response should contain the status of the facility’s safety measures, actions taken to counteract and mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus, updated statistics on the number of positive cases, and the actions taken in regard to the arrivals from the Ohio facility.

On the same day that edict was signed, Justin Long, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) maintained in an email to the Pine Barrens Tribune that the situation at the Fort Dix facility was well in hand, despite a steady increase in the reported number of positive test results among its male prisoners between the last week in October and the first week in November.

As of Nov. 5, the number of currently active Coronavirus cases among inmates stood at 214 as contrasted with 209 having been identified in prisoners two days before and some 165 reported on Oct. 30. In addition, 10 staffers were said to have contracted the virus. The

outbreak was reportedly associated with the transfer of prisoners to Fort Dix from another federal correctional facility in Ohio.

However, no inmates or employees at the facility had died from COVID-19 as of that date, in addition to which some 34 inmates and six staff members had recovered and a total of 1,124 inmates had been tested, Long told this newspaper.

The BOP has taken what Long described as “swift and effective action” in response to the pandemic, emerging as “a correctional leader” in dealing with the complexities of the virus “given the nature of our correctional environment.”

“Initially, we were challenged by an upsurge in inmate positive cases, but as a result of our mitigation strategies and lessons learned, we were able to flatten the curve, both at our hotspots and in our institutions nationwide,” contended Long, citing a steep decline in inmate hospitalizations and inmate fatalities in the U.S. prison system beginning in early May. “Even more telling has been the decrease in the number of hospitalized inmates on ventilators (the sickest inmates infected) which are nearly zero today.”

Early May, in fact, was when an initial outbreak of only 40 cases of COVID-19 at the same prison (which had grown to 58 by the end of the month) moved the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU) to ask a federal court to order the release of dozens of medically vulnerable inmates from the facility, which it referred to as a “Coronavirus deathtrap” that was ”headed toward catastrophe.”

That suit, however, was rejected by another federal district judge in Camden, who ruled that the BOP’s efforts to mitigate the situation by introducing more hygienic practices and restricting contact between prisoners were sufficient to protect them, albeit not perfect. She also noted that the ACLU had not discussed the

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In turn, the township’s current contract with Tabernacle Fire Company (TFC) #1, the thirdparty provider of volunteer firefighters it has been using up to now, will be terminated in January.

The Tabernacle Township Committee voted 4-1 on Oct. 26 in favor of forming the new department, to be known simply as “Tabernacle Fire Company,” through the adoption of a revised public safety ordinance at its virtual meeting.

Deputy Mayor Joe Barton was the lone committee member to cast a dissenting vote.

The same four committee members who voted in the affirmative later supported a motion authorizing the township administration to take three additional steps in the transition related to the termination of the contract with TFC #1, the hiring of its new fire department chief and the transfer of a $254,800 federal firefighting grant from the company to the new township

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Tabernacle Creates Own Fire Department, Will Terminate Its Agreement with TFC #1

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The new centralized department will remain a volunteer-run operation, and any current TFC #1 member “is welcome to apply” to become a permanent department member.

“A lot of the members have expressed interest that they would like to stay and just wanted that assurance (from the township),” noted new TFC #1 Fire Chief Al Freeman at the meeting.

“I am pretty sure this will be a pretty smooth transition. Hopefully, there will be a better working relationship with the committee.”

His remarks represent a notable shift in the company’s feelings toward the move from the time it was first introduced by a subcommittee, headed by Committeeman Samuel Moore and Mayor Kimberly Brown, about a month ago.

The company had previously pointed out its displeasure with the ordinance in a post on its Facebook page, contending, “We thought the residents should know what the Tabernacle Township Committee is doing to your volunteers.”

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risk to the community such a massive prisoner release might cause, while prison officials pointed to some 22 recoveries to show the effectiveness of their preventive procedures.

Similar concerns prompted the ACLU of the District of Columbia to file suit on Oct. 21 against the BOP as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services demanding the immediate release of “improperly withheld agency records in regard to the federal government’s response — and lack thereof — to the Coronavirus in detention facilities across the country.”

In the meantime, the New Jersey ACLU’s efforts in this regard have proven successful on a state level, the organization having been a major force in bringing about the compassionate early release of some 2,258 inmates of New Jersey prisons and halfway houses on Nov. 4 to reduce transmission of COVID-19 under a first-in-the-nation legislative initiative signed into law last month by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy.

Those freed were serving sentences for crimes other than murder or sexual assault, and were within eight months of completing the sentences. Another thousand or so prisoners are expected to be released ahead of time in the coming months. A network of state social service agencies and organizations helped arrange for the former prisoners to get home, or otherwise assist them with housing, transportation and food.

The Coronavirus, it was reported, had already killed over 50 inmates during the past year. All-told, the state will have reduced its prison population by more than a third since the pandemic struck in March.

But in regard to the dismissal of the ACLU complaint over the previous outbreak at Fort Dix federal prison, Jim Davy, a civil-rights

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“We know those lives remain at risk and are considering next steps in light of the court’s ruling,” he added.

Neither Davy, nor two other attorneys involved in the litigation, Philadelphia-based Matthew Stiegler and New York City-based Oscar Shine, could be reached for immediate comment on the latest outbreak.

I n h is email, Long at tested to t he bureau’s having “instituted a comprehensive management approach that includes screening, testing, appropriate treatment, prevention, education, and infection control measures” to combat the spread of the virus.

“All of our facilities, including FCI Fort Dix, are implementing the BOP’s guidance on mitigating the spread of COVID-19,” Long wrote. “… We will continue to evaluate our mitigation strategies and make adjustments as needed.

In fact, the agency, he claimed, has been coordinating such efforts “since January 2020 (six weeks ahead of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic), using subject-matter experts both internal and external to the agency, including guidance and directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Justice, and the Office of the Vice President.

In particular, he said, the BOP engaged with the CDC in order to assist them with developing guidance specific to the unique nature of correctional environments.”

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ELECTION COVERAGE

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Pemberton Mayor Believes Democratic Ticket for Council Prevailed, GOP Not Yet Conceding

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Democrats Expected to Gain Absolute Control of Evesham Pending Any Unexpected Outcome Veteran GOP Councilman Who Ran as Independent Soundly Defeated, GOP Candidates Haven’t Conceded, Despite Deficit of Over 3,000 Votes

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

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Pemberton Township Elisabeth McCartney.

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By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—As far as Pember ton Township Democratic Mayor David Patriarca is concer ned, the Democratic ticket of Donovan Gardner (an incumbent), Elisabeth McCartney (an incumbent) and Paul C. Detrick for Pemberton Township Council has been propelled to victory on Nov. 3 by township voters.

“Congratulations to the two of you (Gardner and McCartney),” said the mayor during a Nov. 4 council meeting. “You will be here for four more years. I look forward to continuing the work that we are doing together.”

Detrick was not among the limited audience at the council meeting, and was said to be currently caring after his parents, and therefore, did not want to risk potentially contracting the Coronavirus by attending the meeting inperson.

Unofficial election results released by the Burlington County Clerk’s Office late on Nov. 5 show Gardner (4,275), McCartney (4,411) and Detrick (4,254) holding a sizable lead over GOP challengers Robert Barney (2,988), James Boland (2,988) and Robert King (2,948).

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Pemberton Township Councilman Donovan Gardner.

This year’s General Election, however, is unlike any other in recent memory with it being a mostly vote-by-mail election in New Jersey due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Ballots postmarked on Election Day can still be counted by election officials if received by Nov. 10, and thus, the final vote tallies won’t be known until sometime next week. Theoretically, no one really knows how many ballots remain in the United States Postal Service system.

Township Clerk Amy Cosnoski cautioned that the results are not official yet, but added in the wake of the congratulations offered by the mayor and also by Council President Gaye Burton, “you can see the numbers online and make a determination for yourselves.”

McCartney, when congratulated by her colleagues, also cautioned it was “not official,” and Gardner later told this newspaper he is “cautiously optimistic” that his ticket won.

Boland, representing the GOP ticket, told this newspaper on Nov. 5 that “we have not conceded” and “we are still waiting.”

“I look at it the same way as Yogi Berra did: it isn’t over until it is over,” he said.

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Recreational Pot Legalized by New Jersey Voters, Shamong Hoping to Attract the Cannabis Industry

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

SHAMONG—New Jersey voters have approved a referendum legalizing recreational marijuana beginning in 2021, and a local municipality is now hoping to proceed with its plan to capitalize on the industry.

A c c o r d i n g t o u n o f fi c i a l r e s u l t s , approximately two-thirds of state voters have given their approval to allowing adults at least 21 years of age to use the controlled form of marijuana known as cannabis for recreational purposes.

As of noontime on Nov. 5, a total of 2,682,922 votes on this question had been tallied from 4,166 of 6,348 precincts, causing election experts to call it a done deal.

“It was about time,” contended Shamong

Township Mayor Michael Di Croce, when reached by this newspaper.

The GOP mayor has explored the possibility of attracting the cannabis industry to his municipality’s rural farmlands over the last two years in hopes of someday becoming the “pot growing capital of New Jersey.”

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EV ESH A M — Long-t i me Republica n Evesham Township Councilman Kenneth D'Andrea, who decided to run for re-election this year as an Independent, lost a contested race for one of two open Evesham Township Council seats that ultimately appear to have been swept up by a pair of Democratic challengers this general election (as the GOP candidates have also fallen significantly behind) -- meaning all five members of the governing body will likely now be Democrats for the first time beginning in January after many years of Republican dominance in Evesham.

According to unofficial General Election results released by the Burlington County Clerk’s Office on Nov. 5, the Democratic pair, Ginamarie Espinoza and Eddie Freeman III, led the way in the race for Evesham Township Council with 11,775 and 11,570 votes, respectively.

The next closest person in the race was Republican challenger Andrew Wilson who tallied 8,325 votes. Republican challenger Jason Inglessis received 8,208 votes, followed by D’Andrea with 3,062 votes and Independent Stephen Fortino with 2,844 votes.

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The Democratic pair, Ginamarie Espinoza and Eddie Freeman III, who have likely won two open seats on Evesham Council. difference appears to be substantial enough that no changes in the outcome are currently anticipated, though Jay Levenson, campaign manager for the Wilson and Inglessis campaign told this newspaper late on Nov. 5 that the GOP candidates have “not officially” conceded the race.

Espinoza and Freeman, who would both be council newcomers should the results hold, will serve four-year terms on council.

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Two Democratic Incumbents Maintain Sizeable Lead in Burlington County Board of Commissioners Contest

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

MOUNT HOLLY—The two Democratic incumbents in the race for two seats on the Burlington County Board of Commissioners each have tallied about 35,000 more votes than their Republican challengers, early results show, leading one of them to already declare victory.

Democratic incumbent Balvir Singh, of Burlington Township, declared himself the winner in his bid for re-election on his Facebook

campaign page the morning of Nov. 4 and later told this newspaper that he was expecting the results to unfold as they did.

If the lead holds up for him and fellow incumbent Tom Pullion, of Edgewater Park, who currently serves as the board’s deputy director, the formerly Republican-dominated county board of five commissioners will retain its all-Democratic composition. Both incumbents would be serving their second See BOARD/ Page 5

Kim, Despite Lead, Hasn’t Yet Declared Victory in 3rd Congressional District Race with Richter Van Drew Declares Himself Winner in 2nd District, But Rival Kennedy Not Ready to Concede Race

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

MOUNT HOLLY—Just as when Andy Kim was elected to his first term in the House two years ago, the Democratic 3rd Congressional District representative and his supporters this

week found themselves having to wait for the General Election outcome.

Only this year, the picture was complicated by a pa ndem ic t hat resulted i n most See RACE/ Page 5

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Democratic Burlington County Board of Commissioners incumbent Tom Pullion.

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250,559 mail-in-ballots have been received by the county, and any that arrive before Nov. 10, as long as they were postmarked on Election Day, can be counted as ordered by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to County Spokesman David Levinsky, the total number of voters in Burlington County participating in an election is an all-time high. The county, as of press time, still does not have a figure on the provisional ballots that were cast and will likely not have any gauge on them until after all the mail-in ballots are received, processed and counted.

Both incumbents’ terms extended from 2018 through this year, after winning in 2017.

“I’ve toured through the communities and made contact with each of the mayors and councils in all 40 municipalities, traveling from Bordentown to Palmyra, all the way to Bass River,” Singh said. “I think people do recognize the value of the work that you put in.”

When not serving the county, Singh is an instructional supervisor in a public-school district and a part-time lecturer at the Rowan College at Burlington County. Pullion is the township administrator for Edgewater Park.

T he Bu rli ng ton Cou nt y Republican Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment before press time Nov. 5. The social media pages for the committee, along with the ones for its candidates, as of press time, did not contain any concession statements.

3-year term should the results hold.

“We had a record to run on from what we have done the past few years, since we have had a majority,” said Singh in a telephone interview with this newspaper on Nov. 4. “The challengers always had their own messaging, but at some point, I think it was obvious that their messaging was very much superficial.

There wasn’t anything that they could really point to. Without having that, it is really hard to speak your message.”

Singh noted that he felt his Republican competition remained respectful in its demeanor, compared to 2017 when he first ran for county office.

As of late on Nov. 5, according to unofficial General Election results released by the Burlington County Clerk’s Office, Pullion led the way with 116,337 votes, followed by Singh with 114,867 votes.

Republican John Adams, an Eastampton attorney, and running mate Tinamarie Nicolo, a private-school teacher from Moorestown, received 79,295 and 78,459 votes respectively, according to the results as of press time.

Some 389,182 total votes for the two seats have been recorded from 207,433 mail-in ballots counted thus far. No provisional ballots have been counted yet.

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inmate movement to and from facilities in order to reduce the potential spread of communicable diseases,” it is also “required to accept inmates awaiting trial remanded to our custody” as well as “newly convicted inmates for ser vice of their sentence.

“To be clear, while the BOP can control and limit its intra-agency movements, we have no authority to refuse inmates brought to us by the U.S. Marshals Service,” Long said. “However, any inmate with a known positive COVID-19 test, or who has a fever or symptoms, will not

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Democratic Burlington County Board of Commissioners incumbent Balvir Singh.

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be permitted to transfer.”

In response to a question f rom this newspaper, Long noted that the BOP’s institutions, including the one at Fort Dix, continue to process reduction in sentence requests, with inmates who meet the eligibility criteria for compassionate release consideration permitted to convey such a request to their “unit team.” The request, he said, will then be reviewed by the warden and, with the BOP director making the ultimate determination “whether approval of the request is appropriate.”

If such requests are granted, the agency asks the prosecuting United States Attorney’s Office to file a motion seeking such a reduction, with the sentencing court having the final say.

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(Continued from Page 4) New Jersey ballots having been either mailed in or deposited in secure drop boxes.

So it was that by the night after the election, while the congressman appeared to be ahead with over three-quarters of precincts reporting and optimistic about his chances of being reelected, he still wasn’t ready to declare victory, despite having been declared the winner hours before by the Associated Press.

Nor, for that matter, was his Republican rival, former Hill international CEO David Richter, a self-declared ally of Republican President Donald J. Trump who nevertheless parted with the president on a couple of key positions in the past month, ready to concede.

As of late Nov. 5, Kim had received 190,200 votes, compared to Richter’s 156,161 votes.

“Thank you everyone for your outpouring of support over the last 24 hours,” said Kim said in a statement posted on his cong ressional Facebook following the election. “I have seen the encouraging media reports calling the race in our favor. My family and I are excited about the possibility of ser ving our home community again in Congress.”

But the 38-year-old representative noted that “there are still some more ballots to count before we know for sure.”

Under a directive issued by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, ballots postmarked by Nov. 3, and received by counties in the state, can be counted through Nov. 10.

“We see right now across our nation the critical importance of ensuring we get this right,” Kim wrote. “Our democracy depends on it.”

RICHTER Contacted by phone the same night, Richter, who had earlier this year defeated former Burlington County Freeholder Director Kate Gibbs, a favorite of the county GOP, in an acrimonious primary battle, claiming that he was the only candidate who could capture the 3rd district seat from Kim, told the Pine Barrens Tribune that he had no statement to make and no concession to offer.

In 2018, it took several days to determine that Kim had indeed bested two-term Republican Congressman Tom MacArthur, who refused to appear at what was billed as an “Ocean County Election Night Celebration” after it became apparent that his anticipated victory had failed to materialize.

In another hard-fought congressional battle in neighboring Congressional District 2, which mostly covers New Jersey’s southernmost counties, incumbent Jeff Van Drew, who originally got elected as a Democrat, only to change his party affiliation last December to Republican after refusing to vote to impeach Trump, appeared to be in the lead Wednesday night in his battle against Democrat Amy Kennedy. In fact, he actually declared victory at that point.

As of late Nov. 5, Van Drew had received 145,962 votes compared to Kennedy, who has received 133, 736 votes. The Associated Press has not yet called the 2nd District race.

But with approximately 76 percent of the vote counted and some 10,000 votes separating them, Kennedy, the wife of former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy, still wasn’t offering any concession.

Ironically, Richter had originally planned to oppose Van Drew. But when the latter became a Republican, Richter jumped into the 3rd District race where he proceeded take on Gibbs, who was less popular in the neighboring Ocean County sector of the district.

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“We have been through the court system and we are not getting any relief,” he said.

Gray, who started a petition that has garnered over 50 signatures from people calling on municipal officials to act, contended that the Salvia Street home of one of the signees is being impacted from two generators in use for two separate dwellings.

“Her son sleeps in the front bedroom on Salvia Street, she sleeps in the back bedroom on Salvia Street,” Gray said. “Her son gets the noise from the generator on Tulip Street and she gets the noise from a generator on Cactus Street.”

Gray told council that he spoke to Patriarca and learned “it is not only happening in our area (Tulip Street),” but also on N. Lakeshore Drive, as well as E. Lakeshore Drive (in the same general vicinity to Tulip Street, all streets in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, serviced by JCP&L). A report was later heard that the situation is also occurring in the Presidential Lakes section of Pemberton, also serviced by the utility.

Patriarca, who was present for the October council meeting, contended that he “met with and spoke to several other residents in the community who are having similar problems,” asking for stricter rules so that the township can regulate generator use “more strongly” to prevent them from having to “put up with the noise of a generator under normal conditions, or during non-emergency situations.”

“Personally, I concur with them, as it becomes a quality of life issue,” he said. “I don’t think that we should be condoning portable generators as a primary source of electricity or utilities on a daily basis. It is understandable to use a generator during an emergency, when the power is out, but to do it on a daily basis,

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Resident James Gray, along with resident Lee Quinn, describe to Pemberton Council, concerns about a Tulip Street homeowner using a generator to power their home after electricity service was disconnected. (is another thing).”

Patriarca added that “it is going on in several areas of the community” based upon the number of complaints he has received, and where they have been coming from, and it is why he is “suggesting” that the township administration and council look into ordinances regulating the use of generators.

“And from what I am gathering from the folks who I spoke with, it occurs when someone is so far behind on their electric bills, they can’t pay to put their electric put back on,” Patriarca said. “But they are able to put out $10 to $20 a day, to run a generator 24 hours a day on gas … or able to do (pay) the smaller amounts.”

Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer, who the mayor tasked to research a possible ordinance, asked, “Wouldn’t it be more expensive to run a generator 24 hours a day than pay your electric bill?”

“It costs a lot more money to run a generator than hook up to electric and pay your electric bill,” Bayer asserted.

Patriarca replied that the township does not know all of the circumstances surrounding the generator use, but that “just the one instance” on Tulip Street, for example, is “negatively

affecting multiple residents” quality-of-life.

“It stands to reason that not everybody makes the best financial decisions, and this certainly is one of those cases, it appears,” Patriarca said.

Murphy, on Oct. 15, signed Executive Order No. 190, extending a temporary utility shutoff moratorium (which began on March 16 when the pandemic unfolded in the state and social distancing measures, including business shutdowns, were implemented) preventing utilities from disconnecting their services to New Jersey residents through at least March 15, 2021.

However, as JCP&L spokesman Cliff Cole pointed out in a later interview with this newspaper, the order only requires utilities to reconnect residential services that were disconnected ‘after social distancing measures went into effect on March 16.’

“The rules say that if it was a shutoff prior to the governor’s order, we are not obligated to connect those customers,” Cole told this newspaper. “But even with those folks, we are continuing to work with them.”

Cole said he was unable to provide to this newspaper with how many residences in Pemberton had their electric service

disconnected this year.

“We don’t have that data,” he said. “We usually don’t have that level of detail.”

Cole contended that before instituting a shutoff, JCP&L will notify a “delinquent customer” through “a “disconnect notice” that states “service could be disconnected if not paid in 15 days.”

Cole was also unable to provide this newspaper with a past due amount that would trigger such a notice, rather, he said, “15 days seems to be a mechanism to contact the customer.”

“A follow up visit is then made to the customer’s home to attempt to collect payment in the field,” he said. “If no payment is made, service is subject for disconnection, however, JCP&L will continue to work customers through its customer assistance programs.”

Cole called shutoffs “a last resort for us,” and contended they are something the utility tries very much “to keep from happening.”

The JCP&L spokesman emphasized that the utility “has been communicating with our customers” about “financial customer assistance plans” available to them, and that it has made more plans available since the pandemic began.

“We are trying to focus on our customers and make it better for them,” he said. “A handful of our programs speak to low income customers, or those going through difficult times. There are multiple options available, including a deferred payment option. JCP&L will work with them to try to come up with a remedy for them.”

The JCP&L spokesman pointed to an August news release he sent to this newspaper, which noted that while shut-offs for nonpayment are temporarily suspended due to the pandemic, “e st abl ish i ng a n af ford able pay me nt arrangement, or obtaining assistance, can help keep balances manageable during this difficult time.”

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declared that the proposed communications facility “will serve as a threat to my health.”

Gary Alloway, who lives across the street from the proposed tower, and is also a signer of the petition, pointed to a memo during the Sept. 15 land use board meeting, which was sent to the board, purportedly noting that such communications facilities should be located 1,640 feet “or about a third of mile away” from schools, hospitals or populated areas.

“There is quite a few of us who live across the street from it and we figured there is about a thousand feet to the school,” he asserted. “I think the board ought to study and find out if it is going to have any effect on the students. This is a recommendation, and I don’t know and I am not an expert, but RF (radio frequency—energies being emitted) is a risk and we are going to be getting it 24 hours a day.”

Paul, during his Sept. 15 testimony, said that while he is not a physician, he reviewed a report prepared by an engineering firm pointing out that Telephone Communications Act of 1996 “devised a very extensive set of standards,” one of which is related to exposure of RF to the public and sets a formula used to “calculate exposure levels and define maximum exposure levels to the public.”

The 700 MHz band is used by AT&T to provide services to consumers and FirstNet, he noted.

“Using the proposed facility with the antennas being proposed, at the height being proposed, with the maximum number of transmitters that AT&T could ever possibly use, this facility would emit 2.5 percent of the maximum that the FCC has defined,” Paul contended. “So, basically, that means it is 97 to 98 percent below the limit the FCC has mandated as being the maximum exposure limit. Because of the height of the tower and the distance individuals would have from the tower, the exposure levels are 2.5 percent of what the maximum exposure level is.”

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be designed so that it can accommodate three additional carriers, “or four carriers in total.”

Phil Burtner, vice president and engineer for Centerline Communications, added that the facility will be contained within a 50 ft. by 50 ft. compound surrounded by a fence located within the recently vacated part of Giles Avenue, a municipal paper street.

“There is a 60-foot-wide vacated portion of Giles Avenue and the compound is entirely located within that vacated parcel,” he said.

Burtner contended that Giles Avenue is currently a “flat, sandy and gravely” landmass that is used for parking over the years by the fire company. He said adding some landscaping is a consideration, but that it might be limited to allow for continued parking in front of the tower.

At this point, Burtner said, no lighting is proposed for the planned cellphone tower.

“AT&T might have a timer operated work light for their equipment,” he asserted. “But no automatic dusk to dawn permanent lighting would be associated with this application.”

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the internet, the township committee, which had discussed the cellphone tower project on several occasions during its meetings, told residents in September that it could no longer discuss it because the matter was before the land use board. That led to further transparency concerns.

Also, in September, at least 30 individuals signed a petition, later obtained by this newspaper, asking the land use board to “say no to the tower placement, while supporting better emergency communication in Woodland Twp., NJ.” Some 12 of the individuals listed specific reasons for signing it, contending that the tower, when erected, would distract from the “precious, historic buildings” in the “very small town,” be “so near homes,” be “an eyesore and not proven safe,” and “de-value a home’s worth.”

Warren Stilwell, an attorney representing Centerline Communications (also known as Tower North Development), the project developer, said during a Sept. 15 land use board meeting that the proposed cellphone tower, which is slated to be erected behind the firehouse, is going to be 120 feet tall, and equipped with a four-foot lightning rod.

Brett Stern, executive vice president of Business Development at Centerline Communications, explained during the Sept. 15 meeting that the height of the proposed cellphone tower had been decreased from what was initially proposed to comply with Pinelands Commission regulations. He said, for comparison purposes, an existing tower due south of the proposed site is 181 feet tall, while another directly north of the site is 155 feet tall.

“So, the two nearest or adjacent towers have antenna centerlines that are higher,” he said.

“We dropped this one to a 115-foot centerline.”

In addition to the cellphone tower site providing FirstNet service to first responders in the Chatsworth area through AT&T, Sean Paul, a radio frequency engineer who testified on behalf of the applicant, noted the proposed structure will also provide services to AT&T consumers in the Chatsworth area, “including phone and data service.”

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better emergency communication.” One of the petitioners is now actively pursuing funding for a possible legal challenge.

During numerous Woodland Township Committee and Board of Education meetings over the last decade, poor cellphone reception and dropped calls have been a major topic of conversation, with a consensus reached that a cellphone tower was desperately needed in town.

Officials, as early as 2003, had sought a cellphone tower for the Chatsworth section of Woodland, and the efforts were expedited after a 2017 incident in the area involving school children, in which a bus driver had difficulty calling for help.

While municipal officials, prior to 2018, had come up short in finding a communications firm or developer willing to build a cellphone tower in town, the fire company had learned shortly thereafter of FirstNet, an independent authority within the U.S. Department of Commerce that deploys, operates and maintains a nationwide wireless broadband network through AT&T dedicated to public safety and first responders.

FirstNet was created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the communication troubles first responders had experienced that day given intense call volume.

The fire company, upon learning about the wireless network for first responders, applied to FirstNet to have a cellphone tower installed in close proximity to its Chatsworth firehouse so that it can access it, given the often-spotty cellphone reception in the area, and received federal government approval in 2019 to have one installed, as previously reported by this newspaper.

The announcement that the fire company had been approved for a cellphone tower was initially met with congratulatory sentiments, but earlier this year, as more details about the cellphone tower were revealed (and some residents apparently learned about it for the first time), a resident approached the township committee contending that cellphone towers have been outlawed in other states near places “where people gather, especially firehouses” because of safety issues.

“Other states have found these towers are unhealthy for human beings, and that they have negative effects, specifically for oxygen absorbance, things of that nature,” said the resident, noting that she understood the signal benefits to the town and that getting one built has long been in the making. “…We would like to be informed about it.”

Others who live in the Chatsworth area soon shared similar concerns in online social media postings, along with apprehensions over aesthetics. Some individuals claimed that they did not receive proper notification about the project and a related street vacation of Giles Avenue.

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McCartney, when asked if she believed an T hat bei ng said, both Ga rd ner and election outcome in favor of the Democrats McCartney, after the council meeting, told retaining council would indicate that the this newspaper what they would pursue during majority of residents concluded the PTMUA their next four years on council – should the decision was actually best, replied that since the results hold up. controversial council vote, “there have been a Gardner said he would like to see the lot of improvements” made to the sewer system, establishment of a dedicated recreation and “no complaints,” and “all the retirements stayed youth center, and will soon begin to explore intact.” the cost, who would run it and what kind of “Maybe more com munication would approvals, if any, would be needed from the have prevented that (outcry),” McCartney Pinelands Commission. He envisions such a reflected. “It was a learning lesson for me that facility consisting of items such as basketball we needed to be more collaborative, and by courts, a homework center, computer labs and investigating more, we probably could have mentoring rooms. precluded some of that. I think a major issue “I want it to have the whole nine yards to was it was, ‘All of a sudden this is what we get our youth involved,” he said, stressing are doing.’ I don’t know how much notice the importance of having activities and there was, or the backstory (as she had just mechanisms to get help available to township been appointed to council in March 2018, youth. just as the issue started evolving before McCartney told this newspaper that she the public).’” is currently concerned about the community Gardner, when asked if he would consider amid the pandemic. She believes “it is going an outcome of the election in favor of the to take time” to resolve the situation, and Democratic ticket a referendum on the PTMUA therefore, she would like to see “more decision, contended that all the residents had community resources and support made the same information and facts that were THROUGH available to the residents.” available to the council, available to them.

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Murphy’s latest moratorium executive order stipulates that utilities are not permitted to charge late fees, nor fees to reconnect services that have been disconnected.

The governor and legislative leadership have also announced that $15 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund will be allocated to assisting low income households (income must be below 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level) in paying off utility arrearages.

“New Jerseyans are hurting and many of our fellow state residents, who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic need help,” said Murphy, when announcing that the moratorium would be extended.

“Extending the utility moratorium is the right thing to do as so many in our state struggle to pay their bills during one of the most devastating economic crises in the history of our country. As we enter the winter months, it becomes even more imperative that we work with our state’s utilities to keep the lights on and families warm.”

Murphy, however, has encouraged utility customers to set up payment plans with their utilities so they can begin paying their bills, if they are able, over a period of time.

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Gray, during the Oct. 21 Pemberton Council meeting, said he understands “people have problems,” and indicated that he wasn’t necessarily for an outright ban of nonemergency generator use, but that perhaps any township ordinance could “restrict the amount of hours one is run” or “put things in place to make them soundproof with some type of surround system, or modification to the muffler.”

The resident, in describing the Tulip Street ordeal, however, contended that his neighbor was using a “suicide cord” (generator back feeding cord), or “two male things on each end of the cord.”

“While they can run a generator, and run a cord from the generator and plug it in to an appliance to keep the refrigerator going, more times than not, they take a double ended plug and then feed the whole grid in the house, and then they are basically supplying their whole house,” said Patriarca, further explaining the setup Gray described to council. “That becomes hazardous for someone who doesn’t know system. And let’s say the utility company came and put the meter back in, and thought there was no electric in the house. It is just an unsafe situation to work that way.”

Lee Quinn, who said she lives directly across the street from the Tulip Street home at issue, contended that during the spring and summer she “couldn’t open the windows” to her house because “all you heard is that generator going,” and that the homeowner “has already blown up three generators.”

Councilman Jason Allen inquired whether code enforcement could be sent out to see if the proper permits were secured for such a setup, and the mayor replied, “We wouldn’t be able to go in unless we knew they were actually feeding back into the house.”

Gray contended that the Tulip Street homeowner running the generator “flips a switch” every time before authorities arrive

to investigate a complaint.

Cole told this newspaper JCP&L has not been contacted by any township officials regarding the matter, but would “welcome any comments they have to offer.” Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel later told this newspaper that the township has not reached out to JCP&L. The JCP&L spokesman, hearing about the situation from this newspaper, reminded homeowners that “to ensure the safety of the home’s occupants, as well as that of utility company employees who may be working on power lines in the area,” the proper generator should be selected and installed by a qualified electrician.

Council, during its Nov. 4 meeting, introduced an ordinance that would amend an existing noise law, which would result in homeowners potentially being issued a noise violation for using a generator outside of an emergency situation or testing.

According to Bayer, another ordinance is being considered to regulate generators from a zoning perspective, but that the mayor wants to first see if the noise ordinance will result in a positive outcome.

Bayer stressed emergency use of a generator during power outages will be permitted.

A p u bl i c h e a r i n g o n t h e p r o p o s e d amendment to the noise ordinance is scheduled for Dec. 2.

The Tulip Street homeowner could not be immediately reached for comment on this story.

A landline telephone number for the address in question was not in service, and a phone call placed on a cellphone number listed for the homeowner was not returned.

“You got to do something, really, it is nuts,” said Gray to council on Oct. 21. “It is causing a lot of anguish in our neighborhood because when the weather is inclement during the summer, the damn thing runs all night, and now we are looking at winter. How is she going to stay warm in the winter?”

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One was to send a 90-day notice on Oct. 30 to TFC #1, stating its intention to terminate the $90,000 annual contract with it, effective Jan. 30, 2021, in light of the decision to form the township fire department.

The contract has been in place since 2015.

In addition, the correspondence, which was obtained by this newspaper, thanked all the current volunteers for their years of service and dedication, and encouraged them to apply to become members of the new department.

“All of the present Tabernacle Fire Company #1 members, at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, shall automatically be probationary members of the new township fire department and shall have 90 days to apply for permanent membership in the township department after the appointment of the chief,” the passed ordinance creating the fire department states.

During this 90-day period leading up to Jan. 30, Township Solicitor Peter Lange contended there will be no delay in fire and rescue service, because the current members of TFC #1, assuming they want to continue serving, will be dual members of both the company and new township fire department.

The township administration advertised a job description for the position of township fire chief, and will be accepting applications until 11 a.m. on Nov. 16. While this is to be a part-time, volunteer position (as of now), it was noted that a stipend could be offered in order to add “more professionalism and incentive” to the role. No decision on the stipend was formally made at this meeting, however.

A panel of experts, to consist of an outof-county fire chief, a Burlington County volunteer fire chief and professional fire chief, a county Fire Marshal representative and a New Jersey Forest Fire Service representative, along with two township committee members, will be tasked with interviewing applicants and eventually recommending a final fire

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just days after the change was first proposed in public, contending that the township was “firing” its volunteers. The company’s president, Cheryl Smith, also claimed there was “clearly” no open communication with the company related to this move.

Freeman denied at the latest meeting that there had been any “charges” brought against the company, as was stated in an article appearing in this newspaper. Subsequent attempts to reach Freeman for further comment, both by phone and at the station, were unsuccessful, but Moore conveyed a message late on the evening on Nov. 3 that the chief would not be commenting.

The push for a centralized fire department followed a lengthy review by the subcommittee of the township’s current fire protection services in hopes of arriving at a new contract with TFC #1. The review’s conclusions, as described in a statement the subcommittee provided at the Sept. 28 meeting, included a declaration that “for far too long at times, there has been conflict and dysfunction, in spite of terrific spirit and volunteerism” associated with the delivery of these services. The statement also raised concerns that decisions were “being based on personal relationships, rather than merit” and there is “not enough efficient financial transparency.”

“We put a lot of time and effort into this, and we expect a transition without any interruptions in service,” Brown told this newspaper on Nov. 3. “This is something that is going to be very positive for the community.”

Once having adopted the new public safety ordinance, the majority of the township committee moved right ahead with voting for a motion authorizing the administration to take the next steps in the process of establishing its new department.

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(Continued from Page 8) Paul noted “it is a serious issue” and “one that is not taken lightly.”

Andrew Windisch, another resident “whose living room couch is 120 feet away” from the proposed cellphone tower site, during the Sept. 15 meeting, pointed to Paul noting in his testimony that the report and 2.5 percent figure only pertains to the AT&T equipment.

“Could it go up to 10 percent if we have four carriers?” Windisch asked.

Paul replied that if other carriers were to put equipment on the proposed cellphone tower, “they too have the same obligation that AT&T has to ensure the exposure levels don’t exceed the permissible amount.”

“However, that being said, with the analysis from the findings performed here, if you were to have 10 carriers on the tower, it would still be below the limit,” Paul asserted.

Alloway asked the project professionals i f t he re wou ld b e a ny ot he r fa ct or s residents might be exposed to, and Paul discussed “non-ionizing radiation” such as what he claimed is given off by cordless telephones, garage door openers and wireless devices.

“These are FCC regulated devices, believe it or not,” Paul said. “… I would say the majority of the public is exposed to RF on a daily basis.”

Burtner, in his testimony, recognized that there are “residential properties on the other side of the street,” but Mark Tinder, a real estate appraiser speaking on behalf of Centerline Com munications, testified that, in his opinion, after an extensive review that included impacts such cellphone towers have had on real estate values in other areas of the state, the “only real impact would be visual,” calling the proposed communications facility “essentially a passive use” and an “accessory use” to the firehouse.

“There will be no noise, no odor, no traffic and no lighting,” he contended. “… There will be no burden on municipal services. … The character of the existing use on the subject property will remain the same. As for the physical attributes, we are proposing no change to the existing vegetation or typography. It will stay a level site, and remain unchanged other than the installation of the communications facility.”

Tinder added that there will be “no change” to the character of surrounding area, which includes the historic White Horse Inn and “a very large Green Acres piece that is 264 acres.”

“I would say based on my field operations, and ongoing work, etc., my conclusion is that there are no reasonable potential value impacts that would be associated with this proposed use,” concluded Tinder, noting, however that “clearly, there is no way not to see this ‘monopole’ from a number of vantage points throughout the area.”

Donna Mull, a member of the Land Use Board who also serves as Pemberton Borough’s administrator, said that while she is in favor of the project, there are cellphone cabinets on a water tower in the borough that do produce sound.

“There are also generators, and the generators are not silent, for sure,” she said, suggesting any fencing placed around the tower serve as a sound barrier.

Mull also inquired about whether equipment would be stored within the cellphone tower’s compound, and who would be responsible for maintaining the site.

Sara Werner, solicitor of the land use board, replied that the township engineer could work on “sound mitigation” with the applicant, and that the site would be governed by the municipality’s zoning code. She also pointed to a lease agreement between the fire company and Centerline Communications, though scarce details of that agreement were offered during

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Stern added that Centerline Communications would be the owner of the cellphone tower and enter into sublease agreements with the carriers.

“It is our responsibility, as the operator, to maintain a clean, well-cared for site,” he said.

“That is partially our responsibility, which is in the lease agreement that we have with the fire company. If one of the carriers leaves the site, it is in our interest that they remove their equipment.”

Alloway contended that “although we need a cellphone tower,” there are “a lot of better places for the cellphone tower to be located in town.” Werner, however, interjected, declaring that the application before the land use board is for “the specific” location.

“It is outside the board’s purview to consider other locations,” the board solicitor asserted.

“We ask that you restrict your comments in your testimony.”

Shawn Viscardi, chief of the fire company, at the conclusion of public testimony, contended that the cellphone tower will be “an asset to the township.”

The cellphone tower application was moved forward on Sept. 15 by a 7-0 vote (with two alternates also casting ‘yes’ votes), and those voting in the affirmative included Mayor William DeGroff and Deputy Mayor Mark Herndon. The latter two votes are notable in t hat bot h DeG rof f a nd Her ndon represent a majority of the three-member township committee, though technically n o t a c t i n g a s t h e g ove r n i n g b o d y.

The land use board memorialized its Sept.

15 decision during its Oct. 20 meeting, again by a 7-0 vote with two alternates also voting in the affirmative.

Windisch, in response, on Oct. 27, started a GoFundMe page titled “Legal Defense Fund to Challenge Chatsworth Tower,” but had only received a $25 donation as of the evening of Nov. 4.

The resident wrote on the fundraiser page that “most Chatsworth residents” did not learn about the cellphone tower proposal “until a Sept. 15, 2020 hearing, well after the state’s primary review was completed and only five weeks before the township passed a resolution approving it on Oct. 20, 2020.”

He contended that a response to an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request “showed several flaws” with the application process related to the Giles Avenue street vacation, public notice, variances, and Pinelands tower regulations, “all of which demonstrate a total lack of transparency during the 20-month planning process.”

Windisch, in an email he sent to at least some township residents announcing the fundraiser, and later provided to this newspaper, contended that he was in contact with an attorney who he contended “feels there is a solid case to be made,” and that any challenge must be filed within 45 days. Legal fees to defend the matter, he said, are estimated to be about $25,000 to $30,000.

“Imagine how you would feel if you learned that your town, the state and a developer had been planning a cellphone tower facility located 100-200 feet from your home, without notifying you or your neighbors during the 20-month planning process, and then see them rush through the final approval in a month with almost no chance for the community to respond,” he wrote.

As for why the f undraiser might be struggling to reach its $10,000 goal “for an initial lawsuit,” Paul, during his testimony contended the cellphone tower was “highly desired and needed” in Chatsworth.

Interestingly, du r ing the September land use board meeting, especially at its beginning, many of the land use board members f rom the township had their calls d rop or exper ienced disr uptions due to sig nal loss, causing Brow n to remark “see folks, this is why we need a cellphone tower.”

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(Continued from Page 10) chief candidate for the township committee’s approval.

The township committee also directed that the administration work with TFC #1 leadership to ensure that what is left of a previously awarded $254,800 Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response (SAFER) grant used for recruitment and retention, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) be transferred from the company to the new township department.

Barton has been against the forming of the department since the ordinance was introduced, because of his desire to first consider having changes be made to the current TFC#1 contract to address the issues raised by the subcommittee, before moving forward with

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The gunshots that struck Turner, a front seat passenger, according to authorities, were “fired into the vehicle.”

The driver, who police have not yet identified, was the only other person inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting, and was reportedly uninjured. The top law enforcement officers contended that the driver “sped away and headed to the Pemberton Township Police Station” as soon as the shooting occurred.

Turner, they said, was observed dead upon the vehicle arriving at police headquarters, located less than three minutes from Sunbury.

An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood revealed the incident a homicide after the victim sustained a gunshot wound to the head.

Turner’s legal address is in Camden, but recently he had been staying with relatives in Pemberton Township, according to the law enforcement officers.

No suspect(s) were named in the incident as of press time, with police asking for any tips to be relayed to them.

Si nce t he su m me r t i me, t he re have been several incidents within, and in t he v ici n it y, of Pember ton Tow nsh ip involving vehicles or individuals being fired upon.

On Oct. 9, vehicles were fired upon in the area of the 100 block of Oak Pines Boulevard, in the Oak Pines section of the township, with no injuries sustained, and just hours later, on Oct. 10, a triple shooting occurred in the 100 block of Kinsley Road, in which the individuals struck were fired upon in front of a residence.

a change that could “potentially damage personal relationships and cause the volunteers’ enthusiasm to drop.”

He continued to register his resistance at the latest meeting, asking his colleagues to consider scheduling a workshop for further discussion of the language of the revised public safety ordinance and to consider appointing a public safety director, as opposed to having Township Administrator Doug Cramer, who also serves as the director of public works, assume the responsibility and workload of overseeing all of the township’s emergency service operations.

“We’re putting the cart before the horse,” Barton maintained after the ordinance passed, later telling Moore that “You and Kim Brown have this figured out, but the other three members of the committee don’t know what you are up to.”

See FIRE/ Page 14 A 52-year- old man was fou nd with gunshot wounds to his arms, a 27-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his back and a 23-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his foot. The victims of the Oct. 10 triple shooting were said by Pemberton Police to have survived it.

Lt. Jay Watters, a spokesman for Pemberton Police, told this newspaper on Nov. 5 the 27-year-old man struck by gunfire in the Oct. 10 incident was not the same one who was killed on Nov. 3.

T he October shoot i ngs i n t he Oa k Pines and Sunbury neighborhoods came just a few weeks after apprehensions were made in a July shooting that played out on a roadway near the border of Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst and Pemberton Township.

Several other shootings occur red in both June and July in the township, several of which were reported to have occurred in Sunbury.

Police have not yet an nou nced any arrests in the other shootings, but had made a series of arrests for hand gun offenses in mid and late July, which had seemed to quell the gun violence up until the early October shootings.

As for whether any of the incidents in the sum mer time or October shootings are connected to the Nov. 3 slaying, Watters told this newspaper on Nov. 5 that “as usual we are always working to see what is connected and what isn’t, but we have nothing indicating that right now, but that could change as the investigation progresses.”

In response to community concern over the recent gun violence, Coffina said, “The people who ought to be concerned are the ones committing these crimes, because our office and the Pemberton Township PD are looking for you, and we will find you and bring you to justice.”

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servants, even prior to being put in this position, and I know that we are going to be fantastic public servants as elected officials,” said Espinoza in an interview with this newspaper after learning the first round of results. “I really think the best candidates won.”

Freeman, an U.S. Army Reserves veteran, works as an attorney and is chair of the Evesham Human Rights Council. Espinoza works in constituent services as a staff member for Democratic 1st District Congressman Donald Norcross. She also serves as the Evesham Farmers Market chair.

“We want to focus on building more passive recreation for everyone here in town, and focus on Main Street, and bringing some businesses back to that area,” said Freeman in a Nov. 3 interview with this newspaper, also following the first-batch of results being announced.

Freeman added that he wants to continue to keep taxes stable, and the Evesham Township Police Department fully-funded.

After losing his re-election bid, D’Andrea told the Pine Barrens Tribune on Nov. 4 that he had served the public for about a quarter century as a “blessed, honored and humbled” elected and appointed official, including more than a decade on the council through three different mayoral administrations and

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D’Andrea added that he does not know at this point if he will run for council again, but “for right now, it is time for a break.”

D’Andrea had served on Evesham Township Council for 14 total years, and 11 years on the Planning Board. His first stint on council lasted from 2000 to 2005. He landed back on council in 2012 and will serve until his term expires at the end of this year.

He previously told this newspaper that he switched from being a Republican to an Independent because he believes “the (Republican) party has changed nationally and has also changed locally” and that “I think we both left each other.”

Fortino, outside of politics, has worked for healthcare company for more than three decades.

“Running as an Independent candidate in a partisan general November election is a much greater and daunting challenge than I think Steven and I had expected,” D’Andrea said.

D’Andrea told this newspaper that he did not regret running as an Independent.

“We felt we did what we needed to do,” the veteran councilman said. “We did it with our own direction, and really did it with honesty and integrity and sincerity behind it.”

Robert DiEnna, a Republican, whose council term expires at the end of the year, decided not to run for re-election this year.

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people in New Jersey have taken this step, and it is too bad that the politicians didn’t do it, but this is better than leaving the situation as it was.”

In Burlington County, where Shamong and the heart of the Pinelands lies, 70.69 percent of voters had approved the legalization of marijuana, with a total of 178,941 votes on the question counted, according to unofficial county results.

Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has been one of the vocal supporters of allowing residents to legally use recreational pot.

“We did it, New Jersey!” he wrote on his Twitter page. “Public Question #1 to legalize adult-use marijuana passed overwhelmingly tonight, a huge step forward for racial and social justice and our economy. Thank you to NJ CAN 2020 and all the advocates for standing on the right side of history.”

The state commission tasked with overseeing the state’s medical cannabis program will oversee the new, personal-use cannabis market.

A cautionary letter, however, did emanate from the New Jersey Office of Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, who noted that the legalization would not take effect until Jan.1, and will require “enabling legislation and regulations” and that in the meantime, the possession of marijuana

outside New Jersey’s medical cannabis program remains illegal under existing state laws.

Grewal went on to warn that “some may misinterpret or misunderstand” the meaning of what had been approved and assume that possessing or using recreational pot had become immediately lawful. He reminded law-enforcement officers and prosecutors of their “broad discretion” in dealing with such violations and encouraged them to exercise it “consistent with existing guidance from this office,” but not to adopt “blanket policies that de facto decriminalize marijuana,” as this would “impermissibly assume a role that belongs to the Legislature” and “undermine the framework” of the referendum approved by the voters.

Opposition to the proposal did come from various organizations such as the Medical Society of the New Jersey Board of Trustees, which came out against it “based on data available on roadway dangers, negative effects on adolescent brain development and fetal development, risk of respiratory diseases and other health conditions.”

In the event of any legalization, it had asked that public health measures be enacted well before cannabis products became available for sale, and there be product testing, consumer education and warnings preceding sales.

The society had asked that the legal sale of marijuana products be prohibited to anyone younger than 25 years of age, among a list of other parameters it suggested before the election in the name of public health.

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“The only way we can tell you is at a public meeting,” Brown said. “It’s not like we can pick up the phone and call you. We have to come to a public meeting and tell you, and that is what we are trying to do.”

In addition, Barton suggested that the motion authorizing the additional steps be tabled until another meeting when the entire

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Committeeman Robert Sunbury said he trusted the professionals who put together the chief’s job description and pointed out that it is “boilerplate” language.

“While the job description may be boiler plate, I am not a firefighter and I am not familiar with that,” Barton replied. “I was elected by the residents of Tabernacle to represent them, and without the information, I cannot vote for this, so my answer is ‘no.’”

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now hiring for the holidays

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Scan the QR Code to Apply Now! Help us bring joy to guests this holiday season while earning a bit extra for your own holiday shopping needs.

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Apply today! Visit target.com/careers Starting at $15/hr all positions available

Would you like to join a great workplace?

NOW HIRING! Walmart Little Egg Harbor Supercenter Online Grocery Shoppers Garden Center

Overnight Stocking/ Modular Team

Apparel Bakery/Deli

Meat/Produce Cashiers

Apply Today www.walmartcareers.com - Text: 240240 If you should have any questions please reach out to People Lead Tammy at 609-226-1137.

Walmart Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

INCONTINENCE AND PELVIC HEALTH: WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 | 6 p.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting Bladder issues are common for women of all ages but NOT normal. It is so common that 1 in 3 women are affected by bladder symptoms such as urgency, frequency, and leakage of urine. After menopause, 45-63 percent of women suffer from genital, urinary and sexual symptoms. Become empowered! Join KATHIE OLSON, an advanced practice nurse and clinical coordinator of the Capital Health Center for Incontinence and Pelvic Health, for a discussion on the signs, symptoms and treatments available. Learn your options. Don’t “just live” with these issues.

Register by calling 609.394.4153 or register online at capitalhealth.org/events.

This event will be taking place virtually using Zoom. Register online at capitalhealth.org/events and be sure to include your email address. Zoom meeting details will be provided via email 2-3 days before the program date. @capitalhealthnj

INTRODUCING CAPITAL HEALTH OB/GYN − BROWNS MILLS Capital Health OB/GYN – Browns Mills is a comprehensive women’s health practice. After serving women in the Lower Bucks County, PA region for almost 30 years, our team is bringing its trusted obstetric and gynecologic care to women in Browns Mills, NJ. Our experienced and board certified providers include DRS. ROBERT BERK, NEIL BLUEBOND, AMY HARVEY O’KEEFFE, MARK KUHN, and ANNE WALKER. Our team provides women with comprehensive prenatal and obstetrical services, as well as annual women’s health exams, in office hysteroscopy, open and minimally invasive/laparoscopic surgery, cancer screenings, and minor surgical services.

Capital Health OB/GYN – Browns Mills joins Capital Health Medical Group’s extensive network of more than 400 physicians and other advanced care providers who offer primary, specialty and surgical care.

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL 609.896.1400 CAPITAL HEALTH OB/GYN − BROWNS MILLS 6 Earlin Avenue, Suite 290, Browns Mills, NJ 08015 capitalhealthobgyn.org/brownsmills

MOST INSURANCES ARE ACCEPTED, INCLUDING TRICARE

NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

MEDICAL GROUP