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October 1-7, 2016
Pemberton Township Man Fatally Shot By Intruders By Adam Tait lll For Pine Barrens Tribune
PEMBERTON–A home invasion led to a shooting death Sunday night at a trailer park here. It was the third murder in the township this year. Dead was Norman Mosley, 37, a resident of Hilltop Mobile Village in the Browns Mills section. According to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and township police Chief David Jantas, Mosley was in his trailer, when two men, wearing masks, entered the trailer shortly before 10 p.m. Several shots were fired and the two fled, apparently without speaking. Mosley was taken by a friend, who was in the trailer, by car to Deborah Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:06 p.m. An autopsy was performed Monday. Results were not available at press time. No arrests have been made and the motive for the shooting remains unclear. The case is being investigated by detectives from the township and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Officials are asking anyone with information to contact Burlington County Central Communications at (609) 2657113, the Pemberton Township Police Department’s confidential tip line at (609) 894-3352, or online at http://www.pemberton-twp.com/resources/cariboost files/Police 20Tip 20Email 20Form.pdf.
PHOTO FOR PINE BARRENS TRIBUNE Scenes like this may become common if a proposed ordinance allowing chickens is passed in Tabernacle Township.
Pemberton Car Crash Fatal To New Lisbon Woman, 23
Tabernacle Gets Another Month To Cluck About Backyard Chickens
By Adam Tait lll
TABERNACLE–Residents attended the Tabernacle Township Committee Meeting on Sept. 26th, armed and ready with their comments on a proposed ordinance that would allow backyard chickens on nonagricultural property on as little as one acre. The Township Committee tabled the second reading and continued it until the October meeting. Mayor Stephen Lee IV explained that the Committee had asked the Land Development Board to review the ordinance and provide feedback, including on whether it is consistent with the Township’s Master Plan. The Committee also requested that the board review the proposed ordinance to see how it would affect other, existing Township ordinances. Lee said that setbacks were of particular concern. The Land Development Board has 35 days to get back to the township. Lee expects it to be on the agenda for the Land Development Board at their October 5th
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PEMBERTON–A one-car crash early Saturday morning proved fatal to a New Lisbon woman. Killed was Samantha Wenzel, 23. According to township police, Wenzel was driving alone on Junction Road just after 1 a.m., in a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. A preliminary investigation indicates that Wenzel was traveling west on Junction Road at the Mt. Misery Road curve. The Hyundai entered the curve, crossed the center line, and struck a tree. After the collision the car overturned, before coming to rest on the east-bound side of the road. A preliminary probe indicated that Wenzel was not wearing a seatbelt. She sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Lourdes Emergency Room at Deborah Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The accident is being investigated by township police. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the accident is asked to call the police at 609-894-3308 or the confidential tip line at 609-894-3352. Leading the investigation is traffic safety officer Patrolman Jason Gant.
By Linda Jagiela For Pine Barrens Tribune
meeting. He encouraged residents, who wanted to voice their opinions, to attend the Land Development Board meeting. Despite the delay in the reading, residents still took the opportunity during the public portion of the meeting to raise concerns and to explain their support. Resident George Gates explained that he had not felt compelled before to speak at a township meeting, but the chicken ordinance had brought him out to speak at Monday’s meeting. Gates requested the committee members to give the proposed ordinance more thought. He asked the committee to slow the process down and to take more time in their consideration of it. Gates also felt that many residents did not know what was going on with the ordinance. He felt it was a quality-of-life issue and cited that he would not want to be barbequing in his yard, with his friends, downwind of a chicken coop. Others, though, did not agree. Christina Hudley, who is new to the community, supported the ordinance as did resident Amada Williams. Many in the audience,
though, prepared to speak, remained silent, choosing to wait for the second reading or to discuss the matter at the Land Development Board meeting. The chicken ordinance was not the only item tabled at the rather short township meeting. Mayor Lee also pulled the discussion of the contract between the Township and the Tabernacle Rescue Squad as well as the facility use and license agreement between the Township and the Tabernacle Athletic Association. Lee cited the desire to have the full committee present for the discussion as the evening’s meeting only had three members of the committee in attendance. The Tabernacle Rescue Squad contract has been a bone of contention in the past with resident Fran Brooks, who has questioned, at many meetings, the lack of financial records for the Tabernacle Rescue Squad. She has also called for accountability with the money CHICKENS>>PAGE 3