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meeting in the first place – to have at least a “50/50” shot at successfully seeding the field ahead of a fall deadline given that “you have to have two growing seasons before a field can be used.”
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That Sept. 9 disagreement which saw the committeeman point out that Southampton has been designated a “Tree City USA” community, led to the tabling of a resolution that would have given the go-ahead for a contractor to proceed with the job, including with “planting the grass” for the field, the latter the reason the governing body had convened a special
By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
Medford Twp. Establishes an ‘Open Container Area’ in Village Business District Municipality’s Solicitor, Mayor Say Allowing for Public Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Downtown Will Help with Traffic for Businesses
But with the start of fall not too far away and a narrow window closing, Rakesh R. Darji, of Environmental Resolutions, Inc., advised the township committee that with the postponement, it was now becoming increasingly likely that the planting of the
The area where public consumption is now legal, according to a copy of the ordinance obtained by this newspaper, comprises a “quadrant” of properties that are “west of North Main Street and south of Route 70, including Fire House Lane, all properties east of Cherry Street, west along Union Street to its intersection with Allen Avenue, and all properties east of Allen Avenue to its intersection with South Main Street,” excluding the Allen School and any property belonging to the local school district.
The Open Container Area also includes a “quadrant” of properties that are “east of Main Street and south of Route 70, including all properties west of North Street extended to Route 70, west along Branch Street and all properties west of Filbert Street extended
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Plan to Add ‘Convertible Baseball/Softball Field’ to Southampton’s New Recreation Complex Off Red Lion Road Stalls After Committeeman Objects to Proposed Removal of ’20-25 Mature Trees’ He Says Offset Otherwise ‘Barren’ Land, Also Pointing Out Town Holds Tree City USA Distinction
MEDFORD—Individuals can now legally carry alcoholic beverages in most of what is known as the Medford Village Business District, or the downtown section of Medford Township, so long as such beverages are purchased from the breweries and restaurants that are located there.
A row of trees at the Red Lion Recreation Complex in Southampton Township potentially being removed to accommodate a convertible baseball/softball field.
SOUTHAMPTON—A special Southampton Township Committee meeting called to order on a Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. yielded an apparent disagreement between the municipality’s mayor and his longtime committee ally over a purported plan to remove “approximately 20 to 25 mature trees” at the Red Lion Recreation Complex for some $45,000 in favor of installing a new “convertible baseball/softball field” as
part of what was described by the mayor as the “next phase” of building out the relatively new complex that is, as the mayor put it, “bucolic.”
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Medford Township Council established its first and lone “Open Container Area” with passage of a law in July, that took effect late last month, with Township Solicitor Timothy Prime explaining that the intent is to “help the businesses” in the downtown and increase patronage of the village.
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“I would recommend staying out of the road restoration business, if you can right now,” the engineer asserted, noting that
“Until we get in there, we are not going to know exactly (what’s going on),” the mayor added. “We put cameras through it, so we think we know what is there, but ….”
On several occasions over the last several years, as previously reported by this newspaper, residents of Falcon Drive, in another area of Southampton that is up the road from the village, have complained about three- to four-foot deep sinkholes originating from a nearly 40-year-old stormwaterCorrugatedsystem.metal storm pipes that comprise the system have rusted over time and deformed, as it was previously explained to this newspaper, and some of the inlets have failed because of the old cinder-block deteriorating.Butthisparticular system is somewhat
There would also be a “continuation” of what is currently “a sidewalk to nowhere,” as Mikulski put it, near a Wawa convenience store at Route 206, Main Street and Retreat Road.According to the resolution, any new sidewalks would be the responsibility of the township, “with the exception of (1) local ordinances that places maintenance responsibility with each individual property owner, and (2) those crosswalks on state or county highways.”
The municipality’s governing body voted 5-0 on Aug. 16 to submit a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)’s Safe Routes to School program to secure funding for the planned sidewalk project, maintaining in a resolution authorizing the grant submission that the project will “help to continue and improve the promotion and encouragement of pedestrian access and safety for school children and their guardians.”
The measure notes that the target area for the planned sidewalks is along Race Street, Red Lion Road (also known as County Route 641), Main Street, Route 206, and Buddtown Road, as well as “along the Good Farm Recreation Complex” driveway, with the latter the entrance to what is also referred to as the Red Lion Recreational Complex.Southampton Mayor Michael Mikulski described the planned construction of “additional pedestrian walkways” taking place in an area “from around Red Lion Road to around the schools” with some planned “also at the entrance” of the recreation complex.
Mikulski maintained putting new piping underneath the road would entail “digging up the street,” with the township engineer (though not the special project engineer assigned to the project) pointing out the cost of asphalt paving is “currently through the roof right now.”
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Mikulski replied that it was his “understanding” that the piping was “clogging up” because of “tree roots and other materials that had gone through the pipes.” The project, he said, would replace part of one pipe and possibly other parts “based on the extent of the damage.”
A pedestrian sidewalk in Vincentown Village that is currently considered “a sidewalk to nowhere” because it does not extend all the way to Route 206.
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The public body has also authorized repairs to a decades-old stormwater system that has led to a number of sinkholes over the last several years, as well as heard about a plan to dredge five lakes in town.
unique in that it contains “rear inlets,” with some members of the township committee previously expressing a desire to relocate the stormwater piping underneath the street instead of where it is now, or running through to the rear of residential properties.
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“Is this the bid where we are going on private property, cleaning the drainpipes and then allowing that (issue) to recreate itself 15 years down the road?” asked Committeeman Ronald Heston. “Because we are going to have the same problem –the pipes are not big enough to handle the volume of water going through them and they are clogging up.”
SOUTHAMPTON—The Southampton Township Committee has decided to pursue construction of “additional pedestrian walkways” in the Vincentown Village section of Southampton Township.
Heston contended that “if he remembered correctly,” the township committee was spending a “significant amount of money” compared to what it would cost to simply “put new lining on the road.”
A fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.Eachyearsince the terrorist attacks, the community of Medford Lakes, including borough police officers and firefighters, have gathered to honor the victims, as well as remember the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.
By D ouglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
Both of those particular hydrants (one of which was prominently displayed with a black trash bag over it on the front cover of this newspaper), she said, have since been fixed, maintaining the township’s Utility
The manager’s comments at a recent council meeting follow a Pine Barrens Tribune report, published on June 11, in which multiple Medford Fire and EMS Department whistleblowers came forward to the newspaper to sound the alarm that the town’s fire hydrant system was in “dire straits” after some “five to 10 years” of purported neglect.
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The Sunday ceremony was carried to a memorial garden at Leon E. Todd Memorial Park, where flowers were laid around a monument there that displays a piece of metal that came from one of the fallen towers of the World Trade Center.
They maintained that life and property were at risk and called for a “task force” to be created to resolve the situation promptly.
MEDFORD LAKES— The 21st anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks was a solemn occasion marked this past Sunday by Medford Lakes Borough officials and dignitaries, as well as the community at large, with a noontime service held at Protestant Community Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Woods.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 48 raised the American flag to half-mast to commemorate
Fire Hydrants That Were in Need of Repair in Medford Township Have ‘All Been Repaired’ with ‘New’ Annual Inspection Plan Set Repairs and Commitment to Annual Inspection Schedule Follows Tribune’s June Whistleblower Report That Several Hydrants in Town Were Inoperable; Manager Confirms Four Were in Fact Down, Firefighters Also Needed Training
Medford Lakes Officials, Dignitaries Gather on September 11th to ‘Remember Day that Changed All of Our Lives’ 21 Years Ago Flowers Laid, Butterflies Set Free in Tribute to Those Who Died in Terrorist Attacks
A new fire hydrant that replaced one that was inoperable and covered with a trash bag on Sycamore Drive in Medford Township.
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MEDFORD—All fire hydrants in Medford Township that needed repairs have now “all been repaired,” according to Township Manager Kathy Burger.
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Many watched in horror as four planes were hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists, with two of the aircrafts flown into the twin Trade Towers in New York City, ultimately causing them to collapse, while another was flown into the Pentagon located just outside of Washington, D.C.
Department had been “well aware of them needing to be fixed.”
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“At the time the story came out, there were four hydrants that were in need of service,” acknowledged Burger, confirming that two of them that were the subject of the concerns were located on Sycamore and Sunny Jim drives.
The others that required replacement “because they were inoperable,” according to emails obtained by this newspaper on Sept. 2 through an Open Public Records Act (OPRA), were located at the intersection of West Centennial and Pine roads as well as Hartford Road and George Trail, respectively.
“Keeping their memory alive is what is going to endure us in the future to be vigilant so that such tragedies do not occur again,” Miller said. “We need to recognize those
“Sept. 11, 2001, was a day that changed all of our lives,” proclaimed Medford Lakes Mayor Gary Miller. “9/11 was not happy, not trite – it’s not cliché.”
Photo By Anthony J. Garcia Flowers were laid around a 9/11 monument at the Leon E. Todd Memorial Park in Medford Lakes.
Afterwards, locals gathered at a September 11 memorial near the church, alongside Stokes Road and Mohwak Trail, laying flowers and releasing butterflies to pay tribute to the more than 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attacks.
The individuals, when they came forward to the newspaper, had provided specific addresses of fire hydrants in town they said were known to be completely inoperable, covered by trash bags to indicate such status, as well as describing numerous others that didn’t work properly. They described that much of the troubles were the result of a lack of annual flushing and inspections of the fire hydrants.
Once delivered to the border, the ambulance, which the Medford Sunrise club had purchased and equipped with medical supplies using $25,000 in contributions it raised for that purpose last month, was then picked up by Ukrainian Rotarians and driven to Lviv, he recounted. From there, another member of the international service organization who had arrived by train from Kharkiv, drove it relay-style to that warravaged city.
When asked about whether this also applies to Russia, he replied that there is Rotary there as well, “but I would think they probably have to keep a very low profile.”
In recounting some of the details of their journey to the club membership at a breakfast meeting on Sept. 7, made available via a Zoom link at the club’s website, Forward commented on how the pair had endeavored to bring along as many medical ‘extras’ as they could on the flight to Germany without being mistaken for international drug smugglers – something he described a “real concern.”
Photo Provided A nurse unpacks medical supplies that were included with the ambulance donated by the Medford Sunrise Rotary to the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
“They immediately jumped right on that,” he said, going to the dealership and having both a mechanic and a doctor in their group check out its condition and medical soundness.TheOdenberg Rotary, which itself was looking for a way to help Ukraine, then sent the Sunrise Club a message saying, “We would like to go ahead and be responsible for buying all the medical supplies,” and its president proceeded to meet the two Medford Rotarians at the airport and drive them to the dealership where the vehicle had already been filled up with “thousands and thousands of dollars’ worth of needed
“Those are generally decent, caring people, who are only learning about what is happening in Ukraine from Russian media,” Forward added. “They have their own families and businesses to take care of and are just gritting their teeth hoping it ends soon.”
Medford Rotary’s Mission of Mercy Accomplished with Delivery of Fully Equipped Ambulance to War-Ravaged Ukrainian Locale Service Club’s Global Network Assists Local Chapter’s ‘Drive’ by Conveying Transport from Polish Border to Kharkiv; Repeat Effort Now Contemplated
The success of the plan, which Forward, a former district governor of all the Rotary Club chapters in Burlington, Ocean and Monmouth counties and an author of the book, ”Century of Service: The Story of Rotary International,” proposed after talking with Ukrainian delegates he met at a Rotary convention he attended with his wife, Chris, in June, has now inspired him to attempt to carry it even further.
Forward called “an example of the power of Rotary,” he said that before wiring the money for the ambulance to Germany, a member of his chapter who speaks a number of languages had called the Rotary Club in Odenberg, the next town from where it was to be picked up, “to make sure it was there.“
MEDFORD—With the Medford Sunrise Rotary Club’s mission to provide a fullyequipped ambulance to one of Ukraine’s most imperiled population centers having been successfully accomplished, a repeat performance could soon be in the works, according to the member who both conceived and spearheaded the humanitarian aid project and accompanying fundraiser.
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The plan’s realization was achieved by Forward teaming up with the post’s president, Tom Monaghan, to drive the used Mercedes medical transport the thousand or so miles from Frankfurt, Germany to the border of western Ukraine just north of the city of Lviv. It all went rather well, he said, despite their having encountered inclement weather and “a couple of mechanical issues typical of any vehicle” that developed along the“Luckily,way. even though they (the issues) happened on a Saturday, we were able to get assistance in resolving them, both in Germany and in Poland.”
His latest proposal calls for purchasing a second ambulance from the very same company, which he noted had several such vehicles for sale, all of them previously used in Spain, where a law prohibits ambulances with more than 100,000 miles on their odometers from being utilized.
But “for a diesel engine, 100,000 miles is nothing,” he maintained.
At just $16,000 per ambulance, he added, “we’re only about $4,000 short (at the start of the second week in September) for another one.”Like the trip to deliver the first ambulance, no donor money would be used to pay any additional travel expenses, Forward emphasized.“Wewant to be a force for peace in the world,” he told this newspaper. “The Rotary has no tanks, no artillery, no F-15 fighters. But we have 1.5 million members in almost 190 countries. That can make a difference in things like this and can have just as much of an impact as a government that gives them artillery shells.”
“We managed to get the ambulance delivered in two days to the city of Kharkiv, which is the second most bombed city in the country,” David C. Forward told the Pine Barrens Tribune, which first reported on his ambitious endeavor a month ago. “So literally by the time we were flying home, it was getting people to the hospital.”
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To avoid arousing such suspicion, “we had a huge, huge duffle bag that was filled with some medical supplies that a local company donated to us, which was filled with oxygen masks, COVID tests and various other things like that, but nothing that was going to get us into trouble when we crossed the border.”Inwhat
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After Community Leader Threatens to Hold Official, District ‘Financially Responsible’ for Decision and Campaign for Removal of Transportation Aid, Meeting is Proposed
The Mom’s Deli and Presidential Lakes Recreation Center parking lots, she said, were also “safe zones” for children to “get on and off the bus.”
grass seed would have to wait until spring 2023.Mayor
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Linda Vadon, the president of the Presidential Lakes Civic Association, told the Pine Barrens Tribune that since sending the letter (which she copied to this newspaper), top school district officials have reached out to her to schedule a meeting later this month, while a school district spokeswoman, when asked by this newspaper about the contents of the correspondence, replied, in part, on Sept. 6, “At this time, the buses in Presidential Lakes are operating at capacity, but we will continue to assess the concerns of the community moving forward.”
“The first one,” as Raftery put it, inquired as to “what are the chances” the seeding would successfully take hold if such a project were to commence “this year.”
According to Vadon, during the previous school year, Pre-K and elementary children in the community were picked up for school at the “corner closest to their home.”
After making mention that the Pemberton district officials were now “officially advised” through the Sept. 6 Certified Mail
Presidential Lakes President Pens Letter to School Transportation Director
She pointed to two children “being hit” and seriously injured in past motor vehicle collisions in the development, “not to mention the multiple family pets that have been injured or killed.”
This newspaper found the walking trail being put to good use on Sept. 14, with several individuals either jogging or walking. Because the trail is paved, it was even being enjoyed by a disabled man who traversed it while using his wheelchair. A few individuals also chose to spend the sunny day by sitting on park benches located throughout the parcel.
“In speaking to the STRA (Southampton Township Recreation Association), their next request is a convertible baseball/softball field,” the mayor explained. “The reason they want that next, is even though they have done some improvements to the fields that
Michael Mikulski, after Committeeman Bill Raftery objected to the removal of the trees, attempted to salvage the apparent plan to proceed forward with awarding a contract on Sept. 9, maintaining that it was his understanding that if the governing body did so, it was “not locked into a specific location” for the field, but Darji countered that while “in theory” the mayor is correct, the “field is pretty locked in as to where it has to be” as what is proposed is a “big field,” and that otherwise, “you’d have to move the field quite a bit.”
are being spread out even farther and put on main roads in the communities, which are hazardous,” Vadon told this newspaper.
Vadon,cars.”ina later telephone interview with this newspaper, contended that Treadaway “did this in the city of Trenton” previously, but that Presidential Lakes is not comparable to Trenton, lacking sidewalks andIncrosswalks.somecases, she maintained in a follow-up email to this newspaper, the use of centralized stops has resulted in very young children (as well as any parents and guardians accompanying them) walking nearly a mile away from their homes to catch a school bus.
But now the “use of these parking lots (at Mom’s Deli and the Presidential Lakes Recreation Center) have been removed from the current bus routes” for the new school year, Vadon contended, in favor of what she maintained are “unsafe, centralized stops designated for the Pre-K and elementary students.”“What’s happening is the central stops
“In the winter months, the parents would have to walk the children in the road when there is snow. Also note that Presidential Lakes is one of the last communities to be plowed in Pemberton Township. Once these roads have been plowed there is no place for a pedestrian to safely walk.”
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“Door-to-door pickup” in the community, she further explained, “only applies to children with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).”
While Mikulski pointed out that the initial phases of the project were substantially funded by recreation grants from the county and that “we still have used only minimal township budgetary funds for this project,” he recognized that such funding has since been “reduced over the last couple of years.”
“We’re going to have a discussion on this, correct?” Raftery further asserted, noting he had “a lot of questions” to ask. “Is this the finalInitially,vote?” Mikulski responded that the “final reading” of the ordinance would be held at the governing body’s “next meeting,” as well as “public comment.” But Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman still encouraged Raftery to ask his questions now, with the mayor agreeing that the committeeman could ask them at the special meeting.
The school district, as previously reported by this newspaper, has already faced significant state aid cuts, and is expected to lose as much as some $27 million by the end of the 2025-26 school year.
“Example: A mom with no vehicle used to walk her child to the end of the street, and now has to walk three streets down a main road with no sidewalks or no shoulder with speeding
Mikulski, as the special session began, explained that the overall plan for the recreation complex was presented to the public about 6 years ago, and since that time, several phases of work had been completed, including the groundwork, installation of a walking trail and constructing three soccer fields.
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A view of the existing soccer fields at the Red Lion Recreation Complex in Southampton Township after initial phases of the project have been completed.
And the clearly outraged association president, in one of several follow-up emails to this newspaper, contended that the association was also now considering a move to “question school funding” provided to the district over alleged “transportation in unsafe conditions for very young children.”
“But more importantly, the idea behind the recreation project is to have everything in one location so that they can hold multiple sports without parents having to bounce back and forth between the fields. So, this is the next phase, and this ordinance allows us to move money from the Open Space Fund.”
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However, he contended the “Open Space Fund is for projects like this.”
Voting on the first reading of a related ordinance that would appropriate $250,000 from the township’s Open Space Fund towards the planned improvements was underway and moving at a rapid pace, with Committeeman Ronald Heston having already voted in favor of it, when the roll call vote was abruptly halted by Raftery asking, “What is the vote on?”
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Additionally, Vadon maintained in the letter, the residents of Presidential Lakes have had “ongoing complaints” with the Pemberton Township Police Department regarding “excessive driving speeds” on Connecticut Road, New York Road, among others, which “have yet to be resolved.”
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“There are many concerns within our community regarding the public safety of our children with the many unsafe, centralized stops designated for the Pre-K and elementary students,” Vadon charged in her letter to Treadaway, adding that the purpose of her letter was to “advise” the officials of the “unsafe conditions regarding centralized bus stop changes.”
The special project engineer also indicated that the lowest responsible bidder had already placed a bid on a prepared package outlining the scope of the required work with any relocation likely necessitating “design changes.”
are outside of this building, one of the fields still has a significant drainage problem.
“I want to point out that there are no sidewalks, nor are there any shoulders, for the children to walk on,” she said of the streets in Presidential Lakes in the letter to Treadaway. “The ground is very uneven; as an adult it is very difficult to keep one’s footing, let alone for a young child.
“The trees are going to have to come out,” declared Darji during the daytime meeting that had drawn one member of the public who attended via Zoom.
“I had an opportunity to speak to the low bid contractor this morning and they are prepared to mobilize this site as soon as we get a contract signed with them,” Darji replied. “… They are going to try their hardest to get everything graded and
Over ‘Outrageously Unsafe Decision’ to Change Centralized Bus Stop Sites
Senior high and junior high school students had “similar stops,” she explained, only they were “a few blocks apart.”
PEMBERTON—The president of the Presidential Lakes Civic Association has penned a forceful letter to Pemberton Township Schools Transportation Director Edmund Treadaway, a copy of which has also been sent to Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Havers, over what she calls an “outrageously unsafe decision” involving school busing in the community, calling for a “review of these unsafe conditions.”
Prime explained that the state had passed a law “allowing for an Open Container Area in a portion(s) of a municipality, or in an entire municipality, where persons over 21 years of age can carry and consume open containers of alcoholic beverages,” with Watson noting that state statute was enacted “more recently.”
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“I want to make sure enforcement is not difficult or tricky in any way,” declared Councilwoman Lauren Kochan, noting she concurred with Watson in establishing an Open Container Area in the village.
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Police Chief Arthur Waterman agreed that requiring clear plastic cups will allow for better enforcement of the new rules.
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Affair sells fresh produce and artisanal meats and cheeses on boards as a form of “social dining.” They pitch their offerings as “an ideal choice for garden parties, business meetings, happy hours, open houses, wine tastings or other small social gatherings.”
Among the requirements contained in the new law, however, is that the alcoholic beverages consumed within the Open Container Area “must be purchased from a restaurant or other establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages within the Open Container Area.” Additionally, such consumption can only occur “during the hours of operation when the licensed establishment is open.”Additionally, for “enforcement purposes,” any licensed establishment must serve any alcoholic beverage in a “clear plastic cup that displays a visible logo, name or other identifying symbol from the licensed establishment selling the alcoholic beverage.”
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According to Watson, having alcoholic beverages served in clear plastic cups with an
“I think the feeling is limiting it to the village area only,” said Prime of what came out of his discussions with Watson.
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The fact that one was not previously allowed to consume alcoholic beverages in this corridor of town (outside of an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages or on private residential property) may come as a surprise to the public, however, with Medford Mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson acknowledging at a recent council session that he had observed at least some individuals walking around downtown, particularly during the town’s previous Food Truck Nights, with such beverages.Hedescribed that under the previous rules, businesses and restaurants there were “potentially put in awkward position” to enforce them on Food Truck Nights, for example, during what should otherwise be an “opportune time” for the establishments to draw as many customers as possible and promote a relaxing, friendly atmosphere downtown.“Wehave gotten quite a few requests for this from the establishments that are there,” explained Watson during a recent council meeting of why council was aiming to provide for an Open Container Area in the village. “And they came from not only the establishments that are selling it, but the other businesses that are there, like the Grazing Affair for instance, that would like you to be at a brewery or Braddock’s Tavern and then come and sit out front and have a sandwich and drinks. So, I think it helps the traffic in theGrazingvillage.”
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Two shoppers stroll Main Street in downtown Medford Township on Sept. 14.
A statement contained in the ordinance, outlining its “purpose and intent,” notes, in part, that the “Township of Medford declares and finds that designating an area in the Historic Village area of Medford Township within which open containers of alcoholic beverages can be carried and alcoholic beverages consumed from said containers will serve to continue the revitalization of Medford Village and the establishments operating in the area, will encourage visitation to the Medford Village area and provide a benefit to the residents and citizens of Medford Township as a Thewhole.”mayor noted that the governing body had “talked about doing this for quite a while” and that Brad Denn, a former councilman, is “a big proponent of this.”
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south to South Street to its intersection with South Main Street.”
Photo By Douglas D. Melegari Tables and chairs set up outside the Grazing Affair storefront in Medford Township for patrons.
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with the Pinelands Commission and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to obtain permits to dredge five lakes in the retirement community, and that the LeisureTowne Association has contracted with Princeton Hydro, a “large company very well respected in the “Weindustry.”havefive lakes, small lakes –Dunstable, Mayfair, Liverpool, Turnbridge and Wooton, that were studied and in some places they are only 2 feet deep because of sediment and leaves coming in, and it is mainly organic matter,” explained Boyd of the reason the lakes need to be dredged from the retirement community’s perspective.
Boyd also dispelled a rumor that “we aren’t doing the lakes anymore,” maintaining such a report is “patently wrong.”
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Heston said he “didn’t want to hold the project up,” but that “at the same token, I think we should have had a little more information about what the bid entailed.”
“Can you speak to what you guys are doing with the lakes?” asked Committeeman William Raftery of Boyd.
The trustee responded that “currently we are going through the permitting process”
The mayor noted if “there is a question” about the situation, the governing body could delay the vote to award a contract, but Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman advised against doing“Withso. this project, people have been waiting over two years,” Hoffman declared. “The holes are getting bigger, the water is getting more in their yards, and more holes are opening between yards. So, I would recommend you award it.”
“So, there is no flow through them.”
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Photos By Douglas D. Melegari Liverpool Lake, Dunstable Lake and Wooton Lake in LeisureTowne are among those waiting to be dredged.
During public comment, Kevin Boyd, a trustee for the LeisureTowne retirement community, thanked the township committee for new storm drain grates that have been installed on recently paved streets in the age 55 plus development, noting “these grates with smaller opening will still allow stormwater to enter, but will keep a good deal of the bottles, cans and trash out of them.”However, according to Boyd, “the contractor who installed the grates mentioned to our community manager that all the storm sewers are full of trash and need
“We realize it takes a machine the township probably doesn’t have, but bottles, cans and trash are rotting in the bottoms of our storm sewers, and their remains are running into our lakes, and we are in the process of updating our lakes, spending a substantial amount of money. And every storm drain in LeisureTowne runs into a lake.”Hoffman replied that “every Wednesday,” Burlington County comes to the municipality with its vac truck (sewer cleaning truck, also known as a honeywagon), joins together with a township employee and “goes around to different developments” in town. She contended that the “larger drains” at the front of the retirement community were vacuumed recently, but agreed to “contact” the community manager when the truck does clean the drains in LeisureTowne.
“I read the legal notice in the paper, but I am not a contractor,” Heston quipped. “It meant nothing to me.”
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“We are going to dredge,” declared the trustee, noting the association was looking for a place to dump any dredged material. “It is going to be another year or two before this happens.”
If the work turns out to be cheaper than the estimated cost, according to Hoffman, storm drains on Shenandoah and Willoughby lanes, located in another Southampton neighborhood, will also be addressed through the project.
Vortex Companies, of Freehold, deemed by the special project engineer the lowest responsible bidder, was awarded a $645,300 contract to perform the work, beating out Standard Pipe Services, a Delaware-based firm that wanted $743,740.
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As for the “likelihood” the seeding would be successful, Darji declared, “I don’t know how to put a percentage on it to tell you the“Howtruth.”about a guess?” Raftery asked.
This newspaper has recently observed that the township’s longtime soccer fields on Buddtown Road have been transformed into a corn field with all sporting equipment moved from the premises. However, another set of fields that surround the municipal building at 5 Retreat Road, which abut Buddtown Road and Route 206, on the other side of town, about five minutes away from the Red Lion complex, have recently been transformed into both baseball and soccer facilities with a new chain-link fence being built and new dug outs recently installed.
“My personal position as to why we should do a baseball or softball field next, is when we agreed to do this project and had the public discussions, we agreed it was going to be a recreational facility and we showed a concept plan that had baseball and softball fields, as well as a soccer field,” Mikulski said. “STRA administers our recreational program and they are the ones telling us they want a baseball/softball convertible field.”
While the mayor maintained that he “gets that,” removing the row of trees is the “least
“Now, whether or not you agree they need three additional fields, I will leave that to them,” Mikulski said. “They are the ones who run the organization. But what they have said is that they want everything to be over in one complex, instead of two.”
“Certainly, with the introduction of this ordinance, we are not locked into a specific location,” Mikulski contended. “Rakesh (Darji), I assume there is some play with the bid specifications. It may end up with a change order if we end up making some moves.”
Thedone.”special project engineer for the municipality added that an “irrigation system” also has to get installed, “but that could be done after they grade it and seed it and all that too.”
Thedone.”mayor further contended that his last discussion with the organization was on “opening day” and it was told to him that “they have enough baseball and softball players” to the point “that they could really use three additional fields.”
“We are likely to spend $45,000 to tear down mature trees,” said Raftery in publicly disclosing an element of the plan that had not been previously revealed. “I think part of the (attractiveness) of that park is that row of trees back there. For the life of me, it just doesn’t make sense.”
Heston suggested a “road trip” for not just Mikulski and Raftery, but the “whole committee,” with Hoffman quickly pointing out that if more than two members of the governing body meet at the Red Lion complex to conduct official business of the town, it would warrant her advertising a meeting under the Open Public Meetings Act“I(OPMA).amjustsayin’,” quipped Hoffman, with the mayor responding that the governing body will “break it into two trips … or even three trips if we have to,” potentially setting it up so the committee members “rotate through” the site.
Lion“So,complex.”helpmeout with the fence and where it is at,” Raftery quipped.
Raftery, in making these same observations, asserted, “I don’t quite understand why money is being spent there for something that is not on a permanent basis if in fact we are moving to the Red
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“Yes, uh … um, in theory, you are correct,” responded Darji, appearing to be caught off guard by the concerns and what turned into a lively meeting. “But the field is pretty locked in as to where it has to be, mayor, because of the spacing on the site and the area that needs to be taken up by the field itself.”
The committeeman added that given the nature of the park, including its size, it is only these trees that provide some meaningful shade and contribute to its serene character, pointing out “everything else there is barren.”
seeded within the window – they have a little over a month, about five weeks from now to get it
“We are up against a window – I agree with you,” Darji added.
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The fence, maintained Mikulski in response, is “something that was installed by the STRA, so it is not something that we have
Mikulski pointed out that “whenever we get it done,” two growing seasons are required before one can play on the field, noting “that if we get it done now, it (the waiting period) is fall and spring,” and that if there is a delay, “we can’t get it (started) until spring” because “you can’t do it in the winter – regardless – or in the summer, obviously.” Darji pointed out that the mayor was “correct.”
The location of the field, the special project engineer said, “can be changed here or there,” but that would warrant a “design change” which “delays our timeline.”
The mayor added he “assumes” that by “massaging” the location of the planned fields, “it is not something that is going to go afoul of the bid.”
“So, you try to fit in as many of the recreational amenities as you can,” Darji contended.In“thisparticular case,” Darji acknowledged that “along one portion of the ballfield” currently slated to be constructed, “there are some trees that are predicted to come out.”
“I have been there!” quipped Raftery in cutting the mayor short. “I totally disagree with the site location! … I see this site, as quite frankly a very good site – a potential site for some sort of building. I am just – you know we are a Tree City USA town. Now, we are talking about spending $45,000 to take down approximately 20 to 25 mature trees. It makes no sense to me.”
A cornfield that has been planted at the now-former site of the township’s soccer fields on Buddtown Road.
that he would be willing to meet Raftery at the site “next week” and “walk over” with him to the site of the planned field and trees.
“I don’t have a problem with that,” said the mayor, who appeared at least somewhat surprised by Raftery’s objection.
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New chain-link fencing and a dugout at the Southampton Township Sports Complex on Buddtown Road, which drew questions from a committeeman about why they were installed when the plan has been to bring all recreation fields over to the Red Lion Recreation Complex.
Darji replied there is “probably a 50/50 chance we will get it graded” but “not much more than 50/50,” adding “there is maybe a 75 percent chance we get it seeded within the window we have.”
The mayor added that “it does not hurt to have dugouts,” as the ones around the municipal building complex could be used as “backup” or “for different age groups.”
“If we are going to put a baseball field here, or any kind of field here, those trees are going to have to come out,” Darji maintained. “Especially with the way it is laid out – squeezed up against the parking lot and all Mikulski,that.”atthat point, reiterated this is an “introductory ordinance” and added
“So, that is where I come from,” Mikulski asserted.Raftery, in “summarizing” his point of view, declared, “I fully agree that we should do the next phase – Red Lion Phase III,” but that “I strongly disagree with the location.”
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“If we are looking at a spring seeding, we can maybe make some adjustments,” Darji said. “But it is a big field. I think Mr. Raftery is concerned the tree clearing would require us to move the field quite a bit and out of (theThearea).”special project engineer explained that with the way “the master plan of the project is laid out, this one, like every recreation project municipalities undertake – the goal is, many times, to maximize the utility of the property.”
“We are planting trees elsewhere,” pointed out Raftery, with the township previously spending money to add young trees at the Red Lion Mikulskicomplex.reiterated he “wouldn’t mind going back out” to the Red Lion complex with Raftery to “see if there is some tweaking that we can do,” and joining with Darji at the site “to address some of the concerns.”
The first reading vote on the proposed ordinance was “started over” again by Mikulski “since we had so much
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expensive” way of installing the planned field.
The mayor further declared what is proposed “is in accordance with what we proposed to do” and “it is at this phase we were going to do it.”
But before it was tabled to the next township committee session tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 20, Mikulski asked if there was “any harm” in doing so or if the governing body was “running afoul” of any deadlines to award the project that went out to bid.
Republic, meanwhile, according to the municipality, ended up finishing collection in Hoot Owl a day later than scheduled – on Wednesday.MedfordTownship
discussion.” The vote was 5-0, but Raftery added a stipulation that his approval of appropriating open space funds toward the project came “with the understanding the site is going to be moved.”
By June 21, some 248 of the township’s 721 fire hydrants had been inspected, according to Burger. The number of inspected hydrants increased to 462 by July 5. By July 19, all of them, she maintained, had been inspected, declaring, “the guys really hustled and got it done before the end of July.”
“I don’t know that the contractor would have heartburn about that,” the special project engineer replied. “But, as you know, we are up against that seeding window, so more than likely … we are looking more and more likely it is going to be a spring seeding. As long as that is acceptable to everyone, I have no issue with that.”
But the claims from the municipality’s two top officials have been contradicted by the municipality’s own Facebook postings. And many residents, in pointing out that they pay somewhere between $10,000 to $30,000 in taxes, have found any delay to be unacceptable.
the annual inspections will conclude) is the end of WhatAugust.”tookplace also brought into focus privately-owned fire hydrants in town, including those, according to Burger, at the Medford campus of Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT) and the Cedars at Medford apartment complex. The township manager noted privately-owned fire hydrants “also have to be inspected annually.”
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The mayor called what had just unfolded a “lively discussion.”
HYDRANTS
“We can’t deal with what happened a few weeks ago,” Burger added.
This time, according to the township, Republic Services failed to collect trash as scheduled Tuesday in areas of the Hoot Owl, Sherwood Forest and Oakwood Lakes communities.Thatledto the township having to deploy crews to Sherwood Forest and Oakwood Lakes, with an announcement that the collection was finally complete in these areas not having been made until Thursday afternoon on the municipality’s Facebook page.
MEDFORD—Trash collection woes continue in Medford Township.
Heston wanted to know what the latter entailed with Darji explaining it was for “root zone amendments” or a process to
“All the hydrants that were in need of the repair – we got quotes and they have all been repaired,” declared Burger, pointing out the repair costs came in at around $4,000 per hydrant.
The mayor noted that he believed “nobody is going to vote down a project” because “we are going to lose one growing season.”
Additional hydrants, the emails reveal, have since been replaced on Carol Joy Road and Meadowside Court.
It was also noted in the latest township pronouncement that “regular scheduled bulk was collected Wednesday with the exception of some metal items or white goods.” The municipality claimed the items would be collected by the end of Sept. 16.
This newspaper previously detailed accounts of how township firefighters “broke a wrench” in trying to open a municipal fire hydrant that had not been opened in apparently quite some time, a state of affairs that usually only results when a hydrant has not been opened in such a long time, the whistleblowers explained.
Trash Collection Woes Continue in Medford With More Delays Reported
Hoffman, who pointed out the governing body “only has so many days to award” the project, confirmed that the regular township committee meeting scheduled for Sept. 20 would occur within that timeframe. Alexis Smith, an esquire representing the township at the meeting, concurred.
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“So, they are making notification to all those property owners to get their reports in, and so we have it on file as well,” Burger said.
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“During this whole thing, we did discover as well that there needs to be some retraining on opening hydrants,” Burger reported to council. “There has been a couple of times (the firefighters) were having difficulty in opening them, and it is not just based on the fire hydrant, it is their own way of opening. So, we are going to schedule some training as well.”
While the lowest responsible bidder wasn’t revealed during the special meeting, Heston revealed the bid placed was for $465,150 with alternate bids also placed by the firm, including one for some $30,000.
Darji agreed that he would “rather have a good product that we are all happy with.”
As for the resolution to award the contract for “Red Lion Complex Phase III improvements,” or to allow the planned work to proceed, “based on that last discussion,” it was tabled.
The emails obtained by this newspaper through an OPRA request also detail how firefighters had difficulty opening fire hydrants on multiple other occasions during fire calls.
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(The emails show that Neri Construction was provided with a purchase order of $37,600 in June for replacement of the four hydrants that Burger confirmed were inoperable.)Following this newspaper’s reporting and the whistleblowing, Burger asserted that a “new plan” is now in place for “the inspection process” of the fire hydrants, requiring that they all be inspected on an annual basis.
Mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson said at a council meeting last week that the municipality was only having “half-day” late collections, with Burger adding, “We can deal with that.”
A former high-ranking township official provided this newspaper with a photograph on Sept. 14 of a Medford Lakes Borough trash truck seen collecting solid waste in the township, on Sherwood Drive, at 2:36 p.m. that day.
The arrangement that has been made between the two towns is unclear.
“It will happen between March and September of each year,” the township manager vowed. “The anticipation date (that
“Is there any major heartburn that you foresee with the contractor?” asked Mikulski of Darji.
“I think everybody would agree we would rather do it right, than rush it through,” Mikulski declared.
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Bodnar noted that the ambulance, once having been delivered to Kharkiv, was put into active use very quickly, and is now assigned to the regional hospital there, in addition to which the medical supplies it contained were distributed throughout the city.
Meadows also asked listeners of the service to be cognizant of the fragility of life and our freedoms.
30 minutes later, at 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. At 9:59 a.m., the south tower collapsed, and at 10:28 a.m., the north tower also fell.
He told the Pine Barrens Tribune that he was sitting in a high school classroom watching what was taking place on television when the towers collapsed.
In addition to more ambulances, he said, the people there are also in need of items like water- purification equipment and tablets, as well as sanitary supplies and disposable personal protective equipment.
At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 then struck the second tower of the World TradeApproximatelyCenter.
As Forward and Monaghan recounted the reception, their counterparts in Germany even had a bagged lunch and dinner, along with desserts and snacks, waiting for them, and “sent some members of their club out to send us off,” and the club’s president “absolutely insisted on hauling us over to the gas station and making sure the precise amount of air was in the tires” for the thousand-mile trip to the Ukrainian border.
“We ask mercy to remain with those who lost people from their physical presence and have had to live their lives forward.”
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on that flight home that Forward and Monaghan realized that the mission they had just accomplished could not be a one-time effort but, if possible, would have to be the initial step in a campaign to bring more such relief to the civilian victims of this conflict. They thus decided to continue their fundraising efforts to purchase a second ambulance (an acquisition “already in the works,” according to Monaghan), and also to apply to the Rotary grant program for funding to obtain a third.
While all that was taking place, at 10:03 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, after passengers reportedly confronted the hijackers that were aboard the aircraft, with their heroic actions likely averting further destruction from taking place.Rev.
“It’s always good to get out here for the remembrance ceremony and get the community together and engaged,” said Jeff Ruder, lieutenant of Medford Lakes Fire Department 371.
Miller recognized “the incredibly horrific sacrifice of thousands of individuals” on the day of the attacks and called those who responded to the tragedy “our heroes.”
The next morning, they were received by a delegation that represented what he referred to as the “global networks of Rotary,” which included Boris Bodnar, a Ukrainian raised in Britain, who had been the president of an international online-based Rotary Club as well as a past district governor for the entire country of Ukraine (and who had what Forward called the “really poor timing” to have moved back there from Britain a couple years ago).
“I was an EMT [Emergency Medical Technician] at the time, and I remember watching the trucks go out, and the crews came back a day later, with the trucks covered in dust,” he recounted.
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medical supplies.”
There, the medical transport was picked up by members of a Ukrainian Rotary chapter called Unity, who proceeded to drive it across Ukraine (Europe’s second largest country in size after Russia itself) to Kharkiv, a city where, according to Forward, “the things that have happened at the hands of the Russians have been indescribably awful,” and where the donated ambulance was already being put into service by the time the pair were on a plane back to the states.Itwas
“Today we commit ourselves to remember the lives lost and the families changed on this tragic day 21 years ago,” he declared.
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Monarch butterflies were set free by children in the local 9/11 memorial garden at the conclusion of the ceremony.
“It’s hard to express our gratitude for what
It was at this point, standing in front of the local train station, with three minutes to spare before the pair’s train departed for Krakow, that Monaghan officially handed over the keys to the ambulance to Bodnar, who proceeded to drive it over the border to Lviv, its first stop in Ukraine.
“They need as many vehicles as they can get,” Monaghan told those listening in on the Zoom session, adding that the Ukrainians who met them “were beyond grateful and thankful—you can tell this wasn’t something they took lightly.”
From there, the journey, as Forward described it, proved to be a study in contrasts. On the first day, the pair found themselves traversing a landscape largely decimated by this summer’s European drought and heat wave, with the Rhine River having practically dried up and thousands of mature trees along the way having died, before finally stopping for the night in the historic city of Dresden. By contrast, the second day, according to Forward, consisted of a nerve-racking drive through torrential rains in Poland, where they encountered construction everywhere, finally ending up for the night in Communist-era accommodations, “the most basic hotel you could possibly imagine,” just short of the Polish-Ukrainian border.
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“So, please keep this project in your prayers and at the forefront of your giving plan,” Forward told his fellow Rotarians at the local club meeting Sept. 7 before introducing Bodnar, who had joined the remote session and in turn introduced Igor Savchykevych, the president of Rotary Ukraine Unity, a “passport club” with members all over the globe.
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Vadon also contended to have a “source inside the school” that told her the decision was made by departing School Business Administrator Dan Smith right before the new business administrator, Marie Goodwin, took over.
you’re doing,” he declared. “How amazing the world of Rotary is that we can develop these relationships so quickly and produce such great results at such short notice”
She added that the association is also “waiting for a reply before we contact the State Board of Education regarding safety of the local children.”
consideration the complex transportation routing and scheduling needs of students throughout our expansive township. Part of that process involves members of our transportation and/or security department physically surveying areas of concern, and addressing issues, if needed.”
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“Look, you and I have had discussion privately that what this township needs more than anything, right now for recreation, is a basketball center,” said Mikulski at one point to Raftery. “That is a much bigger project. It is a project we may not want at the farm anyway, just because it would be a big building instead of what is now a bucolic kind of setting. But that should be potentially something we are looking at long-term.”
“I think we’ve started a relationship that will last for many years to come.”
But then Raftery had a request of all: “Drive down the street (Church Road, also known as Mill Street) and make a left into the driveway, where the old farmhouse was – you’ll see exactly what I am talking about with the site of the trees.”
The others were some special tokens of appreciation given to Forward and
“What difference does it make doing the grass outside the field?” Raftery asked.
The last presented rendering of the overall site plan for the recreational complex, previously provided by Darji to the Pine Barrens Tribune in 2018, includes four multi-purpose fields, five ball fields, an amphitheater, a boardwalk, two bocce courts, a sledding hill, a skating pond, a comfort station with a concession area, several picnic pavilions, multiple field sheds, and an irrigation pump house.
The mayor quipped “that is not the entrance” to the Red Lion Recreation Complex, which has taken up a considerable part of what has been known as the 220-acre Good Farm, with the remaining farmland portion accessible via the aforementioned unimproved driveway intersecting with Church Road. (The unimproved driveway was previously proposed
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But it was revealed during the exchange between Mikulski and Raftery that something additional might now be in the works.
Jeannie Mignella, a spokeswoman for Pemberton Schools, when asked about the contents of Vadon’s letter and the charges within it, replied that “Pemberton Township Schools is committed to providing safe, efficient transportation services to nearly 4,500 students throughout Pemberton Township, Pemberton Borough and Joint Base“AtMcGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.”apublicbudgetpresentation in Presidential Lakes last spring, concerns regarding the safety of the New York Avenue bus stops were brought to our attention,” Mignella explained. “The district subsequently addressed those concerns by moving the stops from New York Avenue to Connecticut and New Hampshire roads. While we do not have the authority to enforce speed limits near bus stops, we do work closely with the Pemberton Township Police Department and are confident the police will continue to monitor and enforce the 25-mph speed limit in that area.
Darji interjected that he would coordinate a “field meeting” with Hoffman and for “everyone to have a good weekend,” ending the back-and-forth. The mayor later told this newspaper he was planning to meet with the engineer at the site on Sept. 16, just past this newspaper’s press time. Raftery told this newspaper that he would also be visiting the site on Sept. 16, and noted in confirming the location of the trees of concern, that a sycamore tree in the patch is his favorite.
“That’s a keeper—that’s something you can’t pick up at Amazon,” Forward quipped.
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In addition to the medical assistance to war-torn country and the newly forged friendships that resulted from this trip, there were a couple of other noteworthy byproducts as well.
Mignella noted the school district had only received the letter from Vadon on the “day before the start of school,” or Sept. 6.
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“They were very generous—they awarded the club a very nice certificate, which we appreciated,” noted Forward.
“At this time, the buses in Presidential Lakes are operating at capacity, but we will continue to assess the concerns of the community moving forward,” Mignella added.However, Vadon, in one of several followup emails to this newspaper, in noting that the Pemberton district officials have now asked to meet later this month (so far proposing a date that Vadon pointed out conflicted with a Pemberton Township Council meeting), declared that, “We are also prepared to contact the 8th Legislative District (officials) if need be, to question school funding for transportation in unsafe conditions for very young children.”
adjust the soil nutrients to promote “grass growth” for “areas outside the field,” with the base project calling for such work only within the perimeter of the proposed field.
Forward and Monaghan were also awarded a patch that Ukrainian medics wear, with angel-of-mercy wings on it, and a pair of socks featuring a picture of the Russian warship Moskva, (which was eventually sunk) along with a depiction of the profane response by Ukrainian sailors, who were stationed on an island, to demands from the ship’s crew they surrender, which became what Forward called “a rallying cry for Ukrainians to this day.”
Mikulski shot back “it’s not a secret,” to which Raftery contended “sometimes he has to pull his head out of the ground – I don’t know what to tell you.”
In concluding the presentation, Forward encouraged anyone who wants to “be part of the solution” by helping the club acquire a second ambulance to go to the Medford Sunrise Rotary website (MedfordSunriseRotary.org) for further details on how to donate.
Raftery then questioned the necessity of doing such work in what Darji described as “outside the play area,” or the area surrounding the proposed field, with the former pointing out the cost is “right up there with the tree removal.”
Monaghan by Bodnar and the Rotarian delegation that met them at the border.
“I am just telling you why,” asserted the mayor as Raftery began interrupting him, maintaining what is intended doesn’t sound like it enhances the soil, but rather is used to simply control the weeds.
Raftery “thanked” Heston for pointing out the alternate bid projects and said he didn’t want to “argue.”
to be converted into a second entrance for the recreation complex once the facilities expanded, though there have been some previous traffic safety concerns expressed.)
“As Pemberton Township is a rural community, many neighborhoods throughout the district do not have sidewalks. We strive to ensure the safety of our students at every location, taking into
Mikulski responded there have “been complaints that we didn’t do this” with the previously installed soccer fields, causing fans to have to sit and stand in areas with “weeds and crabgrass.”
“It is possible that central stops might work for older middle-school or high-schoolaged students, but not for young Pre-K and elementary students,” Vadon wrote. “Safety should be of the upmost priority for any student who travels to get on the school bus.”
“We are trying to work out the details,” said Vadon on Sept. 15 of the school district’s request to hold a meeting to hear and address theVadon,concerns.ina telephone interview just prior to this newspaper’s press time, said she would like for there to be an “immediate change” to the centralized bus stops for Pre-K and elementary students, and for officials to “work on improving” the centralized bus stops for the high school and junior high school students. If the district went back to what it had last year, she maintained, it would be “an improvement,” but still far fromSheperfect.contended that she contacted three other school districts that have centralized bus stops and that they do not have them if there are “no sidewalks” and “no crosswalks at Parentsintersections.”interested in attending any upcoming meeting, Vadon noted, can reach out to the association through its Facebook page or via email at presidentiallakescivic@ gmail.com .
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“I’ve discovered that too!” Raftery retorted. “That doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense to me, too. That is another story.”
letter of the association’s concerns on behalf of the community, Vadon declared, “It is our intention as a community to hold Pemberton Townships Schools, as well as yourself (with the letter being addressed to Treadaway, copied to Havers), financially responsible for your blatantly unsafe decisions of centralizing bus stops in unsafe areas within our“Pleasecommunity.”letthe record show that you, Mr. Treadaway, and Pemberton Township Schools, have been officially advised by the members of the Presidential Lakes Community of the unsafe conditions that you have created for the very young children of our community,” further asserted Vadon in the Vadonletter.asked that the Pemberton district “review these unsafe conditions” and “suggested” that Treadaway “drive and walk these areas of concern during morning rush hour traffic to really understand the safety concerns of our residents.”
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“Well, you can’t grow the grass,” the mayor maintained of not controlling the weeds.
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