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December 3 - December 9, 2022
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Southampton Township Urges Administrative Law Judge, BPU to ‘Deny’ Petitions Seeking Hikes in Wastewater and Water Fees Local Officials Refer to Proposed Increases as ‘Considerable’ and ‘Dramatic,’ Demand Hearing be Switched to In-Person Session, All While It Has Been Postponed to January By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
stories” of those added to the Honor Roll, either former or current residents of Pemberton, Mosher pointed to the one published about Pfc. Allen J. Gifford, of Pemberton Township, who served during the Korean War and became the recipient of a Silver Star, the third-highest military combat decoration that can be awarded to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Gifford, who had been a medical aidman of Medical Company, 19th
SOUTHAMPTON—As residents of multiple communities in Southampton Township face the prospect of a “considerable” and “dramatic” increase in both water and wastewater rates, as proposed in a pair of petitions filed by Pinelands Water and Wastewater (with all township taxpayers on the hook for a proposed rise in public fire service fees), respectively, Southampton Township Mayor Michael Mikulski has now written a letter to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), as well as an Office of Administrative Law (OAL) judge overseeing the dockets, expressing the municipality’s “vigorous opposition” to the petitions, urging them to “deny” the requests. The letter, issued ahead of a virtual public hearings on the matter – now apparently “rescheduled” from Dec. 8 to Jan. 12, 2023, still beginning at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively, was read aloud by the mayor during a Nov. 22 Southampton Township Committee meeting that saw a crowd large enough that there was overflow extending out into the hallway of the municipal building – on Thanksgiving week to boot, with most people reportedly in attendance after being troubled by the filings and the process to provide their public comments to the BPU and OAL. “Understand we had zero to do with this,
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Pemberton Borough Honor Roll.
Names of 57 Veterans of ‘All Wars,’ Either Former or Current Pemberton Residents, Added to Borough’s ‘Very Patriotic’ Honor Roll During Recent Dedication Ceremony
By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
P E M B E RT O N B O RO U G H — A municipality’s “long history of recognizing its veterans” has repeated itself once again as the names of 57 veterans have been officially added to the “Pemberton Honor Roll,” joining some 370 others among four plaques that compr ise the patriotic monument in Pemberton Borough recognizing both the service and sacrifice of local servicemembers, both past and present.
“Pember ton Boroug h has a long history of recognizing its veterans and paying tribute to them,” declared Robin Mosher, a former borough councilman who has maintained the Honor Roll for about the past 15 years, during a recent dedication ceremony for the latest additions, necessitating a newly-installed third plaque for the monument. “And we are here to continue that tonight with the addition of 57 new members to the Pemberton Borough Honor Roll.” In recounting “just one of the many
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