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THE ‘ART’ OF PROFESSIONAL POLICING

Couple Describes Ordeal Created by Quads, ATVs in Presidential Lakes, Asks for Efforts to Deter Riders from Taking to Area Roads Pemberton Police Chief, Mayor Detail Limitations Imposed on Enforcement

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By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

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Medford Township Police Chief Arthur E. Waterman with his daughter Ava (left) and Mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson (right).

In Being Sworn in as the New Chief of Medford’s 36-Member Police Force, Art Waterman Is Also Sworn to Enhancing His Community’s Quality of Life

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

MEDFORD—After taking charge of the 36-member Medford Township Police Department in July, Police Chief Arthur E. Waterman was publicly sworn in and given a rousing reception during a Medford Township Council meeting last month,

later telling this newspaper that policing entails “always looking for ways to enhance the quality of life for our residents” and that he will continue to put an “emphasis on community,” as did his predecessor.

“We don’t often get to swear in a chief of police,” said Mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson after the Sept. 21 ceremony,

calling the swearing-in of Waterman an “honor” for both him and other members of the governing body.

It was something that nobody sitting on the Medford Township Council dais, comprised of several veteran members, had ever gotten a chance to do before, the See CHIEF/ Page 6

PEMBERTON—In making his first appearance before Pemberton Township Council since Council President Gaye Bur ton called on h i m to update the governing body about the Pemberton Township Police Department’s ongoing efforts to address quality of life issues in Sunbury Village, Acting Police Chief David King instead found himself addressing quality of life issues in another township community, Presidential Lakes.

In what evolved into a “freewheeling discussion,” but admittedly an “interesting one,” as Tow nsh ip Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer put it, township officials, including King, heard from a couple about the impacts “quads, ATVs and dirt bikes and all the other fun-loving things that go zipping by” on township streets in Presidential Lakes were having on their health and ability to sleep, and how riding the equipment was reportedly being used “as an excuse” by individuals “to commit high crimes in this area.”

“Chief, do you have any knowledge that this is drug related?” asked Burton pointblank to King following the descriptions that had been offered by the couple during Pemberton Township Council’s Sept. 15 session.

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Marketplace........................13

Halloween Guide...............3

Opinion............................12

Job Board........................16

Worship Guide.................10

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PE M B E RT ON —T h e P i n e l a n d s Preservation Alliance (PPA) has partnered with Pemberton Township to expand the Pemberton Lake trail network, which will help to complement the municipality’s Trails and Bikes Master Plan (part of a two-pronged recreation plan that includes improvements to 17 of 19 municipal parks as well) unveiled earlier this year.

The two entities are also working together on another trail project at the Rancocas Conservancy, across from Sunbury Village.

Ac cordi ng to Pemb er ton Busi ness Administrator Daniel Hornickel, the PPA, upon hearing that Pemberton unveiled its master plan, approached the township in the springtime about expanding the trail network at Pemberton Lake, which abuts both Magnolia and Coleman’s Bridge roads, as well as the Pemberton Bypass (County Route 530).

The lake ownership is essentially split in half, with the township owning about 50 percent of it, and the state owning the rest, the township business administrator noted.

An existing trail at the site, Hornickel said, goes from a state-owned parking lot for the lake and runs “partway down” the northern shore of the lake, before coming back up along the bypass to the state parking lot, forming what is effectively a triangle.

The project, which is now underway, includes putting in a second trail that goes from another parking lot for the lake, along Magnolia Road and maintained by the township, and connecting it with the existing trail, “creating a (complete) trail around Lake Pemberton,” according to the township business administrator.

The township, Hornickel pointed out, has already utilized its new tree crew and brush cutting equipment to clear an approximately 1,700 linear foot path for the new trail, which he called both a “walking trail” and “nature trail.”

“On the back half of the lake, or on Coleman’s Bridge Road, there is a wide area for parking over there and the (existing) trail goes along that part of the lake, forming a triangle, which comes back along the bypass

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and goes to the woodlands where it started,” Hornickel said. “Our trail is going to go from the fishing dock along Magnolia Road, all the way around the lake to the point of that triangle (connecting the two trails).”

An ordinance passed during Pemberton Township Council’s Sept. 15 meeting gave the PPA a license “for the development and maintenance of a walking trail” at Pemberton Lake, which also provides the non-profit the authorization to an erect an entrance to the new trail.

According to Hornickel, the PPA will be “putting down the actual surface of the trail,” as well as installing trail markers, benches and some trash cans.

“We are so super excited about this,” Hornickel declared. “… And it is not a hard lift, and it is eventually going to be connected to the county trail that goes through the borough on out to Ocean County. This is going to fit neatly with what we are trying to do (establish a trail system connecting multiple Pemberton neighborhoods).

The PPA has, so far, demarcated the trail using yellow triangles on trees along the route, according to Hornickel.

The second trail project at the Rancocas Conservancy, which is in the 800 block of Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, is being spearheaded by the PPA and entails a path being cleared next to St. Mark Lutheran Church.

“What they (the PPA) are asking from us is to install a 130-foot path from the corner of Anderson and Pemberton-Browns Mills roads over to the Nesbit Center because then people who want to use the trail can park over in the parking lot at Nesbit,” Hornickel explained. “They will then reach out to the county to have a crossing put there. This is fantastic news! It is really complementing the Trails and Bikes Master Plan. It will have benefits for us in the future.”

As was previously explained during the unveiling of the master plan, the township hopes to solve complaints about getting around town, making it easier to do so, while also making it easier to “get to businesses,” and therefore “improve the economy in that aspect.” The hope is to “help everyone in the community feel better about life in general.”

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HALLOWEEN GUIDE

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• Never let kids trick-or-treat alone. Older groups trick-or-treating without adult supervision should make sure a parent knows the planned trick-or-treat route.

• Remind kids to walk, not run, when trick-or-treating. Instruct trick-or-treaters to use crosswalks and caution when crossing streets or driveways, and stay aware of their surroundings at all times.

• Make sure costumes and masks fit well to avoid tripping hazards or difficulty seeing or breathing.

• Use only non-toxic makeup and cosmetic-grade, eye-safe glitter on the skin and face.

• Make sure kids carry a flashlight, and attach reflective tape to costumes and treat bags to enhance visibility.

• Eat only factory-wrapped candy that has not been opened.

• Keep candy out of reach from pets. Xylitol sweeteners and chocolate in particular can be toxic to dogs and cats.

• Keep pets inside and away from the front door for their security and the safety of trick-or-treaters.

• Costume carefully if you’re dressing up your pet, taking care not to restrict their movement, vision, hearing or ability to breathe. If your pet is distressed by wearing a costume, remove it immediately.

• Make sure your pet is microchipped and wearing a collar with identification tags to help ensure his or her safe return in the event of a Halloween escape.

• Keep candle-lit jack-o-lanterns and other candles a safe distance from pets who may knock them over or burn themselves.

• Wearing a cloth mask over the face and nose when trick-or-treating in a group this Halloween can help keep kids healthy.

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‘Confidentiality Agreement’ Proposed for Pinelands Board Members to Prevent Leaks of Privileged Information to Unauthorized Parties

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Deborah Water System to be Merged with That of Browns Mills

Board Head Says Step Result of Alleged Email Account Ethics Violation After Criminal Fraud Complaint Determined by Police to Have No Merit

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—A proposed “confidentiality agreement” intended to ensure that Pinelands Regional Board of Education members don’t share highly sensitive privileged information with any unauthorized party, whether deliberately or carelessly, was introduced at the board’s Oct. 12 meeting with the aim of turning it into a more “specific” district policy in regard to the issue.

In broaching the measure, which was approved on first reading despite a couple of members expressing concerns about the “vagueness” of some of the language, Board President August “Augie” Daleo noted that its purpose is to keep all manner of private information dealing with students, faculty members and parents, as well as details of things like the superintendent’s contract, from being accessed by or otherwise leaked to individuals who aren’t board members and thus are “not privy” to it, noting, “It’s not their place (to see such material).”

According to Daleo, the prospective new policy was formulated in response to a purported ethics violation he had referenced at a previous meeting, along with “chatter on social media,” which the Pine Barrens Tribune subsequently discovered had involved a police complaint reportedly filed by School Superintendent Dr. Melissa McCooley over a suspected breach of a board member’s official email account.

The account at issue appeared to belong to former Board President Thomas D. Williams, Jr., a retired Little Egg Harbor Township police lieutenant who resigned from the board at the beginning of June after being hospitalized for a COVID-19 infection that resulted in a lung transplant at Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital. Another ex-president of the board, Susan Ernst, revealed to a private Facebook group that she had been questioned in the investigation of the complaint, which ultimately determined “no criminal activity” had occurred and that “the activity reported as suspicious wasn’t actually suspicious,” according to LEHT Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Bezak.

An official report on that investigation dated Aug. 12 and recently received by this newspaper in response to an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request, categorizes the “incident nature” as “FRAUD,” with both Ernst and Williams, as well as the Pinelands Board and “offices” named as “involvements.”

Under “law incident circumstances” is written “fraud-related call,“ further described as “a matter relating to suspicious access of a school board member’s email account and sensitive

government documents downloaded,” the disposition of which is listed as a “closed case.”

Ernst has told both her Facebook group and this newspaper that she was asked by the investigating officer, Detective Joel Mahr, whether Williams had been in her home or sent her any emails, and when she replied that the two were “good friends,” Mahr had told her that McCooley, when interviewed, had alleged that some of the things Williams had written or passed along were in Ernst’s “writing style.”

Addressing the proposed confidentiality agreement at the meeting, however, McCooley alleged that “we had to do an investigation” due to “some suspicious activity from a board member’s email log-in,” which she indicated had been flagged on the district’s server “as a safety precaution” that might occur when someone was logging into an account “at a local library here in town and simultaneously at a hospital in Philadelphia,” since “that is impossible to be in two places at once, obviously.”

When that investigation was done, according to the superintendent, “It was found that a board member gave their credentials to a spouse or whomever, and they were doing board activity, and that cannot happen.” She further maintained that “we shouldn’t have to go through an investigation and spend countless hours and worry about our private documents because someone is handing over their private information, when they should have just said I can’t perform my duties for a few months, and that’s why this policy is being developed.”

Williams, however, in a subsequent phone interview, claimed that “no one was doing board business for me at any time.”

He then sent the Pine Barrens Tribune screen shots of two emails indicating that he had indeed turned over his responsibilities to Daleo, who was then vice president. One, dated March 20, was from Daleo to the board members, saying he had been informed by the superintendent that Williams had an emergency procedure and would be laid up for a while recovering and that “in the president’s absence, I will be handling the president’s responsibilities until Mr. Williams recovers,” and the other, sent from McCooley to Williams on the same day, says, “As a follow-up to my conversation with Mrs. Williams on March 20, 2021, where she said you will be unable to full fill (sic) your duties as Board President for the time being due to health concerns, Mr. Daleo will step in as per board policy and State statute.” It adds, “Please let me know when you are feeling better!”

Williams has also claimed to have made his own complaint to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office regarding the lack of See AGREEMENT/ Page 10

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Water tower associated with the Deborah Heart & Lung Center water system.

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

P E M B E RT O N — A t a k e o v e r b y Pemberton Township of Deborah Heart and Lung Center’s water system, bringing it into the municipal water system while supplying the Browns Mills-based hospital with city water, is nearing completion.

According to Mayor David Patriarca, the Pemberton Township Public Works Department (DPW), in conjunction with the municipal Water Division, has run a 120 foot, 12-inch main from the “Deborah water system,” which will act as “chlorinated contact point” where the water from it “has to be in contact with chlorine for a certain period of a time before it can be delivered to the public.”

“That is pretty monu mental for a municipal DPW,” said the mayor of the project dur ing Pember ton Tow nsh ip Council’s Oct. 6 meeting. “That just doesn’t happen as towns usually contract something like this out. This is where I continue to emphasize just how well our employees are doing for the citizens by doing this type of work in-house, saving us hundreds of thousands dollars, let alone tens of thousands of dollars that we know they saved us.”

The project, he explained, will require work crews to connect the Deborah water system “to our main system.”

The Deborah water system, he said, is just currently “interconnected” to the hospital’s facilities.

“So, we ran a line to Deborah to supply Deborah with city water and now we are taking their system to bring it into ours to strengthen our capacity in our system here

in the township,” Patriarca said.

Bu si ne s s Ad m i n istrator Dan iel Hornickel later told this newspaper that the municipality hopes to award a contract in November for a company to open up Trenton Road to connect the water system to the township’s Browns Mills Water System’s water main.

“The township installed 12-inch piping from the wells on Deborah’s property onto Earlin Avenue and up to the intersection of Trenton Road,” he said. “The benefit of incorporating the Deborah system to the township’s is the addition of the wells and water source.”

Patriarca and Deborah officials previously described the project as a “win-win” for both the hospital and the township.

Council, in September 2018, passed an ordinance allowing for an “overall transaction” in which Deborah sold its water system assets to Pemberton while “simultaneously” providing the township with a “non-exclusive easement over, under and across Deborah’s real property for the purpose of operating, inspecting, repairing, replacing and maintaining the Deborah water system.”

That allowed the township to assume control over the Deborah water system’s water tower, wells, associated piping and conduits.

The easement term is 99 years. For the first 25 years of the term, Pemberton agreed to pay Deborah $5,000 annually. Beginning in year 26, through year 99, the municipality agreed to pay the hospital $1 annually.

Deborah is to receive $125,073 total for granting the easement to the township.

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‘Sounds’ of Volunteerism, Fire Safety Are Ones Pemberton’s Mayor Urges You to Learn in Recognizing This Year’s Fire Prevention Week Pemberton’s Fire Chief Thanks Town Council, Fire Director and Mayor for Giving Firefighters the Necessary Tools to Ensure Resident Safety

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Fire Chief Craig Augustoni (right) presents a new air pack for the Pemberton Township Volunteer Fire Company, with Councilman Jason Allen holding it up.

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—During a recent trip to Delaware, Pemberton Township Mayor David Patriarca was reminded of the week that would lie ahead – one of his favorites where he gets to annually issue a proclamation in recognizing Fire Prevention Week.

As he stopped at a “tourist trap” in the First State, he recounted that he had suddenly heard a blaring, local fire siren.

“You used to hear the sirens go off back in the day,” said Patriarca, noting that back home in Pemberton, advancements in technology that have been implemented over the years now allow local firefighters to

receive word of a fire call “a little differently,” including from a pager.

“The few of us who would remember the siren, everyone knew what it was – it was a call for volunteers to come out and respond to an emergency someone was having – a fire,” the mayor added.

Patriarca said hearing the fire siren sound during his trip reminded him of “how annoying they are, but how important they are” in signifying that “men and women still get the calls” during “all hours of the day and night,” sometimes even leaving their jobs in the middle of a shift or getting up out of bed to respond to an emergency.

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Unsolved Double Shooting in Browns Mills Leaves Teen Dead, Second Wounded; Police Say Incident Didn’t Appear Random PEMBERTON—A 17-year-old male was shot and killed and a female of the same age wounded by an unidentified individual(s) in the vicinity of the 100 block of Snow Avenue in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township on the night of Oct. 19, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King.

Responding to a report of a shooting shortly after 11:30 p.m., Pemberton Township Police officers discovered Malachi Treherne, of Pemberton, lying in the doorway of a residence at which he was staying on Snow Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The female, who had been shot in the chest, was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, where she was reported to be in stable condition.

Preliminary indications, according to Coffina’s office, were that this incident was not a random shooting.

No arrests had been made as of the following day. Anyone with information that might be helpful to investigators was asked to call Burlington County Central Communications at 609-265-7113.

Leading the investigation of the incident are Prosecutor’s Office Detective Erica Ridge and Pemberton Township Detective Anthony Luster.

Efforts Underway to Limit Storage of Oversized Vehicles in Pemberton, with Tighter Restrictions, More Enforcement Requested for RVs, Boats Restrictions Under Review Would Apply to Residential Neighborhoods

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Officials in Pemberton Township have announced their intent to draft an ordinance that would limit the parking of oversized vehicles in residential neighborhoods of the municipality.

Additionally, Council President Gaye Burton, following that announcement during Pemberton Township Council’s Oct. 6 meeting, declared that she would like to see council limit the number of recreational vehicles (RVs) that can be parked at a residence (though council had actually already done that last year, so now it is reviewing a possible size limitation and

crackdown), while Mayor David Patriarca expressed that he would like to see the governing body work with the township administration “to take a look at boats” stored on residential properties.

Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel contended that there is “an interest from residents” in having council “limit oversized vehicles in residential neighborhoods.”

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Silvia Waterman, wife of new Medford Police Chief Arthur E. Waterman, pins a chief’s badge on her husband.

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“It really is a true honor, and I am very humbled to be standing up here in front of you, and to be standing with the people who stand behind you, (the officers of the department),” said Waterman after his wife, Silvia, pinned his updated rank on his collar. “It is a great police department to work for and I am very honored … it really is overwhelming.”

Poi nti ng to fam i ly members, past department chiefs, retired officers, and friends, among others, Waterman, known by many in the community as “Art,” declared, “all the people who have really touched my life in some way are here” to witness his swearing in and “for that I am very thankful.”

Waterman, a father to five daughters and who lives in Medford, joined the police department on June 6, 1998, as a patrolman.

In January 2002, he was assigned to the department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau as a detective.

“In 2003, I began working as a corporal and secondary supervisor,” he told this newspaper in an Oct. 19 interview. “I was also assigned to our county-wide Special Response Team and worked in the Firearms Training Unit.”

In August 2006, Waterman was promoted to the rank of sergeant and was assigned to the direct supervision of day-to-day operations of a police department patrol squad.

In March 2009, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to command the police department’s Field Operations Bureau, which consists of the Patrol, Traffic, Canine, and Firearms units.

Then, in August 2015, Waterman assumed command of the police department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau, which consists of its detectives and school resource officers, as well as the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Administrative Bureau.

It was always a “career goal,” he said, to become a chief of police of a municipality.

“And to have it to come true is a very humbling experience and I am very thankful for the opportunity,” said the graduate of Thomas A. Edison State College, who holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Waterman, who also graduated from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership program in 2010 and FBI National Academy’s 262nd session in 2015, described that his primary goal for the police department is to “continue the excellent service that we provide to our residents by enhancing our overall engagement with the community as a whole.”

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Watson, during the public ceremony for Waterman, noted that the chief “steps into some big shoes,” but that he and the rest of council “were 100 percent confident that he will fill them greatly.”

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Gala Celebration to Mark 100th Birthday of School No. 1 in Southampton’s Historic Vincentown Village on Oct. 30 Event to Include Tours by Guides Attired in 1920s Fashions, Memories Shared by Alumni and Former Employees and Party on the Playground

The original 1921 Vincentown School.

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

SOUTHAMPTON—One of Southampton Township’s three elementary schools has just passed the century mark, an occasion that local school administrators and Board of Education members were not about to let pass without a proper observance once they became aware of it.

In fact, they’re inviting the entire community to join them in a two-hour centennial celebration on the front lawn of the institution so honored, Southampton School No. 1 at 26 Pleasant Street in the historic Village of Vincentown, next Saturday, Oct. 30, beginning at 1 p.m.

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historical anecdotes will be on sale at $5 each, and commemorative coffee mugs and holiday ornaments will also be offered at $7 each.

The centennial celebration was the brainchild of Southampton Board of Education President Jeffrey Hicks, who is also president of the Burlington County School Boards Association.

The idea for the event, Hicks told the Pine Barrens Tribune, was born from a casual Saturday walk that he took back in May of this year around the school campus.

“Upon turning off of Miss Mabel Drive onto Pleasant Street, I happened to read the school sign that had an established date of 1921,” he said. “It stopped me in my tracks, as I realized I was standing in front of a 100-yearold building! Knowing the significance of this milestone and the countless students that were educated within the school’s classrooms, I knew immediately that the board of education should plan a community celebration.”

Planning for the event began in late July, he said, with Hicks serving as chair of a 23-member School No. 1 Centennial Celebration ad hoc

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committee, consisting of board members, the superintendent of schools, administrators, both retired and current teachers, local PTA representatives, the township committee liaison to the board of education, and alumni of the local school system, a dozen of whom represent Southampton 8th grade graduation class years from 1952 to 1996.

Hicks noted that former students at the school from all over the county are among those expected to attend the ceremony, adding that members of the public who are unable to do so are encouraged to follow the live stream coverage on the board’s Facebook page.

Attendees may park in the Miss Mabel Drive parking lot as well as in the School No. 3 parking lot off Warrior Way, with overflow parking accommodations available in other parking lots throughout the Village of Vincentown.

The parking lot in front of the old bus garage on Pleasant Street will be closed to vehicles to accommodate attendees, who are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Starting at noon, Pleasant Street itself will be closed at Grange Street, and Church Street will be closed at Plum Street.

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with a brief review of the school’s history, along with reminiscences from alumni and past and present administrators, recitals by both the Seneca High School Chamber Singers and the School No. 1 Singers, and a centennial banner presentation. These activities will be followed by guided tours of the school (which is handicapped accessible and has an elevator) with the guides dressed in 1920s fashions and a party on the playground for both kids and adults, as well as a chance to pose in back of cutouts of students from that era for photo ops and to view various historical artifacts on display at the school’s on-site museum.

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Modern day 2021 Southampton Township School No. 1, which has turned 100 years old.

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doing this is because a past board member gave permission” for “somebody else who’s not an elected official, whether it’s a relative or a friend” to access their email account.

“And, again, it’s important to note that once you’re in, and once you log on, it opens up all the Google (Docs) information, so anyone can then access and see private material,” Daleo added.

He said it was not only his opinion but was also backed up by statute that it is an ethics violation to allow “someone who is not an elected official review the information that elected board members are the only ones who can look at.”

Daleo further indicated that he would have preferred not to share details of the investigation with the public had not “a prior board member decided to air it on her personal closed group page” and a reporter for the Pine Barrens Tribune not questioned him multiple follow us on times regarding a reference he had made to it at facebook.com/MedfordUMC the previous meeting. The board president said he declined to answer those questions, “because it would be inappropriate for me to comment or give any kind of clarification” without other board members having been present or in on the call, since” a newspaper reporter should not have more information than my fellow board members.

“I was trying to be as private as I could be and just continue moving on; however, the reporter kept on pushing,” he added.

But Ernst, in an Oct. 19 phone interview with this newspaper, took issue with both the timing and the wording of the proposed confidentiality agreement.

“When October comes along, you are basically sitting as a lame board,” she contended. “And a lame board is not supposed to vote on anything that would bind new board members to something that they’re going to have to follow that they have no input in.”

The time for an action of this sort, she added, is rather at a reorganization meeting when all new board members are seated.

Ernst also questioned the “verbiage” in the agreement, which she attributed to McCooley, claiming that being on a “need to know” basis could potentially constrain board members from having access to information that it’s part of their job to know.

“The board of education needs to know everything, so my question is, who decides who needs to know?” Ernst asked.

As for Daleo’s contention that she had chosen to make the police complaint public by talking about it to her Facebook followers, she responded, “No, I didn’t make it public.

You made it public as soon as you made it a criminal complaint.”

Ernst, who taught in the district for more than three decades, also said she found the current board president’s complaint about the difficulty of talking through a mask somewhat humorous, commenting, “the freakin’ teachers do it all day every day. Are you kidding me?”

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COVID masks at the board’s previous meeting, which he alleged violated state Executive Order No. 251 mandating that masks be worn inside elementary and secondary school buildings until further notice, with no exception made for school boards meeting in those facilities.

While a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said he was unable to find a response to such a complaint, a video of the board’s Oct. 12 meeting shows nearly all of the members present, as well as McCooley, wearing masks, with Daleo complaining at one point that “I wear the mask, but it’s not easy up here trying to talk through this thing.”

However, when asked by this newspaper how that change had come about, Daleo replied that it was actually his idea to set an example and “show some solidarity with our staff and our students (who) are forced to wear masks.” In that spirit, he said he had told the other board members that “I was going to wear a mask, and that it was the right thing to do.”

The proposed new confidentiality policy would obligate board members to agree to keep their computer access passwords (or any other means of accessing their accounts) private at all times, “not discuss any confidential information in any public areas, hallways, gathering spaces, etc.” and hold any such information of which they have knowledge “in the truest confidence, as required by law.”

Another of its prospective requirements was worded in such a way as to give pause to a couple of the board members who participated in the session. It reads, “My right to review or make use of confidential information is restricted to my need to know the data or information to perform my responsibilities as a Board Member,” without providing any further clarification of how that should be interpreted.

“The only thing that caught me off guard is there is a line in here, ‘need to know,’” said one of them, Thomas Rosetti. “To me, it’s just kind of like what do you mean by that? That is a very vague statement.”

McCooley, however, in attempting to address those concerns, replied that “basically you as a board member need to know that information,” whereas “if you’re not a board member you shouldn’t have access to that information. That is what that means.”

“You take an oath as a board member, you go to training, you stand up and swear yourself in as a board member that you are going to hold information confidential,” she asserted. “If you give your credentials to someone else, and they’re logging in and doing board business, they’ve never taken that oath and they can do whatever they want with that. Also, if they’re logged into a public place here in town, who’s to say that they don’t log out and then any random person in town is going to be able to go in and (access) that information.”

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(Continued from Page 5) The “tremendous service” provided by the 34 men and women of the various firehouses and Pemberton Township Volunteer Fire Company that comprises the Pemberton Township Fire Department, he said, is something “we don’t always recognize,” especially given the absence of a fire siren locally to make one aware of “the work they are really doing out there for us.”

But there are some sounds you could very well still hear in your own home or business, which Patriarca urged the public to learn about, in addition to the ‘sound’ of volunteerism, with the theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week, held Oct. 3 to 9, “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety!”

From b e eps to ch i r ps, th is year’s campaign, sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), is to better educate the public about the sounds smoke alarms make.

This year’s theme, according to the NFPA, helps people better understand the reasons smoke alarms may sound and provides the know-how to effectively address them.

Key messages for “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety,” according to the NFPA, include: • W hen a smoke alar m or carbon monoxide (CO) alarm sounds, respond immediately by exiting the home as quickly as possible; • If your alarm begins to chirp, it may mean that the batteries are running low and need to be replaced. If the alarm continues to chirp after the batteries are replaced, or the alarm is more than 10 years old, it is time to replace the alarm; • Test all smoke and CO alarms monthly.

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“I urge all the residents of Pemberton Township to learn the sounds of fire safety and to support the many public safety activities and efforts of our township fire services,” declared Patriarca in reading this year’s local proclamation during an Oct. 6 Pemberton Township Council presentation on fire safety and the fire company.

The mayor pointed out that the township fire department was created “to manage the administrative side of our fire companies,” which have a “long history serving our residents in an outstanding way over the years.”

He recalled a moment in time when the men and women of what were several different fire companies in town at the time came to the municipal government for help “because they wanted to continue to serve” but were “struggling at the time.”

“This showed their dedication – their looking to solve problems, trying to keep the organization strong and solvent here in the community, and quite frankly, affordable,” Patriarca said. “I have said it many times, but at some point, we will pay more for the service we currently get. We get a bargain with our volunteer company. That just doesn’t happen in many places like it does here.”

Fire Chief Craig Augustoni, however, in representing the volunteers of the current township fire company, thanked the mayor and council “for your commitment not only

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“Because by providing us the necessary tools to do our job, you are then ensuring their safety,” the fire chief said. “And this council, and this mayor have always advocated that and have always sincerely supported us.”

Augustoni pointed out that “we may not always get what we want,” but “we always get what we need to perform our duties” from the council and township administration, and there “is a big difference there.”

“When I have an opportunity to speak to my peers – and this is no joke, you can call them up – they would like you to come to their town and be their government,” said Augustoni to the mayor and council.

“Because the stories I hear, with the frustrations of what they have to go through to get anything, is unbelievable. So, I am spoiled – very, very spoiled here.”

Just over the past few years, according to the fire chief, council and the township administration has authorized the purchase of eight new firefighting and support vehicles, “copious amounts” of personal protective equipment (PPE), pagers, 10 portable radios, new supply bottles for air packs, 34 new air pack masks and 16 new air packs. And, what the fire chief acknowledged makes some area fire chiefs “jealous,” the new fire station in the township’s Presidential Lakes community.

“When you calculate that, you are well over $2 to $3 million dollars,” Augustoni said. “Every year, you folks are doing someth ing to enhance our ability to serve the community and it does not go unnoticed, especially with us, and we appreciate that very much. We know you recognize the job we have, the most dangerous job in country.”

The new air packs are among the latest purchases authorized by the council and township administration.

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The fire company’s existing air packs, according to the fire chief, are over 20 years old and have had two upgrades over the course of their useful life, “which saved money,” but further upgrades are “no longer available.”

“So, we were out of time,” said Augustoni of why new air packs were required.

The fire chief, in conjunction with the tow nsh ip fi re di re ctor, Busi ness Administrator Daniel Hornickel, has developed a plan where the fire company’s existing 34 air packs will be replaced in phases through 2023. 16 air packs were procured in the initial phase, which the fire chief pointed out cost $5,800 apiece. The masks, he said, were $278 each.

“This stuff does not come cheap because it saves lives,” Augustoni declared. “One thing I like working for everybody here, if it has got to happen, you guys find the money, which is another thing you don’t hear often enough in government. You guys find it and make it happen.”

Augustoni pointed out that Pemberton has “one of the busiest fire departments in terms of structure fires,” in addition to running ambulances and fire suppression activities, nearing 1,000 calls for service this year alone.

“We do this with 34 people,” Augustoni said. “It is good to know, and I am talking for our membership, that our responsible government leaders have our backs. …

We know you just don’t do it (support us) because it is the political thing to do, to have a nice gadget to wave around, but because you guys are engaged … and truly concerned. This is the best government I have served, and I thank you so much for your sincere dedication, with a mayor and new fire director who are great assets to us.

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Stanfield Fights for State’s Future While Addiego Engages in Partisan Politics As a local youth leader in various Marltonbased civic organizations and an avid follower of politics, I often find myself pondering the New Jersey 8th District Senate race between incumbent Senator Dawn Marie Addiego and her challenger, Assemblywoman Jean Stanflield, on which I have developed my own youthful perspective. I believe we can judge which of these candidates deserves to represent us by analyzing their political and legislative records.

To be frank, and with all due respect to her years of service, it appears as if Sen. Addiego plays a lot of dirty politics. One may recall her political party switch that occurred in 2019, and the millions of dollars

funneled into her 2021 campaign by sources outside the district. Both these events reek of political back-room deals and the partisan politics that plague our democracy.

In 2012, Addiego voted against the legalization of gay marriage, failing so many in the New Jersey LGBTQ community as a result. Furthermore, In 2017, she voted to increase the gas tax by a whopping 23 cents. In this, she failed to represent New Jersey’s younger generation, as well as all other residents, by contributing to the tax and affordability crisis our state faces.

On the other hand, Assemblywoman Stanfield is regarded as one of the most passionate allies in the New Jersey Civil

Addiego’s Party Switching Shouldn’t Be Forgotten In her letter in last week’s Pine Barrens Tribune, Misha Singh noted that she had lived in Medford for a year, thereby excusing her from Senator Dawn Addiego’s actions during her last election.

After winning re-election, she switched from the Republ ic a n Pa r t y to the

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(Continued from Page 1) As King began to answer the question, however, Mayor David Patriarca asked him to “hold off,” declaring, “As far as knowledge of, or anything that has to do with the investigations or criminal activity, I am not going to allow the chief to discuss that, nor will he discuss any of that going on here in the township that they may be currently looking at.”

Burton, in response, contended that she “didn’t expect the chief to elaborate on anything like that,” but was rather “just throwing that question out there.”

Leading to such a question posed by the council president, however, was the emotional accounts offered by Grant and Diane Gabler, including that at one point,

Stanfield has shown she cares solely about the issues and fixing the problems of New Jerseyans, and not about the poor politics that we see so often in government.

With the evidence at hand, I feel as if it is safe to say that Assemblywoman Stanfield would make an exceptional state senator.

Through my personal interactions with her, and by viewing the records of each of the candidates, this choice is clear.

I now call on the voters of the 8th Legislative district to make the right choice this election and cast your ballots for Jean Stanfield for State Senate.

Aiden DeMarsey Marlton, New Jersey

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Rights movement, fighting for the LGBTQ community which Senator Addiego betrayed.

Furthermore, Assemblywoman Stanfield opposed any and all tax increases on the average citizen. She is making the necessary moves to address the affordability and tax issues that face both New Jersey’s future generation, and current taxpayers.

To top it off, Assemblywoman Stanfield has demonstrated she well understands the needs of area youth, such as myself and my peers. This is seen through her youth outreach program that she sponsored as sheriff of Burlington County to help bridge the relationship between law enforcement and teens.

Through her record, Assemblywoman

according to the latter, she “lived next to a fully functioning junkyard and meth lab with quads coming and going.”

“I would drink my coffee and watch the meth lab from my rear yard,” said Diane Gabler of that particular issue, which she contended lasted for about 5 years, with King correcting her that it was “5-ish.”

But now, according to Grant Gabler, “groups and individuals” are using quads and other off-road vehicles to “go from one neighborhood to another” to “deal drugs, conduct theft, as well as engage in open air drugs and prostitution” because “they know they can’t be chased.”

“I have seen it with my own eyes, and I have even been approached by these people (as I walk in the woods with my dogs),” he said. “… They go driveway to driveway, using mailboxes to deliver said drugs.”

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“criminals” will tell him “it takes 30 minutes for the police to get here and they can’t even chase or stop us.”

“That leaves a huge loophole open for our quality of life to go down the drain,” maintained Grant Gabler, adding that officials should “look at the criminal aspect hard” and that “this just isn’t misdemeanors we are talking about.”

Patriarca, in response, said that while he understands the frustration, “understand officers are frustrated too because they can’t do what they would like to do in most cases to stop this.” He said the state Attorney General’s Office “is not in agreement with us on enforcement,” limiting the capability of the police department to chase off-road vehicles, among other things.

“We can’t even stop and ticket them for not having a license or have their current driver’s license suspended,” the mayor contended.

“The police are very limited anymore by the regulations and rules they have to follow.”

But the Gablers expressed that they believe more can be done by the municipality, or “little steps that they currently don’t see.”

“I have lived in three other counties,” Grant Gabler said. “None of this would fly in any other place that I lived. They had higher home values because it was a quiet place.”

Diane Gabler told council that in one of the latest incidents to disrupt her family’s quality of life, “neighbors with quads” are “now harassing me with them at 3 a.m.”

She cal le d pol ic e, she said, wh i le following the individuals at issue in one of the incidents, but was told by a responding township police officer that “they couldn’t do anything.” That despite, according to Diane Gabler, those reportedly responsible for the purported disturbance “waving” at her from their backyard upon police arrival.

“The cop couldn’t ask for ID to find them, why?” she asked.

King said that the issue has “since been addressed” with the responding police officer and “you are always allowed as a police officer to go up to and talk to somebody.”

“I also watched body-camera footage and I got to say that it doesn’t help that you stood in the middle of the street and screamed at the people,” the police chief contended to Diane Gabler.

The woman, who denied doing that, but acknowledged that she was upset with the responding officer, pointed out that she had surveillance video from her house “proving” who those responsible for the disturbance were, but that the responding officer “also would not entertain the idea of looking at the video.”

“He wouldn’t get any ID,” she contended.

“He left me with nothing. I am furious.”

King, in response, maintained that Diane Gabler was “rightly so” in being furious with the responding officer and he “sympathizes” with her, and reiterated the matter “has been addressed on our end.”

“He could have approached them and asked for ID,” King said. “However, we enforce legislation, we don’t make it. So, what I am telling you is there is some case law about video evidence, and about (the) petty disorderly persons’ offenses (occurring) in our presence, which means that (just) because I watch your video doesn’t mean I can go arrest somebody.”

King pointed out that for this year, so far as of mid-September, statistics he pulled indicated that the police department had 19 incidents involving quads or ATVs and seized 23 of them.

Diane Gabler called those figures just a “drop in the bucket,” prompting the chief to describe what he called a “lengthy process” to get a judge to agree to issue a search See QUADS/ Page 15

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also imagine the difficulties it presents for those walking down the street, and with kids being attracted to them and what not.”

The business administrator called it “a problem” that tractor trailers are being parked on residential roadways that are “in some cases only 18 feet wide.”

Nevertheless, he added, “we don’t want to be heavy handed” with any potential law(s).

“We don’t want to come to council and say let’s limit all commercial vehicles in residential zones,” Hornickel said. “I don’t think the residents would necessarily come out in support of that.”

A proposal to ban oversized commercial vehicles in residential areas of nearby Medford Township has now died twice

after considerable pushback from Medford residents who drive for a living, pointing out the potential storage fees that they would have to pay if forced to move them offsite. It also led to a debate over land use and private property rights.

Another concern of Pemberton officials is the reported parking of “hazmat vehicles” in the township’s residential neighborhoods. “ We s hou l d n’t h ave p e op l e w ho park ha z mat veh icle s i n re sidential neighborhoods,” Hornickel declared.

“The (fire) chief doesn’t want to see that in residential neighborhoods.”

The Pemberton business administrator said that the township administration would be “doing a little bit of research” to “see what some of the surrounding communities are doing in regard to this.”

“We will try to present council with a reasonable ordinance to limit the size of

vehicles that can be parked on public streets, and public roadways,” Hornickel said.

Burton, in response, asked the Pemberton administrator, “While you are doing that, can we limit the number of RVs too?”, to which Hornickel replied, “That is part of it.”

Hornickel pointed out to the Pemberton council president, however, that the governing body “last year” limited the number of RVs or campers a residence had to one.

“But that does not preclude somebody from literally having a 50-foot RV on their property,” he said. “So, we are going to take a look at that.”

T he busi ne ss ad m i n istrator agai n reiterated that “we want to be reasonable in relation to what surrounding communities do” or create something that is “defensible” to the public.

“If we try to be too heavy handed, then people are going to be upset,” Hornickel

maintained. “Because then they are going to have to pay to store those vehicles somewhere else. We want to look at what other towns are doing and then come back to council and say hey, ‘These are the size of the vehicles that can be parked on a property in some of our surrounding communities.’”

Pember ton officials, as prev iously reported by this newspaper, have left a number of township residents frustrated with the sudden strict enforcement of zoning and land use laws by code enforcement, which began this past spring, after years of apparently lax enforcement. Many of them have decried the change at recent council meetings.

Residents have been reportedly receiving violation notices for things such as having more than one shed on their property, despite having them in some cases for over 15 years.

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Patriarca noted that the elected and appointed officials of the municipality “can’t direct the police chief on how to run the operations in his department” and the departmental guidelines are set by the attorney general and state Legislature.

“OK, but why can’t we just post ‘ATVs prohibited’ signs, just like we do ‘No Littering’ and speed limit signs?” Diane Gabler asked.

The mayor responded that “we can,” but that “let’s be real” about it because “you will not stop one of those ATV drivers just by putting a sign up.”

“I know it won’t (stop them), but you know what, it has been so unaddressed in the neighborhood for so long that half the people in the neighborhood think it is OK (to ride quads and ATVs in the streets),” Diane Gabler maintained. “They think it is their God given right to ride a quad like lunatics.

You need to start telling them this just isn’t your neighborhood; it is other people’s neighborhood too. And in 50 years, those signs might have actually had an effect. You have to start somewhere.”

King pointed to a gravel pit behind Wisconsin Trail in Presidential Lakes that is a draw for riders of quads and ATVs in the area. He then explained that ‘No Trespassing’ signs were posted by the township at the entrance to the pit, “but they took them down.”

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“I will go get them on the internet!” Diane Gabler asserted. “I will go get the bolts and go stick them underneath the speed limit signs, and therefore, you don’t even need to buy new poles!”

Grant Gabler added that “fines and signs” are what “kept me straight” throughout life so far, and are what “keeps us in line.”

“But you’ve scoffed at that right away for some reason,” he pointed out.

Diane Gabler, in recommending another possible option, asked, “Why can’t there be some kind of new ordinance that affects property owners?”, maintaining that several of the quads and ATV riders are coming from “rentals.”

“With regard to holding the landlord responsible, council you just approved Chapter 148, ‘Rental Code Provisions,’ and that amended our rental code to indicate should police be called for multiple services, the township has the capability to revoke the landlord’s license, and at that point, effectively force a landlord to evict that tenant,” Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel pointed out.

The business administrator added that the revocation clause is “brand new” and a “technological mechanism” is not in place yet for the police department to notify code enforcement of their service calls.

King, however, clarified that the police department frequently has discussions with code enforcement regarding troubled properties and its related service calls, but there isn’t an “automatic” notification mechanism in place at this time.

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However, there have been a number of Pemberton residents who previously called for a code enforcement crackdown due to a number of purported disheveled properties in the municipality.

Hornickel, who has in conjunction with the Pemberton mayor and council led an initiative to improve the quality of life in township neighborhoods, previously told this newspaper that code enforcement has since temporarily suspended prosecution of shed violations, and council is now considering a review of the shed limit, though one resident has maintained that her case continues to proceed through the court system.

Burton, during the Oct. 6 Pemberton council meeting, declared that if there is now a municipal law in place limiting the number of RVs one can have at their residence, which Hornickel pointed out also precludes the parking of them in the front of residential properties, “we need to get on top of that

because there is a lot of that.”

Pat r i a r c a , fol low i ng t h e c ou n c i l president’s call for action involving RVs, noted that he also recently “mentioned” to the Pemberton business administrator that “we may also want to look at boats.”

“We will get individuals who will have these 30-foot boats that they are no longer are operating, but yet they don’t want to store them at a boat yard, so they have them on blocks in their yards,” Patriarca contended.

The Pemberton mayor then recounted several properties he was already aware of that had large boats stored on them, adding that there are a number of “smaller lots where we have large boats sitting in yards for years and the owners have no intention of the using those boats.”

“Aren’t they (the boats) also supposed to be in certain places, in the sides or rears of the yard?” Burton asked.

The mayor replied that he doesn’t believe there are currently any parking requirements for stored boats, but that is why he said “we need to treat boats the same as RVs” and “bring recreational vessels into the (future) ordinance as well.”

be willing to act on that?” Burton asked.

“How many complaints are sufficient to act on that (moving to revoke a rental license)?”

Hornickel, who is also the township’s police director, responded that the new rental code “says a minimum of two complaints in a six-month period” need to be initiated to warrant a revocation of the landlord’s license, but cautioned that “you can’t just try to revoke someone’s ability to rent a property because of a petty misdemeanor.”

“It has to be more than that,” the business administrator maintained.

Councilman Jason Allen inquired whether “speed humps, bumps or barricades” were a possibility in the neighborhood.

“We have received requests from residents in Presidential Lakes about speed tables,” Hornickel replied. “That is something we can consider. We continue to consider and look at that. We have put them in strategic locations as part of our road maintenance program.”

Grant Gabler pointed out that Maryland, facing a similar issue, began deploying stop strips (also known as spike strips/belts or tire deflation devices), and “while a little aggressive,” he sees no other options right now based on the responses of municipal officials. Patriarca noted he “agrees with stop strips, but obviously the attorney general is not going to be in agreement with us.”

Ultimately, Councilman Paul Detrick pointed out that Diane Gabler can sign a complaint at police headquarters about “offenses she witnessed herself.” King said the police department would try to “remedy” what took place and assist her with filing a complaint regarding the latest incident she described as it fell within a “30day” window that was still open as of the September council meeting.

“There was an issue a couple of years ago, and it took us awhile, but we got the job done,” said King of the one apparently involving the purported meth lab. “So, give us a chance with this.”

Diane Gabler pointed out that the latest issue with quads and ATVs riding up and down her street in the early morning hours has been going “for at least over a year.”

Patriarca, a former township police officer, noted that he was “very confident that the chief of police is in the process of reminding and refreshing all of his officers that they are not only ‘patrol officers,’ but ‘investigators,’ whether in uniform or in plain clothes” and that “they have the right to follow up on leads, cases and bring them to closure.”

“It has always amazed me, even in my years of being a police officer, when you would go up to a parent and ask, ‘What did you think your child was going to do with a $6,000 piece of equipment when you live on an 80 foot by 100 foot lot?’ and they respond, ‘Well they can ride in the forest,’” Patriarca said. “I would always ask, ‘Whose forest is it?’ It is not yours! Parents are a major part of the problem, unfortunately, in this matter. There is a limitation with what officers can do.”

Grant Gabler agreed that parents are “teaching them (their children) to run from the police” and “evade” because, as far as they are concerned, Presidential Lakes is an “untouchable region.”

The topic of Sunbury Village did not come up during the chief’s appearance, though, when the chief was requested by the council president to come before the governing body, it was, in part, because of complaints of quads and ATVs speeding down the streets of the village.

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