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Pinelands Regional BOE Fails to Break Impasse Over Its 2021 President, Struggles to Choose VP

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Lisa Hand waves her hand to say hello to the public after being chosen to fill the vacated post of Washington Township Clerk and Registrar.

City Clerk of Ventnor Selected to Fill Vacancy for Washington Township Clerk and Registrar

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WASHINGTON—Lisa Hand, who has worked in municipal government for over 19 years and has strong ties to Green Bank, has been chosen to fill the vacated post of Washington Township Clerk and Registrar.

Hand, currently a resident of nearby Galloway Township and also currently the city clerk and registrar of Ventnor City, was unanimously selected by the Washington Township Committee during its Jan. 5 reorganization meeting to fill the vacancy left behind by Kathleen D. Hoffman, who resigned in October 2020 due to “personal reasons.”

Tom Coleman, reappointed as municipal solicitor for 2021, said during the 7 p.m. Jan. 5 meeting that he met with Hand earlier in

the evening to get her up to speed on “one of the more pressing issues” in the township, the future of the Washington Township Senior Center.

As previously reported by this newspaper, the senior center was closed in 2019 after its chimney foundation tipped, which caused its fireplace to lean out, and its chimney to break, creating a major structural issue. The building was said to be discovered to be in disrepair after a pipe froze inside of it and caused a flood. The interior of the building also sustained water damage from the flood. It had also been revealed in 2019 that the ground around the facility is also sinking.

Washington officials have been indecisive on whether to repair the senior center using municipal monies since the building is leased to the municipality by the New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Kevin Dixon, of the Galloway firm Dixon Associates, reappointed municipal engineer for 2021, previously contended that if the municipality undertakes all of the necessary repairs, it could cost just over $21,000.

Hoffman, when the senior center issue was first brought to the forefront, said she spoke with an assistant supervisor of the local New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry office (a NJDEP agency), and he advised her that they don’t have any money to make repairs to the chimney.

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LITTLE EGG HARBOR—The Pinelands Regional Board of Education, after some 20-minutes’ worth of recurring 4-4 votes during its hybrid Jan. 5 reorganization meeting, could not decide who will serve as its board president for 2021.

The self-described “divided” board failed to break an impasse, in part, because newlyelected Board Member Raymond W. Bartlett was not seated by Business Administrator Nick Brown during the meeting, after the latter contended that Bartlett needed to pass a criminal background check before he could be sworn in, and that there was a “processing backlog” due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

“All newly-elected board members will be sworn in at the meeting following the completion of their background checks,” Brown said.

According to Brown, a school board must hold its reorganization meeting within seven days of the New Year, and its president must be selected during that meeting, and if one is not chosen, it becomes the decision of the county superintendent.

The New Jersey School Boards Association, in a 2015 release, advised local school districts that state law now requires new school board members to undergo criminal background checks within 30 days of election or appointment. Incumbent school board members, however, did not have to undergo criminal background checks, the release added.

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Medford Lakes Mayor Passes Away at Age 76 After Years of Community Service, Dedication

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

MEDFORD LAKES—Robert “Bob” D. Hanold Sr., the mayor of Medford Lakes and a “true Laker,” who was said to have always put the community first, passed away early on the morning of Jan. 12 at the age of 76.

Hanold, a councilman for the borough since 2010 and longtime leading figure in the Medford Lakes Lions Club, passed away peacefully in his sleep after battling a rare neuroendocrine cancer for the past four years.

Borough officials said his death was not due to COVID-19.

A retired businessman who founded Bona Packaging in 1985, Hanold was appointed mayor July 1, 2020 during the middle of his third term on council.

“Bob’s passing is a tremendous loss to our community, however we can take some solace, and his family can take some pride, in knowing that his hard work and legacy will live on through his accomplishments and the positive changes he has made for Medford Lakes,” said Deputy Mayor Thomas Cranston at a Borough Council meeting Jan. 13.

A founding member of the Medford Lakes Planning Board, Hanold first became a councilman in 2010, later serving as deputy mayor from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2018, alongside Cranston, who was mayor at the time. There was also a brief period of less than a month in 2018 when the two men swapped roles, and Hanold became mayor of the borough.

“While on council, Bob had a particular passion for the Public Works and the Wastewater depar t ments, which led to substantial improvements in the professionalism and efficiency of those departments,” Cranston said.

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Former GOP Challenger for Southampton Committee and Accomplished State Police Veteran Dies of COVID

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

SOUTHAMPTON—A local retired New Jersey State Trooper and father of two, who was also a 2018 GOP primary challenger for Southampton Township Committee and an accomplished athlete, has died after a “hardfought fight” against COVID-19.

The death of James “Jimmy” M. Bryan, who previously told this newspaper that he was a 25-year veteran of the New Jersey State Police and retired from the agency with the rank of lieutenant, was announced by the Former Troopers Association of NJ in a New Year’s Eve Facebook posting.

“It is with the greatest sadness we announce the passing of Lt. James M. Bryan, #4602 (Ret), earlier this date, following a hard-fought fight against COVID,” the association wrote. “Please keep his family and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.”

The 25-year resident of Southampton is the eleventh resident of the municipality to die from COVID-19, a respiratory virus that has resulted in a global pandemic since late 2019, and killed over 350,000 people in the U.S. alone, as of press time.

“Bryan, 53, of Southampton, a world champion arm wrestler who could bench 500 pounds, lost the biggest fight of his life on Dec. 31, 2020, against COVID,” noted an obituary released by Perinchief Chapels. “Jimmy passed away with his loving family by his side, at Our Lady of Lourdes, in Camden.”

Br yan’s wife, Brenda, told KYW-TV Philadelphia (CBS 3), that her husband received a positive COVID test on Dec. 18, and that just a week later, on Christmas Day, he was put on a ventilator.

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BRYAN because he couldn’t breathe, and he couldn’t talk on the phone, so he was texting me, ‘Help me,'” Brenda Bryan told the television station.

Brenda Bryan, in sharing her husband’s story with the television station, noted how she and her family were forced to say goodbye to him from behind a glass window (because of the precautions implemented due to contagious nature of the virus), as he was removed from life support.

“I couldn’t even hold him; I couldn’t hold his hand,” she recounted of the moment.

The obituary for Jimmy Bryan noted that he was “a compassionate leader,” one “wellknown” for “being kind, funny and humble,” and for “always reaching out to help people solve their problems and the problems of the world.”

Jimmy Bryan, while campaigning for See COVID/ Page 9

Ronald Heston, a veteran Southampton committeeman, was selected as the municipality’s deputy mayor for 2021, while Michael Mikulski (right), also a committeeman, will retain his mayoral post for second, consecutive year.

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

SOUTHAMPTON—Ronald Heston, a veteran committeeman on the Southampton Township Committee, was unanimously chosen as the township’s new deputy mayor at the governing body’s Jan. 4 reorganization meeting, while Michael Mikulski, also a committeeman, will retain his mayoral post for a second, consecutive year.

All but one decision was unanimous during the reorganization meeting, the reappointment of Alaimo Group in Mount Holly to serve as Southampton’s municipal engineer for 2021.

Heston, a retired production manager at now-defunct Pomco Graphic Arts, replaces Committeeman Bill Raftery, who also served as the township’s deputy mayor in 2017 and 2018.

“I will do everything I can to fulfill the duties of the position and I look forward to working with the committee again this coming year,” Heston

declared. “We have a lot of things on our plate, and I think we can move forward with quite a few of them.”

Heston said in an interview after the meeting that some of his priorities in the new year include upgrading equipment available to the township’s emergency response teams and public works staff, and improving certain roads requiring the committee’s attention. He also noted that he is focused on getting the township through the pandemic.

“One of my concerns is the vaccines, and the distribution thereof,” Heston said. “We have a lot of seniors who are very concerned about where they have to go. Do they have to wait in line for five hours, or eight hours like you see on the news?”

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Draft Resolution Stating 2021 Committee Meetings Would Be Held ‘Via Conference Call’ Faces Scrutiny Governing Body Ultimately Adds Language Reserving Right to Hold Its Meetings In-Person; Opposes Hybrid Meetings

By Douglas D. Melegari

leadership posts.

“If I could have both of you gentleman now raise your right hand, and I am taking you on your honor that it is up there,” quipped Township Clerk Maryalice Brown during the 10 a.m. reorganization meeting.

Resident Terry Sheerin, when the resolution adopting the governing body’s meeting dates for 2021 came up for a vote, pointed out that DeGroff had previously indicated that he was hoping to resume in-person meetings in the new year.

“Can we attend by phone, Zoom or inperson, or will it just be all telephonic for the entire year? Sheerin asked.

The mayor replied that “once we are cleared by the state to have public meetings with people there,” the committee would hold them.

Public meetings, with in-person attendance, however, are currently allowed, except that there are capacity limitations implemented through an executive order signed by Governor Phil Murphy.

Several area towns, recognizing the capacity limits, have recently installed equipment allowing for hybrid meetings, including highdefinition television screens, speakers and web cameras, so that when capacity is exceeded, residents can watch the proceedings online.

The degree to which the meeting attendance capacity is limited, however, is subject to legal counsel interpretation, as demonstrated by nearby Washington Township believing it can have a somewhat greater capacity under a political exercise exception in the executive

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WO ODL A N D — A d r a f t Wo o d l a n d Township Committee reorganization meeting resolution stipulating that governing body meetings for 2021 “shall be open to the public and held via conference call” faced scrutiny on Jan. 5.

As a result of that scrutiny, the committee ultimately changed the language in an approved version of the resolution to allow for the possibility of a resumption of in-person meetings this year (once the Coronavirus pandemic comes to an end); but should any in-person meetings take place, the governing body voiced opposition to hybrid meetings (in which case the public would have both the option to participate remotely or in-person).

All Woodland committee meetings since April 2020 have been held via conference call.

That is when COVID-19, a potentially fatal respiratory virus, began spreading locally.

Woodland was one of only two municipalities in the Pines that decided not to return to at least some form of in-person sessions when there was a brief respite in cases of the virus in early fall 2020.

S i n c e t h e Wo o d l a n d c o m m i t t e e reorganization meeting on Jan. 5 was held via conference call, there was no visual of William “Billy” DeGroff taking an oath-of-office for a new term on the township committee, nor was there one of DeGroff and Mark Herndon being sworn in as mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, (positions that they held since 2018) following the three-member governing body arriving at a quick consensus for the

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Rehabilitating Aging Water Pipes, Condemned Housing Priority for New Pemberton Borough GOP Councilman

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON BOROUGH—A 53-year resident of Pemberton Borough has been seated on the municipality’s governing body.

George Ward, also chair man of the Pemberton Borough Republican Committee for the past six years, was swor n in to Pemberton Borough Council during its Jan. 4 reorganization meeting, following his election by the majority of borough voters in November 2020 to replace Tim Quinlan, who choose not to seek re-election.

The reorganization meeting, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, was held through Zoom (a video conferencing service), with Ward joining the conference via telephone to take his oath of office.

“I ran for council because I thought maybe I could get some new stuff done in borough,” he told this newspaper in a later interview.

“We have some houses on Hanover Street that are condemned, and I would like for us to get them torn down, develop the properties a bit, and then get the houses rebuilt. I also want the town streetscaping to be better than what it is now.”

Ward, whose term will expire at the end of 2023, moved to Pemberton Borough in 1968, after living in Delanco Township for 16 years.

He is a lifelong resident of Burlington County.

He and his wife, Norma Ward, a former borough councilwoman who had served on the governing body for some five years, owned Cranberry Blossom Floral Company in the borough for about 35 years. They have since retired from the floral business, which is now permanently closed.

George Ward, who was in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves for 13 years and holds a Master

WARD license, told this newspaper that he is currently a boat captain for Tuckerton Seaport’s Long Beach Island (LBI) Ferry Service.

The new councilman, according to a resolution adopted during the reorganization meeting, will serve as the department head to the borough’s Water and Sewer Department.

One of his priorities, he told this newspaper, is to replace some of the borough’s aging water lines.

“Before the streets in town get repaved, I think it is a good idea to replace the water lines so that we won’t have to dig them up in the future,” he said. “Some of the pipes are pretty old in town.”

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Fort Dix Federal Prison Pulls Far Ahead of Others in Active Cases of COVID-19, Prompting Queries to Warden from Senators Menendez and Booker No Vaccine Shipments Yet Reported Delivered to Facility Where Nearly 800 Inmates Have Recently Tested Positive

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

FORT DIX—In a country reeling from a ferocious new onslaught of illness and death due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one particular Burlington County locale has managed to achieve standout status in the new year as a nationwide leader in the uncontrolled spread of the potentially lethal respiratory virus.

By the second week of 2021, Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, the lowsecurity prison on the Fort Dix side of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, had claimed the dubious distinction of pulling way ahead of dozens of the other facilities managed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in active cases of the novel Coronavirus, which were nearly at the 800 mark among its all-male inmate population.

As of Jan. 12, the exact number of prisoners testing positive for the contagion at FCI Fort Dix, according to the BOP’s own statistics, was being put at 797, with 26 staff members also infected. By contrast, the second highest number of inmate cases was slightly more than half that figure—429 at the Lexington, Ky., Federal Medical Center (FMC), a prison for both male and female inmates requiring medical or mental health care. After that, the numbers of confirmed active cases at federal prisons decreased considerably, from 319 down to single digits, with quite a few of the BOP’s facilities reporting zero cases.

But whereas Lexington FMC is among some 68 federal prisons in “different regions of the country” to have had shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine delivered to them, the Fort Dix complex, the largest in the system, had not yet received the vaccine by the above date, according to an email the Pine Barrens Tribune received from Emery Nelson, of the BOP’s Office of Public Affairs, in answer to a query.

“However, based on weekly allocations determined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Operation Warp Speed (OWS), all of the BOP’s facilities are expected to receive their first dose in the very near future,” Nelson added.

He further maintained that “a plan has been developed to offer the vaccine to the inmate population when additional doses are available,” but that OWS, rather than the BOP, determines when doses will be made available to inmates “based on priority of need in accordance with CDC guidelines.”

The sheer magnitude of this apparent third wave of COVID-19 at the prison becomes apparent when it is compared to the second

outbreak that occurred there in November and December. As the Pine Barrens Tribune reported in a Dec. 5 cover story, the number of cases confirmed by the BOP in the inmate population a few days prior to that was what now seems like a modest 282, with 28 more among staff members. That outbreak was alleged to have been caused by the incremental transfer of inmates from Elkton FCI in Ohio, which was earlier considered to be a Coronavirus “hot spot,” but where inmate cases went down to near zero once those transfers were made.

The COVID numbers at the Fort Dix facility, however, also reportedly dropped dramatically following that outbreak, and just why they have subsequently risen so sharply is not nearly as apparent. Whatever the cause, for the prisoners who are now said to be quarantined in dormitories there, a nightmarish new dimension has now been added to the ordinary constraints and conditions of daily life “in stir,” as reflected in interviews with family members and fiancées who have been in touch with them (although are no longer able to visit) and a Facebook support group some of them have established to “hopefully bring the loved ones of Fort Dix inmates together so collectively we can bring them home...or at the very least, help to create a safer environment for them.”

In addition, the BOP has reportedly been reluctant to grant appeals for home confinement to prisoners whose health may be particularly at risk from the virus, and who are not deemed to pose a threat to society, despite Nelson’s claim that such a process is “ongoing.” (The state of New Jersey, it should be noted, has granted “compassionate release” to an estimated 35 percent of its prison population during the pandemic).

That apparent failure to relieve both purported pressure on the prison, and potential danger to its inmates, by sending more of the nonviolent prisoners home was among the issues raised in a sharply worded, lengthy letter directed to the prison’s warden, David Ortiz, this past week by New Jersey’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Robert Menendez and Cory Booker.

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Pemberton Township School District’s Search for New Superintendent Ends with Promotion Assistant Superintendent Jeffrey Havers Selected to Fill Vacancy

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—With the Coronavirus pandemic and millions of dollars in future state-aid cuts looming over the future of the Pemberton Township School District, the months-long search for a new superintendent has finally ended in the promotion of an assistant superintendent of the district to the top position.

T he Pember ton Tow nsh ip Boa rd of Education, at its Jan. 7 meeting, approved a new multi-year superintendent contract for Jeffrey Havers, a veteran educator who joined the local system as an administrator five years ago.

Both Havers’ appointment and the contract, which takes effect Feb. 1 and will run through June 30, 2025, were approved 5-0 with abstentions from Wanda Knox and Sheri Lowery, a new board member who did not partake in the search process.

Havers will be the permanent replacement for Tony Trongone, who was hired as superintendent in 2015, but left suddenly for another superintendent job in the Millville Public School District on July 1, less than two years into his five-year contract with the Pemberton district.

Paul Spavent a , a ret i red school administrator with many years of seniorlevel experience in public education, has been serving as interim superintendent while the board worked with its consultant, Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA), to conduct its hiring search.

“Jeff Havers is the right person at this time to guide us to where we need to be,” said the board’s newly appointed president, Tom Bauer, in an interview after the meeting.

“We’re very confident in him as a leader. He is easy to work with. He sets high expectations and holds employees accountable. He works really well with the staff, teachers and parents, and he has a very nice manner about him.

He doesn’t force anything down your throat.”

Havers, according to the contract, will earn an initial pro-rated salary of $188,000 from Feb. 1 until June 30 of the current year, with increases in each successive year t o $192 ,70 0, $197, 517, $201,468 a nd $205,497.

“When I interviewed, I told the board that I didn’t think this was the most exciting time in Pemberton to be superintendent because we have a lot of challenges ahead,” Havers told this newspaper after the meeting. “That being said, I truly think this is one of the most important times that I can step up to serve as superintendent. I look forward to being a part of an amazing team with really dedicated

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“We have some really tough budget years ahead. We are going to have to make cuts and that affects our kids. It affects our staff. It affects our community. It is not exciting and I don’t look forward to it, but I am hoping that I can lead in a way that results in decisions that are best for our kids.”

Havers, who was one of two assistant superintendents serving under Trongone and Spaventa, said the district will not hire someone at this time to fill the role that he will vacate. Instead, there will be a redistribution of responsibilities for the short term beginning in February, and an assessment of the position for the long term during a budget process in the months to follow.

“He is truly an instructional leader,” said board member Jeffrey Wilson, who served as president during the search process, in a telephone interview. “He has proven that during his time in Pemberton. He is a strong leader, but he is also passionate, and I want to emphasize his passion, because he is probably one of the most passionate people that I’ve ever met.

“You really need senior-level experience in education in order to take on this job. We are a large and unique district. Mr. Havers already had the established relationships with much of the staff, community, and state officials, and he can hit the ground running.”

Ac c ord i ng t o Wi lson , 10 qu al i fie d applicants, all of whom were superintendents or assistant superintendents in New Jersey or a neighboring state, were seriously considered for the job. Havers, he noted, was the only district employee to formally apply for the position, although he was not a candidate for the interim job when that first became

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Mikulski, an attorney at the law firm Connor Weber & Oberlies, was selected that year from a pool of candidates to take Tiver’s place on the committee, which has consisted of the same five Republican members since 2016. Mikulski won a seat on the governing body both in 2016 and 2019, and was selected among his colleagues last year to replace longtime Committeeman James Young as mayor after the latter served 25 years in the post.

“I don’t take it lightly that the committee has that trust in me,” Mikulski said in an interview, also after the meeting. “I will work every day to earn that trust.”

His belief is that Southampton does not currently have a lot of major issues on the table, and that any such concerns will be addressed as they come up.

“We want to continue what we’ve been doing, such as controlling property taxes and keeping them as low as possible,” he said. “We haven’t had to cut any services and we don’t plan on cutting any services.”

Mikulski also identified the township’s recreational offerings as one of his focuses in 2021, including the continued development of Red Lion Park, a multi-million-dollar facility on the site of the Good Farm, near the intersection of Red Lion and Church roads, which he called a “huge success and very popular.”

The meeting also marked the start of the 28th straight year of service as a committeeman for Young, who is beginning his tenth straight threeyear term. It was the first session that Young has attended in person since the Coronavirus pandemic began in March.

“I want to thank all the residents of the township who had the faith again to elect me for another term,” Young said.

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In a later telephone interview, Young said he wanted “to make sure that the township continues to be run really well, if I can, and have my little bit of input.”

Young, the owner of JKA Specialties sign shop in Southampton, said he has no set number of years in mind to continue serving on the committee.

“Right now, to me, we have one of the perfect townships in the state of the New Jersey,” Young said. “We’ve been trying to keep it this way for many, many years, and I hope it continues this way.

It is a nice place to live. I don’t mind heading to another town to go shopping. That doesn’t bother me one bit. I like the way we are – rural.”

George Morris, of the Mount Laurel-based law firm of Parker McCay, was retained as municipal solicitor and David McNally, of Holt McNally & Associates, was appointed as township auditor.

In 2020, McNally, formerly of Holman Frenia Allison, P.C., which was the township’s auditing service of record, joined with Michael Holt to form Holt McNally & Associates, which will now assume the same role.

The lone item of dissent concerned the appointment of a municipal engineer for 2021, as Alaimo Group was re-appointed to the post in a narrow 3-2 vote, with Mikulski and Raftery supporting instead a bid for municipal engineering contract placed by Mount Laurelbased Environmental Resolutions Inc. (ERI).

Both committeemen later cited potential cost as the reason for casting their dissenting votes.

ERI, which has overseen the Red Lion Park development as a special engineer for the town, was appointed as the “backup engineer” in a subsequent 4-1 vote with Young the only committee member opposed to it.

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Havers first joined the Pemberton Township district as a director of curriculum and instruction for preschool through fifth grade in 2015, and was later named an assistant superintendent in 2017.

“Life takes you in different directions,” Havers said. “I am thrilled to be here and excited to be able to stay and serve in a community that I love, and work with the people that I love.”

Prior to joining the Pemberton Township system, Havers served as the principal of Berlin Community School (kindergarten through eighth grade) for six years. He was a teacher at Hainesport Elementary School for 13 years, teaching both fifth grade, and social studies for grades six through eight. In 2008, he was Hainesport’s Teacher of the Year.

His early childhood education included time spent at Alexander Denbo Elementary School (now closed) and Samuel T. Busansky Elementary School in Pemberton as a fourth- and fifth-grade

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student, which he said played a role in his decision to enter the profession.

“I had a really special teacher in fifth grade – Ms. Gloria Avila (Gadecki),” he recalled. “She left an indelible mark on me and changed my life. She is the reason I wanted to be an educator.”

Havers said Gadecki always believed in him, which ultimately led to him believing in himself, during a difficult time in his childhood due to “family dynamics.” He described his former teacher as caring and empathetic, and someone who challenged him to do his very best.

He never had aspirations to become superintendent in the early part of his career, he added, having been very satisfied and thrilled to be a teacher. But as he approached his tenth year in teaching, he came to consider higher roles, such as principal and curriculum director.

“I love teaching,” Havers said. “There are parts of it that I miss. I miss being a principal. There are wonderful aspects of every job. When I was a teacher, I moved on to become an administrator because I thought I could make a bigger difference and have more of an impact on the entire district.”

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was a backlog,” said Board Member Karen Poklikuha.

Superintendent Dr. Melissa McCooley contended that the guidance was from 2017 (when there was apparently another backlog), and the administration recently consulted with Board Attorney William Donio, and nothing could be found “that we were allowed to not have their fingerprinting done” for 2021.

“I printed this out from the last few weeks, and it said we were to get guidance from the county superintendent,” Poklikuha replied.

“They asked for flexibility to be provided.”

Donio contended that his law firm, Cooper Levenson, had been “looking high and low” for an official ruling from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE).

“We have not seen anything official from the NJDOE, or the Criminal History Review Unit, which is the unit that conducts these checks,” Donio said. “We are aware that (2017 flexibility guidance) was something that was floating around. It had historically been that school board members could be sworn in without the background check because they were making an affirmation that they were qualified. Then the Criminal History Review Unit, a couple years back, said, ‘no,’ and for that one time (2017), they gave the opportunity, because of the backlogs, to do so.

“If someone could point me to something, I’d be happy to look at it on the fly, but we have looked for this, for our numerous other boards we represent, and have not found anything to that effect.”

Poklikuha, reading from an apparent School Boards’ brief relating to the pandemic, noted it had said that the organization “recommended” some flexibility, and Brown later pointed out that the advisory is not from the NJDOE, the deciding authority. Poklikuha, however, reiterated that the School Boards brief recommended that school districts reach out to the county superintendent for more information. Brown replied that he did make the “county office aware of this.”

The Pine Barrens Tribune has reported over the last few months about an increasing divide on the Pinelands Regional board, stemming from an August 2020 dispute over a thenrequest by McCooley, who is employed with the Little Egg Harbor School District and shares her services with Pinelands, to extend her contract with Pinelands by five years, more than a year ahead of the current one expiring.

Some board members have expressed deep disagreements with the superintendent in recent months, with a controversial decision to have Pinelands Regional participate in an LGBTQ pilot curriculum program serving as a backdrop.

During the reorganization meeting, Kim Hanadel (who served as vice president of the PRSD board in 2020) and Christie Palladino,

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM were sworn in to new terms on the PRSD board, after defeating their opponents in November. Both women are supporters of the superintendent’s work in the district, and the pilot program.

Bartlett, a local youth pastor replacing Rachel Harper, who chose not to seek election to the board after stepping in for an unexpired term, recently told another media outlet that “the current PRSD board and administration” chose to “overextend the LGBTQ issue, far past compliance, into indoctrination of a lifestyle” and called McCooley’s request for a contract extension “presumptuous, at best.”

Betti Anne McVey; who has joined with Hanadel and Palladino in their support of the superintendent and LGBTQ curriculum while serving as Pinelands Regional board president in 2020, and recently found herself involved in controversy over whether she could actually vote on contract matters involving McCooley given that she has two daughters employed full-time in the Little Egg Harbor School District, along with an ex-son-in-law (which resulted in Board Member August “Augie” Daleo [who helped put together the original shared-service agreement] excoriating Board Member Thomas Williams in a fall tirade for raising a possible conflict of interest); was initially the only nomination on Jan. 5 to serve as Pinelands Regional board president for 2021.

But when the Pinelands Regional board acted to affirm McVey’s nomination, it became deadlocked, with members McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo voting in the affirmative, and members Thomas Rosetti, Patricia Chambers, Williams (who initially stated he would “recuse” himself) and Poklikuha voting “no.”

“It (the nomination of McVey) would appear not to pass based on the board policy,” Donio contended. “The board can open it up for nominations again. If the board is in a deadlock, and it will not ultimately choose a president at this meeting, you lose the authority to pick a president. If you fail to do so, either because of a lack of quorum or failure of process, it is then referred to the county superintendent of schools.”

I n ge n e r a l , h e a d d e d , t h e c o u nt y superintendent will then accept “letters of interest” for that position.

The Pinelands Regional board decided to reopen the floor for nomination(s) of a board president. Rosetti, just before a second round occurred, contended “there is no information,” and expressed he felt like the board was voting “on just a name” and that “it almost feels like a popularity contest.”

Brown contended that, in his experience, nominations are handled without offering a time for president and vice president nominee(s) to hold a “discussion on platform,” but Chambers replied that in her nine years of serving on the board, opportunities were given to the nominee(s) to explain why “they were ready or willing to do the job.” Following the push-back, Brown, with approval from Donio,

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agreed to allow any nominee(s) a chance to speak “to discuss their ambitions.”

Chambers then nominated Williams for board president. Daleo nominated Hanadel for the president post. Hanadel nominated Daleo, contending that “she loved the board and its work,” but that her day job and family obligations would preclude her from taking on the responsibilities of board president, but that serving in the capacity of vice president would be a better fit for her with her schedule.

Williams, in providing a reason for his wanting to be board president, said not just Pinelands Regional, but other districts around the state are having a “very difficult time” due to COVID-19 and other circumstances “surrounding the state and nation” and that he believed Pinelands Regional “needed to be 110 percent transparent with our communities.”

Daleo, who had previously been critical of Williams’ 2020 attendance record when he previously excoriated him (Williams notably attended this reorganization meeting virtually, all while appearing to be hooked to oxygen), replied that he “believed 100 percent in transparency to the community, staff and board.”

“If I am lucky enough to be elected to the board, transparency is what you would get,” Daleo contended. “It is not just one board member; everyone needs to know what is going on, and if you are able to have the information beforehand, then you can make, what I believe, to be a better educated guess or vote. I have lived here since 1976, and my passion and heart are with this school.”

Daleo added that he thought “McVey did a very good job as board president,” but that if elected, the public “would definitely see, hopefully, this board come together” and “transparency is what you would get from me.”

The board, in first voting to affirm Williams as board president, again was deadlocked, with members McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo voting in opposition, and members Rosetti (who noted both candidates gave “compelling” speeches, which made for a tough choice), Poklikuha, Chambers, and Williams voting in the affirmative.

McVey, before the board voted on Daleo’s nomination, contended “it would have been nice” to have been given the same opportunity as Williams and Daleo to explain why she wanted to serve as board president again in 2021, resulting in a public apology from Brown.

The board voted in the reversal on Daleo’s nomination, with board members McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo voting in favor, and board members Rosetti, Poklikuha, Chambers, and Williams voting in opposition.

The Pinelands Regional board decided to reopen the floor for nomination(s) of a board president for a third time. Chambers again nominated Williams for board president, while Hanadel nominated McVey for the position.

“As I stated before, I would like to be given the opportunity, and want true and complete transparency,” Williams said. “I couldn’t

agree more with what Mr. Daleo said, we are nine people, nine board members and all nine need to have the information beforehand.”

McVey, attending the reorganization meeting in-person, contended she felt it was “very important” for someone serving in the board president post to attend the meetings “on a regular basis” and “make sure that you are here.” McVey added that she had not missed one meeting in 2020.

“There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes, and I have been president for the last year, and it was a tumultuous, tough year, but I have done the best that I could do,” she said, adding that if anyone had any questions about why she wants to serve as board president again, to please ask her.

But nobody did, and it was a rinse, repeat with the Pinelands Regional board, arriving at 4-4 votes on both Williams and McVey’s board president nominations, with members McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo supporting McVey, and not Williams.

Given that the Pinelands Regional board could not decide for a third time on a board president for 2021, “after a good faith effort,” the matter was referred to the county superintendent for a decision. Board members had asked if the county superintendent would provide for some “leniency” and “flexibility” given that Bartlett could not be seated for reasons beyond his control, but Donio said, “according to statute, this is your one chance.”

Cha mber s noted she felt t he boa rd needed add it ional g u id a nce f rom t he county superintendent, and asked that all administration correspondence to and from the county superintendent be shared with the entire board.

During the first round of nominations for Pinelands Regional board vice president, McVey nominated Hanadel, while Williams nominated Rosetti.

Hanadel, who served on the board for about six years, declared “we’ve had a really tough ride since I have been on this board,” with a lot of instances of abstention and split boards, “except for about 12 minutes after Melissa (McCooley) arrived.”

“I would like to see us not be a split board,” Hanadel contended. “I think some people are holding on to their old ways, and some people want to see what Melissa and her team can do. I don’t know why people would think that McVey wasn’t open, or that we were open. I wrote a lot of emails, as well, and will continue to do that. I think information has to go out to the board, and anyone who is interested. It is a non-starter, and you have to do that. You have to work with the team you have, and not try to pull people down.”

Hanadel added that she believed it was important to support people “who want to make things better” and not support the “status-quo.”

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Hanold was never afraid to express his opinion, something that was reiterated multiple times throughout the Jan. 13 borough council meeting. But local officials also made it known that during discussions, he was always willing to be respectful and listen to other opinions that might differ from his own. In particular, he often made known his concerns about the Medford Lakes community in the form of lengthy, spirited telephone conversations.

“I am going to miss those phone calls,” said Councilman Bill Fields. “They were long. Every time you saw the phone ring and his name was on it, you were like, ‘This is going to be a while.’

In the end, I learned a great deal from Bob. I will miss him and his leadership. He was 100 percent for this town and he was one of the hardest working councilmen.”

Borough Solicitor Doug Heinold noted that the mayor could be “a tough client sometimes because he had very strong opinions.”

“But I also appreciated that,” Heinold said.

“He would question me, and we would have long phone conversations. Anybody who got phone calls from Bob knows they were long phone conversations, and frankly I will miss that, because at the end of the day, he was doing what he was doing because he completely cared about the borough and wanted to do what

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Councilman Dr. Gary Miller described the thorough and meticulous manner in which Hanold went about his work, with Borough Manager Dr. Robert Burton, who previously served as a councilman, offering an example: “Bob taught me a lot about council and what it meant to be a good council person,” Burton said.

“I can tell you that after a few meetings I didn’t even bother reading the bill list. If that makes me a bad council person, so be it, but Bob would go over that thing with a fine-toothed comb, so I knew if I missed something, he would catch it.”

Hanold also was a Master Mason of Medford F&AM Lodge #178.

“He always put the community first and made you feel like a friend, even if he had only met you once before, because of his down to earth and outgoing personality,” said Lewis Kalb, a resident who had known Hanold since the 1980s or 1990s, in a telephone interview.

Kalb recalled bumping into Hanold at a lot of the community events throughout the years, such as the Memorial Day Parade, the Canoe Carnival, and annual Christmas Tree Lighting, and highlighted how Hanold had the chance to present two new bicycles to the kids who had won an annual drawing during a Memorial Day Parade.

“That always made Bob very happy because it was such a thrilling experience for that four-, five- or six- year-old,” Kalb said, recalling one such occasion that had him “smiling ear-to-ear.”

“He loved kids, and was such a people person.

You could see how happy he was.”

Hanold was also a boater, who in 2006 managed to complete the “Great Loop,” a 6,600mile voyage around the eastern portion of the

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not (for) me” and that there are “many people on this board more qualified to do that than I am.”

He declined to accept the nomination.

“I am not here for power,” Rosetti added.

“This is not about being on a power trip. This is about serving our district, our kids and their education – that is it.”

The Pinelands Regional board, in voting on Hanadel for vice president, again was deadlocked, with board members McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo voting in favor, and board members Rosetti, Poklikuha, Chambers, and Williams voting in opposition.

“I have to say I wasn’t expecting this,” Poklikuha said.

McVey, during a second round of nominations for Pinelands Regional board vice president, selected Daleo, while Williams nominated Poklikuha.

“This is what boards are about,” Daleo declared. “Obviously, there is a discord here, which is a little surprising. But, at the end of the day, we all are supposed to try and work together. … But I would like to work with every one of the board members and hopefully bridge the gap.”

Poklikuha noted that she was not expecting “all this drama” for the first Pinelands Regional board meeting of the year.

“I wasn’t prepared to accept this nomination, but do feel, in a vice president role, I can serve a supporting role in helping to bring this board together,” said Poklikuha, a nine-year member of the Pinelands Regional board. “… I do want to see Pinelands move forward, that is the only reason why I am on this board.”

Breaking the deadlock for board vice president was Rosetti, who joined with McVey, Hanadel, Palladino and Daleo to select the latter as vice president by a 5-3 vote. Rosetti later voiced his support for the superintendent.

“I am hoping we can move forward, united a little bit more,” Daleo said.

Palladino noted “it was a tough decision and that she appreciated both board members.”

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membership could work through everything “for the good of the district,” and hoped for a great New Year.

But McVey, in raising questions about the Pinelands Regional board’s compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), contended that “this board will never come together as long as there are board meetings that go on behind the scenes, outside of the regular meeting” and “there are discussions that go on outside of the (scheduled) meetings.”

“This board has been divided since I got here,” she added. “It has a long history of not supporting the superintendent. And I think that is a shame, and we will never come together as long as there are a handful of board members sitting on this board who do not put the needs of the school ahead of their own personal agendas.”

Donio, during a Jan. 12 Pinelands Regional board meeting, said that he had a telephone conversation on Jan. 6 with the county superintendent, who is now seeking legal counsel from the state Attorney General’s Office with how to proceed. He said that the county superintendent committed to informing the board, in writing, about what process he will employ, or have the board employ, to pick a president of the board, but that the district has received no update yet.

Brown was absent from the Jan. 12 Pinelands Regional board meeting, said to be under the weather. McVey, during the Jan. 12 Pinelands Regional board meeting, attending virtually due to being in “quarantine,” noted that she was “pulling her name from the hat” for board president for 2021, before blasting a former board member for apparent critical comments on social media made following the reorganization meeting. McCooley, in prepared remarks, noted that “we are in the midst of a crisis and need to come together to rebuild and do what is best for our students.”

“My request is that we continue to place the students at the forefront of all discussions and decisions,” McCooley added. “In return, I will continue to champion the vision of the board, collaborate with the administration, support the teachers and staff, open my door to parents, and pour my heart and sole into this position, as I have always done. Please join me in this crusade.”

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It was announced in 2020 that the township did get some insurance money to make some repairs to the building.

“I am obviously going to work with the solicitor on the senior building,” said Hand in an interview after her appointment as township clerk. “That seems to be something that needs to be looked at, and I got that on the forefront.”

She said another priority of hers is to “make improvements and technology upgrades to the town website,” including getting all of Washington Township’s resolutions passed by the governing body uploaded to the municipal website through eCode360 software, which the municipality currently uses so that the public can access its ordinances

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The 2012 retiree of the state police, who worked at the agency’s Red Lion Barracks in 1988, had also wanted to improve relations between the New Jersey State Police and the municipality.

“I am well-versed in communicating … ,” said Jimmy Bryan at the time, who had helped grow the private-detective unit of the state police, which enforces laws regulating the private detective industry, from a six-person

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Hand, who was hired by Ventnor City in 2016, is no stranger to Washington Township, as her family is from the Green Bank section.

Her grandmother, she said, part of the Koster family, married into the Weeks family.

She told this newspaper that her uncle (Rodney Koster) was a forest fire warden, back in the day, and worked for Batsto Village, a historic unincorporated community within Washington, now maintained by the NJDEP. “He was the stagecoach driver,” Hand said.

“So, I spent a lot of time up here.”

She also contended that she would visit with her uncle every Sunday, and spent a lot of time walking on a nearby beach to find glass (as there was an old glass mill in town). The late Rodney Koster, according to an obituary, had served as the postmaster at Green Bank, and at one time was chief ranger of the Wharton State Forest, in addition to having served on the Washington governing body.

Hand’s connection to the town, in part,

caused her to want to apply for the job, along with her having worked in the past with Deputy Township Clerk Karen Bacon (when she worked in Galloway) and Chief Financial Officer Kristin Manning (when she worked in Galloway and Eagleswood).

The new township clerk began her career in municipal government in September 2001, starting in Galloway Township. She began pursuing her municipal clerk career in the spring of 2013, and became a Registered Municipal Clerk (RMC) in April 2015.

Hand, according to a resolution affirming her Washington appointment, will be paid an annual salary of $17,000.

Hof f ma n, also a n R MC, ser ved a s Washington’s Certified Purchasing Agent when she was employed by the municipality.

T he t ow n sh ip h a s be e n w it hout one since her departure, according to Daniel James, who was selected as Washington’s mayor again for 2021.

“Our tax collector is actually a Certified

Purchasing Agent, so she said she would do this (fill the role) for us since we don’t have a purchasing person,” said James during the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting.

James, after he was sworn in, reappointed a total of five residents (including him and Committeeman C. Leigh Gadd Jr.) to the Washington Township Planning and Zoning Board. A Class II position will remain vacant for now.

At the start of the reorganization meeting, Paul Seybold was sworn in to a second term on the governing body. After he was seated, his colleagues choose him to serve as deputy mayor again for 2021.

Other municipal appointments decided by the governing body on Jan. 5 included Michael S. Garcia, of Ford, Scott & Associates, township auditor; Kevin Quinlan, Esq., for municipal prosecutor; Gerard Traynor, Esq., conflict municipal prosecutor and public defender; and George Gabaravage, animal control officer.

unit to a 24-person unit. “You have to have open lines of communication and I believe I can assist in that endeavor.”

According to the obituary for Jimmy Br yan, one of his favorite sayings, in relation to his career with the state police, which began in 1987, was, “‘I am not a man because I am a State Trooper, I am a State Trooper because I am a man, and I am so much more.’”

Prior to retiring from the state police in 2012, Jimmy Bryan had developed a certification program for the Security Officer Registration Act that would become the standard for all other such training programs, his obituary noted.

“I am so sad to learn of the passing of Jim Bryan,” said Southampton Committeeman Bill Raftery, Jimmy Bryan’s 2018 running mate.

“Jim led a life of service to others and was an example of all that is good. Southampton has lost one of its heroes!”

Jimmy Bryan, according to the obituary, had many passions beyond law enforcement. His passion for arm wrestling and weight training began in 1998 and spanned some 22 years.

One of the top pullers in the northeast, Jimmy Bryan won dozens of tournaments, including Northeast Arm Wrestling Challenge Titles, many Can-Am titles, AAA titles, and two World Arm Wrestling Federation World titles.

His biggest arm wrestling accomplishment was earned in 2005, when Jimmy Bryan won two world championships in Japan, “competing both left- and right-handed.”

“Voted AAA Arm Wrestler of the Year in 2006, his dedication surpassed competition; he was also a coach, a mentor, a referee, and a tournament director,” the obituary noted. “His drive to excel made him an expert in both arm wrestling and weightlifting.”

Just three weeks before his death, the obituary noted, Jimmy Bryan reached his personal goal in weightlifting, benching 500 pounds.

Brenda Bryan said in the television interview that her husband’s death was a “shocking defeat” for a man who was twice a world arm wrestling champion, and someone in great health, who could effortlessly bench 500 pounds, adding that it “does not just effect the elderly, but the it is happening to the fittest of fit.”

“Anytime you lose someone from this virus, it affects this whole community,” said Southampton Committeeman Ronald Heston, who also ran for the governing body in 2018.

“He was a community oriented individual, a retired state trooper on the governor’s protection team. He was active in many other things. It is a community loss.”

Jimmy Bryan’s biggest passion, identified in the obituary, was “spending time with his wife, Brenda, and daughters, Kalyn and Casee,” or “his ‘girls,’ whom he adored.” “‘Go big or go home,’” said the obituary of another one of Bryan’s favorite sayings. “‘I’m kinda a’ big deal.’”

George Ward descr ibed his work ing relationship with longtime Borough Mayor Harold Griffin as one where they “get along pretty good.”

Griffin has recently proposed shoppes on an “island” near Grist Mill Antiques, t h i s n e w s p a p e r p r e v iou sly r e p o r t e d , wh ich ha s solicited a m i xt u re of opinions, but the new councilman, when asked about the proposal, contended he “doesn’t really have any views on it” for right now.

“I have to talk to some of the people who elected me, before I go any where o n t h e i s s u e ,” s a i d G e o r g e Wa r d , also a member of t he local A mer ica n Legion post.

Sharing a difference of opinion on the

island issue with Griff in last year was Bon nie Haines, who was u nanimously reappointed du r ing the reorganization meeting as council president for 2021. This will be her third year serving as council president.

Griffin, during the meeting, noted that the longest ser ving council member is traditionally chosen to serve as council president, which was later confirmed by Borough Administrator and Clerk Donna Mull. Haines has been serving on council, Mull said, since 2014.

In addition to George Ward, Republican Councilman Terry Jerome was sworn in to a new three-year term on the borough governing body.

“This starts my third term,” he said.

Jerome will serve as department head to the borough’s Finance Department.

The council makeup for 2021 remains bipartisan, consisting of two Democrats and four Republicans. The mayor, a Republican, breaks any tie votes.

A lone ordinance introduced during the reorganization meeting would allow council to adopt fees for use of the borough’s indoor gymnasium and baseball field by resolution, instead of by ordinance, averting the need for advertising any hikesor decreases.

Annual appointments made during the meeting included David Serlin, township solicitor; Philip A. Norcross, bond counsel; Michael D. Cesaro, registered account;and William T. Wentzien, borough planner and engineer.

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The purpose of their questions on that last matter, they noted is “to better understand your institution’s implementation of the congressionally approved home confinement program, as well as former Attorney General (William) Barr’s orders (in the form of memoranda issued last spring) to prioritize home confinement to protect individuals behind bars and staff from the deadly Coronavirus.”

Pointing out that between April 16 and Nov. 9 of last year, the Fort Dix facility, categorized as a “low and minimum security prison,” reported having released just 97 people to home confinement under the CARES Act, constituting less than 3.5 percent of its total incarcerated population, the two senators questioned whether “discretionary factors to be considered when assessing an individual’s eligibility for home confinement” were being implemented as intended, both in the federal incarceration program and at Fort Dix FCI. The concerns they expressed along these lines included racial disparities among those who did get to go home, how many had been turned down (specifying the age, race and offenses of those who were), and what the procedures were for appealing such rejections.

“This pandemic is challenging for us all, including those who are incarcerated and their loved ones,” Booker and Menendez concluded. “We urge you to use your authority to transfer individuals who are at risk of suffering complications from the virus to home confinement.”

Another letter related to the explosion of the contagion at the prison came from 3rd District Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who called on BOP

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DeGroff, during the Jan. 5 Woodland committee meeting, said that he had been told

by Evan Crook, who was the Woodland solicitor from March to December 2020, that “none of the townships are doing (in-person) public meetings.” Crook was replaced during the Jan. 5 meeting with William Burns, who previously held the Woodland solicitor post until he left in February 2020 because of switching law firms.

After this newspaper pointed out that the governing bodies of Southampton and Evesham townships had just held hybrid meetings on Jan. 4 (Evesham Council’s meeting notably had 8th District Senator Dawn Marie Addiego and 7th District Assemblyman Troy Singleton attending in-person to swear in officials), Brown contended that the “majority of Burlington County towns are having Zoom (video conferencing) meetings,” but that she didn’t know what Evesham and Southampton

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Due to COVID-19, the family is not planning to hold a memorial service until late spring or early summer.

Borough officials also said they have plans to honor Hanold’s legacy in a special way but will not be releasing the details until a

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Director Michael Carvajal to take “immediate action to stop the spread of COVID-19 at Fort Dix FCI, which he referred to as “a clear and present danger to the federal employee staff, the inmates, and to our communities in New Jersey surrounding the Joint Base.”

The congressman, a member of both the Bureau of Prisons Reform Caucus and the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis, said he continued to hear from BOP leadership “that the situation is under control or improving, but it is clearly not.”

In his letter, Kim also advised Carvajal to order a lockdown of the prison, devote full attention to reducing inmate-to-inmate spread, continue the previous moratorium of inmate transfers in and out of the facility, increase testing availability for staff and inmates, and provide all resources available to staff in order to address the outbreak there.

Failure to do so, he added, “would further endanger the health and safety of thousands of people and would lead to the full loss of confidence” in Carvajal’s leadership.

“My constituents in Burlington and Ocean Counties cannot wait another day for the BOP to act,” Kim added. “The threat is real and the steps needed should be taken immediately.”

In a lengthy Jan. 11 response to queries from this newspaper, Nelson, the BOP spokesman, claimed that the bureau was taking many steps to mitigate the threat posed by the pandemic in its facilities, and that FCI Fort Dix was also “operating on enhanced modified operations,” including “consideration of staggered mealtimes and staggered recreation times, for example, in order to limit congregate gatherings.”

The BOP Spokesman also maintained that the U.S. Department of Justice has “confirmed that the BOP has discretion” under Barr’s memoranda “regarding which home confinement cases are appropriate for review in order to fight the spread of the pandemic” and the bureau “has been proceeding expeditiously consistent with that confirmation.”

“Inmates do not need to apply to be considered for home confinement,” Nelson stated. “Case management staff are urgently reviewing all inmates to determine which ones

meet the criteria established by the Attorney General. While all inmates are being reviewed for suitability, any inmate who believes he/ she is eligible may request to be referred to home confinement and provide a release plan to their case manager. The BOP may contact family members to gather needed information when making decisions concerning home confinement placement.”

But according to Tess Borden, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey, who has been helping to monitor conditions at the prison since last spring when a class-action request the ACLU made for such releases during an initial, much smaller outbreak was denied by a federal judge, Nelson’s statement is far from the current reality of the situation there. In a Jan. 10 interview with this newspaper, Borden cited “insufficient use of home confinement” and “rubber-stamp denial of compassionate release applications” as among her chief concerns.

Other worrisome issues over the past month, she contended, include continued inter-facility transfers, inadequate testing, lack of contact tracing and quarantining, and “recently a change in how someone is deemed ‘recovered’ so that people are being returned to their units without negative tests,” as well as “reports that they are not being given sufficient numbers of masks.” But more important, she said, is that early in the pandemic, the warden acknowledged that social distancing is not possible in this environment.”

The ACLU, she noted, is “also hearing reports of extreme sickness and inadequate medical care” at the prison and is aware that a number of cases have been sent to area hospitals, although the BOP has provided little in the way of information on them.

In essence, Borden charged, the bureau is “not testing, contact tracing and quarantining sufficiently to assure that people who do become sick do not spread it like wildfire, making Fort Dix FCI “by far the worst (federal prison) in the country, with COVID numbers that are extraordinary and unconscionable.”

“On the human level, this keeps me up at night,” Borden added. “Every time I talk to someone inside, or to their family members, I

hear desperation in their voices.”

Some of that desperation was reflected in telephone interviews this newspaper has conducted with family members or fiancées of inmates at the facility.

did.

The township clerk contended that “for now” she had put in the resolution that the Woodland committee meetings for 2021 would be held telephonically so that she would not have to re-advertise the information for each meeting in the newspaper, and that by doing it that way, it would save the municipality money with advertising fees.

“Then, I assumed, once we went back – God willing we go back some time this year – to holding meetings publicly (in-person), then I would be able to do a one-time advertisement to say that we are back in public session,” Brown said.

Burns, recognizing Sheerin’s point, but noting that he doesn’t like to put “hypotheticals” in resolutions, ultimately recommended that Brown add language to the resolution stating, “The Woodland Township Committee reserves the right to change the Woodland Township Committee meetings from telephonic to inperson meetings, and notice of same would be advertised in accordance with all applicable state laws and regulations.”

“Mayor and madam clerk, I think what that does is it then eliminates the need for

an additional resolution, but in maintains the requirement to advertise the change in how the meetings are held,” Burns added.

The Woodland committee agreed to add the sentence to the meeting resolution that Burns recommended be added to it, and approved it by a 3-0 vote.

Herndon noted that “prudence predicates that we keep it (the meetings) phone-in” (during the course of the pandemic) as it has “been working” and is “safer.” DeGroff said he agreed with that position.

As for the possibility of hybrid meetings, Com mitteeman Der rick Daniels stated that once the municipal building opens back up, “we would just go back into the building and not worry about the call-in part of it.”

“It would be one or the other,” Daniels contended.

DeGroff said he agreed with Daniels, “that once we go back to in-person meetings, there would be no more telephonic meetings.”

Several gover ning bodies throughout the state, including some in the area, are considering holding hybrid meetings on a permanent basis since they provide an

opportunity for vulnerable populations, or those with illnesses, restrictions and difficult schedules, to participate remotely.

This newspaper asked the gover ning body why it did not want to allow for hybrid meetings, and whether it was a matter of access to technology.

“Speaking, personally, having a hybrid meeting in a small town like this, there is no need,” Herndon contended. “You could go one way or the other. I am afraid it might be a little chaotic, unless we work that out ahead of time. I guess we could, but once everything is safe and clear again, I don’t think there is any reason to have phone-in meetings. People can attend as they have always had. There has never been a need expressed for phone-in meetings before.”

DeGroff agreed, reiterating that once inperson meetings resume in the township, there will be no hybrid offering.

“Nobody has ever expressed a desire to have that phone-in component,” Herndon said.

Annual appointments made during the meeting included Kevin Frenia, township auditor; and Thomas Leisse, township engineer.

later date.

In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, Nanrae (nee Dodds); a daughter, Lisa R. Maginnis of Shamong Township, a n d a s i s t e r, C a t h e r i n e Au g u s t , of Walpole, N.H. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Bradley & Stow Funeral Home, of Medford. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Medford Lakes Lions Building Fund, P.O. Box 2105, Medford Lakes, NJ 08055.

The sister of one inmate, for example, who was serving a 12-year sentence, for a nonviolent crime, said that as a result of the outbreak, her brother no longer has recreational periods nor is he able to leave his dormitory to go get food, and that he and the other inmates have “very limited access to the commissary” and are thus are unable to buy personal hygiene items, which has caused conflict among the prisoners and “run-ins with some of his cellmates.”

He also told her that “the guards can be in one unit one day and another unit another day,” which she described as a “very haphazard system, the goal of which seems to be to get everybody to test positive so they don’t have to worry about keeping people separate.”

While the inmate’s sister, who is a social worker, indicated she believes her brother still needs to take responsibility for what he did, she is also concerned for his safety in the prison and thinks home confinement, which is “not fun” and “very restrictive” would be far preferable.

“I don’t think he would be a risk at all,” she said, adding that “there are plenty of people there who could be let out early and could finish their sentences at home.”

According to the mother of another prisoner, whose son had pled guilty to “a nonviolent, computer-related offense,” he has been lodged in a unit during the Coronavirus lockdown with 40 other men and only one working shower, as well as inadequate fire prevention, which “he said hadn’t been used in years.”

“I understand they are being punished for a reason,” she said. “But they don’t have to be treated like animals—or worse than animals.”

One member of the Facebook group, asking in it at the end of December “whether anyone had been luck y to have thei r compassionate release approved,” contended that “COVID is taking over Fort Dix and they aren’t giving the correct medical care to these inmates.”

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