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‘Boil Water Advisory’ Caused

by E. Coli Found at Single Site Results in Closings, Confusion, Consternation in Browns Mills

‘MONUMENTAL STEPS’

DEP Rules Obliged Pemberton Township to Issue Warning, But Official Believes Process Could Have Been Handled Better

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—While it wasn’t exactly a “false alarm,” it may well have been a case of bureaucratic overkill in the way the rules are written, the overly compliant manner in which they were initially implemented, or perhaps both.

But it definitely was not the sort of situation that called for the temporary shutdowns of several fast-food franchises in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, the curtailing of services offered by other establishments and, even worse, the closing of a dental office for an entire day.

That, however, along with a general level of uncertainty and anger reflected on social media, is precisely what occurred after the township’s Department of Public Works, responding to what turned out to be a contamination problem at a solitary residential property, issued a “Drinking Water Warning” on its Facebook page the evening of June 24 (a Friday), which noted that “E. coli is present in Pemberton Township’s Main Water System” and advised Browns Mills residents, “DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST.” That original notification, which even made the news broadcast of Philadelphia’s ABC affiliate, went on to list the possible health consequences of drinking water contam inated w ith E. col i bacter ia, particularly for individuals with weakened

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For the First Time Since 1994, When the Blighted, Largely Vacant Browns Mills Shopping Center Was Declared by Council ‘an Area in Need of Redevelopment,’ a Redeveloper Has Been Chosen, Proposing to Build Convenience and Grocery Stores, in Addition to New Retail Space, on the Site

By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—At long last, as one Pemberton Township resident put it, a “breath of fresh air” has been formally offered for the long-blighted and largely vacant Browns Mills Shopping Center at 100 Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, located right in the center of the Browns Mi l ls se ction of the mu n icipal ity, with Mayor David Patriarca pointing

to “monu ment al st ep s” that were taken dur ing Pemberton Township Council’s latest meeting on June 15 – the presentation of a preliminary concept plan for redeveloping the site into a new shopping complex and the subsequent decision by the governing body to appoint the firm behind the plan, New Horizon Properties, of Englishtown, as the site’s “conditional redeveloper.”

As Patr iarca noted, the June 15

governing body decision marked the first time since 1994, when the 42,000-squarefoot shopping center was declared “an area in need of redevelopment” by the then-township council, that a redeveloper has actually been appointed for the site – one that’s become a landmark in the downtown business district and has been the subject of both much speculation See REDEVELOPMENT/ Page 4

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PEMBERTON—Pemberton Township High School Class of 2022 graduates Madison Lacey, Michael Neuls, Amber Deck and Talia Thurman were awarded scholarships at the Joint Scholarship Awards Luncheon hosted by the Presidential Lakes Civic Association and the Leonard Sexton VFW Post 6590, the latter located in the Cookstown section of New Hanover Township, on June 25.

The luncheon began w ith a social gathering and a fully-catered lunch at VFW Post 6590. The Pemberton Township High School Culinary Arts program and the Pemberton Township-

based Riccardo’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant were among the groups responsible for providing food and item donations.

Following the served lunch, scholarship chairman Robert Barney (who also heads the civic association) delivered the ceremony’s opening remarks before introducing New Jersey 8th Legislative District Senator Jean Stanfield.

“It’s such an honor to be here,” Stanfield said. “I love it when young people do well.

All the time in the news we always hear about young people making bad decisions.

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and consternation over the years while redevelopment has been awaited.

“We have been waiting for this project for literally decades in the community,” the mayor asserted. “The town declared this an ‘area in need of redevelopment’ back in 1994, seeing that it was that much of a problem.

And even long before that it was. So, we have been working through the process.”

Representatives with New Horizon are preliminarily proposing to redevelop the existing shopping center, largely boarded up with only two remaining tenants – a Dairy Queen and laundromat, with three separate, new buildings, including one that would serve as a convenience store and have an associated gasoline pump island, another that could accommodate at least seven retail stores, with the remaining proposed building anticipated to accommodate a grocery store.

While this is only the “first step” in a multi-step process, as Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer put it (noting that a “redeveloper’s agreement” still has to be formalized, and that the conditional redeveloper also must proceed through a Planning Board approval process, including submitting a site plan application for the proposal), Stuart Challoner, a licensed engineer and planner, who helped to present the conceptual design to council on June 15 and has worked closely with New Horizon for the past quarter century, pointed out “this conceptual plan” for the convenience store “does have a Wawa at the intersection” of Pemberton-Browns Mills and Juliustown roads, as well as is based on a “standard Wawa store footprint,” and that the grocery store layout included in the plan “is like an Aldi store” and is based on its traditional

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That latter revelation pertaining to the discount supermarket chain – though still preliminary – elated resident Michelle Forman, sometimes a critic of the allDemocratic council and administration, who just last month had expressed her dissatisfaction over another revealed redevelopment plan that calls for housing and apartment units on the former Rowan College at Burlington County (formerly Burlington County College) tract on Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, expressing (along with other residents) at the time that there was both a need and desire for the municipality to instead prioritize the building of a second grocery store in town.

The residents expressed a need to have a second option for purchasing their staples, with an Acme supermarket in Browns Mills currently being the only grocery store in Pemberton. At the time, concern had been expressed about the prices being charged at the local Acme due to both a lack of local competition and inflation.

“I have been begging for an Aldi for years,” asserted Forman following the presentation, noting she had just paid $8 for oatmeal at the local Acme, maintaining such a price was too much money for residents. “This is a lot different than the last meeting we went to. Great job – way to go everybody! I am sure everybody is going to be very happy about this! I don’t have any complaints whatsoever!”

Felix Bruselovsky, the principal officer of New Horizon, in indicating that a Wawa is not an absolute certainty at the moment, pointed to another possible tenant for the proposed convenience store space, a QuickChek, noting that the chain “also gave us a letter,” with Pemberton Township Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel later pointing out to this newspaper that there are currently “no pending deals”

with Wawa.

According to Challoner, a 5,000 squarefoot convenience store is proposed for the Browns Mills Shopping Center parcel, and it will have “a pump island that is perpendicular to Pemberton-Browns Mills Road.” In the back of any convenience store, he said, “that is where the truck access will be.”

A “drive aisle” in the new complex will allow for access to a proposed one-story, 12,450 square-foot retail building currently slated for the center of the Browns Mills Shopping Center parcel.

That proposed retail building, he said, would be “able to be subdivided,” and while currently designed to accommodate up to seven retail units, “walls can be removed” to allow any prospective tenants to “expand” their operations, though that would mean less storefronts.

Councilman Donovan Gardner, however, asked if adding a “second floor” to the proposed retail building, should there be a lot of interest from prospective tenants, was a possibility, to which Bruselovsky replied that “it’s up to the town.”

“If the town gives me approval, I will put up a second floor,” Bruselovsky declared. “It all boils down to dollars and cents, so the more tenants, the better.”

Patriarca noted that any redeveloper’s agreement would specify “what businesses are allowed to go in there” and that it would also “ensure the local tenants” currently in the center are “taken care of if they wish to stay.” The conditional redeveloper, according to the mayor, has thus far been “more than amenable in accommodating the current tenants.”

“I can assure you that since day one, the current tenants – and there were many more at the time (that the push for redevelopment first began), have always been at the forefront of any conversation with any developer,”

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Patriarca declared.

The needs of the current tenants, the mayor vowed, “will be taken care of,” pointing out that John Harp, owner of the local Dairy Queen, was in the audience for the presentation, and that he had met with him prior to it.

According to Patriarca, Harp will be “looking at” the proposal with Dairy Queen to “see how it will work.”

“We want them on the spot,” the mayor emphasized. “If they want to be there, then we welcome them to be there. The developer expressed an interest to have them. And they won’t be priced out of the market.”

Patriarca contended that the tenants of the proposed complex would be subject to only the “going rates of the area” and that New Horizon is “not going to come in with downtown New York City rates.”

Challoner, when asked by Councilwoman Elisabeth McCartney about the plan for the tenants who currently comprise the Browns Mills Shopping Center, replied that while he is “not the owner” of the site, he would anticipate both the Dairy Queen and laundromat can occupy the 12,500 squarefoot building, declaring that having them occupy that space “would be prime for us.”

The third building proposed for the “far western side” of the Browns Mills Shopping Center parcel, according to Challoner, “has been designed like a small grocery store layout – like an Aldi store.”

The current proposal calls for any grocery store to comprise a proposed one-story, 18,000 square-foot building.

“That was our target,” the project engineer declared. “So again, we took an Aldi footprint we used in another project and placed that here.”

In the front of the proposed grocery store building, Challoner noted, is a “shopping cart canopy,” while the building itself will See REDEVELOPMENT/ Page 5

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screen a loading dock, as well as a “loading aisle.”

“Truck access will be screened from the highway,” the project engineer maintained.

“So, you won’t see any trucks loading or unloading, it will all be screened behind the building.”

Current “unrestricted access” to the Browns Mills Shopping Center would be “eliminated” under the proposal, Challoner pointed out, replaced with “three new entrance drives from the main access road,” or what was identified as Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, with one additional entrance to the planned complex proposed “off of Juliustown Road.”

Each building of the proposed complex would have a “dedicated drive,” Challoner noted, maintaining the access plan provides for “ease of access throughout the property.”

The plan also calls for “plenty of landscaping” on the property, and for streetscaping where the parcel abuts the roads, with Patriarca noting that since the township had just received some $400,000 in grant money to perform streetscaping in the area, the plan is to “marry that grant into the design of the project.”

“Their engineer will work with our engineers to combine what resources we have on this grant,” Patriarca said.

Challoner, in pointing out that much of the existing Brown Mills Shopping Center, “is pretty much all pavement and building today,” noted that by undertaking the project, “we don’t anticipate much of a stormwater issue,” but rather “we think we are actually going to decrease the amount of impervious coverage.”

In response to Cou nci l man Jason Allen inquiring about proposed parking, Challoner said the current design calls for either “four spaces to a thousand or five and a half spaces to a thousand,” or what he maintained is in line with current township zoning requirements.

Patriarca explained that while he has met with “several developers” over the past 16 years of his mayorship pertaining to the Browns Mills Shopping Center, including meeting with one in the last year “extensively,” this proposal by New Horizon came about after he was “approached more recently by a new resident of our community who is involved with developers,” identifying that resident as Johnny Archer, one that Allen welcomed to Pemberton, expressing a “thank-you for thinking highly enough of Pemberton to bring this project here.”

A n d s i n c e t h at t i m e , t h e m ayor maintained, “we have been working on this project for the last couple of months.”

“They have been approaching us with different options on this, and basically, building the project to what they understood we were looking for,” Patriarca said. “And they came to us with a complete package and offer on the property that I don’t want to say was too good to be true, but it was a very fair and reasonable offer on the property with a much more aggressive schedule to complete this project.”

While the mayor did not disclose the details of that offer, this newspaper reported a few weeks ago that a court had recently ordered Pemberton Township to pay the former owners of the Browns Mills Shopping

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Bayer, following the court decision that the value of the property should be based on what it was when the development declaration was issued in 1994, maintained that the money the town has to pay would most likely be recouped through redevelopment.

Patriarca, in explaining that New Horizon understood the township’s requirements, noted that “everyone knows my hang up on this property has been the gas station,” explaining that he has been long opposed to there “being a gas station at the main intersection of our town center,” or at least one that would be “in front of” any proposed storefront, maintaining he didn’t know of any others at the main intersections of town centers.

New Horizon has proposed a concept “agreeing to put it (gas pumps) on the side of the building,” or to the side of the proposed convenience store. The mayor described it was hard to get previous developers “to budge” on that.

Hornickel noted that Bruselovsky, 59, who has been in the petroleum business since he was 14 years old, is also an “expert in rehabilitating properties,” including restoring former gas station parcels with known environmental contamination.

One of those “rehabilitated” gas station properties, according to Hornickel, is where Woodlane and Jacksonville roads come together, or where Mount Holly and Westampton townships meet, contending that New Horizon did an “absolutely fabulous job” with a new 7-11 convenience store and gas station put there, “really maximizing the site really well” to the point that “residents in that neck of the woods are really happy with the end product.”

Hornickel pointed out “we have had some continuing environmental challenges” at the Browns Mills Shopping Center site, declaring, “the talents his company brings are the kind that we need to rehabilitate that property (though Patriarca noted there is an existing agreement with the former owner of the parcel “to do a cleanup on the property,” contending it made clear “it’s their responsibility” and not the township’s or that of New Horizon.)

O t h e r “at t r a c t i ng p oi nt s” for recommending New Horizon, the mayor said, include that they “hold onto their properties” and don’t “sell off their businesses,” a sign that they “have more interest in seeing the success of their businesses.”

“So, we are really excited to have somebody not only with the real capabilities of doing it (redeveloping the shopping center), but the interest in doing it,” Patriarca declared. “I have had the interest at the table numerous times, and soon as it came time to signing agreements and putting money where their mouth is – as Felix (Bruselovsky) and I just discussed the other day – they all disappeared. That never happened here.

He came here to play ball and I think we should play ball with him.”

Patriarca added that while “these guys seem to be chomping at the bit,” it is “when I finally see the ground get broken that I will feel much better,” but until that time, “we are hoping to continue to work diligently to get this done.”

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(Continued from Page 1) immune systems, and to advise people living in the area to boil their tap water for at least a minute and let it cool before drinking it or using it in food preparation, or for brushing their teeth or washing dishes, or else to use bottled water for those purposes “until further notice.”

The posting also noted that the township was i n the proc e ss of conducti ng a “comprehensive assessment” of its water system “to identify and correct any causes of the contamination,” and that residents would be informed when the problem had been resolved, which it anticipated would be the case by the following Tuesday. It further invited them to contact Public Works Supervisor Andrew Vanderham for more information.

The day after that initial Boil Water Advisory (BWA), in an update posted on Facebook, the DPW went into considerably greater detail, which began by clarifying that while the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) had required that the warning go out to the entire township, which is served by four different water systems, it was only intended for Browns Mills residents (as was also noted at the top of the original posting). It then went on to chronicle the evolution of the alert, beginning on June 21 when the township had completed “eight routine total coliform (TC) tests,” which were submitted to a lab for analysis, with four of them coming back positive.

That finding, as the update explained, caused 16 new tests to be performed at the original locations, as well as upstream and downstream of the TC positive locations and at each well in use at the time, within

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While 15 of the samples passed the requisite laboratory tests, an “upstream isolated residential sample” that failed to do so also tested positive for E. coli, triggering the subsequent BWA to be issued for all customers of the Pemberton Township Water Department within 24 hours via Nixle Alerts, Facebook and the official township website. It also necessitated the raising of chlorine levels and the flushing of hydrants in Browns Mills, and the undertaking of an immediate comprehensive review of the entire Browns Mills system to identify and address the source of the contamination.

Three days later, a third notice on the township’s Facebook page announced, “Boil Water Advisory Lifted!!!” It proceeded to explain that there never had been any real cause for concern, but rather there was a “genuine rarity” in a test result that was apparently isolated to a single residential location, and that tests conducted of samples at 22 locations on Sunday had all come back negative.

“The existence of the E. coli could have occurred for any number of unlikely reasons, such as a damaged water pipe leaking contaminants or even getting dirt on one’s hands from gardening and some of the dirt getting rubbed onto a spigot,” the posting noted.

The posting also said that the township would work with the property owner to “identify the source of the contaminant and improve their water quality hygiene.”

But, as Township Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel explained in a phone interview with the Pine Barrens Tribune, while the township might characterize the E. coli finding “as an anomaly” and “there was no problem with the water source from the underground reservoir,” the NJDEP standard dictates that “if you have a bad test anywhere in the system,” it has an impact “everywhere in the system.”

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“I’ve been here three years, and I don’t know of any fecal coliform failures (in the water system),” he added. “It’s highly uncommon.”

Verification of the unusual nature of the results came from NJDEP Press Officer Larry Hajna, who noted in an email that “total coliform detections during routine water quality sampling (under the Revised Total Coliform Rule) are somewhat common and aren’t necessarily noteworthy.”

However, he said, “repeat samples which contain E. coli, which therefore incur MCL violations and Tier 1 Public Notice, are less common (which was the scenario observed in Pemberton).”

“Among 570 community water systems, there are usually one to three E. Coli MCL violations issued each year,” Hanja stated.

Once the initial notice was issued, however, what followed was characterized by con fusion, conster nation, and condemnation, despite the township’s subsequent attempts to reassure residents and businesses in Browns Mills that the advisory was merely a precaution mandated by state regulations and that no real health threat was evident.

While part of the problem, Hornickel contended, was due to the unfortunate timing of the warning, coming as it did on a Friday night with township offices being closed for the weekend, its very tangible repercussions continued well past that point, with some eateries either remaining shut down or suspending or altering certain aspects of their services.

Perhaps the most serious effect was at the Browns Mills Dental Center at 77 Juliustown Road, which was shut down all day Monday, with patients asked to reschedule their appointments, and also had its water tested before re-opening as a safety measure, according to an employee who answered the phone.

Among the other establishments that closed their doors until the advisory was lifted, this newspaper learned from a phone survey it took of local businesses, were Rita’s Italian Ice and Frozen Custard and Dunkin’ (formerly Dunkin’ Donuts), with reports that both McDonald’s and Burger King had also shut down (although neither could be reached by phone to confirm that).

O t he r c om me rc ia l e nt it ie s , wh i le remaining open, reportedly had to alter aspects of their business that depend on municipal water.

Brothers Diner, for example, brought in bottled water as well as soft drinks, not wanting to use its soda fountains, according to a manager. Riccardo’s Pizza and Italian restaurant likewise purchased bottled water in gallon jugs, and refrained from using its ice machines and fountain, an employee reported.

Also affected were convenience stores, with 7-Eleven Manager Ushil Patel reporting that his store had stopped serving both hot and iced coffee, soda and Slurpees from Saturday morning until Tuesday afternoon when he saw on Facebook that the advisory had been lifted.

“It definitely cost us money,” Patel said.

The Browns Mills Wawa was also reported by business owners in the vicinity to have had tanker trucks delivering water to the site, although when the store was called to verify that, an assistant manager said such information could only be provided by Wawa corporate headquarters, which failed to respond to a request for confirmation.

“I’m sure it affected everybody,” said Kristin Jannson, the manager of another food establishment, K&B Bagels, which posted a notice on Facebook informing customers that it was open after getting numerous inquiries from patrons. “We just had to go about our normal routines See E-COLI/ Page 8

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She pointed to having employees use an outside tap, that provides both hot and cold well water, to wash up, since “none of us wanted to wash our hands with water that has E. coli.”

And that’s not to mention the buying up of most of the bottled water sold by the local Acme before a new supply was delivered, according to a store employee.

Even the renowned Deborah Heart and Lung Center, which is located in Browns Mills, had to accommodate itself to the advisory, reported hospital spokesperson Donna McArdle, who emphasized, however, that “we always have an emergency plan in place,” which was activated for both patients and staff in this particular situation, so “basically we were prepared.”

“We were ready,” she declared.

W h i le the situ ation “was sl ig htly inconvenient,” McArdle added, “we had no interruption in patient services, and we’re happy to go back to our regular water supply.”

In Hornickel’s opinion, a lot of the precautions, and especially the closings, c o u l d h av e b e e n av e r t e d h a d t h e establishments affected—particularly the dental office—simply contacted the Public Works Department on Monday morning to inquire about the status of the advisory, “because we would have told them it was unnecessary,” despite the fact that the township couldn’t officially announce the lifting of the advisory until getting an allclear from the NJDEP on June 28 (Tuesday).

“We would have told businesses that it was an isolated positive test at one location and everything else was negative, including our wells,” he said. “It would have been factual.

They should have at least called us before making that decision (to close). We’re here at 7 a.m., and often as early 6:30.”

But busi ne ss closi ngs and s er v ic e curtailments weren’t the only fallout from the advisory. A number of residents were also upset by both the timing and what they considered the inadequacy of the township’s notification to them of what they considered a potentially serious health threat, as indicated by their comments on social media.

“I think that the boiling water notice should have been reported immediately even if the results were inconclusive,” went one such Facebook comment from Ellen Curry in responding to the initial warning. “It would have been far safer for my baby and unborn child had we not been drinking E. coli for days until y’all decided to consider it real.

I sure hope my family or other families in this community don’t get severely ill or worse because you decided to take your time.”

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And residents informed as well. And then again when confirmed. Somebody dropped the ball on this one.”

Some Facebook comments seemed to reflect genuine concern that E. coli posed an immediate danger to the health of people in the community.

“Not everyone uses FB or Nixle. 3 days later? Confirmed or not, advisory should have went out immediately!!!,” asserted Donna Senski in response to the clarification posting.

“At this point I’m sure we have consumed it,” responded Melissa Maria Merle. “But something tells me it was in our water a lot longer than that they just happened to test it that day.”

Another resident, Michael Robinson, said he found it “unacceptable.”

“This township has failed its people again,” he chastised local officials. “You dropped the ball on notifying the people and put us all at risk. It’s absolutely shameful.”

Hornickel, however, attempted to frame the township’s version of what transpired— and a retrospective reflection on how it might have handled the situation a bit differently— in a message emailed to this reporter on the night of June 29.

“The NJ DEP told us to publish the BWA on Friday evening and supplied the language of the original notice, which appears to be more of an alert than an advisory,” he maintained. “Because we did not agree with how it was worded, we issued a revised advisory on Saturday early afternoon to more fully explain the circumstances and allay any concerns that there were any problems with our water supply.

“O n S at u rd ay, we i n c r e a s e d ou r chlorination and flushed our lines as is the protocol, then retested—20 samples including several locations in the vicinity of the positive result and our wells. Those samples came back to us entirely negative just after noon on Monday and as we were expecting them to.

“In doing a post audit of our actions this past weekend, there were two things we could have done better. First, we could have provided the explanatory statement at the time we issued the original BWA – because the DEP was calling the shots, we didn’t feel we had an adequate opportunity to do that Friday evening. Now we know that we could have. Second, we could have asked the school district to issue an alert on the township’s behalf, as the PTSD’s communication is large and township-wide.

He added that “certainly, we don’t anticipate this type of event to transpire in the future,” but that “nevertheless, we will update our response plan to incorporate the lessons learned.”

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wonderful, young people. I have to thank the Presidential Lakes Civic Association for recognizing all the good that you are doing.

You are amazing. You have so much to give the world.”

Both Jeffrey Havers, superintendent of the Pemberton Township School District, and Pemberton Township High School Principal Eder Joseph congratulated the students and thanked the participating donors responsible for coordinating the annual scholarship event.

Havers also reminded the students to appreciate the donors’ generosity and to give back in their respective futures.

“This is a very special occasion,” Havers said to the students. “It’s always very humbling when I think about the fact that these people made such an impact on others. These are people who gave back to the community.

These are people who brighten other people’s lives. We need to honor them and keep that sense of giving going. Just please, when you are finished (college) or along the way, make sure to give back as well.”

Scholarship distribution began under the direction of Barney. The Presidential Lakes Civic Association awarded Lacey a

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The organization also provided the $1,000 Stephanie Marie Trotter Memorial Scholarship to Neuls. Sue Harris, Linda Vadon and Joe Vadon, Jr. presented the scholarship.

Deck was the recipient of two scholarships.

The 2022 Pemberton Township High School graduate received the Presidential Lakes Civic Association William Roger Fatum Culinary Scholarship in the amount of $700 along with the Vito Russo/Riccardo’s Italian Bistro Culinary Scholarship in the amount of $500.

On behalf of the Leonard Sexton VFW Post 6590, Thurman received the Leonard Sexton Memorial VFW 6590 Alexander “Butch” Lupinetti Culinary Scholarship along with the Presidential Lakes Civic Association William Roger Fatum Culinary Scholarship in the amount of $500 with funds provided by John Power/Powers Pharmacy.

Post Commander Dave Wood, Post Auxiliary President Marie Cozine and Mike O’Donnell presented the award as representatives of the Lupinetti family.

The ceremony concluded with Stanfield issuing proclamations – Joint Legislative Resolutions in partnership with 8th District Assemblymen Brandon Umba and Michael

Torrissi, Jr., honoring residents of the Presidential Lakes community in Pemberton Township for their community service.

The first resolution was presented to Betty Joe Willitts for working relentlessly with the Pemberton Quilters Club to make and distribute over 6,000 hand-sewn face masks to medical staff, seniors with high risks, food service personnel, janitorial staff, and residents and staff of the New Lisbon Developmental Center.

The second resolution was presented to Pemberton Quilters Club members Bonni Hurley, Antoinette Bytheway, and Nancy Dunnigan for their supportive efforts to assist Willitts.

The third resolution was presented to Linda Vadon who washed, sanitized, bagged and delivered the masks to individuals and businesses. Vadon also delivered free lunches for students from the school lunch program during the pandemic to those unable to travel and pick them up. She also went shopping for high-risk individuals during the pandemic.

The fourth resolution was presented to Presidential Lakes Civic Association members Craig Willitts and Dorothy Schmelia, who also supported the making of masks and their distribution.

The fifth resolution was presented to Monica (America) Phillips who has beautified and maintained the entrance to

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Presidential Lakes for forty years. She is known in the community for working to keep the neighborhood’s entrance clean by pulling weeds and planting flowers purchased from her own funds with occasional donations of flowers from other residents. She is also involved with community clean-up events, the local Easter Egg Hunt and Picture with Santa events, and the municipality’s fishing derby.

The sixth resolution was presented to Barney for his efforts as Mount Holly Joint Veterans Memorial Committee chairman for many years. His contributions have included planning the Memorial Day services, September 11 Remembrance Memorials, and Veterans Day Services for Mount Holly Township.

Barney is a member of Mount Holly American Legion Post 11 and has worked closely with VFW Post 2692, and the Disabled American Veterans of Burlington County. He was also the Chairman of the Annual Captain Emilio Carranza Memorial Committee for over 20 years.

“We’re seeing here the power of the (Presidential Lakes) community,” Stanfield said. “This small group of very committed individuals have made a distinct difference in their community. You’ve really impressed all of us with the dedication you have (and) the scholarships you just gave out. We can’t thank you enough. You’re changing the community, you’re changing lives.”

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Members of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service light a backfire along a dirt road in Brendan Byrne State Forest to contain the wildfire that erupted there (left), while others patrol the area in firefighting vehicles and map strategy aimed at bringing the blaze under control, which they ultimately succeeded in doing.

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A week earlier, the Mullica River Fire, believed to be the state’s largest wildfire in 15 years, scorched approximately 13,500 acres of woodlands in parts of Shamong and Washington townships in Burlington County as well as in Mullica Township and Hammonton on the opposite side of the river in Atlantic County before being 95 percent contained. It was believed to have been caused by an illegal campfire, the remains of which were found in the affected area north of the river.

The latter fire will not be considered “under control” until it is deemed 100 percent

contained, according to Caryn Shinske, public information officer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).

An “operations update” issued June 28

by Wharton State Forest officials noted that “while no historic buildings were damaged, several areas of the park remain closed while staff assesses potential hazards” and “hot spots continue to burn in the interior of the fire perimeter.”

Among the affected facilities are hiking and mountain bike trails from Atsion to Batsto, which are estimated to reopen July 9, after they have been cleared of any hazards, the Mullica River Campground, which will remain closed through July 15, and the Mullica River itself, from Lock’s Bridge to Constable Bridge, which will remain closed until further notice

due to fallen trees having made it inaccessible.

However, the first three miles of the Mullica River from Route 206 to Lock’s Bridge were scheduled to reopen July 1, as was the Batsto River from Quaker Bridge to Batsto.

In their update, the officials also thanked Pinelands Adventures, the Outdoor Club of South Jersey and the Jersey Off Road Bicycling Association for volunteering their time to assist in the cleanup of trails and rivers.

In the meantime, State Senator Jean Stanfield and Assemblymen Michael Torrissi and Brandon Umba of the 8th Legislative District have announced their support for two bills requiring state authorities to better compensate municipalities for forestry stewardship activities and emergency wildfire response conducted on public lands.

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The proposed bills would require the NJDEP to reimburse local municipalities for the costs incurred by responding to wildfires and other emergencies within state parks or forests and to increase the maximum award for grants issued from the Forest Stewardship Incentive Fund, which helps owners of forested land pay for the cost of implementing a stewardship plan, from $1,500 to $2,500.

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By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

SOUTHAMPTON—Regime change has come to LeisureTowne, rural Southampton Township’s 55-plus community of some 2,255 homes, with the outcome of a highly contentious upset election that seemed to mirror trends in state and national politics.

In what was considered an exceptionally high number of ballots cast by more than 1,900 residents out of a current population of 3,192 (at last count), three of the five incumbent members of the Board of Trustees (BOT) who were running for re-election had been replaced with a trio of opposition candidates when all the votes were received and counted, according to a reliable source within the community.

Most notably, Lawrence O’Rourke, an engineer and serial entrepreneur who claimed to have operated six profitable companies, not only lost his seat on the board but his position as its president, coming in next to last in a field of 11 contenders, and having to turn over the private community’s top job to a handyman— or, to be precise, Ken “the Handyman” Sullivan, a familiar figure to many residents for whom he has performed a variety of building and repair jobs.

Sullivan’s total tally of 720 ballots also made him top vote-getter in the race, which allowed each homeowner to vote for up to six candidates. Other successful contenders for BOT positions were his running mates Karen French (the new treasurer) with 707 votes and Debbie Massey (who has been named vice president) with 699 votes, and an independent candidate who had become affiliated with them, Lucille Perna (the new board secretary), with 643 ballots cast for her, replacing Kathleen Agolio, an appointee who got 576 votes, and Roger DeCillia, now the board’s former vice president, who received 519 votes.

Sullivan, Massey and French had pledged in campaign ads to form “a kinder and friendlier board of trustees” that would bring “accountability, mutual respect and common sense” to the community’s government if elected.

The two members of the previous board who did manage to win their seats back were

Bob Quinn, who garnered exactly 600 votes, and Kathy Henson, whose tally was 586.

(Another incumbent, Kevin Boyd, is up for re-election next year.)

Also falling short in the vote count were Alexandria Zasada, the fourth member of the opposition team, at 540 votes, and previous board appointee Tom Haluszczak, whose independent campaign ended up garnering just 465 votes.

Zasada caused a bit of a stir during the campaign with an attempt to photograph a maintenance crew erecting a banner for the incumbents on a privately owned lot, using a community vehicle and equipment, that resulted in a verbal clash with its supervisor.

Haluszczak, an attorney and former prosecutor who resigned from his post on the board in December, purportedly because of its refusal to provide liability coverage for his legal work, told the Pine Barrens Tribune in a phone interview that other residents have been referring to him as “Ross Perot” (a reference to the third-party candidate who is believed to have helped Bill Clinton win the U.S. presidency against incumbent George H.W. Bush) in the belief that it was his candidacy that contributed to O’Rourke’s losing his reelection bid with only 512 votes.

O’Rourke, who did not return calls nor respond to an email from this newspaper following his defeat, has since placed his home on the market, according to residents and a Zillow listing.

Sullivan, when asked if he’d like to describe to this newspaper the problems he would now like to “fix” in the community itself, declined the chance to do an immediate interview.

But in a message to homeowners during the campaign, he noted how “the people of LeisureTowne have trusted me to come into their homes for over 12 years” and that he had “heard their concerns and unhappiness with the way things have changed.”

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He also noted that he would “continue to serve LeisureTowne as a handyman.”

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