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Owner of Renowned New Gretna Eateries Passes Away at 72 By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

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A standing-room only crowd attends an Oct. 2 Pemberton Township Council meeting, with all of the night’s public speakers voicing opposition to the dissolution of the Pemberton Township Municipal Utilities Authority.

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PEMBERTON—Despite meeting after meeting of public protest, Pemberton Tow nsh ip Cou nci l vote d 4 - 0 last Wednesday to dissolve the Pemberton Township Municipal Utilities Authority (PTMUA), which currently operates a 2.5 million gallons-per-day activated-sludge wastewater-treatment plant providing

sanitary services to Pemberton Township and part of Pemberton Borough. The dissolution, unless stopped in court, will take effect at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1. At that time, the PTMUA’s operations will be transferred to the Pemberton Township Department of Public Works. The Oct. 2 council meeting was the longest one that longtime Pemberton Township political observers could ever

recall, running almost five hours in length. It began with confusion. Copies of the ordinance authorizing the dissolution of the PTMUA, which was still in a proposed state at the time, was distributed to the public by officials prior to the meeting beginning. However, Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer, shortly See DISSOLUTION/ Page 20

BASS RIVER—Joan L. Allen, the owner of Breezes Restaurant and Allen’s Clam Bar, locally renowned eateries both located in the New Gretna section of Bass River Township, off Route 9, has passed away. Allen, who was 72, succumbed on Oct. 6 to a long battle with cancer, according to a statement released by Breezes Restaurant. “Joan passed away p eacef u l ly at her home, sur rounded b y f a m i l y,” t h e statement read in part. “Her positive presence will forever be felt at our ALLEN establishment.” Bass River Mayor Deborah Buzby-Cope held a moment of silence at the Bass River Board of Commissioners’ Oct. 7 meeting after announcing to the public that Allen had died just a day earlier. “Joan will be sadly missed in Bass River,” the mayor said. “She raised her family and ran successful businesses here. She was one of the back bones of the community. My condolences to the family.” According to an obituary published by Maxwell Funeral Home, Allen was born in See EATERIES/ Page 23

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media posts that prompted the police presence. “There were several Facebook postings that called for people to come to our workshop meeting, and then to our regular meeting, and be disruptive as a one-two punch,” DeGroff said. The mayor, however, declined to say who called on the public to be disruptive and where the postings were published. During the regular meeting’s public comment session, Deputy Township Clerk Karen Winks contended some local social media groups and pages are “out of control” and called another recent posting made on Facebook, apparently also involving the township committee, “disgusting.” “The last thing that I read from Facebook, after a friend who lives in Medford showed it to me, was that we need a vagina up on our township committee to counter the ‘old boys club’ that is up there,” Winks said. “I think that was ignorant and unkind. I don’t think there is any woman in this town who would want to be called a vagina. Any woman who would want to run for township committee wants to be known as a woman.” Winks, a 42-year Woodland resident, then indicated that the author of the controversial Facebook post that she was referencing was attending the meeting and reiterated that she

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WOODLAND—Recent social media posts that purportedly called on locals to show up at workshop and regular meetings of the Woodland Township Committee and disrupt the proceedings prompted the New Jersey State Police to assign two State Troopers to committee chambers while the latest meetings took place. A state police presence at governing body meetings in the rural town is highly unusual— particularly for security purposes. “The reason why they are here is there have been some social media posts and other stuff going around about having people coming to our meetings just to be disruptive,” said Mayor William DeGroff to the public attending the 7 p.m. regular meeting on Sept. 25. “I am not going to tolerate anyone coming to our meetings just to be disruptive. If you got something to say, and I don’t care what you say, say whatever you want; but just to come here to be disruptive, I am not going to tolerate it.” Both the 6 p.m. workshop and 7 p.m. regular Sept. 25 meetings ran smoothly and no arrests were made. In a later interview with this newspaper, DeGroff elaborated on the social

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WOODLAND—Officials in Woodland Township are growing increasingly concerned with reports that multiple motorists have been unlawfully passing school buses with red lights on and stop signs out while in the process of picking up or dropping off children at bus stops along Route 72. “We have had several complaints regarding commuters on Route 72 passing stopped school buses,” said Mayor William DeGroff during the latest Woodland Township Committee meeting. DeGroff said he has asked the New Jersey State Police to boost their patrol coverage of Route 72, especially during hours of school bus operations. “As long as they have availability, they are shorthanded,” he said of the response he received from the state police. Township Clerk Maryalice Brown said she also recently placed a request on behalf of the municipality for the New Jersey Department of Transportation to make much of Route 72 a nopassing zone. She later told this newspaper that the request was primarily made due to motorists passing stopped school buses. “They said it was not feasible at this time,” Brown said. Speeding motorists passing others doing the speed limit has been an increasing problem on Route 72 recently, according to several residents. “It is like the Wild Wild West around here,”

said resident Debbie Grove to this newspaper. “I haven’t seen a State Trooper patrolling in years.” A staff member of this newspaper alone was passed a whopping 15 times on the state highway, between Woodland and Barnegat townships, while doing the posted 55 mph speed limit heading to a recent assignment in Ocean County. Route 72 in Woodland Township has seen a number of fatal accidents over the past two years, especially in the vicinity of the Savoy Boulevard intersection. The angle of the intersection, and a nearby hill, makes it especially difficult for motorists to see oncoming traffic. In May 2018, DeGroff said that the commander of the Red Lion State Police Barracks was performing a traffic study at Route 72 and Savoy Boulevard. “They are running radar in that area,” DeGroff said. “If he feels it is necessary, they are going to contact the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and talk about putting a flashing stop sign at the intersection or some type of red warning signal.” No flashing stop sign or signal has been installed at the intersection as of press time. Brown told this newspaper that the township has not received an update on the intersection from state police. Catching the attention of some is that broken yellow lines were recently painted on Route 72 within yards of the notoriously dangerous intersection following an improvement project on the highway.

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Woodland Fire Co.’s Future Hinges on Ability to Secure New Air Packs By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND—A pronouncement late last month that the Woodland Township Volunteer Fire and EMS Company is in need of new air packs, or self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighters, and that the entity was passed over, so far, this year for a firefighting assistance grant offered by the federal government (offered on a continuous, random basis), will likely be a topic of conversation at upcoming Woodland Township Committee meetings. Unless the federal government or a major donor comes through for the fire company, the governing body will have to decide the entity’s fate, which provides fire and emergency services to Woodland Township residents. The municipal government is already in a difficult financial position, having to raise taxes substantially earlier this year due to a reduction in state aid, numerous foreclosures in town and a lack of ratables not only from shuttered businesses, but building restrictions imposed by the Pinelands Commission. Fire Chief Shawn Viscardi began to turn to the township committee for help at the governing body’s latest meeting on Sept. 25, noting that it “doesn’t look like” the fire company is going to get any grants this year as the traditional notification period has passed. “Our current air packs are at the end of their service life,” he said. “By the end of this year, we are legally not supposed to be wearing our air packs, which hampers firefighting efforts. It is close to a $150,000 replacement. So, if we don’t get these grants,

I don’t know what we are going to do, as we won’t be able to do interior firefighting, or anything with a high hazard.” Viscardi said the fire company needs 16 full-air packs, which come with one bottle, and also 16 spare bottles, one for each air pack purchased. “So, 32 bottles, 16 packs,” he said. All three township committeemen appeared to be stunned by the estimated cost to replace the air packs, and did not offer any immediate indication about how they intended to resolve the issue. “It is not a cheap line of work,” Viscardi said. The township committee could deem the air packs an emergency expenditure, or take out a bond to pay for the air packs. “This was the first we heard of it (the need for air packs),” said Township Clerk Maryalice Brown in a later interview with this newspaper. “The committee hasn’t discussed it yet, so I don’t know how we will move forward. I am sure it will come up.” Other municipalities across the country faced with a similar predicament have opted, in some cases, to close firehouses in favor of shared services with others nearby. But the proximity of other fire companies’ firehouses to Woodland makes shared services an unlikely alternative for the township committee to consider as the nearest ones are at least 20 minutes away from the center of town, which would likely result in delayed response times for residents. Additionally, the Woodland Township Volunteer Fire and EMS Company recently received a grant to construct a cellphone tower See WOODLAND/ Page 23

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P E M BE RT O N B O RO U G H —T h r e e patrolmen have recently joined the Pemberton Borough Police Department, and all three officers told this newspaper that they want to create a stronger bond between the department and citizens living and working in the community. Patrolman Zachary Rodina, who was hired two months ago as a part-time patrolman for the department, was elevated to a full-time position last month, replacing Patrolman Anthony

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Sooy Place Road Repaving Commences By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND—Another round of paving on Sooy Place Road in Woodland Township has commenced. According to Mayor William “Billy” DeGroff and Township Clerk Maryalice Brown, a contractor has begun repaving Sooy Place Road on Oct. 8 from around the intersection of Johnson’s Place and Sooy Place roads, and is moving eastward toward a small bridge. This section of road has had numerous, deep potholes for the last several months. DeGroff said that officials would patch the potholes, but the material would not hold as the condition of the existing blacktop had deteriorated beyond repair. As previously reported by this newspaper, t he townsh ip d id not re ceive enough funding from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to repave the road from the bridge to County Route 563. As a result, crews will leave a gap in the repaving and then repave Sooy Place Road from County Route 563 toward the small bridge (or coming westbound from the opposite end). DeGroff noted that the “gap” section of Sooy Place Road is not in as bad of shape as

the parts of the road that are being repaved. Last year, Woodland had a contractor repave Sooy Place Road from the Tabernacle Township boundary to around Johnson’s Place Road. The repaving has been funded mostly through two NJDOT grants to the township totaling about $505,000. Just prior to the paving project commencing, Woodland officials repaired a pipe that runs underneath Sooy Place Road, approximately 1400 feet from Tabernacle line. Sooy Place Road had to be closed for a day to allow for the repair. DeGroff expressed concern about the condition of a bridge on Sooy Place Road. He said the county is responsible for maintaining bridges and recently repaired some of its wooden planks. “When they replaced the boards, they should have replaced all of them,” DeGroff said. “The new boards are up higher than the old ones. It is a rough bridge to go across now.” Township Engineer Tom Leisse said he took some photographs of the bridge and has been following up with the county about the issue.

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ctober is Fall Car Care Month and a good time for drivers to think about how they can stay safe on the road. While practicing good driving habits is key, taking care of your car is just as important. Here’s what you should know. Mechanical breakdowns cause accidents Vehicle malfunctions are the cause of countless car accidents every year. Faulty engines, defective brakes and blown transmissions are common culprits. These types of breakdowns are often caused by hidden issues that can be identified by a mechanic during a routine maintenance check. Degradation of parts is inevitable. All moving parts on a car degrade over time. Individual components, however, have distinct lifespans, that require servicing at various intervals. For example, brake pads last three to five years, serpentine belts about six years and timing belts about eight years. It’s dangerous to drive your car if mechanical parts become excessively worn. Tires and wheels require ongoing care Wheels and tires need to be carefully maintained. Your tires grip the road and allow you to turn safely.

THE MILLION MILE CLUB Did you know that some motorists have racked up more than a million miles on their odometers? That’s the equivalent of driving around the world 40 times! It’s no surprise that the Million Mile Club is pretty exclusive. You can be sure that each of these drivers took exceptionally good care of their vehicle. As they start to wear down, it becomes increasingly difficult to reliably control your car. As for the wheels, they need to be aligned. The tires of misaligned wheels drag and deter the car from rolling freely, causing problems with vehicle handling. Wheels and tires should be inspected several times a year. There are other benefits of regular maintenance Safety may be the best motive for staying on top of your car’s maintenance needs, but there are other reasons. Regular car care can save you money by keeping your warranty valid, improving your gas mileage and remedying small issues before they result in costly breakdowns.

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GUEST COMMENTARY SOUND OFF Oppose Common Community Bill I n fo r c e f u l ly r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e interests of our senior constituents, we have called on Democratic Governor Phil Murphy and Assembly Speaker C r a ig C o u g h l i n t o r e f r a i n f r o m supporting or advancing Senate bill S -2 425, wh ich c onc er n s c om mon interest communities, including those that are age restricted. To alert the governor and speaker to the intense level of public opposition, we p r ov id e d p et it ion s w it h mor e than 5,000 signatures, mostly signed by sen iors living in age-rest r icted communities all vehemently opposed to S-2425, for entry into the official record of public testimony. We stand with their constituents opposed to S-2425 in rejecting any f u r t her i nter ference f rom Trenton i n t he op erat ion of age -rest r icte d communities. As way of background, state Senator Connors voted against the legislation when it was considered on the Senate f loor in June. State Assemblyma n Rumpf a nd Assemblywoma n Gove have pledged to vote against S-2425 should it be considered by the General Assembly. We continue to work closely with Berkeley Townsh ip Councilwoma n Judy No on a n , who is le a d i ng a n ex t e n s ive g r a s s r o o t s ef fo r t w it h senior communities in opposition to the legislation. Efforts also have been coordinated between us, other local officials, and local senior communities. I n o u r l e t t e r t o t h e g ove r n o r and spea k, we made the following statements: “By way of this cor respondence, our delegation is formally submitting pet it ions in opposit ion to S-2 425, which would ‘consolidate certain laws

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applicable to all types of com mon interest communities, a term defined to encompass homeowners’ associations, condominiums, and cooperatives.’ “Please accept this correspondence and the attached petitions as part of the official public record. Let the record also show that our delegation stands with these individuals in opposing S-2425, which has already passed the Senate. “More t ha n 5,0 0 0 p ersons have signed the petitions, many of whom are residents of age-restricted communities. T here is exp e ct at ion of re ceivi ng p et it ions w it h subst a nt ia l ly more signatures. In short, these individuals reject any further state interference in the operations of their communities. To protect the autonomy of age-restricted communities, our delegation stands with these residents in objecting to any further consideration of S-2425, or the state Assembly companion measure, A-3851, bot h of wh ich have b e en referred to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.” Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove represent New Jersey’s 9th Legislative District, which includes Bass River, Tabernacle and Washington Townships in Burlington Cou nt y a n d par t of Southern Ocean County.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR I hope people realize there is an election on Nov. 5 where all the state Assembly seats are up for grabs, as well as many local-level positions. I am very excited about voting for one of the Democratic candidates for Burlington County Freeholder. Linda Hynes is a lifelong Burlington County resident. She is a practicing attorney and has been in public service for many years. I feel she has the enthusiasm, knowledge and spirit to best represent the

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(Re: Parents of Seneca Senior Who Died Say He Aspired to Be an Entrepreneur) As someone who lost a son at 18, I am sending prayers and hugs to his family.

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constituents of Burlington County. I admire Hynes’ dedication to reaching out to all residents. She has been diligently knocking on doors, introducing herself to the people, asking for their vote. I believe that she is the right candidate for the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Please remember to vote on Nov. 5! Your vote is your voice. Make sure you are heard! Cindy Jerome Cinnaminson, New Jersey

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(Re: Parents of Seneca Senior Who Died Say He Aspired to Be an Entrepreneur) Such a tragedy—my condolences to the family. ~Kelly L Shemeley

(Re: Parents of Seneca Senior Who Died Say He Aspired to Be an Entrepreneur) I am sorry for the loss of their son as he sounds like he was a wonderful, young man. May he rest in peace. ~Emma Jeffries

(Re: Parents of Seneca Senior Who Died Say He Aspired to Be an Entrepreneur) God that hurts! I am so sorry for his family’s loss! He was a great, young man! ~Janice Cooper

(Re: Introduced Ordinance Proposes ‘Too Many’ Changes For Official To Attempt To ‘Even Try To Summarize It’) I would never buy, build, own or rent anything in Southampton. The people in charge there are part of Wonderland. They make up rules, laws and absurdly unethical “fake-laws,” and for them to have more than three lines on fence ordinances is a waste of money, time and thought. When you want to micromanage peoples’ lives and property, this is what happens. Terribly unprofessional! ~Sherry L. Jankowsky

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PEMBERTON—Craft classes recently held bi-weekly at the Pemberton Township Senior Center, on Fridays, has brought out the creativity in many local senior citizens. Seniors, during the latest class, used simple straw hats to produce autumn décor. Some of the hats took on a scarecrow personality, complete with googly eyes (or jiggly eyes) and a pug nose. Others had flowers as the main decoration, along with ribbons and bows. Most of the seniors participating in the class said they intend to take their competed hats and place them on the front door to their homes. Others said that they will hang their creation on a wall inside their home. The parade of hats, once designed, was stunning, and some looked fancy enough to wear to a party. Carol Smith is instructing the classes as a volunteer. She has done many hours of crafting on her own, and her house is filled with many décor items. Smith said she shops at many area craft outlets, thrift stores, and even yard sales to gather the abundance of materials for seniors to select from during each session. Prior to the beginning of each class, Smith places the variety of items she purchases on a table for seniors to select from so that they can complete their “personal project” for the day. Smith always makes a sample craft, unique to each session, to give seniors an idea for their “personal project” for the day. The hat session was the third in the class series. During the previous class, participants made bracelets with magnetic clasps. Seniors made decorated baseball caps during the introductory class. Sm it h has reinvigorated a va luable activity by volunteering to instruct the craft classes. Prior to her involvement, there had been craft classes at the center, but the sessions eventually stopped as instructors fell ill or relocated away from the area. “She does not just purchase a number of kits,” said one participant. “This makes the classes more interesting, because one never can predict the final outcome.” Another service of the senior center is to provide opportunities for locals to receive necessary immunizations. Jef f Cressma n a nd R ick y Pa rent e, registered pharmacists with Wegmans Pharmacy, visited the center recently to give local seniors the flu shot. The service was free to seniors enrolled in Medicare plans. Jennifer Guardino, pharmacist from Ac m e S av- O n P h a r m a c y, v i s it e d a breakfast bingo session at nearby Aspen Hills Healthcare Center on Sept. 26 and also gave the flu shot to any local seniors who missed the earlier opportunity. Between Aspen Hills and the senior center cooperating with local pharmacies, sen iors a re able to receive impor ta nt immunizations without having to travel to distant locations. Loretta Depka, from The Starting Point,

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“D noot llove the “Do h world ld orr anything hi in th he world. If anyon ne loves the woorld, love for the Fa ather is not in n them m. For everythiing in the world—the lust of the flesh, fll the lu ust of the eyes, and the pride of liffe—comes nott from m the Father butt frrom m the world.” 1 Joh hn 2:1 15-1 16 NIV

n the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the disciples ask Jesus who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. As Jesus offten does, he bothh sh hows th hem andd tellls them the answer. Jesus calls a child to come over, sets the child in their midst and says “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3-4 NIV) Jesus calls explicit attention here to the humility and obedienncee off the chiild, who came and satt with them withoout asking queestions. Andd ass usual, the kingdoom of heavenn reveerses the values of thhis worrld. In the kingdom m of heaven, the lowly andd humble shall be first. Pride andd arrogance, andd self-serv rving v ambitionn may get yoou the highest

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Cranberry Harvest Celebration to Mark 36 Years in Chatsworth Cranberry Festival to Feature 150 Juried Craft Vendors, 18 Food Vendors and Opportunity to See ‘Wolf Dogs’ By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND—An annual celebration of New Jersey’s cranberry harvest—the third largest harvest in the U.S.—will mark its 36th year in Chatsworth, the downtown area of Woodland Township, during the weekend of Oct. 19 and 20. The Chatsworth Cranberry Festival; now sponsored annually by the Festival Committee of Chatsworth, in part, to raise funds to maintain the historical White Horse Inn at the intersection of County Routes 563 and 532; has become a wellknown tribute to the Pine Barrens and local culture. Held rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the festival typically draws more than 40,000 spectators over a two-day period, with up to 80,000 festivalgoers during terrific weather years. “With this being my 22nd year on the festival committee, I still get excited for the festival,” said Melissa Camiscioni, president of the Festival Committee of Chatsworth and a Chatsworth resident since 1992. “I still look forward to it and I still enjoy it.” The main attraction of the festival—besides countless offerings of delightful cranberries and assorted baked goods and jellies that contain the fruit—is a diverse showing of many artists and craftsmen, some of whom will demonstrate their crafts, as well as display them for sale. The crafters handmake their crafts and are juried. “We have a lot of new craft vendors this year, which should make things interesting in viewing the crafts” Camiscioni said. “This also means we will have a wider variety of crafts.” Camiscioni said that there are approximately 150 juried craft vendors who have signed up for this year’s event. Camiscioni, who joined the Festival Committee of Chatsworth in 1997 and embraces Chatsworth’s

small-town feel, said this year’s event will also feature three new food vendors. In total, she said, there will be 18 food vendors. This year’s festival entertainment lineup features the return of the popular Bullzeye Band. One perennially popular attraction, the tame “wolf dogs” brought in by Howling Woods Farm, of Jackson, will also return to the festival grounds. Helping to compliment the offerings of the Festival Committee of Chatsworth, the Alloway, Stevenson and Worrell families traditionally rent their neighboring land to a variety of vendors, including those who provide kids’ games or sell antiques, clothing and novelties. “Alloway’s Alley,” “Worrell’s Wonders” and “Stevenson’s Strip” will return this year. Camiscioni not only credits the festival’s Committee, vendors, sponsors and attendees for making the all-things autumn event a success, but also the New Lisbon Developmental Center’s staff and volunteers who assist with festival cleanup. “They are an A-Team,” Camiscioni said. “They are a phenomenal, great and very hardworking group of people. We greatly appreciate them.” The Festival Committee of Chatsworth’s juried craft and food court vendors’ space rental fees benefit the White Horse Inn, Woodland’s oldest and largest landmark architecturally dated circa 1860, according to a large, blue history sign outside. Remodeling of the inn with vernacular architecture, once called the Shamong Hotel, began with the first festival 36 years ago. The Festival Committee of Chatsworth has been sponsoring the festival since 1997. Prior to the festival’s creation, due to age, the inn with three floors and several fireplaces, had become devoid of character. Albert Morison, a local builder and carpenter who helped oversee the inn’s remodeling, is now known as “the official carpenter for the White

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Tom Baz and renowned Bullzeye Band perform in downtown Chatsworth during the Chatsworth Cranberry Festival. Chatsworth’s own singer, song writer and guitar player Tom Baz, and renowned Bullzeye Band, will offer “rockin’ country music” during both days of the Chatsworth Cranberry Festival, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find them on stage behind the White Horse Inn. Baz was born in 1973, in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Chatsworth. The son of a U.S. airman and seasoned New York bull rider, Baz was exposed to a diverse music collection at an early age. Artists like Elvis Presley, Jim Croce, the Rolling Stones, Don Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., Lynyrd

Skynyrd, George Strait and Keith Whitley were staples in the Baz home. Baz attributes his diverse taste in music to his entire family, but mostly to his father’s musical tastes and older brother, who is also a musician and artist. The musical influences do not stop with country though, as Baz’s unique sound also comes from listening to rock bands such as Rush, the Stray Cats, Southern Culture on The Skids and Van Halen. When he is not with his band, Baz performs in acoustic shows—solo—or with percussionist Johnny “Sticks” Anderson.

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36th Annual Festival Classic Car Show Classic cars will once again return to the boulevard—Savoy Boulevard that is—on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The antique automobiles will be lined up along the part of the boulevard that is nearest to the White Horse Inn. Trophies will be awarded for the following categories: • Best in Show • The Most Cranberry Colored Car • Woodland Township Committee’s Choice • Oldest Vehicle • Most Unusual • Best Pickup • Robert A. DePetris (former Woodland mayor) Memorial Award

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The tangy-red berry, known as the cranberry, has become a popular year-round favorite in households of the Pines. This year, members of the Festival Committee of Chatsworth, recommend the following cranberry recipe from the kitchen:

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after the meeting started, read a number of amendments into the record that were suggested at the previous council meeting. The public had trouble following along since those amendments were not reflected in the document provided to them. After Bayer finished reading the amendments into the record, the public pled with council to not approve the dissolution, as has been the case since February when the ordinance was first introduced. “I am not stupid and I resent being treated as if I am stupid,” said resident and Pemberton Township Board of Education member Sandy Glawson as she contended the dissolution would result in a spike in rates. “I went to the Aug. 28 (community forum) meeting and all of the (council) meetings in September. The Aug. 28 meeting had over 200 people, and the meetings here had over 70 people, and they are all saying the same thing to you: please do not dissolve the PTMUA because it works. I can’t understand as a voter and resident why the council isn’t listening. It makes me ask the question, ‘Who do you represent?’” Those sentiments were repeated time and time again by residents during the latest council meeting—one that became more bitter as time went on. Mike Kemp, husband of PTMUA Board Chairwoman Corrine Kemp, contended the that the sanitary service rate remained at $200 from 1977 to 2004 and has only gone up slightly since. He compared that to the township’s water utility, contending the township had to institute a rate hike. Glawson also had pointed to the water rate hike. “The (sanitary) rate had stayed for 27 years at just over 50 cents a day, and today it is just under a $1 a day—a deal,” Kemp said. “Are you keeping your water rates low? Are you minding your store like the PTMUA is minding its store? We have a good thing going and you don’t want to destroy a good thing! There is no reason to disrupt this! Once you disrupt it, there is no going back.” Corrine Kemp contended the dissolution movement by council “started with a lie,” a reference to when Engineer Stephanie Cuthbert, of Remington & Vernick, presented in December 2018 findings from a financial analysis of the PTMUA and said that the PTMUA does not have a reserve. During an Aug. 21 exchange between Bayer and a resident, the township solicitor said that there was an “error” in the financial analysis, but it had since been corrected. As officials opened the official public hearing on the dissolution ordinance, Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel was asked if he would like to “give his public presentation now.” Hornickel said he preferred to wait until after the hearing. This drew public rebuke, including from Corrine Kemp. “I think it is wrong and not fair,” she said. Bayer, after the PTMUA Board chairwoman finished speaking, advised Hornickel that it was best to pause the public hearing and have him give his presentation so there would be no “process questions” about the ordinance. Hornickel began his presentation by waving a copy of the Pine Barrens Tribune’s Sept. 28 issue for the standing-room only crowd to see. He pointed to a full-page ad that the PTMUA placed on page 10 of the edition. “Once again, the PTMUA has illegally

used ratepayer money to lobby this public body and the public,” Hornickel said. “The advertisement claims rates and services will be impacted by the dissolution and this I believe is a blatant misrepresentation. There has been no discussion, whatsoever, on the record about raising rates.” The business administrator then contended that the township’s takeover of the MUA will actually “save ratepayer expenses,” making the rate hike claims “absurd.” “If we are going to be able to conserve costs and reduce expenses, why would we then raise rates?” the business administrator asked. “Council has pledged that the PTMUA’s reserves will remain with the new sewer division. The ordinance, as amended, expressly states that. Council, as a group, can pledge future surpluses will remain with the dedicated sewer utility budget.” Hornickel, however, said that the current council cannot bind future councils, no more than the current PTMUA board can bind future MUA boards against rate increases. The business administrator also took issue with the PTMUA for not giving the township any credit for carrying 40 years of debt on its books, on its behalf. “When creditors look at the township’s debt, with bonds and what not, they look at the whole picture,” Hornickel said. “When they look at the whole picture, they see that for 40 years the township was carrying and is continuing to carry the PTMUA’s debt. The township’s reputation is at stake on that debt. It is not the PTMUA’s reputation. If the PTMUA defaults, the township pays. So, even if $82,000 was moved from the PTMUA into the township’s budget, over a 40-year period, that comes out to about $250,000 for the township’s risk for being a guarantor on that loan.” As previously reported by this newspaper, differing opinions of the PTMUA’s debt status has been a major point of contention over the past few months. Dennis Gonzalez, Pemberton Township’s previous business administrator who retired at the end of July, wrote a rebuttal to a PTMUA mailer, contending that “the truth” is that 40 years ago, the PTMUA was “effectively bankrupt” and that the township’s current $26 million debt includes the monies borrowed by the township to “bailout” the authority in 1980. He added that the PTMUA is “indebted” to the township for annual payments of $575,640 and it fails to acknowledge the bailout by the township included the sale of all PTMUA real estate and personal assets (except for vehicles and sewer receipts) to the township with the municipality leasing said assets back to the authority for the management of the utility. “The PTMUA was in financial distress, and the township purchased the system and gave the PTMUA $10 million, and it paid off debt that it had,” said Bayer during an Aug. 21 council meeting. “In exchange, the system was transferred to the township. The township took ownership, and then pursuant to this arrangement, we then leased back the system, including the plant, to the MUA for 40 years, from 1980-2020. “Pursuant to that lease that the State of New Jersey approved, which was the financing for the purchase, the MUA pays the township $575,640 a year, and the township puts that money into a sewer utility fund, again by order of the state. Then the township takes that money now and pays off the debt.” The debt, council contends, is about to be paid off entirely in July 2020, and that is why

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Pemberton Township resident Mike Kemp voices concerns about Pemberton Township’s intent to dissolve the Pemberton Township Municipal Utilities Authority. it feels this is an an opportune time for the township to take over the authority. John Gillespie, an attorney who represents the PTMUA, during an Aug. 7 council meeting, proposed that the township extend the lease agreement with the PTMUA, and that in exchange for doing so, the authority would increase its payment to the township from $575,640 per year to $700,000 per year. However, he also dismissed the debt arrangements from 40 years ago, by asking who cares about what happened back then and calling it a “desperate attempt” to distract from the “reality of today.” He contended the PTMUA has been efficiently and effectively serving the community since that time. “The PTMUA pays you $575,640 per year now to cover the loan, which ends early next year,” he said. “Currently that $575,640 we give you has to be dedicated by you for specific uses. If we leased the system back for another few years, there are no longer requirements on how you would spend that $700,000. You get a better opportunity, and so do we, and more time, to evaluate our respective thoughts about the operation of the PTMUA, and to allow the public to determine whether dissolution is in the best interests of everyone.” Mayor David Patriarca, during the Aug. 21 council meeting, called the extension offer “ludicrous,” claiming that it runs counter to the township’s future intention putting the $575,640 to use in investing the sanitary system’s infrastructure. “Why would we put that money from the sewer authority into the general budget, when we can dissolve the sewer authority and take that money and put it directly into the sewer system?” Patriarca asked. “That is what our intent has been all along. The infrastructure of the system—all the piping, pump stations, and everything— needs to be upgraded. We can

do that now with the funds that will become available through the savings.” During the latest council meeting on Oct. 2, residents and Hornickel rehashed a lot of the same arguments and points made in prior months that were previously reported by this newspaper. However, a new item was when Hornickel listed off other Burlington County towns that had dissolved MUAs. Residents then questioned if those towns saw rate hikes, and the question was never answered by officials. When it was all over, Councilwoman Elisabeth McCartney called the dissolution of the PTMUA a “very important issue” and contended that council listened to each and every resident who spoke and has not said anything for the most part because it was trying to gather as much information as possible. “As a town council person, I think that the two big things I am responsible for is to figure out what the problem is, and what is the best way to fix it for the residents of Pemberton Township,” she said. McCartney then recapped what occurred since the dissolution ordinance was introduced in February, including what she contended were “harmful” and “negative” public comments. “These comments I do not support,” she said. “Comments like, ‘We should be doing our homework.’, ‘Council prefers rooms that are empty during meetings.’, ‘We are the mayor’s puppets.’, ‘The town council is uneducated, misinformed, ill-advised and needs to figure out how to do its job.’, ‘Council is not honest.’ and ‘We should be doing something for the residents.’ “We should (do something for the residents) and we do. We should be building each other up, and not tearing each other down.” McCartney said that what she was able to See DISSOLUTION/ Page 21

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discern from the extensive public comments was two major issues involving the entire matter: a communication barrier and insufficient tracking of accountability. “Somehow we need to come together for the best interests of Pemberton Township administration, residents and the MUA,” she said as she turned to her colleagues. “It is not a decision for us to make now, it is like forward thinking. Too bad they didn’t say in that lease agreement what they wanted us to do 40 years from now, but we have to decide that and do the right thing.” McCartney said “the really big thing” is to “conserve costs” and “reduce expenses.” “That is a major concern I am sure we all have here,” she said. “There are 6,000 connecting residents, 13 employees and 18 residential construction permits issued since Jan. 1, 2014, which is an indication of what the growth rate looks like. The MUA has been really good at keeping the rate low, it is now $360 per year, but it was $200 per year up until 2004, as someone pointed out. Well, the township is not planning to raise the rates and this was also said in front of the state’s Local Finance Board. The MUA service record has also been very good.” McCartney, who claimed at one point she was on the fence with how to vote, contended she wanted to see a way everyone could work

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(Continued from Page 3) New Jersey State Police did confirm to this newspaper last year that the man was arrested at one point, but the women contended that the situation had only gotten worse since that arrest and called on the township’s code enforcement official, Tom Boyd, to take a more aggressive stance. After a bank buyback of the property was eventually executed by the Burlington County Sheriff’s Office, a travel trailer was left behind that looks as though “someone put a bomb in it and blew it up,” according to Donoghue. She has alleged the township decided to have new owners of the property clean up the trailer, versus the bank when it was in their possession, causing an eyesore to unnecessarily linger for months. “Is it bad?” DeGroff asked in April. “Absolutely—but I don’t know what more we can do…I have been by the property a lot. Is it bad? Yeah—but there are a lot of properties that you can say are bad. According to the ordinance, they are not bad.” Township Clerk Maryalice Brown contended in June that she contacted the bank about the property. Sheerin discovered during the property dispute that a noise ordinance passed by the township committee in 2009 never went into effect since the measure was not sent to the state

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together somehow. She eventually proposed the establishment of a sanitary and water utility advisory board. Initially, she said she wanted the establishment of that board built into the dissolution ordinance, or other ideas of collaboration, otherwise she could not vote in favor of the dissolution. Bayer contended that it wasn’t possible to include an advisory board in the dissolution ordinance and it would have to be in a separate proposed ordinance for council consideration. McCartney asked her colleagues how they felt about such a measure and it was agreed that such an ordinance would be considered at future meetings, though there was no firm commitment that council would support the establishment of an advisory board. McCartney ended up voting to dissolve the PTMUA. Councilwoman Gaye Burton said that one thing that had stuck out to her from the December Remington & Vernick presentation, and that she also later read, was that despite the wonderful things the PTMUA had done, there was a lack of treating and maintaining a lot of the infrastructure. She then read through a list of questions that she and McCartney had asked the administration and professionals about the matter. “We are not sleeping on anything,” Burton said. “We got the answers here.” Councilman Donovan Gardner said he felt dissolving the PTMUA was the best thing for everyone, in his opinion, and that he was not going to repeat what the councilwomen had just stated. However, the councilman devoted a

significant amount of time addressing what he described as recent negativity, including a remark that he contended was made asking, “Have you seen the council and what they look like?”. Council contains several Hispanic or African American members. Gardner did not indicate the origin of the comment. “The people who work with me know my work ethic and standards: it is to get it done,” Gardner said. “I don’t take my work, or anything that I do, for granted. I am here to represent, and I was voted in. I am hearing threats, ‘If you vote for this, well you might not be here for your next term.’ Well, you know what, if I decide to run again next year, and I get voted out because I didn’t support the PTMUA or other ventures, I am going to walk out of here holding my head high because I am not looking to be popular. …I am just getting emotional about it because I can’t take it anymore.” After the unanimous dissolution vote, “recall!” was shouted by a resident, catching the attention of Council President Norma Trueblood, who repeated the comment, appearing to question what was meant by it, while maintaining an expression of disgust on her face. Councilman Jason Allen, council liaison to the PTMUA and vice chairman of the PTMUA board, has been absent from the last two council meetings. Township Clerk Amy Cosnoski said last month that Allen had a mandatory nighttime obligation with his employer that would interfere with his attendance at the next

PTMUA Board Chairwoman Corrine Kemp contends the dissolution movement by council started with a lie.

to be validated, as required by law. Donoghue and Sheerin have been vocal about the oversight, believing it contributed to the enforcement problems at 300 Old Tuckerton Road. Since the property dispute began almost two years ago, the women requested the 2009 noise ordinance, or a new one, be adopted by the township committee. A new draft of a noise ordinance, as a result, was placed on the township committee’s Aug. 21 meeting agenda for a second reading and public hearing. However, resident Glen Jaggard submitted a petition with 68 signatures from residents opposed to it. He stated that residents don’t want to be painted with a “broad brush.” Donoghue contended that it is not about “neighbor against neighbor,” but that the township needed to have control over loud noises. In the wake of the petition and DeGroff being advised that Boyd does not support the measure, the township committee unanimously opposed adoption of the proposed noise ordinance. Donoghue was left furious by the vote and her social media comments, in which Winks took issue with, followed it. DeGroff said the committee must use the state’s template for a noise ordinance and the requirements just do not work for the town. “There must be something else we can use,” said the mayor in August. “The majority of people in town don’t want a noise ordinance.” During the latest township committee meeting,

copies of a nuisance ordinance that was recently discovered to have been passed in 1995 by the then-township committee was distributed. Copies of a draft nuisance ordinance that the township committee is considering for adoption, to replace the current one, was also distributed. “We put copies out here for the public so that they could look at the old nuisance ordinance that is in effect and compare it to the changes,” DeGroff said. “If the public reviews it, and has an idea or whatever, please make suggestions, so we don’t go through what we did the last couple of times and make everybody happy. So, we are not going to do anything at this time. Motion to table this until next month.” Brown told this newspaper that although the proposed nuisance ordinance would prohibit “any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs, injures or endangers the health, comfort, repose, morals, safety, peace or welfare of the inhabitants of the township,” the draft noise ordinance contained much stronger language that would have set decibel level and timeframe restrictions for noise. “The committee wants to do something, and agrees that we need something,” DeGroff said. “The committee is going to continue to look into how we can make it work, possibly revamping the nuisance ordinance. But people in this town don’t want these ordinances. They are happy the way they are living (in the country, away from burdensome restrictions).”

Meanwhile, it was revealed at the latest committee meeting that notices of tort claims had been filed with the governing body, and that Donoghue filed a complaint with the state’s Government Records Council (GRC) over an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request response she received from Brown. “We had some notice of tort claims filed with the committee,” said Township Solicitor William Burns. “I am zealously representing any notice of tort claim that came in. We also have a pending GRC matter that will be defended vigorously.” Brown later told this newspaper that the township has only received one tort claim notice and been named in one GRC complaint. Donoghue contended that she doesn’t understand why there are no logs and records, or other paperwork, regarding things that are done in the township based on replies she receives from Brown that records of items she requests don’t exist. Burns contended that Donoghue was not requesting specific records or identifiable documents, but was rather asking “random questions” and requesting information in OPRA requests. “The township will be more than happy to respond to your OPRA requests when you request a specifically identifiable document,” Burns said. “…The Open Public Records Act is not the Open Public Information Act. You need to request documents.”

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few council meetings. Allen was told by Bayer earlier this year that he had to recuse himself from the dissolution ordinance debate due to his PTMUA board position. Allen has since been publicly silent on the matter. Hor n ickel sa id that numerous d ra ft ordinances will be presented at council’s next few meetings, for its consideration, to incorporate the sanitary system services and personnel within the township’s organizational chart, and to protect PTMUA’s retirees’ benefits. “We are here to do what is best for all the residents of this township,” Burton said. “We plan on doing a diligent job to make everything smooth and efficient.”

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behind its main firehouse at the intersection of County Routes 563 and 532 to enhance its emergency communication capabilities. It is unlikely that the township committee would jeopardize the opportunity, which has secondary benefits to its residents. Construction of the tower, anticipated in the not-to-distant future if the Pinelands Commission signs off on the project, will bring an end to the township’s long-sought quest to improve cellphone reception for its residents. Previous initiatives to attract developers to install cellphone facilities in town failed due the rural town’s demographics.

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Atlantic City and then moved to Brigantine, before settling in New Gretna when she was just 18 years old. The late Win Allen, who had been working as a clammer with his father, Clifton, during the m id-1960s when the once-th r iving industry hit a slow patch, opened Allen’s Clam Bar with Joan Allen, out of necessity, in 1966, according a 2010 report by The Press of Atlantic City. “They were clammers and the business wasn’t as good as it had been when we first got married, and we were looking for something else to do,” Joan Allen told the The Press of Atlantic City at the time. “Actually, before it became this type of restaurant, we sold hamburgers, and at one time, we sold bait and tackle out of here. But we got rid of all of that and started selling clam and oyster stews, which were my mother-in-law’s recipe. We realized that people enjoyed them so much that we figured it was something we should keep doing.” The newlyweds then opened a modest four-

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Viscardi, after discussing the air pack predicament the Woodland fire company fa c e s , c ont e nd e d t h a t t h e P i n ela nd s Commission has agreed that the proposed tower is not going to impact any wetlands, but has requested an endangered plant species study be performed after an endangered plant was found in a retention basin near the proposed site work. He said a letter has to be generated that hopefully “will not take more than 45 days.” Viscardi’s winning grant application for the cellphone tower has even attracted praise from unusual sources, such as Committeeman Matthew Henrich, who had been at odds with the fire chief for years. “I just want to reiterate that cell tower is huge for this town,” Henrich said. “That is good stuff.”

table clam bar off Route 9, which was only a fraction of the size of the current restaurant and featured two actual clam bars. A news article about Win Allen placing se cond i n a nat iona l oyster shuck i ng competition, the couple’s signature stews and fried lobster dish, along with the restaurant’s proximity to the Atlantic City casinos, led to Allen’s Clam Bar’s popularity among locals and Jersey Shore vacationers. Nearly a half-century later, Breezes, a waterfront restaurant at the Viking Yachting Center, was opened, despite the passing of Win Allen in 1996. Joan Allen’s son, Win Allen Jr., told the Atlantic City newspaper at the time of the 2010 grand opening, that Viking had approached his family because they wanted to have a restaurant there and hadn’t been able to do it. He said he and his mom jumped at the opportunity because they had been wanting to establish a waterfront restaurant for a while. Breezes also serves as the township’s only full bar. “She was always so kind, and welcoming, and warm to us, and everyone around us, when we would visit!” wrote patron Michele Konopka in response to a Facebook posting by Breezes announcing Allen’s passing. “She leaves behind a great legacy.”

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Pictured from left to right are Matthew Pedrick and Steven Ferlisi taking an oath of office last month to serve as Pemberton Borough Police Officers. Coffee with a Cop functions. “It is a good way to get out and talk to the residents,” Rodina said. Pedrick added that not many people talk to police officers on a regular basis and he thinks people are looking for more opportunities to have a conversation with them. “Policing is not about writing tickets and putting on your uniform every day,” he contended.

a stronger bond between the department and citizens living and working in the community. “We want to get a basketball function going, and we are also thinking about doing activities such as Trunk-or-Treating, so kids come out and talk with us,” he said. “85 percent of the job is us talking to people.” Rodina added that the Pemberton Borough police force is also considering holding community fundraisers and doing additional

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