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Pride in Plumsted, the State's
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Town Talk
By Mayor Ron Dancer
October 13, 2008
Plumsted Restricts Pedophiles
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Despite a recent State
Appellate Division ruling that determined New Jersey’s Megan’s Law, which
requires convicted sex offenders to register with the State, is “all
encompassing” and local Township ordinances enforcing residency limits conflict
with the law’s intent, the Plumsted Township Committee has no intent to relax
any of its’ local restrictions on convicted sex offenders residing in the
Township. Presently, under the conditions of Plumsted Township’s
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Ordinance, any and all convicted sex
offenders who, as a result of their conviction, are subject to the State’s
“Registration and Notification Release Act” are prohibited from residing within
2,500 feet of any Township school, park, playground or day care center.
At a recent meeting of the Plumsted Township
Committee, the members unanimously passed a resolution supporting and urging
the State Legislature to pass Assembly Bills A285 / A526 to make it unlawful,
Statewide, for a sexual offender convicted under Megan’s Law to reside near
areas where children regularly meet or congregate. There is no greater public
safety priority than the protection and welfare of our children.
The Township Committee has
authorized the advertisement and receipt of bids for the maintenance (grass
mowing, trimming, etc.) of certain public grounds, including the recreation
fields and parks. The bid specification package is available at the Township
Clerk’s office, 121 Evergreen Road,
New Egypt, without charge, to anyone interested in submitting a bid to the
Township. All bids must be submitted to the Township Clerk no later than 9:30 am on Wednesday, October 22nd,
at which time the bids received will be opened.
The Township is also
considering the cost effectiveness of contracting out snow plowing and salting
services for the public parking lots and public building areas. Anyone
interested should contact the Township’s Finance office at 609-758-2241 x 114.
Any Business people, who may have an interest in providing services or supplies
to the Township, are encouraged to also contact the Finance office to be
qualified for placement on the quote and bid call sheet list.
New Egypt’s Annual
Fall Harvest Fest and craft show will take place on Sunday, November 2nd,
from 11am to 4pm. The Festival will be located in historic, downtown New Egypt
and held in conjunction once again with the New Egypt Volunteer Fire Company’s
Fried Oyster Dinner. Display and vendor registration in advance is required.
For more information, contact Lori Parsells, Special Events Coordinator, at
609-758-7461 or newegyptevents@verizon.net.
The Friends of the Plumsted
Library will hold their annual Used Book Sale fund raiser in the New Egypt
High School, 117 Evergreen Road,
New Egypt on November 6, 7 and 8. In addition to the books, jigsaw puzzles,
CDs, DVDs and videos are available for purchase For specific times and further
information, contact 609-758-0009 or plumstedfriends@verizon.net.
The annual Flu Clinic will
once again be held in the New Egypt First Aid Building, Brynmore Road, on Wednesday, November 5th,
from 1 to 2 pm.
The next regularly scheduled public meetings with
the new administration of Township Committee members Dave Leutwyler,
Steve Reed, Eric Sorchik, Deputy Mayor Mike McCue and Mayor Ron Dancer
is Wednesday, November 5th
at
8:00 P.M.
Public comments and participation are encouraged at all Township
Committee meetings. . Browse the Township website: www.plumsted.org
and www.mainstreetne.org
for more information and current events.
Meet The Mayor 2008
Schedule
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As a result of the new Township Committee meeting
schedule, the dates for the monthly one-on-one personal meeting
sessions with Mayor Ron Dancer at the Library every month have also
been revised. In 2007, meet personally with the Mayor at the Library on
the second (2nd) Wednesday of each month (November 12th)
from 7 to 9 p.m. to discuss local concerns or State
issues. Residents
may call the
Library (758-7888) in advance to schedule a specific time for your
convenience. The Mayor encourages residents to
contact him
anytime at 758-2241x102 Township / 758-3497 Home / r.s.dancer@att.net
Can't get to the meetings or the hours scheduled
at the library. To discuss your concerns and issues personally with the
mayor, click for more information.
Contact the State
Legislative Office
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For Federal issues, contact
our Congressman Chris
Smith at 609-585-7878 and for County matters,
contact
Freeholder
Director, Joe Vicari at 1-800-722-0291. Browse the
Township
website:
www.plumsted.org
and www.mainstreetne.org
or www.downtownnewegyptnpp.org for more information and
current events.
For more
information on our Township, residents are also encouraged to
visit website:
www.mainstreetsusa.com
and the official web site of Ocean County Government:
www.oceancountygov.com.
The New Egypt Press, our official weekly newspaper, is now on line at:
www.newegyptpress.com.
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