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Town Talk
By Mayor Ron Dancer
Octboer 19, 2009
Township
Promotes Officer Meroney to Corporal
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The Township Committee
authorized the promotion of Patrolman Earl Meroney to the rank of
Corporal at its’ October 13th public meeting. Corporal Meroney fills
the supervisory vacancy created when Corporal Matt Petrecca was
promoted to Sergeant, Officer in Charge, of Plumsted’s 12 member Police
Department on September 2nd.
Corporal Meroney was one of
four well qualified Patrolmen eligible for the promotion with a minimum
of five years experience to ultimately prevail in the promotional tests
and interviews prescribed by Department regulation. Three of the four
Patrolmen considered for promotion, including Officer Meroney, were all
hired in 2001 and one hired in 2004. Corporal Meroney has served as
Plumsted’s full time School Resource Officer.
New Parking Lot Bid
Awarded
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Thirty
(30) additional parking spaces will soon be available in downtown New
Egypt on Main Street as a result of the Township Committee awarding a
contract to the lowest of six bidders, Marlin Construction, in the
amount of $146,665. The Township Committee obtained funding from the
State Department of Community Affairs’ “Downtown Business Improvement
Zone” (D-BIZ) fund to pay for the new parking lot. Construction
is expected to begin within thirty (30) days on the vacant lot located
at 6 Main Street, next to the building that was formerly rented to the
New Egypt Press and Bailey’s Fitness Center. The specifications and
drawings for the new 30 car parking lot, with entrances and exits from
both Main and Front Streets, call for the installation of lighting,
landscaping, benches, bicycle rack, Victorian style clock and an
American Flag pole for a park-like setting. Plumsted’s
D-BIZ funding application was prepared by the Township’s Main Street /
Neighborhood Preservation Program’s Executive Director, Peter
Ylvisaker. The members of Plumsted’s Main Street New Egypt Board of
Directors and sub committees worked together with the Township
Committee in a joint cooperative effort to apply for and submit the
funding application, as well as, the design specifications.
Plumsted’s
Municipal Alliance Against Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse is providing a FREE Senior Citizen Early Bird Dinner on Friday, October
23rd from 2 to 4 pm at
the Elks Lodge, 105 Lakewood Rd,
New Egypt.
The only bird
in North America that dons red, white and blue
is the Bluebird and Plumsted Township is uniquely its’ year round home.
Plumsted’s Bluebird Awareness Kickoff, benefiting the Ken Francis
Environmental
Stewards Scholarship Fund, is Friday,
October 30th
at the Laurita
Winery from 6:30 to 9:30
pm. For more information and tickets, contact Bill
Lewis at 609-775-7134.
Fall Fest ‘09
in downtown New Egypt is Sunday,
November 1st
form 11 am to 4 pm. The Ken Francis Memorial Kayak and
Canoe Race / Tour begins
at 8 am. For more information on Fall Fest ’09 contact Lori at
609-758-7461.
A Fall Soup and
Sandwich Social will take place in the
Senior Citizen Community Room of the Municipal Building, 121 Evergreen
Road,
New Egypt, on Friday,
November 6th from 12 noon to 2 pm.
The cost is
$3 and seating is limited. To register, call the Senior Outreach
Services
office at 609-758-2241 ext. 111.
The annual
fundraiser book sale hosted by the Friends of the
Plumsted Library will be held on Friday,
November 6th, from 2 pm to
7 pm and on Saturday, November 7th, from 8 am to 2 pm.
at the New
Egypt
High School.
In addition
to the used books, CD’s, DVD’s, jigsaw puzzles and much more are
available.
The Plumsted
Township Council for the Arts is presenting the
“Rat Pack” impersonators of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, on Saturday,
November 7th,
at the Welcome
Center,
31
Main Street, New
Egypt, at 7 pm.
Tickets (including dessert) are $10 per person or $15 per
couple. All proceeds benefit the Arts Council. For tickets and more
information, contact the Township Clerk’s office at 609-758-7461 or PLUMSTEDARTSCOUNCIL@COMCAST.NET
The next
regularly scheduled public meeting with Township
Committee members Mike McCue, Eric Sorchik, Steve Reed, Deputy Mayor
Dave
Leutwyler and Mayor Ron Dancer is November
4th at 8:00 P.M. The Mayor encourages
residents to contact him
anytime at 758-2241x102 Township / 758-3497 Home / r.s.dancer@att.net
Sign up for Plumsted
Township’s
free “E-Mail
News Alert Service” by emailing INFO@PLUMSTED.NET.
Browse the Township
website: www.plumsted.org
for more information and current events.
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 Gerry Little 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:
Official web site of Ocean County Government:
www.oceancountygov.com.
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