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Vol. 4 - No. 12
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Lacey Intersection To Close, Re-ro�tin� Manchester A�en�e By Daniel Nee LACEY – The first phase of a realignment of a Township intersection is complete, with more work on the way, officials say. A curb has now been placed at the intersection of Veterans Way and Manchester Avenue, blocking traffic that usually would use Veterans Way as a shortcut out of the local Wawa store and an adjacent strip mall. But vehicles looking at access Manchester Avenue from the shopping area will still be able to do so once the entire project is complete, according to officials. “We will be closing off Veterans Way at Manchester and re-routing it past the water tower, down to Adams [Street],” said Township Administrator Veronica Laureigh, before the project got underway. “It’s a project we have been working on with the county to make that intersection much safer so the county can widen the roadway for additional stacking lanes.” Earlier this summer, Lacey awarded a $124,513 contract to Earle Asphalt Company to close off the Veterans Way intersection and build a new road connecting Veterans with Adams Street. From Adams Street, vehicles will be able to access Manchester Avenue and, thus,
September 10, 2016
Barnegat Gets Better Bond Rating
By Jennifer Peacock BARNEGAT – Barnegat Township has an upgraded bond rating, which may likely result in savings for taxpayers, officials said. At its regular August Committee meeting, Deputy Mayor Albert Bille spoke first about the new rating. “Our new CFO seems to be doing a good job. On the 21st “Our cost of of July our bond rating was inborrowed creased from A1 money has to AA, which is dropped by significant.” The Commit- about a third.” tee appointed –Barnegat Mayor Thomas LomJohn Novak barski as CFO last October. He replaced retiring CFO Kathy Janeski. There are three main ratings agencies in the United States that assign ratings to municipalities: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Fitch Ratings, and Standard and Poor’s. Although they each have their own ratings (Rating - See Page 4)
–Photos by Catherine Galioto The area surrounding Manchester Avenue, Veterans Way and Adams near the Wawa is seeing traffic changes, with more scheduled as Manchester Avenue is re-aligned. Lacey Road at a traffic light. In late August, the township committee voted to add an
additional $36,000 to the contract to cover the removal of a median on Adams Street, which
will allow a left turn lane onto Manchester to be added. (Intersection - See Page 5)
September 11 Ceremonies To Remember Residents Who Died In Attacks
By Catherine Galioto OCEAN COUNTY – Though the towers of New York City were another state away, the impact was nonetheless felt incredibly close to home. More than a dozen local residents died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, in the World Trade Center but also on United Flight 93. Many of their names can be found in local memorials to September 11. Some of the men and women, ranging in ages from
26 to 70, were residents at the time, while others grew up or graduated here. Their names, compiled from archive news reports and September 11 sites, are reprinted here: Peter Paul Apollo, Waretown, World Trade Center, born 1974. John James Badagliacca, of Brick and Staten Island, World Trade Center, born 1966. (Attacks - See Page 4)
Barnegat Celebrates Another Day On The Bay
By Jennifer Peacock BARNEGAT – It’s hard to imagine living in a shore community and having never tasted saltwater before. Barnegat Township’s Walt Fernandez has been seeking to remedy that for 20 years. Fernandez, who has a special needs son and sits on the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, started Day on the Bay after a conversation he had. “Day on the Bay’ was started years ago. I was at a meeting and I was talking (Celebrates - See Page 5)
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