Wednesday, April 24, 2013
State to update community on the status of the concept of constructing a new facility locally
The latest public information sessions on the future use of the Oyster Creek Generating Station site has been moved to May 8, Township Administrator Veronica Laureigh said. The sessions were slated for today, but have been changed to May 8 at the Lacey Middle School. Area residents can attend two sessions that day - one from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Officials from Lacey, Ocean and Barnegat recently met with the state Department of Planning Advocacy to discuss the next phase of locating a new generating facility in Lacey Township come 2019, when the operation of Oyster Creek will cease. “As far as moving forward, it’s important,” Mayor David Most has said. “This is a long process and I’m looking forward to the state and the …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Budget to be introduced Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
The Township Committee will be including $1.9 million in capital projects for the 2013-14 budget, as agreed upon at Thursday’s budget workshop meeting. Complete budget figures have yet to be provided and are expected to be finalized early next week, Chief Financial Officer Adrian Fanning said. An April 10 budget workshop meeting revealed that the municipal spending plan could potentially carry a 3-cent tax rate bump. Between the township, school and county budgets, Lacey residents can expect to see taxes increase approximately $420 a year. Taxes will increase $235 for the average homeowner for schools alone. While municipal departments made $3.9 million in capital requests, the township narrowed the list down to $1.9 million. In 2012, $1.8…
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Chief David Paprota will be assessing every job title and function of the police department
One month and four new police officers later, work at the Lacey Township Police Department under new Chief of Police David A. Paprota is well under way. Paprota, appointed Chief on March 15, has been actively improving the department since he became Officer in Charge upon former Chief Bill Nally’s retirement. Starting by better connecting the police department with the community through Facebook and a new website and most recently completing the hiring of four new full-time police officers, three part-time special officers and a part-time dispatcher. “The future of the Lacey Township Police Department and the level of service provided to the public are dependent upon the hiring of the best possible candidates,” Paprota said. “The selection…
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Nuclear power plant staff are in close contact with law enforcement officials
Security measures have been enhanced at Oyster Creek Generating Station following the explosions at the Boston Marathon that claimed the lives of three and wounded more than 170 people. “We are at a heightened state of security awareness,” spokesperson Suzanne D’Ambrosio said, adding that the measures taken are not unusual for public facilities. “Our security team stands at the ready as they do 24/7/365 to protect the plant, the public and our employees.” D’Ambrosio could not say what the increased security includes or how long it will last. “We stay in close contact with law enforcement officials and we’re closely tied to what’s going on,” she said. Janet Tauro, an anti-nuclear advocate for Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety…
A resolution approved Thursday calls on the state and Army Corps to replenish the dunes at the state park to protect Forked River from future storms
The Lacey Township Committee called on the state and Army Corps of Engineers to include Island Beach State Park in its dune restoration project in an effort to help protect Forked River from future storms. Various dune restoration projects are being pursued on the barrier island, including Island Beach State Park, which is adjoined between Forked River and Berkeley Township, Township Administrator and Municipal Clerk Veronica Laureigh said as the Committee approved a resolution Thursday. “It acts as a barrier to us, and if they put additional dunes at Island Beach State Park, it may help protect us from future storms,” she said. Lacey and Berkeley Townships are soliciting support to have the dunes restored at the state park. The Berkeley …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Dorothie Bonfanti, a Lacey Township High School graduate, has been sober for nearly four years
Addiction is not a choice, but a disease, Dorothie Bonfanti said, a prevailing sickness that still has power even after nearly four years of sobriety. Bonfanti took those 1,372 days one at a time — the only way an addict can reach recovery, which is never actually achieved, as it’s an ongoing battle. The 29-year-old Lacey resident began her road to addiction at the youthful age of 13 with Percocet, a pain reliever prescribed for her Scoliosis. “I noticed the more I took, the better I felt,” she said. This habit continued for three months, before the prescription was no longer. Bonfanti got drunk for the first time at 15 years old. Then she smoked pot. “That was really the only thing to do here in Lacey,” she said. She continued drinking …
Marina owner: test run through bay showed few problems, though precautions should be taken
Getting ready to take the boat out, but worried that debris from Sandy may make it difficult? GoBoatingNJ.org may help. Since Hurricane Sandy came ashore in late October, reports of unprecedented destruction to area marine facilities have left boaters wondering if there will be a boating season in 2013, said Ed "Skip" Harrison, who is the owner of Baywood Marina, Brick Township, and Board Member of the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey. The www.goboatingnj.org initiative was launched to address these concerns by providing coverage of the restoration efforts taking place each day by state, federal and municipal agencies as well as scores of volunteers and organizations. The Go Boating NJ campaign highlights - through on-the-water …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Bob Gorrell of Lacey Township was unharmed after a series of explosions were reported near the finish line of the Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon runner Bob Gorrell of Lanoka Harbor announced via Facebook that he is unharmed after a series of explosions were reported near the finish line. Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon left at least two people dead and more than two-dozen injured, according to the New York Times. Gorrell, 34, participated in the marathon with bib number 3413. “We are all OK not sure what’s going on,” a 3:32 p.m. Facebook post by Gorrel said. A loud explosion was heard near a bridge that marks the finish line in the annual race, the New York Times reported. A third explosion occurred later at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, which police told CNN is likely connected to the marathon bombings. CBS reports two homemade …
The board will be approving teacher evaluation rubrics, school improvement panels, a five-year maintenance plan and a new principal for the Lanoka Harbor School
The Lacey Township Board of Education is meeting for its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Lecture Hall at Lacey Township High School. Items on the agenda include: Copies of the school board’s agenda and the superintendent’s report are attached to this story as a PDF.
Warrant arrests, criminal mischief and other reports
A Toms River resident was arrested after he allegedly fraudulently attempted to obtain prescription drugs from a Lacey pharmacy, Chief of Police David Paprota said. Zinovy Rapoport, 38, of Toms River was transported to Ocean County Jail April 3 after police said he attempted to obtain prescription drugs from the ShopRite pharmacy, Paprota said. Rapoport allegedly called the store posing as a representative of a physician's office and ordered a Vicodin prescription for a fictitious patient, Paprota said. When Rapoport arrived at the pharmacy to pick up the prescription, he was confronted by Lacey police and arrested, Paprota said. The pharmacist had recognized that the prescription was fradulent and called the police. Rapoport was charged …
butch cassidy
1:02 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
please NOT another nuclear plant..............mr most get another job more ›