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Photo by Bob Vosseller A look back to the past is displayed at the museum. While some of it still looks familiar, Main Street has seen changes over the course of decades. By Bob Vosseller PLUMSTED – Webelo Scout Robert Mayer, 10, handed over a dollar bill back in 1999 to then Township Mayor Ron Dancer as Carol Reed, the president of The New Egypt Historical Society looked on with a big smile. This was at a Township Committee meeting in the days when the governing body still met on Main Street in a building that was once a bank. The building later became a welcome center and is now up for sale.
The occasion, however, was spe- served the community. That issue cial because that dollar covered the was framed and remains a living cost of leasing the Singleton Farm. memory on the wall of the first Now 25 years later, the farmhouse floor of the museum; continues to serve as the Society’s Flash forward decades later, Reed museum and where visitors and and many current members of the residents enjoy tours and special society assemble on a Sunday afternoon to celebrate the community’s events. Reed accepted a symbolic key history as well as to observe the Soafter Mayer’s donation to the mayor ciety’s own past accomplishments during that Monday evening meet- as an organization. ing. A photo of that presentation Members, public officials and made the front page of that week’s guests came together to observe edition of The New Egypt Press, a the 25th anniversary of the Society’s century old weekly newspaper that (History - See Page 4)
November 30, 2024
Rescheduled Meeting Draws Controversy By Bob Vosseller PLUMSTED – This month’s Township Committee meeting was moved from November 7 to November 8 - and then cancelled - and then moved again to November 14. Mayor Dominck Cuozzo who is the pastor of Bible Baptist Church, pushed the meeting back from its usual first Thursday of the month date as he was hosting a banquet of Project 29:2 that night, an organization he is the president of. Project 29:2 is a ministry that seeks “to educate, activate and mobilize faith leaders and people of faith, helping them leverage their influence and have impact within the civic, governmental, and political arena.” The banquet featured radio personality Bill Spadea a GOP gubernatorial hopeful next year. Cuozzo was on his radio show promoting the event that week. He has also made campaign appearances for Cuozzo during the GOP primary season. Township Committee members and residents however wanted the meeting run on its regular day even if the mayor couldn’t make it. In that case, Deputy Mayor Herb Marinari would run the meeting. Another factor was an important high school football game that took place on November 8 that many parents and residents wanted to attend. “Concerns have been raised by the public (Meeting - See Page 4)
A Ribbon-Cutting For Heroes: New VA Clinic Brings Care Closer To Home By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – With palpable excitement, VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal said it was great to be back home in New Jersey to celebrate the grand opening of the Photo by Stephanie Faughnan new VA Clinic on Hooper Avenue in Toms River. VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal, “I love this state and the tens of joined by Senator Cory Booker, Senator-elect Andy thousands of veterans who are going Kim, Congressman Chris Smith and other digni- to benefit from this clinic for genertaries cutting the ribbon for the new VA Center. ations to come,” he said.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Elnahal joined a lineup of dignitaries addressing a crowd of more than 300 people gathered under a large tent outside the new clinic. The audience included veterans attending individually and as part of organized groups, alongside local, county, state, and federal officials, all united to celebrate the milestone for the veteran community. Elnahal estimated there are nearly 60,000 veterans between Monmouth
and Ocean County alone and that other New Jersey veterans will benefit from the center. He described the opening as a major step forward, highlighting its alignment with the PACT Act, which expanded healthcare eligibility for veterans. This bipartisan legislation, signed by President Joe Biden, has significantly improved access to care for veterans exposed to toxic substances, including Agent Orange and burn pits. (VA Clinic - See Page 7)
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