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Sue Barber Re-Elected Annual Reorganization Meeting Scheduled On Tuesday, November 5, 2002 Township Committeewoman Sue Barber was reelected to her second three year term in office. Sue had 1,107 votes to Gary Levari, Jr.’s 698 votes. On Monday January 6, 2003 at 7:00 pm the Annual Buena Vista Township Reorganization Meeting will take place. Sue Barber will be sworn into office by Atlantic County Sheriff Jim McGettigan. Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew is expected to be in attendance along with VFW Post #158 and members of the Buena Regional High School Choir. The Reorganization Meeting is a ceremonial evening where appointments are made to various Township subcommittees and boards. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
Buena Vista Township’s 3rd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday, December 6th at 6:30 pm will be held at the BVT Municipal Building 890 Harding Highway in Buena Don’t miss Santa and his Elves!! Live Entertainment, Cookies, and Beverages will be served!! Sponsored by BVT Special Events Committee
Miss Buena Vista Township Pageant For the first time in 10 years the Miss BVT Pageant will be held Sunday, February 2, 2003 at the Merighi’s Savoy Inn, Vineland The pageant will include formal and casual dress plus a talent portion. The new Miss Buena Vista Township will be required to attend Special Events functions and different activities throughout the 2003 calendar year. The following rules apply: 1. Girls must be in grades 9 thru 12 to be eligible. 2. They must be a resident of Buena Vista Township Sign-ups will be held at the Buena Vista Township Hall on Thursday, November 21, 2002 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. A second and final sign-up will be held at the Buena Vista Township Hall on Thursday, December 5, 2002 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The following is required at sign-ups: 1. A parent must accompany the applicant 2. Original birth certificate 3. Parent’s proof of residency (eg: driver’s license, utility bill) 4. A recent photograph of the applicant (eg: school photo) If anyone needs more information or has questions, call Dolores Comparri, Special Events Chairwoman at 856-697-1482 after 7:00 pm.
Buena Vista Township Annual Holiday Lighting Contest Starts December 9th · The contest will begin Monday, December 9th and end on Sunday, December 22nd. · Judging will be based on the most festive and beautifully decorated houses. · At least one home from the areas of Collings Lakes, Newtonville, East Vineland, Milmay, Richland and Cranberry Run will receive recognition as well as an award. · The Winners will be contacted and receive their prizes on our televised Township Meeting in January 2003. How to enter: You may enter yourself or nominate other residents in the community using one of the various methods listed below: · Call Joan in the Mayor’s Office at (856)697-2100 ext. 24 · Mail necessary information to: Buena Vista Township, Attn: Joan Stahl, PO Box 605, 890 Harding Highway, Buena, NJ 08310 · E-mail: buenavst@dandy.net Candidate information needed will consist of the following: name, address, area of residence (i.e. Cranberry Run, Milmay, etc.) and phone number (if available). Good luck to all participants!
Buena Vista Township Cultural Arts Committee Presents work by Buena Regional High School Students The Buena Vista Township Cultural Arts Committee will be exhibiting art by Buena Regional High School Students on Sunday, December 1, 2002. The Artist’s Reception will begin at 6:00 pm in the Buena Vista Township Municipal Building. Desert and beverages will be served. Come see our local talent in action. The artwork will also be on display at the Municipal Building for the entire month of December.
Ruth Street Phase I to Start - - State Awards Township $150,000 for Phase II in 2003 Buena Vista Township has just received news about the funding of Phase II of Ruth Street from the New Jersey Department of Transportation State Road Aid Grant Program. In a joint announcement from Assemblymen Jeff Van Drew and Nick Asselta a grant of $150,000 will allow the Township to continue the project that was just started in November of 2002. “When Phase I and II are completed on Ruth Street it will greatly improve the travel in that neighborhood plus provide emergency access to our residents when there are problems on Route 54,” said Mayor Chuck Chiarello.
Buena Vista Township Awards Diesel Generator Purchase On Monday, October 28th Mayor Chuck Chiarello and Township Officials passed a resolution to award the purchase of one diesel generator set power system to Ransome Engine in the amount of $14,850.00 and a resolution to award the installation of the system to Foy Electric in the amount of $10,786.00. The generator located at the Township Municipal Building will provide uninterrupted operations of the Township government in case of any emergency, crisis or storms. The generator will run the building for 24 hours on one tank of diesel fuel. The generator project ties in with a new telephone system that was placed into operation in late October. Since September 11th a new focus on security has changed the way we react to potential problems on the local level.
Township Upgrades Telephone System Buena Vista Township Committee recently purchased a new phone system from Avaya (formerly AT&T). The system which cost $8,579.12 will replace the phone system that was over 15 years old. The timing couldn’t have been better since the memory in the old system stopped working just a day or two before the new system was to be installed. Residents should be aware that there is a new menu of services and options. Special Announcements and Holiday Closings can now be heard by Pressing 4 when dialing the Township number. If you have a particular extension you wish to reach you must now dial *8 and the extension number. The most popular extensions can still be reached by pressing one number. Below is a list of the one touch extensions: Press 1- for Township Clerk, Vital Statistics, Animal Control or Public Works Problems; Press 2- for the Tax Collector; Press 3- for the Tax Assessor; Press 4- for Special Announcements and Holiday Closings; Press 5- for Construction Code/Building Inspectors; Press 6- for Municipal Court; Press 7- for Administration/Finance; Press 8- for Mayor and Township Committee; Press 9- for Planning and Zoning.
Collings Lakes Fire House Beef and Beer Benefit The Collings Lakes Volunteer Fire Company will be holding a Beef and Beer Benefit for the DeVree Family on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at the Collings Lakes Fire House on Cains Mill Road, Collings Lakes. The benefit begins at 6:00 pm till 11:00 pm and is BYOB. For tickets or more information contact: Larry Smith at (609)561-6361 daytime or (609)567-1054 evening or Beth at (609)929-5793 anytime
Attention Buena Vista Residents our next recycling collection dates are: Friday, November 22 Friday, December 6 Friday, December 20 NOVEMBER HOLIDAY COLLECTION CHANGESThanksgiving changes: There will be no trash collection on Thanksgiving. Both Thursday and Friday’s trash will be collected on Friday, November 29, 2002 For more information call ACUA at 1-800-613-2282 or BVT Public Works at 697-2100 or visit www.acua.com Reminder: Plastic Bags are not recyclable. Please have materials curbside by 7:00 am on collection day. Residents should also bring in any empty trash containers once collections are made.
Walkway to the Millennium The “Walkway to the Millennium” at the Michael Debbi Park in Richland still has room for more pavers. You can purchase a 4" x 8" Brick Paving Stone for just $40.00. Stones can have up to 3 lines with 13 characters per line including spaces & punctuation. Bricks may commemorate a special date in time, event, or be in memory of a family member. To get your order form or for more information call Joan Stahl in the Mayor’s Office at (856) 697-2100 or (609) 561-5650 ext. 24.
October 2002 By Joan Dickerson This past month public works employees cleaned the litter along our roadways. We have also held four different Clean Communities cleanups. Despite this our roadways are again full of litter. We would like to ask everyone to PLEASE DO NOT LITTER. Carry a litter bag in you vehicle to put trash in. Take your trash home or put the trash in receptacles at the place you buy your coffee or lunch. Don’t throw trash and litter our of your vehicle windows. It makes our roads unsightly. This past month we have graded all of our dirt roads and mowed all the sides of our streets and our parks. We also trimmed back some trees with the boom arm mower. We continue to keep our parks clean and we are repairing fences in the parks. Public Works employees have been busy building leaf boxes for our dump trucks in preparation for next months leaf collection. We are now cleaning up and doing maintenance on our salt and sand spreaders in preparation for the coming bad weather. Winter shows signs of coming early this year. We have done some pothole patching. We try to keep up with these as they appear. We have taken approximately 532 tires to the ACUA in the past month. Some of these were from our monthly drop-off most of these were picked up on the sides of roads or from small dumpings. There have been quite a few refrigerators and other appliances placed at the curb for collection the past few weeks. The ACUA has been trying to keep up with these. Since they cannot crush these in the packer trash trucks they usually come back at the end of their route and place them in the back of the truck. Because there has been so many lately they have had to send a flatbed truck out to collect these. This may not be the same day. Please be patient they will be collected. At our October drop-off we took in 5 yards of brush, approximately 405 lbs. of metal, 2 appliances, 3 bags of leaves, 212 gallons of used motor oil, 21 tires, 1 battery and a few cans, bottles and cardboard. We also still have wood chips available at the public works yard which residents can pick up on drop-off day. Some residents have taken advantage of this. There is no charge. You must bring your own container and shovel. Our next drop-off will be on Saturday November 2nd from 8 am until 12 noon.
Flu Shots will be offered to Buena Vista Township residents on December 2, 2002 at the Municipal Building, 890 Harding Highway between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:30 pm. The cost per resident is $18.00 and will be administered by Riverside Medical. Appointments are not necessary.
Buena Vista Township Special Events Committee: “Special” people working hard to bring “Special” Events!! By Dolores Comparri, Chairperson I would like to introduce you to one of the hardest working subcommittees in Buena Vista Township, the Special Events Committee. We are made up of residents who have been appointed by the Township Committee to plan special events for the citizens of Buena Vista Township. We are what our name indicated, “special”. We are dedicated volunteers who go just a bit further to make each event very special. Since the Special Events Committee is mostly funded by donations from area businesses, fundraising is a big part of our job. For these events, we are considerate of the citizens and keep the cost of event tickets at a minimum. The profits from the Annual Valentine Dance held in February and the Annual Comedy Review held in September help defray the costs of the Easter Egg Hunt, Independence Day Festival, Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony and the Holiday Lighting Contest. The Special Events Committee’s biggest fundraising campaign is the Annual Calendar and Municipal Guide that features Township information, important dates and wonderful photographs of towns and people of Buena Vista Township. Every household in Buena Vista Township receives a free copy for their use. The Summer Concert series held in July and August at the Michael Debbie Park are wonderful, free events for all ages. Citizens come out and enjoy a night under the summer skies, dancing, visiting with their neighbors and listening to some of the best musicians the area has to offer. The Special Events Committee also provides light refreshments and delicious homemade and store bought goodies for the patrons. The Special Events Committee is very excited about an event that hasn’t been since 1992; the 2003 Miss Buena Vista Township Pageant. It will be held at The Savoy Inn on February 2, 2003 at 3 pm. Signups will be held at the Municipal Building at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 21, 2002 and Thursday, December 5, 2002. Girls who are residents of Buena Vista Township and attend a high school grades 9 thru 12 are eligible. Questions can be directed to Dolores Comparri at 856-697-1482 after 7:00 pm. In closing, let me say that I am proud to be a part of Buena Vista Township, as a citizen and as a member of the Special Events Committee. We have evolved into a respected, hard working group and get great pleasure bringing the residents wonderful events throughout the year. So, citizens of Buena Vista Township, why not take advantage of these great events, come out and enjoy the fruits of the committee’s labors. The satisfaction of seeing citizens attending these events and having a great time is the best thank you the Special Events Committee members can have. Happy Holidays to everyone and we hope to see you at the next “special” event!!
Buena Historical Society Holiday CelebrationThe Buena Historical Society cordially invites you to attend our 5th Annual Christmas Holiday Party to be held at Martin’s Banquet Hall on Saturday, December 7, 2002 at 6:00 pm. Please join us in recognizing the following individuals for a lifetime of devotion to Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township commitment to family, friends, neighbors, the community and their country: Mr. Chester Crowell, Mr. Joseph Pustizzi and Mr. Joseph Santini. A very special buffet dinner begins promptly at 6 pm. The cost is $17. For more information please call 856-692-2563.
Saint Mary’s Grandparents Organization Honored Saint Mary’s Grandparents Organization was recently honored by Buena Vista Township. Once a year every year for over ten years they have cleaned the litter from the sides of Millville Avenue in Milmay that was thrown out of vehicle windows by passing motorists, or purposely deposited by dumpers. The Township has placed Clean Communities Signs on Millville Avenue honoring their commitment to a Clean Environment and willingness to actively get involved with cleaning up an area that becomes unsightly with litter.
Crews are still completing work on the new “Buena Vista Bikeway.” The 3-mile loop in and around the Michael Debbi Park area is part of a network of bikeways that will someday be completed in Atlantic County. Additional stripping, signage and bike racks still need to be completed. When Spring arrives in 2003 residents should really be able to enjoy this additional feature at our Township’s main park.
Atlantic County Western Connector On Monday October 28th at the televised Township Meeting Ronda Urkowitz, Program Director of Cross County Connection met with Mayor Chuck Chiarello and Township Officials. She made a presentation about the new local Bus Route. Call 856-596-8228 or see our website www.buenavistatownship.org for more details.
Collings Lakes Students Prepare for BVT’s Tree Lighting Ceremony Students at the Collings Lakes Elementary School have been participating in a Character Education Program as part of the New Jersey Character Education Partnership Initiative. The program – Building Esteem in Students Today (BEST) provides students with ideas of producing better character. Topics covered include Goal Setting, Responsibility, Courtesy, Caring and Sharing, etc. Each month, classroom teachers select two students from each class to participate in a reward celebration for their displays of good character. For this month’s, project, students will make decorations for the Buena Vista Township’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. Project Coordinators are Kathy Gregorgio and Maryann Preziosi.
Pancoast Mill / Main Avenue Project Nears Completion The second layer of asphalt has now been poured between Pancoast Mill Dam and Country Club Lane in the Buena – Richland area. The completion of this section of highway now allows a resident to drive from Route 54 to Pancoast Mill and then onto Richland and Milmay on completely new highway surfaces. The project may have taken a few years, but it is now complete and much safer for our locals. The area around Pancoast Mill Dam has always been dangerous. When the project is completely done new lines will be added to the road surface, along with speed limit signs and guardrail near the lake. The road was also elevated to reduce some of the flooding problems near the lake.
Webelos Scouts of Den Four Take Lesson in Local Government at BVT On Tuesday October 15th the Webelos Scouts of Den Four along with Den Leader Valerie Karwowski met with Mayor Chuck Chiarello and the Township Committee at the Township Caucus Meeting. By attending they were able to complete the Citizen requirement of meeting with government officials and learning about their role in local government. As Webelo scouts who vote for monthly Denner and Assistant Denner of their group they will be able to carry over this experience into realizing the importance of being a voting member of our society. At the Township’s Caucus Meeting they witnessed a local government working with the many skills they learned as Webelo Scouts. These skills include budgeting, the use of in-house talents to defer higher cost of outside contractors, protecting the environment, the approval of spending. The Scouts also learned the roles of Finance, Administration, Township Committee members, Township Clerk and newspaper reporting.
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