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Dear Neighbors,
I hope your 2007 is off to a great start.
There are quite a few events around Lumberton
including an update on the Township Committee
re-organization, the reassessment, a
Parental Responsibility Ordinance, a school
crackdown on illegal parking, notices for
security alarm owners, recognition by eBay, and
an updated Community
Calendar.
Township
Committee Re-Organization: The Township
Committee held its annual re-organization
meeting on January 2nd. Jim Conway was
sworn into a three year term on Township
Committee. Mike Mansdoerfer was sworn into a
second three year term. I was selected as
Mayor, and Mike Mansdoerfer was selected as Deputy Mayor.
Reassessment
Update: The Tax Assessor has
extended the schedule for appointments with
residents to review the assessments through
February 14th. The Township has
also petitioned the Burlington County Tax
Board for an extension to the filing deadline
the Tax Assessments February 27th. The purpose of the extension is to allow time
for an independent Tax Assessor to do an audit
of the township wide reassessment. Once
the audit is complete, the Tax Assessor will
submit the assessment to the County Board of
Taxation for approval. Once the County
Board of Taxation approves the assessment, the
Tax Assessor will mail all property owners
their final assessment notices. The final
Assessment notices are expected to be mailed
in March. Property owners who
chose to appeal, will have 45 days from the receipt of their assessment
notice to appeal the assessment to the County
Tax Board. The new
assessments will take effect in the August
2007 tax bill.
Parental
Responsibility Ordinance: On
January 16th, The Lumberton Township Committee
introduced a Parental Responsibility
Ordinance. The ordinance is a tool used
by some towns to help identify minors at risk
of gangs and force parents into taking a more
active role in their children's lives.
Under the language of the ordinance, parents
and guardians of minors involved in two or
more crimes against people or property in an
18 month period of time can be charged and
face up to a $1,000 fine. The Township
Committee has scheduled the public hearing and
adoption for February 20th.
Schools
Cracking Down on Illegal Parking:
On January 22nd, the superintendent sent a
letter to parents informing them that the
Lumberton
School District
asked the Lumberton Police to start writing
tickets for illegal parking at the schools in
order to protect the safety of students.
The schools cited an incident where a
contractor was blocked in by other vehicles
double parked at a recent concert. Some parents expressed frustration because
they feel there is a shortage of parking
spaces during big events at the schools such
as the various concerts and Back to School
Night.
False Alarms:
The Lumberton Police Department is
reaching out to residents and businesses with
security alarms to help reduce the high volume
of false alarms. Last year, the police
responded to over 1,200 security alarms.
Less than 1% of the alarms were legitimate
alarms. The remaining 99% were false
alarms. Responding to the false alarms
consumed over 1,100 hours of police services
resulting in higher costs to the taxpayer and
less patrol time. The Police Department
is encouraging owners of alarms to:
- Have their
alarms serviced on a regular basis to
ensure that they are working properly.
- Instruct
family members and anyone that may enter
their property in an emergency on the
proper procedure to arm/disarm the alarms.
- Ensure that
their alarms can not be inadvertently
activated by their pets.
For
more information, residents and business owner
can contact the Lumberton Police at (609)
267-1111.
Lumberton
Voted Number #1 Community on eBay:
In November, eBay took a Census of eBay
users. Based on their calculations
leveled for population by zip code, Lumberton
accounted for the most activity on their
online auction site. In recognition, eBay
plans to donate $10,000 to a local charity. For more
information, visit http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200611.shtml#2006-11-29162358.
There is no word from eBay on what charity
they will award and when they will make the
presentation.
Community
Calendar: Here are some upcoming
events in town. More events can be found
on the Lumberton E-News Community
Calendar.
You
can also add your own events to the Community
Calendar - no middleman!
- Lumberton
Recreation Spring Registration:
Applications are still being accepted for
some of the Spring recreation
programs. For more information,
visit the Lumberton
Recreation web site. Lumberton
Recreation is also looking for volunteers
to help form a new Lumberton Recreation
Booster Club. To learn more contact recreation@lumbertontwp.com.
- Boy
Scout's Troop 5 Fundraiser: Boy
Scout Troop 5 is conducting a Mulch Sale
Fundraiser. The mulch will be
available for delivery in Lumberton and
Hainesport on three days in March and
April. For more information or to
order, click here
(http://www.lumbertonenews.com/forms/mulchflyer.xls).
- GLRBA
Meeting: The Greater
Lumberton Regional Business
Association will be hosting a Power
Networking event on Tuesday, February 13th
from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Enterprise Center
at the Burlington County College campus on
Route 38 in Mount Laurel. The GRLBA
event is open to all local businesses in
Lumberton and the surrounding towns.
- Concert
for Joshua:
A benefit will be held for Joshua Garman
an 18 month old
Lumberton
resident who has been diagnosed with
Mitochondrial Disease. The benefit
will be held on Saturday, February 17th
at 7:30 PM at the Presbyterian Church of
Burlington, 300 Mill Road,
Burlington
. The proceeds of the benefit will
go to help offset the high cost of medical
treatment. For more information, on
the event, visit http://www.lumberton.com/JoshuaGarman/.
- Connor
P. Casey Foundation Fundraiser: The
parents of Connor Casey, a Lumberton resident, will host
the 5th Annual Blarney Benefit for Autism
Early Intervention Therapy on Saturday, March
3rd from 7:00-11:00 PM at the
Bordentown Elks Lodge. For more
information to purchase tickets contact cpcfound4autism@comcast.net
before February 17th.
As always, I
hope you enjoyed this issue, and I appreciate
your continued support.
Pat Delany
Founder &
Editor
122 Kingsbridge
Drive
Lumberton, NJ
08048
(609) 560-8045
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