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Dear Neighbors,
I hope your 2006 is off to a great start.
Here are the latest bits of information from
around Lumberton. Township
Committee Re-Organization: The Township
Committee held its annual re-organization
meeting on January 3rd. Beverly Marinelli
and Buddy Miller were sworn in as new Committee
members. John Pagenkopf was selected as
Mayor, and I was selected as Deputy Mayor. Township
Completed Traffic Calming Study in Bobby's Run:
Late last
year, a consulting group for the NJ Department
of Transportation completed a traffic calming
study with options for calming traffic along
Bobby's Run Boulevard and around the Bobby's Run School
complex. Earlier this month, the Township
Committee agreed to a series of changes to
Bobby's Run Boulevard that include raised cross
walks by the school complex and Freeman park,
left turn lanes at Dimsdale Road, radar equipped
speed limit signs, bike lanes, limits on truck
traffic and a sign on Eayrestown Road North
prior to Bobby's Run Boulevard that indicates
Route 38 is straight ahead (aka "Don't turn
down Bobby's Run Boulevard to get to Route
38."). The
township plans to apply for grants from the
state and federal governments to pay for
these improvements. The estimated cost of
the improvements is around $250,000. Lumberton
Gets $80,000 in Free Dirt: Ferrell
Concrete is donating 300 big truck loads of dirt
from a project in Mount Laurel to Lumberton
Township. The dirt has a value of
approximately $80,000. The dirt will be
used to level the land adjacent to the township
building to create five more multi-purpose
fields and start building a community sledding
hill. The dirt is scheduled to be
delivered in late January or early February.
Mom's Club
Growing: The Mom's Club of Lumberton
Area is growing. The club hosts a monthly
play group meeting on the first Wednesday of
each month in the Community Room at the
Lumberton Municipal Center. The group is
open to all moms in the Lumberton area.
The next playgroup meeting is Wednesday,
February 1st. The group also coordinates
other events for local moms. For more
information, contact Meg Freudenrich at (609)
261-1613 or membership@momscluboflumbertonarea.com.
New
Eagle Scout:
Billy Green, Jr. became Lumberton's first Eagle
Scout since the Lumberton Boy Scout Troop was
restarted about six years ago. The
Lumberton Boy Scout troop has about 22
members. There are approximately 105 Cub
Scouts in the pipeline.
New Businesses
Coming to Lumberton: In the next few
months, several new businesses plan to open their
doors in Lumberton.
- Hertz Rental
Car - Route 38
- Liberty Tax
Service - Route 38
- Primo Hoagie -
Route 38
- Goodwill Store
- Route 38 in old Gordon's Furniture
Building
- An acupuncture
office - Madison Plaza on Route 38
New Feature:
Here comes another great new feature - the Lumberton
Community Calendar. The Lumberton
Community Calendar enables groups,
businesses and residents to enter community
events directly to the Lumberton E-News web site
for others to see and email to their friends. Listings
are open to anyone who has something of interest
to post. So feel free to add your events
to the Lumberton
Community Calendar.
Community
Calendar: Here are some
up coming events in the community. More
events are listed on the Lumberton
Community Calendar. As always, event
schedules are subject to change.
- Lumberton
PTA Blood Drive: The Lumberton PTA and the American Red Cross are sponsoring a Blood Drive on Tuesday, February 7th from 4-8:30 PM in the Middle School cafeteria.
Appointments are preferred. To make an appointment, contact Terry Slason at
(609) 261-3960.
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Lumberton
Museum: The Lumberton Historical
Society Museum is open to the public on the
3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00 AM -
12:00 PM. The Lumberton Historical Society's
museum is located in the Gaun building on
Main Street.
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Easter
Egg Hunt: The annual Lumberton
Easter Egg Hunt and Flashlight Egg Hunt will
be held on Saturday, April 8th and Thursday
evening, April 13th at the Village Green.
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Community
Yard Sale: The Lumberton
Historical Society's annual Community Yard
Sale will be held on Saturday, June 3rd from
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM at the Village Green.
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GLBA
Charity Golf Outing: The Greater
Lumberton Business Association (GLBA) will
host a charity golf outing at the Golden
Pheasant Golf Course on June 5th. The
event will benefit three local
charities. For more information, visit
www.lumbertontwp.com/glba.
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Farm
Fair: The Burlington County Farm
Fair will be coming back to Lumberton again
this year. The dates are set for July
19th-22nd. The parking arrangements
are still to be determined.
As always, I hope
you enjoyed this issue, and I appreciate your
support. Please continue to use the new
features on the site - Community
Calendar, Report
a Street Light Out, Online
Poll and Online
Classified Ads.
Pat Delany
Founder &
Editor
122 Kingsbridge
Drive
Lumberton, NJ
08048
(609) 560-8045
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