LAKEHURST – The borough is ready for the Fourth of July holiday. A red, white and blue poster was put up on the front door of the Community Center where attendees of the latest council meeting could note the activities coming up next week.
Fireworks will be held on July 3 at dusk, an Independence Day parade will be held at 11 a.m. on July 4 and the annual car show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that same day.
All the fun will occur on Union Avenue including the Lakehurst Elementary School at 301 Union Avenue and at Horicon Lake.
The annual car show will feature more than 80 trophies, a live DJ, food vendors, a gift auction, a coloring contest, a kid’s choice for best Fourth of July decorated car, dash plaques and more. This event is being hosted once gain by the Lakehurst Historical Society. The Borough is handling the fireworks display.
“Things are moving along nicely,” Councilman James Davis who oversees the car show said last week.
For further details about next week’s activities visit https://lakehurst-nj.gov/
Councilman Robert McCarthy noted last week that that the borough is in need of a lifeguard. “We no lifeguard so there is no swimming at the lake (Lake Horicon). He also recently reported that he has been meeting with the Borough’s Personnel Committee concerning some items to be worked on.
Council President Steven Oglesby reported that a few years ago “we were working with Maria Sessa from JCP&L upgrading our street lighting to LED lighting. We did about 10 streetlights and then Ms. Sessa retired.”
The council president asked the borough should reach out to Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) to see if this program might still be operating.
Mayor Harry Robbins asked Borough Clerk Maryanne Capasso to send him the contact information for JCP&L and that he would make the call.
Councilman Oglesby also noted that the sand is still blowing at Lake Horicon and recommended staggering the barricades to have complete access to the lake.
Oglesby also mentioned that it is mosquito season and he noticed that a lot of people are using pesticides, but pesticides also kill the honeybees. “So please use it sparingly.”
Mayor Robbins stated that we are hoping to attract pollinators with the addition to the circles.
Councilwoman Patricia Hodges added that “you do not want to attract them to kill them off.” Hodges also noted that a community garden project was in consideration and that it “a pumpkin patch is in progress” for the fall.
Councilwoman Bernadette Dugan said that work on the Lakehurst Elementary School’s roof would be commencing soon. She said the contractor “will be working six days a week” on the project. A public referendum question was passed last year to raise tax dollars toward the roof project and the building of kitchen facilities at the Union Avenue based school.
During the month the governing body appointed Capasso and the Deputy Municipal Clerk as Employee Benefits Clerk
Marvin E. Dolor, Rory I. James and Jerry L. Thomas were approved for membership in the Lakehurst Fire Department while Christopher Bier was hired as a part-time police officer.
Anthony Farmer was hired as a permanent Public Works laborer and Kori Brennan received a provisional appointment as Clerk 2 with Renee James being approved as a Clerk 3.
Another resolution was passed authorizing 2024 salaries for non-contractual employees.
