Shockwaves are rolling through the borough of Barnegat Light after its residents awoke Sunday to the news of Mayor Kirk O. Larson’s sudden passing during emergency heart surgery on Saturday, Aug. 30.
FAREWELL WISHES: Larson (right) addresses the crowd of hundreds in attendance at the party held Friday, Aug. 29 at Bay Breeze Pavilion to honor the retirement of Mike White (left) of White’s Market. (Photos by Victoria Ford)
He was seen looking well and happy the day before at Friday’s end-of-summer bash at the Bay Breeze Pavilion park. Saturday, notices were posted across social media platforms of the cancellation of this weekend’s Viking Village Art and Craft Show, run by the mayor’s wife and Seawife antiques shop…
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