When Daina Dale attended the recent Municipal Clerks’ Association of New Jersey conference, she had no idea of the honor about to bestowed upon her. The Harvey Cedars borough clerk was named the association’s “Municipal Clerk of the Year.”

NUMBER ONE: Daina Dale (holding plaque) and her Harvey Cedars ‘family.’ Front row: Commissioner John M. Imperiale, Dale’s husband Michael Forgione, Terry Vosseller, Anna Grimste and Judy Gerkens. Back Row: Mary Pat Brearley, Police Chief Robert Burnaford, Mayor Jonathan Oldham and Commissioner Paul Rice. (Courtesy Harvey Cedars Borough)

“I felt honored, humbled and a little teary,” she said. “The only people who knew about this was the association’s executive board. They presented it to me at the business meeting.”

According to its website, the objectives of the association “are to promote education and training in the Municipal Clerks’ industry, a…