To the Editor:
As we approach the 240th anniversary of the U.S. War for Independence, it seems appropriate for me to once again raise the issue of the name of the park located between Engleside Avenue and Amber Street in Beach Haven. There has been an ongoing systemic effort since 2013 by the current borough administration to remove the word “bicentennial” from the name of the park.
The administration is either denying that the “bicentennial” nameever existed or that after some 35 years the current park…
June 29, 2016
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