It’s the time of the year imbued with the spirit of giving, and in Long Beach Township, the municipality’s building department continued its autumn tradition of coordinating monetary donations for the food pantry at St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach. This week, township employees were proud to present a check in the amount of $36,000 for St. Francis Human Concerns.

Each fall, the township construction department asks for donations from those who come in and out of the office as part of…