After the original LBT10 Taxpayers Association disbanded some years ago, a large section of Long Beach Township – itself the Island’s largest municipality, covering 12 noncontiguous miles – was left without this particular form of representation. In the spring of 2020, though, township resident William H. Malone Jr. began working to resurrect the association, which now has close to 300 members.

Malone, the nonprofit’s president, said the group is currently endeavoring to recruit more property owners from within…