Little Egg Harbor Committee Shaves $50,000 From Mystic Island Fire District

Residents of the Mystic Island Fire District turned back the request from the Mystic Island Volunteer Fire Co. commissioners to raise the tax levy 6.2 cents in order to raise an additional $550,941 to put toward purchasing a new fire truck. The proposed budget was $1,124,186. Now it was up to the Little Egg Harbor Township Committee to decide to overrule the voters of the fire district or to lessen the amount requested by the fire company; it did the latter at its March 12 municipal meeting.