After being shut for the entire month of April as a protective measure against contagion, the Little Egg Harbor Food Pantry was reopened as of Friday, May 1. Township Mayor Barbara Jo Crea said Police Chief Richard Buzby had been the moving force behind the reopening, bringing together a group of volunteers from the police force, the Municipal Alliance Committee, the Great Bay Rotary, American Legion Post 493 and members of St. Theresa’s Parish, the facilitator of the food pantry.

On opening day, pantry coordinator Kathleen Capron and three volunteers waited with the mayor for the chief to return…