The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 8 began on a celebratory note, as Mayor Joseph Mancini read a proclamation in honor of the 100th birthday – on Wednesday, Sept. 10 – of former Kapler’s Pharmacy owner A. William Kapler Jr., known to everyone as Bill.
CENTRE STREET AND BAY AVENUE: Bill Kapler Jr. visits Kapler’s Pharmacy in Beach Haven in 2024. (Supplied Photo)
“He’s a great guy,” Mancini said of Kapler, who moved from Long Beach Island to Boynton Beach, Fla., in 2000. “Back in the day, Kapler’s, in Beach Haven, was at the center of what was going on on the Island.”
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