In one of his last actions as Barnegat Township mayor in 2021, current Committeeman Albert Bille asked OceanFirst Bank officials to reconsider closing its local branch at 845 West Bay Ave. at the corner of Gunning River Road.
In a letter to Christopher Maher, chairman and CEO of OceanFirst, Bille wrote, “I would like to express (how) disappointing it is that you will be closing your branch in Barnegat (at the end of January 2022).
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