“Without the Constitution, we are not Americans,” according to Stafford Township Mayor Greg Myhre. “It’s our foundational document, and it’s more important today than it ever has been.”

His remarks, at the Sept. 12 town meeting, prefaced his reading of a proclamation for Constitution Week, observed Sept. 17 to Sept. 23 this year. Ocean County Commissioner Virginia Haines accepted the proclamation on behalf of the county government, the Capt.