At its meeting Tuesday morning, the Barnegat Township Committee appointed Jake Townsend to fill the remaining year of William Farmer’s term. Farmer, who was first elected in 2021, announced his resignation at the end of 2023.
To keep his seat on the all-Republican committee, Townsend will have to run for a full three-year term in November, at which time Committeeman Pasquale “Pat” Pipi will also be up for re-election.
The 69-year-old Townsend, who moved to Barnegat six years ago, is a sales manager for Harold Levinson Associates, a convenience store…
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