Temperatures were steamy, but still, enough volunteers came to clean up the All Wars Memorial Park on Bay View Avenue in Tuckerton Beach on Sunday. About 10 volunteers worked on cutting weeds from under the bleachers and off the fence as two men on riding mowers cut the ballfield.
Peter Gioiello said he didn’t know why more upland residents didn’t show for the event, sponsored by the Tuckerton Beach Association.
“I don’t know why it’s like this, why we can’t all get together. It seems because we (lagoon-front residents) want our lagoons dredged, people see us as greedy.”
TOGETHER: Paula Bell and David Schlick plow through the weeding. (Photo by Pat Johnson)
Gioiello said the plan is to redo the restrooms and the concession area in the dugout so the field can be used for…
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