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Hazardous waste

dropoff Saturday

The Atlantic County Utilities Authority will hold collections of hazardous household waste from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the ACUA environmental park, 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Township.

The collection is open only to Atlantic County residents. The maximum amount of waste each home may dispose of is 30 gallons or 200 pounds. The waste should be securely packed and dropped off in containers no bigger than

5 gallons. No containers will be returned.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs should be put in sealed plastic bags or in the original packaging to prevent mercury leaks.

The following household waste will be accepted for disposal: kerosene, insecticides, pesticides, drain cleaners, fertilizer, solvents, paint thinners, furniture polish, weed killers, pool chemicals, rat poison, auto-care products, gasoline, photographic chemicals, turpentine, acids, caustics, rust remover, oven cleaners, chemistry sets, gasoline and gas/oil mix. Other products used in the home, yard, garden or workshop also may be considered household hazardous waste.

For more information, call the ACUA at 609-272-6950 or visit: www.acua.com

Atlantic City

Flu clinics on hold

awaiting vaccine

The Atlantic City Health Department is currently out of seasonal influenza vaccine and anticipates receiving the swine flu vaccine by mid- to late November.

School and community clinics will be scheduled upon receipt of the vaccine.

To submit news and information on Atlantic City, e-mail Michael Clark at MClark@Pressofac.com

Longport

Commission won't

meet this week

With the Borough Commission returning to its off-season schedule of one meeting per month, the governing body will not meet this week.

This month's meeting is set for Nov. 10. The Commission had planned to meet Nov. 18, the third Wednesday of this month, but announced the change to avoid a conflict with the New Jersey League of Municipalities convention in Atlantic City.

Next week's session is Longport's only Tuesday meeting of the year. The Commission's standard schedule calls for Wednesday-evening meetings.

The current commissioners, who were elected last year, cut back to one meeting per month from January through March this year. They also scheduled just one meeting again this month but left two on their calendar in December - on the first and third Wednesdays of the month - to take care of end-of-the-year matters as needed.

To submit news and information on Longport, e-mail Martin DeAngelis at MDeAngelis@Pressofac.com

Pleasantville

Local seaman back

after deployment

Navy Seaman Voun J. Brown - and more than 5, 000 fellow sailors and Marines aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan - recently returned from a five-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Brown is the son of Karen L. Brown, of Pleasantville. He is a 2000 graduate of Overbrook High School in Pine Hill, Camden County.

To submit news and information on Pleasantville, e-mail Eric Campbell at ECampbell@Pressofac.com

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