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Residents press council on ladder-truck controversy and urge better city communication

5865650 · August 28, 2025
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Two residents used the Aug. 27 public-comment period to press the Long Branch City Council over a failed ladder-truck arrangement with West Long Branch volunteer fire officials and to urge improved city communications.

During the public-comment period on Aug. 27, two residents urged the Long Branch City Council to address local concerns about a failed ladder-truck arrangement with the neighboring West Long Branch volunteer fire company and to improve the city’s public communications.

Vincent Lepore of 33 Ocean Terrace criticized comments made previously by a municipal official, saying that the official had dismissed local critics as "social media trolls" in reference to public discussion of a proposed ladder-truck arrangement with West Long Branch. Lepore said the social-media posts he…

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