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Villages residents raise streetlight outages, recycling and ATVs; township promises follow-up with county and utility
Summary
Residents from new Villages developments told the council about repeated streetlight outages, windblown recycling bins and repeated dirt-bike trespass and vandalism; township staff said recycling is handled via a county shared-service contract and the town will raise streetlight outages with JCP&L and pursue police attention on ATV incidents.
Residents of new Villages communities in Monroe Township brought several safety and service complaints to the Jan. 6 council meeting: prolonged streetlight outages tied to the utility, wind-scattered recycling bins after county pickup and repeated dirt-bike/ATV trespass and vandalism on open fields near homes.
Shankar and other board members representing Villages at Contribute (a Pottswood/Englishtown Road community) said open recycling bins frequently tip over in wind and scatter paper and trash;…
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