County Commissioners at odds Over Preserving Last Farm in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A farm in Lakewood was the topic of a heated debate among Ocean County Commissioners, who have been at odds with each other for seve...
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A farm in Lakewood was the topic of a heated debate among Ocean County Commissioners, who have been at odds with each other for several years now politically. Ocean County Commissioners Jack Kelly and Joe Vicari debated the fate of one of the last farms in Lakewood, the 11.8-acre Wangenstein Farm off Drake Road. The commissioners were approached by the land owner whose family owned the farm for generations and offered it to sale to the county through the open space trust fund. Kelly and Vicari, taking an unusual stance, said the county should not buy the land without asking Lakewood officials if they were alright with the sale.