Beach Haven council honors public works for help during Superstorm Sandy

The Beach Haven Council saluted its public works department during its meeting held Monday, Jan. 13. Councilmen James White and Charles Maschal Jr. handed out certificates to each member of the department, snapping photographs and recognizing their efforts during Superstorm Sandy.

Photo via Asbury Park Press
The Beach Haven public works department
responds to damage from Superstorm Sandy.

“No words could ever express the gratitude that this town owes to the public works department,” said White. “We’ve been saying it publicly, I think, since the storm started. I don’t think anybody has seen anything like this since 1962. It was a Herculean task what happened.”

Referring to them as “sometimes unsung heroes,” White congratulated every single member for doing what they had to do without complaint and without regard to their personal lives, which had been “severely interrupted.”

“Everybody came out and put their heart, their soul and especially their backs into what they had to do,” he added.

Despite the devastation, White said the department “rose to the occasion, surmounted it and brought our town back to the beauty that it is now, from the beaches to the bay.” 

— Kelley Anne Essinger

This article was published in The SandPaper.