Town merger study meeting planned

The state commission created to persuade tiny municipalities to either merge or share services is getting ready to name names in South Jersey. LUARC Commissioner Robert F. Casey plans to present an analysis of South Jersey communities that should be examined further to see if they should be merged on Thursday, May 28th at 9:30 a.m. In the LUARC meeting room at the Department of Community Affairs, located at 101 South Broad Street in Trenton. The meeting will be open to the public. Swedesboro, Gloucester County, and Merchantville, Camden County, may be among the tiny towns to be discussed. When the report is finished, LUARC will debate which proposed mergers are worth a statistical study. By fall, LUARC expects to notify the communities that would benefit from a change in structure. LUARC stands for Local Unit Alignment Reorganization and Consolidation Commission