CREST HAVEN – Within Cape May County are boulevards named after presidents Kennedy, Roosevelt, and Washington. The memories of Judge Anthony J. Cafiero, Sen. George Redding and U.S. Rep. and Judge Charles W. Sandman are remembered with highways and a bridge. Avalon’s late Mayor Edgar V.H. Bell has a causeway to memorialize his name. As of Aug. 27, Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton has a “way” of his own, officially named by vote of the board.
Gerald M. Thornton Way connects Crest Haven Road in the county complex east of Garden State Parkway Exit 11 to the rear entrances of the county Administration Building and Crest Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The roadway is planned for upgrades that will broaden it and offer parallel parking, according to Engineer Dale Foster.
County employees, some from Crest Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, rose to applaud, as the vote was unanimous for the resolution offered and read in its entirety by Freeholder Will Morey.
“I would like to thank the board for honoring me with the road,” said Thornton. “I want to thank all the employees for being here. Anything I have ever been commended for was because of the county employees and the colleagues I served with. Thank you very much.”
A round of photographs was then taken by county Communications Director Lenora Bonifante of Thornton with the board, County Clerk Rita Fulginiti and Surrogate M. Susan Sheppard.
A good-hearted brief open season was held. Clerk of the Board Elizabeth Bozzelli quipped, “Jerry finally gets his way.”
Vice Director Leonard Desiderio noted there likely would not be any delay paving Thornton Way. Thornton shot back no more than the paving in Sea Isle City, where Desiderio is mayor. Which Desiderio added, “The capital of Cape May County.”
“I’ve very happy it’s not a memorial way,” Thornton concluded.
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