TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE

SELECTS MUSSO AS MAYOR

The Deerfield Township Committee reorganized the local government for 2008 in the Louis Pizzo, Sr. Community Room at the township municipal hall in Rosenhayn on Wednesday evening, January 2. Incumbents Carol Musso and Cosmo Laurella were installed to new three year terms on the Township Committee. Carol Musso was selected as Mayor and Charlotte Brago was chosen as Deputy Mayor. The Township Committee also includes Laura Pizzo and John Stanzione. Stanzione was thanked for two years of service as Mayor but continues on the Township Committee.

About fifty area residents and family members of the officials watched as Mayor Musso commented. “I want to thank all the residents and voters of Deerfield who voted to put me and Cosmo Laurella back on the Township Committee for the next three years,” Musso said. “I want to thank the Committee for selecting me as Mayor and choosing a true friend, Charlotte Brago to serve as my deputy.”

She also thanked all the employees and volunteers in the Township for all their work on behalf of the people of the Township and expressed gratitude to her family, particularly her daughters Danielle and Dominique for all of their support. “I extend a special thank you to the men and women of the township’s emergency medical services unit and fire companies for what they do to save lives and keep people safe in our community,” Musso added.

 

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More About Deerfield Township

Deerfield Township is a rural community of 18 square miles located in northern Cumberland County, New Jersey. It is home to over 3,000 people, many businesses, productive farms, county government facilities, schools, places of worship, recreation areas and natural open spaces.

Centrally Located in the Region

Deerfield shares a border with the Cumberland County communities of Vineland, Millville, Fairfield and Upper Deerfield and the Salem County community of Pittsgrove. Four of the region's busiest roadways are in or just outside of the Township -- NJ Rt. 55, NJ Rt. 56, County Rt. 552 and NJ Route 49. At the Township's southern boundary is the village of Carmel. In the central portion of the Township is the village of Rosenhayn.

Deerfield Township is the location of the Cumberland County Technical Education Center, Cumberland County 4-H Extension Center, Cumberland County 911 Communications Center, Cumberland County Fire Training Center and Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex.

Planning for Growth; Maintaining Quality of Life

Deerfield Township has experienced slow but steady growth over the past several years, allowing the Township to maintain its rural, farm-centered character and abundant open spaces. The Township Committee and Land Use Board, as well as many residents and business leaders believe that the Township is on the brink of significant growth. They are working hard to see to it that the future development of the Township is well-planned in order to protect the quality of life enjoyed by its residents and businesses today.

Two important factors support the prediction of future growth. First, the local, family-owned and operated farms that were the foundation of the economy of the Township throughout the years and contributed to its open space and rural life style declined in number, acreage and productivity over the past decade. The second factor that supports growth is the township's central location between Cumberland County's three largest cities and available developable, open land with easy access to the Sherman Avenue and the Landis Avenue exits of Route 55.

Contact Us for More Information

For more information about Deerfield Township, contact the Deerfield Township Municipal Building at 856-455-3200 or send email to deerfield@deerfieldtownship.org.  For commercial or industrial development inquiries, call Cumberland Development Corporation (CDC), the Township's economic development consultant at 856-451-4200 or send email to cdc@cdcnj.com. It provides economic development services for the Township. The web site is www.cdcnj.com .