![]() Patricia was a long-time member of the Lake Valhalla Club spending many summers there with her children and sharing laughter with neighborhood friends. When they returned to NJ from abroad, they first settled in Long Valley and eventually in Montville, where they designed their own home in the beautiful community of Lake Valhalla. Shortly after marrying, the two spent the first several years of their marriage on Kwajalein Atoll, one of the Marshall Islands, where they continued to build the life-long friendships for which they were famous. Cecilia High School and they married in 1968. In 1962, Patricia met her husband, Bernard, at St. She spent her childhood years in the Coytesville neighborhood of Fort Lee, NJ with her brother, three sisters and her dog, Lady. ![]() ![]() Patricia was born in Englewood, NJ and was the first child of Francis and Marie (Muller) Gill. June 5 was not a good day for residents of Reed Street in Milton after a water main break flooded the street.Patricia Rose (Gill) Ruddock, 76, of Montville, NJ, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and teacher, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Town Manager Kristy Rogers said the town did not become aware of the break until about 11:30 a.m. after a posting on Facebook that the street was underwater. RAILS STEAKHOUSE DIRECTIONS CRACKEDShe said the main was an old cement pipe that had cracked crews led by Public Works Director Greg Wingo worked until 2:30 a.m., June 6, to control the break and clean up the street. “The more they repaired, the more it cracked. They had to continue to repair until they had a complete fix. RAILS STEAKHOUSE DIRECTIONS INSTALLRogers said crews had to dig a pit and install a sump pump in order to remove water from the break. ![]() Water infrastructure has been a big focus for the town over the past four years. The town has built a new water main loop at Wagamon’s West Shores, put in a new well and treatment plant in Shipbuilder’s Village, and rebuilt water mains on Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic Street and Chestnut Street, the latter of which has caused some sporadic water outages as new pipes were installed. In the future, the town is planning to use $1.6 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds for a new well and treatment facility on town land on Federal Street next to the rails to trails. That land has also been proposed to be the site of a new water tower in the future. It’s not bad, but it's not perfect, and we do discover things.” Mayor John Collier said, “This is an older town and the water system, for lack of a better word, is cobbled together. In 2021, the town’s water committee presented a seven-year plan for water infrastructure upgrades. Among the items in the plan are upgrading the water treatment plant on Chandler Street, and upgrading water mains on Mill Street, Carey Street and Walnut Street. The Mill Street and Walnut Street upgrades would require road restoration as part of the project. Carey Street is a connector street that runs between Lavinia Street and Lake Drive. While Reed Street was not among those in the plan, Rogers said plans could change much of the seven-year plan is dependent on funding sources. The projects at Wagamon’s and Shipbuilder’s were funded with state loans, while the Chestnut/Atlantic project was funded via a loan where the town only had to pay interest through the construction phase, after which the loan would be forgiven. ![]() The recent water outages were on the mind of town council at its June 6 meeting, when it established a public works emergency notification policy. Intended to establish a clear process for emergency communication in the event of an interruption of town services, the policy states the public works director is to immediately notify the town manager, who would then be responsible for disseminating information to the public. ![]()
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