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 EGG HARBOR TWP.--Atlantic County held its annual Arbor Day ceremony honoring a local resident.

The county dedicated a Kwanzan Cherry tree Friday morning at the Tony Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township in honor of the Atlantic County Fire Marshal, Harold "Whitey" Swartz.

Swartz has been a lifelong resident of Atlantic County and spent the past 22 years as fire marshal, "I've recorded everything in this county on the fire side for over 50 about 55 years and hopefully when I retire I'm gonna put a book out on the county."

Arbor Day in Atlantic County gives an opportunity to recognize residents for their community service by planting and dedicating a tree in their name.

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EGG HARBOR TWP.--Family and friends came together Friday to pay their final respects to a former member of the Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Company.

The fire chief says Justin Ernst, 21, died in Myrtle Beach, Florida while on a leave of absence from school from an asthma attack.

Justin told the fire chief he was going to take his job one day and the chief said I hope so... the fire chief gave Justin's parents a replica of his helmet.