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Featured Center City Busines: Citizens United Maurice River

Photo by Bill Horin/ArtC (l-r Jane Galetto, Karla Rossini). Story by Sal Emma.

Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River. Some organizations quietly make a big difference in their communities. CU Maurice River is one of them. Board President Jane Galetto & Executive Director Karla Rossini have been the guiding forces. It's amazing what they & their dedicated team have accomplished.

Since 1979, Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries has brought people together with a common interest – taking care of the Maurice River watershed.

“At the heart of it, we engage the public to build community around environmental stewardship. We empower individuals with ways to make a difference,” says Karla Rossini, executive director.

CU Maurice River orchestrates field work, advocacy and research – a powerful combination that was the driving force behind the National Park Service designating the Maurice as a Wild and Scenic River in 1993.

The Maurice and its tributaries support a wide diversity of both plants and animals. Its drainage basin provides critical habitat for 53 percent of New Jersey’s endangered species. CU Maurice River is the federal government’s partner, working to protect those habitats by keeping the river clean and free flowing.

“Back in the late 1960s and 70s, the first rivers to be designated were surrounded mostly by public land, many in western parks. The Park Service created a partnership program to help protect Eastern rivers that flow through private land with little or no federal land ownership, like the Maurice,” Karla explains.

Truly grassroots, hundreds of volunteers donate thousands of hours to the effort, each year. They raise osprey platforms, save horseshoe crabs, collect river health data, pick up litter, raise money and awareness – plus a lot more. “We’re very fortunate to have such an engaged community,” Karla says.

Contact: Karla Rossini, Executive Director

Website: https://cumauriceriver.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUMauriceRiver

Featured Center City Business: Bruni's Breakfast & Burgers

Photo of Rob Bruni by Bill Horin/ArtC. Story by Rob Laymon/ArtC.

This place has been an icon in Millville for many years, starting with Joe Torelli's (my mom's cousin) & since 2014 as Bruni's. And Rob Bruni is doing it right.

To hear Rob Bruni tell it, the spirits of delicious take-out have always hovered near this site.

Bruni is the latest proprietor to hold the honor of serving some of Millville’s favorite food at this spot, 432 N. High Street, a location formerly occupied by Torelli’s, the Midway Double Dip and Billy D’s. He opened on the day after Thanksgiving in 2014.

Today, with help from Kara, Whitney, Naomi and Shelby, Bruni’s Breakfast and Burgers puts out mouth-watering burgers on potato buns, cheese steaks, breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs and cheese fries. More than one reviewer has called it the best food in town.

“I have always been in the food business, since I was a bus boy at 15, and later when I became a manager at Outback,” Bruni said. “But I always wanted to do something on my own.”

The restaurant Bruni founded turned out to rely as much on the traditions of the spot as on his own imagination. He opened the shop expecting to offer a smaller breakfast menu, but customers wanted burgers also, no doubt remembering Torelli’s old practice of serving burgers right from opening. So Bruni added burgers to the menu. Thus did Millville become perhaps the only town in America for whom burgers are a prized breakfast food.

Bruni’s is happy to carry on the tradition, along with serving a variety of daily specials like Sloppy Joes and Sausage and Pepper sandwiches. They are open every day but Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customers can eat on the premises with counter service and a few tables or take food out.

“I love it here, and I have such a good staff,” said Bruni, who grew up in Franklinville. “We are trying to not take anything too seriously.”

Bruni’s Breakfast & Burgers

432 N. High Street

Phone: 856-765-5063

Eat-In or Take-Out

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