In Memory of Rt. 9 Pete Multi-Cache
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This multi is to honor Rt.9 Pete
A Bayville man devoted to keeping the roadways and woods of Berkeley and Lacey townships clean has died from injuries he received after being struck by a car last week.
Peter Coppola, 70, died on Sunday night at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.
He was a very nice man, he would walk up and down the highway and the side streets cleaning everything up and never wanted anything for it. He'd been doing it for years.
Coppola had been in critical condition at Jersey Shore ever since he was struck by a car in the southbound lane of Route 9 in Lanoka Harbor while he was crossing Route 9 near Musket Road.
He once told me he walked through Dudley Park, cleaning up the woods, all the way to Miller Air Park.
Some of the locals called him "Route 9 Pete".
Coppola used to own a framing shop in Bayville on Route 9. Once he retired, he dedicated his time to picking up trash along Route 9.
Coppola had been asked to come to a Township Committee meeting last year to receive a proclamation for his community service. He declined.
He wasn't looking for any notoriety or accolades. It was just something he enjoyed doing. I thought that was certainly something that you rarely see nowadays."
I certainly want the family to know how involved he was in the community and how much the community appreciated what he did.
Please take a trash bag with you and and clean up part of your world, like Pete did.
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