Theories abound as to what happened to Hoffa. But like all the previous digs, the much-hyped hunt came up empty. Hoffa had been hit with a shovel, buried alive and could be found beneath a slab of concrete, the paper said. The tip that time around came from the 85-year-old son of a former mob boss, the Detroit Free Press reported. It’s an unsolved homicide, and the bottom line is that’s what we’re paid to do.” “People say it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, but we’ve got a responsibility if a (credible) tip comes in to investigate and see if it pans out,” says Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe. In 2013, agents descended on an Oakland Township field in suburban Detroit and tore it up, looking for his remains. In grocery stores they might hear questions like, “Aren’t you the Hoffa lady?” From time to time, strangers lurk outside their properties and pull out cameras.įour decades after Hoffa vanished on July 30, 1975, the search for his body and clues to his disappearance lives on. Some of their homes are referred to as Hoffa houses. Staff will routinely collect items and ‘Pack the Pod’ before delivering food to pantries.įor more information, call (302) 855-7700.And thus Szpunar became part of an exclusive club that none of its members asked to join: those innocent Michigan residents whose lives have been upended in the search for Hoffa’s body. Receptacles will be available outside the County complex, allowing the public to make ‘no contact’ drops 24 hours a day throughout the holiday season. Centers for Disease Control.įood items will be collected that night, but donations can be dropped off from now until the end of December, at the County Administrative Offices building, next to the courthouse, in Georgetown. Guests are asked to help limit the spread of COVID-19 by following the latest guidance from the U.S. The event is free to attend participants are asked only to bring non-perishable food items for donation. Also joining in the performances will be the El Centro Cultural group. WBOC TV’s on-air personality Jimmy Hoppa will emcee this year’s event, which will feature local singing artists Kevin Short and Ed Shockley. It’s on display every day in this community, and I’m proud that we are able to continue that tradition with Caroling on The Circle and the ‘Pack the Pod’ food drive this year.”Īs always, the historic Sussex County Courthouse and picturesque Circle will serve as the backdrop for an evening of traditional and Spanish carols, as well as a visit from Santa Claus. We didn’t need a pandemic to prove that to ourselves. “What hasn’t changed, though, is that giving spirit that has always been so strong in Sussex County, and made this community so special. “The last couple of years have changed the world in so many ways, right down to our personal routines and how we live our day-to-day lives,” Mr. Lawson said Caroling on The Circle helps bring the community closer, a familiar theme especially in the past year and a half as communities across the nation and around the world have worked together to overcome the challenges caused or heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Since its inception in the 1980s, Caroling on The Circle has raised nearly 750,000 food items.Ĭounty Administrator Todd F. In 2019, before the pandemic, the drive collected nearly 30,000 items for local food pantries. The public is asked to do their part to “Pack the Pod” – a 14-foot by 7-foot portable storage shed that will be set up at The Circle later this month – with donated food items. Organizers are hopeful for a closer-to-normal haul this year, as the 38 th annual food drive kicks off this week and runs through the end of December. While the Caroling event itself was put on hiatus in 2020, the annual food drive continued during the holiday season, collecting more than 15,000 items for distribution to area pantries, churches and food banks that feed families right here in Sussex County. A rain/snow date is not planned.Įach year, Caroling on The Circle serves as the centerpiece event to the County’s annual food drive, drawing hundreds of residents – along with the support of area schools, businesses and civic organizations – who turn out for an evening of Christmas carols and, more importantly, to lend a hand. This year’s Caroling on The Circle celebration will be an outdoor-only event, weather permitting, and is set for 6:30 p.m. 1, announced that Caroling on The Circle will return in early December after muting last year’s festivities due to the global coronavirus pandemic. 1, 2021: Strike up the band and warm up the singing pipes – Sussex County is set to come a-caroling again this holiday season.Ĭounty government on Monday, Nov.
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