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3/6/98 - Music Out, Bells In
The great ice cream debate finally drips to conclusion
Rick Mellerup of the Stafford Leader

3/8/98 - Ice cream, they scream, is too noisy
Stafford Township's ban on Ice cream truck music may be only the beginning of a statewide trend of noise-regulating laws.
Scott Goldstein of the Asbury Park Press

3/10/98 - For Him The Bell Tolls
Mr. Softee is preparing to fight hard against ban
Devin McLaughlin of the Times Beacon

3/14/98 - Stafford's jingle ban not likely to end soon
The mayor would like a compromise on the issue, but so far, none has been found.
Heather Harlan of the Atlantic City Press

3/26/98 - Clear as a bell?
Stafford vendor files lawsuit to freeze ice-cream jingle ban
Heather Harlan of the Atlantic City Press

4/3/98 - Stafford jingle ban put on hold
The ban on amplified music by vendors won't be enforced until local officials meet with representatives of the DEP on the noise ordinance, the mayor said.
Heather Harlan of the Atlantic City Press

4/12/98 - Ice cream vendor takes tunes to Barnegat
The businessman who's fighting Stafford's ban on vendors playing amplified music found himself and his jingle welcome in Barnegat on Saturday.
Heather Harlan of the Atlantic City Press

4/16/98 - DEP turns a deaf ear to noise rule compromise
State says either ban ice cream vendor music or ignore it.
Devin McLaughlin of the Times Beacon

4/21/98 - Ice-cream vendor savors federal-court victory
U.S. District Court Judge Mary L. Cooper bars Stafford Township from enforcing an ordinance that would prohibit Jeffery Cabaniss from playing amplified jingles from his ice cream truck.
Micheal S. Yaple of the Atlantic City Press

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