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Point Pleasant, New Jersey (U.S.)

Ocean County

image located by Dave Fowler, 10 December 2024

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This borough in New Jersey has adopted a new flag.
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/brick-point-pleasant/point-pleasant/2024/12/09/point-pleasant-nj-new-flag-carlo-polino-new-jersey/76818068007/

Carlo Polino is a sixth grader with an affinity for flags. Earlier this year he noticed something: While many municipalities have flags, his hometown of Point Pleasant did not.

“One hundred and four years without a flag,” he said, referencing the borough’s incorporation in 1920. “Probably just because no one thought of it.”

That’s changed now. Not only did Carlo think of it; this enterprising 12-year-old drew up a design on his computer and, with the help of his parents, presented a prototype to borough council members in October. They unanimously approved, adopting the design as Point Pleasant’s official flag. Soon it will fly outside the town hall — and elsewhere.

“People came to the meeting and asked, ‘How do we purchase this?’” said Carlo’s mom, Antonella Di Minni. “They want to put it in their front yard.”

The flag features Point Pleasant’s crest in the middle, bordered on one side by a bright blue panel and on the other side by a bright green panel. A diagonal white strip divides the panels.

“The blue is for the waterways and the green is for the parks,” Carlo explained, “with the white strip being the canal.”

The two-mile canal that runs north-south between the Manasquan and Metedeconk rivers bisects the borough and is its most distinctive feature.

“The symbolism is amazing — it is very well thought out,” Point Pleasant schools superintendent Adam Angelozzi said. “I could see this flag hanging on the sterns of boats going up and down the canal, and on the back of sweatshirts. It’s got that cool vibe to it.”

Carlo, who attends Memorial Middle School, presented Angelozzi with a prototype. It’s hanging in the conference room of the school district's office.

“He makes me realize that I should never become a cynic,” said Eric Polino, Carlo’s father. “He said he wanted to do this and I said, 'OK, yeah, you can design a flag.' And then he did it.”
Dave Fowler, 10 December 2024