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Hockey Game Raises $21K For Injured Police Officer
| February 25, 2017
EXIT 83 PLANS WOULD CHANGE TRA FFIC ON ROUTE 571
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – A plan to cancel left turns f rom Route 9 onto I ndian Head Road / Route 571, and to have a southbound exit at Garden State Parkway interchange 83, moved forward at the February 15 meeting of the county Freeholders, when they i nt roduced an ordinance that would authorize the design of some roads there. Designing the project –Photo courtesy of Toms River Township is expected to cost $1 Toms River Police Department members skatmillion, which would ed in a charity hockey game against Camden be bonded. County enCounty Police to raise money for an injured gineer John Ernst said officer. The game was held February 18 at this ordinance would Winding River. complete the local conBy Catherine Galioto from police and local cept development, then TOMS RIVER – The officials, the hockey it would go out to bid. stands and upper deck game, activities for The southbound exit were packed at Wind- the children and more, would be near the Toms ing River Ice Rink as such as an after-party River toll plaza. People onlookers and support- event at Charlies for a exiting would come to ers turned up to watch $5 donation featuring a new traffic light to be some “bad hockey.” live bands. built on Route 571 just Officers from Toms The game showed the west of the Parkway, River Police faced off power of people com- he said. against Camden Coun- ing together, and how ty Police, with Toms important that sense of River winning 8-5, in- community is in Toms cluding earning the first River, officials said. point within 10 seconds By Chris Lundy “This was a tremenof the game start. HOWELL – It’s quidous effort with CamBut it was for a good den and Toms River et, walking into the cause, as $21,000 was com i ng together to h o m e l e s s c a m p i n raised to help the fam- suppor t our injured Howell. Most of them ily of an injured police officer,” said Mayor are at work. officer, Brett Hansen, Tom Kelaher, reportThat’s the contradicwho was critically in- ing on the event’s suc- tion that Minister Steve jured in an off-duty cess in his comments Brigham, who looks car accident January 4, at t he Febr u a r y 21 after the camp, wants and whose family has council meeting. “Ku- to be known. Not evfaced medical bills of dos to the chief and all eryone who is homeless their own. has substance abuse or the organizers.” The event featured Camden County Police other issues. Poverty color guard, bagpip- suggested the event, as comes from not having ers, special speeches (Hockey - See Page 4) enough to afford rent
–Photos by Catherine Galioto The left turn in place from Route 9 onto Route 571 would be prohibited in a county design that would shift traffic onto Lomell Lane, as part of changes for a new southbound exit 83 for the Garden State Parkway. The new exit would mean another light on Route 571, just west of the parkway overpass, above. This would provide a new path for commuters coming home from northern towns. They would no longer have to get off at Exit 82, and take the jughandle
to get back on just so they can get off at Exit 83 northbound. The Parkway improvement is just one part of the design. The other involves redirecting
Route 9 traffic onto Lomell Lane. Lomell is the access road that joins the existing parkway interchange to Routes 9 and 571. (Exit - See Page 4)
A Look Inside Local Homeless Camp or a mortgage in a very expensive world, he said. Even working for $12 an hour, there are no inexpensive homes in the area. Poor people have, in essence, been zoned out. Joe is a contractor, who does maintenance on a per diem basis. He gets picked up in the morning at the camp. Nancy and Jack ride their bikes into Lakewood and clean
schools. Kevin cuts down trees, when his injured back allows it. Carlos stocks shelves. Igor is older and isn’t currently employed. Cindy, who up until recently worked in the Lakewood industrial park, is looking for work. Her tent defies the stereotype of homeless. From the outside, there are decorations in front of the layers of tarp. To enter, you
have to step up onto the plywood base, which keeps it off the cold, wet ground. The first thing you see inside the tent is a scanner and printer. This is where she does work for the camp and searches for jobs. The inside is shaped like a plus sign. There are a table and chairs in the middle. A kitchen area with a hot plate is to the (Camp - See Page 5)
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