Vol. 12 - No. 51
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$10M Firehouse Planned For Downtown Toms River
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By Chris Lundy and Catherine Galioto TOMS RIVER – The two downtown firehouses could combine into a new structure that would sit on the northwest parking lot of Irons Street, should residents approve the spending plan. Two public information sessions will be held in reference to the potential moving of
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By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Its 80th anniversary of the tragic explosion of the Hindenburg has generated more interest than its 75th. So said Carl Jablonski, president of the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, at a slide presentation on the Deutsche Luftschiff Zeppelin 129 – the
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Farmers Market Moves To New Location
By Catherine Galioto T OM S R I V E R – The seasonal weekly farmers market held i n dow ntow n Toms River is on the move again, taking root near the Hadley Avenue parking garage. For the last several years, the weekly farmers market was in the parking lot adjacent to the Post Office on West Water Street and Irons Street, and was also previously in Huddy Park. Now, the market’s new location is the Ocean County Parking Garage lawn, 28-46 Hadley
Letters To The Editor
–Photos from Toms River Fire District 1 & Chris Lundy Bottom, a rendering of the potential new building which would house Toms River Fire Co. No. 1 and 2, which currently have separate firehouses downtown. May 13 is a public vote for residents on the plan. Top, one of the firehouses, Co. No. 1, on Robbins Street.
Recalling A Hindenburg Frenzy Hindenburg – at the Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library on April 6. Jablon sk i’s b e e n around for many of the significant Hindenburg anniversaries, but wasn’t 100 percent sure why the 80th has sparked more interest than five years ago. He thought, perhaps, a new generation has aged
into interest of the airship disaster that took 36 lives on May 6, 1937. The small meeting room in the Plumsted branch was filled with guests of all ages who had an interest in the fate of the “Concord of its time,” Jablonski called it. The D-LZ129, the Hindenburg, had been in operation for only
14 months, Jablonski said. It was the largest airship ever built. The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH company was in trouble and took money from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi government to stay afloat, he added. Hence, the airship was used as a propaganda machine for the Third Reich, flying over the (Hindenburg - See Page 5)
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Avenue, off of Hooper Avenue in downtown Toms River. There’s free parking in the county garage, and the new location means no more crossing a street or taking up paid downtown parking spaces, said the executive director of the Toms River Business Improvement District, Alizar Zorojew. He said many new and returning vendors have already signed up, but applications to vend at the weekly farmers market are now on the BID’s website, (Farmers - See Page 4)
Contested Primary For TR Council Seats
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – T he fou r seated Tow n s h i p C o u n cil members f iled to run for office to ke e p t hei r post s, but there are several contested primary races in town. In Ward 1, Anthony Colucci, 249 Cool idge Ave nue in Ortley Beach, is seeking nomination
from the Democrats. It’s a th ree -way r a ce for Re publ icans in Ward 1, between Councilwoman Mar ia Mar uca, 2513 Waters Edge Dr.; Chris Grimes, 1824 Nautilus Dr.; and Justin Lamb, 109 Buermann Ave. In Ward 2, Daniel Rodrick, 63 10th St., is seeking nomination (Council - See Page 5)
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