Vol. 5 - No. 13
THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
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By Chris Lundy BARNEGAT – Members of the Township Committee will be ineligible for health benefits if an introduced ordinance gets passed at the next meeting. The ordinance, as introduced, would cut all medical benefits from members of the Township Committee, chief financial officer Tom Lombarski said. If approved on the second reading of the ordinance, it would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018. Currently, the cost for benefits in 2017 was $90,140. However, the two members affected pay $1,970 toward their plans, which brings the cost to taxpayers down to $88,170. Further, the committee members are paid $4,196 a year. The deputy mayor is paid $4,326,
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Letters To The Editor Page 6.
Government Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News The Ten Commandments Of Hearing
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Dear Pharmacist Birthday Cake Is A Health Hazard
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Inside The Law Page 17.
(Committee - See Page 5)
–Photos by William Clanton The 27th annual Pirates Day included a bevy of demonstrations, re-enactors and fun for the whole family. By William Clanton BARNEGAT – Argh Matey! The 27th annual Pirates Day celebration is now in the history books as hundreds of local residents and visitors flocked to downtown Barnegat’s Gazebo Park for a swashbuckling good time. The free fun family event brings all the pirates of Bar-
Barnegat Committee To Give Up Health Plan
Rain, Rain, Drove Away Shore Summer Crowds negat, to enjoy a day of pirate themed activities, live music, professional pirate re-enactors, food, a farmer’s market, bounce
houses, over 170 different vendors and much more. The event was coordinated and (Pirates Day - See Page 5)
Fun Page Page 20.
Classifieds Page 19.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
Childhood Cancer: More Needed Than Just Awareness
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By Chris Lundy t’s something no one wants to think about. And maybe that’s why we need to. September is Childhood Cancer Month, which is symbolized by gold
–Photo courtesy of O’Brien family Emiliana and Caitlyn O’Brien, photographed before the older sister was diagnosed.
(Awareness - See Page 12)
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock On a sun-drenched Friday afternoon Sept. 15, sunbathers dotted the beach in Holgate. By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – The summer of 2017 was a wet one. The rain’s exact impacts on New Jersey’s $40 billion tourism industry won’t be known until next March, but “The greatest challenge in (Summer - See Page 4)
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