Vol. 5 - No. 35
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GERMAIN TAKES HIS SPOT AS CHIEF
By Kimberly Bosco BAR NEGAT – Bar negat Township Police Department recently experienced a change in command as Keith Germain, an officer with the department for over 24 years, took on his new position as Chief of Police on Feb. 1. Germain, a former lieutenant, replaced former acting chief Richard Dugan. Dugan was acting chief for the previous year following the sudden suspension of Arthur Drexler as chief back in 2016. Dugan has since retired, leaving the duties of chief to Germain. “So much of what’s made this transition seamless for me, is that he (Dugan) allowed me to do so much in the run-up to his leaving,” said Germain “That was a huge help.” Germain noted that during Dugan’s year as acting chief, they
Stafford Takes Another Step Towards Plastic Bag Ban
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco Chief Keith Germain has plans for the department. worked alongside each other quite often. This allowed Germain to get practice in some of the regular duties of the chief before even
officially taking his spot, he said. Because of this transition period, what he does on a (Chief - See Page 5)
By Kimberly Bosco STAFFORD – At the Feb. 13 council meeting, the council introduced the fi rst reading of an ordinance that would regulate and limit the use of plastic bags by local businesses, newspapers, and advertisers in Stafford Township. This was just the fi rst reading so it is not set in stone, however, the council hopes to adopt this ordinance after some fine tuning over the next few months, said Mayor John Spodofora. During public session, a few residents stood up to thank the council for in-
troducing an environmentally conscious proposal. One of them, a member of the Long Beach Island Garden Club, noted that the club is in full support of this proposal and even has some collected funds that could be used to contribute to the cause, by purchasing re-usable canvas bags to give away, for example. Another resident, Russ Davis of Breakers Drive in Ocean Acres, was not as enthusiastic about the proposed change. Davis questioned whether the size of Stafford’s environmental (Ban - See Page 20)
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Ex-Mariner Swims To Victory By Chris Christopher Zack Molloy, the former Toms River High School North boys swimming standout, continues to win honors as a member of the Rider University Broncs. Molloy was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men’s Swimmer of the Week for the third time this season. He captured the award for the third straight week. He won his latest honor after starring at the Big Al Invitational at Princeton University. He racked up four top-eight performances at the three-day event. In the individual events, the ex-Mariner was fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.56, seventh in the 100 free in 44.95 and eighth in the 200 free in 1:40.97.
He was also a member of the 400 medley team that finished in 3:19.44. He split 48.15 in the 100 butterfly. His split would have placed him third in the 100 fly individual event at the meet. Molloy’s best effort in the 200 free came in the preliminaries in 1:38.00. All three of his times in the freestyle events are the best in the MAAC so far this season. “Zack sprinted well this weekend and he competed hard in spite of being sick,” Rider coach Steve Fletcher said on the Broncs’ website. “He fought through an extensive meet program, including relays on which he supported Rider in recording seed times for the MAAC Championships that will put us in the
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Flu Season
By Jennifer Peacock NEW JERSEY – This is the usual time of year for influenza to take its grip on everyone, from those with robust health to those with weakened immune systems. And whether it’s because of our “...Specifically, this year hy percon nectwe are experiencing ed world, or because this year’s higher flu-like illness vir us really is activity in comparison worse, there is to previous flu seasons, the perception specifically in the that this season is one for the reareas of emergency cord books. department and long“Every season term care facilities.” is a bad flu sea–Dr. Tina Tan son, generally. That’s something we echo from CDC (Centers for Disease Control). Specifically, this year we are experiencing higher flu-like illness activity in comparison to previous flu seasons, specifically in the areas of emergency department (Flu - See Page 22)
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