Vol. 15 - No. 43
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s A Controlled Burn
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–Photos by Bill Clanton, Jr. Top: Prescribed burns make fires manageable. Bottom: New Jersey Forest Fire Service workers create a controlled burn to get rid of some underbrush.
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By William Clanton Throughout the recent months and now into the early spring, the skies over Ocean County have been lined with grey ominous smoke. The smell of burnt wood and ash could be smelled for miles. While this may concern many local residents, this is a very common procedure carried out by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. They are performing what is commonly referred to as prescribed, controlled or planned burning. It is a process in which the fire commission apply fire to a predetermined area, under specific environmental conditions. This is done in part to help prevent the formation of a wildfire through controlled conditions, by (Burn - See Page 2)
| March 24, 2018
Council Members Each Get Lawyer In Lawsuit By Kimberly Bosco HOWELL – Members of the Howell Township Council passed resolutions at the March 6 meeting to appoint counsel for each individual member of the town council as part of an ongoing lawsuit between Howell Township and Congregation Kollel. According to Township Attorney Joseph Clark, Congregation Kollel, an Orthodox Jewish community, filed a lawsuit against the township and zoning board on the grounds that the council was burdening their rights to free exercise of religion. The issue stems from Congregation Kollel’s application to build a school and dormitory at 344 Old Ford Road, first proposed back in 2015. The plan for the project was to build a school building along with a dorm building, made up of seven, two-story buildings, (Lawsuit - See Page 4)
Schools Work To Keep Kids Safe During Planned Walkouts By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE - It is said that everyone grieves differently. And everyone processes tragedy differently, too. Across the country, students organized to walk out on the one month anniversary of the shooting that claimed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Locally, each school had a different approach to the walkouts. With several people arrested recently for posting threats on social media - even if they weren’t credible threats - school officials spoke about providing ways for students to express themselves without being left vulnerable to the same kind of attack that they were
gathering in remembrance of. Michael Dillon, the director of guidance and operations for the Freehold Regional School District, said that they didn’t want students to walk out of class but respected their freedom of expression. It was a security concern, so additional police were on hand. “It’s harder to protect students on a football field rather than inside a brick building,” he said. Still, students weren’t going to be penalized as long as they participated in an event instead of just leaving campus. Instead, students were urged to make their voices heard in ways that won’t affect class, such as writing to lawmakers or contacting survivors of the Parkland attacks. Some are going
to visit a local congressman. At Central Regional in Berkeley, the middle school and high school each had events, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said. He joined the middle school walkout, with about 120 students. “We kept them in a safe area for the 17 minutes. A student read the bio of the 17 people killed,” he said. At the high school, there were about 100 students, he said. Additional officers were sent in to cover security, and he thanked Chief Karin DiMichele and Mayor Carmen Amato for their support. “Chief DiMichele did an amazing job and is a tremendous asset to the school and community,” he said. Jackson schools held a moment of
silence. The students also had options of going outside or staying in, said spokesperson Allison Erwin. At the high schools, there were places set aside outside that was away from public view for safety reasons. At the middle schools, the library was the dedicated spot, but some just sat quietly by their lockers. The students’ remembrances mostly took the form of silent reflection, but there were a few high schoolers who wanted to say a few words, she said. Brick Township schools sent out a joint letter from the principals of the high schools stating that, due to safety reasons, the district and the police department decided not to participate in walkouts. (Walkouts - See Page 5)
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