Vol. 15 - No. 44
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THE TOMS RIVER
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Dear Pharmacist The Connection Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Thyroid
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–Photo courtesy Lors Photography Toms River’s Najea Hallenbeck takes a shot, surrounded by Brick Memorial players.
By Chris Christopher TOMS RIVER – The Toms River High School North boys basketball team was true to its slogan: Win as One. T he Ma r i ne r s d id ple nt y of winning. They won 25 games overall. They lost only five games. And they won the Shore Conference Class A South title at 14-0. Nor th wore the slogan on its warmup shirts with - what else? - Mariners Pride for each game. “Everyone knows their job and does what t hey need to do to help the team win,” North senior center Eliot Daks said. “We know what we have to do to win. We have to use our heads and not take on eve r yone one - on- one. T he slogan means we have to come (Mariners - See Page 2)
Wife Won’t Stop Buying Clothes
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Inside The Law
“ONE RING” Wireless Phone Scam
Freeholder: Construction On 9 And 37 Taking Too Long
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Business Directory Page 22-23.
Classifieds Page 21.
Fun Page Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck
Fresh Take: Celebrate The Arrival Of Spring With A New Look At Asparagus
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Horoscope Page 27.
–Photo by Chris Lundy Construction continues at the intersection of routes 37 and 166. By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Enough is enough. “The worst traffic problem we have right now in Ocean County is routes 37 and 166,” Freeholder Joseph Vicari said. The Route 166 project began back in 2016. The $11.8 million project includes the jug handle, utilities, (Construction - See Page 5)
$2.2 M To Be Recovered In Medicaid Fraud By Chris Lundy TRENTON – The Office of the State Comptroller announced that $2.2 million will be returned to the Medicaid program after numerous people defrauded the agency. From Sept. 12 to Dec. 12, 2017, people who believed they may have received Medicaid in error were encouraged to join the Ocean County Recipient Voluntary Disclosure Program. This program allowed them to enter into individual settlement agreements for them to pay back the money they were not legally allowed to have. There were 159 participants who entered into settlement agreements, the State Comptroller’s office reported. Added (Fraud - See Page 4)
| March 31, 2018
Fire Budget Cut
By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – Af ter voters shot down the budget for Fire District No. 1, the Tow n sh ip Cou ncil ha d t o make some cuts to it. The amount to be raised by taxation would have been $5,497,530, an increase of $182,680 f rom last yea r’s $5,314,850. The budget went down 458 votes to 335. At a recent Township Council meeting, there was a $75,0 0 0 r e d u c t io n i n t h e amount to be raised in taxation, chief financial officer Sharon Smith said. However, the council also will be increasing inspection fees that the fire department perfor ms, which will help make up that shortfall over t i me, Cou ncil man George Wittmann Jr. said. W hat’s left is a balance between the needs of the department and the desires of the taxpayers. Many firefighters were in attendance at the meeting. One thanked the council for not cut t i ng a ny t h i ng t hat af fe ct e d t r ai n i ng or f i re fighting equipment. Former chief Richard Tutela asked the new council members to get to know the firefighters and see all the hard work that they do. He said this in reference to some “misnomers” that were put out on social media encouraging people to vote against the fire budget.
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