Vol. 15 - No. 45
In This Week’s Edition
THE TOMS RIVER
TIMES
jerseyshoreonline.com | April 7, 2018
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Pages 12-15.
Toms River Tax Rate Same, Despite Increase In Taxes
BlueClaws At Bat For New Season
Government Page 8.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Open Fit Hearing Aids Are Giving Customers Greater Satisfaction
Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist The FDA Might Be Feeding You Foolishness
Page 17.
–Photos courtesy Lakewood BlueClaws Top: Marty Mallory will continue to manage the team. Bottom: This picture of the fans is from the final home regular-season game in 2017 at FirstEnergy Park. By Chris Christopher Phillies’ low Class-A farm team will play baseball under LAKEWOOD – “New” is the word for this season some new rules. at FirstEnergy Park, the home of the Lakewood BlueThe BlueClaws will play their home regular-season Claws. opener Thursday, April 12, against the Delmarva (Md.) There will be new entertainment. And the Philadelphia (BlueClaws - See Page 2)
Inside The Law
Workers’ Compensation Basics
Page 19.
10 Years Of Wish Granting
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck
More Than Meats The Eye: If You’re Trying To Eat Less Meat, This Recipe Is For You
Page 31.
Horoscope Page 31.
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Program coordinator Nichole Quinn, technology lead Anshita Patel, founder and executive director Danielle Gletow and program manager Nicole Sumner of One Simple Wish.
By Jennifer Peacock TRENTON – They’ve been connecting wish-makers with wish-granters for 10 years. And while some anniversary celebrations are in the works, the One Simple Wish tea m i n Trenton is working to give even a little bit of happiness to children - foster children - in need. One Simple Wish fou nder and executive director Danielle Gletow and program (Wish - See Page 5)
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER - The Toms River Township Council introduced a $124.8 million budget at its most recent meeting. Budgets are usually introduced in spring and then adopted later, after officials know the exact amount of state aid the township will be receiving. The budget, including paying off debt, would be $124,867,859. This is a decrease of $1,516,140 from last year’s $126,383,999. The amount to be raised by taxes would be $82,089,203. This would be an increase of $529,509 from last year’s $81,559,694 The tax rate is staying the same, at 63.4 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The amount is staying the same, despite the increase in taxation, because there are also more ratables to share the burden, Business Administrator Don Guardian said. (Tax - See Page 6)
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY The Better Angels In All Of Us
By J. Mark Mutter Every school boy and every school girl in Toms River knows the story of the battle of the Toms River Blockhouse at the end of the Revolutionary War. Twenty-five local men, all volunteers, defending the village and salt warehouse, were defeated in a Sunday morning British led attack in March 1782 leaving nine Americans dead and their captain, Joshua Huddy, captured. But that’s not the end of the story. It’s just the beginning. An International Incident Joshua “Jack” Huddy of Freehold had fought the British throughout the war. He was sent to Toms River by New Jersey’s
first state governor, William Livingston, and arrived in Toms River on February 1, 1782. He had been sent here because the people of Toms River had requested it in December 1781. After the historic battle of Yorktown in October where the British surrendered, skirmishes and acts of retaliation continued, and the villagers here sought protection. Toms River had been a Patriot stronghold throughout the years of the war for independence - with its easy to reach port for privateers through the then-existing Cranberry Inlet. We had been attacked twice, unsuccessfully, in the 1770s. Would there be a third attempt? (History - See Page 10)
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