Vol. 24 - No. 3
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| June 23, 2018
How Do You Know If Your Beach Is Clean?
Community News! Pages 9-13.
Letters Page 8.
Government Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
–Photos by Chris Lundy Seen in this file photo from last year, the Ocean Gate Beach is one of the monitoring sites.
5 Signs It’s Time To Upgrade Your Technology
Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist Page 17.
Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 22-23.
Classifieds Page 21.
Fun Page Page 20.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
–Photos courtesy Central Regional School District
For more photos, see page 9.
NRC To Host Fundraisers Planned For Public Hearing Wunder Wiener Owner On Oyster Creek Decommissioning By Kimberly Bosco LACEY – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that they will hold a public meeting to discuss the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) and to receive comments from the public. The meeting will be held on July 17 from 6-9 p.m. at the Community Hall in Lacey Township, 101 North Main Street, Forked River. On May 21, the NRC received the PSDAR for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The PSDAR includes the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate, an overview of Exelon Generation’s plans for decommissioning, a schedule, projected costs, and environmental impacts for Oyster Creek. (NRC - See Page 14)
–Photo by Chris Lundy The Beachwood Fire Department sends their best wishes. By Chris Lundy BEACHWOOD – In the difficult times following the tragic crash that hospitalized the owner of der Wunder Wiener, the family can see just how much of an impact the man has
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had on the community. Gerald LaCrosse has been a councilman in Beachwood for years. But people outside of that small borough know him as the smiling face of the (Fundraisers - See Page 4)
By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – The State Department of Environmental Protection has created a new web site that will inform bathers of potential closures due to high bacteria counts. The DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program has created njbeaches. org, an interactive website where people can see the status of their favorite beaches. There’s a map of the state, with little circles where the water is being monitored on the east coast from Monmouth to Cape May counties. The circles are color-coded to denote if the beach is open, closed, or if there’s an advisory. If you zoom in on the map, you can click on the beach and find out what the bacteria count was. Although the DEP said that there are 180 ocean and 35 bay monitoring stations along the coast, there are also some more inland. There are several along the Toms River, such as in Ocean Gate, Pine Beach, and Beachwood. There’s one on the Brick side of the Metedeconk River. There are two on the Point Pleasant side of the Manasquan River. There’s one at the L Street beach in Belmar, on the Shark River. The rest are on the ocean or bay from Keansburg to Cape May Point. There is also a field guide of what people might find at the beach, from jellyfish to balls of grease that harden after being (Beach - See Page 14)
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