Vol. 16 - No. 4
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| June 23, 2018
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Pages 10-14.
Government Page 8.
Is Your Beach Clean?
How To Recognize Subtle Signs Of Domestic Abuse By Judy SmestadNunn BRICK – Every minute some 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in this country, and one in three women and one in four men have been victims of some for m of physical violence in their lifetime, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Intimate partner violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent
Letters Page 9.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News 5 Signs It’s Time To Upgrade Your Technology
Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist 6 Quick Ways To Relieve Itchy Red Eyes
Page 17.
Dear Joel Bathroom Manners Down The Drain
–Photo by Chris Lundy There are two monitoring sites in Manasquan, one at East Main Street. By Chris Lundy of potential closures due to site where people can see the status of their favorite JERSEY SHORE – The high bacteria counts. State Department of EnThe DEP’s Cooperative beaches. There’s a map of vironmental Protection Coastal Monitoring Pro- the state, with little circles has created a new web site gram has created njbeaches. where the water is being (Beach - See Page 2) that will inform bathers org, an interactive web-
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn These reminders are posted on the wall in Dottie’s House about how to treat someone in an abu(Abuse - See Page 4) sive relationship.
Page 18.
Inside The Law
Seaside Park Surprised When Thousands “Meetup”
Is Your Property Being Properly Assessed?
Page 19.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck
Bake A Batch Of Cookies That The Whole Family Will Enjoy
Page 31.
Horoscope Page 31.
–Photo courtesy Instagram The event was publicized on social media.
By Jennifer Peacock S E A S I D E PA R K – They came from Trenton, Nept une, Asbur y Park, Hammonton, Plainfield. When Seaside Park Mayor Robert Matthies asked why they were in the borough, they said “for a meetup!” What’s a meetup, the mayor asked? It’s when you go somewhere and meet up, the young people responded. Such a meetup was announced on @Freakniknj’s
Instagram page (which was later set to private). #FreakNikNJ18 had originally planned to “meet up” at the Seaside Heights Boardwalk, presented by Tahmir & DJ Bake, noon to 7 p.m. Guests paid $8 and were asked to bring speakers, beach balls and no open liquor containers. But the location was changed to a private beach at Stockton and Porter avenues in Seaside Park, the
This Month In History Our Local Founding Fathers
By J. Mark Mutter It was June of last year that we celebrated our town’s founding, then 250 years ago, as a new political entity - the “Township of Dover” (now known today as the Township of Toms River). But that’s not the end of the story. It’s only the beginning. In a prior column, the early years
of the colonial-era local government was surveyed. In this column, our early “founding fathers” are examined. Who were these people? What were they doing? How did they shape our early history? 250 Years Ago (Plus One) Our town was created by (History - See Page 4)
(Meetup - See Page 7)
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