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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

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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.

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Inside The Law

Seaside Park Surprised When Thousands “Meetup”

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–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)

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Beach:

Continued From Page 1 monitored on the east coast from Monmout h to Cape May cou nt ies. T he 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 poured down drains.

The water is being tested for enterocci, bacteria found in human and animal waste. The bacteria, in and of itself, is not harmful, said Bruce Friedman, director of the DEP’s Division of Water Monitoring and Standards. It appears naturally in our own bodies. He said that the presence of a lot of that bacteria indicates that there’s waste in the water.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

The federal standard for this bacteria is 110 colony forming units per 100 ml, Friedman said. However, New Jersey’s tests are a bit more stringent, sending up a yellow f lag for 104 units per 100 ml.

Tests are done on Monday, and results are back the next day. If it hits 104 or more, then an advisory is issued for that beach. The little circle on the map turns from green to yellow. The beach can still remain open.

Any beach that has an advisory from Monday gets tested again on Tuesday, Friedman said. This time, though, instead of just testing the one spot, they test 150 feet in three directions out into the water.

If the bacteria count is still more than 104, then the beach is closed. Yellow turns to red. That beach will then be

tested every day, going out an additional 150 feet each day. Once the numbers drop below 104, the beach is re-opened.

Generally speaking, bay beaches close more frequently than ocean beaches, he said. Ocean beaches have more tidal flow, which washes out anything harmful.

In addition to water tests, there are f lights that are taken over the water every day except Wednesday during the beach season. Observers look for debris, algae, or other signs that mark whether the water is healthy or not. There are also sensors on the plane to detect unhealthy conditions.

There have been fewer advisories issued so far this year than last year, he said.

Stormwater runoff is a major cause of this bacterium. A heavy rainfall will often lead to high bacteria counts. The rain washes waste into the waterways, and then the bacteria f lourish. Unfortunately, with the amount of development along the shore, this will always be an issue. Another issue is if there is damage with a municipality’s sewerage infrastructure.

And that leads into why the tests are done on Monday, despite most people going to the beach on the weekend. If a beach gets a green light on Monday, it’s not tested for the rest of the week. A lot could happen in a few days.

But the inf lux of tourists on the weekend taxes a town’s sewerage system, Friedman said. Leaks would cause bacteria to grow, and that would be detected on a Monday.

The DEP also promoted these tips for safe swimming: • Swim near a lifeguard.

• Never swim alone.

• If you are caught in a rip current, remember to swim parallel to the shore.

• Avoid sandbars, drop-off areas, or fast currents.

• Be aware of your surroundings.

• Protect yourself from the sun.

The web site does not record dangerous conditions, such as rip tides, that might also close the beach. However, there is a link on rip currents from that site. It also notes that local authorities can also close the beaches at any times at their own discretion.

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Abuse: Continued From Page 1 crime, and women between the ages of 18 and 24 are most at risk.

Not all abusers are men, said Debbie Galletta, a licensed clinical social worker and program director at Dottie’s House, a transitional housing facility in Brick designed to aid women and children who have survived domestic violence.

“It’s not always a partner - sometimes it could be a mother or a brother, but the majority are intimate partners,” she said.

Abuse isn’t always physical, oftentimes it’s emotional or financial, and women don’t realize it’s abusive behavior, but coercive control is the underlying motive.

Emotional abusers humiliate, insult, put down, threaten, rebuke and control the victim, and keeps them on a short leash, that affects the victim’s self-esteem, which the abuser hopes will make the victim more dependent on them.

Over time, emotional abuse can erode the victim’s joy, sense of well-being and mental health.

Financial abuse is not always obvious to an outsider, but there is shame attached for the woman who has to account for every penny she spends, or ask for money to purchase basic necessities, even if she is the breadwinner in the relationship.

“Physical abuse is obvious, but if it’s emotional or financial abuse it might not feel like it’s abuse, especially if they grew up with it,” Galletta said.

It’s only through education, such as marriage

counseling, that a woman might realize that her partner’s controlling behavior is a form of abuse, she said.

According to Karen Kirton, who is a case manager at Dottie’s House, many women say, “I know he was controlling with money, and he would put me down and call me names,” but they didn’t identify that behavior as abuse.

While each case is unique and each victim has varying amounts of support, Kirton said, it’s important to reach out to any resources she has.

If a woman is in an abusive relationship, she could first seek support from friends, family and professionals, Galletta said.

When there’s no housing available with family or friends, an abuse victim could reach out to social services, who might put the victim up in a motel for a period of time until she can find an affordable apartment, Kirton said.

Victims could call a national hotline at 800799-HELP (7233) where highly-trained advocates are available 24/7 and have information on available resources.

“Oftentimes, a woman might return to her abuser because she has no means to take care of herself. She has no vehicle, no money, no job skills, and she might think, ‘Maybe he’ll change,’ ” Kirton said. “It’s better than living in the street.”

If there are children involved, they have their own issues, Galletta said. Many have experienced some kind of trauma and children as young as two can mimic the abuser’s behavior. Children need counseling to break the cycle and educate them, and sometimes child protective services

gets involved.

If the abuser is the victim’s mother, the victim made need help in managing that relationship on her terms, and to step away when she needs to step away, Galletta said.

Emotional, spiritual, physical and fi nancial recovery takes a long time. Women can live at Dottie’s House for two years.

During the first year the women are getting over the crisis before working on themselves, she said.

Even when they have been away from their abuser for years, there is a danger they could go back, Galletta said.

“Abuse can be a form of addiction. In NA (Narcotics Anonymous) and AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), you learn how to stay away from the bar or a needle, it’s challenging for us,” she said. “A woman could go back and forth [into the abusive relationship] because she misses the companionship, especially if they have children together. Sometimes she’ll go into the dating world and she’ll get drawn back in to the same type of relationship.”

It’s difficult for loved ones to see a woman go back and forth to the same abuser, especially from someone who has offered the victim emotional and financial support. Oftentimes those people shut the door for helping the victim in the future.

“It doesn’t matter to us, as professionals, but [family and friends] should try to listen and not judge because you don’t understand why she’s making the choices she’s making. They may not understand. This is her life. Always listen and be supportive, no matter what,” Galletta said.

History: Continued From Page 1 Royal Charter on June 24, 1767. New Jersey was still a Royal Colony - to become one of the original thirteen states nine years later when independence was declared. Thus, our town is older than the United States! In 1768, 37-year old William Franklin - Benjamin’s son - was in his fifth year in office as the Royal Governor. The Franklins, in the 1760s, were staunchly loyal to the British Crown and Benjamin helped secure his son’s royal appointment. During this time, New Jersey had dual capitals, harkening back to when, before 1702, the colony was divided into the provinces of “East Jersey” and “West Jersey.”

Perth Amboy and Burlington were the capitals and below them lie a huge pine forest - which would become our town - with the tiny village of Toms River serving as an important gateway to the sea.

Who? The early settlers to our area were mostly of English descent. While the Native Americans of New Jersey - the Lenni Lenape, known as the “original people” - had been here for thousands of years, by the time of English colonization, few natives still lived here.

One of them was the local chieftain’s daughter, Princess Anne, who married an Englishman, Thomas Luker, circa 1685, and settled along a body of water which became known as “Tom’s River.” Unlike the Dutch who came to New Jersey in search of minerals and then often moved on, the English, instead, came to stay. They settled.

This is the story of the 17th and 18th centuries, (History - See Page 7)

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Meetup: Continued From Page 1 latter which draws the border between Seaside Park and Seaside Heights. The reason, according to the June 15 post: “Less Strict Rules.”

Well, what young persons call a meetup requires in Seaside Park what adults call a “use of facilities report.” In other words, one needs a permit to hold such a large event in the borough. It’s not a problem, usually; the mayor says large events have been held in Seaside Park before, on borough property.

However, the crowds amassed on private property, an event the mayor says the landowner had no idea about.

Neither did the borough, either borough.

“The borough did not know about (it). All of a sudden, participants started to arrive.

They just kept coming and coming and coming. Thousands of people arrived in Seaside Park, some in Seaside Heights,” Matthies told Jersey Shore Online in a phone interview. He did observe large crowds when he walked the beach and boardwalk Saturday evening with a friend.

Although other media reported that there were as many as 15,000, he said that number was unlikely. People estimating that number probably didn’t take into account a soccer event in the Heights around the same time, and the usual summer crowds. “They ended up on a private beach, which is between Stockton and Porter avenues, the borderline between Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, and were shoulder-to-shoulder. I didn’t hear

History: Continued From Page 4 and for us here our history is predominately that of English settlers.

Unlike those in New England and in the South, many of those early settlers who came here were second and third generation Americans - seeking escape for religious, economic, and political reasons in other colonies - rather than from problems in Europe. Some came to escape taxes in the northern colonies. Others came for religious toleration. The 1648 “Monmouth Patent” (our town then was part of Shrewsbury in Monmouth County) guaranteed religious toleration. In the period roughly from 1660 to 1730, northern Monmouth County was mainly settled by Puritans and southern Monmouth (our area) by Quakers. The area’s remoteness allowed people to follow their own beliefs and be self-sufficient.

And when they settled, they did so, typically, like Thomas Luker did - near some body of water. And although speculative (we never have been able to historically document it), those early Englishmen probably brought with them a name - “Dover” from the famed White Cliffs of Dover.

Where?

That pine forest which became our town in 1767 stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Burlington County line to the west, the Metedeconk River to the north, and the Oyster Creek to the south. It was 440 square miles - the size of all of present day northern Ocean County!

In the east, the Barnegat Bay with its many tributaries and marshes dominated colonial life.

“Barnegat” - an Anglicized version of the Dutch

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Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz released a statement about the weekend’s events. “(Beachnik18) was apparently moved as a result of strict beach rules adopted by Seaside Heights in 2017 and the presence of a large family-centered event, Sand Soccer Storm, occupying large sections of the beach in Seaside Heights. The Sand Soccer Storm event had the required special event permit,” Vaz said.

Like so many other municipalities, both Seasides require that events of an out-ofthe-ordinary nature—which Beachnik18 can be considered—apply for permits. “#beachniknj18 never approached the Borough of Seaside Heights for a permit even though it promoted its event as being in Seaside Heights. And its promotions, which were still on Instagram after the event, encouraged activity and behavior that are not permitted in Seaside Heights. This included ‘speakers,’ and beach balls, both of which create discomfort for other beach guests,” Vaz said. “More importantly, there were numerous promotions, associated with the event, for the sale of illegal alcohol. It was illegal as presented, both in terms of alcoholic beverages being sold without a license and being produced illegally. While #beachniknj18 may not have promoted such sales directly, it was on the Instagram page for the event.”

Vaz said Seaside Heights is exploring

options for holding accountable those who organized this meetup. The borough welcomes events that match its community values and its permitting process, but anyone who promotes such an event will face whatever penalties that borough can find, “including recovering the costs of our dealing with their illegal activity.”

A Seaside Park resident, who asked not to be named, said that people came out of nowhere on the Heights and Park border.

She hasn’t seen anything like that since Jersey Shore was filming.

“You could smell the pot, see the women dressed inappropriately. It was not a family type of environment,” she said. She could hear music but didn’t witness any fights.

Some people sat on her front porch, but when she asked them to move, they did.

Things “were in full swing” at 7 p.m. Saturday, but were quieted down by 10 p.m.

“They were blasting music, jumping up and down. I saw people walk up to boardwalk and turn around [to leave]. It was a freefor-all. Every rule that’s ever been put in Seaside Heights went out the window.”

Up the road in Seaside Heights that Saturday evening, Ocean County Scanner News member Christopher Guzman did record a fight between multiple men and Seaside Heights Police intervened. According to the video, that particular fight seemed to last less than three minutes.

Matthies said he knows some businesses chose to close early Saturday night because of the crowds, but that was a private decision and not mandated by the borough.

Seaside Heights did call for backup, which Seaside Park agreed with. The mayor said law enforcement agencies from around the area, including local police departments, the county’s SWAT team, state police and even a couple of homeland security officials, kept an eye on the night’s events.

But during his hours out on the beach and boardwalk Saturday night, Matthies saw two minor skirmishes: two girls pushing each other, screaming foul language at one another, and another, a “standoff” between two people that didn’t erupt further. He was aware of the “melee” that occurred in Seaside Heights, but didn’t know of any other “brawls.” He said in the Park, there were few arrests and no known reports of property damage.

Matthies said by late evening, the crowds dispersed into smaller groups, and any activity in the borough’s residential areas was out-of-towners, unfamiliar with borough streets, trying to remember where exactly they parked.

Matthies said the borough does monitor social media, as do government agencies and businesses in Seaside Heights, but that this event wasn’t picked up by them or surrounding municipalities or agencies, who often do share information about potential events or disruptions the borough should be aware of.

“We’re usually told by other agencies that things might happen. You prepare for it. You need to prepare. This situation, we couldn’t prepare, because we didn’t know,”

word “barend-gat,” meaning “where the waters breaketh (the Barnegat Inlet)” - was a “pleasant land to see.” The Dutch saw this area in the early 1600s and the English settled it in the 1700s.

In the west, thousands of acres of thick forest of pine, oak, and cedar trees, with sandy soil, with swamps and bogs, made living there difficult.

While there were some sporadic settlements to the west, as time went by, it was in the eastern part of this vast town where history was first made.

unsuccessful. Its closing stagnated local commerce and Toms River became something of a small, isolated hamlet in the early Nineteenth Century - but that’s another story.

But, in the 18th Century, the inlet’s existence was defining. It allowed easy access from the ocean into the bay and river, making Toms River a busy seaport and it is more than fair to say that the battle of Toms River would not have occurred but for Cranberry Inlet.

What?

The early settlers here were fishermen who would cure their catch and obtain oil from whales. They needed to be self-sufficient. On land, they grew their own crops and hunted.

Carpentry, blacksmithing, and tanning grew out of necessity. And since the coast was dominant, smuggling and pirating became prevalent.

War And Destruction The Revolutionary War began just eight years after our town’s founding and geography affected these events. To the east, the extensive coastline left us open to easy attack by sea.

To the west, the dense, forested area was an asylum for local “pine robbers” and loyalist “refugees.”

Along the coast, with the Continental Congress legalizing pirating, Toms River became a harbor for seized ships. To the west, wagons, arms, and provisions were regularly captured.

Said Nineteenth Century historian Edwin Salter: “Old Dover twp. was the scene of many stirring incidents during the war.” What is today our peaceful downtown village, was an American military post designed to protect residents from the refugees, check contraband trade through the inlet, and aid privateers’ activities.

Some 77 naval battles were fought off the Jersey coast. Our salt works at Shelter Cover were destroyed by the British in 1778, Lt. Joshua Studson of Toms River was shot and killed by the notorious pine robber John Bacon in Cranberry Inlet in 1780, and the Toms River block-

house was attacked, overrun, and destroyed in 1782. Said Salter in 1887, “Toms River then did not seem quite as desirable place for pleasure resort as it is in the present day.”

Not only was the Toms River fort destroyed, so, too, was the village. All homes were destroyed by fire but two: those of one Aaron Buck and Mrs. Joshua Studson. Buck’s wife was the niece of William Dillon, the refugee guide who led the attacking British to the village from their landing spot (near present day Mathis Bridge).

Since Mrs. Studson’s husband had been killed

by Bacon two years earlier, the British thought that was enough injury to her. The destruction of Toms River was, in Salter’s words, “a day of horrors.”

Geography And History It is often said that geography affects history, and this was certainly the case here in the 1700s. Now known only in the history books, there once was an opening to the sea in colonial times and its existence would play a vital role: Cranberry Inlet.

Situated directly across from present day Shelter Cove Park at the end of Bay Avenue, Cranberry Inlet was one of the best inlets along the Jersey coast. It is unknown when nature first created it, but it probably “broke through” about 1750.

It closed in 1812 as it had been shoaling for years. Its closing caused great inconvenience to those trading and about 1821, a man named Michael Ortley began efforts to re-open it - all

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Rebirth But like the Phoenix, Toms River would rise from the ashes and become a thriving community again. Our rebirth as a town truly is a remarkable story of the resilience of mankind and of the American spirit.

NEXT: The rebuilding of our town and the early Federal years: How Toms River’s story mirrors America’s story SOURCES: “Old Times in Old Monmouth”

by Edwin Salter and George Beekman; “The People of Ocean County” by David Oxenford; “Ocean County: Four Centuries in the Making” by Pauline Miller J. Mark Mutter served as the Township Clerk and Historian of Toms River. He served as chairman of the Township’s 225th anniversary committee in 1992 and its 250th anniversary committee in 2017.

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SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNMENT Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials

Capitol Comments Senator Jim Holzapfel 10th Legislative District, Serving Toms River

TRENTON - Senator Jim Holzapfel, Assemblyman Dave Wolfe, and Assemblyman Greg McGuckin (all R-10th) blasted a school funding plan proposed by Democrats in Trenton that would cut a combined $42 million in

school funding to Brick and Toms River students and drive property tax bills higher by nearly $1,000.

“Trenton Democrats have proposed cutting state aid to the Brick and Toms River school districts by $22.3 million and

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Tanesha Way TRENTON - New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way released the following statement disagreeing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, upholding Ohio’s voter

registration purge policy: “I find the Supreme Court ruling in this case troubling. Allowing voters to be removed because they missed voting in a single election cycle is discriminatory.

Regardless of today’s decision,

Capitol Comments Senator Robert Menendez

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require

the President, Vice President and Cabinet Members who review the impact of foreign investment in the United States on our national security, to disclose every 90 days all private business transactions with foreign entities.

Don’t Cut Toms River, Brick School Funding $19.8 million, respectively,” said Holzapfel. “The Democrats’plan would decimate our local schools and cause property tax bills to skyrocket. It’s an absolute disaster for both students and taxpayers.”

Wolfe highlighted the efficiency of the Brick and Toms River school districts, which spent $18,047 and $16,318 per pupil in 2016, respectively. He said that represents a significant savings for taxpayers over the average statewide spending of

$20,385 per student.

“While Governor Murphy often talks about making New Jersey a good value for the money, Brick and Toms River have succeeded in offering our children a great education for thousands less per student than other school districts,” said Wolfe.

“Rather than rewarding our achievement and holding us out as a model of efficiency for other districts to follow, Trenton

Democrats want to slash our state funding and drive up our local property tax bills. It’s reprehensible.”

McGuckin slammed a claim made by Democrats that taxpayers in Brick and Toms River don’t pay enough in local property taxes to fund our schools.

“Democrats in the State House think property taxpayers in Brick can afford to pay another $754 in school taxes,” said McGuckin.

“They think Toms River home-

owners can afford to pay an extra $918 in school taxes. It’s clear that Trenton Democrats are out of their minds. I urge every concerned taxpayer to call Governor Murphy and tell him to kill this ill-conceived plan.”

Should the school districts attempt to raise taxes to the levels that Trenton Democrats say is appropriate, property tax bills in Brick could rise by 12 percent, while those in Toms River could go up a whopping 15 percent.

Residents Won’t Be Kicked Off Voter Lists Like In Ohio New Jersey will continue the important work of protecting voters’ rights.”

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ohio’s process for removing individuals from voter rolls in the state is legal, going against voting rights groups who had argued that the state ignored protections for voters outlined under federal law. The groups argued that the state’s

purge process, which could be initiated after a voter missed a single federal election, violated the National Voter Registration Act. At the heart of this case is a 1994 Ohio state law that authorizes the Secretary of State to implement a “supplementary process” to remove voters who go two years without voting activities (e.g. voting and/or

updating their personal contact information) and sending those voters a notice. If that notice is not returned or the voter does not vote in the subsequent four years, then that voter is automatically struck from the rolls. Independent analysis has found this policy to be especially harmful to at-risk Ohioans, people of color, veterans and students.

Husted v. APRI is one example of the fights now happening across the country against unfair voter purge practices.

Irresponsible purges could be a significant threat facing voters in the November midterm elections, although this will not be a risk in New Jersey, as it is not one of the states participating in the purging practices at the heart of the Ohio case.

President, Others Should Disclose Private Business Transactions with Foreign Entities Current disclosure requirements for the Cabinet Members who serve on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), as well as the President, do not provide for transparency regarding potential conflicts of interest related to transactions under committee review.

“Right now, the American people have no way of knowing

whether decisions made by administration officials regarding foreign investment in the U.S. are influenced by their own personal business interests or our national security interest,” said Sen. Menendez. “My amendment is about simple transparency. It says to those making decisions about our national security: If your private company is doing business with foreign entities,

disclose it. If you don’t want to disclose it, divest your holdings or put them in a blind trust.”

The Secretaries of Treasury, State, Homeland Security, Defense, Commerce and Energy, the Attorney General, U.S. Trade Representative, and the Office of Science & Technology Policy are statutory members of CFIUS. While CFIUS makes a recommendation to the President on

the national security implications of a foreign investment, only the President him/herself can make a determination to block a potentially threatening investment.

The amendment is co-sponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.).

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F EATURED L ETTER Be Wary Of North Korea While not a fan of President Trump I give him credit for opening the door to a more peaceful relationship with North Korea. Perhaps dictators respond best when confronted by strength.

However, many in both political parties are concerned too much was given with little in return: the end of war games with ally South Korea, possible withdrawal of our troops (with the sudden excuse of being too costly), as well as immediately declaring North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat despite having not eliminated a single nuclear weapon.

Of equal concern is how murderers such as Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are treated so benignly while longtime allies are insulted and humiliated. We all hope this time North Korea will not repeat its history of broken pledges to denuclearize thus requiring we continue to maintain our security advantage.

Past history with tyrants has not always resulted in peace but, if anything, greater danger and threats. Neville C h a mb e rl i n r e t u r ne d from talks with Hitler declaring “peace in our time.” While talking of

peace with imperial Japan, Pearl Harbor was bombed. The allies ceded East Germany to Stalin and for decades we experienced a cold war often dangerously close to a hot one. Nixon was cheered for opening the door to Communist China only to see that nation grow so powerful it has become an economic and diplomatic challenge to America.

Clinton had Arafat and Rabin shake hands but the promise of Mideast peace was followed by the birth of terrorists such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Our joyful overthrow of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, replaced by a moderate but weak government, lead to the rise of Islamic Fundamentalists who attacked us on 9/11 and continue as a threat.

The recent pact with Iran is denounced by President Trump as the worst ever as it secretly continues to develop its nuclear potential. Not only must we remember that if we fail to learn from history we are doomed to repeat it but President Kennedy warned that “Those who foolishly sought power, by riding the back of the tiger, ended up inside.”

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TV News, Weather Skips Us I saw Comcast cable should replace “News 12 NJ” and “The Weather Channel.”

We need news and weather channels covering midsouth Jersey, that being between Toms River and Atlantic City.

“News 12 NJ” doesn’t know that towns, roads, and people exist here. We rarely get any coverage of anything in our area.

“The Weather Channel” ignores the northeast and the “Local weather on the eights” is rarely seen on any time, especially on the weekends!

Texas, California, Hawaii, southern states and those west of the Mississippi River is all they know, except of course, “Ice Road Truckers,” “Highway Through Hell,” “Think You Can Survive,” and the like. We only get coverage here when a hurricane or extremely bad storm is off our coast.

I say we need previous channel 101 for local weather and a South Jersey, maybe Atlantic County, news channel!

Donald G. Calvert Barnegat

Lacey Students Received Good Gun Training Eytan Weber wrote a letter to you which you published in the June 9 edition of the Souther n Ocean Times.

The safety class that was described sounded pretty good to me, handing a pistol to a young student can take away the curiosity that often leads to a bad incident. The safety officer was obviously trying to overcome the fear that we all experience when we pick up a firearm for the first time. Teaching students how a firearm works is necessary if one wants to safely check that a gun is not loaded.

The statistics on gunshot deaths are skewed. The idea that he can collect guns

Letters To from everyone he can talk The expansion andEditor exiting lanes. but a few said they wished to is a bad idea. We cannot get guns out of the hands of the bad guys by a voluntary collection.

With due respect to the Rutgers School of Nursing, I am sure that the gun safety class covered proper gun storage; it is such an important subject. The fact that students may handle guns when no adults are present cries out for teaching everyone that guns are not toys and must be handled carefully and safely.

Weber is uninfor med and misguided. He cannot eliminate all guns and his blindfolded approach to keeping kids safe from guns is dangerous, ignorant, wrong, and useless. A poor approach when “children’s lives are on the line.”

Thank you for your attention on this controversial and important subject.

Anthony Finn Lacey

Parkway Reconstruction Still Impacting Locals It has been over five and a half years since the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) began the destruction of the area of the Garden State Parkway between mile post 95 and 89. This negatively impacted the lives of thousands of Brick, Howell and Lakewood residents. With the destruction and creation of many of the exits they lined the pockets of lobbyists, power brokers and some politicos. The new exiting ramps and the roadway expansion of the Garden State Parkway is a financial windfall for the insiders and bureaucrats that run those Big Government Bureaucracies like the NJTA. The NJTA has said they did not expand the Parkway and move the roadway closer to the homes in Evergreen Woods but this is semantics used in a manner that distorts the true meaning of roadway

A lane that begins north of the southbound mile marker 103.0 ends in its last half mile as a lane that exits into the Exit 91 toll booths cannot truly be called an exiting ramp by any normal, honest definition. If they were being honest they would have done the “RIGHT” thing five years ago.

What is needed on the Garden State Parkway adjacent to Evergreen Woods, Primrose Gardens, Greenbriar, Birchwood Park, Sutton Village and other places in Brick Township is increased forestation as well as a 14foot pollution, safety and noise wall to curtail some of the damage caused by the illegal actions of the commissioners of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Over the past years, it has been brought to the attention of the NJTA, the statehouse, the county government and the Township Council here in Brick that the illegal actions of the NJTA on the Garden State Parkway have caused harm to the residents. Many studies brought before the council and the NJTA have shown how the toxins associated with the Garden State Parkway traffic have caused a variety of health ailments, but nothing moves the powerful greed-driven commissioners, directors and lobbyists of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

The one benefit I have received over the last 65 months, speaking before the council, is that I have met many people who I did not know before and people I have may not have spoken to in many years. These new and former associations have been created by the inaction of the NJTA because over that period hundreds of people have stopped to talk to me about the problems they have had since the NJTA committed to this project without concern for our citizens. Many have stated that they could never stand up before the council and speak up against the government inaction. All

me well and can’t believe I have the stamina to continually show the council the problems associated with the destruction. Even today, I again was stopped by two people and told they watch me on TV and said they are happy I go before the council because they would have given up a long time ago. I told them, that is what governments and bureaucracies do. They drag things out, they ignore problems and they hope you go away. It is a well-used technique that works more of ten than not and when it doesn’t completely work then the governments and bureaucracies appease in part.

The NJTA tried that a few years ago with a small group of trees planted in Evergreen Woods but that hardly helped the residents of EverGreen Woods and did nothing for the thousands of other residents.

Often people say that the people in government will never stand up and fight with you because they will say they are volunteers (despite having health benefits or other compensation). In reality, some of this is true.

Remember the first council that existed during the initial destruction? They said if the NJTA didn’t do the “right thing” they would stand here with the people and once they were out of office, they disappeared.

I always mention that our local government tries to help. I usually get the feedback that they would rather talk about getting a meal in some restaurant, or attend a play, or march in a parade than they would stand up and speak out, as well as take legal action against the Big Business - Big Government Cartel. A wall and increased forestation is the minimum that is needed but the thousands of impacted citizens can’t do it while the more influential just sit back and smile.

John Sluka Brick

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By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Men eschew annual checkups and preventative services, making them more likely to die from nine of the 10 top causes of death than women.

Men need to take care of their health, for their families and for themselves.

That’s the message the county is touting in June for Men’s Health Month.

“Men must focus on prevent ative measures such as reg ular doctor checkups and screenings to avoid adding to the grim statistics concer ning mortality,” Freeholder Director Gerry Little said. He’s the board of health liaison. “We must also bring awareness to potential mental health issues, such as depression, to reduce another alarming statistic which suggests men are four times more likely than women to commit suicide. We have a responsibility to bring awareness to men’s health and, as we celebrate Father’s Day in the second week of June, we should be mindful of the tremendous benef its of prevention.

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–Photo courtesy TRRS TOMS RIVER – Friday June 8, the High School East band held its second annual East-side Band Festival, which included 374 students from HSE and its feeder schools, and surpassed last year’s participation by 100 kids.

Previously that week, Wednesday June 6, the band participated in the Super Jazz concert at High School North. Al Chez, a professional trumpet player who has played with Bon Jovi, Tower of Power, Stevie Won-

der, David Bowie and many other famous musicians, performed a clinic with all three high schools that culminated in a “super band” performance to close out the evening.

Students, teachers, and families report Mr. Chez—who was a member of the Late Show band for more than 15 years—was easily the best clinician who has ever worked with band students. All in all, a busy and inspirational week for HSE, HSN, and HSS band members.

Student Video, Mural Highlight Diversity At High School North TOMS RIVER – At High School North, teacher Mary Vargas’s fourth-period AP English Language Arts class created a film and mural project highlighting the school’s diversity.

The filmmaker for the project is Alex Kahn, and Katrina Hernandez is the key artist of the mural, which was painted by Katrina, Gianna Daniele, Jenna Paul, Anna DeAngelis, Morgan Curtis, and Jessica

Gallo. Assisting in the work were Ethan Lui, Gabe Basic, Erica Calugay, who helped with videotaping students and promoting the event.

Class members also helped design publicity posters, invite featured students, and assist in setting up the corresponding Community Cultural Event, which was held in HSN’s Blue Cafeteria. To view the project, visit the district’s website.

Love To Sing? They’d Love To Have You

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – The Oceanaires are looking for some men to join their chorus.

They’re hosting their annual guest night 7:30-9 p.m. July 17 at New Life Church, 700 Main St. The guest night features singing, entertainment, refreshments and some basic vocal lessons that will help vocalists of all abilities.

Guests will meet the 25 members who make up The Oceanaires, who range in age from 16 to 89.

There’s no commitment to join. All are welcome.

For 61 years, the Oceanaires Chorus - Ocean County’s only Barbershop Chorus - has been entertaining audiences nationwide.

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TOMS RIVER – The Gift Auction and Dinner will be held at Toms River Community Church located at 20 Robbins St, Toms River, NJ. Please note that 100 percent of all proceeds collected from this event will benefit both Toms River Community Church and our Community Outreach Program for the Displaced and Homeless (Families and Children) to continue to support those in need.

Toms River Community Church is a community church that provides a number of

people and families who are need with food, clothing and necessities throughout the year. People do not realize that Toms River Community Church has been offering food, clothing, medical care, personal hygiene items and other necessities to the homeless and displaced for over a decade without cost. Plus, we provide weekly lunches for those displaced to call home.

The cost is $20. Join us for the auction and dinner on July 28 from 5-10 p.m. at the church.

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Applicants must be between the 18-35 years of age and must be certified by the N.J. Police Training Commission (Eligible for waiver for Full Time Certificate) .

Applications can be obtained at the Island Heights Police Department Headquarters located at 1 East End Avenue, Wannamaker Complex, Island Heights, NJ 08732. There is an application fee of $50 and should be paid by check or money order.

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Downtown Toms River Farmers’ Market

TOMS RIVER – Don’t miss the farmer’s market every Wednesday through summer and fall open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located at The Ocean County Parking Garage Lawn along Hadley Ave, convenient free parking is available.

NJ Jersey Fresh farmers featuring fruits & vegetables, baked goods, pickles & olives, Italian specialties, herbs, spices, candy, nuts, NJ winery, homemade soaps, coffee,

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Enter the free raffle for a chance to win a basket of Jersey Fresh produce and other items. Enjoy lunch at the Farmers Market under the tents! Food vendor and smoothie truck on the premises.

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TOMS RIVER – Freshmen at all three district high schools met with Dr. Gene Hession of the United States Lifeguard Association to learn about swim safety this week. At High School South, NBC news reporter Brian Thompson visited to film and interviewed students about the importance of this message. The ensuing feature aired on the network.

“This is the second year that Toms River HS South has welcomed Dr. Gene Hession of the United States Lifeguard Association to share his important message about swim safety,” said HSS Principal James Ricotta, Jr. “Being so close to the Toms River, Barnegat Bay, and Atlantic Ocean, we feel it is our obligation to educate our students about rip currents and swim safety.”

During the presentation students were taught how to swim in areas that have lifeguards, talk to lifeguards about the tides, and how to protect themselves from dangerous situations. The objective is to keep students safe so they can enjoy the summer

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Superintendent David Healy was also in attendance at HSS to help stress the importance of the message.

“Toms River is one of the largest Jersey Shore communities with most of our 16,000 students visiting our beaches each day. The safety of our students is always our number one priority on land and in this case in the water,” said Superintendent David Healy.

“Being able to include the United States Lifesaving Association as one of our many partners in this effort is just one more vital component of our ‘it takes a village approach.’

“Under the leadership of USLA president Dr. Eugene Hession, we’ve been able to provide our students the resources and knowledge to keep them safe, even during the summer month, off school grounds and in the ocean. We thank Dr. Hession and his team for their support, but most importantly for their sincere caring for the welfare of our students.”

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Tick Awareness Month: Tick Safety OCEAN COU NTY – Ticks do not jump or f ly. They tend to lie-in-waiting on a blade of grass or leaf for a host to walk past. Ticks have sensor organs on their forelegs to sense vibration and carbon dioxide from a host. Once on you, they crawl quickly to find the prime spot to feed. Many people find them attached behind their knees, belt or groin area, under arms, and hairline.

It is important to take extra precautions in the summer when ticks that transmit diseases are most active. When working or playing outdoors, be sure to cover up; wear long, solid and light colored clothes with pants tucked into socks.

This makes ticks easier to spot before they attach. While the pants tucked into socks may not be a fashion statement, the ticks won’t have easy access to your legs.

Apply an EPA registered tick repellant containing DEET, picardin or oil of lemon eucalyptus on exposed skin according to the instructions on the product label. Products containing permethrin should only be used on clothing and outdoor gear. Outdoor/sporting goods stores sell permethrin treated clothing.

Perform tick checks on yourself and children after outdoor activities.

Many residents call or come in to Rutgers Cooperative Extension asking for information on products with which to spray their yards. Since pesticides don’t just target ticks, addressing tick habitats needs to be considered.

Ticks love moist, humid areas with low shrubs and tall grass or weeds. They lay their eggs in accumulated leaf litter.

Leaf litter is also great nesting areas for the small mammals on which ticks feed and travel.

Keeping yards maintained and leaf-litter free, keeping to the center of walking trails and playing fields will help keep ticks from finding you and climbing aboard. Excludi ng deer f rom you r proper t y will also help reduce tick populations. Where properties border woods, a three-foot or larger border or buffer zone of mulch, gravel or no vegetation will help keep ticks out of your yard. Should you still feel the need to spray, use products containing active ingredients like permethrin, carybaryl, bifenthrin, or cyf luthrin to treat the perimeter of your yard. Please read and follow all label instructions and safety precautions.

• If you find a tick, do not panic.

Remove the tick.

• Use a tick removal key or a finetipped tweezer to grasp tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible.

• Apply steady backward / upward force until the tick is dislodged.

• DO NOT USE alcohol, nail polish, burning matches, petroleum jelly or any other methods to remove ticks, as this may cause tick to regulate.

• Place the tick in a sealed bag/container with a small piece of damp paper towel and refrigerate it.

Free tick identification is available at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, 1623 Whitesville Road, Toms River. Staff and Rutgers Master Ga rdeners a re here Mond ay-Fr id ay from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. to identify ticks and answer other horticultural issues.

Once we identify the tick, we will

discuss with you infor mation about that tick species, potential diseases it can carry, and symptoms for which to watch. As we are not medical personnel, you should seek medical advice on a course of action. Neither the RCE nor the Ocean County Health Department test ticks for disease.

We have a list of labs you can send the tick to be tested. However, testing will only show if that tick was carrying disease, not that transmission occurred.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Presented By: Isidore Kirsh, Ph.D., F.A.A.A. (N.J. Lic. #678)

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Often it’s obvious when it’s time to replace something — your smartphone’s screen is cracked, your vacuum smells weird. But how do you know when to upgrade your hearing devices? Here are five surefire signs you’re due for some fresh tech.

Not Working Right: You do all the recommended maintenance, but things just don’t seem right. You replace the batteries, they drain quickly; you change the wax guards, it still sounds weak and muffled. The occasional repair is one thing, but regular malfunction or repair means it might be time to replace the devices.

Costly Repairs: If your devices are older, getting them repaired could be costly because the parts are scarce or your model is discontinued. Sometimes fixing your devices costs so much that it makes more sense to replace them.

Change in Hearing: Despite helping your hearing loss with technology, your hearing might continue to change over time — due to age, loud sounds, or other health issues. Often we can adjust the settings on your devices to accommodate

those hearing changes, but sometimes the changes are enough that a different level of technology is required.

Change in Lifestyle: We decide with you which technology is best for you based on your hearing lifestyle, but when your lifestyle changes, your technology should as well. Did you take up a sport?

You’ll probably be sweating, so you’ll need something moisture resistant, plus an accessory to dehumidify your devices. Did you switch from an office job to something outdoors? You’re likely exposed to a different level of noise now.

Change in Technology: New models with new features are introduced into the market all the time. You might not even realize just how far tech has advanced — better filtering of background noise, more pinpoint fi ne-tuning capabilities, even streaming sound from your smartphone to your hearing aids. High-tech hearing is an upgrade away.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dear Pharmacist Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

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By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

My eyes are driving me crazy and I thought I’d share what I know with you in case you are feeling the same way right about now. For me, it’s a triple hit from the smoke generated by fi res nearby in Colorado, the ragweed pollen and some drywall dust kicked up when I demo’d a fi replace in my new home.

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1. Dry up. Take an oral antihistamine such as Loratadine (Claritin). I am taking about a half tablet daily with a natural supplement which I’ll tell you about in my longer article at my website. Now that you’ve got your antihistamine on board, proceed to step 2.

2. Wash your eyes. Irrigate your eye with saline and a sterile eye cup. Your local pharmacy, department store or online e-tailer has Bausch & Lomb’s brand of “eye wash” or “irrigating eye wash” or a similar brand of saline that comes with an eye cup. You do not want contact lens cleaner, you want to basically rinse your eye out. It’s similar to opening your eye underwater in a pool, you just have to do it.

3. Apply a cold compress. Take a clean washcloth, dip it in ice water and wring out, then apply. I like to take them and fold the washcloth in half, then roll it up tightly. The ends of the washcloth will now ‘fit’ into your eye socket, and it is such sweet relief! Be intelligent and apply sparingly, you just want to cool your eye for a few seconds, don’t hurt yourself.

4. Get the red out. You can choose what you like, or can afford. I use various ones including Zaditor because this lasts 12 hours, and contains a histamine blocker only (Ketotifen), whereas most eye drops contain an antihistamine as well as a vasoconstrictor. If you’re looking for that type of combination, try Opcon or Visine, or their store-brand generic equivalents which will save you money.

5. Lie down and breathe. Buy an eye pillow, preferably unscented and put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. You can always store yours in there, that’s what I do. Put it on your eyes and just breathe. Mmm. 6. Look like a diva. Cucumber slices on the eyelids… you see this all the time in spa pictures and the reason is that cucumbers reduce eye inf lammation and they’ll temporarily hide the fact that you pulled an all-nighter last night, played with your neighbor’s cat or went horseback riding through ragweed. You can apply them topically, or better yet, juice cucumbers along with some carrots and celery and drink it.

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Man Of La Mancha Sings Its Way Onto The Grunin Center Stage

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Ocean County College Repertory Theatre Company will perform Man of La Mancha from July 13-15 and 19-22, Main Stage, Grunin Center, Ocean County College, Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. Please use Parking Lot #2.

Man of La Mancha is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ seventeenth-century masterwork Don Quixote and set during the Spanish Inquisition, the original 1965 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cervantes is in prison awaiting trial. He and his fellow prisoners perform a play-within-a-play, telling the story of the elderly Alonso Quijana, who renames himself Don Quixote and goes on a quest to right all wrongs in the world. Featuring classic

numbers including “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him,” and “Little Bird,” the story transforms the prisoners and touches the audience.

Written by Dale Wasserman. Music by Mitch Leigh. Lyrics by Joe Darion. Directed by Paul Chalakani.

Performance Dates/Times: • Friday, July 13, July 20, and Thursday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m.

• Saturday, July 14, July 21, at 8:00 p.m.

• Sunday, July 15, July 22, at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: $26 adults, $17 seniors (contact box office for group and student rates). Visit grunincenter.org, call 732-255-0500, or stop by the Grunin Center Box Office at Ocean County College, Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Cruisin’ Downtown 2018 TOMS RIVER – Cruisin’ Downtown is held the 2nd Wednesday of each month from June through September from 6–9 p.m. The streets are lined with classic cars and live entertainment.

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Downtown Toms River Washington St. (Between Hooper Ave. & Main St.): • July 11 • August 8 • September 12 For more information, call 732-341-8738.

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TOMS RIVER – Be a part of a 38 year tradition! Join a park naturalist and follow in the footsteps of legendary environmentalists. Be prepared to discover the fascinating and diverse wonders of the natural world.

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In August we will cover the following topics: Hummingbirds at Home, Osprey Watch, Butterfly and Bog Garden Stroll and Mosquito Ditch Adventures.

Open to the public. Cattus Island County Park is located at 1170 Cattus Island Blvd.

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By Marc S. Galella, Esq., of R.C. Shea and Associates In a prior article, we talked about how the basis of a residential real estate tax appeal is whether the property is being assessed by the municipal tax assessor greater than the property’s true market value. One of the issues in making this determination is how the tax assessment established by tax assessor equates to the true value of the property.

In all municipalities in New Jersey, there is what is called the “equalization ratio”. This is the number, expressed as a percentage, developed by the local County Tax Board to equalize the difference in tax assessments between the various towns in the county. The purpose of the equalization ratio is to ensure that each town pays it fair share of the county taxes. This imbalance occurs because towns reassess or revaluate their tax assessments at different times. Thus, a town that reassesses its real property assessments in the current year will have different real estate values than a town that reassessed four years ago. In a rising market, properties in the town that just reassessed would have higher values than those in a town that had not re-assessed. The equalization ratio for each town can be obtained from the Tax Board in each county or the municipal tax assessor. In Ocean County it is available on the website for the Ocean County Board of Taxation.

Accordingly, you must look at the equalization ratio for your town and use that with the tax assessment to determine what the town is showing as the market value for the property. To

do this you must divide the assessment by the equalization ratio. Marc S. Galella Esq. For example, a property that is assessed at $200,000.00 in a town where the equalization ratio is 96% would have a market value of $298,333.00. In another town where the equalization ratio is 86%, the town is showing that the market value is $232,558.00.

In other words, to determine what the town is claiming as the property value you need to look at both the assessment and the equalization ratio. This number would then be the value to use in determining whether you should consider filing a tax appeal. For example, if your property is assessed by the town at $350,000 and your property has a market value of $360,000, you may think that you are being under-assessed and thus think it is not worthwhile to file a tax appeal. However, if the equalization ratio for your town is 84%, then your property value, as determined by the town, would be approximately $407,000. This means that the town is assessing your property for $47,000 more than its market value and a tax appeal may be an option.

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TOMS RIVER – Settle in under a starry sky and enjoy glorious Broadway songs and rousing opera overtures with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra when it presents a free outdoor concert at Ocean County College on Tuesday, June 26, at 8:00 p.m., Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. Watch the fi reflies dance along to the overture to Crazy for You, catch a glimpse of a shooting star during Rossini’s fiery overture to William Tell, and relax to a variety of family-friendly favorites. You may even hear a familiar tune from a galaxy far, far away!

Admission is free. No prior ticket reservations are required. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

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Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to enjoy delicious food and beautiful music beneath the stars with us! Food available for purchase at 7:30 p.m., free summer concert begins at 8:00 p.m.

Visit the Grunin Center website at grunincenter.org.

This event is sponsored by JCP&L/ FirstEnergy Foundation and PNC Bank and presented in partnership with Ocean County College.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with many other foundations, corporations and individual donors.

26th Annual Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival

T UCK ERTON – Come out to the Tuckerton Seaport for the 26th Annual Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival on June 23 and 24 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Learn to open a clam, courtesy of Parson’s Seafood, taste a clam fresh from the Barnegat Bay, discover how clamming has changed over the past 50 years, make a craft to take home,

watch demonstrations, meet commercial f ishermen, and participate in family activities!

The cost is $10 Adults, $5 Kids 5-12, Kids under 5 are free. Seaport Members are free.

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Meetup: Continued From Page 7 Matthies said.

The meetup was covered by news agencies, including some New York stations.

Locals and those who love the Jersey Shore took to social media to voice whether they’d still visit the boardwalk.

“I was there Saturday with my kids. I’ll always go to Seaside, (I) will just have to pick and choose what nights to go at least while my kids are young,” Annmarie Barlow Ricci said.

“I was there Saturday night with my 5-year-old. I’ll still continue to go. One incident will not deter me from going,” Stella Tulli from Clifton, New Jersey, said. “I saw a man run up to a woman and smack her butt and took off running.

The girl was like “wtf.” Another man made a sexually suggestive comment to me while I was holding my daughter’s hand. Groups of men were smoking pot on the boards.”

“I will always go to the boardwalk. I will however think twice on a Friday or Saturday night. It just seems to be a little out of hand,” Toms River resident Kimberly Karner said.

Others didn’t seem to write off these shore towns based on Saturday’s events, but have stayed away.

“I am not surprised at this at all. It has become the new normal for Seaside. Even though I am from Toms River, I will go to Point and spend my money and time there,” Andrea Dragwa Lucas said.

The Toms River Times, June 23, 2018, Page 21 But the boardwalk in Seaside Park was quiet Sunday, was quiet Monday, Matthies said. The Ocean County Scanner News team confirmed it was quiet in both the Park and Heights the remainder of the weekend. Matthies sees this past weekend as a good thing, and was proud of the police response to keeping things orderly. “[The public] shouldn’t be fearful of anything. Here you had a situation that had so many people, you could have had a major, major disturbance. And you didn’t.

It has a lot to do with our police,” Matthies said. “It was a positive experience.”

“In spite of the stress that this event put on our community and community resources, our Police Department and other law enforcement agencies that assisted them did an outstanding job of providing for the safety of the public and containing what incidents did result from the event,” Vaz said. “We express our deepest regret to anyone whose experience of Seaside Heights was diminished by this outlaw event and assure you that this is not who we are and was an aberration which will be guarded against in the future.”

Jersey Shore Online reached out to freakniknj, the Instagram account that promoted DJ Bake’s beachnik18 meetup in Seaside Park. Although the newspaper did receive an email from someone named John Baker who said he was connected to the organizers, and received an initial positive response from the owner of the freakniknj account, no one involved in the meetup ultimately responded to questions posed to them.

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By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – The Ocean County’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection program has been extended with four new dates, according to Ocean County Freeholder Director Gerry P. Little.

The summer collection dates are: • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 14, Lacey Township Recycling Center, 820 Municipal Lane • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aug. 11, Brick Township Public Works Yard, 836 Ridge Road • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 8, Ship Bottom Municipal Boat Ramp, West 10th Street and Shore Avenue • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 29, Point Pleasant Municipal Building, 2233 Bridge Avenue.

These four dates will be serviced by Radiac Environmental Services at a cost of 49 cents a pound.

Little, who also serves as liaison to the Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management, said that the fi rst three collection dates this year collected 133,881 pounds of household hazardous waste.

“This free program, which got started in 1989, provides an avenue to get rid of items like paints, paint thinner, and cleaners, properly and safely, keeping the material from entering our waterways and our preserved lands,” Little said. “The Department of Solid Waste Management has done a great job in implementing this program for almost three decades.”

Materials accepted at program sites include: paints, thinners, boat paints,

solvents, pool chemicals, pesticides and herbicides, aerosol cans, auto products, toilet and drain cleaners, silver polishes, oven cleaners, photographic chemicals, rug and upholstery cleaners, polishes and bleaches, waste oil and used gasoline.

You can also drop off certain hazardous waste materials at municipal recycling centers and the county’s recycling centers year-round.

“Our residents should check with the County or their local recycling center to determine what is accepted year-round eliminating the need to store potentially hazardous items in their home,” Little said.

Residents can attend any waste collection site at any location. The max is 200 pounds of dry material and 20 gallons of liquid at the County’s household hazardous waste collection sites. No containers over five gallons will be accepted.

To register: • Lacey Township, call 732-506-5047 • Brick Township and Point Pleasant sites, call 732-367-0802 • Ship Bottom, call 609-978-0913.

Registration is required and is done on a first come first served basis. For more information on the program, visit co.ocean.nj.us/recycle.

“We encourage our residents to use this free program to make certain chemicals, cleaners, solvents and other items we use around the house are disposed of properly,” Little said. “We take great pride in our environment in Ocean County. This program helps reduce the potential for environmental damage.”

Walk For Addiction Recovery With HOPE Sheds Light

By Kimberly Bosco SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Toms river-based nonprofit HOPE Sheds Light, Inc. will be hosting its 5th annual Celebration of HOPE Walk on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk on September 8, 2018. The annual walk is meant to provide hope and support to families impacted by addiction.

HOPE Sheds Light was founded in 2012 when co-founder Ron Rosetto lost his son Marc to substance abuse. Since its origin, the organization serves families affected by addiction with support and resources.

“At the Celebration of HOPE Walk, our community can come together to learn about addiction and recovery and provide hope to those affected,” said Rosetto. “Those suffering typically don’t know where to turn for help.

Our walk offers them a community of support.”

The annual walk is two miles and helps to raise awareness for the disease of addiction.

Last year, the walk saw nearly 2,000 participants. This year the organization hopes to see more than 3,000.

Also, if you participate in the walk you can do it as a team.

“Each team must have at least four members and a minimum fundraising goal of $500,” said Prima. “The team that raises the most funds for HOPE Sheds Light will be recognized at the event.”

The event will also feature inspirational speakers, a Tree of HOPE to remember those who were lost, onsite vendors, and a raffle among other activities.

“It’s a celebration of recovery,” said Pamela Capaci, Chief Executive Officer of HOPE Sheds Light. “We’re always hearing about the negatives of the disease. But by bringing hope and education to the community, we support each other and those affected. We show that recovery is possible.”

Registration begins at 8 a.m. 8th on the Hiering Avenue beach in Seaside Heights.

A registration fee of $10 is required in order to participate (includes a free t-shirt).

For more information, visit HOPEShedsLight.org.

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County Warns Of Rabies Risk

By Jennifer Peacock O C E A N COU N T Y – T he O c e a n County Health Department urges pet owners - especially those whose pets spend time outside during the summer months - to get their pets’ rabies vaccinations updated. Pets can encounter wild or stray animals that carry the disease; Ocean County has three reported cases so far involving a raccoon, a skunk and a cat.

“There are some very serious health risks associated with being bitten by a rabid animal,” said Daniel E. Regenye, the health department’s public health coordinator. “While many stray animals and wildlife may look adorable, any stray animal may pose the risk of being positive for rabies and should not be approached due to the unpredictability of a rabid animal. With the season upon us for the birth of many kittens, it is important to remember that stray kittens are also not always harmless. Our residents and visitors are urged to take appropriate precautions for their own safety and contact their local animal control should they notice stray animals and wildlife in their neighborhood acting strangely, foaming from the mouth, dragging rear legs or being aggressive.”

Rabies is transmitted through bites from infected animals’ saliva. Laboratory tests can determine if a human or

animal is rabid. Testing can save people from unnecessary medical treatment if the animal was, in fact, not rabid.

“If a person is bit by a cat or dog it is very important that animal control authorities are made aware in order to capture the animal to commence a 10 -day obser vation period to determine the potential for rabies. But if the animal is suspected to be rabid and is not captured, medical attention should immediately be sought to determine the need for treatment,” Regenye said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said rabies is 100 percent prevent able i n hu mans with proper medical care. However, if allowed to develop, there is no known cure and rabies is fatal.

Anyone who encounters a suspected infected animal should contact local animal control immediately to report what was observed. If bitten, seek medical attention immediately.

The county’s animal shelters offer rabies clinics. The Northern Ocean County Animal Facilities in Jackson holds clinics the first and third weeks each month.

The Southern Ocean County Animal Facilities in Stafford holds its clinics the second and fourth weeks of the month.

For more information on rabies and its prevention, visit phu2.org.

Downtown Toms River Trolley Stops TOMS RIVER – Mayor Kelaher and Councilmembers Huryk, Hill, Kubiel, Turnbach and Wittmann cut the ribbon to officially kickoff the downtown Toms River Trolley.

The trolley is free and will run every day, Mon-Fr from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. It will make a loop throughout the downtown district. The driver can be contacted via a hands free device at any to time to fi nd the trolleys location at 609-846-4064.

The Mayor and Governing Body would like to thank the Downtown Business Improvement District and all the sponsors for bringing the trolley to Toms River.

Trolley Stops Toms River Park and Ride Bus Terminal near the GSP on Highland Parkway • Toms River Center at the intersection Main St. and Rt. 37 (Kohls, the Office Lounge, etc.)

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OCEAN COUNTY – Ocean County Vocational Technical School is now registering for the Summer Exploratory Culinary Arts Camps.

Participants will enjoy an immersive culinary experience as they learn about culinary equipment operation, kitchen safety, searing, sautéing, seasoning, sauce making, braising, brining, roasting, baking and pastas! The camps are open to students 12 -15 years of age.

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The cost for each session is $200. Registration forms are available at ocvts.org or by calling 732-473-3100 ext. 3196.

OCVTS is also hosting the Marine Science Summer Experience and the Performing Arts Summer Camp. For more information visit the OCVTS website ocvts.org.

Boat Owners Needed To Support Military Families BARNEGAT BAY – Local boat owners who live on or near the Barnegat Bay are needed to provide a fun day on the water for enlisted military families who are stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

“Military Family Appreciation Day” is a project developed by Tony Ferrullo of Chadwick Beach and supported by Harry Dews of Lavallette to match military families with host boat owners for a single day of water activities from June 15 to August 30, 2017.

The volunteer boat owners will provide the families with a completely free day on the Barnegat Bay of boating, tubing,

swimming, crabbing or any other water related activities the host boat owner can provide. In addition, the host will provide an end of the day BBQ outing for the family.

The project is supported by the USO and will coordinate the registering of the military families at the Joint Base.

Eligible boat owners must live on or near Barnegat Bay, have a boat 20 ft. or larger, have boat liability insurance, a current boating license and US Coast Guard approved safety equipment aboard their craft.

To submit an online application form or get additional information, please visit the website MilitaryFamilyAppreciationDay.com.

Toms River Downtown Art Stroll

TOMS RIVER – Come out for the Toms River Downtown Art Stroll on July 5 from 5-8 p.m. This outdoor art festival will be exhibiting and selling art along the scenic sidewalks of Historic Downtown Toms River. The event is weather permitted.

Food is available at any of the fine

eateries along Main, Water and Washington Streets. Parking is available in lots located close by. Also new for this year in DTR, there will be a Trolley that you can take from any lot to center of town.

Come support your local artist!

Admission is free. Art available for purchase by individual artist.

Ghosts, Goblins & Gifts

TOMS RIVER – The SRPE Fund Raisers present a Ghosts, Goblins and Gifts Luncheon and Gift Auction on September 29 at the SRPE Clubhouse, 979 Edgebrook Dr. at 1 p.m.

Doors open at 12 p.m. The cost is $17. Tickets

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For more information, call Pat at 609-5756813 or Carol at 732-240-7722.

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Rentals – 1 BR/1BA & 2 BR/1.5BA homes. Homestead Run 55+ Community Clubhouse, Pool, Activities - Toms River. www.homesteadrun. com. Call 732-370-2300.

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Silver Ridge Clubhouse Flea Market first Saturday of every month. For more info call 848-251-3329. (t/n)

Part Time Food Service - We have an immediate need for Part Time Waitstaff/Servers AM and PM shifts available, Dietary Aides, PT Dishwashers. We are a well established retirement/healthcare community located in Whiting. We offer competitive pay. Under the direction of great Food Service leadership team, you will be working in an environment where you get the support and training needed to grow in your culinary career.The Pines offers an open door policy and Senior Leadership is always available and visible to our employees every day. Rate of pay starts at $9/hr. Apply in Person to: The Pines at Whiting, 509 Route 530, Whiting, NJ 08759 or email resume to rscully@thepinesatwhiting.org (23)

Furnished Home - 2BR. Ortley Beach. AC. Newly renovated. Rare yearly rented on island. 1 1/2 blocks to ocean. $1,500 monthly, security plus utilities. 732-793-2108.

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Real Estate LVW - Move in ready. Remodeled Strafford for sale by owner. $176,900.

Gas heat, HW floors, maplewood cabinets. Call 646-330-7152.

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Mobile For Sale Mobile Home For Sale - Located at West Bay Village, Manahawkin off of Rt. 9, 1988, manufactured by Kropf, 12 X 35, 420 sq. ft., 1 BA, 1 BR with walk-in closet & extra door to bathroom, Kit/LR combo, screened porch, deck off slider in LR, private street.

Needs work. Asking $1,000. Offers considered. Call 908-638-5099. (27)

Boat For Sale 2004 Hydrosport - 23ft walk around.

Seldom used boat in good shape. Needs new engine. Asking $7,000/OBO. 732-801-1184 for information. (27)

Auto For Sale 2003 Chrysler 300M - Garaged. All recommended maintenance. Looks and runs like new. 609-339-0069. (26)

Items Wanted $$$ WANTED TO BUY $$$ Jewelry and watches, costume jewelry, sterling silver, silverplate, medals, military items, antiques, musical instruments, pottery, fine art, photographs, paintings, statues, old coins, vintage toys and dolls, rugs, old pens and postcards, clocks, furniture, bric-a-brac, select china and crystal patterns. Cash paid.

Over 35 years experience. Call Gary Struncius. 732-364-7580. (t/n) Entire Estates Bought - Bedroom/dining sets, dressers, cedar chests, wardrobes, secretaries, pre-1950 wooden furniture, older glassware, oriental rugs, paintings, bronzes, silver, bric-abrac. Call Jason at 609-970-4806. (t/n)

A lady from Italy, living in either Toms River or Brick - We spoke recently about you helping me with cooking, ironing, etc. I lost your telephone number. Please call Cynthia at 732-899-3661 or 201-960-0222. (26)

Help Wanted Micromedia looking for a high-energy account rep to sell print and online advertising in Ocean County. Competitive base, bonuses & company benefits. Successful applicant should possess good communication skills & a desire to grow with the company. E-Mail resumes to jallentoff@jersey shoreonline.com. EOE. (t/n) HHA / CNA - PRIVATE (with or without) active license. Toms River.

Adult male care for weekends, Fri. Sat. Sun. 7-9 a.m. and 7-8 p.m. (9 hrs). Must be reliable. $13. hr to start. Cell: 941-726-4360.

(26) Bartender needed for Mantoloking From time to time. Please call 732-8993661 or 201-960-0222 Cynthia. (26) PT Church Secretary - Christ Lutheran Church, Whiting, is looking for a part time church secretary, 15 hours per week (five hours a day, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). The candidate must have strong computing, organizational, and verbal & written communication skills, and be familiar with desktop publishing software. Interested candidates may email their resume and a cover letter to the pastor at jfranciswatson@gmail.com.

(27) AVIAN, LLC - is seeking a Program Analyst to handle Risk Management and execute a newly revised Risk, Issue and Opportunity (RIO) process in a NAVAIR program office. For full job description, please visit our website at www.avianllc. com. Position ID # 1543.

(29) Home Health Care Company Now Hiring RN’s, LPN’s and CHHA in Ocean & Monmouth Counties!

Flexible scheduling. Work in your community. Weekly pay. Career advancement. Comprehensive benefits. Call 732-505-8000 today. (t/n)

Certified Home Health Aides Needed for Ocean County area. Hourly and live-in positions avail. P/T and F/T. Call CCC at 732-206-1047. (t/n)

Services PQ Painting & Home Improvement Services - Over 5 decades of service in NJ. Visit us online at pqpaintingservice.com. See our 2018 specials on our website. Winner of Angie’s List Super Service Award. Free estimates, reasonable rates, fully licensed and insured NJ Lic #13VH06752800. Call 732500-3063 or 609-356-2444. (t/n) Make up - Eye liner, eye shadow, perfume, lipstick, lip line, etc. Avon products. Call 732-788-7986.

(29) All in 1 General Contracting/Handyman Services - All phases of interior and exterior repair,improvments,renovation. From A-Z ,big or small,we do it all. Call Clark 732-850-5060.

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(30) Sell Avon - Be own boss. Set your own hours. Call 732-788-7986. (29) Cleaning Services - Good prices.

Call 732-788-7986.

(26) Landscape Services - Clean ups, dethatching, mulch & stone beds trimming, planting, & tearouts & more Call with needs 732-678-8681. (19) Super Natural Painting - Interior, exterior, custom painting, powerwashing. 20 years experience. Free estimates. Honest, dependable. D.P. 848992-4108. References available. (32)

Aluminum Installer to build Sunrooms - and screenrooms in Ocean County. 5 years experience minimum. Will not train. Call Porch King 609-607-0008. (t/n)

Bobs Waterproofing - Basement and crawlspace waterproofing. Mold testing, removal and prevention. Family owned. Fully licensed and insured.

Call Bob 732-616-5007. (t/n) Dee’s Cleaning Service - Cleaning homes like yours since 1994.

Senior discounts. References provided upon request. Insured.

Call Dee 732-552-6633.

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Cash - Top dollar, paid for junk, cars running and nonrunning, late model salvage, cars and trucks, etc. 732-928-3713.

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The Goddard School on Route 70 in Toms River - Is hiring for multiple full time and part time positions! We provide a warm, loving environment for children ages from 6 weeks to 6 years. We are looking for fun, energetic teachers. Must be available Monday through Friday, between the hours of 6:30am-6pm.

Looking to hire immediately. Salary based on experience. Benefits include Paid time off, 401K, and paid lunch on Fridays. To learn more about our available positions or to set up an interview call 732363-5530 or email your resume to dtomsriver2nj2@goddardschools.com.

CASH PAID!! - LP records, stereos, turntables, musical instruments, guitar, saxophone, cassettes, reel tapes, music related items. Come to you. 732-804-8115.

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Experienced Landscaper - Who has experience in all areas of residential landscaping. 30-40 hours a week.

No lawn cutting. Own transportation. Brick 732-678-7584. (t/n)

U s e d G u n s Wa n t e d - A l l types: collectibles, military, etc.

Call 917-681-6809. (t/n) CASH, CASH, CASH! - Instant cash paid for junk cars, trucks, vans. Free removal of any metal items. Discount towing. Call Dano 732-239-3949. (t/n) COSTUME/ESTATE JEWELRY Looking to buy costume/estate jewelry, old rosaries and religious medals, all watches and any type of sterling silver, bowls, flatware candlesticks or jewelry. Same day house calls and cash on the spot.

5 percent more with this AD. Call Peggy at 732-581-5225. (t/n)

The Original Family Fence A fully licensed and insured company in Ocean County has specialized in unique fence repairs and installations around the Garden State for over 35 years. We want your gate repairs, sectional repairs, and new installation inquiries! No job is too small for us to tend to in a day’s time. Call us today for your free estimate You might just be surprised with what is possible. NJ LIC: 13VH09125800. Phone 732773-3933, 732-674-6644.

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Call 732-657-9000.

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Painting - By neat, meticulous craftsman who will beat any written estimate. Interior/exterior.

Free estimate. Fully insured. 732506-7787, 646-643-7678.

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All Around Yard And Home Maintenance – Outdoor, indoor work done to your satisfaction. Cleaning, home repairs, yard upgrades, etc. References upon request. Very diligent. Fair estimates. Eddie Zsoka 732-608-4781. (31)

Car Service - 24/7. Doctors, shopping, airports, hospitals, cruise, shops, Atlantic City, family functions, NYC accomodations for large groups. Call for reasonable rates. Kerry 732-606-2725.

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Electrician - Licensed/Insured. Will do the jobs the big guys don’t want. Free estimates, senior discount. Call Bob 732608-7702. LIC #12170.

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Roofing Etc. - Roofing, siding, windows, gutters. Repairs and discounted new installations. Prompt service.

Insured. NJ license #13HV01888400.

Special spring discounts. Call Joe Wingate 551-804-7391.

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Computer Tutoring for Seniors – Retired, “Microsoft Certified” instructor. Very Reasonable rates. Very patient with slow learners. I’ll teach you in the comfort of your home on your computer. I can trouble shoot your slow computer! I also teach iPhone and iPad. I set up new computers at less than half the price the retailers charge. Windows 10 specialist. I can also build a beautiful small business website at a fraction of the going rates. Special Projects always welcome! Tony 732-997-8192. (t/n)

Need A Ride - Airports, cruise, A.C., doctors. Save $$$. Senior discounts.

Tom. Save ad. 551-427-0227. (40) Paint Your Rooms - Fast, clean, neat. Starting at $50 per room.

Exteriors, powerwashing. 609994-7507 leave message.

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Nor’easter Painting and Staining, LLC - Interior and exterior. Decks, powerwashing. Affordable. Senior discounts. References. No job too small. Fully insured. 732-6910123. Lic #13VH09460600. (29)

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BUSINESS PROFILE The Goddard School On Route 70 Will Have You Saying “Wow”

By Michael Vandenberg One of the first big decisions parents have to make for their children is what to do about their education and daily well-being.

Sure, there are a lot of places and babysitters that will simply watch your child while you’re at work, but doesn’t your son or daughter deserve to be in a place that actually fosters a child’s sense of wonder about the world. All while giving them an expansive education from their youngest days through their preteen years? At the Goddard School on Route 70 in Toms River, your child will get an outstanding preschool education, as well as before- and after-care, that promote their development without you ever missing a moment.

The Goddard School on Route 70 also offers private Kindergarten classes for children who may miss the “cut off” age for public schools.

For over 12 years, they’ve been serving the families around the Toms River area with the utmost care.

Current onsite owner Alisa Khaitan holds an MBA and has used her expertise to run a top notch facility that puts you and your children first. As the Educational

Director, Mary Favocci makes sure the students are getting the type of topnotch education only this school can provide.

With a staff totaling over 30 teachers and assistants, they are highly focused on your child’s learning, safety, and growth.

To accomplish that, they rely on a combination of standards to teach students from as young as 6 weeks to 12 years. There is Creative Curriculum, which they have merged with Goddard’s own curriculum, both of which are correlated with Common Core for a smooth transition into the public school setting. By following the state’s and Goddard’s requirements, as well as their own, no stone is left unturned in the students’ development. “Even if they come as an infant, they follow curriculum,” said Mary. Levels are based on chronological age, each of which comes with its own goals and objectives. It’s similar to the grade school structure, but age is more emphasized over year.

Even a six-week-old infant has certain goals. Every day their teacher is, “telling them what things are, describing textures and feelings”. They’re taught

The Goddard School located at 255 Route 70 in Toms River. how to use their motor skills so they can point for things and even use some basic sign language. “So once they leave us in the preschool area they’re going to go off into the school systems above and beyond where they need to be.”

When the child starts going to public school fulltime, the Goddard School on Route 70 stays with them, without losing the emphasis on educational advancement, as a before-care and after-care service. Here they can work on their homework and participate in more Creative Curriculum lessons. Kids can also come back for summer: Goddard Route 70 provides a bus from the elementary schools.

And why not? At Alisa’s Goddard School, kids are often having so much fun they don’t even realize that they’re learning. Lessons are often framed as fun projects where the child has a chance to stumble into knowledge independently, rather than being lectured to. Creativity is encouraged because it increases critical thinking skills. The school will rotate through themes throughout the year, like trees and then recycling, and also have special events planned

for holidays. When I was there, they had chips and salsa for Cinco de Mayo.

When kids are given the chance to have fun and be creative, that’s when the extra special moments can happen. Here they’re called “Wow Moments”.

Using the PreSchool2Me App on the iPads provided to every classroom, teachers take pictures of the students learning something new or different and send them to their parents. That way you’ll never miss out on your child’s discoveries.

In addition, the iPads are used to send parents daily reports about what they had to eat, nap time, if they made a new friend, and any other possible news to make sure you never miss a moment in your child’s life.

Alisa and Mary wouldn’t have it any other way: they have an open-door policy for the parents of The Goddard School on Route 70. Unlike other preschools that usually have a rigid process for scheduling a meeting with staff, “the parents don’t have to schedule time to come in; they can come in any time they want,” said Mary. She and Alisa believe that raising a child should be done as a partnership between their

Pictured are owner Alisa Khaitan (right) and Educational Director, Mary Favocci. incredible staff and the parents. “We’re all in this together like a village.” There are even windows looking into all the classrooms so you can check up on your child while they’re learning.

Of course, this policy is in place while enforcing stringent security procedures for your child’s safety: an alarm system monitors the hallways and outside at all times, and there are two offices with staff upfront to meet guests and have them sign in before getting buzzed in. Though whenever you walk in to see your child, you’ll always be welcomed by a smiling face and a listening ear.

The warm family environment created at the Goddard School on Route 70 proves how the staff love what they do and the fact that this location has recently begun to see kids

graduate that have gone through their 6-week-old to 12-year-old program entirely at this location.

Seeing that was a bittersweet moment for Alisa: They grew up fast, but she’s satisfied knowing that, “We did our job.” Alisa remembers one girl specifically who actually graduated from here and came back for a visit. “She went on to get scholarships and just got into a good college. She came back to tell us that it was her foundation here that led to her success.”

If you’d like to sign up your child or get more information, give them a call at 732-363-5530, email TomsRiver2NJ@ GoddardSchools.com, check out their website at goddardschool.com/toms -river-IInj, or stop by at 255 Route 70 in Toms River.

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Gov. Murphy Makes First Legal Sports Bets In NJ With New Bill

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By Kimberly Bosco OCEANPORT – Governor Murphy made history on the morning of June 14 as he placed the first two legal sports bets in the history of the state of New Jersey at Monmouth Park Racetrack.

Mu r phy’s bets solidif ied a recent assembly bill that will now allow for legalized sports betting in New Jersey.

The legislation, Assembly Bill 4111, “allows wagering at New Jersey casinos and racetracks for certain professional and collegiate sports or athletic events.”

This means that casinos or racetracks, with a sports wagering license, are now allowed to accept wagers on the premises or even operate an online sports pool.

Behind Delaware, New Jersey is now the second state in the US to allow wagers on sporting events.

“For the past seven years our heads and hearts were in alignment as we fought to overturn an unlawful and unfair federal law,” stated Gov. Murphy at Monmouth Park. “We knew in our heads that we were right, and we knew in our hearts that we’d win, and we have.”

Murphy remarked that his two bets would be $20 on Germany to win the World Cup and $20 on the New Jersey Devils to win Lord Stanley’s Cup.

“It’s a historic day for Monmouth Park and for the state of New Jersey,” said Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park. “We’ve been fighting this fight for more than six years in the courts and now that this day has arrived, and judging by the response from the fans who turned out for this, it’s exciting. Clearly, it’s something the people of New Jersey have been waiting for.”

Murphy signed the bill into law on June 11. In a press release, he stated: “I’m thrilled to sign Assembly Bill 4111 because it means that our casinos in Atlantic Cit y and ou r racet racks throughout our state can attract new business and new fans, boosting their own long-term financial prospects. This is the right move for New Jersey and it will strengthen our economy.”

The legislation stipulates that those placing wagers must be at least 21 years of age and wagers cannot be placed on high school or collegiate sporting events.

Also, athletes, coaches, referees, and other persons with potential influence or access to non-public information regarding sporting events, are prohibited from placing bets on sporting events overseen by the league in which they participate.

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By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – Ocean County officials kicked off the 21st season of the Pumpout Boat Program during Memorial Day Weekend, which offers a free pumpout boat service.

Officials urge resident boaters to use the pumpout service to dispose of wastewater, and to remember that Barnegat Bay is a no discharge zone.

“Barnegat Bay is an environmental jewel in Ocean County,” said Ocean County Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari, who serves as liaison to the pumpout boat program. “This free service provides boaters with the opportunity to have wastewater from the boat collected and disposed of properly.

“This is a key component in keeping our waterways clean,” he said.

The pumpout program uses specially equipped vessels capable of emptying the onboard toilets and tanks of other boats, which helps to keep waste out of the Barnegat Bay. The boats are located at different areas of the bay throughout the County and can be accessed via VHF Radio Channel 9. Cell phone numbers for the captains are also listed on the program’s website.

This season, there will be six pumpout boats operating in the Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor every weekend. The Circle of Life, which was the first pumpout boat in the state, is being used as a backup for the season. Service will be dependent on the weather; bad weather may cause the boats to cease or delay service for the day.

Vicari also noted that boaters can use fixed pumpout stations located at some marinas throughout coastal New Jersey.

“This year we also have launched a Facebook page for the pumpout boat program,” said Vicari. “This page includes information on whether the boats are operating based on weather, other tips on safe boating and information pertinent to the program. It’s important that boaters can access this information.”

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“This is a major step in ensuring our coastal waters remain clean,” said Ocean County Freeholder Director Gerry P. Little. “This program has grown in popularity over the years and Ocean County has the largest number of pumpout boats available to our visitors and residents who enjoy our waterways.

“The boat captains are known for their professionalism and their dedication to this program,” Little said. “They add another set of eyes to help boaters that may be in distress and they provide a service that protects our environment.”

The pumpout program has several partners including: Brick Township, the Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, Seaside Park, and the Ocean County Utilities Authority.

Some funds for the program were provided by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the boats, with the exception of the Circle of Life, were funded through the Clean Vessel Act Grant and the NJ Shore-toPlease license plate program.

“With the ongoing cooperation of all these groups and agencies, this program has been recognized statewide and nationally for its outstanding performance in protecting the environment,” Vicari said. “This also allows us to provide the service free of charge.”

The operational costs run about $20,000 per boat, which includes boat captains, fuel, maintenance, insurance and other incidental costs.

This cost is shared between Ocean County and the Ocean County Utilities Authority.

“Boaters have embraced this free service and reach out to the captains on a regular basis for pumpouts,” said Ocean County Freeholder Virginia E. Haines, who was a sponsor of the Shore-to-Please license plate program during her time in the state Assembly. “This is key to preventing waste water pollutants from entering our waterways.”

For more information on the pumpout boat program visit the Ocean County Planning Department’s website at planning.co.ocean. nj.us/coastal.htm.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of june 23 - JUne 29

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take the fast track to success. Emulate someone with better connections or greater experience who is also a mover or a shaker. Use all the tricks of the trade to shave a few pennies off your bills in the upcoming week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Remain down to earth. As much as you would like to follow the tugs on your heart strings, your talents are better suited to practical matters. Learning something new may be difficult but not impossible this week.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may realize that someone’s friendly overtures don’t contain any flirtatious intentions as this week unfolds. That will be a good thing because it leaves you free to make new discoveries and develop ingenious ideas.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Duty might weigh you down like a ball and chain. You may question whether a partner or key connection is someone you are willing to drag around.

Focus on people’s abilities rather than their shortcomings this week.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your friendly overtures will not be ignored. What starts out as a business relationship could end up as a great and lasting friendship. This might be a good week to join an organization or club that stimulates your imagination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Lighten your load by embracing enlightenment. Your daily routines may be upset by unpredictable twists and turns in the week to come. At the same time, you may be enthused by useful new ideas and the latest gadgets.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Add some steel to your repertoire. Put your fun-loving, people pleasing ways to one side and focus on achieving your ambitions in the week ahead. Hold off on shopping trips for new wardrobe items and home decor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make a conscious effort to err on the side of generosity. Loved ones may not be as warm and loving as usual. This is a good week to focus on being an active member of a group where work, job, or career is concerned.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’ve got it, flaunt it. Others may be drawn to your physical magnetism or dazzled by your appearance of popularity. In the week ahead, you could excel at social networking and shine brightest in group settings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The traditional approach is likely to meet with success during the upcoming week. You will find that being tactful will pay dividends. Make key decisions and needed changes as early in the week as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be forced to realize that to achieve your ambitions you may need to be quite patient. If you work very hard in the week to come you will avoid some of the more obvious potential pitfalls that appear later.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be more sensible. Your past personal indulgences and passing whims may force you to sacrifice some of this week’s pleasures. Concentrate on what matters most to you and the minor inconveniences will fade away.

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