2018-08-11 - The Toms River Times

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Vol. 16 - No. 11

In This Week’s Edition

THE TOMS RIVER

TIMES

FOR BREAKING NEWS

JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM

| August 11, 2018

Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Toms River, Island Heights, Ortley Beach & Lavallette

Community News!

Sears To Be Demolished, New Smaller Stores Installed

Georgian Court’s History-Making Season

Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.

Pages 10-13.

Government Page 8.

Letters Page 9.

Dr. Izzy’s Sound News The Connection Between Allergies & Hearing Loss

Page 16.

Dear Pharmacist Mangoes Are Magnificent Unless You Are Allergic

Page 17.

–Photo by Chris Lundy The empty white boxes on the top and right side of this map show where the 11 new storefronts will go. The mall entrance is on the right. One of the boxes on the right is not a store, but an open area. On the bottom left will be BJ’s Brewhouse.

Time To Review Your Will

Page 19.

Business Directory Classifieds Page 26.

Fun Page Page 28.

Wolfgang Puck

Summer Pizza Party: Showcase The Heirloom Tomato Harvest On A Grilled Pizza

Page 31.

Horoscope Page 31.

(Sears - See Page 5)

Local Teacher’s Film Hits Festival

Inside The Law

Page 24-25.

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Early plans for the Ocean County Mall filed recently describe the Sears store being demolished and replaced by 11 stores. The plans are scheduled for a Planning Board meeting in October. This is early in the process and

–Photo courtesy The Samaritans From L to R: Keith Collins, Doug Bollinger, Timothy Laurel Harrison, and Annelise Nielsen star in the film. By Jennifer Peacock teacher’s encourageoug Bollinger ment, he “tried out” was such a jock for a part and got it, in high school, and loved the audience he didn’t realize the reactions to his time correct term was “au- acting on stage. When dition” when trying not playing sports, he out for a part in his occupied his afternoons school’s musical. He practicing his roles in played soccer and base- “Scrooge,” “Grease,” ball, but didn’t play and “West Side Story.” winter sports. At his Fast forward: after parents’ urging, and playing soccer at Ithaca his public speaking College, and transfer-

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ring to Montclair State University to pursue acting, Bollinger was a working actor who completed his certification in Theater Education. He’s done work in and around New York City in both film and theater, and now teaches full time at the OCVTS Performing Arts Academy. When he has extra t i me (t hat’s a joke teachers will get), he writes and acts in projects. His thriller film, The Samaritans, played at the 11th Annual Jersey Shore Film Festival, which ran Aug. 1-12. The Samaritans will show 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the House of Independents, 572 Cookman Ave. in Asbury Park. Tickets can be purchased online at (Film - See Page 6)

C O L L courtesy of Georgian Court University E Taylor–Photo Bauerband, a Toms River North graduate, G scored 40 goals for Georgian Court University. E CORNER By Chris Christopher LAKEWOOD - The Georgian Court University women’s lacrosse team has made history. The Lions became the fi rst team in history to win the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament title four times.

The top-seeded Lions captured their latest title with a 22-12 win over third-ranked Chestnut Hill College at the GCU Track and Field Complex in front of 286 fans in Lakewood. Georgian Court, which (College - See Page 4)

K-9s Celebrated In Ocean County

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – Blind epic poet. Bumbling father from Springfield. First trained tracking bloodhound in New Jersey. Homer. New Jersey’s Homer was a floppy-eared sleuth, purchased as a puppy, sight unseen, in 1960 by Island Heights native Tim Cagney. He became fascinated with the breed while in the military. Cagney’s puppy became the first trained tracking blood-

hound in the state, who was a member of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, the first in the state to use bloodhounds. Today the sheriff’s department has a K-9 unit of 16 dogs, supervised by Sgt. Robert Stack. The unit was recently recognized for its service at a pre-board meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. “All of the dogs in this unit provide a variety of key tasks throughout Ocean County,” Sheriff Michael G. (K-9 - See Page 7)

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