2018-09-01 - The Toms River Times

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Vol. 16 - No. 14

In This Week’s Edition

THE TOMS RIVER

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| September 1, 2018

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

Community News! Pages 12-13.

Government Page 7.

Letters Page 8.

Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Childhood Hearing Loss ... And Bullying?

Page 16.

Dear Pharmacist Page 17.

Inside The Law Page 18.

Business Directory Page 22-23.

Classifieds Page 21.

Fun Page Page 24.

Wolfgang Puck Page 31.

Horoscope Page 31.

Protest Over Supreme Court Pick Brings Both Sides

Toms River Golfer One Of State’s Best Players By Chris Christopher Perhaps you have heard the saying, “Like father like son.” Or perhaps you have heard the saying, “The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.” Both fit Marc Issler. To a tee. The former Toms River High School North standout is one of the state’s top golfers. He won the recent 98th State Open at the Montclair Golf Club at Rock Spring in West Orange. Issler’s caddy happened to be his dad, Bob Issler, who won the event in 1981. The Isslers are just the second father and son team to win the New Jersey State Golf Association event. Art Silvestrone Sr. came out on top in 1972 and 1973 and his son, Art Jr., captured the championship in 1979. “My dad brought me to tournaments when I was (Golfer - See Page 2)

Marc Issler celebrates his title.

–Photo by Bob Vosseller Thomas Cannavo, chairman of the Green Party of Ocean County holds up his hand made sign opposing President Trump’s supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a small rally held in downtown Toms River.

–Photo courtesy Jared Minski

By Bob Vosseller TOMS R I V ER – Fourteen county residents came together on Washington Street despite confusion regarding whether a rally to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh by President Donald Trump, was actually taking place or not. Of the 14 present, 10 shared their views with Jersey Shore Online, opposing the nomination while four others explained their view of why Kavanaugh’s

Tree Planting Perfect Way To Honor Environmentalist

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – A who’s who of environmental leadership came out to honor one of their own during a tree-planting memorial service at Traders Cove Marina for Greg Auriemma, 63, a Brick resident who died in July last year while on a hiking trip

in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. Auriemma had been battling cancer and took off on the 10-day, 30 mile hiking trip after getting news that his condition had improved, said Jeff Tittel, Director of the NJ Sierra Club, at the time. (Tree - See Page 6)

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nomination should be allowed its due course. The gathering held provided an impromptu forum of civil discourse between both sides. Kavanaugh is being considered for the opening on the United States Supreme Court and a series of nationw ide r allies called “Unite For Justice,” took place on Aug. 26. The downtown Toms River rally was one of three in the state that had been scheduled by (Court - See Page 4)

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