2018-10-27 - The Toms River Times

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Vol. 16 - No. 22

In This Week’s Edition

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JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Toms River, Island Heights, Ortley Beach & Lavallette | October 27, 2018

Memorial For Alice

OCC Breaks Ground On New Performing Arts Academy

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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.

Pages 10-13.

Letters Page 7.

Government Page 8.

Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Hearing Health Snap Shot

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Dear Pharmacist

6 Surprising Benefits Of Dandelion Weeds

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–Photos by Kimberly Bosco Top: Students from the OCVTS Performing Arts Academy performed a dance and song to close the ceremony. . Bottom: Construction is underway on the new OCVTS Performing Arts Academy.

Sears Transformation To “Lifestyle Center” Approved

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Business Directory Page 22-23.

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Wolfgang Puck Page 27.

(OCC - See Page 4)

–Photo by Bob Vosseller One of the many people who marched in last year’s parade. By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – This will be the 80th – yes, 80th - Halloween parade in Toms River. It’s the second largest in the world, and it will be on Oct. 31, unless it has to be postponed until Nov. 1. It starts at 7 p.m. (Parade - See Page 4)

Toms River Joins Lawsuit To Recoup State Aid

Inside The Law

Classifieds

By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – It was a cold, sunny afternoon, but spirits were not chilled by the persistent winds at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ocean County Vocational Technical School Performing Arts Academy, held outside of the Jay & Linda Grunin Center on Oct. 18. “I can’t believe that it was just a year ago that we were gathered here as a community to announce the construction of a new, state-of-theart performance academy right here on the Ocean County College Campus, “ mused Jay Grunin, co-founder and

Toms River’s Halloween Parade: What You Need To Know

–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn This rendering shows the plan for the property. By Judy Smestad-Nunn t he Ocea n Cou nt y Mall TOMS R IVER - Plans and replace it with three t o de mol i sh t he for me r separate buildings facing (Sears - See Page 5) Sears department store at

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Board of Education will be joining Brick in a legal challenge to a state plan that will strip both districts in millions of dollars of aid. In Toms River, they are faced with a loss of almost $71 million over the course of seven years. Brick is looking at a loss of $42 million over that same period. The rationalization behind the state plan is to shift aid from districts that are losing enrollment, like Toms River and Brick, to districts that are growing but have less money. Earlier this month, Brick retained the legal services of the Weiner Law Group

to mount a constitutional challenge to the change in aid. On Oct. 17, the Toms River Board of Education joined that suit, pledging half of the $10,000 initial cost. When Matthew Fisher, a student from High School North, asked what is at stake, Board President Russell Corby replied “Every aspect of our district will be affected.” A loss of $70 million over seven years, “No community can sustain that.” There was a large crowd at the meeting, many wearing “red for ed” in support of the fight against Trenton. Corby thanked the public for their presence, and “unity in facing the crisis (Lawsuit - See Page 5)

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