Vol. 24 - No. 28
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By Chris Christopher The following is a look at the Toms River North, Central Regional, Brick Township, Southern Regional and Lakewood boys high school basketball teams and the Manchester girls team. Last season’s individual statistics are in parentheses. TOMS RIVER NORTH Head coach: Rory Caswell, eighth season Career record at North: 156-42 Assistant coach: Tom DeRiggi Last season’s overall record: 25-5, including 14-0 in Shore Conference Class A South Key returners: 6-5 senior forward Nick Dunzack (six points per game), 6-6 junior forward-center Najea Hallenbeck (eight points, seven rebounds per game), 6-2 junior guard-forward Collin Baker (three points per game), 5-10 junior guard Jakari Spence (eight points, five assists per game), 6-5 junior guard-forward Mike Vansprang and 6-2 senior guard-forward Ryan
–Photo courtesy of Dan Torsiello Central Regional hopes for a winning season. From left to right are sophomore Kyle Rhoden, senior Nick Altieri, sophomore Marvin Goodwine Jr., senior Walter Maldonado, senior Darius Martorano and freshman Justin Soranno. Schlosser five Class A South titles over the Key newcomers: 5-10 junior guard previous seven seasons, including Jarrod Pruitt, 6-3 senior guard Aar- the last four, and look for North to on Craig, 6-2 sophomore guard Jake again be at the top of the heap. Kazanowsky and 6-2 sophomore “Obviously, we lost some experiguard Zack Browne and 6-3 senior ence and scoring to graduation from forward Will Marsh last year’s very successful team,” Outlook: The Mariners have won (Basketball - See Page 4)
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By Jennifer Peacock PINE BEACH – The church at the corner of Hillsdale and Huntington avenues started out as a summer church for summer people, pastored by the Philadelphia minister who, among others, felt this tiny then-section of Berkeley Township needed its own house of worship. By the time the Bartlett family moved from Lakewood to Pine Beach in the 1940s, the Pine Beach Chapel had had a fulltime, unpaid local pastor. Protestants and Catholics alike would worship there. For just over a year now, Rev. Glenn Ferguson has pastored this nondenominational congregation. He knew John C. Bartlett Jr. only a little, being his pastor for such a short time. Ferguson and several other church members were able to dig up some tidbits about the Freeholder’s relationship with the Chapel between a Thursday morning phone call and Friday evening deadline. As a child, Bartlett was part of Boy (Bartlett - See Page 7)
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Calling All Cats: Sanctuary Offers Shelter
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON - Calling all cats…your sanctuary is safe and sound. Sara Cameron, the president of the non-profit organization, Calling All Cats, said she was greatly relieved when she left a recent Board of Adjustment meeting where the board voted unanimously to approve a use variance for the organization’s cat sanctuary on her property. Elena Gable, a professional planner from Red Bank, joined attorney Ken W. Biedznski in representing Cameron during the meeting. The property on 77 East Veterans Highway is in a residential zone. Cameron, a certified animal control officer and animal cruelty officer, offered testimony to what the operation involves. The sanctuary began operating in January 2015 but after
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–Photos by Bob Vosseller Lisa Vivino of Toms River feeds some of the cats. some public exposure from a newspaper article, the township took a closer look at the facility and determined a use variance was warranted. During the meeting, Cameron said she is also
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Officials announced that they received a grant for $5.6 million that they will use to raise Herf licker Boulevard, which they say will help bring redevelopment downtown. The $5,660,000 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Grant came from the United States Department of Transportation. Herf licker needs to be raised and extended to Highland Parkway, the street where the NJ Transit bus depot (Downtown - See Page 12)
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