Vol. 16 - No. 32
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By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – On the recommendation of the county’s Natural Lands Tr ust Fund Advisor y Committee, the Ocean County Freeholders approved the purchase of more than 27 acres in three locations in Toms River. The county will purchase 6.99 acres on Cleveland Street, 4.98 acres on Sayreville Street (both off Route 527), and 15.4 acres on North Bay Avenue just south of Green Leaf Court. The Cleveland Street property sits adjacent to 111 acres of wetlands and conservation easement lands. The headwaters
of the Toms River run nearby. One professional appraisal was ordered to assess the property; the county will pay $155,000 plus up to $1,270 in property tax adjustments for it. “We would eventually like to put a trail system a walking and hiking trail system - through there,” Freeholder Gerry P. Little said. “It also has approvals for an 18-lot subdivision, and so it’s very important to conserve this area. It is a forested area.” The wooded Sayreville Street property also sits adjacent to that 111 acres of wetland and conservation easement lands. It was approved for two
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Inside Harbor House, An Emergency Home For Youth By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The front of the house looks like a very nice, very large two-story home. It just happens to have a lot of parking spaces and another office building behind it. Inside, you’ll find a large, open dining room and kitchen with multiple appliances. A living room area had holiday decorations up at the time. The bedrooms are all upstairs. Everything is like a house, just bigger. This was done by design. It’s meant to feel like a home. Even the lack of signs on the property let it fit in with the neighborhood. This is Ocean’s Harbor House, a place for youth who are homeless or in crisis. Despite the name, they also serve Monmouth County. This particular building houses the Supervised (Harbor - See Page 2)
single-family home lots. “These two acquisitions are adjacent to each other,” Little said of this and the Cleveland Street purchase. The county had one professional appraisal completed and will purchase the land for $110,000 plus up to $467 in property tax adjustments. The North Bay Avenue acquisition “is very important environmentally, and a greenway,” Little said. It’s near the Kettle Creek watershed conservation area and the North Bay Avenue extension area. That property, subdivided for 18 homes, will be
–Photo by Chris Lundy Top: Jan Rella speaks on behalf of his fellow Green Leaf Court neighbors about having the land purchased for open space. Bottom: This land on North Bay Avenue is being eyed for purchase as open space.
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Andy Kim Focusing On Jobs, Constituents
–Photo courtesy Andy Kim Congressman-elect Andy Kim poses at a recent meeting of the Beachwood Democrats. By Chris Lundy BEACH WOOD – When Andy Kim was on the campaign trail, he
said he heard a lot of similar worries. Job security was a big one – people wanted to make sure that
their jobs would still be there in the future. That’s why he said he wants to address this
issue. He was recently meeting residents at Democrat events in the
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