Vol. 16 - No. 34
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–Photo by Chris Lundy It’s been announced that this Kmart location is scheduled to close.
By Jason Allentoff and Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – First it was Sears. Then it was Toys R’ Us. Now Kmart has announced they are closing its Toms River location. The Route 37 store, which has been in business for decades, is one of 80 locations that Sears Holdings needs to close as they deal with their ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Since the announcement was done during the holiday season, Toms River officials are starting the new year looking for a replacement tenant for the property. It’s no secret that internet sales have seriously (Kmart - See Page 4)
| January 19, 2019
Ocean County Attorney Indicted On Tax Evasion Charges By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER - An Ocean County attorney and GOP leader was indicted by a federal grand jury for tax evasion, among other charges, the U.S. Attorney New Jersey District Office reported. George Gilmore, 69, of Toms River, was charged with one count of income tax evasion for calendar years 2013, 2014, and 2015; two counts of filing false tax returns for calendar years 2013 and 2014; failing to collect, account for, and pay over payroll taxes for two quarters in 2016, and making false statements on a 2015 loan application submitted to Ocean First Bank N.A. He is accused of evading more than $1 million in taxes. “Gilmore worked as an equity partner and shareholder at Gilmore & Monahan P.A., a (Attorney - See Page 4)
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Dear Joel Page 14.
Inside The Law Page 15.
Business Directory Page 20-21.
Classifieds Page 22.
Horoscope Page 27.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
Lacey Committeeman Hired By Toms River Council By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Lacey Townsh ip Com m it teema n Ma rk Dykoff was hired to the position of Toms River Township Council Secretary, a move that Democrats are calling a political patronage job. Dykoff’s previous experience includes being a manager with the Motor Vehicle Commission, an administrator with the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the manager at Liberty Overhead Door. A Republican, he had been on the Township Committee in the past, but returned to fill a vacancy when Committeeman
Gary Quinn was tapped to run for Ocean County Freeholder. A statement by Laurie Huryk and Terrance Turnbach, the only Democrats on the Toms River Township Council, stated that the item hiring him was added to the meeting agenda less than five hours before the meeting. They also argued that the job was not posted and no job description has been provided. No other individuals were interviewed for the position. “All previous discussions indicated that this position was being considered for elimination in order to cut costs for the taxpayers of (Lacey - See Page 6)
~ The First Years After This Month In History
Our Founding
By J. Mark Mutter In 2017, Toms River celebrated its 250th anniversary - the founding of our town in 1767, nine years before American independence was declared. It’s a colonial-era story, an 18th century story. But what of those first years after our founding? How did our town grow after its creation? That’s a late 18th and a 19th century story. It’s a story centered around
public houses of worship and public schools - no different than the town we know today. The First Years After The American Revolution According to Dr. Richard P. McCormick (deceased) of Rutgers University, who was the State Historian, of the post-Revolutionary War period in New Jersey: “Small in area and population, this state was
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remarkably homogeneous with respect to the social and economic condition of its people. There were no jarring antagonisms between classes or sections, or between metropolis and hinterland; no established aristocratic elite capable of monopolizing political power and no self-conscious minority groups chafing under a sense of oppression. The structure of government (History - See Page 2)