Vol. 16 - No. 51
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OCEAN COUNTY HAS NEW ROYALTY Two New Honeybee Queens Join Park
| May 18 2019
Shop TR Would Give Tax Cuts For Buying Local
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By Chris Lundy and Judy Smestad-Nunn TOMS RIVER – Members of the Township Council want to introduce a program called Shop TR which would give residents tax relief for spending money locally. Shop TR would allow Toms River businesses participating in the program to offer a set percentage of the sale to be deducted directly from the resident’s property tax bill. “We always urge our residents to support our local businesses, but this provides incentives,” Councilman Terrance Turnbach said. “Mutually beneficial programs like Shop TR are so exciting to offer because
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Page 19. Recreation aide Zach Keczkemethy works with the hives.
Classifieds Page 23.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Inside The Law Page 30.
Horoscope Page 31.
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By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – Long live Queen Agatha and Queen Ursula. Those are the two queens of honeybee hives that were set up the first week in May. The two hives are by the Cooper Environ-
mental Center, on the opposite side from the butterfly garden. Some bird feeders are next to t hem , prov id i ng raccoons or whatever wa nder s nea rby a n easy bite to eat so they won’t be tempted to steal honey, recreation aide Za ch Ke cz ke -
─Photo courtesy Ocean County
methy said. They were shipped to the park 1,000 or so bees in one box. The queen is separate f rom t he h ive. She comes in a delivery in a cell closed off by sugar candy. The bees eat through the candy to free her.
“The common wisdom is to give them time to settle in,” Keczkemethy said. Then check on them to see how they are getting along. The two hives can co-exist, and won’t compete for resources, (Bees- See Page 4)
(Tax- See Page 5)
Infrastructure, Security On Minds Of Congressman Kim, Ocean County Mayors
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) spoke with mayors and government officials about the importance of infrastructure projects, the joint base, and small businesses, and how to approach them in a bipartisan way. The congressman has been holding town halls
in his district, which encompasses parts of Ocean and Burlington counties, since he took office. He currently has a local office in the basement of the Toms River municipal building. He was invited to speak to the Ocean County Mayors Association at their regular meeting. He told them his role representing the area was not
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to be a “partisan knife fighter or name caller,” but to reach across the aisle to make real changes. He also said he wasn’t getting into debates in the capital about changing everything, but instead has been looking for more realistic goals where people can feel immediate improvement. (Kim- See Page 5)
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