Vol. 24 - No. 50
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
6 Ways Hearing Tech Supports Your Active Summer
Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist Albuterol Helps Kids Undergoing Tonsillectomies
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Inside The Law Page 26.
Fun Page Page 24.
Business Directory Page 22-23.
Classifieds Page 21.
Horoscope Page 27.
Donated House Gives Family A Fresh Start
Remembering The Officers We Have Lost
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Gloria Walling didn’t have a lot of options. Growing up as the youngest of three, her mother worked three jobs until she was too sick to work. Gloria became pregnant at 20, and a family member opened a credit card in her name without her knowing, hurting her credit. Now, she’s got two kids of her own and works as a hospice nursing assistant. But she’s never had stability. The three of them live in a one-bedroom apartment in Toms River. The kids were never able to do the things that other kids could do, like have friends over for a sleepover. Living check to check, she would ask herself questions like: How do I get a reliable car? How can I get a permanent home? Which bill is the most important that has to be paid now? Which late fees –Photos by Chris Lundy are the most forgiving? (Top) (from left) Monroe, Gloria, and Asiana Walling will soon move When you’ve got a into this new home. (Bottom) This new house is being finished in the tough start like this, (Family - See Page 5) Pinewald section of Berkeley for the Walling family.
What’s The New Direction For Ocean’s GOP?
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – With division in the ranks, and Democrats winning more elections than normal, the new leader of
the county Republicans said his first order of business is to unite the party, and his second order of business is to grow the party, espe-
cially among women and young people. Frank Holman won the election to become chairman of the Ocean County Republicans in
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a vote held May 15. He narrowly beat Frank Sadeghi by a 25-vote margin, 254-229. “We have a common (GOP - See Page 6)
By Jennifer Peacock LAKEWOOD – Some people know their calling from an early age. Robert Tobias was one of those people. “He grew up as a kid knowing he would be a police officer,” his older brother, John Tobias, said. “He loved his job.” Robert Tobias was 21 when he started with the Manchester Township Police Department, the youngest officer at that time, John said. He had been with the department just over a year on May 17, 1975. It was around 5:45 p.m. at mile marker 35.8 on Route 70 westbound. Officer Tobias was conducting a motor vehicle stop, standing at the driver’s side door, when another vehicle struck and killed him. He was 23. He was the first Manchester Police Officer killed in the line of duty. The driver who struck him was charged with death by auto, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and operating an unsafe vehicle. Forty-four years later, to the day, John Tobias said he can still picture his brother sitting in the chair in their mother’s living room, getting ready to go to work as if it were yesterday. “Today is a special day. Every day is a special day,” John Tobias said. He laid two red roses at the Ocean County (Officers - See Page 4)
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