Vol. 25 - No. 15
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| July 27, | October 27,2019 2018
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By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – Do you hate your job, and the people at it? The narrator just finished t el l i ng h is re a de r s that his boss is something that rhymes with “brother trucker.” This boss’s off icial title, more bureaucratic and possibly more ridiculous, is “Director in Charge of Revenue Savings.” The boss likes to make people suffer and doesn’t spare even his own family members from his vindictiveness. “But I’m smarter than your average broom pusher. Well, smarter than most of the teachers and administrators in this dump, let’s put it that way. If I’ve learned anything from years toiling away in this place, it’s that each decision you make affects your future. Or rather, make sure you think three or four moves ahead of everybody.” But this boss, Mr. Sanders, is just one of many. As the narrator
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–Photos by Jennifer Peacock (Above) Author J.R. Warnet spent the morning drinking coffee and talking about his new book, “The Day I Clean My Last Toilet.” tells us, when you’re the school janitor, everyone is your boss. In the evolutionary pool of the public school system, janitors are the pond scum - no, no, lower than pond scum - on the chain. It’s the microcosmic dystopia n sat i re i n “The Day I Clean My Last Toilet,” the first
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Water Restrictions Enacted
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Future Officers Win Awards
By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – For the third year in a row, the Ocean County Chiefs of Police Public Safety Cadet Unit No. 1 has been named the top over unit at the fourth annual New Jersey State Youth Law Enforcement Competition held at Stockton University May 31 to June 2. More than 100 cadets and explorers from numerous units participated. Some of those cadets and explorers from Unit No. 1 were on hand to be recognized at the July 2 Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders meeting. “I want to thank you all for recognizing how hard these kids are working, but also want to
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Council approved the creation of an Emergency Medical Services Director at its most recent meeting. The creation of this job is another step toward the township forming its own emergency medical services team. Officials have said they hope to have that operational by early 2020. This nonunion, civilian position’s duties include “supervision, planning, coordination and implementation of various work activities while upholding standard operating procedures as is related to providing emergency medical services to the residents of Manchester Township,” according to the description provided by the township. The director will report to a police command staff designee. Qualified candidates must have 5 years’ experience as an EMT-Basic, Mobile Intensive
thank the families and friends who put the time in driving them to all our events and following up and making sure their uniforms are ready. We couldn’t do this without the families,” Ocean County Sheriff’s Officer Christine Farrell said. “These kids have worked tremendously hard.” Several of the program members have already been picked up as full-time police officers, SLEO I and II officers, and dispatchers. “So the success of this program isn’t just the competitions and the community service projects, it’s the actual success that these kids (Awards - See Page 7)
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The township placed water restrictions on eastern service area water customers, starting July 24. The eastern service area covers those living along Route 37 and portions east of the highway. “D u r i ng su m mer months, customer demands for water increase dramatically due to lawn irrigation. Over the last few days, customer demands rose to record levels. Reducing water use during peak periods is essential to our provision of an uninterrupted supply of
water, particularly in emergencies, such as fires,” Mayor Kenneth Palmer said. Lawn and landscaping water restrictions - anything that involves watering or irrigating shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, ground covers, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, etc. - will be in effect until further notice. Residents with odd-numbered street addresses may only water on odd calendar dates, except for the 31st of the month, which is prohibited. Residents with (Water - See Page 5)
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