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Endangered Sea Turtle Returns To The Ocean
| August 10, 2019
Castle Park To Get Skate Park By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – An open area of Castle Park is the proposed site of a skate park that could be operational next year, township officials said. Castle Park, centrally located in the township, is at the corner of North Bay Avenue and Oak Avenue. There’s a piece of land, about 150 feet by 100 feet, that is next to the younger kids’ playground. This will be the site for the skate park, township engineer Robert Chankalian said. Township officials had been meeting with parents for a little while now, getting input from them about the needs for the facility. After a recent meeting, parents were excited to
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—Photos by Jennifer Peacock (Above) Vesper, the juvenile Kemp’s Ridley turtle, was released at Point Pleasant Beach near Water Street July 30. (Right) A placard with information about Sea Turtle Recovery and their Point Pleasant Beach partners. By Jennifer Peacock POINT PLEASANT BEACH – The crowd gathered at the ocean n e a r Wa t e r S t r e e t drew attention from walkers on the boardwalk. “Excuse me, miss. W hat is happen i ng down there?” a man, walking with his wife on the boardwalk, stopped to ask. “They’re releasing a rehabbed sea turtle today. You are welcome to come watch if you’d like.” “Oh, interesting,” he
said. He and his wife kept walking. It’s a little before 7:30 a.m. July 30. At least 200 people were waiting to see Vesper, the 5-pound juvenile Kemp’s Ridley - the most endangered of all sea t u r tles - be released back into the ocean after recovering at the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, Sea Turtle Recovery (STR), in West Orange. He or she is the 41st tur tle STR has released since starting 2 years ago.
“We don’t actually know if Ve s p e r i s a boy or a girl. He’s too young to tell without some extensive testing that doesn’t change how we would treat his illness, so it’s not something we would put the tur tle through,” STR co-executive Bill Deerr said. Kemp’s Ridleys nest in Texas or Mexico and migrate north in the war mer months to feed before heading
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south again. Vesper was found in Cape Cod and taken to the Sea Turtle Rescue at t he New England Aquarium in Boston. Often, when t h at hos pit a l f i nd s itself overcrowded, they will send turtles down to STR. Vesper was found cold-stunned, “a condition in which the sea (Turtles - See Page 4)
By Kimberly Bosco BRICK – Everybody loves free stuff – especially free vacations. Now is your chance to support a good cause to help two local families win their free dream vacation. Five year old Lucia Graf, of Brick, has leukemia. With the help of a local nonprofit organization, Lucia and her family recently got the chance to take an incredible, free cruise to Bermuda back in June. This trip was the perfect way to take a break from the stress of doctor’s visits and medical bills and have a little fun. After witnessing what a difference this trip made, Lucia’s grandmother, Ester Jordan of Tinton Falls, is working hard to ensure that two other local families will have this same opportunity. Jordan is selling handmade bracelets at two local Ocean County salons to raise money for Kick Cancer Overboard, the nonprofit that helped Lucia’s family. “Our mission is to give free cruises to people who have been affected by cancer. To offer them a break for a few days, so (Vacation - See Page 5)
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