Vol. 7 - No. 22
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THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
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Letters
Route 539: Frightening Speeds & Fatal Accidents
Page 7.
Getting Veterans Services They Need
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
Pages 8-11.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14.
Dear Pharmacist Page 15.
Dear Joel Page 16.
Inside The Law Page 17.
Classifieds Page 20.
Business Directory Page 18-19.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco
County Route 539 is known as a dangerous road. By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – It has been called one of the deadliest roads in the state. County Route 539 is a 55-mile stretch of roadway extending from Little Egg Harbor on the southern end all the way into Cranbury in Middlesex County, with speeds ranging from 30 to 55 mph. Spanning multiple counties and dozens of municipalities, CR 539 is a well-traveled thoroughfare for locals, commuters,
and even tourists to the Jersey Shore. Each year CR 539 sees hundreds of accidents, a majority of which occur along the Ocean County section of the road. Through constant police patrol and even the occasional heightened enforcement detail, the road remains one of the most dangerous in the area. This begs the questions: what makes CR 539 so perilous and what can be done to fix this? (Route - See Page 4)
Police See Fewer Calls & Crashes
By Kimberly Bosco STAFFORD – The Stafford Township Police Department is counting fewer calls for service, and are measuring the success of the department’s community initiatives in the 2018 Annual Report. Chief Thomas Dellane presented some of the major findings in the 2018 report at a recent Township Council meeting. “The Annual Report is a docu-
ment that the police department began producing in 2017…it’s a document that is intended to provide information to… inform how the tax dollars are being spent, where it’s going to, provide an idea about some of our community initiatives” and crime statistics, said Dellane. 2018 Statistics According to Dellane, 2018 saw fewer calls for service than
the previous year, reaching a total of 29,978. In 2017, Dellane estimates the number was closer to 32,000. “Every time someone calls the police department and a police officer is dispatched to a call, we generate a case number,” he explained. “However, the amount of time that officers are spending on the call are increasing,” by almost four minutes per (Police - See Page 12)
–Photo By Bob Vosseller Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau Director John Dorrity, speaks during a Veterans Town Hall meeting in Toms River. By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – A recent event held at the Toms River Library served as both a forum for veterans to learn more about the resources available to them and an early tribute to those who served in the armed forces. The Veterans Town Hall was sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and featured guest speakers Freeholder Director Virginia Haines, Purple Heart recipient and retired U.S. Marines Corporal Rory Hamill, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau Director John Dorrity. Hamill shared his story serving in the Marines from 2006 to
2012. “I grew up in the local area. I had a very, very troubled youth. I grew up in an abusive home and had a lot of hardships at an early age. At the age of 17 I joined up and went to Paris Island and became a father and went to Iraq and was also a husband. I was way over my head and didn’t realize what I was getting myself into. “I was in Afghanistan and during my third deployment we received intelligence that there was an explosive device in a compound. Myself and my squad went over, set a perimeter around the compound,” Hamill said. He said originally another soldier was slated to use a metal detector to go (Veterans - See Page 5)
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