TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 15 - No. 45
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─Photo by Chris Lundy Toms River High School North student Stephanie Galeana attempts simple tasks while wearing goggles that simulate being under the influence of marijuana.
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Local students are looking at things in a new way after a program showed them what it’s like to be under the influence of various chemicals. In the center court of the Ocean County Mall, the Healthy Living and Education Expo had hands-on activities
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set up where students could learn the dangers of impaired driving. This is an annual event, and students from eight local high schools and Ocean County College attended, said Peter Curatolo, chief of administrative services for the Health Department. This year, they expanded the program
to include partners in health fields that have been weaving a net of services designed to catch people falling through the cracks. These included Hackensack Meridian, RWJ Bar nabas, Deborah Heart and Lung, Atlanticare, Urgent Care Now, Senior Services, and the Prosecutor’s
Office. Mon mouth Medical Center’s Southern Campus in Lakewood had a booth where they had to walk a line wearing goggles that made it seemed like you had a concussion. Leean ne Cheu ng, from Toms River High School North, told a (Driving - See Page 4)
Freeholders Defend 2nd Amendment Rights
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER − Last year, Gov. Phil Murphy put gun makers, vendors and financial institutions on notice that if they wanted to do business with the state, they would need to adhere to New Jersey’s tough gun-control standards. Murphy’s measure
introduced last September was criticized by the New Jersey’s Nat ional R if le Association, saying the st ate was t r ying to “demonize” gun ownership. That measure is one example of several, t h at h a s g u n ow n ers across the state voicing concern about
their 2nd Amendment rights. Local residents b r ou g ht t hei r c on cerns to the Board of Ocean County Freeholders and during a recent meeting, the Fre eholde r s u na n imously passed a resolution in support of the 2nd Amendment. Freeholder Director
Joseph H. Vicari said “we have for the last seve r al mont h s re ceived many letters from residents, some of w h o m a r e h e r e t o d a y, f r o m m a n y dif ferent cou nt ies throughout the state of New Jersey.” The resolution was written “opposing any law that would uncon-
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stitutionally restrict the right under the 2 nd Amendment.” Murphy was quoted at a press conference last year saying “despite our efforts, every day countless residents remain at risk of gun violence regardless of where they live.” Mu r phy (Rights - See Page 23)
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Treatment plans were started for two of the five wells that tested positive for chemicals known to cause cancer, township officials said. The properties are in the Windsor Park area of town, which includes the streets Windsor Avenue, Oceanic Drive and Peddie Street (near the lagoons north of Fischer Boulevard) who are on well water, not municipal water. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will be conducting testing for groundwater contamination. There were 41 private wells that were suspected of being contaminated. Of these, five tested positive and ten tested negative. The other 26 property owners did not give testers access to the property. Filtration systems were installed in two of the five wells that tested positive. The systems (Plans - See Page 6)
$50 Million School Aid Proposal May Not Save Shore Schools
By Alyssa Riccardi and Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – While many residents are hopeful about the $50 million in aid to help the school districts, teachers and other school employees are cautious of this proposal. The district is impacted by S-2, a law which changed how much “adjustment aid” schools receive from the state. Districts that were considered more wealthy, with declining enrollment, received less aid. Districts have said that they are the victim of funding formulas that are outdated or full of mistakes. In Toms River schools (which include South Toms River, Beachwood and Pine Beach), S-2 will (School - See Page 17)
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