TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 15 - No. 50
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By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – Whenever there’s a big problem, everyday people often step up to the challenge. Wherever COVID-19 has struck, there has been a shortage of personal protective equipment for first responders. Globally, the story is the same: as the numbers of infected rise, so
does the demand for masks, gowns, and other necessities among the medical community. Township resident Eric Mewengkang, is part of a group of people who have been using their 3-D printers to make masks for medical professionals. These masks are a plastic shield that drops down from the fore-
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head and creates a kind of splash guard for the wearer. They are not to be confused with the N95 respirator masks that look like surgical masks and filter out particles from the air. His group is made up of people from all over the world. There are about 8-10 people who collectively print about 200 masks a day.
A 3-D printer builds an object one layer at a time until it’s complete. In this case, it is literally building a plastic object one tiny layer at a time until it’s real. The printer is told what to make by giving it a design file. That file is open source, meaning that people share the file and make changes to it to fit (Masks - See Page 6)
This Month In History: Toms River’s Creation Is A Chapter In Time
By J. Mark Mutter In March in Toms River, we remember the British attack in 1782 on our Patriot village at the end of t h e R e vol u t i o n a r y War. In June, we remember ou r tow n’s founding - the creation of Dover Tow nship
(now Toms River) in 1767. These are late Eighteenth Century stories i n ou r h istor y. But what of the years before then? What was colonial life like here before those two historic events? How did we become a separate
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town - recognized by the British controlled provincial government - only to be attacked and destroyed fi fteen years later by the British? It is a long, winding story that begins with the “re-unifi cation” of New Jersey in the early 1700s. It’s
our story.
Two New Jerseys Become One In 1664, the Dutch gave up cont rol of New Jersey to the British. Not a shot was fi red, and the British colony or “province” of New Jer sey was
established. It would last until 1776. For internal political reasons, the colony was divided into two separate parts in 1676: East and West Jersey with Perth Amboy and Burlington serving as separate capitols. (History - See Page 13)
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Bad kids skip school. So it must be good kids who skip spring break. Since people are going to be home during spring break, most people decided to just stay in school. A survey went out to parents in the Toms River Regional School District (which includes Beachwood, Pine Beach and South Toms River) asking if they wanted to work through spring break and end the school year early. The response was an overwhelming “yes.” A whopping 5,160 parent and 1,185 staff responded, Superintendent David Healy said. Of them, more than 85 percent said they wanted to skip spring break and have a longer summer break. Since travel is essentially banned, there was no place to go for spring break anyway, Healy noted. And since students are working remotely, they could still check in from wherever they are if they still decided to travel. New Schedule As of right now, school will be in session April 14-17. This means that the school year will end on Friday, June 12 instead of Thursday, June 18. One part that didn’t change on the calendar – students will still have off April 10 and 13 for Good Friday and the Monday after Easter. “Additionally, this office has received significant and valued feedback from our high school seniors regarding the status of momentous events such as prom and graduation. Please rest assured that if these once in a lifetime occasions cannot take place on the dates originally scheduled, this office will be working with our Board of Education, school leaders and others to reasonably ensure that they are rescheduled at a later date,” Healy said. “I’m so proud of all of you always, but especially during these uniquely challenging times, and I ask you to take care of one another, keep the faith and stay the course.” Gov. Phil Murphy has said that school closures won’t be revisited until at least April 17. The district has provided resources to parents dealing with the new normal of learning from home here: trschools.com/parents/virtual-schoolday-plan Toms River Schools TV studio put together a compilation of the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the National Anthem so that teachers using (Spring - See Page 6)
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