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By Alyssa Riccardi TOMS RIVER - Protesters said they gathered at the post office to defend the Postal Service against President Donald Trump’s attacks to defund the USPS. About 50 people assembled in front of the Toms River office for

the “Save Our Mail, Save Our Vote!” event, displaying their homemade signs and banners to protest against the notion of the postal service being defunded. People waved signs that showed slogans such as “Save the US mail,” “Hands off my mail,” and “We support

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the USPS.” Critics believe that President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy are weakening the post office to slow the delivery of mail-in ballots for the upcoming election.

Back in June, DeJoy took over the postmas-

ter general position and has since stated his plans to remodel the post office are to protect and secure the postal service in the long run.

More than 20 “Save Our Mail, Save Our Vote!” rallies were held statewide, with the Toms River event (Rally - See Page 2)

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

By J. Mark Mutter September 2nd marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two - Victory Over Japan, or “V-J Day.” After years of fighting, the war finally came to an end in Tokyo harbor on board the battleship

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Pacific. After the United States was attacked in 1941, an early decision was made by President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that victory in Europe was first priority.

With the D-Day inva-

sion in 1944, Germany would surrender in less than a year and V-E Day celebrations were held in May 1945.

This writer shall never forget asking Army Ranger William Klaus of Sussex, New Jersey, many years ago at

a D-Day celebration, where he was on V-E Day. He could not remember! Bill Klaus, now deceased, had every expectation of being shipped off to the Pacific to keep fighting. “But ask me where I was on (History - See Page 8)

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Homestead, Senior Freeze To Be Funded Again

By Chris Lundy TRENTON – In his revised budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy restored funding for two key programs that help seniors and homeowners make ends meet.

The Senior Freeze program locks in senior property owners at a fixed amount. For example, let’s say the senior has to pay $1,000 in taxes. The program locks in the taxes at that rate. Then, when their taxes go up to $1,050, the senior pays $1,050 and then the state reimburses the senior that $50.

The Homestead Rebate Benefit program also provides property tax relief to eligible homeowners. For most homeowners, the benefit is distributed to their municipality in the form of a credit, which reduces their property taxes.

However, the state’s proposed supplemental budget had a significant reduction in both of these programs.

The reason that the state gave for cutting these two programs was that the state lost money due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The governor had made this announcement on Aug. 25. At the Aug. 24 Berkeley Township Council meeting, the governing body repeated their request to the governor to reinstate the Homestead Rebate and Senior Freeze funding.

They had made their first request during the summer.

“We have to continue to keep pressure on the state,” Mayor Carmen Amato said.

The township’s resolutions said that it is precisely because of the pandemic that the state shouldn’t cut funding to residents. Residents are suffering economic hardships due to the virus as well and township officials said Trenton shouldn’t balance its budget on the backs of residents who are already hurting.

According to the resolution, Berkeley has 8,700 residents who qualify for Homestead – the most of any municipality in the state.

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Continued From Page 1 being run by BlueWaveNJ. They said DeJoy’s plans are deliberately slowing down the mail to make voting more challenging.

People have complained about important mail such as prescription medications and Social Security checks arriving late.

Carol Gay, who created the event, said that the plans DeJoy and the Trump administration have formed have left people confused and anxious about mail-in voting. Gay had run in 2006 for the 4th District Congressional seat held by Rep. Chris Smith.

“Today we are here to defend the postal system and defend our right to vote. We just want to keep the pressure on to make sure that our system is protected and that they reverse all these policies that have been slowing everything down. It’s slowing down our mail and scaring people to death about mail-in votes. They are just trying to create a lot of confusion and chaos,” Gay said.

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Continued From Page 1 program, which provided them an average of $221.

The Ocean County Freeholders had also urged the governor to fully fund these programs.

With more than 173,000 seniors in Ocean County, the loss of this money could be disastrous, said Freeholder Director Joseph Vicari.

“When your monthly income is no more than $1,400 from Social Security, taking away these programs will only increase the severe financial hardship already experienced by this vulnerable population,” Vicari said.

The 9th District legislators – Senator Christopher Connnors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-9th) - started an online petition urging the governor not to cut these two programs. It can be found here: senatenj.com/petitions/ propertytaxrelief/. As of press time, it had been signed 5,656 times.

Other Budget Changes There are other changes included in the governor’s spending plan: Imposing the millionaire’s tax on all income

“The post office is designed for the common good, not for profit. Never for profit and never for political shenanigans. So we are here to say that we are not going to allow them to sabotage our mail system,” Gay said.

Brick resident Kayla Jennings attended the rally for her mother who works for the Post Office. Her sign read “Here for my mom.

She is busy delivering mail!” Jennings said she’s here to voice the concerns of the residents her mother delivers to on a daily basis.

Other attendees like Jennings stood alongside West Water Street showcasing their signs to drivers passing by the post office.

Many honked their horns or waved out their windows in support of the event.

“Our message is that we are not going to allow them to suppress our right to vote and we’re not going to allow them to destroy our mail system that we all depend on. We all depend on this every day. It’s a part of every community, the post office is at the heart of so many communities throughout this county,” Gay said.

above $1 million; Permanently incorporating the 2.5 percent corporation surcharge; Restoring the sales tax on limousines; Removing the tax cap on boats; Applying a 5 percent surcharge to high-income individuals with federally Qualified Business Income (QBI) who have benefited from a new deduction for pass-through entities created under the 2017 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Baby Bonds – a $1,000 deposit for the approximately 72,000 babies born in 2021 whose family income is less than 500 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, or $131,000 for a family of four. They gain access to the money at 18. This will assist three of four children born in New Jersey.

“This budget proposal is not simply about getting New Jersey back to where it used to be, but moving forward to where we need to be by building a new economy that grows our middle class and works for every single family, while asking the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share in taxes,” said Governor Murphy.

Other monies include $60 million for clean drinking water, $4.9 billion for the state pension system, and $2.2 billion in surplus.

The state’s spending was cut by $1.25 billion.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor

E DITORIAL COVID-19: What’s The Correct Amount Of Worry?

Looking at the social media feeds of my friends and family, it seems most people are falling into one of two camps: panicking over COVID-19 or thinking it’s no big deal.

Where’s the middle ground? What’s the appropriate amount of panic?

Walking into grocery stores without a mask to prove how tough you are ain’t it. Stockpiling toilet paper and never leaving the house ain’t it, either.

It has to do with where people get their information. There are some news sources that keep telling people the world is going to end. There are other news sources that are telling people that this will go away on its own.

If you listen to the information coming from health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you get a pretty good idea of what to expect.

Real medical experts are giving the same advice: practice social distancing, wear face coverings, do everything you can to protect the most vulnerable among us. I say “real medical experts” because there are always some quacks. Also, there are always talking heads trying to politicize everything.

Be smart, and be considerate of others. That’s all you really have to do.

I’ll say it again: Be smart, and be considerate of others. You have no idea if the healthy-looking person you’re coughing near has an immune disorder, or is taking care of an elderly relative at home. So follow the experts’ guidelines.

My first job as a reporter was for Worrall Community Newspapers. I wrote for two of their papers: The Independent Press of Bloomfield and the creatively-named Glen Ridge Pa-

per. This was in 1999, when the West Nile virus first started hitting the states. At the time, we had to refer to it as WNL, or West Nile-like virus, because it hadn’t been confirmed yet that it had traveled here from Africa.

Every week, we published the dead bird counts. The virus lived in birds, mostly crows, and then mosquitoes carried it to humans. Every week, we’d have to update the public about how many dead birds had been found, and how many had tested positive for WNL. It’s kind of like the beginning of the pandemic, when each county started reporting positive cases.

Essex County was where West Nile first touched down in New Jersey, probably because of Newark airport, so our little towns suddenly were very important in this global story.

I remember sitting down with the head of the health department. We had never met before, so he didn’t trust me yet. He was very wary of the kind of story I was going to write. Instead of the interview starting with me asking him a question, he started by asking me one.

He wanted to know what my article was going to be.

I told him, very honestly, that I wanted to inform the public without making them panic. The health director visibly relaxed and we had a half hour discussion about the realities of the disease and what people can do to protect themselves.

That’s the tactic that journalists should be taking now – and should have been taking from the beginning: letting people know that there is a very real threat out there, but with kindness and intelligence we can mitigate it.

Chris Lundy News Editor

Trump Golfs While Rome Burns

Have you heard the story of how Nero fiddled while Rome burned? It shows how powerful people don’t care about the problems the rest of us have. They will play fiddle while the rest of us suffer.

According to official statistics, there have been 125 trips to golf courses since Trump’s inauguration. That means he’s been golfing roughly one in ten days, or ten percent, of the entire time that he’s been in office.

However, these are just the ones that the White House lets us know about.

There are ones where he is seen going to one of his golf courses, but the White House doesn’t tell us about it. People physically see him golfing, but he lies and says he wasn’t.

If you add up all of these times, it’s more than twice that. There are web statistics that put him at as many as 366 visits. According to Fox News, he has played 275 rounds of golf since he became president. Some other news sources have it as high as 366. That’s an entire year of golf. One-fourth of his entire term. You can’t tell me that these are all business trips and that he’s doing the work of the American people on them.

He says he plays “very fast.” Even the fastest golfer will take half a day to do it.

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Instead of organizing a national response plan to coronavirus, he golfs.

Instead of protecting our military, he golfs.

Instead of fixing the economy, he golfs.

Instead of trying to bring us together, he golfs.

It’s not just the time he’s wasted. It’s our money he’s wasted. According to White House figures, the amount of money it costs to fly the president around with his entourage and security detail in Air Force One costs $514,000 per hour of flight time. What would you do with $514,000? I’m sure you’d spend it better than our president.

It’s estimated that our president has cost us $136 million on golf trips. I could certainly spend $136 million some other way.

And guess how much of that wound up back in his pockets? Trump loves to go to his own properties, requiring the secret service to rent rooms. How much of that $136 million – our $136 million – wound up back in his own pocket?

By the way, Obama, according to published reports, golfed 300 times in the eight years he was in office.

Maybe our next president should be one that plays mini-golf instead.

John Cabot Toms River

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In Person?

I don’t understand why they can’t allow us to vote in the November General Election in person, inside a voting booth.

I mean, we are all allowed to go to grocery stores, libraries, retail shops. What gives? If they are worried about surfaces, that excuse doesn’t really work as you can go into the supermarket and touch everything.

Here’s an idea. Why don’t they just set up the damn voting machines inside Walmart or Costco? People are going in and out all of the time. Why can’t we vote in person without a paper ballot? This whole vote by mail thing makes no sense.

I’m sure there are polling workers willing to sit there with masks on to make sure we can all exercise our God-given rights. This whole plan is insane and spits on the graves of the men and women in uniform who made it possible for us to be free. Freedom is really getting dumped on and I’m fed up.

Jerry Thomas Brick

Murphy Sued Over Vote

By Mail I am pleased to announce that our NJGOP team has joined forces with Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the Republican National Committee to stand up for the rights of all New Jersey voters by filing a lawsuit again Governor Murphy’s unconstitutional vote by mail scheme.

Governor Phil Murphy issued yet another unconstitutional executive order, this time establishing an all vote by mail election scheme that violates the basic rights of New Jersey citizens.

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis and July’s primary election, one thing became very clear: Governor Murphy is failing New Jersey families and businesses.

Doug Steinhardt Chairman NJ GOP

Is This Voter Fraud?

In July a Voter Registration Application in my maiden name arrived at my parents’ home in Pennsylvania. I have not lived there or used my maiden name in over 47 years.

After my family mailed me the form, I Googled the company listed in the return address and then made a call to them. Surprisingly, this organization listed with a Harrisburg, PA address was actually in Washington, D.C. None of the lower level employees I spoke to could shed light on how my information was collected. Unfortunately, the Program Manager who was supposed to call me back never did.

A call to the Voter Registration Office of my hometown county in PA, confirmed that my maiden name and address were NOT in their files. It was the office worker’s comment about my situation that stunned me. She said in effect she was not surprised “with all the fraud going on.”

The Voter Registration Application I was sent only required my name, address, date of birth, race or ethnicity (I question the relevance of this), last four digits of my social security number, submission date and to either “sign the form with a signature or a mark.” If I was an unscrupulous person, I could have easily submitted all the information in my maiden name with the old address and signed with an “X.” Once a voter registration card arrived, I could apply for a mailin ballot in PA and continue voting in person in NJ during the same presidential election under two different names.

This would be voter fraud pure and simple. Would I ever be caught? Could anyone prove I had done this since the form was signed with an “X”?

We must have a federal law: Photo ID must be presented to vote in person or a photo copy of photo ID must be submitted with a mail-in ballot request.

Barbara Kochie Brick

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SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNMENT Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials

Residents Ask About Potential Coronavirus Vaccine From The Desk Of

Congressman Andy Kim WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) was joined by Dr. Michael Kinch, an expert

in the development of vaccines, for a telephone town hall on the effort to create a safe and effective vaccine

for COVID-19. This was the Congressman’s 24th town hall since January of 2019. Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, Congressman Kim has held virtual town halls on topics ranging from helping connect people with resources like food banks and rental assistance, to helping small business owners weather the crisis, to answering

questions about u nemployment issues and other challenges faced by New Jersey’s working families.

“When it comes to finding a safe and effective vaccine for the coronavir us, we need to put science before politics; that’s exactly what we sought to do tonight and I’m proud that we had an in-depth discussion on this critical topic,” said

Congressman Kim. “I want to thank Dr. Kinch for joining us to lend his expertise and insight, and ever yone across Burlington and Ocean Counties who joined.

Getting this right is one of my top priorities, and I’ll continue to work every day to make sure we have a vaccine that’s safe, effective, accessible and affordable for everyone.”

Issues brought up by people from across Burlington and Ocean County on the town hall included questions about distribution of a potential vaccine, when that vaccine will be ready for production, steps being taken to ensure everyone can afford an approved vaccine, and what’s being done to ensure that an approved vaccine will be safe and effective.

$1.4M In Funding Will Support NJ Firefighters, First Responders Capitol Comments Senator Cory Booker

TRENTON - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced a combined $1,431,304.39 to ensure New Jersey’s local fi re departments and EMS squads are properly equipped and staffed to protect the communities they serve, and to purchase additional protective gear and supplies needed to combat COVID-19.

“New Jersey’s first responders are on the frontlines of the COVID -19 fight. They risk their lives each and every day to protect us and deser ve all the support they can get,”

said Sen. Menendez. “This impor tant f unding will help ensure our fi refighters and EMS squads have the equipment, personal protective gear and personnel they need to both protect themselves and the residents and communities they serve.”

“Our fi refighters and fi rst responders always step in for our communities when they are needed - even, and especially, during a pandemic. New Jersey’s fi refighters must have the resou rces they need to protect themselves and our communities,” said

Sen. Booker. “This funding will help New Jersey departments increase safety and operational efficiency, hire, recruit, and retain volunteer fi refighters and strengthen the quality of our state’s emergency services.”

The following departments have received Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to hire or retain fi refighters in an effort to increase the number of frontline firefighters, enhance the ability of departments to attain and maintain 24hour staffing, and assure that their com mu nities have adequate protection from fi re and fi re-related hazards: $316,500 - Laurence Harbor Fire Dept. (Old Bridge,

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Middlesex) to fund active recruitment for the all-volunteer unit $138,000 - Willingboro Twp. (Burlington) to hire/ retain fi refighters $74,250 - Twp. of Washington (Bergen) to hire/ retain fi refighters $48,876 - Gordons Corner Fire Co. (Englishtow n, Monmouth) to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters The following departments have been awarded Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help local fi re departments and

EMS organizations acquire new equipment and vehicles to enhance their response capabilities, as well as to allow them to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency response personnel: $260,997.35 - Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (Seaside Park, Ocean) to purchase a new ambulance $234,761.90 - Franklin Lakes (Bergen) to purchase a new radio system $227,272.73 - Teaneck Vol. Ambulance Corps (Bergen) to purchase a new ambulance $22,805.71 - Robbinsville (Mercer) for operations and

safety The CARES Act provides supplemental AFG funding to help local first responders purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and related supplies to the fire service community to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following departments received AFG-S grants: $41,888.00 - Bayonne (Hudson) $35,263.33 - North Bergen (Hudson) $16,152.58 - Englewood (Bergen) $14,536.79 - Green Creek Vol. Fire Co. (Middle Twp., Cape May)

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Continued From Page 1 V-J Day, that I can remember!� quipped the Omaha Beach veteran.

V-J Day marked not only the end of hostilities in the PaciďŹ c. It marked the end of a war.

Hopes ran high for an end to the ďŹ ghting after Germany surrendered. “In this year 1945,â€? said President Harry Truman, “we have pride in the combined might of this nation which has contributed signiďŹ cantly to the defeat of the enemy in Europe. We have conďŹ dence that, under providence, we soon may crush the enemy in the PaciďŹ c.â€?

Those words were echoed by Dr. Edgar Finck, the supervising principal of Toms River High School. In a message to the Class of ’45, Dr. Finck noted, “Some members of this class have already seen service in Europe.

Others will enter the war against Japan. But all of you should enlist in the most important campaign, that for a lasting peace.�

Toms River And WWII Our sleepy little town (1940 population: 5,165) had been busy supporting the war eort.

Right after Pearl Harbor, Toms River ung into action as part of the nation’s defense.

The schools practiced air raid drills in December 1941 - an evacuation exercise which took just six minutes. Inside the schools, drills were held.

On the streets downtown, air raid wardens and block captains patrolled as part of the Civilian Defense Corps. A tower was built on the grounds of Toms River High School to monitor planes. Drills were held at Admiral Farragut Academy. Blackouts occurred on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights as windows were blanketed to protect against German submarines. “Defense Stampsâ€? were sold in .10, .25, and .50 cent quantities for savings bonds. Book drives were held to collect reading materials for servicemen. Scraps were collected for the war eort - metals and newspapers.

Carpentry students made checkerboards and crutches for the troops.

And rationing was the order of the day.

Ration books were issued and limited what meat, sugar, butter, gasoline, and other items that you could buy. In 1943, Dr. Finck cancelled the basketball season. School trips were cancelled. He thought it was not right to use gas for such purposes.

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A very busy organization - the “Toms River Service Center,� something of a local USO - provided aid and comfort to servicemen on leave. Its mission statement: “to provide a place of recreation and shelter for the men of the Armed Forces of the United Nations.�

It was run by an ecumenical group of people from all walks of life here: the First Baptist Church, the Harmony Lodge, the First Presbyterian Church, the Community of Jewish Farmers, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, and more. It was Toms River at its best.

Toms River Celebrates When the war suddenly ended after use of atomic bombs in August, how did Toms River react?

Manuel Hirshblond, now 92, who would later become our town Clerk and first Administrator, was a graduate of Toms River High School, Class of 1944, and was living in Toms River before he would soon join the Navy. His older Army brother had seen action in Europe and had fought in the “Battle of the Bulgeâ€? and was scheduled to be sent o to the PaciďŹ c. Manny received a telephone call informing him that Japan had surrendered and recalls that he was simply “elatedâ€? at the news.

Living downtown, then 18, he remembers that a makeshift parade was held on Washington and Main Streets. The ďŹ re company roared its siren and ďŹ re trucks blew their horns. People ďŹ lled the streets in celebration.

James Leonard, now 93, a longtime Toms River resident, now living in Lakewood, had joined the Army in January 1945 and was on a troop ship in the PaciďŹ c when he learned that the war was over. His younger brother, Robert, had joined the Navy, underage at 16, using Jim’s birth certiďŹ cate. They both might have participated in “Operation Downfallâ€? - the scheduled November 1945 invasion of Japan in which heavy loss of life was expected.

The captain of the ship notiďŹ ed all on board that the Japanese had surrendered. “Relieved,â€? says Jim Leonard, was his reaction.

Charlotte Ewart, 98, who would become Charlotte Lomell after the war, wife of our local D-Day hero Leonard “Bud� Lomell, remembers the noise of V-J Day. Working as a nurse in Long Branch, she said it was “the noisiest time of my life. I remember asking: what is all that noise?� Going outside, the then 24-year-old, remembers people yelling (History - See Page 9)

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Continued From Page 8 and horns blaring. “The war is over! The war is over!” Men and women were crying in the streets.

Elated. Relieved. Crying.

All in all, the war had an enormous impact here. At least 849 students from Toms River joined the armed forces as a sign was erected before the old Grade School posting their

The Toms River Times, August 29, 2020, Page 9 names. Of these, 30 never returned home.

As President Bill Clinton once reminded us at a World War Two ceremony: “We are the children of your sacrifice.”

Those V-J celebrations are now 75 years past, but let us always remember that sacrifice.

J. Mark Mutter is the former Toms River Clerk.

He chaired the township’s 225th anniversary celebration in 1992 and its 250th anniversary celebration in 2017. He is an honorary member of the U.S. Army World War Two Rangers Association.

Dental Check-Ups A Good Idea For Back-To-School

By Dr Elisa Velazquez Ocean Pediatric Dental Associates OCEAN COUNTY - Did you miss your child’s dental check-up due to COVID? There is uncertainty over what the 202021 school year will look like, but add a dental checkup to the back-to-school checklist to keep your children’s smiles healthy.

We want to remind you to schedule your child’s dental check up to ensure your child’s overall dental and orthodontic health. September and October are great months for dental visits and starting the school year off with healthy habits and routines.

Dental problems and pain may put your child at a disadvantage with learning.

Studies have shown that kids with dental problems and cavities may be more prone

to missed school days, lack of concentration due to discomfort or dental infection, and a decrease in school grades.

Although dental cavities are largely preventable, they remain the most common chronic disease of children aged 6 to 11 years and adolescents aged 12 to 19 years.

Tooth decay is four times more common than asthma according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Schedule a dental visit and learn more about dental hygiene tips, fluoride treatments and the placement of sealants to help keep your child cavity free.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Postmaster Holds Off On Mail Changes Until After Election

By Chris Lundy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a statement that the post office will be prepared for mail-in voting, and that plans in place to limit the work of the service will be pushed back until after the election.

There have been criticisms of DeJoy’s handling of the United States Postal Service this year in lieu of many states relying on mail-in voting for the first time (Five states already have mail-in voting).

Criticisms have included that DeJoy is deliberately slowing down mail to make voting more difficult, and as a side effect, important mail and prescriptions are being received late.

Some changes have been happening in post offices around the country that critics said were intentionally weakening the post office.

These changes are being held off until after the election, DeJoy said: • Retail hours at Post Offices will not change. the election, DeJoy said: • Mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain where they are. the election, DeJoy said: • No mail processing facilities will be closed. the election, DeJoy said: • And we reassert that overtime has, and will continue to be, approved as needed.

In addition, starting Oct. 1, there will be standby resources in all areas of operations, including

transportation, to satisfy any unforeseen demand.

“The Postal Service is ready today to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this fall,” DeJoy said. “Even with the challenges of keeping our employees and customers safe and healthy as they operate amid a pandemic, we will deliver the nation’s election mail on time and within our well-established service standards.

The American public should know that this is our number one priority between now and election day. The 630,000 dedicated women and men of the Postal Service are committed, ready and proud to meet this sacred duty.”

As part of this, a taskforce on election mail will now include leaders of postal unions and management associations. The taskforce will work with state and local election officials, he said.

“I came to the Postal Service to make changes to secure the success of this organization and its long-term sustainability. I believe significant reforms are essential to that objective, and work toward those reforms will commence after the election. In the meantime, there are some longstanding operational initiatives - efforts that predate my arrival at the Postal Service that have been raised as areas of concern as the nation prepares to hold an election in the midst of a devastating pandemic. To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,” DeJoy said.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Sailfest To Be Virtual

ISLAND HEIGHTS - In order to keep everyone safe during the coronavirus health crisis, the 29th Annual Sailfest 2020 event will be charting new waters by going completely online at SailfestNJ.com on Sept. 12.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and by going online participants will help the Rotary Club of Toms River to continue its ‘wind-in-our-sails’ growth, success and community love of Sailfest.

The event will still include all the music, art, crafts, raffle and other nautical things which thousands of Sailfest fans have grown to love - and much more. Sailfest will start at 10 a.m. with a Veterans and 9/11 Reflection Ceremony to honor the men and women who serve our country or lost their lives during the tragic events of 9/11.

It will continue on with a full day of live music, sailing movies, sailing classes, classic Popeye cartoons, nautical workshops, boat tours, nautical storytelling by Navy veterans, auctions, raffles, vendors, and other sailing fun from the Jersey shore.

Musical performances will showcase regionally and nationally acclaimed artists Audio Riot, Geoff Kaufmann, Hank Cramer “The Shantyman,” The US Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band, William Pint and Felicia Dale, and the Garden State Radio Band to end the evening.

Also available will be various digital vendors as well as live video chat with them for any questions or custom orders.

As per tradition Sailfest t-shirts will be on sale, which feature artwork created by a different New Jersey artist every year.

These shirts can be purchased in advance or the day of the event at SailfestNJ.com and will be shipped right to your home after the event. Tickets, vendor spots and sponsorships can be arranged by visiting SailfestNJ.com starting at just $3.

For more information on how you can “hoist your sails” visit the club’s Facebook page at facebook.com/RotaryClubOfTomsRiver or e-mail Rotary@ SailfestNJ.com

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Surrogate’s Office Just A Click Away With New Advancements

By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – With public access to many county government offices closed or restricted due to the ongoing pandemic, the Ocean County Surrogate and County Clerk offices have added additional online access to many of their records.

Surrogate Jeffrey W. Moran said, “we’ve upgraded our office with new technology designed to make our operation more efficient and also allow this new level of access.

“Ocean County is now one of only two counties in New Jersey that offer this level of online public access,” Moran added.

The Surrogate has implemented new systems that permit the public to access online nearly all records not otherwise sealed by law and this includes the record indices, and decedent’s estates records such as probated wills, executor appointments and administrator appointments.

“This initiative will allow the public to review our records from the comfort of their living room. Despite our building being closed to the public, we are fully operational via telephone, mail and email. This new online component will further advance our ability to serve the public,” Moran said.

He thanked the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders and Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari for supporting the upgrade.

Vicari, who is also liaison to the Surrogate’s Office, said Ocean County Government

remains open and accessible, despite the COVID-19 restrictions.

“Our offices are fully staffed and available via telephone and online to serve our residents’ needs,” Vicari said.

Surrogate records are available by visiting the Ocean County Surrogate’s website at: co.ocean.nj.us/OC/surrogate/. Those with questions should call 732-929-2011.

The Ocean County Clerk’s Office also allows the public to access records remotely and conduct online land record searches.

“The entire process is fast and simple. Any person can locate a document on record with the County Clerk at oceancountyclerk.com and can immediately call up the image on a computer monitor,” said Ocean County Clerk Scott Colabella.

The Clerk’s Office also offers electronic recording to help avoid delays, eliminate errors, and speed-up the recording and filing of documents, said Ocean County Freeholder Deputy Director Gary Quinn, liaison to the County Clerk’s office.

This secured electronic recording of Land Record documents is designed to support a wide range of submitters, including banks, law firms, mortgage lenders, and title companies.

Quinn said, “we will do everything we possibly can to assist the public during this pandemic and we look forward to opening our doors and serving the public in person again as soon as possible.”

Plastic Bags Can Be Donated

How many plastic bags does it take to make one blanket? For the past three years, Pam Miller, RN, the director of nursing at the Mount Laurel office of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), with headquarters in Eatontown, has been creating blankets for the homeless from plastic bags.

Miller cuts plastic strips from the bags, and then crochets the strips into blankets. It takes about 900 bags to make one blanket! Miller is asking everyone to donate clean plastic bags no matter their condition.

Drop boxes for the plastic bags are at each of Preferred’s locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The New Jersey

drop-off sites are in Eatontown, Elmwood Park, Galloway, Jersey City, Mt. Laurel, Neptune, North Brunswick, Robbinsville, South Orange, and Toms River.

Miller is well-known for her dedication and altruism. In 2009, she started and personally funded a sewing project for people in Haiti.

When she realized that for religious reasons the women would only wear skirts, she made it possible for women to learn to sew at Penny Miller’s Sewing Academy.

For more information about Preferred or donating plastic bags, contact Lisa Gallicchio, director of community relations, at lisa@preferredcares.com or call 732-547-9886. Visit PreferredCares.com for more information.

YMCA Offers All Day Child Care, Help With Virtual Learning

OCEAN COUNTY - The Ocean County YMCA is supporting local families by offering all-day childcare that will include assistance with virtual instruction for students.

For those parents who need to return to work, we will provide a safe and enriching

environment for learning.

The all-day childcare program is available at the Ocean County YMCA, Walnut Street Elementary, East Dover Elementary, and Beachwood Elementary. To learn more, visit ocymca.org/childcare-camp/virtual-learning-childcare/

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When you decide to visit your hearing healthcare professional, make sure they have procedures in place in line with CDC recommendations. For example, in my practice, we take everyone’s temperature and have them complete a covid-19 questionnaire.

Secondly, we limit only two patients in our waiting room at the same time. Third, we allow more time between patients to disinfect all areas. Fourth, we have each patient leave our office from a different location.

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We would disinfect the hearing instrument, fix it, and return it to you while you wait in your car. If we have to send the hearing aid back for repair, we can provide you with a loaner hearing instrument.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dear Pharmacist Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

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By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

Eating mustard greens is probably an acquired taste, it’s not something most people like due to the pungent flavor of the greens. It’s worth it though, and I can help you make it taste delicious. One quick tip when cooking it is to use half mustard greens and half Swiss chard which makes it taste milder.

The benefits of this vegetable are hard to beat, and impart strong cancer-fighting compounds such as isothiocyanate or ITCs. These are sulfur-based nutrients that have been studied repeatedly for cancer-fighting effects. They can detoxify the body and this effect is common among all the cruciferous vegetables such as kale, broccoli, cauliflower, watercress and Brussels sprouts.

You might be thinking that mustard greens are goitrogenic, and can suppress thyroid function, however, if you cook them that is not going to be an issue. You will have to be careful though if you have kidney stones because of the high oxalates. Another caution is for those of you who take anticoagulant medications like warfarin. Mustard greens, like all greens contain a lot of natural Vitamin K which impacts blood clotting factors. With all these cautions out of the way, let me tell the rest of you why you should acquire a taste for mustard greens: 2 Major Reasons to Eat Mustard Greens: 1. Isothiocyanates or ITCs - Cruciferous veggies contain ITCs which are made from other compounds called “glucosinolates.”

Mustard greens have the highest ITC yield as compared to all cruciferous vegetables.

One particular glucosinolate is called “Sinigrin” and it has been studied for its ability to reduce AGE (Advanced Glycation End Products). It’s important to reduce AGE if you’re dealing a degenerative condition such as Alzheimer’s diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The mustard seeds have the most of this compound (sinigrin), which has major therapeutic anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative potential. Absorbed ITCs are rapidly converted in your liver to something amazing called glutathione.

That’s an antioxidant that is known to detoxify heavy metals and other garbage in the body. Glutathione is a powerful benefit of eating greens!

2. SOD - SOD is short for Superoxide Dismutase which is an enzyme in your body that vacuums up dangerous “superoxides” which are oxygen-derived free radicals. One infamous toxin in this category is Hydrogen Peroxide or H2O2. It’s not just in those brown bottles sold as an antiseptic, your cells make it! In a normal, healthy pathway the H2O2 is broken down immediately by Catalase or SOD which turns them into water and oxygen. But some people don’t have enough SOD or Catalase. When it builds up it raises your risk for thyroid disease, chronic fatigue, breast cancer (most cancers actually!) as well as respiratory problems such as COPD (Chronic Pulmonary Disease) and asthma.

I have a longer version of this article posted at my website as well as a recipe for Garlic Parmesan Mustard Greens. It’s delicious! Eating these greens even once or twice a week will give you noticeable health impacts that can’t be beat!

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Students Can “Ask A Health Educator”

By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – Students will now have the opportunity to ask local health experts about any public health topic.

The program, “Ask a Health Educator,” is being run by the Ocean County Health Department. It can be used as a classroom resource. But it doesn’t have to be connected to any school project.

Any school-aged child can use it if they have a question.

Nor mally, this time of year would be spent with the Health Department visiting classrooms for educational sessions, but that has been impossible due to COVID-19.

“The programs and topics we discussed in the classroom focused on so many different public health issues that were relevant to students of all ages,” explained, Daniel Regenye, OCHD Public Health Coordinator/Health Officer. “With the pandemic, we’ve had to amend ou r school program strategies and find ways to improvise while still providing key public health education for children. We believe the new ‘Ask a Health Educator’ campaign will satisfy some of that need.”

Although COVID-19 is most likely going to be an important topic, Regenye said that any health-related topic is welcome. Someone may be interested to

learn more about the f lu or other diseases, bullying, internet safety, smoking or depression.

Children or their parents can ask a question on the OCHD Facebook page or email the question to healthed@ ochd.org. The student’s question will be featured in a video post on Facebook where the health educator will provide the answer. A new video segment will be posted on Facebook every Friday and spotlight new questions.

Children should always have their parent or guardian’s permission before using the internet or social media, the Health Department reminded. “ T h e O c e a n C o u nt y He a lt h D e partment learned that the COVID-19 pandemic has students and children extremely interested in not only the issues surrounding COVID-19, but also a variety of other public health issues as well,” said Ocean County Freeholder Gerry P. Little, liaison to the Ocean County Board of Health. “That’s why we’re excited to unveil the ‘Ask a Health Educator’ campaign. Now children have direct access to the professionals that work in the public health field every day.”

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Census 2020 Billboard Truck Serves As Reminder To Fill Out Form

─Photo courtesy Ocean County Berkeley Township Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. at left, joins Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari are standing in front of the billboard truck on Aug. 18 at the Shoprite Parking Lot, Route 9, Berkeley Township.

By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – The message is clear: you count; and your community, county and country are counting on you to fill out and return your Census 2020 form.

A strong visual reminder to do just that was traveling around sections of Ocean County recently in the form of a billboard truck.

That truck made for a good backdrop for a photo to remind county residents about its message so onAug. 18, Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari paired up with Berkeley Township Mayor Carmen F.Amato Jr. for a friendly reminder urging county residents to fill out the 2020 Census questionnaire.

Among its stops, the billboard truck was seen in the Shoprite parking lot, Route 9, Berkeley Township.

It also stopped in South Toms River and will be traveling around to other areas of the county where the response rate has been low to raise awareness about the importance of being counted in 2020.

Census workers are also traveling with the billboard and can assist people with filling out the census form on the spot thus eliminating the need for census workers to visit the homes of residents who have not submitted their forms.

“An accurate census count is incredibly important to Ocean County and will help determine the amount of federal and state aid that we receive for the next decade,” Vicari said.

“We ask that anyone who has not yet completed their ensus forms to please do so as soon as possible,” the Freeholder Director added.

The 2020 census can be submitted online at 2020Census.gov, or by calling 844-330-2020, or by mail.

If you don’t have internet access or need assistance, branches of the Ocean County Library provide laptops dedicated to the public for use in completing the census.

Trained staff are also available for assistance and can be reached by contacting a local county library branch.

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By: Michael J. Deem, Esq.and Robert C. Shea, Esq. of R.C. Shea & Associates In 1998, the State of New Jersey adopted the Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act (AICRA) to reduce the cost of automobile insurance by reducing the benefits available to persons who are injured in automobile accidents. This means less coverage to pay for medical treatment and less rights to recover monetary damages from careless drivers who injure your family. Protect yourself.

Automobile insurance is mandatory in New Jersey. The failure to carry automobile insurance may be punishable by imprisonment.

When purchasing automobile insurance, you have two choices; you are required to select either a Basic Policy or a Standard Policy.

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The Basic Policy only provides minimal coverage and leaves you unprotected in several areas. A Basic Policy only provides you with $5,000.00 of property damage liability coverage if someone makes a claim against you and only provides $15,000.00 of medical expense benefits should you require medical treatment for your injuries. The Basic Policy does not cover you if you injure someone else. The Basic Policy does not provide Uninsured Motorist coverage to protect you and your family if the careless driver who causes the collision is uninsured or is insured under a Basic Policy. Perhaps most importantly, the Basic Policy will not provide you with a free lawyer to defend any claim against your personal assets.

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When you purchase the Standard Policy you must elect a “tort option” that will determine your right to make a claim. You must select either the “limitation on lawsuit option” or the “no limitation on lawsuit option.” If you purchase the Basic Policy then you are assigned the “limitation on lawsuit option.” We recommend that you choose the “no limitation on lawsuit option.” Ask your insurance representative what is the actual dollar amount that your overall premium will increase if you elect the “no limitation on lawsuit option.”

By choosing the “ limitation on lawsuit option” you are limiting you legal right to make a claim for monetary damages unless you sustain one of the following injuries: Death, Dismemberment; Significant scarring or disfigurement; Displaced Fractures; Loss of Fetus or a Permanent Injury that can been diagnosed by credible, objective medical testing.

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Remembering The Shark Attacks Of 1916

By Patricia A. Miller BEACH HAVEN - It was a very hot and humid day on July 1, 1916 in Beach Haven, much like it probably was up and down the entire Jersey shore.

It was so uncomfortable that Philadelphian Charles Epting VanSant, 25, a graduate of the 1914 class of the University of Pennsylvania, couldn’t wait to get into the ocean water.

He was traveling with his physician father and two sisters on a train to escape the city heat. Charles headed for the Beach Haven bathing beach as soon as they arrived and began playing with a dog.

But the dog didn’t want to go out too far, so Charles ended up by himself. Shortly after, residents and visitor heard what they thought was Charles still playing with the dog.

But he wasn’t playing. He was being bitten by what appeared to be a shark. He began shrieking close to shore. By time he was moved to the beach, he was nearly unconscious, according to Richard D. Fernicola’s book “Twelve Days of Terror,” a frightening account of five shark attacks in July 1916 along the Jersey Shore that left four men dead and one teenager injured.

VanSant was one of the ones who died. He lost portions of both his legs and bled to death at the Engleside Hotel in Beach Haven. His death was the first of four. Four men died over the next few days at the Jersey Shore, apparently because of shark attacks.

Spring Lake was the next, on July 6, 2016.

Charles Bruder, a popular employee of a local hotel, had previously scoffed at the reports of the Beach Haven shark attacks, according to Fernicola. He swam beyond the lifelines, but still in front of tourists. The tourists heard a scream from the water. Lifeguards began rowing towards Bruder, who shouted that a shark had torn his legs off.

“The nature of Charles Bruder’s wounds, which clearly indicated the severing of multiple lower extremity arteries, produced such catastrophic blood loss that he died of irreversible circulatory shock within minutes

of being hauled into the lifeguard boat,” according to the book.

Unfortunately, the attacks continued over the next several days.

Matawan was next. On July 1, Pre-teen boys aged around 11 or 12 flocked to muddy Matawan Creek, a tidal river, to swim and cool off.

Eleven-year-old Lester Stillwell’s father let him off work early because of his hard work that day and the heat. Lester and his buddies began to swim in the creek. Then the boys heard a scream. Lester had been bitten by a “beast.” He sunk below the water.

Local dry cleaner Stanley Fisher set out to recover Lester’s body. He was able to grab Lester, but was then attacked by the same beast that had engulfed the boy. Both Fisher and Lester died of injuries from the attacks, Fisher just before surgery to amputate his leg.

Twelve-year-old Joseph Dunn was the only New Jersey resident to survive the attacks.

He spent two months in the hospital for work done to repair his lower left leg.

“I was about ten feet from the dock ladder when I looked down and saw something dark,” Dunn told The Asbury Park Press in an exchange noted in the book. “Suddenly I felt a tug, like a big pair of scissors pulling at my leg and bringing me under. I felt as if my leg had gone! I believe it would have swallowed me.”

Just whether it was one shark responsible for all the attacks or several was not ascertained at the time. But the multiple attacks stopped, after roughly a month. A number of investigators theorized that a great white shark was the cause.

But don’t worry too much about shark attacks this summer. Despite what happened in 1916, they are very rare.

“When one considers the number of people who swim in the sea and are otherwise unknowingly exposed to free-swimming sharks, the chances of being attacked by one are likely one in several million, and the chances of becoming a shark-attack fatality are higher still,” Fernicola wrote in the book.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of aug 29 - sept 5

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maintaining and sustaining high ideals can counteract the low points. You and a loved one might occasionally be at odds in the week to come. Take advantage of every moment to strengthen the bonds of love and aection.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There might be times in the upcoming week when a romantic partnership doesn’t live up to your imaginative fantasies. Examine your expectations and be sure they are realistic. If not, adjust them or consider making a change.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Remain in contact with friends, relatives and neighbors as the week unfolds. You may get wind of a juicy bit of information that can help you make more money. Focus on building toward a positive ďŹ nancial change.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Open your mind and seek out new and enlightening info. You might prefer to associate with people who share your beliefs, but you may learn something valuable if you listen to those who hold opposing views.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The more you learn, the more you can earn. Dig deep to unearth valuable skills and latent talents. There may be something brewing in the week ahead that will satisfy your thirst for relaxation and happy romantic experiences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With both the Sun and Mercury now in your sign, the week ahead may bring plenty to think about. Gather bits and pieces of knowledge and ďŹ t them together to solve any puzzle.

Focus on making joint ďŹ nances grow abundantly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Fight o the tendency to go to extremes as the week begins. Do your homework to understand something’s true value. Although you might be asked to referee a debate, you may feel there are better things to do with your time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Deep discussions might broaden your horizons and reveal esoteric or private info. Loosen the leash on your creative side this week and you may ďŹ nd ways to take a small idea and turn it into a large and practical accomplishment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s not always what you know but who you know that can make all the dierence. Awesome new friends, an expanding contact list and a variety of interests can brighten the upcoming week.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Yield to enlightenment. In the week ahead, you may learn something from a mistake that could be positively life-changing. Think out loud with someone you respect and you’ll develop a deeper grasp of the situation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When everyone else is spending like there’s no tomorrow, you can be sensible about the extent of your resources. It’s wise to remain aware of upcoming changes in the family or neighborhood in the week ahead.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your intuition and imagination are energized in the upcoming week. You may receive useful input from a partner or loved one that helps you get a project or idea o the ground. Make major purchases later in the week.

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THIS LABOR DAY, USE YOUR GRILL TO MAKE CRUNCHY FRIED CHICKEN WITHOUT THE FRYING

By America’s Test Kitchen

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