2020-12-05 - The Toms River Times

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TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 16 - No. 32

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Freeholders, In Split Vote, Decline Buying Land From Towns

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Fun Page Page 24

Inside The Law Page 25

─Photo courtesy Ferone family The Ferone family set up a spectacle of lights on Yellowbank Road in Toms River. By Alyssa Riccardi above and beyond on and happiness the show year we challenge ourOCEAN COUNTY Christmas decorations. gave everyone, includ- selves to make the show – The holiday season The Ferone family in ing themselves, and even better than last is all about decorat- Toms River have been decided to create their year. Planning for our ing our homes, attend- spreading holiday cheer own show at home. shows starts in July. We ing festive parties and for about seven years “We got to work begin to set up all our spending time with now. Back in 2013, Har- right away researching lights in the first week the ones you love. Al- ry, Joe and Penny of the the magical world of of September.” though many of these Ferone family visited Christmas light disThe family also does holiday traditions have Disney World to see plays and how to run a light display for Halhad to be set aside due the Osborne Family ou r ow n ,” R a chael loween, which this year to COVID-19, local res- Spectacle of Dancing Martingano, who runs ran from October 16 idents are sharing the Lights show. The fam- all the social media through October 31. holiday spirit by going ily saw how much joy pages, stated. “Each (Lights - See Page 2)

Schools Temporarily Go 100% Virtual

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The school district, which shut down the day before T han ksgivi ng, were scheduled to reopen on December 7 to hybrid instruction. Originally, the re-opening date was December 14. The change came about after analyzing

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other COVID-related quarantines and looking at dist rict-wide staffing, Superintendent David Healy said in a message to parents. “The COVID-19 Activity Level Report currently lists our area as High Risk,” he said. (This report is generated by the New Jersey State Health Depart-

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ment.) Going all-remote was intended to slow the spread because case counts were going up. However, if numbers continue to rise in the “Central East” area that the district is in, then it would be prudent to go all remote again. “We know that one size does not fit all,

especially when we consider our school d i s t r ic t ’s si z e a nd complexity,” he said. “Please, therefore, be aware of the possibility that a particular school or grade level may need to move to remote instruction due to the transmission of COVID-19 within a building or class. As al-

ways, this decision will be made in conjunction with the local health depar tment and our district medical team.” Schools had been hybrid on Monday, November 23. Students had a mix of virtual and in-person education. The robocall, emails, and other messages (School - See Page 12)

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By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – The all Republican, five-member Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders were divided on whether the county can buy land from a town to preserve it as open space. Their most recent meeting featured some strong words with voices a bit louder than usual. Ultimately, the measure to buy land from towns was shot down. In a 3 to 2 vote, the Board did not adopt this year’s Ocean County Open Space, Parks and Recreation Plan amendment to its “master plan” regulating economic and community development and to preserve and protect its natural resources. Had it been passed the plan would have permitted Ocean County’s leadership to buy existing public land owned by the 33 municipalities in the county. It would have used revenue from its 1.2 cent-dedicated open space tax that voters passed back in 1997. (Vote - See Page 4)

Suez Water Proposes 12% Increase To Cover $237M Infrastructure Plan

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Suez Water has filed a plan with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for $237 million in infrastructure that would carry with it a 12% increase to water bills, if approved. The plans are for more than 150 projects in 65 (Suez - See Page 18)

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