TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 16 - No. 51
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By J. Mark Mutter Almost 60 years ago t h is mont h - Apr i l 19 6 3 - d o w n t o w n Toms River was eng u l fe d i n f i r e t h at nearly destroyed it. It was not the f irst time that our historic village was the scene of such devastation.
─Photo by Chris Lundy Volunteers spent their day preparing and serving meals to people in need. By Chris Lundy Presbyterian Church chicken leg quarters, cash to help pay for the TOMS RIVER – The on Hooper Avenue to mashed potatoes and next event. sun was shining. It ser ve free meals to corn on the cob. Due David Keith, Area wasn’t too hot. Wasn’t families in need. It was to the coronavir us, Coordinator for New too cold. It was the per- the fifth time the group the meals were drive- Jersey, and owner of fect day for a barbecue. has come to Toms Riv- through. Volunteers DRJ Catering, said that This particular bar- er. They came after put the meals in the the group has served becue was for a good Superstorm Sandy, and vehicles’ back seats, millions of meals since c a u s e . O p e r a t i o n also in 2018, 2019, and trunks, or truck beds. it began. Several people BBQ Relief set up in 2020. Occasionally, someone started Operation BBQ the parking lot of the They were serving would give them some (Food - See Page 17)
This Month In History The Fires Of Toms River’s Past 1782 - Fire As The Final Act In War History tells us that the village of Toms R ive r b eg a n t o b e built up in the early eighteenth cent u r y. One Thomas Luker an Englishman - had m ig r a t e d f r o m h i s home country, first to
Massachusetts, later, here, around 1685. He settled along a body of water that today bears his name. He married the local Lenni Lenape chieftain’s daughter and is the first known European to have settled in this area.
Unlike the Dutch who came to Nor th A me r ic a i n s e a r ch of minerals and usually moved on - the English came to stay. Slowly, a small village of native Englishmen emerged in the 1700’s. An English colonial m a p n o t e d “ To m’s
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R ive r ” i n 1712 . It is the f irst such recorded reference to that name. (As time marched forward, the apostrophe was lost to history.) The thriving village led to the creation of a new colonial town in (History - See Page 22)
By Chris Lundy HARVEY CEDARS – Development is always one of the biggest issues in Ocean County, so when land is preserved for open space it is often celebrated. Ordinarily, the land that is purchased is adjacent to already preserved land, like a wildlife area or watershed. Very rarely does it happen in shore areas, such as a property in Harvey Cedars. Recently, a purchase was made of a 3.4-acre property located off Long Beach Boulevard. County officials said the purchase price was $81,125. The National Lands Trust Fund Advisory Committee recommended the purchase to the Ocean County Commissioners. The National Lands Trust Fund is an account generated by an annual open space tax that every property owner in Ocean County pays. The Committee is a group of volunteers who make recommendations to the Commissioners, who run the county. (LBI - See Page 4)
Locals Score Well On Shark Tank
By Bob Vosseller STAFFORD – A Manahawkin man’s connection with zombie apparel led him to inventing the Furzapper. His latest journey on bringing his product forward to a larger market came with his appearance with his business partner on the ABC TV show Shark Tank. A few years ago, Michael Sweigart created an invention that picks up animal hair. He works in advertising and marketing, but he’s been working from home and typically, he’d be doing the laundry for the family. “I’d do a wash and dry load every day and we had three animals in the house and all the laundry would still be coming out with all this fur on it. The clothes looked unkempt because there was so much hair on them. So, I tried to find a solution,” Swiegart said. Sweigart said, “a few years ago, I was working at Frightfest for Great Adventure (Locals - See Page 10)
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