TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 17 - No. 6
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By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Residents, borough off icials, Amer ican Legion members and even family pets came out for this year’s Memorial Day ceremony hosted by Shore Boro’s American Legion Post #351.
─Photo by Bob Vosseller Replenishment projects throughout spring prepared Ortley Beach for the summer season. By Chris Lundy Then, the huge storm ruary that had carved work was expected to TOMS RIVER - It struck and washed out a dangerous drops out of last until the next time seems we’re all sub- lot of people’s Memorial the beach. the A r my Cor ps of ject to the whim of Day weekend plans. And Earle Asphalt had been Engineers came to do Mother Nature. it also washed away a awarded a contract of a larger project. After a year stuck in- great deal of beach. almost half a million Recently, the Army side, when the pandemic There was a three-foot dollars to build up the Cor ps had d redged shuttered shore tourism cliff where the beach just beaches with Memorial sand from the bottom businesses, everyone dropped away due to ero- Day weekend being the of the ocean, shuttled it was ready to enjoy sum- sion, Chankalian said. deadline, he said. through a tube, and demer and the unofficial However, that time, The township expects posited it on a number start of that season: Me- money, and effort wasn’t to be reimbursed by of beaches in Ocean morial Day weekend. a waste, he said. If this the Federal Emergency County and beyond. Township Engineer beach replenishment Management Agency Robert Chankalian said project hadn’t been done, for the cost. Streetscape Project everything was set and the storm would’ve hit T hey b r ou g ht i n Begins ready. The beaches were even harder. t housa nd s of cubic In related news, the done. The walkovers The reason for the yards worth of sand, township began a streetwere done. The dunes beach replenishment and spread it down to scape improvement were replenished. was a nor’easter in Feb- make it a beach. The (Beach - See Page 7)
Love And Bravery Highlighted In Memorial Day Service T he se r v ice held outside the Bay Boulevard building was we l l a t t e n d e d a n d restored a fa m ilia r tradition for the Post and the community. Last year’s ceremony was more private due to the COVID-19 pandemic but improved
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conditions and good weather allowed for public attendance. Former Post Commander Chuck Robbins, who serves as the National Executive Committeeman f rom the A mer ican Legion Depar t ment of NJ and works for
the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, ser ved as master of ceremonies at the event. “Let us never lose focus on what Memorial Day means. It’s not about beaches, picnics or auto races. It is a
d ay t o r e me mb e r,” Robbins said. Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz noted that the COV I D -19 pandemic taught us many things, one of which was the importance of community and mutual cooperation.
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The President of the Board of Education wrote to Gov. Phil Murphy asking him to end the mask mandate for schools. The district has enforced the mask mandate, but with more places opening up, schools should be one of them, Board President Joseph Nardini said. “This request is submitted in good faith and with great respect for the science and data which drives national, state, and local regulations regarding COVID-19. Our board and school district is not “anti-mask” as a general matter of supposed principle,” he said. “At this point, however, and certainly projecting to September, we believe masks are unnecessary,” Nardini said. “The vast majority of our staff have been fully vaccinated, and the risk that COVID-19 poses to our student population - many of whom will also be vaccinated heading into next year - is extremely low, and not inclusive of the more (Masks - See Page 7)
A Legacy of Love: Barnegat Vet Donates Land For ‘Jeff’s Camp’ By Stephanie Faughnan BARNEGAT – When Barnegat resident Martin Weber joined the Army decades ago, he never expected to meet the love of his life. Jeff Poissant came home with Weber to New Jersey and ultimately took his last breaths clutching his devoted partner’s hand. The two set up a life together, which included working side by side in YoBuck Landscaping. They also purchased 36 acres of land on Route 72 in Barnegat. The American flag flies majestically among the treetops of the couple’s ranch-style home nestled in the Pinelands. In the rear of the property, the sounds of birds chirping add to the retreat-like feeling (Love - See Page 9)
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