2021-08-21 - The Toms River Times

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TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 17 - No. 17

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Toms River Returning To Little League World Series

Slight Increase In Local Crashes This Year

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Community News Pages 9-10

Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16

Dear Joel Page 18

Inside The Law Page 19

─Photo courtesy Little League Baseball and Softball The Toms River East team celebrates winning the tournament that earned them their place in the World Series. By Chris Christopher Mid-Atlantic Region son Frazier, who will be lato and Joey DiMeo. Toms River East is Tournament on Friday forever known as East’s Standing on second base, in line for a lifetime of night, August 13, at the Mr. Clutch. Frazier flexed his arms memories. A. Bartlett Giamatti LitWith New Jersey cham- and shouted at the top of It has earned a berth in tle League Leadership pion East down 3-2, Fra- his lungs. the Little League Base- Training Center in Bris- zier doubled home three Christopher Tennaro ball World Series. tol, Conn. runs with a line drive to ignited the outburst with East can pack its bags East entered the top of the right field fence on a a double to left field, putfor Williamsport, Pa. the sixth inning down 2-2 pitch for a 5-3 lead ting runners at second East qualified with a 3-0, but was far from out with two out, keying a and third with none out. 6-3 conquest of Canal as it staged a miraculous six-run explosion as the Adrian Bilotti, the next (Del.) in the modified comeback, erupting for East fans roared their batter, hit a sacrifice fly. double - el i m i nat ion six runs. approval. The hit scored Then came a grounder up Little League Baseball Enter center fielder Car- Max Mika, Steven Ma- (Baseball - See Page 2)

County Encourages Vaccines, Won’t Require Workers To Get Them Yet By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – As the spread of the Delta variant continues to raise concern, vaccination data of county employees is being collected. “We are requesting from our staff information about vaccinations just to get some

information built up so we know who is vaccinated and who is not vaccinated,” Director of the Board of Ocean County Commissioners Gary Quinn said. Quinn stressed that this is just in the discussion stages. Information is just being gathered at this point.

There has been no decision yet. “I f t he gove r nor chooses to take us in a different direction on whether we need to wear masks we want to protect not only those who aren’t vaccinated but those who are,” he said. “As far as mandating vaccinations, that is

not our job. Everyone has the right to make that choice - whether it is a medical decision, a religious exception, whether they just choose not to do it - but we are certainly going to emphasize to people, think about your fellow worker and the people who work around you

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every day and get the vaccine.” Quinn appears in the county’s PSA video that urges those able to be vaccinated to get inoculated, whether at a county site or any of the other sites nearby. “It has been proven that in getting the (County - See Page 6)

By Sydney Kennedy JERSEY SHORE – The region saw a slight uptick in motor vehicle crashes so far this year in comparison to last year. Whether we’ve seen more cars on the road due to the end of the pandemic or if it’s basic carelessness, the influx of summer tourists, or people finally feeling like they can get out and do things that they forget to be safe, there has been a noticeable increase in crashes lately. The New Jersey State Police reported an increase in car crashes for roughly the first half of the year. Sgt. Alejandra Goez of the Public Information Unit reported there were 457 crashes handled by State Police in Ocean County from January 1 to June 22 in 2021, up from 405 crashes from January 1, 2020 to June 22, 2020. In 2021, 404 of the 457 crashes took place on the Garden State Parkway. The rest (Crashes - See Page 5)

Toms River Bans Cannabis Businesses, For Now

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – After much back and forth, the Township Council banned the sale of cannabis products until the end of the year. The bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in February defines a comprehensive regulatory and licensing process for commercial recreational cannabis operations, and gives municipalities 180 days (by August 22) to adopt regulations governing the number of cannabis establishments within the town’s boundaries. The legislation allows municipalities to pass laws that prohibit any one or more classes of cannabis establishments, distributors or delivery services within its (Ban - See Page 5)

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