TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 17 - No. 39
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Local Chefs Share Plentiful Plates With The Hungry
In This Week’s Edition
February 5, 2022
“Bubble” Damaged During Blizzard By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The “Bubble” on the grounds between Intermediate East and Hooper Avenue Elementary School was damaged during the recent blizzard and had to be def lated, school officials said. During storms like this, school officials monitor the Bubble, Communications Coordinator Michael Kenny said. They had consulted with the inspector from the buildings depar t ment, the Toms River Fire Inspectors, and Asati, the manufacturer. There were two small tears, he said. It was compromised by the accumulation of ice, snow, and wind, and the pressure those elements caused. “It is my understanding the Bubble
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─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Pastor Toni Cassie, Pastor Sue Jones, Toni Connizzo Cieplensky, and Cassie Simon proudly show off the kitchen at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, where Plentiful Plates prepares meals.
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By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS R I V ER – The founder of a local non-profit that feeds the hungry smiled a bit as she described what led her to a change in
careers later in life. Toni Connizzo Cieplensky, the CFC of Ple nt i f u l Plat e s of Ocean County, once ran medical offices. Her most recent gig in the field was in a
plastic surgeon’s office. Many of the patients appeared to have unlimited resources for tummy tucks and all types of lifts to make themselves more glamorous.
However, Cieplensky developed a love for the food industry that began long before she ever started classes as a medical assistant and moved to a management (Chefs - See Page 4)
This Month In History: Toms River’s Role In Naval Battles
By J. Mark Mutter The traditional thinking when it comes to the history of the American Revolution is that it was won on land by George Washington and his army. We know the stories of Bunker Hill, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Yorktown, and more. But there’s another
view too: that the war was won on the seas and it wasn’t based on a military strategy, but an economic one. Here’s the story - and Toms River’s role in it. One Sailor, Two Soldiers On the eve of the fight for independence, Britain had amassed a mil-
itary power second to none in the history of mankind: almost 50,000 soldiers - a staggering number in the eighteenth century. By 1763, they had vanquished the French from most of North America - greatly expanding its empire inland far beyond the original colonies nestled along the coast. But it
was a long way from home and the only way to get to America was by sea. From this perspective, as the historian Donald Shomette has written, the “American Revolution was by any standard a truly maritime war.” So it would be a struggle on the seas - up and down America’s coast - that would be
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critical. In the middle of this was New Jersey and in the middle of New Jersey was Toms River. It was not Washington, the general, but of all people, that bookish, Harvard educated lawyer, John Adams, who recognized the seas’ significance. To the Continental Congress, (History - See Page 6)
Politicians Warn: Careful What You Read By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The 2022 election will host a number of congressional races, as well as many local ones, and politicians looked to the lessons learned during the 2021 campaign. The race in Toms River was pretty messy, with a blitz of social media and mailings. Like in any election, the truth wasn’t necessarily driving the bus. Maria Maruca was a councilwoman for 18 years. Her term ended at the end of last year. She repeated the popular statement that “Politics is a full contact sport.” The 2021 election season was full of misinformation and negative attacks, she said. “People react to whatever they see. They take everything at face value,” she said. Facebook and other social media sites make it easy for incorrect information (Read - See Page 5)
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