TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 17 - No. 43
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Inside The Law Page 15
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16
Dear Joel Page 18
─Photo By Bob Vosseller A Viking army storms the waters of Seaside Heights as part of this year’s Polar Bear Plunge. By Bob Vosseller around 6,300 people New Jersey. Whether water and endured the SEASIDE HEIGHTS during this year’s Po- they wore costumes frigid 32-degree Feb– It wasn’t the worst lar Bear Plunge. like Vikings or Lep- ruary weather. d a y of t h e w i n t e r The plungers had a rechauns - or simply Their mission was to r un into ice cold reason for f reezing bathing suits - when t o r aise money for o c e a n wat e r but it a nd it wa s t o s up - 1 p.m. ar rived they the Special Olympics clearly gave a chill to port Special Olympics ran into the 40-degree (Polar - See Page 4)
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: Planning Roads And Bridges By J. Mark Mutter It was the an nual town meeting - held 200 years ago in our town - and the people t he n gat he re d he re were doing what people around the state and country were doing as well. It was March 12, 1822.
The A n nua l Tow n Meeting As a remnant of colonial America times, town citizens met annu a l ly t o org a n i z e t hei r local gover nment for the coming year. In the early nineteenth century in New Jersey - an agricultur-
al state then - these meetings were typically held before the planting season. For us here in Toms River - then known as Dover Township - the meetings were held in March. Our “Dover Town Book” records these annual gatherings in handwritten
m i nut es f rom 1783 to 1861. (All records from 1767 {when our town was created by an act of the provincial assembly} to 1782 {when the British att a cke d a nd bu r ne d the village of Toms River} were lost to history.) The minutes were
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written in long hand by the town clerk and are a concise record of what was decided upon at the meeting. Accord i ng to t he 182 2 m i n u t e s , t h e gathering was held at the “home of Elijah Robi n s.” T he word “home” is probably a (History - See Page 5)
March 5, 2022
Local American Lithuanian Group Rallies To Support Ukraine By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – More than a dozen members of the Central New Jersey Chapter of American Lithuanian Community gathered at the Ocean County Administration building on Saturday to show solidarity with Ukraine. Loret a Ga ret tson, a Ma na hawk i n resident, joined the gathering with her husband, mother and two young daughters. She explained why she and other Lithuanian immigrants felt such passion about supporting Ukraine from attacks. “We know Russian aggression,” said Garettson. “We were occupied for fifty years during and after World War II. Our generation represents the third wave of immigration from Lithuania to the United States. We were still born in occupied Lithuania and lived as a part of the USSR.” Belarus sits between Lithuania on its (Support - See Page 7)
Small Business Committee Created By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – A group of council members who will discuss ways to make the town more prosperous for small businesses will meet for the first time on Tuesday, March 15 at 6 p.m. in Town Hall. This roundtable discussion will be the launching place for the Special Advisory Committee on Small Business that was created by the Township Council. “Our small businesses were hit very hard by the pandemic and the often ill-conceived regulations imposed by our state and federal government,” said Councilman (Business - See Page 6)
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