TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 18 - No. 1
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North’s Marinaccio A Part Of Toms River History
American Legion Auxiliary Celebrates 100 Years
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Community News Pages 10-12
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Inside The Law Page 19
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─Photo courtesy NY Yankees Ron Marinaccio competes for the NY Yankees in a recent game. By Chris the Barnegat Bay, the is now the Seattle Mar- baseman. Christopher town has carved out a iners’ general manager; Latest player to roll off TOMS R I V ER - pretty fair reputation ex-North pitcher Mark the Toms River TownCheers, cheers and as a baseball incubator Leiter Jr., now with sh ip Major Leag ue more cheers for Toms as it has produced five the Chicago Cubs, and Baseball Assembly River Township base- - count ‘em, five - major former South standouts Line is ex-North standball. leaguers. Jeff Frazier, an outfield- out Ronald Marinaccio, Perhaps best known Its first four exports er who played briefly now pitching for the for its beautiful beaches to make it to The Show for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees. and the pristine waters are Jerry Dipoto, who and two-time All-Star M a r i n a c c io joi n e d of the Toms River and pitched for North and Todd Frazier, a third (History - See Page 4)
Event Helps Raise $45,000 For Ukrainians
By Bob Vosseller L AVA LLET T E A community effort packed Saint Pio Roman Catholic Church during a recent Saturday evening and raised around $45,000 for a good cause. Event coordinator Jack Sauer, a borough resident, was more than pleased with the capacity crowd turnout of 250 people for the
benefit aimed at helping those uprooted from military attacks from Russia. The number of Ukrainian refugees is currently estimated at around 25% of the nation’s entire population of about 800,000 people. Sauer and his wife, April, spearheaded the fundraiser that had a ticket price of $50 per person and filled the
parish hall. The event was actually sold out a week prior to when it took place. Jack Sauer described it as a “zero cost /100% benef it ” fundraising dinner to assist with this massive humanitarian challenge. He added, the committee that ran the larger fundraiser worked with “Saint Stephen U k rainian Catholic
Church in Toms River to deliver the funds raised via the church in U k raine quick ly and with no erosion of funds to corporate overhead.” He credited the event’s success to the many generous donors made up of individuals, organizations and local businesses. Because of them, the fundraiser came at zero cost for
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“all food, materials and services. Every dollar will go to aid those who need it most. This was a grass roots, community driven effort and it wasn’t just the Lavallette community that was involved but our broader community up and down the island as well as across the bay. “In addition to the horrors that we see on
(Ukraine - See Page 7)
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – Toms River American Legion Auxiliary Unit 129 commemorated its centennial anniversary at the start of the month with a special celebration. Unit 129 boasts 546 members and stands out as either the largest or second-largest American Legion Auxiliary in the state of New Jersey. Numerous plaques and albums filled with historical memorabilia sat on display for guests to peruse as they entered the gathering held at the Post on Church Road. “The books represent all the information we were able to collect throughout the years,” shared Catherine Galioto, Legion historian. “These here date back to 1996 and cover a great deal of our history.” According to the organization’s history, Post 129 itself formed in October 1919 when Judge William Howard Jeffrey called for a meeting among World War I veterans to form a post. (Legion - See Page 6)
School District Raises Starting Bus Driver Pay By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Facing a bus driver shortage, Toms River Regional Board of Education members approved a raise of almost $7 per hour for beginning drivers. The starting salary will go from $22.11 an hour to $29.03 starting in the 2022-23 school year. This will include 6.5-hour days and 8-hour days. Both of those shifts include benefits. Substitute drivers will see an increase from $22.50 to $27. These positions do (Salary - See Page 5)
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