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MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.
THE TOMS RIVER
Vol. 12 - No. 1
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Business Directory....................... 25-26 Classifieds......................................... 24 Community News.......................... 9-16 Dear Joel........................................... 28 Dear Pharmacist ............................... 19 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News ..................... 18 Fun Page .......................................... 23 Inside The Law.................................. 29 Letters to the Editor............................. 7 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
April 30, 2016
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CROWDS CHEERING FOR CHEERLEADERS’ SUCCESS
Amid Explosive Growth, $10M In North Dover Land For Open Space
–Photo by Catherine Galioto In yellow, the parcels along Route 9, Riverwood, and Cox Cro roads eyed for preservation as open space.
–Photos by Toms River Township The Toms River Little Indians’ 8u and 12u teams were both honored by mayor and council for their national championship runs. By Catherine Galioto TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Little Indians’ 8u and 12u teams each had a successful season as national championship teams, a feat recognized by the
mayor and council April 26. Both teams came out to accept honoring resolutions, and demonstrated a cheer for the audience, which was met with rousing applause.
That night, the 8u team cheered “Alligator, Crocodile, let’s get funky for awhile.” The 12u team cheered “Red hot! Our team is red hot! Our team is R-E-D and H-O-T, they can’t be stopped!”
Sculptor Attempts World’s Tallest Sand Castle
By Jennifer Peacock What’s 60 feet tall and can help build a house? A sand castle. At least that’s what world-renowned sculptor Ed Jarrett and Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity hope (NOHFH). Jarrett and representatives from NOHFH joined with Laurita Winery’s Ray Shea and Randy Johnson to break ground on the “world’s tallest sand castle” at Laurita West (Laurita Inn) April 20. The money raised will go to build a single mom and
her two children a home on a donated lot in Toms River. The project has been dubbed “Hands v. Machines.” Although Guinness World Records has opened up the category to both hand and machine sculpting, Jarrett plans to build his newest creation using all the hands he can get. He is a four-time world record holder for tallest sand castle. “My reputation has always been based on ‘by hand,’ and Guinness World Records after [Hurricane] Sandy changed the rules
to allow machines. I’ve been doing this for 12 years,” Jarrett said. “I hold four world records by hand. So we’re going back to the hand, and we actually picked up with Habitat for Humanity and we’re going to be building sand castles, building homes, and building hope. We hope to raise a lot of money for Habitat.” Volunteers are asked to donate $20.16 to work for the day, or donate $1 a bucket. Jarrett plans to work 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Catherine Galioto TOMS RIVER – A potential $10 million land buy of 50-plus acres in North Dover would preserve the land as open space, halting the potential for development there. The township council approved two ordinances that would clear the way to buy, through its open space fund and bond notes, several parcels that border Route 9, Riverwood and Cox Cro roads in a corridor local officials said is seeing explosive growth. “Once it’s gone, it’s gone,” said Councilman Jeffrey Carr, of what he said was the importance of securing land as open space instead of seeing it developed commercially or as a residential development. But the landowner, Henry Guttman, said no one from the township bothered to call him to discuss what would happen to his land, a poultry farm owned by his family for decades. Guttman spoke at the public hearing for the ordinances, asking “You’re acquiring a majority of my property … and no one talks to no one?” He asked if there were plans for condemnation of the property.
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