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THE TOMS RIVER
Vol. 12 - No. 16
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August 13, 2016
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august marks milestones in toms river history By: J Mark Mutter The month of August in our history: 1609: Exploring for the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson travelled northward from the current coasts of Virginia to New Jersey. He would soon discover a “great lake of water” – the Barnegat Bay. 1778: During the Revolutionary War, the British ship “Love and Unity” was run ashore in Toms River by area privateers. Its valuable cargo of sugar, London porter, and Bristol beer was subject to a Court of Admiralty held later that month to consider claims by the ship’s captors. The ship was ordered to be sold on August 31 in Toms River. 1887: The Toms River Yacht Club incorporated. It held its first regatta in 1871 with the prize being the “Toms River Challenge Cup.” 1915: The local newspaper, the New Jersey Courier, criticized those who opposed that year’s vote on women’s suffrage as the “hangers on of the big corporations – Corporate lawyers and that ilk.” The New Jersey referendum to give women the right to vote failed later that year. 1923: Rumors abounded that the Ku Klux Klan would hold a rally in Toms River. The Klan failed to appear. 1945: William Ziemer, a 1938 graduate from Toms River High School, was the last man from Ocean County to die during World War II. The Navy fighter pilot died in captivity in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. 1946: The “Toms River Service Center,” which supported local service men and women during the war, disbanded. 1975: The Township’s new Law Enforcement Center on Oak Avenue
Inside This Week’s Edition
Business Directory ........................... 24 Classifieds ........................................ 23 Community News ....................... 10-15 Dear Joel .......................................... 28 Dear Pharmacist .............................. 19 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News .................... 18 Government ...................................... 9 Inside The Law ................................. 29 Letters to the Editor ............................ 8
–Photos by Catherine Galioto and state DOT The eastbound bridge to Seaside, the Mathis bridge, is closed each winter for a multi-year renovation project, but its drawbridge has been stuck open for three consecutive weekends, closing traffic for up to two hours recently. Officials are seeking solutions to prevent further traffic issues.
By Catherine Galioto PELICAN ISLAND – Whether you are stuck on the bridge itself or the traffic caused by it, local officials hope some meetings coordinating police and state efforts will mean fewer headaches if and when the Mathis Route 37 drawbridge gets stuck upright. A plan would be to better mobilize traffic officers to cone off a lane of the Tunney bridge, the westbound span, to make a lane for eastbound traffic and divert it there instead, said Toms River Councilwoman Maria Maruca. For three consecutive summer weekends, the Mathis bridge was stuck open, halting eastbound traffic until the drawbridge could be lowered for a time ranging from a half hour to several hours. For July 30, the latest incident created traffic backups throughout the entire area, not just the lead-up to the bridge but on Fischer Boulevard and toward Brick as the Mantoloking Bridge became the next way to access the barrier island communities of Ortley Beach, Lavallette, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park. “We’ve had that bridge get stuck open and it was a parking lot on Route 37, on Fischer Boulevard, all the way into Brick with people
LOCAL COMIC BACK ON AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
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By Jennifer Peacock support your endeavor to realize your OCEAN COUNTY – The local govern- hopes and dreams. We are proud that your ment has one comic’s back. represent our township and recognize On behalf of Manchester Mayor Kenneth your tremendous talent,” Vaccaro wrote Palmer and the entire Manchesin a July 22 letter to Scotti. “We ter Township Council, President are behind you every step of the James Vaccaro wrote a letter to way and wish you much success “America’s Got Talent” conon your journey. You are to be testant, Whiting resident Julia commended for proving age Scotti, wishing the comic luck or circumstances in life are no on her upcoming appearances. obstacles to achieving goals.” As of press time, Scotti was still Scotti, 63, fi rst appeared on Julia Scotti in the running on the nationally episode four this season, where broadcast show that runs on NBC Tuesday she complained about aches and pains and and Wednesday nights. The show, judged by hypothetically being on a sinking ship Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, and giving up her seat on the life boat and Mel B with host Nick Cannon, is in its to a younger woman who had her whole 11th season. life ahead of her. Scotti rebuked the idea “We are thrilled to witness your ac- by dropping an f-bomb on stage, to the (Comic - See Page 5) complishments on national television and
Northern Ocean Habitat For Humanity Repairs Veteran’s Home
TOMS RIVER – Twelve years ago, retired Korean War veteran Francis “Frank” Perry left his Woodbridge home with his belongings and his cat, Tabatha, and relocated to a Toms River senior community. “When I first bought my house, it was a horrible shade of forest green,” Perry said. “I had to paint two coats just to cover it up.” Perry knew he had work cut out for him and accepted the challenge. “I fixed it up little by little, but I did it all myself. It was a handyman’s dream.” As time passed, Perry’s health declined, (Repairs - See Page 6)
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