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MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.
THE TOMS RIVER
Vol. 12 - No. 18
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AGENCY PITCHES CHURCH ROAD, ROUTE 9 LANES TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC
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Business Directory.............................25 Classifieds ........................................ 24 Community News ....................... 10-14 Dear Joel .......................................... 29 Dear Pharmacist .............................. 19 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News .................... 18 Government ...................................... 9 Inside The Law ................................. 28 Letters to the Editor ............................ 8 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
August 27, 2016
Silverton Grapples With AirBnB Rentals
–Photo by Catherine Galioto Residents came to the early August township council meeting to address concerns over a Silverton homeowner renting rooms in the house through AirBnB website.
–Photos by Catherine Galioto Current conditions at Church Road and Route 9 include one lane of traffic in each direction. A state agency is suggesting adding turning lanes there, and putting a traffic light at Stevens Road. By Catherine Galioto Among those suggestions is to put a left get around the turning vehicles by passing TOMS RIVER – The Route 9 corridor has turn lane for southbound Route 9 traffic them on the shoulder, if they can get by. its bottlenecks, and it’s mainly from traffic heading onto Church Road. In that spot now Officials said adding a turning lane would attempting to turn, according to the North is a single lane of traffic. keep traffic moving and increase safety. Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Traffic attempting to turn left has to The project managers and engineers at a who explained its suggestions to improve contend with heavy oncoming northbound special NJTPA presentation in Toms River traffic and safety along a seven-mile stretch traffic in order to safely make the turn, August 23 requested feedback from residents of Route 9, from Route 571 to Lakewood. said Gordon Meth of the NJTPA. Drivers (Traffic - See Page 5)
BLESSING OF THE WATERS DRAWS HUNDREDS TO THE BEACH
By Lois Rogers OCEAN COUNTY – As he has for more than a decade, Carl Jablonski set the pace in the procession from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church to the Seaside Heights shoreline for the annual Blessing
of the Waters. At 8:45 a.m., the sun was bright, the temperature was steamy and the route a couple blocks longer than usual due to some traffic re-routing. But Jablonski, who serves as cross bearer for the event, was undaunted
by the trek. No doubt the crowd assembled for this major feast -- when Catholics celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven – had something to do with it. “There is (Blessing - See Page 23)
–Photo by Lois Rogers After a processional, a large crowd gathers on the Seaside Heights beachfront for the Blessing of the Waters.
TOMS RIVER – Silverton neighbors concerned over unruly behavior at a home’s rooms rented through AirBnb came to complain at a recent council meeting, and a proposed ordinance hopes to address the quality of life issues by establishing rules (Rentals - See Page 6)
GermanAmerican Club Land Sold Amid Plans For Restaurant
By Charles Daye OCEAN COUNTY – A German-American club is scheduling special events and meetings in places such as the Toms River American Legion after selling its parcel on Lanes Mill Road, where its clubhouse stood for decades. A bulk of the land cleared and its building (Sold - See Page 21)
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