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THE TOMS RIVER
Vol. 12 - No. 21
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving All of Toms River Township
Never Forget
–Photos by Toms River Township TOMS RIVER – The annual September 11 ceremony held at the Firefighters Memorial in downtown Toms River featured local speakers and officials to remember the tragedy 15 years ago. For more photos, see page 4.
Inside This Week’s Edition
Business Directory.............................26 Classifieds ........................................ 25 Community News ....................... 10-15 Dear Joel .......................................... 21 Dear Pharmacist .............................. 19 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News .................... 18 Government ...................................... 9 Inside The Law ................................. 21 Letters to the Editor ............................ 8 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
September 17, 2016
Toms River Decides On Trick-Or-Treating Before Parade Day
By Catherine Galioto TOMS RIVER – When is trick or treating this year for Toms River? Head out Sunday, October 30. This year is the 78th annual Halloween Parade, which takes place on Halloween night, which is Monday, October 31. The massive parade, considered one of the largest in the nation, includes local marching bands, elaborate floats and walking groups of local sports teams, scouts and other civic groups, in celebration of the community and Halloween. With such a high turnout, the organizers in collaboration with the township and police agree to name the day before the parade as the official day for trick or treating in Toms River. Many other local towns follow suit or decide which day is trick or treat day. In a message from the township, officials explained that “Due to the 78th annual Toms River Halloween Parade taking place on Monday, October 31, 2016, the traditional ‘trick or treating’ activities in town will (Parade - See Page 5)
Coyote Sightings Frequent, But Not Uncommon This Summer
By Courtney McCann OCEAN COUNTY – For fans of Looney Tunes, the coyote is an animal that calls the desert home and spends its time chasing extremely large and fast birds. But as local residents are quickly becoming aware, coyotes are actually very common in New Jersey. This summer several Ocean and Monmouth County towns have reported coyote sightings, leading many to wonder if (Coyote - See Page 7)
Ne� Hind� Temple Dra�s H�ndreds To Toms Ri�er
By Lois Rogers TOMS RIVER – A place for worship and cultural activities close to home, a place where the many festivals on the Hindu calendar could be celebrated by the growing Indian community of greater Ocean County. That’s what the planners of the newly dedicated Shri Siddhivinayak Temple of USA Indian Cultural and Community Center envisioned as they worked to create the facility on Route 9-Lakewood Road in Toms River that was formally dedicated on June 19. Those goals meshed beautifully September 10 as the high point of the annual Ganesh Chaturthi celebration honoring Lord Ganesha – the temple’s namesake – unfolded in and around the new gathering place. The festivities began inside the temple at 1 p.m. with a cultural program that included a wide range of Indian classical and (Temple - See Page 5)
–Photo by Lois Rogers A processional honoring Lord Ganesha makes its way to the new Hindu Temple in Toms River, Shri Siddhivinayak, on Route 9 and Riverwood.
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