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Vol. 4 - No. 20
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Four Years After Sandy, One Long Term Recovery Group Soldiers On
By Lois Rogers OCEAN COUNTY – How long is too long? With the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy passed, that’s the question on the minds of a lot of people in Ocean County where the length of the ongoing recovery effort holds hundreds, if not thousands of residents, in its thrall. In Toms River alone, some 10,000 homes were impacted in various degrees, by the storm. Scores of residents are among those state-wide still struggling to recover from Sandy which left a trail of devastation from the ocean to the bay to the backwaters. Last week, after working since shortly after the storm struck to help people get back home, Sue Marticek, Bayville, executive director of the Ocean County Long-Term Recovery Group, based in Toms River, expressed concerns that “we are at a point where Sandy is forgotten,” by funding sources. As of last week, she said the organization – “the last standing long term recovery group” – was in serious need of funding for the New Year. “To be honest,” she said, “we have many fishing lines out there and we are hoping to get something for 2017. How much will determine operations.” Though OCLTRG has raised $7.1 million in nearly four years to help those impacted (Group - See Page 5)
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November 5, 2016
AtlantiCare Plans $25M ‘Health Par�’ In Manaha��in
–Photos by Daniel Nee Signs of ongoing construction around the former Pathmark and Pizza Hut on Route 72, planned for a health park run by AtlantiCare. –Photos by Daniel Nee Signs of ongoing construction around the former Pathmark and Pizza Hut on Route 72, planned for a health park run by AtlantiCare. By Daniel Nee MANAHAWKIN – After conducting focus groups, patient panels and market research into the southern Ocean County healthcare market, AtlantiCare – most often associated with the trauma center which bears its name in Atlantic City – has decided to build a $25.1 million health park in the former Pathmark and Pizza Hut buildings on Route 72. Elizabeth Woerner, a spokeswoman for AtlantiCare, a healthcare system with a pres-
ence across southeastern New Jersey, said a number of services would fi rst open in the for mer Pizza Hut building before moving to the 55,000 square foot former Pathmark supermarket facility once construction there is complete. Construction at the site, which was purchased in early 2016, began in July. Facilities at both buildings are due to open in 2017. “AtlantiCare’s fourth Health Park will offer a ‘one-stopshop’ outpatient center that will feature primary care services”
and multi-specialty physician practices, including surgical services, Woerner said. The site, once fully completed, will feature AtlantiCare Physician Group Primary Care Plus, APG OB/GYN, APG Cardiology, APG General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery services, an AtlantiCare Clinical Laboratory, Rothman Institute Orthopaedics, an Atlantic Medical Imaging center and the urgent care center. The former Pizza Hut building, which measures approximately
3,800 square feet, will open to patients in the coming weeks, Woerner said. It will temporarily include a number of services, which are moving from the health system’s current location at 712 East Bay Avenue. The building will house Primary Care Plus, clinical labs, an OB/GYN group, a cardiology practice, and APG Surgical Associates. All of those services will ultimately move to the former Pathmark building in “mid2017,” according to Woerner, (AtlantiCare - See Page 5)
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