Vol. 12 - No. 39
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| January 21, 2017
St. Joseph’s Breaks Ground On Food Pantry More Than 17K Served Through Church Basement
By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – T here were 17,223
people served by the St. Joseph’s food pantry last year.
Now, imagine serving that number out of a converted basement.
Doctor Izzy Sound Objections Page 16.
That was why staff at St. Joseph’s mounted a fundraising campaign to create a standalone building that would serve as a pantry. They tore down an old garage, and will likely
have the new building up and running in six to eight months, said Rosemary Goebel, the social concerns coordinator for the group. “For 13 years we’ve been in the basement.
Six months is nothing,” she joked. Unfortunately, the need for the building is that great. After SuperStorm Sandy, the church saw the needs (Pantry - See Page 4)
Fun Page Page 23.
A New Home Through Habitat For Humanity
Wolfgang Puck Kale me, Maybe? Page 27.
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Seven years ago, Katiria Rodriguez didn’t have
Dear Joel Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Page 25.
many options. She was navigating a web of social programs trying to find some-
thing that would give much-needed stability and security for her and (Home - See Page 5)
Dear Pharmacist Three Tips To Help You Stay Sober.
Page 17.
Inside The Law Delay, Deny and Defend Page 24.
Letters To The Editor Fix The State Instead Of The Statehouse. Page 6.
From Your Government Officials Page 7.
Classified Ads Page 21.
–Photos courtesy St. Joseph’s St. Joseph’s Church broke ground on a food pantry, hoping to move operations out of its basement into a dedicated storage facility. An old garage on the property was demolished to make way for the new building.
Manchester, TR To Share Police Soft ware
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – T he t ow n sh ip w i l l upgrade its computer aided dispatch and save taxpayers money by entering an agreement with Toms River. The township originally sought to purchase
the Spillman Technologies Software through a state contract, but a recommendation from Police Chief Lisa Parker made council change its course. The township will instead enter an agreement with (Police - See Page 4)
–Photo by Chris Lundy The Rodriguez family, from left: Kamiah, Izabella, and their mother Katiria, pose with shovels at the groundbreaking of their new house on First Avenue, provided by Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity and several civic, municipal and business interests.
Toms River’s Colonial Founding
By J. Mark Mutter It was 250 years ago this month that the long path to our Township’s founding began. Colonial New Jersey In the 18th Century – before independence was declared in 1776 – New Jersey was one of the British Empire’s 13 colonies in North America. The British took control of New Jersey from
the Dutch in 1664. By the time of their takeover, the northeastern area of the colony already had several established towns -- Bergen, Elizabeth, Woodbr idge, Piscataway, Middletown, Newark and Shrewsbury. They had all been settled by the Dutch during the 1600s. Of these, Shrewsbury is the connection
to modern day Toms River. By an Act of the General Assembly of October 31, 1693, the “Township of Shrewsbury includes all the land from the mouth of the Naversink River … to Burlington Path… along the edge of the Pines to Burlington Path … and along the Province Line to the sea.” In modern t e r m s, Sh rewsbu r y
would be almost all of Monmouth and Ocean Counties! As history moved forward, small clusters of settlements sprang up along the streams and rivers with navigation by boat as the primary means of transportation. This was certainly the case here up to 1812, as an inlet existed in the
(History - See Page 14)
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