Vol. 13 - No. 7
In This Week’s Edition
THE TOMS RIVER
TIMES
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Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Toms River, Island Heights, Ortley Beach & Lavallette
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
Ortley Beach Replenishment Continues
See Page 16.
Community News!
| June 10, 2017
Barnegat Bay Celebrated With 20th Annual Festival
Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 9-13.
Kids Coloring Raffle Page 7. –Photo by Bob Vosseller Chelsea Smith, 1, joins Frankie Maguire, 2, as they look over a horseshoe crab during the 20th Annual Barnegat Bay Festival.
From Your Government Officials Page 8.
Dear Pharmacist Should The Government Control Your Latte?
Page 17.
Inside The Law Chosing The Right Auto Insurance Will Protect Your Family And Assets.
Page 25.
Dear Joel
Beach replenishment efforts have been underway at Ortley Beach. By Chris Lundy being put back. the beach where it was TOMS RIVER – AfOr tley Beach was spread out. ter every major storm, the site of a beach fill The difference belocals will stop at the project to make up after tween the old beach beach to survey the storms that battered the and the new is visually damage - to see how coast. Two large barges obvious. The old beach much sand was lost. scooped sand off the cuts down sharply, as it Recently, people gath- ocean floor. The sand had been carved away ered to watch the sand would be piped over to from erosion. The new
–Photos by Chris Lundy beach was a darker color, as it was still wet from the ocean. Shorebirds circled to pick up any bits of food that had been picked up by the dredge. Residents and visitors took (Beach - See Page 20)
What’s In A Name.
Page 26.
Classified Ads Page 22.
Wolfgang Puck Creative Recipe for Mac & Cheese
Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
The History Of Toms River, Abridged
By J. Mark Mutter TOMS R I V ER – As we count down the days to our town’s 250th anniversary on June 24th, here is a timeline of our state and local history: The 1600s
1664 - The English lay claim to New Jersey after the Dutch were ousted from control. Charles II, the King of England, granted a large tract of land to his brother, the Duke of York, that encompassed
much of North America. Later, in 1664, the Duke turned over to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret the portion of this land that encompassed all of New Jersey. New Jersey was di-
vided into two “provinces” as a result of the separate grants to Berkeley and Carteret: “East Jersey” and “West Jersey.” New Jersey would remain divided until (History - See Page 5)
By Bob Vosseller ISLAND HEIGHTS – For two decades, the natural resource of the Barnegat Bay has been celebrated. This year’s theme was “The Bounties of Our Watershed” and that theme carried through with an abun-
dance of water-based activities held June 4 along the borough’s bay front. Activities for the free event, coordinated by the Barnegat Bay Partnership, included a canoe eco-tour and hands-on (Bay - See Page 4)
OCEAN COUNTY ADDS TERRORISM TO HAZARD PLAN
By Sara Grillo TOMS RIVER – As Ocean County gears up to renew its Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in 2019, two kick-off meetings were held in Toms River and Manahawkin for local officials to learn about the process and provide feedback about specific hazards affecting their towns. The meetings were run by Sarah Bowen of Michael Baker International, the engineering firm tasked with developing the county’s new hazard (Plan - See Page 20)
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