Vol. 18 - No. 6
In This Week’s Edition
THE JACKSON
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Labor Of Love Restores Classic Boat
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News See Page 14.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 8-9.
Fun Page Page 17.
Spotlight On Government
By Chris Lundy PINE BEACH – After years of work, and thousands of hours marked with joy and frustration, Scott Bruett was finally ready to lower his restored boat into the water. It was literally a sink or swim situation. Scott Bruett, an engineer by trade, let many of his weekends and nights be absorbed by the restoration of a classic boat older than he is. (Boat - See Page 6)
Dear Pharmacist 7 Genius Home Remedies For Bug Bites
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Protect Yourself And Your Family By Choosing The Right Automobile Insurance
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Dear Joel A Hairy Recommendation
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Classified Ads Page 19.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
Horoscope Page 23.
Opioid Epidemic Faces A New High By Sara Grillo OCEAN COUNTY – As summer takes hold in Ocean County and hot weather is finally on the rise, something else is also on the rise this time of year – drug use. The opioid epidemic is nothing new, but there are a few things that have changed, in both good and bad ways, over the past few years. There are also some things that have stayed the same. According to the Ocean
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Inside The Law
| July 8, 2017
–Photos courtesy Scott Bruett A local man restored a 1954 Chris Craft to sail it on the Toms River.
Cops: 7 Lakewood Couples Defraud Nearly $2 Million From Welfare Programs By Sara Grillo LAKEWOOD – In an ongoing investigation, six Lakewood individuals - three married couples were arrested after it was discovered they allegedly defrauded nearly $700,000 from Medicaid and government assistant programs by misrepresenting their incomes and receiving benefits that they and their families were not entitled to. As of press time, seven couples have been arrested in the investigation for collecting roughly $2 million in fraudulent benefits. The charges began with the arrest of two other married couples from Lakewood, who were arrested a day earlier for the same crime. All couples faced a detention hearing on June 28 in Ocean County Superior Court. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, they have since (Welfare - See Page 12)
–Photo courtesy Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Several Lakewood couples were charged with defrauding thousands of dollars from Medicaid and other government assistance programs.
County Prosecutor’s Office, so far there have been 74 dr ug overdose deaths in the county this year, pending a few toxicology reports, which is the exact number we were at the same time last year. “I track it using the last two years and we’re sort of on the same pace as last year, and last year we had 209 overdose deaths,” said Prosecutor Joseph
(Opioid - See Page 5)
Howell Native Turns Movie Maker
By Sara Grillo HOWELL – From Jersey to L.A. and back again, Kevin Interdonato is a local movie star about to release his newest hit, which he stars in alongside Hollywood veteran Tom Sizemore, former boxing champion Ray “Boom-Boom” –Photo courtesy Mancini and KevKevin Interdonato in O’Halloran of Kevin Interdonato’s newClerks fame. Interdonato said est movie Bad Frank is he always knew he available on iTunes and Amazon. wanted to act. “Growing up in Howell I always wanted to be an actor, I just wasn’t ready yet. I had to get a lot out of my system.” That meant growing up working in the family (Movie - See Page 4)
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