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| July 29, 2017
Frazier’s First Home Game As A Yankee
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News See Page 16.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 9-12.
Kids Coloring Raffle
–Photo courtesy Jeremy Grunin Todd Frazier on the field during his first home game as a New York Yankee.
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Spotlight On Government Page 7.
Dear Pharmacist My Brother Was A Secret
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Inside The Law Your Attorney Can Assist Your Mortgage Approval Process
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Dear Joel
–Photo by Chris Lundy J. Mark Mutter looks at some documents that were created back when he was mayor. They are stored in the records center that bears his name. By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – In a town as old as Toms River, things are going to change, sometimes qu ite qu ick ly. O ne change is that township clerk Mark Mutter
is retiring on July 31. He said that his legacy would be the preservation of the things that make Toms River great: history, memories, people, and open space. “The highest calling
Grandpa Is Too Tired For Monsters Under The Bed
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Classifieds Page 21.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
–Photo courtesy Stacy Proebstle J. Mark Mutter (center), and the staff at the records center that now bears his name.
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for anyone in public office is the preservation of human life,” he said. He recalled a meeting when he was the mayor. A distraught young woman whose young child was struck while trying to cross Route 37 approached the governing body and pleaded: “Mayor, don’t let another mother go through the same thing as me.” That’s why there’s a pedestrian fence there, now. He’d like to think that there’s at least one child alive today because of that fence. “I pushed some papers around,” to get it done and save lives. “As unglamorous as it
is, it’s the best thing I ever did.” At the most recent Tow n s h i p C o u n c i l meeting, he gave a speech about his time in government. It was couched in a historical sense, like mentioning how nine people died at the end of the Revolutionary War just outside where the clerk’s office currently is. This was the Battle of the Block House, a fort that protected early villagers of Toms River before America had won its independence. He began with apologizing and asking for forgiveness for any
By Chris Christopher NEW YORK CITY – Hundreds of members of the Todd Frazier Fan Club visited Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. The object of their affection was the former Toms River High School South and Little League standout who was traded to the New
York Yankees from the Chicago White Sox on July 18. “There are 600 fans here for me. ... 500-600 are coming,” he said at a press conference at Yankee Stadium prior to a game against the Cincinnati Reds – the team that drafted the ex-Toms River East (Yankee - See Page 4)
2 Investigations In Toms River Schools
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Two investigations have begun in the school district’s administration. The first is into complaints of sexual harassment from the superintendent. The other is into how that information got leaked to the media. The first part involves a complaint against Superintendent David Healy. The Asbury Park Press reported that Healy was accused of making “inappropriate” comments about an employee’s clothing and legs. “We’re taking the allegations seriously,” said
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