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Letters To The Editor Page 6.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News What Does Hearing Loss Look Like Across The Age Spectrum?
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Dear Pharmacist Your Skin Reveals Your True State Of Health
Berkeley Eyes Abandoned Homes Ocean Gate Police Now Offering Addiction Help With Blue HART
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Township officials are still de al i ng w it h some abandoned homes, hoping that the owners will either fix them up or knock them down. Between 15 and 20 homes are the focus, business administrator John Camera said. They are throughout the township. There are seven to nine of them east of Route 9, six or seven in Manitou Park, and a few in South Seaside Park. The homes could be aba ndoned for a ny number of reasons, but Superstorm Sandy is one of the main culprits. Some of these homes were so signifi-
–Photos courtesy James Byrnes Berkeley is focusing on taking abandoned houses. cantly damaged that the just walked away from es are health hazards. owners could not afford the property. They are structurally to fix them. It is possiThe problem is that unsound, and might (Homes - See Page 4) ble that some people some of these hous-
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Inside The Law Page 17.
Dear Joel Page 23.
Fun Page Page 20.
Classifieds Page 19.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
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Program). It allows users to tur n themselves in, and hand over any drugs they have, without any threat of charges or jail. Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, said that a lot of departments are showing interest in joining the program, such as Toms River, Ja ck s on a nd Poi nt Pleasant. It’s just a matter of finding addiction centers that can take in (HART - See Page 4)
Sen. Russo Remembered
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Why Do Some People Overshare?
By Chris Lundy OCEAN GATE – People needing help with drug addiction can now go to the Ocean Gate Police Department and be placed with an addiction treatment center. The borough is the latest in a series of departments to take part in the Blue HART (Heroin Addiction Recovery Treatment) program. This began in January, under the name HARP (Heroin Addiction Response
Questions, But Fewer People, At Sandy Info Session
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Nearly five years after Superstorm Sandy, residents are still looking for help navigating the government assistance programs, but there are fewer needing help now than there had been. An information session was held in the Toms River municipal building to give impacted homeowners guidance in going through the process. Lisa Ryan, spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, said that about 55 households were served at the session. This is a much lower number than when they
started having sessions in 2014. These days, sessions average around 50 households, she said. Some residents they will see at a few sessions a year, as they have intricate issues that need to be worked out. The questions that homeowners bring to these sessions run the gamut, she said, and are very specific to each home. It could be about flooring, or air conditioning. Some are finishing up their projects, and some are still in the beginning stages. It could be about contractor performance. The contractor might be taking too long on a
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – John Russo, Sr. was remembered as a politician for the people, and an “icon” of the kind of bipartisan politics that is rare to find anymore. Russo succumbed to cancer at the age of 84. He had been elected to the state senate in 1973, and was Senate President from 1986 to 1990. He served as acting governor, and ran for that office as well. Additionally he had a career as an attorney and as assistant prose-
–Photo courtesy Hal Brown and Princeton Public Affairs Group cutor in Ocean County. Marlene Lynch Ford, who is now the assignment judge for the (Russo - See Page 7)
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