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–Photos By Bob Vosseller The Lakehurst Borough Christmas tree is lit up in front of the Community Center. By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – The holiday season got a bit brighter when the borough officially lit up their Christmas tree in front of the town community center. The event could not be held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Season - See Page 4)
Santa Claus shakes hands with a young boy during his visit to Lakehurst for the annual Christmas tree lighting.
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Council Discusses Aging Buildings, Vehicles By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Members of the governing body discussed how some town property is in disrepair during a recent Borough Council meeting. Councilman Gary Lowe reported on problems concerning a gym facility that had been created for certain municipal staff. “We are having issues with the heater. We repaired the one downstairs but to repair the one upstairs would be extremely expensive.” “The only reason to even have it on is that there are bathrooms downstairs. So what we are going to do is replace the urinal with a toilet that will be used as a bathroom. That way we can turn off the water upstairs and we won’t have to worry about it freezing,” Lowe added. “That can save us so that down the road when we have the funds, we can repair the heater up there because as of right now there is no reason to have it on or spend the money to replace it as our fund is too small.” On the subject of restrooms, Lowe also reported on the status of the Horicon Lake bathroom repairs. The new metallic bathrooms were put into use this past summer and were vandalized in the fall. “They finally got the order out. They had a problem in the shipping of the material for outside and it is in transit.” Following the vandalism at the lake the governing body decided to purchase cameras, some of which would be installed by the restrooms. “The cameras have been put up at the bathrooms and at Borough Hall,” Lowe added. (Council - See Page 4)
Shawn Michaels Celebrates 25 Years As Morning Host
By Bob Vosseller LITTLE EGG HARBOR – Wearing a long Santa hat that draped down to his shoulders and his bright blue 92.7 WOBM sweat shirt, veteran radio personality Shawn Michaels joined his long-time co-host Sue Moll in welcoming in the season to Toms River residents during the recently held Christmas Tree lighting.
The duo are fixtures at that event and Michaels has been a familiar voice on the airwaves making the early morning hours a comfortable pleasure for listeners to begin their day. For a quarter of a century, he’s reminded his shore area audience that there are a lot of positive things going on around them and that they were a part of it. He’s been in broadcasting for 40 years and he’s not about to slow
down. He continues to wake up in the wee hours of the morning ready to begin another day. “I feel that I have been the luckiest guy in radio because I have been able to have this morning show for 25 years to be able to be in my own neighborhood.” “To be around people not only around the market (audience area) but to be a resident of the market and to have the hours I did,
meant that I could go to all of my kids shows. I think a lot of times parents must have thought that I was unemployed because I was at every school function that was going on,” Michaels said. He added, “things have changed over time especially with the pandemic with people having to work at home but back 25 years ago, there were less dads able to be around in the middle of the day.
Now everyone is doing everything. I was able to go with my wife (April) to a lot of my kids’ functions during the day and to be able to enjoy it.” “I feel I have had the best experience in radio because I’ve been able to be around and do all my family stuff and to be able to have a career all at the same time. Some people have (Host - See Page 5)
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but this year the crowds came out. The honor of lighting the tree went to Jerry Nieuwenhuizen, a long-time resident of Lakehurst who recently received the key and title as this year’s Citizen of the Year. Nieuwenhuizen takes pride in what the town looks like, an is often seen cleaning up debris and trash in the street. That earned him his place as Citizen of the Year during a recent council meeting. During that meeting Mayor Harry Robbins presented him a shiny gold key as a symbol to his being a key citizen of the community. “I walk around the back of the Public Works (building) and walked around Division Street - stuff like that - and people throw their garbage out there. I get tired of seeing it. I walked down the street a couple of weeks ago with my dog and people just toss out their beer bottles,” Nieuwenhuizen said. He was happy to have had the honor of lighting up the Christmas tree and at first glance, with his long white beard and twinkle in his eye, he could have been mistaken for another attendee at the event. Borough Clerk Mary Anne Capasso coordinated the event once again this year. “I organized Santa, the fire department and Reverend Owen Alston from Harmony Ministries who gave a little prayer and Mr. Nieuwenhuizen
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as our citizen of the year. The mayor couldn’t be here as he was conducting a marriage but Council President Oglesby was here to open up the ceremony.” Councilman Brian DiMeo and Councilwoman Patricia Hodges were also present for the ceremony. DiMeo said a decorating creation event was held several days prior to the tree lighting. That activity was coordinated by the Youth and Recreation committee. “We had a few kids and it was great. Everyone had a great time. We hope to get more people for this next year,” DiMeo said. Those environmentally friendly decorations were hung on the tree with lights that were placed by members of the borough’s Depar tment of Public Works. Fire trucks were also on hand to help light up the sky during the night as well with their f lashing lights. Families were happy that the festive occasion returned this year. Megan and William Seibert joined their children William Jr. 5, Cameron, 3 who sported a Santa shirt for the occasion, their 2-yearold niece Raegan, and their 1-year-old son Daniel. Each enjoyed the cookies, hot chocolate and meeting Santa Claus who arrived off the borough fire truck before entering the community center. “We’ve lived here our whole life, 31 years, my brother lives here, my other brother and my mom and dad live here. This is a tradition for us,” Megan Seibert said.
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The Manchester Times, December 25, 2021, Page 5 40 years when you count the college radio experience - the very first broadcast that I was being paid I was actually playing vinyl records which was at a country radio station down in West Virginia. From records we went into CDs and then digital music. Over the course of time, I have become a writer as much as a broadcaster. That is probably the biggest change that I have experienced. “In the 25 years that I’ve been doing the WOBM morning show, it has always been that nice family good clean fun radio station that gives you information and has fun with you. That has always been a constant with us. Being local, being family and having the same approach that you could trust year after year.” Michaels added. He said he hopes to be celebrating his 35th anniversary with the show 10 years from now. He starts his day around 2:30 a.m. when his alarm goes off at his Little Egg Harbor home, “I get the coffee going, I sit down and watch a little news and catch up on what’s going on. Get to the station (in Toms River) by 4 a.m., work on pieces for the show, and by 5 o’clock we are on the air. We do a lot of prep the day before. A lot of things are in place.” “We like those hours and during the weekends, yes I am up before dawn,” he added. “My wife has gotten used to it too. There is nothing better than a great sunrise.” He credited his family as being his foundation for success. “I am the longest running morning show host in the history of WOBM. I look forward to doing it for many more years. I feel I
–Photo By Bob Vosseller WOBM 92.7 FM radio personality Shawn Michaels smiles as he greets attendees at the recently held Toms River Christmas Tree Lighting which he and his morning show co-host Sue Moll emceed. actually feel that I have more energy and more get up and go than I do now than I did maybe 45 years ago,” Michaels added. “My body and mind are as strong as ever. Every day here has its positive love and
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MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Booster Club (MTHS) is now accepting membership applications. The MTHS supports all Manchester High School athletics, band and cheerleading. Formed to promote good sportsmanship and support both educational and athletic activities of the MTHS students through continued fundraising. Who they are: parents, teachers, coaches and staff who volunteer their time to raise money to support the mission of the Booster club. What they do: • Grant scholarships for senior student athletes whose parents are booster club members. • Host dinner banquet for senior athletes and band, with plaques, photos and a gift for all in attendance. • Keep inside snack stand stocked with snacks and drinks for teams to work and receive all the profits at no cost to them. • Help pay student admission to away sporting events when using fan buses. • Help pay for ads and advertisement when needed. • Decorate stands for different themed games including breast cancer awareness
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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY F EATURED L ETTER Ranked Choice Voting Would Give People Better Options Our elections are broken. Ran ked Choice Voting is the answer. W hen New Jer sey residents went to the ballot box, over 99% of the vote in this year’s gubernatorial race went to two candidates. However, nearly 40% of NJ voters are registered as unaffiliated or third party. Clearly, New Jerseyans wa nt a nother opt ion than the two given to them, but right now, there isn’t a real chance at getting one. This is because our voting system restrains our complex political preferences to one vote. With ranked choice vot i ng ( RC V ), you r freedom to vote is expanded, allowing you to rank candidates in the order you prefer them. You would vote once. After the fi rst count, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. For anyone who had that eliminated candidate as their top pick, their second choice votes are then added to all candidate totals. This repeats until someone
gets over 50% of the vote. This narrowing down of candidates is why RCV is also called an instant runoff. Under this RCV system, candidates compete for second choice votes f rom their opponents’ suppor ters, which reduces the incentive to run a negative campaign. Instead, candidates will reach out to as many voters as possible (not just their “base”) and share their positive vision with voters. I’m calling on my Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano, and Senator Jim Holzapfel to support the “NJ Municipal Instant Runoff ” Bills (A-4744) & (S-2992). Also, we need to have multi-seat runoffs, not only for a single seat (like mayor). While fantastic bills, the NJ “Municipal Instant Runoff ” needs to be even better. We need committee hearings in the legislature to make these changes. Zach Kennedy Manchester
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Today, so often, all you read or hear about is negativity. I would like to share a little positive story that happened to my wife and I. We were at the local Stop & Shop on November 20, in Whiting. During shopping in the aisles, a gentleman thanked me for my service, after seeing my hat. We met again, when we were both checking out. He told me he wanted to do something nice for me, and pay for my shopping order. My wife was about to pay, when he stepped in front and handed his card to the checker. My wife was totally confused and said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought this was my order.” He said “It is, but I’m paying for it.” He said to me that he can’t imagine what I went t h r o u g h . We we r e s o shocked and speechless. There are still good people in this world and we wanted to let this gentleman know how much he touched my heart and I hope that he reads this. Rocky Marcarelli Whiting
Christmas: A Time To Forgive Others (Even Those Who Steal Van Parts) Recently, someone cut the muffler off of our church van in a botched attempt to steal the catalytic converter. Thankfully, one of my pastors scared the wouldbe thief off before he could complete the theft. The incident left many of my fellow church members shocked and saddened that someone would brazenly attempt such a crime against a church, (in the midst of the Christmas season no less)! But I know my pastors well enough to say that this incident actually helps us focus on the true meaning of Christmas, if we view it in the correct light.
The Apostle Paul, in 1 Timothy 1:15, wrote “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” The real meaning of Christmas, the reason we celebrate, is because God sent His Son here to live and die so that anyone…anyone (even those who attempt to steal from churches in broad daylight) can be made right with God and forgiven of the worst possible sins! That goes for the would-be thief if he’s reading this, but it also goes for everyone…everyone who feels themself to be the worst sinner who ever lived, as Paul did, and then receives the gift of Christ that God the Father gave the world (see John 3:16). On behalf of Whiting Bible Church I am confident to say that we applaud the efforts of the Manchester Police Department as they seek to apprehend the suspect(s) in this crime. That being said, we hold no ill will towards the thief, we only pray that they, too, would experience the True Meaning of Christmas. Editor’s note: A suspect was charged with this crime after the letter was sent in. Chet Jelinski Whiting
Patients Need Investigation Into Lyme’s Origins History: Forty-six years after a mother alerted public health about an unknown disease affecting her Connecticut neighborhood, patients still await answers about Lyme disease and help from the federal government - little has been forthcoming. It’s been 37 years since I first saw Lyme as a board of education member and 29 years since I fi rst contacted Congressman Chris Smith for help regarding Lyme disease. I approached him because my district had many seri-
ously ill students and staff members who could find little medical help and no assistance for disrupted educations. Congressman Smith set up a DC meeting for me with CDC and NIH officials to present a report on nine Monmouth and Ocean school districts in the same situation, yet no public health authorities were involved to help the district. Officials were shocked and could not believe the devastation I described to them. They subsequently came to NJ and did their own study of five of the school districts which confi rmed the effects on these children. Congressman Smith held a Congressional meeting in Wall Township which overflowed the room and CDC presented their study, and I spoke at this meeting as did my daughter who was then suffering seizures from Lyme. The CDC refused to publish its school study, continuing to tell me they would, so the LDA asked Lyme Times, a lay journal, to publish it a few years ago for all to read, as it had been presented publicly by CDC. Patients and advocates have been benefitting from Mr. Smith’s efforts to help us change that situation. Working with Congressman Smith, the Lyme Disease Association has been able to get bills introduced and passed over decades; educate federal & state legislators; set up an HHS Working Group on tickborne disease; help parents threatened with Munchausen by Proxy (making child sick) whose children were going to be removed because of long-term treatment with antibiotics; and help doctors whose licenses were threatened for treating with antibiotics. Sadly, some still have had their children removed and physicians continue to be harassed. Unanswered Questions - Uncomprehendingly, we are left with many asked but unanswered questions.
There continues to be government resistance to solving even the most basic issues such as the continued use of tests discussed du r ing a 1994 meeting where dissenting researchers were refused the right to present a minority report - tests which studies have shown are less than 50% accurate, whereby a person can test negative and still have the disease. Scientists have come forth over time with tests to be examined, but CDC has appeared to have neither considered them nor recommended them for further study to our knowledge. Why do CDC and NIH continue to rely on one set of treatment guidelines for Lyme disease which recommend (read: allow) only a few weeks of doxycycline for a complex organism such as Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease, when there is another set of guidelines that permit doctor discretion? Why are patients still told, it’s in your head; you need a psychiatrist; you’re cured, you had two weeks; you have to learn to live with it; don’t use alternative therapies; it’s not Lyme (what is it you ask, a shrug)? Why are some patients being misdiagnosed with MS, ALS, CFS, FM, lupus, ADD, RA, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s which turn out to be Lyme and other tick-borne diseases apparently causing these symptoms in a number of cases? Why are doctors helping patients get better with long-term and combinations of antibiotics still called quacks, unable to be a part of insurance plans, and subject to medical board actions? Why is research being privately funded in prestigious institutions investigating antibiotic treatment options and government says research is done, long-term antibiotics don’t work and can be harmful? Chronic Lyme Denial Many doctors, scientists, (Letters - See Page 20)
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Turnpike or Garden State Parkway was blindsided by the announcement that tolls would increase for the second time in a 10th Legislative District little over a year,” said Holzapfel. “There was Senator Jim Holzapfel • Assemblyman Greg McGuckin • Assemblyman Dave Wolfe no discussion about it, no public hearings, no TRENTON – Senator Jim Holzapfel and transparency. This is a tax on driving, Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John and it is a disgrace that in a state with Catalano (all R-10 th) moved to slam the some of the highest taxes in the nation, brakes on automatic toll increases like the bureaucrats at the Turnpike Authority the ones sprung on Garden State drivers. would stoop so low to sneak verbiage in The 10th District lawmakers will be spon- a contract that provides for annual and soring legislation that prohibits the New automatic increases.” On Sept. 13, 2020, tolls were bumped 36 Jersey Turnpike Authority, which operates the state’s two largest toll roads, from im- percent on the Turnpike, 27 percent on the Parkway and 37 percent on the Atlantic plementing automatic toll increases. “I think everybody who commutes on the City Expressway. At the time, toll revenue
had been deflated as Covid restrictions kept drivers off the road. The increases set to take effect on the Jan. 1, 2022, are baked into a budget plan approved by Turnpike commissioners. The authority’s $2.2 billion budget for next year included this line: “Annual toll rate indexing at 3 percent effective January 1.” Automatic indexing will also trigger a 3 percent boost on the Atlantic City Expressway. “The toll hike was a sneak attack on New Jersey drivers at a time when the state’s already high cost of living is soaring under near-record inflation levels,” said McGuckin. “It is an insult to every driver, and an assault on the wallets of working families everywhere, especially those who live in coastal communities to commute to work every day on toll roads.
“The audacity of the commissioners who enacted a plan to pick-pocket drivers to make their jobs easier is astounding,” McGuckin continued. “New Jersey residents deserve more respect and consideration.” McGuckin and Catalano will introduce an Assembly bill to prevent automatic toll increases in the future and stop the Turnpike Authority from raising rates for three years. Holzapfel will join as sponsor of an identical Senate bill, S-4276. “Gas prices are through the roof and the inf lation rate is 6.8 percent, a 40year high,” said Catalano. “Now is not the time to saddle commuters with even higher costs. There’s never a good time for an automatic tax increase, and make no mistake – this is a tax increase. But a toll hike that is triggered by the calendar ignores too many other critical factors.”
Menendez: Same Sex Couples Should Get Pension Survivor Benefits Capitol Comments Senator Robert Menendez
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee who serves on the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) joined a coalition of 43
of their Senate Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Treasur y Secretary Janet Yellen and Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Charles Rettig calling for the Biden Administration to revise current guidance that has led to members of the LGBTQIA+ community being denied pension survivor benefits after losing their life partner. The letter calls for action to address the fact that some retirement plans are
refusing to deem same-sex marriages as having met the one-year requirement necessary to be eligible for survivor benefits in situations where the couples were legally barred from marrying within one-year of the participant’s death. The Social Security Administration recently took action to stop such obstacles from denying people survivor benefits through Social Security, and the Senators urged the IRS to take similar action to ensure individuals aren’t denied pension survivor benefits due to discrimination. “We should not let the echoes of the bigotry that robbed so many people of
the right to marry for so long rob them once again after they have lost their loved ones,” wrote the senators to Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig. “When the Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage, tens of thousands of Americans rushed to get married. These LGBTQ+ Americans had been in committed relationships for years - some, for decades - and were fi nally able to have their love recognized under the law and receive all of the benefits that come with marriage. However, in a painful reminder of the inequality these (Government - See Page 8)
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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Tolls To Increase On January 1
By Bob Vosseller NEW JERSEY – The gift of a toll hike is one present Garden State travelers would rather return this holiday season. Toll price increases were approved at 3% by the commissioners of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and will start on January 1. The commissioners approved a 2020 plan that allows for annual toll increases. NJTA spokesman Tom Feeny said the purpose behind the current increase is to provide a stable funding source for capital need. The added revenue will supplement work being performed as part of the Authority’s long-term capital program. The parkway toll increase will have drivers of passenger vehicles at most of the main toll plazas at around six cents to $1.96 for those with E-ZPass and $2 for cash users since all tolls are rounded up to the nearest nickel for drivers paying in cash. The Toms River toll for example will jump two cents from 95 to 97 cents. Tolls for the largest truck class will increase to $11.79 for E-ZPass and for those paying in cash, $11.80 at most toll plazas. Turnpike drivers of passenger cars will now have to pay $19.42 to drive from exit 1 to exit 18W which is an increase from $18.85. That price is lower with E-ZPass during non-peak hours. Peak hours are between 7 and 9 a.m. or 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. E-ZPass users driving passenger cars will increase from $14.15 to $14.57. Truck drivers who travel through the turnpike will be hit with a $2 plus increase jumping to $79.62. Using E-ZPass that would be $69.11. An earlier hike went into effect in September 2020 which raised tolls by 36% on the Turnpike and 27% on the Parkway. Members of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners were not pleased by the news and during their most recent meeting spoke out against the increase. Commissioner Joseph Vicari had been critical of the plan when it was first announced last year. He noted that the toll increases were coming at a time when gas prices around the nation had also increased which would add to the cost of driving. In a letter to NJTA Chairwoman Diane Guiterrez-Saccetti, Vicari wrote that the increase, “comes just 15 months after tolls jumped by 27 percent in September 2020. Those increases are especially unfair to Ocean County commuters, who tend to travel farther on the Parkway because of the greater distances between our communities and the professional hubs of northern New Jersey and New York City.” He added, “the lack of a public transportation network similar to the ones that blanket the northern counties also forces our commuters to rely on their vehicles. On top of this our residents continue to struggle with the economic downturn caused by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.” Vicari added in an interview with Micro-
media Publications/Jersey Shore Online. com that this was the wrong time for such a hike. “This toll hike is another burden on them with the high costs of gas and food and we in Ocean County have the largest stretch of the Parkway. We don’t have mass transportation here.” He also opposed the concept of “automatic raises. There should be a statewide referendum concerning this. There was no public input just another hand of government in everyone’s pocket.” The commissioner has also been calling for a representative on the Authority who is from Ocean County or Monmouth County to speak on behalf of this region. “It doesn’t matter if they are a Republican or Democrat, we need a representative.” Vicari wasn’t the only local Republican who expressed opposition to the latest NJTA toll increase announcement. Ninth District Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove called on Trenton to end the automatic toll increases. The 9th District Delegation called upon the governor to veto the minutes of any meetings held by the NJTA and the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) which approved toll increases on the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and/or the Atlantic City Expressway. “Commuters cannot afford to pay higher tolls at a time when prices are increasing for consumer goods across the board. Businesses in the state which are trying to remain competitive with other tax-friendly states will have yet another cost increase imposed by Trenton to contend with, making it that much harder to be profitable,” they said in a joint statement. “New Jerseyans will recall that these toll hikes, which were approved in the early months of the pandemic, conveniently and deliberately limited opportunity for public scrutiny while living up to Trenton’s abysmal record on transparency,” they said. “Justifiably, our Delegation called out Trenton and demanded that the toll hikes be vetoed by the Governor as we also worked to keep our constituents apprised of the situation - as much of the public’s focus was directed to COVID-related issues at the time.” The lawmakers said residents shouldn’t “believe the hollow words of officials who claim to be standing up for the middle class while, at the same time, support toll hike increases or do nothing to stop them. During the holidays, many of our constituents are now forced to ask how they are going to afford yet another cost increase.” The lawmakers added, “most residents of urban areas with access to mass transit will not only largely escape the financial hit from the toll hikes but will likely benefit from the revenue generated which will undoubtedly be siphoned off for mass (Tolls - See Page 12)
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fied resistance by those who understand that the state’s current fiscal trajectory is unsustainable and reckless.” Last year toll revenue decreased by 60% after people traveled less during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increases are part of the agency’s budget for next year when traffic is expected to rise to around 97% of its pre-pandemic levels. According to the NJTA, revenues are expected to increase by 7% in 2022 and if that proves correct, this would represent a strong benefit for the board’s next budget.
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Lucas Files, 12, of Manahawkin enjoyed Night at the Prudential Center. By Bob Vosseller STAFFORD – A 12-year-old Manahawkin boy was honored to drop the puck in a game where the New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 at the Prudential Center. Lucas Files was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in October 2015 and received treatment at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He completed treatment in December 2018. Lucas was there as part of the New Jersey Devils Fights Cancer program. Some of the highlights of the evening included Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood wearing a mask inspired by Lucas during pre-game warm-ups. Lucas is a huge Devils fan and Blackwood is his favorite player. Lucas was given the helmet and a HFC-taped warm-up stick. A red carpet was set up for Lucas to walk to center ice for the special ceremonial puck drop - a faceoff between Devils Captain Nico Hischier and the Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom, a cancer survivor himself. The event hosted by the New Jersey Devils was also presented By RWJBarnabas Health with the Rutgers Cancer Institute. Funds were raised for the Cancer Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. The Devils also honored a special “Hero Among Us” during the Hockey Fights Cancer Night. Christian Koncewicz, a 9-year-old from Middletown, is currently undergoing treatment for leukemia at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and
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MANCHESTER – Come and enjoy a morning of coffee and pastries on January 22. Manchester Township Democrats will be meeting at 10 a.m. Their monthly meetings are held at Lakehust Community
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Beverages With Bolts And Washers Inside, Recalled In New Jersey
By Bob Vosseller NEW JERSEY – When it comes to beverages, it’s OK for metal to be part of a can, but metallic objects were discovered inside some containers necessitating a recall in the state. Coca-Cola, Minute Maid and Sprite products are among those that are on the recall list. For those who stocked up on those for the holidays, or have just a few spare bottles of the soft drinks and other beverages on hand, check the labels to ensure they are not among those that were found to include metal bolts and washers. The beverages affected were distributed in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Maine and New Jersey, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The products that were recalled include: Berry Punch: Date codes Jan0422 NP and Jan0522 NP, Batch 0010323455 and 0010259344 (recall F-0276-2022) Strawberry Lemonade: Date code: Jan0322 NP, Batch: 0010259346 (recall F-0277-
2022) Fruit Punch: Date Code: JAN0522 NP Batch: 0010323454 (recall F-0278-2022) The Coca-Cola and Sprite products affected included in a November recall are: Coca-Cola 12-ounce cans: Date Code: AUG 1522 WM B Coca-Cola 12-ounce cans: Date Code: AUG 1522 WM C Sprite 12-ounce cans: Date Code: AUG 1522 WM B All of the products recalled by the company have 2022 expiration dates. Customers may seek a refund at the place of purchase or simply throw them away. It was reported in USA Today that Coca-Cola spokesperson Ann L. Moore stated the FDA registered the recall as a Class II incident which means exposure to the contaminating product may cause temporary or medically reversible health problems. A representative of the FDA noted the risk of an adverse reaction is remote in such recalls but that people who bought the products should be cautious.
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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE LBI Fisherman’s Book Is “Bad To The Bone”
By Bob Vosseller LONG BEACH ISLAND – John J. Lahm has a passion for fishing, writing and undersea history and he’s put each of those interests into the creation of his book, “Bad to the Bone.” Lahm, a retired crane operator from the U.S. Navy, is a member of the Long Beach Island Fishing Club in Harvey Cedars. The Philadelphia resident released his book this past summer. It begins with the unexpected arrival of a new species of shark that mutated due to medical waste seeping down through a Florida aquifer. His book provides a horrific tale of shark attacks reminiscent of books like “Jaws” but there is a twist as these sharks are a new breed that crave not only human f lesh but human blood and bone marrow due to their ingesting medical byproducts for decades. The story reveals that when the shark becomes full-grown, they are the largest predator on the planet. It takes place around the Kings Bay Nuclear Submarine Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia which was built in the late 1970s. “I contacted a publisher down in Florida (Seaworthy Publications) and he didn’t know I was the same guy submitting work to him over the last five years but he took me on. It is very hard to get a publisher.” Lahm said it was some shark teeth that inspired him to write his tale of mystery and horror. He noted that someone had discovered them during a dredging operation and they obviously came from a very large shark. “They were black as night, shiny as a boot and as big as your hand. I had the impression they were some kind of shark tooth but I wasn’t sure,” Lahm told The Southern Ocean Times. In his book, after the Navy removes a limestone mound during their dredging operation, the sharks begin their feeding frenzy. A school of hungry sharks emerges from the submarine springs which is their birthplace in Kings Bay. The writer said that while his book is fiction, he took a lot of ideas from real life experiences he has had over the course of his long career. “I have a tendency to collect things in my head. I said to myself, this is where this story should take place inside the center core of one third of our nuclear weaponry so the reader can only get in there with his mind. I do my research.” He recalled while working in Delaware County, Pennsylvania years ago “we had 2,000 people on the job and an odd-looking ship came up river and we all stopped working and the guy next to
me said, ‘that’s a Howard Hughes boat.’” It was the Glomar Explorer formerly the USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer which was a deep-sea drillship platform built for Project Azorian which was the secret 1974 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s special activities division effort to recover Soviet submarine K-129. “Later on, a guy who worked as rigger told me that (Glomar) was the only ship he ever worked on that they put the keel, the first piece of iron on the dry dock and they had men with shotguns walking around.” After the Philadelphia shipyard was shut down, Lahm transferred to Kings Bay Nuclear Submarine Base “and that is where the story in the book originates,” he said. He noted that the black shark teeth that would wash up during certain periods of the dredging operations could be sold in town “for $5 a piece.” The plot includes the building of a Nav y base along with a four-lane highway connecting to I-95 and also includes the environmental concerns of the Timucua people who inhabited land first in southeast Georgia and northern Florida who fear the dredging work by the Navy will destroy the plant life and burial sites there. As in “Jaws” tourism is threatened after the attacks begins and the danger extends to New England. The Glomer Explorer also makes a cameo in the story. Lahm was successful in petitioning the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to approve a historical ma rker nom i nat ion for t he Gloma r Explorer. The spy ship was built using funds donated by Howard Hughes. The marker remains outside the Independence Seaport Museum. The writer contacted the United States Board on Geographic Names’ Advisory Committee on Undersea Features after it was discovered that the research vessel NR-1 located a submarine spring. Lahm asked that the spring be named the NR-1 Hole. That request was granted and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration include that name on all their charts. Lahm also submitted documents to Geo-Marine Letters, (an international peer-reviewed journal which offers rapid publication of concise original studies) of the sinkholes surveyed in the Florida Straits four years ago. He believes “the collapse of the Champlain High Rise in Miami Beach (on June 24) was caused by the Miami submarine spring, nine miles east of Miami Beach.” “Bad to the Bone” is available in paperback and Kindle through seaworthy. com and barnesandnoble.com.
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How To Recognize And Treat Food Poisoning
By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph. Food today is frequently contaminated and it’s getting scary! Case in point, recently I wanted to make a salmon fillet with lemon and onion slices on top of it, and serve it with a baked potato and a salad with tomatoes. Such a simple dinner, what could go wrong? A lot! The meal could not be made because every single item I had in the house had been recalled due to contamination or was rotten! Onions and Fish. Every single onion had to be thrown away because of a nationwide recall due to salmonella contamination. This was a massive recall in case you didn’t know. Salmon was questionable. I had bought it locally, and then found out the salmonella outbreak involved many states, was traced back close to home in Denver, Colorado! Ended up throwing the fish out just in case. Slimy Lettuce. I tried to make a salad. I opened the package of 3 heads of Baby Romaine and two of them were dissolving right before my eyes - dripping with wet, slimy liquid, a sign of decomposition. Rotten Tomatoes. The tomatoes I bought in a plastic covered 3-pack container were covered in white mold on the underside! Moldy Lemons. I had gone to a big box retailer and purchased a large bag of lemons. Two days later I went to the kitchen eager to use them, and every lemon had to be thrown out due to whitish-green mold festering on them. Bad Potatoes. I wanted to make a baked potato, but upon peeling them, they turned bright green. The details regarding my potato prob-
lem are posted at my website in a longer version of this article which you can read at suzycohen.com. This article also includes numerous other recalls, as well as more solutions about how to treat food borne illness. Since there have been many fatalities and a spike in hospitalizations from food poisoning, please seek professional medical attention if you get sick because things can go south pretty quickly if it’s listeria, salmonella, E. coli, norovirus, clostridium, hepatitis and others which are lurking around right now. Recognize the symptoms and seek medical attention immediately if you experience severe vomiting or watery diarrhea, fever, chills, weakness, fainting, dehydration, painful or unrelenting stomach cramps, a stiff neck, jaundice and vertigo. Here’s how you can treat mild symptoms: 1. Change your diet and maintain hydration with electrolytes. 2. Try Over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as Imodium® or Pepto-Bismol® help sometimes with mild diarrhea. These drugs are for mild, self-limiting gastroenteritis not severe food borne illness. 3. Drink herbal tea with chamomile peppermint, ginger or fennel. These are available commercially. If something has a bad odor, is slimy or tastes funny just throw it out. Don’t eat anything questionable because the risk to benefit ratio is bad. Stay informed and keep track of food (and drug) recalls by visiting the FDA’s website.
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couples have long faced, some in samesex relationships who tragically lost their partner shortly after being married or before they were able to legally marry have also been kept from receiving survivor benefits. For these surviving spouses or partners, difficulties arise where access to benefits depends on the length of their
marriage… “Correcting this error will end the discriminatory treatment of potentially thousands of same-sex partners and spouses, and allow them to access the benefits they are owed,” added the senators. Sen. Menendez has been a fierce advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community in New Jersey and throughout his career has fought to ensure that the LGBTQIA+ rights are protected and advanced. In
2019, during the Trump administration’s attack on LGBTQIA+ rights, Sen. Menendez was part of a coalition of Democratic Senators who introduced the Equality Act of 2019 to explicitly ban discrimination against LGBTQIA+ Americans. Earlier this year, Sen. Menendez announced a suite of initiatives that he is leading to defend and expand LGBTQIA+ rights, including equal access to safe housing, affordable health care, and military benefits,
as well as legislation that would require federal surveys to collect data on sexual orientation and gender when collecting other demographic information. New Jersey LGBTQ+ advocates brought the issue of data inclusion to the Senator’s attention during a roundtable earlier this year. In New Jersey, same sex marriage has been legal since Oct. 21, 2013 following a court decision striking down a ban on same-sex marriage. Recently, the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee voted, 4-0, to advance legislation that reads, “laws concerning marriage and civil union shall be read with gender neutral intent,” in an effort to protect same sex marriage in New Jersey law.
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Continued From Page 8 patients, and advocates have known for decades it’s “chronic Lyme” - persisting symptoms after short-term treatment which occurs in 20% or more of Lyme patients - often combined with other tick-borne diseases (TBD), almost 20 of which are now found in the US, and can be acquired singly or in combinations. Those suffering or helping these patients have been ridiculed in media over the decades, with Lyme called a housewife’s disease, a yuppie disease, mass hysteria, conspiracy theory, hoax perpetrated by those anti-science. In 2021, the “long haulers” of COVID-19 have thankfully not been scorned or shamed, why are “chronic Lyme” sufferers singled out for this abuse? Why Investigate Any Biowarfare Origins - Biowarfare has been out there for hundreds of years. “Man has used poisons for assassination purposes ever since the dawn of civilization, not only against individual enemies but also occasionally against armies. However, the foundation of microbiology by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch offered new prospects for those interested in biological weapons because it allowed agents to be chosen and designed on a rational basis.” (F. Frischnecht, Pasteur Institute: 2003, EMBO, “The History of Biological Warfare” - see NIH website) The origins of COVID-19 have already been investigated and linked with the NIH having been shown to have funded “gain of function” research - modifying a biological agent to confer new or enhanced activity to that agent. Why is it then a conspiracy theory to investigate the murky origins of Lyme? It’s time for government transparency. Provide whatever the truth is about tick releases and other TBD experiments that some US scientists have come forth with and that government documents appear to support. 476,000 people are diagnosed and treated annually in the US according to CDC. They and the general public deserve to know what happened in the past to aid in the search for prevention and cure of Lyme and other TBD. Pat Smith President, Lyme Disease Association
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The African-American Experience In Atlantic City
TOMS RIVER – Meet Ralph E. Hunter Sr., founder of the African-American Museums in Atlantic City and Newtonville, NJ, on January 16. Ralph has witnessed the changing Atlantic City cultural scene and added his personal collection of memorabilia to a museum there that showcases more than 11,000 graphics, drawings, paintings, and household items on a rotating basis. With his historical narrative, Hunter embraces diversity through cultural education. Collaborating with area businesses, educa-
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tors, collectors and community residents, he is committed to sharing with students, families, and other community residents the rich and honest depiction of the African-American experience in Atlantic City. This in-person presentation will take place at the Ocean County Historical Society, 26 Hadley Avenue, Toms River at 2 p.m. on January 16. Seating is limited to 40 and registrants must be vaccinated and wear a mask. To register, send your name, zip code, email address, and “Atlantic City” to oceancountyhistory.zoom@gmail.com.
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Renewed Plan Will Protect Barnegat Bay
By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – A declaration of environmental protection was recently signed for the 2021 Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan (CCMP) for the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary. Formed by barrier islands, the estuary extends over 42 miles from the Point Pleasant Canal to the Little Egg Harbor Inlet. Its watershed
is a land area of more than 660 square miles encompassing much of Ocean County and part of southern Monmouth County. Late last month, the Barnegat Bay Partnership held a signing ceremony event at the new Conference Center on the campus of Ocean County College. During the ceremony, BBP partners re-affirmed their commitment to implementing actions and the goals of the revised plan.
The CCMP replaces the original plan, which has guided the actions of the BBP since 2002. It reflects an increase in scientific knowledge about the Barnegat Bay and addresses new challenges, such as climate change and sea level rise. It also reviews the progress made over the past 19 years, reassesses priorities, and focuses the collective efforts of BBP partners over the next decade.
The plan’s priorities were reviewed by members of the BBP’s Policy Committee who noted the plan would protect and restore clean water and healthy living resources in the bay and its watershed. The CCMP is a roadmap for the agencies, organizations, and local communities working collectively to improve the condition of this nationally significant estuary. BBP Director Dr. Stan Hales said the plan establishes four main priority areas for action: water quality, water supply, living resources, and land use. It also sets eight ecosystem targets – specific environmental outcomes which combine actions across multiple priorities and can be monitored to measure progress. Some of those goals include increasing the acreage of key habitats, such as submerged aquatic vegetation, and increasing the number of hard clams in Little Egg Harbor. He noted that “climate change and sea level rise are already impacting the bay and its watershed.” The plan also identifies areas vulnerable to climate change risks and the strategies for minimizing the impacts. Another important component of the plan is education and community participation in stewardship, which speakers said were critical to the plan’s success. “The Barnegat Bay is changing in many ways, but the public clearly remains committed to its protection and restoration. We received more than 900 comments as we developed the 2021 CCMP. We need to work together if we want to secure our environmental and economic future,” Dr. Hales said. “Over the last 50 years, the watershed has experienced a tremendous increase in population and development, leading to increased pollution loads, stressed water supplies, and loss of fish and wildlife habitat. These changes in the bay’s condition have environmental, cultural, and economic impacts to local communities and the entire region,” he said. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection representative Kimberly Cenno, who attended virtually, spoke about water quality. “In 2010, we had a 10-point action plan which identified water quality goals for the restoration of the Barnegat Bay. We started that by reviewing existing standards and quickly decided we needed to develop new standards unique to Barnegat Bay. We needed to fully assess the aquatic life which we did through extensive monitoring and research projects.” Dr. Elizabeth Lacey of Stockton University said, “increasing public awareness is something I feel is very important because it isn’t just about protecting public resources but educating the public about how important these resources are.” Regarding the estuary’s water supply, Rob Karl, a supervisor with the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority, said that “Brick MUA works very closely with Barnegat Bay Partnership on a variety of environmental projects including water conservation and building awareness of our water resources.” Ocean County Department of Planning member Mark Villinger touched on land use and open space acquisition. “The Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund program throughout its existence has many of its goals overlapping with what we will see with this CCMP. This program allows us to acquire properties for conservation and recreation and we have established (Plan - See Page 23)
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Continued From Page 22 a nine-member advisory committee that advises on using that fund.” Policy Committee members also discussed the plan. EPA R2 Administrator and Policy Committee Co-Chair Walter Mugdan said, “A healthy Barnegat Bay is vital to sustaining water quality, aquatic life and habitat, and local communities, especially those facing environmental justice challenges. This plan demonstrates a collective commitment to build on the progress of the Barnegat Bay Partnership and to further revitalize the health and vitality of this critical watershed.” EPA Region 2 Office of the Regional Administrator, Dr. Anahita Williamson said, “the last study did not address sea level rise or climate change or environmental justice to any great extent. These issues are a priority and it is good to see they are appropriately housed in this revision.” NJDEP Watershed and Land Use Management Assistant Commissioner Vince Mazzei said, “It is wonderful to applaud a success story like this. This effort is now more important than ever because as we know, New Jersey is ground zero for climate impacts we have rising sea levels and more intensive storm events.” OCC President Dr. Jon H. Larson noted the hybrid nature of the meeting that allowed speakers to attend from far distances and also recalled former Senator Bill Bradley’s annual walks each Labor Day weekend from Cape May to Sandy Hook. He once said, “every time I have some moment on a seashore or in the mountains or quiet forest, I think this is why the environment
The Manchester Times, December 25, 2021, Page 23 needs to be preserved.” Ocean County Commissioner Joseph Vicari noted that 60% of Ocean County land is preserved. “We have one of the largest fleets of pump out boats because we realize the Barnegat Bay is one of the most important estuaries in the United States of America that we have to maintain. Storm water runoff is a major issue.” “We have done our best. We are always doing more. We have to educate other people. We set the standards other counties emulate,” Vicari said. He noted that the Barnegat Bay is an economic powerhouse, supporting one of the most valuable economies of any estuary in the nation, contributing $2 to $4 billion annually to New Jersey’s economy. Citizen representative George Murnyak remarked, that with any plan, “we need to be aware that with any management plan or strategic plan once it is finalized written plans get out of date quickly. We get overcome by events we can’t see. Our ability to predict the future is not very good.” Karen Greene, NMFS Advisory Committee Co-Chair Karen Greene said, “Over the past two decades of the partnership has grown into such an important voice and resource for the Barnegat Bay water shed.” In his closing remarks, Dr. Hales said “The production of this document has been a lot of work and I appreciate all the work that everyone has put into it. I would thank all the partners. To learn more about the BBP or to download the 2021 Comprehensive Conservation visit barnegatbaypartnership.org/about-us/ccmp/and Management Plan for the Barnegat Bay – Little Egg Harbor Estuary. A link to a recording of the event is also available on the website.
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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Donate Your Used Cell Phones For This Worthy Cause
OCEAN COUNTY – Nancy Seibert has been collecting for “Cell Phones for Soldiers” since 2006. She has combined forces with Bayville based “Support the Troops Project,” led by Lloyd Mullikin since 2004, who mails these cards and packages overseas to our troops in harm’s way. Cell phones collected, in any condition, and are not reused but sent to a recycler. Cords and cases are not necessary. The profits are then sent to the organization headquarters in Massachusetts from which Nancy orders her free, true 60-minute calling cards. They are provided for those military who are unable to contact their families without incurring monumental expense during their deployment. They also accept monetary donation for help defray the cost of mailing these boxes. Checks can be made out to the VFW Post 9503 with a notation in the memo “Support the Troops.” Checks can be mailed to Lloyd Mullikin, 307 Allaire Ave., Bayville, NJ 08721 or call him at 732-269-1397. It would then be a tax-deductible donation. To date, Nancy has collected over 23,000 cell phones and donated over 99,000 calling cards. If you have the name of a military member serving overseas, feel free to contact with their, name/rank and APO/FPO address and they will be happy to donate cards to them. She can be
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By Bob Vosseller LACEY – For a half a century, the Oyster Creek Generating Station provided a portion of electrical energy to the state’s power grid. The facility is currently undergoing a decommissioning process but a new development may see a small nuclear reactor at the facility. Township Mayor Peter Curatolo is happy that Camden based Holtec Decommissioning International, (HDI) charged with the decommissioning of the aged nuclear power plant, is now looking at its Oyster Creek property for their location of a prototype nuclear reactor. The mayor told The Southern Ocean Times that “any time there is a partnership between major organizations wherein things are completed in a safe, effective and timely manner, that is a real value added to Lacey, it’s infrastructure and its people.” The mayor said that he welcomed any opportunity for expansion and “the possibility of increasing employment in our town. I would support that. I’m very comfortable with the level of security there and the level of federal oversight (of decommissioning) that continues at the plant location.” Holtec is joining forces with a subsidiary of South Korean automaker Hyundai to construct the prototype that could be based in Lacey at some time in the future. The fi rm, based at the Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus in Camden, recently announced the new partnership to construct its SMR-160 plant. The project is described as a “small modular reactor” that is intended to cut costs for nuclear power and invigorate nuclear power’s position in electrical markets. The prototype is expected to be fi nished by 2030 according to experts at Holtec. Mayor Curatolo said, “when an international company such as Hyundai wants to engage in business in our township, and multiple levels of oversight are in place to ensure safety, that is a win for our town, its economy and its people.” “Holtec has partnered with Hyundai to have them perform the detail design of the balance of plant’s systems to support Holtec’s SMR-160 reactor that is under development,” Site Vice President Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Jeff Dostal said. The sale of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to Holtec became fi nal in July of 2019. Dostal is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of spent fuel storage systems as well as decommissioning efforts. Prior to this he was the director of site decommissioning/ plant manager under Exelon Nuclear which previously owned Oyster Creek. While Holtec has expressed strong inter-
est in Oyster Creek for the proposed reactor, other sites are also under consideration for the project. Members of Lacey’s citizen oversight group previously expressed to township officials their concerns about transparency between Holtec and the community. Lacey officials also shared concerns about the plant’s decommissioning, and the reduction of its commercial tax base and the impact that would have on taxes. The mayor noted that even a smaller, new power plant would be a benefit for Lacey as it could fill the void when the original facility vanishes completely - and its yearly tax bill disappears as well. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, SMRs (small modular reactors) like the one Holtec being proposed, are expected to be part of the nation’s future energy landscape. Department officials stated SMRs take up less space than older plants, are cheaper to construct, and assist to make America more energy independent. The department has provided grants for millions of dollars to fi rms supporting research and development of new technology. Holtec was such a recipient, having received $6.3 million for its research in new reactor designs. Holtec subsidiary SMR LLC, which is also based in Holtec’s Camden plant, received $1.6 million from the Department of Energy toward its small modular reaction testing and safety system performance research. Janet Tauro, who serves as New Jersey Board Chair of Clean Water Action, told The Southern Ocean Times that her organization was not in favor of the idea. “The last thing we need is another nuclear reactor at a site that has millions of gallons of waste material still in their fuel pool.” She expressed concerns of where Oyster Creek’s current nuclear waste would end up, noting that Holtec’s application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a consolidated interim storage facility that would be based in New Mexico has not been approved and is facing resistance by residents and officials of that state. “Nothing is happening any time soon - if at all - and we don’t want to saddle other people with other state’s nuclear waste.” She noted spent nuclear fuel rods on site at Oyster Creek must be removed from their storage casks every 20 years and put into new containers. “This is a bad idea. Ocean County shouldn’t be a test case for unproven technology. Oyster Creek is the first nuclear power plant that Holtec has decommissioned. It is needless to expose Ocean County to that risk. Spent fuel rods should be nowhere near another nuclear reactor,” she added.
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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Outreach Groups Learn How To Help Those In Need
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─Photo courtesy NJ Reentry Corporation (Top) Lt. Gene Bachonski from the Community Affairs Division spoke about the Toms River Police Department’s involvement. (Bottom) Hope Sheds Light was honored for their work. By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Multiple groups met to discuss how to better serve the communities they work so hard to help. The gathering was called Ocean County United, and it was done with the purpose to bring the various organizations together. The idea is that this synergy would help them work together stronger and provide a wider safety net. On November 12, they had a luncheon at the JBJ Soul Kitchen in Toms River, which is in itself a group that helps those in need. Anyone can eat for free there, and those who can afford to can pay it forward to help the next customer eat. Different from soup kitchens, the meals are specially prepared by chefs to be the type of meals you might fi nd in a high end restaurant. Speakers touched on a range of topics including substance abuse trends to mental health maintenance with speakers
including Kimberly Reilly from the Ocean County Department of Substance Abuse, Addiction & Opioid Dependency and Jean Hennon from Preferred Behavioral Health. The event recognized Hope Sheds Light, Samaritan House and former Ocean County Prosecutor, Joseph Coronato for outstanding contributions to the community. One of the groups involved was the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, which assists those who have had varying levels of court involvement in fi nding employment and job training, obtaining driver’s licenses and more. Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill and Lt. Gene Bachonski from the Toms River Police Department Community Affairs Division both talked about how the township interacts with those in need in the community to get them the help they need. For more information visit njreentry.org and jbjsoulkitchen.org.
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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE New Concept Might Cut Down On Stinging Jellies
─Photo courtesy Jonah Amory The divers scraped the jellyfish polyps off bulkheads. By Chris Lundy example, if you have a floating dock that’s made BERKELEY – A new plan might reduce the of plastic, you might be inadvertently breeding number of stinging nettles in the Barnegat Bay, jellyfish underneath it in the winter months. It’s and it’s being done for the first time ever in similar to making sure there’s no standing water Berkeley Shores. in your yard so that mosquitoes don’t breed. The idea is to strike at the jellyfish when they’re “As many as 100,000 polyps can settle on one at their weakest, as they are polyps clinging to floating dock, and each polyp produces mulbulkheads or other structures. Scraping them tiple bay nettle jellyfish every spring season,” off when they’re young means, in theory, that Bologna said. there will be much less adults in the bay the Carl Mattocks, dive team captain, explained following season. how the crew was using a commercial pressure First, residents in the lagoon areas of Bayville washer adapted for this purpose. were contacted about being part of the experi“We would prefer not to have stinging jellies ment. Then, Dr. Paul Bologna from Montclair when we’re diving, especially when there’s zero State University took swabs of the docks of visibility,” he said. Although the divers are alvolunteers. Those with jellyfish DNA on the most completely covered, parts of their faces are surface were recorded. vulnerable. “It feels like you’ve just been cut.” On November 13, the Berkeley Underwater This Stop the Sting campaign is in the early Search and Rescue team anchored near these stages of a three-year study, said Brittany Mcdocks. They went into the water and scrubbed Laughlin, the Jellyfish Education Coordinator the surfaces that were previously determined at Save Barnegat Bay. Data is being collected to have jellyfish DNA on them. The polyps are before and after the polyp removal to scientifitoo small to see, but there can be a great number cally prove if it worked. in a small area. There were 23 homes in Bayville that agreed There was a small crowd in Frank Johnston’s to do this. If the evidence shows that the scrubback yard that day. He had volunteered to have bing cut down numbers of adult jellyfish the his bulkheads be the first one done. The State following season, then the campaign will spread Department of Environmental Protection, Save to other towns with lagoons, she said. It could Barnegat Bay, dive team members, Mayor Car- set a precedent for other environmental groups men Amato and Councilman John Bacchione across the nation to follow. were among those in attendance. Mayor Amato said he was proud that this was GraceAnne Taylor, an educator with Save starting in Berkeley. “We strive to be on the Barnegat Bay, said they were working together, cutting edge.” partially funded with a grant from the DEP. “The The town helped get the word out to get lagoons are inundated with stormwater runoff. more residents on board, he said. That way, There’s nitrogen from dog waste and fertilizer,” there would be a better chance of proving the she said. Add this to an oxygen-depleted envi- effectiveness. ronment where the jellyfish’s prey is slowed “This will be a real benefit to the homeowndown and it’s a fertile place for them. ers,” he said, noting how stinging nettles are a In the colder months, the adults are not in the common complaint in the summer. Additionally, water as much so it’s the best time to scrub, this is a way to deal with them without costing she said. taxpayers money. The important thing was to clean only the “If we can find an area where we can prove it vinyl surfaces that were in the water, she said. works, we can pass this information to every The polyps are hardy enough to live on artificial homeowners association across the USA,” said material like this. However, there’s too much Willie deCamp, Jr., president of Save Barnegat competition on natural surfaces like wood. Bay. Barnacles and other favorable organisms live The stinging nettles are a symptom of a much there, and the team didn’t want to harm their larger problem, said Save Barnegat Bay exechabitat. But the jellyfish have the vinyl pretty utive director Britta Forsberg. They strive in much all to themselves, so that was the target. degraded water quality. So, their strength in That’s also why biologists request that you numbers shows a weakness in the health of the take in any vinyl at the end of the season. For lagoons. “They are the canary in a coal mine.”
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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of DEC 25 - dec 31 By Jeraldine Saunders
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your thoughts to yourself by maintaining a poker face and watching your body language. Loved ones can tell not only what you may be feeling, but also whether you’re on the right track or not. TAURUS (Apr. 20- May 20): Remember that difficult situations eventually end. You should be able to relax later in the week and enjoy some well-earned fun. You and a romantic partner can experience greater intimacy in the week ahead. GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Raise the bar and focus on creating good will in the week to come. Your wits are likely at their sharpest and your imagination is strong. This month could mark the culmination of ambitions as a dream comes true. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be prepared for surprises or unexpected messages under today’s stars. A phone call might change your plans for the week ahead. Write down inspiring ideas that may be worth reviewing after the holidays are over. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): With a holiday on this week’s calendar for most, you may be pressed for time and forced to make your schedule more efficient. When your job or business matters are top priority, you may need to sidestep passing distractions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may be aware of changes that affect your bottom line. You are blessed by peace of mind as the week unfolds and can probably see different points of view. Not much can upset the harmony and happiness you have found.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Plenty of holiday cheer can brighten your day and your week ahead. You are likely to be focused on finding the very best that money can buy to please your loved ones, family and circle of friends. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Gift giving gives you a chance to share something tasteful and worthwhile. Good advice from a close companion may remind you to keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities. Make the most of your spare time this week. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The opinion of the person staring back at you in the mirror can be worth understanding as the week begins. Improve your luck in the week to come by studying ways to increase your buying power or earning ability. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Every holiday outing in the upcoming week might seem like a magical journey that helps to revive your spirits. Give in to a whim, spin the wheel of chance, and enjoy something unexpected and new. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the week ahead, you might have an urge to focus on creative activities. Loved ones might do their utmost to treat you royally despite any eccentric schedule and changeable plans. Make permanent memories of family outings. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Turn rejection into acceptance in the upcoming week. Friends could admire your scrapbook of photos or family members will be amazed by a display of your special talents. Avoid people who drain too much of your energy.
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