2022-05-21 - The Howell Times

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–Photo by Mark Bator The capped landfill currently looks like this, with part of the gravel road that was the cause of the dispute in the application.

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–Photo by Mark Bator From left, Commissioners Ross Licitra, Tom Arnone, Lillian Burry, Councilwomen Evelyn O’Donnell and Pamela Richmond, Chaplain Casey, Commissioner Sue Kiley and County Clerk Christine Giodano Hanlon were among the officials on hand.

By Mark Bator HOWELL – The township honored its veterans at a dedication ceremony that culminated in a ribbon-cutting to unveil their newly-created “Wall of Heroes.”

The event began with the Howell Township Police Honor Guard’s entrance, and the singing of the National Anthem and

God Bless America by Howell High School’s “One Voice” acapella group.

Speaking before a large group of attendees, Deputy Mayor Pamela Richmond welcomed a list of dignitaries from both the township and the county who were present, before turning her attention to the veterans and

their families. Richmond asked those in attendance who had done military service to stand and be acknowledged to the applause of the audience.

“As I went through the list of the names,” said Richmond, “we have some pretty cool heroes here.”

Among the dignitaries at the (Heroes - See Page 2)

Two Howell Schools Awarded $10K Grants

By Alyssa Riccardi HOWELL – Howel l Tow n sh ip M idd le School Nor t h and Adelphia School both received $10,000 grants from Sustainable Jersey for environmental projects.

The schools were among 26 New Jersey public schools and districts selected to

receive grants which are funded by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).

Adelphia School, a kindergarten through second grade school, will be using the grant to create a “Roar and Explore” O utdoor Classroom. The purpose of the outdoor classroom is for it to be

inclusive to all students, regardless of ability.

Its special design will foster social and emotional lear ning and provide hands-on sustainability education, according to a statement on the program.

In addition, the project’s goal is to deepen students’ connection to nat ure while en-

couraging play.

Adelphia School Principal Danielle Palazzolo said that students should have equal access to inclusive learning environments.

“As a recognized Title I school, Adelphia serves many socioeconomically disadvantaged students and a high percentage of English

Language Lear ners.

The outdoor classroom will provide an environment that enriches behaviors that support learning, fosters social and emotional learning and the well-being of both students and staff, while closing achievement gaps,” Palazzolo said. “The outdoor (Grants - See Page 12)

By Mark Bator HOWELL – The proposed 239-acre solar farm to be constructed atop a capped landfill never reached a vote by the Planning Board, as the testimony in the case fell flat during the

applicant’s presentation.

Appearing before the Board on behalf of the applicant, Monmouth Solar 1, LLC, attorney Grace Chun brought planning, engineering a nd e nv i ron me nt a l (Solar - See Page 4)

Crisis Intervention Training Team Recognized Statewide

By Alyssa Riccardi MONMOUTH COUNTY – With the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) completing its third round of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training, the members were recently awarded for the program’s success.

Long Branch Police Department Detective Sergio Chaparro and local Peer Recovery Specialist Nikki Tierney were honored to respectively accept the New Jersey CIT Law Enforcement Officer of (Crisis - See Page 3)

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Heroes:

Continued From Page 1 ceremony was Monmouth County Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone, who brought with him a ceremonial proclamation commemorating the event. Before presenting the framed proclamation to Richmond, Arnone took a few moments to mark the occasion and speak on behalf of the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners.

“On behalf of each and every one,” said Arnone, “and I know I speak on behalf of each and every one sincerely, thank you. And that’s all we could say to you. Thank you and God bless you.” Earlier in his remarks, Arnone expressed his desire to see more tributes like the Howell Wall of Heroes.

“That’s what I think society is missing,” he said regarding honoring veterans. “But it’s becoming now, that we have to show it. Not just on events, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, which are very

special, but to continue throughout the year.”

Before reading the proclamation aloud and handing the proceedings back to Richmond, Arnone again expressed his appreciation for the sacrifices of the veterans, and the need of all levels of government to recognize them.

“You deserve these special events,” said Arnone, “and it’s important for governing bodies, and counties, and states, and our country to remember that.”

Richmond recounted for the crowd how the

Wall of Heroes came to fruition, and the significance that it had to her personally. Several types of memorials were considered, and she admitted that as different proposals came about, “I just took it from there and it just kept evolving.” She indicated that she had even gone to several similar displays to see how other towns chose to honor their veterans.

“I also really want to discuss how this came to be, and I’m going to try to get through this without getting emotional,” she said. “I can’t.

This is very important to me.”

With Councilwoman Evelyn O’Donnell by her side, Richmond was overcome at several points of her speech as she recalled members of her own family who had served.

“My grandfather,” said Richmond as she paused to collect herself, “was a World War II army pilot. Purple heart recipient. My dad and my brother were both marines. I have extended family who have served with various branches of the military. So, when I see a soldier in uniform, or see a gentleman wearing a hat, or a lady wearing a hat, I always want to make sure I let them know how much I appreciate them. I’m from a very patriotic family. Serving as Deputy Mayor allows me the opportunity to put something of this magnitude together to honor our military.”

Unlike similar memorials in other townships, the Howell Wall of Heroes will not hold printed photographs in frames. The township has opted to run a 55-inch flatscreen monitor that will present a computer slide show of veterans, featuring their names, dates of service, and the branch of the military in which they served, as patriotic music plays in the background.

“This allows us to add more heroes at any time,” explained Richmond, “without messing up the symmetry of the wall.”

In order for veterans to be displayed on the Wall of Heroes, there are only three requirements. In addition to filling out the proper application, the individual has to have served in any of the branches of the U.S. military, and the individual must have some connection to the Township of Howell.

“I personally felt, in my heart, if anyone had the courage to wear a uniform at any time, at any aspect,” continued Richmond, “was much, much more than I could have ever done. I don’t have the courage, or the bravery, to do what any of you have done. So, with that said, I just figured it be a really good opportunity to allow for anyone, in any aspect, to be honored.”

In addition to the video display, a small circular table sits in the corner, with a place setting for one individual. The table commemorates P.O.W. and M.I.A. veterans, and a posted display next to the table explains that the single place setting symbolizes “the isolation of the absent service member and the frailty of one alone against his or her oppressors.”

“This is a legacy that I want to see go on long after I leave office,” Richmond concluded. “I want to say thank you for your service, thank you for your bravery, and your courage.”

The Wall of Heroes is prominently located in the foyer at the west entrance to the Howell Municipal Building. The display runs a continuous loop of the township’s veterans with the photographs and service information as provided by the families of those who served.

Any individuals who wish to be added to the display may do so by filing an application with the township, and may call (732) 938-4500 ext. 2102 for further details.

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Crisis:

Continued From Page 1 the Year and Peer of the Year awards for their joint work in saving a life in crisis last summer.

Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said she was honored to nominate both for the awards.

The two were among 24 individuals from the county who were selected to participate in MCPO’s inaugural round of CIT training.

The training gives an in-depth look at mental illness, behavioral health, developmental disabilities and their implications for a law-enforcement response during a crisis, with a strong emphasis on de-escalation.

During the week-long training in June, Chaparro struck up a conversation with Tierney and exchanged contact information.

They reconnected just days later during a vital real-life situation.

One weekday afternoon last July, fi rst responders found a 58-year-old named Tim (last name redacted) on a public bench in Long Branch, dehydrated, homeless, and barely responsive.

Chaparro recognized Tim’s name since he had previously responded to several calls for service involving him, including multiple previous overdoses. Knowing who he was, Chaparro reached out to Tierney through dispatch and asked that she come meet him.

“When I arrived, I saw what appeared to be a completely broken and demoralized man sitting on a bench outside of the library, with Officer Chaparro standing beside him,” Tierney recalled. “New Jersey had just

The Howell Times, May 21, 2022, Page 3 experienced a record-setting three-day heat wave, and I could see that Tim had endured every moment (outdoors).”

Tierney said she approached the scene eager to help, but first took a step back and listened.

“I was in complete awe of how Officer Chaparro was interacting with Tim,” she said. “He was literally incorporating every technique we were taught during our training: active listening, both through verbal and nonverbal communication, empathizing, providing solution-focused options, using a welcoming tone, and ensuring Tim did not feel threatened. It was like watching everything we had practiced … but in real life.”

After less than an hour, Tim was linked to housing, mental health and substance use disorder support. Tierney attributed his change of heart in great part due to Chaparro’s initial response.

Instructors for MCPO’s CIT training include behavioral and mental health professionals from Monmouth Medical Center, the Monmouth County Mental Health Association, the Monmouth County Mental Health Board and CPC Behavioral Healthcare, as well as crisis resolution experts.

Officers learn to apply the strategies they learn in real-life situations in order to minimize the potential for injury or violence.

In addition, mental and behavioral health practitioners will sit in as students in the class in order to build relationships with the police officers, and to better understand the issues they face.

About half of the various law-enforcement agencies in Monmouth County have had at

–Photo courtesy Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Pictured L-R are Acting Monmouth County Chief of Detectives John G. McCabe, Jr., Long Branch Public Safety Director Domingos A. Saldida, Peer Recovery Specialist Nikki Tierney, Long Branch Detective Sergio Chaparro, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey, Long Branch Capt. Frank Rizzuto, and NJ Crisis Intervention Director Edward C. Dobleman (Retired Chief of the Mount Ephraim Police Department). least one CIT training participant to date, including the municipal departments in Aberdeen, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Hazlet, Highlands, Holmdel, Howell, Keansburg, Keyport, Long Branch, Manalapan, Matawan, Middletown, Neptune City, Neptune Township, Ocean Township, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Girt, Spring Lake Heights, Tinton Falls, and Wall Township, as well as the Monmouth University Police Department and the Monmouth County Sheriff ’s Office.

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“We plan to continue hosting courses for the foreseeable future, and we fully expect that we will continue to hear more and more of these success stories, which consistently end with a person facing personal turmoil receiving a measure of desperately needed compassion, and all the help they need.”

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Solar:

Continued From Page 1 exper ts seeking approval for a Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan to construct a solar energy facility located at 2921 Lakewood Allenwood Road, the site of the former Monmouth County Howell Landf ill. W hile the cu r rent maintenance and pump buildings are to remain, an existing gravel access road through the facility and a perimeter fence became points of contention before the Board.

The unique quality of the site, a capped sanitary landf ill surrounded by four streams and associated wetlands, made the applicant come up with creative ways to set up the solar panels, given that the site only has a three-foot layer of soil currently atop the landfill’s cap. Extending the support poles into the ground could easily breach the cap, making it possible that contamination would seep out into the surrounding wetlands and streams.

Should the cap be breached, the gradient of the land could cause storm water runoff to carry contaminants that may potentially reach the nearby waterways and riparian buffers at the site. To circumvent this, the applicant’s engineer, Rob Moschello, advised the board that the solar panels would sit on ballast blocks, which are “basically tubs that are filled with concrete and placed on the ground.” The supporting framework for the solar panels would then rest atop the ballast blocks to avoid any incursion into the soil. The site would generate 19 megawatts of power and would tie directly into the JCP&L power grid at a point near the north end of the site.

Board Chairman Brian Tannenhaus questioned the applicant’s environmental expert, Michael Kovacs, about potential harmful effects to the surrounding wetlands.

“No, I don’t believe there is harm,” Kovacs replied. “Because most of the activities are on the capped landfill. The (State Department of Environmental Protection) has already let us know that those impacts would be acceptable.”

However, the Board’s main issue with the application came from the existing fence and part of the gravel road that traverses the site. While the submitted plan calls for those existing structures to remain, Township Planner Jennifer Beahm took fi rm opposition to this.

“That’s not a variance this board grants lightly, at all,” said Beahm in response to Moschello’s testimony. “And quite honestly, it’s something that can be mitigated through this application. It’s not really something that I would support. There’s really no justification to leave it, so I would be looking for you to be compliant.

Ultimately, it’s up to the Board but I can represent to the Board that there’s a way to make this compliant without continuing to have intrusions into the buffer.”

The existing fence and gravel road comes within the 50-foot buffer the township requires in this zone. The applicant’s planner, Annie Hindenlang, attempted to convey that the structures are a pre-existing non-conformity, and should be allowed

to remain.

“I’m trying to explain it’s pre-existing and we’re not modifying it or intensifying it,” Hindenlang said. “So, it’s not something we have to address.”

“It is something you have to address,” Beahm replied. “You’re here for preliminary and final major site plan on this site. Existing conditions on this site are non-compliant. This is our opportunity to make the site conforming. So, you do have to address it.” Beahm then cited an earlier letter about the condition, and said that it had also been raised in a subsequent meeting of professionals.

“Just because you don’t want to address it,” Beahm said, “doesn’t mean you don’t have to address it. This comment was in my letter in February. We’re in May, and the fact that you don’t have the information to address it is concerning to me.”

When it was explained by the Board that because the applicant was proposing a new use for the site, the existing structures would not be allowed to remain in violation of the ordinance, Chun sought to have Moschello assuage the concerns of the Board. Moschello again cited the unique characteristics of the landfill site, including the topography of the site, which has elevation changes of nearly 50 feet.

“I don’t know how anybody else on the Board feels, but Ms. Beahm is pretty passionate about this one,” Tannenhaus said to the applicant’s panel of experts. “So, to hear you say that there is no solution is tough for me as a Board member to hear, when our professionals, who we trust, known for years, [are] telling us that there is a potential solution. I don’t know what is true, except I’ve got to stand behind my professionals.”

“So, if you can create an installation, a solar installation that doesn’t dig into the cap, you can figure out a way to put a fence,” Beahm added. “And clearly, a road is not going to dig into the cap, either.”

Moschello’s explanations failed to sway the opinion of Beahm, who again cited that these issues with the plan were enumerated in her letter to the applicant’s legal and professional experts.

“I wasn’t issuing them in the letter lightly,” Beahm said of her concerns regarding the buffer. “It’s something that you guys should have probably taken a little bit more to heart when you evaluated coming tonight. You can accommodate this internal to the two-hundred-acre site, and not require relief. You have provided no information associated with this road and the fence, at all, to justify whether it’s pre-existing. You provided no information whatsoever.”

Perhaps sensing that if the proposal went forward to a vote it would be declined, Chun made the request to stop the proceedings and do further research, in the hopes of returning with a new site plan configuration to satisfy the buffer, or with legal evidence that the fence and the gravel road be allowed to stay in its current position. The Board granted the request, and the applicant will now look to have their new evidence submitted prior to Memorial Day, with the hearing scheduled for June 2.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor

e DitoriAl It’s Not Always A Good Thing When Your Taxes Go Down We write articles all the time about the budgets of towns and school districts.

This is the season for these kinds of stories. Usually your taxes go up. Occasionally they go down. But that’s not necessarily good news.

When fuel, insurance, salaries and other expenses go up every year, you should be skeptical if your taxes go down.

Sometimes, your town is using one-time revenues to protect taxpayers. There might be a windfall that is helping out. The town might be using their surplus from the previous year.

They might have won a lawsuit.

None of these are bad things, but they are not sustainable. Eventually, those windfalls will blow away.

Probably the best fiscal policy is a small tax increase every year. Nothing too drastic. Nothing to scare anyone away. Just enough to cover your employment contracts and make the trains run on time. And have a couple nice, quality of life things for residents, like recreation. You can’t put a price on that.

The most common reason, in this area, for taxes to go down is development. The more houses there are, the more people there are to spread the taxes around.

Towns like Toms River, Jackson, Howell, and Barnegat have seen huge developments recently. So, there are more people to spread the taxes around.

That means your taxes will go down. For a little while, anyway.

Those people will need police, garbage removal, and other services. Twenty years from now, that new road will need repaving.

For a while, some of that cost will be absorbed by

existing town staff and programs.

And then families move into those homes. And their children enter the school district. Your municipal taxes might go down, but your school taxes go up.

Next time you drive by a huge development, think about how many kids are going to enter the school district. Most districts around here are pretty much done with school construction. There shouldn’t be a new public school built for a while.

Not even an addition. But the kids will need teachers, teaching assistants, support staff, and more. You should also realize that a few kids in that new neighborhood are going to have special needs. Most won’t cost anything and they can be mainstreamed in the public school district. However, some will have challenges that the district is not in a position to solve. Schools for special needs students easily cost $50,000 or more per kid. Four or five special needs students will increase taxes by a quarter of a million dollars. This is not to demonize special needs, not by any means, but it’s something to consider when there’s a large development.

If the kids go to private school, the district will have to either provide busing for those kids or pay the families $1,000 per kid.

This is a state law. Again, this is not to demonize private schools. This is just a fact that you need to be aware of because often the people running your towns aren’t thinking about it.

So, if you’re ever lucky enough to have your taxes go down, ask what you will be paying in the long run.

Chris Lundy News Editor

Respect The Restaurant Workers I understand fast food is supposed to be fast. When you come to restaurants and you see 3 or 4 people behind the counter busting their asses to get the orders out.

Doing the jobs of 3 people.

It’s not our fault that people don’t want to work. We’re showing up to deal with way more than what we sign up for. But we’re there to do the best we can. Give some respect. Show some compassion; be nice; stop being so rude to us. We’re here, we showed up to work to do our job - show us some props for still trying to do our best.

We are not perfect, no one is. We try and do our job and make it through. We have no control over things you people get so rude and mean about. We’re people just like you are - remember that! Remember that there are kids that work at these restaurants. Would you want your kids to treated like that by customers? Stop being rude and cursing at us. Yes, I am a restaurant worker and proud of it. Thank you.

Frances Joseph Lacey Township

Supreme Court In Peril When Donald Trump was in office, he and Mitch McConnell made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme

Court. McConnell went so far as to defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish - that the next president appoint her replacement - by packing the Court with Amy Coney Barrett just eight days before the 2020 election.

The result? Today’s Supreme Court has been taken over by a hyperpartisan supermajority that is on the verge of dismantling abortion care in America.

But there’s something we can do. The Judiciary Act of 2021 would add four seats to the Supreme Court bench restoring balance to the court.

It’s the solution we need to move away from the extremely partisan rulings that now threaten our fundamental freedoms. Recent polling showed that the majority of voters support expanding the court.

Congress has changed the size of the Supreme Court seven times already in our nation’s history. It’s time to do it again. I’m urging our representatives to back this important bill now so we know they want to protect the rights of the American people. The stakes are too high to stay quiet on this important issue.

Karen Benjamin Manchester

Under The Flag, Not Under God With Flag Day approaching, I can recall back in the early 1950s, there was virtually no

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controversy when it came to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. It was an inclusive, purely patriotic nonreligious exercise, that was readily recited by all Americans. It was said whether you were rich or poor, black or white, believer or non-believer. It was a pledge that fostered unity and helped bring us together during the dark days of WWII. That all changed in 1954, however, when under pressure from religious groups, Congress added the words “Under God” to the Pledge, that effectively turned an inclusive patriotic pledge into a religious affirmation.

The end result was it drove a wedge between believing and nonbelieving Americans that divided the country along religious lines that still persists today. What the religious phrase “Under God” unfortunately also accomplished was that it tied patriotism with a belief in God. All of which has rendered the nation divisible where citizens must either compromise their religious freedom or appear to be unpatriotic.

It is time to drop the religious affirmation and restore our original inclusive Pledge of Allegiance and reaffirm the idea of a “nation indivisible” and a Pledge that fully recognizes the shared beliefs and common aspirations of all Americans!

Borden Applegate Jackson

State Must Pay For Private School Busing I applaud the Jackson Township Council for proposing that the State of New Jersey fund private school transportation.

I believe that with the rise in private schools and the number of students attending them the cost of transportation will be very costly to not only the Jackson public school district, but also surrounding towns.

This will be a burden on

the public school district budgets and taxpayers.

This archaic state mandate (NJSA18A:39-1) which mandates public school districts must provide transportation for students attending private schools does not take into consideration the number of students attending private schools. Just look at what happened to the Lakewood public school district budget. The money taken from the public school budget for private school transportation impacts the education of the students attending the public schools and our taxes.

I totally agree with what the Jackson Township Council is proposing and I believe other surrounding towns, (Toms River, Howell, Brick and Manchester) should also petition the state of N.J. to fund transportation and special needs services for private schools.

The state takes in millions from sports betting and now from taxes on the sale of legal recreational pot. This cost of private school transportation should not be the burden of the public school districts and the taxpayers.

Frank Resola Jackson

Baby Formula Shortage Not Biden’s Fault “The buck stops here!” That was the sign on Truman’s desk. While the president is the most powerful person in America, not everything is his fault.

Just like how the companies doing price gouging is causing more inflation, and gas companies are rising prices just because they can, this is one problem that has nothing to do with the man in charge.

At least, not this president.

During Trump’s presidency, he created a new North American trade agreement that discouraged imports of baby formula from Canada.

It wasn’t just baby formula, it was a lot of things. Trump (Letters - See Page 6)

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Spotlight On Government Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials

Singer Bill to Help Overburdened Local Registrars Advances Capitol Comments Senator Robert W. Singer 30th Legislative District

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Robert Singer and cleared by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee would provide needed help for some of the state’s largest municipalities

struggling with a glut of paperwork demands.

Under Singer’s bill, S-85, municipalities with more than 100,000 residents would be authorized to appoint as many as five alternate deputy registrars to ease the workload of filing vital documents.

“The workload in the registrar’s office of New Jersey’s largest local governments can far exceed the individual capabilities

of the registrar of vital statistics,” said Singer (R-30). “By better utilizing existing staff and authorizing them to process forms, efficiency and service levels would be increased.”

The duties of a deputy registrar could include receiving birth certificates and death certificates; issuing burial permits, and copies of birth, death, marriage, civil union, and domestic partnership certificates; taking the oath on marriage and civil union license applications; and issuing marriage and civil union licenses and

register domestic partnerships.

“The volume is huge in our heavily populated cities,” Singer explained. “Registrars are the only ones authorized to complete these tasks, and often there is more work than there is time to do it. When people are out sick or on vacation, things only get worse.

“This will help large communities keep up with the demand without hiring in a difficult job market, and it is permissive, so no municipality would be required to change a thing,” Singer added.

More Than $177M Will Revitalize Local Neighborhoods Capitol Comments Senator Robert Menendez

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) announced the awarding of a combined $177,768,593 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development to support the revitalization of communities across New Jersey.

“Families in all zip codes deserve safe, affordable, and high quality housing and opportunities to succeed,” said Sen. Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. “As we continue the recovery process from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that we continue to provide the support New Jersey’s communities and families need to rebuild. This funding is an integral part of that effort.”

“Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, disadvantaged communities across New Jersey were struggling - a fact that has only been exacerbated by the health crisis,” said Sen. Booker. “This federal funding is vital to ensuring that these communities can recover and provide residents safe, affordable places to live.”

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Continued From Page 5 wanted us to be less dependent on other countries, but it backfired.

Also, and this was before Trump, the FDA and Department of Agriculture are very strict on what they allow to be sold. I don’t

The funding comes from four different grants designed to revitalize struggling neighborhoods and expand access to affordable housing. They are: the Community Development Block (CDBG), the CDBG Recovery Housing Program (RHP), the HOME program, the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and the Housing Trust Fund (HTF).

T he followi ng com mu n it ies were awarded the following grants (presented in bold if they are within Micromedia’s newspaper coverage area): State of New Jersey: CDBG: $6,707,393, RHP: $1,008,572, HOME: $5,938,846, ESG: $3,512,900, HOPWA: $1,738,173, HTF: $26,873,570 • Asbury Park: CDBG: $405,475 • Atlantic City: CDBG: $1,317,218, HOME: $529,188 • Bayonne: CDBG: $1,374,343 • Bloomfield: CDBG: $1,010,159 • Brick: CDBG: $310,817 • Bridgeton: CDBG: $298,016 • Camden: CDBG: $2,541,628, HOME: $995,794, ESG: $218,167, HOPWA: $1,193,996 • Cherry Hill: CDBG: $423,294 • Clifton: CBDG: $1,176,884 • East Orange: CDBG: $1,407,498, HOME: $559,366 • Edison: CDBG: $635,250

• Elizabeth: CDBG: $1,541,110, HOME: $1,051,743 • Ewing Township: CDBG: $239,246 • Franklin Township: CDBG: $312,761 • Gloucester Twp: CDBG: $274,327 • Hamilton: CDBG: $623,290 • Hoboken: CDBG: $967,580 • Irvington: CDBG: $1,098,073, HOME: $515,230 • Jersey Cit y: CDBG: $5,333,792, HOME: $2,388,869, ESG: $496,319, HOPWA: $2,320,676 • Lakewood: CDBG: $1,160,218, HOPWA: $2,023,965 • Long Branch: CDBG: $459,857 • Middletown: CDBG: $262,868 • Millville: CDBG: $278,388 • Newark: CDBG: $6,924,742, HOME: $3,166,299, ESG: $632,695, HOPWA: $5,319,429 • New Brunswick: CDBG: $827,123, HOME: $582,567 • North Bergen: CDBG: $632,597 • Ocean City: CDBG: $277,154 • Old Bridge Township: CDBG: $278,823 • Parsippany-Troyhills: CDBG: $228,014 • Passaic: CDBG: $1,245,167, HOME: $1,034,787 • Paterson: CDBG: $2,455,305, HOME: $1,228,480, ESG: $222,146, HOPWA: $1,891,705 • Per th Amboy: CDBG: $628,064, HOME: $495,170 • Piscataway Township: CDBG: $297,005 • Princeton: CDBG: $232,943 • Sayreville: CDBG: $239,024 • Toms River: CDBG: $1,407,498

• Trenton: CDBG: $2,880,286, HOME: $1,030,569, ESG: $260,236 • Union City: CDBG: $1,053,888 • Union Township: CDBG: $609,443 • Vineland: CDBG: $463,443, HOME: $661,269 • Wayne Township: CDBG: $179,518 • Woodbridge: CDBG: $675,200 • Atlantic County: CDBG: $1,127,243, HOME: $709,569 • Bergen County: CDBG: $9,162,198, HOME: $3,088,026, ESG: $815,473 • Burlington County: CDBG: $1,446,598, HOME: $947,475 • Camden County: CDBG: $2,372,185, HOME: $1,279,027, ESG: $212,901 • Essex County: CDBG: $5,241,018, HOME: $1,382,194, ESG: $469,298 • Gloucester County: CDBG: $1,352,452, HOME: $637,223 • Hudson County: CDBG: $2,085,891, HOME: $2,932,131, ESG: $186,467 • Middlesex County: CDBG: $1,678,822, HOME: $1,828,025 • Monmouth Count y: CDBG: $2,550,350, HOME: $1,693,540, ESG: $210,283 • Mercer County: HOME: $789,563 • Morris County: CDBG: $1,921,781, HOME: $963,834, ESG: $166,486 • Ocean County: CDBG: $1,423,325, HOME: $1,487,733 • Passaic County: CDBG: $906,791 • Somerset County: CDBG: $1,049,099, HOME: $687,319 • Union County: CDBG: $4,597,813, HOME: $1,375,568, ESG: $398,787

know when these rules happened. It could have been when Biden was vice president but I think this was way before that.

This has been made worse by a bacteria found in a Michigan baby formula factory which caused recalls. Also, the coronavirus has permanently damaged the supply chain.

If people are sick, they can’t work, and they

can’t get you the products you need. It doesn’t help that people horde products they don’t need right away because of the fear of pandemic shortages. They are basically creating their own shortages.

The baby formula market in the U.S. was small to begin with. It was kept small by the FDA and Department of Agriculture. Trump

made it smaller. And now the recalls and pandemic have choked it to death.

Once again, this is just another problem that the people currently in charge have to deal with.

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If you are 62 years of age or older and have sufficient home equity, you may be able to: • Pay off your existing mortgage2 • Pay off bills, loans or other debts • Access cash for unplanned expenses • Live in your home and maintain ownership2 • Increase monthly cash flow • Fund necessary home repairs We are an independent lender based in Toms River, NJ and are not acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of HUD, FHA or the United States Government. [1] Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) will accrue on your loan balance. You will be charged an initial MIP at closing. The initial MIP will be 2% of the home value not to exceed $12,723. Over the life of the loan, you will be charged an annual MIP that equals .5% of the outstanding mortgage balance. [2] Your current mortgage, if any, must be paid off using the proceeds from your HECM loan. You must still live in the home as your primary residence, continue to pay required property taxes, homeowners insurance, and maintain the home according to FHA requirements. Failure to meet these requirements can trigger a loan default that they may result in foreclosure.

–Photo courtesy Freehold Regional High School District HOWELL – As their senior year winds down, Howell High School’s Music, Video and Production major (MVP) members have racked up win after win on the film festival circuit. Amanda Katz, Blake Alcide and Lucia Assenza have seen great success at local film festivals and contests. All three young ladies are headed to various film schools after graduation. Visit the link to learn more about their award-winning work: shorturl.at/mJP67.

Upcoming Howell Heritage And Historical Society Meeting

HOWELL – The Howell Heritage and Historical Society will meet on May 27 beginning at 7 p.m.

The May HHHS meeting is a double program: A presentation on “Hudson Maxim - An Intriguing Story” will be given by society member, Frank Pinkus; and the 3rd anniversary of the founding of the HHHS - come help them celebrate with cake and light beverages.

The meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Friday of the month, January through October, at the Ardena Baptist Church Gym. More Society information can be found at howellheritagehistoricalsociety.org or Facebook: Howell Heritage and Historical Society NJ.

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Annual Youth Law Enforcement Academy

HOWELL – Howell PAL’s 12th Annual Youth Law Enforcement Academy is back again this summer.

The Howell Police Department in conjunction with the Howell Township PAL would like to welcome you to participate in our annual Youth Law Enforcement Academy.

The camp will be an intense week of training, exposing your child to many different facets of police work. This program will introduce your child to the skills and techniques a police officer acquires while going through a certified police academy.

During the academy the trainees will experience blocks of instruction on police procedures to include crime scene investigation, arrest procedures, handcuffi ng, accident investigation, vehicle pursuit, fire rescue, and self-defense. The academy will also incorporate the character education

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and disciplinary techniques used at a police academy which include coping with the negative comments from instructors as examples of dealing with negative comments from public.

Note your child and parent/guardian will be required to attend a mandatory information session before being accepted into the program. Session will be July 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Southard School (115 Kent Road).

This camp is nonrefundable. If an individual drops out of the camp there will be no refund because of the spot they held in the camp.

All will be given one class kit that includes one t-shirt, bag, and hat. If any additional shirts are wanted, you will be able to purchase more at the time of registration.

To register, visit howellpal.org/summer programs.

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–Photo courtesy Howell Township HOWELL – Counselor In Trainers, too old to be campers and too young to be staffers (14- & 15-year-old), but just right for taking on more responsibility and contributing in meaningful ways. Howell Township is looking to add a few more CITs to this summer program at Middle School North & South. For more information, contact the Department of Community Relations at 732-938-4500 ext. 2106. Application can be found by visiting twp.howell.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6410/CIT-Application-2022-Write.

Second Annual Photography Show

FARMINGDALE – The Historic Wainright House Museum and Craft Center is proud to host its Second Annual Photography Show from June 4 to 25 at 48 Main Street, Farmingdale.

Thirty-three works by 18 photographers were on display in the First Annual Photography Show at the Historic Wainright House Museum and Craft Center, during June in 2021.

The show is hosted by Virginia Woolley, owner of the Wainright House, coordinated by Vicky –Photo courtesy Historic Wainright House Museum Culver, assisted by Duncan Culver, Patricia Meko, Steven Meko, Dana first served.

Receiving will be on June 3 from 10 a.m.

Cohoon and the judge.

Email Vicky Culver: Vculver@optonline. to 12 p.m. You are invited to join on June 26 net as soon as possible if you would like from 1 to 4 p.m. for the closing reception. to submit one or two photographs (max- Winners of the ribbons will be announced imum framed size approximately 11” x at 3 p.m. Starting May 1 hours: Saturdays 14”). Space is limited and so fi rst come 10 a.m. 2 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.

Youth Soccer Skills Clinic

HOWELL – Howell PAL has announced their summer Youth Soccer Skills Clinic for July 18 through 21 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Clinic will stress individual self-improvement drills, competitions, and games in a fun non-contact atmosphere. The clinic is hosted by Coach Seiler who has over 15 years of coaching experience at the middle school level. The clinic is open and intended for all

different skill level participants. Players will be prepared for what to expect in order to compete at the middle school soccer level. If you have any questions, contact Coach Seiler at howellsportsclinic@yahoo.com.

Clinic is open to boys and girls in grades 4th to 8th/ Fee is $160 per person. Must register

by July 1. To register, visit howellpal.org/ summerprograms.

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AroUnD the JerSeY Shore Marlboro High School Wins 2022 Central Regional Consumer Bowl

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–Photo courtesy Freehold Regional High School District MARLBORO – Marlboro High School has won the 2022 Central Regional Consumer Bowl, an educational competition that tests students’ knowledge of consumer-related information! The team includes students Jason Nemirov (captain), Harris Pavlovsky, Emma Corbin, Benjamin Katz, and Taylor Chodos (alternate). Their teachers and advisors are Nicole Bendik and Patrick Scinto. The group will now compete in the state competition later this month. Congratulations!

“Brush Strokes” Exhibition

TOMS RIVER – “Brush Strokes” is a new exhibition at the Ocean County Artists Guild from June 5 to June 28 showcasing a diverse collection of acrylic on canvas paintings by Joyce Wasserman of Manalapan, New Jersey.

In her first solo show, Joyce will display art that explores bold colors with many different themes inspired by the world around her. Joyce was raised on Staten Island but has lived in New Jersey for more than 30

years and spends much of the summer at the Jersey Shore. She also paints custom pet portraits, has participated in the Belmar Art Walk and displays her art regularly at the Freehold Art Gallery.

Come enjoy this charming assortment of paintings at the opening reception on June 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. and throughout the month at the OCAG 22 Chestnut Avenue, Island Heights. For more information call 732-270-3111 or info@ocartistsguild.org.

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AroUnD the JerSeY Shore Sinatra Night In Atlantic Highlands

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – There is still some time to make reservations for the Sinatra Night Dinner and Comedy event scheduled for May 21 at the Charles J. Hesse Parish Center 55 South Avenue.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the 6 to 9 p.m. event sponsored by the Rev. Joseph J. Donnelly Council #11660 of the Knights of Columbus.

“Stand-up comedian ‘Broccoli Rob’ will make a return appearance, back by popular demand,” said Mike Napolitano, Deputy Grand Knight and Event Chairman. “Additionally, renowned ‘Hoboken Sinatra Idol’ winner and Manhattan Club DJ Eric DeLauro is featured to headline and perform his signature tribute artistry to Frank Sinatra.”

Dinner will feature a “Special Event” gourmet Italian menu, with eight hot entrée selections courtesy of Taliercio’s in Red Bank along with pistachio-ricotta cheesecake, tiramisu, limoncello-mascarpone and chocolate mousse cakes for dessert. Soft beverages are included and guests may bring their own libations as well.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Rev. Joseph J. Donnelly Parish Assistance Fund. Tickets, at $40 per person, are available by printing them from the Parish website olphstagnes.org, on flyers distributed at both St. Agnes and Our Lady of Perpetual Help churches, by emailing mikenap1962@gmail.com or calling Napolitano at 862-368-0801.

Each purchased ticket comes with one free chance in a drawing for a flat screen tv, with chances issued during check-in.

Sunset & Wildlife Watching Cruise Around Sandy Hook Bay

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – Join your friends during the summer as we enjoy the beauty of a sunset and some wonderful natural and historic attractions around Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey.

Tickets are $41 per person. $15 from the sale of each ticket will support Save Coastal Wildlife nonprofit and their mission to educate people, restore habitat and conduct citizen science research projects to help protect the wonderful biodiversity (plants and animals) along the Jersey Shore!

Sunset & Wildlife Watching Cruise will take place on June and July 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. Get tickets by visiting savecoastal wildlife.org/boat-tours.

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Unstructured play will enhance children’s confidence, problem solving, independence, social interaction skills, and creativity.”

At Middle School North, they will be creating a “Limitless Café” which will be a space to host its 21st Century Life Skills program. This will prepare students to make informed life and career decisions and will be inclusive of all students regardless of ability.

Students will also use the space to practice skills related to effective communication, critical thinking, digital literacy and self-advocacy, the statement said.

Middle School North Principal Paul Farley said the Limitless Café was engineered by Computer Teacher Teresa Castellan and Media Specialist Josephine Schneider to offer students a comfortable space to collaborate, problem-solve, and excel.

“Furnished with high-top tables and chairs, as well as accessible booth seating…our Limitless Café will serve up opportunities for students to utilize calendars, navigation tools, email, literacy skills, text to speech, communication, and engage in real-life experiences,” Farley said. “By creating real-life experiences for students to engage in, we are motivating students to integrate higher-order thinking skills. Ultimately, the Café will empower students to become independent, efficient, and innovative lifelong learners.”

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dear Pharmacist Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

5 PMS Hacks To Make The Month Better

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

Menstruating can be a tough time, exhausting, really! A woman’s uterus sheds its lining at fairly regular monthly intervals and that can be quite a tiring process to endure, as many of us can attest to. At the time of birth, there are approximately 1 million eggs, but by child-bearing age, only about 350 eggs will be ovulated month after month. After menopause, there are no more eggs.

Each of us experiences this in our own way and it can be more unpleasant for some than others, especially if estrogen dominance is occurring. If the menstrual cramping (termed dysmenorrhea) is severe of course, visit your gynecologist for professional advice.

In the meantime, here are 5 proven PMS hacks for your consideration: 1. Warmth. Obvious as it may seem, using a hot pack can be incredibly soothing during a menstrual cycle. The warmth that radiates into the abdominal muscles instantly eases superficial pain associated with PMS. You might be surprised by how effective it can be to take just 10 minutes, lay down and let the warmth of a heating pad, or microwavable hot pack penetrate into your achy muscles.

2. Chocolate! Dark chocolate contains magnesium which is proven to naturally relax and calm the smooth muscles of the uterus. Eating chocolate also releases endorphins, specifically dopamine, which in turn reduces the

symptoms associated with monthly cramping. It’s a comfort food too and the reason is because it improves production of serotonin and dopamine.

3. Exercise. Endorphins during exercise are released from the hypothalamus in your brain. The opiate receptors in the brain interact with the released endorphins and through this process, we then perceive pain in a different, lesser way. Exercise reduces stress and anxiety. It doesn’t have to be full-on heart-stopping aerobics, just move.

4. Chastetree Berry (Vitex agnus-castus). Chasteberry is also called Monk’s Pepper, and it comes from the Mediterranean. Dietary supplements are available in the U.S. and have long been prized to help with female complaints, both for PMS and post-menopausal issues. It stimulates progesterone and therefore, helps balance high estrogen.

5. Raspberry Leaf tea. You may not expect much from a tea made of fruit, but you’d be wrong. This little hack is among the fastest (and best) ones I had ever tried. Just a cup should take down severe cramp pain to a dull roar!

The extracts and phytochemical in this fruit help because they are anti-spasmodic and anti-inf lammatory in nature. Just a note of caution, raspberries contain some natural salicylates and you should know this in case you are allergic to aspirin.

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By: Marc S. Galella, Esq. of R. C. Shea and Associates With the coronavirus in the headlines today, a lot of clients are asking whether they need to update their Estate Planning documents which include Last Wills and Testaments, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills. In general, Estate Planning documents do not have to be revised because of age. Rather, they need to be revised when they no longer do what you need them to do. As important as it is to have these Estate Planning documents, it is equally important to keep them up to date.

For example, are the persons who you named to inherit under you will still the persons that you want to inherit? Do you still want all of your children to inherit equally if you made gifts to one of your children during your lifetime? Did you provide for a trust for the benefit of your then minor children and they are now all over the age of 18 years? Do the persons that you named in your Will as the Executor still have the ability to perform the tasks associated with being an Executor?

Do you have grandchildren that you want to name in your Will? If those grandchildren are under the age of 18 years, do you want their inheritance held by another person until they reach the age of 18, or maybe even older? Do you have a beneficiary who is receiving government assistance that would be disqualified by receiving an inheritance from you?

Do you have a Power of Attorney? If so, do the persons named in the Power of Attorney still have the capability to

perform the functions as your Attorney in Fact? Does your Power of Attorney list alternates in case the persons you named to act for you are not capable of acting on your behalf?

If you have a Living Will, have you looked at it recently to make sure the decisions you previously made as to life sustaining treatment are still what you want now. Has there been any change in your medical condition that is different now as opposed to when you made you Living Will? Are the persons you named in your Living Will as your Health Care Representatives still the persons that you want? Are they capability of acting in that capacity?

We normally suggest that you take out your Estate Planning documents once a year and read them over to make sure that those documents still do what you remember that they did and what you need them to do now. However, in this time of medical concerns, it is a good idea to review your documents now to make sure you are protected in the event that you should become ill. We further suggest that you read your Estate Planning documents whenever there is a major event in your life such as a birth, death, divorce, change in financial status (you or your beneficiaries) or a change in mental capacity.

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Items For Sale Lenox China - Autumn pattern service for 8; dinner plate, salad plate, dessert plate, cup, saucer. 5 place setting. Retails $199.95 per setting.

Asking $300. 732-673-7072.

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Personals Cruise Partner - Retired Male looking for female Cruise Partner.

62 or younger local to LBI/Stafford area for pre-travel compatibility. Text 610-247-8889.

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Items Wanted COSTUME/ESTATE JEWELRY Looking to buy costume/estate jewelry, old rosaries and religious medals, all watches and any type of sterling silver, bowls, flatware candlesticks or jewelry. Same day house calls and cash on the spot.

5 percent more with this AD. Call Peggy at 732-581-5225. (t/n) $$$ WANTED TO BUY $$$ Jewelry and watches, costume jewelry, sterling silver, silverplate, medals, military items, antiques, musical instruments, pottery, fine art, photographs, paintings, statues, old coins, vintage toys and dolls, rugs, old pens and postcards, clocks, furniture, bric-a-brac, select china and crystal patterns. Cash paid.

Over 35 years experience. Call Gary Struncius. 732-364-7580. (t/n) Vinyl Records Wanted - Paying cash for LP albums. Rock, Blues, Reggae, Jazz. Very good condition only. Call Rick 908-616-7104. (26) Cash - Top dollar, paid for junk, cars running and nonrunning, late model salvage, cars and trucks, etc. 732-928-3713. (t/n) Buying World War II - Swords, bayonets, helmets, hats, medals, flags, uniforms, etc. All Countries. Cash Paid! 609-581-8290. Email mymilitarytoys@optonline.net.

(26) U s e d G u n s Wa n t e d - A l l types: collectibles, military, etc.

Call 917-681-6809. (t/n) CASH, CASH, CASH! - Instant cash paid for junk cars, trucks, vans. Free removal of any metal items. Discount towing. Call Dano 732-239-3949. (t/n) Entire Estates Bought - Bedroom/dining sets, dressers, cedar chests, wardrobes, secretaries, pre-1950 wooden furniture, older glassware, oriental rugs, paintings, bronzes, silver, bric-a-brac. Call Jason at 609-970-4806. (t/n)

Help Wanted Part-time Custodian Wanted Immediate opening for Adult Community in Whiting. Custodial hours Mon-Fri 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday evenings for events/dances as needed. Please fax resume to 732-3502838 or call 732-350-2656.

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Services CHEAP PAINTING Done RITE Free est. Senior discounts interior exterior. Call 732-506-7787, cell 646-643-7678.

(24) Carly's Pure Pilates - Brick, NJ. 732-799-0233 certified with 23 years experience. 50% OFF. Private, duets.

Classes $20 featuring The Reformer and Props. You'll look and feel better guaranteed. Increases flexibility, builds strong muscles, relieves pain. (23) Pet Sketches - Professional artist will create beautiful pencil drawings of your pet(s) suitable for framing. Reasonable rates. Senior discount! 732-473-7284.

(22) Bobs Waterproofing - Basement and crawlspace waterproofing. Mold testing, removal and prevention.

Family owned. Fully licensed and insured. Call Bob 732-616-5007. (t/n)

P/T Seven Days A Week - Driving school instructors wanted.

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Do You Want Your Car To Look Nice And Shiny - Call Lenny. Lenny's Mobile Auto Detailing 908 868 4609.

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HIRING NOW!! The Goddard School of Toms River Route 70 is urgently hiring Assistant Teachers and Teacher Aides to float between the Infant through School Age classrooms. No teaching experience necessary. On-the-job training provided. Multiple PT and FT positions available. $1000 sign on bonus.

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Computer Tutoring for Seniors – Retired, “Microsoft Certified” instructor. Very Reasonable rates. Very patient with slow learners. I’ll teach you in the comfort of your home on your computer. I can trouble shoot your slow computer! I also teach iPhone and iPad. I set up new computers at less than half the price the retailers charge. Windows 10 specialist. I can also build a beautiful small business website at a fraction of the going rates. Special Projects always welcome! Tony 732-997-8192. (t/n)

Experienced Home Health Aid Is available and offers live-in/live-out care for your loved ones. Medication monitoring, personal assistance, grocery shopping, driving to dr's appointments, light houskeeping, cooking etc. Refferences available.

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(22) Substitutes Wanted for the Ocean County Vocational Technical School district: Administrators, Bus Drivers, Couriers, Custodial, School Nurses/RN, Secretarial, Teachers for Academic & Trade Skill Areas-view skilled areas visit www.ocvts.org/employment. EOE. Please email resume to: tedgar@mail.ocvts.org or call 732-240-6414, ext. 3317.

(23) Home Health Care Company Now Hiring RN’s, LPN’s and CHHA in Ocean & Monmouth Counties! Flexible scheduling. Work in your community.

Weekly pay. Career advancement. Comprehensive benefits.

Call 732-505-8000 today. (t/n) Laundromat Attendant For FT/PT Good communication skills, math and min computer knowledge. Transportation needed. Long term commitment only. 732-286-1863.

(22) The Goddard School of Toms River Route 70 is urgently hiring Assistant Teachers and Teacher Aides to float between the Infant through School Age classrooms.

No teaching experience necessary.

On-the-job training provided. Multiple PT and FT positions available. Call 732-363-5530 or email dtomsriver2nj3@goddardschools. com to schedule an interview today!

MY HANDY CREW - Home repairs, carpentry, painting roofing and siding, decks, powerwashing, yardwor,k all your home maintenance needs. $ave. Call Clark 732-850-5060. Insured and NJ License #13VH11804800.

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(23) Car Service - 24/7. Doctors, shopping, airports, hospitals, cruise, shops, Atlantic City, family functions, NYC accomodations for large groups. Call for reasonable rates.

Kerry 732-606-2725.

(19) APlus Home Improvements - Over 30 years experience. Quality work at reasonable prices. Spring special, 20% off of any job over $1000.

Give us a call 908-278-1322. Fully licensed and insured.

(18) GARDENING - Planting, Repotting Container Gardens. Help solving garden problems. Organic Plant Care. House Calls. Reasonable. Experienced Master Gardeners. Joseph & Richard 732-232-8144.

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Nor’easter Painting and Staining, LLC - Interior and exterior. Decks, powerwashing.

Affordable. Senior discounts.

References. No job too small.

Fully insured. 732-691-0123.

Lic #13VH09460600.

(19) Roofing Repairs Etc. - Roofing, siding, windows. Repairs on small jobs.

Utility shed roofs replaced. Prompt service. Insured. Gutters cleaned.

Call Joe Wingate 551-804-7391. (19)

Handyman Service - Carpentry, masonry, painting repairs large and small. 40 years experience.

Call Jim 732-674-3346.

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AroUnD the JerSeY Shore Upcoming Blood Drives In Monmouth County

MONMOUTH COUNTY – The nationwide blood shortage continues. We urgently need people to make every effort to donate blood!

New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center would like to announce that it is conducting blood drives in the area which are open to the public. The following drives are scheduled next month: June 1: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

June 2: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 2: Holmdel High School, 36 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel; from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

June 3: St. Dorothea Church, 240 Broad Street, Eatontown; from 1 to 7 p.m.

June 7: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 7: Atlantic Physical Therapy, 68 White Street, Red Bank; from 2 to 6:30 p.m.

HOWELL – The Howell Elks 2515 Motorcycle Committee presents the 2022 March Weisneck Poker Run and BBQ on July 9.

June 8: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

June 9: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 9: Brotherhood of Temple Shalom, 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen; from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

June 14: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 15: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

June 16: Knights of Columbus, Fair Haven; from 1 to 7 p.m.

June 16: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 21: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 22: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

June 23: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 27: North Centerville Volunteer Fire

Co. #1, 372 Middle Road, Hazlet; from 1 to 7 p.m.

June 28: JCC Jersey Shore, Deal; from 1 to 7 p.m.

June 28: Lincroft Bible Church, 790 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft; from 1 to 7 p.m.

June 28: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 29: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

June 30: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 30: The Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 992 Broadway, West Long Branch; from 12 to 6 p.m.

Blood products have a short shelf life – from five to 42 days, so constant replenishment is necessary. Each day there are patients who depend on the transfusion of red blood cells, platelets and plasma to stay alive. But blood and blood products can’t be

Marc Weisneck Poker Run And BBQ

Enjoy a 50/50, Tricky Trays and a Gift Auction. Fee is $25 for riders, $20 for passenger. Poker Run route/stops will be

provided at kickoff. All proceeds from the event will go directly to care for Marc Weineck.

manufactured. They can only come from volunteer blood donors who take an hour to attend a blood drive or visit a donor center.

Any company, community organization, place of worship, or individual may host a blood drive. NYBC also offers special community service scholarships for students who organize community blood drives during summer months.

Blood donors receive free mini-medical exams on site including information about their temperature, blood pressure and hematocrit level. Eligible donors include those people at least age 16 (with parental permission or consent), who weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, are in good health and meet all Food & Drug Administration and NY or NJ State Department of Health donor criteria.

People over 75 may donate with a doctor’s note. To donate blood or for information on how to organize a blood drive call 1-800933-2566 or visit nybloodcenter.org.

Poker Run kicks off at Howell Elks Lodge at 10 a.m. BBQ/Party to follow at 12 p.m. at Howell Elks Lodge. All are welcome.

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Did you catch the amazing blood moon this past weekend during the lunar eclipse?

Photographer Brian Lundy did. The next time a total lunar eclipse will be seen will be in November. After that? March 2025!

Jackson Man Gets 7 Years For Leaving Fatal Crash

By Chris Lundy JACKSON – A 27-year-old man will serve seven years in state prison for leaving the scene of a fatal crash, police said.

At around 6 p.m. on December 24, 2020, a Mercedes Benz was getting off I-195 at Exit 21. As it was attempting to turn onto Cedar Swap Road, it collided with a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado.

The driver of the Mercedes was Norman Shtab, 83, and the passenger was his wife, Phyllis Shtab, 81. The two Howell residents were brought to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. Phyllis Shtab succumbed to her injuries on December 26.

The driver of the Chevrolet was Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson. He had fled the scene.

On December 30, 2020, police searched Alcazar-Sanchez’s car and discovered a bag of white powder which tested positive for cocaine. Further investigation revealed that Alcazar-Sanchez then fled the United States and traveled to Mexico.

Alcazar-Sanchez surrendered himself to

United States Customs and Border Patrol Protection Agents in Laredo, Texas on March 3. He was then extradited from Texas to New Jersey, and has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since March 31.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer acknowledged the efforts of Senior Assistant Prosecutor Jamie Schron and Assistant Prosecutor Alyssa Mandara who handled the case on behalf of the State, and commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Victim Witness Advocacy Unit, Jackson Township Police Department, Jackson Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Jackson Township Police Department Special Emergency Response Team, Brick Township Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Field Services Unit/Warrants, United States Customs and Border Protection, Laredo Texas Police Department, and the United States Marshals Service, for their collaborative efforts.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of MAY 21 - MAY 27

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use wit and determination to avoid trouble in the upcoming week. Remain reliable about handling your current obligations and focused on moneymaking activities. A loved one can be exciting as well as unpredictable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may experience a lot of tension in the air in the week ahead. Remain calm and refuse to make spur of the moment decisions just to get along. The effort you put into a project is likely to be worthwhile.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ship is headed toward a storm? It might be increasingly difficult to find the benefits in a relationship so you may be considering if it is time to move on. Wait at least a week to make drastic changes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It is important to be consistently truthful if you expect others to trust you. You may optimistically attempt to establish and enforce policies in the week ahead. Avoid exaggeration as you try to enlist someone’s support.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the week ahead your drive and energy can make a favorable impact on any project you begin. A breakup with a friend is possible, but someone new waits in the wings.

Insightful ideas can solve a perplexing problem.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There should be someone you can lean on. Count your blessings if you have a patient partner to rely on. In the week ahead, a loved one can offer sage advice and help you make an important project a huge success.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your widespread interests may prompt you to test numerous ideas. You might rebel against constraints or be frustrated by a lack of social activities. A focus on family concerns can keep you working late in the upcoming week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today might bring your relationships into sharp focus. Someone close could have a taste for the unusual or outrageous. An ambition for material success and recognition could blossom as the week unfolds.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be mindful of crucial details. Minor mistakes can be easily rectified if discovered early, but if left unchecked could become a major headache. Be prepared to work intensely on a project or job issue this week.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Set a good example. Arrive on time even if no one else is punctual. You may be forced to adapt and adjust due to unexpected changes in plans or events. Spending should be kept to the minimum in the week ahead.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The past belongs in the past although you may receive frequent reminders. Some ancient issues or past mistakes might be triggered in the week to come, but this isn’t a good time to try to get closure or even understanding.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A compassionate nature makes it easy to be sympathetic and generous. You might be forced to confront conflicting facts that erode your optimism.

Loved ones may rely on your coolness under fire in the week ahead.

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