5th Grader Wins Poster Contest

TOMS RIVER – Citta School

5th grader, Jonathan Sanzaro, took first place in the Ocean County Mental Health Awareness Committee’s annual poster contest featuring the theme “What a Difference a Friend Makes.” Jonathan lives by that motto every day at school as part of Citta School’s safety patrol and by being a positive role model!

Police Investigate Three-Vehicle Crash

By Chris Lundy

TOMS RIVER – Six people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that is still under investigation, police said. The crash took place at around 7:40 p.m. on May 21 near the intersection of Route 9 and Hecht Drive.

Police said that Elvis Guadulupe Dominguez Avila (address unknown) was heading south on 9 when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into an oncoming vehicle, forcing it off the road into a driveway exit, where it struck a third vehicle.

All six people in the vehicles were transported to local hospitals, including Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Community Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

The accident remains under investigation by the Toms River Traffic Safety Unit and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Charges are pending at this time. Assisting at the scene were the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff CSI, and the State Diversion team.

Seaside American Legion Post To Host Memorial Day Service

SEASIDE HEIGHTS – New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Outreach Coordinator and former American Legion Seaside Post 351 commander Chuck Robbins announced that the borough post will once again be conducting a Memorial

Day service on Sunday, May 28, at 11 a.m. The Post is located at 1400 Bay Boulevard in Seaside Heights.

Robbins will be among those speaking at the ceremony and the public is invited and strongly urged to attend this event.

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