2017-11-18 - The Southern Ocean Times

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Performing Arts School Funding Begins

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Government Page 7.

Dr. Izzy’s Sound News 5 Medical Factors That Could Lead To Hearing Loss

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Dear Pharmacist The Secret Nutrient That Helps Graves’ Disease

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Business Directory Page 18.

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Fun Page Page 20.

Wolfgang Puck It’s Not Too Soon To Start Talking Turkey For Thanksgiving

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Horoscope Page 23.

OCVTS students rehearse “Peter and the Starcatcher.” By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Although ground hasn’t been broken for the upcoming Performing Arts Academy, officials have laid the groundwork for its funding.

College Corner Where Yesterday’s High School Athletes Excel Today

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By Chris Christopher he Ocean County College men’s soccer team won the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region XIX Tournament with a conquest of Union County College

in a shootout in the championship game. OCC keeper Robert Andrade, a freshman from Toms River High School South, stopped two Union shots in the shootout. Teammates Andrew Jozwicki, a (College - See Page 4)

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The Ocean County Freeholders passed the second reading of an ordinance that would create a $27 million bond to pay for the school. Freeholder John Bartlett said the county will (Funding - See Page 5)

| November 18, 2017

LBI Open Space Vote Results

By Chris Lundy LONG BEACH ISLAND – Two Long Beach Island municipalities had open space taxes on the ballot. Although worded differently, they would provide one cent per $100 of assessed valuation into a fund to buy or preserve land that is undeveloped or historically sensitive. Bea ch Haven attempted–for the second time–to have an open space tax. It was narrowly defeated, 195 votes to 186. Borough manager and clerk Sher r y Mason said that there was no specif ic open space they were looking to pu rchase, alt houg h there are some areas t hat m ig ht become available in the future. A n im mediate goal

would be to provide funding for maintaining the open space that already exists in town. If the measure had passed, Beach Haven would have been able to get matching Green Acres funding to help maintain their open space, she said. It was “very disheartening” that Beach Haven missed it by such a close margin, she said. It was worded slightly differently in each question, and they were very similar in execution. In Beach Haven, it was called the “Municipal Open Space, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Trust Fund.” In Long Beach Township, it was called the “Township of Long Beach Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain (Results - See Page 6)

LoBiondo Won’t Seek Re-Election

U.S. Represent ative Fran k A. LoBiondo (R-02) issued a statement declaring that he will not run for re-election. “As some of my closest colleagues have also come to realize, those of us who came to Congress to change Washington for the better through good governance are now the outliers,” he wrote in a press release. –Photo courtesy Representative “Today, a vocal and obstinate Frank LoBiondo’s website minority within both parties has hijacked good legislation in pursuit of no legislation.” By Chris Lundy LoBiondo, 71, said that he is in WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing political polarization that good health, and that his health leads to gridlock in Congress, has nothing to do with his de-

cision to leave. His decision is also not based on the support of the voters, who have kept him in that position since 1995. Prior to that, he was an Assemblyman from 1988 to 1994, and a Cumberland County Freeholder from 1984 to 1988. “As a Freeholder, Assemblyman and now Congressman I always looked for solutions that produce real world results built upon cooperation and partnerships,” he wrote. “People before politics has always been my philosophy and my motivation. Regrettably, our nation is now consumed by (Re-Election - See Page 6)

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