TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 18 - No. 15
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─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Sgt. Shannon Dugan addresses the class.
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Youth Academy Grads
By Stephanie Faughnan OCEAN COUNTY - Morgan Blann, 11, appeared as serious as a drill sergeant as she led the seventh graduating youth academy class of the Ocean County Sheriff ’s Office to their places. A seventh grader at Veteran’s Memorial School in Brick, Morgan was one of 33 young recruits who participated in the weeklong program held earlier this month at the Ocean County Police Academy. Many, but not all, of the students entering grades 6-9 from thirteen Ocean
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─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn This gorgeous house has fallen into disrepair.
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Toms River Little League Thrown A C u r v e b all By Chris Christopher TOMS RIVER - The Toms River East Little League All-Stars wound up on the wrong side of a gem in the Little League Baseball Metro Region Tournament in Bristol, Ct. East was no-hit in the championship game by right-hander Joey Lionetti, who pitched the New York-Massapequa Coast Little League to a 4-0 victory at the A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center on Friday night, August 12, broadcast on ESPN. Massapequa advanced to the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pa., for the first time in the organization’s 72-year history. East hoped to qualify for the World Series for the second straight season and the seventh time overall. It was 1-2 in last year’s LLBWS. Led by Todd Frazier, who served as an ESPN analyst in Bristol during the recent event, East won the LLBWS in 1998 when (Curveball - See Page 5)
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Hankins Island Continues To By Judy Smestad-Nunn HANKINS ISLAND - An abandoned house that sits alone on an island in Barnegat Bay continues to deteriorate. The windows are missing, the bulkhead has fallen into disrepair, and a one-time inground pool has popped out and sits on the eastern side of the house. It appears that birds have taken over the once-luxurious home whose grounds at one time had a helicopter pad.
August 20, 2022
The house on Hankins Island, or Middle Sedge Island, is near Chadwick Beach Island and can be seen from parts of the barrier island and from waterfront areas of Brick, but it is only accessible by boat. The island is named after Charles Hankins, a boat builder from Lavallette who built all the lifeguard boats along the Jersey Shore. Two of his boats are on permanent display at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. (Hankins - See Page 6)
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – When students return for the 2022-2023 school year, they’ll find that the availability of guidance counselors has increased across the district’s 19 schools. There will be a guidance counselor in every school five days a week. This will be paid for by re-allocating money without extra spending, Superintendent Michael Citta said. The last few years has been rough for students, he said. Between COVID-19 and other issues, children need more support now than ever. In previous years, there was one guidance (Guidance - See Page 6)
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