TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 18 - No. 19
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Sunset Air Patrols Monitor Roads And Waterways
September 17, 2022
Banquet Hall Included In Downtown Redevelopment Plan
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─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan The boatworks property is in disrepair and stands out.
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Inside The Law Page 19
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─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Traffic on the Garden State Parkway and development in Toms River can be seen from midair. By Stephanie Faughnan OCEAN COUNTY – The Jersey Shore’s iconic sights make for an exhilarating vision from 1,000 feet above – from sunbathers to Casino Pier to Old Barney and even the roadway traffic below. T he aer ial i mager y
proves routine to a volunteer group known as the Ocean Air Support Squadron (OASS), which also goes by the moniker of Ocean County’s Black Sheep patrol. Experienced pilots use their own planes to conduct sunset patrols along two specified routes
with 21-22 checkpoints. OASS acts as the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department’s air wing and works in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard. “We get up-to-date pictures from them concerning what’s going on in (Patrols - See Page 4)
Transitional Living For Homeless On The Horizon
─Photo courtesy Just Believe The facility will be called Larry’s Home, after deceased veteran Larry Robertiello.
By Chris Lundy LITTLE EGG HARBOR – A transitional living facility where unhoused people could spend up to a year while learning skills to get them back on their feet is one step closer to reality. The property for the facility was donated to nonprofit organization Just Believe from the Leary family in Little Egg Harbor. The program will be able to
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house six to eight men for up to a year following New Jersey Department of Community Affairs guidelines. Volunteer life coaches and interns from Ocean County College, Social Work Program and Journey Health and Wellness will help them, said Paul Hulse, CEO of Just Believe. A case plan will be given for each individual which will be re-evaluated every (Homeless - See Page 6)
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS R I V ER Na m e d a s t h e C o n ditional Redeveloper by the township, the Capodagli Proper ty Company has provided conceptual renderings for a project it refers to as River Chateau. The banquet hall proposal is slated for the b o a t wo r k s p r o p e r t y
on Robbins Parkway, which Township Planner David G. Roberts s ay s i s mor e of t he historic portion of the downtown area and in need of rehabilitation. Conceptual plans call for a rest au ra nt a nd three level parking garage over the parking lot with a banquet facility on the top f loor. (Hall - See Page 5)
Sex Ed Curriculum Approved
By Chris Lundy Education guidelines TOMS RIVER – The are 66 pages long, and state’s new guidelines for actually contain very sex education have been little about sex ed. Howa big talking point for ever, some expressed months, and discussions concern about things like of it took place during anal and oral sex being three Board of Education mentioned – although meetings over the course districts had control over of one week before fi- how little detail they nally being approved would include. unanimously. Politicians attacked the The state’s Comprehen- guidelines, asserting that sive Health and Physical (Curriculum - See Page 7)
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