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SOUTHERN OCEAN Times Vol. 10 - No. 25
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Santa Visit Shows Us The Best Gifts
December 24, 2022
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–Photo by Mark Bator Detail on the club’s layouts represent hours of painstaking work.
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–Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Santa and Mrs. Claus visited with nearly 1700 people during their stop at their vacation home in Barnegat. By Stephanie Faughnan BARNEGAT - It’s a good thing Santa and Mrs. Claus have a place to lay their weary heads when they’re coming to town. From all accounts, the big guy had his elves working hard as he whisked through the skies to descend on his vacation home in the historic section of downtown Barnegat. News of his arrival traveled fast among those who signed up for a visit
and some good old fashioned community fun. Santa said after he received a letter from the Barnegat Township Elementary School PTA, he quickly reviewed his “Naughty and Nice” list and decided the personal visit was in order. “Years ago, the Dunfee School PTA used to do a Santa night with free pictures, as did a couple of the other schools,” shared Colleen Angus, Vice (Santa - See Page 4)
Mother Of Late Child Gets Heartbreaking Call
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER - The phone call literally left the young mother breathless with disbelief. Breanna Micciolo immediately called her mother Rebecca, who shared her daughter’s alarm. Breanna is the mother of the late Corey Micciolo, whose life was cut short on April 2, 2021, at just six years old. Corey’s father, Christopher Gregor, remains locked up in the Ocean County
Jail, waiting a trial date for charges he murdered his son. “A man called and said they (Division of Child Protection and Permanency “DCPP”) substantiated that Chris abused Corey,” shared Rebecca. “Now, they call? It makes no sense.” The mother and grandmother decided that someone was pulling a cruel joke on them. Surely, no one official would call to validate their suspicions 20
months after the little boy’s life was taken from him. Days later, two letters came in the mail marked with a case identification and investigation number regarding the “Allegation of Child Abuse/Neglect Concerning Corey Micciolo.” The fi rst letter said the Division’s investigation determined that child abuse was substantiated as far as a (Call - See Page 7)
By Mark Bator LAKEWOOD – Little did anyone know t hat when t he f ive founding members of a local hobby club first formed their group in 1987 that it would still be running strong 35 years later. But that’s exactly what happened, and the Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders (OCSMR) recently had their open house Christmas Train Show on Dec. 10 and 11 to demonstrate to the general public just how engaging their hobby can be. Housed in the basement of the Lakewood Historical Museum, the club’s rail layouts dominate two large ro om s w it h sc e n ic backdrops and detailed accoutrements that in all likelihood, due to constant upgrades and new ideas, will never be truly finished. “We basically have our four operating lines
on the layout,” says Ted Bertiger, the club’s president. “The guys model the layouts to look for realism like the real trains, and you make the layouts that way.” The group had its first home in the back room of a former Amoco gas station along Route 88, but in 1992 was able to find a more permanent home in the basement of the All Saints Episcopal Church in Lakewood. There the club stayed for 24 years before completely vacating the site in 2016. After more than two decades at that location the group migrated to their current location, which is the former Kuser Hall, par t of the historic Newman School in Lakewood. In addition to the massive layout rooms, the basement serves as a storage area as well as offices and train repair workshops. (Train - See Page 5)
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