TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 18 - No. 43
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March 4, 2023
Colorful Characters Take The Polar Plunge
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This team of Polar Bear Plungers took on a theme of Toy Story for this year’s plunge. By Bob Vosseller most days but some Be a r Plu nge ba se d ing is to support SpeSEASIDE HEIGHTS real winter weather on the borough beach cial Oly mpics New – T he t e mp e r at u r e returned just in time and boardwalk. Jersey and there were hasn’t been too low for this year’s Polar The reason for freez- thousands of partici-
Former Councilwoman To Head Anti-Drug Group
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER - Former Cou ncilwoman Ma r ia Ma r uca wa s appointed as acting Mu nicipal Alliance Coordinator at a recent Township Council meeting. This position oversees drug a n d a l c o h ol a b u s e programs.
Two current counci l me mb e r s vot e d against her appointment: Jeffrey Lamb and Daniel Rodrick. Rod r ick said he wasn’t i nfor med of the appointment. “I have no idea how this decision was made,” so he voted against it. Council President
Matthew Lotano said that the current leader of the Municipal Alliance is out on Family Med ical Leave Act and Maruca is taking on the job for no additional salary until a new person can be appointed. (Anti-Drug - See Page 9)
─Photo by Bob Vosseller pants doing just that. Some wore costumes feat u r ing special themes like Toy Sto-
ry. The Ocean Count y Sher if f ’s Of f ice team that suited up in (Plunge - See Page 4)
Protesters Ask For Answers To Whale Deaths By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – “Save the Whales” has been a slogan since at least the 1970s, and now in 2023 it’s still being used by people concerned that offshore wind projects are leading to the deaths of these animals. T here have been
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several dead whales that have washed up on the shore in recent weeks, which makes animal lovers wonder if the number of whale deaths is actually higher. Could there be other dead whales that didn’t wash up? They also have been asking, if something is killing
these large, strong animals, what is happening to the rest of the creatures deep in the ocean? Leslie Mangold, a retired Central Regional High School teacher, spoke with Trisha DeVoe, a nat uralist on the Miss Belmar Whale Watching boat,
to see what they can put together to spark a w a r e n e s s . Wo r d spread through social media and resulted in a huge crowd on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk. “We know something’s wrong. We don’t know what it is. We need to be (Whale - See Page 9)
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