TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 18 - No. 51
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Little League Celebrated:
“It All Started On Windsor Avenue” By Chris Christopher TOMS RIVER - Hundreds of fans displayed their love of baseball at the Toms River East Little League Complex on a recent Saturday morning when the organization staged its Opening Day ceremonies. The Toms River East American Little League all-star team, which won the 1998 Little League World Series in South Williamsport,
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─Photo courtesy Tom Naclerio, Tommy Noone, Art Gallagher Todd Frazier provides batting tips to some young fans. (Inset): Hundreds participated in the parade.
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY Significant changes will happen on the Garden State Parkway between miles 80 and 83 as exits are renumbered and lanes and offramps are altered. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which
Officials: Mortgage Fraud On The Rise By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – Property mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and officials are urging residents to sign up for the Property Alert Service offered by the Ocean County Clerk’s Office. The free program, first introduced in 2016,
Pa., led the honorees. Also cited were the league’s 12-and-under New Jersey 2022 state champions, its 13-and-under Eastern Regional win ner in 2022 and its 12-and-under 2022 Majors Mason Invitational Tournament winner. The day’s highlight was an appearance by Todd Frazier, one of the 1998 team’s top players. The two-time major league All-Star also (League - See Page 5)
Parkway Changes Planned
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offers an added layer of security when it comes to property protection, according to Ocean County Clerk Scott M. Colabella. It provides property owners with email alerts anytime a document affecting a specific property is recorded by the Ocean County Clerk’s Office. Colabella told the
Ocean County Board of Com m issione r s, “this helps our property owners to guard against fraud. This type of fraud is a nationwide problem.” “Scammers record fraudulent documents like fake deeds or record fake liens against property owners. In (Fraud - See Page 9)
also oversees the Parkway, put out the plan, asking for feedback from drivers. One of the biggest changes is that there will be a “Collector-Distributor roadway.” This is a few lanes in each direction, separated from the rest of
the Parkway by a median. Drivers getting onto the Parkway will first be on this Collector-Distributor until either they get off at another Toms River stop or go on to the rest of the Parkway. Between 81 and 82, there will be new roadways
added, separated from the main Parkway by a concrete median. If you’re heading north, there will be a through lane and an auxiliary lane (for getting on and off ). If you’re heading south, there will be two through lanes and (Parkway - See Page 8)
How Does News Of School Shootings Affect Students’ Mental Health? By Andrey Nalbantov OCEAN COUNTY Nashville, TN. Denver, CO. East Lansing, MI. Chicago, IL. St. Louis, MI. Uvalde, Texas. What do all of those places have in common? There has been a school shooting in each. From the start of the year, 19 school shoot-
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ing-related incidents have occurred . The tragic reality is not just that school shootings happen, but it also impacts the mental health of every student, teacher, and staff member – even if they are indirectly affected. While thankfully none of the schools here in Ocean County have yet
found themselves on that list , students attending our schools also can feel as if they were directly in the crossfire . “We are seeing that our students in New Jersey are having reactions as if they are experiencing the shootings,” said Maureen Brogan, Traumatic Loss Coalition Program Manager
at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. Brogan used the tragically life-changing event of the attacks on September 11, 2001 as an example of how a person does not have to be immediately involved in order to have a mental reaction. But what negative effects are directly derived from (School - See Page 4)
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