TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 20 - No. 9
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Residents Rally Again Against Mayor’s Closure Of Animal Shelter
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Photos By Bob Vosseller Residents once again rallied against Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick’s closure of the township animal shelter. The rally took place prior to the latest township council meeting in front of Town Hall.
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By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – A rally before a Township Council meeting has al most become standard as a small group of people are op p o si ng a p ol ic y, action or ordinance proposed by Mayor Daniel Rodrick and his administration. The most recent rally was in opposition to Rodrick closing the township animal shelter on June 6. Susan
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Alf Kearney of New Jersey Animal Save Movement organized t h i s r a l ly a t Tow n Hall. She said “you should be enraged that all county shelters are full - as expected since the mayor made the wrong decision to shut down our local shelter.” Whether the county shelters i n Jackson and Stafford are full was not able to be confirmed by press time.
Resident Dana Tormollan spoke at the rally, saying, “through an OPRA request we have learned that our police have taken in 109 animals in 20 days.” OPRA stands for Open Public Records Act. It’s a way for residents to get information from their government. Since taking office in January, Rodrick has faced cr iticism for cutting township (Animal Shelter See Page 4)
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Town To Buy Property For $1.85M
Photo by Chris Lundy The old buildings at the end of Robbins Parkway might be purchased by the town to be torn down and the land be used for river access.
Resident Craig Saltarelli speaks during a rally in support of the Toms River Animal Shelter.
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – The Mayor and Township Cou ncil int roduced and approved two ordinances to buy the downtown boat works site and turn it into riverfront access. The property located across the street from the Water Street Bar and Grill on Robbins Pa r k w a y h a s b e e n desc r ibed a s bei ng
weather-beaten and containing mold. The first ordinance int roduced at the Tow n s h i p C o u n c i l meeting appropriated $2 million for the issuance of $1,904,761 in bonds for the acquisition of property for municipal purposes. Bonds are when a town borrows money. A town always bonds (Property - See Page 5)
Youth Services Revamped To Serve Diverse Needs By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS R I V ER – Ocean County Youth Services has undergone a major transformation, moving away from programs focused on juvenile supervision to one offering a wide range of services for at-risk and disadvan-
taged youth. The shift will result in helping approximately 5,500 young people in just this year. Previously known a s t he Juve n i le i n Need of Supervision (JINS) program, the Center primarily served a small number of court-mandat-
ed youth. Com missioner Jack Kelly said he envisioned a more expa n sive prog r a m that would proactively reach out to at-risk youth and offer them the support they needed to succeed. The impetus for the change dates to 2020 and a meeting with Jonathan
Carman, Superintendent of Ocean County’s Department of Juvenile Services. “We still work with the courts, but we’re not under their jurisdiction,” said Kelly, who serves as liaison to Juvenile Services. Kelly explained that the original purpose of
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the JINS program was to deter youth from ending up in the Juvenile Detention Center by showing them firsthand what life inside the facility was like. “We still do that now, but differently than we did,” Kelly explained. (Youth Services See Page 5)
Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Jonathan Carman, Superintendent of Ocean County’s Department of Juvenile Services, looks on at Shelby Voorhees, Youth Services Commission Administrator, who was honored for her work by Ocean County Human Services
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