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Vets Honored By Large Crowd By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – It was a day to honor and remember all veterans and active service personnel in the armed services. The annual Ocean County Veterans Day Parade stepped off at 9:45 a.m. at the Toms R ive r Shoppi ng Center. Public officials and various veteran support groups came out for the p a r a de l i ke t he American Legion Post 129 and Disabled A mer ica n Veter a n s Ocea n County Memorial Chapter #24, Toms River. Fire trucks from the com mu nit y provided the backd rop of a g ia nt American flag on Washington Street for the event coordinated by the Toms River Town-
Photos by Bob Vosseller A giant American flag is held aloft by the Silverton Fire Company and Toms River Fire Company No. 1. ship Veterans Commission. The parade led to a ceremony that was held on Washington Street in down- Members of scout groups, their parents and various town Toms River afterwards. other attendees crowd Washington Street for this year’s The ceremony started with Ocean County Veterans Day ceremony. a warm welcome by Rev. addressed the crowd along with Toms Michael M. Mazur who provided the River Township Council President Craig invocation. Coleman. Leading the residents, veterans and other Local students were recognized as part attendees present in the National Anthem of a Veterans Essay Contest organized by was bugler Samantha Parker. She was the Veterans Commission. joined by members of the Toms River High Winners at the intermediate school level School South Band. included Elena Schuler of St. Joseph Grade Former Toms River Mayor Paul Wnek School in first place, Christian Leone of who currently serves as an investigator St. Joseph Grade School in second, and for the Ocean County Consumer Affairs (Veterans - See Page 5)
It’s Time Again To “Share The Joy” By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The call is going out once again – over the airwaves and in this newspaper – asking people to help our neighbors in need. Share The Joy, 100.1 WJRZ’s annual donation drive, will once again help Fulfill, Jersey Shore Animal Center and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. They will be broadcasting live from the parking lot of the ShopRite at 860 Fischer Boulevard in Toms River. They will be there on Friday, November 22 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and
on Saturday, November 23, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. They will be looking to fill a Pepsi truck with donations. They are looking for: • Non-perishable food items and frozen turkeys for Fulfill Monmouth and Ocean’s Toms River Pantry • Dog and cat food, pet accessories and toys for the Jersey Shore Animal Center • Gift cards, Lego sets, board games, and arts and crafts for ages 6-18 for Big • Brothers/Big Sisters of Coastal New Jersey
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• Monetary donations to benefit all three organizations. Every year, people come to help out. They hear the call to action on their daily commute and stop in to help. Some regular donors are already collecting items. One of them is Robyn Griffith, who often recruits helpers to drive a truckload or more of groceries and pet supplies every year. She has already taken in bags of groceries from Boy Scout Troop #83’s Scouting (Share The Joy - See Page 5)
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What Caused Trump To Sweep Jersey Shore? By Bob Vosseller JERSEY SHORE – Everyone knew that no matter who won, Donald J. Trump or Kamala Harris, the results of this presidential election would be historic. Trump emerged victorious in what was a close race but he won the popular vote and was the first president to be re-elected in a non-continuous term since Democrat Grover Cleveland. He was the 22nd 1885-1889 and 24th 1893-1897 president. Trump will be the 45th and 47th. Ocean County voters provided some strong backing of the 45th president. He emerged from a very improbable comeback after leaving office in 2021 after failing to overturn the 2020 election results that he claimed he lost due to voter fraud. He later became the first former president to be charged (Trump - See Page 4)
Fewer Came Out To Vote In Ocean County
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – While there are more registered voters, fewer of them went to the polls this presidential election compared to the last one. Ocean County has been a Republican stronghold for decades so it’s no surprise that Donald Trump won it 222,812103,760. What may have surprised voters is that there were seven independent candidates for president on the ballot. Robert F. Kennedy was the strongest of them, despite the fact that he dropped out to endorse Trump. He got 1,956 votes. Randall Terry received 230; Claudia De la Cruz received 199; Rachele Fruit received 45; Chase Oliver received 580; Jill Stein (Votes - See Page 5)
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