Middletown Students And Parents Flood BOE Meeting, Fighting Masks

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Middletown Students And Parents Flood BOE Meeting, Fighting Masks

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Students and parents flooded the Wednesday night Middletown BOE meeting, protesting Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask mandate.

That would be Executive Order 251, issued by Murphy Aug. 6, which mandates all K-12 public and private students in New Jersey wear masks when the school year begins in just a few weeks.

This comes the same night that, down in Toms River, Republican governor candidate Jack Ciattarelli urged the Toms River BOE not to follow the executive order and to make masks optional.

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HENRI FLY-BY FOR NJ: INCLEMENT WEATHER, ANGRY OCEAN THIS WEEKEND

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HENRI FLY-BY FOR NJ: INCLEMENT WEATHER, ANGRY OCEAN THIS WEEKEND

As of Friday morning, Tropical Storm Henri is centered approximately 600 miles south of Cape May, New Jersey. From late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, it is expected to pass about 100-200 east of the Jersey Shore, as a category one hurricane.

So we face inclement, but not particularly dangerous, weather at times through the weekend. Rain, wind, and clouds are in the forecast, no matter where in the state you are. Having said that, we will salvage some breaks of dry weather, especially early Saturday and late Sunday.

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Deja vu all over again: Little League World Series features a Toms River East team led by Frazier

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Deja vu all over again: Little League World Series features a Toms River East team led by Frazier

The Little League World Series features the Toms River East squad, and one of its star players is a member of the Frazier family.

Todd Frazier, the former Rutgers, Yankees and Mets star, led Toms River to the Little League World Series title in 1998. Almost a quarter-century later, Frazier’s nephew Carson is trying to do the same thing.

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Toms River parents, students hold rally to protest school mask mandate

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Toms River parents, students hold rally to protest school mask mandate

A group of parents and students held a rally in Toms River Wednesday evening to protest Gov. Phil Murphy’s mandate that masks must be worn inside of schools.

The rally was held outside of the town’s Board of Education meeting. The group held signs and chanted, “No more masks.”

The governor says that masks must be worn inside of schools when classes resume in September because of rising cases of COVID-19 and the delta variant around the state.

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How NJ teacher salaries stack up against other professions

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How NJ teacher salaries stack up against other professions

The people hired in New Jersey to develop the next generation of leaders, doctors and everyday workers are paid, on average, about 20% more than folks who have jobs in other lines of work.

A state-by-state analysis from Business.org, which was updated to reflect 2019-2020 figures, finds that New Jersey posts the fourth-highest differential between teacher salaries and the salaries of all other occupations.

Nationwide, teachers earn 13% more than the average salary, according to the analysis. In New Jersey, the spread is 19.9% — only California, New York and Pennsylvania post higher differences.

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Public To Hear Downtown Toms River Redevelopment Plan

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Public To Hear Downtown Toms River Redevelopment Plan

TOMS RIVER – A redevelopment plan for parts of the downtown area will be presented to the public at a meeting from 5-7 p.m. on August 19 in the L. Manuel Hirshblond Room, 2nd Floor of Town Hall, 33 Washington Street.

This is an informational meeting on the proposed development. No decisions will be made.

The site has become controversial as residents – and even some elected officials – have questioned whether the downtown area can handle that many extra cars, what the homes will do to the underfunded school system, and why the township is giving the developers a break in taxes and in purchasing the property.

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New Autism Therapy Provider, Helping Hands Family, Opens Clinics in 2 New Jersey Locations

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New Autism Therapy Provider, Helping Hands Family, Opens Clinics in 2 New Jersey Locations

TOMS RIVER, N.J., Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Helping Hands Family (HHF) is excited to announce that they are opening clinics in Ocean County and Mullica Hill, NJ, which continues their mission in positively impacting children with autism in the area. Currently, HHF has one New Jersey clinic in Mt. Laurel Township offering ABA therapy to children diagnosed with autism, but that number is now expanding with the 2 recent openings.

When HHF was founded, they knew there was a gap in high-quality ABA therapy in the region, and since then they have made it a priority to expand access to care to the families of NJ. As HHF serves more families, parents have been quite happy with their child’s growth and elevated performances in daily tasks. These positive outcomes are made possible by HHF’s well-trained RBTs and BCBAs through their expertise and dedicated care.

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Parents Weigh Sending Children Back To School With Masks

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Parents Weigh Sending Children Back To School With Masks

OCEAN COUNTY – For many students across the country, this fall will be their first time back in the classroom on a regular schedule in almost a year and a half. New Jersey students are no exception. Based on the state’s guidance, students should expect to be back in school full time, with no remote option as of yet.

Gov. Phil Murphy declared that all students, educators, staff and visitors are required to wear masks in public, private and parochial schools, regardless of grade level, unless they meet an exemption.

Some parents called for a virtual learning option for students. Perhaps their child was a more successful or confident online learner, or they worried about the Delta variant of COVID-19. Others expressed concerns about masking students.

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The misinformation and myths holding Americans from getting vaxxed

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The misinformation and myths holding Americans from getting vaxxed

More than half of Americans (51%) are not sure whether or not to believe some of the false claims and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new survey from a coalition of university-based research from across the country.

In June, researchers from Rutgers, Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern universities polled more than 20,000 Americans from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with the COVID States Project. It asked Americans to mark four popular vaccine misinformation claims as either “true,” “false,” or “not sure.”

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TOMS RIVER: STEALS & DEALS GRAND OPENING

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TOMS RIVER: STEALS & DEALS GRAND OPENING

Steals & Deals grand opening was today at 9AM. The discount store occupies the former Bed Bath & Beyond in Bey Lea Plaza on Hooper Avenue. As seen by our reporter, a good portion of the store has yet to be filled with product, but stock is promised to be out on the shelves soon. The new store is very similar to Bed Bath and Beyond, with added inventory of clothes, toys, and food at bargain prices. Store hours are 9AM to 7PM Sunday through Friday.

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