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VOTE NOW! The Top 5 Best High School Marching Bands in Ocean County, NJ

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We’ve made it to the TOP 5, vote for your favorite.

Oh man, to me there is nothing better than a Friday night at a local football game listening to the marching band in their seats playing their hearts out. I love sitting right next to them in the bleachers. That is the BEST school spirit!

I tried to play several instruments as a youth – the clarinet, flute, and drums. I just couldn’t do it. Looking back now, I guess I didn’t give it enough time to learn. The marching band always had a little club and I think I secretly always wanted to be a part of it. That’s why I would sit next to them in the bleachers. I wanted to be a part of their passion and school spirit.

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Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage From September 24-30, 2023

in Toms River News

Here’s a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from September 24-30, 2023. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week’s top 15 includes articles from 6 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean).

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Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Baja SAE team records another top-10 finish

in Toms River News

Pennsylvania College of Technology students added a new chapter to their history of success at Baja SAE with a recent top-10 finish in the competition’s premier event.

At Baja SAE Ohio, Penn College placed ninth in the four-hour endurance race, considered the toughest test at the international showcase. Schools are required to design, manufacture and build a single-seat, all-terrain, four-wheel-drive vehicle to survive various challenges.

The result marked the college’s 14th top 10-finish in the endurance race since 2011.

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COVID mask mandates: Three Monmouth and Ocean County hospitals bring them back

in Toms River News

Three hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties are among those that have begun to require employees and visitors wear masks after seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases, officials said Wednesday, a reminder that the public health emergency is over, but the virus continues to be a threat.

Hackensack Meridian Health said it made the move at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Ocean University Medical Center in Brick and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford, where there has been an increase in cases at the facilities and in the community.

The Edison-based hospital network also mandated masks at Old Bridge Medical Center in Middlesex County and Carrier Clinic in Montgomery Township, Somerset County. And it is strongly encouraging employees and visitors to wear masks at its other hospitals.

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N.J. weather: Top 27 rain totals from Tropical Storm Ophelia

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After four straight days of rain from moisture associated with Tropical Storm Ophelia, New Jersey is finally getting close to escaping the cloudy, dreary weather. And the sun may actually make a rare appearance on Wednesday.

Here’s a look at the 27 towns across the Garden State that reported the most rain from late Friday through Tuesday morning, according to data from the National Weather Service, the Rutgers NJ Weather Network and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network, known as CoCoRaHS.

A quick reminder: Most regions of New Jersey normally get between 3.5 and 4 inches of rain during the entire month of September. So the places listed below were drenched with more than a month’s worth of rain in just a few days.

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See homes sold in the Toms River area, Sept. 18 to Sept. 24

in Toms River News

The following is a listing of all home transfers in the Toms River area reported from Sept. 18 to Sept. 24. There were 60 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,440-square-foot home on Tapola Road in Toms River that sold for $358,500.

Seaside Heights
307 Grant Ave., Seaside Heights, $305,000, 840 square feet, $363 per square-foot, three bedrooms and one bathroom.

Seaside Park
10 O Street, Seaside Park, $440,000, 945 square feet, $466 per square-foot, three bedrooms and one bathroom.

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Who Remembers the Route 37 Dairy Queen in Toms River?

in Toms River News

Ah, the Dairy Queen on Route 37 in Toms River. Not just a haven for ice cream lovers but a genuine local hangout that shaped the childhoods of many who grew up in the area in the 1980s. Located where Honda Universe now stands, this wasn’t just any Dairy Queen—it was a full-service oasis that meant much more to the community than just Blizzards and Dilly Bars.

The journey to Dairy Queen was its own mini-adventure. After eagerly awaiting Friday, allowances in hand for completing our chores, we would hop onto our Mongoose and Redline BMX bikes. We’d weave through the wooded trail behind Hill Road, near the Holiday Inn, defying the temptation of exploring the large sewer pipes underneath Toms River or taking on a few ramps along the path. Our final destination? Dairy Queen, of course.

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Construction Begins This Week To Re-Pave Water Street in Downtown Toms River

in Toms River News

If You are like me, then maybe you are tired of bouncing up and down Water Street in Downtown Toms River. Coming to work each day I get off at Exit 81 and then proceed to bounce my way down Water Street all the way until I exit at Robbins Street. It’s like bounce, smash, and bang pretty much the whole way from the Garden State Parkway ramp to our offices on Robbins. When I leave work it’s the same rough ride right back to the Parkway, but hopefully, that’s coming to an end.

Now with the good news this project is going to run this week, it means there will be delays around Downtown Toms River, but let’s not complain, it’ll mean fantastic new pavement on Water Street and I’m happy about that, they are doing overnight paving so that may help alleviate traffic delays in and around Downtown Toms River. So thanks folks I’m looking forward to this as I commute in and out of Toms River.

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