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Delta Variant Spread Slows In Ocean County

in Toms River News

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Here’s the weekly look at coronavirus cases in Ocean County, including town-by-town totals and a look at related data since the emergence of the delta variant earlier this year.

The county averaged 139 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 184 new daily cases the prior week, according to the Ocean County Health Department.

The seven-day change is a significant decrease from last week and from much of September.

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Autism Prevalence is at 5 Percent or Higher in Many New Jersey Communities

in Toms River News

Variations in autism prevalence occur at the community level, Rutgers study finds

In some New Jersey communities up to 8 percent of children have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – more than triple the national average, according to a Rutgers study.

Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the study appears in the journal Autism Research.

Researchers analyzed data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network – a group of programs funded by CDC to estimate the number of children with autism – looking at 5,453 children in public school districts in Essex, Hudson and Union counties who were 8 years old in 2016.

They discovered an estimated ASD prevalence of 36 children per 1,000 in most regions, but greater than 70 per 1,000 in multiple school districts in the state. The national average of children with ASD is 2 percent.

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School bus driver shortage means some NJ kids get home at sunset

in Toms River News

TRENTON – School officials say the bus driver shortage isn’t abating, which is leading to some New Jersey students not getting back home at the end of the day until nearly sunset.

Some students won’t get home until after the sun is down, once clocks are turned back when Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 7.

At a meeting of the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, school leaders said that although school bus regulations are largely driven by the federal government, there are ways for the state to help:

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Ribbon Cutting Held At Toms River Library For Sensory Space Room

in Toms River News

TOMS RIVER –Ocean County officials and representatives of the County Library system gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of a Sensory Space on the second floor of the township branch of the Ocean County Library.

With ceremonial scissors in hand, Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari, joined Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Gary Quinn, members of the Ocean County Library Commission and library staff to mark the opening of the facility that will serve children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other disabilities.

Vicari commended the library staff and commissioner “for their innovative approach to helping our citizens with autism and other disabilities. Vicari, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County Library system, said, “this room serves as a centerpiece of our efforts to be all inclusive in the programs and services we provide at the library.”

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INCENTIVIZE MICRO-SCHOOLS AND ‘WORK-AT-HOME’ MOMS

in Toms River News

New Jersey dad Ryan Campbell started a micro-school at his home with five other families.

Following a home school curriculum with a certified teacher, the kids are getting an education without the “woke” nonsense/racism or CRT, gender fluidity, and anti-American propaganda. Also, no masks, no vax, no distance required.

Given the facts that have been demonstrated across the country and world about how kids are simply not as vulnerable to COVID as the corporate media agenda would have you believe, you would think that New Jersey schools would have raced back to in-person, no-distance, no-mask and certainly no-vaccine normal. But this is New Jersey and sadly, fear and ignorance continue to rule the day when it comes to policymakers in Trenton.

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Atlantic Medical Imaging Opens 3rd Toms River Location

in Toms River News

TOMS RIVER – Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) has opened its newest imaging facility in Toms River. Among the services offered at this location are MRI, 3D screening and diagnostic mammography, DEXA scans, ultrasound and x-ray.

  The office is located at 1430 Hooper Ave., Suite 102 in Toms River. Office hours initially are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 732-223-XRAY (9729), or visit aminj.com.

  The Hooper Ave. center is the third AMI location in Toms River and the sixth AMI imaging center in Ocean County, including the two offices in Brick and the one in Manahawkin.

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Ocean State Job Lot fills one of the last empty Toys R Us stores in Monmouth

in Toms River News

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Ocean State Job Lot, a discount store, is opening again in Monmouth County.

The company, which closed its Shrewsbury store in 2019, opens its new location on Trotters Way, across from Freehold Raceway Mall, today at 9 a.m.

It has purchased and remodeled the 44,784-square-foot former Toys R Us store. The toy retailer filed for bankruptcy in 2017, shuttering all of its remaining stores.

Ocean State Job Lot, which has five other stores in New Jersey, sells name brand and close-out merchandise at discount prices.

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Toms River Halloween Parade

in Toms River News

TOMS RIVER, NJ — While many people have been plotting and preparing since early September for the 82nd Toms River Halloween parade, there’s still time to come up with a plan to participate.

The return of the parade after a year off because of the coronavirus pandemic was announced in early September. It has been heralded as the second-largest Halloween parade in the world, with thousands of participants and spectators filling downtown Toms River every year. Before last year, the parade, which started in 1919, was canceled only three other times: in 2012, because of Superstorm Sandy, which slammed Ocean County just two days before Halloween; during the Great Depression due to lack of funds, and again during World War II due to labor shortage and blackout rules.

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STILL GETTING BITES? NEW JERSEY’S MOSQUITO SEASON IS LASTING LONGER

in Toms River News

We’re not the only ones enjoying the milder-than-usual October in New Jersey this year.

Mosquitoes are still hanging around comfortably — due to rainfall events that drenched parts of the Garden State over the past several weeks, and a broader trend that has created a longer mosquito season.

“Extended seasons are a real problem that we’re just going to have to deal with,” said Scott Crans, administrator for the New Jersey Office of Mosquito Control Coordination, part of the state Department of Environmental Protection.

With a general warming of the climate, Crans said, species of mosquitoes that typically hang out further south are inching their way up north into New Jersey and elsewhere.

New Jersey is home to more than 60 different species of mosquitoes. At least three exotic species have taken residence here, Crans said.

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RWJBarnabas system fires 118 employees for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19

in Toms River News

One of New Jersey’s first hospital and health care networks to impose mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations among all its employees has fired 118 workers for refusing to get the shots, a spokeswoman for RWJBarnabas said Monday.

The 118 represent less than 1% of RWJBarnabas’s 35,000 workforce. The announcement comes three days after the network deadline for all employees to be fully vaccinated.

The firings occurred across the network’s 15 hospitals, 33 outpatient centers and dozens of other facilities. The dismissals will not affect care, said Linda Kamateh, an assistant vice president at RWJBarnabas.

Most major hospitals in New Jersey have enacted vaccine policies that are more strict than Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order that allows unvaccinated health care workers to keep their jobs as long as they get tested for COVID at least once a week.

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