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John Pizzarelli and Catherine Russell in “Billie & Blue Eyes” at Toms River’s Grunin Center

in Toms River News

Music lovers are filtering in to Toms River, NJ’s Grunin Center for the Arts on this Sunday, September 26, 2021 evening to experience Billie & Blue Eyes, a musical tribute to Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra presented by singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and jazz vocalist Catherine Russell.

John Pizzarelli was born in Paterson, NJ. As a youngster, he took lessons on banjo but soon switched over to guitar. He also played trumpet in college. As the son of jazz guitar great, Bucky Pizzarelli, while still a teenager, John had the experience of performing with the likes of Benny Goodman, Clark Terry, and Les Paul. With a trio he founded with his brother, Martin, Pizzarelli spent time in the 1990s as the opening act for Frank Sinatra, whom he’s honored with recordings including 2006’s Dear Mr. Sinatra and 2017’s Sinatra and Jobim at 50.

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Seniors Can Get Help With Medicare Enrollment

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TOMS RIVER – If you are a senior who needs assistance enrolling in Medicare, help is now available.

Ocean County seniors in need of help with their Medicare enrollment as well as Medicare Prescription Drug Plans can get one-on-one assistance through the Ocean County Office of Senior Services as it teams up with the Ocean County Library. Starting on Oct. 18 a series of Medicare Part D days for County seniors will be held.

Ocean County Commissioner Joseph Vicari said, “navigating health insurance coverage can be challenging. By senior services teaming up with the Ocean County Library, we can offer help to our seniors at more convenient locations as we bring the service closer to our constituents.”

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PORT AUTHORITY WANTS NJ’S INPUT FOR NEWARK AIRPORT ADVISORY PANEL

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NEWARK — Regular travelers through Newark Liberty International Airport and residents who live near the airport are being encouraged to apply for spots in an advisory group the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to convene next month.

The Newark Liberty International Airport Advisory Council, according to a Port Authority release Wednesday, will be comprised of 15 to 21 members and will meet quarterly, over a 12-month pilot program beginning in November.

The Port Authority hopes to enlist a “cross-section of participants from among airport travelers, business owners, community members and local residents,” the release said.

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Toms River Schools’ COVID-19 Quarantine Numbers Down A Third

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TOMS RIVER, NJ — A week after nearly 900 Toms River Regional students were listed as in quarantine by the district due to possible coronavirus exposures, the quarantine number has fallen by more than a third.

As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, there were 561 students and 24 teachers in quarantine, according to the district’s dashboard, which is updated daily. That is 3.76 percent of the district’s 14,600 students and just over 1 percent of the more than 2,200 staff members.

Those numbers have declined about 34 percent from the 864 students and 26 staff members who were in quarantine a week ago, when eye-popping numbers in quarantine made headlines.

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FAMILY BLAMES VAX MANDATE AND NJ BASED J&J FOR YOUNG MOM’S DEATH

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The family of a young Seattle mother is lashing out at vaccine mandates after she died from a rare blood clotting complication linked to the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Washington State health officials issued a statement saying 37 year old Jessica Berg Wilson died from “thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome,” which is also known as “vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT).”

Berg Wilson is the fourth death from VITT linked to the J&J one-shot vaccine regimen.

In her obituary, her family described Jessica as “an exceptionally healthy and vibrant 37-year-old young mother with no underlying health conditions.” They noted her devotion to her children and the joy she got from being a mother to her two daughters, Bridget and Clara.

The family then went on to blame vaccine mandates for causing Jessica’s death. “During he last weeks of her life,” the obituary reads, “The world turned dark with heavy-handed vaccine mandates. Local and state governments were determined to strip away her right to consult her wisdom and enjoy her freedom.”

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Feds Forgive $3M In Sandy Loans For Toms River

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TOMS RIVER, NJ — For several years, Toms River officials have been trying to get the township’s Community Disaster Loan forgiven by the federal government.

The township, which borrowed $5 million for cleanup efforts after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc in 2012, had repaid some of the money. But while other towns had their debts wiped clean by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Toms River still had $3 million to repay.

As of last week, that $3 million has finally been removed, officials said, after loan forgiveness for 18 towns and school districts at the Jersey Shore, including 12 in Ocean County, was included in the government operations bill signed by President Joe Biden last week. More than $25 million in loans was forgiven under the provision.

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St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Toms River holding mass to bless healthcare professionals

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It’s been a demanding, stressful year and a half plus during the pandemic to say the least for our first responders and healthcare heroes.

Thoughts and prayers are with them all the time hoping for their health and safety.

Even before the pandemic there has been a special, sacred tradition in the Catholic Church of holding a mass for healthcare professionals.

Not just to pray for those who’ve gone before us but those in the field today.

Various Catholic churches from all over hold this kind of mass and in Toms River, St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church is doing so for the 8th time on Sunday October 10.

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NJ ‘open’ for Halloween, says Murphy: Toms River parade returns

in Toms River News

When it comes to Halloween, New Jersey is still “open for business” this year, Gov. Phil Murphy said at a pandemic response briefing on Monday.

The governor said that the state also celebrated Halloween last year, while adding that this year, one difference is there’s a vaccine and that it works well.

Responding to a question about the secular holiday — which falls on a Sunday in 2021 — Murphy said indoor parties and gatherings present the biggest concern and that folks need to use their common sense.

Among late October traditions returning after a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toms River Halloween Parade is set for Saturday, Oct. 30.

The Toms River Fire Company No.1 hosts the annual event, which is the world’s second largest Halloween parade, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Murphy said the tragedy of 18 and 19 months ago was that “there was no playbook on how to handle the pandemic.”

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VAX RATE HIGH AMONG NJ HEALTHCARE WORKERS

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New Jersey, it appears, will not have to mobilize the National Guard to staff hospitals and health care facilities. Most healthcare workers have abided by Governor Phil Murphy’s mandate to get vaccinated against COVID or get fired.

NorthJersey.com is reporting compliance with the vaccine mandate is better than 95% at most hospitals and other medical facilities and is still increasing. Many workers who opted for testing rather than vaccination, are now deciding to get the jab.

That’s a substantially higher vaccination rate than in California, where National Guard medics are staffing some rural hospitals where staff have quit or been fired for refusing to get vaccinated. Healthcare workers rallied against the vaccine last week. One of the rally organizers, Nurse Deborah Burns, told the crowd, “I will not violate my body by putting an experimental death dart with undisclosed ingredients in it!”

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Ocean County Saving Money On Energy Costs

in Toms River News

TOMS RIVER – Ocean County officials are pleased with the results of an energy master plan which is realizing substantial savings as it moves beyond its five-year mark.

Ocean County Commissioner Joseph Vicari said, “the steps we have taken to install improvements in many of the main County government buildings in downtown Toms River to improve energy efficiencies have been more beneficial than we could have anticipated.”

Vicari, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County Department of Buildings and Grounds added, “this is a 20-year plan that continues to pay for itself in savings and also environmental benefits.”

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