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SUEZ $3.5 Million Water Infrastructure Project In Toms River

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TOMS RIVER – SUEZ has announced that they’ve invested $3.5 million to replace about 2.2 miles of aging water main on several streets within Toms River.

The project is set to begin on October 18 on the following streets: Batchelor Street, Dickinson Avenue, East Woodland Avenue, Lafayette Avenue, Lowell Avenue, Marian Street, Russo Place, Terrace Avenue and West Woodland Avenue.

“Our customers depend on us to provide vital water services to their homes and businesses every day,” said Jim Mastrokalos, Director of Operations. “In addition to ensuring a resilient, sustainable water system for years to come, customers can rest assured that proactive investments like this one protect both public health and the environment.”

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Toms River Native Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Journalism

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TOMS RIVER, N.J. – An international journalist from New Jersey has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Toms River native, Maria Ressa, was recognized for her work in journalism. She spent nearly twenty years covering Southeast Asia as an investigative reporter for CNN. The 58-year-old grew up in Toms River after his family left the Phillippines.

Ressa, Class of ’82 at Toms River North High School, is an internationally renowned journalist and co-founder of the website Rappler.com, an online news site based in the Philippines. She continued her education at Princeton University. Ressa won the award along with fellow journalist Dmitry Muratov.

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Toms River School Evacuated

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TOMS RIVER – Students and staff have returned to High School South after it was evacuated by police due to a bomb scare.

A robocall to parents informed them that the police have determined that there was no credible threat. The evacuation lasted about an hour.

High School South was evacuated by police this morning, according to a robocall sent to parents.

A report from a source on the scene said that police dogs were brought in to sniff backpacks and that the school received a bomb threat.

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TOMS RIVER ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF OCEAN COUNTY VETERANS DAY PARADE

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One month from today (October 11) the annual Ocean County Veteran’s Day Parade, which was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, will take place in downtown Toms River.

November 11 falls on a Thursday here in 2021 and the parade itself will begin at 9:45 am at the Toms River Shopping Center on Route 37 and the route will then move south on Main Street and then turn east onto Washington Street, according to an announcement by Toms River Township government officials.

You’ll be able to see many of the familiar people, floats and sites in the parade this year as well from numerous military vehicles, elected officials, civic groups, first responders, local high school marching bands and a showcase of vintage cars.

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Rules For Voting In Ocean County This Year

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OCEAN COUNTY – Local officials are publicizing some of the regulations on how to vote by mail or in person during this year’s election. This is all still very new to residents and they want to make sure everyone is on the same page.

On Election Day

You can still vote at your polling place on election day. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 2. If you don’t know where your polling place is, you can look it up at Vote.NJ.Gov on the Polling Locations page.

Keep in mind that you can not bring vote-by-mail ballots to your polling place.

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

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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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