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Over 200 Toms River Regional Schools students have tested positive

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More than 200 students in the Toms River Regional Schools have now tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year – and even more are currently home on quarantine.

According to data shared on the school homepage, roughly 1.5% of the student body has tested positive out of 14,500 students.

Health and school officials say the numbers are consistent with the rate of transmission currently seen in a county like Ocean with a high rate of spread.

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Toms River Schools Fought The Mask Mandate, Now Experiencing A COVID-19 Crisis

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TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Toms River Regional School District has been one of the staunchest opponents of the Phil Murphy school mask mandate and now, they’re paying for it according to the Star Ledger. District officials cited the high temperatures at the beginning of the school year as the reason why students were not required to wear face masks, but now, 217 students and 33 employees have tested positive for the virus, the paper reported today.

The district has 887 students now in COVID-19 quarantine with a higher rate of infection per student and staff than any other district in New Jersey.

School board member Joseph Nardini, a Republican has lead the charge against the Murphy mask mandate. In May, Nardini sent a letter of disapproval to the governor over the new school mask mandate.

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More than 1,100 Toms River students out after COVID mask-optional opening

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TOMS RIVER – More than 1,100 public school students are out this week due to COVID-19, either through quarantine or because they tested positive for the virus, according to school district data.

The mounting infections and “close contact” occurred during a new school year that began Sept. 8 under a mask-optional policy implemented by district leaders, who have faced sometimes loud and vociferous pushback from parents opposed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order mandating masks in schools.

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NJ teacher charged with using fake doctor’s note to avoid mask mandate

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A Jersey gym teacher allegedly forged a doctor’s note to try to avoid the statewide coronavirus-related mask mandate in schools, authorities said Monday.

Gayle Hadley, 53, of Toms River, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of uttering and one count of falsifying medical records, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

The district flagged the doctor’s note submitted by Hadley to local authorities, which determined the teacher had tried to claim a fake medical exemption from the mask policy earlier this month, prosecutor’s said.

Face coverings in New Jersey schools are mandatory with few exemptions, such as “documented medical condition or disability,” according to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order issued in August.

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On the Border bringing Tex-Mex food to Ocean County Mall

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TOMS RIVER – Tex-Mex restaurant On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina is coming to Ocean County Mall, the mall announced Monday.

The restaurant is expected to open next spring at Ocean County Mall’s new lifestyle center. It will be located next to P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, which is currently under construction.

This will be the restaurant chain’s fourth location in New Jersey, and the first at the Jersey Shore. The restaurant touts its margaritas, house-made salsa, and mesquite-grilled fajitas.

It adds to the other new restaurants at Ocean County Mall: Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, and B.J.’s Restaurant & Brewhouse and Turning Point, a breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant, which held its grand opening event on Monday morning.

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High school seniors face third COVID school year

in Toms River News

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Shore communities, Brooke McKown was a sophomore at Jackson Memorial High School.

That was March 2020, and the initial classroom shutdown and switch to virtual learning appeared to be temporary.

“School was canceled for two weeks and we had a three-week spring break,” she recalled. “We thought we would get back to normal, but we still weren’t going to go back and it kept getting worse.”

Eventually, the school year ended with most students on virtual learning and uncertainty over what would happen next. Proms were cancelled, graduations delayed and restricted, and spring sports events quickly dropped.

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ATLANTIC COUNTY OFFERS FREE COVID-19 & FLU VACCINES EFFECTIVE TODAY

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Atlantic County’s free flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinics will begin today, Monday, September 27, 2021.

You can click on this link for more information:(https://www.atlantic-county.org/documents/public-health/Flu-COVIDVaccinationClinics2021.pdf).

Residents will be served who are 18 years and older in need of a COVID-19 vaccination.

You will have a choice of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the two-dose Moderna vaccine.You don’t need an appointment, but face masks are required for entrance to all locations.

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Suicide Prevention Month: “Be The One To Help Save A Life”

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TOMS RIVER – September is Suicide Prevention Month and this year, the theme is “Be the One to Help Save a Life.” The Ocean County Health Department wants everyone to help spread awareness and promote prevention groups and more.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all in so many ways and one of the biggest concerns has been the effect on people’s mental health. Many public health officials have seen a rise in the number of people experiencing anxiety, depression, psychosis, loneliness and other mental health concerns which can lead to thoughts of suicide.

About 60 percent of people that died by suicide have had a mood disorder and depression. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) states that in 2019, Ocean County ranked second in New Jersey for suicide death (64 suicide deaths) and was the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.

SUEZ $5 Million Water Infrastructure For Downtown Toms River

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TOMS RIVER – SUEZ has announced that they’ve invested $5 million to replace about three miles of aging water main with new infrastructure in downtown Toms River.

The project, which begins on or about September 27, will renew approximately 230 individual services and enhance the reliability of water service in the area.

“We continue to make ongoing, significant proactive investments in aging infrastructure, which is especially important to the busy downtown area,” Jim Mastrokalos, Director of Operations, said.  “We found that some of the oldest water mains, roughly over 60 years old, as well as one dating back to 1918 in the project area, is in need of immediate replacement.”

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$16B Bay Flood Plan for Worst NJ Storms

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Federal officials on Tuesday warned of a “dire” situation that is likely to get worse as they explained details of a $16 billion plan to lessen back bay flooding, one of the major sources of storm damage at the Jersey Shore.

At an online public hearing, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers answered questions on flooding impacts, environmental effects, navigation and other concerns, even as they acknowledged they don’t yet have all the answers.

The proposal calls for construction of huge gates across the mouths of three inlets in New Jersey that could be slammed shut when major storms approach, closable barriers that would cut parts of two bays in half and the elevation of nearly 19,000 homes.

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