Tag: Toms River
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Toms River South will lean on defense to surprise this hoop season
Toms River High School South’s boys’ basketball team will call on defense this season. Coach Curt DeFillippo said this years’ team will focus on defense. “We are going to play good quality team defense. This team will look to push the ball a little bit. We want to use our speed and our guards. We…
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Toms River North expects to contend this basketball season
Toms River High School North’s boys’ basketball team will bid to duplicate its success of a winter ago. In the 2017-18 season, the Mariners posted a 25-5 record and coasted to a 16-0 record in the Shore Conference Class A South Division. During the postseason last winter, Toms River North advanced to the quarterfinals of…
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Toms River East offers potential this boys’ basketball season
The Toms River High School East’s boys’ basketball team may be young but it has plenty of potential to make noise in the Shore Conference Class A South Division this winter. “I honestly believe we can really be a very good team, even though we are very young. This team just has a chance to…
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Donovan Catholic expects to apply pressure to division opponents in the B South
Donovan Catholic High School will present plenty of fight and determination this boys’ basketball season. That is the prediction from the team’s coach, Mike Kearney. “This team will be scrappy. Not very big. I expect that this team will play hard every game. This is a very good group of players,” Kearney said. He said…
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Business owners express frustration with slow pace of road project
Business owners are frustrated with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) as the agency continues with the next phase of an improvement project at the intersection of Route 37 and Route 166 in Toms River. The project began in March 2016 and was suspended for several months in 2017 during the Transportation Trust Fund…
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Toms River council supports county’s purchase of open space
The Toms River Township Council has passed a resolution supporting Ocean County’s potential purchase of property for open space preservation purposes. At its Nov. 27 meeting, council members voted unanimously to pass the resolution. The open space parcels in the township under consideration are: 1620 North Bay Ave., 15.4 acres; Cleveland Street, 1.9 acres; Sayerville…
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RWJBarnabas Health facilities among ‘Most Wired Hospitals’
The annual Healthcare’s Most Wired survey, now overseen by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), included RWJBarnabas Health facilities among its Most Wired Hospitals. The list includes Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth…
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Annual Christmas Tree Lighting set for Dec. 7 in Toms River
The annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony will return to the downtown district in Toms River on Dec. 7. The tree, which is about 45 feet tall, is a permanent one that stands on township property on Washington Street. Employees from the Toms River Township Buildings & Grounds department decorate the tree with lights the week…
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Football Roundup
TOMS RIVER NORTH Toms River High School North defeated Southern Regional High School, 31-21, on Oct. 26 in Toms River. The victory improved Toms River North’s record to 6-2. Toms River North will now focus on the South, Group 5 state sectional playoffs when it plays Vineland High School on Nov. 2 in the opening…
