OPINION: The Toms River Tax Ripoff
TO THE EDITOR: My first meeting with the Township of Toms River 7 years ago I was told the Girls Softball Complex was needed for the girls of Toms River so they could play...
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Lamb: Toms River GOP Establishment has Failed Ward 1 Voters
TO THE EDITOR: Over the past 13 years, the voters and taxpayers of Toms River have endured tax increases at the hands of a Township Council chosen not by the voting majority, but appointed...
Santoriello: Don’t Reelect the Gilmore Machine
TO THE EDITOR: I sold my soul to George Gilmore is more than just a title to a report written by rogue reporter Gavin Rozzi. It is a former way of life I conducted...
Toms River GOP Leader Rips Maruca Primary Challenger’s Team as “Anarchists” After $14m Firehouse Referendum Fails
TOMS RIVER – Republican Club President Robert DiBiase joined with school board member Christopher Raimann in expressing outrage at a Republican primary challenger over the outcome of a Saturday referendum where voters rejected a proposed...
Toms River GOP Candidate Says Republican Club President DiBiase Pressured Him to Drop Out
Chris Grimes, a Toms River Republican primary candidate, is pushing back against the township’s Republican Club leadership after Republican Club President Robert DiBiase unsuccesfufily tried to convince him to drop out of the race....
OPINION: Grounded TR Drone Ban Written to Appease One Influential Resident
According to Toms River Councilman Jeffrey R. Carr (Ward 3), the ordinance that recently proposed to essentially flat out ban drone flying in Toms River, require registration with a $70 fee yearly, and expose...
With Drone Ban Ordinance, Toms River Council Flies to Unconstitutional Heights: Editorial
Tonight, the Toms River Township Council will consider an ill-advised and legally questionable ordinance that would severely limit the ability of citizens to operate drones in accordance with federal law over the skies of...
GOP Primary Challenger Lamb Slams Toms River Council’s “Knee-Jerk” Backtracking on Airbnb Ordinance
TOMS RIVER – First ward Republican primary challenger Justin Lamb issued a statement on Tuesday criticizing the all-Republican township council’s ordinance that would restrict the ability of residents to rent their homes for short term durations on...
Election 2017: GOP Primary Races to Watch in Brick, Toms River
This year, there are two contested municipal primary races within Ocean County, both on the Republican Side. Toms River: Three Way Primary Fight in Ward 1 Republican primaries are not usually exciting in Toms...
Toms River GOP Shakeup: Juan Bellu Calls it Quits
TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Republican Club’s chairman of the board of trustees, Juan Bellu, is stepping down from his club leadership position, according to TRGOP sources familiar with the move. According to...
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