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Published 12:11 am Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Even in the height of summer and vacations, Cumberland County is still working to provide services to its residents. During the Tuesday, July 11 Board of Supervisors meeting, local organizations presented what theyve been up to so far this summer.

During Fire Chief Andy Aigners update, he covered the recent meeting held by him and the volunteer chiefs in the county about the recent weather events. When these events happened they were able to send alerts through the system and all three stations were staffed to respond quickly. At the meeting, they also discussed an inclement weather policy.

Now anytime we send an alert out about inclement weather that policy will take effect and it does a couple of things, said Aigner.

The policy formalizes what the departments are doing and moves everybody to the same channel on fire and EMS so the dispatchers have to worry about fewer channels. The tree-downs and nonemergency calls will go through the chiefs at each station to manage those around the other calls around the county. They also put a policy to shut down everything not emergency in case of low visibility that one of the recent storms brought.

With training, courses are still moving forward. There is an emergency vehicle operating course that is set for September and some CPR classes to get volunteers up to speed in the fall after the vacation season is over. The goal is to make these classes available to residents after making the rounds through the fire stations.

Aigner highlighted four volunteers that completed some basic training needed to become a firefighter. Caleb Smith completed the Fire 2 class and Anthony Price and Dylan Jenkins completed Fire 1 and Fire 2 as well as Hazardous Materials Operation.

Casey Fletcher also completed her Fire 1, Fire 2 and Hazardous Materials Operation and was recognized as the star stand out of the class. These classes take numerous hours and are extensive with Fire 1 being over 100 hours with the other two over 50 and 40 hours.

This was all done as a volunteer and it was free, they were giving their time they did not get back monetarily out of this, said Aigner. To have volunteers that are this dedicated is tremendous. This is something we want to feed on and highlight and continue to grow.

The Cumberland County Public Library has changes in the works to help improve the experience for its patrons. One of these projects is focusing on improving the ability to use computers and be able to print. According to Glenn Mozingo, chair of the board of trustees, the library is looking to have a system configured to print mobility or from a hub for a small charge.

They are also reviewing the vendors they use to make sure that the ones they are paying for are the ones patrons are using. For example, there was a contract with one of the vendors that supplied hotspots taking up around $2,300 of funding. Since the contract wasnt used in the last year, the library board decided to end the contract to use the funding for something else.

The summer reading program and the summer reading challenge just finished up with 170 youths involved in both programs. These programs also received great support from many local businesses.

I think its terrific, said Glenn Mozingo, chair of the board of trustees. Its great to see kids reading.

There is another project underway because the library has books and media that are missing or misplaced. The library is working on locating and properly labeling those as well as working on ordering new books.

Superintendent Dr. Chip Jones announced the new hires at Cumberland County Public Schools. Missy Shore is the new high school principal, Lisa Garcia is the new high school assistant principal and Tyrone Mosby is the new athletic director and career development specialist.

The thing about all three principals, the elementary, middle and high school principals, they all started as teachers in Cumberland County Public Schools, said Jones. They transitioned into assistant principals or assistant to the principals and now theyre principals.

Even though its summer, students have been busy with different activities. Band camp is taking place and the fall sports are starting conditioning. The Virginia State Police Crime Scene Investigation Unit visited the middle students to teach them about how to investigate a crime scene and potential careers. The JROTC attended the JCLC 23 Massanutten Military Academy. The high schools Future Farmers of America participated in the 97th annual FFA Convention at Virginia Tech and was placed in several categories and named the superior chapter.

Jones closed with an update on the track project as it is currently underway. The next step is to get it surfaced.

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Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on July 15, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a structure fire was reported at the Fairways at Bey Lea Apartment Complex on Inverness Drive in Toms River. Upon the arrival of emergency personnel, heavy smoke and fire were observed coming from the structures roofing system. The building was evacuated without incident. During the suppression of the fire, two firefighters, an emergency medical technician, and a resident sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to local hospitals for treatment.

A thorough and extensive investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office-Arson Unit, Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Toms River Township Fire Bureau, and Ocean County Sheriffs Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit determined that the fire originated on an exterior third floor balcony, and that improperly discarded smoking material cannot be eliminated as the cause of the fire. The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental.

Id like to thank all the emergency service personnel that responded to this structure fire. We had fire companies from all over Ocean County respond and assist in the suppression of this fire. My sincere thanks to all the first responders who worked so tirelessly under the most extreme heat conditions. I am extremely grateful that no one was seriously injured, Prosecutor Billhimer stated.

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Rabbit Hole is a high-quality spy/thriller series with positive reception from critics and viewers alike. Much of this praise is heaped onto its all-star cast, who give many great performances that elevate the drama to a gripping level. Many of these actors have become masters of their craft over the years, doing various projects. If you see a familiar face in Rabbit Hole, chances are there is a good reason for that. Take a look at where you have seen these actors before!

Kiefer Sutherland stars in the series Rabbit Hole as the master corporate spy John Wier, but Sutherland is familiar to audiences for other roles as well. Perhaps his most famous role was when he starred in the crime thriller series 24 as Jack Bauer. During the run of the show, he won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and two separate Screen Actors Guild awards. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, he breaks down his feelings on Rabbit Hole. He reminisced how his role in Rabbit Hole felt really familiar and allowed him to go from being the hunter to being the hunted.

Related: Kiefer Sutherland on a 24 Revival: 'If I Get to Do Something Else With It, I Would Certainly Jump at That'

Meta Golding portrayed the character Enobaria in The Hunger Games series. She has taken various TV and movie roles for decades. Many remember her for her roles in popular TV shows like Criminal Minds, Burn Notice, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Related: The Hunger Games: Every Tribute's Death, Ranked by the Worst Ways to Die

In Rabbit Hole, Enid Graham plays Josephine Madi, an FBI agent working in the financial crimes division. This role is similar in theme to some of the other projects she has been in. She plays a character in The Mare of Easttown whose daughter is missing and needs the help of the detective that the series follows to find her. Mind Hunter is another series she is in that follows detectives/law enforcement characters. In this show, two FBI agents in the 1970s must interview crazy killers to close unsolved cases. Graham plays Josephine Madi, an FBI agent working in the financial crimes division. She was also in the show Elementary as Ms. Chadwick.

Rob Yang makes an excellent on-screen presence in Rabbit Hole as Edward Homm, a US Treasury Department investigator. He has also been seen in The Americans series as Don Seong, as well as the popular series The Resident, as the character Logan Kim. You may have also seen in alongside Jeff Daniels in American Rust.

Walt Klink plays a withdrawn and mysterious character in Rabbit Hole. While he typically blends in as an intern in his office environment, he is actually a deadly assassin. Klink has previously been seen playing the character Justin Merriman in Arctic Circle. The show follows a Finnish police officer who must solve a crazy criminal investigation in a remote polar town that is unforgivably cold.

Charles Dance is John's father in Rabbit Hole, but that is far from his most famous role. Perhaps the place that people most know Charles Dance from is the hit HBO show Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones won 59 Emmys and received 160 nominations during its eight-season run. His role as Tywin Lannister is one of the standout performances in the show, and it was sad to see him go the way he did.

Throughout his career, Dance has been seen in many other notable films like Alien 3, Last Action Hero, Dracula Untold, and the Underworld series. Every role Dance takes brings a sense of gravitas and immediately makes whatever he is in 10x more epic.

Many people remember Jason Butler Harner from his role in the hit TV show The Walking Dead. In that show, he played Toby Carlson, and while only having a small part in season 11, he managed to make a lasting impact on the season.

Fans of good TV probably recognized Alexandra Castillo immediately when she came on-screen in Rabbit Hole. She is Dawn Mathis in The Handmaids Tale, and also had a part in the classic mid-200s show Degrassi: The Next Generation. Castillo also played Jacqueline in The Girlfriend Experience

Matthew MacFadzen plays Morgan Shaw, a police officer with a striking appearance. He plays a Romulan commander during Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and plays another police officer in the TV series Transplant.

Jonas Chernick is most known for his role as Agent Slade in The Border, a 2008 thriller series that he won a Gemini Award for. He managed to take away the award for Best Supporting Actor. Chernick has also been spotted in Fargo as the character Syd Scwartz and is another Degrassi The Next Generation alum like Alexandra Castillo. He played the character of Mr. Bentekamp in that series. Chernick also starred in the 2019 film The Prague Orgy.

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The Surf City Borough Council unanimously agreed to sell a small parcel of land located at the end of North Seventh Street and the bay, cleaning up the angle of the property.

We had it appraised and came up with a value $60,000, Mayor Francis Hodgson said during the councils April 12 meeting. They are going to bulkhead it. The stipulation is they cannot put any building of any kind out past the bulkhead.

When asked by a member of the public about the property location, who was purchasing it and why, Hodgson only said a crime had been committed in the vicinity.

The just-sold land parcel in question is adjacent to the bayfront property where Sherry Lee Heffernan, 57, of Landenberg, Pa., is alleged to have killed her father and his longtime companion in September 2021. She was indicted by an Ocean County grand jury after the case was investigated by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major Crime Unit, Surf City Police Department and the Ocean County Sheriffs Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

Surf City police discovered the bodies of John Enders and his girlfriend, Franoise Pitoy, in Surf City on Sept. 29, 2021 after being dispatched to the bayfront home when a family member requested a welfare check on the longtime couple. Enders was 87 at the time of his death and Pitoy was 75. Both victims were already deceased when the officers arrived, having suffered multiple and obvious stab wounds.

Heffernan was taken into custody on Oct. 4, 2021 by Pennsylvania State Police at her residence in Landenberg and returned to New Jersey on Oct. 20, 2021. Shes been lodged in Ocean County Jail since that date.

Heffernan was also indicted on charges of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, specifically a handgun; unlawful possession of that handgun; possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, specifically a knife; and unlawful possession of a weapon, the knife.

Before returning to New Jersey, Heffernan claimed she was being framed for the deaths. However, at approximately 4:48 a.m., Sept. 29, surveillance footage of the Causeway Bridge captured a white RV heading eastbound toward the Island. About 10 minutes later, a Ring doorbell camera captured the same RV approaching the victims home on North Seventh Street, according to an October 2021 affidavit.

At about 5:53 a.m., an individual is captured by a security camera walking west toward the bay.

A different camera shows an individual in the back yard of the Enders home at 6:42 a.m. climb over the fence into a neighboring yard, according to the affidavit. The individuals clothing appears to be oversized for the persons frame and the individual is seen carrying an orange garment or bag while cutting through a property toward Sixth Street. The individual was determined to be about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, the same height listed on Heffernans drivers license, according to the affidavit.

At 6:43 a.m., the individual is seen walking eastbound on Sixth Street by an Xfinity security camera. Ten minutes later, the RV was captured leaving the Island and about 30 minutes later, an automatic license plate reader on Route 72 near the entrance to the Garden State Parkway captured the RVs registration number, according to the affidavit. G.G.S.

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MANCHESTER A motorcyclist succumbed to injuries after losing control and crashing into several trees Sunday afternoon, police said.

Around 3:41 p.m., officers responded to the area of Pasadena Road near the intersection of Mount Misery Road in the Whiting section of town for a report of an accident involving a motorcycle with an unconscious driver with no pulse.

On scene, witnesses and good Samaritans had begun CPR on the motorcyclist who had sustained extensive life-threatening injuries. EMS personnel performed life saving measures before he was transported to Community Medical Center where he was ultimately pronounced deceased, police said.

Authorities later identified the motorcyclist as 28-year-old Roland Same of Lakewood. They determined that Same was traveling east on Pasadena Road at a high rate of speed when he lost control. As a result, he was ejected from the motorcycle and struck multiple trees before coming to final rest.

Police also determined that Same was wearing a DOT approved helmet at the time of the crash.

Assisting at the scene were members of the Ocean County Sheriffs Department Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Manchester Emergency Medical Services, Robert Wood Johnson Paramedics, and Accurate Towing Service. The roadway was closed in the area of the crash during the investigation.

Although the crash is still under investigation, police believe speed and driver error are the contributing factors.

With the warm weather upon us and the increase in motorcycle traffic on the roadways, both riders and motorists are reminded to be aware of the presence of motorcycles. Please obey all traffic laws and arrive alive, Manchester Police said.

The crash is being investigated by Patrolman Jesse Hoydis and Patrolman Jose Diaz of the departments Traffic Safety Unit.

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