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80 Year Old Suffers Fractured Skull at Toms River Halloween Paradee

80 year old suffers fractured skull at toms river halloween paradee

TOMS RIVER-The annual Toms River Halloween Parade in Downtown Toms River was briefly paused after 80-year-old Harold Oswald of Willow Grove was thrown from a cart he was driving in the parade and suffered a skull fracture.

According to Toms River Police Department spokeswoman Jill Messina, Oswald was operating a miniature gas-powered cart along the parade route. While performing various maneuvers in the roadway, Mr. Oswald lost control of the cart, causing it to tip.

Messina said Oswald was thrown from the cart and struck his head on the pavement.

He was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center where he is listed in critical, but stable condition.

Resident: Everyone Has Let Down Brick Seniors Affected by Flood

Resident: everyone has let down brick seniors affected by flood

BRICK-Michele Spector, a resident of Brick Township told the Brick Township Council and Mayor John Ducey this week that the residents who had been flooded in August, possibly by a nearby construction project performed along the Garden State Parkway had been let down.

“Everyone had let them down from government down to local,” Spector said. “This is a real shame, they feel that there was big to do in the beginning and that was it, so what’s left except a lawsuit to make people notice what they have lost, and they have lost a lot.”

“We have lost a lot in Evergreen Wood, we have lost our quality of life,” she added. “Children have gotten asthma with no prior history…you can’t be outside.  This is not a life.”

Spector said that after the parkway expansion that possibly left the community flooded, the noise problems in the area have ruined the quality of life for residents.

“Not everything that can be done has been done,” she told the council.

Resident: everyone has let down brick seniors affected by flood
Brick councilwoman heather dejong.

After a series of residents pleaded with the township to assist residents, Council President Heather deJong immediately shut down the public comment portion of the meeting without commenting or replying to the residents’ concerns.

Mayor John Ducey announced that affected residents could apply for loans to assist with their damages.

Residents of Greenbriar have hired attorney Justin Lamb to file a class action lawsuit against multiple agencies.

 

 

Brick Township Councilman Paul Mummolo Slammed Over Indifference to Seniors Affected by Parkway Flood

Brick township councilman paul mummolo slammed over indifference to seniors affected by parkway flood

BRICK-Brick Township Councilman Paul Mummolo was criticized this week by a resident who was affected in this past fall’s epic flooding, believed to be caused by the construction performed along the Garden State Parkway.   He claims Mummolo asked why the township of Brick should bear the burden of the lawsuit, the man’s reply left the council speechless.