{"id":2020,"date":"2018-06-12T01:24:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2018-06-12T01:24:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:24:19","slug":"toms-river-receives-209k-for-clean-communities-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/06\/toms-river-receives-209k-for-clean-communities-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Receives $209K for ‘Clean Communities’ Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volunteers clean up a Toms River beach during one of several annual beach sweeps. (Photo: Toms River Twp.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Toms River received the third-highest Clean Communities program grant, issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n

Toms River will receive\u00a0$209,273, the third-highest single grant behind Jersey City and Newark, in the $17 million program. In Toms River, officials said the money will be used to\u00a0pay the salaries of three Clean Communities employees (two full-time and one part-time) as well as equipment, educational programs and litter removal projects throughout the year.\u00a0The funding will go toward coordinating group cleanups of public lands within the township.<\/p>\n

The department will also use a portion of the grant to expand on its educational outreach and safety training programs. The Public Works Department conducts tours at the township facility and provides educational programs with a focus on recycling. \u201cRocky\u201d the Recycling Robot performs educational skits at Toms River Elementary schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also excited to announce that this year the Toms River Clean Communities program will launch a brand-new water debris collection program employing the use of a vessel purchased with funds from last year\u2019s grant,\u201d said Mayor Thomas Kelaher, in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a great relationship with the NJDEP over the years,\u201d said Public Works Director Lou Amoruso. \u201cToms River Educational Specialist John Clark has developed a Clean Communities Excellence in education award-winning program on non-point source pollution, which has been viewed by nearly 1,500 first and second grade children this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Clean Communities program also funds\u00a0cleanups of stormwater systems that can disperse trash into waterways; volunteer cleanups of public properties; beach cleanups; public information and education programs; and purchases of litter collection equipment, litter receptacles, recycling bins, anti-litter signs and supplies to remove graffiti.<\/p>\n

The township promotes \u201cAdopt-a-Highway\u201d and \u201cAdopt-a-Spot\u201d programs, which encourage volunteers to register with the Department of Public Works to adopt a specific area to keep litter free, clean and beautiful. Volunteers cleaned up over 30 cubic yards of debris from the Township\u2019s public lands, roadsides and beaches. Additionally, nearly 200 Adopt-a-Highway participants have received safety training in a joint effort involving Toms River Township and the New Jersey Clean Communities Council.<\/p>\n

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Toms River received the third-highest Clean Communities program grant, issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection. Toms River will receive\u00a0$209,273, the third-highest single grant behind Jersey City and Newark, in the $17 million program. In Toms River, officials said the money will be used to\u00a0pay the salaries of three Clean Communities employees (two full-time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,9,3],"tags":[631,11],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","category-featured","category-government","tag-clean-communities-grant","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-12-at-1.22.55-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}