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ASBURY PARK PRESS HELPING HANDS SERIES

GIVING THE
GIFT OF VISION

Middletown
man charged
with making
bomb threats
22-year-old arrested after notes
found twice at Freehold theater
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS

FREEHOLD A Middletown man is accused of making two bomb threats this week at the AMC movie theater at Freehold Raceway Mall.
Jesse Carroll, 22, is accused of two counts of seconddegree public false alarm, according to a release from
the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office. He was taken to Monmouth County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail with
no 10 percent option.
The theater was evacuated twice this week after
threatening notes were discovered in a mens bathroom.
On Monday evening and again on Friday afternoon
notes were found containing threats to theater management or threats of bombs inside the theater. One note on
Friday afternoon read: Im coming for blood; 4pm
bomb, 6pm empty mag in guests, the release said.
After each discovery the theater complex was evacSee THREATS, Page 5A
BRIAN JOHNSTON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rachel Engle and her father, Todd, on the porch of their Jackson home. Rachel and her brother Clayton suffer
from Stargardt disease, a form of juvenile macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss.

Community rallies, helps raise $30,000 for

Jackson siblings who are losing their sight
RYAN ROSS @RROSSAPP

aily life has become increasingly difficult for Jackson

runners Clayton and Rachel Engle. The siblings struggle with the everyday tasks many take for granted: Since

their diagnosis with Stargardt disease, the brother and sister

have been experiencing a gradual loss of vision, making everything from seeing a teachers notes to recognizing facial expressions and identifying friends a challenge. After being outfitted

Editors note: This is an

installment in the
Asbury Park Press
Helping Hands series, in which we publish the stories of those
at the Shore who find
themselves in need
during the holidays and
beyond, and ask our
readers to provide what
help they can.

How to help

gardt, Clayton and Rachels vision was temporarily corrected.

Visit the GoFundMe

page at on.app.com/
HelpingHands4Engles
to add your donation.

However, the hefty price tag of $15,000 per set of goggles made

Helping Hands

the experience too good to be true. That was until Claytons team-

Do you know someone

who could use help,
with anything from
food to clothing donations to needed home
repairs? If their needs
can be verified through
an area nonprofit, they
could be selected to
have their story published in our Helping
Hands series, and well
ask readers to pitch in.
Email Regional Director
of Engagement Alesha
Williams Boyd at
awilliams@app.com
with the subject line
Helping Hands or call
732-643-4215 to help us
connect those in need
with the help they need.

with special, high-tech goggles that negated the effects of Star-

mates decided to get involved. A GoFundMe account was created in support of Clayton, and in just a few days, friends, complete strangers and anonymous donors alike have helped to raise
the necessary funds. However, the support did not stop there:
Claytons sister Rachel is now just a few dollars short of receiving
these special goggles as well. Now, with the holidays upon us,
Clayton and Rachel have the local and online community to thank
for the best Christmas gift theyll receive, the gift of vision.

MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Scan the QR code

or visit app.com for the Engles story.

DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rabbi Moshe Gourarie testifies about the Chabad Jewish

Center, which he operates at his Toms River home.

Use variance
must be sought
for TR Chabad
JEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLE

TOMS RIVER - A rabbi who has been operating a

house of worship and a Jewish community center at his
Toms River home will need to seek a variance from the
Board of Adjustment to continue running the Chabad
Jewish Center at its Church Road location.
At the conclusion of a raucous, nearly four-hour-long
meeting, the zoning board rejected Rabbi Moshe Gouraries contention that the Jewish Center is a permitted
use in the residential zone where it has been operating.
The boards decision means Gourarie now must seek
a use variance to continue operating the center. A 2009
revision to the townships zoning ordinance banned
churches in the residential zone that includes Gouraries property.
See ZONING, Page 5A

What are the odds of a white Christmas?

KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP

If you want to see snow this Christmas, youll have

to go as far west as the Colorado Rockies, meteorologists say.
Temperatures in the Jersey Shore are expected to
be in the low- to mid-60s the week of Christmas. And
theres no cold air in sight after that, either.
Its very unusual, New Jersey State Climatologist
David Robinson said. Were on pace to potentially
obliterate the temperature records for the month of

Falling oil prices raise

investors fears of economy
following suit. STORY, 1B

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December.
Robinson said he expects this month will be the
warmest December since 1895, when temperatures
were first recorded.
This weekend, temperatures are expected to drop
significantly, but still will be about average for this
time of year. Today and Sunday will be in the low 40s,
with nighttime temperatures at about 30 degrees.
Averages for this weekend hover around 43 deSee FORECAST, Page 5A

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