Former South Toms River Mayor Dolores Sullivan died on January 26. She was 85. As a widow and the mother of eleven, she got a job driving a school bus for the Toms River Regional School District.
Alfred Alonzo lost his battle with heart disease on January 27 at age 66. Known as “Babo” at the Ocean County Sheriff’s office, where he was in charge of maintenance, he was a 50-year member of the Ocean Gate Fire Department and a member of the Ocean Gate Republican Club.