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- ↑ Twenty Second Annual Induction Dinner, Toms River Regional Schools, May 5, 2013. Accessed November 22, 2021. "Lori Grifa is a member of the very first graduating class of Toms River High School East, proudly accepting her diploma in 1981."
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