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Vol. 21 - No. 42
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Farmers Market Switched To Route 9 Spot, Adds Hour
March 26, 2016
Another “Meet The Mayor” Night Scheduled By Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – Got a question for the mayor? Another chance to ask it comes with the second “Meet the Mayor” event Mayor Carmen Amato will hold this year. On March 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Amato will hold evening office hours in town hall, 627
Pinwald-Keswick Road. The idea, Amato said, is to make local government “more open and accessible.” “Elected officials have an obligation to be as accessible as possible to our constituents,” said Mayor Amato. “During my time in office, I have held (Mayor - See Page 4)
BLUECLAWS RAMP UP FOR APRIL HOME-OPENER
–Photos courtesy Berkeley Township The Berkeley Farmers Market opened in 2015 in Veterans Park, but this year will move to the Berkeley Recreation Building, Route 9. By Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – A higher visibility spot is hoped to make the second year of the Berkeley Farmers Market more fruitful than its first. With an opening day of May 10,
township’s farmers market will be held at the Berkeley Recreation Building on Route 9, a change from its Veterans Park spot. Councilman Angelo Guadagno said the new spot will hopefully
bring more traffic to the market, thus benefiting the market shoppers and vendors. More vendors have signed on from last year, he said. (Market - See Page 13)
NJ “Vulnerable” Target For Human Trafficking By Judy Smestad-Nunn OCEAN COUNTY – Imagine children as young as 12 years old who have to perform sex acts, against their will, in exchange for shelter, food, clothing and attention. The sexual exploitation of children is the most hidden form of child abuse in the country and it is the nation’s least recognized epidemic, said Patty Mojta, social worker and department head of
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, the only non-profit dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect in the state. Mojta lecture, “The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in New Jersey” was held at the Toms River Library recently, focusing on domestic sex trafficking of children in the United States. Conservative numbers show that at least 100,000 minors
are currently exploited through prostitution in the U.S. each year, and some 100,000 to 300,000 of U.S. children are at risk of being sex trafficked and exploited, Mojta said. 83 percent of people trafficked in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and all 50 states have reported cases. New Jersey is vulnerable because it is a tourist destination and is within a day’s drive to multiple (Trafficking - See Page 12)
– Photo courtsey Lakewood BlueClaws By Chris Christopher There will be improvements at Chris Tafrow is 35 years of age, FirstEnergy Park in the team’s but he feels like a child. 16th season, all in the South At“Every year,” the Lakewood lantic League. BlueClaws’ general manager said “We have made a nice investment of the season, “it feels like Christ- in the Kids Zone,” said Tafrow, mas time.” who has been with the club since The BlueClaws, the Philadelphia its birth. “We will cater more toPhillies’ low Class A farm club, ward the teenagers with a big rock will play their regular-season climbing wall-trampoline combihome opener April 14 against the nation. We will do a lot of social Greensboro (N.C.) Grasshoppers media interaction with our fans on at 6:35 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park. our video board. Fans will be able “I am super excited,” said Ta- to tweet pictures of themselves. frow, a 1999 graduate of Toms They will receive a tweet saying, River High School East where he ‘Watch for your pictures,’ and in competed in baseball and basket- the next two minutes the tweets ball and played the snare drum in will be on the board.” the Raiders’ band. “Just the other Fans can take in some new food day, when we began setting up options too. the park, we had a good feeling. “In terms of food, we will have All of our planning is starting some crazy pork roll options,” he (BlueClaws - See Page 4) to happen.”
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