Vol. 24 - No. 8
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Government Page 8.
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Dear Pharmacist Page 17. Families enjoyed the crafts, activities and music, before the rain came.
Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 22-23.
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Fun Page Page 20.
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Horoscope Page 27.
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – It was a perfectly planned event, even if weather didn’t fully cooperate. The 3rd Annual Family Fun Day was held in Veterans Park. It offered rides, crafts, games, music, and more. These were all things Emiliana Rose O’Brien loved. It would have been a perfect day for her. Sadly, she passed away in 2015 at just 13 years old. “We would love to call it Emiliana’s Day, because this event embodies everything she loved - maybe one day we can give her that honor,” her mother Janet O’Brien said. “Em loved crafts. She taught herself how to crochet - she crocheted (her brother) Connor’s baby blanket in a week. Only two weeks before her diagnosis. She loved to draw, do her hair and make-up, and learned it by watching YouTube. She loved going to food truck festivals, especially if they had bacon. Bouncy houses, Italian ice, hamster balls, everything
a healthy child would enjoy,” she said. Emiliana never gave up hope throughout the course of her illness.
–Photos courtesy Emiliana’s Hope Therefore, her parents started Emiliana’s Hope in her memory to bring
| July 28, 2018
County Buys Open Space In Berkeley By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – The county will be adding more open space to its acquisitions, pending the usual approvals. The Ocean County Freeholders accepted the recommendation from the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory Committee to acquire two parcels of land in Berkeley Township, totaling a little more than 24 acres total. The county is set to pay up to $1.025 million plus up to $2,200 for property tax adjustments. Mark Villinger, the supervising planner with the county’s planning department, said even though the parcels are not adjacent, it’s one purchase (Open Space - See Page 9)
(Fundraiser - See Page 4)
Hooray For Hollywood! In Ocean County
By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Former Gov. Chris Christie yelled “cut” on movie industry tax incentives back in 2010 and let an attempted reauthorization die back in 2016. Variety, the entertainment business industry magazine, reported back in October that it was the gover nor’s dislike of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” that prompted the dropping of many industry-related tax incentives. (Recently, the show did return to Seaside Heights for a (Hollywood - See Page 4)
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