Vol. 24 - No. 17
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Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Bayville, Berkeley, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Ocean Gate and South Toms River | September 29, 2018
Businesses Sought By New Owners Of Bayville Shopping Center
Fundraisers Held For EMS Member
Community News! Pages 10-13.
Government Page 7.
Letters
–Photo courtesy GoFundMe In these images, Megan Franzoso’s family show how much of her life revolved around Emergency Medical Squads.
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Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 22-23.
Classifieds Page 21.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
–Photo courtesy Jeffery Realty & By Chris Lundy (Above) Several stores are still thriving in the center. (Inset) This overhead photo, taken by a drone, shows the entire property. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Baywick Plaza has been purchased by a new owner who hopes to make it attractive to customers – and to businesses. According to the commercial real estate database Costar, it was purchased earlier this year for $14.4 million. Wick Companies of Woodbridge, which developed the center in 1990, sold to
Central To Celebrate Community Heroes By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A new award honoring Central Regional graduates that have contributed significantly to the community has been started this year. The first ever Hometown Heroes (Heroes - See Page 5)
Millbrook Properties of New York. The 22-acre site is located north of Ocean Gate at 333 Route 9 (Atlantic City Boulevard), somewhat across from the Bayville School. Since then, the plan has been to clean up the facade, and work on the landscaping, said Shane Wierks, director of realty and vice president of (Shopping - See Page 5)
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Ocean County Prosecutor’s Legacy Is Saving Lives
By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – When Prosecutor Joseph Coronato gave speeches about the opioid epidemic, he would open with statistics on the numbers of overdose deaths to show people just how severe
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By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – What happens when the person who responds in times of medical emergencies needs help? What happens when they have a medical emergency as well? In this case, the community comes together to help. Megan Franzoso, 28, of the Berkeley Township EMS went into cardiac arrest for 45 minutes on Sept. 14. She remains on life support. The community has responded, raising more than $20,000 in a GoFundMe for her. It can be found at gofundme.com/megan039s-first-aid. According to the GoFundMe, started by her uncle, Brian Geoghegan, she began volunteering when she was 16, and serves as an EMT now. Her family is now struggling with her medical bills, expected to be quite large. This weekend, there will be a car show held on Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Veterans
this epidemic is. When he became prosecutor in 2013, he said there were 10 overdoses in seven days. One was an 18-year-old girl in Brick who was doing 25 packets of heroin in the morning and another 25 at night.
Traditional police work – arresting criminals – wasn’t enough. It needed a different approach. The different approach is what he hopes will continue after his appointment as prosecutor ends in October. Since March, Coro-
nato said he knew he was on borrowed time. The position is filled by the governor. Coronato is a Republican. Phil Murphy is a Democrat. So, Murphy has chosen Bradley Billhimer as his replacement. Billhimer (Legacy - See Page 4)
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