Vol. 24 - No. 21
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
TIMES
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Memorial For Alice
Wish Lists Will Allow Donations To Any Central Regional Program
OCC Breaks Ground On New Performing Arts Academy
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Letters Page 8.
Government Page 9.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Hearing Health Snap Shot
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Dear Pharmacist
6 Surprising Benefits Of Dandelion Weeds
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Inside The Law Page 21.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 23.
Wolfgang Puck Page 31.
–Photos by Kimberly Bosco Students from the OCVTS Performing Arts Academy performed a dance and song to close the ceremony. By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – It was a cold, sunny after noon, but spirits were not chilled by the persistent winds at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ocean County Vocational Technical School Performing Arts Academy, held outside of the Jay & Linda Grunin Center on Oct. 18. “I can’t believe that it was just a year ago that we were gathered here as a community to announce the construction of a new, state-of-the-art performance academy right here on the Ocean County College Campus, “ mused Jay Grunin, co-founder and cochair of The Jay & Linda Grunin Foundation, and one of the ceremony’s VIP guests. “Here we
are today, with construction well underway.” Bulldozers and construction vehicles were actively working behind the scenes on the beginning stages of the new building during the afternoon ceremony. The new OCVTS Performing Arts Academy
will be a 50,000-squarefoot building intended to “provide a rigorous education for creatively gifted high school students, (offering) majors in theater, vocal, dance, and audio engineering,” according to their press release. The constr uction of
the building is already underway, and is expected to be completed by December 2019. Dr. Jon Larson, OCC President, kicked off the ceremony by stating that arts education “aids students in developing skills needed in (Arts - See Page 4)
By Pat Miller BERKELEY – Is there something you love about Central Regional High School? Enough to donate money? Then Central Regional Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides would like to hear from you. The district is launching myschoolsregistry. crhs.com, a new fundraising program, on Nov. 1 that will allow anyone who wants to donate funds to just about any existing program at Central Regional the opportunity to do so. “Every teacher, every class, every activity will create a wish list,” he said in a recent Facebook video. “You can tell that donation will go directly to that teacher, that club, that sport,” he said. “It’s a great way to give back.” “I have my list of rich
people and I’m going to send it to them,” Parlapanides joked at the Oct. 18 Board of Education meeting. Anyone can donate, he said. “As an alumni, parent, maybe an eccentric millionaire, you want to spend your money someplace, how about giving back to Central Regional? It’s a great tax write-off,” he said. Anyone who donates $25 will receive a tax deduction and a thank you letter. Anyone who donates $100 will receive free passes to all Central athletic events. Anyone who donates $500 will receive the athletic pass and a Central Regional sweater. If you donate $1,000, you will receive the athletic pass, sweater and a tour of the school district, courtesy of “yours truly,” Parlapanides said.
School Board Candidates Run Unopposed
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – There are several school board races that will be decided in November, but the candidates are running uncontested. For the Berkeley Board of Education, there Construction is underway on the new OCVTS Performing Arts Academy.
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