Vol. 24 - No. 30
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
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Berkeley Township: A Look Back At 2018 Coloring Contest Page 6.
Andy Kim Focusing On Jobs, Constituents
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
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Dear Pharmacist Alternative Treatments For Seizure
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Freeholder John Bartlett addresses the crowd for the reopening of Berkeley Island County Park. By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – The year began with the swearing in of the four incumbent Republican council members James Byrnes, Sophia Gingrich, Angelo Guadagno, and Judith Noonan - to new terms. Their terms run until the end of 2021. Byrnes was selected to serve as council president for the year. There were no municipal elections in November. However, next year the mayoral seat is up. Current Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. told The Berkeley Times he plans to seek a third term next year.
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Inside The Law Page 17.
Business Directory Page 19.
Classifieds Page 18.
Horoscope Page 23.
Winter Storms The winter of 2018 was relentless. The first blizzard came in early January. Another followed at the end of the month. Berkeley received the most snow in Ocean County during both storms, according to the National Weather Service. Four, count them, four Nor’easters hit just in March.
–Photo by Chris Lundy The new turf field was instal led at Sam Pepe Me morial Park , adjacent to Veterans Park.
Township Council Says No To Pot Sales In Berkeley The Township Council adopted an ordinance that forbids the sale of marijuana even if it becomes legalized in the state. Mayor Amato called it a “gateway” drug that leads to other more harmful drugs. “For every pro, there’s 10 against,” Council President James Byrnes said. The sale of marijuana for medicinal use is more appropriate, but even that can be abused. Byrnes said he would rather see the penalties for marijuana possession lessened than to see it legalized. “In half of our dropouts, the common denominator is pot,” he said. Golf Course Privatized The Township Council decided to privatize the municipally owned Cedar Creek Golf Course, since it had lost money for many years. (Look Back - See Page 4)
County Buys Open Space For Bike Path
By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – On the recommendation of the county’s Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory Committee, the Ocean County Freeholders approved the purchase of more than 27 acres in three locations in Toms River. The county will purchase 6.99
acres on Cleveland Street, 4.98 acres on Sayreville Street (both off Route 527), and 15.4 acres on North Bay Avenue just south of Green Leaf Court. The Cleveland Street property sits adjacent to 111 acres of wetlands and conservation easement lands. The headwaters of the Toms River run nearby.
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One professional appraisal was ordered to assess the property; the county will pay $155,000 plus up to $1,270 in property tax adjustments for it. “We would eventually like to put a trail system - a walking and hiking trail system - through there,” Freeholder (Open Space - See Page 5)
–Photo courtesy Andy Kim Congressman-elect Andy Kim poses at a recent meeting of the Beachwood Democrats. By Chris Lundy BEACHWOOD – When Andy Kim was on the campaign trail, he said he heard a lot of similar worries. Job security was a big one – people wanted to make sure that their jobs would still be there in the future. That’s why he said he wants to address this issue. He was recently meeting residents at Democrat events in the area, and stopped at the Beachwood Community Center. He said he applied to be on the House Armed Services Committee and Committee on Small Business. These are two places he feels he could do the most good. The committee assignments were not made by press time. These committees encompass two large realms: entrepreneurs and the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which is one of the region’s largest employers. He said he wants to make sure that it remains strong in coming years. The base has occasionally wound up on the list for Base Realignment and Closure. Outside of the big, most pressing issues, there are individual problems that he wants to be responsive to. These are the constituent concerns. They might not make headlines, but they greatly impact the quality of life of a household. “That’s going to be my top priority,” he said. He wants to dedicate the bulk of his resources to that. He’s not allowed to hire (Andy Kim - See Page 5)
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