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—Photos by Chris Lundy (Above) High Flying Pages featured acrobats and a motorcycle show. (Right) Eli Stuerze, 4, of Whiting, is being brave as Spider-Man on the Frog Hopper ride. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – There was a lot to see at the Ocean County Fair – and a lot to learn, touch, and talk about, too. The fair, which runs for five days at the Robert J. Miller Airpark
in Berkeley, expanded offerings to be more hands-on this year. Sure, there was still the usual rides and boardwalk-style games. And fair food like popcorn, roasted peanuts, Italian sausage, cotton
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candy and ice cream. Vendors were selling clothing and jewelry, and booths were set up for government services, politicians, and political hopefuls. But this year, there was more of an inter-
active feel to it. The 4-H Club, which has long had a close association with the fair, had made some changes. While there had always been a horse demonst ration, this (Fair - See Page 4)
Howell Homeless HELPing Themselves By Kimberly Bosco HOWELL – Nearly four months after the Destiny’s Bridge homeless community was booted from their encampment on township land, the group is making strides towards helping themselves by helping others. Through a newly established program called
Lawyers Wrangle Over Banquet Hall Proposal By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Is a banquet hall the same as a restaurant? It took 10 attorneys and three city planners four hours to argue and give testimony on this question for an application to continue before the Board of Adjustment. Vilamoura, LLC wants to build a 48,660-square-foot facility at the site of Barnegat Bay Marina, located on the south side of the Mantoloking Bridge. At issue was the question of whether the facility would need a Use Variance in the B-2 Business Zone since banquet halls are not an approved use for the site, while restaurants are an approved use. The board voted unanimously that the two were the same after township planner Tara Paxton and township zoning officer Christopher J. Romano testified that there is no language in the township code that distinguishes between the two. “I don’t think of them as separate uses,” Paxton said. “I see a restaurant and a banquet facility as interchangeable, and that is how we have treated them for 18 years in Brick.” Romano agreed. “Restaurants are used as
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HELP (Homeless, Empowerment, Labor, Program), Destiny’s Bridge is finding a meaningful way to contribute to the community by employing the homeless. As of March 18, those residing on the homeless encampment at 5998 Route 9 in Howell Township (Homeless - See Page 20)
Brick Officials Against Flood Insurance Changes By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Townships like Brick who have done the hard work needed to get into FEMA’s Community Ratings System (CRS) should be exempt from recent changes made to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). So said Mayor John G. Ducey during the July 9 council meeting before the governing body voted on and passed a resolution that urges legislators to oppose and seek changes to the reauthorization of the NFIP. On June 12, the House Financial Services Committee unanimously approved a bill that (Flood - See Page 26)
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