Vol. 25 - No. 10
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THE BERKELEY
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–Photo by Chris Lundy The intersection of Mill Creek Road, Ocean Gate Drive, and Veeder Lane has a lot of cars going a lot of different ways.
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Dear Pharmacist Page 17.
Inside The Law Page 19.
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Business Directory Page 20-21.
Fun Page Page 23.
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Horoscope Page 27.
–Photos by Chris Lundy The cardboard boat race was, as always, a popular event. By Chris Lundy OCEAN GATE – This small borough was bubbling over with people enjoying the vendors and activities of the annual Ocean Gate Day. This isn’t like an event in some shore towns, where tourists are just passing time on vacation. If you’re at this event, it’s likely you have some connection to the people or
the town. Many of the vendors had a local link, like Debbie Kutner, of Simply Debbie, who had a shop set up but was also visiting with a friend. “We love these shore towns,” she said of towns like Ocean Gate that have good festivals like this. People selling decorations, clothes, jewelry, and toys were among the most common. There
were also a lot of beach stuff and pets items. There was a food truck, and other food vendors selling items like gyros and hot dogs. Central Regional student Angela Ruscitti had scrunchies for sale that she had made with her small business Scrunchies By Ang. “It’s been steady,” she said of sales. She usually gets most of her work (Ocean Gate - See Page 5)
County Officials Looking To Expand Open Space Fund
By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – In the last 20 years, the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund has successfully preserved close to 30,000 acres of open space. In an effort to continue this progress, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders will ask voters
to amend the program in order to expand its purpose allowing the trust fund to be used for costs of acquisition, development and maintenance for recreational and historic preservation purposes. Residents will be asked to vote for this question
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By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – With cars meeting in a busy four-way intersection, township officials want to get a traffic light installed to make it safer. Mill Creek Road, Ocean Gate Drive, and Veeder Lane is a chaotic intersection, with these three roads mixing together at strange angles. It’s not uncommon to see drivers stop at one of the stop signs and wait a while for an opening, then hit the gas hard to pull out and squeeze into an opening and practically cutting someone off in the process. (Traffic - See Page 4)
VA Clinic Busiest In NJ
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - With an estimated 40,000 veterans living in Ocean County, the Veterans Administration’s Outpatient Clinic on Route 70 in Brick is “by far” the busiest of 10 community-based VA clinics in New Jersey, said director of the VA New Jersey Health Care System Vincent F. Immiti. There are 10,000 veterans enrolled to receive their primary care at the Brick clinic, and with an estimated 85,000 to 90,000 visits a year, the facility is one of the 27 U.S. clinics that will be expanded (Clinic - See Page 4)
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