Vol. 25 - No. 23
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
TIMES
FOR BREAKING NEWS
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM | November 16, 2019
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Bayville, Berkeley, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Ocean Gate and South Toms River
Wunder Wiener Might Be Back Soon Letters Page 7.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
Pages 9-11.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist Page 17.
Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 20-21.
Classifieds Page 22.
Wolfgang Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
–Photo by Chris Lundy Signs are the only thing that mark the promise of the truck coming back. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Owner Gerald LaCrosse had said that der Wunder Wiener would rise again “like a phoenix,” and it looks like he was right. He got the forms from the Health Department, is lining up water and sewer, and everything
se e m s t o be goi ng smoothly. He ordered a new trailer that’s going to be 10 feet longer than the old one. LaCrosse said he wants to re-open “as soon as I possibly can.” He’d prefer to do it before the weather gets too cold. It had long been on the property of the for-
mer Beachwood Mall (which is actually in Berkeley Township on Route 9). This had been owned by the Johnson family. Jimmy Johnson’s daughter, Priscilla Oughton, has another location for him. It’s a little more south, on a vacant lot between Fuller’s Marine and
Blackbeard’s Cave. It would still be on the same side of the road as it used to be. On the morning of June 11, 2018, an SUV heading south on 9 left the roadway and crashed into it. It was a perfect storm of tragedies: The property is (Wunder - See Page 4)
Getting Veterans Services They Need By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – A recent event held at the Toms River Library served as both a forum for veterans to learn more about the resources available to them and an early tribute to those who served in the armed forces. The Veterans Town Hall was sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and featured guest speakers Freeholder Director Virginia Haines, Purple Heart recipient and retired U.S. Marines Corporal Rory Hamill, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau
Director John Dorrity. Hamill shared his story serving in the Marines from 2006 to 2012. “I grew up in the local area. I had a very, very troubled youth. I grew up in an abusive home and had a lot of hardships at an early age. At the age of 17 I joined up and went to Paris Island and became a father and went to Iraq and was also a husband. I was way over my head and didn’t realize what I was getting myself into. “I was in Afghanistan and during my third deployment we received intelligence that there (Veterans - See Page 18)
Open Space Tax Expands Into History, Recreation
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – With the passage of a referendum, the county will now be able to use open space funds to acquire and maintain property for more than just open space. The question on the ballot asked people if they wanted open space tax funds to be used for the acquisition and maintenance of property for historic or recreational purposes. There were 55,851 people who agreed with this, and 44,883 who disagreed. For the most part, there will be no change, said Freeholder Director Virginia Haines, who serves as liaison to the county’s Natural Lands program. “First and foremost, we are still going to preserve open space. That is still going to be our main priority,” she said. Historical or recreational projects would be secondary. The main example she used is the Cox house, (Tax - See Page 4)
Republicans Maintain Most Positions In Election
By Chris Lundy, Kimberly Bosco, and Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – There were only a few interesting surprises from the election on Nov. 5. It’s no secret that Ocean County is generally a Republican stronghold, except in the northern section. In fact, some races were only between Republicans and independents, with no Democrats filing to run at all. What follows are the results of most local contested elections. These results still need to be confirmed by the county before they are official. (Election - See Page 4)
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