The BERKELEY Times Vol. 26 - No. 26
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By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – Several local on-air staffers who worked for Townsquare Media for years will no longer be heard on area radio stations. Those staffers were part of the radio network’s Ocean/Monmouth counties cluster and includes Liz Jeressi of Hot AC 94.3 The Point WJLK Asbury Park who was with the station for more than 20 years and worked 18 years in morning programming with Lou Russo, who will now work solo for the present time. Also out is Justin Louis as APD/MD/afternoon host at AC 92.7 WOBM-FM Toms River. Before starting with WOBM-FM in 2007, Louis worked at WHYN Springfield
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─Photo courtesy Save Barnegat Bay A microplastics workshop was held before COVID-19 where students learned about the invasive chemicals and how it enters the food chain. By Judy Smestad-Nunn food, drinking water and for food, which is toxic steers away from fossil fuels and transitions to JERSEY SHORE - It is even the air. The poten- and cannot be digested. estimated that humans tial effects on human Plastic is a by-product renewable energy, the oil ingest about 5 grams - or health are unknown. of oil, and companies industries are looking at about the size of a credit What is known, howev- like Shell, Exxon and BP plastic production as their card - of plastic each er, is the effect plastic has are responsible for the new ticket to growth. In the last 10 years, these week from microplastics on animals, who mistake mass production of this that have contaminated different forms of plastic material. As the planet (Plastic - See Page 4)
Principal Thanked For Delivering Food To Families
By Chris Lundy SOUTH TOMS RIVER – Being a principal means you look out for the families in your district, even when you’re outside of the building. South Toms River Elementary Principal Dennis Holzapfel was invited to a Borough Council meet-
December 12, 2020
ing, but he didn’t realize he was going to be the guest of honor. Since the start of the pandemic, Holzapfel has been driving around town delivering food to families in need. Every Friday, he loads up his van with 30 boxes of food. Then, he takes another run with
another 30 boxes. He drives his own van and fuels up at the borough’s pumps, South Toms River Business Administrator Joseph Kostecki said. Therefore, in a ceremony during the meeting, he was thanked for his service. More than 100 people showed up to the
event, held outside due to the pandemic. Superintendent David Healy was in attendance, as well as Anna Polozzo, South Toms River’s representative on the Board of Education. Many teachers from the school came out, as did the elected officials from the 9th and
10th Legislative Districts. “It was an amazing show of support,” Kostecki said. The borough of South Toms River were looking for any car dealerships or residents who would be willing to donate an unneeded van or Jeep to help the principal deliver food.
Court Denies GOP Boss’ Appeal
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, deciding that the inf luential lawyer should go to jail for his financial crimes. Gilmore, 71, of Toms River, was convicted of not paying federal income tax and lying on a loan application. During the appeal handled by his attorney, Kevin Marino, he alleged that the trial did not include expert psychiatric testimony regarding his claim of having a hoarding disorder that made him spend lavishly on personal expenses rather than pay his taxes. In the non-precedential ruling written by Judge Thomas Hardiman for a threejudge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the court rejected four separate claims raised by Gilmore. (Court - See Page 8)
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