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The BERKELEY Times Vol. 26 - No. 33

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Boats are being stored for the winter on the property. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A boat yard in a residential area is mostly playing by the new rules created for it, township officials said, although residents are still unhappy with their neighbor. NJ Outboard had

started using a large residential plot of land for boat storage last year. They installed three-story boat racks and had staff moving boats in and out of there throughout the season. The area is in the woods between Scott

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Drive and Browning Avenue, east of Route 9. They were using the intersection near the Wawa gas station and Sylvan Lakes Boulevard to move boats. Neighbors living behind the property, in the Scott Estates neigh-

borhood, had been coming to the Township Council meetings to protest it. They felt they weren’t get a fair shake because NJ Outboard had donated a boat to the township in the past. They said NJ Outboard (Boat - See Page 4)

2021 Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Canceled

By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – Sadly, the Boulevard in Seaside Heights and Seaside Park will be less green this year. Due to the spread of the coronavirus and conditions which stymied fundraising efforts of the Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, the popular event has been canceled.

A comment by the Parade Committee noted that “although we are all disappointed, the Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has decided to cancel this year’s parade in Seaside Heights. Let’s hope the luck of the Irish will keep us safe and we’ll be back bigger and better next year.” The Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day

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Parade Committee posted to their Facebook page, their wish for everyone to be safe, that the end of the pandemic will come and that they would be raising “a pint of Guinness next year for St. Patrick’s Day or do it at home this year.” “This is a sad time for everyone – we are working together to plan future (Parade - See Page 8)

January 30, 2021

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Tow n s h i p C o u n c i l urged the state to allow vaccination clinics to be held at senior communities, one of the populations that has been hit hardest by COVID-19. Vaccination clinics for the flu have been done in the senior clubhouses in the past. Now that coronavirus vaccines are becoming available, these clubhouses would be good places for vaccination sites, township officials said. The Ocean County Health Department has

one clinic at Toms River High School North and one at Southern Regional High School, but none in the middle of the county yet, Mayor Carmen Amato said. The county had put out a survey, and local senior communities expressed interest in hosting the clinics. He also offered the recreation building on Route 9 as a location. The need is dire. He said that in December, Berkeley had about 1,900 total positive cases. This number doesn’t mean that there were (Vaccine - See Page 4)

Commissioner Vicari Withdraws From Governor Race

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari has withdrawn his name for consideration for the governor’s race this year. He urged that whoever does get the nod should faithfully serve Ocean County residents and not just look to them as a pack of votes. Vicari is the longest-serving Commissioner (formerly called Freeholder) in the state, and had formerly been mayor and committeeman in Toms River, and superintendent of Berkeley Township Schools. He had been on a short list of candidates to be screened by the Ocean County Republican Club for their endorsement. If he had won, he (Governor - See Page 8)

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