The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 22
In This Week’s Edition
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM
The Story Of Jeffrey’s Creek
BREAKING NEWS @
jerseyshoreonline.com
Community News Pages 10-11
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16
Dear Joel Page 20
Inside The Law Page 23
Jeffrey’s Creek is a nice, quiet place to go off the beaten path. By Chris Lundy the Toms River. It’s off and keep heading toOCEA N GAT E – Ocean Gate Drive (not ward the river. You’ll People would refer to to be confused with find a small parking it as the duck pond, or Ocean Gate Avenue or a rea across f rom a maybe even the lily Ocean Gate Turnpike) triangle of land where pond, but few knew which slinks along the the veterans memorial it had a name, or a western border of the was installed. history. borough. Once you get There’s a small grassy Jeff rey’s Creek is a off Route 9, you pass area giving way to a small, shallow, still that crazy intersection marshy beach on the waterway not far from by Berkeley Shores Ocean Gate side. A
─Photo by Chris Lundy wall of reeds greets you on the Berkeley side. There’s a narrow stone construction separating the two portions. Mostly, only locals know it as a place to bring the kids to look at the ducks. There’s (Creek - See Page 4)
Jeff ’s Camp, Just Believe Part Ways
By Stephanie Faughnan BA R N EGAT - A Barnegat veteran still plans to offer transitional housing for homeless veterans on his Route 72 property. However, the organization Just Believe, Inc. will no longer be involved in the project. Martin Weber, the property owner, formally announced his
intentions to donate land for “Jeff ’s Camp” in May of this year. His initial plan was to set up tiny homes on his property to give homeless veterans a roof over their heads. The proposed project is named in memory of the late Jeff Poissant, who Weber says was the love of his life. When someone introduced Weber to Paul
Hulse, CEO of Just Believe, Inc, Weber thought he found the help he needed to make his dreams a reality. After all, Hulse’s organization helps at-risk individuals and he had the necessary experience. In an interview in June, Hulse said the Pinelands Commission would not allow tiny houses on the prop-
er ty. However, they would permit a seven-bedroom veterans sober living house on Weber’s back property. The front would meet qualif ications for a commercial building, which would ultimately house an outpatient addiction center and Just Believe thrift store. The addiction center would not limit services to veterans.
A few weeks ago, Weber came home to find surveyors on his land. He asked them to leave and called Hulse to remind him of his involvement in the project. “We were supposed to be equal on everything that happened here,” Weber explained. “I didn’t want anyone on the property without (Camp - See Page 4)
November 13, 2021
Did Ocean County’s GOP Carry Ciattarelli To The Top? By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – Jack Ciattarelli is more popular in Ocean County than any other candidate for governor in at least 30 years. The former State Assemblyman was neck and neck with Governor Phil Murphy a day after polls closed. In a race where most people figured the Democrat had an easy race, the results showed that it was anything but assured. It’s safe to say that Ocean County’s strong Republican base is what made this race competitive. In Ocean County, Ciattarelli received 141,482 votes to Murphy’s 65,176. These figures were unofficial, since the county clerk has to certify them at a later date. But they won’t change too much from this amount. When the Associated Press called the race, there were less than 20,000 votes between the two candidates. Consider, then, how much of a difference Ocean County made. If he had only received 100,000 votes here, like in the last contest for governor, then the race would have been called long ago. In fact, Ocean County accounted for approximately 11% of Ciattarelli’s total vote as of press time. Ciattarelli’s vote total is at least 15,000 higher than Chris Christie’s best outing, and the last Republican governor was very popular in this GOP stronghold. In fact, Christie was fond of saying that it was Ocean County’s powerful turnout for him that made him governor. Jersey Shore Online went back three decades, looking at the vote tallies for governor races, and learned that Ciattarelli did better this year than any candidate in any governor’s race for at least 30 years. All of these historical figures are from gubernatorial election years, and the Republican candidate is listed fi rst. By way of comparison, in 2017, Kim Guadagno received 98,135 votes in 2017 to (GOP - See Page 5)
TO ADVERTISE, CALL 732-657-7344 EXT. 206