The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 39
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─Photo courtesy Jim Welshman Jim Welshman is using his fitness journey to inspire others to help veterans. By Chris Lundy rides his bike, swims, Marines in 2008. “I was 190 pounds. BER K ELEY – A and jogs to keep in downloaded the boot His son had received local man cites his son great shape. The start camp training app.” the Eagle Globe and as his inspiration to be of his f it ness jou rHe said he was 250 Anchor pin upon gradhealthy, and he hopes ney didn’t come with pounds at the start of uating, and he gifted to share his story to a starter pistol but a his training. By the it to his father. It was inspire others as well. more m ilit a r y one. time family day at the a proud moment for Jim Welshman, 64, His son entered the corps came around, he (Vet - See Page 7)
Lucky Weather Greets Downtown’s Inaugural Irish Fest By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – The luck of the Irish worked its magic as Washington Street overflowed with bright smiles at Toms River’s Inaugural Irish Fest. Organizers took a chance on unpredictable March weather
b efor e t he r eg u l a r emergence of spring sunshine to the area. Amazingly, the event came together with whimsical insight in less than a month. The Downtown Toms River Business Improvement Dist r ict (“BID”) began closing off a portion of Wash-
ington Street on nice evenings and during special events. Word of mouth traditionally attracts locals and vacationers to join in festival fun, including the opportunity to enjoy food, drink, and entertainment outdoors. “We’ve done an event each month and found
the downtown nights out were quite successful last year,” said Gary Morrison of Battle River Brewing. “Things usually don’t start until May, and when we thought about it, we decided March was a great time for a St. Patty’s Day event.” Morrison said he and
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other downtown business owners got together with Kim Dippolito, the BID’s Marketing Director, and went to work. One of their first contacts had more than a few connections in planning local Celtic activities. Thomas King, who
March 12, 2022
Board Member’s Social Media Posts Called Racist By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A Central Regional Board of Education member’s social media posts are being called racist by members of the public who came out to a recent meeting asking for her to be punished. The board member said that the posts were taken out of context. Heather Koenig joined the board in January as a representative from Berkeley. Her posts were memes – pictures with text on them that she shared from other accounts. Of the three that were shown to The Berkeley Times, only one had her own words. “Sorry but not sorry” was written when the image was shared. This one showed a Black man complaining about the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt using slang. Another post compared a veteran’s struggle to an (Social - See Page 4)
Who Is Your Lawmaker?
By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – Legislative districts were redrawn – and some might say gerrymandered – for the next ten years. What does this mean for you? Every ten years, congressional maps are redrawn. The new ones coincided with the 2020 census data that came in. The state districts have already changed but the federal ones will change in January of 2023. This article just focuses on the Ocean and Monmouth county towns. The Second, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts are in the coverage area of the newspapers under the Jersey Shore Online banner. Gerrymandering is the process of drawing congressional districts based on how they vote. Ocean County – especially the southern (Lawmaker - See Page 5)
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