The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 52
In This Week’s Edition
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COACH HONORED FOR KEEPING KIDS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
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Letters Pages 7
Community News Pages 9-12
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16
Inside The Law Page 19
Carrie Healey gave thanks on behalf of her father, coach Steve Healey. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Central Regional High School track was named in honor of coach Steve Healey, who was praised for keeping kids going in
the right direction. As head coach from 1976 to 2001, he had 25 winning seasons out of 26. His career record was 188-51. These are great statistics, but for those
who competed in track and field for him, they knew that his impact was more than just numbers. “This is the biggest highlight of his sports career,” his daughter Carrie
─Photo by Chris Lundy Healey said on behalf of the coach, who was not able to attend. “There are no shortcuts to success – in track or in life,” she said, reading (Coach - See Page 4)
Busy Intersection Gets Four-Way Stop
BEACHWOOD – A busy residential intersection now has a four-way stop, and police put out the word to let d rivers k now what to expect. Be a chwo o d Boulevard is one of the busiest roads in town, st retching f rom the b e a ch t o P i ne wa ld Road. Birch Street is often used by people
coming off the Garden St ate Park way, and as such, sometimes drivers are going a bit faster than t hey shou ld. T here are homes at all four cor ne r s. Bi rch a nd Surf Park is nearby. The intersection of these two roads used t o h ave st op s on ly on Birch. Beachwood B o u l e v a r d d r i ve r s
would just go through with a per manently blinking caution light. Now, t here w ill be stops in all four directions. The change went into effect on June 2. Police were urging drivers to use addit ional caut ion with this change. (Intersection - See Page 5)
─Photo by Chris Lundy The intersection of Beachwood Boulevard and Birch Street now has a four-way stop.
June 11, 2022
Clean Communities Grants Given Locally
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Several local towns have received Clean Communities Grants from the state that will be used to clear litter, making areas safer and nicer places to live. The funding comes through the State Department of Environmental Protection. A total of $21.4 million is being distributed statewide, an increase of $700,000 over last year, Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette said. The money is generated by a user fee on manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributers that produce litter-generating products. “This is good news for Berkeley taxpayers and local non-profit, civic and community groups,” Berkeley Mayor Carmen Amato said. “The Township will use a portion of this grant to offset salaries of employees that clean and maintain our parks and beaches along with the funding of mini-grants to local non-profit civic and community groups that take advantage of our ‘Adopt a Spot’ or ‘Adopt a Road’ program.” Organizations interested in taking part (Communities - See Page 5)
Established Leaders Win Primary Election
By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE - As both political sides get more and more extreme every year, the trend was bucked in the primary election where established incumbents bested their challengers. The primary race decides who is going to be on the ballot in November from the two main political parties. This year, JerseyShoreOnline focused on some of the more heated races that impacted Ocean (Election - See Page 6)
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