The BERKELEY Times Vol. 28 - No. 1
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─Photo by Chris Lundy Officials discussed the Do Not Knock law at a recent Township Council meeting.
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─Photo courtesy Beachwood Fire Co., Chris Lundy Above-Beachwood fire trucks led off a parade that marked the company’s 100th anniversary. Left-Grand Marshal Past Chief Don Wiesner, wearing his chief helmet that he wore in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was the parade’s Grand Marshal.
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By Chris Lundy BE AC H WO OD – The sound of sirens blasted through the borough, but it was a good thing. It was a parade celebrating the 100 th anniversary of the Beachwood Fire Department.
Apparatus from the borough was on d isplay, a s wel l a s f rom neighbor ing towns. As the sound of sirens faded in the distance, a different sound could be heard – thunder. Would that cause fewer people to
come out to the rest of the event? President Delaney O’Connor said people started showing up at Mayo Park before the pa rade t r ucks even got there. For the rest of the afternoon, family games were being
played. Caser tano’s catered the event and the band No Direction pl aye d . T h e r e wa s even a beer truck that was repurposed from a fire truck. Awards were given out to various companies with (Lives - See Page 4)
Students Lead March For Our Lives Protest
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – Hundreds of outraged and exasperated community members gathered at Huddy Park last week as part of Ocean Count y’s March for Ou r Lives protest against gun violence. A group of local high school students orchestrated the event, which i ncluded nu merou s
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guest speakers offering varied perspectives on the need for gun control. “We see a lot of different strong views regarding gun policies,” shared Rachel Golini, 17, a junior at Central Regional High School. “Our generation has been the generation of school shootings – and we are left with a mess
we must fix.” Rachel pointed out she and her classmates started school the year a lone gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since entering kindergarten, Rachel has learned how to hide in a classroom corner with the lights (Students- See Page 5)
─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Rachel Golini, 17, a junior at Central Regional High School shared some special remembrances of the recent school shooting victims as another student holds a sign with their names.
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By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Responding to complaints from seniors about people soliciting in late hours, the ‘Do Not Knock’ ordinance will be changing. Mayor Carmen Amato said there have been people soliciting in neighborhoods later than residents would like. “We haven’t received a lot of complaints,” but what they have received are in the senior communities. This is important because seniors are more susceptible to fraud. (Knock - See Page 14)
Flooding Shore Area Still A Problem
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Township officials told residents of a neighborhood that floods frequently that they are still working out the solution. “It’s been almost a year since we’ve been coming here,” said Longport resident Donna Amon. She wanted an update. The biggest trouble spot is the intersection of East Longport and Narragansette avenues. Residents said that sometimes there is more than a foot of water there. A lagoon neighborhood near there gets cut off, and vehicles can’t safely get through. The difficulty is that the intersection is in Ocean (Flooding - See Page 14)
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