The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 11
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âPhoto by Sydney Kennedy Competitors are neck-and-neck in the water, paddling determinedly along the pier.
By Sydney Kennedy OCEAN GATE â Cool breezes rippled through the warm air. Beachgoers lounged in the sand. It was the portrait of an ideal mid-August morning. And it was a
perfect day for the Ocean Gate EMSâs annual cardboard boat race, a hallm a r k of O c e a n Gate Day. âI thought itâd just be kind of fun,â 12-year-old Constantine Soupios, a first-time com-
petitor, explained. He stood before the Jambers, his cardboard boat, meticulously duct-taped and adorned with Jambers the stuffed cat. Jambers, the boatâs namesake, lounged on a toy pitch fork at t he
helm of the boat, looking out toward the water. Soupios and his grandfather, Chester La komy, 74, spent about four to five days crafting the Jambers. The creation demanded âa (Boats - See Page 4)
Parents Weigh Sending Children Back To School With Masks By Sydney Kennedy OCEAN COUNTY â For many students across the cou nt r y, this fall will be their first time back in the classroom on a regular schedule in almost a year and a half. New Jersey students are no exception. Based on the stateâs guidance,
students should expect to be back in school full time, with no remote option as of yet. Gov. Phil Murphy declared that all students, educators, staff and visitors are required to wear masks in public, private and parochial schools, regardless of grade level, unless they
meet an exemption. Some parents called for a virtual learning option for students. Perhaps thei r child was a more successful or confident online learner, or they worried about the Delta variant of COVID-19. Others expressed concerns about masking
students. âMy daughter stayed out of pre-K because of COVID. I was not having her wear a mask for hours [a] day,â Little Egg Harbor parent K r ystal Bergman n said. ââŚI would like her to at least have the virtual option.â Bergmannâs prefer-
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ence for a virtual option is not far from the preference of others for virtual learning. Christina Liotti, another local parent sending a child back to Toms R iver schools, says her son âwas an ideal virtual studentâ who ach ieved âper fect (Masks - See Page 4)
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY â Medicinal marijuana will be the only cannabis legally available in town. Since talk of legalization began, Berkeley officials were some of the first in Ocean County to go on record to be against it. However, throughout the process, they have continued to be in support of medicinal marijuana. Mayor Carmen Amato pointed out the medicinal marijuana will be allowed only in the townshipâs Industrial Park. Berkeley encompasses a number of areas that donât border each other. The ban includes the entire town - Bayville and all the interior neighborhoods that come off of Route 9, the senior communities, Manitou Park, their portion of Pelican Island, and South Seaside Park. The ordinance enacting the ban states âThe Township CouncilâŚhas determined that, due to present uncertainties regarding the potential future impacts that allowing one or more (Cannabis - See Page 5)
Afghan Refugees Coming To Joint Base Temporarily By Bob Vosseller and Chris Lundy JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST â The Joint Base will serve as temporary housing to evacuated refugees from Afghanistan as the United States continues its military withdrawal from that country. A spokesman from the Joint Base told Jersey Shore Online.com that an announcement made by the Pentagon predated information that was made available to the base but that the Department of (Refugees - See Page 6)
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