The BERKELEY Times Vol. 28 - No. 23
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Berkeley Leaving State Health Plan
Locals Collect Debris At the Shore
By Chris Lundy BER K ELEY – Tow n sh ip of f icials announced that they will be making a small change in their employees’ health insurance plan in a move that will save half a million dollars. One of the most expensive costs in running a town is insurance. What’s worse is that it seems to go up almost every year. The employees are all on the State Health Benefits Program. Back in July, officials heard
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By Alyssa Riccardi JERSEY SHORE – Over 3,500 volunteers at 76 sites collected thousands of har mful items across Jersey Shore’s beaches. Clean Ocean Action (COA) held their 37th A n nu al Fall Beach
that the state was looking at a potential 25% increase so they started shopping around for a better deal, Township Business Administrator John Camera said. In order to do that, the town gathered the claims history of the employees and then gave certain information and parameters to their broker, he said. The broker negotiated with Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield. This is the same company that the state uses, so (Health - See Page 6)
Few Changes After School Board Election
Sweeps with volunteers from Bergen all the way to Cape May sharing the same purpose to gather litter to keep our beaches clean. The goal of the Beach Sweeps is to ma ke beaches safer for (Shore - See Page 4)
─Photos courtesy Clean Ocean Action and Berkeley Shores (Left): Junior Beach Captain Katie with sister Emmy help at the Island Beach State Park Beach Sweeps. (Right and Below): Cleaning crews hit Allen Road, Amherst Drive, and Butler Boulevard.
OCC Salutes Veterans During Annual Ceremony
─Photo by Bob Vosseller The Ocean County College Concert Band performed the National Anthem and a Salute to the Armed Forces.
Novmeber 19, 2022
By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – The sacrifices – as well as the contributions – of those who served were remembered at a Veterans Day celebration held at Ocean County College.
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OCC President Dr. John H. Larson opened the “Salute To Veterans” by explaining the history of the holiday: “the holiday we observe each year on November 11, originally (OCC - See Page 5)
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Incumbents mostly won re-election to the local school boards on November 8. T h is was t r ue i n the Central Regional Board of Education, which is made up of Berkeley, Island Heights, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, and Ocean Gate. School board candidates are not allowed to put their political party; instead they use short slogans. There were three, three-year terms on the ballot for Berkeley. Incumbents Louis Tuminaro (6,874 votes),
Denise Pavone-Wilson (6,800 votes) and George Dohn (6,016 votes) ran under the slogan “Experienced, Honest, Dedicated.” They will be keeping their seats. D o n n ie C ly b u r n (2,644 votes), Carol Cousins (3,617 votes), and Glenn Bradford (2,486 votes) ran under the slogan “Integrity and Values.” Megan Bowens had also filed as a candidate but withdrew from the race in the summer. There were 70 writeins. The numbers printed in this article are (School - See Page 10)
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