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Local Youth Educates At State Agricultural Convention
By Stephanie Faughnan ATLANTIC CITY – New Jersey State Agricultural leaders learned the benefits of promoting 4-H Clubs from an Ocean County student ambassador at their convention last month. Nora Hansen, 17, a Barnegat Township High School senior, offered some keen insight regarding her experiences in the last nine years as a member of the Ocean County 4-H program. “When I was only eight years old, I stepped onto a horse farm in my town and fell in love with the animal,” said Nora to the room filled with approximately 125 participants. “The idea of keeping and (Youth - See Page 4)
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
–Photo courtesy Wendy Hansen (Above) Nora Hansen gave a speech at New Jersey State Agricultural Convention.
Inside The Law Page 17
–Photo by Stephanie Faughnan (Left) Nora Hansen and Jenna Marcy after their Adopt-A-Street Presentation to Barnegat Township Committee.
Classifieds Pages 18
Protesters Ask For Answers To Whale Deaths By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – “Save the Whales” has been a slogan since at least the 1970s, and now in 2023 it’s still being used by people concerned that offshore wind projects are leading to the deaths of these animals.
There have been several dead whales that have washed up on the shore in recent weeks, which makes animal lovers wonder if the number of whale deaths is actually higher. Could there be other dead whales that didn’t wash up? They also have been asking,
if something is killing these large, strong animals, what is happening to the rest of the creatures deep in the ocean? Leslie Mangold, a retired Central Regional High School teacher, spoke with Trisha DeVoe, a naturalist on the Miss Belmar Whale
Watching boat, to see what they can put together to spark awareness. Word spread through social media and resulted in a huge crowd on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk. “We know something’s wrong. We don’t know what it is. We need to
be asking questions,” DeVoe said. It wasn’t just these two women who helped bring attention to it. That was Valentine, a whale that got her name because she washed up in Manasquan on February 13, DeVoe said.
March 4, 2023
Skate Park Debated In Beach Haven
By Stephanie Faughnan BEACH HAVEN – A resolution concerning a proposed skateboard park in the municipality could finally come up for a vote by the governing body later this month. It might all depend on whether or not a proposed site plan is in place by then. Councilwoman Jaime Baumiller said discussions about the project began a year ago when the Council received a petition requesting a skate park. Over 200 signatures were presented by students who attended the Beach Haven School. The top three concerns under consideration are the location of the skate park, its design, and its funding. Once those items have been determined, the Council will need to decide how to manage the park and whether there will be supervised or unsupervised hours of operation. The Joint Insurance Fund (JIF) will most likely have certain requirements concerning the establishment of the skate board park. JIF handles the borough’s risk management and claims process with regard to incidents on local government property. According to Baumiller, funding for the skatepark was initially to be paid for by donations alone. However, residents have objected to the government (Skate Park - See Page 5)
Berkeley Pushes For “Adriana’s Law” To Protect Kids By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Responding to a cyberbullying attack that contributed to the suicide of a local teen, elected officials are pushing for a law that would make it a crime to share images or videos of an attack on a minor. The law would be named “Adriana’s Law” for Adriana Kuch who took her life after she was assaulted by four girls at Central Regional High School. One of the attackers took a video of the incident and shared it. Many kids at the school saw the video and, after her death, it was viewed by many more (Law - See Page 7)
(Whale - See Page 21)
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