The BERKELEY Times Vol. 28 - No. 42
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Kids DARE To Keep Drug-Free
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Government Page 7
Community News Pages 9-11
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
Inside The Law Page 17
─Photo by Chris lundy Ms. Smith’s class was one of many that graduated from the DARE program. They were joined by Mayor Carmen Amato and Sgt. Scott Selby. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A sea of kids in red shirts clapped and cheered each other on as they all g radu ated f rom the DAR E program
at Berkeley Township Elementary School. Officer Mikki Baranyay said that 268 5th grade students completed the 10 -week program and took the
pledge to stay away from drugs and alcohol. Like a high school graduation, the kids we re al l cal le d on stage class by class. Additionally, each class
named a DARE role model – one student who exemplified the lessons being taught. Even further, the mayor and Township Council (DARE - See Page 4)
Nearly 400,000 Pieces Of Trash Removed From Beaches In 2022
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By Alyssa Riccardi LONG BRANCH – Everything from cigarette butts to a giant 3-foot teddy bear were among the thousands of pieces of garbage collected off our beaches during Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) 2022
beach sweeps. The Long Branchbased environmental organization recently released their 2022 Beach Sweeps Report. Volunteers rallied together last year to pick up a total of 376,969 pieces of trash, accord-
ing to the organization. Some of the most common garbage items included thousands of plastic bottle caps and lids, over 37,000 food and candy wrappers, and more than 22,000 cigarette filters.
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By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Alt h o u g h t h e fo r m e r super i ntendent had resigned some time ago, t he d ist r ict is now legally allowed to begin their superintendent search. Tr iant af illos Parlapanides resigned in February after making statements to an international newspaper about the family of a student. Assistant Superintendent Douglas Corbett has been the acting superintendent since. Pa rlapa n ides ha d an nou nced h is resig nat ion pr ior t o a
r a u c o u s Fe b r u a r y meeting that was held immediately after the death of student Adriana Kuch. However, because the separation of his contract was being settled, he was still considered an employee. A public relations firm told officials not to comment on h is employ ment st at u s, on ly t o say it wa s a p e r son nel matter. Most issues regarding employees a re not publ ic, but people at the February meeting thought that the officials were trying to hide things. (Central - See Page 6)
County Hospitals To Join Medicaid Reimbursement Program By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – Members of the Board of Ocean County Commissioners introduced an ordinance during their last meeting, that would establish the New Jersey County Option Hospital Fee program to aid low-income residents. This will help increase funding for hospitals in the County. Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Joseph H. Vicari said prior to the meeting that he was excited
about the effort to aid low-income residents in consistently receiving proper medical care and services at Ocean County hospitals. “It will be very beneficial,” Vicari said. “The greatest benefit of this program will be to the critically vulnerable population. This will provide the funds for essential health programs and services to mothers and children, the elderly and all those who are low income and worry about getting
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