The BERKELEY Times Vol. 28 - No. 43
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Relay For Life, Other Fundraisers Return
Town Borrows $2M For Purchases By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The t ow n is bor row i ng $2,061,914 to pay for vehicles, lifesaving equipment, and other capital projects. A recent ordinance appropriates $2,170,437 and issues $2,061,914 in bonds. The difference in these two numbers is the $108,523 that the town has to put up as a down payment (5%). When a town appropriates money, they are setting it aside for a purpose. If the cost goes down, then they’ll have money left over to put toward something else. If the cost goes up, they would have to pass an amendment to pay the extra.
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Last year’s Relay For Life raised about $42,000. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Relay for Life held at Veterans Park will be returning on August 12 and 13. The relay raises money for cancer research and support of families. It got its start
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in 1985, when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, raising money to help the A me r ica n Ca nce r Society. The walk was about 83.6 miles and he raised
$27,000. The next year, the Relay for Life was born. It has continually been an overnight event since then. No one walks for 24 hours straight, though. They take turns, and that’s why it’s (Relay - See Page 4)
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For the event’s organizer, Barnegat resident Thy Cavagnaro, showing gratitude to Vietnam veterans is a deeply personal matter. Thy said she was just a young girl when her family escaped the fall of Saigon and was welcomed to the United States (Vets - See Page 5)
This ordinance doesn’t include the interest rate of the bond. Usually towns pay them off over a couple decades. If a lower interest rate is made available years later, they will try to take advantage of that. Municipal finances often put things in terms of the number of years they are considered useful. This is based on Local Bond Law. A vehicle might only have a useful life for five years. This means that after this time, the cost of maintaining it exceeds the cost of buying new. Surplus items are then auctioned off to the public. It is considered good financial planning (Town - See Page 6)
Sale Of School Parking Lot Declined
VIETNAM VETS HONORED ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE ACCORDS By Stephanie Faughnan BARNEGAT – The community came together once again on March 29 to honor Vietnam veterans - this time, on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. The date is officially ─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan known as National Vietnam Barnegat students played and sang patriotic songs. War Veterans Day.
April 8, 2023
By Chris Lundy BER KELEY – As of right now, the Central Regional School District is not going to be selling the Middle School’s overflow parking lot, officials said. As overflow parking, this is not used most days. Events are usually held at the neighboring high school so most people park there. This is at the very least being paused right now as the district conducts their superintendent search, Business Administrator Kevin O’Shea said. At a recent Board of
Education meeting, a bid to purchase the land by Radix Capital, LLC was rejected. “CRSD is not moving forward with the sale of the land and the proposed project,” interim Superintendent Douglas Corbett said in an interview after the meeting. “The lot is being used for overflow parking. The proposed plan was for commercial usage. The bid was reviewed by the Board Attorney, Mr. Dasti, and based on his input the BOE felt it was in the best interest not to (Parking - See Page 6)
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