The BERKELEY Times Vol. 29 - No. 11
In This Week’s Edition
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM
Central Regional High School New Principal For A New School Year To Add To Its Elite
for parents, as an examBy Chris Lundy BER K ELEY – A ple of using technologfamiliar face will be ical tools to help reach heading up the high others in their busy school as the new year daily lives. “We want to focus on opens. Angello Mazzuca is climate and culture,” the new principal of he said. “My kids are Central Regional High going to be here. I’m School. He had been an vested in the commuassistant principal last nity. We have the ball year and prior to that, a rolling in that direction language arts teacher. now.” He envisions someWith the new position thing like a family style comes new goals. “I definitely want to barbecue, for the disimprove communica- trict to gather for reasons tion as a district both outside of academics internally and with the or athletics. Challenge Day, a program made community,” he said. Part of this is Remind (Principal - See Page 5)
BREAKING NEWS @
jerseyshoreonline.com
Community News Pages 8-11
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 16
Inside The Law Page 18
Classifieds Pages 21
September 2, 2023
Photo courtesy Trapp family Erin Trapp, who excelled at Central Regional, competes for Columbia University. By Chris Christopher BERKELEY - Circle Friday, Sept. 7, and Saturday, Sept. 8, on your calendar. Take a stroll down Memory Lane. The latest members of the Central Regional High School Athletics Hall of Fame will be honored. A banquet will take place
at the B2 Bistro in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township at 6 p.m. Sept. 7. For ticket information, contact Central athletics director John Scran at jscran@centralreg.k12. nj.us. The inductees will also be cited at halftime of the Golden Eagles’ home football game against
Toms River East at 7 p.m. Sept. 8. The honorees are Erin Trapp (2015), Amanda Carolan (2015), Ibn Moye (2009), Paul Fay Jr. (2006) and the 2004-05 and 200506 wrestling teams. Erin Trapp earned nine varsity letters, playing soc-
cer, basketball and softball. In soccer, she was a fouryear varsity starter and a two-year team captain. She was one of the Golden Eagles’ career points leaders with 121 on 41 goals and 39 assists as an offensive midfielder. “Scoring is so fun,” she (Athletic - See Page 4)
Photo by Chris Lundy Angello Mazzuca is the new principal of Central Regional High School.
Youth Shelter Will Soon Be Serving As Family Shelter
Photo by Chris Lundy The former emergency shelter for youth will soon be for families.
VETERAN &
FIRST RESPONDER
DISCOUNTS OFFERED
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The pur pose of Ocean’s Harbor House has been to transition homeless kids to better living situations, but now one of their buildings is making a transition to take care of entire homeless families.
Harbor House runs two properties, both in Toms River. One of them, which houses youth temporarily on an emergent basis, is in the process of becoming a shelter for families in need. Officials gave The Toms River Times a tour of
the facility, which is not being used as a shelter until the update is completed. This is expected in 2024. There are five bedrooms and a total of 13 beds right now. There’s a common room and a relaxing family room. The back yard is quiet
Carmona ~ Bolen Home for Funerals, LLC Michael J. Defonzo Jr., Manager • NJ Lic #4075
and opens to a garden area, basketball hoop, and more. For a number of reasons, the demand for unaccompanied youth who need a place to live is not as strong as the need for family housing these days. The fact that this is
coming years into a global pandemic is not a coincidence. So many struggled with illness – physical as well as mental – and a loss of income that a lot of families are at risk that weren’t before, said Alice Woods, executive (House - See Page 6)
Cremation with Memorial Package $1900 Package includes: 2-Hr Memorial Visitation (during regular business hours) a complimentary select Urn, removal from Hospital or Facility with-in 25 miles of Funeral Home, all Funeral Home service fees, required cremation container MCDDT-01.
Package excludes residential removal fee and Crematory charges.
TOMS RIVER • 732-349-1922 Traditional Funerals • Cremations • Memorials • Pre-Planning | www.carmonabolenfh.com WHITING • 732-350-0003