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August 24, 2024
24th Habitat Home Hosts Groundbreaking when I walked down and new houses built. Roads into Habitat for were constructed or lengthened. a job application The land for the Habitat houses is that I would be donated by the town. here, I wouldn’t Local elected officials Senator b e l i e v e y o u ,” Carmen Amato, Councilman Misaid Isaiah. “I chael Signorile, and Commissioner still can’t believe Frank Sadeghi were among those it now. As a kid on hand for the ceremonial turning we would move of the first shovel of dirt marking from apartment to the beginning of construction. apartment, rentHome Repair al house to rentHabitat also has an active Crital house, always ical Home Repair where Ocean trying to find a County homeowners who meet stable place to income requirements can have call home. It was repairs performed that will make hard to feel like their homes safer. There were 63 Photos courtesy NOHFH I belonged some- households who benefitted from A new family will be helped by the Northern Ocean Habitat where. Knowing this during fiscal year 2024. The that my family goal is to hit 85. For Humanity. and I are going to Habitat shared some stories about have a place to call home, is the biggest By Chris Lundy (Habitat Home - See Page 4) BERKELEY – Another family is being blessing in our lives. welcomed to the Manitou Park section of Thank you, Habitat.” This is Habitat’s 24th the township with help from the Northern Ocean Habitat For Humanity, local busi- home build and the second to be completed this nesses and elected officials. Habitat provides housing for those in year in Manitou. This need, and chooses a “partner family” to section of town is adjagift a home. The reason they are a partner cent to South Toms Rivis that they help build the house alongside er. It has gone through the volunteers. They put in the “sweat eq- a renovation over the Local elected officials joined Northern Ocean uity” and then help future families as well. last decade or so, with Habitat For Humanity and the new family for “If you were to tell me four years ago abandoned homes torn a symbolic groundbreaking.
123-Unit Veterans Village Proposed By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A “Veterans Village” made up of 124 homes is planned to be built on Route 9. The development would be at the intersection of Atlantic City Boulevard (Route 9) and Sloop Creek Road. It would contain 99 apartments and 24 one-story houses. There would also be 24/7 onsite support services. The developer is Tunnel To Towers Foundation, a nonprofit that supports veterans and their families. They did not return a phone call for this story. “This is the fi rst of its kind in the state of New Jersey,” Mayor John Bacchione told The Berkeley Times. One of the most important parts of this is a requirement that the housing be deed restricted, he said. This means that by law, only veterans and their families can live there. The town has frequently (Veteran Village - See Page 4)
Three Sea Turtles Return To The Ocean After Recovery By Alyssa Riccardi POINT PLEASANT BEACH – Three juvenile sea t ur tles were released back out into the ocean after a New Jersey-based nonprof it helped rehabilitate them from injuries and sickness. Sea turtles Lulu, Taylor Drift, and Teddy Swims, journeyed through the sand of Point Pleasant Beach and slowly made
their way into the water. All thanks to Sea Turtle Recovery. Sea Turtle Recovery was created by two marine scientists, Bill Deerr and Brandi Biehl, who wanted to do more to help save the endangered and threatened animals in New Jersey. Sea Turtle Recovery is the first long term sea turtle hospital in the state, operating at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange.
“Our busiest season is November, when all of the cold stunned sea turtles come in,” Biehl said. Similar to hypothermia, sea t u r tles will shut dow n their body system and can shut down all their organs but their brain and hear t. Due to this, they wash ashore very sick. The three sea turtles who were (Sea Turtles - See Page 17)
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