The BERKELEY Times Vol. 31 - No. 18
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Photos by Chris Lundy Skippers get their boats in the water from the Beachwood boardwalk. By Chris Lundy BEACHWOOD – It’s pretty common to see Skippers guide their yachts on the sailboats making their way down the Toms Toms River. River. However, on one beautiful weekend, these yachts were small, remote-controlled sailboats taking part in the National Championship Regatta. Members of the U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group came from miles away to take part. There were 36 skippers with 74 boats, said Chuck Lage, secretary of the group. This event was hosted by the Barnegat Bay Model Yacht Club, and used Beachwood resident George Schuld’s backyard as headquarters. A few steps away is the boardwalk that stretches along the length of the river, where skippers followed their boats as they worked the controls. While the wind provides propulsion, the joysticks on the remote move the sail and the rudder in the exact same way that people would guide the full-sized sailboats if they were on board. “The rules of racing are identical…except we don’t have to wear life jackets,” Lage joked. The “vintage” part of their name refers to the way the boats were made. Modern boats might be faster, so they are quite literally in a different class. Lage said that the 1970s is when the (Yacht Race - See Page 4)
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Postponed Columbus Day Parade Draws Crowd
Photo by Bob Vosseller Parade marshal duties for the 34th Annual Ocean County Columbus Day Parade were shared this year by the husband-and-wife team of Anthony and Kendra Zarrilli of Brick Township.
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By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – Mother Nature in the form of a nor’easter rained on the Columbus Day Parade - pushing it back a week - so the crowds came out two weekends in a row to Grant Avenue in Seaside Heights for some fall fun. The postponement may have been a blessing in disguise allowing for Italian Americans and those who were Italian-for-a-day to enjoy the street fair and the parade on a gorgeous autumn day. Ocean County Columbus Day Parade and Italian Heritage Festival Committee Chairman Michael Blandina, Brick, noted “three times it has been postponed and canceled - once because of Covid. We have (Parade - See Page 5)
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Ciattarelli, Sherrill Share School Funding Plans By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – Many local school districts were hit hard by cuts in school funding, causing them to lose programs, eliminate positions, and one district even had to sell schools. The law that cut state aid, S-2, has reached the end of its seven-year span, but the damage is done because state aid is set, more or less, at this new lower amount. This is an issue that affects local schools more than others, so our reporter reached out to gubernatorial candidates - Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill - in separate phone interviews to discuss their plans for school funding. This is the first of three articles. The next article will be about both candidates’ plans for how to rein in energy costs. The final article will be an open forum for the candidates to discuss what’s important to them. Jack Ciattarelli Ciattarelli called S-2 “nefarious and arbitrary.” “I’ll look to put a new plan in place on Day One,” he said. Students with more challenges need more resources. So, districts would get a certain amount of money for each regular (School Funding - See Page 4)
Count Dracula Rises From His Tomb In Toms River By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY Dracula rose from his crypt on stage at Ocean County College just in time for the season of Halloween and he’ll be back this weekend. Dracula’s resurrection is part of the Ocean County College Repertory Theatre Company’s latest production which will run on October 24-26 in the Black Box Theater at the Grunin Center for the Arts, located Photo courtesy OCC on the main campus of Repertory Theatre Company Ocean County College in Mina Murray (Taylor Rose Toms River. Frisco) is in the grip of Drac- This thrilling new adaptaula (Jeff Bodnar) in a scene tion restores the suspense and seduction of Bram from “Dracula.” (Count Dracula - See Page 4)
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