The BERKELEY Times Vol. 31 - No. 43
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Photos courtesy Meadow McCann (Left) Central Regional’s JayAnna Hahn controls an opponent. (Right) Jade Hahn of Central Regional celebrates a victory. By Chris Christopher BERKELEY - The Central Regional High School girls’ wrestling team put a record-setting 2025-2026 season into the books. The Golden Eagles won a program single-season record 20 matches and lost four. “We had a great group of seniors who were in our program for four years for the most part,” coach Kyle Watson said. “Senior leadership was a constant throughout the season. Our younger girls put in the work during the summer and the preseason to become better technical wrestlers. The girls also worked extremely hard in the practice room. I pride myself on controlling the controllables and being in shape is one of the controllables.” The Golden Eagles’ success was no surprise to Jade Hahn, who starred as a senior. “We were successful because of the bond we shared,”
she said. “We were all drawn together. At the beginning of the season, we were friends. We became sisters very fast. From drills to sprints, everyone was together. We understood what everyone was going through. We pushed each other to become one of the best teams in the state. We went from nothing to something very fast.” Central was 12-1 in 2024-2025. “We expected our team to do well this year,” said Watson, assisted by brothers R.J. Shea and Connor Shea. “Our lone loss was to the fourth-ranked team in the state and we had no seniors on the team last year. We were briefly ranked 10th in the state by NJ.com after beating Lakewood, ranked seventh. We did not participate in the unofficial state tournament so we were pushed out of the Top 10.” The 5-foot-5 Hahn paced the Golden Eagles. She won
Beach Sweeps Net Tons Of Trash
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Imagine how the beaches would look if no one cleaned them? Although municipalities rake and prepare the beach for the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the shore every summer, it falls to volunteers to hit the sand in spring to collect tons of Photo courtesy trash. Waterways Advisory Commission According to Clean Ocean Action, Volunteers cleaned shore areas near the there were more than 4,000 volunteers (Beach Sweeps - See Page 5) Barnegat Bay in Berkeley.
(Set Record - See Page 5)
April 18, 2026
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A six-member group will decide what money Seaside Park owes Berkeley for annexing South Seaside Park. After many years of discussion and court battles, the section of Berkeley between Seaside Park and Island Beach State Park (called South Seaside Park) was allowed to leave, and Seaside Park is in the process of annexing them. Part of the rules governing annexation is that Seaside Park needs to pick three people and Berkeley needs to pick three people. Those six will sit down and hash out what needs to be done financially for this process. While all of the people’s homes are annexed, there are properties owned by Berkeley that Seaside Park needs to buy. Additionally, Seaside Park will have to take on a portion of any debt that Berkeley incurred for projects that benefitted South Seaside Park. In municipal language, they will determine apportionment of property, assets, liabilities, and indebtedness. Borough professionals will be compensated at their hourly rates. Berkeley held a special meeting of the Township Council on April 7 to pick their three. The council usually meets on the third Monday of every month, which would (South Seaside - See Page 4)
Stephanie Faughnan Dry Conditions Still Dangerous ByNEW JERSEY - The ground may feel damp some but by afterOne Year After Jones Road Fire mornings, noon it is already drying out
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