10/19
2015

County to buy 775-acre Berkeley site for $11.2 million

BERKELEY It’s been described as breathtakingly beautiful, with pristine grasslands, dense woods and several sparkling lakes.

The 775-acre site off Hickory Lane in Berkeley will soon belong to Ocean County.

The county will pay $11.2 million for the New Jersey Pulverizing Company site, which is located adjacent to the Ocean County Utilities Authority’s central treatment plant off Hickory Lane. The money for the purchase will come from the county’s Natural Lands Trust Fund.

K. Hovnanian once planned to build as many as 4,500 homes on the property, which has been owned by the sand mining company for nearly 100 years.

“The site is absolutely breathtaking in its beauty,” said Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett Jr., who serves as liaison to the county’s Parks and Recreation Department. “It’s quiet, it’s serene, it’s beautiful and it’s unique.”

The purchase was greeted enthusiastically by Berkeley Mayor Carmen A. Amato Jr., who attended Wednesday’s public hearing on the purchase. The freeholders voted 5 to 0 to buy the property.

 

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10/17
2015

Ocean Co. to spend $8M to rebuild Berkeley Island Park

TOMS RIVER – An estimated $8 million has been earmarked by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders to rebuild Berkeley Island Park, which was destroyed in superstorm Sandy almost 20 months ago.…

The five-member, all-Republican governing body introduced the funding ordinance on Wednesday. The measure authorizes the reconstruction of the shoreline, bulkheads, beachfront, playground, pavilion, restrooms, underground utilities, road, parking lot, exterior lighting, landscaping and the purchase of equipment for the county park. A public hearing will be held at the next regular freeholder meeting at 4 p.m. June 18 at the Ocean County Administration Building at 101 Hooper Ave.

“Berkeley Island County Park was severely hit by superstorm Sandy,” said Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr., who is chairman of parks and recreation. “It was overrun by water and the real damage was done as the water receded, as it rushed through the low points of the park and created gullies, undermined walkways.”

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10/15
2015

Buy a t-shirt to help save Bayville Dinosaur

BERKELEY — Want to help save Bayville’s iconic dinosaur?

You can make a donation — or buy a “Restore the Roar” t-shirt – to help preserve the legendary beast.

The Save The Bayville Dinosaur Committee — Chairman Steve Baeli, of the Facebook group, the …

 

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10/1
2015

Mayor Amato, Council Slams Third Social Security Freeze in 10 Years

BERKELEY-Berkeley Township is an Ocean County community, like many others with a large senior citizen population and Mayor Carmen Amato and the Berkeley Township municipal council have sounded off against the latest slap in the face to America’s seniors by the Obama administration.

For the third time during Obama’s administration the Social Security Administration has announced there will be no cost of living adjustment to senior citizens.

NPR reported:

“Low gasoline prices helped keep inflation in check this year. And that means no cost of living increase for some 65 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits. This is only the third time that’s happened since 1975, when automatic inflation adjustments began

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4/29
2015

Berkeley To Hire Seasonal Police For Barrier Island Sections

BERKELEY – The township has canceled its agreement with Seaside Park for summer traffic control police, and will instead create positions for its own special police officers for the South Seaside Park and Pelican Island sections.

Previously, Berkeley paid Seaside Park $20,000 each summer to provide three Class 1 officers to South Seaside Park, which is a section of Berkeley Township on the barrier island. The officers were mainly for traffic control, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, said Mayor Carmen Amato.

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