Vol. 24 - No. 26
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
TIMES
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JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM | December 1, 2018
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State: Park Visitors Be Careful During Hunting Season Coloring Contest Page 7.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
Why Is Everyone Mumbling?
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Dear Pharmacist In Praise Of Pumpkins And Pumpkin Seeds
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Inside The Law Page 20.
–Photo by Patricia A. Miller Double Trouble State Park is beautiful this time of year, but you might not be the only person in the woods. By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – If you’re planning on heading over to Double Trouble State Park anytime soon, the state wants you to know that most areas of the park are open to hunters for the next several months.
By Chris Christopher The Monmouth University women’s soccer team enjoyed a stellar season, receiving contributions from five former local high school players. The Hawks captured their third straight Metropolitan Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament crown and their sixth consecutive MAAC regular-season championship. The latter is a MAAC record.
On the Hawks’ roster were freshman forward A’Liah Moore (Manchester Township), freshman midfielder Jill Conklin (Toms River East), midfielder-defender Jessica Johnson (a Howell Township resident out of The Hun School), sophomore (Champs - See Page 4)
Prosecutor’s Program Teaches Kids To Be “Unbreakable”
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(Hunting - See Page 6)
Local Stars Make University Champs
Business Directory
Classifieds
Visitors to the park should wear colorful clothing and visit only the protected areas of the park, like the historic district or the cranberry bogs. Swordens Pond Trail and Dover Forge Trail are outside of the protected
–Photo courtesy of Penn State Brandywine Ex-Central Regional High School player Emily Bush booms the ball for Penn State Brandywine.
By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – Masses of Toms River students and parents flocked to the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena on Nov. 15 to see celebrities, all hailing from New Jersey, grace the stage at the first ever “Unbreakable” Anti-Bullying Forum. (Program - See Page 5)
Berkeley Wants New Timeline On Home Assessments By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – Township officials want the state to reduce the timeline for municipal tax assessors to determine how much a home’s value has increased after it has been renovated. Council members unanimously approved a resolution asking for the change in state statutes at the Nov. 19 council meeting. The resolution stemmed from the Oct. 22 council meeting, when senior citizens from the township’s retirement communities packed the council room to protest additional tax assessments some had received after improvements were made to their homes. Councilman L. Thomas Grosse Jr. asked council members to adopt a resolution that would revise the time period tax assessors have to determine a home’s value after improvements have been made. He suggested a sixmonth time period rather than the current three years. Additional assessments are new structures, or additions, or alterations of an old structure, completed after Jan. 1 and before Oct. 1, Township Tax Assessor Eric L. Zanetti had said in an email to The Berkeley Times. Few people attended the Nov. 19 council meeting, a marked contrast to the crowded Oct. 22 meeting. Township officials also held two meetings earlier this month, one in Holiday City South and one in Holiday Heights, to discuss the additional assessment issues. Zanetti has set up payment plans for any residents who needs them to pay their additional assessments, Township Administrator John Camera said. Council members also approved five payment plans for added assessments for five properties at the Nov. 19 meeting. (Assessments - See Page 6)
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