The BERKELEY Times Vol. 28 - No. 44
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New Development Coming To Manitou Section Of Berkeley
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Government Page 7
Community News Pages 9-12
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Inside The Law Page 17
Town Leaders Fighting JCP&L Increase
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Township Council filed a resolution in opposition to the proposed 7.5% increase in electricity costs by Jersey Central Power & Light. At a recent council meeting, Councilman Keith Buscio brought up the increase and asked for a resolution from the governing body in opposition to the increase. This resolution is a letter that would be sent to involved parties, such as the Board of Public Utilities, which oversees rates. Mayor Carmen Amato asked the attorney to file paperwork in opposition to intervene JCP&L, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp, ap-
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Manitou is north of the town of South Toms River. It’s a small grid of homes and churches. Most people get there from Railroad Avenue at the intersection with
Route 530. The new development is not to be confused with the mixed use retail and residential that’s going in behind the Wawa. Homes For All is plan-
ning a build-out of 56 homes called Autumn Ridge at Manitou. Five of these homes and the model are either built or started. They are (Manitou - See Page 4)
Beach Sweep Rescheduled
─Photo By Bob Vosseller Crystal DeCaro of Clean Ocean Action joins her dog Aurora at Ortley Beach for a Beach Sweep that wound up being a wash-out.
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─Photo by Chris Lundy
Houses like these will be built in Manitou Park. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A development of 56 homes will be coming to the Manitou Park section of Berkeley Township in the next few years.
plied to the BPU for a review of its rate, asking for a 7.5% increase, which would amount to an $8.45 monthly increase for the average residential customer. “Our proposal balances our need to invest in a safe, reliable and modern grid while keeping rates affordable for our customers,” said Jim Fakult, president of New Jersey operations for FirstEnergy. “This plan keeps JCP&L’s rates the lowest in the state and offers additional assistance to our customers facing financial hardship.” The last rate change was in 2020, the company said. Since then, there has been more than $794 million
By Bob Vosseller OCEA N COU NT Y – Area beaches were set to be cleaned as part of the annual Beach Sweep but an April Fool’s Day prank by Mother Nature had them be washed instead. Clean Ocean Action had scheduled sweeps throughout the area on April 1
but now they have been rescheduled for April 15. Information on them can be found at cleanoceanaction. org/beach-sweeps. Another is scheduled for October 21. On the morning of April 1, volunteers arrived at Ortley Beach and started to set up for the day. They decided (Beach - See Page 5)
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Officials Concerned About ATVs In Pinelands By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – County and state officials are seeking solutions to issues of ATV/quad users damaging environmentally sensitive woodlands. Judy Noonan, a resident of the Whiting section of Manchester noted the problems of improper use of ATVs, quads and trucks damaging such areas within her community during a recent meeting of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners. “They are destroying our Pinelands. I was on
a livestream meeting listening to the people who drive these quads and ATVs and some of them really don’t care. Some of these people don’t live here,” Noonan said. “I listened to the Assistant Commissioner from the State Parks and people really are destroying our Pinelands and the police are not able to stop them. There needs to be another place for them and it needs to be addressed.” Noonan, a former Berkeley Tow nship Councilwoman, said that there had been complaints (ATVs - See Page 6)
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