The BERKELEY Times Vol. 30 - No. 4
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History Teaches Us: What Was It Like In A Fallout Shelter?
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(Left) Teacher Jeff Brown brought artifacts from the time when fallout shelters were being built. (Right) The saltines in this tin of food was offered to others. By Chris Lundy BER K ELEY – A small, cramped space. Rationed food and water. Not much to do but sit and wait. But it beat being outside in the radiation. The Berkeley Township Historical Society hosted a speaker who brought actual items from fallout shelters a n d e x pl a i n e d t h e mindset of people who
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were looking at escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Jeff Brown, a history teacher at Southern Regional, said his students respond really well to the artifacts he brings in. The items impress the reality of it upon the students. Looking at a “Time” magazine cover lets kids know what people were thinking back then. Showing
the rations people were supposed to eat in a shelter drove home the era for kids who were born 40-50 years later. The people at the historical society were just as intrigued. Some of them shared stories of the Cold War era and the things they were told. Brown touched on the politics behind why these fallout shelters
The Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory Council recommended its purchase as par t of ongoing efforts to protect the coastal marsh in that area, according to Commissioner Virginia E. Haines. Haines, who serves
as liaison to the Ocean County Natural Lands Tr ust program said, “we will be adding this property to the 22 others that have already been preserved.” “This is an area of Ocean County that was (Land Purchase See Page 5)
we re bu ilt. Nelson Rockefeller, who was governor of New York, met with President Kennedy to urge him to endorse fallout shelters. JFK pushed Congress for public shelters, which his friends criticized as ‘a great way to save Republicans,’ because that’s who was living in the suburbs and rural areas – and (Fallout - See Page 4)
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – At a recent Township C ou n c i l m e e t i ng , Mayor John Bacchione criticized a proposed New Jersey Natural Gas increase. If approved, the change for the typical NJNG residential heating customer using 81 ther ms a month will be an increase of $29.01. Bacchione said that the tow n’s elected officials were against the increase when it was f irst proposed a nd t hey a re st ill against it months later. The proposed increase comes on top of an 11% increase in 2021. “The request comes without proof of the company’s efforts to control costs at a time when inf lation is at an all-time high,” he said.
Utility companies request increases every so often, called a “base rate petition.” T he New Jersey Board of Public Utilities holds a hearing to determine if the increase is warranted. Usually, the Board strikes some kind of balance, allowing an increase but not the full amount requested. The process could take as much as a year to go through. NJNG’s request, if approved fully, would bring in a $222.6 million increase to its base rates. The company said that this comes after approximately $850 million of investments such as infrastructure and cybersecurity. A press release highlighted replacing 140 miles of old mains (Gas Prices - See Page 4)
$12.5M Allocated To Address Homelessness
county preserves good luck point land By Bob Vosseller BERKELEY – The Ocean County Board of Commissioners recently approved the preservation of land in the Good Luck Point se ct ion of t ow n , a small neighborhood jutting off into the Barnegat Bay.
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By Stephanie Faughnan T OM S R I V E R O c e a n C ou nt y h a s faced longst a nd i ng criticism for the absence of a homeless shelter. Recent contract awards indicate the county’s approach to tackling home-
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lessness w ill be to fund external entities rather than running a shelter itself. “The funds we have allocated support our st r at eg y t o e nt r u st the development of transitional housing for the homeless to nonprofits equipped
to provide these services,” said Commissioner Director Barbara “Bobbi” Jo Crea. “ T he se i n it iat ive s , c ombi ne d w it h e s tablishing our Homelessness Task Force and the Homelessness Trust Fund, represent Ocean County’s com-
mitment to preventing homelessness and implementing effective solutions.” This article is the f irst in a series exami ni ng how the Ocean County Board of Commissioners is (Homeless Fund See Page 5)
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