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Photo by Chris Lundy Members of the Holiday City Amateur Radio Club start their “fox hunt” at the Holiday City South Clubhouse. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Somewhere in the vicinity, there is a fox, and it was up to the Holiday City Amateur Radio Club to find it. Of course, it wasn’t a real fox. The members called this exercise a “fox hunt” because it entails a group of people tracking down their prey. One member of the club goes off on their own and starts broadcasting a signal. The club members gathered at the Holiday City South Clubhouse to begin their search. They held their antenna aloft, pointing in different directions until they found a signal.
The antenna were fashioned with PVC pipes and tape measures hooked up to receivers. Amazingly, these makeshift devices were able to tune in on the right frequency. Whereas antennas that used to sit atop televisions needed to be aimed at the broadcast towers, these antennas need to be pointed toward the fox. Once they got a signal, they went to another location, just outside the Robert J. Miller Airpark. There, they took more readings. The process continued until they (Radio - See Page 4)
Few Changes In Local Elections By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – In what probably came as little surprise, Republicans won in local elections in a very conservative area of New Jersey. While the nation – and perhaps the world – is talking about Donald Trump’s win, some elections close to home will affect your lives as well. Many of these elections were for school
boards. School board candidates are not allowed to note their political affiliations, so they include a short slogan instead. These are unofficial results because it takes a few weeks for the Election Board to certify them. Berkeley There were three, three-year spots on the ballot for the Berkeley Board of Education, (Elections - See Page 5)
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Revaluation On Properties Ordered By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The state has ordered the township to undergo a revaluation of all properties, but the new values will take a few years to be on the books. A revaluation is when a third party company is hired to look at every piece of land and any buildings on it. They determine the new valuation of that property. That new value will be what your taxes will be based on. A town is ordered to undergo this process once the values are more than 15% away from what they are supposed to be. According to Ocean County Tax records, Berkeley’s values are 37.36% lower than where they need to be. A large number of other municipalities were also around this mark on the 2024 Equalization Table. During a recent Town-
ship Council meeting, Business Administrator Scott Tirella said it had been quite a while since Berkeley had a reval. “If we don’t go through with it, they will go around us and get it done in the courts,” Tirella said. It will take years for the new values to be on the books, he said. The township went out to bid for companies to perform the work. In other news, the township set fees for the use of the Recreation Building at $100 per hour, and a minimum of three hours. The township also went out to bid for a company to create a bike path from the bandshell to the pickle ball courts at Veterans Park. Veterans Housing Update Tunnel To Towers, a veteran nonprofit, will be building a “veterans (Revaluation See Page 4)
It’s Time Again To “Share The Joy” By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The call is going out once again – over the airwaves and in this newspaper – asking people to help our neighbors in need. Share The Joy, 100.1 WJRZ’s annual donation drive, will once again help Fulfill, Jersey Shore Animal Center and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. They will be broadcasting live from the parking lot of
the ShopRite at 860 Fischer Boulevard in Toms River. They will be there on Friday, November 22 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturday, November 23, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. They will be looking to fill a Pepsi truck with donations. They are looking for: • Non-perishable food items and frozen turkeys for Fulfill Monmouth and (Share The Joy - See Page 5)
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