The BERKELEY Times Vol. 31 - No. 19
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November 1, 2025
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Photos by Chris Lundy (Left) Carson Collis lifts up a coffee cup left behind at Dudley Park. (Right) Marion McGrath cleans up garbage near the parking lot of Dudley Park.
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By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A small group of volunteers gathered together on an early Saturday morning to clean up what others left behind at Dudley Park. “This is our fall beach sweep,” said Beth Collis. She read off a list of things they find: McDonald’s breakfast containers, vaping material, candy wrappers, hair ties, Gatorade bottles and “a lot of beer cans.” Another common find were the tiny, easily concealable bottles of liquor. These were probably done in one shot and then tossed. From the woods, someone would shout out “an-
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other 2-ounce Fireball!” They suspect that teens are drinking here at night. That would make sense given that volunteer Bill McGrath found an open case of beer with a bunch of unopened cans. The police probably came by and the kids had to ditch their drinks. Some finds are odd, like those little black plastic spider rings. Most are disgusting, like underwear, full diapers and full dog poop bags. This beach sweep is overseen by Clean Ocean Action. They do two beach sweeps a year. This group also does one in the South Seaside Park (Volunteers - See Page 4)
Ocean County Women Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER - The Clarion Hotel ballroom shimmered with pride as Soroptimist International of Toms River, and Ocean County College, hosted the 20th Annual Ocean County Women’s Hall of Fame Dinner and Recognition Ceremony. This year’s inductees,
the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Crea, and Dr. Tara Chalakani, represented u n ique paths of service and achievement. Yet beneath their differing titles and missions ran a shared theme of humility, gratitude, and a steadfast commitment to uplifting others. (Women - See Page 5)
Photo by Stephanie Faughnan From left: Brie Montella of the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore; Dr. Tara Chalakani, CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health Group; and former County Commissioner Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Crea are joined Commissioner Virginia “Ginny” Haines and former Commissioner Gary Quinn, who presented a resolution from the Ocean County Board of Commissioners honoring the three Hall of Fame recipients.
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By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – The cost of electricity increased by 40 percent as demand spiked in the region. This is an issue that affects everyone, so our reporter reached out to gubernatorial candidates - Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill - in separate phone interviews to discuss their plans to address the cost of electricity. This is the second of three articles. The first article was about school funding, published last week. The final article is an open forum for
the candidates to discuss what’s important to them.
Background The state is part of the PJM grid, which connects power to 13 states and the District of Columbia. What happens in New Jersey impacts other areas of the grid, and vice versa. The grid regularly holds a capacity auction where power generators in the region bid on how much power they can provide and at what price. The results of this auction are – in part – why electric bills are going up. (Bills - See Page 4)
Ciattarelli, Sherrill In Their Own Words
By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – In this last installment of our coverage of the governor race, we give the floor to Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill to discuss what’s on their minds. Ciattarelli was interviewed by this newspaper on September 22. Sherrill was interviewed on October 14. Their media people were told ahead of time that school funding and utility costs would be the primary concern of the interviews. These became the first two articles. They were told there would be no “gotcha” questions, but the interviewer would push back if something untrue was said or if more clarification was needed. The third part of the interview was “dealer’s choice,” where each candidate was given an opportunity to speak their minds about any topic. The results are on the following page. (Own Words - See Page 11)
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