Thursday, February 28, 2013
Pine Beach man's body found off a walking trail in park on Pinewald-Keswick Road
The Ocean County Medical Examiner has determined that a Pine Beach man whose body was discovered in Double Trouble State Park Monday committed suicide, Ocean County Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel A. Paulhus said. State Park Police found the body of Daniel L. Rinaldi, Jr. 66, off a walking trail shortly after midnight on Monday. He had been reported missing on Saturday, Paulhus said. Paulhus declined to release the manner of death, other than to say it was a suicide. "Beyond that, I'm not going to say anything," he said. Park Police found a solitary car in the parking lot on Monday, after the park closed. They ran a motor vehicle check and were able to determine that the owner's name was the same as the person reported missing, …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Body discovered shortly after midnight
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office is withholding the name of the adult male found dead in Double Trouble State Park until an autopsy is conducted on Wednesday, Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel A. Paulhus said. "I haven't been told his family has been notified," Paulhus said this afternoon. Someone filed a missing persons report when the man - in his sixties - failed to return. Double Trouble State Park Police found a solitary car in the parking lot on Monday, after the park closed. They ran a motor vehicle check and were able to determine that the owner's name was the same as the person reported missing, Paulhus said. Park Police began to search the park and located the body at 12:34 a.m., he said. The initial investigation did …
Identification pending notice of next of kin, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Says
There were no apparent indications of foul play in the discovery of a body of a man in his sixties in Double Trouble State Park, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says. "The cause of death is pending an autopsy," said Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel A. Paulhus. "It doesn't appear to be anything criminal." Authorities from the Prosecutor's Office and the Ocean County Medical Examiner's Office were at the park off Pinewald-Keswick Road after midnight last night. Information on the area of the 8,495 acre park the body was found in and the time the man was discovered are not yet available, Paulhus said. The man's identification is being withheld until next of kin are notified, he said. Come back to Berkeley Patch later for more …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Spooky doings at H & M Potter's second annual Zombie Apocalypse, Psychic Fair and more
Monday - Meet Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, 7 p.m., Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library. She will discuss the dog's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star. The event is part of the Mancini Memorial Author Program and is sponsored by the Ocean County Library Foundation. Tuesday - Berkeley Township Council, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road. Caucus meeting starts at 7, followed immediately by the regular meeting. Hint: most of the discussion takes place at the caucus meeting. Tuesday - Dinner and a Movie Night, 5:30 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. The film is "The Artist." Visitors bring their own dinners, the library will supply dessert. …
Saturday, October 20, 2012
A limited cranberry harvest is now underway at the historic bogs at the state park, after a two-year hiatus
Call it a rite of autumn. For the first time in two years, cranberries are being harvested from the tea-colored waters of the bogs in historic Double Trouble State Park. A sea of crimson berries bobbed gently in the Gowdy bog this week, close to the vintage cranberry and sorting house that is part of the park's historic village. And Joseph Brandt was happy to be there. Brandt and his business partner James Corsey own Southampton-based Honest Berries. The state Department of Environmental Protection granted the company a limited use permit for the 2012 fall cranberry harvest. Brandt hopes Honest Berries will be around a lot longer than that. He'd like a long-term lease to maintain and harvest the bogs. "I'd like to keep if for the next 20…
Monday, September 24, 2012
Decoy and Gunning Show, Double Trouble cranberry bog hike and more
Monday - Berkeley Adult Writers Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library on 30 Station Road in Bayville. Open to experienced and novice writers. Tuesday - The Ocean County Connection van will be in the parking lot of the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The mobile service center provides information on voter registration, passport assistance, veterans' benefits and more. Tuesday - Berkeley Township Council, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road. Caucus meeting starts at 7 p.m. followed immediately by the regular meeting. Hint: Most of the discussion takes place at the caucus meeting. Wednesday - Berkeley schools Superintendent James D. Roselli will meet with …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Head on over to Island Beach State Park or Double Trouble State Park
Summer may be on the wane, but there's still plenty to do over the Labor Day weekend in and around Berkeley Township. Lifeguards will be on duty through Labor Day at Island Beach State Park's two bathing beaches. Beaches will also be guarded on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9. Lifeguards will be on duty only through Labor Day at White Sands Beach. That's it for the rest of the year. Island Beach State Park is offering a number of events this weekend. Some are free, some require fees. They include: • Friday - Full Moon Hike, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Island Beach State Park. The fee is $5 per person. Discover "whooo" is awake when the sun goes down. For more information, call the park at 732-793-0506. • Saturday - Island Eco-Hike, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Free. …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
State issues special use permit to company for small harvest
There will be a small cranberry harvest at Double Trouble State Park in October, now that the state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a special use permit to a private company. The owners of Honest Berries approached Area Supervisor Ray Bukowski this summer and asked about the possibility of working the bogs, with an October harvest as the goal. "They signed with me about eight or nine days ago," said Bukowski, who oversees both Double Trouble and Island Beach State Park. "They do blueberries and cranberries in other locations." The acres of bogs at the park off Pinewald-Keswick Road have lain fallow for almost two years. The last cranberry harvest was in October 2010. But the former leaseholders retired and the state was…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Two-car collision sent driver of other vehicle to Jersey Shore Medical Center
Berkeley Township police have charged a Lanoka Harbor woman with careless driving, following a two-car crash on Pinewald-Keswick Road near the entrance to Double Trouble State Park yesterday, Sgt. Ryan Roth said. Kaitlyn Davis, 18, Lanoka Harbor, was attempting to make a left turn into the state park around 5:21 p.m Tuesday, when her car struck a Ford sports utility vehicle traveling eastbound on Pinewald-Keswick Road. The SUV's driver, Lauren Helm, 29, Lanoka Harbor, was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center with chest, left arm and left hip pain. Her vehicle was forced off the roadway from the impact and rolled over several times before coming to a stop, Roth said. Davis told police she did not see the Helm's vehicle as it traveled …
Friday, August 17, 2012
Bogs went unharvested in 2011 because of lack of leaseholders
Most of the cranberries clinging to the tiny plants in the bogs at Double Trouble State Park are a pearly pale yellow now, in high summer. But by October, they will turn crimson, ready for harvest. The last cranberry harvest at Double Trouble State Park was in 2010. Last fall was one of the few times over the past 100 years there was no commercial harvest, because no leaseholders stepped forward. But State Department of Environmental Protection officials are hoping that will change this year. The state has been working with an unidentified leaseholder to harvest some of the cranberry bogs at Double Trouble State Park in time for a small harvest in October. "I can confirm we are trying to finalize an agreement with a leaseholder to farm …
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