Monday, May 6, 2013
Reader questions Holiday City at Berkeley politics
The following letter to the editor was submitted by Bernadette Whitmeyer, the editor of The Reporter, a publication that circulates in the senior communities in Berkeley Township. Whitmeyer is also President of the Social and Civic Association of Holiday City at Berkeley. MY RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I remember that back in November 2012, our community of Holiday City Berkeley in Berkeley Township, voted according to our by-laws to elect new directors to take over and run our community. So what happened? We all voted and there were five people who ran with only three positions open. We had real voting machines, we even had absentee ballots. But all this was done in vain. We voted for the people …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Town Center, 'Meet the Mayor,' farewell Father Kevin
Monday - The Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation is offering a free seining program from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for ages 8 to adult. The lesson kicks off at the Seaside Park Elementary School. Participants will walk to a small nearby bay beach to catch and examine inhabitants of Barnegat Bay. Registration is required. Please call Cooper Environmental Center at 732-270-6960. The walk may be muddy, no flip-flops or Crocs. Wednesday - Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. will be on hand at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library on 30 Station Road to answer any questions residents may have. Wednesday and Thursday - Sports physicals, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Central Regional High School gymnasium, Forest Hills Parkway, Bayville. …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Holiday City club aims to increase awareness of Berkeley Township through summer photo contest
Do you love to take photos? Do you love Berkeley Township? If so, the Holiday City at Berkeley Camera Club wants you – to take part in its photo contest. The club is a collection of amateur photographers who share tips and their best photos each month, said club member Ronald Nastasi. The members – 24 currently – take trips monthly for photo shoots, where they share tips and tricks and help each other improve as photographers, Nastasi said. The photo contest – which begins Memorial Day, May 28, and ends on Labor Day, Sept. 3 – has three objectives: to increase membership in and awareness of the club; to help the club raise funds for its field trips and to help promote Berkeley Township. “We want to get Berkeley more noticed,” Nastasi …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Ocean County Fishing Contest, frogs by flashlight and more
Monday - Craft smorgasbord, 6:30 p.m. Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, ages 13-18. Learn how to make a candy wrapper bracelet, origami jumping frog or bring your own ideas. For more information, call 732-269-2144. Thursday - Berkeley Township Planning Board, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road. Thursday - Bingo night, sponsored by the Holiday City at Berkeley Bingo Club, Clubhouse #2, Port Royal Drive. Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday - An afternoon of Mah Jongg, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. New and experienced players welcome. For more information, call 732-269-2144. Saturday - Frogs by Flashlight, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Nature …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
All patients have been returned to Holiday Care Center on Plaza Drive, police say
No bombs were found in the Holiday Care Center in Holiday City, after the building was swept by K-9 bomb sniffing dogs from a number of area police departments, Detective Sgt. James J. Smith said. "Various townships and counties came to assist," he said. "They did a sweep of the building with negative results. Everybody was able to return to the building." A worker at the facility found a note this afternoon in an employee restroom in the building at 4 Plaza Drive, he said. "It simply said, 'There's a bomb in the building,' " Smith said. Police are continuing an investigation into the incident, he said. Come back to Berkeley Patch tomorrow for a follow-up story.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Taxes, Oreos, Double Trouble and More
Monday - State Sen. Michael Doherty will discuss his fair school funding plan at 7:30 p.m. in the Central Regional Middle School cafeteria off Forest Hills Parkway in Bayville. The event is sponsored by the Berkeley Township Republican Club. Tuesday - Come celebrate the 100th birthday of the Oreo cookie at the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library at 30 Station Road in Bayville. Games, trivia, Oreo dunking and Oreo cookies are on the agenda. Showcase your skills and tricks. For ages 13-18. Thursday - Berkeley Township Board of Education, 6:30 p.m., Berkeley Township Elementary School at 10 Emory Road in Bayville. This may be Schools Superintendent Joseph H. Vicari's last board meeting. The funding for the annual Stokes State Forest…
Friday, February 3, 2012
Residents uninjured; building inspector deems both homes uninhabitable
A township man has been charged with drunken driving after he struck a utility pole, then careened into two homes in Holiday City at Berkeley last night, police said. Dean Stephenson, 48, who lives on St. Thomas Drive in Holiday City, first hit the pole, then the two homes on Guadeloupe Drive around 8 p.m., said Sgt. James Blair. The township building inspector arrived on the scene shortly after and deemed the two homes - located at 44 and 46 Guadeloupe Drive - uninhabitable. The houses are boarded up, Blair said. Stephenson was arrested after the accident, taken to police headquarters, and charged with drunken driving, Blair said. Come back to Berkeley Patch later for an updated story.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Owl Prowl, bingo 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 regular meeting. Tuesday - Teen Craft Club, 6:30 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. Even pets need a warm blanket in the winter. Bring an old sweatshirt to make a cuddly wrapping for your pet or donate one fo a shelter pet. Ages 13-18. For more information, call 732-269-2144. Thursday - Bingo night, sponsored by the Holiday City at Berkeley Bingo Club, Clubhouse #2, Port Royal Drive. Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday - Friends Family Fun Fair at the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Games, prizes and crafts…
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele and Detective Sgt. James J. Smith Jr. offer crime prevention tips at Holiday City seminar
Be vigilant. But don't be a vigilante. That was some of the advice Detective Sgt. James J. Smith Jr. and Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele had for Holiday City at Berkeley residents during an informational session earlier this week that focused on senior citizen scams and crime. “You need to help us," Smith said during his hour-long presentation attended by about 40 residents. "We need to help you. The only way to do it is with strong communication.” Several residents in the senior communities have been victims of scams and burglaries recently. Don't fall for the scam police have dubbed "death's front door," where a criminal reads recent obituaries, then contacts the family and claims to represent a credit card company coming to collect the …
Friday, January 13, 2012
Brick woman and St. Thomas Drive man arrested and charged in one incident; another St. Thomas Drive man charged with two other burglaries
The vigilance of a Toms River resident who called police after seeing a motorist throw items out of a car window helped lead to the Jan. 12 arrests of a Brick woman and a township resident on St. Thomas Drive, Detective Sgt. James J. Smith Jr. said. The caller, who lives in the Snug Harbor section of Toms River, wrote down the license plate number of the car and called Toms River police. The recovered items included a driver's license, credit cars and a passport that belonged to a woman who lives on St. Thomas Drive in Holiday City at Berkeley, Smith said. Toms River police notified the woman, who was at work, and the Berkeley Township police department. "They told her they had recovered some of her items," Smith said. When the woman …
Bonnie Murman
5:26 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013
Bonnie Well said Bernadette! When the court ordered President of OUR association (aka Dictator) began the Shareholders Meeting 5/1/13, he started stomping back and forth in front of the stage. In a loud and gruff voice he told us which topics we were NOT to be discussed. He also told us there were township police present to remove anyone who was out of order. REALLY? We need to reclaim our rights… more ›