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By Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – At the turn of another calendar page, the top stories of the previous year help define that time as local officials make plans for 2016. What were the top stories of 2015? A look back:

January Anthony DePaola joins the township council as Councilman Robert Ray stepped down. The council is all Republican and this month met to swear in DePaola. The council also swore in several police officers into new roles due to retirements.

By Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – Outgoing Councilman Anthony G. DePaola spent his last council meeting in his council seat, receiving and giving warm thanks for the chance to serve. DePaola had an unexpired term for this year, and in January was sworn in after Council-man Robert Ray stepped down. That term ended December 31. “Thank you for the opportunity to serve, it was a pleasure,” DePaola said. The mayor and council returned the thanks, citing his help and work on the council over the past year. DePaola served for nine years as president and member of the Berkeley Township Board of Education. He also served for many years as a member of the Berkeley Township Zoning Board of Adjustment and more recently, as chairman of the Berkeley Township Planning Board. DePaola has also served as Secretary Commissioner of the Ocean County Board of Health, Chairman of the Berkeley Township

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By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – The next acquisitions by the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust will be in Berkeley Jackson and Little Egg Harbor townships, officials said. The Ocean County Freeholders said they had reached a deal with owners of the two plots, which make up a combined 183 acres, to purchase the land so it can be preserved. The Jackson parcel consists of 127 acres

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The Township promoted eight officers within the Berkeley Police Department to higher ranks. Lt. Kevin Santucci was promoted to captain. Three ser-geants were promoted to lieu-tenants: Jim Smith, Phil Smith and Ryan Roth. Four officers were promoted to sergeants. Detectives William Cullen, Scott Stoker and John Legg, and Patrol Officer Allison Wray are the newest sergeants in the township police administration.

February Berkeley gained another ally in officials’ quest to change

the school funding formula. Though folks such as Mayor Carmen Amato have addressed the state and its school funding for years, in Manchester new mayor Ken Palmer pledged a similar fight as part of his campaign promises. Palmer and Amato created a working com-mittee. Both towns feel they are getting shorted in state aid for school budgets. Miller Airpark was also in the news. The latest step in the con-tinued expansion of Miller Air-park is the county seeking $1.48 million in two state grants to

pay for projects there, including creating plans for more hangars at the site. The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently approved two grant applications to the state Department of Trans-portation: $788,800 for taxiway and apron crack repairs, and $704,000 for T-hangar taxi-lane construction project. Central Regional Principal Douglas Corbett was acting as the interim athletic director for the district, after Vincent Casale was suspended with pay on February 2. At the February 19

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–Photos from Berkeley Times archiveAmong the top stories of 2015, was the demolition of the Beachwood Plaza (top), the dedication of a playground in memorial of Jay Marles (bottom left), and the November election for mayor and council.

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Central Regional School Board meeting, the board briefly addressed a question from the audience on the athletic director spot, but would not elaborate much further. Eventu-ally, John Scran would move into the role as athletic director later in the year. In February, the town showed its Team Carly spirit. Heart Awareness Month gave Central Regional Middle School in Bay-ville the opportunity to show support for one of their own, Carly Fetzer, an eighth grade student at the school has been on homebound instruction since October due to her congenital heart defects. To show support for Carly, CRMS has been selling red t-shirts that say “Team Carly” on them and the entire school community, including Central Regional and all Berkeley Schools wore red on February 12. Keith Buscio, longtime member of the Central Regional school board, resigned in order to run for a seat on Township Council. The Republican ran successfully alongside the incumbents for mayor and council.

March The month was still cold enough to prolong the ice boat season along the Toms River, drawing aficionados of the sport to com-pete. However, the ice also had one local attempt to drive across the frozen water, and caused a tremendous emergency response as a result. The township also began its opposition of a proposed rate increase from United Water, which would impact a portion of the township served by the water company. Residents would face a nearly 18 percent rate increase. “This would be the fourth increase since 2008,” said Mayor Carmen Amato said. “These are difficult economic times for everyone, for United Water to ask for an additional 18 percent increase is unconscionable.” The Board of Public Utilities scaled back the utility’s request. This month also saw the Route 9 Dino-saur’s preservation efforts step up. The dino had a major crack in its neck. Later, preservationists would work with township officials to bandage up the dinosaur until full-scale preservation efforts could be funded. And, the ospreys returned in record num-bers. Empty each winter, the osprey nests that dot the landscape high above telephone poles are seeing the welcome return of the fish hawk, as volunteers celebrate efforts to encourage the species’ survival. Mid-March saw ospreys return to nests in areas such as Island Beach State Park in the South Sea-side Park section of Berkeley, near Seaview Village in Brick, and at the Manasquan Res-ervoir in Howell. Multiple nests along Bay View, with stretches through the Bayville, Pine Beach and Ocean Gate areas, are all seeing a return of the ospreys.

April If you drove down Good Luck Point this month, you may have spotted a mountain of seashells.A dumptruck full of seashells gently left its haul stacked high in two large piles near the waterfront of Good Luck Point, awaiting placement in the Barnegat Bay. Local environmentalists hope the 120 cubic yards of whole seashells will create

the substrate oysters can grow on, the latest effort to kickstart the bay’s oyster re-population. Berkeley Township Officials expressed their opposition to a new fee for Island Beach State Park, that would charge $3 for walk-in traffic at an area frequented by boaters who use the park via the popular Tice’s Shoal. The change in the state park fees come after the state Department of Environmental Protection Commission announced a new, lifeguarded swimming area near the A-7 section of the park for the coming summer. Besides passing a resolu-tion of its own, the council, alongside the mayor and waterways committee, decried the fee as another way to extract money out of local boaters. An attempt to block a 13-acre, Route 9 apartment project by using the Trust for Public Land to buy the parcel took a step forward, officials said. Amato said the township has completed an appraisal of the property, but a second appraisal is re-quired, to move forward with negotiations. Berkeley Family Apartments’ plans would build 88 family apartments on 13 acres on Route 9 northbound, near JFK Boulevard. The plan would add 11 buildings, a tot lot, clubhouse and outdoor recreation to the area

May New this year, Berkeley will staff its Peli-can Island and South Seaside Park sections with their own police, instead of using Seaside Park’s. Amato said the township severed its shared services agreement with Seaside Park, and diverted the money it paid Seaside Park to patrol its neighborhoods would instead be used to hire its own Class 1 season police officers.

June An incumbent mayor faced a GOP primary challenge this June, as Mayor Carmen Am-ato Jr. and local chiropractor Cheryl Altieri both filed for the Republican party nomina-tion. Altieri, who ran as a republican under the banner of “New Broom – Clean Sweep,” did not secure the party vote. Amato has the regular republican club ticket alongside running mates for council.Amato would go on in November to win re-election against his Democrat chal-lengers. The Butler Beach playground site was heavily damaged from Superstorm Sandy, and has sat needing attention since the 2012 storm. Volunteers changed that in June, completely rebuilding it with new equipment and more due to a grant from Alexandra’s Playground. A new farmer’s market launched this month, giving Berkeley its own weekly market similar to other towns. The season slowed though, and for next year, the town-ship is looking at how to improve traffic.

July The township council would spend $25,000 from its affordable housing fund to purchase 56 First Avenue in the Manitou Park neighborhood, which sits adjacent to another site already planned for a Habitat for Humanity project. In the last five years, more than 80 homes have been built under a program through Homes for All, meant to replace failing homes, demolish the structures, clean up the site and build an

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My father was a German immigrant to the United States in 1926. He was a craftsman who developed a business as a carpenter and builder and, in the 1930s fell in love with the Jersey Shore. He told me stories of driving here from Hudson County and having to stop and f ix several flat tires along the way, and how he and his immigrant friends pitched a tent in the woods for shelter. My dad built a modest summer home in Brick’s Cedarwood Park section and, in 1949, I be-gan spending every sum-mer of my life in Brick Township and have lived here full-time since 1978. Why am I telling you this story? Because it was the beginning of a love story for me and my family, a love of the Jersey Shore and our wonderful town. We understand that things cannot stay the same as they were back in the “good-old-days,” but, the imposition of the large, proposed Ocean Pointe commercial complex into a quiet, residential location is an invasion and an af-front to our neighborhood and our property values. Here is what the Ocean Pointe applicant propos-es: a four-story, 103-room hotel, two large strip malls with retail shops, 66 addi-tional apartments above the strip malls, an addi-tional larger retail building and 300-plus parking spac-

I love sports. Growing up, I played just about every sport that you can think of. I wanted to pass that love of the game on to a younger generation. Now, my experience with kids was something else. I have none. I had no idea what to expect when I vol-unteered to coach 6 and 7 year olds. Here’s what I learned in my first five minutes: they don’t disappoint, they have crazy amounts of en-ergy, don’t like to listen to anything you say and they are loud - SO LOUD. I’m just thankful that I had an assistant coach there to help corral them and teach them some of the basics. I went into the sea-son with high hopes for winning as a team. Even though league rules don’t let you keep score, every-one, including the kids, keeps track and wants to win. One of my biggest chal-lenges was knowing that if you could teach them to work as a team they could do so much better. We had some real talent, but that was our biggest f law. You can imagine this gaggle of 6 and 7 year olds storming the f ield, looking like a group of individuals just wearing

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es. This kind of commer-cial site at this particular location just doesn’t make sense. Is there something we’re not being told? It all seems kind of mysterious, and quite outrageous! There is no need for a shopping mall or hotel at this spot. There are already tons of shopping areas in town and a Walmart right up the street, with vacant stores appearing all over the place! There’s no need for a hotel to serve the hos-pital. No one comes from out of town for treatment at Brick Hospital. It’s not Sloane-Kettering, or Hos-pital for Special Surgery! As a matter of fact, such a large complex in this location would definite-ly congest tiny, two-lane Route 88 west, thereby endangering ambulance access, when minutes, and even seconds, count to save a life. Have I mentioned that the site is too small? When we first read the description of the proposed commercial “monster-in-our-neigh-borhood,” we were in-credulous! We know that eight (major) variances are required for the proposed project: non-conforming property size, non-con-for ming buf fer zones , smaller parking spaces, to name just a few. We need hundreds of residents to show up at a l l u p c o m i n g B r i c k Town Council and Zon-ing Board-of-Adjustment meetings. Please call Town Hall (732-262-1000) for the schedule. Remember,

residents and taxpayers of Brick are depending upon our town officials to advocate for us and make sure the Ocean Pointe commercial complex does not happen! We want them to listen to us, their fellow townspeople. They need to see us present -- we who are good citizens who go to work, pay our taxes, raise our families and en-joy our quiet little corner of the woods. And, by the way, speaking of woods, on the site of the proposed project, there are stands of beautiful, 100-year-old cedar trees, which also deserve our respect!Megina MittlebergBrick Township

the same color by hap-penstance. We even went so far as to steal the ball from our own teammates. My fellow coach and I had to teach them to pass the ball to each other and work together to accom-plish something bigger than what they could do on their own. So that’s what we did at practice, all practice, every practice. Countless times we told them: “Work as a team, pass it to your teammates.” But then it star ted to sink in. They began to work well together on the practice field. Saturdays were a differ-ent story. When the games came around it was like they forgot every thing they had learned, as kids will do. I started feeling aggra-vated. “I don’t have any relation to a single one of these kids why am I still coming if they don’t even listen to me,” I thought to myself. But then I realized what the issue was: a leader can’t be effective when he does not consider him-self part of the team he is leading. It was that final Saturday when we finally worked as a team. Ever y th ing clicked, we were passing the ball to each other, cheering each other on, forg iv ing each other’s mistakes and moving on. Going in to the f inal game, the team had scored a single goal the whole season. I didn’t mind that we hadn’t won a game but I knew the kids need-ed it. Scoring goals and winning games are huge confidence builders and we hadn’t done either. But that day we became a team on the game field, we won. You should’ve seen the looks on their faces - it was worth every struggle.Joshua King,Senior AirmanJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs

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The firefighter rushes to extinguish a blaze. The parent helps or-ganize a school fund-raiser. A townsperson listens to a discussion on parks and recreation. A young child donates an unused toy. A senior works to restock a thrift shop. All these folks, from all walks of life, have one thing in common: they are volunteering in their community. Volu n t e e r i sm a nd char it able endeavors take countless forms. Whether joining a lo-cal civic group, volun-teering to serve on the recreation committee, signing up for the first aid squad, or helping to coach youth sports – all these roles are volun-teer ones. Generally, they offer no financial compensa-tion, but the rewards go beyond the monetary. These self less acts are t he backbone of t he community. They serve to build up and make better the world around us , t he one we l ive, work and play in. Now it is a new year,

and the perfect time to commit to helping the community by serving as a volunteer. Many lo-cal charities have made their annual f inancial appeals, hoping to raise money for their worth-while projects, and are thankful for your sup-port. But what they also need is more hands to get the work done. Your hands are need-ed for these projects. Where to turn to find t h e m? M a n y l o c a l groups are in the pag-es of this newspaper, detailing their projects and recent endeavors. But also, websites such as volunteermatch.org can help ident ify or-ga n i za t ions i n need of your help and your membership. There is no shor t-age of groups seeking new members and vol-unteers. Unfortunate-ly, there of ten seems as though there are a shortage of volunteers. Let’s make th is year different by commit-t ing to help out your favorite causes. Make th is the year to give back, with your time.

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OCEAN COUNTY – After more than four decades in law enforcement, William T. Sommeling, who current-ly serves as Ocean County Undersheriff is closing the books on his lengthy and distinguished career. “This has been a great run,” Sommeling said about his time in law enforcement. “I would do it all over again.” Sommeling’s retirement from the post as Ocean County Undersheriff in the Ocean County Sheriff’s Of-fice began December 31. Combined, Sommeling has served in that position for about 15 years. Brian Klimakowski, retired Manchester Township Police Chief, will be appointed to the position of Undersheriff and will be sworn in on January 6. Sommeling started his ca-reer in public service in 1955 working for the Borough of Seaside Heights. He served in the Police Department there as patrolman, investi-gator, undercover agent and sergeant until 1967 when he moved to the larger Dover Township, now Toms River Township Police Depart-ment. He also rose to the rank of sergeant there after serving as a patrolman, de-tective, and investigator. He also was the department’s planning officer and project director for several programs

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that were funded through state and federal grants. In both towns, he did extensive undercover work on narcot-ics cases. Coincidentally, Sommeling worked road patrols with now Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy who worked for the Dover Township Police Depart-ment. “I am happy I could work with him and for him,” Som-meling said. Sommeling first served as Ocean County Undersheriff from 1989 to 2000 under the late Sheriff William L. Polhemus. He returned to the position in 2011, following the sudden death of Undersheriff Wayne R. Rupert. During 2013, he served as acting sheriff fol-lowing the death of Sheriff William L. Polhemus and continued on as undersher-iff following the election of Mastronardy, who took office in 2014. “I have worked with a lot of good people,” Som-meling said. “From Sher-iff Polhemus and Sheriff Mastronardy, the Board of Chosen Freeholders, to the entire county family, all of these people are dedicated to helping the citizens of Ocean County.” Sommeling was recognized by the Board of Freehold-ers during its December 16

meeting. “Bill has served the citizens of Ocean County well,” said Freeholder John P. Kelly, Director of Law and Public Safety. “He is dedicated to the profession of law en-forcement. Whether his time served in Seaside Heights, Toms River, in the Prose-cutor’s Office or any other rank he has held, he always put our residents first. He is the consummate professional and we wish him well in retirement.” Brian Klimakowski, retired Manchester Township Police Chief, will be appointed to the position of Undersheriff and will be sworn in on January 6. “Brian will do a great job,” Sommeling said. “He is young, energetic and brings a great deal of law enforce-ment background to the of-fice of Undersheriff. I know he will serve the citizens well.” Mastronardy said Klimak-owski’s duties include over-seeing the Ocean County Police Academy, Lakewood, training and technology for the department. “Undersheriff Sommeling served a key role in help-ing during my transition,” Mastronardy said. “Having him here provided me with the historical perspective of the office along with a good understanding of the day to

day operations. I wish Bill and his wife Pat nothing but the best.”Sommeling had also served as a Casino Control Com-missioner for 11 years in-cluding two years as vice chairman prior to returning to the Sheriff’s Office. He was also assigned to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and served as the Dep-uty Director of the Ocean County Narcotics Bureau where he was in charge of all of its field operations. Sommeling said that during his tenure in law enforcement, some of the greatest challenges came from weather related events. Most recently, Sommel-ing served as the County’s emergency management

coordinator during Super-storm Sandy which struck on his birthday – October 29 in 2012. “The velocity of Sandy was so intense and when it was over we were devastated,” ommeling said of the storm that slammed the coast. “The work to put the County back together again was one of the greatest challenges we faced. And while that work contin-ues it was many helping hands that got us back on our feet.” Sommeling reflected on his time in law enforcement, saying you are a police offi-cer 24/7. “It’s on your mind all the time,” Sommeling said. He noted that the most satisfying times is when you know your actions have

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TOMS RIVER – More than 260 lbs. of sweet treats from Dr. Ron Rotem’s 11th annual candy buy-back program were sent to U.S. troops serving overseas. Melissa Martini, age 12 and her sister Megan, 7, Toms River, were the winners in the family category. They not only received $10, the maximum award ($1 a pound up to 10 lbs. per family), but they also won $50 for bringing in the most candy, by weight. More than the prize money, the Martini sisters were focused on the soldiers who would be receiving the candy. “Thank you for your hard work in protecting our country,” they said. “We hope you like all the candy and hope you don’t get hurt. Come home safely!” Individual classrooms were also eligible to win a cash prize. Students in Miss Allyson Kit-son’s Fourth grade class at The Potter School, Bayville, won $400, which the students intend to use for a field trip to Jenkinson’s Aquarium.

Since the Potter School students rarely have the opportunity to take field trips, the class wanted to share their prize with whole grade, not just their class. Kitson, a teacher for 11 years at The Potter School, said, “When I told the students about Dr. Rotem’s buyback program you could see their faces just lit up, they practically jumped out of their seats. It was not a matter of making them do it, they truly wanted to do this for the soldiers.” After Brody Elms, a student in the class, found out the donated candy would be sent to U.S. soldiers, he said, “I wanted to give them my favorite candy.” Brody’s mom said he sorted through his stash and picked out all his favorites to donate. Although Dr. Rotem’s practice at 355 Lake-hurst Road, Toms River, focuses on cosmetic dentistry and conscious sedation for adults, he feels this annual contest reinforces a sense of civic duty and community involvement by sending the candy to troops as well as an incentive to save teeth from decay. This is the 11th year Dr. Rotem has sponsored his Halloween Buy-back Candy contest. The candy was shipped to our overseas troops through the American Recreational Military Service (ARMS) supportarms.org. For fur-ther information, call Dr. Rotem’s office at 732-341-8500.

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BERKELEY – Central Regional High School’s Wrestling will host a wrestling match versus Jackson Memorial on January 8 that will double as a cancer awareness fundraiser. Middle School and Junior Varsity wrestle at 5 p.m., and High School wrestles at 7 p.m.. If you have any questions about the event, contact Head Coach Craig Salvatore at [email protected]. A second event focuses on helping out a local student.

Teams Hold Cancer Awareness Fundraisers Boys and Girls Basketball will host a Basket-ball Clinic on January 10 to raise money for a local Berkeley student that has developed can-cer and will host a double-header basketball game versus Toms River South on January 14 at Central Regional High School. The girls will play at 5 p.m. and the Boys will play at 7 p.m. If you have questions about the event, con-tact Head Coaches John Truhan at jtruhan @centralreg.k12.nj.us or Mike Clemente at [email protected].

BERKELEY – The Berkeley Veterans of For-eign War Post 9503 has the following events scheduled for January. January 5 at 7 p.m., the Pipes and Drums meet. January 8 at 7 p.m. is the post meeting. January 13 at 7 p.m., the VFW Auxiliary meets.

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Little Egg Harbor Purchase The county is also planning to purchase 56 acres in Little Egg Harbor Township, also for preservation purposes. “This adds more to this large area of preserved public land in Little Egg Harbor Township,” said Bartlett. The plot, which will be purchased for $950,250, is located west of Freedom Fields County Park and southwest of Little Egg Har-bor’s municipal playing fields. It stretches down toward Tip Seaman County Park. Officials said access to the site can be gained from Nugentown Road.

Berkeley Rail Trail Finally, officials are planning to purchase a small, one-third acre plot of land adjacent to the Rail Trail park in Berkeley Township for $150,000. The land will be preserved so future development does not encroach directly up against the Rail Trail, said Lacey. The funds for the purchases are derived from an open space tax paid by all Ocean County property owners. David McKeon, Ocean County Planning Director, said the federal government recently informed county officials that it will reimburse the county $116,833 for previous purchases in Jackson and Barnegat. The money will be placed back into the trust, McKeon said.

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OCEAN COUNTY – The single 90-minute sets at Ocean County College’s MidWeek Jazz Series shows are held on selected Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on the Main Stage, The Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, Ocean County College Main Campus, Toms River. January 13 – The Midiri Brothers Salute Benny Goodman: the annual Salute to Benny Goodman’s famed 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. Tickets: $24 for adults, $18 seniors, $12 students.

February 17 – Aaron Weinstein: Young violinist virtuoso Aaron Weinstein, affectionately called “the Groucho of the violin” by Tony Bennett and “a perfect musician” by jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Blue Note, and abroad at jazz festivals in England, France, Switzerland, Iceland, and Israel. In addi-tion to the violin, he is a respected mandolinist. Tickets: $24 for adults, $18 seniors, $12 students.

Check Out New Lineup For Mid-Week Jazz Series March 9 – Ricky Riccardi: Last year, MidWeek Jazz’s own, Ricky Riccardi, stepped in after a last-minute cancellation and ended up putting on one of the most buzzed about performances of the season. Riccardi is known for his energetic piano playing and is the author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years. He is joined by Brendan Castner (with his warm vocals and ukulele) along with Dennis Valencia (and his animated drumming). Tickets:

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Micromedia Publications is seeking a part time reporter to cover Howell Township. - Candidate should have writing/reporting experience. Candidate must be available to cover evening meetings of the local government, generally one night per week, and may also be asked to attend community events, fundraisers, etc. Conducting phone interviews is understood to be part of the job. In addition, the ideal candidate will have the ability to take photos to accompany features.The position requires providing 3-4 stories per week, with photos, every week, on deadline. This PART-TIME position is an at-home job; stories will be submitted via email. A full-time position is not currently available. Candidates should send their resume along with 1-3 writing samples or links to your writing. Resumes without writing samples WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.Email resumes and writing samples to Catherine at [email protected]. (t/n)

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affordable home there. The long-awaited demolition of Beach-wood Plaza began this month and continued through the end of 2015. Throughout 2015, officials worked to secure condemnation and other approvals held up by litigation with the land owner, who lived in Florida. First, the Carvel came down, and in early August, the first swings of the wrecking ball would come to the main site.

August In Ocean Gate, volunteers from local law enforcement and the Where Angels Play organization converged on the corner of Wildwood and East Long Branch avenues to build the cheerful green and white play-ground equipment. The playground would honor Jay Marles, Ocean Gate police officer badge No. 271,who was killed by a drunk driver on the Garden State Parkway while returning home after working a drunk driv-ing enforcement detail on Thanksgiving morning in 2010. A brown plume stretching from Seaside Park to South Seaside Park in the bay had local residents demanding answers of the state DOT and DEP. Wanting more de-tailed answers, members of the township’s waterways committee gathered samples of its own to determine what was in the plume near South Seaside Park and to make sure the samples met standards to be properly tested. It lead to Councilman Jim Byrnes dangling over an outflow pipe to get a water sample as it directly came out of the outflow before it hit the bay water, he said.

September Ocean County will purchase the former New Jersey Pulverizing Company site in Berkeley Township – described as the largest plot of undeveloped land in Ocean County east of the Garden State Parkway – for $11 million. Besides the obvious preservation, the land buy also allows for a continuation of the rail trail, but could also mean the extension of Western Boulevard. The county also revealed plans to possibly spend $8 million to renovate Berkeley Is-land County Park. With portions still closed from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, a county park will instead become the focus of a larger-scale upgrade to the site, once a popular crabbing spot jutting out of Bren-nan Concourse. Redesign plans for Berkeley

Island County Park could include a possible splash park, building and new picnic areas. The school year at Central Regional had three new head coaches in 2015-16. The Central Regional Board of Education has appointed Mike Clemente as the Golden Eagles’ boys basketball coach and Craig Salvatore as their wrestling coach. Mike Casale will guide their baseball team in 2016.

October This month, the debate was on Coastal A Zones, and newly changed requirements on elevating homes that are in the zone as part of the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The changes means a homeowner who planned to raise their home one elevation may have to return to the drawing board and make another plan for a new elevation. Berkeley and several other towns opposed the change, announced in the same month as the three-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.

November Republicans swept the municipal races, with Amato, Councilmen John Bacchione and Thomas Grosse, and newcomer Keith Buscio winning. In a contentious Central Regional School Board race, there were six candidates vying for two spots, with about two hundred votes separating the winners from the losing candidates. Moving into board seats are Denise Pavone-Wilson, with 2,369 votes, and George Dohn with 2,228 votes. Since September the woods surrounding Holiday City, Manitou and elsewhere have seen coyote sightings, with residents com-plaining the animals have come out from wooded areas to approach pets, and owners walking their dogs. Berkeley Councilwom-an Sophia Gingrich, who lives in the senior communities that have been reporting the coyote incidents, said the township was figuring out whether a trapper could help solve the problem.

December Officials said that while a “major victory” was had demolishing the Beachwood Plaza, the broader issues of the Route 9 corridor remain, with a call to use the demolition as further motivation to revitalize the business zones along the state road. Amato said that the township is considering multiple programs to help boost the local economy and spur new business coming to the area, but also maintaining existing business and cleaning up the area.


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OCEAN COUNTY – Cuisine on the Green, the Ocean County Center for Culinary Arts located at the Atlantis Golf Club in Little Egg Harbor, is now accepting registration for new classes that begin in March. The Culinary Arts Training Center, part of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School district, offers adult students the opportunity to pursue their career goals in the culinary profes-

Culinary Arts Program Open Housesion. Students receive real-world experience in restaurant operations and culinary production techniques through the daily operation of the full-service restaurant and banquet facility, open to the public, located on the premises. The 10-month curriculum includes classroom instruction, culinary skills training and working internships. The teaching philosophy at Cuisine on the Green involves a curriculum and training

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Protection Manager Certification from the National Restaurant Association. This program, offered through Ocean County Vocational Technical School, provides an accel-erated approach to developing skills needed for employment in food and hospitality industries. This program is open to adults, 18 and over, with a high school diploma or GED. Students may qualify for Federal Financial Aid or Veterans Benefits. The OCVTS Financial Aid Represen-tative can be contacted for more information. Articulation agreements have been estab-lished with Atlantic Cape Community College, Johnson & Wales University, the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College and Brookdale Community College which provide students the opportunity to earn advanced college cred-its upon completion of this program. An open house/instant admission decision day will be held January 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 732-473-3100, ext. 3144 for more infor-mation or visit ocvts.org.

BERKELEY – This holiday season, Berke-ley Police had a message: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Due to the increase in drunk-driv-ing-related fatalities around the holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across America were actively searching for and arresting drunk drivers through January 1. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration They have good reason to: in 2013, 10,076 people were killed in crashes involving a drunk driver. In December 2013 alone there were 733 people killed in crashes involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or high-er. 23 of those deaths occurred on Christmas Day. If you’re caught drinking and driving you could face jail time, fines, loss of driver’s license, towing fees, and other DUI expenses, totaling $10,000 on average. The safest way to get home is to drive sober or catch a ride with a sober designated driver. If you plan on drinking at the holiday party or at a restaurant, hand the keys over to someone else – a sober friend, a taxi or public transportation. Or, try NHTSA’s SaferRide mobile app, which allows users to call a taxi or a friend by identi-fying their location so they can be picked up. Berkeley Township received a $5,000 grant for this detail.

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to join them. They suddenly depart after a few rounds and you are left with a pad-ded bill. Finally, a merchant counts your change. At that point it is correct. He drops it and replaces it with a smaller bill. In as much as I don’t like writing a negative column, my feelings are the following. If I can save one traveler from getting scammed it is worth writing about. Remember that most locals are honest but all it takes is one moment to spoil a good thing. Safe Travels.Joel

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(Chef Wolfgang Puck’s TV series,“Wolfgang Puck’s Cooking Class,” airs Sundays on the Food Network. Also, his latest cookbook, “Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy,” is now available in bookstores. Write Wolfgang Puck in care of Tribune Media Services Inc., 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207) © 2014 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.

By Wolfgang Puck “Do you always make everything from scratch, the old-fashioned way?” That’s a question I’m asked often by people who love to cook. My answer has two parts, just like the question itself. I begin by telling people that, yes, I make everything from scratch whenever possible -- and within reason. At Spago, for example, we bake our own breads every day, and whisk up mayonnaise from egg yolks and oil, and simmer our own stocks. For the best quality at home, too, I prefer preparing my own mayonnaise, and I’ll keep a supply of home-made stock in the freezer; but we’ll usually eat bread from a good bakery rather than baking it ourselves. The second part of my answer, though, may be different than you might expect: The old-fashioned way isn’t always the best. Take making stock. Like many chefs, I’ve found that modern pressure cookers make the best stock. They dramatically cut cooking time while extracting maximum flavor. And the pressure prevents the bones from releasing impu-rities that can cloud stock. The result is beautifully clear and delicious. I never mind using smart, efficient modern appli-ances that deliver great results. I’ve successfully used immersion blenders, for example, to make mayonnaise in seconds. And I’m devoted to my countertop electric panini maker, as many of you no doubt already know. Another example of appliances I like is the coun-tertop electric rice cooker. Add measured amounts of grain and liquid, plug it in, close the lid, press a button, and you get perfectly cooked rice every time. I also like to extend the use of my rice cooker to make more than just that simple side. In the past, I’ve shared with you an easy recipe for delicious rice cooker macaroni and cheese. Today, I’d like to offer up my recipe for a great version of my grandmother’s custardy rice pudding, cooked in a rice cooker and then layered parfait-style with fresh fruit. This recipe calls for short-grained Arborio rice, the kind used in classic risotto, but you could use other short or medium-grained varieties. You can also make variations using different fruits, and by adding other spices such as ground cinnamon or ginger. Since the recipe includes a custard mixture that’s combined with the rice to cook inside the rice cooker, it’s important to watch out for curdling, the formation of lumps as the yolk mixture thickens. If that happens, save the mixture simply by removing it immediately from the heat and whisking it briskly until smooth, as directed in the recipe. Regardless, you’ll find this recipe surprisingly sim-ple, and the results are outstanding. Nothing beats making a great dessert from scratch, using a new-fangled appliance to make an old-fashioned recipe.

Rice Pudding Parfaits With Fresh Fruit

Serves 6 1/2 cup (125 ml) Arborio rice1 cup (250 ml) cold water1/4 teaspoon salt2 cups (500 ml) milk

Grated zest of 1 orange1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise in half, seeds scraped out and reserved1/2 cup (125 ml) plus 2 tablespoons sugar1/4 cup (60 ml) Grand Marnier4 large cage-free egg yolks1 cup (250 ml) each fresh organic blueberries, diced strawberries and raspberries Put the rice in a fine-meshed sieve and rinse it thoroughly under cold running water. Drain well. Put the rice in an automatic rice cooker with the 1 cup (250 ml) cold water. Add the salt and close the rice cooker. Plug in the cooker and set it to “Cook.” (The “Keep Warm” light will turn on after about 15 minutes, but keep the cooker closed for 20.) Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan combine the milk, orange zest, vanilla bean and seeds, sugar and Grand Marnier. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside to steep for 15 minutes. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks until smooth. While whisking continuously, pour in 1/2 cup (125 ml) of the hot milk mixture; continue whisking until thoroughly blended. While whisking continuously, gradually pour the milk-and-egg mix-ture into the pan containing the hot milk. Hold a wire-meshed strainer over the rice in the rice cooker. Pour the milk-and-egg mixture from the pan through the strainer into the rice; discard the vanilla bean. With a heatproof rubber spatula, stir together the liquid and rice, using the spatula’s flexible blade to dislodge and incorporate all of the rice from the bottom of the cooker pot. Turn the rice cooker back on to the “Cook” setting and, leaving the lid open, stir constantly with the spatula until the mixture begins to steam and thicken. Watch carefully that it doesn’t come to a boil. As soon as thickening begins, switch the rice cook-er to “Keep Warm” and continue stirring over the lower heat for about 2 minutes longer. Then, close the rice cooker lid and leave the mixture to sit for 8 minutes, opening the cooker halfway through to stir it thoroughly but briefly. Meanwhile, fill a large bowl with ice cubes and water and rest a medium bowl in its middle. Open the rice cooker and carefully remove its pot. Scrape the rice pudding mixture into the bowl set in the ice bath. If you observe any curdling, briefly whisk the mixture until smooth. Leave the pudding to cool in the ice bath. Use six tumblers, large martini glasses, or wine glasses for assembling the parfaits. Divide one third of the cooked pudding among the 6 glasses, spread-ing it evenly on their bottoms. Top the rice with a layer of blueberries, dividing all of them evenly among the glasses. Spoon in another layer of about half of the remaining pudding, and top it with a layer of all the strawberries. Finally, add the remaining pudding and arrange the raspberries on top. Cover the glasses with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours until thoroughly chilled. Serve cold.

Use Your Rice Cooker To Make The Best Rice Pudding Ever

2016-01-02 - The Berkeley Times

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