Vol. 23 - No. 29
In This Week’s Edition
THE BERKELEY
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Bayville, Berkeley, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Ocean Gate and South Toms River | December 23, 2017
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Community News!
Silver Ridge Hosts Their Annual Head Start Holiday Party
Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Letters Page 6.
Letters To Santa Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
A New Frontier In Hearing Research
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Dear Pharmacist
Five Natural Remedies For High Blood Pressure That Really (Really!) Work
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Ask Joel Stop Copying Me
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–Photo by Kimberly Bosco The Silver Ridge Park West Clubhouse transformed into a holiday wonderland for the Head Start kids’ holiday party.
By Kimberly Bosco BERKELEY – The Silver Ridge community hosted their annual Holiday Party for the children from Berkeley and Barnegat’s Head Start programs on Dec. 14 at the Silver Ridge Park West Clubhouse. The clubhouse, decked with red and green decorations, balloons, gifts galore, and a throne for Santa, had been transformed into a holiday wonderland. For the 21st year in a row, the ladies of the Silver Ridge community, led by long-time volunteer Vivian (Head Start - See Page 4)
Documentary Raises Awareness Of Addiction and Codependency
Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 21.
Classifieds Page 22.
Wolfgang Puck
Cookie Time! This Quick Recipe Makes It Easy To Offer Fresh-Baked Sweets To Holiday Guests
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Horoscope Page 27.
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco Members from both the Raymond J. Lesniak Recovery High School and HOPE Sheds Light pose at the screening of the documentary “ASK.” By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – As a part of the widespread effort to raise awareness of the opioid and heroin crisis, a New Jersey school and a local non-profit
organization joined forces to put forth their own unique contribution to the cause. The Raymond J. Lesniak Recovery High School
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Councilwoman: Beware Shady House Buyers
–Photo by Chris Lundy Senior communities, are being targeted by unscrupulous real estate investors. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY - There have been real estate investors using “aggressive” tactics to buy homes in the senior communities, and officials are urging residents to report these tactics. The most recent tactic involves signs telling people to sell their house, Councilwoman Judith Noonan said. These signs are against the township’s code and are removed if they are reported. In one case, they had a sign posted right in front of a legitimate open house. This is not a new problem, but a new development in an existing problem, she warned. There are people who use aggressive tactics to try to scare people into selling their homes. Residents have also reported receiving letters urging them to sell their house that make them feel threatened, she said. In these cases, the person sending these letters is not a licensed real estate agent, Noonan said. Soliciting of this nature is illegal. In the past, some seniors have been taken advantage of by investors making money off what they see as a vulnerable population, she said. The investors will do horrible things like sell the house and then never give (Shady - See Page 5)
Michael T. Sutton, Manager • N.J. Lic. No. 4128 Benjamin “Matt” Wade, Advance Planning Director • N.J. Lic. No. 5028 David Kalinowski, Director • N.J. Lic. No. 3925 Steven J. Andrews, Director • N.J. Lic. No. 4435 “We are dedicated to exceeding expectations and delivering a standard of service that is 100% guaranteed.”