Vol. 24 - No. 48
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THE BERKELEY
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Cranberry Harvest, Once A Local Industry, In Limbo
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
Team Science: Hearing Help & Hope…
Page 18.
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Inside The Law Page 20.
Fun Page Page 22.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 21.
Horoscope Page 31.
By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – The Gowdy Bog at Double Trouble State Park didn’t look much like a cranberry bog recently. It looked more like a lake. That’s because the main bog at the state park off Pinewald-Keswick Road in Bayville was still flooded from the winter. But sometime soon, the water will be drained, so the cranberry plants can get some sun. By October, the bog will be studded with scarlet cranberries, waiting for the fall harvest. But whether a harvest takes place remains to be seen. Cranberry harvests at Double Trouble
have been a problem for some time now. The last partial cranberry harvest at Double Trouble was in 2012, when Deptford-based Honest Berries took over. But the harvest was never completed, after Superstorm Sandy slammed into Ocean Count y on Oct. 29, 2012, Unfortunately, no leaseholders have stepped up since then. The cranberry plants now share space with a n eve r-i nc r e a si ng amount of weeds. The berries go unpicked during the fall. Visitors to the park are not permitted in the cranber r y bogs. (Cranberry - See Page 4)
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The cranberry bogs, unharvested, are more like a lake now.
–Photo by Patricia A. Miller
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By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – Police and township officials are ramping up their “See Something-Say Something” campaign in the wake of major drug arrests on April 29 in a Holiday City South home. “This will be in addition to the Berkeley Township Police Department “Tip Line,” Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said. “It should be noted that the tip line has proved positive, as concerned citizens have alerted police which has led to multiple investigations and arrests.” In fact, it was Berkeley residents’ tips that led to the arrest of five persons, four of whom listed (Drugs - See Page 5)
–Photo by Chris Lundy Susan Payne Gato carries some vegetables at the end of the sale. By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – It was a good day for plants that like shade and light rain.
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The annual Ocean County Master Gardeners Plant Sale was held on a recent Saturday morning in the parking lot that services
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