The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 31
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By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – A new year, a new commissioner and some new committee assignments were all part of the annual reorganization meeting of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners but not everything went smoothly. With Commissioner Gerry P. Little retiring from the board last year, a vacancy opened up and Barbara Jo Crea won election in November to replace him on the all-Republican board. She was sworn in by longtime friend and colleague 9th District Assemblyman Brian Rumpf. Her term will expire in 2024. Commissioner Gary Quinn was also sworn in for his second term on the board. He was surrounded by family members as former 16th District Assemblyman Jack M. Ciattarelli administered the oath of office. Quinn served as director of the Board of Commissioners last year. Quinn’s term also
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─Photo by Chris Lundy (Top) The construction going on in the ShopRite center will soon be a Mavis. (Right) The land near Castle Woodcraft was prepared for a mini mall and warehouse. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Route 9 corridor is the largest commercially zoned area in the township, and some new businesses are in
the process of opening up. “Despite widespread bu si ness closu res throughout the country because of the pandemic and downturn in
(County - See Page 5)
─Reader submitted photo the national economy, Carmen Amato said. we have fared pretty “We continue to work well,” Berkeley Mayor (Businesses - See Page 4)
Why Did Snow Hit The South First This Year?
By Stephanie Faughnan SOUTHERN OCEAN – New Jersey’s first snowstorm hit the state soon after the start of 2022 with double-digit accumulat ions i n sout her n areas. Little Egg Harbor received the most snow
in Ocean County, with 13.2 inches on a day t h at fol lowe d t e mperature readings of over 60 degrees. Road c o n d it io n s s n a rle d t raff ic in Washington, D.C., while snowfall amounted to over nine inches in parts of Nor t h Ca rol i na . Wintery weather even
st r uck as fa r south as Birmingham, Alabama. The first week of January ended with another snowstorm that resulted in Governor Phil Murphy calling for a state of emergency. That weather event happened a week ago Friday and impacted
January 15, 2022
northern parts of New Jersey as well. Some consider it unusual that snow fell as heavily as it did on January 3, and only impacted the southern portion of the state. That said, was it really such an anomaly? Locals may recall that blizzard condi-
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tions represented the start of 2018 on virtually the same date. The entire state saw some degree of snowfall, with all of Ocean Cou nt y h it ha rdest with at least a foot of accumulation in each of its municipalities. Dr. David A. Robinson, (Snow - See Page 9)
Oyster Creek To Pay $150,000 Fine To NRC By Bob Vosseller LACEY- Holtec Decommissioning International LLC, (HDI) will pay the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a $150,000 fine for security violations found at the Oyster Creek Generating Station. NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan told The Southern Ocean Times on January 10 that: “Holtec has accepted the violation. The company has notified us that it intends to pay the fine and will send in a written response documenting its completed and planned corrective actions. “NRC inspectors will follow up on those corrective actions during upcoming reviews to ensure (Creek - See Page 6)
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