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Vol. 22 - No. 17 Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving Bayville, Berkeley, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Ocean Gate and South Toms River
Casino Pier Begins Expansion Northward
October 1, 2016
Growth Promising For Berkeley Farmer’s Market By Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – As the farmer’s market season winds down, next year’s is winding up: Councilman Angelo Guadagno announced nearly all the vendors have signed up to participate next year. Guadagno said the first year at its new spot on Route 9 in the Recreation Building and Historical Society parking lot helped, but many come to the market each Tuesday and say they were unaware it existed. “This is in spite of all the advertising, signs, publicity we did,” Guadagno said. “I think we just need to get more word of mouth so people can fi nd out and support it.” It’s a change over its first year, last year, (Market - See Page 5)
A Focus On Nesting Birds, Turtles In Ocean County
–Photos by Catherine Galioto Pilings mark the outline of the northern expansion of Casino Pier, to allow for thrill rides and more space lost after the eastern portion of the pier’s destruction from Superstorm Sandy. Seaside Heights swapped 1.36 acres of beach for a parking lot farther north. By Catherine Galioto SEASIDE HEIGHTS – New pilings stand erect on the beachfront, marking the next step in expanding Casino Pier northward. The amusement pier will grow more than an acre to make way for additional rides, the result of a controversial land swap that pitted environmentalist and public access advocates against those in support of the expansion, who said it would
increase tourism and sustain the economy of Seaside Heights. Now, the project is underway, with the temporary dunes recognizable in the off season pushed aside at Sherman Avenue to mark off where the new footprint of the pier would go. Nearby in the Casino Pier’s maintenance lot across the street of Ocean Terrace, the parts of a new blue and green roller coaster sat unassembled.
T The activity comes after several months of public hearings and awaiting approvals between all parties, for a plan that would take 1.36 acres of Seaside Heights beachfront and give it to Casino Pier so the owners could build the pier northward with more amusements.
The pier hasn’t rebuilt to its pre-Sandy size, and instead of rebuilding back out over the ocean, the Storino Family who owns Casino Pier is pursuing beach land for its $30 million project to add rides such as a giant Ferris Wheel. (Expansion - See Page 5)
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By Daniel Nee here’s both good news and reason for concern when it comes to wildlife in southern Ocean County. It has been an “excellent” breeding year for beach nesting birds, but increased traffic have put terrapins at risk on a local roadway. The birds and terrapins are both the subjects of projects for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, which has had success with preservation programs statewide, and is adding more local partners in Ocean County. Its nesting bird program, which often focuses on Long Beach Island beaches, has seen a banner year, according to Todd Pover, Beach Nesting Bird Project Manager for the organization. (Turtles - See Page 6)