Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 2 Oct 1958 Drag racing has gone about as big time as it can go in Berkeley township, despite frequent raids by Berkeley township Police chief Samuel Britton and State Police. Chief Britton, who recommended the Berkeley Township Committee notify the state Division of Motor Vehicles, said the drag races have been going on all summer on two "strips" in the township. One strip is on the Keswick Road near Double Trouble, and the other is on Bayview Avenue between Holly Park and Ocean Gate.

NEW JERSEY COURIER 30 JUN 1960 34 OUT OF TOWN TEENAGERS NABBED AS TWP. POLICE BREAK IN ON BEER, NECKING PART HELD IN GRAVEL PIT More Than 125 Cans of Beer Found at Site TOMS RIVER--Dover Twp. police, assisted by an Island Heights officer, swooped down on 34 out-of-town teenagers Tuesday night, broke up a necking party and confiscated more than 125 cans of beer. Capt. Richard Clement of Dover Twp. police, who led the raid, said the minors were nabbed in a gravel pit on Vaughn Avenue on the north side of Rt 37 back in the woods. The boys and girls were brought to the police headquarters where all were released in the custody of parents. Parents were notified after the raid had been concluded and the 34 youngsters questioned. Names were not released because of the ages of the boys and girls. Those questioned along with their parents face a hearing in Township Hall July 6. Major Vincent A. Grasso and Police Committeeman John J. Dalton were at headquarters when the throng was brough