Celebrate the Berkeley Centennial with a t shirt that highlights some of the key moments of the last 50 years of Berkeley History!
1973-77 Mayor Pottle
1974 Golden Jubilee Celebration and Time Capsule Burial & Oats to Roses by Rosemarie Johnson is Published
1977-81 Mayor David
1977 BYBA Hosts Chicago Beepers to a Beeper Ball Game
1979 First Berkeley Picnic at Berkeley Park
1981-93 Mayor Ermish
Feb 2, 1982 The Lund Family was the First to Connect to Continental Cablevision
Nov 1986- Neighborhood Watch Program is Formed
1986 Old Berkeley Water Tower Comes Down
July 1987- New Berkeley Water Tower Erected
July 4th,1988 – 1st Annual Kiddie Bicycle Parade hosted by Polly Kody
August 1988 Berkeley Boy Scout Troop #73 Celebrates 50th Anniversary
1993-2013 Mayor Esposito
1993 Last sale of American Legion $2 Beer Buttons at the Village Picnic
1994 – 911 Emergency Phone Service Starts in Berkeley 9-11-94
1997 – Internet / Email Comes to Berkeley Village Hall
1999 Berkeley Celebrates 75 yrs
Sept 11, 2001 The Day the World Changed Forever
2005 Proviso Math and Science Academy Opened
2013-current Mayor Lee
2013 Village Hall Expansion
Sept 2014 Paramedic Service begins at Berkeley Fire Dept
June 2014 Berkeley Community Garden Club Begins Service to the Community
1960 – 2016 6 O’Clock Whistle
2017 McDermott Drive Rededicated
1954-2020 Berkeley Youth Baseball
2020 Berkeley Awarded an A+ for Diversity by Nich.com
June 2020 Peaceful BLM Protest and March
June 2020- Final Call for Berkeley Fire Dept Paid on Call Fire Personnel
2019-2023 – District 87 Sunnyside and MacArthur School Rebuilds
December 2023 Private First Class Harry Jerele World War II POW Positively Identified. Returned Home to be Laid to Rest October 2024
2024 From Roses to Centennial, The History of Berkeley by Timothy Griffin is Published
May 18, 2024 1974 Time Capsule Opening
May 20, 2024 – The Village of Berkeley is 100 years old, Happy Birthday Berkeley!