Friday, May 24, 2013
Group formed out of federal grant.
Making Long Beach Island a year-long cultural and arts destination is one of the agenda items of the recently formed Culture and Arts of Long Beach Island (CALBI) partnership. Last year, The Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts was awarded a $25,000 federal grant to create a framework for a cultural district on LBI. The planning grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Our Town” program funds focus groups and meetings of the key partners to map out the activities, programs and venues that would be included in the cultural district. Now the district is beginning to take shape on LBI, in the form of the CALBI partnership. The group is tasked with proposing ideas to make LBI a year-round cultural destination, and so far …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
With just two days until Memorial Day Weekend, we check in on the beaches and some of our other favorite spots.
After Superstorm Sandy struck in the fall and wintry temperatures continued through the spring, summer is almost here. Here's our summer countdown and update on the beaches, boardwalk and businesses preparing for another season. Check out the images in the photo gallery above to see the beaches as they look today. SUMMER COUNTDOWN (from The Star-Ledger) Just 2 days until the start of Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 25. Video: The party begins, but suffering continues in post Sandy Point Pleasant Beach Driving us crazy: High airfares will spike Memorial Day traffic at N.J. beaches and beyond Gov. Christie on reopening of Belmar's boardwalk: 'We're back!' Poll: What's your favorite holiday down the Jersey Shore? Shore Roundup: Ledger …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Heads New Loan Department
Harmony Bank has named Thomas Lilley, Manahawkin, the director of its newly established U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan department. Lilley, who has more than 20 years of experience in SBA lending, will oversee the development of Harmony’s SBA lending division and will foster its SBA portfolio growth throughout the state. His office is at Harmony Bank’s headquarters, 2120 West County Line Road, Jackson. Before joining Harmony Bank, Lilley was a business development officer and SBA lender for TD Bank, Manahawkin. He was a loan underwriter for the CIT Group and a business development officer at Commerce Bank, later acquired by TD Bank. The SBA loan program provides competitively-priced, government-backed financing programs that …
Musical comedy will begin May 24 and continue through June 16.
The following is a press release submitted to Patch by the Surflight Theatre. Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Ken Myers presents the 1920s musical comedy The Boy Friend, from May 24 through June 16. Sandy Wilson’s 1954 musical comedy, The Boy Friend, is a recipe for gleeful romance: Take a rich young girl, a poor boy who’s employed as a messenger, a group of happy flappers, some well-intentioned adults. Mix carefully with a new romance and a re-kindled one. Add “jazzy” music. Put dreams in the lyrics (“I Could Be Happy with You”) along with exuberance and joy in the dances (“Won’t You Charleston with Me?”). Shake well, and you have Sandy Wilson’s skillfully inventive spoof of 1920s musicals. The Boy …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Barnegat Mayor notes that new sirens are being tested by Office of Emergency Management.
A three-minute full volume siren will be activated within Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station’s emergency planning zone at 9 a.m., and four times throughout the day on May 29. The sirens will also go off for shorter test periods on May 23 at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and on May 30. The system will sound as a part of Exelon’s comprehensive emergency preparedness program. This test is not a signal to evacuate, according to Barnegat Township Mayor Len Morano, who spoke about the test at the Township Committee meeting last night. "It will sound pretty loud but don't everyone panic when you hear it," Morano said. Although Oyster Creek conducts electronic testing of its sirens on a weekly basis, this is an annual test, issued by Exelon …
Monday, May 20, 2013
The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.
Patch has launched a new site, Small Business Patch (smallbusiness.patch.com), to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice, and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur, Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Brick office receives more staff as summer influx expected; Ocean City office permanently destroyed, LBI office renovated
Comcast has said it has rebuilt 144 miles worth of cable infrastructure since Superstorm Sandy struck the Shore area and has hired extra staff for coastal area offices as an influx of seasonal customers is anticipated. Additional customer service employees and 170 extra technicians are to start work May 25, the company said in a statement this week. Additionally, at the company's offices in Brick, Absecon, Avalon, Northfield, Ocean City and Wildwood, the number of workstations "has been nearly doubled to provide more expedited, one-on-one attention for customers," the company said. The company's Long Beach Island office in Ship Bottom has been "completely renovated," while its Ocean City office was destroyed and is now operating out of two…
Friday, May 17, 2013
PBS show also featuring Long Beach Island.
An eight-episode series of 'This Old House' focuses on several local homes rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy. The PBS' show will first air in October. PBS announced the show worked on an 1880s Shore Cottage in Bay Head, a 1950s Colonial in Point Pleasant, and a prefabricated new house in Manasquan. Side stories will also feature restoration projects in Mantoloking, Long Beach Island, and Ocean Grove and other local projects along the beach and the bay. Here is the complete announcement from the show producers: Months after Superstorm Sandy devastated shorelines on the East Coast, affected homeowners are still determining how to rebuild in a landscape of provisional FEMA regulations, delayed building permits and continued weather risks. …
Numerous events planned for May 18, 19.
The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce has partnered with local nonprofit groups such as ReClam The Bay, Alliance for a Living Ocean, and Surf Fishing Classic Officials, who will be on hand on May 18 to announce the 59th Annual Tournament and Clean Water Action. They will also start the day and a summer season May 18 at 11 a.m. on the 17th Street Beach ramp in Ship Bottom. Also invited are NJ Division of Travel and Tourism Director Grace Hanlon, Congressman LoBiondo and District 9 Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove help cut the ribbon between two giant painted 4-foot replica clams that draw attention to the as environmental , historic and cultural fun education activities including the The Clam Trail (a kind of scavenger hunt) and a new …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Southern Ocean Chamber celebrates 100 years.
In 1914 Long Beach Island was enjoying Victorian splendor, with expanding rail service and the opening of the car bridge, large hotels and amenities were ready to serve the finest from Philadelphia, New Jersey and beyond. As businesses expanded to meet the demand, so did the need to establish a business and tourism group to represent them; and thus the Long Beach Island Board of Trade, which later changed its name to the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce was formed. In preparation for the organization's centennial, a 100-year committee was formed last year to commemorate a century of service to the community. Kicking off this month and continuing right through 2014, the regional chamber along with local business groups and …
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2:52 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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