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. …
Harvey Cedars, Brant Beach and Surf City to get emergency repairs; about 1,000 feet of beach will be closed at a time.
Work to repair ocean beaches and dunes in three Long Beach Island communities will begin before the end of May, officials have confirmed. A $30.6 million replenishment project to restore sand in Harvey Cedars, Brant Beach and Surf City is due to begin within the next two weeks and continue into the fall. The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company will pump 3 million cubic yards of sand to rebuild engineered beaches in the three island communities that were affected by Superstorm Sandy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement this week. The island's strong dunes are credited with preventing the type of ocean breach that occurred during Sandy in Mantoloking, which split Ocean County's northern barrier island in two and destroyed …
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 …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project will be hosting a beach restoration day in LBI May 11.
In an effort to keep the Jersey Shore “barefoot friendly,” volunteers will be participating in the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project on Long Beach Island Saturday, May 11. The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project, now in its seventh year, helps restore beaches, rivers and lakes across the country, according to a news release. This year, the Barefoot Wine and Surfrider Foundation is embarking on a tour of 15 cleanups nationwide, including Long Beach Island in an effort to restore public beaches from Hurricane Sandy. Community volunteers are welcomed to help with the LBI beach restoration. Meet at the Municipal Building, located at 6805 Long Beach Blvd., in Long Beach from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The cleanup will be followed by a Surfrider-hosted …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
News you may have missed from our Patch neighbors in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Red Bank- A sixth-inning collision — during a tie game when a Red Bank Regional player running from third base collided with the Rumson-Fair Haven catcher — cleared both benches and ended up with all brawling players possibly suspended from upcoming games and the arrest of a Rumson parent for alleged simple assault,according to APP.com. Read more on Little Silver-Oceanport Patch. Howell- A Howell man whom neighbors described as "quiet" died Sunday morning after a fire at the Oak Hill Trailer Park, according to the park's manager. Edward Reehil, 48, died in the Sunday morning blaze in his mobile home in the Oak Hill Trailer Park. He was the sole occupant of trailer at Man O' War Lane and Seattle Slew Drive, according to Charles Webster, …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Both the party boat crowd and shore-based locals getting in on the action
As local anglers try their collective hands at spring fishing after a tough winter all around, the striped bass seem to be cooperating as water temperatures slowly rise. Starting in the northern reaches of this column's publication area, the crew of the Big Mohawk out of Belmar finished their blackfish season this week and decided to dabble in the bass fishery on Tuesday. The result: everyone on board got their limit of stripers. "I know that is what so many of you have been waiting to hear," Capt. Chris wrote on the boat's website. The boat, which sails 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, had a similarly good day Thursday after taking Wednesday off. Few reports came in from the suds in the Manasquan and Point Pleasant areas, but anecdotally, anglers …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Invisible Colors joins Long Beach Island poet Richard Morgan’s I Am Sea Glass (2011) and Sea Glass People (2012) in time for National Poetry Month this April.
Sea Glass Soul – Invisible Colors joins Long Beach Island poet Richard Morgan’s I Am Sea Glass (2011) and Sea Glass People (2012) in time for National Poetry Month this April. Each of the three books combine Morgan’s poetry with paintings by his wife, artist Pat Morgan. In the title poem, ‘Sea Glass Soul,’ Richard Morgan writes, “You might love me less/For I am broken.” The poem goes on to draw parallels between people and sea glass. Both come in varied colors. Both are damaged, worn and mysterious. Life experiences burnish the craggy parts of people the way the ocean polishes sea glass, Mr. Morgan said. Mel Stabin, AWS artist and author, called the book, “A truly enjoyable collection, heartfelt, thoughtful…complemented by sensitive …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Advisory flood maps place the entire borough in 'A' and 'V' zones
The Surf City borough council adopted the Federal Emergency Management Agency's advisory base flood elevation (ABFE) maps April 10 on second reading, the final passage of an ordinance that mirrors the state's adoption of the same maps. The maps, which can be found online, were released in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, though they were in the works long before the storm struck the Jersey Shore. Though controversial statewide, no members of the public commented during a required hearing before adoption. Adopting the maps has been a necessity for most of New Jersey's coastal communities, especially since the state as a whole adopted them as part of an administrative rule. The map adoption also ensures that Surf City residents are …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Entrances will be graded once nor'easter threat subsides; Replenishment bids now being sought.
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Saturday, April 13
Surf City officials say the borough's beaches will be ready for the summer season. "They'll be ready, don't worry," said Council President Francis R. Hodgson, Sr. The borough experienced damage to its ocean dunes and beach entrances during Superstorm Sandy, and most streets in town now have a steep drop from the top of the dune line down to the sand. Barricades that prevented people from walking on the oceanfront over the winter have now been removed, but the slope down makes it difficult – if not impossible – for many to access the beach. That will be taken care of soon, officials promised. "We're waiting for the nor'easter season to move on so our public works folks can put up the dune fencing and grade the sand so there's not as much of…
Ortley Fulltimer
1:29 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
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