NEW YORK– The Robin Hood Relief Committee met on Friday, February 15 to review the latest round of Hurricane Sandy Relief grants. The Committee approved more than $4.9 million in grants to over 30 organizations in New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. With this latest round of grants, Robin Hood has allocated 75% of the $67.5 million it has raised-to-date for Hurricane Sandy relief [...]
By Phil Stilton TOMS RIVER—Seven years ago, Meridian Health wanted to raise awareness for the importance of annual mammograms for women over forty, so they decided to “Paint the Town Pink” in downtown Red Bank, which they called “Pink Bank” for nine days in the month May. From its humble beginnings on Broad [...]
By Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS—Mayor Bill Akers says visitors to Seaside Heights, which sustained moderate damage from the ocean to the Barnegat Bay during Hurricane Sandy, are welcome, but advises them to obey the rules and be mindful of safety when they visit. With what seems like a never ending construction project for the borough [...]
By Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS—Construction began on Friday, February 15th on the boardwalk here with an early morning ceremony held by the Seaside Heights Business Improvement District. The new boardwalk will replace the boardwalk that was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy on October 29th. See More Photos Here: Seaside Heights Boardwalk Reconstruction That boardwalk was [...]
By Phil Stilton RAHWAY–Children across the tri-state area whose local playgrounds were destroyed by the forces of Hurricane Sandy last October may soon be able to return to those jungle gyms, swingsets and monkey bars if Bill Lavin, president of the New Jersey Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association [NJFMBA], has anything to say about it. [...]
By Phil Stilton NEWARK–George Gilmore, chairman of the Ocean County Republican Club and Maggie Moran, a former aide to Governor Jon Corzine both drew the attention of the Star Ledger on Sunday in a report that charged both with using their political influence to convince local municipalities to choose AshBritt for their Hurricane Sandy debris [...]
by Phil Stilton MANCHESTER – There’s good news for Little League baseball players in Ocean and Monmouth counties today as Manchester Little League has announced the expansion of their popular Mason Invitational Tournament (MIT) in 2013. Here’s how it works: Ocean County’s Little League teams play baseball within New Jersey’s District 18. Each year, chosen [...]
NEWARK–A Star Ledger report this week on the slowing of the tide of increased property tax in New Jersey shows that Governor Chris Christie’s campaign against property taxes might just work. According to the report, the 1.7 percent state average increase was the lowest in New Jersey since 1991. In Ocean County, five communities [...]
TOMS RIVER–Repairs are complete at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. The “Bubble” was one of the early casualties of Hurricane Sandy as a power outage combined with high speed winds tore sections of the roof and video was posted on the internet of the structure blowing in the wind. Repairs were [...]
TOMS RIVER–On Friday night, December 14th, Sheriff William Polhemus passed away at a hospital in Livingston. The sheriff had just won his 2012 re-election bid and was about to begin his 28th year of service in that position. This weekend, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders remembered Ocean County Sheriff William L. Polhemus [...]