SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Mayor William Akers was confident in his declaration this week when he announced that the entire length of the Seaside Heights boardwalk would be open for Memorial Day weekend. “There is no doubt, it will be open,” he stated at mid-May borough council meeting. “The entire length will be open, but there [...]
Topic focused on obesity surgery first; hurricane recovery second by Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS – In an unannounced visit here, Governor Chris Christie sat down on May 7th with NBC anchorman Brian Williams to talk about his ordeal as the Governor of a hurricane ravaged state. The interview, recorded for Mr. Williams’ Rock Center [...]
by Kathleen Koch and Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS – What do three Democrats from the “Deep South” have in common with a Republican mayor from the Jersey Shore? They all know what it’s like to have a hurricane devastate their communities, and on Friday, May 17th, they all came together in here. Seaside Heights Mayor [...]
by Erik Weber BERKELEY TOWNSHIP – It may have been several decades since they put down their social studies notebooks and picked up their badges, but for five of the seven current police chiefs serving in Ocean County, coming back to the halls of Central Regional High School here to reminisce about their early [...]
SEASIDE HEIGHTS–Chief Thomas Boyd confirmed today that a stabbing took place shortly before midnight here at Hemingway’s Cafe at 612 Boulevard. A verbal altercation between two patrons resulted in a stabbing. The suspect then fled the scene and police were still searching for the person as of noon, Sunday. The victim suffered a stab wound [...]
SEASIDE HEIGHTS–Mayor William Akers was firm in his declaration this week when he announced that the entire length of the Seaside Heights Boardwalk will be open for Memorial Day weekend. ”There is no doubt, it will be open,” Mr. Akers said at the Wednesday night borough council meeting. ”The entire length will be open, but [...]
by Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS–Just in time for Memorial Day, the borough council has approved the hiring of five new full-time police officers. The five men had all served previously as special police officers to the borough during the summer season and were also employed during the borough’s recovery after Hurricane Sandy. Lawrence Mayberry, Michael [...]
On Tuesday, the Jet Star Roller Coaster, the iconic image of Hurricane Sandy in Ocean County, was removed from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The entire process took nearly 24 hours, but you can now watch it in just over one minute. See more pictures from the demolition and Prince Harry’s visit [...]
SEASIDE HEIGHTS – The first phase of debris removal from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean here was completed today with the demolition and extraction of the Jet Star rollercoaster, which became an iconic symbol the morning after Hurricane Sandy devastated the shore last October 29th. Weeks Marine of Cranford, Union County completed its work [...]
By Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS–While the global media networks swarmed the oceanfront boardwalk in anticipation of the arrival of England’s Prince Harry and to give the world its first look at the removal of the Jet Star roller coaster from the Atlantic Ocean, just a few blocks away, progress of another kind was being made. [...]