Comcast: 144 Miles of New Infrastructure Since Sandy

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…

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Hurricane Sandy

PHOTOS: Demolition of Gee Gee's in Manasquan

Gee Gee's torn down, while Borough Beach Headquarters going up next door

Hurricane Sandy heavily damaged large portions of Manasquan's beachfront, and this week one of the most well-known businesses fell to the wrecking crew. Gee Gee's most damaged portion, its south side, was demolished this week. The northside is being prepared to reopen, selling pizza and other boardwalk food in time for the 2013 season. But the landmark business became a casualty to Hurricane Sandy and was torn into a pile of rubble this week. However, the signs of destruction that is Gee Gee's is being flanked by rebuilding to its north and south. While the building is renovating on the north side, the borough of Manasquan is rebuilding its beach headquarters directly to the south. The beach headquarters is quickly taking shape, with …

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charlie

10:06 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013

Yes, but that earthquake a couple years ago destroyed it. Only building on the east coast impacted. And don't forget the parking lot at Sea Watch is getting top priority for the high priced parking spots.   more ›

Sundaes Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis on Thurs.

Proceeds donated to Point Beach student's team to fight deadly disease

  Proceeds from sales at Sundaes on Route 88, Point Borough, on Thursday will go to a Point Beach High School student's effort to help fight the deadly disease that plagues him. Trevor Thomas, 15, a Point Beach High School student and Brick resident, is asking the community to come enjoy some ice cream and help him raise money for research for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The money raised will go to "Team Trevor" participating in the Great Strides Walk to cure Cystic Fibrosis to be held in Point Pleasant Beach on Sunday. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited, chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the U.S. (70,000 worldwide), according to the Cystic Fibrosis website. According to the CF …

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Hospital ERs in Brick, Toms River Beat State Average for Wait Times

Ocean Medical Center tops Community Medical Center and state average in six categories as ER expansion project continues

  A study shows that the wait times at emergency rooms at two local hospitals beat the state average. In our chart above, you can compare the two nearest hospitals for Brick residents in six key measures, such as how long the average patient with a broken bone waited to receive pain medication.  (Note: you can scroll down to the other comparisons by clicking within the chart.) The figures were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in April. Ocean Medical Center, Brick, and Community Medical, Toms River, both scored better than the state average in every category, with Ocean Medical Center coming out on top. Improvements in wait times at Ocean Medical Center have come over the past several years thanks to a plan that …

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Portions of Seaside Heights Boardwalk Coming Alive

Boardwalk area from the Sawmill to Spicey's is reopened to the public.

A cool breeze that kept air temperatures in the low 60s weren't much of a deterrent to the dozens of visitors that stopped by the partially-reopened Seaside Heights boardwalk on Saturday - for what many described as their first glimpse of the rebuild since Sandy. Although the ocean side of the beach remained roped off - and will stay that way for a few more weeks - the boardwalk from the Seaside Park end of the boardwalk near the Sawmill to the area just in front of Spicey Cantina has been reopened to visitors. Many games have been reopened - with the familiar sounds of barkers yelling "win a prize here!" down the boards - and those game stands that haven't yet reopened were under construction Saturday afternoon. Most of the dining …

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ray westley

10:44 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013

Dune systems via the army corp of engineers and other entities are in progress and some agreements have been established. Seaside in particular plans on building a sea wall to protect the town and boardwalk from future storms.   more ›

Programmers Crack the Code for a Jersey Shore Comeback

Developers competed in a 24-hour hackathon, creating applications to support businesses impacted by Sandy.

Tech talents from across the state pulled an all-nighter in Asbury Park last weekend, contributing code to help restore the Shore. The Jersey Shore Comeback-A-Thon, a 24-hour hackathon sponsored by Marathon Data Systems of Wall, challenged developers to create an application to benefit the local business community in the first summer following Superstorm Sandy. “There’s nothing like coding for a good cause,” said Cory Cardio, a Long Branch resident who teamed up with Margaret Kim of Fort Lee and Gary Kagan of Sebastain, Fla. under the moniker “Team Mango.” The trio’s crowd-sourced application allowing community members to give and receive up-to-the-minute location-based information was selected as the hackathon winner. Cardio, Kim and …

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Power Surge Damage? File a Claim with JCP&L

Still no explanation of cause of surge that affected parts of Point Boro

  Were any of your home appliances, surge protectors, circuit breakers, computers, equipment or food affected by last Thursday's power surge in Point Borough? If you haven't done so already, call 1-800-662-3115 to file a claim for the value of the damage. JCP&L will investigate and compensate if they find the loss was due to a JCP&L defect or malfunction. So far, no word from the company on what caused the power surge that fried everything from refrigerators to computer equipment and sent firefighters running from one call to another for hours in parts of the Borough. Ron Morano, a JCP&L spokesperson, said late Monday afternoon that the utility company is still investigating the cause of the surge and will release further information when …

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JCP&L Investigating Power Surge in Point Boro

Surge triggered fire alarms all over town, sending volunteer firefighters scrambling

  JCP&L is investigating a power surge that triggered fire alarms and sent volunteer firefighters zipping all over Point Borough on Thursday. "We had about 50 calls from people in that area, so we sent our people to the  substation at Route 88 and Lynn Road and to check the two circuits out of that substation, to see if there was any problem with the circuits," said Pe​ter Johner, JCP&L area manager external affairs on Friday morning. "We have not found what the problem is, we're still investigating," Johner said. "We've had people working all night long to see what caused this voltage problem." Some customers reported they were having an outage. "They were not actually having an outage, it was a surge or a voltage problem that was …

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Matt Petrosky

5:39 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

So far, they haven't returned one call about starting the claim. I was told it would be underway that week.   more ›

JCP&L Rate Hike Hearings Bring Criticism, Support

Final hearing on a 4.1 percent increase for state's second largest utility

The sixth and final hearing on a request for a rate increase by the state’s second largest utility company met with a mix of praise and criticism for Jersey Central Power & Light Wednesday at Freehold Township’s Town Hall. JCP&L, fresh off widespread criticism for its handling of Hurricane Sandy and the Nor’easter that followed, is seeking a 4.1 percent increase in the rates it charges its 1.1 million customers – many of whom were without power for up to two weeks after this winter’s storms. The Morristown-based company, the main power supplier in Monmouth, Ocean and Morris counties, is seeking to recoup the $630 million it spent on repairs following Sandy. It has petitioned the state regulatory board -- the Board of Public Utilities -- …

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