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Joe Furmato June 18, 2013 at 07:50 pm
Now that the "v"zones are gone its time to go after the elevations
Point Boro has three…Read More different "A" zone elevations. All should be the same.
Paula C. Durbin-Westby June 17, 2013 at 05:29 am
Ongoing Autistic Community Vigil in Memory of Alex Spourdalakis can be accessed here. This event is…Read More desgined to be a pro-neurodiversity, Autistic-safe space, moderated, where thoughtful conversations are taking place. Please read posting rules before deciding to join. https://www.facebook.com/events/387982241320567/
ASH48 June 17, 2013 at 03:41 pm
okay.seriously. if you have a 4.0 gpa. if you volunteer at the local hospital. you work in Habitat…Read More for Humanity. You are the epitome of poise and kindness. You can play 4 different instruments. you speak 3 languages fluently. Wow, what a girl! the ultimate. any parent would be so proud of this gem. Oh, but wait, she has a harelip and a huge birthmark on her forehead and her ears stick out, and so on..... You GET THE PICTURE??? that's what is wrong with these horsemeat pageants....you are DELUSIONAL if you think they are about talent. it's archaic and demeaning and sexist and so ridiculous. there is a reason why Donald Trump is a promoter of these farces, he does not see the value of a woman. he thinks women are nothing but something to hang off of his gross arm. Wake up mary, it IS 2013 and these pageants should be HISTORY... a shameful part of our history at that.
Nick Carraway June 17, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Jack, the midnight closing of the bars in PPB has been repealed as part of a deal with the Boardwalk…Read More businesses. Some of the businesses offered money to help repair the boardwalk damaged by Sandy, and in return, the Governing Body returned the bars to their regular hours. Many of our businesses would be truly grateful for tourist business, especially this year. As for parking, streets near the boardwalk do contain restrictions as to when non-residents can park there, and, many of those streets are near Sandy-damaged homes. Fortunately, those restrictions were also changed, with parking restricted to non-residents from 12:30 am until 4 am. A Resident doesn't seem to appreciate that people who don't live in PPB or in Ocean County have only heard about the parking restrictions from non-local media, so it might be very confusing to them. If you are interested in volunteering to help with post-Sandy recovery, I hope that you will do so. There are many in PPB who still need help and will appreciate it.
Vince Barrella June 17, 2013 at 01:00 pm
The article is about FEMA releasing some of our reimbursement to the State. It is unfortunate but…Read More understandable that some would try to move the discussion in a different direction. What's worse is that others choose to distort the circumstances surrounding the repeal of the midnight bar closings in order to further their agenda. The parking restrictions worked so there was no longer a need to close the bars early. While Jenkinson's offered financial assistance to the town, that issue was separate and distinct from their dismissal of their parking lawsuit. But why let the facts get in the way.
A Resident June 17, 2013 at 04:37 pm
Nick Carraway....it's really simple to learn the parking rules.....read one of the many signs.
Martin June 15, 2013 at 11:28 am
Too little, too late. FEMA caused more damage than Sandy -- with its erroneous maps, extra-high…Read More elevation mandates and exorbitant annual premiums.
That last category will cause mass abandonments and foreclosures. That's why the Biggert-Waters Act empowering FEMA's bail-out must be fixed by Congress. ==> StopFemaNow
charlotte June 16, 2013 at 03:31 pm
Wait - a WHOLE hour and 15 minutes. Send in the monitors to audit what is going on in Ocean County.
CTA June 17, 2013 at 01:23 pm
High tide, July evening, sailing on a sunfish with a friend on another sunfish. Out behind the oc…Read More yacht club. A shark with a dorsal fin easily 18 inches high slowly swims between our two boats, we carefully tacked in unison and went back to the dock. Yep, they are out there.....
woodbridge lifer June 17, 2013 at 08:51 pm
tugwalla,
do your parents know you are using their computer??
woodbridge lifer June 17, 2013 at 08:55 pm
uh, how about memorial day?
seriously folks....everyone is making much ado about nothing....
Rick June 17, 2013 at 03:04 am
Spooner, I guess you have never been to Island Beach St. Park or LBI. No stairs, you just walk up…Read More one side of a dune and down the other side.
In fact I've never seen stairs in Bay Head. Maybe you are thinking of Sea Bright. But thats not dunes, they have a sea wall. with stairs on both sides.
Amy Cavanaugh June 14, 2013 at 12:37 am
Good!! We have enough illegal drugs in New Jersey without some Floridian coming in n dealing his…Read More crap. Lock him up n throw away the key!!!! :)
sick-of-it-all June 14, 2013 at 02:51 am
Why would any town allow customers to LIVE in a hotel? There should be an ordinance in every town…Read More against this habit. A hotel should be the purpose of a short temporary stay or vacation, not to live in and on top of it all selling drugs. Really? Who is paying for the police in this months long investigation? I am guessing the tax payers. This town is taking advantage of their tax payers in every and any way they can.
Amy Cavanaugh June 15, 2013 at 01:20 am
Amen!!!! We had to stay at a hotel for five months, as we lost everything during Sandy. There were…Read More two other families living there, unrelated to the storm...i hated it after two days...i couldn't imagine calling the place "home"....don't get me wrong it wasn't dirty or anything, it was just a room....
grmahigold June 12, 2013 at 06:53 pm
A Resident: You read this article and come out criticizing the Coast Guard. Get a life
capt mark June 12, 2013 at 08:34 pm
I thought the USCG did an annual inspection on these vessels? How can a boat go out without enough…Read More anchor line? VHF not working properly? Cpr? Fire extinguisher not mounted in a marine-approved manner.. Paperwork problems..
I will take any bet that the USCG give the Captain and the owner warnings.. Let this happen to charter boat and they lock up the captain..
Daniel Nee (Editor) June 13, 2013 at 05:55 pm
Safety inspections of commercial fishing vessels are not mandatory. Earlier this year, a measure to…Read More make them mandatory (under the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010) was put off until Oct. 2015.
http://www.uscg.mil/d13/cfvs/
http://www.uscg.mil/d13/cfvs/PDFs/RevisedLtr.pdf
barbara June 13, 2013 at 10:46 pm
glad it was not too bad....6:45 now and I hear thunder rolling in........
Stephen D. Calhoun June 13, 2013 at 08:51 pm
It may be that Sandy money is being thrown into a bottomless Republican pit. Ashbritt is the…Read More company hired by Christie to repair and cleanup Sandy damage. Shortly after the Ashbritt contract was signed, Christie attended a fundraiser sponsored by the Ashbritt company in Virginia. Christie’s action of receiving campaign donation money from a fundraiser sponsored by a company he and hired is at least a conflict of interest and at most a violation of election law enforcement. Are our tax dollars to pay for Ashbritt being funneled back by that company to support the election campaign of Christie?
During his first campaign, a Christie buddy by the name of Michael Ritacco had a fundraiser for him. Christie made Ritacco a member of his transition team. See:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/lawyer_of_ex-toms_river_superi.html
Ritacco is now in federal prison for the next 10 years for looting our tax dollars. Sure does makes me wonder who from Ashbritt has been promised a reward by Christie.
Old Enough June 14, 2013 at 04:15 am
Would you have wanted him to appoint a republican who would have finished out Frank L's term. If he…Read More did that the dem party would be freaking out right now. You should be happy he is letting the dems have a election for this seat, do you think the dems would even offer an election if they held the governorship?
He is trying to placate both parties and he still gets pasted.
I have spoken June 12, 2013 at 12:40 pm
How about the people who lost their jobs because of the sequester? military cuts? Did everyone…Read More forget about them? Sandy created jobs....DUHHHHHHHHHH
charlotte June 12, 2013 at 11:37 pm
Can't believe I agree but from a different angle. This is purely administrative and most probably…Read More do little to help those that are unemployed due to Sandy. For Heaven Sake - it has been 8 months - some of us are finally getting back to work now. Ridiculous - just like a majority of the other millions of dollars spent.
msm June 16, 2013 at 03:11 am
Habitat for Humanity does adhere to stringent safety measures for youth on our job sites. We do NOT…Read More have youth working with power tools or around an "active construction" site. Our current success with our Sandy Repairs includes a vast array of volunteers from businesses, the faith community, civic service organizations, schools etc. but the real key is having volunteers that are experts in the construction trades.
Carl Wilton June 16, 2013 at 03:16 am
The same is true for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance which, like Habitat, is very experienced in…Read More these matters. There are comparable organizations affiliated with other major religious denominations as well. I'm also aware that the Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group has its own strict safety standards, and will implement them as soon as they have the staff in place to start managing the construction work. When that time comes, we'll very cheerfully step back to our primary mission of providing accommodations for the volunteer workers.
Carl Wilton June 17, 2013 at 04:06 pm
I don't know if this is true or not - maybe someone could enlighten me - but I just heard…Read More anecdotally of a group of volunteer workers that includes youth, who are staying in a church in New Jersey and who are driving over to Staten Island each day to work. This is because - I'm told - New York doesn't have laws as restrictive as New Jersey's, barring youth volunteers from setting foot on construction sites. If that's true, it means that New York is better-equipped to attract volunteer work groups than New Jersey is, and will remain so until New Jersey figures out how to solve this problem.
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