Thursday, May 16, 2013
The meeting will be at G. Harold Antrim Elementary School
The Point Pleasant Beach Non-Resident Taxpayers Advisory Committee (NRTAC) is the host for a meeting at the G. Harold Antrim Elementary School, 401 Niblick St., Point Beach, at 10 a.m. June 15. The Mayor and two Point Beach Council members will be in attendance and the meeting is being held "under the guidelines of Point Beach Mayor Vincent Barrella," according to a meeting notice written by Seth Sloan, NRTAC chairperson and issued by the municipal clerk's office. Non-residents will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the local officials and learn more about the work of NRTAC. "We know that there are many concerns that non-resident taxpayers would like to see addressed. To help with our meeting planning, we ask that you now…
Line up at 3:30 p.m. on Cooks Lane
Point Pleasant Beach is throwing a "Parade of Champions" to honor first place student state champions on Friday and all students, residents and alumni are welcome. The town will hold a parade celebrating champions in basketball, bowling and academic problem-solving, with the line-up starting on Cooks Lane at 3:30 p.m. and the parade beginning at 4 p.m. on what Mayor Vincent Barrella and council have declared is "Red and White Day." The route will be from Cooks, up Arnold Avenue, to Cramer, Gowdy, Forman and then ending in the high school gym. The event honors the girls and boys Point Beach High School basketball teams which both won state championships this past season; Bryce Petraccoro, a Point Beach student who achieved the best …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Center section of boardwalk slated for work after the summer may be replaced with wood, not rebuilt with Trex
The "plaza" section of the boardwalk, from Arnold Avenue to Jenkinson's Aquarium, might be rebuilt with wood, not with Trex. There was discussion at Tuesday night's Point Beach Council meeting about rebuilding the plaza section with wood, not Trex, the plastic material that is being used to replace the sections of the boardwalk which were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene or Superstorm Sandy. But there was a general consensus at the meeting at Borough Hall that that decision won't be made until council gets additional information from Borough Engineer Ray Savacool. Based on information from Savacool so far, it appears that removing and replacing the boards in the plaza section with wood boards would cost about $280,000 and rebuilding with …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Boardwalk to be done by Memorial Day weekend
Shortly after Point Beach announced it had not received a dime of FEMA money, FEMA announced it's sending the oceanfront town $2.1 million to help pay for the rebuilding of its Sandy-ravaged boardwalk. Eight days after Point Beach officials at a council meeting bemoaned the lack of cash flowing from FEMA, FEMA made its announcement. On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez (both D-NJ) today announced that Point Pleasant Beach will receive more than $2.1 million to reimburse the town for the cost of repairing and rebuilding the boardwalk. The allocation reimburses the town for 75 percent of its written request to FEMA for the cost of the boardwalk repairs and rebuilding, said Point Beach Business …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Beach Sweeps collects garbage and more in Boro and Beach
A message in a bottle, a plastic bottle filled with sand, a flip flop, building materials, dog poop and lots of plastic were among the items found on the sand in Point Beach and Point Borough on Saturday. Skyler Kummer, 8, a Point Borough resident, found a message in a bottle during the Saturday morning Beach Sweeps at Maxson Avenue beach in the Borough. The message was sent on Oct. 9, 2012 by Robert Peters from a Spring Lake beach. Skyler notified Peters of the find and he said he had been hoping it would be found in South Africa rather than so close to home. "Skyler is very happy with her find," said Beth Degen, her mother. The message said: "This message was sent from the beach in Spring lake, NJ. Date sent: 10-9-12. Mail back with …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
PTO fundraiser is at Jenkinson's
G. Harold Antrim Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is holding a “Rockin’ the 80s” fundraiser at 7 p.m. Saturday at Jenk's Club on the boardwalk. Admission to the First Annual Spring Dance Fundraiser is $20, which includes a buffet from 7:30 to 10 p.m. and dancing. "Dance the night away in your 80’s attire with the bands 1.21 Gigawatts and Brian Kirk and the Jirks," says a prepared statement from the PTO. Prizes will be awarded for the “King and Queen of the 80’s Prom Look,” “Best 80s Celebrity Impersonator” and "The Best 80s Hair: highest and best mullet.” Jenkinson’s donated use of the club, buffet, two bands and DJ for the event, according to the PTO. The PTO, a volunteer organization run by Antrim parents and …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Event in Point Beach also features luncheon and gift auction
A fashion show fundraiser for veterans and their families will be held Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 4715 St Louis Ave., Point Pleasant Beach. The event will also feature a luncheon, gift auction and local vendors, said Sharon Beaton, Fashion Coordinator. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the auction and the show starts at 1 p.m. The VFW is asking for a $30.00 per person donation for the luncheon. All proceeds are going to veterans, including helping wounded veterans, and veterans' families.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Bridge between Point Beach and Brielle to remain passable
You'll be able to keep crossing the Route 35 bridge when you come to it. It's been passable since mid-afternoon Wednesday and it looks like it will stay that way. The state says the testing on the bridge is finished, which is good news for those who sat in traffic Wednesday as the bridge was intermittently in the raised position. Contractor crews left the bridge shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday and will not need to return. Contractors for the state Department of Transportation (DOT) were testing the locking mechanisms on the bridge, they ran two or three tests and they were just fine, said DOT spokesman Timothy Greeley on Thursday. "They do not have anything further planned," Greeley said. Acknowledging that not getting the word out to the…
A questionable phone call prompted a search, but it was all clear
Police are patrolling the G. Harold Antrim Elementary School today and continuing to investigate a call that had prompted them to search the school on Wednesday, said Point Beach Police Chief Kevin O'Hara on Thursday morning. The school was searched after students had been dismissed on Wednesday afternoon, nothing was found and there was no incident, said O'Hara. He added that the investigation is ongoing and police are not yet disclosing the exact wording of the call left as a recorded message on the school's attendance line. "The message was not specific as to any threat, it was a four or five word message," O'Hara said. "The message was very vague and there are different ways to interpret it. But the school administration and …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
But state DOT may be doing work again Thurs. or Fri.
The Route 35 bridge, between Point Pleasant Beach and Brielle, is now passable again, but might be up again tomorrow. Contractors for the state Department of Transportation (DOT) have finished work for the day, but may need to do additional work Thursday, possibly even Friday, said Timothy Greeley, a DOT spokesperson. If there is more work to be done, necessitating keeping the bridge in the raised position, it will be done only between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Greeley said. The bridge was kept in the raised position for hours earlier today, causing a major traffic-back up this morning. On Wednesday afternoon, Greeley, in response to Patch's questions about the bridge, wrote in an email: "Our guys are doing some maintenance testing of the Route…
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