Hurricane Sandy

Point Boro Relief Center to Move on Friday

Site will move to Albert Clifton Avenue

The Point Boro Relief Center will start moving at 9 a.m. Friday from Bridge Avenue to a building on Albert Clifton Avenue. The new site is across the street from the Department of Public Works and next to Point Paws, the local animal welfare agency. The Relief Center had started outside Borough Hall on Bridge Avenue, moved east on Bridge to the former Tally's car dealership site and is now moving again. The process of moving may continue into Saturday, said Kiel Arnone, Borough Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator. The relief center has non-perishable food, water, diapers, firewood and cleaning supplies. It no longer has clothing. Arnone and other volunteers established the relief site just after Sandy wreaked havoc in the town's low-…

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Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: Bay Head and Mantoloking Voters to Also Vote at Boro Hall

Point Boro's Bay Head Shores and Point Beach also voting in Point Boro's municipal building

  All registered voters in Bay Head and Mantoloking, along with all Point Beach voters, will have to go to Borough Hall on Bridge Avenue in Point Borough to vote on Nov. 6. The information about Bay Head Shores, which is part of Point Borough, Bay Head and Mantoloking, along with Point Beach, is posted on Point Borough's Facebook page. The Point Beach information is also posted on the municipal website's home page and was also communicated to residents by Reverse 911 calls on Saturday. Borough Hall may get crowded and voters are asked "to plan accordingly," says the Borough's Facebook page. The Bay Head Shores section and the Borough's Sunshine Harbor section, were  heavily flooded, according to Borough Administrator David Maffei. He said …

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Register to Vote at Point Boro Library Today

The League of Women Voters will be there to make registration quick and easy

The League of Women Voters will hold a voter registration drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Sat. Oct. 6) at the Point Pleasant Borough branch of the Ocean County Library on Beaver Dam Road. The League will also have mail-in ballots and voter information. The election is Nov. 6. In Point Borough, voters will be casting ballots for the Borough Board of Education and Borough Council, in addition to state and national offices, including president. In Point Beach, voters will be casting ballots for a contested Borough Council race. The election for Board of Education is uncontested. For more information about the League and its services to voters, see the website page for the League of Women Voters of Ocean County. The League had scheduled …

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Point Boro Man Among Those Charged by Ocean County

Jaehnel Parkway man charged for failure to comply with a supervision program

Gregg Santiago, 24, of Jaehnel Parkway was arrested by Ocean County Sheriff’s Detectives R. Stark and M. Petrucelli on an Ocean County Superior Court Warrant for failure to comply with the Intensive Supervision Program. Santiago was charged on Sept. 10, processed and lodged in the Ocean County Jail with no option of bail, according to the sheriff's office. The most recent press release about county arrests does not include anyone else from Point Borough and no one from Point Beach. To see the report on others charged throughout the county, please see the attached PDF.

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Boro Football Beats Central 20-14

Next game is Sept. 29 at Asbury Park

Boro varsity football beat Central Regional 20-14 at Central in Berkeley on Friday night. Boro was beating Central Regional by 20-7 at halftime and, despite some post-half-time scoring, Central just couldn't catch up. Boro was cheered on by the high school band, varsity cheerleaders and a large contingency of Boro residents and parents, including a large group from the Boro Black and Gold Football Parents Club. The next game is Sept. 29 at Asbury Park.

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Jersey Mike's Point Boro Fundraisers to Start in Sept.

Fundraisers are for Point Boro High School Band

  Back to school means back to Jersey Mike's to help Point Borough High School's band raise funds. Jersey Mike's, as it has done last year and in previous years, will donate 15 percent of its proceeds to the high school band from 5 to 9 on the following nights: Sept. 19; Oct. 3, 10 and 17; Nov. 7, 11 and 21; Dec 5 and 19. Patch will provide a flier to print out and take with you to Jersey Mike's when it becomes available, as Sept. 19 gets closer. Patrons must have the flier with them when they purchase food and beverages for the purchase to count towards the band fundraisers. Only one flier per family or group is needed.

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Thurs., Sept. 6, is First Day of School for Point Boro Students

Point Beach students go back on Wed., Sept. 5

Point Borough public school students are not going back to school until Sept. 6, the Thursday after Labor Day. That may come as a bit of a surprise to some Borough parents, who have become accustomed to school re-opening on the Tuesday or Wednesday after Labor Day. Schools Superintendent Vincent Smith said on Monday that the only reason students are not due back until Thurs., Sept. 6, is because the district is conducting professional development for teachers on the Tuesday and Wednesday after Labor Day. Teacher contracts call for four days of professional development. The district will provide the last two in June after students leave for the summer, Smith said. Teacher contracts mandate that teachers do not officially return to work …

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REMINDER: Point Boro Cracking Down on Drunk Drivers

Extra enforcement started Friday as part of national campaign

  Law enforcement officers from Point Pleasant are cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2012 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Borough police are using grant money allocated through this campaign to add to the drunk driving enforcement they do all year. The extra enforcement began on Friday and continues through September 3rd and includes local and state law enforcement officers conducting sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. A concentrated national effort, the campaign helps to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving through high-visibility enforcement and public education tools, including posters, banners and mobile video display signs. Launched …

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UPDATE: Rampone and US Women's Soccer Win Olympic Gold!

The Point Boro H.S. graduate gets another gold in what is her last Olympics

The US Women's Soccer team, including Point Borough High School graduate Christie Rampone, gets the gold in an Olympic re-match with Japan. The game, aired on NBC Sports, Ch. 69 on Comcast, just ended (4:36 p.m.). Team members are pulling on white T-shirts that say "Greatness Has Been Found" and posing for photos with the American flag. Rampone, clutching a corner of a flag, ran across the field, with a teammate holding the other side of the country's banner. The U.S. Women's National Team now has its fourth gold medal and third straight. This was the much-hyped and anticipated re-match with 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup champion Japan in the soccer finale at Wembley Stadium in London. Japan narrowly beat the U.S. in last summer's World Cup…

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Point Boro Taxes to Increase $66 on Average Home

Budget adopted Tuesday night with one no vote

A municipal budget that will increase local taxes by about $66 per average home was adopted at a brief Point Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night at Borough Hall. Point Borough Councilmember Christopher Leitner was the only no vote on the budget which is expected to increase municipal taxes by $66 on a home assessed at $300,000 if it is  approved by Ocean County and the state. Councilmember John Wisniewski was absent. The municipal tax bill on a home assessed at $300,000, which is the average Borough assessment for a home, is increasing from $1,146 to $1,212. The total municipal budget is decreasing from $18.4 million to $18.3 million. The amount to be raised by local taxes is increasing from $12.5 million to nearly $13.2 million. The …

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