Monday, November 26, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
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Monday, November 26, 2012
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to the Point Pleasant Patch contest page from now until Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now…
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Motorists urged to take alternate routes
Point Beach police are reminding the public that the local Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk will cause some traffic delays from early this morning through late this afternoon. Motorists are urged to avoid driving in the oceanfront and downtown sections of Point Beach if possible between early Sunday morning and late Sunday afternoon, said Detective Pat Petruzziello. When that's not possible, motorists are advised to allow considerable extra travel time since at least 15,000 walkers are expected to come to town, which will cause a lot of extra vehicular traffic, from walkers driving into town, and foot traffic from the walk itself, Petruzziello said. To help reduce vehicular traffic, there will be free shuttles running from 8 a.m…
Friday, July 20, 2012
The original Saturday date postponed due to ocean conditions
The Point Pleasant Elks 18th Annual Van Duyn Open Fluke Tournament originally scheduled for Saturday has been postponed to Sunday. The postponement is due to "foul ocean conditions," according to the Elks website. Captains' meetings are now scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, according to the website. For more information on entry fees, prizes and other details, please see the updated Patch event listing or the Elks website. To see the story about last year's winners, click here.
