Monday, January 28, 2013
Gov. Christie announced nearly $6.8 million in grants on Monday.
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Monday, January 28
Gov. Chris Christie announced nearly $6.8 million in grants to support local road and safety projects, including those in Atlantic, Ocean and Camden counties, Monday afternoon, Jan. 28. The announcement included allocations totaling $5,699,000 for sidewalk, intersection, crosswalk and other safe routes to schools projects. The largest of these grants will go to Brick Township and Montvale Borough, which will each receive $450,000. The grant designated for Brick will focus on the township’s infrastructure project on Midstreams and Lanes Mill Roads. The grant for Montvale will benefit its Spring Valley Road project. In Galloway Township, $230,000 was set aside for Collins Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements. Egg Harbor City will receive $300…
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
A flash flood warning has been issued for northeastern Ocean County and Monmouth County
Remnants of what was Hurricane Issac will impact the Jersey Shore through Wednesday, according to the State Police. Flash flood advisories, watches and warnings have been issued all over New Jersey, according to a State Police alert. Residents may consult http://www.weather.gov/phi for more information. A flash flood warning is in place for northeastern Ocean County, including the greater Point area, and Monmouth County, according to alerts posted by Bob "Weatherman" Burger, Point Borough's unofficial weatherman. The flash flood warning is in place until 5:30 PM, according to Burger's Facebook page, which cites the National Weather Service in Mount Holly as an information source. Thunder could be heard in Point Boro before 1:45 and the …
Monday, September 3, 2012
The strengthening system could send swells toward the Jersey Shore next week.
Tropical Storm Leslie continues to gain strength and move northward, and the storm could become the first hurricane of the season felt by the Jersey Shore. The projected track of the storm comes nowhere near the East Coast, but there's a good chance that the New Jersey coast will see increased surf from the distant storm by the middle or end of the week. Leslie's sustained winds were 60 mph on Sunday, but the National Hurricane Center predicts that the storm will become a hurricane (sustained winds of at least 74 mph) within three or four days. The storm is moving on a path north toward Bermuda, and forecasters predict it will remain over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean. But since the tropical system is newly formed, the National …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Irene made some residents lives 'miserable'
One year ago Sunday, Point Pleasant Beach resident David Nadle watched as the waves pounded over the boardwalk near Risden's Beach. Hurricane Irene, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, hung off the coast, and was about to make for a very "miserable" few days for Nadle. "We lost power for six days," he recalled, sitting Sunday on the same Risden's Beach he visited last year. He said the wind and waves that were along the beach today, which forced lifeguards to limit swimming to those areas marked off with yellow flags, were "nothing" compared to those seen with Irene. Even though his neighborhood was not evacuated, Nadle said he had to leave home until the electrical problems were remedied. He added even though he has lived in this …
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The couple will have been happily married for one year Sunday.
One year ago Sunday, then-Jessy Phifer walked down the isle a little earlier than she had planned. Hurricane Irene had gotten to just about everything. Stores were shutting down, the parkway was closed off, communities were evacuating and Phifer's wedding was canceled. “The day of our wedding was crazy,” now-Jessy Phifer Cannon said. “We were supposed to have our rehearsal that day.” Phifer, 30, originally from Lacey Township and her husband Shaun Cannon, 31, a native of Florida, were set for their wedding on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at the United Methodist Church on Lacey Road. The chaos began two days prior to the planned wedding date, when Phifer was notified by the reception venue Bayfront in Waretown that there had been a power surge…
An event that mobilized and galvanized a region that was determined to stay safe
Some say it was the big storm that wasn't very big at all. A year ago this weekend, Hurricane Irene plowed into the East Coast with a roar, churning up the shoreline and leaving shuttered businesses and displaced families in its wake. By the time it got to the Jersey Shore, however, the storm that once packed 115 mph winds had fizzled into a tropical storm that felled trees, flooded roads and knocked out power to tens of thousands, but kept many more free from harm. Still, few argue that Hurricane Irene did something that had rarely - if ever - been done before, doing as much to bring together the Jersey Shore, and give it the good name it has long had, that many believe a certain MTV show has not. It galvanized and mobilized a region that…
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Looking back at the 'hurricane that wasn't'
Considering a few days earlier forecasters were warning Shore residents of a powerful hurricane directly hitting the New Jersey coastline, the morning after a weakened Hurricane Irene came to Brick, residents woke up to a township that had fared relatively well. Brick wasn't left completely unscathed by the storm – which was later determined to have lost its hurricane status by the time it reached the Garden State – but aside from power outages spurred by fallen tree limbs and some limited tidal flooding, there was little in the way of structural damage or crushing floods. "Truthfully, the microburst was worse," said assistant township Business Administrator Juan Bellu, referring to a severe thunderstorm that wreaked havoc on sections of …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Storm did not live up to catastrophic expectations, but still packed a punch
The message from the mayor's office was stark and simple "Whereas it has become evident that all persons present should leave the jurisdiction..." read the Aug. 26, 2011 message sent by then-Berkeley Mayor Jason J. Varano and Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele. But the the notice didn't just include the usual ocean and bayfront areas in South Seaside Park and Pelican island. This time it included residents who lived in the mainland waterfront areas - "...all homes along the Cedar Creek, the Toms River and the bayfront shall evacuate the area." And in case residents didn't get the message, police officers cruised slowly down street after street that Friday night. Bayview Avenue, Harbor Inn Road, Neary Avenue, Cedar Beach, Sandpiper Beach, …
At one point, 87,000 county residents were without power during the storm
Last year, words such as "flunked" were being used to describe Jersey Central Power and Light's preparedness for Hurricane Irene. Now, after dealing with several summer storms that have knocked out power to thousands this summer, Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari is among the first to praise JCP&L. "JCP&L has been very supportive," Vicari said last week at the county Board of Freeholders' meeting. "The relationship is much better now." About 87,000 Ocean County residents were without power when Irene hit, some of them for as long as a week, suffering the loss of perishable food. Vicari was one of the most vocal critics of JCP&L last summer in the aftermath of the storm, repeatedly calling for the Board of Public Utilities to put a representative…
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Season starts this week
It was less than a year ago that Hurricane Irene inflicted serious damage on the east coast of the United States. With hurricane season officially starting on Friday the state is taking steps to try and avoid a repeat of Irene in 2012. New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Director Edward Dickson and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Rick Fuentes recently announced some of the changes being made. That includes an increase in communication to help residents prepare for emergency situations. With hurricane season running through Nov. 30 Dickson said hopefully with preparation New Jersey residents will be ready should a similar storm strike the state. "Last summer, New Jersey experienced first-hand the damage …
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