Thursday, March 14, 2013
Officials hoping project will begin this summer from Manasquan to Barnegat inlets
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Daniel Nee
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Thursday, March 14
Oceanfront homeowners between Manasquan and Barnegat inlets are being urged to sign easements necessary for a beach renourishment project to get off the ground by May 1, officials said Thursday. U.S. Rep Jon Runyan (R-3) wrote to the mayors of a number of northern Ocean County municipalities this week urging them to secure all necessary easements for the massive dune and beach project by May 1, the date the Army Corps of Engineers must submit a work plan to Congress. The project's design – which would include the construction of approximately 25-foot high dunes, 75 foot wide berms and 175 acres of dune grass in the project area – was completed in 2007, but has languished after some oceanfront homeowners refused to sign easements that would…
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The $215 million project, which will include installing a new and improved drainage system, is expected to be completed by the summer of 2015
Governor Christie announced Tuesday that Route 35, from Point Pleasant Beach to South Seaside Park in Berkeley, will be completely rebuilt. The $215 million project, which will include installing a new and improved drainage system, is expected to be completed by the summer of 2015. Funding will come from federal sources, Christie said. The governor announced the project at a press conference held with Ocean County officials at the Lavallette Fire Company building, a block away from the state highway that is the focus of the reconstruction project. The new highway will be 24 inches thick, including asphalt pavement and the stabilizing sub-base materials. The Christie administration said it will do its best to minimize summer disruptions, …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Ortley Beach the only neighborhood which will not be open
Unfettered access to barrier island neighborhoods of Brick and Toms River, as well as Seaside Heights, will resume Jan. 7, officials announced Friday. Brick Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis and Toms River Mayor Thomas Kelaher both signed a formal request to Gov. Chris Christie's office certifying that public utilities and roadways would be restored by that date. The request was also signed by Seaside Heights mayor William Akers, who did not attend the ceremony because he was attending the funeral of long-time Ocean County Sheriff William Polhemus. The access plan, if approved by Christie, will allow full public access to all of the barrier island neighborhoods in Brick and Toms River, as well as Seaside Heights, with the exception or Ortley …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Brick Township, Toms River, and Seaside Heights will announce repopulation plans
The mayors of Brick Township, Toms River and Seaside Heights will jointly announce plans to permanently repopulate their barrier island communities Friday. The North Beach area of Toms River, all of Brick Township and single-family homes in Seaside Heights will be included in the formal joint request to repopulate their towns on the same day. The request will be submitted to Gov. Chris Christie for approval. Seaside Heights Mayor William Akers said Wednesday the repopulation date will be Jan. 7. The hard-hit neighborhood of Ortley Beach will not be included in the plan, officials said, however a statement will be made Friday regarding its eventual repopulation. "Based on what we're seeing from the utility companies, we expect [Gov. …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Barrier island fire department continues to find members scattered by mandatory evacuation
The communities the Ocean Beach Volunteer Fire Department serves were all ordered evacuated from the barrier island for Hurricane Sandy. In the days after the devastating storm, local and state wide rescue teams led dramatic rescues as well as mundane room-by-room searches of each and every home and business on the barrier island. Now, Ocean Beach Fire Department is searching for some of its members who remained unreachable during the days of mainland power outages and spotty cell phone service. The volunteer fire department — part of Toms River Fire District 1 — has an ongoing tally on its website as it confirms each member is doing fine, and where they have ended up and how homes may have fared. On top of that, the Toms River Fire …
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Information is not thorough, resident says
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Letter to the Editor submitted by Toms River resident Carol Brown: I saw you posted an article via the Toms River Patch regarding the Seaside Heights plan to allow residents back to their homes. This is great information, but the real story is the inconsistency and utter restriction among beach communities allowing residents to go back to their homes. I have been gleaning lots of information from some internet and Facebook sites. For instance, the Mantoloking Police Department post a daily update on their website telling its residents what is going on with cleanup, and they were already allowed full access to their properties and got to do what they needed to secure their homes. Normandy Beach has done a similar thing for the Normandy …
Monday, September 17, 2012
Crystal Vallee sentenced in death of attorney Mark Infante
- POLICE & FIRE
- Daniel Nee
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Monday, September 17, 2012
A Brick woman who had been charged in the Nov. 2009 death of a pedestrian in Toms River's Ocean Beach section has pleaded guilty to a vehicular homicide charge and will spend the next several years behind bars. Crystal Vallee, now 28, fatally struck Mark Infante, 54, of West Orange, while driving on Route 35 South the afternoon of Nov. 27, 2009. Vallee was charged with vehicular homicide after authorities accused her of having used cocaine before she drove. Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Steven N. Cucci, who handled the case, said Vallee struck a plea bargain with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to the vehicular homicide charge. A number of other lesser charges, including a 2011 prostitution charge, were dismissed, he said. Superior …
Monday, June 18, 2012
N.Y. man taken to hospital after rescue
Despite repeated warnings and reports of rip currents, lifeguards along the Jersey Shore's beaches were kept busy pulling distressed swimmers from the rough surf this past weekend. Reports of rescues were steady all day, but two led to injuries: In the Ocean Beach section of Toms River, five people were reported to be in distress in the afternoon, Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said. "A 27-year-old Scotia, N.Y., man was rescued along with two other swimmers who were caught in a rip at East Sea Way," Mastronardy said. The man was rescued by six off-duty lifeguards and a surfer and was brought to shore within 10 minutes of the distressed swimmer call being received, he said. The man was taken to Community Medical Center, Toms …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
From Ortley Beach to Ocean Beach, these communities share bayfront and oceanfront
Ortley Beach. Normandy Beach. Chadwick Beach. Chadwich Island. Ocean Beach. These are but of few of the communities, sections of town and homeowners associations that make up the barrier Island between Seaside Heights and Mantoloking. While some are portions of Toms River, and others are portions of Brick, still others are a separate town: Lavallette, for example. Each have their active, year-round populations, but come May through September it's "The Season," and renters and snowbirds make these communities are more lively place. Check out our gallery of this stretch of the barrier island.
Monday, August 29, 2011
A photo gallery after the storm, of Ortley Beach, Seaside Heights and elsewhere on the barrier island
Images from before and after Hurricane Irene hit Toms River's barrier island communities, such as Ortley Beach. Also: photos of how Seaside Heights and Seaside Park and the bridge fared. A look at how Route 35, the bay and oceanfront, and businesses such as Joey Harrison's were affected. Check out our other galleries here:
Betty Ann Fuller
7:27 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013
Eminent domaine is not the only option if a town wants your land...... they can condemn it so easily, and will little effort. And no need to go to court either. @ Ana: you mention the 1960's promise. What towns what that promised to? thank you. more ›