5 Things You Need to Know Today in Little Silver and Oceanport: May 29

Listen, folks, this weather forecasting business is dicey, at best. I generally (okay, always) just parrot what I read on weather Internet sites and I've noticed that there's a lot of inconsistency with most of the prognosticating. Take yesterday, I was under the impression that it was going to be overcast with potential showers and as we all know, it could not have been a more glorious day. So, here goes: the National Weather Service is calling for a mostly sunny day today reaching 83 degress but with an annoying 40 percent chance of a thunderstorm some time after noon.

Don't forget that the Father/Son wiffle ball tournament sponsored by the Oceanport PTO is being held Saturday, June 2 at . Any 1st through 4th grade boy can join in the fun with their fathers, uncles or grandfathers.

Applications for 2012 parking permits for the Little Silver Train Station will be available on June 11, according to the borough's Web site. I am glad I do not require such as the instructions seem very daunting, requiring a lot of self-addressed stamped envelopes and other old-fashioned means of getting a job done. You can download the instructions PDF to see what I'm talking about.

I hear that a recent article posted on Patch about in Little Silver was confusing in its description of the types of critters that could benefit from such a shop. Owner Kathleen Fox-Smith tells us she has supplies for both big and small dogs, kitties and she recently added bunny and fish supplies. She enourages customers to let her know what they need but she is drawing the line at live crickets.

Did you see that on Monday to check out Memorial Day fun at the Jersey Shore? Patch just happened to be there and snapped a few pics of the news making the news.