Thursday, December 6, 2012
How the Jersey Shore Roller Girls fought back from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy to help the region and each other get back on track.
Must the show go on? There’s a saying in the entertainment business that “the show must go on,” but it’s not always true. For the Jersey Shore Roller Girls, the region's all-female flat-track roller derby league, the decision whether or not to cancel its 2012 championship bout after Hurricane Sandy was a tough one. The bout had been scheduled to follow the Asbury Park tree lighting ceremony at Convention Hall on November 24, but the venue wasn’t cleared for use until a week before the event date and there was no time to advertise. Worse still, at least nine of the league’s seventy skaters suffered serious damage to their homes, said JSRG board member Bash N. Onya. “We’ve done this after-Thanksgiving game since 2008 and it’s quickly become …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Outages to increase as Sandy barrels towards the Shore
Update, 6 p.m.: Outages have reached 126,739 in Ocean County and 120,000 in Monmouth County. --- There are nearly 24,000 reported power outages in Monmouth and Ocean counties as of early Monday afternoon, according to a Jersey Central Power & Light map. As of early Monday afternoon, there were 23,559 outages reported in Monmouth and Ocean. However, there was no way to immediately learn if some without power have not reported it yet because they may have no means of communication without electricity. But according to the information available, the highest number of outages in one town in the two counties was Middletown, with 6,869. Another town with a high number of reported outages was Berkeley in southern Ocean County with 1,848. …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Utility cautions that using generators can be dangerous
JCP&L is getting ready for Hurricane Sandy, with extra staff on standby and a lot of lessons learned. JCP&L clearly has not forgotten the criticism it took after Tropical Storm Irene ravaged New Jersey in August 2011. Utility officials learned from it, made a wide array of improvements in technology, communications and planning and they're ready to put that to the test, said JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano. "We've made improvements to how we provide customer information," Morano said, adding the company is doing all it can to prepare for Sandy and to plan on how to keep officials and residents informed and well-served. For starters, JCP&L is doing what everyone else is doing: closely watching weather forecasts, trying to figure out when and …
Friday, August 31, 2012
The final season will begin airing in October.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Love or hate its rambunctious cast, the show that made Seaside Heights famous—or, at least, infamous—is going off the air. MTV announced Thursday afternoon its hit series Jersey Shore will end after a recently taped season airs this fall. The sixth season of the series, which since 2009 has chronicled the oft-drunken misadventures of eight twentysomethings living in a house on Ocean Terrace in Seaside Heights, will premiere Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. But when the season ends, the show and the cast will not return. The network will air the retrospective Gym, Tan, Look Back as part of a farewell marathon Sept. 6, and the cast will make an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards that night. Lately, the production crews have been filming a spin-off …
Variety of species at Barnegat Inlet make for season's most pleasant day
For Shore year-rounders, the next several weeks are what we like to call "local summer." The weather will remain warm, the ocean water will hover at a perfect swimming temperature and the fish will still be biting – but the crowds will have left for not-so-greener pastures inland. The "local summer" concept isn't your average slam on the "bennies" or "shoebies." It's a (short) breath of fresh, warm air just for locals, who can enjoy their hometowns unscathed for a little while before the cool breezes and gray skies of fall and winter arrive. This week, my father and I got a rare taste of local summer before Labor Day. On Wednesday, we fished Barnegat Inlet and the channel nearest the Coast Guard station with a hint of fall in the air and …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Governor says he never wanted to be vice president during stop on Asbury Park boardwalk
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday wouldn't give a preview of his keynote address for next week's GOP convention, but did say why he thought he was chosen for the distinction. "I think the reason I was picked is because of the job I'm doing here," Christie said during his stop at the Asbury Park boardwalk near Convention Hall to promote the Jersey Shore. The governor said he learned he wouldn't be Mitt Romney's pick for vice president during a phone conversation with the presumptive Republican nominee the night before the official announcement. "(Romney) told me that he decided to go in a different direction for vice president," Christie said. The governor said he was neither disappointed nor relieved he wouldn't be tasked with making the …
Governor to appear at 3 p.m. on the boardwalk
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Editor's note: Read coverage of Christie's visit here. Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to appear at the Asbury Park boardwalk at 3 p.m. today to discuss the importance of clean beaches and waterways to the Jersey Shore economy, organizers said. The governor's "Promoting the Jersey Shore" press conference will be followed at 3:30 p.m. by a boardwalk and beach walk, according to a release from Christie's office. During the walk, Christie is expected to meet and greet boardwalk patrons and beachgoers, the release says. The press conference will be held on the boardwalk near Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Avenue, the release says. Check back with Patch later today for full coverage of the event.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Sharks have a bunker feast off the beach
A Youtube video posted by a local fishing website shows what are suspected to be brown sharks or sandbar tigers feasting on baitfish off Island Beach State Park. The video, shot by Tom Lynch of AngryFish.tv, shows the sharks in a frenzy about 50 feet off the beach, presumably feeding on bunker, a type of baitfish plentiful in the Shore region. "This rare feeding frenzy started about a mile offshore and moved into the surf zone in a matter of minutes," a description of the video posted on Youtube reads. The video was shot Thursday, Aug. 16.
Friday, August 10, 2012
What to do at the beach this weekend
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Heading down the Shore? Check out this weekend's best bets: Hundreds of cyclists will race Fair Haven's streets Sunday for the fourth annual Tour de Fair Haven competition, featuring six races in a 1.7-mile enclosed course. Cyclists will compete for $10,000 in prizes, and proceeds from the event benefit the Fair Haven Foundation. The race starts at 7 a.m. at the Fair Haven firehouse on River Road. For more information, visit www.tourdefairhaven.com. Talented young ladies will compete for the title of Miss Ocean City Saturday night. The annual pageant is open to the public and scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Music Pier. Tickets at $15 are available at the Music Pier Box Office. The Festival of the Sea Carnival, a southern Ocean …
Friday, July 13, 2012
What to do at the beach this weekend
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Heading down the Shore? Check out this weekend's best bets: Hungry? Come off the beach and enjoy fresh lobster at the annual Bradley Beach Lobsterfest from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on Fifth Avenue. If lobster isn't enough, there will be live music, vendors and two beer and wine gardens. There's activities for the kids too, including rides, face-painters and a waterslide. Visit www.bblobsterfest.com for more information. More than 14,000 people are expected to pack PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel Friday for the Vans Warped Tour 2012. Fifty bands, ranging from metal to punk, will play across five stages, and a half-pipe will be set up for skateboarders and bikers. The show starts at 11 a.m., and tickets are …
Big E from Brick
9:56 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
It was a good decision to have the championship. We in the "bleachers" knew the devastation we locals went through it too in various degrees. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are still recovering. Visiting family members and other spectators that came that night were as boistrous as we were! I had the pleasure of sitting near some in-town-for-Thanksgiving ladies, and explained to them … more ›