What were the top stories of 2012?
1. MegaMillion Ticket Sales Soar to $28,000 Per Minute Friday Afternoon A $640 million jackpot for a MegaMillions drawing in May, which followed news that a $70 million Powerball jackpot ticket was purchased at the Little Silver Family Pharmacy a week earlier, sparked a surge in lottery ticket sales. 2. UPDATE: 'It Was My Worst Nightmare:' Horseshoe Crab Sculpture Destroyed The snap of a support strap was all it took to end Chris Wojcik's dream of placing a giant sculpture on the Axel Carlson Reef -- southeast of the Manasquan Inlet -- in August. The 47-foot sculpture of a horseshoe crab — representing more than a year's worth of work to construct it and raise funds — was smashed to pieces in 80 feet of water when support straps broke …
What were your neighbors talking about last month?
10. Tent City at Racetrack Now Housing Evacuees As local shelters set up to house those displaced by the ravages of Hurricane Sandy begin to close, hundreds of evacuees were moved to the giant tents erected at Monmouth Park for shelter on Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. 9. Your Power Outage: What's The Hold Up? You've seen the crews pouring into Monmouth Park with license plates from all over the U.S. And you've seen the lights come on at your neighbor's house. So why is it taking so long to get your bulbs lit? 8. Oceanport's Cayuga Neighborhood One of the Hardest Hit Standing in her 16-year-old son's room, once crisply painted navy blue, Nancy Leonard lifts bubble wrap off a carefully wrapped painting of him. "It's my …
Take a look at the most viewed articles on Little Silver-Oceanport Patch last month.
"Unbelievable," is how Little Silver Family Pharmacy owner Matthew Parisi described the news that his store had sold yet another big lottery ticket. "We're a lucky store." The Tinton Falls Police and Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office have arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbed and killed a teenager at a Tinton Falls hotel early Saturday morning. A large hole collapsed on a young boy who was digging in the sand in Long Branch on Tuesday afternoon, and a fire truck responding to the scene hit a pedestrian who was holding his toddler. Funeral services were held this morning for the 12-year-old boy who died on Wednesday after a sand tunnel he and his brother were building collapsed on him. A Little Silver teen allegedly injured a police …
