U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Begins $25M Project to Repair, Rebuild Manasquan Area Beaches

Construction workers, borough council, Mayor Dempsey, Congressman Smith and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toss the first official sand of a project that will ultimately see the pumping of 1.5 million tons of off-shore sand back onto the beach. Click on photo for larger view.

Manasquan, NJ. – The long-awaited $25 million beach southern Monmouth County replenishment project kicked off yesterday with a ground-breaking ceremony on Manasquan Beach. Hurricane Sandy caused severe beach erosion along this five-mile stretch, and this massive re-nourishment project to repair and restore the beach to better than pre-Sandy conditions starts tomorrow.

“I was here on this very beach in the days after the storm with Mayor Dempsey and his team and it was a near unimaginable scene of destroyed homes, broken gas lines and crumbled debris,” Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said. “The beach was gone. Today and over the next four months of this project, the Corps will rebuild these beaches and the lives of the people from Manasquan, as well as Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Belmar.”

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, November 8-10, 2013

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By Greg Kelly

Saturday, November 9

• Fall Craft Show (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO

• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week – MORE INFO

• Middlemen at NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• Dirty Pumpkin Run & Fall Festival (Manalapan) – MORE INFO

• College Football: Army vs. West Kentucky via Seastreak (Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Late Fall Flea Market at Allaire Village – MORE INFO

• Evita at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO

• How to Sculpt a Turkey for Your Table (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• Pottery Art Show & Sale (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• All That Jazz at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO

• Visit a Bird Banding Station on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO

• Abba Mania at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Nearly New Rummage Sale (Marlboro) – MORE INFO

• Book Sale at Matawan-Aberdeen Library – MORE INFO

• Lysander Piano Trio (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• Meet Cooking Author Lidia Bastianich at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO

• Meditation Workshop (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO

• Flea Market (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• Learn About Wood Turtles (Howell) – MORE INFO

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Control of the N.J. Legislature is up for grabs today

Control of the N.J. Legislature is up for grabs today (via NJ.com)

TRENTON — Will Gov. Chris Christie turn the blue state Legislature red? With the Republican governor leading Democrat Barbara Buono by anywhere from 20 to 36 points in the latest polls, that’s the question on everyone’s mind. All 120 seats —…

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Stuff to know about Freeholders Arnone and DiMaso

By Tom DeSeno

Sen Jennifer Beck, her husband Dan Shields and Freeholders Serena DiMaso and Tom Arnone @ Highlands Mayor Frank Nolan’s Rally @Bahr’s Landing. November 3.

The Freeholder Board runs the county government.  It’s always been puzzling why political parties are so entrenched in the process of selecting candidates, because the job of Freeholder has so little to do with the center-right and center-left political ideologies that the parties have come to represent.

The Freeholder board transcends the purely political because the issues they deal with don’t lend themselves to the various divisive topics that get folks to arguing.  The reality of being Freeholder is this – delivering quality government services at the least possible price.

With that understanding, let’s take a look at two of the candidates for Monmouth County Freeholder.

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Pallone: “ObamaCare “is Working”

By Matt Rooney, SaveJersey.com

Did you miss this last week, Save Jerseyans?

After Frank “Monkey Court” Pallone (D-NJ06) embarrassed himself twice on video in recent weeks, Cory Booker’s vanquished primary opponent came back to television for more punishment, this time at the hands of none other than… Piers Morgan?

Seeing is believing:

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Sick of election season? Here are 7 political stories you’ll want to follow after Tuesday

Sick of election season? Here are 7 political stories you’ll want to follow after Tuesday (via NJ.com)

Are you a political junkie weary of campaign season and tired of the barrage of television ads that have assaulted you during your favorite television shows? Ready for it all to be done? Well for those of you who’ve had enough but are not yet ready…

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Meet Tom Arnone

By Nicole Sanders, SaveJersey.com

As part of my ongoing effort to introduce candidates to the voting public, Save Jerseyans, I started a weekly column called Meet the Candidates. In essence, it is a past day stump speech updated for the virtual world.

We are now entering the final stretch of this campaign cycle with only a few days left before Election Day 2013. At Save Jersey, we are dedicated to keep you, the voter, informed and that is why I am pleased to introduce you to Monmouth County Freeholder Thomas Arnone.

Freeholder Director Tom Arone

Freeholder Arnone graduated Neptune High School and then went on to attend Brookdale Community College. Since the early 1980’s, he has owned T. Arnone’s Landscaping and he’s currently the Vice President of Property Management at PRC Group in West Long Branch. His prior political experience includes serving as a Neptune City council member from 1997-2003 and then as the mayor from 2004 through 2010. He was elected to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2011 and continues to hold that position to this day.

My interview with Freeholder Thomas Arnone is below the fold…

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The Auditor: Booker gets prime office space, Belmar Republicans go after Christie and more

The Auditor: Booker gets prime office space, Belmar Republicans go after Christie and more (via NJ.com)

Getting into the U.S. Senate at an unusual time has its perks. After Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) was sworn in on Thursday, he didn’t get the usual rookie hazing: the worst office space available. Instead, the former Newark mayor nabbed Office 141 in…

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Rudy Giuliani calls Chris Christie ‘a great leader’ during stop in Rutherford

Rudy Giuliani calls Chris Christie ‘a great leader’ during stop in Rutherford (via NJ.com)

RUTHERFORD —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Gov. Chris Christie “a great leader” and “one of the best governors in the United States” as he joined his fellow Republican on the campaign trail in New Jersey today. “I think…

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County This Weekend

By Greg Kelly

Saturday, November 2

• New Jersey Women’s Expo (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• Watching Stars & Meteors (Holmdel) – MORE INFO

• Brighton Beach Memoirs by Monmouth Players (Navesink) – MORE INFO

• The Tricky Part at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Impolite Comedy at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Free Caregiver Retreat (Eatontown) – MORE INFO

• Woods Hollow Classic Mountain Bike Race (Middletown) – MORE INFO

• First Saturday in Asbury Park – MORE INFO

• Create a Decorative Thanksgiving Plate (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• Beauty and the Beach 5-Mile (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• National Theatre of London: 50 Years on Stage (WLB) – MORE INFO

• Stocking Stuffer Sale at Allaire Village – MORE INFO

• Trinity Hall H.S. Open House (Leonardo) – MORE INFO

• Arsenic & Old Lace by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• “Vintage Hitchcock” by NINE Theatricals (Hazlet) – MORE INFO

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