The List: Ten Ways Sandy’s Impact Continues to Be Felt At the Jersey Shore

The List: Ten Ways Sandy’s Impact Continues to Be Felt At the Jersey Shore (via NJSpotlight)

Kids are getting out of school, the weather is getting nicer, and many people are starting to flock to the Shore as they do each year around this time. Early indicators like pre-season beach tag sales and vacation rental bookings seem to point to a…

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, June 6-8, 2014

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By Greg Kelly

Friday, June 6

• All My Sons at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• Manasquan Reservoir Evening Boat Tour (Howell) – MORE INFO

• Shore Orchid Festival (Neptune) – MORE INFO

• Celtic Woman at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Greek Festival (Holmdel) – MORE INFO

• D-Day 70th Anniversary Ceremony (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• Asbury Park Unplugged at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

• Hit the Road, Jack at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Atlantic Highlands Farmer’s Market – MORE INFO

• Long Term Care Options (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO

• Dinner Theater Murder/Mystery (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO

• One Night Standards at Duncan Smith Theatre (Holmdel) – MORE INFO

• Trapped: 5 Original Plays by Jen Marvel (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO

• Pet Adoption Event at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO

• Comic Joe DeVito (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• The Woman’s Exchange 80th Anniversary Celebration (Little Silver) – MORE INFO

• Historical Maritime Lecture by William White (Monmouth Beach) – MORE INFO

• Hospice Training Course (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• Ladies High Challenge (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Aberdeen) – MORE INFO

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As Tourists Flock to Shore, Need to Protect Endangered Nesting Birds Poses Dilemma

As Tourists Flock to Shore, Need to Protect Endangered Nesting Birds Poses Dilemma (via NJSpotlight)

You might call them birds of a feather flocking together. The Jersey Shore provides habitat for people, both year-round residents and summer visitors – and for ocean birds that rely on the beaches and dunes for nesting. Both people and birds had their…

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Christie and Doherty Kick Off Summer in Belmar

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Christie and Guadagno to kick off summer season in Monmouth County on Friday

Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty, left, and Governor Chris Christie, on the Belmar boardwalk in 2011.

Governor Chris Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno will be celebrating the beginning of the summer season on the Jersey Shore with multiple visits in Monmouth County on Friday..

Christie has a busy morning.  He’s scheduled to co-host the Boomer and Carton Sports Radio Talk Show at 8am and be on hand for the ceremonial opening of the Belmar Boardwalk at 9:30.

In the afternoon, Christie cuts the ribbon on Asbury Park’s new boardwalk at 1:30 and then heads to Ocean County to walk the Seaside Heights boardwalk at 3:30.

Guadagno will address the 89th Annual New Jersey State FFA Convention at Monmouth University’s Pollack Theater at 9 am.  Anyone who knows what the FFA is, without using google or another search engine, gets a free subscription to Greg’s List.  Members of the FFA and the Lt. Gov’s staff are not eligible to win.

Guadagno will visit the Keansburg Amusement Park at noon.  She then heads to Burlington County for a Memorial Day Flag Placement Ceremony at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery in Williamstown.

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Business groups join together to kick-off summer on the bayshore

Five Bayshore business groups and the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau joined together yesterday in Keyport to kick-off the Summer of 2014 on the Monmouth County Bayshore..Exit 117…the Gateway to the Jersey Shore.

Lt Governor Kim Guadagno, Congressman Frank Pallone, State Senator Joe Kyrillos, Keyport Mayor Harry Aumack were on hand as the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, the Keyport Bayshore Business Copperative, the Hazlet Business Owners Association, the Atlantic Highlands Chamber of Commerce, the Highlands Business Partnership and the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau  joined together in cooperation for ceremonial ribbon cutting for the region’s summer tourist season.

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Spring Lake forbids smoking along beaches, boardwalk

Spring Lake forbids smoking along beaches, boardwalk (via NJ.com)

SPRING LAKE – Smoking along New Jersey’s longest uninterrupted stretch of boardwalk has just been extinguished. By a unanimous vote, the Spring Lake Borough Council to ban smoking on its boardwalk, beaches and near access points along its waterfront…

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Chris Christie promotes Jersey Shore summer, aims not to fight on boardwalk

Chris Christie promotes Jersey Shore summer, aims not to fight on boardwalk (via NJ.com)

SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that his family’s summer plans include plenty of time at the Jersey Shore. Just don’t expect to catch him arguing on the boardwalk, he said. The governor visited Seaside Heights on Friday to survey…

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Middletown Calls On Christie, Legislature To Allow Affordable Housing Funds To Assist Sandy Impacted Homeowners

Citing the shortage of federal and state funds available to assist Superstorm Sandy impacted homeowners in rebuilding their homes, the Middletown Township Committtee this week joined Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon in calling on the state legislature and Governor Chris Christie to put the more than $100 million in Affordable Housing Funds that are sitting dormant to work.

With a unanimous 5-0 vote, the committee passed a resolution on Monday, April 21, calling for legislation that would reinstate Regional Contribution Agreements (RCAs) “for the limited purpose of getting victims of Superstorm Sandy back in their homes during this time of need.”

RCAs were created in the original 1985 Fair Housing Act whereby towns with funds raised from developer fees or through bonding could transfer up to half of those funds to another community for the purpose of building affordable housing as required by the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Mt. Laurel decision.

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NJ Friends of Clearwater seeks Vendors & Volunteers & Sponsors

New Jersey Friends of CLEARWATER FESTIVAL is celebrating
it’s 39th Annual Environmental Festival on
Saturday, September 13, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm &
Sunday, September 14, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Yes That is Right!! THIRTY-NINE YEARS !!

The NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival is New Jersey Friends of Clearwater’s annual open-air music and arts festival celebrating the spirit of people working and singing together for the environment.

From Sandy Hook to Asbury Park and NOW in Long Branch
The New Jersey Friends of CLEARWATER FESTIVAL has a strong
following of faithful earth-loving attendees.

This Year’s Theme: What Would Pete Do?
A Dedication to Our Founder: Pete Seeger

This year’s Festival is Located at The Great Lawn
Off of Ocean Blvd, Long Branch, NJ 07740
Near The Beautiful Ocean Place Resort & Spa
The event is handicapped accessible and sign language
interpreters are available.

We are also celebrating Our 40th Anniversary As a Sloop Club.
We would love for you to be a part of our Celebration.
Concern for our environment is becoming more crucial with each passing day. The education ofour youth is so important to all of us. There is a
serious decline in family-friendly entertainment like our festival.
Won’t you take a few moments to consider how you can help make this year’s Clearwater Festival as successful as possible?

Please help us by Sponsoring Us. Write to Ed Dlugosz at [email protected] or call 732-859-5752

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