Chris Christie lashes out at bridge scandal critics who say his attitude inspired lane closures

Chris Christie lashes out at bridge scandal critics who say his attitude inspired lane closures (via NJ.com)

BRICK — Gov. Chris Christie today sharply dismissed critics who say he may have created a culture of brashness and retaliation that led his staff members to orchestrate last year’s controversial lane closures at the George Washington Bridge. The…

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Obama Administration Looking To Divert Billions in Sandy Funds Away From New Jersey and New York

By Art Gallagher, [email protected]

The Obama Administration is considering holding a contest for areas impacted by disasters other than Superstorm Sandy.  The “winners” would get between $1 billion and $2 billion of the remaining $3.6 billion is Sandy relief dollars being doled out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), according to a story first reported by the Wall Street Journal

The Record reports that New Jersey Congressmen Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson; Albio Sires, D-West New York; and Frank Pallone, D-Long Branch, and Sen. Bob Menendez are urging HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan not to divert federal aid to projects in other parts of the country.  Members of the New York Congressional Delegation are making similar pleas.

Bookerism of the Day

Where’s Senator Cory Booker?  He’s proselytizing on twitter. 

Sires told The Record that the entire New Jersey delegation could join together in opposition to a nationwide contest for the money.  That would be great!  Sires should lead the Democrats in the delegation in ending the partisanship that has been dominating the discourse over Sandy recovery and sign the letter to Donovan and Michael Boots, the Acting Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality that Congressman Chris Smith invited him, and all members of the delegation to sign requesting a meeting to hash out the multitude of issues New Jersey residents are having with the HUD relief process.

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Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for boy, 11, killed by car in Keansburg

Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for boy, 11, killed by car in Keansburg (via NJ.com)

KEANSBURG – Dozens of young boys dressed in Little League uniforms lined Forest Avenue on Wednesday night, holding a candle in one hand and wiping tears from their eyes with their other. Many of their equally emotional parents stood with their arms…

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$25K raised in 20 hours for family of boy killed in Keansburg

$25K raised in 20 hours for family of boy killed in Keansburg (via NJ.com)

KEANSBURG – More than $25,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours to help pay for funeral arrangements and medical bills for a boy who was struck and killed by a car on Tuesday night. At around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 11-year-old Drew Keough was a pedestrian…

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, April 25-27, 2014

By Greg Kelly

Friday, April 25

• Sunset Wetland Walk (Port Monmouth) – MORE INFO

• Shrek the Musical at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Trouble in Mind at TRT (Rd Bank) – MORE INFO

• County Family Game Night (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO

• Belmar and the Railroad Show – MORE INFO

• Arbor Day Trees of Sandy Hook Walk – MORE INFO

• Play It Again Sam at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO

• College Men’s Baseball: Monmouth U vs. Temple (WLB) – MORE INFO

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

• The Toadies at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

• “Survive Your Husband’s Retirement” with Nora Hall (Manasquan) – MORE INFO

• A View of the Mountains at NJ Repertory Theatre (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• NJ Marathon Health & Fitness Expo (Oceanport) – MORE INFO

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

• Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Monmouth Players (Middletown) – MORE INFO

• The Hallowed Roots at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

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Earth Day & Arbor Day Reminders

Don’t forget on Thursday, April 24th to join the fun and
CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY with a local tree expert from the Shade Tree Commission at 3:15 PM atAtlantic Highlands Library, 100 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands
Listen to themed stories, and take home a real tree seedling for planting. Children of all ages are welcome.

The Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library will present CONTAINER GARDENING 101 on Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 PM. Be sure and RSVP: 732-583-9100 Master Gardener, Sandy Wolfe, will explain how you can grow annuals, perennials, vegetables, and herbs in containers.

Join American Littoral Society staff and naturalists for our
annual Earth Day Arbor Day tree walk. We will explore
Sandy Hook’s unique ecosystem as well as the flora, and fauna
along the way. Every day here is an adventure, so bring your binoculars
and cameras, you never know what exciting things you’ll see out on the Hook! This walk is great for families.
For reservations and directions call 732-291-0055. This event is free and open to the public.

The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of
marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers
others to do the same.

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Beach Replenishment Project Completed In Belmar

Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, discusses how the elevation of a wide beach berm reduces coastal risks to communities behind them at the site of the Belmar to Manasquan beach renourishment project with U.S. Representative Chris Smith and local officials in Manasquan, N.J. Nov 7, 2013

Congressman Chris Smith announced this afternoon that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has completed a $25 million Southern Monmouth County beach replenishment project in Belmar.  The five mile stretch of beach including Manasquan, Spring Lake, Sea Girt and Belmar was severely eroded by Superstorm Sandy.  The project, which started in November 7, 2013 nourished the beaches to better conditions than existed pre-Sandy.

“I stood on what was left of the beaches in the days after Superstorm Sandy and the immense scope of the damage was a hard to take in,” said Smith, who worked to obtain Sandy recovery funding and hosted a groundbreaking in Manasquan Nov. 7. “The beaches and dunes which offered protection to the shore communities were washed away—leaving the towns vulnerable to future storms. Thankfully, the Army Corps of Engineers has now rebuilt the beaches in Belmar, Sea Girt, Spring Lake and Manasquan to continue the protections they provide for homes and lives.”

The project is funded 100 percent by the federal government through the Army Corps’ Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) account. The project pumped an estimated 1.3 million cubic yards of sand onto the shoreline.

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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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Stronger than the storm?

New Jersey’s economy should be booming with reconstruction. It isn’t.

There should be hundreds of construction workers in Highlands, Union Beach, Sea Bright and other Sandy impacted communities every day.  They are not working and don’t look to be anytime soon.

Short changed by insurance companies/the National Flood Insurance Plan. Arduous applications for aid followed by red tape, bureaucratic incompetence and rules that halt rebuilding.  Expensive and time consuming zoning approvals to rebuild what was there before.  Pleas for help are answered with finger pointing between bureaucrats at different levels of government who are getting paid for their bullshit and going home every night.

“GO, GO, GO, REBUILD, you’ll get reimbursed,” we were told after the storm. We trusted our government. They lied.

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Public Presentation: “Building the New Clearwater Garvey”

On Wednesday, April 23 At Bahrs Landing Restaurant

For over thirty years NJ Friends of Clearwater’s the Adam Hyler has been the mainstay of the summer Environmental Sail Program jointly run with The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association on the Navesink.

On Sunday, March 30, 2014, this wooden boat, well past its prime, was donated to the Tuckerton Museum.

A NEW garvey is being designed and built jointly by NJ Friends and NMHA. Work started in the fall of 2013 and is progressing well, and it is hoped that it will be launched in time for renewing the Environmental Sail Program.

Tom Gibson, a long-time member of NJ Friends of Clearwater and NMHA and an Adam Hyler skipper, will describe the Environmental sail program, the Adam Hyler, and the design and build process for the new garvey.

7:30 PM – Light refreshments. 8:00 PM – Meeting starts
Note: Bahrs is open for dinner, bar snacks before and
after the presentation

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