Long Branch Mayor's Thoughts on Beach Access

Mayor says city is developing design plans for boardwalk

The following is a message from Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider: Sandy is still the number one topic of conversation around town. Six months after New Jersey got whacked upside our collective heads, many of us are still in recovery mode. But Memorial Day weekend is six weeks away, crowds are anticipated, and we need to be ready. From Sandy Hook to southern Ocean County, every town is scrambling for what we all hope will be the usual throng of people from North Jersey and New York that clog our roads, eat in restaurants, spend in our stores, buy beach passes, and otherwise boost our local economy. We need them to come, maybe this summer more than ever. Beach access came up at the last council meeting in February for the first time and …

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One Dead After Boats Collide in Atlantic Near Long Branch

Another injured as result from Atlantic Ocean boating accident

Two recreational boats collided Saturday afternoon in ocean waters near Long Branch, leaving one man dead and another with injuries in the wake of the accident. According to several reports, the man, whose name has not yet been released by the New Jersey State Police, was originally taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune for head injuries. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. The other passenger was reportedly in shock immediately after the accident. The United States Coast Guard’s 5th District Public Affairs Office stated that an 18 foot-long pleasure craft and a 36 foot-long pleasure craft named “No Surrender” were involved in an accident at about 1:15 p.m. today, colliding in the Atlantic Ocean about a mile and a half …

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What Keeps Me Writing (The Beach, And A Book)

Long Branch, and a new book, remind me of what shaped my career

I once dreamed of being a war journalist, a guy who dodged bombs in Beirut, barely avoiding capture. Or I could have been a Washington D.C. guy, shouting questions over the tired press corps, showing them how much better - or louder - I was than the rest of them. I got a taste of all that, traveling with an Air Force unit during the Afghanistan war in 2001; and, earlier, being among the first to reveal the twisted, molten remains of the World Trade Center that were temporarily stored at a Staten Island landfill, just a month after 9-11. In the end, however, what really mattered to me was what was here, just a half-hour from my house, just a half-hour north from where I was born. I see Long Branch, and I remember why I came home. I remember…

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Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene Slams the Shore; 49,000 Without Power

Downed branches, trees; power lost across the region

The onslaught of Hurricane Irene has begun across the Jersey Shore. A days worth of intermittent rain erupted into massive ocean swells, torrential showers and heavy sustained and gusting winds by Saturday evening and, forecasters say, the worst is still to come. By 2:30 a.m., widespread power outages were being reported up and down the coast. According to Jersey Central Power & Light, major outages were reported in Monmouth County with more than 49,000 customers reporting a loss of electricity. In Wall, Jersey Central Power & Light reports that about 2,800 people are without power, according to its outage map. Howell appears to be among the hardest hit, with more than 5,800 in the dark. Wall Township Police in a 2 a.m. statement said …

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