Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: Nearly 247,000 Without Power in Ocean and Monmouth

Outages to increase as Sandy barrels towards the Shore

Update, 6 p.m.: Outages have reached 126,739 in Ocean County and 120,000 in Monmouth County. --- There are nearly 24,000 reported power outages in Monmouth and Ocean counties as of early Monday afternoon, according to a Jersey Central Power & Light map. As of early Monday afternoon, there were 23,559 outages reported in Monmouth and Ocean. However, there was no way to immediately learn if some without power have not reported it yet because they may have no means of communication without electricity. But according to the information available, the highest number of outages in one town in the two counties was Middletown, with 6,869. Another town with a high number of reported outages was Berkeley in southern Ocean County with 1,848. …

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Hurricane Sandy

Point Pleasant Beach: Stay Out of Town!

Police ask that people stay away from beach and boardwalk

Point Pleasant Beach police are strongly urging that people not come to town to look at the ocean or Manasquan Inlet. "We seem to be having an influx of people coming into town in order to look at the ocean and inlet," said Detective Pat Petruzziello early Sunday afternoon. He said police are strongly urging people "to not come into town for this purpose as we are in the midst of a mandatory evacuation." The police are currently working on getting residents and visitors east of the NJ Transit train tracks, on Arnold Avenue and Route 35 north, out of town as quickly as possible and by a 4 p.m. deadline at the latest. For the residents east of the tracks who are still in their homes, police are issuing the following reminder: "The Point …

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Pink Plungers Dive into the Atlantic

In support of Paint the Town Pink, about 60 locals plunged into 54-degree water on Sunday evening

April showers bring May flowers. But, they also bring pretty cold water. On May 1, with the ocean temperature at a brisk 54 degrees, about 60 brave souls took part in something that would be common for July 1. These locals with ‘pink fever,’ plunged into the Atlantic at 5:30pm on Sunday in order to show their support for breast cancer awareness. These plungers took part in Paint the Town Pink, a week-long program hosted by Riverview Medical Center to raise funds and promote awareness for breast cancer. The children partaking in the event thought it was exciting, however, some of the adults couldn’t help but feel nervous. Karen Flood took the plunge alongside her husband and four children. “I am thinking I am crazy,” she said. “But I’ve …

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