$350M project to build new Rt. 72 causeways slated to begin in May – APP
Some much-needed good news is coming to Hurricane Sandy-stricken Long Beach Island. A second series of NJ 72 bridges connecting the mainland to LBI will be constructed while the existing causeway will be rebuilt. Walkways/bikeways will be included on both alignments.
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While the storm was neither a hurricane, nor a classic nor’easter, its impact was so powerful, the U.S. Weather Bureau gave it a name: “The Great Atlantic Storm.” That name was later changed by Outer Banks resident, Aycock Brown. Referencing the solemn holiday that shared the day the storm unleashed its fury he named it [...]
Visiting Old Barney on a cloudy day in September 2006
“Old Barney” to light the sky once again – Asbury Park PressFor the first time since 1927, Barnegat Lighthouse, located in Barnaget Light on Long Beach Island, is going be a working lighthouse again.
The new light will not be as powerful as the lens that was [...]
A Beach Where Discretion Is More Than Just Advised – The TimesYou know the put the towel around you and change out of the bathing suit trick? That is appparently not appreciated in Long Beach Township
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After storm, beaches are “not too bad” – APPThere is less beach and steeper drops along Long Beach Island, but at least the nor’easter did not come a week earlier:
If the storm had struck during a new moon high tide on May 5, it could have been roughly a once-in-25-years storm instead of the approximately [...]
Erica and I are taking a long weekend down the Shore, but don’t worry WWN Pentagon City bureau chief Fritz will keep the Nats coverage going in my absence.
If I were in town, I might go to the Arena Stage garage sale (Baseball on the barn too) and see if they were selling any [...]
Curl Power: Surfin’ the Garden State – The PostA Post reporter tries out surfing on Long Beach Island. I never thought of LBI as a big surfing destination, The Original Ron Jon1 notwithstanding, but the article suggests otherwise.
Two days to go…
1When I was a kid no one believed me that Ron Jon started in Jersey. [...]
The Yurasko cousins, along with children and significant others. Back, L-R: Sarah, Christopher, Erica, William, Van (groom), Suzanne (bride), LeeFront, L-R: Frank, Frankie, Beth, Kelvin, Melissa, Jake
My cousin Suzanne got married Saturday evening on the sands of Long Beach Island, N.J. We all had a great time!
Congratulations to Suzanne and Van!
I have returned from Down the Shore. My trip to Long Beach Island was great, lots of sleep, sand, surf, etc., but not enough Erica. We stopped in Philly on the way back for a cheesesteak and a quick photo in front of yet another ballpark I not actually set foot in yet. That brings [...]
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