Saturday, February 2, 2013
Representatives from several State departments will be on hand to answer questions and provide assistance to residents.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story reported that the event would be held Monday. The event is being held Tuesday. Representatives from several state departments are slated to spend the day in Monmouth County Tuesday, offering expert advice and assistance in a number of areas to victims of Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie's office announced recently. Senior staff members from the Department of Banking and Insurance, Department of Community Affairs, Department of Environmental Protection, and the Business Action Center will be on hand at Union Beach Hose Co. #1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to do casework for residents who need assistance. The day of casework is part of Gov. Chris Christie's Mobile Cabinet effort, which seeks to …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
DEP holds public hearing in Long Branch
A large group of citizens and groups gathered at Long Branch City Hall on Wednesday night to criticize the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) proposed public access rules and amendments for beaches, bays and other waterways. The DEP held the meeting to hear public comments on the public access rules and the amendments which were drafted after hearing feedback from the public in the past. According to the DEP, the proposed amendments will: Most spoke against the rules and the amendments stating that while the amendments were a step in the right direction, that they will not help create more public access areas for residents and that it they will give too much power to municipalities. The rules, if adopted, would give towns …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Several groups plan to protest the DEP's plans for beach access
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is holding a public hearing on Wednesday night in Long Branch to discuss proposed amendments to public access rules for beaches, bays and other waterways. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the Long Branch Council Chambers, at Long Branch City Hall, 344 Broadway. "Wednesday’s hearings will focus only on amendments to the Public Access rule that the DEP proposed earlier this year in response to public comments on the initial public access rule proposal," a DEP release states. According to the DEP, the proposed amendments will: DEP states that the public access rule will "improve and enhance public access to New Jersey’s beaches, bays and waterways through plans to be developed and …
Friday, June 3, 2011
Meeting on LBI shows where lines are drawn in ongoing debate
Those who came out for and against proposed changes to New Jersey's waterfront public access laws found some common ground at a final public hearing on the issue on Thursday night, but strong opinions from those on both sides of the debate let it be known where the lines were drawn in the sand. The debate has been roaring for some time and, most recently, at public hearings held by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The uproar is over the state's policies toward allowing public access to waterfront areas. The rules would change the type of access private business owners would have to provide the general public, and also put access plans in the hands of individual municipalities rather than a single plan for the entire state…
Monday, May 23, 2011
Beach access issue proves complex at publc hearing on rule changes
Local officials appeared in Seaside Heights Monday to show their support for waterfront-access rule changes proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection under the Christie administration. Although critics say the rules would restrict access to local beaches, Brick Mayor Steve Acropolis and others believe the changes ultimately give them more input into the access planning process. "I would much rather do it at our level," he said. "We are best able to identify the areas where public access would be appropriate." A crowd of nearly 60 people, representing various stakeholders in the beach access fight, gathered in the municipal courtroom in Seaside Heights to voice their criticism or support of the state's proposal. In a …
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Proposed changes to be discussed
The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled three public forums on their proposed changes to beach access rules. The first of these public meetings will be held Thursday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Jersey City at the Liberty State Park Central Railroad Terminal Building's Blue Comet Auditorium. Additional hearings will be held on Tuesday, May 17 at 11 a.m. at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in the Townsend Residential Life Center and on Monday, May 23 at 1 p.m. in the Seaside Heights Municipal Court room. The rule changes proposed by the DEP under Commissioner Bob Martin and Governor Chris Christie have drawn the ire of a number of access, advocacy and environmental groups who fear changes to access rules …
Diane Caso
10:12 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
I FULLY AGREE!! There is no way that people in the Bayshore can afford this. So many are still reeling, trying to pick up the pieces of their lives.. more ›