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Friday, January 4, 2013

Hurricane Sandy

OceanFirst Gives to Point Beach, Toms River and Monmouth United Way

Foundation awards six grants to organizations in Sandy-battered communities

OceanFirst Foundation’s Relief and Recovery Grant Program is awarding six new grants totaling $93,000 to organizations in Point Pleasant Beach, Toms River and Monmouth County. The recipients are: Ocean Fire Co. #1, Point Pleasant Beach; Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey, Toms River; Children’s Home Society, Toms River; Homes for All, Toms River; O.C.E.A.N., Inc., Toms River and United Way of Monmouth County, Farmingdale. "The foundation's grant program assists the efforts of nonprofit organizations in the New Jersey shore market area that are helping local families and individuals affected by Hurricane Sandy," says a prepared statement issued by the foundation. The amount awarded to each of the organizations and details about their …

M Brodeur

9:31 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013

On behalf of Ocean Fire Company #1.....Thank You OceanFirst Foundation.   more ›

Monday, November 26, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Local Officials Describe Sandy's Widespread Devastation, 'Human Misery' to Senate Panel

State Senate looking to improve infrastructure, hear from local mayors, police chiefs on Hurricane Sandy specifics

Local officials described in dramatic detail the work of rescue and rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy, as state senators listened to how the Jersey Shore is grappling with widespread devastation and how to improve for the future. “This is flooding, devastation, I’d never have imagined in my lifetime,” said Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy, one of the first panelists detailing specific anecdotes and financial spending in response to Hurricane Sandy. The panelists were called by the state Senate Budget Committee, held in Toms River Monday. It was the first of several meetings aiming to equip senators with a better understanding as the state figures out how to fund the rebuilding of a collapsed infrastructure and to improve it in …

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Council Approves Up To $35 Million Emergency Spending After Sandy (in Toms River Patch), Hurricane Sandy Cost: $29.4 Billion; State Seeks Fed Help, Ortley Residents Can Arrive With Contractors in This Week's Access Plan (in Toms River Patch), and 1 more ›

WMS826

1:41 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Free everything for anyone who was two hundred miles or closer to Sandy. This is getting Ri-god-dam-diculus...   more ›

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