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Friday, November 23, 2012

Community Clean Up Set for Tomorrow

Community clean up on November 24th gains support from local businesses and groups providing aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

A lifelong lifeguard for Long Beach Township in Holgate,  Todd Stone was away at Midwestern University-College of Dental Medicine at Illinois, when Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Long Beach Island. After an overcaffeinated study session on bicuspids and molars, Stone's concentration faltered. Seeing his home in the middle of a devastating natural disaster was more than disheartening. With his community in mind, Stone employed social media to create an event.  The LBI Community Clean Up came from a desire to repair the one thing that joins locals and summer residents together, he said, the beach. Almost 1,000 people so far have noted that they will be attending the clean up on Saturday, November 24th.  Determined to put something cohesive…

Sunday, June 24, 2012

UPDATE: Plane Flying Over LBI Shows Nazi Symbol; JCC Reacts

An "extraterrestrial" group claims responsibility stating the banner displaying the swastika is misunderstood.

LONG BEACH ISLAND -- A plane that towed a banner displaying the word "Swastika," and showed a swastika intertwined with the Hebrew Star of David, flew over Long Beach Island and along the Jersey Shore on Saturday. The Long Beach Township Police Department received at least several calls reporting the sighting, according to Bill Gee, a dispatcher with the department. Reports of the plane and banner have been reported as far north as Manhattan. The plane appears to have been sponsored by an organization connected to the Raelian Movement, which claims life on Earth was created by a species of extraterrestrials. The Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island said it is aware of the incident and wants to know more. "We're trying to find out…

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Rick

12:18 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Peter, did you know that Savage, Hannity and Limbaugh are commentators, not reporters? Commentators express their options as permitted by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution. If you don't agree with their opinions perhaps you should limit your viewing to PMSNBC.   more ›

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