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Monthly Archives: June 2018

The Budget

 

No Troubled Bridge Over Water

DOT is being kind enough to answer questions about the new bridge they plan to build for us.   You know I’m a libertarian and I’m instinctively distrustful of government but I thought the hostility towards state DOT officials displayed by some questioners at the Avon meeting a few weeks ago was completely out of […]

Belmar’s New “Compacted” Parking Strategy

Tested last night on 13th Ave.  

Who Is Authorized To Turn Off A Fire Alarm?

There was an incident a few weeks ago at Taylor pavilion that has been brought to my attention by two different readers now on separate occasions.  The image below is from a copy of the police report on it.   One of the persons who contacted me told me that Ms. Connolly was told by […]

Have You Seen?

I don’t make it a habit to cover every crime story in Belmar unless it’s particularly heinous or there is some political angle to it but a couple or readers, one of whom knows the victim in this case, asked me to put something out about this. If anyone can assist the police in identifying […]

Last Week

L Street On State’s Worst 10 List

    The good news is that the beach has been re-opened.   The bad news is that the mayor thinks the problem is lawns and a highway.

Wednesday’s Agenda

Yes, Wednesday     The two seasonal licenses currently in pocket are owned by D’Jais and Barry DePeppe.  I’ve been checking the state Legislature’s website from time to time and there’s been no movement on S1958, the bill to make the seasonal year round, since April.

Hall Of Confusion

Saturday’s “mini” Council meeting has been cancelled due to predicted rain but the only place to find it on the Borough web site is on their Twitter feed. Also nowhere mentioned on the page, or on Twitter even, is that the town-wide garage sale has been postponed until next weekend, also because of the weather […]