Dan Radel Asbury Park Press POINT PLEASANT BEACH - The dangerous shoal is all but gone. In the end, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dug enough sand out of Manasquan Inlet to fill 13½ Olympic-size swimming pools. There is still some mop-up work to be done later this month, but the Corps finished the great majority of the job on Aug. 25, roughly 2½ weeks after it started dredging the inlet to rid the shoal which formed on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the inlet. The final tally was approximate... Read more

By Jim Lonergan Published Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:27 PM The threat that Middletown and the entire Bayshore area faced with offshore wind projects last year, has now moved further down the shore and there is an army of citizens pushing back. A group of over 1,000 residents, both in-person and virtual, took a stand against offshore wind at an event held Monday night at the Senior Center in Manasquan. Organized by the local group Stop the High Risk Power Cables, the meeting brought together ex... Read more

Mike Davis Asbury Park Press The 5G wireless poles under construction across the borough will be removed under the terms of a settlement announced Tuesday. In a Facebook post, Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Doug Vitale said the borough would pay "limited compensation" to developer Munisite Networks, who began construction on 5G wireless poles earlier this year. The poles were approved as part of a 2021 agreement with the borough, which allowed Munisite to construct wireless poles at as many as 74 lo... Read more

By Kieran Sullivan — On Monday, Aug. 19 Stop The High-Risk Power Cables, a citizen group concerned about plans to run what they call “high risk” power cables through Sea Girt, Manasquan and Wall Township, held a community meeting before a large, online Zoom audience. After gaining traction in the local community since the group’s formation, the group held the meeting before a virtual audience of over 1,000 attendees about a proposed turbine plan off the East Coast. The meeting was attended by U... Read more

By Alyssa Riccardi Jersey Shore Online Staff Writer - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have begun dredging the Manasquan Inlet to remove the large build-up of sand along the jetty. The two-mile-long manmade channel is located within the boundaries of Point Pleasant Borough and became navigable in 1926. The waterway connects the Manasquan River and the Barnegat Bay. Crews from the Corps started dredging the waterway on August 6, with a goal to remove the sand built-up on the Point Pleasant Beach ... Read more

In a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) strongly advocated for robust federal funding for programs that provide critical nutritional services for seniors, including Meals on Wheels of Ocean and Monmouth Counties and other effective community-based initiatives that deliver hot meals to seniors in need. “With the appropriations process underway, I urge you to ensure that sufficient funding is provided for the Older Americans Act (OAA) Title ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), the Dean of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation, today issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. of Paterson: “Bill’s life was marked by steadfast public service to the people of his beloved state and country, having served in the U.S. Army and as a high school history teacher and adjunct professor before becoming a state assemblyman, mayor, and congressman. He was dedicated to New Jersey families and an outspoken advocate espe... Read more

Carly Baldwin,Patch Staff Posted Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 10:50 pm ET So far, plans have collapsed for two big wind farms that were proposed to be built off the Jersey Shore: Danish wind developer Orsted pulled out last October and in January, Equinor and British Petroleum (BP) terminated plans for Empire Wind 2, which would have taken up 80,000 acres of ocean from Sandy Hook down to Long Branch, 19 miles out. Both companies cited "inflation, interest rates and supply chain disruptions" as reasons ... Read more

At a community education meeting today in Manasquan, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) and a host of experts and public officials informed local residents about the dangers of high-powered transmission cables that are slated to make landfall in Sea Girt and continue through Manasquan, Wall, and Howell as part of the planned Atlantic Shores South offshore wind project. “The reckless push by the Biden and Murphy Administrations to stand-up expensive and expansive industrial wind farms in size and s... Read more

By Jim Lonergan - Editor At a recent field hearing in Brigantine, Congressmen Jeff Van Drew (D-2) and Chris Smith (D4) led a discussion on the implications of the proposed offshore wind programs. They were joined by PA Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) and a panel of experts to provide their viewpoints to New Jersey residents about the potential impact of these initiatives. This article, part of the TAPinto Gold Coast offshore wind energy series, is focused on the possible financial effects offsh... Read more