Jersey Shore Views...

Facebook connections have created all kinds of networking opportunities...for pets too!  While we keep hearing about what a great business tool facebook is, I've also been lucky enough to find many old high school friends on that site.  In getting reacquainted with one of those HS buddies, I'm pr...

If Memorial Day weekend is any indication, summer 2009 will be a busy one here at the Jersey Shore not only for merchants and beach destinations by for home buyers as well.    The weekend was jammed with home buyers looking for their little piece of the Jersey Shore.  After looking at homes for s...

The 2009 summer season is underway at the Jersey Shore.  While the actual first day of summer is still nearly one month away, we all know that the Memorial Day weekend is the beginning!   Your thoughts might be on the beach, but if you'd like to take time to participate in Memorial Day observance...

The results are in, and Long Beach Island right here in southern Ocean County, NJ ranked second in the 2009 New Jersey Top Ten Beaches Competition! More than 23,000 took part in the online voting that began in February.  The results were announced this week.Ocean City, NJ won first place overall....

A couple of things to watch out for this weekend on the Garden State Parkway in southern Ocean County...there are lane reconfigurations around Exit 67 (Barnegat) while construction on a new southbound entrance and northbound exit is underway. Further south, there are also scary lane reconfigurati...

It's late spring at the Jersey Shore, and that means the American Cancer Society's signature activity, Relay for Life, is fast approaching in southern Ocean County.  If you haven't heard of Relay for Life, it offers everyone in the community an opportunity to participate in the battle to end canc...

Going green could be a double edged sword for Jersey Shore utility customers. Atlantic Electric, the company that serves most of South Jersey and customers in southern Ocean County, wants to raise its rates 3.5%. The reason it quite surprising!  Utility generation costs are too low!  Now, you say...

If you live in New Jersey, or anywhere near it, you know the taste of the famous Jersey tomato!  It's nearly as famous as our cranberries, blueberries and, my July favorite, Jersey corn.  Well, at some point in the future, those Jersey tomatoes might be taught to make anti-viral drugs when eaten!...

I was up in North Jersey a couple of weekends ago and noticed an elderly gentleman at an intersection.  We've got some crazy drivers here in New Jersey, so I watched him.  He was down the block, but I noticed he was just standing there.  Other pedestrians were crossing back and forth, yet he just...

You might think it’s all scrub pines and sand here at the Jersey Shore.  But this area has played an important role in our nation’s history, and the evidence everywhere! Just a short 30 minute drive from Manahawkin, NJ, you can find the Weymouth Furnace Park.      This 19th Century south Jersey i...