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Friday, December 14, 2012

Christie: Supporting Businesses Crucial to New Jersey's Recovery

Governor convenes Business Impact Assessment Group to survey merchants' needs after Sandy

Statewide business groups will begin this weekend to survey the needs of local merchants seeking to recover and rebuild after superstorm Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie said Friday afternoon. The formation of the Business Impact Assessment group was announced at a news conference at the Sea Bright firehouse, which until recently had served as a "Food City" center for provisions for the local responders and residents in this devastated oceanfront community. Local and state officials joined residents to hear the governor describe the value of small businesses, especially those at the Shore. "The heartbeat of the economy and the fabric of the culture are all these small businesses," he said. Small businesses are the "backbone of the Garden State …

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Enuf Already

4:11 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013

That's OK, "." He can't please 100% of the people, no one can. But according to the latest polls, he's approved by 74% of us. The 26% includes mostly Dems and special interest groups. Which one do you belong to?   more ›

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

'Train' and Sea Bright Rise Above Sandy

The popular recording artists played a benefit for area first responders and Sea Bright residents Wednesday night.

It started with a Tweet, just a heads up from a local high schooler to the lead singer of mega-popular music mainstay for the last decade that he check out a video online. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School student Charolotte Nagy’s simple request that Train lead singer Pat Monahan watch her documentary on the devastation of Hurricane Sandy culminated Wednesday night with an intimate free concert for the first responders and residents of one of the shore’s most devastated towns, Sea Bright. Wednesday’s outdoor concert, held in the parking lot of the Sea Bright Police Department, bookended by a ravaged beach on one side and a darkened downtown retail row on the other, attracted a crowd of about 500 people, all of them first responders, …

janet De Palma

1:33 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

wow What a great night. He really lifted everyones spirits.Between our mayor, the owner of Woody's, Charlotte Nagy and Train we are so blessed. I was in my condo getting ready to move out because it needs to be gutted. This was just the night I needed   more ›

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