Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Only location in Ocean County
With only about 200 locations of fashion-forward retailer H&M in the United States, the newest one will open in Toms River next month with an Ocean County Mall store. An area next to Old Navy in the Ocean County Mall is being revamped for H&M, and representatives from Ocean County Mall owner Simon Property Group said the store should open in June. According to H&M, the Swedish-based company has more than 2,300 locations around the world. That includes stores at the Freehold Raceway Mall and Monmouth Mall, and 10 other New Jersey locations. H&M's opening, slated for mid-June, coincides with the reopening of a fully remodeled Old Navy in the JC Penney wing of the Ocean County Mall. Peter Lembo, general manager for Ocean County Mall, in a …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
$1 admission proceeds to go to Susan G. Komen Foundation three-day, 60-mile walk
Boating and fishing enthusiasts can find some bargains tomorrow at the Ocean Gate Yacht Basin's first Annual Boat Show and Nautical Market. The show kicks off at 9 a.m. and will run through 4 p.m. Admission is $1, with proceeds going to benefit the Susan G. Komen three-day, 60-mile breast cancer awareness event. “I think it’s great that we can bring these two things together to help boaters get ready for the 2012 season, plus help raise funds for a great cause,” said Gary Mease, President of Ocean Gate Yacht Basin, Inc. The Mease family has owned and operated the marina at 65 Bayview Avenue in Bayville since 1958. Sarah Mease - one of the third-generation family members working at the marina- organized the fund-raising portion of the …
Friday, May 11, 2012
A state legislative committee approved a bill this week that would bar the practice.
Can an employer force you to reveal your Facebook or other social media password as a condition for getting hired or keeping your job? That issue began to get some attention in March after a statistician in New York reported that during an interview with a potential employer, the woman interviewing him had searched for his Facebook and, upon discovering that it was private, asked him for the password. The statistician, Justin Bassett, refused and left the interview according to the Associated Press. But the story brought to light other instances where employers have sought similar access to social media accounts, and have led several states to consider legislation to ban the practice. California's assembly voted Thursday to approve such …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Ocean County Health Department inspections for the week
As inspections of restaurants, eateries, grocers and food suppliers are conducted, the Ocean County Health Department posts the inspection results to its website. The list of recent inspections can be found here. According to the county health department, an inspection could result in a Satisfactory, Conditional Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory rating. Here is the health department's explanation of the ratings: Click here for an archive of recent inspections.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Legislation now allows wineries to mail cases of wine to customers
If you like local wines but have trouble finding them at the liquor store, now there's an option to ship them directly to your home, thanks to recent legislation. The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA) on May 1 announced the launch of direct shipping of wine from wineries to homes throughout the state. The GSWGA represents 34 New Jersey wineries. Wineries throughout the state can now take orders via the internet or telephone calls and ship directly to residents' homes, according to the GSWGA. The ability to ship is the result of bi-partisan legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie on Jan. 17, 2012, GSWGA said. The law satisfies a December, 2010 federal court ruling that New Jersey wineries were acting …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Check out the results of our poll below!
It was a close race for much of the week, sometimes even neck and neck. But in the end, Berkeley Patch readers picked the Anchor Inn on Ocean Gate Avenue in Ocean Gate as their favorite place to go for Mother's Day. The Anchor Inn - a longtime landmark in this tiny town along the Toms River and Barnegat Bay - received 47 votes, or 30 percent of the 152 votes cast. The Forked River house on South Main Street in Forked River came in second with 35 votes, or 23 percent of the votes cast. Martell's Waters Edge on Bayview Avenue in Bayville was third, with 29 votes or 19 percent. Check out the results of our weekly poll below and let us know what you think. Thanks to all who participated. This was our best poll yet! Next week's poll will focus …
Seaside Heights, Ocean County Library hosting events
It's getting down to the wire to get a summer job. But two job fairs hope to corral the hundreds of employees needed locally to staff for the season. One is this Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. A second is hosted by the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library, and will be held May 9. Seaside Heights On May 5, Seaside Heights will have its job fair, which is hosted by the State Department of Labor and features multiple seasonal employers for businesses there. The jobs, which last from about Memorial Day to Labor Day, often pay minimum wage. Both the Seaside and Point Pleasant Beach job fairs, which was last month, have drawn hundreds of applicants who fill out applications and are often interviewed right …
Friday, April 27, 2012
District is locked into long-time agreement that cuts costs nearly in half, superintendent says
Timing is everything. The decision by the Central Regional Board of Education a few years ago to take a chance on solar energy is still paying off, despite the sour solar market, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said. "We are golden," Parlapanides said today. "Back in 2008, we started looking at geothermal, wind and solar to see what would be the best for Central," he said. Four years later, more than 6,000 solar panels stud the back fields of Central Regional High School and Middle School. The district paid nothing to solar energy firm Dobco to install the panels. Today Central pays Dobco roughly nine cents a kilowatt hour for electricity, compared to the market rate of roughly 17 cents a kilowatt hour, Parlapanides said. Dobco …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hulk Hogan makes signing and photo appearance at Lacey restaurant
The Forked River House was packed with a sea of fans clad in trademark red and yellow on Wednesday evening who came to meet wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. Lines of people stretched out from Hogan's signing and photo table inside the building, all the way through every corner of the restaurant and outside onto the sidewalk, where the line stretched even further yet. Fans in attendance ranged from small children to those who had clearly followed Hogan’s career from its start, wearing commemorative T-shirts and clutching their favorite memorabilia. “It’s a free-for-all in here,” manager Mike Hickey said. Hogan appeared at the restaurant from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and was genuinely happy to meet his fans (long ago termed the “Hulkamaniacs”). “The …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Forked River House hosting autograph signing by pro wrestling giant Hulk Hogan
He’s larger than life. He has his own action figure and had his own TV series, and even his own blender. You’ve seen him from a distance; Wednesday, you can see him up close. Hulk Hogan will be making a meet and greet appearance just a few miles from Bayville at the Forked River House on Route 9 in Lacey. From 6 to 8:30 p.m., the star who many credit with putting professional wrestling on the map and making it mainstream will be signing autographs at the restaurant. “The Forked River Sports Bar is getting a shot of HULKAMANIA April 25th from 6 to 8:30. pm let's rock the place,” he tweeted on Friday, encouraging fans – Maniacs, as they’re known – to come out for the event. It’s the fourth in a series of meet-and-greets the restaurant has …
Shelly
11:36 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
I think malls in general are dinosaurs. They may have been an innovative idea in the late 60s and into the 80s, but not anymore. I guess it's Karma. The Internet has done to the malls what the malls did to "main street shopping." People will always shop at Walmart and certain big box stores, but the age of the mall is over. People will shop online or search out unique specialty stores. more ›