Ocean Avenue closed for construction
Ocean Avenue in Lake Como remains closed as crews work on the oceanfront pumping station. Work continued this week to build the facility between Belmar and Spring Lake. (Photos by Paul Spennrath)
Kicking off Friday April 26
Spring Lake’s Fashion Week-END Extravaganza kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 26 with a fashion-forward grand opening celebration at the Spring Lake Bath & Tennis Club hosted by More magazine’s fashion-features editor Susan Swimmer. The style-inspired weekend will continue on Saturday, April 27 as the town’s premier boutiques, independent retailers, hair and beauty salons, and restaurants offer a full day of designer trunk shows, make-up demonstrations, salon specials, wine tastings, prix-fixe dinners and more. “The Spring Lake Fashion Week-END Extravaganza is a wonderful celebration of all of the independent retailers located throughout Spring Lake’s beautiful downtown. Our boutiques not only offer the latest designs, but unique …
Couple indicted for role in scam bilking money from insurance companies, Attorney General says
A Spring Lake couple was indicted by a grand jury Monday on 27 counts of fraud and related crimes for their alleged connection to a scam to bilk $1.8 million from insurance companies, according to the Office of the Attorney General. Brian P. Mohen, 46, and Lisa A. Stanko-Mohen, 47, who currently live in Spring Lake but who lived in Far Hills Borough when the reputed crimes occurred, were each charged Monday with second-degree conspiracy; insurance fraud; six counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of property received; six counts of misapplication of entrusted property; and one count of use, control or operation of a corporation for furtherance or promotion of a criminal object, according to a release from the Attorney …
12:59 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
As a trusted insurance representative for many years, this makes me ill. Your promote your industry based on peoples trust in you. How can people do this??? GREED that's how. Hope they get a nice 4x5 grey cell to live in for a few years. more ›
Bill Skuby calls furor over store display 'best marketing campaign I've ever had'
The Skuby & Co. clothing store in Spring Lake Wednesday morning was humming. Bill Skuby, the store's owner who made regional fame Tuesday for a controversial window display featuring President Barack Obama portrayed as a witch doctor, was answering the phone, which rang every minute or two, with a warning to callers that he'd be happy to talk so long as they were friendly. Skuby said he opened shop that morning with dozens of messages — some supportive, others somewhat profane — on the store's answering machine because of a politically-charged Halloween display some have accused of being racist. Skuby, a self-described Independent, denies being a racist. “I don’t even see color," Skuby said. Skuby said that he dislikes Obama's …
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7:58 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
how's business now, Bill Skuby? Did anyone but first responders (despised by Republicans) see your racist store window display on Halloween? What? There were no trick-or-treaters to see your display on Halloween either? Wow, Karma is a giant O'bummer, isn't it, Bill? more ›
Authorities say practical joke behind morning investigation at Skuby & Co. in Spring Lake
Police on Wednesday quelled rumors of a purported bomb threat against a Spring Lake clothing store owner who has come under fire for a window display featuring President Barack Obama as a witch doctor. Early Wednesday morning police investigated Skuby & Co. clothing store on Third Avenue and determined a phone call made to the store's owner, Bill Skuby, was nothing more than a practical joke from one of his friends, Spring Lake Police Chief Edward Kerr said. Skuby said he's been fielding death threats and unfairly labeled a racist after a media firestorm erupted Tuesday morning surrounding his anti-Obama window display, which, he says, is nothing more than a political Halloween decoration. Police and the Spring Lake Fire Department …
8:10 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
"Barack the magic negro". I didn't call him that. A guy named David Ehrenstein did. He is a black Hollywood critic. He used it to describe Obama in 2007 and 2008. It seems there was this "magic negro" in some old Hollywood movies who would pop up and help people [white]. Kind of like a fairy godmother or good angel type character. So, is Ehrenstein a racist? Am I a racist because I mention what … more ›
Visitors also enjoy beautiful bike trails, concerts in the park and a variety of youth activities.
Spring Lake's boardwalk, beach and community pools are ready to go for the summer season. The well-developed residential borough features clean beaches with bathing houses, two pool facilities, seven tennis courts, a shopping district and a lake at the center of town. Visitors also enjoy beautiful bike trails, concerts in the park and a variety of youth activities. Beach badges can be purchased on a daily, seasonal or late seasonal basis. Daily beach badges cost $10, seasonal badges cost $105 and late seasonal, or badges purchased after Aug. 1, cost $65. Pool passes can be purchased on a daily basis by non-residents of Spring Lake. Passes for visitors 13 years or older cost $20, passes for those between 6 and 12 cost $10 and visitors 5 and…
Beach badge prices
For a quiet day at the beach, consider Spring Lake, which features the longest stretch of non-commercial boardwalk in the state. Call 732-449-0800 ext. 631 for more information.
Hurricane Irene takes a toll in Spring Lake, Manasquan
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, Manasquan-Belmar Patch has asked local residents to share photos they took before, during or after the storm. If you have photos to share, please email them to Local Editor Tom Dunphy at tom.dunphy@patch.com. Please include a first and last name of the person who shot the photo and some basic information for captioning purposes. We hope you fared well during the storm.
Lines at grocery stores and gas stations grow as storm nears Jersey Shore
This evening in the area, locals are stocking up on last minute hurricane supplies and staying fairly calm about the storm that's scheduled to hit the area tomorrow, but it has not been that way all day. Janet Torsiello, closing manager of Super Foodtown on Route 35 in Wall said the morning crowd was a lot different than this evenings. "From the minute the doors opened there was a line of people waiting to get in," said Torsiello. "We've been selling out of water, batteries and bread. We've been pretty stocked up on everything else." This evening, the lines are much shorter than they were earlier and locals are picking up a few last items including goodies for their hurricane parties, hoping they don’t have to leave the area. "I've lived …
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Council moves toward sending Green Acres diversion application to state Department of Environmental Protection.
Borough officials have sunk the idea of floating a referendum this November on the proposed move of the WRAT-FM tower from Main Street to Behrmann Park. Although Mayor Michael Ryan says he and the borough council have heard plenty from residents opposed to the proposal to raise a new, 533-foot-high radio communications tower in the Green Acres-protected park near Margerum and 22nd avenues, they have heard from just as many residents favoring that plan. Those who would like to see the existing 300-foot-high tower removed from the borough’s downtown are frustrated that it remains in place despite six years of discussion about dismantling it, Ryan said during Tuesday night’s council meeting. “For every letter that comes in saying ‘Don’t move …
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8:29 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Anna: Please wait for follow up articles on this. As a reporter, my job is to cover any and all sides of this or any other issue. Also, please read my previous articles on this subject. ---Sue more ›
Dame Bridgid
4:17 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Correct. A fail safe for the pump losing power should follow the K I S S rule. more ›