From the NEWS Desk of Tom Mongelli:
· Community Blood Council of NJ and Sleepy’s band together for blood drive at 6 of the bedding center’s storefronts next week. Toms River store is the site on December 29th. The remainder are in Burlington, Cherry Hill, Lawrenceville, Voorhees and Levittown, PA.
· First Night Ocean County, January 1 (natch) in Seaside Heights.
· Local government reorganizations take place throughout the first week of 2011. January 5 will be a gala day in downtown Toms River. The new County Clerk, Scott Colabella, is sworn in at 2; the Ocean County Freeholders reorganize at 4 (Joe Vicari, director; Gerry Little, deputy director); and the Toms River Council reorganizes at 6. Monmouth Freeholders reorganize January 6 at Monmouth Biotech High School in Freehold.
· Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch on the block at a Sheriff’s Sale this month, along with the skeleton of the Esperanza in Asbury Park.
· Lakewood may or may not be the next Ocean County community to sideline municipal workers. State officials have approved a plan that includes 13 layoffs, five of them police officers. Local officials are trying to renegotiate health benefit terms to avert it.
· NJ Supreme Court reviews Dwayne Gillispie decision, January 4. He’s the Bronx man serving life for a double-murder in Barnegat in 2000, an incident that stunned Ocean County. Justices will determine whether evidence of previous felonies was unduly prejudicial.
· Shore mayors like Barnegat Bay – but do they like it enough to have it affect beach badge fees? They’re largely not thrilled with state legislation that would take a dollar from the sale of each badge for the Bay’s maintenance. Meanwhile, first-time visitors from everywhere are always amazed that this is the only place that charges people to sit on the sand.
· Community Blood Council of NJ and Sleepy’s band together for blood drive at 6 of the bedding center’s storefronts next week. Toms River store is the site on December 29th. The remainder are in Burlington, Cherry Hill, Lawrenceville, Voorhees and Levittown, PA.
· First Night Ocean County, January 1 (natch) in Seaside Heights.
· Local government reorganizations take place throughout the first week of 2011. January 5 will be a gala day in downtown Toms River. The new County Clerk, Scott Colabella, is sworn in at 2; the Ocean County Freeholders reorganize at 4 (Joe Vicari, director; Gerry Little, deputy director); and the Toms River Council reorganizes at 6. Monmouth Freeholders reorganize January 6 at Monmouth Biotech High School in Freehold.
· Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch on the block at a Sheriff’s Sale this month, along with the skeleton of the Esperanza in Asbury Park.
· Lakewood may or may not be the next Ocean County community to sideline municipal workers. State officials have approved a plan that includes 13 layoffs, five of them police officers. Local officials are trying to renegotiate health benefit terms to avert it.
· NJ Supreme Court reviews Dwayne Gillispie decision, January 4. He’s the Bronx man serving life for a double-murder in Barnegat in 2000, an incident that stunned Ocean County. Justices will determine whether evidence of previous felonies was unduly prejudicial.
· Shore mayors like Barnegat Bay – but do they like it enough to have it affect beach badge fees? They’re largely not thrilled with state legislation that would take a dollar from the sale of each badge for the Bay’s maintenance. Meanwhile, first-time visitors from everywhere are always amazed that this is the only place that charges people to sit on the sand.
· Ladacin Network of Ocean & Monmouth Polar Bear Plunge, January 15. They’re holding a press conference four days earlier at their Lakewood center.
· Martin Luther King legacy remembered at Ocean County Library in Toms River January 25: “What Would Martin Do” is a panel discussion comparing American life of 50 years ago to that of today, and the challenges that the humanitarian never had the chance to confront. On the dais: Rosetta Key, WOBM News.
Please drive carefully, and park the mobile phone while you’re behind the wheel. If the call or the text is that important, it’s worth a couple of minutes on the side of the road. News Notes returns in 2011, and we hope it’s a banner year for you.
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· Martin Luther King legacy remembered at Ocean County Library in Toms River January 25: “What Would Martin Do” is a panel discussion comparing American life of 50 years ago to that of today, and the challenges that the humanitarian never had the chance to confront. On the dais: Rosetta Key, WOBM News.
Please drive carefully, and park the mobile phone while you’re behind the wheel. If the call or the text is that important, it’s worth a couple of minutes on the side of the road. News Notes returns in 2011, and we hope it’s a banner year for you.
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WOBMAM's "OPEN FORUM" is looking for topics and ideas that you would like to talk about.
"OPEN FORUM" is usually heard on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-7pm on 1160 and 1310. Here's another chance to to voice your opinion. Send your ideas to the Topic A comment section.
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What are the "TOP STORIES" of the year?
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Storm Watch
Closings & Delays
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The Lacey High School Fishing Club is holding a Fisherman's Flea Market Saturday January 15th, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Lacey Middle School.
Vendors interested in a table should contact Terry Stuart at (609) 693-5510.
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Is 2010 ending on an up swing thanks to Obama?
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WOBM Christmas Classic 2010
http://www.wobm.com/Christmas-Classic-2010/8767001
POSTPONED till Tuesday!
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