Ocean County property purchase would allow Toms River to buy Surf Club in Ortley Beach
See article below
Mayor “Mo” Hill has appointed Public Works Director Lou Amoruso as Business Administrator
See article at link below:
APP: Lou Amoruso Is Named Business Administrator. Sept 10 2020Local Food Banks for Those in Need
See the article at the link below for up to date information on the local food banks operating in the Toms River area.
Article on Local Food BanksNJ Organizing Project Website: Navigating Coronavirus
The NJ Organizing Project that provided assistance to so many after superstorm Sandy has established a very helpful website to help navigate all the issues related to the coronavirus.
You can find extensive useful information HERE
Shorebeat News Article on Surf Club Mediation
At the link below is a great article published by Shorebeat on the Toms River – Surf Club mediation and negotiation which is scheduled to be held on March 5th. As a reminder, because discussions between the Township and the property owners had completely stalled, OBVTA offered to identify and fund a mediator to lead both parties in non-binding negotiation. We sincerely hope that both parties come to the mediation ready to meet somewhere in the middle
Shorebeat Article on Surf Club Mediation
Below are a couple of good recent articles about Ortley Beach and our area.
APP Story about Sunny Day Flooding in Ortley Beach
Article about the Historic Seaside Carousel
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Dune Replenishment and Grass Planting Completed!
The beach and dune replenishment project appears to be complete in Ortley Beach!. Hurrah! It looks awesome. If you are not local, come and have a look at this wonderful finished project. In the spring Toms River will be adding beach mats up and over the dunes and on some portions of the beach itself to ease the looong walk to the water.
Dune Replenishment Complete. Dune Grass Planting is Underway.
The dune and beach replenishment is completed in Ortley Beach and the US Army Corps is now in the process of planting the dune grass. See pictures below taken near Harding Ave beach. (Photos by Paul Jeffrey)
Holiday Party Fun!
Paying It Forward: Helping Florence victims in North Carolina
Many of you will remember the volunteers from North Carolina Baptists who helped so many of us after superstorm Sandy. They helped clean homes, gutted water logged residences and cleaned nasty wet crawlspaces. Now, as a result of hurricane Florence, they are the ones in trouble – and it’s time for us to pay back.
OBVTA has joined forces with Joan Delucia of Weekday Warriors to collect items for delivery to our friends in North Carolina. The supplies and financial donations will go directly to the NC Baptists in Lumberton, North Carolina that helped us here. Items to be donated and the drop off locations in Orltey beach can be found HERE .
Payments by check should be made payable to: NCBM and mailed to:
North Carolina Baptist Mission
Attn Billy Layton
141 Avent Road, Lumberton, NC 28358
In the check memo it is very important to write “Bill L Lumberton Disaster”.
Please also wait a few days to send your check because we are concerned that mail delivery is not yet back to normal and we do not want checks to be lost in the mail.
We thank you – and our friends in North Carolina Thank you!
BeachJam a Success Yet Again!
Despite the on again off again weather, the 4th annual BeachJam was a great success! We successfully dodged the raindrops, AND the thunder and lightning and had a really good time.
A big thank you to Rick Jurgens for leading the volunteer effort to make it a success – and to the nearly 40 volunteers who all gave their time and effort.
Last but not least, thank you to all the local business sponsors who donated gifts and donations to the event. Local businesses donated over $4,000 to help defray the costs. See the list of supporting businesses HERE .
Pictures are below.
