On Tuesday, the Jet Star Roller Coaster, the iconic image of Hurricane Sandy in Ocean County, was removed from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The entire process took nearly 24 hours, but you can now watch it in just over one minute. See more pictures from the demolition and Prince Harry’s visit [...]
Open House this coming weekend at the Ocean Gate Yacht Club, one of our special content partners here at the Ocean Signal!
Students from the Ocean County Vocational technical School’s Collision Repair Program put the finishing touches on 22 rain barrels as part of the Barnegat Bay Blitz Rain Barrel Challenge. The Barnegat Bay Blitz is a collaboration of residents, students, businesses and local governments to protect and preserve Barnegat Bay and the surrounding 660 square mile [...]
TOMS RIVER – Ocean County Library’s Manchester branch, 21 Colonial Dr., will show the DVD “ADD & Loving it?!!: The Experience of Adults Living with ADD/ADHA” Monday March 11 at 6:30 p.m. A panel discussion and Q&A session will follow the video. The panel will consists of adults living with ADHA, the spouse of an [...]
Jackson VFW Spring Ham Shoots Start on Sunday March 10th @ 1:00 p.m. And End, Sunday, May 5, 2013. (No Shoots on EASTER SUNDAY!) We are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! **ONLY 12 GAUGE UN-ALTERED SHOTGUNS ALLOWED! (18”- 36”) Just a reminder to everyone that Jackson VFW will hold it’s Spring Ham Target Shoot that will [...]
Submitted by Diane Holzlien, Goddard School, Jackson JACKSON– On Sunday, Feb. 24, the PTO president and seven faculty members from The Goddard School located in Jackson cooked up a storm at the Ronald McDonald House in Long Branch. The volunteers made a variety of items including salad, baked mac & cheese, chili, roast turkey with [...]
The following was submitted by The Foundation to Save the Jersey Shore: Sea Bright– In a combined effort between The Foundation to Save the Jersey Shore (STJS) and the New Jersey Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association (FMBA), ground will be broken at 6:30am on Friday, March 1st on the site of the first playground being rebuilt [...]
LAVALLETTE–This week Governor Chris Christie announced that the state will be reconstructing Route 35 and showed up at the Lavallette Firehouse to break the news to the media. See the story here: Route 35 Reconstruction. Photo: Governor Chris Christie and DOT Commissioner Jim Simpson make Route 35 reconstruction announcement in Lavallette. (NJ Office of Information [...]
By Madeline Kinloch, Monsignor Donovan High School TOMS RIVER–Bradley Henson Jr of Surf City. a senior offensive guard from Monsignor Donovan High School signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Henson originally slated to attend the University of Virginia made up his mind mid-December to head south [...]
Submitted by Madeline Kinloch, Monsignor Donovan High School TOMS RIVER–High up in the balcony of Gepp Gymnasium hung papers with numbers marking the countdown for Junior, Dana Carbone of Toms River, to score her 1000 career point and become the 2nd Lady Griffin Basketball Player to do so this year and the 8th player in school [...]