Friday, March 8, 2013
Shrimp Box re-opened, Alex's Inlet Bait and Tackle and Red's Lobster Pot to follow
Flooded and beaten to a pulp by Sandy, a few restaurants and a bait and tackle shop in Point Pleasant Beach near the Manasquan Inlet are just beginning to come back to life. The Shrimp Box and Outside the Box Patio Bar, 75 Inlet Dr., re-opened Wednesday afternoon for the first time since Sandy pushed five feet of water into the restaurant overlooking the harbor. Alex's Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop, 9 Inlet Dr., is shooting for a March 15 opening and Red's Lobster Pot, 57 Inlet Dr., for an April 17 opening. The Manasquan Inlet was rushing over the bulkhead, into the parking lot on Inlet Drive on Wednesday, as the Shrimp Box was serving its first customers since the end of October. "The Shrimp Box & Outside the Box Patio Bar is opening for …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Removing electronics will prevent looting
Boaters whose vessels have become disabled in either Hurricane Sandy or the nor'easter that followed should remove electronics and personal items from them to prevent theft and looting, a national boating organization urged. The advice is especially important as barrier island residents temporarily repopulate their hometowns, but will most likely have to leave their boats behind when they leave. The Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) also suggested boat owners place a "No Trespassing" sign on their boats along with contact information. Despite the suggestion, the organization said boaters should not climb in or on boats that have piled up together or are dangling from dock pilings or other obstructions. Boaters should …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
On May 20, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for six people who reportedly abandoned a sinking vessel near Galveston, Texas
The United States Coast Guard now believes that two hoax phone calls falsely reporting a yacht explosion in Sandy Hook last week may be linked to a similar May 20 incident in Texas. Two distress calls were received by the Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service New York on June 11 at about 4:20 p.m. The caller described himself as the master of the yacht "Blind Date" and reported that the boat had exploded with 21 people on board, according to a press release from the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard believes the same man placed both calls. The report of the yacht explosion 17 nautical miles offshore also indicated that 9 victims had suffered severe burns. The false report prompted a widespread, multi-agency emergency response to Sandy Hook, …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Morning briefing announces increased reward of $3,000 for information about the prank calls about a yacht explosion off Sandy Hook on Monday.
Coast Guard officials in New York Tuesday said they now believe that two phone calls, possibly from the same man, falsely reported that a yacht had exploded off Sandy Hook, setting off a massive air search that came to naught Monday. In a press briefing at its Battery Park headquarters, the Coast Guard announced that it was increasing the award for information about the hoax from $1,000 to $3,000 "for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone responsible." A statement from Coast Guard urged anyone with information about the incident to call its investigative service at 646-872-5774 or 212-668-7048 and promised anonymity. [Full text of the statement below.] "In addition to being a federal crime, false distress calls waste …
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Agency seeking information on false report of yacht explosion off Sandy Hook; audio released.
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating what they now know to be two hoax phone calls made Monday afternoon reporting an explosion on a yacht 17 miles off Sandy Hook. The reward for useful information to find the caller has been raised to $3,000 from $1,000, Coast Guard officials announced during a Tuesday morning press conference. "We need the public's help on this," said Captain Gregory P. Hitchen, urging anybody who knows anything to call the Coast Guard with tips. The Coast Guard released audio of the distress call it received on Monday at 4:20 p.m. If convicted, the caller faces five to ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine as well as reimbursement of the government's costs. The costs to the government weren't yet clear on Tuesday …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Large number of floating buoys may be a hazard, officials say
Most boaters have been there. It's night time, but channel markers are there to guide you back to your marina or boat ramp. The only obstacle, of course, is the large number of buoys marking No Wake zones that dot the path between the open bay and home port. On a busy summer weekend, the buoys can sometimes cause stress as boaters try to navigate skinny channels in the nation's most densely populated state. Boaters who equate the proliferation of buoy markers in waterways, such as Sandy Hook's Raritan Bay and the Navesink River, to a minefield of anchored obstacles will see some relief this summer. The state will reduce the number of "No Wake" warning buoys up and down the coast. The total number of buoys, which mark areas in which boaters…
Saturday, November 12, 2011
A true tale of innovative Belford boys a century ago; and a wish for more of their kind today
The story of two Belford boys who built a dirigible balloon and boat was a front page headliner in the Red Bank Register 100 years ago, on Feb. 15, 1911. It is the sort of story about kids that you're not likely to hear these days, much less read on the front page of a newspaper. “The gas bag has a circumference of eighteen feet and is of light canvas," the story said. "The frame of the balloon is 11 feet long, two-and-a-half feet wide and 10 feet high." Gas bag? OK. According to the article, when the boys tried it out, the balloon floated up to the height of their father’s barn, and then fell to the ground because its propeller broke. That seems straightforward enough, but then the article gets pretty funny. “The balloon caused a big …
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
NJ State Police still investigating; more information offered
While autopsy results are in and a bit more detail is available on the fatal Navesink River boat crash, NJ State Police caution that the investigation is still ongoing. “Right now, as far as any additional charges beyond the driving while intoxicated, none have been pressed yet,” NJ State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said today. “It is still under investigation.” However, Polite said, the medical examiner, from Centra State Medical Center, Freehold, has completed the autopsy and “the cause of death was determined to be multiple blunt force trauma (over the entire body) of the victim associated with drowning.” That victim is Christopher Plant, 50, of Keansburg. “Basically, what it means is that he was struck (by the other boat), suffered the …
Penn Cross
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