Sea Bright News

- A headline in some editions of the Asbury Park Press Friday misidentified the location of Adrenaline health club, which is in Sea Bright. - Monmouth University in West Long Branch will host a seminar on Jan. 15 on how coastal communities can cope with climate change. The date was incorrect Monday in the Asbury Park Press.

Mayor Maria Fernandes, with the Sea Bright Council's consent, has signed and sent a statement of support for the New Jersey League of Municipalities' School Funding Reform Initiative.

On the third floor of the sleek oceanside Adrenaline health club, 10 eighth-graders from the small private Sisters Academy in Asbury Park had little time earlier this week to look out the eastern windows at the calming sea and December sky.

In 1986 the Sisters of Mercy purchased and renovated 1106 Main Street in Asbury Park and incorporated under the title of Mercy Center.

The Sea Bright Borough Council officially formed a Cats Committee at Tuesday night's council meeting to address the Borough's stray and feral cat population.

Last month's Veteran's Day storm had a significant impact on New Jersey's shoreline, damaging structures and eroding many of the beaches, including some in Sea Bright.

The beach erosion in Monmouth Beach is dramatic and emergency management officials worry it's about to get a lot worse when the storm kicks up overnight and into the morning.

While the devastation sustained by the borough beaches from heavy winds and rain permeated each discussion at Sea Bright's November 16 council meeting, the council came away with several plans for the coming year.

Crews from the state Department of Environmental Protection are hitting New Jersey's beaches to see how badly last week's nor'easter eroded the shoreline .

DJ Totland carries his daughter Nicole through flood waters by their home on Center Street in Sea Bright as they head to Nicole's basketball game.

Last week's northeast gale dished out the worst shoreline damage to coastal Monmouth and Ocean counties in more than a decade, from wrecked cabanas in Sea Bright to undermined oceanfront homes on Long Beach Island.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 5:12 pm US/Eastern TRENTON Gov. Jon Corzine declared states of emergency Sunday in six New Jersey counties battered by the recent nor'easter, one of the most damaging coastal storms in state history.

Is it a whale bone, or it something else dredged up from the ocean floor? That's the question Sea Bright locals found themselves ruminating this Sunday afternoon after an object, approximately five-feet long, was discovered washed up on the beach right behind the local watering hole, Donovan's Reef.

Share + Comments Nov 14, 2009 11:08 pm US/Eastern Reporting Tony Aiello SEA BRIGHT, N.J. Parts of the Jersey Shore took a pounding from what was left of Tropical Storm Ida.

Communities along the New Jersey coast are keeping an eye on high tides as they brace for what could be the worst nora TMeaster in nearly two decades.

The makeup of the Sea Bright Borough Council remains unchanged after Tuesday's election, with incumbents Dina Long and William "Jack" Keeler winning re-election to the council.

Sidewalk curb cuts for handicap access on the southbound portion of the newly constructed Route 36 Highlands-Sea Bright bridge will be installed this month, said Tim Greeley, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

A cell phone service provider has approached the Borough of Sea Bright about constructing a cell tower within the borough.

New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Stephen Dilts today announced that the first half of the new Route 36 Highlands Bridge would be opened to traffic on Friday, October 30.

The issues for the five candidates running for two three-year terms on the Borough Council Tuesday are taxes, flooding, road construction and traffic from the Highlands-Sea Bright bridge project, the infrastructure and the Highlands Business Partnership.