Tag: Sandy Hook
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Sandy Hook will not increase fees for 2017
U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., whose district includes part of Monmouth County, has announced that Sandy Hook will not be raising its camping and parking fees in 2017. In August, Pallone wrote to National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and urged the NPS to withdraw its proposal to increase Sandy Hook’s fees. At Pallone’s request,…
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Bird watching walk slated at Sandy Hook
By KAREN RAPOLLA Staff Writer The Monmouth County Audubon Society (MCAS) is holding a Sandy Hook bird watching walk on Dec. 10. The walk will be led by members of the MCAS, a chapter of the National Audubon Society. The MCAS members are very familiar with Sandy Hook and its many species of birds. They…
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Group forms to preserve historic house from demolition
By KAREN RAPOLLA Staff Writer The race is on to save the historic William Sandlass House on Sandy Hook from demolition. A group of Monmouth County citizens has recently incorporated as the Jersey Coast Heritage Museum at Sandlass House (JCHM), a nonprofit. The group’s goal is to halt the demolition of the house that is…
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Pallone opposes proposed parking hike at Sandy Hook
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer At an open house event held on Aug. 31 at the Sandy Hook Chapel, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) objected to a potential increase of parking and camping fees at Sandy Hook National Park. “I am opposed to the proposed fee increase, which would dramatically increase the fees from…
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Sandy Hook to host BioBlitz in September
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday with more than 100 BioBlitzes around the country, and Gateway National Recreation Area and the American Littoral Society are teaming up to host a BioBlitz at Sandy Hook on Sept. 23 and 24. A BioBlitz is a biological inventory where volunteers work alongside scientists and expert…
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Bird walk set for July 21 on Sandy Hook
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will hold a summer evening bird walk to look for nesters and shorebirds on Sandy Hook starting at 6 p.m. on July 21. Anyone interested in participating in the event can meet at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the old Sandy Hook Visitor’s Center, south of the ranger’s…
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Longtime motorcycle rider gets honorary ride
SANDY HOOK — Motorcycle legend Gloria Tramontin Struck was recently awarded with an Honorary Membership Card from the Jersey Shore Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. To commemorate the honor, the 90-year-old Struck will participate in a “Freddy” ride on May 15, an 80-mile journey that will begin in Point Pleasant and continue…
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Pledge of Allegiance anniversary celebrated at Twin Lights
HIGHLANDS – Friends and supporters of the Twin Lights Historical Society gathered atop the Navesink highlands on Monday, April 25, to mark the 123rd anniversary of the day the Pledge of Allegiance was given as America’s national oath of loyalty for the first time. In a ceremony held on a bright, breezy day in front…