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January 27th 2012 Forker River NJ - There has been a lot of complaining from businesses over the past few years about the fragile economy and how it has affected their business.  But not at the Forked River House....expanding has been the real deal at this hip local…

New Year's Day 2012 marked an increase for tolls along the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, and now I, and hundreds of thousands of others, had to shell out more to get to work.

I am somewhat fortunate, because with my drive from Toms River to Lincroft, comes a few options to avoid the Parkway. I usually take advantage of these "shortcuts" on Fridays in the summers to beat the vacationers…

December 20th 2011 TOMS RIVER, NJ - Well we ventured out to a few local businesses this week to see how they are coping with a weak economic holiday shopping season.  It seems while many store owners have been under a lot of stress the past few years, many are fighting thru it and are surviving with the help of loyal customers.  Over…

Let me start by saying; I have a ton of respect for the LaBarca family's ability to coach a football team. From Chip Sr.'s Monmouth County days to Chip Jr.'s 12-0 season with the 2007 TRN team, their accomplishments speak for themself... a standard that's probably caused LaBarca (the younger) a few headaches lately.…

I can't get outside, and most of the things I need to get done are (you guessed it) outside. No matter, I'm making the best of it, and have decided not to worry about rain water infiltrating my basement. I am relieved beyond belief that (a) I'm not shoveling snow in October, and (b) I said no to a friend's offer of a seat to today's Rutgers - WV game Writer's note: I crossed "attend monsoon game" off my bucket list the last time RU visited West Point.

Chicken stock on the…

October 25th 2011 TOMS RIVER NJ - ShoreItUp.com in conjunction with www.TomsRiver.TV went 30 feet up in the air to speak to Andy Chase from 105.7fm The Hawk about this annual Radiothon for Ocean of Love.  Nicole Saviano braved the chilly night and climbed up to chat with Andy.…

We are parents of two children that are athletes. That could be a scary stand alone comment in itself.  As parents, we all hold our breath at any given time while watching our kids play sports. Some of us have allowed them to play "banged-up" or sick. GUILTY!!

Our son is a "retired" distance runner, now in college. Growing up he played Little League Baseball (I was his coach) , youth basketball and captained his cross country and track teams while in high school. I once let…

September 5th 2011 Toms River New Jersey -  For many the Summer of 2011 is basically over...sure there will be those next few weekends for the diehards, as long as the weather holds up, but for now the Benny population is sitting on the…

Well for the people who did not get to the beach, get a tan, blah blah blah...  I guess there has to be a song for every season, event and any shindig that comes up.  If you don't like rap you better just mute this one, but with that in mind if there a Rock & Roll version released that would be something that might catch on - lol . So if you have not been to the beach this summer, this weekend would be a perfect one to do so!  The Jersey Shore has the beaches,…

Labor Day began September 5, 1882 and became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of workers by the hands of U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland made it priority to make ammends with the workers of this…

"Down the Shore" was a sitcom that ran on Fox from June 21, 1992 to May 27, 1993.

The show revolved around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey. (Does…

August 29, 1998, the Toms River East Little League baseball team defeated Kashima, Japan in Williamsport, PA 12-9 to win the 52^nd Little League World Series. The biggest thrill was the fact that an American team had not won in the previous four years. Our National Pastime was being championed by other countries such as Venezuela, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei and…

August 27th 2011 Toms River NJ - So it's 3:10 pm est and many have evacuated by now but many have decided to ride it out.  My prediction so far will be that this storm will be comparable to Hurricane Belle back in 1976.…