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STONE HARBOR POLICE RUN FOR ALEX’S LEMONADE STAND

Chief Paul Reynolds is pleased to announce that for the fourth straight year, members of the Stone Harbor Police Department are scheduled to return to Philadelphia this fall as part of its ongoing effort to raise funds for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The foundation was started in 2000 by four year old Alexandra “Alex” Scott who was personally battling neuroblastoma, a type of rare childhood cancer. Alex held lemonade stands in front of her home to raise money for her local hospital so it could provide help to children like her.

Alex Scott passed away in 2004 after raising $1 million to help find a cure for the disease that took her life. Since Alex held her first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement.  In 2011, the Stone Harbor Police Department joined this movement and have raised over $6,000 to date.

On Sunday, November 23, 2014, Chief Paul Reynolds, Captain Thomas Schutta, Officer Joseph Smith, Officer Richard Boyle, Officer Matthew Minutolo, and Special Officer Jessica Lettieri will run in the Philadelphia Half Marathon, 13.1 miles. These officers will be joined by Sergeant Christopher Palmer, Officer Matthew Sokorai, Detective Brent Grunow, Officer Justin Glass, and Haddonfield Officer Joseph Marano (former SHPD Special Officer/Police Dispatcher) who are set to run the full marathon, 26.2 miles.

While the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend is the annual culminating event for the Stone Harbor Police Department’s fundraising efforts, it is preceded by months of training and volunteer efforts to help in the fight against childhood cancer. These efforts allow the police department to participate in the Borough and with the community in a non-law enforcement capacity by hosting lemonade stands in town during the summer months while also promoting values of physical fitness, perseverance, and service to others.  Members of the Stone Harbor Police Department are appreciative and thankful for all that have expressed support and have donated to this cause.

The Department hopes to continue to host lemonade stands and raise donations to meet our goal by November 23^rd, 2014 – Philadelphia Marathon Weekend.  The public can donate anytime to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on behalf of the Stone Harbor Police Department online by visiting the Stone Harbor Police Department ALSF page at: http://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/81424 Donations by check are also gladly accepted. Checks should be made payable to “Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation” and may be dropped off at the Stone Harbor Police Department in person or mailed to:

The Stone Harbor Police Department

9508 Second Avenue

Stone Harbor NJ 08247

The Borough of Stone has submitted an application to the Cape May County Planning Department Open Space Program for recreation development.  The Borough is requesting various upgrades to the existing 82nd Street Recreation Park.  The Park currently consists of baseball/softball field, a basketball court, skate park, bocce ball court, soccer/multi-purpose field, youth playground, eleven all-weather tennis courts and a recreation office.  The Borough is proposing to construct a new building for restroom facilities, replace and upgrade the existing playground with new equipment and safety surfacing, convert four of the existing tennis court into clay courts, reconstruct the seven other tennis courts which includes adding lines to two courts  for pickle ball.  Five Courts will include blended 10-and-under junior tennis lines which serves the purpose of introducing tennis to our younger children as well as our weekly camp participants. In addition the application includes the construction of a tennis office and observation deck on top which will be located between two of the courts, replacement of the chain link fencing around tennis courts and install new wind screens.  To view full application click on: 2014 August CMC OPEN SPACE COMPLETE APPLICATION DOCUMENT

Borough Staff will  provide a presentation on the Open Space application at our upcoming Council meeting on September 16th and the formal presentation to the Open Space  Board will be on September 23rd.

“Freedom Park” will be officially dedicated on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 11:00 am. A meaningful ceremony is scheduled and will include special prayers from local churches, bagpiper performance and gun salute finalized with bugle rendition of Taps. Special guests will include Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi, Senator Jeff Van Drew and Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak. Keynote speaker, Stephen Kern, of the NY/NJ Port Authority, will provide a brief description of his recollection of that fateful day and his continued efforts to “Never Forget”.

Stone Harbor secured a small section of an I-beam from the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey that was recovered from the World Trade Center site in New York City following the September 11th, 2001 attack on the United States. This artifact will be forever displayed at the site in honor of the victims, heroes and families who were directly impacted on that fateful day.

The Stone Harbor Freedom Park was funded in part by an Open Space Grant awarded by the Cape Cay County Freeholders and created by Taylor Design Group Incorporated. All landscaping was generously donated by Garden Greenhouse. The entire project was overseen by Remington Vernick Engineers. Commemorative plaques listing the names of all sponsors who donated to this project will be displayed at the memorial. Donations received from the public will be used to enhance and maintain the park for generations to come.

Stone Harbor Freedom Park is located just east of The Stone Harbor’s Fireman’s Memorial, steps away from Stone Harbor Borough Hall and the business district.
The official dedication is open to the public; please join us in honor of this day.

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To view Presentation click on :Dredge Management Plan

Dredge Management plan Task 1

Dredge Management Plan Task 2

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 25, 2014

Contact:  Lawrence Ragonese (609) 292-2994

Lawrence Hajna       (609) 984-1795

Bob Considine          (609) 984-1795

CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION AND ARMY CORPS LAUNCH PILOT PROJECT TO STUDY STORM RESILIENCY BENEFITS OF NEW APPROACH FOR RESTORING COASTAL SALT MARSHES POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF PROJECT INCLUDE STORM PROTECTION, BENEFICIAL REUSE OF DREDGE MATERIALS AND WILDLIFE HABITAT CREATION

(14/P85) TRENTON – The Christie Administration, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and environmental and academic partners, has launched an $8 million pilot project that will evaluate the effectiveness of a new process that uses clean dredge materials to restore salt marshes to make coastal communities more resilient against future storms.

The project will also study the benefits of using this approach to create a much-needed option for disposal of materials dredged from waterways to keep them navigable. It will also create habitat for endangered wildlife.

“We are very excited about this project and believe it has the potential to provide many benefits in a cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner,” said Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin.  “It has the potential to make coastal communities naturally more storm resilient while helping to solve the problem of where to dispose sediment that builds up and impedes navigation in our waterways. As an added benefit, this will create places for birds to nest, in particular the state-endangered black skimmer.”

The first phase of the project got under way last week on wetlands in Cape May County’s Middle Township, just behind Stone Harbor. This roughly one-acre project will be followed next year by larger restoration of 45 acres in Avalon and near the Delaware Bay town of Fortescue.

The project is made possible by $3.4 million from the U.S. Department of Interior Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resilience Competitive Grant Program. The Department of the Interior is providing $103 million to help states impacted by Superstorm Sandy to develop strategies to bolster themselves against future storms.

In addition, the Army Corps is providing 2.9 million and nearly $2 million is coming from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The DEP, The Nature Conservancy, Green Trust Alliance, and Rutgers University will provide monitoring and analysis of both ecological and economic benefits of the process.

While wetlands have been constructed and restored in New Jersey for years, this is the first time the state is using a process known as thin layer placement, by placing several inches of dredged clean sediment to raise the level of degraded marshes enough to make them healthy again.

Coastal marshes have been degraded by a combination of subsidence and sea-level rise, making them more vulnerable to erosion, loss of marsh grasses and loss of nesting habitat for birds such as the state-endangered black skimmer. Areas that once were grassy are now open water.

One main goal of the project is to provide the Army Corps, New Jersey Department of Transportation and communities with a sustainable option to keep navigable waterways clear.

“The re-use of silt and sand in wetlands or on beaches can be a powerful tool in the management of dredged materials,” said NJDOT Acting Commissioner Joseph Bertoni.  “One of the biggest challenges in advancing dredge projects is identifying sustainable, cost-effective and environmentally appropriate locations for dredged material.”

“For the state of New Jersey to take this approach is very impressive,” said Monica Chasten, an Army Corps of Engineers project manager, who is responsible for keeping the Intracoastal Waterway navigable. “It is a sound approach. This is the right thing to do, keeping this clean material in the system

For decades, materials dredged from the back bays and channels have been placed in confined disposal facilities, creating unnatural island-like plateaus in coastal marshes. With thin layer placement, several inches of clean sand are pumped onto the marsh, providing a foundation for marsh grasses to take hold. These grasses help to absorb flood waters and storm surge. Higher sand bars are also constructed to provide bird-nesting habitat.

All dredge materials are thoroughly tested and must be clean before being applied to the marshes, said Laurie Pettigrew, a DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife biologist overseeing the project.  “If everything goes the way we expect it to go, this will be a big benefit to communities in many ways,” she said.

All of the restoration projects will take place on Wildlife Management Areas managed by the DEP. The site behind Stone Harbor is part of the Cape May Wildlife Management Area and is using sand dredged from nearby Hereford Inlet. Environmental groups will play a key role in monitoring the effectiveness of this process.

“The Nature Conservancy and its partners will study marsh health at the site before and after the restoration to ensure that the expected benefits are occurring, and that the marsh is not negatively impacted,” said Patty Doerr, Director of Coastal and Marine Program with The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey. “We will monitor the effects on birds, fish, vegetation, elevation and hydrology, as well as determine the ability of the marsh to reduce flood damage to coastal communities.”

For more information on the Department of Interior’s Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Grant Program, visit: http://www.nfwf.org/hurricanesandy/Pages/home.aspx#.U-5mkmP5Qcs and the Governor’s Office news release at: http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/552014/approved/20140617b.html

To view photos of the current project in Stone Harbor, visit: http://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2014/14_0085photos.htm

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CALLING ALL DOGS: Annual Sandy Paws 5k Race Sunday, August 24th

Pooches and their owners are invited to participate in the 7th Annual Sandy Paws 5k Run and 1 Mile Pooch walk being held Sunday, August 24th at 8 AM at the Stone Harbor Fire Department. Dogs and their owners are invited to participate in either the 5K Race or walk or the 1 mile pooch walk to support the Animal Alliance of Cape May County and Stone Harbor Fire Department.
The 5K Race is for runners and walkers only. The 1 Mile Pooch Walk is for dogs and walkers and will be on the beach. No dogs are permitted in the 5K run. Trophies will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place male and female finisher overall and for the 1st place male and female finisher in each age group (five year increments) and for the 1st finisher male & female in the category Fire/EMS/Police. Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place “Best Dressed” Pooch.
Preregister on line at Active.com through www.stoneharborfire.com. Race day registration begins at 6:30am at the Stone Harbor Fire Company at 96th Street and Second Avenue. Pre-registration fee is $20 for the 5K and $15 for the Pooch Walk.