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The Borough of Stone Harbor advises property owners to take the necessary steps inside their homes to prevent frozen pipes during the winter season.  We have included this link from the Weather Channel that discusses what steps you, and your home maintenance contractor, can take to prevent frozen pipes during the winter season.  Click on the link provided below for additional information:

http://www.weather.com/activities/homeandgarden/home/hometips/severeweather/pipefreeze_prevent.html

Stone Harbor’s local public access Channel 2 will be moving up the dial on Thursday, February 27th.  Comcast has informed Stone Harbor that Channel 2 will move to Channel 97 on Thursday, February 27th 2014 to accommodate a request by an FCC must-carry television channel that will occupy Channel 2.  All of the same programming will be available on the new Channel 97.  Stone Harbor featured segments will air between :10-:20 past the hour, and at :40-:50 past the hour. You will find community news, emergency updates, weather forecasts, and other essential information.

The Borough of Stone Harbor has received a large donation from Sturdy Savings Bank to support the development and maintenance of the new Stone Harbor Freedom Park that will be developed in 2014 at 96^th Street and Seng Place.  Sturdy Savings Bank presented the Borough with a $2,500 check during the Tuesday, February 18^th Council meeting and will present another $2,500 check to support the Park in 2015.

Mayor Walters and Councilwoman Kramar accept donation from Sturdy Savings Bank

“We are absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of Sturdy Savings Bank with their financial support of our new Stone Harbor Freedom Park”, said Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters.  “Time and time again, Sturdy Savings Bank has offered assistance on a host of important community projects.  The bank is like family to us and true partners in many important projects and events in the Borough”.

The presentation of the first $2,500 check was made by Gina Becker, Branch Manager of the Stone Harbor branch of Sturdy Savings Bank and by Greg Reich, Sturdy Financial Services Investment Advisor Representative.   Accepting the check in behalf of the Borough were Mayor Walters and Councilwoman Joan Kramar who has championed the development of the Stone Harbor Freedom Park.

The new Stone Harbor Freedom Park will include a small section of I-beam secured from the site of the World Trade Center.  It was one of the final artifacts to be released by the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey to a local community for an everlasting tribute.  The new Park will be located just east of the Stone Harbor Fireman’s Memorial, steps away from Borough Hall and the business district.  It features a small civic gathering space with small tables and benches.  The Park includes a free standing stone wall, small trellis, and natural features including drought-tolerant trees, flowering vines, and lawn areas.  A small light pole will spotlight the artifact during the evening hours.

Earlier this month, the Cape May County Freeholders awarded a sum of $99,600 to Stone Harbor to support the design and development of the Park.  Donations from the public will be used to enhance and maintain the park for generations to come.

Photo:  (left to right) Gina Becker, Mayor Suzanne Walters, Councilwoman Joan Kramar, and Greg Reich

The Stone Harbor Police Department advises motorists that the 9600 block of Third Avenue will be closed in both directions due to construction.  The closures occur on both Wednesday and Thursday, February 19th-20th, between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm.  Please plan an alternate route.

Fol­low­ing a one year hia­tus for the recov­ery from Hur­ri­cane Sandy, the New Jer­sey Top Ten Beaches vot­ing is under­way and will con­tinue through April 30th, 2014!  You can vote in cate­to­ries includ­ing “Fam­ily Vaca­tion”, “Day Trips”, and “Eco­tourism”.  Show your sup­port for Stone Harbor’s fabulous beaches by tak­ing a moment to vote for Stone Harbor, the Seashore at its Best!  To cast your vote, visit:

opens in a new windowhttp://www.njtoptenbeaches.org/we-are-back

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for the Bor­ough for Wednes­day, Feb­ru­ary 12th at 7pm through Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 13th, at 7:00am.  This new advi­sory replaces a Win­ter Storm Watch that had been posted for our region.

A major coastal storm will move out of the south and up the east­ern seaboard on Wednes­day.  The storm is expected to arrive Wednes­day evening bring­ing a period of snow to our region before a changeover to a cold rain­storm.  Strong winds will accom­pany the arrival of the storm.  Winds overnight into Thurs­day morn­ing are expected to be out of the north­east with gusts of 40mph.  Rain will con­tinue on Thurs­day morn­ing through parts of Thurs­day after­noon with windy con­di­tions.  The storm could fin­ish with a period of light snow on Thurs­day evening.  No sig­nif­i­cant snow accu­mu­la­tions are expected from this storm in our community.

If you have to drive on Wednes­day or Thurs­day, please be advised that areas just to our north and north­west are under Win­ter Storm Warn­ings with heavy wet accu­mu­lat­ing snow likely from this storm.  The Philadel­phia region and parts north could be get­ting 6–12 inches of snow out of this sys­tem which will make trav­el­ing very difficult.

Now is a good time to bring in out­door objects that could be sub­ject to strong winds.  There are cur­rently no flood advi­sories, watches, or warn­ings issued by the National Weather Ser­vice but the fore­cast has been dif­fi­cult for mete­o­rol­o­gists and could change again overnight or Wednes­day morn­ing.  Please con­tinue to mon­i­tor local media out­lets for the most up to date infor­ma­tion regard­ing this nor’easter-type win­ter storm.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Weather Advi­sory issued by the National Weather Service:

Win­ter Weather Advi­sory in effect from 7 PM Wednes­day to 7 am EST Thursday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for snow and sleet… which is in effect from 7 PM Wednes­day to 7 am EST Thurs­day. The Win­ter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

* Loca­tions… the advi­sory includes Cape May County as well as the coastal por­tions of ocean and Atlantic counties.

* Haz­ard types… pri­mar­ily snow and sleet.

* Accu­mu­la­tions… snow accu­mu­la­tion of 1 to 2 inches.

* Tim­ing… the pre­cip­i­ta­tion should begin as all snow Wednes­day night before chang­ing over to a snow and sleet mix early Thurs­day morn­ing. Thurs­day morn­ing… pre­cip­i­ta­tion is expected to be pri­mar­ily rain.

* Impacts… travel could be sig­nif­i­cantly impacted across the region espe­cially early Thurs­day morn­ing. In addi­tion to travel impacts… winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph will be pos­si­ble on Thurs­day which could lead to power out­ages if there has been sig­nif­i­cant heavy snow accu­mu­la­tions on power lines by the time the winds increase.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Weather Advi­sory means that peri­ods of snow… sleet… or freez­ing rain will cause travel dif­fi­cul­ties. Be pre­pared for slip­pery roads and lim­ited vis­i­bil­i­ties… and use cau­tion while driving.