The Borough of Stone Harbor has launched a brand new emergency management that will provide instant notifications and community education to the public in the event of a hurricane, storm event, or another emergent condition in the community.  The url for the website is www.stoneharboremergency.com.

“One of the lessons learned during Hurricane Sandy last year was to provide immediate access to all of the latest information to the public before, during, and after a storm event”, said Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters.  “A special website dedicated to emergency management has a proven track record of providing instant notification and communication with the public during a major storm event when essential information becomes available literally minute by minute”.

The new Stone Harbor Emergency Management website will provide instant notifications of all emergency conditions that exist in the Borough, including hurricanes, coastal storms, winter storms, flooding, missing persons, and any event that may endanger lives or property.  Notifications will provided by the Stone Harbor Office of Emergency Management and by the Stone Harbor Office of Public Information.  Each time a new notice is issued, it will appear at the top of the front page of the emergency website.

The website also includes other essential information for the public including trusted media sources, links to Borough, County and State emergency websites, real time weather conditions and tide information, and explanations of storm events.  The website also contains and important educational component with tips on preparing for an emergency and how to safely evacuate when an evacuation order is given.

“The public should not have to sort through the clutter of a typical municipal website during a storm event when essential information is needed immediately”, Mayor Walters said.  “This type of an emergency management website has worked well in other coastal communities and our site is modeled after the county’s new emergency management website for consistency.  A website like this also simply pushes out essential information immediately and eliminates the confusion and false information that is disseminated by social media”.

The website www.stoneharboremergency.com is also easily viewable on many smart phones that have internet access.  The site was created by Joyce Media of Bridgeton, New Jersey who is currently conducting a redesign of the Borough’s municipal website as well.

The Borough of Stone Harbor will be closing a parking lot and a small section of Second Avenue to the public to allow for the removal of some steel pipe following a successful reconstruction of the Stone Harbor beachfront.

The public parking lot located at 123^rd Street and Second Avenue in Stone Harbor will be closed on Thursday and Friday, August 15^th and 16^th between the hours of 6:00am and Noon.  In addition, both the northbound and southbound lanes of Second Avenue from 122^nd Street to 123^rd Street will be closed during that time.  The closures are necessary to permit Norfolk Dredging Company to safely load steel pipe used for the recent beach fill project onto trucks and exit the community.  This heavy equipment will leave Stone Harbor for Norfolk’s next project in New York.

It is possible that the parking lot and small portion of Second Avenue will be closed on Saturday, August 17^th from 6:00am until 10:00am if the off load project is not completed by Noon on Friday.

The Stone Harbor Police Department hosted the community’s 30^th annual celebration of National Night Out at the Stone Harbor water tower parking lot on Second Avenue on Tuesday, August 6^th.

The event featured many free activities and attractions for children including a Philadelphia Flyers hockey shot game, free treats from local merchants, face and hand painting, and a large presence by the Stone Harbor police, fire, and rescue departments.

For additional information, please visit www.stone-harbor.nj.us.  Photos by Stone Harbor Public Information Officer Scott Wahl.

WRITTEN BY ALEX DAVIS

Thursday, July 26, 2012 01:00 am
STONE HARBOR – This borough is going greener.

On July 17, Borough Council unanimously approved the creation of a volunteer group named Go Green Community.

“We are very excited to present this new volunteer organization in the borough of Stone Harbor to help further our proactive efforts at being a ‘green’ community,” said Stone Harbor Councilwoman Karen Lane, who also heads council’s utility committee. “This new volunteer organization will work to create many new environmental initiatives in the borough that will help us keep Stone Harbor a beautiful place to live and visit for generations to come.”

Members of Go Green Community include Alan Kaplan, Patti DiMarco-Sheston, Larry Kratzer, Stone Harbor Public Works director Gregory Sheeran, Stone Harbor utilities inspector Chuck McIlvaine, island supervisor Joe Hughes. Stone Harbor public information officer Scott Wahl will serve as an adviser to the committee, while Lane will act as a liaison to the Borough Council.

The special committee will advise the mayor, council and administration. The first meeting will be held in August.

One of the main conservation initiatives for Go Green Community will be with the use of water. Earlier this year, Borough Council implemented new policies to reduce the amount of water that the public uses. Every community in the state of New Jersey has to follow the guidelines of a water allocation permit established by the state Department of Environmental Protection or face possible fines to excessive water use, according to a press release from Stone Harbor.

‘Even during the excessive heat of a summertime at the Jersey Shore, residents and businesses can still have green, healthy lawns and gardens while greatly reducing the amount of water that they use,” Lane said. “Stone Harbor’s efforts to reduce our use of water have worked well but we still need the cooperation of everyone in our community to follow the program and remain within the limits of our state permit.”

For more information, see www.stone-harbor.nj.us or contact the Stone Harbor Department of Public Works at 368-7311.

(Stone Harbor, NJ)—Stone Harbor elected officials joined American Legion Post #331 (Stone Harbor/Avalon) in a special Memorial Day parade and ceremony held on Monday, May 27th. The parade was held on 96th Street in Stone Harbor and attracted several hundred residents and visitors. Members of the Post led the parade through the downtown business community.

The Middle Township Panther Marching Band provided patriotic music during the parade which also included the Stone Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, Stone Harbor Beach Patrol, and many of the Borough’s community organizations.

The parade and ceremony are held every Memorial Day in Stone Harbor to pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives while protecting our freedom.

Photos by Stone Harbor Public Information Officer Scott Wahl.

Stone Harbor

Property Owners Association

(SHPOA)

Formerly known as the “ROA”

June 2013 Annual General Membership Meeting Stone Harbor Elementary School (Corner of 93rd St & Third Ave)

June 8th at 9 AM Pre-Meeting Social (coffee & pastries) at 8:30 AM

TOPICS Association Status By President Alderton Borough Status by Mayor Walters Speakers on Subjects of Community Interest Music by Seven Mile Singers

Promoting the Interests of Stone Harbor Property Owners since 1952

“STONE HARBOR SHOWS WE ARE “STRONGER THAN THE STORM”

Beaches opened for the season; beach concession stands arrive

(Stone Harbor, NJ)—Stone Harbor joined other select beach communities throughout the State of New Jersey with a “Stronger than the Storm” event on the Borough’s beachfront. Nearly 500 residents, visitors, and school children helped Mayor and Council cut a ribbon to show that Stone Harbor is open for business, and the recovery from Hurricane Sandy is complete.

“This event allowed everyone to get together and show Stone Harbor’s resilience following the storm that impacted our coastline seven months ago”, said Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters. “Stone Harbor has been ready for the summer season for months, and today’s enthusiastic support for this ribbon cutting event showed that we have put ‘Sandy’ behind us and our community is ready for a banner tourism season”.

Stone Harbor officials, residents, business owners, and students held a one-mile long ribbon on the Borough’s beachfront. Mayor and Council formally cut the ribbon to open the beaches for the tourism season. Beach Patrol Captain Sandy Bosacco joined Mayor Walters with unlocking the ocean for the holiday weekend. Mayor Walters also formally cut the ribbon on the beach concession stands that return to the Stone Harbor beachfront for the summer, 2013 season.

The Borough continues with its major beach fill project through the holiday weekend. Nearly 700,000 cubic yards of new sand is being placed on the entire beachfront throughout the spring and part of the summer. The project will result in an expanded protective and recreational beach for the community and repair damage caused by hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Beaches remain open during the beach fill project except for a block or two in the immediate work area.