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Belmar Parade Day is Sunday, Matisse is open for Brunch on the beach

Summer rentals in Belmar NJ 2009

Despite economy, NJ Shore rentals stableTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS • February 28, 2009
TRENTON (AP) — Surging gasoline prices forced many New Jerseyans to rethink their vacation plans last summer, and stay closer to home.
This year, the slumping economy seems to be having the same effect.
Tourism officials and real estate agents say the troubling times are a boon for the Garden State's tourism industry, noting that about 30 million people live within 300 miles of the shore area.
Real estate agents say prices for many summer rentals remain around the same levels as last year, and they're confident that interest will grow as summer draws closer.
But they have noticed that many visitors who in the past would stay for a week or longer are considering shorter trips of three or four days because of financial uncertainty.

Extra train service for Belmar's St. Patrick's Day parade

by Carly

Thursday February 26, 2009, 2:18 PM

AP photoNJ Transit trains in Newark Penn station

If you just can't wait for Hoboken's own St. Patty's parade ...

We're not sure how many people from Hoboken travel down to Belmar for their St. Patrick's Day parade, but if you're going, NJ Transit is adding extra service this Sunday to get down there.

NJ Transit is adding six additional trains -- three in each direction - between Long Branch and Bay Head. Every train operating between Long Branch and Bay Head stops at Belmar. To get back to Newark and New York City, you can transfer across the platform at Long Branch station.

Service between New York and Long Branch will operate on a regular weekend schedule. Also, all kids ages 5-11 ride free on NJ Transit on the weekends.

Here is the new Sunday, March 1 schedule:

Additional Northbound Trains from Bay Head to Long Branch

Train No. 8328 8344 8352 
Depart Bay Head 10:24 AM 2:24 PM 4:24 PM
Arrive Belmar 10:41 AM 2:41 PM 4:41 PM
Arrive Long Branch 11:06 AM 3:06 PM 5:06 PM

Additional Southbound Trains from Long Branch to Bay Head

Train No. 8333 8349 8357 
Depart Long Branch 11:41 AM 3:41 PM 5:41 PM
Arrive Belmar 11:59 AM 3:59 PM 5:59 PM
Arrive Bay Head 12:22 PM 4:22 PM 6:22 P

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Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade - Reserve now for Sunday Parade Day Brunch Matisse on the beach in Belmar

Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade - Reserve now for Sunday Parade Day Brunch Matisse on the beach in Belmar call 1-732-681-7680


SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 12:30pm
Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade
MAIN ST. LAKE COMO & BELMAR

WHAT: Belmar St. Paddy's Day Parade Brunch

WHERE: Matisse Ocean Ave. at 13th Ave. in Belmar NJ phone 732.681.7680

WHEN: Sunday March 1st from 10:00am till 5pm if you want to join us before or after the parade

MATISSE BRUNCH: Starts off with your server bringing you Starbucks coffee and our famous hand made beignets,onion rolls and of course Irish Soda Bread.

This is the day the St. Patricks Day Parade is in Belmar, so we will have a few nice addistions to our Brunch Menu including Irish Corned Beef Hash, and of course Corned Beef Sandwiches, and other traditional Irish fare. Irish soda bread will be plentiful!

Please have your family and friends join us for this fun day before or after going to the Belmar Parade on Main street that starts at 12 noon downtown.

There is plenty of free parking at Matisse on the beach in Belmar. We are a short 5 block walk to the main street parade. Reserve your table now by calling 732.681.7680

Try our artisan breads and spreads, our omelet bar with 9 different ingredients to choose from, various breakfast options, along with our carving station for a satisfying meal.

Ready for the lunch part of brunch? You start the buffet with a selection of specialty salads and seafoods: Mesculin of Greens with Petite Tomatoes and Three Dressings, Ceasar Salad, Lentil Salad, Asparagus with lemon vin blanc, Haricot Vert Provencal, Marinated Wild Mushrooms, Cavatelli Ricotta with Broccoli Buds, Artichokes in Roasted Garlic Oil, Kalamata Olives, Jicama Sticks with Sesame Lime Juice, Salmon Gravlax with Sweet Dijon, Bay Scallop Ceviche, Oysters on the Half Shell, & Crab Legs are all examples.

Additionally, you can walk thru the kitchen and select, or you can have your server bring to your table; as much as you want from five hot entrées. They are made FRESH to order ala minute for you. Two of our staples are our famous crispy french toast and eggs benedict. Other examples are: Roasted Tenderloin Tips with wild mushrooms, Salmon Fillet on a bed of collard greens, Free Range Chicken Breast with artichoke and tomato ragout, Mussels with Sweet chilies & ginger, crab cakes with spicy tomato relish, sweet & spicy Szechwan shrimp, crispy duck with polenta & more….

The chef changes the menu weekly!! You can try all of the small plates or keep sampling your favorite.
Finish your brunch with our array of house made desserts. You get all of this while watching the waves crashing against the shore. The best view of the Atlantic Ocean anywhere in Monmouth County is thru the windows of Matisse in Belmar NJ.

Belmar considers beach, boardwalk smoking ban

This wont happen but its in the local news this week, so i have posted the story

The town should worry about something more important, like the way most drivers disregard the cross walks on Ocean ave.


Belmar considers beach, boardwalk smoking ban
February 21, 2009

BELMAR, N.J.

Beachgoers in Belmar already are restricted in the areas where they can smoke cigarettes and cigars. Soon, the activity may be banned altogether.

The Borough Council held a public hearing Saturday to consider a proposal to eliminate designated smoking areas on the beaches and boardwalk. But it wasn't clear when a vote would be held on the plan.

Mayor Kenneth Pringle says litter is the main problem and that cigarette butts can be found everywhere.

Belmar, which is just south of Asbury Park, already passed an ordinance in 2001 that confined smoking to the designated areas, with fines for violating the rules as well as for littering.

Some officials support the idea, while others are concerned that enforcing the ordinance could tie up more municipal resources.

About 50 residents came out for Saturday's meeting, with most saying a complete smoking ban on the beaches is unrealistic and would be an infringement on smokers' rights.



Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Proximity to fast-food restaurants linked to stroke risk Story Highlights

Study: Proximity to fast-food restaurants linked to stroke risk Story Highlights
Study looked at 1,247 strokes in Nueces County, Texas

Risk of stroke in a neighborhood increased by 1 percent for every fast-food restaurant

Spokeswoman for National Restaurant Association says study is flawed

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(CNN) -- A person's risk of stroke is associated with the number of fast-food restaurants near their residence, according to a study presented Thursday at a stroke conference in San Diego, California.


Fast-food restaurants may be associated with stroke risk, a new study says. Some say there's not enough evidence.

Researchers led by Dr. Lewis B. Morgenstern at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor counted 1,247 strokes caused by blood clots in 64 census tracts in Nueces County, Texas, which includes Corpus Christi, from January 2000 through June 2003.

They also mapped the county's 262 fast-food restaurants and then adjusted for socioeconomic status and demographics and found a statistically significant association.

"The association suggested that the risk of stroke in a neighborhood increased by 1 percent for every fast-food restaurant," the authors wrote in a poster presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.

Residents of neighborhoods in the 75th percentile of fast-food restaurants had a 6 percent increased risk of stroke compared with residents of the 25th percentile of such eateries, according to the study, which was paid for by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Morgenstern, director of the University of Michigan's stroke program and professor of neurology and epidemiology, warned that the finding does not prove that proximity to fast-food restaurants caused the increase in strokes of people living nearby.

"What we don't know is whether fast food actually increased the risk because of its contents or whether fast-food restaurants are a marker of unhealthy neighborhoods," he said.

Still, he added, "If this association is causal, the findings have large public health importance due to the high prevalence of fast-food restaurants."

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A spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association lambasted that concern as unsupported by the data.

"This article is seriously flawed and by its own admission shows no correlation whatsoever between dining at chain restaurants and incidence of stroke," Beth Johnson said. "Further, it tells us nothing about the eating and exercise habits of the individuals involved. The restaurant industry continues to offer a growing number of healthier offerings, move away from the use of trans fats and provide more nutrition information.

"In fact, the National Restaurant Association strongly supports a national, uniform approach to providing detailed nutrition information in chain restaurants. Constructive and responsive measures like these, and not misleading studies, will help consumers make healthy choices for themselves and their families," she added.
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Restaurants for the Rehearsal Dinner in Monmouth County NJ or Ocean County NJ

Enjoy the right on the beach view of the Atlantic Ocean in this turn of the century oceanfront building, from the giant windows at this one of a kind space Matisse on the beach in Belmar NJ.For more information call call phone 732.681.7680. In the summer months, chefs barbecue on the terrace overlooking the beach and ocean . The vast menu, available for a minimum of 20 guests, includes the finest seafood dishes, petit filet mignon, Moroccan-style chicken, softshell crab, and more. The entire Room can seat up to 150

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Detour bar maker files bankruptcy on peanut recall

Detour bar maker files bankruptcy on peanut recall
Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:02pm GMT Email | Print | Share| Single Page[-] Text [+] * Maker of Detour energy bar files for Chap. 11 bankruptcy

* Forward Foods hurt by recall of tainted peanut products (Updates with information on salmonella outbreak and Peanut Corp bankruptcy, rewrites lead paragraph)

By Chelsea Emery

NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Forward Foods LLC, the maker of Detour energy bars, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after a tainted peanut recall by its supplier, Peanut Corp of America, forced the company to recall many of its own products on fears of possible salmonella poisoning.

Forward Foods, which makes high-protein, snack and meal replacement bars primarily under the Detour name, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, saying that a "significant" amount of its inventory must be condemned.

The company on Jan. 29 had voluntarily recalled all Detour bars that contained roasted peanuts from Peanut Corp.

A salmonella outbreak traced to one of Peanut Corp's plants led to one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history. The salmonella outbreak sickened 600 people, more than half of them children, and it may have killed nine people. The contamination has been traced to a Peanut Corp plant in Blakely, Georgia.

Sales of Detour products containing peanut product from Peanut Corp made up about 75 percent of Forward Foods' protein bar sales, the company said in documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The company sells its energy bars to health and fitness clubs as well as convenience and grocery stores. Continued...

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Wind whipped waves in Belmar NJ winter photo from today

Spring lake boardwalk winter 2009

Spring lake boardwalk photo

The best Southern Fried chicken on the boardwalk in Belmar NJ

 
The best Southern Fried chicken on the boardwalk in Belmar NJ , is at Mack's chicken shack in Belmar NJ

Belmar today

Winter photo of Matisse in Belmar NJ

Winter photo of Matisse in Belmar NJ

Snow on the back deck of Matisse in Belmar NJ

12 noon Belmar its snowing

 

Snowing in Belmar

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2 vacant lots on Main street in Belmar to be cleaned up

BELMAR — The two unkempt lots on the corner of Main Street and Eighth Avenue have irked residents and business owners since they became vacant in 2007.

The lots sit right in the heart of the town, as nearby business owner Anthony Caruso pointed out. And their chain link fences give the appearance of abandoned lots, reminiscent of certain areas of Newark, he said.

"People driving through might think of the town differently and drive on to the next town before they stop and do some shopping," said Caruso, who nine weeks ago opened an Italian deli bearing his last name on Main Street and Seventh Avenue.

So Caruso was pleased to hear the borough plans to lease one of the lots from its owner and turn it into a parking lot. A parking lot will look better than an empty parcel, and it will solve one of Main Street's biggest problems, the dearth of parking spots, he said.

The lot and the matching one across the street have been vacant since the car dealership that operated there moved out of the borough. The Church of St. Rose bought the matching lot in October and promised to spruce it up while it decides what to do with the land.

And now Belmar will lease the lot at 800 Main Street from Sea Coast Realty for use as a "temporary parking lot" until the landlord decides to develop the lot, under the terms of a lease agreement the Borough Council approved this week. The borough will pay $1 rent for the entire term of the lease, which will end 30 days after the property owner notifies Belmar that it plans to redevelop the property.

Sea Coast Realty in November agreed to pay Belmar $22,000 to beautify the vacant lot, and the borough will use that money to level the land, put down stone and plant a landscape buffer around it, Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle said.

The 37,500-square-foot parcel can accommodate between 80 and 90 parking spots, he said. The borough hopes to open the parking lot in a few weeks, weather permitting, and does not plan to charge drivers to park there, he said.

"So, it's an opportunity to create more parking for downtown and to improve the appearance of the property while we wait for it to be developed," Pringle said.

Samuel DiFeo, a partner of Sea Coast Realty, could not be reached for comment.

Rachel Rogers, president of the Belmar Chamber of Commerce, said she approves of the planned parking lot. The struggling economy has left too many Main Street storefronts empty, she said, and the appearance of the vacant property exacerbated the problem.

"We're all just trying to keep Main Street from falling apart," she said.