Hurricane Sandy

Post-Sandy Memorable Moment: Sea Bright Mayor's 'DO' Speech

The mayor addressed hundreds at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School's Borden Stadium

It's been just about four months since Hurricane Sandy hit and the ocean met the Shrewsbury River and whiped out Sea Bright. A couple of days after the storm, Mayor Dina Long gathered residents at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and gave a very emotional speech in the wake of Sandy's devastation. She spoke of how, in what she thought was one of the darkest moments of her tenure as mayor, she took a walk outside to reflect and saw two letters of what was the Donovan's Reef sign stuck in the sand and debris strewn along the waterfront — the letters D and O. The mayor took it as a sign of hope for her town and took her message to her wartorn residents. The speech quickly became known as the "DO" speech. Patch was there on that windy, …

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Democratic Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long Endorses GOP Gov. Chris Christie

Facing harsh criticism by Democratic leadership, Long supports Christie's reelection bid.

Unity trumps politics in the face of adversity. That was the salient message imparted by the Democratic mayor of a town devastated by Hurricane Sandy as she endorsed Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s reelection bid. Christie — criticized by a contingent of Republicans for his support and recognition of Democratic President Obama in the face of Sandy — stood alongside Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long at Woody’s Ocean Grille on Thursday as the Democratic mayor voiced her support of the New Jersey governor. The governor reiterated "his politics be damned, this is about rebuilding in the wake of disaster" credo and praised Long for her post-Sandy leadership. Long clarified that her support of Christie did not have anything to do with state Sen. …

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NJarhead

10:10 am on Friday, February 22, 2013

Huh? Actually, it appears it's the exact opposite.   more ›