[AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP?

2010-09-17 Thread oakdorf
Sometimes things have to be changed. History has let us ship jo s ooverseas and kept us to a gas engine. If it were me i would of torn down 3/4 of the downtown and incorporated wesley lake in a new downtown. I read a quote a few weeks ago from a respected architect...history is expenso e to

[AsburyPark] Asbury Park gets $11.75M in state aid

2010-09-17 Thread oOoOoOo
ASBURY PARK — The city has learned it will receive $11,750,000 in state transitional aid -- the extra money the state Department of Community Affairs funnels to distressed cities each year. Gov. Chris Christie required municipalities to go through a fairly rigorous application process this

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP?

2010-09-17 Thread Michael Downing
Sadly, the issue of the trees being cut down has been going on since the beginning of the year - there was pretty extensive coverage in the tri-City News and the Coaster (don't recall that stellar beacon of journalism the Asbury Park Press quite catching on to the coverage). From

[AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP?

2010-09-17 Thread asburycouple
If I remember correctly one of the decision points that led to the decision to remove the tress is that many of the trees were approaching the typical life-span for that variety of tree. I can't quite remember where I read that, but I know I did somewhere. 30-40 year old trees are not

[AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP?

2010-09-17 Thread terrariumlife
I don't think it's the worst thing in the world that could have happened. Callery Pears are pretty tough trees and they actually stay green for quite a while, not to mention they look nice later in the fall. I'm not sure what cultivar is planted in Asbury, but I'm assuming it's Bradford.

[AsburyPark] Buy from my AVON store in the next 24 hours and I will give 15% to a non-profit

2010-09-17 Thread WAYNE
Buy from my AVON store in the next 24 hours and I will give 15% to a non-profit that you name in the Asbury Park Area. We all need gifts for the holidays buy now and save and give to your non-profit group. www.youravon.com/waynemay Yahoo! Groups Links *