This isn’t a warning, simply a reminder of how the County’s DWI Task Force wants to ensure safe driving. Saturday night through Sunday morning, July 23 and 24, the Task Force will be pulling over cars into the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center parking lot to make sobriety tests of drivers. They will be there from 10 p.m. Saturday night through 2 a.m. Sunday morning, so be prepared to spend a few extra minutes while the Task Force ensures not only that you are safe on the road but all the other drivers are as well. A lot of work on the part of the Task Force, a few minutes extra time for a safety check for the rest of us.
Cheers to the coordination, cooperation and quick thinking and action of the Sheriff’s Office as well as local OEM offices who reacted so quickly to the AC breakdown at Riverview Medical Center. The hospital lost no time in alerting everyone that the AC in the ER had gone down for whatever reason, but they did not want to risk patients having to face the extra problem of extreme heat during what is going down as one of the longest heat waves in Monmouth County. The Sheriff’s Office coordinated efforts and the EMS Task Force, local EMS units, and the OEM teams from Neptune and Red Bank were all there, getting Medical ambulance buses to the hospital for patients that had to be moved At the same time the hospital was also speedily moving patients from areas affected by the AC shutdown to other areas of the hospital that were not affected. It’s cooperative efforts like this that make you feel terrific about living in Monmouth County and having such outstanding facilities as Riverview, along with the best volunteers ever. Now let’s hope they figure out exactly what happened to the AC and what can be done to ensure it doesn’t happen again!.
On a brighter and lighter note, in addition to that terrific Farmer’s Market in Highlands every Saturday beginning at 8 or so and going until 2 in the afternoon, visit the VFW post grounds right next to Huddy Park. The VFW is having a Pop UP Market for five hours beginning at 10 a.m. and there will be no fewer than a dozen and a half vendors, selling everything from metal, bead, and glass crafts to soaps and candles. It’s possible to make great buys at both the Farmer’s Market and the Pop UP Sale that day, so plan on spending some time. And bring an insulated bag along to keep cool and refreshing those vegetables you pick up from those two great farm stands at the Market. And don’t forget the freshly made mozzarella cheese from the A&B Bakery on the Waterwitch Avenue side of the Market.
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More great news is how well the indomitable Pat Stryker is doing following surgery after a fall outside her home in Atlantic Highlands. The former First Lady of the town…and she’ll always be a first lady……is up and walking with assistance already, and all set for further rehab. Terrific the family, coincidentally but fortunately, is all in town and the area for a get together that must be filled with laughter, jokes, happiness and an occasional glass or two lifted in toasts.
