Rafei, Roya. "Memorials rise around Shore as towns honor victims", Asbury Park Press, September 2, 2006. "In Union Beach, a 6-foot-high black stone monument has been diamond-etched with an outline of the New York City skyline and was positioned so that someone looking beyond the stone will see the exact site where the towers stood."
McConville, Jim. "Union Beach wind turbine plan gets DEP approval", Asbury Park Press, October 31, 2009. Accessed July 15, 2012. "The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority has been given the OK by the state Department of Environmental Protection to go out to bid for construction of a 380-foot-tall, energy-producing wind turbine, officials said."
Burket, William H. Union Beach, p. 7. Arcadia Publishing, 1998. ISBN9780738557793. Accessed October 13, 2015. "The property offered for sale in 1846 by the Florence & Keyport Co. was again offered for sale in 1915 as East Point Beach Estates and again in 1920 as Union Beach by Charles Carr."
Biography, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Frank Pallone, Jr., was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he grew up and still resides."
Staff. "Skip O'Brien: Obituary", Asbury Park Press, April 8, 2011. Accessed August 9, 2012. "Born Bernard Francis O'Brien in Jersey City, Skip moved to Union Beach as a young boy, and lived there until he entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968. After graduating from Brookdale College in 1980, he moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.... He relocated to Hazlet in 2010 to be close to his family."
Peskoe, Ashley. "Hurricane Sandy decimates Union Beach", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 31, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2017. "Nearly 200 homes were destroyed in Union Beach in one of the worst storms the state has seen."
Sagara, Eric. "Hurricane Sandy's destruction: Aerial assessment shows nearly 72K buildings damaged in N.J.", The Star-Ledger, November 28, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2017. "In Union Beach, 62 homes 'no longer exist,' Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Harriott said. An additional 100 homes, including those that shifted off foundations, are no longer habitable, he said. Some 400 houses took on 6 feet or more of water. Seen another way, Sandy wrecked one in five homes in the tiny working-class community."
Peskoe, Ashley. "Lack of post-Sandy funding causing Jakeabob's Off the Bay to close", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2014. accessed July 13, 2018. "Union Beach - A well-known restaurant that was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, but opened a temporary location to continue serving the community until it could rebuild, will shut its doors at the end of the month. Jakeabob’s Off the Bay, the temporary location and community kitchen, will not renew its lease at the end of the month and March 28 will be the last day of business."
Spoto, MaryAnn. "N.J. Supreme Court won't hear appeal of controversial Union Beach wind turbine", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 26, 2014. Accessed May 7, 2015. "Union Beach has been dealt a blow in its fight against the construction of a wind turbine at the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority after the state Supreme Court refused to consider hearing its appeal. The denial by the state's highest court affirms lower court rulings that said an amendment to the state's Municipal Land Use Law trumps a borough ordinance that effectively blocked the construction of the turbine."
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Union Beach School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 11, 2020. "The Union Beach School District is a Type II district located in the county of Monmouth, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year staggered terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades PreK-8."
Gurian, Scott. "With Insurance Settlements Still In Limbo, Sandy Victims Turn To Legal Remedies", NJ Spotlight, September 24, 2013. Accessed July 13, 2018. "Crews demolishing the remains of Jakeabob's Bay restaurant last March. Nearly a year after the storm, owner Gigi Liaguno-Dorr is still fighting with her insurance company."
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Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Union Beach, N.J.; Waterfront Borough Making a Comeback", The New York Times, May 5, 2002. Accessed October 13, 2015. "The arrival in the 1890s of the Central Railroad of New Jersey gave the community a boost, leading to the sale and subdivision of nearly all of the large farms. The 100-acre Poole farm became the Union Subdivision starting in 1908. The borough of Union Beach was formed in 1925 when it split off from Middletown Township.... MOST Union Beach students go on to the 523-student Keyport High School in the neighboring borough of Keyport. A handful of students are accepted into Red Bank Regional High School, after passing admissions tests to its three specialized programs: visual and performing arts; information technology; and finance."
Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Union Beach, N.J.; Waterfront Borough Making a Comeback", The New York Times, May 5, 2002. Accessed July 15, 2012. "Most Union Beach students go on to the 523-student Keyport High School in the neighboring borough of Keyport. A handful of students are accepted into Red Bank Regional High School, after passing admissions tests to its three specialized programs: visual and performing arts; information technology; and finance."
Point-Du-Jour, Rodney. "Memorial honors the memory of Sept. 11 victims", Asbury Park Press, June 30, 2002. Accessed October 28, 2013. "A group of residents yesterday strengthened an intimate bond between their community and the site of World Trade Center towers, which once could be seen from this Bayshore town and is now a vacant space in the New York City skyline, with the dedication of a Sept. 11 memorial."
Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
Borough Council Meeting Minutes for May 21, 202, Borough of Union Beach. Accessed August 10, 2022. "WHEREAS, due to the death of Mayor Paul J. Smith, Jr. on April 30, 2020, a vacancy for the position of Mayor of Union Beach has occurred; ... and WHEREAS, within 30 (thirty days) of the occurrence, the Governing Body must fill the vacancy of Mayor Paul J. Smith, Jr. whose term expires on December 31, 2023 by appointment (N.J.S.A. 40A:16-11) for a period until such time a successor is duly elected at the General election of November 3, 2020; ... NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Borough Union Beach, County of Monmouth, that Albin J. Wicki be appointed to the position of Mayor of the Borough of Union Beach until such time as a successor is duly elected at the General Election of November 3, 2020"
Monmouth County Government, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed July 19, 2022. "Monmouth County is governed by five commissioners elected at-large for three-year terms. Each January, the freeholders select one of their members to serve as the director of the board for the year to preside over the meetings and activities of the Board."
