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Hope Tower.  Hackensack-Meridian Health. Neptune, NJ.

Jersey Shore–Neptune, NJ.   6/10/26

There has been a surge in hospital admissions around here today resulting in the HMH   filling up and diverting any further admissions as of late afternoon today June 10, 2026.

EMS units are being instructed to take admissions elsewhere.

Tonight the Neptune Emergency Department is overflowing with patients on gurneys lined up along the walls of that ER.      Staff is rushing around, and there is a sense of chaos there.  The way that new cases are routinely handled in  that ER  should be studied for quality results. I hope to discuss that soon on Blogfinger.

When I practiced in Morris County years ago, the only time we went on divert  was during flu season.

The explanation today here  is unclear.

Paul Goldfinger, MD

Ocean Grove boards. Close cropping and sharp focus. St. Rose.  Click once.  Paul Goldfinger photo.  ©

JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN OCEAN GROVE:   “Madeleine”

Paul Goldfinger. 8/23/22. Ocean Grove near Wesley Lake.  Click to enlarge.

Paul Strand made a photo over 100 years ago called “White Fence. Port Kent, 1916.”

That photo inspired me to create the  image above. (2022). This is the second time on Blogfinger that we honored Strand for his  “White Fence.”

JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET.      From the album Ballads.   “I Wish I Knew.”

Illumination Night 8/4/17. Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photograph ©  Click to enlarge.

JACK TEAGARDEN   “Stars Fell on Alabama.”

6/4/2026.

By Paul Goldfinger,  Editor,  Blogfinger.net, a source originating in Ocean Grove, and a web site with nearly 5 million hits since its founding.   We know OG.  And our posts are not  anonymous.

We have avoided paying much attention to the  Tri-City News just as they have avoided Ocean Grove despite our proximity to the Asburians.   I once asked an editor at the TCN why they never mention Ocean Grove in their self-important paper, and he denied that they ignore us, but despite the undeniable geography of the situation they would probably say to us, “drop dead”.

TCN: This what they may offer

But now, in the anonymous pompous Nagle’s  article shown above dated 6/4/26,  the publisher of the TCN,  probably the author  of this  “mystical” piece,  is busy showing off his adjectives regarding  a local glorified  diner being promoted beyond its actual importance only because the new owner, Kelly Ryan, a Grover, is friends with him.

So he is now falling all over himself to make sure that her version of Nagle’s is predetermined to be a “mystical” success.    Has anyone in the Grove ever considered their town as being a “mystical beauty?”  Many of us know “Lenny”   and many of us know his circumstance, but this TCN  show-off cannot help but inappropriately exploit Len Steen’s current situation.   If you read the piece, you will find no insights into the real feelings that many  have about the Nagle’s legacy or even about the historic town of Ocean Grove and it’s dubious relationship to A. Park.

Yes we in the Grove are happy to see Nagle’s re-open, but we should be the judges of possible “mysticism” arising at that location and in our town,   I don’t think we who live here would consider “mysticism” to be a good proscriptor—maybe  “local roots” would be more accurate.

But the Asburians are oblivious when it comes to the Grove. In fact they are a force for evil when it comes to our “relationship” with them.  I recall when the AP town council refused to support us in our quest for FEMA assistance at our boardwalk after Sandy .    Do you all recall why those A. Parkers  said “No” to us?

And how about the Asbury planners who would not consider our side when coming up with grandiose ideas for their side of the Casino.  And you may recall when the mystical town council over there refused to help us with our parking issues related to their tourists  and workers. And then there was the obscene complaints about the security locks at the WL bridges, and somehow the Parkers got their way recently on that subject.

So go to Nagle’s and decide for yourselves. Then let us know at Blogfinger@verizon.net.

DON JULIAN AND THE MEADOWLARKS

All photos by Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net.   6/7/26 Asbury Park. The sign says, “AP Our pride our home.”     And, “Love is love.”

Blogfinger.net photo. 6/7/26.

“Equality in NJ means trans rights.”    Read the banner.     Blogfinger photo. 6/7/26.

Paul Goldfinger image.

Paul Goldfinger photo today. By the electric scooters.

SARA BAREILLES:

Here is a link to our last year coverage

Pride Parade 2024

By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net. 12/5/24. Ocean Grove, NJ

The Demby family sent 4 brothers to serve during WWII.  The parents Helen and Chaim came from Poland early in the 20th century.  Most of their 9 children were born here.  Duke, Marty, Al and Ben were in the Pacific except Marty who was with the Coast Guard  on ships traveling the North Atlantic bringing critical supplies to England and Russia.  Ben won a Bronze star for valor, and when I was a kid visiting Bayonne, I loved to read his certificate on the wall…over and over again.  Uncle Al was a union electrician who served with the Sea Bees.

The family home was a row house on the Boulevard in Bayonne.

George Demby’s Dad Saul  was another brother who served—- in  the home civil defense. We will display all their photos.

The Demby brothers were my uncles on my Mom’s side.

This is truly a saga, and Blogfinger will continue to present these  photographs especially as Pearl Harbor  Day approaches on Dec. 7.

D-Day, the invasion of  Fance took place on June 6, 1944.

Paul Goldfinger still photo from a Netflix documentary film . Americans march on the Champs Elysees  to the Arc de Triomphe.

 

Hitler marched his Nazi army down the Avenue Champs-Elysees on June 14, 1940. He thought he would rule the world.

U.S Army  28th Infantry during the Paris Victory Parade. August 29, 1944. National Archives.

VERA LYNN with a song from that wartime era.