North end portrait by Deep Float, our Grovarian environmental watchman who sent the photo on Dec 4, 2016. Click on any of these delightful photos to make the mess bigger.
Crapiness abounds at the North End. Photo from Deep Float near the Wesley Lake basin spill-over. Dec 4, 2012.
A Grover citizen reporter nicknamed “Deep Float” notified us recently that there was an awful mess at the North End. He complained that much of the schmutz was due to the Dunes food complex located in the White Whale Building. He sent photos and noted that the problem stemmed from a dumpster that had been allowed to overflow. He said that the dumpster had been at the location since after Labor Day.
Float said, “I called code enforcement two times and nothing. I went to see John new president of C.M. two times and nothing. I have photos from August with boxes and eatery refuge that has been flying around all summer due to a lack of cooperation between Gannon and C.M.”
There are those who complained about the same mess at the last OGHOA meeting. Today we visited the site, and maybe someone else complained, because the area looks cleaner now, although it is generally ugly due to crummy fencing and decrepitude strewn around in a haphazard way. All the stores appear to be closed now.
We also heard from a Grover who walks his dog daily by Wesley Lake. He reported that the Lake was “awful” with debris, worse than usual, and that was verified today by us. Most likely all that rain drove filthy street water into the sewers and then into the Wesley retention/detention basin—- ie a giant water hole which receives all sorts of toxins, chemicals, bacteria, animal feces and dirt from the streets of Asbury Park–and less so from Ocean Grove.
Water sample near the retaining wall by Founders’ Park in OG. Blogfinger photo. 12/7/16 © Click it and then take a deep breath. Is it any wonder that not a single bird was in sight?
At the east end of Wesley Lake where debris accumulates near the catch basin. Blogfinger photo. ©
SHEP FIELDS AND HIS RIPPLING RHYTHM WITH GENE MERLINO: “Lovely to Look At.”
There are signs around warning a $1,000 fine for littering. Yet when I report trash being left in bags that are ripped apart on the street, or trash piled in the parks nothing happens. I would love to know when the last fine was actually issued. Reminds me a little bit of gun control. We have laws but are they enforced?
I.M.RADAR:
The CMA owns block one and Lake Ave.
The Township owns the OG side of Wesley Lake.
The CMA owns the Boardwalk.
The State owns the Beach.
The White Whale is a privately owned building.
It;s all under the jourisdiction and responsibility of the Neptune Township Committee as they declared it an area in need of Redevelopment.
There are no code violations on the property.
Who is responsible for the clean-up? To my “limited” knowledge: (1) the Camp Meeting Association owns the land, (2) Neptune Township receives taxes for the land from current occupants who do not own it, (3) commercial operators who contribute to the mess. You have your choice.