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Fitzgerald Fountain bundled up in its  winter garb. Nov. 12, 2020. Blogfinger.net.

b.

Surf Avenue beach block clogged with cars on a rainy Thursday. 11/12/20 Blogfinger.net.  How will it be “in season?”

This is the “before” photo before the tenants , 4 luxury condo buyers at the Aurora,  move in.  Note that there is a house for sale next door.

And, it is rumored that two of those condos have already been sold. A New Yorker traveling by train or bus might not care about the parking situation, but it won’t be good for the neighbors. The condo price is about $1.5  million.

c.  We heard from Rosemary Salow about a fund raiser.  She says,”The Ocean Grove Beaches Instagram account is publicizing the sale of T-shirts and hoodies to raise funds for an Ocean Grove Beach employee, a lifeguard, with a serious medical diagnosis.”

Here is a link to that Instagram page:

www.instagram.com/ogbeaches/?hl=en

d.  Monmouth County General Election results are still being counted, but it looks like the Republicans will win in the County Clerk and Freeholder races.

In Neptune, the Democrat candidate for Committee, Keith Cafferty,  will win by a huge margin over Gary Moll.  Chris Smith (R) will retain his seat in the US House.

The Board of Elections continues to count, and we will get the Ocean Grove breakdown when it becomes available to the Township Clerk.

In the presidential race in Monmouth County, Trump has a lead.

e.  We will inquire about whether the OG Police substation is still open.

f.  Watch out for the HPC–they may come after you if someone reports that you have an architectural feature that you may not have gotten approval for.  The Historical Preservation Commission actually accepts signed or anonymous complaints.

Citizens should not partake in witch-hunts around town to cause trouble for neighbors.

It’s actually outrageous because the HPC can make your life miserable.  They should be focusing on new renovations and construction applications only.

g.   AMA News for Physicians:    

Young, healthy people with coronavirus often asymptomatic but can still transmit virus unwittingly, studies suggest

The New York Times (11/11, Carey) reports, “Young, healthy people who contract the coronavirus are often asymptomatic, very rarely need hospital care and can transmit the virus to a roommate unwittingly even when following strict quarantine orders, according to two new studies” published in the New England Journal of Medicine. These “findings support the need for strong measures, like daily testing, that go beyond the temperature checks and symptom reporting now commonly deployed to prevent transmission in offices, dormitories and other group settings, the authors said.”