Risky intersection outside OG gates. Happened June 30. Eileen Goldfinger photo. We were leaving the Grove.  It was morning and probably occurred right before we arrived.We stopped at that light, and E. snapped this photo out the window. An officer was there already.

Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor Blogfinger.net.

a. That intersection accommodates 4 streets and has one inadequate light:   Main Avenue OG entering and leaving by the light, but leaving the Grove is especially  troublesome;  exit from the strip mall; both ways of Main Street. (71) and the street that runs diagonally (Boulevard) into A. Park.  

The rights of way involving exits from the mall and cars heading north on 71 and cutting across to turn into Asbury are particularly worrisome.

I had a close call while exiting the mall and trying to turn left to Asbury.   A fast moving car was leaving OG and wanting to go straight into the mall. We nearly crashed.  Be very careful and move slowly through that intersection.

And another bad intersection is where Memorial Drive in Asbury intersects with  Sunset near the train crossing.     The risk is that while the stop signs on Memorial there should stop those driving south or north on Memorial, some drivers will fail to stop resulting in a collision.

Eileen had her car totaled by  a vehicle running that  stop sign. She was going to Wegman via Sunset.  Luckily, she was not injured.

I had a near collision today at that same  intersection. I was heading west on Sunset, and a woman ran the stop sign; we were on a collision course.  I blasted my horn causing her to stop.  

Go slow through all those Memorial Drive intersections. “T-bone” collisions can produce horrid injuries.

b. I spoke to customer service at JCP &L regarding a sharp increase in our electric costs compared to last June.   Once you succeed talking to a human, she turns up being in Ohio. She said that my electric charge in the latest bill was nearly twice what it was  last year with no significant change in usage.   Have any of you come across such increases lately?  If you have unexplained KWH usage, look for  malfunctioning air conditioning;  you can also shop around to change your electricity delivery.

c. The Wesley Lake Commission announced today  that two rain gardens were installed. The announcement says, “The water entering the lake will now be filtered naturally, therefore cleaner, and cause less damage to the areas around the Lake.”

We at Blogfinger have been concerned for some time that if the North End Re- development plan is actually constructed, what  about all the volumes of dirty  ground water to be generated over there. OGNED hasn’t publicly disclosed how that dirty ground water will be processed.   Will the new rain gardens make sufficient difference?  Who is watching out for  ecology in the Grove?  Have you noticed the risk posed at the Lake?

“Till Tomorrow” from Fiorello: