Townsquare Tonight

During the month of October, "Townsquare Tonight" is presenting a series entitled: "Sandy +3." This week, Part 2 takes a closer look at all that's been accomplished so far, and the work still left to be done. Our guests were United Way's Executive Director Linda Gyimoti and Construction Manager Robert Clark; Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity (NOHFH) Construction Manager Dick

The Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group formed after Super storm Sandy almost three years ago, is able and willing to help again in the event disaster strikes this Hurricane season.

The Visiting Nurses Association in Red Bank has been receiving an outpouring of community support following Monday's devastating fire at a historic Rumson mansion where the health group was supposed to hold it's biggest fundraising event next week.

Threats and attacks by Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) and other extremist groups have nothing to do with religion, but rather ego, according to Salaam Bhatti, a deputy spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.

By the end of April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expected to mail notices to all policy holders who filed claims with its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on how to appeal or request a review in light of allegations of fraud and questionable engineering reports that led to underpayments and denials, according to Paul Weberg, Senior Engineer with FEMA Region II in New York.

Townsquare Tonight airs every Wednesday at 7PM on News Talk Radio WOBM-AM 1160 & 1310.  Tom Mongelli hosts the 30 minute program which features interviews with local leaders and spotlights the issues facing Ocean County residents.

The media was Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little's biggest fear when he was promoted from Captain to top cop of Ocean County's largest community a little over a year ago.

Two-and-a-half years after Sandy, tens of thousands of New Jersey residents displaced by the super storm have been unable to return home. The "Stop FEMA Now" movement seeking massive reforms discussed some of the issues victims continue to face on "Townsquare Tonight," Wednesday on WOBM AM 1160 & 1310.

$70,000 of the $100,000 needed to build a permanent memorial dedicated to New Jersey Gold Star families whose children don't return from war, has been raised in less than  a year.

Like all of his colleagues, Shore Assemblyman Greg McGuckin (R-10) will be up for re-election in November. Assemblyman McGuckin appeared on the March 11 edition of "Townsquare Tonight" on WOBM-AM 1160/1310. Ahead of his third time on the Assembly ballot, we asked the former Toms River Council President what was the hardest part of making the switch to the statehouse...