More and more, people just don't want to read "news" -- news is about what happened in the recent past-- but most often we want to know what is going on right NOW. Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking programs have made this possible, and we're getting used to real-time information.
That's why you should check out "Toms River Now, " a single web page that lists "Tweets" (Twitter messages) that contain info about Toms River, Ocean County, and the Jersey Shore. You don't have to have a Twitter account to view these messages...everything is on a regular web page: Toms River Now.
You never know what you're going to find. You see messages about current traffic tie-ups, accidents, weather, jobs, real estate, personal snippets. Note that you may see some foul language -- whatever Twitter allows can be shown here. The Jersey Shore messages are especially snarky and sexy, because many of them are about MTV's "Jersey Shore" show. So...yes, you will see some junk messages, or messages that don't make sense, but will also see the occasional post of something happening at the moment that is important. And it is fun to see what is on people's mind, even when its not ready for prime-time.
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Ami Lewalski-Cuccinello had a nice comment on her Facebook page. "Wtf!!!!! A fire siren at 5am???? I thought they couldn't ring it so early. I mean don't firemen have pagers and all? Why do you need to wake to whole f*en neighborhood??"
Someone in your community, one of your neighbors, is having an emergency and all you care about is being woke up by the fire siren. Guess what? Your other neighbors, the firemen, the rescue squad, you know, the ones that are respond to that siren call..
They're awake too. I'm pretty sure a lot of them. It saddens me that people feel this way, such a lack of respect for the local emergency crew, and your own town. Suppose they didn't show up?
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