By DON STINE Pizza will be returning to the Asbury Park boardwalk this summer and some say it’s about time. Area realtor and concert promoter Sammy Boyd is teaming up with Domenic Maruca, owner of Maruca’s Tomato Pies on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, to open a restaurant on the Asbury Park boardwalk next month. Boyd, […]
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Neptune Transit Village Under Construction
By DON STINE It’s a new beginning at an historic site in Neptune as a new 44-unit transit village is now being built on the site of the former S.S. Adams Co. at Memorial Drive and Seventh Avenue. The Adams Company, once home to one of the most unique manufacturing companies in the United States, […]
Continue readingBanners Discussed for Ocean Grove’s 150th Anniversary
By DON STINE Decorating the two main entranceways into Ocean Grove this summer for the historic district’s 150th anniversary is now under review by Neptune officials. Ocean Grove, the historic district noted for its Victorian architecture and Methodist religious significance, is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1869, just after the Civil War. […]
Continue readingNeptune Municipal Taxes to Decrease
By DON STINE The average Neptune property owner will see an almost $40 drop in their 2019 municipal taxes under a budget introduced by the Township Committee this week. The public hearing on the budget is scheduled for on April 22 when a special presentation will be given. The total $45,056,166 budget, with a $30,231,646 […]
Continue readingNeptune OKs Fireworks for Anniversary Celebration
By DON STINE Ocean Grove is throwing its biggest party ever to celebrate its 150th anniversary this summer, but what type of security will be provided for the expected large crowds, what will be its cost, and who will bear the financial burden were questions recently raised. These were issues on the minds of both […]
Continue readingNeptune Moves School Elections to November
By DON STINE Neptune school officials have decided to move the Board of Education elections to November instead of April, when they were traditionally held. Neptune is one of just a small number of municipalities in New Jersey that still held its school board elections in April. State lawmakers passed legislation in 2012 that allowed […]
Continue readingMigration Enriched the Entire Shore Area
By DON STINE Migration has a long history and it is still occurring today, and “Black Migrations” was the central theme of Neptune’s 15th annual Black History Celebration Sat., Feb. 16. Neptune Mayor Carol Rizzo said that migration is “an important conversation.” “A number of folks came north during the Great Migration and this led […]
Continue reading$1.3 Million Living Shoreline
By DON STINE A $1.3 million living shoreline will be installed along some banks of the Shark River in Neptune under an ordinance introduced at this week’s Township Committee meeting. The ordinance, which has a public hearing on Feb. 25, provides $1,350,000 for the construction of a living shoreline mitigation project along sections of South […]
Continue readingCandidates Running Unopposed in Ocean Township Fire Elections
By DON STINE Taxes will remain relatively stable in Ocean Township’s two fire districts for 2019. Ocean Township’s Oakhurst Fire District 1 has Fire Commissioners Russ Williams and Tom Reu, both incumbents, running for seats of the five-member board. Both are longtime firefighters. They are running unopposed. This year’s total $2,229,186 budget, has a $1,858,735 […]
Continue readingBritish Invasion Coming to Asbury Park
By DON STINE A British musical invasion is coming to Asbury Park soon with a Beatles, Bangladesh and Beyond concert scheduled for Feb. 23 and a tribute to The Who being held on March 1. The “Beatles, Bangladesh and Beyond” concert is a celebration of the transcendent musical life of Beatle George Harrison. It will […]
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