By ED SALVAS People walking the boards in Ocean Grove or enjoying the district’s beach can now take a break in the air-conditioned comfort of The Dunes Boardwalk Cafe. The Dunes, which opened in mid-summer of 2016, is now open daily for the summer of 2017 and boasts nine businesses offering a variety of […]
Continue readingTag Archives: Ed Salvas
Public Service Award to Longtime City Police Officer
By ED SALVAS The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce will present its 2017 Public Official Carousel Award to Police Officer Eugene Dello. Dello is a 35-year veteran of the department, and a member of a family whose service to the city totals more than 100 years. Dello joined the force as the Animal Control […]
Continue readingChamber Breakfast with Senator Beck
By ED SALVAS The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce played host to Sen. Jennifer Beck at a recent breakfast meeting held at the VFW Harold Daly Post 1333. Following a buffet breakfast provided by DJ’s Delights, Beck, discussed a number of issues ranging from rental housing to transportation funding, the minimum wage and the […]
Continue readingMay Opening Planned for New Ocean Grove Building
By ED SALVAS Friday, February 6, 2015 was a dark day for Janet Mazur and her husband Kurt Cavano as they watched their building on Main Avenue in Ocean Grove go up in flames. The couple, longtime Ocean Grove residents, were also devastated, but their decision to rebuild was quick and a new, modern […]
Continue readingTime for Girl Scout Cookies
By ED SALVAS The gym at Barack Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park was crowded with young girls ready to start selling Girl Scout Cookies as part of their after school program sponsored by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore. The girls, in Kindergarden through fifth grade, had been practicing greeting customers and […]
Continue readingAsbury Park Chamber Hosts Transportation Manager at Meeting
By ED SALVAS The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce kicked off its 2017 Breakfast Series with city Transportation Manager Michael Manzella. Manzella started in the job in November and discussed his new role as the city’s key person on all things involving transportation – from parking spaces to parking meters, bicycles, parking permits, and […]
Continue readingCowerks Adds Second Location in Asbury Park
By ED SALVAS Asbury Park’s co-working tech center Cowerks welcomed the new year with a major expansion at its Lake Avenue home in the Lakehouse Music Center and the opening of a satellite facility at 21 Main St. The new site, a brand new loft area inside the Second Life Bikes shop, […]
Continue readingPremier Theatre Returns with New Murder Mystery Show
By ED SALVAS The Premier Theatre Company is bringing Murder Mystery Dinner Theater back to the area with the announcement of a new interactive audience show January 27 and 28. “Murder at the Juice Joint” kicks off Premier’s 2017 season with two performances on January 27 and 28 at The Asbury Park […]
Continue readingMiddlebrook Cinemas to Have Smaller Theaters, Reclining Seats
By ED SALVAS Coming to the new Middlebrook Galleria Cinemas in Ocean Township – smaller theaters, reclining leather seats, digital sound and on-line ticketing. Those are some of the new features being brought to the Route 35 Galleria Cinemas which have been undergoing an extensive interior and exterior makeover since closing in February. The […]
Continue readingFind Accessories for Your Home at Storehouse
By ED SALVAS The latest addition to the Asbury Park boardwalk is Storehouse, a store for home accessories in the Fourth Avenue Pavilion. It’s not the kind of store you’d expect to find on a shore boardwalk and that’s the whole idea, according to Teeter Sperber, manager of Storehouse and it’s sister business, the […]
Continue reading