Thursday, August 16, 2012
What keeps pulling me back to Point Beach year, after year, after year....
The sloping, swirling roller coaster sure looks the same, the same one I once had to push uphill - knowing that one little slip, and I was roadkill - to get it where it is now, on the Point Pleasant Beach Boardwalk. We got in the back of the truck trailer that carried it, flattened our hands, pinned our arms against it and moved the strapped-down machinery slowly, inch-by-inch, up a rocky driveway that seemed steeper than a hill in Appalachia. With every slow, careful shove forward, the big two-ton hulking mass would roll one quick and perilous step back toward us, ready to roll us onto Ocean Avenue. The thing got so close to us that the wheels nearly clipped our toes. Or so it felt. I could sense the weight of the rubber trailer wheels …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
But that won't happen without boardwalk businesses agreeing
The Point Beach Mayor and Council voted narrowly on Tuesday night for bars to stop serving alcohol at 1 a.m. However, that won't happen without agreement from boardwalk businesses which are appealing the council's May 15 vote to stop serving alcohol at midnight. Ed McGlynn, an attorney representing Jenkinson's Boardwalk, said after the vote that he and other boardwalk business representatives have not yet decided if they will agree with a 1 a.m. closing and they will not be releasing any information tonight. The vote is an offer of a "compromise," according to the mayor and councilmembers who voted in favor of the 1 a.m. closing time. Councilmembers Michael Corbally, Bret Gordon, Kristine Tooker and Mayor Vincent Barrella (who broke a tie…
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Check out what's going on in the weeks ahead in Seaside Heights, Point Beach, Manasquan and elsewhere
Whether you are looking for Ladies Night, karaoke, live bands or beat-dropping djs, here's a calendar to guide you. The calendar lists what's up at the bars, pubs, night clubs and dance halls of Toms River, Point Pleasant Beach, Manasquan, Seaside Heights and the surrounding area. For details on any event in the calendar, click on the event to find out cover charges, times and addresses. Know an event we missed? Feel free to add it to the calendar or shoot us an email at tom.davis@patch.com
Council rejects effort to maintain 2 a.m. closing time
The Point Beach Council narrowly rejected an effort Tuesday night to keep the current 2 a.m. closing time at local bars. Instead, an ordinance that imposes a midnight closing time will go into effect on July 1 (see attached PDF). The council voted 3-2 to not give bars the option to pay a fee, based on maximum occupancy, to stay open until 2 a.m. Councilmembers William Mayer and Stephen Reid voted in favor of giving bars the option to stay open until 2 a.m. Councilmember Tim Lurie was absent. Councilmembers Bret Gordon, Michael Corbally and Kristine Tooker voted no. "A lot of people in this town are going to be hurt by this," Reid said before casting his vote to approve the amendment. Before voting he also questioned attorney Sean Gertner …
Maggie Hart-Zuhowski
11:36 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Great article- knew a lot of the people mentioned personally and brought back great memories. I can follow every move like it was my own life. I can also relate that you don't know what we have here until you can't get there. I had to move to MD with my job in 2009- I loved my job but something was missing-and I felt very lost down there. I was missing something ( besides my thousands of … more ›