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Winning $900K Lottery Ticket Sold In Monmouth County
MONMOUTH COUNTY – After matching all five numbers drawn, two lucky winners will be splitting the $1,800,840 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot. One of those tickets was sold at The Mart, located at 590 Shrewsbury Avenue in Tinton Falls and is worth $900,420. The winning numbers from the May 11...
New Restaurant Opens Along Deal Lake in Asbury Park
Amiee McElroy is pictured in her new restaurant, Catbird, in the former Sunset Landing location in Asbury Park. If you are walking along Sunset Avenue in Asbury Park near the Deal Lake bridge you might catch a whiff of burning wood. But it’s not from a backyard fire pit or chimney.
Beloved Jersey Shore pizzeria is reborn years after closing
A little more than than two years after the Jersey Shore lost one of its most beloved pizzerias, its chef is back working an Asbury Park pizza oven. Catbird, a pizza restaurant from chef Aimée McElroy — who previously helmed Medusa Stone Fired Kitchen —opened its doors for a soft opening last week. The eatery is located at 1215 Sunset Ave., on Deal Lake in the space previously occupied by Sunset Landing.
Jersey Shore college buddies started mowing lawns. Now they have 400 workers in 6 states
JACKSON - Though they grew up an hour apart in Middlesex County and Ocean County, respectively, Bill Merkler and Walt Bostian both shared a love of nature and the dream of someday running a business that involved the outdoors. And in 1985, they brought that vision to reality by launching Down to Earth Landscaping, a Jackson-based provider of landscape design services that’s been transforming properties for nearly 40 years. ...
Toms River Animal Shelter: Petitioners say they have the signatures to force new vote
TOMS RIVER - Residents who hope to overturn an ordinance leasing the township's animal shelter to Ocean County have collected more than 4,000 signatures on a petition asking that the measure be rescinded, modified or put before voters in a referendum. Phil Brilliant, one of the petition drive leaders, said...
Pizza chain adding new restaurant to Hazlet Plaza
HAZLET - Work has begun to convert a storefront at Hazlet Plaza into a new Pizza Hut location. Pizza Hut has leased a 1,500-square-foot space at 3073 Route 35 next to Harbor Freight. A sign in the window says the pizza chain is now hiring at jobs.pizzahut.com, listing jobs such as customer service, production, drivers, assistant managers and general manager.
Fishermen fighting bluefish at Manasquan Inlet, Island Beach
The bluefish have been in a biting mood as of late with fishermen catching the gators in many locales. They were in good in the Island Beach State Park surf on Sunday. The surf was a bit churned up from the wind but surf fishermen pulled them in at a steady clip. Grumpy's Tackle in Seaside Park heard back from three anglers who went down to the park and caught the blues for two hours straight...
Running at the Shore brings joy, ocean views. Here are some places to start
A run along the Jersey Shore has that something extra. Just ask Mike Black of Wall. He's been running along Monmouth County's shoreline for more than 20 years. “It's a great view of the ocean, and I get to run by Convention Hall and the Paramount Theatre (in Asbury Park)," said Black, who runs from Spring Lake to Asbury Park. “In the last six months, I’ve seen gray seals on the beach. I’ve seen bald eagles flying over the beach grabbing fish out of the ocean, and I’ve seen humpback whales off the beach. ... It’s just a great natural high.”
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