[AsburyPark] Wesley Grove area development
This is off topic from what you all are discussing, but has anyone else noticed the killdeer, especially during the evening/night in the Wesley Grove area, particularly the largest lot across the street but also the one that is about to be developed. They seem to like this area and I'm not sure if they are nesting there, but it seems like an ideal nesting area for them. I know there is nothing you can do about the lot being developed, but do you think they could cordon off the other lot if the birds are nesting. I would hate to have the eggs stepped on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Who is the black PT Cruiser guy?
There is a man that lives in the area. I've seen him everywhere from Belmar to Asbury Park. You may know him. He is a heavy guy, I think greyish hair, in his 50's or early 60's, drives around in a black PT Cruiser and makes comments to young guys (all 20-30-somethings that I know of). I know of three different people that this happens to but I'm assuming there are more. He'll drive slowly behind, cruise by and make a comment. It's not usually a sexual comment, but it's obvious what he is up to. He's a perv. He asked my friend if he wanted a ride on more than one occasion. On one occasion he kept circling around the block and asking. This stuff has been going on for years. If you know this man or if he is your friend, you can warn him that the police will be notified. I've already told one local officer that I know about him but haven't officially reported him. He's been doing it for years but at this point it's become really annoying and I can't just laugh it off like I used to. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: How much should drinks cost these days....?
$7 is ridiculous for an average, 5.3%, run of the mill Octoberfest beer, especially from Sam Adams, which is sort of overrated. A six pack of that is about $8.50 if you look around enough (think Max's in Neptune City, maybe Spirits in Wanamassa), and maybe $10 at the most at other stores. Even in NYC you can still get a $2.50 beer. I just did, at least. The Annex has high-rated (B+ and up) microbrews and Belgian/German beers, often with high alcohol content (filling, bang for your buck) for $5-6 or so, maybe less, and cheap cans of beer. Johhny Mac's has decent prices, too, and they also have their drink prices listed, which seems like a rarity. I don't like bars that are tricky like that, although I haven't been to Ivan's. I know that it's not affordable for all alcohol serving establishments to serve $3 beers, but they have to know that they have to keep the prices as low as possible. I know that if I am at a bar and the beer is expensive, I often go for the most alcoholic beer and then just drink less. Stinks for the bartenders as it means less tips. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf oakdorf@... wrote: Curious. Is it me just getting old or what or are expenses so high with liquor? the other night, I met my wife and daughter at Sirena in LB (same as stella etc). House wine: $11 per glass the other night, I got home late and my daughter said hey dad, let's get out and go get a burger, lets try Ivan's since we haven't gone there... Great burger ($5) for me with a Sam Adams Oktoberfest, she had a steak sandwich and salad and no drink. Bill came and I glanced at it. $7.00 for a draft of Sam Adams? I had to ask if that was right. Told it was. Glad I only had one. The guy next to me said the reg beers are $3. I think that's what he said. I guess I have to check them out at happy hour. I figured Monday night football... cheap guys night out. I don't know. I was in NYC the past two days and don't think my bar tabs were that. A couple years ago, I got past the $4 per beer point, then $5, then $6 for premium. Paying $11 for a glass of $9 per bottle of wine... I got shafted a few weeks ago in a retirement village. It said a pint of beer. I know if I drank a pint, I'd be, well feeling it. The plastic cup was a 12oz cup. My wife said don't say anything. $5. But I did. The waitress told me that's our pint cup... I'm just putting this out there because I want to see all these places make it and not a place to come to for just special nights. At least the parking was free. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 2003
Haven't read all of the posts yet, so maybe someone else noticed this already, but I've been noticing a few people parking in Ocean Grove and going to Asbury. I'm sure this has been going on for a while, but I noticed people walking back to and leaving a certain area. Not going to say where it is as not to ruin it. It's pretty obvious, though. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Boardwalk / downtown / Lakes
I am pretty sure there are no otters in Ocean Grove. I've seen muskrats scurry into the water plenty of times, but no otters. There are river otters in New Jersey, with their habitat most likely threatened more and more on a daily basis, but I've never seen one around here. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@... wrote: Right by the north footbridge (on the OG side, just east of the bridge) there is a family of otters that I watch regularly from the OG sidewalk, quite amusing Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: oakdorf oakdorf@... Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:00:27 To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AsburyPark] Boardwalk / downtown / Lakes someone with common sense would take advantage of people that like to stroll - from OG and AP and north... The boardwalk and a new lakewalk should take one directly from the boardwalk aroiund both sides of the casino and down along wesley lake. It would be a natural stroll. You probably wouldn't know it, but there is a sidewalk (what there is of it) along a good portion of the OG side. Add a few benches or bumps along the walkway and you wind up with a natural extension into the downtown or from the downtown to the boardwalk. I'd rather walk along the lake then down cookman ave - gives people an option. On the north end of town, I'd do the same - some kind of walkway or path around the lake with seating etc. I'd also like to see picnic areas along the BW -so maybe a family can do some take out from a boardwalk eatery (or downtown) or yes, bring their own. Do it at the north end if your fearful. Not everyone wants to eat on the beach or on their lap on a bench. you can always meter the picnic tables... There's so much natural beauty that can go a real long way - that is, if someone takes a step back to notice. And sunset is a natural as well. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Two more shootings last night
If you want to find the real potential racists, I think you need to head over to the APP.com article comment sections. There you can read between the lines and find some thinly veiled racism, as well as out right ignorance. I would focus my energy there, or, maybe not. It depends on how much you like going in circles with idiots. Anyway, Asbury Park probably has plenty of white liberal creative types that are out of touch with the rest of the town (and could maybe care less), but the people in this group seem to be quite concerned with the town as a whole, not just the boardwalk, etc. I always wish there was more good I could do. For one, I think that there should be many community gardens throughout the town that the people could take control of. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Has anyone seen a snow plow yet
Are we really this pathetic that we have to freak out about not being able to drive our cars around? I know that it's important for ambulances and fire trucks to be able to get around, but I found it quite comforting (for one day only - today everyone was as out as they could be to buy bread, salt, or whatever they couldn't walk to get) to be able to walk around the area and not be surrounded by hundreds of cars. All that I could think was this is how it should be. F--- cars! People freak out about a little bit of snow, as if it's all over. Is your home life that bad? Maybe go outside? 33 degrees and full sun isn't that bad, actually. I'm usually the one that complains about the weather (in the spring and summer when it's not hot enough). This is just reality. We live at 40 degrees latitude in a humid temperate/humid subtropical climate. This is the temperate side. It snows here. I don't want to be a jerk, but I feel like we can do better as humans. My rant isn't fully directed toward list subscribers, but I think there are more important things to worry about than if your street is plowed. Ever hear of hydraulic fracturing? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP?
I don't think it's the worst thing in the world that could have happened. Callery Pears are pretty tough trees and they actually stay green for quite a while, not to mention they look nice later in the fall. I'm not sure what cultivar is planted in Asbury, but I'm assuming it's Bradford. Unless you prune it very early on, this one is sort of doomed to the limb breakage. It's sad to see the trees go, but there are plenty of fast growing trees out there for replanting, especially Ginko. There should be larger openings in the sidewalk for bigger green spaces. I think that would be a great thing to have. Over by the pizza place it looks like there is room for a lot of plants. Old Man Rafferty's had a nice little setup. I think they even had a datura plant in one pot. I wasn't sure if that was a mistake or intentional. They also have a potted apple tree that fruited in front. Keeping plants in very large planters is just as good as street trees. Big concrete planters would be nice. There are so many plants that can replace the trees. I would volunteer my efforts, maybe put in some hardy/semi-hardy palm trees in. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycouple asburycou...@... wrote: If I remember correctly one of the decision points that led to the decision to remove the tress is that many of the trees were approaching the typical life-span for that variety of tree. I can't quite remember where I read that, but I know I did somewhere. 30-40 year old trees are not history... I personally liked them there, and in a perfect world would have preferred them to remain. But sometimes things get done for a reason that I may or may not love but that have merit regardless. This appears to be one of those cases. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Michael Downing mkdown13@ wrote: Sadly, the issue of the trees being cut down has been going on since the beginning of the year - there was pretty extensive coverage in the tri-City News and the Coaster (don't recall that stellar beacon of journalism the Asbury Park Press quite catching on to the coverage). From conversations with people in City Hall, there was no other option or alternative and the trees had to go..it seemed to me back then (as it still does), that the utility companies and our local government saw an opportunity to re-do all the pipes and electrical lines using Fed $$, and took it. From: dfsavgny dfsavgny@ To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:20:28 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cathrynbe2002 cathryn.be@ wrote: I check in on this list intermittently but, that, sweep-of-the- hand ease with which some want to paint bad decisions and the undoing of much of Asbury's history and some of its charm is a bit striking and unnerving. It'd be like if every significant thing that happened in history, we just said... ah.. just move on...that didn't matter, better things are ahead. It is malevolent because: 1. it could have been stopped and 2. people who decide to chop down mature, healthy trees steeped in history, who don't see the value in them and are only looking at some misguided view of dollar signs, are people you have to watch out for. Cathryn. And there are those who see a boogie man behind every door. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
