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On Saturday, Octoat 12:00 PM, Mayor O’Neil, members of the Council and representatives from the Highlands Business Partnership will cut the ribbon for another new downtown business, Scuba and the Beast, located at 409 Bay Avenue. They’re thankful for their support from the local Highlands community and excited for Summer 2021. The Sandbox brings dozens of local bands and will be rotating through some of the best food trucks in New Jersey throughout the summer.
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Seastreak employees who had seen their hours cut through the pandemic were also able to stay employed as a result of the Sandbox’s opening.įollowing the success of the Sandbox in it’s opening year, the Seastreak team has transformed their beach to a beautiful waterfront tiki-bar that is fun for the whole family. They brought in fire pits, picnic tables, food trucks, and local bands to create the laid-back, family friendly environment you see today.
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In September 2020, the Seastreak management team saw an opportunity to utilize its beach area to create a covid-safe outdoor environment for the local community. High-speed catamarans that were once bringing about 2,000 New Jersey residents to NYC per day have been carrying roughly 10-20% of those riders for the past year. Beginning in March 2020 and continuing through today, Seastreak ferry company’s ridership has been devastated. The opening of the Sandbox at Seastreak Beach might be one of the few silver linings to the covid pandemic. Menu will vary weekly and depend upon the available seasonal produce. Beginning May 14th, Gert herself will be offering outdoor table service on Friday and Saturday evenings featuring Indonesian satays, varieties of sweet and savory empanadas, and house made desserts.
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Those hurdles aside, we are back and currently in the process of building up our inventory with the aim of becoming a small organic market, and will have local produce, dry pantry goods, some bulk items, and gifts for the home, kids, and kitchen. Originally open for about three months in 2012, we were taken out by Superstorm Sandy, and quietly reopened in late 2019, only to be shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic a few months later. Gert's Snacks & Spices is a family-owned specialty food market and restaurant with an emphasis on Southeast Asian cuisine, fresh spices, & desserts. Call (732) 769-6377 to order or make reservations. Hours: TUE - THUR 5-9PM, FRI & SAT 5-10 PM CLOSED SUNDAY & MONDAY. Dining Reservations strongly recommended. Options include Family-Style Meals, Specials, Take Out and Catering. This intimate BYOB Italian restaurant is family owned and operated and serves some of the best Italian food around. Interested in meeting Jay, call 73 and make an appointment. He accommodates private and small group, Law Enforcement Officers and Women’s Self-Defense courses. Jay has had a martial arts school for many years in the Piscataway and the Middletown area, he recently decided that bigger isn’t necessarily better. The main concept at Catch Jujitsu is to keep it simple and relax. Jay has made it possible to attain Black Belt status in self-defense in 1 years time giving the practitioner both skill and confidence. With his many disciplines studied Jay has perfected his self-defense system called Core 9 CATCH JUJITSU. On top of his Martial arts training, Jay has years of academic wrestling under his belt. Jay Kline has been a practitioner of the Martial Arts for over 30 years an has trained with some of the best martial arts masters in the industry as well as retired military, both active and retired.