Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Boardwalk business tells mayor he's not welcome at Sat. night event honoring local volunteers and workers
Martell's is telling Point Beach Mayor Vincent Barrella he won't be allowed to attend the annual Chamber of Commerce Installation dinner at Martell's on Saturday night. Barrella broke the news at the Tuesday night council meeting, as Ed Brannagan, Martell's manager, and Carol Vaccaro, chamber executive director, sat in the back of the room. This year the event honors local fire and first aid volunteers and Point Beach employees who rescued residents, responded to numerous calls and cleaned up the town after Superstorm Sandy. Ronald Gasiorowski, attorney for Martell's, wrote an email to Municipal Attorney Sean Gertner late Tuesday afternoon saying that as Martell's litigation is still pending against the municipality, Barrella will not be…
Saturday, June 30, 2012
State ABC won't let town enforce midnight bar closings yet
Point Beach bars can stay open until 2 a.m. for now until an appeal is decided, ruled the director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Friday night. The town is temporarily barred from enforcing an ordinance, adopted on May 15, that would have compelled all bars in Point Beach to stop serving alcohol at midnight starting Sunday, now that ABC Director Michael Halfacre has granted a "stay." (See attached PDF). Halfacre wrote in his ruling that compelling Jenkinson's and Martell's to close at midnight while the appeal they filed against the ordinance is pending, would be unfair. "Should the Appellants prevail after a full hearing, there is no method of redress for them to recoup the financial losses they would incur while …
Friday, June 29, 2012
Pat Storino, Jenkinson's owner, speaks at Point Beach GOP Club
Midnight bar closings would force Jenkinson's Boardwalk to lay off 50 of its 200 full-time, year-round workers, Pat Storino told the Point Beach GOP organization at the Woman's Club on St. Louis Avenue on Thursday night. "People have told me I should lay off the Point Pleasant Beach residents first, so they can picket," Storino said, adding, laughing, "So I may have to lay off my own kids." Layoffs would be one of the effects of a local ordinance adopted on May 15 that would compel all bars in Point Beach to stop serving alcohol at midnight, said Storino, who has owned Jenkinson's since 1977. That ordinance will be put to its first test today when the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is expected to decide whether to "stay…
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
So state left to decide if midnight closing starts Sunday
Jenkinson's and Martell's are confirming they are turning down the town's "compromise" offer to stop serving alcohol at 1 a.m. Council and Mayor Vincent Barrella voted narrowly on Tuesday night to offer the 1 a.m. bar closing as a compromise, after the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) urged the two parties to try to reach a settlement. On Wednesday afternoon, the two largest businesses on the boardwalk released the following prepared statement (published here in its entirety): “The payment of dollars has been inextricably linked to the hours of operation. At each and every meeting with members of the governing body over the past five months, the demand has always been money for extended hours. The proposal last night …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Boardwalk still offering $800,000 over five years, despite state saying proposed bar ordinance "appears to be unlawful"
A Boardwalk offer to pay $800,000 over five years is "still on the table," despite that the state says a related town proposal "appears to be unlawful." Marilou Halvorsen, Director of Marketing for Jenkinson's Boardwalk, said late Tuesday afternoon that Jenkinson's and Martell's are still jointly offering the payment, despite that the state Department of Community Affairs is questioning the legality of a proposed ordinance that would compel bars to pay fees to stay open past midnight (see related story posted on top of home page). "But if they pass a 12 o'clock bar closing, I'm sure it won't be," Halvorsen said. "But our offer is still on the table because it's in everyone's best interest to come up with a resolution," she said. Now it …
debra Fleming
3:13 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I have never met Mayor Barrella, but I am appealing to him to PLEASE be kind to the struggling businesses in his town. This is a time when we must show solidarity ! I am owner of Cedar Creek Campground in Bayville and know that many of my guests are visitors to all of the surrounding towns who have been hit hard by storm Sandy. It is very important, especially now, for all of these storm ravaged … more ›