Thousands of people and lots of fighting caused some chaos but the longer lasting effect is the dagger the Saturday night event in Seaside Heights and Seaside Park did to both borough's reputations.
You never know sometimes where YouTube will lead you when you are watching different videos.
I was on YouTube the other day looking at beach videos, and next thing I know I stumbled upon this one of the June fire in 1955 that happened at Freeman's Amusement Center on the Pier in Seaside Heights...
When I was walking on the Boardwalk early this week, I came across the structure being built next to the Saw Mill in Seaside Park with this sign on their door.
I don't know anything about Blue Cup Coffee, but doing some research, I did find this
According to their website:
Blue Cup Coffee is bringing speciality coffee and breakfast sandwiches to the Seaside Park Boardwalk this summer...
Yup...It's that time of year again. Starting today, the meters in Seaside Heights are no longer free like they have been all winter.
Daily parking will now be enforced through October 31st.
Seaside Park, however, is still free weekdays through May 16th...
**Breaking News**
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man who set off an explosive device in a Seaside Park garbage can before the start of the Semper 5K race back in 2016 has been sentenced today by a federal judge to multiple life terms in prison...