It's about time!

Why not move tent city from Lakewood there.

Why not have the rest of the Johnson family contribute, they are the ones whom profitted from the asphalt plant let them chip in with clean up.

Get rid of the roach coach too while you are at it.

Will be happy to see that eyesore finally gone. It is truly a disgrace. Just kept getting worse and worse over the years.

Does anyone know what they plan on eventually putting there?

I think an enormous pawn shop.

finally! thank you Jack!!

This is just another step the town must take- at the end the town will have to remove it ,bill her & take the land. Then sell it for retail stores & collect taxes. No clue why it took them so long.

Where was our Mayor? Where was Junior? Oh yeah that's right... MIA. Where is the news story about where the mayor was hiding out?.... Out of town, out of sight! Our elected leader has some explaining to do, while Berkeley burns, Junior fiddles... Out of town in our time of crisis.

Political B.S. thats what. Whos in cahoots with who im guessin

NATTY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING DURING THIS CRISIS? UNDER A ROCK?
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE. WAY BEHIND IN YOUR READING OF THE PATCH. READ AL THE ARTICLES. OUR MAYOR HAS LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR AMATO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS CRISIS! DIDN'T YOUR MOMMY TELL YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY, DON'T SAY IT!!!

1st- Anyone who knows Florida is aware that she lives in a "Ritzy" area (Lauderdale by the Sea)in Florida. She probably could care less and was probably sad NOT for the Jersey Shore but that Hurricane Sandy did not tear it completely down and save her the trouble. She needs a "CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT" from both Beachwood and Pine Beach Residents. That place is part of the reason we all had blackouts. Our Firefighters had enough on their plates and I say CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. Some lawyer should start one...I AM IN!!
I heard the five thousand dollar fine per day before and it did not happen. She is probaby on a cruise somewhere in Europe as we speak. Do you think she gives a hoot. I say slap the fines on "right now" give her 30 days like anyone else to DO IT or Berkeley Township do it themselves and send HER the bill. I would not be one bit surprised if she filed an insurance claim on that property after the hurricane. What about the debris that flew in the streets and cars going over the metal and nails. Berkeley Township is a joke for letting it go this far. Get the vendors off that property too. As much as we enjoy hotdogs, it invites traffic inside the area too close for comfort. Nothing should be allowed in and it was scary watching the fireworks go off over there when we were all in the dark here.

I kinda like it as it stands, it has become a Landmark, sorta like The Dinosaur.

(sarcasm off)

AFTER 25YEARS,WHO WAS GETTING PAY OFF,THEY MUST HAVE DIE.

How about moving the Dinosaur to the front of the cleaned up site and then simply planting some trees. The previous administration and the current one never seemed to realize we had our fill of strip malls so they kept getting built. But before they built, the ripped out all of the trees possible along route 9. Let's put something really useful there because concrete and thousands of cars will do nothing but denigrate our environment even more.

And I'm not a tree hugger. Just a realist. We have no need for any more retail space and to put tons of apartments in that area where the traffic is chronically at a standstill already, is plain foolish. We do need, oxygen, however and trees would help immensely. And the Dinosaur would help remind us of the values this town once thrived on. People worked hard and needed and asked for very few politicians.

At one time there was a rumor that Lowes was going in there. Wouldn't it be nice not to have to get in the car and fight traffic for a half an hour just because you need a box of nails or a plunger! Might as well since there is no such thing as a Mom and Pop hardware store anymore. Or how about a nice new supermarket since the one all the way in Bayville is now the only game in town. Shame politics has to get involved in EVERYTHING!!!

I think a super Target would be great!!

i remember as a kid my mom taking us there to the Woolworth's, the bowling alley was busy and we loved the christmas display of little elves in the window (business i cant remember now)! at times a video store and a jersey mike's but its fallen into disgrace and its sad to drive by it now! tear it down and rebuild something for future generations to enjoy...

For those who refuse to educate themselves:

1) It's "couldn't care less". "Could care less" means there are other things you care less about.

2) WRITING IN CAPS TELLS EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE DOING. WHY WOULD WE LISTEN TO YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS LOCATED?

Enjoy.

Why don't all you yuppies get a life and stop pointing fingers. Yea... Shes guilty of doing nothing and should be held accountable. Force her to tear it down and sell the property that will be useful to the community. Bringing jobs and tax revenues to elevate the burden of the middle class family.
I agree, a Loews or some other kind of successful buisness that can afford to higher those in need of a job.
Mayor..... Move your ass!!!!!

riding through the 'center' of Beachwood is, for the most part, a pretty depressing trip through what looks like the low-rent areas outside of Elizabeth or Newark... Most of the entire length of Route 9 is pretty ugly, but Beachwood is the worst...

Sell the property and put a Home Depot or a Super Wall Mart, Costco or somthing. their.. And I dont want to hear about the how traffic will be slow.. It be a chance to force the widing of RT . 9. part of the road got messed up with Sandy, It could bring in better drainage.

It's about time, but until I see bulldozers tearing down the eye sore I won't hold my breath. Are you kidding a fire would have been an improvement! At least we could have said " Oh that shopping center had a fire and was destroyed" it would have been easier to explain. The good news is more people think it is in Beachwood, and not Bayville..sorry for the folks in Beachwood. Once again it is a symbol of how local and state government cant work. It will be years and many mayors to see progress....how sad. Well for sure its a real model for our great government at work..pointing fingers and never coming together for even as simple a thing as demolition of a useless, unsafe fire trap shopping center. Are you for real a fire hazard??? Its been that and more for many years, more than I can say. Sorry for the firemen that had to come to put out the flames...but really it would have been better left to burn. The very least Berkeley could do is put up a fence, a very high fence....and then in about twenty years from now surprise us with its completion.

LOL carol...best idea yet, A SURPRISE! drape all around it and then have a big unveiling ceremony! But will the roach coach still be there? LOL

Word on the street is, Its you know what kind of lightning hit that night! I heard from reliable resorces that lady's trying to collect insurance money on that beautifull place.

Can't something like "Eminant domain" happen here? They're able to force people out of there homes for redevelopement. The twsp keeps waiting for a response from the owner...who shows no sign of caring about what's happenning with her property! I think we should take it, demo the whole thing and put up someting useful in that space. It semed good place for a bowling alley, and maybe a restaurant. A place where families could go, instead of retail shops. Just a thought!

If she sells.... I'll buy it!!!! I welcome your ideas on what to put there.

Sounds real good in print, but will it actually happen.....NO FREAKEN WAY.

This stingey rich witch will lawyer up and drag this through the court for a few more decades.

Helen
Listen web . This town long ago use to be a nice area. You self righteous Idiot . How is that for Grammar? Sounds like your a young snot nose, as we old folks use to call people like you .

By the way we have a skate park at Veterans Park DORK

OMG...LOL not playing, YOU TRULY ARE A DORK hahaha. Most would agree. As for this town ever being nice...I lived here all my life and I never remember this area being nice. Not even years ago...It's always been an eye sore...It's a hick town!!!

Hahaha you know it George...You could probably count how many teeth on one hand...I go to get my coffee in the morning and I look around and cringe, when I see what walks in the door..Disheveled, dirty, people. Some wearing their flannel pajama bottoms that look worn and filthy. Whats up with that?? Others need to brush their teeth, whats left of them and a shower wouldn't hurt either...I say to myself, what the heck am I doing here? Another common factor here is obesity...Come on now enough already...Let's restore and make a clean sweep in this area...Maybe then hopefully, the right people will move here and we can get rid of the riff raff...I am not rich, I am a single woman that works hard just to survive...You don't need a lot of money to be clean and presentable...It's just pure laziness.

Wow I only wore my Jet PJ bottoms out once

Stuck in Beat Bayville: It's "you're", as in YOU ARE. Not "your", as in IT'S YOURS. Learn the basics before you argue online or else no one takes you seriously.