As the calendar turns the page to May on Sunday, we will kick off a weekly theme of 'Jersey Shore Summer' on 'Shore Time with Vin and Dave' from 6-8 am on 94.3 The Point and 105.7 The Hawk.
I am from Wall Township but I know what it's like to live far away from home. After getting my undergraduate degree from West Virginia University, I moved to a small town in western Kentucky to start my radio career. After that, I lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for three years. Long story short, there is nothing better than living at the Jersey Shore. Monmouth & Ocean County are awesome! The locals "get it", the restaurants are tremendous, and you can never run out of fun things to do.
There's nothing more devastating than driving all the way to the beach and having to go home because you can't find parking. How do we help the frustrating parking situation at the Jersey Shore?
There has been pepped up demand for mobile vaccination units to be rolled out for months to help those especially who are homebound or are restricted to being home or unable to travel.
The true financial impacts of the summer of 2020 at the Jersey Shore won't truly be known until sometime next year but this year saw record beach revenue in Monmouth County despite the restrictions and despite the pandemic.
The good news for this weekend is that what we usually see at this time every year will be seen once more but with one big difference....social distancing will be encouraged and enforced so be sure to keep six-feet of distance.
This won't be a normal, typical summer in Ocean County as much as we wish it would be and as beaches and boardwalks reopen there will be restrictions and rules to follow.
Summer in Ocean County won't be like it has been in years past due to the pandemic and it's already having an impact on people whose busy working season occurs between Memorial Day and Labor Day, including Lifeguards.