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Episode 88: Part II of our Talk With Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 13, 2023 haj1000 Notable Locals 0 Comments
Welcome to part two of our conversation with long-time Asbury Park Police Officer, former member of the Asbury Park City Council, former state champion tennis player from Asbury Park High School, and local Pastor—the Reverend David Parreott Jr. He reminisces about being a police officer during the 1970 riots in Asbury Park, being a neighborhood kid when Asbury Park had dirt roads and a synagogue on Cookman Ave, and what it was like to run for office in Asbury Park back in the 1980s. Welcome Reverend!
Reverend Perreott shows Amy & Joe the pool table he bought from Danny Devito.

Episode 88: Part II of our Talk With Reverend David Parreott Jr.

Episode 87: Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 5, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
When Amy & Joe sit down to interview guests, we try to keep our conversations somewhere near the 45-minute mark just to keep things simple. But this week’s guest, who has been a resident of Asbury Park since the 1930s, was such an engaging storyteller that they ended up with over 90 minutes of conversation before we knew it—enough for two full episodes. So welcome to part one of our conversation with long-time Asbury Park Police Officer, former member of the Asbury Park City Council, former state champion tennis player from Asbury Park High School, and local Pastor—the Reverend David Parreott Jr. Welcome Reverend!

Episode 87: Reverend David Parreott Jr.

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

February 6, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe return to the local news scene and talk to Ellen Carroll, editor of The Coaster, one of the last remaining family-owned, hyper-local newspapers on the Jersey shore–which is also celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

Episode 84: Tom Chesek

December 18, 2022 asbury-pod Notable Locals 1 Comment
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe talk to Tom Chesek, writer in residence and docent of the Stephen Crane House. We learn a little bit about the time young Stephen Crane spent here with his family,  as well as what Tom was doing before he came to Asbury Park and what does Clifford the Big Red Dog have to do with it.

Episode 84: Tom Chesek

Episode 83: Michelle Grezner & Celia Cattani talk about the Asbury Park Holiday Toy Drive

Episode 81: Henry Vaccaro

November 14, 2022 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
This week Amy & Joe welcome Henry Vaccaro, a fixture here in Asbury Park. We talk to Henry about growing up in and around Asbury Park and the many careers he has had in life, first as a builder, then the unlikely owner of the world-famous Kramer guitar company and then how he became close friends with Bob Wootton and Johnny Cash and restored the Berkeley Carteret Hotel.
A new guitar that Vaccaro just got a patent on. His plan is to restart his guitar company in Asbury Park.