A peaceful moment in the Grove.  Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net.  Nov. 19, 2020.  ©

Paul Goldfinger MD  Editor Blogfinger.net

Isn’t it time for Ocean Grove residents to make some demands regarding their quality of life? Why do selfish organizations in town get to define our lifestyles?

We should emulate Bradley Beach and insist that mega-events be reduced or eliminated  in our peaceful historic small town.   Let our elected officials actually represent us.

Proposal prototype:   No big event can be held without the approval of the Neptuner Committee.  So how about one mega-event each season for the Chamber of Commercials and one for the Camp Meeting Association —defined as any event that brings more than 1,000 people into town.   And that could be a beginning…..

This hymn was recorded on a wax cylinder by Ira Sankey over 100 years ago in the Great Auditorium.  “A Shelter in the Time of Storm”  from the album Waxing the Gospel which won a Grammy and was reported on Blogfinger.

"The raging storms may round us beat
A shelter in the time of storm
We'll never leave our safe retreat
A shelter in the time of storm."