It also had a record store where you could buy concert tickets, didn’t it? I swear I camped out there a few times.

Greed next question

I went to North Carolina last summer and the beach was "free" but there was no public parking for miles, so functionally it was private.

And there were lifeguards, but instead of on a stand, the guard was on an ATV patrolling several miles of beach. Hope she's close while you're drowning!

I couldn't believe it. New apartment and I couldn't hang the fucking curtains on my only day off. Cashier was an asshole about it too.

Not Jersey but might as well be, Three Oak in Easton PA

State laws say that disabled persons who have a disability parking placard are the only people that can legally use them.

Note, though, that they can use them and receive parking privileges as either: a driver, or a passenger.

This means that a disabled driver can use a placard in another car, but he/she has to be present in the car when the tag is displayed.

For example, a disabled driver can use a parking placard in another family member’s vehicle. He/she can use it as either the driver, or can sit in the car as a passenger and let the relative drive. If the latter, and the relative is the person parking, then he/she is authorized to park in a handicapped parking space.

However, a disabled driver cannot “loan” a disabled sticker to a family member so that he/she can secure a close parking spot at a parking lot for the person’s own convenience.

The misuse of a disabled parking placard is treated slightly differently among all states. However, it is generally considered an infraction and can get punished by means of:

a fine, the revocation of the placard, and/or community service.

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/can-you-use-your-handicap-placard-in-another-car/

Seems like it's a no. Probably not worth it to lie over this as it means your mom might lose her placard. Take the fine and move on.

You're right, I mistakenly thought sandy hook was owned by state

the argument would work better if Florida had comparable amount of taxes as we do and still had free beaches, instead they don't tax on a ton of stuff but still probably use property taxes on beach upkeep.

Love the assumption, but no I don’t

Rickel and Channel were the spots back in the day for dads.

There is only 1 ocean front state park Island Beach State Park and that was only done last year. All other “public” ocean front property is either federal, Sandy Hook, or county, 7 presidents.

I got into a debate over a patio umbrella in shop rite of all places a couple of years ago on a Sunday.

"Sorry, we can't sell that as its technically furniture" "Well could you sell me an umbrella?" "Yes" "Could you sell me a BIG umbrella? I'm pretty tall..." "Sir, i don't make the rules"

Our local hardware store skirts around it by just having 14 year old kids run the register, and will occasionaly say something like, "that 2x4 is for an EMERGENCY repair....right?"

Also the "dollar" store by us flys in all face of reason that they are open and selling stuff, but nobody really cares as it isn't like they are creating traffic, etc.

I’ll bet you wanna pump your own gas too

Oh that's a pro tip did not realize ace was open.. been driving to clifton home depot for years on Sundays

I grew up in Maine and I wonder about this all the time. I love Sandy Hook bc there isn't the annoying shore stuff (boardwalk, etc.) and I don't mind paying the park fee for it. But I also miss freshwater swimming.

Every lake around here that I know of has private beaches that you need residency passes and memberships to swim in

I would support this

What about Hechingers (home improvement center ) ?

I think the major hurdle with car dealerships being open on Sunday is that the banks and financing institutions would also need to be open and available to approve buyers for car loans.

years ago i worked for a major big box retailer in corporate. 1000+ stores.

Our number one and 2 stores, by both revenue and profit, by a longshot, were in Paramus, and not even a mile apart (not in the malls either).

Really opening on sunday would just have spread things out, and carry the burden of the cost of being open an extra day. Not to mention poach some business from neighboring counties where people who HAD to get something on sunday would go.

Yeah I think this about country-club style exclusion more than anything else.

Some people actually want to be able to shop IN Bergen County ON Sunday.

I go over to american dream on sundays a lot to ski, and that place is still hopping even then. A lot of stores are actually open and try and skate by on very vague exceptions to the law (the hat store was open, saying they counted as 'sporting goods'). It seems to be very loosely enforced there.

Edit: its also worth noting that individual towns have their own (paramus being the most restrictive) and the overall county law is relatively loose. Also enforcement is done at the local level, which is why some towns are a little more loosey goosey than paramus. I imagine the bergen county sheriff would step in if a town really went bonkers with it so the whole thing wasn't undermined, but they seem to be cool letting american dream do its own thing, and i suspect are more of the mind that the meadowlands and the football teams will keep it relatively in check and its in everyone's interest that the place is a success. I wouldn't be surprised down the road an exemption carved out for it, and would support it.

I worked in an office in Montvale, and every so often would have to run in on sunday for something for an emergency. It was always, "ok, can this wait until monday or do we just pay the couple hundred buck fine" I forget the details, but it was reasonable if you called the cops and explained it, if they drove by and saw a car there, and caught you entering\exiting, it was more severe.

More than once i sat in the parking lot until midnight with a cop parked next to me. We all agreed it was silly, but if they didn't enforce it, everyone would quickly start abusing it and it would defeat the point.

I totally agree with you. And not to mention some people actually want the opportunity to work on Sunday.

Heres my idea: repeal the blue laws county wide, let the towns decide if they want to enact their own blue laws

Bergen resident here.

While i wish they would make an exception for homedepot\lowes (technically they CAN open but only sell some stuff), i get by with going to ACE (who really bends the rules), or worse comes to worse, an extra 10 minute drive to patterson.

Its nice having a day that traffic isn't nuts if older relatives want to visit, we want to grab a bite to eat out, etc. Also makes you plan your weekends out a bit better.

Every 10 years or so someone makes noise about this, it eventually comes to a vote, and is always thoroughly defeated.