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Beloved Jersey Shore carousel won’t be ready to ride until fall 2022
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
A pavilion that will house the 111-year-old Floyd L. Morland Carousel in Seaside Heights is under construction along the boardwalk at the borough s north end.Borough of Seaside Heights
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A restoration of Seaside Heights’ beloved antique carousel will not be complete before Fall 2022, according to officials of the Shore resort town and the Ohio-based firm that will do most of the restoration work.
A pavilion to house the 111-year-old carousel now under construction along the boardwalk is tangible evidence of progress in the borough’s years-long, multi-million dollar effort to acquire the 111-year-old merry-go-round, restore it inside and out, and then operate it as a public amenity emblematic of the borough’s history and revival as a family-friendly resort.
UpdatedThu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:14 am ET
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Retired Seaside Heights Police Capt. Gerald LaStella also was chief police instructor at the Ocean County Police Academy. (Shutterstock)
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ Funeral services have been set for Jan. 4 and 5 for retired Seaside Heights Police Capt. Gerald LaStella, who died Christmas morning.
The Seaside Heights Police Department said the viewing will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 4 at Ryan Home for Funerals on St. Catherine Boulevard, Toms River, with the funeral at 10 a.m. Jan. 5 at St. Catherine s Roman Catholic Church, Seaside Park.
LaStella served on the Seaside Heights force for 26 years, following in his father s footsteps, and later was the chief police instructor at the Ocean County Police Academy. He started his career as a dispatcher in 1968 and was hired as a police officer in 1970. He graduated from the Municipal Police Academy in Sea Girt in June 1970, according to an Asbury Park Press report at the time. He was promoted t