Thursday, October 18, 2012
Quinnipiac University survey finds 72 percent in favor of bill that would allow towns to regulate television productions
Snooki, we've had enough. That's the view of the majority of state residents polled last week by Quinnipiac University who expressed overwhelming support for the so-called "Snookiville Law," which would allow municipalities to regulate reality TV shows, such as the Snooki & JWoww" production that began filming in Manchester in August. The poll, released Thursday, shows 72 percent of residents approve of District 12 Republican Assemblyman Ronald Dancer's efforts to reign in such productions as "Jersey Shore," which filmed its last season in Seaside Heights earlier this year. "New Jersey voters are smiling to see the last of Snooki and her crew. They think 'Jersey Shore' was bad for the state, and they think towns should have more power to …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Reality shows film throughout the state, including Manchester
Spurred by the filming of MTV shows throughout New Jersey in recent years, a bill to be introduced in the state Legislature "explicitly permits" municipalities to have a say in regulating productions. Dubbed the "Snookiville Law," the bill to be introduced by District 12 Republican Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer would allow towns to license and regulate reality TV shows, like the "Snooki & JWoww" production that began filming in Manchester in August. “The popularity of MTV’s 'Jersey Shore' and other reality shows can attract crowds to a community,” Dancer said in a news release. “That can be great for local businesses and a costly challenge to a town’s ability to control crowds and protect public safety." Under the legislation, towns could…
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Spicy Cantina reaches settlement with state
A boardwalk bar in Seaside Heights will be fined $15,000 and a "Jersey Shore" cast member will be banned from the establishment for two years under a settlement between the bar and the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The state agency announced the settlement Thursday, in which Spicy Cantina pleaded guilty to serving alcohol to Deena Cortese, 25, of New Egypt, while she was visibly intoxicated. The fine against Spicy stems from a June 10 incident where MTV "Jersey Shore" cast member Cortese was arrested by borough police for disorderly conduct after being seen disrupting traffic while dancing in the street. The state took action after it was observed by police that Cortese and an entourage that included an MTV crew, had been …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Did MTV's raucous reality show change national perceptions of the Garden State?
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Friday, August 31, 2012
MTV's Jersey Shore may soon be history, but will images of drunken misbehavior, boardwalk brawls and ample helpings of "gym, tan, laundry" characterize the Garden State for years to come? On Thursday, MTV announced the show would not return after its sixth season, taped this summer in Seaside Heights, airs this fall. But what is the lasting impact of the TV series that many say put the worst of the state's stereotypes on display for millions of viewers across the world? Were the antics of the eight housemates on Ocean Terrace just a few young people having fun, or has it done permanent damage to the state's reputation?
The final season will begin airing in October.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Love or hate its rambunctious cast, the show that made Seaside Heights famous—or, at least, infamous—is going off the air. MTV announced Thursday afternoon its hit series Jersey Shore will end after a recently taped season airs this fall. The sixth season of the series, which since 2009 has chronicled the oft-drunken misadventures of eight twentysomethings living in a house on Ocean Terrace in Seaside Heights, will premiere Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. But when the season ends, the show and the cast will not return. The network will air the retrospective Gym, Tan, Look Back as part of a farewell marathon Sept. 6, and the cast will make an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards that night. Lately, the production crews have been filming a spin-off …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
'Jersey Shore' cast members staying under the radar in Manchester Township
Their antics on MTV’s “Jersey Shore” may have made them notorious, but the behavior of Snooki and JWoww since renting a Johnson Avenue home in Manchester has been very much on the quiet side, according to both Police Chief Brian Klimakowski and local residents. “We have received no calls into police dispatch regarding their residence,” said the chief. “The only call I received was a personal one from a gentleman on that street who requested that we put up speed limit signs, or signs which remind everyone there’s a playground nearby, in order to control the speed limit there.” The chief added that the resident who called him stated that those wanting to see the house on Johnson Avenue were speeding through the neighborhood to do so, but …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
"Jersey Shore" spinoff filming at Manchester home into October
MTV stars Snooki and JWoww are filming in a Manchester home, township Business Administrator Elena Zsoldos said Monday at the council's regular meeting. "The fact is that they are here. They're renting a home here in Manchester," Zsoldos said. On Friday, Mayor Michael Fressola told Manchester Patch that he received word from the owner of the filming site, a large, modern two-story home on Johnson Avenue near the POW-MIA Park, that the two "Jersey Shore" cast members were moving in to film their "Snooki & JWoww" spinoff. Around that time, multiple residents who live on or near the street wrote in to Manchester Patch to say that they saw trucks and other vehicles with New York license plates at the home as crews prepared for filming. The …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Rumors abound, but no official confirmation from show producers
Reports are swirling that MTV stars Snooki and JWoww may be headed to Manchester. Multiple residents who live on or near Johnson Avenue have written in to Patch to say that they've seen trucks and other vehicles with New York license plates at a home near the township's POW-MIA Park, supposedly gearing up for filming of "Snooki & JWoww," a "Jersey Shore" spinoff. Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola said that he spoke with the owner of the alleged filming site, a large, modern two-story home, who said that a deal to lease the property for the production was in the works. Fressola could not confirm that such a deal was executed, however. When contacted by Patch, the owner of the property declined to confirm that the home had been leased out …
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tax credit for popular MTV show set in Seaside Heights received plenty of backlash from locals
Gym, tan, laundry. And now, taxes. Governor Chris Christie tossed a tax credit that could have saved the producers of the hit MTV show Jersey Shore $420,000. The governor vetoed the state Economic Development Authority’s award of film tax credits, citing a difficult fiscal climate and a need to use tax credits to support projects that "benefit the state." "I have no interest in policing the content of such projects; however, as Chief Executive I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the State and its citizens," Christie wrote in a letter to Caren Franzini, the chief executive of the EDA. He went on to say that while the EDA board …
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Snooki and the gang prompt complaints for the simplest of reasons
I never fully understood the hatred of the 'Jersey Shore' cast. For the most part, they do what everyone else does in Seaside Heights during the summer: party, hit the boardwalk and look for love - or, at the very least, lust. Four seasons in, they've yet to offend me. For one thing, Seaside Heights in the summer is portrayed, in my view, relatively accurately on the show. For another, except for one unlucky Bayville resident who was the target of cast member Ronnie Ortiz's fist after an argument, I can't say that they've negatively affected my life, or anyone else's life, one bit. For some Shore locals, that all changed Monday night when the crew invaded a bastion of Shore localism in a town where Ocean County residents are squarely …
Matty St Germain
7:13 am on Monday, October 29, 2012
+1 Marcy, Those idiots make jersey look worse than it already has and now they are in my hometown. They need to go somewhere else, Manchester is NOT Snookiville. What a friggin insult and disgrace. I support the bill! GTFO of Manchester and jersey period.... more ›