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'Chasing Chasing Amy': Famous NJ Movie's Legacy Explored In New Doc
Though "Chasing Amy" is a 90s Garden State classic, a new documentary is exploring its somewhat problematic legacy.
"Chasing Chasing Amy" is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in June, spotlighting "Chasing Amy", Kevin Smith's film about a man who falls in love with a lesbian and develops a relationship with her. Smith, a proud New Jersey native, filmed the movie throughout his home state, including in Brick, Asbury Park, Keansburg, Leonardo, Middletown, Red Bank and Rumson.
In the documentary, director Sav Rodgers explores how the film changed his life. Rodgers was 12-years old …
Bartender At Celeb Chef's Jersey Shore Restaurant Groped By Drunken Patron, Lawsuit Says
A 19-year-old bartender at celebrity chef Victor Rallo’s Jersey Shore restaurant says she was groped by a drunken friend of her manager — and her bosses did nothing to help, according to a newly-filed lawsuit.
The bartender, identified only as R.N., was working at Surf BBQ in Rumson on Oct. 28, 2022 when a "much older patron" named Daniel Boswell, a regular customer, groped both of her breasts, according to the suit filed in March 2023, in Monmouth County Superior Court.
"When the Surf BBQ Defendants learned of this serious and disturbing assault, they failed to take any remedial …
Pickup Driver, 62, Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
A 62-year-old man from the Jersey Shore was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said.
The crash was reported at 10:53 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 on the parkway northbound local lanes to Jon Bon Jovi Service Area in Sayreville, according to New Jersey State Police.
Preliminary investigation revealed a Ford F-150 was traveling on the exit ramp. While on the ramp, the Ford impacted the right guardrail, ran off the road to the right, overturned, and struck several trees, State Police said.
As a result of the crash, the driver, identified as David Memmott, of …
