The Bay Head Beacon

Sting, the Grammy winning, superstar recording artist from England, performed on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant this past weekend. When he wasn't on stage, however, he and his wife Trudie really enjoyed their visit to the area. Locals reported that for big celebrities, Sting and his wife were just "regular folks." Sting was seen at a local diner having breakfast. "When he came into the diner, I couldn't believe it was Sting," said server Leeva Tipp. "I offered him coffee and he said, 'I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear. I like my toast done on one side.' Then he had pork roll, egg and cheese on a roll, just like a local! Good tipper, too!" Later, Sting and Trudie were sighted on the boardwalk. Their first stop was the aquarium. Sting, who is known to be a nature lover, seemed particularly enamored with Lucy the seal. As he watched her swim, he was overheard saying, "What a beautiful creature. Every little thing she does is ...

If there are three things people love it's drinking, gambling and riverboats. In the past, steam powered riverboats would cruise the muddy Mississippi River while card players drank rot-gut whiskey and gambled away their life savings. Now, a local entrepreneur wants to bring back those great days of yesteryear by bringing riverboat gambling to the Jersey Shore. Chip Kounter of Point Pleasant Beach is the man behind the floating casino. "I love to gamble, but I don't always want to drive to a casino. People say, so why not use a gambling app? Those are great, but it's just not the same as being in a casino. I wanted to be able to sit amongst other gamblers while I enjoyed a drink and lost a lot of money. Now I can do just that and so can other local gamblers!" Kounter purchased a sightseeing paddleboat and re-fit the entire vessel. It features a bar, a buffet area, and, of course, gambling machines. He named his riverboat the Lucky Lady. Some may question how Kount...

Edsel Studebaker has loved cars his whole life. He got his first car, a used Ford Model T, in 1940 when he was 16. "I loved that old wreck." he says. "I practically had to rebuild the whole thing, but it taught me a lot about engines and got me where I needed to go." These days he's driving an immaculate 2014 Chevy Malibu, but he still loves driving. It was only natural that he would become an Uber driver. "During World War II, I was assigned to the motor pool. I would keep the jeeps running and serve as a driver for officers," Studebaker explains. "One time I even got to drive General George Patton around when his usual driver was ill. It was quite an experience. I remember he came up to the Jeep and I was standing at attention, saluting, and he slapped me in the face. He said, 'You call that a salute, soldier?!' He was always slapping me for one reason or another, but he slapped everyone. A guy would bring him coffee and he'd get sla...