sandy ground project

Asbury Park

Seventh Avenue playground officially dedicated

Honors memory of slain Sandy Hook Elementary teacher Rachel D'Avino

By Jill Bartlett


The memory of Rachel D’Avino, one of the 26 victims gunned down in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, now has a permanent home in Asbury Park. At a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday, before the purple ribbon that surrounded the playground on Asbury Park’s 7th Avenue beach was cut, before anyone stepped up […]

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Aug 27, 2013
Asbury Park

Anonymous donor gives $100,000 to build playground

Stipulates 'Sandy Ground' project park must be built in Asbury

By Jill Bartlett


Rachel D’Avino, a victim of the Newtown Connecticut shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be forever memorialized in a playground dedicated to her on Asbury Park’s 7th Avenue beach [pictured above]. Fire Chief Kevin Keddy and Leesha Floyd, a program development aide for the city’s recreation department, formally presented details of the project to […]

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Jun 25, 2013