Happenings 'Round the Neighborhood

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. We start out this Podcast with some Fanmail we received on our recent Veterans Podcast, our new 25 MPH Speed Limit signs, and using Zelle for payments for our Men's Club Dues and events. Did everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving? This leads Phil, Joe B, and Jay into a discussion on eating at restaurants, sharing meals, and doggy bags. Should...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. When we usually refer to holidays in the month of November, many will think of Thanksgiving Day. But November 11 is Veterans Day when we give thanks to our friends, family, and all of the men and women who have served our country in the military both in wartime and in peacetime. A few of our Baymen Men's Club veterans stopped in to talk t...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Michael Aloisi joins Phil and Joe B. to discuss our community's recent Annual Halloween Party with the fun, laughs, and music from our own Boyz with Loud Toyz band. They talk about their costumes and others at the party and some costumes from years' past. Our Baymen Men's Club dues are due and Phil, Joe B, and A...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Earlier this year, Tom Valledolmo interviewed Bob Golon, our friend, fellow Baymen Men’s Club member, and a Sports Historian in our Community. In this Podcast interview, the roles are reversed and Bob interviews Tom, our friend, a Baymen Men’s Club Member, and also one of our very knowledgeable sports authorities in our community.  Tom and Jay...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. So, what’s the story on these new Speed Limit Signs?   Ron D’Aurizio, the Chairman of our community Safety Committee joins us to explain who initiated the idea for the signs, the reasons for the signs, and how we can all help to enforce the speed limit for our community’s safety. Rob Sofie wrote and published his first book. Rob will be here t...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. This summer Phil spent some time talking with Cindy Varamo, the Grounds and Landscape Committee Chairperson in our community.   Cindy also has another passion. As a volunteer for the past few years, Cindy has been involved with the “Save the Turtles” campaign and set up her ‘outdoor office’ on Great Bay Blvd. Her mission is to protect the turt...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Joe B. and Larry join Phil to read some Fan Mail which leads them to a discussion on Palisades Amusement Park and then onto other amusement parks in the area they visited back in the day. They also start up a discussion on their experiences of when they moved into our community and how they met people. Joe B and Phil return later to discuss th...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this Podcast, Tom Valledolmo interviews John O'Reilly, a Baymen Men's Club member and a former Chairman of our Pool and Clubhouse Commitee in our community. During the mid-70's, John started his career as the Director of Marketing for the NY Cosmos Soccer Team in the old NASL Soccer League. At this time the Cosmos were a stru...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Joe B. and Jay join Phil for another discussion on trucks that use to drive up the block back in the day selling rides and services. It's mid-summer with the 33rd Summer Olympics, Paris 2024 coming up the end of July. And Bob Hrabel, our Baymen Men's Club Social Committee Chairman joins us to talk about a new idea he came up with for...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Summer is here! Remember those days when you heard the sound of the ice cream truck coming down your street? Phil, Jay, and Larry reminisce about those days. What was your favorite? Bob Golomb starts up a new series on New Jersey with a segment  titled "Two States-Two Languages", comparing the differences between words and terms used...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Phil Hessemer sits with Ray "Seadawg" Mann, a fellow Baymen Men’s Club member, who spent a career at sea in the Merchant Marines. Now, Gordon Lightfoot wrote and sang the song “The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald” but Ray was there that fateful day on the SS Arthur Anderson following that doomed ship. In this intervie...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. We're back with a full episode.  Phil is joined by Joe Bartolo and Larry Thomas to discuss 'Is a Strawberry a Berry?' and a game of 'Name that Sound'.  Joe B.  introduces two new segments called 'Did You Know?' and 'Just in Case'.  And Paul DeBaylo introduces his new segment on 'Investing IN Re...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Phil talks with Frank Johnson, a fellow Baymen Men’s Club member and the Pioneer and Ambassador of Pickleball in our Community.    Frank talks about the origins of Pickleball in general and how it got started in our community over 14 years ago. Phil and Frank discuss how “newbies”, who are interested in playing the game, can g...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Bob Masciangelo sits down with Angelo Corbo, a fellow Baymen Men’s Club member, Musical Director for the Chorus and a contributor to the Performing Arts Group.  Bob gets Angelo talking about growing up with his music influencers, his career including teaching, playing accordion and piano, and conducting, and starting up our co...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. "Take me out to the ballgame ...  root, root, root for the home team." That's what this podcast is all about. Phil goes down to Port St. Lucie Florida, Clover Park, home of the Port St. Lucie Mets Spring Training Facility to see a few Met games and to visit an old family friend, Jimmy Fertitta, the President of the Mets Booster...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this Podcast Tom Valledolomo talks with Bob Golon, the Lead Editor of our community newsletter The Breeze and a Baseball\Sports Historian. Bob has written a book on New Jersey Baseball and published numerous articles on the topic of Baseball and Sports in general. Do you know who hit the first World Series homerun in the old Yankee Stadium,...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode Jay and Larry join Phil to reply to a few emails received on our Winter Games segment last month. Joe B. talks with our friends at the Coastal Financial Group on Guaranteed Lifetime Income Plans. Phil, Jay, and Larry recap the recent Baymen Karaoke Party and look forward to the next one. Tommy V. and Jay give us their Superbowl...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Happy New Year to all of our listeners.  In this episode Jay and Larry join Phil to talk about snow days as kids, playing outside in the snow, and later come back to talk about lunches they ate when came in from the cold. Tommy V.  hosts another game of Fact or Crap with Bob and our guests Kathy Reilly and John Redavid. Our Roving Reporter, Ja...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Phil talks with Doug Rattazzi to discuss the beginnings of Toys for Tots, his involvement over the years, and how you can continue to donate toys and volunteer your time. For the past 21 years, Doug has been actively involved with Toys for Tots campaigns, an organization set up by the US Marine Corp Reservists. Doug has been t...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. As we enter the month of December, we wish all of our listeners and sponsors a Happy Holidays from all of us here at Happenings 'Round the Neighborhood. This episode Phil, Bob, and Jay start off talking about some End of Year Scams we've experienced and warn you all about. Our friend Sue Sielicki joins Tom, Harris, and Bob for a fun...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. This month Jay joins Phil and Bob to reminisce about Thanksgiving celebrations from years past. Peter Reimann, our community Webmaster,  joins Phil for a discussion on QR Codes, what are they, where do we already see them, and how we can easily implement them around our community. Bob brings us What’s Happening Around Our Neighborhood and a hi...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. Phil is joined by Jay and Larry to reminisce what it was like Trick or Treating as kids. Tom hosts a fun game of Fact or Crap with Phil, Bob, and Denise. Joe B. interviews two NY Life Insurance Agents who provide Medicare services. Bob brings us What's Happening 'Round our neighborhood in the coming months and explains some backgroun...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. We start this episode by thanking many of those who made it possible for us to reach our 6th month and 7th Podcast.  And where are our  listeners coming from? Bob remembers 9/11, Our Two Guys Talking Sports, Tommy V.  and Jay, give their predictions on our local Pro Football teams for the upcoming season, Joe B. interviews some of our sponsors...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. This episode we introduce a new sponsor and some new segments including Scam Alert with Joe and Linda B who discuss a scam phone call they received with some warning. Pat L and John T stop in to discuss the upcoming Annual Baymen Golf Classic and Dinner open to all residents in our community.  Another Famous Movie Scene with our Podcast of cha...

Click to send us your feedback on our Podcast. Thanks. In this episode, Phil interviews Ed Mahlstadt and discusses his long singing career, his various bands, the people he met and played with along the way, his radio jingles and interviews, the band's philanthropy, and his development of the Performing Arts Workshop in our community that will be performing once again on September 23 in the c...