The “ringmaster” of the Circus Drive-In diner, a recently demolished Monmouth County landmark remembered for its 12-foot-tall clown sign, has died at the age of 95. Richard J. “Dick” Friedel, the ...

WALL - Could a new home be coming soon for the old Circus Drive-In sign, a Route 35 landmark that was saved from the scrap heap after it was taken down to make way for a new shopping center? "I'm ...

WALL - Richard J. "Dick" Friedel, whose Circus Drive-In diner was a landmark for generations of Jersey Shore residents and visitors, has died at the age of 95. Friedel died peacefully at home on Oct.

The “smiling clown” sign from the former Circus Drive-In restaurant that charmed Route 35 motorists in Monmouth County for more than six decades has recently been discovered by local residents ...