Community Corner
Dover Mall or Crossroads Center?
What's up with the name of the plaza on Route 166 and 37?
Forever, it's been .
But with the ongoing construction at the plaza, corner of , last month a new plaza sign emerged calling it Crossroads Center. Tenants ShopRite, Staples and Spirits Unlimited Liquors — their names will grace the tall signage with "Crossroads Center" at the top.
The developer, Dan-D, owned by the D'onofrio family, said the name of the mall is being changed to reflect the fact that the town is no longer known as Dover Township, but as Toms River Township.
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"Routes 37 and 166 are a crossroads, so that is the reason for calling it Crossroads Center," said a secretary who relayed comment from one of the D'onofrios.
As for the old sign that served as the movie marquee for the Dover Mall theater, it will likely be thrown away, the secretary relayed.
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But we're wondering what you think of the name? What do you plan to call the plaza — Dover Mall or Crossroads?
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