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OLD BRIDGE — The sign in front of Art Stock’s Birch Hill in Old Bridge is shown in this undated photo.
An obituary published in the Asbury Park Press for owner Art Stock, who died in 2009 at age 74, notes that Stock built “a New Jersey club empire that spanned from Sayreville to Cape May in the 1970s.”
The obituary written by Chris Jordan goes on to say “(Stock’s) last Jersey club, Birch Hill, was operated in the name of family members. Birch Hill ran into trouble in 2000 after an accidental drowning, drug raids and a controversial sex show at the club. Birch Hill was sold in 2003 and is now a housing development.”
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