"We're On Our Way" Wal-Mart sign on Route 37, Toms River

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For years, residents of Toms River were told a new Wal-Mart superstore would be coming to this site on Route 37, prompting this billboard. This was taken in 2010, and it was up for a while by that point when someone spray painted "no you're not" on it. The sign is still there, badly overgrown and hard to see now. The latest news is that Wal-Mart has given up on plans for the store.

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