Mauro Motors, a family-owned car dealership with a downtown Woodbridge presence since 1951, had been running on fumes since Chrysler dropped its franchise back in June 2009. Last month, the Amboy Avenue property, which had been in the family since 1929, was put up for sale. The lots and showroom are empty and stand as another example of what's happening elsewhere in the country as more and more small dealerships close up shop.At Mauro, for example, sales of Chryslers had dropped to 45 a month by 2009, down from 50 to 70 cars the dealership once sold monthly before the recession took hold in 2007. Mauro's initial plans to stay in business, first as a used dealership and service station, and then as a seller of Mahindra vehicles from India, were not successful.
Provenzano Hair Stylist on the other hand continues to succeed. The business owned by our former classmate Andy Provenzano has weathered the recession as his clientele has stayed loyal to the business that his older brother, the late Gus Provenzano, started over a half century ago. How many of us guys over the years have sat in the chair where Amboy Avenue meets St. Georges Avenue to have the Provenzanos clean up our act. Andy, your WHS friends wish you and your family the very best along with continued success.
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