Beach Haven News

As the end of the school year quickly approaches, you're probably wondering just what to do with the kids.

Just in time for spring and Mother's Day, LBI offers a number of beautiful gardens open to the public: Originally developed by local residents Edith Duff Gwinn and Frances Selover in 1968, the gardens are adjacent to the Barnegat Light Museum at Fifth and Central avenues in Barnegat Light and have been maintained by the Garden Club of LBI since ... (more)

There's really never a dull moment here at the Jersey Shore. Take this weekend: a local legend is about to hit the road, heavy metal will reign for charity and a comedy lifer will hold court.

STUDENTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Above, from left: Allison Kanter, Luis Estrada, and Anna Schmult construct bird houses with teacher Paul Skalka.

Lt. John Matusek III and Christine Marie Escobar were united in marriage April 28, 2012, at Beach Haven Terrace First United Methodist Church, Long Beach Island, N.J., by the Rev.

A man in his 70s approached Frank Sementa, principal owner of D'Jais Bar and Grill in Belmar.

Though not yet summer, bars are beginning to open up for the season, and others are expanding their weekend musical schedules into the weekdays.

And then there are all the other rivers, bays, and creeks. The New Jersey Maritime Museum on Dock Road in Beach Haven highlights history on the water that can alternately be described as tragic or triumphant, bizarre or mundane.

The Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven reopened this week with a matinee performance of "Thank You for the Music" a modern tribute to ABBA.

The Pine Shores Art Association in Manahawkin is all about expressing yourself -- and that's easy to see during its annual Spring Art Show.

As the old saying goes, "the Haves turn right and the Have Mores turn left" when crossing the Causeway onto Long Beach Island.