Belmar News

Today wasn't supposed to be this way - a big Memorial Day tourism weekend was supposed to be the re-emergence of the Jersey shore as an economic powerhouse for the garden state.

Season beach badges will be on sale during the season, weather permitting, at both Third Avenue and Cliff Avenue booths from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

Christie: Last fall, superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore, washing away swaths of sand and dunes, destroying boardwalks and decimating whole neighborhoods.

In an emotion-filled moment last fall after observing superstorm Sandy's devastation, Gov.

The barrier has come down. Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians can now move freely on Ocean Avenue between the arches that mark the boundary between Spring Lake and Belmar.

Senator announces legislation to help avert skyrocketing flood insurance rates Calling it a celebration of everyone working together to restore the community, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez today joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Matt Doherty for the ribbon cutting of the new boardwalk just days before Memorial Day weekend.

Two Belmar residents filed a lawsuit against the borough this week, seeking to overturn the town's designation of the beachfront as an area in need of redevelopment.

Governor Christie's trip to the boardwalk: Governor Christie visits Belmar to see how a promise to the area residents turned out.

Ledger Live for May 24, 2013 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. The fifth and final stop in a weeklong tour of the Jersey Shore as the area scrambles to recover from Hurricane Sandy and prepare for the summer kickoff.

"We're exhausted. This is usually how I feel at the end of the season, and this is just the beginning." Ceremonial, because with all the ribbon cuttings and grand reopenings and bare toes in freshly screened sand, the work goes on.

This Memorial Day weekend, Ben Stanek will be frying fish and serving it up at his family's picnic.

As orange-vested construction workers put the finishing touches on the new boardwalk in Belmar, a coastal expert across the street casually announced that the threat of a major storm touching down in New Jersey is double what it was last year.

Governor Chris Christie waves to students on the beach after officially opening the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Belmar, N.J. At a Wednesday event in Belmar, Governor Christie said Oklahoma tornado victims should get all the help they need immediately, despite their U.S. Senators voting no for NJ's aid package.

BELMAR - Across the Jersey Shore, tourist towns are focused on the kaleidoscopic spectrum of bathing suits, beach blankets and umbrellas - but one borough is concerned with the mysterious reddish-brown liquid coming out of some of its taps.

Ledger Live for May 22, 2013-Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. Ledger Live's post Hurricane Sandy, pre-Memorial Day tour of the Jersey Shore continues with a ride through the towns of Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and the Ortley Beach section of Toms River - a trip which paints a complicated picture of the area's recovery.

Belmar, N.J., Elementary School students had a beach party Wednesday after the town reopened its boardwalk.

E Street is in Belmar but Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's E Street Radio will be in Asbury Park, Friday, May 24.

BELMAR - Soured over federal lawmakers' delay in getting aid to Hurricane Sandy victims in the northeast, Gov.

A Neptune man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child in the Wall, Neptune and Belmar area, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

BELMAR - It was neither sunny nor warm, but thousands of people - mostly children - were on the borough's beaches and boardwalk on Wednesday.