Lavallette News

The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.

LAVALLETTE - Gov. Chris Christie called Associate Justice Barry Albin a "grandstander" and said the justices choose to break their silence on public issues that benefit themselves.

Assembly voting session, 1 p.m. in Trenton, with 80 bills on the agenda. Among them are four bills related to gun violence, workers' compensation for first responders, revamping economic development incentives, creating a legislative task force to keep tabs on implementing health exchanges, requiring schools to teach middle-school students about ... (more)

Gov. Chris Christie paid a visit to Lavallette early Monday afternoon to witness the installation of the last board on the borough's newly rebuilt boardwalk, and to give some words of encouragement as Memorial Day weekend - the unofficial beginning to the summer tourist season along the Shore - quickly approaches.

The Theater Project will present staged readings of a selection of new, short plays by Ed Shakespeare on Saturday, May 18, at 2 p.m. in the Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue.

Summertime on the storm-weary Jersey Shore is almost here: The air is heating up, boardwalks are being rebuilt and throngs of vacationers are expected to pack areas that just months ago were obliterated by Hurricane Sandy.

A 68-year-old man suffered burn injuries in a boat fire at a Silver Beach Road residence that was recently repaired after sustaining damage from Superstorm Sandy.

Five seniors who helped organize Hunterdon Central High School fundraisers for Hurricane Sandy victims will meet Gov.

Rep. Jon Runyan, R-N.J. is none too pleased with the Postal Service after its decision to set up a new temporary borough post office outside of the borough for customers in the 08735 zip code.

Nick Honachefsky and James Amore fished the Island Beach State Park surf this morning for constant action on bunker chunks as they caught 13 -- and added a 29-inch striper.

Police Friday charged a Lavallette man with receiving stolen property after he put a surfboard that had been stolen from a Sandy-ravaged home up for sale on the website Craigslist.

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Drivers along the northern Ocean County Shore can rest easier following the New Jersey Department of Transportation's [NJDOT] decision to hold off road reconstruction work on Route 35 until after Labor Day.

Comics have always been a big deal to the men in Brick Wenzel's family. But when Sandy devastated his home and his business, Wenzel realized that the books had more than sentimental value - they had quite a bit of monetary value as well.

A New Jersey couple is auctioning off a collection of comic books to help rebuild their properties destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.

The state is postponing Route 35 reconstruction until after Labor Day, a welcome relief to local officials and business people who feared that the work would cause massive traffic delays all summer.

When Richard Ford read from a story featuring his beloved character Frank Bascombe at 92nd Street Y last week , one had to ask if this meant Bascombe would soon return in a fourth novel.

Among the possessions and homes destroyed by the flood waters of superstorm Sandy, some of the most treasured items lost were irreplaceable photographs of loved ones.

"Splinters & Sand: Rebuilding our memories. Rebuilding the Jersey Shore." is a Ledger Live special report published in late January of 2013.

Mike Stevens, a Carlstadt volunteer Ambulance Corps member, tries to revive a dog pulled from the burning house but the dog did not survive.