Ocean Gate News

After three years of construction and renovation, the Pine Beach Yacht Club is once again a pride of the borough.

This small town - it has about 2,200 residents - demonstrated Monday that it need not be a giant in order to be a leader.

Ocean Gate resident Barbara Cotto volunteers as a moderator for the Ocean County Freecycle group, which is a community of people who post items that they are giving away for free.

The fourth annual Emergency Services Day will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Wildwood Pier, according to borough officials.

A borough man remains in jail after he assaulted his live-in girlfriend and threatened to kill her and police officers Friday night, police said.

A borough man was arrested on an outstanding warrant and also a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, police reported.

Though the borough has been a pioneer when it comes to municipal wind power, they have not always been on the cutting edge of other technologies.

It is not hard to believe that sixth-graders Caitlyn Thompsett and Caryn Redo, residents of the environmentally conscious borough, already think like budding environmentalists.

OCEAN GATE: A Berkeley man was arrested for driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning, police said.

A borough police officer was injured Friday night when a man repeatedly resisted arrest and assaulted him, police said.

Five occupants of two vehicles were arrested for marijuana possession Saturday, police said.

Police say a borough woman managed to continue distributing heroin even after she was taken into police custody on heroin charges.

After more than two years of paving the way to build the first municipal wind turbine in the state, the borough has finally surpassed all the major roadblocks and officials are planning a groundbreaking ceremony next month.

Cards are being dealt, and laughter's part of the game for those seated at a round table in a light-filled room in Brick.

After the death of longtime Mayor David M. Siddons in October, two borough residents are vying to fill a one-year unexpired term, which is up for grabs along with two unopposed three-year seats on council.

Benjamin Franklin, known both for his wit and sagacity, coined the phrase, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Nowhere is this wisdom proved more than by each town's Municipal Alliance.

OCEAN GATE: Starting today, the Ocean Gate Municipal Building office hours will change to 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and the office will be closed Fridays, according to Mayor Paul J. Kennedy.

BEACH HAVEN: A 65-year-old borough man was arrested Thursday on two counts of sexual assault after touching himself inappropriately in front of a mother and her three young children, police said.

Harnessing wind energy to curb your electric bills may sound like a wonderful idea, but it's much easier said than done.

Though killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, they continue to serve the country, Clara 'Clair' Fitzgerald said.