Point Pleasant Beach News

Dozens of firefighters from Point Pleasant Borough and neighboring communities responded to a reported structure fire at approximately 6 p.m. tonight at 1002 Trenton Ave., the home of Bissey Glassworks.

Voters, here, will have the opportunity to remove Mayor Vincent Barrella from office this November after a petition to recall the mayor was certified yesterday, with just six votes to spare.

Jackie Fulton, 11, of Wall, decked herself - and her bike - out in red, white and blue for the fifth annual Manasquan Patriotic Bicycle Decorating Contest on Friday, while another young Fourth of July reveler waved his flag as he passed by on a fire truck during the borough's Independence Day parade [next photo]. Photo by SUEANNE GOSS, STAR NEWS ...

State Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy today announced the elimination of 13 school districts, including Sea Bright and Mantoloking, that were operating without any schools and with a relatively low number of students.

A 25-year-old Staten Island man was pulled to safety and given CPR after he spent an undetermined amount of time underwater off Point Pleasant Beach today, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press .

A 25-year-old Staten Island man who got into trouble while in the ocean and apparently had gone under water was pulled from the surf late Friday afternoon and administered CPR to resume breathing, police said.

The clothes may look different. The music has a fresh beat. Yet those who knew the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk years ago say it wasn't much different than it is today.

Another chapter has started here in the saga pitting the members of the Harborhead Condominium Association against Jenkinson's North Pavilion.

Proper staffing, check. Boat in tip-top shape, check. Bar stocked with liquor and beer, check.

Central United Methodist Church will host its annual Red, White and Blueberry Festival from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11 on church grounds at 729 Arnold Ave.

Ilove Asbury Park. I was born here in 1935. I remember when we had a boardwalk instead of a shopping center.

Any night you stop down to Farrell's is going to be a good night. Themes run rampant every day, such as all you can eat shrimp on Monday, Guinness, Smithwick's and Harp specials during Irish Night on Tuesday or rib-and-nip specials on Thursday.

As New Jersey teenagers revel in their newfound freedom from the classroom for the summer, officials at the Jersey Shore are trying to ensure those celebrations don't include alcohol.

It may be stating the obvious, but anyone looking for cheap, outdoor entertainment at the Jersey Shore need not look past the state's 127 miles of sandy, white beaches.

Thought I would start a new thread with the proper spelling of the restaurant. Our experience here was very good, especially for a place only open a couple of weeks.

State Police charged a 23-year-old Howell woman today with driving while intoxicated after the vehicle she was operating reportedly hit the back of another car and caused a multi-vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway late Friday.

For those who didn't get their fill of free blues and jazz the first weekend in June at the Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival, fear not: on Saturday, Point Pleasant Beach hosts a one-day event that's also free.

Dozens of volunteer firefighters from the borough and Manasquan responded this morning to a working fire inside a Forrest Road home.

"It's sort of like saying you have to get dressed up in the Hamptons: You don't." 2. THAT SAID, KEEP IT SEXY "If you're going out for a girls' night, you're going to be a little warm, don't be covered too much.

As the unemployment rate climbed this spring, thousands of recently laid-off workers descended upon the resort communities along the Jersey Shore looking for summer work, hoping for an infusion of cash and a brief respite from job hunting.