Point Pleasant Beach News

More than 1,500 votes were cast in Star News Group's second Spooktacular Halloween Photo Contest, and the winners were clear.

Boaters said some of the sand lost in last week's nor'easter has piled up in Manasquan Inlet.

Early Monday morning, in a special council session, Councilman-elect Tim Lurie was unanimously voted onto the governing body, here, to fill the seat vacated by former councilman John Mercun.

On November 19, 2009, officers of the Brielle Police Department arrested Jason M. Pascale, 29, of Point Pleasant Beach.

So where did all that sand from Manasquan's beach go? The fishermen think they've found it.

In order to give back to the community, the students of JSA Martial Art & Fitness Center will be participating in the C.R.A.B. Dune Planting Project on Sunday, Nov.

The remnants of Ida have mutated into a dangerous coastal storm, threatening the Shore with serious flooding and hampering the search for three crewmen missing since their fishing boat sank off Cape May last night.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. a ' Coast Guard boats, planes and helicopters searched the roiling ocean off Cape May on Thursday for three commercial fishermen whose boat sank, and colleagues of the missing men prayed for a miracle.

The public is invited to attend the November meeting of Young Professionals at which guest speaker Ruth Palacio, clinical coach and organizational developer, will present "Coping Behavior Gone Wrong," Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Farrell's Stout & Steak, 401 Broadway Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., at 5:30 p.m. Palacio, the owner of Palacio ...

Area health departments last week rated six food establishments as conditionally satisfactory for health code violations and restored five others to satisfactory ratings after reinspections.

In an election where few could have predicted a clear winner before the polls closed Tuesday, former Point Pleasant Beach Councilman Tim Lurie, a Democrat, garnered the most votes in the borough, one of only two Democrats in the county to emerge victorious on Election Day.

For the second consecutive year, voters split their vote between a Democrat and a Republican to represent them on the Borough Council.

This week's random drawing winner is Culli Pringle, 14, of Belmar, who dressed up as a Facebook wall comment.

There was a very noticeable hole on the dais at the council meeting, here, Tuesday night, as former councilman John Mercun, a Democrat, resigned from the governing body, as of noon on Monday, according to Borough Administrator Christine Riehl.

THE STAKES: Two three-year terms will be available on the six-person Borough Council.

Think you've got a winning Halloween costume this year? Well, here is your chance to prove it.

Borough Councilman John Mercun, who campaigned for more open government and ethics reform and did not plan to seek a second term, has resigned.

Point Pleasant Beach Councilman John Mercun, a Democrat, has resigned from the governing body, effective today , according to Borough Administrator Christine Riehl.

Think you've got a winning Halloween costume this year? Well, here is your chance to prove it.

The board of education, here, voted Tuesday evening to change the school's open lunch policy, to allow only eighth-grade students to leave the building during their lunch periods.