Point Pleasant Beach News

Point Pleasant Beach is throwing a "Parade of Champions" to honor first place student state champions on Friday and all students, residents and alumni are welcome.

Proceeds from sales at Sundaes on Route 88, Point Borough, on Thursday will go to a Point Beach High School student's effort to help fight the deadly disease that plagues him.

Marilyn Schlossback, the owner of Pop's Garage in Asbury Park, which suffered extensive damage in Hurricane Sandy, is one of several notable chefs contributing recipes to a fundraising cookbook called "Savoring the Shore." Mother-daughter foodies Cheryl Larkin and Kate Kurelia, who have been summering at the Jersey Shore for years, are developing a ... (more)

News 12 New Jersey today announced that it will partner with Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant Beach to present "Rock 'N' Recovery," a Hurricane Sandy concert fundraiser on Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Admission proceeds will benefit The Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, which is chaired by First Lady of New Jersey Mary Pat Christie, and the ... (more)

The winners were announced recently, but there were so many insightful, thought-provoking responses that we've decided to share more of them in today's @issue section: Being a teenager is tough.

Newly built boardwalks again welcome guests: After months of work, portions of the boardwalks in Seaside Heights and Point Pleasant Beach are open to the public.

"I think someone was watching over this place because we had minimal damage," said Amanda Weimmer, a manager and bartender at Used to Be's in Sandy-ravaged Mantoloking.

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.

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.

The mayor of a storm-wrecked Jersey shore town said Monday that England's Prince Harry will visit next week before heading to a news conference nearby.

The Point Pleasant Beach Non-Resident Taxpayers Advisory Committee is the host for an inaugural meeting of non-resident taxpayers at the G. Harold Antrim Elementary School , 401 Niblick St., at 10 a.m. June 15.

The Cancer Concern Center's Summer Kickoff party on Saturday raised $5,000 that will be used to help cancer patients and survivors.

With kids digging shovels into the sand, filling buckets and helping to build a sand castle, it looked like a typical day on the beach on Thursday afternoon.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded more than $15 million in federal Public Assistance grants for shore communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy in a latest round of funding, according to a release from Gov.

Used to be when folks in Jackson wanted a fresh seafood meal, they had to travel out of town.

The familiar sight of visitors walking, running and even pushing strollers along the boardwalk has returned now that restoration efforts here are nearly complete.

Shortly after Point Beach announced it had not received a dime of FEMA money , FEMA announced it's sending the oceanfront town $2.1 million to help pay for the rebuilding of its Sandy-ravaged boardwalk.

The 27th New Jersey Seafood Festival, held annually in Belmar, is set for June 7, 8 and 9 at Silver Lake Park on Ocean Avenue.

Ocean County's aging bridges are in need of repair, but the cost to do the work would exceed $326 million, a new report released Monday showed.

Temporary dunes to protect homes bury the remains of a boardwalk in Ortley Beach, N.J. Superstorm Sandy destroyed much of the Jersey Shore when it made landfall six months ago on Oct.