Point Pleasant Beach News

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.

The bug hit Tony and Michelle Nugent back in the 1990s when the couple sold some family belongings at the Golden Nugget flea market outside of Lambertville.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH: Those who are interested in learning more about money are invited to attend the meetings of the Ocean County Coin Club on the first and third Thursdays of each month at Ocean Fire House, Arnold and St.

In a large green plastic tub, a male and female diamondback terrapin turtle appeared to be waiting patiently for a hand to reach in and grab them.

Hearings in the case of the Point Pleasant Beach Recall Committee versus Mayor Vincent Barrella resumed this week, with several witnesses called by the mayor and his attorney, Andrew Provence, to testify that the members of the recall committee did not follow proper procedures in their bid to oust the mayor from office.

Binding arbitration, which can be invoked during police and firefighter contract impasses, is the bane of municipal budgets, municipal officials say.

Federal officials are imposing an emergency six-month closure of the recreational black sea bass fishery - a move that captains say will idle much of the party and charter boat industry this fall, a time when the fleet is almost utterly dependent on the chunky, bottom dwelling bass.

The Pure Nutraceutical Center will be hosting an open house for their grand opening on Monday, October 12th from 9am until 7pm.

Om Baby Yoga and World Arts Studio, located on Arnold Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach, is a yoga, dance, music, art and culture studio.

As a frequent visitor to the inlet in Point Pleasant Beach I have had countless opportunities to wonder how committed the mayor, council and administration are to tourism.