Spring Lake News

The 20th Annual Wall Recreation and Brielle Sports Club Firecracker 5 went off without any surprises and a whole lot of fun on Saturday.

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 ...

Gov. Jon S. Corzine rammed a budget through the Legislature that raises taxes, cuts spending for important programs and employs a host of gimmicks that just push the financial reckoning into the future.

Four ocean beaches and a river beach in Monmouth County are closed to swimming today, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

With day after day of rainfall and chilly temperatures marking the month of June, Shore area businesses - which rely on tourism dollars - are clearly being affected by the early summer gloomy weather.

For more than three decades, Barbara Ann Villano headed to work at the Ocean County Courthouse.

The fourth annual LBI Artists Open Studio Tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Long Beach Island.

The Department of Environmental Protection has closed some ocean beaches in Monmouth County to swimming due to rainfall and storm water from Wreck Pond, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press.

Iam opposed to the proposed school consolidation in the towns of Bradley Beach, Avon, Belmar, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt, Manasquan and Brielle.

Mike Rolek, 22, Maplewood, 25:26, Robert Cavanaugh, 31, West Long Branch, 25:45, and Shane Kimmons, 24, Shrewsbury, 26:13, rounded out the top five spots in what proved to be a strong field; nearly windless conditions, with warm but not hot temperatures, made for good-racing-weather morning.

NewJerseyStage.com announces its annual Wave Gathering Festival preview featuring customized schedules, artist search engine, area and festival information, and much more.

There's a lot to celebrate at Parkview at Tinton Falls, Ryan Homes' popular new townhome community in Monmouth County.

For those who enjoy a summer run surrounded by thousands from around the world, prepare to dash from the starting line in the George Sheehan Classic.

At the Spring Lake area school consolidation meeting at which Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, D-Union, spoke, I was able to learn that: My taxes will go up more than 100 percent.

Local health agencies are asking the state to expand water pollution warnings that currently do not include letting bathers know of risks that could make them ill.

SPRING LAKE, NJ, June 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Wave Gathering Music Festival presented by Metromix Jerseyshore will take place June 19- 21, 2009 in Asbury Park, NJ.

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay says being in Paramus has increased his appetite for suburban locations.

A man arrested Friday morning after multiple residents reported attempted burglaries at their homes has been charged in connection with a burglary in Spring Lake.

When the film crew showed up, people took notice. As the cameraman moved down a sunny street in April in Spring Lake, trailed by a figure wearing headphones and another holding a microphone, heads turned.

Here is the balance of Friday's column that wasn't printed Last Saturday morning was one of Capt.