Belmar News

The owner of Strollo's Home Made Italian Ice in Belmar, a Jersey shore landmark, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion for failing to report $112,000 in income he received from the stand in 2006, the Internal Revenue Service said.

Tickets to the New Jersey premiere of "Over the Boardwalk," a family-friendly musical comedy, go on sale today.

Roll up to an intersection in many places and the sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction, it might also feature unwanted ads for a taco joint, surf shop, miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.

BELMAR, N.J. - Roll up to an intersection in many places and the street sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction: It might also advertise a taco joint, a surf shop, a miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.

Police have identified Jane Romanelli, 72, a nun from the Church of St. Rose in Belmar, as the woman who died Friday after a crash on I-195. Romanelli was driving east at about 1:50 p.m. in a red Toyota when, for reasons unknown, the car veered to the left onto the grass median, State Police Sgt.

Yes, it's a Monday, but it's also finally summer! And NJ Transit has some special beach/train ticket combos sold at the Hoboken Transit Terminal for those of you planning weekend excursions "down the shore:" For $17 at Hoboken or Newark Penn stations, buy round-trip train fare and a beach pass to Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Bradley ...

Those who knew her said she had a heart of gold. At fundraising events for the foundation named in her memory, the Brady family motto is displayed in print on T-Shirts: "Laughing. Loving.

The New Jersey Race Club will hold the first of its 2009 NJRC Triple Crown Ocean Mile Series on Saturday, June 27 in Asbury Park.

THE Jersey Shore has long been the turf of nightclubs that cater to the young and the restless, with booming sound systems, all-you-can-drink specials and dress codes that allow a seamless transition from hung-over beachgoer to late-night barfly.

The first call came in late April. Megan Duffy, a 21-year-old college student, picked up the phone at her parents' home in Belmar, N.J., and heard the voice of a debt collector.

Dripping with mussels and sea anemones, the newly recovered anchor from the Stolt Dagali shipwreck was added to the state's largest collection of recovered artifacts when it was hoisted into the front yard at the Museum of New Jersey Maritime History this morning.

No wonder our municipalities have problems with budgets and police departments having to lay off police officers.

Day one of the annual Belmar Seafood Festival saw thousands in attendance to sample some of New Jersey's finest seafood.

By early Saturday the 23rd New Jersey Seafood Festival at Silver Lake Park was in full swing.

BELMAR: Police are looking for a man who threatened and held a Dunkin' Donuts employee at gunpoint around 10 p.m. Thursday, then fled the Main Street store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

"That's the best way to eat" lobster, in the opinion of Ollie Klein. And Klein's opinion counts.

Belmar police officer has been charged with threatening another Police Department employee, authorities said.

Watch your back, Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival. There's a Benny to your north, and he's looking to take a big-band bite out of New Jersey's jazz-festival business.

Dr. Patrick Nowak holds photos of his son Christopher Nowak after a proceeding in Belmar Municipal Court Wednesday where Mark Rich plead guilty to DWI in a 2008 accident that killed Christopher.

ON THE WEB: Visit www.app.com and search for 'Mark Rich' to see a video and photo gallery from the hearing.