Belmar News

Upscale dining, contemporary American food and stunning oceanfront views all can be found at Matisse in Belmar.

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.

Democratic Borough Council President Matthew Doherty appears to have squeaked out a victory for a second term over newcomer conservative Republican James Bean.

After reading about plans to dredge the Shark River inlet once again, one word comes to mind - unbelievable.

President Barack Obama made his closing argument for the re-election of Gov. Jon S. Corzine at campaign rallies in Camden and Newark on Sunday that sought to energize the Democratic base.

Police have arrested a township teenager in connection with a number of car burglaries in the West Belmar section of town, and they are reminding residents to lock their car doors.

The race for the borough's one open council seat has incumbent Matthew Doherty campaigning that he's proud to run on his record of three years and being challenged by James Bean, the newcomer who says he jumped in after being fed up with government on all levels and after three years of local tax increases and stalled downtown redevelopment.

Come out and support your favorite blues or blues-rock group tomorrow night at Paul's Tavern, 1705 Main St., Lake Como, as the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation presents the final round of its annual blues talent competition.

A nursing student who didn't think twice about the thick black smoke that billowed from her neighbor's front door Wednesday rescued a 78-year-old woman from the burning bungalow.

Caroline Kennedy will headline an Irish rally for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, who is facing a tough battle in his re-election race.

Tuesday marks the last show Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play at The Spectrum, which closes less than two weeks later.

At a special meeting held at the Shark River Hills Marina, here, yesterday, the Neptune Township Committee passed a resolution authorizing the town to sue the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] because the DEP has neither dredged the Shark River, nor has it identified a site for the dewatering of dredged materials.

The Township Committee is hoping a Superior Court judge will force the state Department of Environmental Protection to finally dredge the Shark River bay.

Monmouth Executive Airport, located off of Highway 34, here, has a new buyer interested in the property.

Police took three adults and three juveniles into custody on drug charges at a home in the West Belmar section of town Tuesday.

As featured in the Asbury Park Press on Feb 16, 2008, the Manasquan Temple third floor lodgeroom still stands just the way it was left 50 years ago.

Meet the $90,000 patrol officer. He's not a vision of the future. He walks the beat now in Eatontown, Stafford and many other towns in New Jersey, thanks to collective bargaining and binding "interest arbitration" that have handed out roughly 4 percent annual raises, on average - even during recessionary times.

ESI Medical, based in Belmar, NJ, in conjunction with Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Family of Supermarket Pharmacies , has announced the implementation of a multi-state program of flu vaccination clinics from September 16, 2009 through December 23, 2009.

An 11-acre site owned by Monmouth County will be considered for drying material pulled from the Shark River estuary, a move that could possibly jump start the long-delayed dredging project, county and municipal officials said.

A woman smokes on the beach in Avon-by-the-Sea. A proposal would ban smoking on New Jersey beaches and in the state's parks.