Point Pleasant News

Who says the kids don't appreciate the classics? Check out "An Evening with Patsy Palma & Friends" and see 20somethings belt out Frank Sinatra, Engelbert Humperdinck, Andy Williams and more.

Early Monday morning, in a special council session, Councilman-elect Tim Lurie was unanimously voted onto the governing body, here, to fill the seat vacated by former councilman John Mercun.

Police arrested an Ocean County man, who they say burglarized three borough homes.

Running a red light is about to become a riskier proposition in Brick, with cameras soon to be snapping photos and shooting video of violators at two accident-heavy intersections.

On Monday mornings, Phyllis Thompson's class goes bowling. Comprised of eight 15- to 21-year-olds, the class heads to Ocean Lanes in Lakewood, where they lace their shoes and throw brightly colored balls down the lanes as part of their curriculum.

Members of Weight Watchers had a little extra motivation as they worked to lose pounds last month.

Community organizations and municipalities up and down the shore have been paying tribute to America's servicemen and women this week, with solemn ceremonies to mark Veterans Day, officially celebrated on Nov.

In order to give back to the community, the students of JSA Martial Art & Fitness Center will be participating in the C.R.A.B. Dune Planting Project on Sunday, Nov.

In a campaign that focused so much on his age, Remig's political opponents a week ago would have had a field day with his talk of some shut-eye in the middle of the day.

There is a cautiously optimistic sense of joy in the home of Lt. Laurel Hester. Hester, a 49-year-old lesbian and retired cop who is dying of cancer, learned Saturday that the Ocean County freeholders have had a change of heart and are expected to vote Wednesday to offer domestic partner benefits to county employees.

Civil-rights advocates are planning to march at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Ocean County administration building to protest a decision by the freeholders not to allow a dying employee to leave her pension benefit to her same-sex domestic partner.

On Tuesday night, Point Pleasant Councilman-elect Mitch Remig was celebrating his victory as one of the youngest public officeholders in New Jersey.

Election Day ended in victory for Republican candidates Antoinette "Toni" DePaola and Mitchell Remig, as residents, here, hit the polls yesterday to cast their votes for the two open council seats available this year.

With their landscaped grounds and edging, some of Monmouth County's coastal lakes look like they took shape on the drawing board of a public parks designer.

Dying heroes, undying courage W antagh, L.I.: It's very simple . We responded to Ground Zero on Sept.

Stricken with multiple sclerosis, barely able to walk, Barbara McGovern was reliant on her mother for assistance.

The New Jersey Environmental Federation endorses the candidacy of Anna Potter and Alex Viecelli for Borough Council in Point Pleasant.

A Point Pleasant woman has been charged with the theft of a engagement ring from an Ocean Road home, police said.

The John Drulle M.D. Memorial Lyme Fund Inc. is holding its annual masquerade fundraiser from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Jenkinson's Pavilion.

A police investigation into the separate robberies of two men making food deliveries includes the possibility that the holdups were committed by the same person or people.