Surf City News

The lavender house on the south side of Route 9 in Manahawkin, a historical structure built in 1860 as a parsonage for the adjacent Hertiage Park church,A has been a bridal shop, a rosewood gift shop, an Italian restaurant and a 70s sandwich shop.

Beach badge fees are the bane of Shore tourists and residents alike, but municipalities in Monmouth and Ocean counties love the money, raking in $4.3 million in surplus revenue last year.

A string of rainy and windy days have curtailed participation in the summer flounder fishery, which opened to recreational anglers a week ago.

Brick resident Wes Dalzell, vice president of the ReClam The Bay organization, has received one of the nation's highest environmental honors.

"But most of the barriers were not down, and the steerage passengers who sensed danger and aimed for the boats were strictly on their own resources." - from "A Night To Remember," by Walter Lord When the strange little man dressed all in black approached Delia McDermott several days before she was to board the RMS Titanic, she thought he was a ... (more)