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Point Council parks vote on Riverfront

POINT PLEASANT — Council members, here, elected to table the vote on a much-anticipated ordinance concerning the use of Riverfront Park when questions about the validity of a petition protesting the ordinance surfaced at a meeting last week.

Council had the item listed on the meeting agenda as an ordinance to amend and supplement Chapter 19 of the borough code. Specifically, the ordinance targets Section 19-11.6 of Chapter 19, ...

Beach to settle lawsuit with new boardwalk rules

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — After almost two years of meetings and discussions, a lawsuit filed by Martell’s Sea Breeze, Inc. against the Point Pleasant Beach Zoning Board of Adjustment [ZBA] could finally be settled through a borough ordinance revision, which the council, here, introduced at its meeting Tuesday night.

The revised ordinance would allow boardwalk businesses to rebuild in the event of a fire or natural disaster, without ...

Dikun asks judge to reconsider

POINT PLEASANT — Borough resident Robert Dikun has filed a motion for Ocean County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso to reconsider his previous ruling concerning an allegation that the council, here, violated the Open Public Meetings Act when it voted on the introduction of the 2010 municipal budget last month.

The request for reconsideration came as a result of Judge Grasso’s dismissal of a lawsuit Mr. Dikun filed ...

Elks fluke tourney nets big crowd

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Nearly 200 boats set sail in local waters last Saturday morning with a single mission: to land the largest fluke.

Point Pleasant Elks Lodge No. 1698, located at 820 Arnold Ave., here, sponsored the annual fluke tournament for the 16th consecutive year on Saturday, July 24.

Lodge members began planning for the tournament last November.

In addition to courting sponsors, Fluke Tournament Committee Chairman John Veprek ...

Body of swimmer found

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The body of a 20-year-old Haledon man who disappeared in the ocean off Jenkinson’s North beach, here, on July 17 was found last Friday afternoon, state police confirmed Saturday morning.

According to New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones, the New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau Point Pleasant Station received a report at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Friday, July 23, that a man’s ...