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It’s official: Booze banned at midnight

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Tourists looking for an all-night party will have to go somewhere other than Point Pleasant Beach this summer — starting July 1, bars will have to stop selling liquor at midnight.

Maybe.

An ordinance was passed by the borough council at Tuesday night’s meeting that will ban alcohol sales from midnight to 6 a.m.

In a close, 4-3 vote on Tuesday night — with the tie-breaking ...

Parking restrictions still on in district 4

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The inability to enforce the recently passed pilot parking program on county roads will not stop borough officials, here, from putting the plan into effect in the only way they can — on municipal roads only.

The council recently passed the parking program that limits parking on streets in district 4 to permit holders only between midnight and 6 a.m.

During Tuesday’s council meeting, Councilman Michael ...

Boro prohibits sale of puppy mill dogs

POINT PLEASANT — Fido has some good friends in the members of the borough council, here — the governing body took a stand against the retail sale of dogs and cats during a council meeting held Tuesday.

A unanimous vote passed an ordinance to amend borough code to prohibit the retail sale of dogs and cats in pet stores in the borough.

According to council members, so called “puppy mills” ...

Plaza makeover finally here

MANASQUAN — After nearly a decade of debate and discussion over the future of Squan Plaza, the end is now in sight as construction is scheduled to begin early next fall.

What the finished, revised product will look like, however, is still up in the air. Those plans are expected to be unveiled during a public outreach forum hosted by the borough and borough engineer Charles Rooney, of T ...

Moms rock!

MANASQUAN — It could not have been a more beautiful day for the hundreds of runners who turned out to participate in the first annual Moms Rock Run last Saturday morning, hosted by the Manasquan Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization.

Runners had the opportunity to compete against one another and stroll around the borough in both a 1-mile fun run and a 5K race.

The objective of hosting the race, ...