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07/18/2025

Thank you to all of our coloring contest participants!!

You can view the beautiful and colorful entries into this year’s Summer Fun Coloring Contest online: https://starnewsgroup.com/summer-fun-coloring-contest/

It was a challenge to select just two winners from these creative entries, so we wanted to share them all with our readers ... but congratulations to our winners: Russell Martone of Brick, and 10-year-old Marianna from Avon.

07/18/2025

AVON-BY-THE-SEA/BELMAR — The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced today that the Main Street drawbridge repairs are expected to be completed in August, and a plan for permanent repair work is slated for the fall.

Story by Samantha Smith

AVON-BY-THE-SEA/BELMAR -- The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced today that the Main Street drawbridge repairs are expected to be complet

07/18/2025

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The shores of Point Pleasant Beach were buzzing with excitement early last Friday as a crowd gathered to watch the release of four formerly injured sea turtles back into the wild.

Story by Alex Dyer

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The shores of Point Pleasant Beach were buzzing with excitement early last Friday as a crowd gathered to watch the release of four form

07/17/2025

Our HEALTHY LIVING special section is out this week

Grab a copy in this week's Coast Star and Ocean Star or read online:https://starnewsgroup.com/e-editions/HealthyLiving_07.17.25.pdf

07/17/2025

NASHVILLE — The man charged with the felony murder of 18-year-old Jillian Ludwig, of Wall Township, in a 2023 shooting has been deemed competent to stand trial, according to a ruling on Tuesday by Nashville Criminal Court Judge Steve R. Dozier.

Story by Mallory Brennan

NASHVILLE — The man charged with the felony murder of 18-year-old Jillian Ludwig, of Wall Township, in a 2023 shooting has been deemed competent to stand tr

07/11/2025

LAVALLETTE — The Lavallette Borough Council on Monday passed a resolution accepting a $652,000 state Jake’s Law grant to construct a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant inclusive playground at Chandler Park.

Story by Alex Dyer

LAVALLETTE — The Lavallette Borough Council on Monday passed a resolution accepting a $652,000 state Jake’s Law grant to construct a new Americans with Disa

07/11/2025

BAY HEAD — Bay Head Police Capt. Robert Sherman saved a woman’s life while on vacation in Massachusetts.

Story to Tommy Watters

BAY HEAD — Bay Head Police Capt. Robert Sherman saved a woman’s life while on vacation in Massachusetts. At the council meeting on Monday night, Chief John

07/11/2025

SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS — At their regular meeting on July 9, the Spring Lake Heights Land Use Board approved an application, in a 5-2 vote, to add a drive-thru to the Dunkin’ located at 7 State Route 71.

Story by Grace Lee

SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS — At their regular meeting on July 9, the Spring Lake Heights Land Use Board approved an application, in a 5-2 vote, to add a drive-thru t

07/10/2025

WALL TOWNSHIP — The Rae of Light Foundation’s Summer Jam benefit concert is set to hit the Bar Anticipation Summer Stage on July 27, raising funds for various music-related causes in memory of Jillian Rae Ludwig, a Wall resident and music devotee who was killed by a stray bullet on Nov. 8, 2023, while in Nashville studying at Belmont University.

Story by Mallory Brennan

WALL TOWNSHIP — The Rae of Light Foundation’s Summer Jam benefit concert is set to hit the Bar Anticipation Summer Stage on July 27, raising funds for vario

07/10/2025

BRADLEY BEACH — Demolition has begun on the former First United Methodist Church at 319 La Reine Ave., though it is not yet known how long the process will take, according to Borough Business Administrator Matthew Doherty.

Story by Grace Lee

BRADLEY BEACH — Demolition has begun on the former First United Methodist Church at 319 La Reine Ave., though it is not yet known how long the process will ta

07/03/2025

Manasquan Sea Lavender Garden Club hosts tour of flourishing yards 🌺🌸🌼

Story by Kieran Sullivan
Photos & Video by Mark R. Sullivan

View Video:
https://youtu.be/_B4NVZ68kYw?si=6WGGFBwNvGfR7i5_

View Photo Gallery:
https://starnewsgroup.smugmug.com/2025-Manasquan-Sea-Lavender-Garden-Tour

Read Article:
https://starnewsgroup.com/2025/07/03/sea-lavender-garden-club-hosts-tour-of-flourishing-yards/

VIEW VIDEO Although clouds covered the skies over Manasquan on Thursday, that didn’t stop hundreds of participants from admiring some of Manasquan’s most c

07/03/2025

WWII veteran, 99, honored at U.S. Capitol

WALL TOWNSHIP — Army veteran John Wardell, 99, who served with E Company 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, this week traveled to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., where he and another living Ranger were decorated with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Story by Mallory Brennan & Tommy Watters

WALL TOWNSHIP — Army veteran John Wardell, 99, who served with E Company 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, this week traveled to the Capitol in Washington