Community Happenings

BELMAR/LAKE COMO, NJ — A year’s worth of news could not topple TAPinto Belmar/Lake Como’s most-read story, published less than a week into 2018.

On the bitterly cold and extremely windy afternoon of January 5, Belmar's three fire companies, assisted by others from surrounding communities, battled a stubborn three-alarm blaze at the former Hollycroft Inn on Ripley Lane, ...

BELMAR, NJ — A sobriety checkpoint will be set up tomorrow, December 15 in Belmar by the New Jersey State Police, which did not provide additional details on its location and time.

The state police made the announcement on its Facebook page, alerting motorists that state troopers will be pulling over vehicles looking for drivers who exhibit signs of impairment due to alcohol or drugs, ...

BELMAR/LAKE COMO, NJ — The deadline is today, December 14 to make sure Belmar and Lake Como children are on Santa’s list when he visits both towns next week.

Santa will ride through Belmar delivering wrapped holiday gifts to everyone on his special list beginning at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18. He then will be in Lake Como on Wednesday, December 19 on the same mission, beginning ...

BELMAR, NJ — Here’s a rundown of what is happening this holiday season in Belmar.

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Santa also will be making an early visit to Belmar on Tuesday, December 18 and Wednesday, December 19.

Beginning at 3 p.m. on each day, he will be riding through the borough — assisted by the Belmar Police and Public Works Departments — ...

BELMAR, NJ — The Belmar Youth Club will return for third- through eighth-graders beginning today, November 17.

For the next four months, club members will take over the recreation gym nearly every Saturday evening to get together with their friends. Open to Belmar Elementary School and St. Rose Grammar School students, the club is held in two different sessions, based on age:

For ...

BELMAR, NJ — The Belmar Youth Club will return for third- through eighth-graders beginning Saturday, November 17.

For the next four months, club members will take over the recreation gym nearly every Saturday evening to get together with their friends. Open to Belmar Elementary School and St. Rose Grammar School students, the club is held in two different sessions, based on ...

WALL, NJ — It was a chilly, windy day yesterday. But that wasn’t going to stop Wildflowers owner Kathy Bascom and associate Megan Byrne from warming the hearts of everyone they met during “Petal It Forward,” a national feel-good campaign celebrated on October 24.

At five locations throughout Wall, they handed out some 60 bouquets to the delight of those who randomly ...

BELMAR, NJ — Halloween came early for a certain member of the family during yesterday’s Belmar Fall Festival.

The event hosted its first-ever pet costume parade, which attracted some 60 dogs and the people who love them. The procession of eclectically clad pooches made its way through Belmar Plaza’s parking area, which was filled with food vendors and trucks, as well as ...

The rededication of Ferruggiaro Park will be held today, October 13 at 11 a.m. The park, which surrounds Silver Lake, is named for longtime Borough Commissioner John Ferruggiaro, who died in 1997 at age 93.

BELMAR, NJ — Belmar’s Huisman Gazebo at Silver Lake has been treated to a fall facelift, courtesy of the borough’s public works department.

A work crew spent ...

LAKE COMO, NJ — Hundreds recently gathered along the glistening “jewel” of the Borough of Lake Como to celebrate community with their friends, family and neighbors.

After days of rain and dreary skies, the sun returned and beamed brightly onto Lake Como, which provided a stunning backdrop for the 23rd annual Lake Como Day on September 29.

 A host of activities ...