Roll up to an intersection in many places and the sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction, it might also feature unwanted ads for a taco joint, surf shop, miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists ...

To the Staten Island Girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. To the Guidos, those muscle-bound, tanned-as-coconut-shell visitors who are as welcome at the shore as Canada geese, the mayor of Belmar offers his apologies. And to blondes everywhere, whether ...

After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little. Belmar, sometimes called "Fort Lauderdale North" for its reputation as a raucous party enclave, has scrapped laws against giving the finger and requiring beer kegs ...