Yesterday during Belmar, NJ Mayor Ken Pringle's tour of Staten Island, the NY Post sent a reporter dressed as a guido to confront him. The mayor was in Staten Island for a photo op tour in an attempt to smooth relations over with the borough after a stir arose around comments he made in a newsletter about guidos and "over-bleached blondes" from Staten Island who visit the Jersey Shore town throughout the summer. As Pringle......

Today, Belmar, NJ mayor Ken Pringle visited Staten Island, as part of his apology after slamming the borough's ladies, as well as calling out "guidos." We're looking forward to the Post's coverage tomorrow, because of this advance word, via the SI Advance: "A reporter from the New York Post dressed for the occasion in an undershirt, spray-on tan and a gold necklace approached Pringle while the New Jersey official had lunch in Lorenzo's Restaurant, wanting......

Belmar NJ mayor Ken Pringle printed his official apology to Staten Islanders, Italian-Americans and blondes this weekend (PDF), in hopes of quelling the outrage over his newsletter musing about aggressive Staten Island girls and others (Pringle claimed he was trying to be humorous). Still, some Staten Islanders visiting the Jersey shore made it a point not to frequent Belmar bar D'Jais, though one NY woman who wanted to stay past closing time yelled, "[Expletive] you,......

The Belmar, NJ mayor who hurt the feelings of Staten Island residents is ready to make amends. Mayor Ken Pringle (pictured) insulted the borough to the point of its residents calling for a boycott of his beach town. Pringle isn't getting away with a simple apology for the SI slurs, the Staten Island Advance is reporting that "community leaders are planning to take the mayor of Belmar on a tour of the Island after he......

Jersey shore town Belmar attracts a lot of rowdy summer renters, to the point where the town has very strict noise codes and maps offending houses on its "Animal House Map." But many think Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle went too far when he described an altercation between a NJ resident and a visitor from Staten Island in a town newsletter. Pringle wrote about the pair, who got into a fight at a bar: "The spat......

The Jersey shore town of Belmar has repealed laws that banned unregistered beer kegs and giving someone the finger. Apparently Belmar had instituted these laws to clean up its image as "Fort Lauderdale North" but Belmar's mayor told the AP the rules were hard to enforce. Belmar still has other strict rules as well as code enforcement officers who regularly crack down on summer renters with, say, empty beer cups left on front porches, and......