BELMAR, NJ (AP) -- Belmar's mayor says he's sorry for disparaging comments that he made in the town's July 4 newsletter.
Ken Pringle says the newsletter is tongue-in-cheek satire meant to curb the behavior of rowdy renters and visitors to the Monmouth County beach town.
However, some people were offended by the July 4 edition which played on stereotypes featuring ``Staten Island girls,'' ``blondes'' and Italian-Americans as ``Guidos.''
A story about two women who couldn't figure out how to take out their garbage appeared under the headline ``Let us guess . . . they're blonde.''
Describing a fight involving a Staten Island woman, the mayor wrote, ``Journalistically speaking, ``SI woman punches other woman' is right up there with ``Dog bites man.''
2009 Fireworks Barges in Bayonne The Macy's July 4th Fireworks Spectacular will be on the Hudson River this year. These photographs of the barges in Bayonne, NJ were taken by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880 on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
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