Brigantine Community Education and Recreation presents the 5K Run and Mile Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, May 5th, starting at 9am. Registration starts at 8a, and everything gets underway at the North School Gym.

Buccaneer T-shirts will be given to all participants in both events. Proceeds benefit the Brigantine PTA.

Save the date….Saturday, August 4, 2012. The 25th annual Brigantine Island Triathlon; a quarter-mile swim in the bay, 11-mile bike ride and four-mile run.

The event attracts over 750 competitors each year, from more than 20 different states. The triathlon is open to individuals and three-member relay teams.

Here’s a video clip of the race, from 2010.

New Jersey Monthly selects Brigantine Beach as one of the state’s best fishing areas.

Brigantine has arguably the best saltwater fishing in the southern half of the state. This island city boasts a long, partly fishable jetty on the south end at Absecon Inlet, some four-wheel-drive beach access on its north end near Brigantine Inlet and a whole lot of fishy-looking water in-between.

Surf Fishing in Brigantine NJ

Read more about Brigantine Fishing here…in New Jersey Monthly. Get even more Brigantine fishing details from the master: Captain Andrew Grossman; owner of Riptide Bait & Tackle. Follow him on Twitter @RiptideBait

The Brigantine Historical Society Museum needs volunteers. They would welcome your help… for even a few days during the season. For more info: contact Linda Sayers at (609) 266-1011  or  dr.linda.sayers@comcast.net.

VERY COOL – This year, a history of Brigantine surfing exhibit has been added, along with three arts and photography exhibits.

The museum will be open weekends from Memorial day until late June – 11a. to 2p on Saturdays….. and 1p. to 4p on Sundays. Then, beginning the week of July 4, the museum will be open daily from 11a. to 2p….. and 1p to 4p on Sunday. A volunteer’s briefing meeting with refreshments will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 at the museum.

Watch the video below: Get a peek at this AWESOME museum. [pb_vidembed title="" caption="" url="http://vimeo.com/32493393" type="vem" w="600" h="400"]

Ladies Invitational

The Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament has raised over a half-million dollars since it began 28 years ago. They want to keep that number growing. They’ll have a beef & beer fundraiser on Sunday, April 22, at St. George’s Pub, 4282 Harbor Beach Blvd in Brigantine, NJ.

A $20 fee in advance ($25 at the door, $15 for youths 11-20, and $10 for those 10 and under) gets you all you can eat and drink from 2-6pm. Live music will be provided by ‘Brigantine Beach Bums’.

All proceeds benefit the RNS Mobile Mammography Unit, a branch of AtlantiCare that gives women throughout southern New Jersey easy access to mammography…For more information or tickets, please contact Kim Kirk (609) 412-0641 or Cathy Stanley (610) 212-1687.

The 28th annual Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 16.