There’s a new store in Manahawkin that inspires customers to exclaim that they “feel like they walked into a party.” Celebration Creations opened a retail balloon shop, The Balloon Boutique, in the Young Plaza, 420 North Main St. at the intersection of Cedar Bridge Road and Route 9.

The opening was observed Dec. 10, with the support of many members of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Gregory Myhre and township officials, and a host of family and friends.