Ortley Beach & North Beaches
Big Waves, Dangerous Surf at the Jersey Shore: See Friday’s Wild Waves
Rough seas kicked up by Hurricane Lee, which remains well offshore despite causing deadly rip currents and heavy surf at the Jersey Shore, kept beaches closed...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 1 week agoDespite Smaller Beaches, Ortley Sees Jump in Badge Revenue
Ortley Beach saw a modest jump in beach badge revenue for the 2023 season despite continuing concerns from residents about the...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 1 week agoOrtley Will Be Guarded, But Swimming Unlikely This Weekend; Rips and 6-8ft Waves Forecast
Toms River officials say the beaches in Ortley Beach will be guarded this weekend, but it is unlikely that any swimming...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 3 weeks agoFormer T.R. BOE President, Congressional Staffer to Represent Dems in Mayoral Race
Amidst internal disputes within both of Toms River’s major political party organizations, a consensus candidate with success achieving elected office in...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 3 weeks agoMega Monarch Meetingplace: Why Ortley Beach’s Oceanfront Pollinator Garden Is So Important
Shorebeat recently covered the planting of blocks’ worth of native plants along the oceanfront, separating the parking spaces along Ocean Avenue...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 4 weeks agoPlan Calls For Ortley Beach Dunes to Be Moved Back 60 Feet, Replenishment Delayed to 2024
A federal beach replenishment project, now delayed for over a year, will now likely begin “sometime” in 2024, Toms River officials...
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Island Life
/ 1 month agoChadwick Island Dog Goes Viral After Earning a Swim in the Pool
Lagoon life at the Jersey Shore is a culture all of its own – and when there are pools overlooking the...
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Ocean County
/ 1 month ago‘It’s Likely We’re On Our Way to Court:’ State May Have Short-Changed Ciba-Geigy Settlement by Billions
The environmental group Save Barnegat Bay has organized a team of high-powered experts that deal with cases worth “hundreds of millions,...
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Lavallette
/ 1 month agoIsland Towns See Surging Beach Badge Sales in ’23, Lavallette Brings Back Bags and Blankets
The summer of 2023 is turning out to be a banner season for local communities, all of which have reported a...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 months agoOrtley Beach’s Oceanfront Has Been Turned Into a Beautiful Butterfly Garden
It’s an area of the beachfront to which we rarely give much thought. The sand between our cars’ hoods and the...