Guadagno, State Officials Survey Damage in Ortley Beach, Promise Dune Relief

  A contingent of state and local officials toured the Ortley Beach oceanfront Monday, following a weekend of rough surf stirred...

Ortley Beach Berms Fully Eroded, Video Shows

Two large berms of sand at Ortley Beach have been eroded, new video from the boardwalk area shows...

Ortley vs. Storm: Can These Berms Hold During Nor’Easter?

Contractors hired by Toms River Township have spent the last several days building multiple temporary berms in the Ortley Beach section to...

Help Build Dunes: Ortley Beach Seeking Discarded Christmas Trees

A long-time Jersey Shore tradition in some towns has expanded following Superstorm Sandy’s landfall in 2012. Christmas trees, when laid on...

Watch: Volunteers Plant Dunes in Ortley Beach

Ortley Beach residents pitched in this weekend to help give their neighborhood a fighting chance in future storms...

Volunteer Dune Grass Planting Event in Ortley Beach Saturday

Toms River Township’s Department of Recreation is holding a dune grass planting event this Saturday – and they need your help, officials said....

Toms River Postpones Barrier Island Zoning Meeting

Meeting will be rescheduled, township says...

Dune Easements Slow to Come in From Island Homeowners’ Associations

The curious reason why the Army Corps of Engineers rejected Toms River's easement document...

The Ortley Beach A&P is Now An Acme (Again, Sort Of)

After decades as an A&P store, the barrier island's only supermarket morphed into an Acme this week...

Toms River to Seek Input on Barrier Island Zoning, Land Regulations

Toms River officials will host a series of public input sessions to review the existing conditions of the township’s bayfront and...