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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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 years 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...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 years agoOrtley Beach Residents Fume Over ‘Approved’ Boardwalk Expansion That Wasn’t Made Public
The Ortley Beach boardwalk will be expanded into the area once occupied by Joey Harrison’s Surf Club, but the details of...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 years agoToms River OK’s Dune Crossover Ordinance, Estimating Inaction Could Cost Millions
Over the objections of the leadership of a private beach association that has been battling a group of oceanfront residents over...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 years agoToms River Appoints Rival GOP Club President New Municipal Court Judge in 5-1 Vote
The Toms River township council has confirmed the appointment of the president of one of two rival Republican clubs as the...
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Ortley Beach & North Beaches
/ 2 years agoOcean Dune Crossover Access Expanded From Residences in Toms River Following Court Decision
Oceanfront residents in Toms River’s Normandy Beach section who sued over the right to place a dune cross-over outside their home...