{"id":17286,"date":"2025-03-19T05:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=17286"},"modified":"2025-03-19T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:32:13","slug":"seaside-heights-recruiting-for-summer-clean-team-workers-landscaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2025\/03\/seaside-heights-recruiting-for-summer-clean-team-workers-landscaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Heights Recruiting for Summer &#8216;Clean Team&#8217; Workers, Seasonal Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9207\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boardwalk. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9207\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9207\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boardwalk. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-1160x870.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boardwalk. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Early birds might not only catch the worm, but some spending money as well.<\/p>\n<p>Seaside Heights is beginning a new effort this summer to keep the borough clean and tidy, recruiting residents and visitors to become paid members of the &#8220;Clean Team,&#8221; a group that will disperse throughout town each morning to spruce things up for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Public Works Clean Team<\/strong> will &#8220;help keep our iconic boardwalk and streets spotless for residents and visitors alike,&#8221; an announcement said. Work will begin early at 4 a.m., but the workday will be completed early as well, around 12 noon. The borough has promised &#8220;competitive pay&#8221; and is seeking earlier risers and those who love the outdoors and want to get their &#8220;steps&#8221; in for the day \u2013 a novel approach to recruiting for an important \u2013 but hard-to-fill \u2013 job.<\/p>\n<p>Workers will collect litter and trash in order to keep the boardwalk and public streets clean and in good order for the day ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The borough is also hiring <strong>&#8220;Green Thumb Gardener&#8221;<\/strong> to work from April through October. The position, according to the borough, requires a passionate and hardworking gardener\/landscaper to help maintain and enhance the charm of Seaside Heights. The gardener will spend his or her time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintaining and beautifying <strong>entranceways, planters, and monuments<\/strong> throughout town.<\/li>\n<li>Planting flowers, shrubs, and greenery to enhance Seaside Heights\u2019 curb appeal.<\/li>\n<li>Watering, weeding, mulching, and general upkeep of landscaping areas.<\/li>\n<li>Keeping public spaces neat, tidy, and inviting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The successful candidate must have some experience in landscaping or gardening, enjoy working outdoors, have a passion for plants and be reliable and excited for the job. The borough promises &#8220;an exceptional hourly rate that is based on your experience while doing something rewarding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in either position can apply by contacting Vickie Coppola at vcoppola@seaside-heightsnj.org or 732-793-9100.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2025\/03\/seaside-heights-recruiting-for-summer-clean-team-workers-landscaper\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early birds might not only catch the worm, but some spending money as well. Seaside Heights is beginning a new effort this summer to keep the borough clean and tidy, recruiting residents and visitors to become paid members of the &#8220;Clean Team,&#8221; a group that will disperse throughout town each morning to spruce things up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[2873,1959,2872,36,20],"class_list":["post-17286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seaside-government","category-seaside-heights","tag-clean-team","tag-featured","tag-gardener","tag-seaside-heights-boardwalk","tag-seaside-heights-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0601-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-4uO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17288,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17286\/revisions\/17288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}