{"id":2837,"date":"2016-09-08T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T15:48:37","slug":"lifeguards-to-remain-at-island-beach-state-park-through-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/09\/lifeguards-to-remain-at-island-beach-state-park-through-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifeguards to Remain at Island Beach State Park Through September"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1797\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Island Beach State Park. (File Photo)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1797\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp.jpg\" alt=\"Island Beach State Park. (File Photo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Island Beach State Park. (File Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Swimmers at Island Beach State Park will remain protected by lifeguards every weekend through September, state officials announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Island Beach State Park lifeguards will be on duty at Ocean Bathing Area 1 beaches from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 through Monday, Sept. 12; Friday, Sept. 16 through Monday, Sept. 19; Friday, Sept. 23 through Monday, Sept. 26; and Friday, Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur lifeguards do a great job every year protecting the hundreds of thousands of swimmers and waders who enjoy the waters at the Jersey Shore,\u201d said State Parks and Forestry Director Mark Texel. \u201cWe continue this service after Labor Day weekend because many local people enjoy the reduced crowds and fine weather during September at our beaches. As a result, we will have our swimming areas protected on the weekends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both\u00a0the state Department of Environmental Protection and National Weather Service are urging\u00a0the public to exercise caution and swim only at lifeguarded beaches now that Labor Day has passed. Many municipally operated beaches have now reduced or ended lifeguard operations for the year.<\/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\/2016\/09\/lifeguards-to-remain-at-island-beach-state-park-through-september\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmers at Island Beach State Park will remain protected by lifeguards every weekend through September, state officials announced Thursday. Island Beach State Park lifeguards will be on duty at Ocean Bathing Area 1 beaches from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 through Monday, Sept. 12; Friday, Sept. 16 through Monday, Sept. 19; Friday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1797,"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":[18,5],"tags":[47,32,105],"class_list":["post-2837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-seaside-heights","tag-island-beach-state-park","tag-seaside-park-nj-news","tag-south-seaside-park"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ibsp.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-JL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837","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=2837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}