Government
Toms River Awards New Contract for Ortley Beach Boardwalk Extension, Parking Area Construction
The Toms River Township council this week awarded a new contract for the construction of an extension to the Ortley Beach boardwalk due to a dispute...
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Government
/ 2 years agoAbandoned Private Island ‘Mansion’ in Barnegat Bay Poised for Demolition
The immense, 4,866 square-foot home on Middle Sedge Island in Barnegat Bay, which at one point was being offered for sale...
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Government
/ 2 years agoToms River Prepares for Boardwalk to Run Along Former Surf Club Property
Toms River officials are finalizing their plans for a long-discussed boardwalk extension that would be built over the property of the...
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Government
/ 3 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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Government
/ 3 years agoOrtley Beach Oceanfront Parking Lot Expected to be Approved to Become… A Parking Lot
A parking area in Ortley Beach is on the cusp of state approval to become a parking area again, officials announced...
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Environment & Weather
/ 3 years agoWhy Ortley Beach Erodes so Quickly, And What’s Going to be Done About It
[videopress u6qQqP6X] Ortley Beach has experienced the unfortunate reality of being labeled Superstorm Sandy’s “ground zero” in 2012, and since a...
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Superstorm Sandy
/ 4 years agoProcession, Memories of Sandy Shared in Moving Ortley Beach Ceremony
[videopress R8AZ9LdC] Residents of Ortley Beach, quickly dubbed “ground zero” for Superstorm Sandy, marked the tenth anniversary of the storm by...
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Government
/ 4 years agoToms River to Reopen Appeals of ‘Substantially Damaged’ Determinations Following Sandy
With hundreds of homeowners facing serious consequences – potentially including the loss of a certificate of occupancy or mortgage default –...
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Government
/ 5 years agoThe Surf Club Now Belongs to Toms River: What Comes Next?
Toms River officials delivered on their pledge to bring the former Joey Harrison’s Surf Club property under public ownership by the...
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Superstorm Sandy
/ 5 years agoThis Is The (Oddly Familiar) Rubble That Remains of the Surf Club in Ortley Beach
[videopress y2vGfARK] This week, Toms River officials said crews demolishing the former Joey Harrison’s Surf Club property got a bit more...