Harvey Cedars News

At first impression of The Plantation restaurant in Harvey Cedars, the interior had an old tavern feel, lit dimly, but brightly enough, with a stone tile floor and comfortable wooden chairs.

Jamie Frame of Woodbridge carries beach items as he and daughter Brigid make their way to the beach at Harvey Cedars Sunday.

The House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee has earmarked $600,000 for the ongoing Long Beach Island Beach replenishment project in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Thursday.

A gross display greeted some New Jersey beachgoers Sunday when medical waste began washing up at high tide along an eight-mile stretch of beach from North Surf City to Barnegat Light .

Residents of 80th Street and Bay Terrace are one step closer to realizing relief from the traffic that they say clogs their streets.

The House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee has earmarked $600,000 for the ongoing Long Beach Island beach replenishment project in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill Thursday.

HARVEY CEDARS - To ease parking woes near the public boat ramp on Bay Terrace, the borough's Board of Commissioners said they will consider an ordinance during the June 16 meeting that would ban people from parking boat trailers on Bay Terrace and 80th Street.

Looking for things to do this weekend at the shore? We've got you covered. Bring along the old man, it is Father's Day you know.

HARVEY CEDARS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still plans to make Harvey Cedars the next municipality to be part of the federally funded beach replenishment project.

HARVEY CEDARS - The borough Board of Commissioners voted to adopt the 2009 budget during their May 19 meeting.

Looking for a place to park your beach towel this summer? You probably won't have any trouble finding one on Jersey Shore beaches, thanks to yet another relatively mild winter storm season that caused little erosion, according to experts.

As summer draws nearer, police departments on Long Beach Island are prepping for the crush of people about to end the island's sleepy off-season. To meet with residents before summer gears up, Beach Haven Police Department hosted its second open house Saturday.

A standing-room-only crowd packed the borough's Board of Commissioners meeting May 1 as then-Sgt. Thomas Preiser was sworn in as the new chief of police.

Money to dredge Barnegat Bay has been approved as part of the federally funded stimulus package, but funds for additional beach replenishment projects - such as erosion studies and long-term nourishment efforts - were not included.

Recently completed $26.5 million improvements to the Ocean County Utilities Authority's Southern Water Pollution Control Facility will reduce energy costs at the facility by 15 percent, officials said.

Emergency crews responded to a structure fire at a home on South Second Street this morning.

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - For four days in June, Long Beach Island will welcome filmmakers from around the world to showcase their work in the inaugural Lighthouse International Film Festival.

The annual school board election is Tuesday. Voters will go to the polls to elect members of local and regional boards of education and to approve or reject tax levies to support school district budgets.

Rocks blasted out of the bottom of New York Harbor are headed south, to New Jersey's artificial fishing reefs where hopper barges will begin dropping chunks of sandstone, shale and granite around April 21, according to the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

The nearly year-old Long Beach Island Business Alliance is pushing local officials from the island's six municipalities to honor each other's beach badges.