Deadline Set for Dune Easements to be Signed

Officials hoping project will begin this summer from Manasquan to Barnegat inlets

Oceanfront homeowners between Manasquan and Barnegat inlets are being urged to sign easements necessary for a beach renourishment project to get off the ground by May 1, officials said Thursday. U.S. Rep Jon Runyan (R-3) wrote to the mayors of a number of northern Ocean County municipalities this week urging them to secure all necessary easements for the massive dune and beach project by May 1, the date the Army Corps of Engineers must submit a work plan to Congress. The project's design – which would include the construction of approximately 25-foot high dunes, 75 foot wide berms and 175 acres of dune grass in the project area – was completed in 2007, but has languished after some oceanfront homeowners refused to sign easements that would…

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Letters to the Editor

Dune Maintenance Saved Midway Beach During Superstorm Sandy, Resident Says

But breaches at Island Beach State Park means state needs to do more to protect residents of South Seaside Park and Bayville

  I am a resident of Midway Beach in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township.   Our community has been blessed and was spared from the worst of Sandy’s rage. The neighboring communities to the north and Island Beach State Park to the south experienced ocean storm surges that washed across the island, destroying and wiping away nearly everything that was in the way. The entire section of Berkeley Township’s dunes, excluding those in Island Beach State Park, held back the ocean and protected ocean side properties from the crashing waves. The dunes of Berkeley Township created a nearly uniform wall of protection.  It was our natural insurance policy.  The dunes - 80 feet to 150 feet wide - offered us a sense of security that we …

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Hurricane Sandy

My Birthday at Island Beach State Park, Helping to 'Restore the Shore'

Christmas trees donated for special project

Saturday was my birthday, and for a lifelong Ocean County kid like myself, the best birthday gift I could have ever imagined was a day at the beach. Having been born in January, however, that has always been an odd - if not impossible - feat. My family has hosted more than its share of "lite" birthday parties with fewer relatives and friends invited, thanks to snow, ice, or whatever treacherous meteorological phenomenon graced us with its presence Jan. 19. But this year, things were different. My father woke me up about 8 a.m., and with a shovel and tow strap in the trunk of my Land Rover LR2, we motored down Route 35 to Island Beach State Park, where the dunes were in desperate need of a boost. A few days ago, we had delivered in a cart …

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Revenge

3:07 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

Agree w/u voice.   more ›