As the Loch Arbour to Deal beach replenishment concludes, all eyes shift to the federally funded project’s second phase that runs north toward Elberon. U.S. Rep Frank Pallone Jr. [D-NJ] announced this week that the Army Corps of Engineers, who oversees the project, awarded the $86,722.10 contract to Manson Construction. The Seattle-based company conducted the first […]

A rare component of World War I era artillery round was discovered along the Loch Arbour and Allenhurst beaches during the ongoing Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet Beach Erosion Control project could be dangerous to the public, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Christopher Gardner said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon. The C-battery size, […]

A close to $40 million federally-funded beach replenishment project from Deal to Loch Arbour begins this week, U.S. Rep Frank Pallone [D-NJ] announced Monday. The area is the last remaining stretch of Monmouth County beach damaged during the October 2012 hurricane Sandy to undergo recovery. “As New Jerseyans well know, the fight for Sandy aid […]

Concerned citizens, fishermen, residents of Deal Lake and area stakeholders will gather Friday to protest against a 3.5 mile beach replenishment project that stretches from Loch Arbour to Elberon. The president of a local fishing organization says the project will destroy a well-known fishing area called Jetty Country, and a member of the Deal Lake […]

The Board of Commissioners approved a tentative agreement Wednesday night with a family owning a 4.8 acre beachfront tract to avoid eminent domain proceedings on the land. Under the agreement, Loch Arbour would receive 1.1 acres of beach as a gift from Jack and Joyce Kassin, who own the property. That land would expand the […]

Action on an ordinance authorizing Loch Arbour to purchase a 4.8 acre beachfront tract was tabled last night by the Board of Commissioners until its Oct. 9 meeting. The property is owned by Jack and Joyce Kassin, who purchased the land in 1995. The property [shown above in center of photo and to the left] […]

Faced with an overflow crowd of over 150 people, and a defect in the publishing of a legal notice, the Loch Arbour Board of Commissioners Monday night postponed a public hearing on an ordinance authorizing the village to purchase 4.8 acres of beachfront. The commissioner’s meeting room has a capacity of only 40 people. The […]

The Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday night to introduce an ordinance authorizing the purchase of 4.8 acres of beachfront land at Loch Arbour’s border with Asbury Park. The vote was 3-0. The property is owned by Jack Kassin [right, with sons Steven and Albert at the board meeting], who built a private beach club on […]

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Village of Loch Arbour has its eye on an oceanfront tract at its border with Asbury Park. On the agenda at Wednesday’s board of commissioners meeting is an ordinance authorizing the Village to negotiate with property owner Jack Kassin to purchase the land [above], according to Mayor Paul […]

Loch Arbour will try to be a part of the first phase of the state’s beach replenishment project, per a resolution passed at Monday night’s special commissioners meeting. By being included in the first phase of beach replenishment, overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [DEP], the […]