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 position of a transatlantic cable line in Avon-by-the-Sea has forced the Army Corps of Engineers [ACOE] to shuffle around the logistics of an $18.3 million beach nourishment project. Instead of starting in Avon as originally expected, the work will begin in Asbury Park “by the end of the week if not today,” said ACOE […]

Beginning Saturday, over one million cubic yards of sand will begin to be pumped onto the shoreline between Asbury Park and Avon-by-the-Sea. The $18.3 million Army Corps of Engineers beach nourishment project, which will move offshore sand onto beaches in Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach and Avon, was announced Thursday through a news release by Senator […]

By May of next year, beaches from Asbury Park to Avon-by-the-Sea will be restored to “conditions better than prior to Sandy,” according to a press release from democratic Congressman Frank Pallone’s office. Pallone’s office announced Thursday a $18.3 million contract to replenish the beaches was awarded by congress through a federal Sandy aid package. Work will […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. The following items are on the agenda: • An application to amend the Jewish War veteran’s […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. The following items are on the agenda: • A presentation from prospective Springwood Avenue developers. • […]

Allenhurst can now be included in the state’s beach replenishment plan, thanks to a resolution passed at the April 23 commissioners’ meeting. Allenhurst, Deal and Loch Arbour were not considered as part of the state’s initial plan for beach replenishment, Commissioner Chris McLoughlin said, but passage of this resolution enables Allenhurst and Loch Arbour to […]

Pending the adoption of an ordinance, Asbury Park will join a beach replenishment project covering much of Monmouth County’s coastline. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the federal government’s Army Corps of Engineers have an agreement in place to perform a replenishment project whereby they import sand from farther out in the ocean […]