Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, The Deal Lake Commission [DLC] would like thank the 200 plus folks who attended our Oct. 26 cleanup.  The Deal Lake cleanup was the biggest and best in recent memory. We removed tons of debris not just from the main lake but from Sunset Lake and Fireman’s Pond, which are […]

Residents and homeowners around the Deal Lake area need not be alarmed in the coming days as the level of the lake significantly decreases. In preparation for an upcoming lake clean up to take place Oct. 26, members of the Deal Lake Commission will begin to lower the lake starting Oct. 22 by opening up […]

When members of the Deal Lake Commission went to survey the damage Hurricane Sandy caused to the flume house that connects Deal Lake with the Atlantic Ocean, they thought they were going to have to replace the entire structure. “It was pretty bad,” said Don Brockel [shown above, in front of the flume house], chairman […]

The Deal Lake Commission [DLC] has published a study that states the amount of toxins that enter Deal Lake [shown above] has been successfully reduced. Deal Lake is Monmouth County’s largest lake and the largest of New Jersey’s coastal lakes, according to the report. It encompasses 155 acres over 27 miles of shoreline. “Decades and […]

Deal Lake has been stocked with a variety of over 14,500 fish within the last two months to make up for a decrease caused by hurricane Sandy. Due to the storm’s effects on the lake, The Deal Lake Commission requested additional stocking from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, according to Don Brockel, […]

The Deal Lake Commission and Friends of Deal Lake are looking for volunteers to help clean Deal Lake on Saturday, March 23. Two cleanups — one in Asbury Park and one in Loch Arbour — are being held as part of Clean Ocean Action’s Waves of Action Day. ASBURY PARK The Deal Lake Watershed Cleanup […]

The board of commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on March 5 expressing support for county acquisition of a waterfront tract in Asbury Park known as Bradley Cove. By a vote of 3-0, the commissioners passed a resolution in favor of preserving the property and establishing a county park on the site, according to Mayor Paul […]

Two representatives of the Monmouth County Parks Commission presented the first round of plans for a park in the Bradley Cove area to the Deal Lake Commission last night. The park — referred to as BCOP, or Bradley Cove Oceanfront Park — would occupy three to 10 acres of land in the Bradley Cove and […]