To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, In response to Mr. Marty Martino’s Letter to the Editor “is Deal Lake still contaminated;” The simple answer is NO, Deal Lake is NOT contaminated. Although the lake appears on the State’s 303D list of impaired water, this is no different than the vast majority of New Jersey’s other lakes, […]

[Correction: The Asbury Park Fishing Club Carp Fishing Contest will held from 6 a.m. to noon April 17.] Now that the $1.6 million dredging project is complete, The Deal Lake Commission focuses its immediate attention on its Spring Cleanup. This year, the Spring Cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. March 19 from the Asbury Park Boat […]

While we dodged a bullet during last week’s nor’easter, a few inches more of rainfall would have caused flood damage to nearby properties, said Deal Lake Commission Chairman Don Brockel. During “the latest northeaster, ocean water poured into Deal Lake 2-3 hours before and after high tide,” Brockel said. The lake “just got pounded by […]

Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] Commissioner Bob Martin announced a $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake has been awarded to Tri-State Dredging of Philadelphia. The project, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service [NRCS], will dredge 12,000 cubic yards of material. The […]

The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday voted to submit a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to seek funds to dredge portions of Deal Lake. The Deal Lake Commissioner paid for the cost of an engineering study and supplemental materials for the city’s $6.9 million request for funds to restore the lake […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, On behalf of the Deal Lake Commission , the hundreds of lake shore residents, and the thousands of Deal Lake users we thank the hard working students of Monmouth University on helping out with our annual Deal Lake fall cleanup. The participants from Monmouth University’s BIG EVENT rolled up their sleeves […]

The Deal Lake Commission [DLC] is looking for volunteers to help clean Deal Lake on Saturday, Sept. 20. The end of summer cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. at the Asbury Park boat ramp, located on Seventh Avenue across from the 7-11 store. It is suggested volunteers bring gloves, wear old clothes, shoes, boots, or waders […]

The federal government has approved a request for post-Sandy dredging and debris removal to Deal Lake, but the funds are significantly less than the total sought by the Deal Lake Commission [DLC]. The DLC teamed up with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [NJDEP] to request a total $6.9 million in federal aid for […]

The Deal Lake Commission has teamed up with the The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [NJDEP] to request $6.9 million in federal assistance to restore the eastern end of Deal Lake that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, according to a news release from the Deal Lake Commission. The NJDEP will give the 10 percent of matching […]

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 […]