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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoOrtley Beach Entrances Repaired, Sand Added: Here’s What the Beach Looks Like
After several days of heavy equipment moving along the southern portion of Ortley Beach’s oceanfront, and workers installing new fencing and...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoEquipment Staged for New Round of Beach Repairs in Ortley, But Price Will Drop
Toms River Township officials are readying a new round of beach repairs in Ortley Beach following the Memorial Day Weekend storm...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoOrtley Beach Battered by Storm, Officials Pledge to Rebuild Beach Again
Ortley Beach, just one week after undergoing a maintenance project to return sand to the oceanfront and repair beach entrances, had...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoDangerous ‘Clinging Jellyfish’ Found Again in Barnegat Bay
The clinging jellyfish, a tiny-but-dangerous hydrozoan species, has once again turned up in Barnegat Bay. The jellyfish are about the size...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years ago‘King Tide’ Could Cause Coastal Flooding in Coming Days
One of the so-called “King Tide” events, where exorbitantly high tides inundate coastal areas due to a combination of the coming...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoWild Winds, Raging Bay: Big Waves and More at the Shore Friday
The high wind warning issued by the National Weather Service Friday for the Shore area was right on point, with winds...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoHigh Wind Warning Begins Friday Afternoon With 60mph Gusts Forecast
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for Ocean County beginning Friday afternoon, advising residents that wind gusts...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoAre Masks ‘The New Plastic Bags?’ Ocean County Advises Caution on Outdoor Disposal
Ocean County officials say they are worried by data that shows disposable face masks being used as a consequence of the...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoBusy Hurricane Season Ahead, Experts Warn; Environmentalists Say N.J. Isn’t Ready
Meteorologists from the institutions most renowned for their pre-season prognostications on hurricanes are uniformly forecasting a busy hurricane season for 2021...
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Environment & Weather
/ 4 years agoBottle Caps, Cigarette Butts, Masks Among Most Common Trash Left on N.J. Beaches, Report Finds
New Jersey has a littering problem. Despite a statewide smoking ban on public beaches, some beachgoers continue to use the sand...
