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Burlington County man, girlfriend charged in Connecticut beach skirmish after...

Roger Dugan, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, and his girlfriend Cheryl Obradovich, of Connecticut, were charged with "breaching the peace" at a Connecticut beach this week after the two got into an...

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Townsends Inlet Bridge between Sea Isle City, Avalon tentatively set to...

The Townsends Inlet Bridge between Sea Isle City and Avalon is tentatively set to reopen July 30, 10 months after it closed in September for repairs.

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Ocean City mayor pleads with visitors not to feed seagulls

Ocean City, New Jersey, Mayor Jay Gillian is imploring beachgoers and boardwalk visitors to stop feeding seagulls. In a letter, Gillian said the seagulls have become aggressive and are stealing food...

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More than one-third of Jersey Shore beaches were contaminated with fecal...

More than one-third of New Jersey's beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria contamination in 2018, according to a new report. The same reported showed nearly half of all beaches in...

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This New Jersey beach has been closed for three days after unsafe bacterial...

Earlier this week it was announced by state officials that a total of five New Jersey beaches were placed under “swimming advisories”after exceeding the “allowable bacteria threshold.”

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Reading man dies after saving son from drowning at Atlantic City beach

The Atlantic City Police Department confirmed Tuesday that Thanh Bui, of Reading, Berks County, was the man who died saving his son from drowning at an Atlantic City beach on Monday morning.

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The 6 Gayest Beaches at the Jersey Shore

Provincetown and Rehoboth may be among the most famous gay destinations on the East Coast, but did you know that the Jersey Shore is also home to several LGBT-friendly beach communities? Within just a...

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Going to the shore? Why not go north?

Atlantic City and Asbury Park are only 77 miles apart but at times the two Jersey shore destinations seem light years away. The accents are as different as the names of the sandwiches. You say hoagie,...

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Project to dredge Townsends Inlet, replenish Avalon, Stone Harbor beaches to...

A $7.5 million contract was awarded to a midwestern firm for a beach replenishment project in Avalon and Stone Harbor, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District announced this week.

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Man, 68, dies while swimming in rough surf at Cape May beach

A man drowned while swimming in the ocean at a popular Cape May beach on Thursday afternoon.

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Ocean City has officially banned smoking on the beach

Ocean City, New Jersey is officially the next shore town slated to ban smoking and vaping on the beach.

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All Jersey Shore beaches now below limit for feces-related bacteria

Last week, 47 New Jersey beaches in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County and Monmouth County were issued advisories for high levels of Enterococci bacteria, which is linked to human and...

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Two kids bitten in separate, possible shark attacks at Long Island beaches

A boy and a girl were bitten by what authorities believe could be sharks in separate attacks off Fire Island in Islip, New York on Wednesday.

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Woman impaled by rogue beach umbrella at Seaside Heights

A 67-year-old-woman was impaled by a rouge beach umbrella at the Jersey Shore this week. 

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'Emergency cleanup' finds needles at Jersey Shore after garbage forces beach...

Cleanup crews with the volunteer Surfrider Foundation were out in full force Friday morning to clear trash and debris from more than a dozen Monmouth County beaches that were temporarily closed to the...

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Ocean City councilman addresses resident's plea to ban thongs on beach

Towns along the Jersey Shore have increasingly taken action to prohibit behavior that the majority of beachgoers seem to want eliminated, namely smoking cigarettes. 

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N.J. has lost $4.5 billion in property value due to flooding since 2005, per...

A new non-profit analysis released Thursday found that homes in New Jersey have lost a combined $4.5 billion in property value since 2005 because of sea level flooding.

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Jersey Shore fisherman gets rare sting from cownose ray

A fisherman in Harvey Cedars was stung by a cownose ray, marking a rare incident with the docile species at the Jersey Shore.

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State park at Jersey Shore ranked best in United States

Outside of the Delaware Valley and North Jersey, most of the United States probably associates the Jersey Shore most with the love-it-or-hate-it reality TV show of the same name.

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Philly woman indicted in viral Wildwood beach arrest

The Philadelphia woman whose arrest on a Wildwood beach went viral earlier this year will face charges in the incident, a grand jury in Cape May County decided Monday.

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