To protect wildlife habitat, drinking water system; reduce flooding and erosion Originally published to the front page of the Ocean Star on April 24, 2026 POINT PLEASANT — The Barnegat Bay Partnership will receive $4.8 million to restore 13 acres of the Nellie Bennett Salt Marsh, state officials announced this week. Residents, council members and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection employees converged at Seagull Terrace off Beaverdam Creek on April 22, when Ed

Topics to include mitigation design and funding Originally published to the Ocean Star on January 30, 2026 BAY HEAD — The flood subgroup of the Bay Head Environmental Commission will be holding its annual flood mitigation meeting from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Feb. 21, to inform the public about what it has accomplished so far and what the group plans to do in 2026 regarding flood mitigation. The meeting will be held at the Bay Head Fire Hall at 81 Bridge Ave. “We cover

Historical society hosts talk on history of town Originally published to the Ocean Star on March 6, 2026 POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant Historical Society held a talk Monday night on the history of the wetlands that are found throughout Ocean County. Dennis Blazak, chairman of the environmental commission, led the address, beginning with the history of the area, going as far back as the Ice Age. Blazak concluded with projections of the future and what changes the area ca

Townwide flood mitigation meeting held Originally published to the Ocean Star on February 27, 2026 BAY HEAD — Nearly 40 residents filled the chairs of the Bay Head Fire Hall on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 21, when the Bay Head Environmental Commission Flood Subcommittee held a town-wide meeting to update the public on the myriad of different ways the group has been monitoring and planning to combat the increasingly common issue of flooding. Rick McGoey, a member of the comm

Bio-char, used to reduce nitrate levels, is not considered a permanent solution Originally published to the Ocean Star on May 15, 2026 BAY HEAD — The Bay Head Environmental Commission heard updates on the water quality in Twilight Lake from Princeton Hydro senior environmental scientist and technical project manager J.P. Bell at its May 12 meeting. Beginning in July of 2025, the town began putting bags of a substance called “bio-char” in the lake to reduce high levels of nit

Automated gate, pump station, living shoreline eyed to reduce flooding Originally published to the Ocean Star on May 1, 2026 BAY HEAD — Construction of an integrated flood gate and pump station at the mouth of Scow Ditch has been tentatively selected as a preferred plan for reducing flooding in the borough, according to Collier’s Engineering and Design Project Manager Ian R. Walczak announced at the April 14 meeting of the Bay Head Environmental Commission (BHEC). For several

JCP&L says downed trees were outside company’s right of way Originally Published to the Ocean Star Newspaper on July 10, 2026, including footnote published to the Ocean Star on July 24. BAY HEAD — Legislators, mayors and council members are demanding answers from the Jersey Central Power & Light company after “tens of thousands of Monmouth and Ocean County customers lost power over the Fourth of July weekend as heat indexes neared 100 degrees,” they said in a joint statement

‘Hardest budget of the last ten years’ Originally Published in the Ocean Star Newspaper on May 22, 2026 POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant mayor and borough council adopted a budget of $26M on Monday, May 18, with a $330,000 overall decrease from last year. The total budget of $26,168,743 is $330,656 lower than last year’s total operating budget of $26,499,400, a 1.24% decrease. Councilwoman Charlene Archer, chair of the finance committee, explained the largest factors contr

District is ‘falling off of a financial cliff’ Originally Published to the Ocean Star on May 8, 2026 POINT PLEASANT — At its May 4 meeting, the Board of Education adopted a $61 million budget for 2026-2027 and approved a staffing reduction of 22 positions. The total appropriations for the budget for the coming school year is $61,508,599, a $2,895,039 increase from last year’s budget of $58,613,560. $12,405,810 will come from anticipated revenues and $49,102,789 is to be rais

Detective Sgt. Hugh Hughes established, modernized Boro records department Originally Published to the Ocean Star Newspaper on May 22, 2026 POINT PLEASANT — The police department’s records room was officially dedicated by the mayor and council to former Detective Sgt. Hugh Hughes, who died on June 10, 2009. Hughes’s wife, Maryanne Hughes, accepted a customized plaque on her husband’s behalf at the May 18 borough council meeting. She was joined by her grandsons, Detective Sgt

Dog finds ancient fossil on beach Originally Published in the Coast Star Newspaper on March 13, 2026 SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS — The students of Kerri Cunningham’s second-grade class at Spring Lake Heights Elementary School got the opportunity to see a piece of prehistory up close when 8-year-old Matthew Gregg brought an ancient fossil that his dog found into class for show and tell. While walking along the beach in Bay Head on Jan. 27, Brick resident and Matthew’s father, Matt Gre

Ordinance to be updated with tougher guidelines Originally Published in the Ocean Star on Nov. 21, 2025 BAY HEAD — The borough is cracking down on e-bike violations with a tougher ordinance that includes heftier fines and specific driving guidelines. During the Nov. 3 council meeting, Legal and Planning Chairperson Jennifer Barnes-Gambert introduced a revised e-bike ordinance, which would add several new rules and regulations that riders of the new electric bikes would have t

Historical Society offers presentation Originally Published in the Ocean Star Newspaper on Nov. 14, 2025 POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant Historical Society held a presentation last Wednesday in honor of the upcoming 100-year anniversary of the Point Pleasant Canal, chronicling its long and storied history. The presentation, given by historian and historical society member Fred Potter, detailed how the story of the canal, which was made to connect Barnegat Bay to the Manas

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