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