Lisa Marie Cramp has lived in Asbury Park for five years, and in that time she has seen the drastic effects of a poverty line that roughly 30 percent of the city's residents live below, as of the 2010 Census.
Many shore towns offer a discounted rate on the summer-long passes to incentivize early purchases, making them available in November or December the year prior.
The beach badge business can be hit or miss in New Jersey, and Mother Nature has delivered mostly a hit through early August. So towns along the Jersey Shore are reporting very healthy numbers as they take on the last full month of summer.
What's the point of paying property taxes to live at the shore if they're not including the one reason you came to live at the shore in the first place?
Governor Christie recently stated that he didn't have a problem with New Jersey selling individual beach tags. Bill Spadea sides with the governor. Find out his reasoning now.