Down the Shore Archive

With more than two months left in the current hurricane season, forecasters advise coastal residents to have a plan should a tropical system threaten or strike.

The U.S. Coast Guard collaborated with local police in a search and rescue mission for two overdue sailing vessels Tuesday evening off Long Beach Island, authorities said. 

New Jersey is spending almost $6 million to train workers for jobs in the wind energy industry and to support young companies that deal in clean energy.

Hundreds of people as far away as Philadelphia and Long Island, New York, contributed to the USGS' "Did You Feel It?" map, reporting only weak or light shaking and no damage.

Two men were stabbed on the beach in Point Pleasant Beach on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

New Jersey environmental officials have not yet determined why bacteria continues to plague a beach along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County.

The fifteenth-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Tuesday afternoon off the Eastern seaboard. 

An unacceptable level of fecal bacteria continues to keep a New Jersey beach closed while swimming is restricted at two others.

A bill passed by the New Jersey Senate Friday will benefit the state's coastal estuaries and bays if it eventually becomes law, an environmental leader said.

New Jersey health officials are urging the public to take precautions against mosquitoes amid the peak of the West Nile Virus season.

Forecasters expect heavy rain and possibly flash flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Laura pass through the New Jersey region on Saturday. 

Forecasters had warned that the storm surge would be “unsurvivable” and the damage “catastrophic.”

Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts.

Numerous high school students from South Jersey have tested positive for COVID-19 after a Sea Isle City party, officials said. 

A multi-jurisdictional investigation into compliance with COVID-19 directives in Wildwood has led to charges against two businesses, authorities said.