Belmar

The new decade has brought with it the starting date for plastic bag bans in another half dozen municipalities and counties.

Over two dozen local governments in New Jersey have banned carry-out bags, and some also straws and Styrofoam containers.

Dozens of people were involved in the brawl en route to a concert.

Jade Glab's win ends a recent run of title holders from South Jersey.

Full lifeguard crews come on a bit later in Wildwood Crest, where Beach Patrol Chief Bud Johnson says they're still in the process of testing both returning lifeguards and new candidates.

A group of surfers in wet suits went into the chilly ocean water off Belmar and tried to rescue a deer about 25 yards from shore.

Laurie Tobia's work is seen daily by NJ Transit riders on the North Jersey Coast Line not far from where she was struck.

Volunteers helping stranded seals along the Jersey Shore had a sad Sunday morning after two seals died overnight and a third had been found dead on Saturday.

More than a dozen local governments in New Jersey have already made the move to turn the common items into contraband. Many of the rules will take effect January or later in the year.

In Long Beach, Jersey City, and Hoboken, bans address single-use plastic bags only. Plastic bags can be distributed in Longport and Ventnor, as long as consumers pay a small fee.