Belmar

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.

Several people died last year and many more were rescued after a dangerous season of rip currents along the Jersey Shore.

Officials have charged 71-year-old Gabe Baron of Galloway Township with attempting to bribe a Belmar fire marshal.

State Police said the Belmar man was last seen on Tuesday, September 19th as dangerous surf from Hurricane Jose pounded the shore.

A summery September afternoon on the Jersey Shore was marred by the second drowning of the weekend on Sunday.

Dangerous rip currents reportedly claimed the lives of at least six individuals off the New Jersey coast so far in 2017 — double the typical rate.

Belmar and Atlantic City are 75 miles apart on the Parkway but the pain and sadness in both communities were the same this weekend.

These high-risk days only happen a couple times a year (if that), so please take it seriously, WPG Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow says.