Six people, including a fugitive from Philadelphia, have been arrested in the World's Play Ground. Five of them have already been released from custody.
Authorities in Brigantine are asking those on the island to keep an eye out for a man who was trying to break into houses this past Thursday afternoon.
Government supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don't want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon.