Surf City

Surf City adds their name to the list of towns that have passed ordinances to preemptively ban marijuana ahead of a proposed bill.

Joel Feldman had no problem taking his eyes or attention off the road now and then while behind the wheel. But all that changed in 2009 when his 21-year-old daughter was killed in an Ocean City crosswalk by a distracted driver.

Some districts can't afford snow days. And some superintendents don't trust the weather forecasts.

Birds and the heavy surf could be to blame for high bacteria levels at several Jersey Shore beaches.

"The beach isn't an ashtray; the ocean isn't one either," Seaside Park's borough administrator said.

The survey from the Department of Environmental Protection, released Thursday afternoon, looks at 66 municipalities and beach areas.

As the governor downplays storm damage and hops back on the campaign trail, residents of south Jersey differ: "Gov. Christie should come down here and get in his fishing waders and live my life."