Inside Jersey began asking readers to think about the Jersey Shore back in January. Long Beach Island is a favorite vacation spot among many and it showed when Long Beach Island was voted 2nd place as Best Beach of the Jersey Shore. So here are Inside Jersey readers’ selections of the best of the Jersey…
Vote Long Beach Island as New Jersey’s Top Ten Beaches Use the links below to cast your vote now! There are 48 shore communities represented, from Sandy Hook to Cape May. In your opinion, which represents the best beach? Once again, there are four categories in which to rate your best beach. We’ve given you…
The idea of protecting our Earth is slowly catching on with the increase in green products and services. There are so many small things that each individual can do to contribute to keeping Earth healthy. This time of year on Long Beach Island is exciting as the warm days increase and the cold ones disappear….
Our family lives on Long Beach Island year round and we never get tired of visiting Barnegat Lighthouse especially on a beautiful warm spring day. We got in the car and drove to Barnegat Light (it is much too far for our 4 and 5 year old to bike to but that is also a lot of…
Take One Green Step at a Time In a previous article, Living Green , I wrote about how to remodel your home the green way. You might not need to remodel your home but there are numerous little things a family can do each day to live green. I listed some classic setbacks when going green…
How to plant dune grass: Beach grass is sold in bundles of 50 or 100 culms (stems) Plant two stems per hole. Placing more than two stems per hole will increase competition for nutrients causing loss of plants Plants (holes) should be spaced 18″ apart. There should be 18″ between rows. The rows should be…
Beaches are always changing with sand being washed away and added to them and can change depending on the strength and frequency of storms. The Long Beach Island beach replenishment project will help reduce erosion and property damages associated with coastal storms, The US Army Corps of Engineers designed the Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg…