open space

After years of fighting for Open Space, Ocean City now has to pay $20 Million for a property they could have purchased for $9 Million in 2018.

In a bizarre twist to a five year saga with a vacant lot, the South Jersey Coastal Community of Ocean City has been ordered by a jury to pay $17.86 Million

A multi-faceted plan in Middletown will include the acquisition of multiple properties and protection of open space in the township.

There have been many governing bodies in Ocean County who've made it a priority to invest in and protect open space on acres of land that would otherwise be turned into real estate.

For one thing, changing the environmental footprint of mass transit was part of the last set of priorities, and is still included in the new list.

Officers have logged more than 130 arrests since March 2014.

Ocean County Freeholders are considering purchasing over fifty acres of land bordering Ocean County College on Hooper Avenue in Toms River. Showing the media a large-scale map of the proposed tract, Freeholder John Bartlett said block 394, lot 59 represents the final parcel left in completing a green barrier around the entire perimeter of the campus. ...

A Seaside Heights 25-year-old will pay more than 21-thousand dollars in penalties for tossing housing debris in a Lacey Township wildlife refuge. Adam Wardell admitted leaving eight bags of refuse in the Greenwood Forest Management Area In April, according to state environmental officials. ...

In an effort to crackdown on illegal dumping in state parks and natural lands, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has launched a year-long pilot program, "Don't Waste Our Open Space," which combines enforcement and education to combat the problem.

The full State Senate could only muster 22 votes Monday on a measure that would ask voters to dedicate a flat $200 million annually in sales-tax revenues to saving open space and farmland, and buying up flood-prone areas.