Seal on Bay Head Beach on Wed.

Seal near Bridge Avenue jetty

A seal was spotted on a Bay Head beach and captured in this video and photo at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bay Head Patrolman Zachary Keller said he responded to the scene at about 2 or 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and that the seal did not appear to be injured. "He looked like he was just resting," Keller said. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine said they received multiple phone calls about the seal on Wednesday.    

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Denise Di Stephan

5:26 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sheila Dean is one of two top officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine. Another official there has informed me that getting this close to a seal is a violation of federal law and also very dangerous for the seal and the person approaching it. So, please, to our readers, keep your distance and call the Marine Mammal Stranding Center if you see a seal (yes, I did call before …   more ›

Hurricane Sandy

PTO Benefit Tonight at Martell's

Live bands perform to benefit PTOs in Point Beach, Bay Head and Lavallette

  "Shore Up Our Schools," a fundraiser for school PTOs in three towns impacted by Sandy, will be held at Martell's Tiki Bar on the Boardwalk in Point Beach from 5 p.m. to midnight tonight (Sat.). Tickets are $20 each. The price includes a buffet from 6 to 10 p.m. and live entertainment, with proceeds going to PTOs (parent teacher organizations) in Point Beach, Bay Head and Lavallette. The evening will feature musical entertainment by The B Street Band, Big Baby Ernie; The Mike Dalton Band; Undisputed; The Nick Clemons Band; The Wedding Crashers and The Neighbors. Tickets will be available at the door. Stephanie Salardino, who has been planning this and other benefits, said all 600 tickets she had printed in advance have already been sold. …

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Hurricane Sandy

FEMA Center in Bay Head Closes Saturday

The center will close 7 p.m. Sat.

  The FEMA Center at the firehouse on Bridge Avenue in Bay Head will close for good at 7 p.m. Sat. "State and federal officials have been paying close attention to how many applicants are visiting centers throughout the state," says a prepared statement from FEMA. "Over the past weeks, the number of individuals seeking help at the center in Bay Head has dropped, indicating the information needs of survivors in the area have mostly been met." Similarly, FEMA is also closing a disaster recovery center in Newark due to declining visits. Since the Bay Head disaster recovery center opened Nov. 16, there have been nearly 2,000 visits from Hurricane Sandy survivors, the statement says. For more information about how to contact FEMA, please see …

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Week One With Hurricane Sandy in Brick

What the first devestating week looked like from my Mantoloking Road vantage point

It’s been a week since Hurricane Sandy hit and like many others, we still have no electricity at my house off Mantoloking Road. Our neighborhood is humming with the sound of generators, but I’ve been worried about the silent households ever since the temperatures dropped. In the past week, I (like you) have seen a lot, starting with a house strewn in the middle of Gale Road. A homeowner there said it washed across the bay and through the marsh onto his low lying street—a street that still reeked of diesel fuel on Thursday. Homeowners were shoveling thick, smelly muck from their driveways like it was snow that day. They thanked me for stopping and listening, even though that’s all I did. My brother-in-law lost most of his belongings in a …

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Hurricane Sandy

The Surf Before the Storm

Surfers and fishermen head toward shore

Surfers and fishermen outnumbered beach walkers on many beaches Saturday evening as Hurricane Sandy approached offshore. These surfers and fishermen were at the beach in Bay Head, which is under mandatory state orders to evacuate by 4 p.m. Sunday.

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Bay Head: Seaside Country Village

Beach badge prices, lifeguard hours

Bay Head is often called a "quaint country village by the sea," with active and passive recreation, swimming, watersports and shopping.

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