Seaside Heights beaches will close by 5 p.m. on days of rough surf and rip currents, two hours earlier than the previous 7 p.m. closure.

Belmar Beach Patrol Chief Harry Harsin said the victim was brought ashore about 50 to 100 yards north of the Eighth Avenue jetty.

Following a dramatic rescue earlier this week in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, local officials are announcing they will be ...

Beaches in Seaside Heights typically open at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. when lifeguards leave for the day, Vaz said. Patrolmen from the Seaside Heights Police Department will now help close beaches ...

Thursday’s incident in South Seaside Park was reported about 6:40 p.m., when a teen and adult male in the ocean appeared to be in trouble.

The two were swimming after lifeguards were gone for the day, police said. One was able to get back to shore, the second had ...

The water will be blocked off using gates between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., Vaz said, when lifeguards leave for the day, though ...

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz said he is meeting with his business administrator and police chief Tuesday evening to debrief about Saturday’s near-stampede on the ...

"It's very exciting," Mayor Anthony Vaz said. "It was a long road, (but) in fairness into the public, it wasn’t a road that you could just rubberstamp and fix it in a day." ...

Seaside Heights Mayor Tony Vaz smashes a bottle of champagne on the steel structure on the Boulevard in Seaside Heights, between Hamilton and Webster Avenues, Monday morning, August 16, 2021.