People will soon be allowed onto the beach on Sunday mornings in one Jersey Shore community where the sand has been closed for generations to honor God. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association owns the beaches and all the land in Ocean Grove.
A cross on the beach in Ocean Grove, N.J. is visible on May 2, 2024 from inside a boardwalk pavilion in which a Christian religious group holds Sunday morning services during the summer. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. Haze slowly burns away from the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024.
The association has asked for an emergency ruling halting action by the Department of Environmental Protection to enforce beach access laws that New Jersey says Ocean Grove is violating. The agency threatened fines of $25,000 per day. Ocean Grove is part of Neptune Township, just north of Asbury Park and about 60 miles south of New York City.Federal judge hears challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into ManhattanThe association owns all the land in the community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” including the beaches, which it has kept closed until noon on Sundays while it held worship services.
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